(The Unfiltered Mic) Bill Burr, brother of Willy Organ (Billy Corgan) of the Smashing Pumpkins
Brothers? But we look nothing alike, Howie!
In a controversial January 2025 podcast by neurotic Jewish impresario Howie Mandel, Bill Burr publicly addressed Billy Corgan's claim that they are brothers or half-brothers of their mutual degenerate father, Bill. Bill Burr criticized Mandel for this gotcha moment, ambushing and humiliating him by bringing out Bill Corgan live on air to discuss their sensitive family issue.
Howie: I love ratings, guys, sorry.
Billy C claims that he had been told that Billy B had been informed that he would be coming out on the show, which he had never done in public in spite of all the lurid speculation of their family's sex life. Bill B alleges that muckraker Mandel is "rude" to be chasing "ratings" with such a stunt, stating that a podcast is not the appropriate venue for the independently famous "Bill Brothers" to meet and face off about so sensitive an issue as paternity. Mandel left the room. Amid jokes, Bill B and Bill C [know they] "have the same father" and say of this father: "The fact that he said he can't sing, I think that sort of disproves that we're related" ("Bill Burr, Billy Corgan address whether they're half-brothers," Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, retrieved August 10, 2026 [114]). More
Did civilization begin at Karahan Tepe? Humanity before Göbekli Tepe | Prehistory doc
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CHAPTERS
11:30 - I - In The Beginning
28:36 - II - Dancing at the Dawn
59:23 - III - The Older Brothers of Adam
1:28:15 - IV - Of Sorcerers & Stone Circles
Research
BOOKS
René Girard, Violence & The Sacred (1972)
Klaus Schmidt, Gobekli Tepe (2012)
Steven Mithen, After The Ice (2003)
V. Gordon Childe - Man Makes Himself (1939)
Robin Dunbar, Human Evolution (2014)
Robin Dunbar, How Religion Evolved (2022)
David Wengrow & David Graeber, The Dawn of Everything (2021)
Mircea Eliade, A History of Religious Ideas (1988)
Mircea Eliade, Shamanism (1951)
Jaques Cauvin, The Birth Of The Gods & The Dawn of Agriculture (1994)
Clifford Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures (1973)
Claude Levi Strauss, The Savage Mind (1966)
Dancing at the Dawn, Yosef Garfinkel (2003)
Brian Hayden, The Power of Feasts: From Prehistory To The Present (2014)
Dacher Keltner, Awe - The Transformative Power of Everyday Wonder (2023)
ACADEMIC JOURNALS
The Archaeology of Ritual, Edward Swenson (2015)
Becoming Farmers: The Inside Story, Anna Belfer-Cohen (2011)
The Earliest Dancing Scenes In The Near East - Yosef Garfinkel (2003)
On Scorpions, Birds & Snakes - Benz & Bauer (2015)
Farewell to the ‘Childhood of Man’ - Wengrow & Graeber (2015)
So Fair A House, Göbekli Tepe - E. B. Banning (2011)
Göbekli Tepe Preliminary Report, Klaus Schmidt (2000)
Gods & Monsters - David Wengrow (2011)
Jaques Cauvin: The right man for the reason - Anna Belfer Cohen (2011)
The Legacy of Jaques Cauvin, Melinda Zeder (2011)
Klaus Schmidt, Hans Georg K Gebel (2014)
The Natufians In The Levant, Anna Belfer-Cohen (1991)
To be not to be, Olivier Aurenche (2013)
The Neolithic Transformation, Willie Thompson
The Origins of Agriculture, Price & Bar-Yousef (2011)
Rational Choice In The Neolithic?, Kim Sterelny (2015)
The Origins of Agriculture In The Near East, Melinda Zeder (2011)
On The Nature of Transitions and Revolutions in Prehistory, Ofer Bar-Yosef (2005)
The World’s First Temple, Sandra Scham (2008)
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Shintoism is a religion from Japan classified as an East Asian religion by scholars. It is often regarded by its practitioners as Japan's indigenous religion and as a "nature religion." Religious scholars sometimes call its practitioners "Shintoists," although adherents rarely use that term themselves. With no central authority in control of Shintoism, there is much diversity of belief and practice evident among practitioners. A polytheistic and animistic religion, Shinto revolves around supernatural entities called the kami (神), who are believed to inhabit all things, including forces of nature and prominent locations.
