Russia's Putin blackmailed Jeffrey Epstein?

Moment grinning Jeffrey Epstein quizzed about being ‘sexual predator’ in bombshell new video

Jews? Zionists have hijacked Judaism

What about the rest of Africa?

Isn't Israel in Europe or in the Middle of the East?

No, it's in North Africa, but they deceive everyone.

Israel's planned war with Iran starts (live)

• Videos capture Israel’s defense systems failing to intercept Iranian missiles (msn.com)

Iran fires 400+ missiles and rockets, unleashing 'hellfire' on Israel as 'Iron Dome' struggles | LIVE

(Hindustan Times) Started streaming ~8:40 pm (Pacific) Hindustan Times [from India which, due to PM Modi has an extreme pro-Israel bias] brings all the news for the global Indian under one umbrella. It breaks down news from across the plane(t) from the unique lens of a rising India. Tune in for explanations, opinions, analyses, and a 360-degree view of big events in India and the world that impact the present and future. Follow the channel on WhatsApp for news alerts, top stories, and editorial picks. Join: https://www.bit.ly/3PQ4kSv. Subscribe to the Hindustan Times YT channel and press the bell icon to get notified when it is live. Website hindustantimes.com. Twitter: httweets, Facebook: hindustantimes. #Iran #Israel #US #Lebanon #Hezbollah #IDF #IsraelWar #hindustantimes

Vegan Mexico: Soul-Satisfying Regional Recipes

Jason Wyrick (walmart.com via bing.com); Crystal Q., Ananda (Dharma BM), Wisdom Quarterly

Vegan Mexico: Soul-Satisfying Regional Recipes from Tamales to Tostadas

Authentic indigenous vegan food

Kindle Edition by author Chef Jason Wyrick has 4.5 out of 5 stars with 424 ratings. The bestselling author of Vegan Tacos explores the magic of Mexico’s regional cooking — exotic flavors that can be enjoyed without leaving the kitchen.

Wyrick’s delicious recipes capture the essence of the moles of Oaxaca (\wah-ha-kah\), the Mayan legacy of the Yucatan, the smoky chile flavors of Zacatecas, the fruit-centric Southern regions, the European-Spanish influence of Veracruz, and the street food of Mexico City.

Recipes include:

• Oaxacan-Style Black Beans
• Potato and Drunken Bean Gorditas
• Chilled Avocado Soup
• Tofu and Tortillas in Red Salsa
• Creamy Green Enchiladas
• Mushroom Crêpes in Poblano Chile Sauce
• Flan with Apricot Preserves
• Muddled Sage
• Margarita

Paradise Garden Plant-Based 1

A leading authority in vegan Mexican cooking, Wyrick shares the core concepts for making authentic Mexican cuisine and ties the recipes to their place in the story of Mexico.

Readers will come away with a new understanding and admiration for the diversity and flavors of Mexico and be inspired to make delectable main dishes, soups, spreads, sandwiches, breads, desserts, snacks, and much MORE.

• Paradise Garden Plant-Based Cookbook 1: Over 127 Delicious Vegan Recipes From Around the World

“Any vegan interested in cooking unique Mexican dishes must have this book. Those not interested in making the recipes will find it a fascinating read and appreciate the research the author has undertaken to deliver a comprehensive look at Mexican cuisine.”

— Vegetarians in Paradise

Monty Python: Peasants vs. Royals (TV)

How accurate is Monty Python's anarcho-syndicalist socialist collective commune peasant scene?

(Yestervid) March 19, 2021. Monty Python and the Holy Grail’s anarcho-syndicalist peasant scene is one of the funniest parts of the film. In it, two peasants claim that they’re living in an autonomous collective, a small self-governed society that doesn’t answer to a higher power, such as a lord, a king or a government. It seems like it’s a crazy idea and just part of the zany humour of the film. But how accurate is this scene? Could a society like this have existed back in the middle ages, and how would it work? It was a question recently posed on Reddit, and there were some truly fascinating answers. Let’s look into it.

