Showing posts with label radical. Show all posts
Showing posts with label radical. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Elections: To vote or not to vote?

(The Jimmy Dore Show) Dr. Abdul El-Sayed -- American epidemiologist, public health administrator, academic, winning politician (who beat Republican Mike Rogers without backing of Zionist Haley Stevens) -- wins Michigan 2026 US Senate election. (Who is Israeli Foreign Agent Abigail Ronson?)

Can I vote, Don? - No. 
It's time for the midterms and we're to believe that criminal Pres. Trumpet is sweating and worried he won't be able to continue his cronyism if the Dems step in and stop him.  Maybe they'll take the Congress. He had his cronies figuring out how to circumvent that eventuality. Maybe they'll take the Senate, too. Then he'll really be in a pickle.

What's so bad about Israel's Trump?

If we lose Tuesday, I'll have pie on my face.
Far from this website to ever touch any worldly topic like politics. What are we, living in the world? What are we, Engaged Buddhists? What are we, progressive social activists? We would never want to influence anyone on any topic to do with living.

It's like Alan Watts just said on the 2026 Day of the Dead's version of what we call "Buddhist Radio, Los Angeles" (KPFK 90.7 FM's Nov. 1, 2026, 8:00 am show, which aired Part 2 of "Religion of No Religion," following last Sunday's introduction of Part 1).

Who are we, lowly monastic gals, to comment?
"Spiritual people" should never sully themselves with worldly material matters, all sensual and often hedonistic. And, naturally, "worldly people" should never bother with the spiritual, which is immaterial and a waste of time, all intangible and blissed out.
Get an earl to decide on politics.
The great 17th Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere (aka "The Bard," "Shakespear," or "Shakespeare") is reputed to have asked:

"To be, or not to be?" (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 1). We could alter that to voting rather than existing or carrying on in this endless samsara in this momentary form.
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He didn't stop there. He more or less answered the question, came down on a side:

Count me in.
To be, or not to be[?]; that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them: to die, to sleep
No more; and by a sleep, to say we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand natural shocks
That Flesh is heir to? 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep,
To sleep, perchance to Dream; aye, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come[?],
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes Calamity of so long life:
For who would bear the Whips and Scorns of time,
The Oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely [poore],
The pangs of despised Love, the law’s delay [dispriz’d]
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th'unworthy takes,
When he himself might his Quietus make
With a bare Bodkin? Who would Fardels bear [these Fardels],
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have,
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of Resolution
Is sicklied o'er, with the pale cast of Thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment [pith],
With this regard their Currents turn awry [away],
And lose the name of Action. Soft you now,
The fair Ophelia? Nymph, in thy Orisons
Be all my sins remember'd.

Alan Watts, what to do?
That seems clear enough. Or it brings us back to Alan Watts. At Minute 29:07 he says, "they go together." [The two sides imply one another, there being no this nor possibility of this without that and likewise for the other.]

But what about all the corruption? The Republicans, led by their buffoonish Great Leader, Donny Johnny "Toot My Own Trumpet" Trump, are already up to shenanigans, prefiguring their loss and how they're going to explain it away and carry on.

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Hey, Burner, you're on brand. How can I get ahead?
It's a wonder if Dictator Trump learned anything from January 6th and will be willing to depart peacefully this time. It seems the movers and shakers want spectacle, expect trouble, are preparing for it with AI, Zionist Israeli modeling and weaponry, and building up the paramilitary to deal with it.
Follow me to Hillary, I mean, to the Israelis.
Is anyone expected to believe the Democrats, those constitutional idealists and patriotic dreamers, are going to be any different? They will be, of course, but it always seems they pay much more lip service to greater ideals that actually doing much of anything different. Will Supreme Leader AOC finally get a chance to rise up with her flunky Bernie "Feel the Burn" Colonel Sanders? Will triumphant Germanic poster boy Cali Gov. Gav Newsom take the mantle from sober Kamala Harris and rise to his seat upon the hill of this great nation? Yawn. Who cares?

Gav "The Governator" Newsom with Dictator Trump and Ukraine's Savioress Mel
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What if we call psyops PR?
The country might be better off with things as is -- exposing Washington DC's corruption, being in bed with Israel, the CIA, and a kind of cartel that runs things from behind the scenes. What to call it? A military-industrial complex? Nah, that's been said before? An AIPAC Mafia? No one knows what AIPAC stands for. (They stand for Israel running the show on the USA's money and military hardware, which oftentimes was invented or perfected in Zionist Israel).

Friday, October 16, 2026

Life changes. Accept it? No, fight!


(Buddhism Podcast) Life never stays the same: Learning to ACCEPT change (impermanence) | Buddhist wisdom

Go gently into that good night?
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

Poem by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.

Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.

I was born, but I don't want to die, ever.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Source
Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha

Radical Acceptance
Buddhist author and therapist Dr. Tara Brach, Ph.D. has 4.6 out of 5 stars (with 5,127 reviews).

