(Democracy Now!) Israeli occupiers (euphemism illegal colonial "settlers") attack convoy of journalists and father of Palestinian American killed one year ago
Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy drama film directed by Danny Boyle, starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut. It is written in English and Scots [3]. Based on the 1993 novel by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on Feb. 23, 1996 [6].
The film follows a group of heroin addicts in an economically depressed area of Edinburgh, Scotland, and their passage through life. Beyond drug addiction, other themes in the film include an exploration of urban poverty and squalor in Edinburgh [7]. Trainspotting was released to critical acclaim and is today regarded by many critics as one of the best films of the 1990s.... More
Roy M. Cohn (Feb. 20, 1927–Aug. 2, 1986) was a Jewish American lawyer and prosecutor who trained Donald Trump to be a shark in a swamp like the business world. Cohn first gained fame as a prosecutor of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg in their trials (1952–53) and as Sen. Joe McCarthy's chief counsel during the Army–McCarthy hearings in 1954. Cohn had been assisting McCarthy's investigations of suspected communists. In the 1970s and during the 1980s, he became a prominent legal and political fixer in New York City [2, 3]. He represented and mentored Donald Trump during Trump's early business career [4]. More
[One of the most important things Cohn taught Trump was how to blackmail businessmen and how to avoid being blackmailed, which is why Trump does not drink alcohol, but Trump could not resist the temptation of Israeli spies Epstein and Maxwell's underage sexual honey trap.]
She is the 106th individual to hold this esteemed role and, significantly, she is the first woman to lead the church established nearly 500 years ago.
The Church of England’s origins trace back to 1534, when King Charles VIII sought to circumvent the [Roman Catholic] Pope’s refusal to annul his marriage to Catherine of Aragon [who due to him would not bear him a male heir].
We say "Pope," but the official Church says she's the "ceremonial head" or primus inter pares, "first among equals.
This act fundamentally reshaped the religious landscape of England and now, centuries later, it’s experiencing another profound transformation.
Rome still rules the world with its pope.
[Pope] Mullally, 63, was a leading contender to succeed Justin Welby, who stepped down in November 2024. Her reputation as a highly capable administrator undoubtedly played a key role in her selection.
The Crown Nominations Commission, responsible for filling the Church of England’s most senior positions, chose Mullally. This commission comprises prominent bishops and archbishops, and its process differs significantly from the papal conclaves of the [Roman] Catholic Church. Here’s a breakdown of how the selection unfolds:
Extensive Consultation: The Commission engages in months of thorough discussions and evaluations.
Rigorous review: Candidates are assessed on their theological understanding, leadership skills, and administrative experience.
Governmental Approval: Ultimately, the chosen nominee requires validation from both the [UK] Prime Minister [Keir Starmer] and the King of England [Charles III], reflecting the Church of England’s status as the state religion.
I’ve found that this deliberate, multi-layered process underscores the gravity of the Archbishop of Canterbury's
position and the importance of selecting a leader equipped to navigate the challenges and opportunities facing the church today. More
"Sarah Mullally: First Female Bishop of England Faces Abuse Scandal Challenge"
It seems that ancient Irish tales of "hollow hills" (underground caverns in mountains, as in Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King" where ogres and supernatural beings dwell) are true. There are hillforts throughout the Emerald Isle. And the largest ever found in Northern Europe has just been uncovered, and it's massive.
Ireland discovery: the largest site ever
What, our pre-Christian roots go way back?
A vast prehistoric settlement hidden in the hills of County Wicklow is forcing archaeologists to rethink how people lived in Ireland more than 2,700 years ago.
What began as a closer look at a single hillfort has revealed a sprawling complex of ramparts, houses, and enclosures that specialists now say may be the largest clustered village ever identified in Ireland and Britain.
The scale of the discovery, and the suggestion that it could be the biggest prehistoric site of its kind in Northern Europe, is already reshaping debates about when urban-style living first emerged on the Atlantic edge of the continent.
The story starts with a familiar landmark in the Irish landscape, a hillfort in Baltinglass that locals have long known as a dramatic feature above the County Wicklow countryside.
Archaeologists had catalogued it as one of several prominent fortified sites in the region, but new survey work has shown that the hilltop is only the core of a much larger complex.
What once looked like a single enclosure now appears to sit within a dense cluster of prehistoric houses and additional earthworks that extend across the slopes and surrounding ridges. More
Cassian Holt, Morning Overview via MSN (msn.com/AA1Ts3), Jan. 2, 2026; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
My past lives are me, right? I mean, that's "me" as much as this is, isn't it? How could the answer be that, ultimately speaking, I'm neither those people nor this one if, conventionally speaking, I'm as much that one as this one -- and bear the karma (the weight of deeds done good and ill in the past) of both, of all I have been? Answer? Be here now.
