Prince Andrew: Putin/KGB has the proof

Russian Pres. Putin has Epstein's recordings of Prince Andrew, royal biographer claims | Andrew Lownie

Could Mr. Putin release the tapes to Pornhub?

(Times Radio) Aug. 12, 2025: “Putin, according to this story, has the [child molestation sex] material [that was used to blackmail the British royal and the UK].” Recordings from Jeffrey Epstein’s home [or his "Pedophile Island" Li'l St. Jeff's in the U.S. Virgin Islands] were given to the Kremlin [Russian capital], Andrew Lownie alleges. Join this channel to get access to perks: @listentotimesradio

British princess marries Latin lover (video)

Sarah Young, Sabrina Barr (Independent); Crystal Q., Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

This is embarrassing! It was supposed to be a Buckingham Palace secret at Windsor Castle.

Video of Princess Beatrice with rich young Latin lover Edoardo (independent.co.uk)

  

He's hot-blooded, and I'm blue-.

Princess Beatrice has married property tycoon Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

Today (Friday, July 17, 2020) the couple tied the knot surrounded by loved ones at All Saints Chapel in Windsor Great Park.

The Queen was in attendance at the secret ceremony, in addition to the Duke of Edinburgh and Princess Beatrice’s parents [accused child molester] Prince Andrew [friend of Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, Don "John" Trump, Billy-Goat Clinton, and famous attorney Alan Dershowitz, who all frequented Pedophile Island] Duke of York and the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, all of whom adhered to strict social distancing guidelines, the Palace claimed.

Prince Andrew with child he molested

The couple were originally supposed to wed in May, but the wedding reception was cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Mr. Mapelli Mozzi proposed to Beatrice in September when the couple travelled to Italy for a weekend break.

• Princess Beatrice (daughter of Prince Andrew and Fergie) marries in secret ceremony at Windsor Castle

BREAKING NEWS: Secret ceremony

Following the news of their engagement, the couple released a statement through Buckingham Palace, which read: “We are extremely happy to be able to share the news of our recent engagement.

“We are both so excited to be embarking on this life adventure together and can’t wait to be married.

“We share so many similar interests and values and we know this will stand us in great stead for the years ahead, full of love and happiness.”

But who is exactly is the royal’s new husband? Here’s everything you need to know. More

Men tied to Ferguson protests dying

Associated Press (ap.org); Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, Wisdom Quarterly

 

Puzzling number of men tied to Ferguson protests have died

FERGUSON, Missouri - Two young men were found dead inside torched cars. Three others died of apparent suicides. Another collapsed on a bus, his death ruled an overdose. Six deaths, all involving men with connections to protests in Ferguson, Missouri, drew attention on social media and speculation in the activist community that something sinister was at play. More

LA Uprising: 25 Years Later (Hammer UCLA)

Hammer Museum (hammer.ucla.edu); Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly

This series examines the events and after-effects of the L.A. Uprising on its 25th anniversary.

It is co-presented with the UCLA Department of History and the UCLA Interdepartmental Program in Afro-American Studies.

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Screening of Rodney King 
Tuesday, May 2, 7:30 p.m.

Will there be torture hereafter? (Diyu/wiki)

Roger Guenveur Smith's Bessie Award-winning solo performance is inspired by the late Rodney King, whose videotaped beating by LAPD officers ignited the 1992 Los Angeles uprising. Twenty-five years after the uprising, Smith reunites with director Spike Lee for their ninth collaboration. Followed by a Q&A with Roger Guenveur Smith and UC Santa Barbara Professor Stephanie Batiste. Unfortunately Spike Lee will not be attending.
  
The screening and discussion is followed by a reception with the artists in the Hammer's courtyard, featuring the a live DJ set by the film's composer Marc Anthony Thompson (aka Chocolate Genius). For more information and the Livestream, go to the program page.
 

"To Protect and to Serve":Strategies for Law Enforcement Reform 25 Years After Rodney King 
Wednesday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.
Civil rights attorney Connie Rice, police officer Anwar Sanders, and UCLA law professors Devon Carbado and Beth Colgan discuss the efficacy of consent decrees and other police reform policies including bias training, body cameras, and community policing. For more information and the Livestream, go to the program page.

Screening of Do Not Resist 
Thursday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.
Beginning on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, as the community grapples with the death of Michael Brown, Do Not Resist offers a shocking look at the militarization of police forces in America. Followed by a discussion with Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. For more information and the Livestream, go to the program page.

On my way to Mandalay: Buddhist Burma (video)

Seth Auberon, CC Liu, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; Ben the Man (text); Erikssc; Visbeek

Samantha in Pagan/Bagan, Burma, land of Buddhist shrines and temples (Visbeek/flickr.com)

(Erikssc) A tour of the three most popular tourist destinations in Burma: Bagan (Pagan), Inle Lake, Yangon (Rangoon) for those curious about this newly opened Theravada Buddhist country.

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Mahamuni, Shwedagon Pagoda (1marco1polo)

Bagan, formerly "Pagan," is an ancient Burmese city from the 9th-13th centuries.

It was once the capital of Burma and is currently one of the Southeast Asian country’s main spiritual tourist attractions for adventure travelers.

It was formerly the capital of the Pagan Kingdom, where Theravada Buddhism was and continues to be the main religious tradition in this part of Burma, next to Thailand, China, and Laos.
 

The area, now known as the "Bagan Archaeological Zone," occupies an impressive 26-square-mile area. Marco Polo described Bagan as one of the finest sights in the world. Despite centuries of neglect, looting, erosion, regular earthquakes, not to mention shoddy restoration efforts, this temple-studded plain remains a remarkably impressive and unforgettable vision:

Bagan’s kings commissioned more than 4,000 Buddhist shrines and temples. On a visit to Shwesandaw Pagoda, a Buddhist temple complex that contains a series of five terraces, topped by a cylindrical reliquary (stupa), which has a jewel-studded umbrella. The pagoda was built by King Anawrahta in 1057.
 

During visits to Bagan, bicycles can be rented that allow one to ride up alongside any Buddhist temple. As Bagan’s most famous sunset-viewing spot, Shwesandaw Pagoda is a graceful white pyramid-style pagoda with steps leading past the terraces to the circular stupa on top, with 360-degree views.

It’s located roughly midway between Thatbyinnyu and Dhammayangyi temples. The temple allows a view of the 4,000 shrines and temples scattered across the sacred plain. The Dhammayangyi in the center is a very large square, a single-story pyramidal temple with six monumental ascending exterior terraces.

Oriented toward the east, the Dhammayangyi's brickwork is finely crafted -- perhaps the finest in Bagan. More

Trip to Burma? Six years ago, art student Veronika Scott accepted a challenge from her college professor: Design something to "fill a need" in the US, even on Detroit streets (CNN).

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Obama abolishes last major restrictions on US travel to Cuba

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Pres. Obama sent an unmistakable message to Americans ahead of his historic trip to Havana: "Cuba is open for business." Punching fresh holes in the generations-old U.S. embargo, Obama's administration removed the last meaningful restrictions on travel, putting a Cuba vacation within reach for millions of Americans over the coming years. The sweeping changes also clear a path for Cuban athletes to one day play Major League Baseball and other professional sports.

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Waiting for Ferguson (video)

Editors, Wisdom Quarterly; Associated Press; DDFRTV; Democracy Now!; Goodreads

With St. Nick's entry comes racial controversy: Police detained anti-Black Pete demonstrators wearing T-shirts reading "No to Black Pete" as St. Nicholas arrived in Gouda, Netherlands, Nov. 15, 2014. Black Pete (Dutch Zwarte Piet), the traditional black-faced sidekick of Santa Claus (Sinterklaas), walked side-by-side with yellow-colored "Cheese Petes" and "Cookie Petes," a nod to the city's most famous products, but also a concession to critics of the traditional Black Petes. The children's fairy tale that has delighted kids for generations is being framed as a very politicized debate in the Netherlands, where discussion about the place in society of immigrants has simmered for years. (AP/mail.com)

  "Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People" (Sundance, 2014)

Missouri: We were thinking we'd execute them then leave them lying around for everybody to see. At least that was the plan. Y'know, keep everybody in their place. Makes our job of keeping them down easier (dayandadream.com).

"F the police" reads the mailbox, but police intend to F the community (slate.com, Aug. '14)

Ferguson: police state racism, murder of Mike Brown, provoking riots (socialesteemmedia)

(DN!) A new film explores how African American communities have used the medium of photography to shape how they are represented. "Through A Lens Darkly" is directed and produced by Thomas Allen Harris, who shares his own family's history in the film. Allen Harris is also the creator of the related project, the Digital Diaspora Family Road Show. Both were inspired in part by the book, Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, 1840 to the Present by Deborah Willis, who also produced the film. Allen Harris joins Democracy Now! from the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, where his movie premiered.

The Fire Next Time

(AudioGo) Like Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man, the great James Baldwin, author of and The Fire Next Time, tells it like it is in the 1960s, and we still have not learned.

The Fire Next Time

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Time galvanized the U.S. and gave passionate voice to the emerging civil rights movement. At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice, the book is an intensely personal and provocative document. It consists of two "letters," written on the occasion of the centennial of the Emancipation Proclamation, that exhort Americans, both black and white, to attack the terrible legacy of racism. Described by The New York Times Book Review as "sermon, ultimatum, confession, deposition, testament, and chronicle...all presented in searing, brilliant prose," The Fire Next Time stands as a classic of our literature. 

(RYF) This is an excerpt from Baldwin's N-gger, spoken in 1969 in London about the Black experience in the USA and how it relates to the Caribbean and Great Britain.

Ferguson October: Thousands march in St. Louis for police reform and the arrest of killer-cop Darren Wilson

Return of the Ferguson War Zone?
Mo. Enacts State of Emergency ahead of Mike Brown Grand Jury

Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency in advance of the grand jury’s pending decision in the Police Officer Darren Wilson murder case in the Michael Brown shooting. On Monday, Gov. Nixon issued an executive order to activate the state’s National Guard in response to what he called "the possibility of expanded unrest." Nixon cited the protests in Ferguson and the St. Louis area since Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was killed by police officer Darren Wilson on August 9. The grand jury has been meeting for nearly three months, and protests are expected to escalate if they choose not to indict. But while state officials say they fear violence, protesters say they fear a return to the militarized crackdown that turned their community into a war zone. As the grand jury nears a decision and all sides prepare for the unknown under a state of emergency, we are joined by two guests: Jeff Smith, a New School professor and former Missouri state senator whose new book is Ferguson: In Black and White, and Montague Simmons, chair of the St. Louis-based Organization for Black Struggle and a key organizer in the movement that has emerged since unarmed teenager Michael Brown’s murder.

Who is Donald "Flu" Rumsfeld?

Pentagon chief and head of the Department of War (euphemism: "defense")

Donald Rumsfeld -- masterful media deceptions or strong sociopathic tendencies?


Rumsfeld, asked to resign, returns to civilian life a multimillionaire (having misplaced billions in Iraq War funding without being held responsible)