Like most of us around here, Gwen Stefani (who long since sold out) and her ska-punk band No Doubt grew up near the original Disneyland (in Anaheim, California). To us it was much more a Tragic Kingdom than a magic one, all Hollywood and transparently capitalist, feeding girls fantasies that a rich prince on a white stallion was on his way any minute now if we just kept our heads down and played our assigned roles, never questioning gender norms and expectations, inherent sexism, and a system of patriarchy that ruined life for 51%+ of the world. Gwen played her role to fame and fortune, but at one time she helped write "Just a Girl" in subtle protest. OC/LA punks love-hated Mickey Mouse, Disney propaganda films, and the kingdom.
Was beloved American Walt Disney a well-known antisemite? Production manager Harry Tytle, and head of merchandising Kay Kamen, once quipped that Disney's New York office had "more Jews than The Book of Leviticus" [209]. Wikipedia editors (many of them being trained Zionist propagandists) will write anything to dissociate Walt from his Hitler fandom.
Little-known facts about Mickey Mouse that every Disney lover should know
Mickey Mouse is one of the most iconic and beloved characters in the world of entertainment, but there are still many little-known facts about him that even the biggest Disney fans might not be aware of.
From his original name to all the way he's made history, here are some fascinating insights into everyone's favorite mouse. More
Yosemite is a U.S. national park in Northern California established on Oct. 1, 1890 (135 years ago), receiving 3,897,070 visitors (2023) [4] and 4,000,000+ in 2024.
It is bordered on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers 1,187 square miles (3,070 kms) in four counties – centered in…
The word "Yosemite" (derived from the Miwok natives' Yohhe'meti, "They are killers") historically referred to the name that the Miwok American Indians gave to the Ahwahneechee, the resident indigenous… More
Jeffrey, can I bring my wife Hillary to watch? She likes the ladies as much as I do. - Yeah, Bill.
I made it onto Epstein's Pedophile Island
Wait, it's inside the CIA-Mossad's USA?
Little Saint James, U.S. Virgin Islands: "The Lolita Express" flew U.S. presidents and other powerbrokers (British royalty, bankers, Israeli officials, the rich and famous) to Epstein's "Pedophile Island." It is a small private island in the United States Virgin Islands, southeast of Saint Thomas. It was owned [and is still lived on] by American financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein from 1998 until his [faked] death in 2019 [1][2]. Due to Epstein's years of ownership, [blackmail funding], and especially its use as a base of operations for child sex trafficking, videotaping, and extortion of the rich and powerful of the world caught in this "honey trap," the island is most often nicknamed "Pedophile Island." More
Jon Stewart reacts to Colbert's cancellation and Trump's "bawdy" Epstein doodles | The Daily Show
Donald sent me. - What? - Dilemma. - You're in!
(The Daily Show)
July 21, 2025: Jon Stewart dives into Trump’s crude sex birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein and his desperate attempts to distract MAGA [from the Pedo Files] with Hillary Clinton's emails, the release of the MLK Jr. files, and the return of racist football mascots. Plus, Jon reacts to CBS cancelling "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and calls upon corporations, advertisers, and institutions to "sack up" with the help of the “Go F**k Yourself” choir. #DailyShow #LateShow #StephenColbert #Trump #Epstein
(Associated Press) Started streaming July 5, 2025 (PST) Watch live as the Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday in Dharamshala, India, high in the Himalayas near China. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning spiritual head of one school (Yellow Hats) of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism says he plans to reincarnate yet again after his death, ending years of speculation that he might be the last incarnation to hold the role. Read more: bit.ly/40r31i7 #live #dalailama#religion
"His Holiness" will attend a public program in honor of his 90th birthday organized by the Kashag of the Central Tibetan Administration on behalf of all Tibetan people at the Main Tibetan Temple in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India on July 6, 2025.
Who is the Dalai Lama? He turns 90 next Sunday, on July 6th, 2025. Only John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) has been able to get to the bottom of it. Why do Americans and most of the world (other than China) love him? He got to the bottom of that. The Dalai Lama is the alleged 14th reincarnation (rebirth) of a transformed Vedic Hindu deity named Avalokiteshvara (manifesting as the female deity Chenrezig, Guanyin, Kwannon, Kwan Yin). It's not that there have been 13 previous Dalai Lamas so much as the same one coming back, but not a Buddhist messiah figure. That messiah is Maitreya, the Buddha of the future.
Past life memories are not so unusual. We can remember
How will the next Dalai Lama be chosen – and who could it be?
(Al Jazeera English) July 2, 2025: The Dalai Lama has told followers that the role, that he embodies, will continue after his death. In a video message to a religious gathering in northern India he added that the search for a future Dalai Lama would be carried out in accordance with tradition. That's at odds with China's assertion it should choose the next Dalai Lama. Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama is reincarnated into the body of a child. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports on the succession process. Tibetan writer and activist Tenzin Tsundue says the Dalai Lama's statement cuts China out of the process to choose a successor.
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Hey, Everybody, come to my party, I mean, the U.S. military's 100 million dollar party with tanks tearing up the street! It's turning 250, older than my country. Yeah, MY country, not your country no more.
I'm turning 79 and it's about time I start telling the truth. You can dance and you can cheer and you can buy my branded memorabilia. But you better not try to protest or disrupt my festivities, I mean my military festivities. And no Anti-Jew things, we're at war right now.
Go do your King Day celebratings somewheres else, not in MY town DC. Why do they call it DC? Is it not in Columbia, the original name of America? I'dunno. That's where my throne is, where I rules from. I replaced the porcelain with pure gold for my bottom, that's MY throne. I wish Melania could see it. Where is she? Anyways, it's gonna be alotta fun. See you alls there!!
The Simpsons on future and Tupac Shakur on New Yorker Trump (Prof. Bob Reich)
Young protester rips into Trump Birthday Parade: “This is not North Korea!” | AC1G
(DRM News) June 14, 2025: #AntiTrump #NoKingsDay #TrumpParade 18-year-old Atlanta resident Lavora Vincent delivers a fiery speech at an anti-Trump protest, slamming the U.S. military parade on Trump’s birthday as “North Korea-style propaganda.” Speaking out against injustice, Lavora says America was built on oppression and pledges to represent herself when Congress won’t. “If you’re not angry, you’re not listening,” she declares. For more details, watch our story and subscribe to our channel, DRM News.
Meet at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Colorado Blvd. (site of the world-famous Rose Parade) in Pasadena. Begin at 860 E. Colorado Blvd. To join with a Quaker, contact Prof. Anthony Manousos at interfaithquaker@aol.com. See: nokings.org
Saturday is a NATIONAL day of action and mass mobilization
Maybe courts and lawyers will save us?
This in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption in Washington, DC, including King Trump's birthday military parade, celebrating a wasteful (homegrown British-style) imperial military older than the country. We are protesting crackdowns on free speech and assembly of people for their political views, threatening to deport American citizens and corrupt the courts.
What threats to our democracy are we seeing? What can we do individually and as a Meeting of Friends to support people and institutions that are under attack -- immigrants, LGBTQIA+ community, federal workers, university students and staff, our legal system, scientific and medical research, and so on? Prof. Manousos will facilitate a discussion and share a Quaker perspective on being a prophetic witness during these trying times.
Once upon a time, Sinclair Lewis wrote a book, a dystopian fantasy. No one believed it, except maybe novelist George Orwell, who by 1948 had the manuscript for a book he would call 1984. (He didn't think such a time was too far off, so he flipped 48 to 84). By 1984, it was already true, only most Americans and Brits hadn't noticed. The predictions were eerie and in practice all around us. It's only gotten worse since then.
“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”
— Salon
It Can’t Happen Here is Sinclair Lewis’s cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.
Sit home. What has protesting ever accomplished?
Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Mr. Hitler’s aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press.
Called “a message to thinking Americans” by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can’t Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today’s news. More
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