REBIRTH: patisandhi, literally "relinking, reunion," is one of the 14 functions of consciousness (viññāna-kicca). It is a karma-resultant type of consciousness that arises at the moment of conception, that is, with the forming of a new life in a mother's womb.
REBIRTH: (punabbhava) literally, "re-becoming, again-becoming, rearising, "renewed existence," is a sutra term for "rebirth," which in later literature is mostly referred to as patisandhi.
Immediately afterwards consciousness sinks into the "subconscious stream of existence [becoming]" (bhavanga-sota). It is conditioned. Therefore, ever and ever-again, corresponding states of subconsciousness arise. Thus, it is really rebirth-consciousness that determines the latent character of a person.
"Neither has this (rebirth-) consciousness transmigrated [traveled] from the previous existence to this present existence, nor did it arise without such conditions as karma, karmic-formations, propensity, object, and so on.
That this consciousness has not come from the previous existence to this present existence, yet that it has come into existence by means of causes and conditions included in the previous existence, such as karma and so on, this fact may be illustrated by various things, such as:
the echo,
the light of a lamp,
the impression of a seal,
the image produced by a mirror
[the movement of a wave across the ocean].
[Doesn't a tsunami wave travel, after a massive quake, from Japan to California?]
[No, never. The influence of it travels, but never does a single drop of water move from there to here. Stare at a wave. It seems to be a moving column of water moving across the ocean. But that is not what it is. What is it? It is one water molecule compressing another next to it and so on and so on. This compression and expansion, in a sense, is the "wave," not any particular drop of water. Strange but true.]
For just as the resounding of the echo is conditioned by a sound and so on and nowhere in the process is there a transmigration of sound has taken place, just so is it with this consciousness.
Furthermore, it is said: "In this continuous process, no sameness and no otherness can be found." For if there were full identity (between the different stages, past and present), then also milk could never turn into curd. And if there were a complete otherness, then curd could never come from milk....
If in the continuity of existence any karma-result [vipaka, phala] takes place, then this karma-result neither belongs to any other being, nor does it come from any other (karma), because absolute sameness and otherness are excluded here" (The Path of Purification, Vis, XVII 164ff).
In The Questions of King Milinda or Milindapahna (Mil.) it is said: "Now, Venerable Nāgasena, the one who is reborn, is that person the same as the one who has died, or is that person another?"
"Neither the same nor another" (Pali na ca so na ca añño).
"Give me an example."
"What do you think, O King: Are you now, as a grown-up, the same as you had been as a young and tender babe?"
"No, Venerable sir. Another person was the young and tender babe, but quite a different person am I now as a grown-up man."...
"...In the first watch of the night, is one lamp burning, and another in the middle watch, and yet another in the last watch of the night?"
"No, Venerable sir. The light during the whole night depends on one and the same lamp.''
"Just so, O King, is the chain of phenomena linked together. One phenomenon arises, another vanishes, yet all are linked together, one after the other, without interruption. In this way, one reaches the final state of consciousness neither as the same person nor as another.'' More: patisandhi
True Lives (video); Ven. Nyanatiloka, Buddhist Dictionary; Dhr. Seven, Pat Macpherson (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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Oct. 27, 2025: Former British military officer turned diplomat Chris Romberg unloads firsthand Israeli Zionist horror stories in Gaza — from IDF bulldozers ripping up civilian roads for fun to IDF snipers shooting nurses through windows at work — calling out British complicity in Zionist Jewish Israel's genocide and daring other British veterans to speak up.
00:00 - Chris had a close look at Gaza, West Bank, and East Jerusalem — says it was already a horror show 20 years ago
01:26 - Top diplomats were already saying it was worse than apartheid South Africa, and the US could shut it down with one call
02:11 - Two Gaza horror stories from the field as IDF bulldozers tear up roads for fun and snipers shoot nurses inside a kids’ hospital
04:00 - Brits, who once freed Jews from Nazi concentration camps, are now helping Israel commit genocide
05:43 - UK not just guilty by association, but fully in it — providing weapons, flying intel, giving training to troops, hosting (public and secret) arms deals
06:52 Calls out other British veterans for not speaking out, soldiers get trained in war crimes law, so no excuse.
ABOUT: Colonel Chris Romberg is a former Army officer and defense attaché with the UK's embassies in Jordan and Egypt. His family fled Nazi-occupied Austria in 1938.