In our current times of global crises and spiking collective anxiety, Buddhist therapist Tara Brach’s transformative practice of "radical acceptance" offers a pathway to inner freedom and a more compassionate world.

This classic work now features an insightful new introduction, an exclusive bonus chapter, and additional guided meditations.

“Radical Acceptance offers us an invitation to embrace ourselves with all our pain, fear, and anxieties, and to step lightly yet firmly on the path of understanding and compassion.”
—Thich Nhat Hanh

Why do things have to change and be unstable?
“Believing that something is wrong with us is a deep and tenacious suffering,” says Tara Brach at the start of this illuminating book. This suffering emerges in crippling self-judgments and conflicts in our relationships, in addictions and perfectionism, in loneliness and overwork—all the forces that keep our lives constricted and unfulfilled.

Radical Acceptance offers a path to freedom, including the day-to-day practical guidance developed over Dr. Brach’s 40 years of work with therapy clients and Buddhist students.

Man, the Buddha was right! Loss sucks: dukkha.
A longtime friend of Buddhist clinical psychologist Dr. Jack Kornfield, Dr. Brach's writes with great warmth and clarity. She brings her teachings alive through personal stories and case histories, fresh interpretations of Buddhist tales, and guided meditations.

Step by step, Dr. Brach shows readers how to stop being at war with themselves and how to begin to live fully every precious moment of our lives. More


No, to Hades with change! Fight till death!

Be a man. Fight change. Fight it till death!
Metal and men clash once more to the end/ Warriors above, with the power to kill, descend/ Militia of blood, troops of hate march to die/ Soldiers of Hell, veterans of death arise/ [CHORUS] Prepare for attack/ Your body will burn/ Endless war/ There's no return/ Prepare for attack/ Death will arrive/ Your orders are clear/ No way to hide/ Fight till death!// Senseless death of all mankind overtakes/ Armored assassins destroy, at will, your escape/ Children of sorrow are trampled into the grave/ There is no future, no f*cking world to be saved/ [CHORUS]// To reign in Hell [guitar solo: Jeff Hanneman]// Gods of steel unleash their destruction on man/ Reign of death, what is the final command?/ Scepters of hate are dropped upon this Earth/ Clouds of terror destroy all hope of rebirth/ [CHORUS]/ Death will arrive/ Your orders are clear/ No way to hide/ Fight till death...

Friday, October 9, 2026

Hardcore punk making a comeback? (SNL)


Turnstile live at Full Force in 2019 (wiki)
Turnstile
started as a hardcore punk rock group. Their breakthrough third album Glow On was released in 2021, earning critical acclaim and three Grammy nominations. The band has expanded and now just calls itself "an American rock band" from Baltimore (Maryland) that formed in 2010. Turnstile consists of lead vocalist Brendan Yates, guitarist Pat McCrory, guitarist Meg Mills, bassist Franz Lyons, and drummer Daniel Fang. Their fourth album Never Enough was released in 2025 and charted in the Top 10 of five countries, including the USA. It received five Grammy nominations, making it the first band in history to be nominated in the rock, alternative, and metal categories in the same year [2]. Turnstile won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for their song "Birds" and Best Rock Album 2026. More

First hardcore punk band on SNL: 1981

What is "hardcore punk"?

First real LA hardcore punk? The Germs (1976)
Commonly abbreviated to hardcore or hXc, this subgenre of punk rock with its distinct subculture originated in the late 1970s. It is generally harder, faster, and more aggressive than other forms of punk music [8].

Los Angeles may be famous for hXc, but LA certainly didn't invent it singlehandedly. Its roots can be traced to other crosspollinating punk scenes in Northern California like the San Francisco Bay Area and the SoCal region, including Orange County, Hollywood, and outlying parts of the sprawling megalopolis of the City of Lost Angels.

The Story of Hardcore Punk Rock 🧷

Turn on, tune in, and drop out, Kids (Ram Dass)
Hardcore punk arose as a reaction against the still predominant "hippie" (wimpy peace, love, happiness) cultural climate of the time (in the late '60s, early '70s). It was also inspired by D.C., and New York punk rock and earlier proto-punk [1].

Hardcore Buddhist Zen?
Hardcore punk generally eschews (resists, rejects, runs away from) commercialism, the established music industry, and "anything similar to the characteristics of mainstream rock" [14], which tries its darndest to garner fans, popularity, and commercial appeal in a capitalist marketplace.

Hardcore punk, on the other hand, frequently addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically charged lyrics" [15].

Hardcore Buddhist punks?
Hardcore Zen: Punk Rock, Truth About Reality (Brad Warner)
I was in Hollywood singing about Buddhism (Darby Crash)

LA's Wasted Youth: "Problem Child"
"Wasted" youth is a double entendre, as youth is wasted being wasted on drugs and drink (IG)
Hardcore sprouted underground scenes across the United States in the early 1980s (with a place for girls, riot grrrls, post-riot grrrls, new-riot grrrls, and Jews), particularly in Los Angeles, San Francisco (punk rock in California), Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York (NYHC), as well as in Canada and the United Kingdom.



