Trump's lawyer: Trump will be found guilty

Mr. Joebidenshill (Robert De Niro) takes a bite out of the Big Apple's biggest pain in the backside, lambasting Don the John Trump. Trump is not even a New Yorker.

Robert De Niro spars with bystander during remarks outside Trump trial

The defendant will stop defecating in court.

(CNN) May 28, 2024: Actor Robert De Niro spoke at a news conference for Pres. Genocide Joe Biden’s 2024 election campaign outside the courthouse where Ex-Pres. Donald Trump’s felony financial fraud trial is wrapping up. #CNN #News

• VIDEO: Trump trial ends with ‘prison’ clash: Judge hits lawyer for telling jury about Trump in a cell

Trump's former White House lawyer says Trump will be found guilty

I told you, Dummy, stop farting.

(Newsweek) Today (May 28, 2024), Trump's former lawyer Ty Cobb warned that the ex-president will likely be found guilty because of jury instructions.

Trump's ex-lawyer predicted this week that the ex-president will be found guilty in his ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan, NY, citing the jury instructions given by New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan.

On Tuesday, former White House lawyer Ty Cobb spoke with Morgan Chalfant of Semafor about Trump's ongoing criminal trial where he is accused of more than 30 felonies and financial fraud surrounding his hush money payments to prostitute and former adult film star Stormy Daniels in 2016.

They can't find me guilty. I'm me!

"If the jury begins deliberations Tuesday afternoon, expect a verdict no later than Friday afternoon. I expect a 'GUILTY' verdict, but only because the jury instructions as urged by the DA (district attorney) and adopted by the judge, over strenuous and well-founded defense objections, virtually require conviction," Cobb said to Semafor.

"I reach this legal conclusion because of my long experience as a federal prosecutor and white collar defense lawyer, my reverence for the rule of law, and despite my view that Trump remains the greatest threat to Democracy in our nation's history," Cobb added.

Newsweek has reached out to Cobb for comment.

Trump appeared in court on Tuesday (today, 5/28/24) in New York for his ongoing criminal trial brought by District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

Trump was indicted last April by Bragg, who said that the ex-president "fraudulently falsified New York business records to conceal crimes that hid damaging information—including a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels—from the public during the 2016 presidential campaign." More

• Judge's instructions 'require' jury find Trump guilty, his ex-lawyer says (via MSN)
• Newsweek (5/28/24); Jordan Klepper, The Daily Show; Robert De Niro (CNN, May 28, 2024); Seth Auberon, PPfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Stormy details sex with Trump (comedy)

(The Daily Show) May 6, 2024: Jordan Klepper reviews Trump's ass-kissing VP pageant

Stormy details sex with Trump, Jimmy mentioned again, and Republican Puppy and Pony Killer Noem's disastrous book

(Jimmy Kimmel Live) May 7, 2024: Today the prosecution called Stormy "Honeybunch" Daniels to the stand in Trump’s criminal financial fraud (a.k.a. hush money payment) case, Jimmy was mentioned AGAIN in reference to an interview she did on his show to talk about Trump's penis, she revealed some details about her sexual encounter with Trump, after hearing the first half of her testimony he took to his X-knock off "Truth Social" begging for a mistrial, after making a huge deal about missing his son Barron’s graduation, Don John T. is set to headline an event in Minnesota, dog killer Governor Kristi Noem is now distancing herself from her own autobiography after admitting to shooting her puppy, horses, goat, and lying about meeting Kim Jong Un, the Met Gala took place in New York last night, and the monologue gets interrupted by a man named Von SchitzInPantz (Shits in Pants), who bares the same name that Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen came up with for Trump. #Kimmel

Count Flatula Trump’s big mouth could land him in jail, Republican puppy killer Kristi Noem lies about meeting Kim Jong Un

(Jimmy Kimmel Live) May 6, 2024: Guillermo was at the roast of Tom Brady, in NY the judge in the criminal trial found Trump to be in contempt for violating the terms of his gag order again, he is threatening to throw Trump in jail if he doesn’t stop talking about the case, Trump’s alleged former mistress Karen McDougal posted a picture of the book Catch and Kill from her bathtub, potential Trump VP and puppy killer Kristi Noem has a book coming out tomorrow where she lies about meeting North Korea's secretive leader.