These shapeshifting kami are worshipped at kamidana household shrines, family shrines, and jinja public shrines staffed by priests, known as kannushi(those who deal with the kami), who oversee offerings of food and drink to the specific kami enshrined at that location. This is done to cultivate harmony between humans and kami [shapeshifting spirits, apparitions, ghosts, genies, poltergeists, elementals, ghouls, monsters, tricksters, fairies, gargoyles, or other invisible beings] and to solicit their blessings. Other common rituals include kagura dances, rites of passage, and kami festivals. Public shrines facilitate forms of divination and supply religious objects, such as amulets, to the Shintoists. The religion places a major conceptual focus on ensuring purity, largely by cleaning practices such as ritual washing and bathing, especially before worship. Little emphasis is placed on specific moral codes or particular afterlife beliefs, although the dead are deemed capable of becoming kami. The religion has no single creator or specific doctrine and instead exists in a diverse range of local and regional forms.
Yōkai are also referred to as ayakashi (あやかし), mononoke (物の怪), or mamono (魔物). Some academics and Shinto practitioners acknowledge similarities within the seeming dichotomy between the natures of yōkaiand most kami, which are generally regarded as relatively beneficent by comparison. Shintoists classify the two as ultimately the same type of spirits of nature or of a mythological realm [3]. Their behavior can range from malevolent harm or mischievous trickster pranksterism to benevolent towards humans. More: yōkai
Mormonism: the theology and religious tradition of the Latter-Day Saint movement of RestorationistChristianitystarted by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 1830s. As a label, it has been applied to various aspects of the movement, although since 2018 there has been a push from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to distance itself from this label [1]. A prominent feature of the theology is the Book of Mormon, a 19th-century text that describes itself as a chronicle of early Indigenous peoples of the Americas and their dealings with [the white man's] God [2]. This theology combines mainstream Christian beliefs with modifications stemming from belief in revelations to Smith and other religious leaders.
Atheism: knowing that there are no Gods (theos); in the broadest sense, an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are certainly no deities. Atheism is contrasted with theism, which is the belief that at least one deity exists.
NONTHEISM: The position that whether there is a God(s) or not, that has no bearing on an individual's enlightenment, liberation, deliverance, salvation, emancipation. (Why? The gods/Gods are caught in this samsaric rounds just as other beings are). It is a range of both religious [1] and non-religious [2] attitudes characterized by the absence of espoused belief in the existence of a God or gods.
It has generally been used to describe silence towards the subject of gods (deus, theos, dīvus) and differs from atheism, which is an active disbelief in any gods. It has been used as an umbrella term for summarizing distinct and even mutually exclusive positions.
(We apologize in advance if our statements have offended any FSMists; it is never our intention at WQ to offend, diminish, mock, or otherwise find fault with the religion or nonreligion of anyone's choosing. Do carry on believing and never mind our backwards ways. In fact, everyone should convert to this religion and/or make up their own, such as George Costanza Sr.'s Festivusism. We ourselves are nontheists, Buddhists yes, but nontheists.)
FSM Pastafarianism
One day the eternal Creator Deity blessed humankind with starch but cursed it with gluten
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the supreme deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster [of the latter-day tortellinis], an ironic, satirical, and parodic new religious movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion [3]. The parody originated in opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools in the USA. According to adherents ("Pastafaris"), Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarianism 🌬️) is a "real, legitimate religion, as much as any other" [4]. It has received some limited recognition as such [5, 6, 7, 8, 9]. More
Q:Why did it take exactly 108 days?A: The number 108 (a full mala or rosary) is considered sacred by the Dharmic religions, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism. According to Sri Lankan Theravada scholar-monk Bhante G(abbot of the Bhāvanā Society in West Virginia), 108 is reached by multiplying the senses of smell, touch, taste, hearing, sight, and consciousness by whether they are painful, pleasant, or neutral, then again by whether they are internally generated or externally occurring, and again by whether they are in the past, present, or future. Finally, we get 108 feelings: (6×3×2×3 = 108). So the number 108 represents all the possible sensory states one could experience. More
Venerable Buddhist monks touch hearts during Walk for Peace in Virginia en route to DC
(ABC 7 News - WJLA) Feb. 6, 2026: “If you’re not at peace, where are we?" said Caroline County resident Sue Iszczenko while she and her daughter Kayla waited for the venerable Buddhist monks to walk past them on their route from Texas to Washington, D.C., promoting inner and world peace.