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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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How three terrorist groups formed the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) | The Big Picture
(Middle East Eye) The Big Picture Podcast. Before the formation of the IDF or "Israel Defense Forces" in 1948, there were three underground terrorist Jewish groups known as Zionist militias (Ashkenazi European white supremacist racist militants), theHaganah, the Irgun, and the Lehi.
They differed in tactics and beliefs and at times fought with each other, but together they terrorized Palestinian villages and executed attacks and bombings against the British to force them to give up control of occupied land so they could illegally occupy it.
They blew up hotels in Jerusalem, embassies in Europe, and assassinated a UN mediator.
After Israel was officiated as a "state" [which it has never officially become because to ratify all that is needed would mean agreeing on a constitution and being just another group (Ashkenazi European invaders) in a utopia-in-the-making until it can kill off enough of the indigenous "Arabs" to rule without hindrance from pesky human rights violations and an ethnically cleansed people suing for their legal "right of return"] -- the three militias would create the IDF -- and their leaders would go on to form Israel’s government, become politicians, ambassadors, and prime ministers.
And their dark history would be forgotten. This week on The Big Picture, we unpack that history. Subscribe and listen on all podcast platforms: thebigpicture.buzzsprout.com.
UNGA president's fiery UN speech calls out Gaza suffering, demands justice for Palestinians | AQ1B
(DRM News) Sept. 22, 2025: DRM News delivers live coverage of the France-Saudi Arabia co-hosted UN summit on the two-state solution on Sept. 22, 2025, at 3:00 pm EDT in New York. Leaders including Macron, Guterres, Abbas, and bin Salman discuss Palestinian state recognition, IDF ceasefire in Gaza, and lasting peace amid surging endorsements from Western nations.
Watch now for expert analysis on this pivotal diplomatic effort. two-state solution summit, UNGA Palestine conference, Macron two-state push, Saudi Arabia co-host, UN Secretary-General Guterres, Palestinian President Abbas, King Abdullah II Jordan, Erdoğan Turkey, Lula Brazil, global Palestine recognition, Gaza war diplomacy, international peace talks, EU leaders UNGA, Arab League involvement, Middle East resolution, live UN coverage, DRM News, geopolitical negotiations, statehood announcements, Israel-Palestine conflict. #TwoStateSolution#UNGA2025#PalestineRecognition
Commonly referred to simply as Glastonbury Festival and known colloquially as "Glasto," this five-day festival of performing arts is held near Pilton, Somerset, England, most summers. It is the biggest open-air festival in the world.
Will you behave this year, Boys? And don't cuss.
In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret, and other arts. Leading pop and rock artists have headlined, alongside thousands of others appearing on smaller stages and performance areas.
Kneecap rocks Glasto
Films and albums have been recorded at the festival, and it receives extensive TV and newspaper coverage. Glastonbury takes place on 1,500 acres of farmland [3] and is attended by about 200,000 people [4], with extensive security, transportation, water, and electricity-supply infrastructure (stuff built on the ground).
We need to heal stoned in a circle, a stone circle
While the number of attendees is sometimes swollen by gatecrashers, a record of 300,000 people was set at the 1994 festival, headlined by the Levellers, who performed on the Pyramid Stage [5].
Most festival staff are unpaid volunteers, helping the festival to raise millions of pounds for charity organizations [6].
Regarded as a major event in contemporary British culture, the festival is inspired by the ethos of the hippie, the counterculture of the 1960s, and the free festival movement. [It's the British version of Woodstock.]
Vestiges of these traditions are retained in the Green Fields area, which includes sections known as the Green Futures, the Stone Circle, and Healing Field [7].
Michael Eavis hosted the first one, then called the Pilton Festival, after seeing an open-air Led Zeppelin concert in 1970 at the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music. More: Glastonbury Festival
Terrible lineup for this year's fest before hiatus? - Will the Morris dancers be around for Beltane?
Isle of Wight Music Festival comes alive
Rare photos of the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival brought to life [with AI]
(Fusion Kidd) June 16, 2025: As Glastonbury 2025 opens, what is the history of other open-air festivals akin to Woodstock? Here are some rare photos of the 1969 Isle of Wight Festival, but in this case they are colorized and brought to life with animated motion (1968–1970). How the ChatGPT or AI modeling is able to project what happened after these photographs were taken is the mystery of something going into AI's black box and something else coming out with no one able to explain what happened in between.
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Films and albums have been recorded at the festival, and it receives extensive TV and newspaper coverage. Glastonbury takes place on 1,500 acres of farmland [3] and is attended by about 200,000 people [4], with extensive security, transportation, water, and electricity-supply infrastructure (stuff built on the ground).
