Dame Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury | BBC News
(BBC News) Oct. 3, 2025: Dame Sarah Mullally is set to become the first female Archbishop of Canterbury in the Church of England's history.
A former NHS chief nurse, the 63-year-old became a priest in 2006 and was appointed as the first female Bishop of London in 2018 -- the third most senior member of clergy in the Church of England.
(Bad Religion) Neighbors..."The Voice of God is Government"
It is the first time in nearly 500 years of history that the Church nominated a woman to lead it.
The Church had been without someone in the top job for almost a year, after Justin Welby resigned over his failure to report a prolific child abuser.
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Jewish tradition links Yom Kippur to Moses as stated in the Torah. But some scholars try to say it emerged later, around the 5th–4th century BCE as a priestly innovation, with its scapegoat ritual symbolically transferring Jewish people's impurity to innocent animals that are slaughtered or sent into exile.
How to atone for the sins of a people
We've sin so very much. High Priest, kill a scapegoat.
Yom Kippur (Hebrew יוֹם כִּפּוּר, Yōm Kippūr, lit. "Day of Atonement" for sins) is the holiest Jewish day of the year in Judaism [3][4][5] [with Black Magic, blood-soaked Voodoo practices].
It occurs annually on the 10th of Tishrei [6] corresponding to a date in late September or early October. Rooted in the Torah's commandments, in antiquity it centered on the High Priest's Temple service and has since tried to evolve into a day of real atonement and repentance, reflection, confession, making amends, and seeking forgiveness from both God and others.
Forgive us our genocide and ethnic cleansing.
The day's main observances consist of full fasting and abstaining from physical comforts, attending extended prayer services (usually at synagogue) and reciting confessional prayers. Some modern Jewish denominations, such as Reconstructionist Judaism, focus less on sins and emphasize personal reflection, goal-setting, and intentions for the year ahead.
Along with Rosh Hashanah (the "head of the year"), it forms the High Holy Days, concluding the Ten Days of Repentance by sealing the judgment begun on Rosh Hashanah and highlighting teshuva (repentance), unity, and closeness to the tribal God.
Distinctive practices include five prayer services, the Kol Nidre and Avodah liturgies, and wearing white to symbolize purity.
In Israel, public life largely comes to a halt, while globally it is observed by both religious and secular Jews.
Beyond religious contexts, it carries cultural significance, with public figures honoring the day, and in 2016 it was officially recognized as a United Nations holiday. More: Yom Kippur
These Ten Days of Awe
Dance of the Ashkenazi, not Mizrahi or Sephardi
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High Priest, sacrifice those animals for us!
Shalom. We are coming upon the “apex” of 10 Days of Awe, as we commemorate YOM KIPPUR this Wednesday evening Oct. 1, 2025, at 6:30 pm. We will be meeting at 16800 W. 9th Ave. Golden, 80401. This is a solemn Appointed Time, as we corporately confess our sins, break vows, and proclaim that Yeshua is our perfect and final atonement for us individually and as a community. ALL ARE WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE! We will read from the Scriptures, worship, and recite ancient prayers as we joyously celebrate the Lamb, blood sacrificed for us! Following the service, we will enter into the biblically mandated fast in obedience of the command to humble ourselves. More: Chag Sameach-Yom Kippur Kol Nidre — Or Chaim Congregation
Overlooking Pelgyeling Gompa, Milarepa's Cave, Tibet
Jetsun Milarepa (Tibetan རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ, Wylie rje btsun mi la ras pa) [1] was a Tibetan siddha, who was famously a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple.
The nine-story tower Milarepa built alone, Sekhar Gutok, Lhodrag, Tibet
He is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and spiritual poets, whose teachings are known among several schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
He was a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism [1].