Trump caught ‘cursing audibly’ during Stormy testimony

(MSNBC) May 7, 2024: In a private sidebar, Judge Merchan told Trump’s defense attorney that Trump was cursing and shaking his head during direct examination of Stormy Daniels. “It has the potential to intimidate the witness,” the judge said. Chris Hayes, Harry Litman, and Lisa Rubin discuss.  #Trump #judge #hushmoney

Seth Meyers tries to summarize trial: penis testimony, Trump farting himself awake

Stormy Daniels will not describe Trump's genitalia at trial

(Late Night with Seth Meyers) Seth Meyers does his monologue for Tuesday, May 7th, before Late Night writer Amber Ruffin recaps what's happening in pop culture news.

Judge threatens to jail Trump over gag order violation, finds him in contempt for 10th time: A Closer Look (Late Night with Seth Meyers) May 6, 2024: Seth takes a closer look at the judge in Trump's criminal trial threatening to throw him in jail for violating his gag order while MAGA Republicans humiliate themselves in a desperate bid to become his running mate.

Trump is Von Shits-in-Pants, says Cohen

Farting Trump wear XXXL white tennis shorts which show stains (Jimmy Kimmel Live)

Stephen Colbert says means things about Trump, kissing and groping himself in prison orange

Trump can't hold it in, can't wait to fart.

Michael Cohen was Trump's lawyer and right-hand man, his fixer paying off women to keep quiet. He was so close to Trump that he could smell him. That is, Cohen could not avoid smelling the foul odors. According to Joel Casler, a TV producer who knows him and his family very well, Trump is incontinent (unable to hold his feces) and reeks of soiled trousers, wet leg, soggy socks, bad denture breath, constant flatulence, and soiled underwear. For Cohen to independently dub Trump "VonShitzinPantz" is confirmation of the noises Trump is making in court, farting so loudly that he sometimes accidentally wakes himself up.

Jimmy just doesn't like Donny. - No, what about Davey on DT's glitches?

Jimmy Kimmel makes it into Trump trial, Donald falsely claims he "can't even testify" because of the gag order, crazy abortion law repealed

What are the most attractive US accents?

(Jimmy Kimmel Live) May 2, 2024: Kimmel is officially part of the record of the People vs. Donald Trump, prosecutors entered into evidence a series of text messages between Trump lawyers and Stormy the Porn Star Daniels about the JKL show, Trump has been encouraging MAGAots to come support him in front of the courthouse but was greeted by a single fan (a nut), he is very upset about reports that say he’s been falling asleep during the trial (though he can't deny being awakened by his own farts and/or incontinence into his adult diapers), the courtroom sketch artist appears to hate him, today he tried to float the idea that because of the gag order he’s not allowed to testify on his own behalf (the same way he claimed the judge was keeping him from Barron's graduation when he never attended any of his children's big day and is free to go to this one with a day off from court), he played rally shows in Wisconsin and Michigan yesterday where he fired up the crowd telling them everything’s a disaster and America is dead, there's a new water pressure edition of Drunk Donald Trump, the state Senate in Arizona finally voted to repeal their antiquated abortion law from 1864, South Dakota Republican Governor Kristi "the Dog and Horse Killer" Noem went on Hannity last night to try to do damage control after she revealed she once gladly shot her puppy out of hate (but only made things worse for herself), and the best feature of the show This Week in Unnecessary Censorship, which is right up there with celebrities read mean tweets about themselves. #Kimmel

Flame-throwing, fart-machine Trump embarrassed he dozes during trial, Republican Klan Mom Marjorie Taylor Greene vs. Mike Johnson

Mr. Trump is not allowed near open flames.