Thanks to Redditors Wifi-Knight, Mike Dash, J-Force, and Airborne Walrus for their insights. Here's the original question on reddit: reddit.com/r/AskHistorian... See more great vids like this on our channel: yestervid, yestervid.com, facebook.com/yestervid, twitter.com/yestervid.

Navajos want say over their justice matters

Associated Press (AP via mail.com, 8/28/20); Xochitl, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Why isn't this map of Native American nations in the history books of the USA?

Jonathan Nez addresses crowd after being sworn in as president of the Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance, Arizona. Nez has asked Trump to commute death sentence of tribe member Lezmond Mitchell to life, citing the tribe's longstanding opposition to the death penalty in a 7/31/20 letter.

Navajo Nation wants more say over criminal justice matters

US history of stealing children: ethnic cleansing

FLAGSTAFF, Arizona — Shortly after the only Native American man on federal death row was deprived of breath, his tribe blasted the federal government and accused it of violating the spirit of a law that allows tribes to decide whether to subject their citizens to the death penalty, which gets called capital punishment to soften what it is.

Rest

Restoring stolen sovereignty

Indigenous History of USA

(Aug. 28, 2020) Lezmond Mitchell, 38, was executed Wednesday [Aug. 26] at a federal prison in Indiana where he was imprisoned.

The Navajo Nation had asked Pres. Trump to reduce Mitchell's sentence to life in prison. As the state execution neared, Trump took no action, and White courts declined to intervene.

The Navajo Nation said the situation highlights the need to restore tribes' ability to determine criminal justice matters on tribal lands, especially when it concerns Native victims and Native perpetrators.

Jurisdiction now falls to a mix of agencies, including a tribe, that respond depending on the exact location of the crime and who is involved.

Justice? Killing is not part of our belief system.

“We’re all realizing right now, it’s not enough to try and fix this little piece of the patchwork of justice in Indian Country,” said Navajo Nation Council Delegate Carl Slater.

“What we need to do is restore that authority and reaffirm it because it’s every nation’s sovereign right to handle these matters internally.” More

Natives only get negative national coverage

Comfort foods from fed staples

Ever notice that Native Americans, when covered, are only covered for annoying and negative reasons? It's no accident. It's editorial policy. What about the good news? Who cares. We are all led to believe there is no good news. There are no climate saving activities, there are no peaceful gatherings of tribes (powwows), there are no indigenous spiritual activities, there is no return to native ways overcoming the theft of children, language, cultural practices, prophecies, or delicious foods. These things exist, but the federal government is still on an eradication campaign, coming at native from all sides. Know that there is much positive that's ignored.

Taking a trip to Seattle's CHAZ (video)

Zwing Films, 6/15/20; Aaron Woodwell; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Aaron Woodwell, being a Libertarian in Seattle, couldn't help himself from checking out #CHAZ, the recently-declared "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone," independent region of Seattle.

Here's a no frills walk through during the day when nothing's happening.

Fight for Kashmir, India vs. Pakistan (video)

PBS News; Dhr. Seven, Pfc. Sandoval, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit, BBC

India claims the entire state of J&K (Jammu and Kashmir) based on a document signed in 1947. Partition from Pakistan came in 1947. Muslim-majority Pakistan claims J&K based on its majority Muslim population. China strategically claims the Shaksam Valley and Aksai Chin (wikipedia).

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Neighboring Afghanistan and China

The Kashmir conflict is a territorial conflict primarily between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region.

The conflict started after the partition of India in 1947 as a dispute over the former princely state of J&K (Jammu and Kashmir) and escalated into three wars between India and Pakistan and several other armed skirmishes.

China has also been involved in the conflict in a third-party role. Both India and Pakistan claim the entirety of J&K. India controls approximately 55% of the region's land area and 70% of its population, whereas Pakistan controls approximately 30% of the land, and China controls the remaining 15%. More

• Kashmir conflict: How did it start? (National Geographic)
• Here's why stakes are so high in Kashmir conflict (PRI.org)
• Why does Article 370 matter in Kashmir? (NY Times)

How old is this fight?

