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Come learn about the recent threats to roll back the Roadless Area Conservation Rule (also known as the Roadless Rule) and how the rule protects public lands.
Give a spoken or written public comment. Make your voice heard to help protect nearly 60 million acres of Angeles National Forest public land from private logging, mining, and other extractive industries.
(Dream Time) March 18, 2026: Walk amongst the dead on a trip to paradise, where neither he nor she will return, and it comes as no surprise. Yes, let's take a walk through Hollywood and the memories it produced from the 1950s with a new romantic song. Journeys going back in time down Memory Lane combine with 1950s' musical styles from rockabilly, rock and roll, doo-wop to romantic love songs.
O, Jewish God, let me be famous!
ABOUT: This video is an AI-assisted artistic tribute and historical reimagining of the 1950s created to celebrate the atmosphere, style, music, and cultural memory of the era [the golden years of tinsel town]. All persons, characters, and scenes depicted are synthetic, AI-generated creations designed to represent the aesthetics of the period. They are not intended to represent any real individual, living or deceased. Any resemblance to actual persons or well-known public figures is purely coincidental. This work is for entertainment and cultural appreciation only and is not presented as authentic archival footage. No endorsement, affiliation, or official association with any person, estate, brand, or rights holder is implied.
Production Credits and Workflow: Lyrics: 100% human-written original compositions by Thomas. Music: Musical arrangements composed via Suno AI (Premium Commercial License). Visuals: Crafted using Higgsfield AI and PicLumen for authentic 1950s aesthetics (Premium Commercial License). Post-Production: Edited with custom filters (Piclumen, Canvas, Nano Banana 2/Pro) and CapCut (Premium Commercial License). Created and produced by 1950s Dream Time. Personal appearance and original voice outro in several videos.
(Today Unpacked and Unpacked) Feb. 15, 2026: The charge of “dual loyalty” has followed many Jews for centuries. From 19th-century Europe to modern America, Jews have been accused of caring more about Israel — and each other — than their own official country.
Tracing this idea from the Dreyfus affair to today’s political debates, this story examines where the accusation comes from, why it persists, and what it reveals about belonging, citizenship, and who gets to count as truly American.
Trump has been handed an eviction of sorts: He's out of the BBC, the Billionaire Boys' Club, because he can no longer afford the steep membership fees.
UPDATE: Fine now $454,500,000 because of backdated interest
The total fine for the convicted Trump fraudsters is more like $364 million because sons Donald and Eric were also hits with fines and all are barred from being CEOs of any company in New York for three years.
Don't compare me to my dumb nepotistic sons!!
He may have to open up Mar a Lago to Airbnb rentals to cover his expenses.
He has allegedly run up a bill from defense attorneys of $500 million, or half a billion. He was fined $5 million for the rape of a woman he repeatedly defamed and was recently fined an additional $83 million for defaming her (and she has enough evidence to sue him again for doing it again after the trial).
Today's fine is $354 million. And he still faces about 90 criminal cases that may land him in federal prison unless he pays all the rest of his money on better defense attorneys or MAGAots rise up again and break him out of jail through another attempted insurrection that results in a second U.S. Civil War. Let's add it up:
354,000,000.00 (today's fine for fraud)
500,000,000.00 (defense attorneys' bill)
083,000,000.00 (fine for defamation)
005,000,000.00 (fine for rape/sexual assault)
500,000,000.00 (future legal fees)
= more than the billion he started with
Will this cost Trump a young trophy wife?
Melania: I'll be taking my half and going now.
If Don John Trump started with a billion (1,000 million), and that's a big if -- given that he was convicted of financial fraud in New York for lying about how much his assets are worth or what he's spending his hush money on, and most of his tax documents do not seem to be examined by the mainstream media that allegedly worked so hard to have access to them -- he is down to almost nothing.
My book club likes it. Lunar New Year Love Story has 4.6 out of 5 stars with 63 ratings. And it's an editors' pick for Best Young Adult. Graphic novel superstars author Gene Luen Yang and illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this heartwarming rom-com about fate, family, and falling in love.