Hi, I'm Aloka the Peace Dog
In a time defined by [Trump] turmoil, with a nation fractured, hundreds came from far and wide, gathering roadside in rural Caroline County to witness 20 Buddhist monks [and a dog named Aloka] journey a portion of 2,300 arduous miles – from Texas to D.C. – advocating for harmony in a world gone haywire. More: wjla.com/news/local/venerable...
So sweet — when Buddhist monks walking for peace make everyone smile
(AmeriScope) Feb. 5, 2026: Some moments don’t need to be explained.
We see them — and we smile spontaneously.
This video captures one of those moments.
It is so sweet in its simplicity that Americans naturally slow down and feel lighter, even if for just a moment.
Nothing here is planned. Nothing is performed. The sweetness comes from small, human interactions — the kind that happen when kind people are present and open.
A smile appears unexpectedly.
Gestures are genuine.
Someone pauses, not because they have to but because they want to.
These moments change the world little by little because inner peace expresses as world peace.
They change the moment.
As part of the Walk for Peace, scenes like this appear along the road — not loud or dramatic, just quietly heartwarming. People notice without trying. They react without thinking. And suddenly, the space is warmer.
This movement isn’t about distance, destination, or purpose.
It’s about feeling.
It’s about how sweetness shows up when no one is trying to impress or persuade.
What is the way to such "sweetness"? The Buddha taught four sublime meditations called the Four Supreme Abidings:
loving-kindness (metta)
compassion (compassion)
joy in the joy of others (mudita)
unbiased looking on (upekkha)
It happens when people are simply themselves.
In a world that often feels rushed and heavy, moments like this land differently. They do not demand attention. They invite a smile.
Sometimes that’s enough.
This is a reminder that kindness doesn’t always look serious.
Sometimes, it just looks sweet.
What was the last small moment that made you smile without expecting it? #PeaceWalk #AlokaDog #Texas #WashingtonDC #SweetMoments #EverydayJoy #LittleThingsMatter #FeelGoodVideo #WarmMoments #LifeAsItIs
Is "global warming" real? Who dares to say that it is not? The mainstream media shoves that message down our throat whether we like it or not. University researchers are enticed to find those results and punished when they find anything else. And no one seems to be counting the artificial manipulation of the weather with chemtrails, H.A.A.R.P., and other secret means. Humans are warming it, but it is a concerted effort to warm it and say in an alarmist way that that warming is galloping out of control now. We ignore our eyes. We ourselves do not review the data. When the meteorologist who founded the Weather Channel (weather.com) looked at the data, he did NOT find much of a rise. And he asked his colleagues about. There has been about a 1 degree rise in our lifetimes. Where are all the other headlines coming from and why? They will make us believe and demand that they intervene. We will not only give up our rights, we will demand they be taken away. There may be a mini ice age on the way, but we'll never hear about that above the din of alarmism and artificial youth movements kickstarted to promote an agenda. Natural global warming being brought on by consumer activity? Unlikely. Being brought on by corporate officials and their masters? Obviously.
(AmeriScope) Love travels quietly across the country and into Virginia
(Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive) A hidden ritual. A sacred promise. A transmission into a buddha's transcendent compassionate wisdom. A corn field transformed.
In 1980, HH the Dalai Lama received a humble request from a revered Tibetan monk in America: Perform the Kalachakra initiation—a powerful tantric ritual never before held outside of India or Tibet—in the heart of rural Wisconsin.
What followed was nothing short of miraculous. In just a few months, the lama's devoted students overcame local resistance, built a temple from the ground up, and transformed a Midwestern cornfield into a site of ancient wisdom and spiritual awakening, attracting over 1,000 spiritual seekers from around the world.
Captured on film then locked away in Smithsonian vaults for over 40 years, this long-lost footage resurfaces to reveal a story of transformation to buddhahood, and a moment when time, space, and a sacred initiation converged in the unlikeliest of places.
This story of the 1981 Kalachakra is told through the voices of distinguished scholars and the initiates who participated in the 1981 Kalachakra and through personal interviews of the Dalai Lama, filmed in 1981, throughout the preparation and the event.
The Dalai Lama’s Gift is a cinematic meditation on faith, legacy, and the power of one sacred encounter to ripple across generations.
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