When you think of pyramids, you think of Mexico, home of the largest known pyramid (Cholula) or maybe Bosnia and Indonesia with their mountain-sized pyramids that science is reluctant to certify as manmade structures. Maye it's Sudan, the country with the greatest number of pyramids. Sudan? (Which country has the most pyramids? It’s not Egypt | IFLScience). Formerly Buddhist Indonesia not only has an ancient and massive pyramid, it also has a Buddhist pyramid in the largest excavated Buddhist temple complex in the world, Java's Borobudur with its mysterious "bell" stupas atop it, each with a time traveling Buddha statue built inside it. It's very mysterious, with a pyramidal volcano in the distant mist. Egypt? Oh, yeah, the Giza Plateau has some famous African structures. There may even be more in the surrounding countries, showing how prolific a great people in the past were in passing on their technology and architectural expertise. They may not have been Earthlings or fully what we call human. But whoever built them, they must serve a purpose, like the black power plant in Alaska, that impossible structure in Antarctica, the one on Mars and maybe the Moon and a few other planets...what's going on? What were these magnificent buildings really for? The USA has some, too, across from Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in a place called Cahokia. Lop the tops off and no one takes notice, but keep or restore the points, then suddenly they stand out like sore mysteries demanding explanation, like those superannuated structures in the Grand Canyon that keep the name but are eroding away. Okay, okay, so what if Mexico was mad about making pyramids? And Egypt, and mostly Sudan, so what? But China?
These prehistoric Chinese pyramids in China should NOT exist
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Predicting the market's hard, beating it impossible
The Number One business in America used to be Apple Corporation, the iPhone, iPad, iTamp slave factory owner, but it was shoved out of the way by the computer chip company Nvidia. That is until yesterday, when China released DeepSeek, a very cheap A.I. search function. That release by the CCP crashed Nvidia, taking it down the farthest a company has ever fallen financially since the last time Nvidia fell (about $250 billion that time). That's what Wall Street calls volatility. To invest or not invest? Hotshots have the most exposure to upswing, but the down draft burns them up when they crash. At least Apple is stable, however irresponsible or amoral the corporation may be. What's GM up to? What about other war stocks? Big Pharma? There's another "flu" on the horizon, and if we call it a "Covid," that means big money for companies already making big money on new allopathic drugs like esketamine ("Spravato"). Caveat emptor.
"The times they are a changin'," icon Bob "Deal with the Devil" Dylan sang (Elaine Mayes/Getty)
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Berkeley in the Sixties (film)
Jethro Tull has that song, "Living in the Past." We have to wonder if we're sad, pining for what was or, worse, what might have been, or worrying by always forecasting the future. Almost certainly, we're stuck in the past, thinking about all the good parts of the Sixties in Berkeley. But that means forgetting almost all of the bad. We have made progress as a country, in as much as things have not changed for the better nearly enough for our liking. Still, it's fun to reminisce and imagine how it must have been when we know it wasn't. The Sixties have good PR and drive us to arise and make things even better for the whole world.
The decade of the 1960s was one of the most tumultuous decades in American history. It was marked by peaceful political radicalism, violent American imperialism abroad and conservative clampdowns at home, unpopular overseas wars, popular anti-war and civil rights movements, and the terrifying threat of nuclear Armageddon in a phony "Cold War" used by cynical Russian and American leaders to control their gullible populations.
But there were breakthroughs too thanks to those citizen struggles: in civil rights, free love, reproductive rights, reverse engineering of ET technology from UFOs that came into the possession of various governments (with the US distributing the advanced technology to private industry to enrich them as it was given to the world population with the sudden appearance of transistors, chips, computers, Velcro, and more in a single century than thousands of years leading up to it, with the rate of advances still growing exponentially), and space travel.
There's really just one interesting fact about the Great Wall: It was not built by the Chinese.
Tartarian Empire (Tartary)?