Pakistan's map of Kashmir

(BBC) Nuclear-armed neighbors India (former Bharat) and Pakistan (former India) have fought two wars and a limited armed conflict over Kashmir. Why do they dispute the territory, and how did it start?

Kashmir is an ethnically-diverse Himalayan region, covering around 86,000 square miles (138 sq km), famed for the beauty of its Switzerland lakes, meadows, and high snow-capped mountains.

Even before India and Pakistan won their independence from Britain in August of 1947, the area was hotly contested.

Under the Partition plan provided by the Indian Independence Act, Kashmir was free to go with or "accede" to either India or Pakistan.

The Maha-raja (great local ruler) Hari Singh initially wanted Kashmir to become independent. But in October 1947 he chose to join India. In return he got India's help against an invasion of tribesmen from Pakistan. More

New Jewish country welcomes all Jews (JAO)

JAO; RT; DiscoveRoss; Editor-for-a-Day Sheldon S., A. Wells, Wisdom Quarterly, April 1, 2018

Hey, look here. It's true! - I can't believe it. - Wait, let me see. There has to be a catch.

(BB/RT'099) Birobidzhan: Jewish Autonomous region, doc created by the Soviet Union in 1928

Jewish singers make better rockstars

Imagine a peaceful land for Jews. It already exists and has for a while. It even has an official website (eao.ru).

It is called the JAO or Jewish Autonomous Oblast (Евре́йская автоно́мная о́бласть or Yevreyskaya avtonomnaya oblast in Russian). Its Yiddish name is ייִדישע אװטאָנאָמע געגנט‎ or yidishe avtonome Gegent). It is a federal subject of Russia located in the Russian Far East.

It was created to welcome all Jews for immediate residency, citizenship, family raising, with an abundance of land to create a Jewish paradise on earth without having to launch a genocide on anyone.

It borders Khabarovsk Krai and Amur Oblast in Russia and Heilongjiang Province in China.

Its administrative center is the town of Birobidzhan. As of the 2010 Russian Census, JAO's population was 176,558 people or 0.1% of the total population of Russia.

Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel! (JVP)

Judaism is practiced by only 0.2% of the population of the JAO. Article 65 of the Constitution of Russia provides that the JAO is Russia's only autonomous oblast. It is one of two official Jewish territories in the world, the other being the very troublesome non-state of Israel.

 

Sadly by 2010, according to data provided by the Russian Census Bureau, there were only 1,628 Jews remaining in the JAO (less than 1% of the population), while ethnic Russians made up 92.7% of the JAO population. Come on, people, let's get with it. Here's are chance: Zionism today! More

Jewish Autonomous Oblast Еврейская автономная область (Russian)
—  Autonomous oblast  —
Flag Coat of arms
Anthem: None, planned competition did not take place
Coordinates: 48°36′N 132°12′E Coordinates: 48°36′N 132°12′E
Political status
Country	Russia
Federal district	Far Eastern
Economic region	Far Eastern
Established	May 7, 1934
Administrative center	Birobidzhan
Government (as of July 2014)
• Governor	Alexander Levintal
• Legislature	Legislative Assembly
Statistics
Area (as of the 2002 Census)
• Total	36,000 km2 (14,000 sq mi)
Area rank	61st
Population (2010 Census)
• Total	176,558
• Rank	80th
• Density	4.9/km2 (13/sq mi)
• Urban	67.6%
• Rural	32.4%
Population (2016 est.)
• Total	170,000
Time zone(s)	VLAT (UTC+10:00)
ISO 3166-2	RU-YEV
License plates	79
Official languages	Russian

 
A New York Jew in China: Trip to Yiddishland

(Forverts) "A New York Jew in China - Birobidzhan: A Yiddishland in the Far East" of Russia up at its border with north China. This is a report from Correspondent Ross Perlin in Birobidzhan, Jewish Autonomous Oblast.

ATS off the cushion, into the world (volunteer)

Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society; Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells, Wisdom Quarterly

There are better things to eat.