She was destined for heartbreak. Then fate handed her love.
Val is ready to give up on love. It's led to nothing but secrets and heartbreak, and she's pretty sure she's cursed: No one in her family, for generations, has ever had any luck with love.
But then a chance encounter with a pair of cute lion-dancers sparks something in Val. Is it real love? Could this be her chance to break the family curse? Or is she destined to live with a broken heart forever? Lunar New Year Love Story
Who in the Hades does Olivia Rodrigo think she is, putting Tay-Tay (Taylor "Nazi Barbie" Swift) to shame and giving Queen Bee (Beyonce) a run for her money? You're already top of the pops, girl, so slow down. We can't hardly keep up.
Oh, we get it. No rest for the wicked. Rival T-Swift has just become Time Magazine's person of the year for 2023, making millions on tour, getting accolades one can hardly believe she deserves, and making an s-ton of money, which is what really matters in this society. Bravo, Swift! Frenemies? Can we be the best of enemies, Vampire?
What if they were to join forces like early Lana Del Rey and Lady Gaga?
What if boys invented "Vampire" rather than whomever Olivia Rodrigo got the idea from? Then they'd make a metal version of yelling, full of Rodrigo's emotion but more umphh in the music. Olivia rules. Just ask Elvis Costello. She's young, she needs ideas.
This book will inspire and remind readers how much we are truly capable of. For someone who has never meditated, it is a perfect introduction to the teaching of American Theravada Buddhist and successful insight meditator Sharon Salzberg, whose voice has inspired a generation of seekers.
Kate Anderson, The Daily Caller, 3/5/23; Crystal Q., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Why would kids like the Devil? Candy
Baphomet statue in conversion room at The Satanic Temple where a "Hell House" was being held in Salem, Massachusetts, Oct. 8, 2019, parodying a Christian Conversion center used to terrify atheists and others.
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‘Parents need to wake up’: Advocates sound alarm about Satanist after-school clubs sprouting across the country
The Satanic Temple (TST) recently announced multiple new after-school clubs across the country, raising concerns from religious advocates about the impact that pushing Satanism on students could have in the future.
TST describes its religion as a “scientific, rationalist and non-superstitious worldview,” and TST’s National Campaign Director June Everett told NBC affiliate WAVY that the purpose of the clubs is to go “to schools where other religious clubs are operating” to provide an alternative.
“Parents need to wake up and understand false ideologies are everywhere and they must train up their children to follow the one true God of love, not one of evil and destruction,” Penny Nance, CEO and president of Concerned Women for America, the nation’s largest women’s public policy organization, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
TST made headlines in 2022 for fighting for the right to create after-school clubs for students and has recently been launching new groups across the country, raising concerns for religious advocates about the potential impact Satanism may have on students’ perception of faith.
Hope Dad will be into my extracurricular activity.
A TST “After-School Satan Club” was approved in December 2022 at a Virginia elementary school, provoking many parents, who were disturbed by the push to indoctrinate children into Satanism, to protest the club, according to RealClearEducation.
TST has announced the formation of multiple new clubs in New York, Pennsylvania, and Colorado in just the past month, and religious advocates have taken note of the trend, telling the Daily Caller News Foundation that the normalization of Satanism could be detrimental to students later in life.
“A Satanic club is the antithesis of religion,” Penny Nance, CEO and president of Concerned Women for America, the nation’s largest women’s public policy organization, told the DCNF. “Groups like this have free speech rights but Satanism is not a religion. The fact that there are more of these clubs popping up means kids are searching for something to believe in.”
“The decision to promote the Satanic Temple in schools is a concerning development in districts across the country,” Delano Squires, a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family.
“This group has no more ‘right’ to students and schools as a Neo-Nazi club demanding representation. Schools should use wisdom and discernment with regard to decisions related to extracurricular activities.”
TST argued on its Twitter account that an upcoming vote at a Virginia school would determine whether its club should be on “equal footing” with other school groups, particularly religious clubs.
“The Chesapeake School Board will vote on two policy revisions tonight, putting non-profit organizations, including the After School Satan Club and the Good News Club, on equal footing for the use of school facilities,” TST’s Feb. 27 post said.
Christianity makes some people nicer but, sadly, not all people.
A flyer for Chesapeake, Virginia’s club, shared by TST’s National Campaign Director June Everett to Reddit in 2022, said students will be doing puzzles, games, crafts, and nature activities in addition to being taught “benevolence and empathy, critical thinking, problem-solving, creative expression, personal sovereignty, and compassion.”
While the club’s flyer claimed the program “does not attempt to convert children to any religious ideology,” students are instructed in the seven tenets of TST....
Family Research Council Assistant Director Arielle Del Turco argued that TST isn’t interested in establishing “equal footing” but in undermining religion as a whole.
“It’s always a concern when people try to use kids to gain attention or legitimize themselves,” Del Turco told the DCNF.
“Treating The Satanic Temple as a religion undermines the credibility of religion and its role in American society — but that’s their point. They are so desperate to advance a secular vision of society that they created a fake religion to challenge the role of Christianity in our public institutions.”
Del Turco said that TST’s clubs were simply a ploy to get schools to refuse them, so they could claim discrimination in order “push Christianity and other religions out of the public square.
Squires also said that TST likely sees students as “pliable and easily influenced” and would therefore make the “perfect candidates” to be taught a “self-destructive worldview.”
Most recently, TST conflated concerned parents, who protested the Chesapeake club’s acceptance, with criminal activity, in a March 2 post on Twitter.
“Unfortunately, some individuals made violent threats in response to our request to use school facilities and to be treated the same as other groups,” the post said.
“Anyone who has sought to block the After School Satan Club from meeting at B.M. Williams — even after the club and school were threatened — should ask themselves why they are siding with criminal actors over children and families gathering in fellowship.”
TST did not respond to multiple requests from the DCNF for comment.
Nance warned religious parents that the only ones who can truly protect their children from “false ideologies” is them.
“Parents need to wake up and understand false ideologies are everywhere and they must train up their children to follow the one true God of love, not one of evil and destruction,” Nance concluded.
Squires had a more hopeful outlook and told the DCNF that he believed the increased presence of Satanism might turn the next generation to God instead of away.
“It could easily exacerbate the current trend of Americans moving away from organized religion, often replacing that void with partisan political activity,” Squires said.
“But, as a Christian, there is also a possibility that exposure to the beliefs of TST can push the next generation closer to God. Nothing makes light shine brighter than being surrounded by darkness.” Source
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Jon Krop (Sit-Heads Meditation Club, NY); Ananda (Dharma B Med, LA), Wisdom Quarterly
Jon Krop
Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, is the next meeting of the Sit-Heads Meditation Club to sit and chat about practice, starting at 7:00 pm ET. Here's the join link, which will be sent out again by email on Thursday.
P.S. If you enjoy the group, consider supporting on Patreon, which helps cover the cost of the website, software, and other Sit-Heads-related expenses. Thanks.
What else is going on?
Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm ET (online): Sit-Heads Book Club. The current book being read is: Be Here Now by Ram Dass.
The group sits for 30 minutes then discusses the book.
It's a very fun discussion. Here is the Zoom link.
Impromptu Group Sits (online)
Throughout the day, sit-heads are having impromptu group sits in a shared video room that's always open. Folks announce their sits in the online group chat so others can join.
On that note, there is an ongoing Online Group Chat, which can be joined here. It is used to talk about practice, share fun and interesting resources, and stay connected with each other.
Consider supporting the group on Patreon, which helps cover costs of website, software, and other Sit-Heads-related expenses. Thanks!
What else is going on?
Mondays, 7:30-9 PM ET (online): Sit-Heads Book Club!
Current book: Be Here Now by Ram Dass. The club sits for 30 minutes then discusses the book.
It's very fun. Zoom link.
Add to Google Calendar here.
Impromptu Group Sits (online)
Throughout the day, sit-heads are having impromptu group sits in a shared video room that's always open.
There's also an online group chat. Folks announce their sits in the online group chat so others can join.
Sit-Heads also has an ongoing group chat. Join to talk about practice, share fun or interesting resources, and stay connected with each other.
(GMA Good Morning America) The FBI joins manhunt for murderer of Idaho students, Nov. 18, 2022. ABC News' Mola Lenghi shares the latest updates on the search for a killer (mass murderer) following the gruesome deaths of four University of Idaho students at an off-campus home.
Read more: abcn.ws/3UPvPMg#GMA#idaho
(WQ) With so many weird deaths becoming normalized by the mainstream media -- odd murders, seemingly random and vicious -- it's become too hard to keep track of them all. There was a shooting today in this state. No, you're thinking of yesterday's mass shooting in that state. Keep it straight. Gay club shooting? No, that happened in Florida not Colorado. School shooting. Yawn. If anyone wants to believe it is random and without reason then steer clear of conspiracy theories. Many are planned and engendered by some bigger picture agents trying to make guns illegal, trying to keep the population locked in fear, trying to mass traumatize a society, or who knows why? There are many good explanations but to say them aloud gets someone cancelled or at least shadow banned.
Slayer "Kill Again"
Maybe I should listen to the band and read the lyrics before wearing their t-shirt. Nah.
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(Nikhil Parulekar) Slayer is a Los Angeles band of schoolmates with guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King and Tom Araya on vocals and bass. Super drummer Dave Lombardo joined last, playing in a style reminiscent of early Exodus, influenced heavily by Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, before their attendance at a Metallica concert convinced them to play much faster and much heavier.
It ain't easy being a cheesy Kardashian.
LYRICS:
Lurking in the dismal fog/ Hungry for your blood/ Seeking harmless victims/ Satisfy my needs// Schizophrenic lunatic/ Uncontrolled desire/ Rape and ravage lady fair/ Pledged to die// CHORUS: No apparent motive/ Just kill and kill again/ Survive my brutal thrashing/ I'll hunt you till the end/ My life's a constant battle/ The rage of many men/ Homicidal maniac//
Trapped in mortal solitude/ Lift the gleaming blade/ Slice her flesh to shreds/ Watch the blood flow free/ Hatred growing stronger/ None survive my wrath/ Suffer from the throbbing pain/ Yield your life to me/ CHORUS
[Lead guitar: Hanneman/King/Hanneman /King] Kill the preacher's only son/ Watch the infant die/ Bodily dismemberment/ Drink the purest blood/ Unrelenting need to kill/ Death upon you now/ Anxiously awaiting/ Next in line.
Death is everywhere, SURPRISE!
(CBS New York) Cyclist killed after driver runs red light, Aug 12, 2019. A car crash in Brooklyn took the life of an innocent cyclist Sunday; CBS2's Jenna DeAngelis reports.
Assessing risk is one of the most important things we do as humans, and mycology (the study of mushrooms) is no exception.
Distinguishing the poisonous from the delicious is square one for beginning mushroom hunters. But what if we're almost completely ignoring the world's truly dangerous fungi?
Are these magic kind safe, Chris?
Let's take a tour of candidates for this category, exploring our blind spots, discussing problems of scale, and thinking together about how to move forward as a civilization.
The Los Angeles Mycological Society (LA's Mushroom Club or LAMS) is hosting UC Santa Cruz Norris Center Mycologist Christian Schwarz to take us on this online tour.