Milarepa's life-story is famous in Tibetan culture and retold many times. The best-known hagiography, The Life of Milarepa, written by Tsangnyön Heruka (1452–1507) in the 15th century and drawing from older biographies, is still very popular... More
TRIGGER WARNING: Not everyone reacts well to offensive jokes even when meant in jest; they still promote old stereotypes, whether they are accurate or not. See how Family Guy on Blacks.
Jew reacts to *offensive" Family Guy jokes
(Jewboi) What if a Jewish person were to notice and infer offense from certain Family Guy cutaway clips, gags, and Jewish stereotype jokes prevalent in American culture, while have a loud, loud voice, overcompensating and saying how much he was not offended? Let's find out.
Don't click please (bit.ly/3D6M7rJ), Instagram: notjewboi, Discord: discord,
Twitter: notjewboi, made this because Jewish Family Guy is entertaining. Transcript
(follow along using the YouTube transcript). Jewboi
Protesters gather in LA for victim of fatal Memphis police beating
We can't be racist. We're Black. And we're cops.
LOS ANGELES, California (CNS) - Peaceful demonstrators gathered in Downtown Los Angeles, West Long Angeles, and Hollywood on Saturday, one day after property was [spray painted on] defaced at a gathering outside LAPD headquarters to protest the beating death by Black Memphis police officers of a 29-year-old Black man Tyre Nichols.
"A small group has gathered in Downtown Los Angeles. The flow of traffic has not been affected," the department tweeted at 11:23 am Saturday. "The Los Angeles Police Department remains committed to ensuring all can exercise their 1st Amendment Right."
The LAPD later tweeted at 12:15 pm that "another small group" had gathered in the Hollywood area.
Shortly before 2:00 pm, police said the group in downtown Los Angeles "peacefully exercised their 1st Amendment Right and dispersed shortly after. Continue to monitor for updates."
Rodney King's daughter reacts to the police beating of Tyre Nichols
Saturday afternoon, about 200 demonstrators began walking westbound on Wilshire Blvd. from Sepulveda Blvd. in West LA. Police advised the public that traffic may be impacted.
Saturday's demonstrations were peaceful according to early reports, but that wasn't entirely the case Friday night. The gathering at police headquarters developed following the release of graphic video depicting the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols on Jan. 7th.
The five Memphis police officers -- who are also Black [which some people assume would make them immune from anti-Black racism] -- have since been fired and charged with [second degree] murder.
Some in the crowd surrounded parked police cars -- banging on them and smacking windows -- but no arrests were made and most left after being threatened by officers at the scene, authorities said.
LAPD Kops Killed Keenan
Keenan Anderson, Tazed to death by LAPD
The group had marched through downtown Los Angeles carrying Black Lives Matter banners and smartphones before gathering at First and Main streets shortly after 8:00 pm for a candlelight vigil for Nichols and also Keenan Anderson, who died in LAPD custody Jan. 6 after being repeatedly shot with a Taser.
Protesters knocked down metal protective barriers and someone spray painted the word "kills" on the building under the words Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Times reported.
"Last night, a group of about 60 people gathered in front of the Los Angeles Police Headquarters Facility to hold a candlelight vigil. The vast majority conducted themselves in a civil manner," LAPD Chief Michel Moore said in a statement Saturday. "A small portion of this group, intent on disruption, later vandalized the building and two police vehicles.
"Fortunately, no police officers or demonstrators were injured. There were no arrests.
"I am proud of the leadership, professionalism, and restraint shown by our people at this incident as they did not succumb to the continuous antagonistic and violent behavior of those from the larger otherwise peaceful group," Chief Moore continued.
"I join our elected officials, community and faith leaders encouraging Angelenos to continue to demonstrate at events in a peaceful manner."
Similar demonstrations took place across the nation Friday night following the release of the video that was widely decried by citizens, elected officials and law enforcement.
"The grotesque actions I watched in the video were incredibly disturbing, cruel and inhumane," Moore said in a separate statement. "To witness former Memphis police officers engaged in such unjustified and excessive force at the expense of Tyre Nichols' life angers me as a police officer, as an American.
"This behavior goes against every principle of the law enforcement profession and is in direct contradiction to the dedication and sacrifice of the vast majority of our members who strive to protect and serve. The violation of trust tarnishes our badge and has a caustic effect on the public's trust."
The Association for Los Angeles Deputy Sheriffs (ALADS) called the video "shocking and disturbing. "The acts committed have no explanation and illustrate disregard for human life," the group said in a statement.
"Those of us in law enforcement take an oath to uphold the law, but men and women in uniform across this country also go about this daily task while respecting the public. As one of the largest law enforcement unions, ALADS and its members remain committed to working together to continue to build on the improvements we have made in the last two years. Unfortunately, this tragic incident forces all of us to pause and reflect."
Long Beach Police Chief Wally Hebeish called the video "disturbing and appalling."
"As a profession, we are required to de-escalate situations, intervene when necessary and strive to find peaceful resolutions to incidents," Chief Hebeish said. "The actions depicted in the video of the former Memphis police officers are intolerable."
Long Beach police tweeted Saturday that "while there are not any known threats of violence or planned protests today, we have set up our Command Post out of abundance of caution."
Nichols [was murdered, dying] in a hospital three days after [police beat him during a traffic stop] on Jan. 7th. Five Black police officers allegedly [though they are seen on a pole camera committing the crime and laughing and bragging about it on their bodycams] involved in the confrontation and beating of Nichols were fired last week, and all were charged this week with second-degree murder and other offenses.
The video shows the officers repeatedly beating the man, even as he is on the ground. Toward the end, Nichols is heard screaming for his mother.
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who represents Nichols' family and also represented George Floyd's family after Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer in May 2020, has hailed Memphis officials for acting swiftly to fire the officers involved and charge them with murder. But he compared the video of Nichols' beating to the infamous 1991 beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers.
"Regrettably, it reminded us of [the] Rodney King video," Crump said. "Regrettably, unlike Rodney King, Tyre didn't survive."
King's beating led to an overhauling of LAPD management and ultimately sparked the 1992 Los Angeles riots that left more than 60 people dead and caused more than $1 billion in damage.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a statement saying her heart "aches for Tyre's family and all who loved him."
"Our country has a problem that we cannot run away from -- we must confront it," Bass said. "All communities deserve police that will always protect them. It is commendable that the Police Chief and officials in Memphis fired, arrested and filed murder charges against these officers. True justice, however, is not a guilty verdict. True justice would be Tyre being alive today. As the people of Los Angeles process and react to this horrific killing, we must move with purpose and peace."
California Gov. Gavin Newsom sent condolences to Nichol's family and friends and said he should be alive Saturday.
"The video released shows abhorrent behavior and these officers must be held accountable for their deadly actions and clear abuse of power," the governor said in a statement Friday. "Today, we are a country in mourning, and must continue our work nationwide to push reforms to prevent excessive use of force and save lives."
Law enforcement agencies across the Southland [Southern California] were on standby throughout the day Friday awaiting the release of the video by Memphis officials, prepared to respond to any protests that might result.
Chief Moore said in his statement the LAPD was prepared to "facilitate" peaceful protests [that is to say, beat anyone they deem not peaceful enough], and he asked residents to "remain peaceful [or else] and unified in their expression of outrage [just not too much outrage]." More
Data spans from January 2013 to the present, covering the time ineffectual Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey has been in office failing to prosecute any killer cop.
The number of police-murders in L.A. County is the highest of any place in the nation. But Lacey has refused to so much as charge -- much less actually prosecute -- officers in all but one case.
Why do good people hate bad cops?
Most of these killer cops still work in law enforcement; a number of them have killed more than once. These murders are dangerous and regularly target Black and Brown people and others.
Families of victims whose lives have been stolen are routinely sidelined by public officials. Standing in solidarity with these families, demand justice, transparency, and action.
We'd be glad to kill you, old man. Die!
This website is an effort to expose police who murder and demand that they be held accountable, beginning with prosecutions and building toward a reimagined systems of public safety. See the identity of 679 killer cops.
(Buzzcocks) What could go wrong? "Something's Gone Wrong Again"
Canada now world's largest legal marijuana marketplace
TORONTO, Canada - Ian Power was among the first to buy legal recreational cannabis in Canada, but he has no plans to smoke it. He plans to frame it. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Power was first in line at a store in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Depiction
of cannabis bud hangs from ceiling as a band plays at Leafly's
countdown party in Toronto, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, as they prepare to
mark the legalization of Cannabis across Canada (Chris Young/The
Canadian Press via AP).
When is it too much weed? Pot becomes "beer"
( "I am going to frame it and hang it on my wall. I'm not even going to smoke it. I'm just going to save it forever," Power said.
And there was more good news for pot aficionados: Hours before a handful of retail outlets opened in the country's easternmost province a federal official told the Associated Press that Canada will pardon all those with convictions for possessing up to 30 grams of marijuana, the now-legal threshold.
No amount is too much = Addiction.
A formal announcement was planned for later Wednesday. The official, who was not authorized to speak public ahead of the announcement, said those who want to take advantage of the pardons will have to apply.
Canada has had legal medical marijuana since 2001 and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has spent two years working toward expanding that to include recreational marijuana. The goal is to better reflect society's changing opinion about marijuana and bring black market operators into a regulated system.
Uruguay was first was the first country to legalize marijuana. In St. John's, Newfoundland, hundreds of customers were lined up... More
As Canada legalizes marijuana, other countries likely to follow
SEATTLE, Washington (Oct. 18, 2018) - More than two
dozen countries (13+) have relaxed their cannabis or other drug laws, and a
number could consider legalizing weed in the not-too-distant future. The
South American nation of Uruguay was first to legalize pot in
2013. Canada became the second on Wednesday (Oct. 17), and its size and global
standing likely will encourage others to follow. Here's a look at other
nations that could be influenced by Canada's legalization:More
The Round of Rebirth: Samsara "Which is greater, the tears we've shed while wandering and being reborn this
long time -- crying and weeping, meeting with suffering...
Samsara Divided by Zero The goal of Buddhist practice, nirvana, is totally uncaused. And right
there is a paradox.
The real-life inspiration for Tiny Tim had a much sadder fate. Dickens’s frustration about poverty in Great Britain led to a classic, writes Lucinda Hawksley.
In May 1843, Charles Dickens was invited to a fundraising dinner in aid of the Charterhouse Square infirmary, which cared for elderly, impoverished men.
"Scrooge" 1935 vs. "Mr. Magoo's A Christmas Carol" 1962
Ironically, most of the diners were very wealthy men, who made fortunes in the City of London. Dickens wrote a contemptuous letter to his friend Douglas Jerrold describing them as “sleek, slobbering, bow-paunched, overfed, apoplectic, snorting cattle.”
He wanted to write something that would strike ‘a sledgehammer blow’ on behalf of poor children.
My karma?! Ghosts told me to watch out
The author was burning with desire to bring about genuine changes to society.
He was “stricken” by reading the 1843 parliamentary report on Britain’s child laborers, written by pioneering doctor Thomas Southwood Smith and intended to write a pamphlet titled “An Appeal to the People of England,” on Behalf of the Poor Man’s Child, “with my name attached, of course.”
The more he thought about it, however, the less impact he felt it would have. Instead, he wanted to write something that would grab people’s attention, something to strike “a sledgehammer blow” on behalf of poor children and have “twenty thousand times the force” of a government pamphlet. More
The Man Who Invented Christmas 2017
In theaters NOW: "The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017 trailer), Charles Dickens biopic
Buddhist monks look at a notice from the state committee of Great Monastic Order (Sangha Maha Nayaka) at Shwenyawar Monastery in Rangoon, Dec. 15, 2011. The state committee announced the removal of Pyi Nyar Thiha from the monastery after he preached at the NLD.
(VOA) A Buddhist monk in Burma has been ordered out of his monastery after giving a speech at an office of [pro-democracy] leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party.
Ven. Ashin Pyinyar Thiha, who recently met US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her historic visit to Burma, says he received a letter from a government-backed council of Buddhist elders.
The state committee [that tries to control the Buddhist monastic order] is asking him to leave Sadhu Buddhist Monastery in Rangoon, saying the speech he gave in September at a branch of Aung San Suu Kyi's NLD in Mandalay, in central Burma, was inappropriate.
Ashin Pyinyar Thiha told the French news agency he will appeal the decision. In recent months the Sadhu monastery has held a series of political events. Burma's new government took over in March and has shown tentative steps toward democratic reform. More
(HBO, Susan Saladoff) Stories we're told by corporate media hide shocking truths.
Is Justice Being Served?
["Tort reform? What's tort reform? "Forced arbitration and 'frivolous' lawsuits," now that's G.W. Bush and Dick "Halliburton" Cheney will not stand for!] Seinfeld mocked it. Letterman ranked it in his Top 10 list. And more than 15 years later, its infamy continues.
Everyone knows the McDonald’s coffee case. It has been routinely cited as an example of how citizens have taken advantage of America’s corporations and legal system, but is that a fair rendition of the facts?
Hot Coffee reveals what really happened to Stella Liebeck, the 81-year-old Albuquerque woman who spilled scalding coffee on herself and sued McDonald’s, while exploring how and why the case garnered so much media attention, who funded the effort, and to what end.
How corporate America destroyed our rights in court
[Hint: Corporations fabricated AstroTurf organizations to undermine our legal standing against them in court whenever they are liable for anything from irresponsibility, to criminal negligence, to rape. Yes, rape. KBR/Halliburton got a case against them redirected to private arbitration in the case of the group rape of Jamie Leigh Jones.] See the film, and decide who really profited from spilling hot coffee.
Jamie Leigh Jones, featured in "Hot Coffee" was raped by corporate (Halliburton/KBR) forces in Iraq (Mother Jones/Twylah.com).
“Eye-opening indictment of the way big business spins the media.” —Variety
“Stunning debut … Sends audiences out of the theater thinking in a brand new way.” —Washington Post
Why was the coffee so hot (190 degrees or just 22 degrees below boiling) even after 700 complaints to McDonalds? Three reasons: it was corporate policy. But why? To mask with heat the flavor of the cheap coffee beans used by McDonald's and, moreover, to keep people from asking for a second free cup of coffee because by the time the first one cools, most customers have already left the fast food outlet.
Why was Pfc. Jamie Jones gang raped so badly by US soldiers ahd Halliburton/KBR contractors that she needed reconstructive surgery? Rape is a perk for our troops in Iraq -- homosexual sodomy of fellow US soldiers, sexual assault of nearly all female troops and support staff, rape and murder of Iraqi girls (maybe boys and prisoners, too). Don't ask, don't tell. It's torture, it puts people (prisoners as well as soldiers) in their place, keeps the hierarchy/patriarchy and our culture of violence alive. It's CIA policy.
For the second year in a row, USC (University of Southern California) Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts & Sciences is partnering with the Los Angeles Times for a public opinion poll about the state of California.
The poll finds Californians would rather release prisoners than pay for more prisons or have their taxes misappropriated, reversing a trend promising to get "tough on crime" that has bankrupted the state without making it any safer. In fact, politicians, the private prison industry, and the prison guard's union have been enriched at staggering taxpayer expense. Dan Schnur, director of the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics, and Evan Halper, Sacramento Bureau Chief from the Los Angeles Times, discuss how the public feels about what to do about the current prison system. Visit USC Dornsife Web site for more info: dornsife.usc.edu/poll
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