For the fifth year in a row, Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society will send a group of volunteers to work at the LA Food Bank. Join in this easy way to give back to the community and take your meditation practice off the cushion (and into the world).

 

Volunteers at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank will assemble food packages for over 23,000 low income seniors, women with infants, and children in LA County.

The food packages consist of food items like canned fruit, canned vegetables, rice, cereal, and other non-perishable food items. By giving just a little of our time, we can make a big difference in our community.

• Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
• 1734 E. 41st St., LA, 90058
• Saturday, Aug. 26, 8:30 am-noon

Interested in participating?

Eat, pray, love, and volunteer!

Click HERE and enter the password stream26 (case sensitive) to register. Sign up for Saturday, August 26, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM. Thank you for helping alleviate hunger in our community!

• Once registered volunteers will receive email confirmation with all of the logistical details and forms.
• Minimum age requirement is 14 (sorry, no exceptions)
• All volunteers must wear closed toe shoes.
• Parking is available on site but is limited. Parking is assigned on a first come, first served basis.
• Free street parking available. Groups, please carpool.

Tibet protesters jailed for life

"Tibet protesters jailed for life for deadly riots that killed 18 'innocent civilians'" (4/29/08)

Ruling: A Chinese court sentenced 17 Tibetans for riots China brutally cracked down (dailymail.co.uk)

A Chinese court today sentenced 17 Tibetans, including six monks, to jail terms ranging from three years to life for their roles in last month's riots. The Intermediate People's Court of Lhasa announced the sentences at an open session, after convicting the men of being responsible for the deaths of 18 "innocent civilians."

Two men, including a Buddhist monk identified as Basang, received life sentences. Basang allegedly led 10 people, including five other monks, who destroyed local government offices, burned down shops and attacked policemen. Two of the monks were sentenced to 20 years and the three others to 15 years, Xinhua said.

• Tensions Rise in Tibet as Monks disrupt Journalists VIDEO (1:51)

The other man who received a life sentence was Soi'nam Norbu, a driver for a Lhasa real estate company who joined in the mobs that burned vehicles, smashed police stations and assaulted firefighters during the riot. He was convicted of arson and disrupting public services, but no details were given about the 10 other people sentenced. China's state broadcaster reported that 200 people attended the trial, the first since the mid-March riots.

The massive anti-government protests that turned violent in Lhasa on March 14 were the largest challenge to Chinese rule in the Himalayan region in nearly two decades.

• Civilian Head-Shaving Protest for Tibet VIDEO (0:36)

China has said 22 people died in the riots while Tibetan exile groups say many times that number were killed in the violence and the ensuing crackdown. Xinhua said the Lhasa violence left seven schools, five hospitals and 120 homes torched and more than 900 shops looted. Total damage was more than 244 million yuan (£17 million). Tibet and the surrounding provinces where protests broke out have been closed to foreigners since the unrest.

The sentences came a day after Tibetan authorities announced the reopening of the Sera Monastery, which was closed after the riots. "Monks have been taught legal knowledge in recent days and the monastery has resumed normal religious activities," Tenzin Namgyal, deputy director of the Tibet Autonomous Regional Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee said. Other monasteries that were closed will be reopened soon, he said.

Chinese authorities have increased patriotic education classes that require monks to make ritual denunciations of the exiled Tibetan Buddhist leader the Dalai Lama, accept the Chinese-appointed Panchen Lama, and pledge allegiance to Beijing.

The protests, initially led by Buddhist monks, started peacefully on March 10, the anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule. They became violent four days later as Tibetans attacked cars and shops run by Han Chinese, China's majority ethnic group. Police and armed troops surrounded Lhasa's three main monasteries -- Sera, Drepung, and Ganden -- along with the sacred Jokhang Temple during the demonstrations. They were then closed off as authorities investigated which monks had been involved in the unrest.

Dalai Lama blasts Chinese "repression" on France visit

Tibetan leader addressing conference attendees in Nantes, France 8-15-08 (Reuters)


Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama (L) poses with France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy during the inauguration of the Buddhist Lerab Ling temple in Roqueredonde, southern France. The Dalai Lama denounced Chinese repression in Tibet on a trip to France that has fuelled tensions between Paris and Beijing (AFP/POOL/Pascal Guyot).

Herve Gavard (8/22/08)

ROQUEREDONDE, France (AFP) -- The Dalai Lama denounced Chinese repression in Tibet when he met French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner Friday on a trip to France that has fuelled tensions between Paris and Beijing.

His French interpreter, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard, said "His Holiness (told Kouchner).... that there is a certain form of brutal repression that continues parallel to the Olympic Games."

The only way China can "regain its respectability in the international community" was the "march towards democracy," the Dalai Lama said, according to Ricard, who attended the meeting.

Kouchner, who made no public comment except to say the Dalai Lama was "always welcome in France," was attending the inauguration of a Buddhist temple by the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader along with France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

The Dalai Lama presented the pair with long white scarves, a Tibetan gesture of hospitality and respect, which they wore as they watched their host prostrate himself before a statue of the Buddha.

The spiritual leader made a speech in English after officially opening the temple in which he called for harmony between different religious traditions and for respect for the environment.

"We have the responsibility to take care of this planet," he said. "We must extend love to all creatures, trees, and beautiful things."

French human rights minister Rama Yade and former prime minister Alain Juppe were also at the event which was attended by about 2,000 people.

President Nicolas Sarkozy declined to meet the Dalai Lama, sparking accusations from the opposition Socialists that "the only guiding principle (of Sarkozy's policy towards China) appears to be not to displease Beijing."

China accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking independence for Tibet, a Himalayan territory ruled for the last six decades by Beijing, and of fomenting unrest to sabotage the Olympic Games currently under way.

Calling the Dalai Lama a "liar," Shugden practitioners hold banners which read "Give religious freedom to Shugden practitioners" in anti-Tibet protest just before a public conference of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Nantes 8-15-08. He was is in France from 8/11-23/08 (Reuters/Stephane Mahe (FRANCE).

But the 73-year-old Nobel Peace prize winner insists he wants autonomy and religious freedom and not independence for Tibet.

China had cautioned Sarkozy that meeting the Dalai Lama would have "serious consequences" for bilateral relations, and Beijing warned France on Wednesday to deal prudently with the "important and sensitive" issue of Tibet.

Planned more than two years ago, the Dalai Lama's 12-day French visit which ends Saturday turned political after a Chinese crackdown on unrest in Tibet in March that sparked international outrage.

Sarkozy angered Beijing by threatening to boycott the opening of the Olympic Games following the crackdown. But he did finally attend the ceremony in Beijing on August 8.

The entourage of the Buddhist leader said he had not sought to see the French president and the Dalai Lama has repeated that his visit to France is not political and is mainly to give spiritual teaching to Buddhists here.

In an interview with France's Le Monde newspaper published Thursday, the Dalai Lama said Chinese troops fired on Tibetan protesters this week, as Beijing hosted the Olympics, and that at least 400 people have been killed since unrest erupted in March.

The spiritual leader denied a comment attributed to him by the paper that 140 people had died on Monday when the Chinese security forces opened fire on Tibetans. But his office said there had been casualties.

The incident happened in Garze, a Tibetan-majority town in China's Sichuan province near the border with Tibet, he said.

Chinese authorities in the area denied Friday when contacted by AFP that any such incident had occurred.

The Dalai Lama also told Le Monde that at least 400 Tibetans had been killed in the region around the Tibetan capital Lhasa since March, and 10,000 had been imprisoned in secret locations.

He said that in the run-up to the Beijing Olympics he had been hopeful of progress, encouraged by the commitment of Chinese President Hu Jintao to begin serious talks.

"But we were quickly disillusioned. Our envoys came up against a wall. There was no opening," he told the paper.

China sent troops into Tibet in 1950 and officially "liberated" it the following year. The Dalai Lama fled into exile in India in 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule.