Pres: What do women, Blacks, Latins want?

(ScaredKetchup) Unmarried cat lady Taylor Swift parody: N-Barbie just dropped a Trump diss track

(The Daily Show) Kamala [who arrived late, forcing a shorter interview that she nevertheless attempted to filibuster and railroad through without answering any question but only belaboring points and changing the subject to something more comfortable and less confrontational] takes on Fox News [kind and reasonable] Host Bret Baier, and Trump rambles in Univision Town Hall [to pander to the Latin demographic he desperately needs to win over to win the election].

Oct. 17, 2024: #DailyShow #DesiLydic #KamalaHarris Desi Lydic tackles how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump fared when they exited their media comfort zones this week, with testy Harris facing an assertive Bret Baier of Fox News, and Trump getting way too many words in during a failed Univision town hall also organized by Fox.

Grace Kuhlenschmidt reports on the candidates entering the "lion's den" from...an actual lion's den. Trump is grilled by surprisingly direct and to the point Latino voters, brags about his “fertile mind,” and lawyers try to pay off pornstar Stormy Daniels AGAIN [whom Trump still claims to have never met in spite of being photographed with her].

(Jimmy Kimmel Live) Oct 17, 2024: The country is 18 days away from the presidential election and the usual horse race is said to be very close (like it is said to be every four year, neck and neck so that there's just no predicting what could happen), according to the New York Times the Trump election campaign has sent more than 7,400 emails asking for money since Nov. of 2022 (more than 10 a day every day for two years), most of them looking for cash but sometimes they try to sweeten the pot with exciting albeit FAKE offers like the Ultra MAGA Membership or meeting Don Junior, Trump has been doing cozy chats with wannabe "Bro Rogans" of the podcasting world, he took his talents to South Beach for a Univision Town Hall where he was grilled on important issues, over the summer Trump’s lawyers tried to make a second hush money payment to keep Stormy Daniels quiet about her affair with Trump, and it's time again for This Week in Unnecessary Censorship. #Kimmel

"Strip naked, Be yourself" (video)

Wisdom Quarterly, Wellsphere.com

WARNING: Re-rated PG from R due to Minute 1:20. Avoid arousal by starting there. The message is simple: To find love, be yourself (Kaiquemr).

Spiritual Balance

The greatest art in spiritual life is finding balance. The entire teaching of the Buddha are summed up in his encouragement to find and travel the Middle Path, which is not about compromising but avoiding extremes of a false dichotomy that is wrong on both sides. To seek neither the extremes (in terms of view) of external existence nor annihilation, neither self mortification nor sensual indulgence, neither faith nor reason [but rather direct experience]. The balance between these is the path of awakening and freedom. The path of balance is to be with what is true in life and to love that, to be committed to the truth on every level. Modified from Christina Feldman and Jack Kornfield, Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart (Tricycle Magazine).

Going from Jobless to Topless

NOTE: "Sexual misconduct" (kamesu micchacara) expresses itself in many forms. Generally, it refers to hurting oneself, someone else, or others in the gratification of desires.

Little known is the fact that simply enticing others -- for example, by appearing naked in an appealing way (think sexting, magazines, or porn) -- is also karma productive of future misery. It's like offering drugs or alcohol to other; great (albeit unseen) harm is being done to oneself.

Just doing it for the money or to survive does not nullify the impersonal consequences. Unpleasant, unwanted results are to be expected. Strangely, this also holds true for those who only encourage the conduct (such as managers, filmmakers, and advisers).

"More women needing cash go from jobless to topless"
Karen Hawkins (AP)

From jobless to topless: As economy worsens, more women give strip clubs, adult films a try

CHICAGO (AP) -- As a bartender and trainer at a national restaurant chain, Rebecca Brown earned a couple thousand dollars in a really good week. Now, as a dancer at Chicago's Pink Monkey gentleman's club, she makes almost that much in one good night.

The tough job market is prompting a growing number of women across the country to dance in strip clubs, appear in adult movies, or pose for magazines like Hustler.

Employers across the adult entertainment industry say they're seeing an influx of applications from women who, like Brown, are attracted by the promise of flexible schedules and fast cash. Many have college degrees and held white-collar jobs until the economy soured. More>>