Smarmy sellout, sincere broadcaster, useful idiot, what is Thom Hartmann? His program is played on Pacifica Free Speech Radio (KPFK.org, 90.7 FM) mornings in LA, and he was on subversive RT. An extreme moderate and a big disappointment is what he seems like most of the time. But he has moments of clarity. His Book Club selections are well chosen. Today it'sBeyond the Valley by Ramesh Srinavasan. Good going, Uncle. Thom is trying to stay on air from his luxurious home in Seattle, pretending he's saving the world, sometimes "daring" to criticize Trump. *Yawn* We need more Lee Camp (Redacted Tonight) and Samantha Bee (Full Frontal). Even Seth Meyers (Late Night) gets more edgy than this. Step it up or step aside, Hartmann, and stop compromising and embarrassing progressives at every turn.
World Book Club, Sebastian Barry on his The Secret Scripture (photo by The Irish Times)
This monththe BBC'sWorld Book Club is celebrating its 15th birthday.
It has come to where it all began -- in September 2002 -- The Edinburgh Book Festival, to talk to Irish literary superstar Sebastian Barry about his poignant and much garlanded novel The Secret Scripture.
Now in her 100th year, Roseanne McNulty, once the most beautiful girl in County Sligo, Ireland, has long been locked up in an mental asylum for reasons that gradually become clear as she decides to put down a secret record of her remarkable story.
Set against an Ireland besieged by conflict, The Secret Scripture is at once an epic story of love and heart-rending betrayal and a vivid reminder of the stranglehold that the Catholic Church had on individual lives for much of the 20th century.More + download
Guns n' Roses -- with Axl and Slash side by side (but in their own primadonna worlds) -- played a small club in Hollywood recently as the ramp up for two massive Coachella shows.
We thought Chinese Democracy would never arrive! Has it? Has what? That album. Who knows, who cares, people just want to hear the oldies. GNR played almost 20 songs for a crowd made up almost exclusively of celebrities like Jim Carey and Lenny Kravitz and diehard fans who paid $10 (plus fees).
Coachella is sold out, but get tickets on Craigslist, on site (from fans), or from professional ticket resellers (with a major bump in price). Or just watch it here live.
There was no way fans could actually get in. Line up all night long and get bupkis for the trouble. Try to sneak in and get bounced. Try to show a ticket and be bumped for someone famous showing up at the door with nothing but star power. It was an old-time concert for Hollywood bigwigs and insiders.
(KROQ) Who in the H is DJ Nicole Alvarez? Blink-182 interview.
On short notice, Guns n' Roses announced an old-time Troubadour club show for fans.
DJ Nicole, a big GNR fan, tells it like it is, the good, the bad, and the sh*tty (kroq.com).
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I loved it but, c'mon guys, kiss and make up.
But KROQDJ Nicole Alvarez knows somebody who knows somebody, and she got in. She reported what she saw to Kevin and Bean:
GNR were great, only an hour and ten minutes late, Axl is not bald nor sporting that stupid corn row wig held to his scalp with a big bandana everybody loves, he can't hit all the high notes but he's energized, he did SIX costume changes one of which included bringing out the bandana. Slash is in top form, looking good and sounding great. The problem? Axl and Slash are in their own worlds, which means they're getting along at a minimal level. So don't expect a real GNR show if you're going to either of the two Coachella shows, but more a two-man showcase, each pretty good and happening at the same time but might as well be on two different planets, say, Mercury and Pluto.
Axl Rose, the [blankest] man in rock 'n roll.
The original percussionist was not on stage. The drummer almost showed up when his current band cancelled a show at another Hollywood club, but he's sick. Is that Duff on stage, or is he turning his back on all that Coachella money? Quien sabe.
The Troubadour is a tiny, filthy club the City of West Hollywood below the Sunset Strip. It holds about 500 and was almost full by people dazzled that this show actually went off. Because even if GNR plays a show, it's never the whole band or that old spirit that was once there.
Guns N' Roses -- fans trying to get THOUSANDS off a $10 investment (4/1/16) Guns
N' Roses fans are turning their $10 wristbands into huge moneymakers...possibly getting up to $4,000 for just one of the golden tickets to
Friday night's show.
One lucky fan who wait...
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