(Jimmy Kimmel Live) May 1, 2024: Today is the first day of May and once again our nation’s news media can’t believe it, according to a new study of American accents the most attractive one is the Southern accent (followed by NY and CA), Marjorie Taylor Greene is furious because her plan to oust Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House has been foiled, Ted Cruz is co-sponsor of a bill that would make it harder for consumers to get a refund from airlines in the event of delay or cancellation, Naptain America got his day started by asking where Sleepy Joe is, Trump touched down in Waukesha this afternoon in his first big rally since being fined for contempt of court, the Toot Fairy is going to try healthy "vay-gun" (vegan) food for once instead of his all ultra-processed fast food and slaughtered flesh diet, Wisconsin also got a visit from the Pillow Fairy Mike Lindell, JKL reveals its new product, The MAGA Blaster (fart machine) is revealed on Hollywood Blvd. after court records reveal that Trump's personal lawyer and "fixer" Michael Cohen used to refer to Trump in written records as "VonShitzInPantz," and pothead stoners (Heshers) try to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. #Kimmel

• Che & Jost (SNL, 5/4/24); Jimmy Kimmel Live (from Hollywood, California, on ABC), May 1-2, 2024; Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Trump FARTS in court, defecates in pants

What was that, Mr. Trump? - He who smelt it dealt it, Judge, so you should know, you SOB.

Trump FARTS in open court and stews over Jimmy K, Guillermo grinds with Madonna

Adderall makes me incontinent

(Jimmy Kimmel Live) April 22, 2024: Opening arguments began this morning in the People of the State of New York vs. Donald Jessica Trump, he posted little bursts of lunacy on Truth Social in protest, his lawyers made it clear that they are going to continue to try to deny that Trump had sex with porn star Stormy Daniels (and paid her $130,000 to keep quiet about the sex they didn't have), Trump is rumored by many to be farting in the courtroom.

• [According to family friend and longtime TV co-worker Noel Casler, Trump defecates (makes feces) in his pants and adult diapers. Listen to Casler's in-depth knowledge of Trump's explosive and foul smelling bowels:]

No one shows up for Trump at the NYC courthouse (because he a loser?)

My flatulence burns my hole.

But there’s no way to prove it, so please don’t repost this video out of context with dumb captions like “The Shart of the Deal” or “Gassolini,” Farting Donny has reportedly been stewing in private over everything from the ugly look of sketches of him in court to Jimmy making fun of him every night on ABC TV, New York Times reporter Susanne Craig wrote that Trump is STILL having trouble staying awake during the trial and nods off constantly.

I smell bad, wear a girdle, am bald and diseased

(The world will hear testimony from Trump's old friend David Pecker tomorrow), Taylor Swift’s album dropped over the Earth Day weekend and Jimmy was confused about a bumper sticker he saw, and Guillermo traveled to Mexico City over the weekend as a special guest of the singer Madonna who pulled him up on stage at her concert for gay sexual activity.

• VIDEO: What's Trump doing in court? (CNN)

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Scientists film PLANTS talking (video)

Anton Petrov, Jan. 20, 2024; Dhr. Seven, Kelly Ani, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Mindblowing video of plants talking to each other in real time

(Anton Petrov) Plants communicate with each other. It's not just a suspicion or metaphor. Scientists have figured out how to make it visual with fluorescence. #plant #communication #biology

• 0:00 Plants talking to each other
• 0:45 Types of plants communications
• 1:30 Volatile compounds released by plants
• 2:20 What these compounds do
• 3:20 Nicotine example
• 3:45 Volatiles used in communication
• 4:15 How this was achieved
• 5:25 What proteins were used
• 5:50 How leaves react
• 6:30 Why are leaves doing this?
• 7:30 Conclusions

Links:

• nature.com/articles/s4146...
• cell.com/current-biology...
• Screaming plants: Scientists heard plants produce loud...
• Talking to a whale: • SETI just talked to a whale to test a...

Wisdom Quarterly COMMENTARY

With the vine of the dead and two other MAOI inhibitory plants allow me to see the unseen.

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"Be more empathetic," Canny the cannabis says

Plants can "scream" and can ooze scents when their leaves are munched. But what good does it do? It is communicating with other plants and with helpful predators (like birds) to come eat the offending caterpillars or bugs eating them.

When plants hear a fellow plant in distress, they respond by producing terpenes, alkaloids, and bitter chemicals to dissuade creatures from eating them.

What's in ayahuasca? Just plants and their DMT

Who knows, as with frog venom (Bufo), perhaps the stress leads plants to produce cannabinoids (like THC and CBD, which have been shown to significantly increase empathy in people*) and DMT ("the spirit molecule") to exhibit more empathy from predators to stop eating them.

How about you tell your dad not to slaughter me, and I'll give your family milk in return?

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My daughter says we're going vegan.

Why do cows moo and scream before slaughter if not to let killers know not to kill them because they are experiencing great fear and pain?

Similarly, the stress chemicals that go into their tissue as they die in great stress are consumed by meat eaters and have an addictive stimulant action.

This is almost certainly why in Voodoo and Santeria and the "dark arts" of French New Orleans, priests and priestesses in scary rituals dance around provoking chickens before slaughtering them (to the delight of invisible and inimical ghouls) and then drinking their blood. 

Poppy flowers pack a surprise when injured.

That blood is now full of distress compounds like adrenaline (and adrenochrome, which Q fans will know also comes from scared children), cortisol (hormone), and near-death experience compounds (possibly endogenous DMT) from the animal's pineal gland. What a way to trip, intoxicated in the ancient world.

So it serves an obvious purpose to communicate and sense the forest and field of a changing environment.

Plants surround themselves with a "fog" of scents (plant volatile compounds) to communicate with each other all of the time by odor.

"Consciousness"?

Of course I'm sensate! Y'all are deaf and blind!

This means plants can

1. hear (the humming of bees, to which they respond by increasing the sweetness of their nectar),
2. smell,
3. experience tactile sensations (like being torn apart by bugs),
4. evaluate (think/calculate/figure -- respond to their environment),
5. see light in different waves (attracting and reflecting waves to their advantage; e.g., when flowers do not seem bright to us due to our eyesight and sensitivity, they are florescent and throbbing to insects and their eyesight and range because the plants are trying to attract useful pollinators), and when they are the different shades of green, as is seen in lush Ireland with all its deva plant helpers (the fae, sidhe, and wee folk), and some oddly colored varieties of seaweed, which are not all bright green but vary according to depth and surroundings to maximize the wavelengths of sunlight they absorb.

The jungle is alive, literally alive

Plants have all the rudimentary forms of consciousness. Why? The ability to sense and respond to one's environment is a kind of "consciousness." And plants possess it, as Dr. J. C. Bose proved long ago, which led to the book The Secret Lives of Plants.

That book does not limit this kind of basic consciousness to plants but to microscopic creatures -- some of them blending plant and animal features, like bodies with purposeful motility and the presence of chlorophyll. Look at algae through a microscope. They are little green bugs. Spirulina, chlorella, blue-green algae, plankton, it's all alive. Mats and sheets on water, all alive, and "vegetal," which like the word "vegetarian" means not coming from or subsisting on vegetables but "growing."

In the studies cited in The Secret Life of Plants, someone tossed a hot drink down the sink. The scalded bacteria, biofilm, algae, or whatever it was growing in the sink "screamed." The plants heard it and reacted to it on the Bose instruments. The researchers realized the implications: it wasn't just big green plants in the room who could sense. It was the microscopic green world, too. What about fungi?

The effects of mushrooms, the fruiting bodies of the almighty mycelia, are legendary. What are these plants communicating to each other and as the original web and internet of plants? The forest utterly depends on the mycelium growing among the roots of trees, transporting nutrients, moisture, and sugars between species of trees, making what we see as stands of trees possible. Interspecies communication exists. (Even some humans can do it, animal psychics and shamans connecting to animal and plant spirits).

Buddhism on evolution: Agganna Sutta

It's alive, all alive, all around us is life like the sweet fungus-like substance earthling humans originally fed on in the Agganna Sutra, on Buddhist beginning or the genesis of life on this planet before the devolution we are experiencing now began. We did not evolve from simplicity to complexity the way science teaches. We began with complexity alighting on this platform or earth and devolving ever since. But it's a cyclical process, so evolutionary times are coming back.

That's five senses. Do they possess the sixth, which would give them self-reflection and awareness of things beyond their immediate environment. Are they capable of abstract thoughts? That will become the question now that we know and slowly begin to accept that consciousness is imminent.

And if plants can, can AI? Why not? Clearly, Jagadish Bose demonstrated empirically, it wasn't only plants that had a secret life going, inanimate objects like metals did, too. Wow. Animists were right, it seems. Consciousness is everywhere, even if objects themselves are not the source of it. After all, we are not little self-contained computers walking about. We are more like little transistor radios walking around, talking (or making sounds out of our speakers), but it isn't us. There's a radio station somewhere high above, a Source radio emitter station sending out the sounds and information we are accessing.

• *Pichersky, Eran; Gershenzon, Jonathan (2002). "The formation and function of plant volatiles: Perfumes for pollinator attraction and defense." Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 5 (3): 237–243. doi:10.1016/S1369-5266(02)00251-0. PMID 11960742.
• *Kessler, A.; Baldwin, I. T. (2001). "Defensive Function of Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatile Emissions in Nature." Science. 291 (5511): 2141–2144. Bibcode:2001Sci...291.2141K. doi:10.1126/science.291.5511.2141. PMID 11251117.

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Why's sacred sandalwood so expensive?

Jakarta Post; Business Insider | So Expensive; Amber Larson, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Ancient Vedic, Hindu, and Buddhist wisdom all agree on ahimsa, or "nonharming," advising that we should be like the sandalwood (Santalum album) tree that sprinkles its sweet fragrance even on the axe that cuts it down. From time immemorial something special was sensed about the scent of the sacred sandalwood tree.

Why sandalwood is so expensive

(Business Insider, March 12, 2022) Sandalwood is one of the most expensive woods in the world: One kilogram of Indian sandalwood can cost $200. Its unique, long-lasting aroma makes it extremely sought after. And when that aroma is distilled into oil, a single kilogram can cost $8,000. Today, sandalwood oil is a coveted ingredient for perfumes, soaps, and incense sticks. What's so special about sandalwood's aroma? And is that why the wood is so expensive?

Pro-B Fresh: probiotics for good breath

Roger DeCampo (getprobfresh.com, 10/15/19); Crystal Q., Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly

How to get sweet breath forever

What are Pro-B Fresh and K12 probiotic?

Mm, smell this. Come over here and kiss me.

Pro-B Fresh is a chewable pill packed with K12 probiotics. K12 reduces undesirable bacteria, stopping the root cause of unhealthy gums and bad breath.

They do more. They also boost our oral microbiome. Basically, our mouth has its own ecosystem, and this boosts all the good bacteria in our mouths while eliminating bad bacteria. All of this ties into the body, as a whole. In fact, research shows that Pro-B Fresh can strengthen the immune system in 24 hours.

Why does Pro-B Fresh work better than other “breath fresheners”?

Pro-B Fresh boosts good bacteria in the mouth. Compare this to mouthwash, which tries to eliminate all bacteria, even the beneficial kinds. Mouthwash is like using a nuke to take out a small band of renegades.

That’s why Pro-B Fresh works so well. It boosts the “good soldiers” in the mouth, which crowds out odor-causing bacteria. It freshens breath at its root.

Over 10 million bottles sold since its debut

Dad, your breath. - C'mon, Ivan!

Because K12 probiotics were only discovered recently, most people don’t know what they are. That’s changing quickly. It’s being picked up more and more in the mainstream media.

In fact, ever since probiotics were featured on TV, Pro-B Fresh has been selling out worldwide. Ten million sold so far. But is it really worth all the hype?