Straight edge X: no drinking, drugs
Hardcore has spawned the straight edge movement and its associated sub-movements, hardline, and youth crew.

Hardcore was heavily involved in the rise of the independent record labels in the 1980s and with the D.I.Y. (do-it-yourself) ethics in underground music scenes.

It has also influenced various music genres that in distinction to punk rock have experienced widespread commercial success, including grunge and crossover thrash metal.
What happened to straight edge?
Straight edge tattoo: hardcore booze-and-drug-free, vegan clean living
Hardcore makes it to the Midwest
Although the punk music genre started in English-speaking Western countries, notable hardcore scenes have existed in Buddhist Japan (Japanese punk rock, Japanese hardcore punk), Italy (Italian punk rock), and Brazil (Brazilian punk rock).

Best band on the East Coast? Void "Who Are You" live in 1983

Characteristics
Void releases classic split-EP with No Faith (one of our personal favorite punk bands of all time)

American Hardcore (film) 
Hardcore punk historian Steven Blush credits DC's Dischord Records co-owner Ian MacKaye (Bad Brains-inspired Minor Threat and Fugazi) with starting a "die-hard mindset that begat almost everything we now call Hardcore," which was virulently anti-music industry and anti-rock star [16].

An article in Drowned in Sound argues that late-1970s/early-1980s era hardcore is the true spirit of punk, because "all the poseurs and fashionistas f*cked off to the next trend of skinny pink ties with New Romantic haircuts, singing wimpy lyrics" and the punk scene now consisted of people like Minor Threat, Bad Brains, Black Flag, and Circle Jerks, dedicated to the DIY ethics [17].

Other writers have also attributed hardcore punk rock to a reaction against artsy and mellower sub-genres that punk grew into, such as post-punk and super popular new wave [2, 18]. Hardcore punk additionally broke with original punk rock song patterns and visuals, favoring lower-key aesthetics [19] that were all about getting back-to-basics. More

What is a "minor" threat?

Punk rock Los Angeles: The Decline of Western Civilization, Part III
(Shout! Studios) The Decline of Western Civilization, Part III | full movie | Penelope Spheeris

The crazy kids of today: T.R.U.E.


This punk band might be saving humanity

Scroll Stopper Club(Scroll Stopper Club) May 18, 2026: A man claiming to be from the future says humanity was saved by a punk band from near Seattle: Tacoma, Washington. Naturally, I investigated. This week’s Scroll Stopper is “Blast” by The Rat Utopia Experiment — a chaotic, explosive punk track that somehow turns spelling into a full-blown psychological event.


In this episode: 🐀 The REAL Rat Utopia Experiment and society collapsing 🐀 Why crowds love yelling together ("gang/group vocals") 🐀 How audience participation creates cult-level fan loyalty 🐀 Why this song absolutely rules 🐀 A songwriter tip bands should steal immediately. If listeners love discovering new music before everyone else does, welcome to the Scroll Stopper Club. 🎵 Listen to The Rat Utopia Experiment “Blast.” YouTube: @theratutopiaexperiment. Website: theratutopiaexperiment.com. Bandcamp: theratutopiaexperiment.bandcamp.com. 📸 Follow Scroll Stopper Club on Instagram: scrollstopper.club

Mermaid Island grrrl who growls, rocks

Mermaid Island live in Hollywood
Blur's Dream(Blur's Dream) Dec. 10, 2025: KNUCKLEHEAD HOLLYWOOD. So, like, I brought my Sony A7R IV to Knucklehead in Hollywood. The bill consisted of M-16, Spunk, Mermaid Island, and Spray Allen. The energy at this show was wild. Shoutout the Latex Vixens for dancing during the live sets! I had a ton of fun, and the bands played super dope music. Apologies to M-16 for not filming the first half of the set. But check out Mermaid Island's SETLIST: "Freaks" 0:20 "Don’t Ask" 3:00 "He Started It" (dedicated to Hamilton Morris) 8:36 "Panic Button" 12:55 "Ice Cream" 17:20 "Sh*t Out of Luck" 24:55 "Mona Lisa" 29:09 Links: mermaidislandband, linktr.ee/mrmdisland...

What is British anarcho-punk like RP, Crass?
(Every Album Ever with Mike Mansour) The story behind the world's most unhinged anarcho-punk band | Ep. 257: Rudimentary Peni (a medical reference to a fetal pre-vagina)


Punk-influenced filthy standup comedy?

Why hardcore punk was so important

Rich Mom(Rich Mom) April 24, 2024: Hope y'all enjoy this new series I’ve put together! Thanks so much for watching. DISCLAIMER: This video is NOT intended to be a deep dive. To learn more about the hardcore punk subculture, see @thepunkrockmba. Sellout Finn McKenty, MBA, is real groovy and I don't know why people hate him. Here's McKenty's take: