Thursday, June 18, 2026
Trillionaire Elon Musk rages when exposed
Friday, January 23, 2026
Gain confidence in minutes, Awaken POV
- Chase Hughes sees us Naked: How to get NUDE with us
- Book: The Behavior Ops Manual (Chase Hughes)
- Chase Hughes books on amazon.com
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| Author Chase Hughes, writing |
- the fear under the confidence,
- the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day,
- the patterns we don’t even know we’re running.
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| Tongue: A Cognitive Hazard |
- seeing clearly,
- without flinching, and
- maybe helping someone else see clearly too, without getting swallowed by noise.
I write books for people who are starting to unzip the costume -- and some who have stripped it off., people who want to understand others, but also want to understand the thing inside themselves that keeps steering their life when they’re not looking.- Tongue: A Cognitive Hazard
- Emily Wickersham: "I feel very confident" (tenor)
- Chase Hughes; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Sunday, June 1, 2025
Chappelle's Guide to Abortion (Wood)
- David Wood (Apologetics Roadshow), Dave Chappelle; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Emotional contagion: We catch/spread feelings
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| Neurological benefit to daydreaming at work? |
Saturday, October 21, 2023
Life of an American family is a treasure
- 00:00 Family reel
- 03:16 4-y.o. kids still have binkys (pacifiers)
- 05:23 Jo finds a condom in teenager's room
- 09:00 Dad does ALL the chores
- 10:14 Parents meeting
- 14:06 Mom and dad confront each other
- 17:00 The binky fairy
- 19:32 Dad and teenager son have the "sex talk"
- 24:57 Stay in bed technique
- 28:07 How did the family do without Jo?
- 33:13 Teaching reinforcement
Friday, October 20, 2023
Friday, April 3, 2020
Bhikkhu Bodhi message: the lesson of corona
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| Theravada scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi |
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| Anthology: In the Buddha's Words (Ven. Bodhi) |
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| The Numerical Discourses |
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| Bhikkhu Bodhi (Jeffrey Block) is the famous American author of many English translations. |
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
The Anarchist Cookbook (video)
See the 2017 trailer for American Anarchist, a film about radical author William Powell.![]() |
| William Powell wrote The Anarchist Cookbook |
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| Anti-Trump protest, police state response (AP) |
What is anarchy?
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| Woo! Anarchy! Woo, yeah! (laweekly.com) |
Anarchism in America
(PacificStreetFilms.com/FTD) Search: "ForTheDishwasher," Twitter, Pinterest, DailyMotion
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| Say "(Hell) no!" to illegitimate authority. |
| Hell no, Trump! |
- VIDEO: David Graeber American Anarchist (London Real)
- VIDEO: This is Anarchism (in 10 Minutes)
- David Graeber: "DEBT: The First 5,000 Years" (Google Talks)
- VIDEO: 1957 Kid explaining to an old man what an Anarchist is and why government equals violence
- MOVIES: The long-lasting effects of revolutionary rhetoric explored in the documentary "American Anarchist"
Monday, March 7, 2016
KARMA: Two brothers win same lottery, but...
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| The purpose of life in the USA is to get money, hoard money, live for money...then lose it. |
Bob Stocklas will take home just $7, it's true but will get to keep it all, whereas James faces a lot of taxes.
Senior District Judge James Stocklas, 67, discovered he and two friends had won the $291 million jackpot Friday, after he wrapped up a month-long fishing holiday with his brother and sister-in-law in the Florida Keys.![]() |
| The cause of winning the lottery is karma, so winning late in life is a curse. Had one instead won early in a rebirth in a good destination, the same karma could have paid off over an aeon (kappa) in a better world. Better to store up much merit for later (Sayalay Susila). |
SUTRA: "The Brief Exposition of Karma"
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| The Buddha was not called a "Buddhist" in ancient India; he was called a karmavadin, a "teacher of the results of action." (Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena (Artfan70/flickr.com). |
Many of us want: long life, health, beauty, power, riches, high birth, wisdom, or at least some of these things. The Buddha teaches that they do not appear by chance. It is not our "luck" that we are healthy, or another's lack of it that s/he is foolish.
Although it may not be clear to us now, all such inequalities among beings come about because of the karma they have made (willed, carried out, and thereby stored up for themselves) individually. Each person reaps his/her own fruits (and mental resultants).
KARMA INVOLVES CHOICE: So if one is touched by short life, sickliness, ugliness, insignificance, poverty, low birth, or foolishness and one does not like these things, there is no need to just accept that things are the way they are. The future need not be like that! Provided one makes the right kind of karma now.
Knowing what karma to make and what not to make is the mark of a wise person. It is also the mark of one who is no longer drifting aimlessly but has some direction in life and some control over the sort of events that will occur.
THE SUTRA
1. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was living at Savatthi in Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's Park.
Then Subha the student (Brahmin), Todeyya's son, went to the Blessed One and exchanged greetings with him. And when the courteous and amiable talk was finished, he sat down respectfully to one side. When he had done so, Subha the student said to the Blessed One:
2. "Master Gautama [a Brahmin's respectful form of address for the Buddha], what is the reason, what is the condition, why inferiority and superiority are met with among human beings, among humankind? For one meets with short-lived and long-lived people, sick and healthy people, ugly and beautiful people, insignificant and influential people, poor and rich people, low-born and high-born people, foolish and wise people. What is the reason, what is the condition, why superiority and inferiority are met with among human beings, among humankind?"
3. "Student, beings are owners of karmas (actions willed and carried out), heirs of karmas; they have karmas as their progenitor, karmas as their kin, karmas as their homing-place. It is karmas that differentiate beings according to inferiority and superiority."
4. "I do not understand the detailed meaning of Master Gautama's utterance spoken in brief without expounding the detailed meaning. It would be good if Master Gautama taught me the Dharma so that I might understand the detailed meaning of Master Gautama's utterance spoken in brief without expounding the detailed meaning."
"Then listen, student, and heed well what I shall say."
"Even so, Master Gautama," Subha the student replied. And the Blessed One said this:
Deeds and results
5. "Here, student, some man or woman is a killer of living beings, murderous, bloody-handed, given to blows and violence, merciless to living beings. Due to having performed and completed such karmas, on the dissolution of the body, after death, s/he reappears in a state of deprivation, in an unhappy destination, in perdition, even in hell(s).
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| Various "hells" in Buddhist and Hindu cosmology |
"This is the way that leads to short life, that is to say, to be a killer of living beings, murderous, bloody-handed, given to blows and violence, merciless to living beings.
6. "But here some man or woman, having abandoned the killing of living beings, abstains from killing living beings, lays aside the rod and the knife, is considerate and merciful, and dwells compassionate for the welfare of all living beings.
"Due to having performed and completed such karmas as this, on the dissolution of the body, after death, one reappears in a happy destination, even in a heavenly world.
"If, on the dissolution of the body, after death, instead of reappearing in a happy destination, in a heavenly world, one comes again to the human state [because of some intervening bad karma], one is long-lived wherever one is reborn.
"This is the way that leads to long life, that is to say, to have abandoned the killing of living beings, to abstain from killing living beings, to lay aside the rod and the knife, to be considerate and merciful, and to dwell compassionate for the welfare of all living beings.
7. "Here, student, some man or woman is one who harms beings with hands or with clods or with sticks or with knives. Due to having performed and completed such karmas, on the dissolution of the body, after death, one reappears in a state of deprivation...
"If instead one comes again to the human state, one is sickly wherever one is reborn. This is the way that leads to sickness, that is to say, to be one who harms beings with one's hands or with clods or with sticks or with knives.
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| Death (Yama) rules samsara: Sense Sphere |
"If instead one comes again to the human state, one is healthy wherever one is reborn. This is the way that leads to health, that is to say, not to be one who harms beings with hands or with clods or with sticks or with knives.
9. "Here, student, some woman or man is angry, much given to rage. Even when little is said, one is furious, angry, ill-disposed, resentful, one shows ill-temper, hate, and surliness. Due to having performed and completed such karmas [as fuming and/or expressing anger], on the dissolution of the body, after death, one reappears in a state of deprivation...
"If instead one comes again to the human state, one is ugly wherever one is reborn.
"This is the way that leads to ugliness, that is to say, to be furious, angry, ill-disposed, resentful, and to show ill-temper, hate, and surliness.
10. "But here some man or woman is not angry or much given to rage. Even when much is said, one is not furious, angry, ill-disposed, resentful, nor does one show ill-temper, hate, or surliness. Due to having performed and completed such karmas, on the dissolution of the body, after death, one reappears in a happy destination...
"If instead one comes again to the human state, one is beautiful wherever one is reborn. This is the way that leads to beauty, that is to say, not to be angry or given to much, and even when much is said, not to be furious, angry, ill-disposed or resentful, or to show ill-temper, hate, or surliness.
11. "Here, student, some man or woman is envious; one envies, begrudges, and harbors envy about others' gains, honor, veneration, respect, salutations, and offerings. Due to having performed and completed (willed and carried out) such karmas, on the dissolution of the body, after death, one reappears in a state of deprivation...
"If instead one comes again to the human state, one is insignificant wherever one is reborn. This is the way that leads to insignificance, that is to say, to be envious, to envy, begrudge, and harbor envy about others' gain, honor, veneration, respect, salutations, and offerings.
12. "But here some man or woman is not envious, does not envy, begrudge, or harbor envy about others' gain, honor, veneration, respect, salutations, and offerings. Due to having performed and completed such karmas, on the dissolution of the body, after death, one reappears in a happy destination...
"If instead one comes again to the human state, one is influential wherever one is reborn. This is the way that leads to influence, that is to say, not to be envious, not to envy, begrudge, or harbor envy about others' gain, honor, veneration, respect, salutations, or offerings. More
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Whose responsibility is liberation?
Friday, July 15, 2011
Poor Casey Anthony! (video)


Searching Facebook, many have found a man by the same name and tormented him. His response to the vigilante mob? "I can't change my name, ladies and gentlemen.""Casey Anthony" is a 43-year-old African-American male. He lives in Darby, Pennsylvania, and just happens to share the name of a 25-year-old Anglo-American female from Orlando, Florida, who is infamous for being found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter.
- PHOTO: The other Casey Anthony from Pennsylvania (NBC Philadelphia)
- She's to be released Sunday; some fear for her safety
- Casey Anthony gets and loses job in pornography
Mr. Casey Anthony has been bombarded on Facebook. He estimates that he has gotten at least 300 friend requests, messages, and posts, all targeting the other Casey Anthony.
"After the verdict that day, it went crazy. It was like everybody wanted to know and wanted to comment on this Casey Anthony situation," he explains.
The Antidote is the Opposite
There are Three Poisons of the heart/mind: greed, hatred (often expressed as fear), and delusion. It is wise to root them out at every opportunity. It is easier to transmute or transform them into something useful than it is to rid oneself of them.
But surely if they remain, they are serving as the basis of unprofitable karma (unskillful action of mind, speech, or body). Their "antidotes" are categories of opposite states -- nongreed, nonhatred, and nondelusion. Three immediate remedies are given as:
- letting go
- generating compassion
- being mindful of the present moment.
Why would one even try to avoid or abandon hatred if it is manifesting as "righteous indignation"? Surely, that justifies it and strengthens us to act in opposition!?No, what it does is obscure the mind, cause one to act in ways that result in remorse, that bring about suffering for us (when those actions later ripen), the bring humans down to subhuman states.
Hate helps no one. And those who say it does are trying to make the best of a bad situation. Transform it, transmute it, let it go, be freed from it, free others from it -- for it will surely drag us down, and we will only realize it too late.
- A man named Casey Anthony (thegrio.com)
- What if Casey Anthony were black?
The notion of race and coverage disparity also applies to Casey Anthony herself. Would she have been so easily acquitted if she were a Black woman?- Prof. Boyce Watkins: Would a black Casey Anthony been exonerated? Most blacks don't think so
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Sex and the Global "Slut Walk"
Thousands of skimpily dressed women took to the streets of London in Britain's first "Slut Walk," a global phenomenon to protest sexual violence (AFP/File/Carl Court).
New Delhi schedules Slut Walk to fight India's rape crisis Slut Walk was first held in Toronto earlier this year after a police officer caused outrage by stating that "women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized" during a speech to university students.
The protest soon spread to cities around the world where women joined in huge numbers to challenge the mindset that victims of sexual assault should bear a degree of responsibility on the grounds that they were "asking for it," including Nicaragua where dozens of women took part in a Slut Walking protest on Saturday. More
Toronto's Slut Walk protested sexual violence against women (nickhereandnow blog)Uncovering the truth: Why women "fake it"
New Congressman Weiner photos released by TMZ
What science says about power and sex scandals
Hotel workers protest at Dominique Strauss-Kahn trial
Italy: Berlusconi friend blames "illness" for sex parties
All Men Are Liars (except Sam De Brite): Pick up lines
Emails show Sarah Palin repeatedly manipulated media
Most Republicans see Sarah Palin as a "loser"
New York hotels revisit staff protection
7 unbelievably evil medical experiments
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Eating Well, Preventing Cancer

Active individuals may need more calories and protein. Petite people may need fewer calories. For some, gaining weight may be an issue. For others, it is a goal. So there is not one magic diet to will fit everyone. [Body types, blood types, type of environment, season, and current state of health also changes what is "best" for health.]
Powerful new cancer treatments are not taught in U.S. medical schools. But they are saving millions of lives in England, France, Germany, and more than 180 countries throughout the world (Gary Null “Advance News” Medical Report).Cancer is projected to be the number one cause of death worldwide by the year 2010. This frightening disease can affect anyone at any. The terror, confusion, and physiological deterioration that cancer causes devastates not only those who are afflicted by it, but everyone in their lives as well.
We need to arm ourselves with useful information to help to protect ourselves against this naturally-occurring and dreaded disease. [If we are causing it by taking in toxins, the cure is easy and prevention is even easier! Remove the toxins, and supply the body with good nourishment.]
Gary Null, Ph.D. and the world’s leading alternative cancer experts show powerful strategies to prevent cancer from ever forming or reversing it even if it has gotten to an advanced stage. [Your doctor will not like it and will not listen because that's not the business she's in, so use these scientifically-backed and industry-ignored protocols do the natural healing.] More


