Since its debut Pro-B Fresh stocks have been in a state of constant flux, shifting between being in stock to being sold out nearly every other week. It’s also amassed tons of loyal followers — worldwide. More

Smell good for only 15 cents a day! (video)

LumeDeodorant.com, The Deodorant Musical; Editors, Wisdom Quarterly

Imagine it: odor-control for the WHOLE body (underarm, feet, crotch, bum) for 15¢ a day. It's the world’s best natural deodorant. [FREE TIP from WQ: Need something cheaper that works like magic? Try a pinch of aluminum-free baking soda under the arm. It's as easy as that not to reek of B.O. Then drink chlorophyll and Vitamin C for an internal cleansing and naturally fresh breath from the inside out.] 

Now in convenient cream and underarm stick

Live elegantly with Lume. It's aluminum-free, so it doesn’t trap toxins in your pores and skin like common antiperspirants. (Read the label of your product and that hunk of Alum crystal). Stop the stink for 72 hours straight. Lume was invented by an OB-GYN. It's naturally derived and skin safe, free of synthetics and safe for any external use. More

Contemplating the Body

Ajahn Mun (original flawed translation by Ven. Thanissaro) via Ven. Sujato (facebook.com); edited by Dhr. Seven, Dhamma Teacher Aloka, Crystal Q., Wisdom Quarterly

"Alas, before long this body, deprived of consciousness, will lie strewn on the earth, discarded, just like a useless log" - Dhammapada, Verse 41 (tipitaka.net).

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Not me, baby! I'ma last forever!

The contemplation of the body is a practice sages -- including the Buddha -- have described in many ways.

For example, in the "Great [Fourfold] Establishing of Mindfulness" Sutra, the Buddha calls the contemplation of the body a support (or "frame of reference") for establishing mindfulness using this very body.

Among the root subjects of meditation taught to new monastics at the beginning of the ordination ceremony, a preceptor instructs them to mindfully contemplate:

1. head hairs
2. body hairs
3. nails
4. teeth
5. skin.

When organism overtake the immune system

In the Buddha's first ever sutra, the "Discourse on the Turning of the Wheel of the Dharma," he teaches that birth, aging, and death are disappointing (unwished for, unsatisfactory, painful, hard to accept, hard to endure, displeasing, leading to no fulfillment).

We have all now taken birth, have we not? So when we practice to take these liberating-teachings inwardly, contemplate them, and apply them to ourselves (opanayiko), we are doing well in our practice of the Dharma.

Why? Because the Dharma ("Truth") is akāliko (timeless, immediate, ever present) and āloko (self-evidently clear by day and night, free of anything that would obscure it).

What's the hell? Who stinks?

War criminal Hillary Clinton stinks of foul sulfur.

While residing at Jetavana monastery, the Buddha uttered Verse 41 of the Dhammapada with reference to Venerable Tissa.

After taking a meditation subject from the Buddha, Ven. Tissa was diligently practicing meditation when he became afflicted with a disease.

Small boils appeared all over his body then developed into big sores. When the sores burst, his robes became sticky, stained with pus and blood. And his body began to stink.

For this reason, he was known as Putigatta Tissa, "Tissa with the stinking body."

Bathed by the Buddha

Another realizes the Truth and is set free.

As the Buddha surveyed his surroundings with the light of wisdom, the monk appeared in his field of vision.

He saw his sorrowful state, abandoned by other monks (his resident pupils) on account of his bad smell.

The Buddha knew Tissa had the capacity to attain full enlightenment. So he proceeded to a shed close to where Tissa was staying.

He boiled fresh water and took it where Tissa was lying down. He took hold of the edge of his cot.

Only then did the resident monks, Tissa's pupils, gather around. And as instructed by the Buddha, they carried Tissa to the shed, where he was bathed and rinsed.

His robes were washed and dried for him. Afterward, Tissa felt fresh in body and mind. Soon he developed one-pointedness of mind in profound concentration.

Standing at the head of the cot, the Buddha said to Tissa that this body, when devoid of life, would be as useless as a log strewn on the earth.