Tartaria: Before the Reset
(Lucius Aurelian) Let's explore to consider how the civilization that immediately preceded ours, which we might call the Tartarian Civilization, may have appeared. What were their true capabilities, and how did they manage to construct such enduring architectural feats? How did they achieve such a civilization, and what might have been the cause of their downfall? #tartaria#oldworld#civilization
Raw flesh eaters: Did the giants of Tartaria eat raw meat, possibly human ("steak tartare"), made palatable with a tart, umami, pungent Tartar sauce? Think of legendarily fierce warriors of the area, the Tartar Turks, the Cossacks, the Mongol Hordes, Genghis Khan's army/cavalry...
The "Horde" was neither a conventional empire nor a dynastic state, even less a nation-state. It was a great nomadic regime born from the Mongol expansion of the 13th century, an equestrian regime that became so powerful it ruled virtually all of today’s Russia, including Western Siberia, for almost three centuries. The Horde was the most enduring regime of all those that descended from the Mongol conquerors. Yet, despite the rich evidence we possess about the Horde, it remains little understood. Far more has been written about the Ilkhanids, the Mongol rulers of the Middle East, and the Yuan, the... More
Tartarian Empire? Wisdom Quarterly Wiki edit
Was ancient Tartaria (Tartary or the Tartarian Empire) the origin of "Russia"?
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Tartary or Tartaria is a historical name for a massive portion of Central Asia [where the Buddha was born, in Gandhara, Scythia great-foothold of the clan (maha-janapada of Shakyians in and around Kapilavastu), Indo-Sakastan, modern Afghanistan along the Silk Road] and Siberia [North Asia].
Ukraine was long the "heart of Russia"
[Though now considered Eastern Europe, the Ukraine Soviet Socialist Republic was long considered the "heart" of the Russian Empire. One Ukrainian researcher even claimed that the Buddha was born in Ukraine, which seems possible because of the extent of Central Asia and the constantly changing borders of what is considered "Ukraine," even before the USA, CIA, NATO proxy war against Russia.]
Ignorance surrounding Tartary's use as a place name has spawned "conspiracy theories," including ideas of a "hidden past" and "mud floods."
"Ukraine" keeps changing its size and territories
Researchers assert that Tartary (or the "Tartarian Empire") is the name of a lost civilization with advanced technology and culture -- leading to inexplicable photographs of amazing advancements of building ahead of their time, explained by a Great Reset, making us believe we are the makers of the most advanced architectural feats even though we cannot build what the ancients left behind.
Few Americans even know where Ukraine is
There is a well-documented history of Asia (the "Orient"), which is where Tartary is said to have ben [1]. Part of modern Russia, and much of the former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), is in Greater Asia.
The upsetting theory of Great Tartaria as the suppressed history of a lost land or civilization originated in Russia, with aspects first appearing in Anatoly Fomenko’s New Chronology, then popularized by the racial occult history of Nikolai Levashov.
Russian science, known for its avid nationalism, claims Tartaria as the "real" name of Russia, which was maliciously "ignored" by the West [2, 3].
The Russian Geographical Society has dismissed this idea as an extremist fantasy. Far from denying the existence of the term, it has used the opportunity to share numerous maps of "Tartary" in its collection [4].
Since about 2016, the supposed lost civilization and Empire of Tartaria have gained popularity on the Internet but now divorced from its original Russian nationalist frame [5]. More
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China is hiding its homeless people -- pretending they don't exist
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The [drug dealer] Dalai Lama says Mao Zedong told him, "Religion is opium"
(Bloomberg Talk) Oct. 31, 2022. Emma Barnett meets His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to discuss the impact of global warming on the future of humanity, the need for greater compassion in today’s society, and his memories of the late Queen Elizabeth II. Thi interview was recorded on Oct 7, 2022.
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Executed for sleeping around in China
How many guys is too many?
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Dating Chinese people is tough. They cheat. It's about money and utility.
I'm U.S. born so I get to party!
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China is throwing away fields of EVs, letting them rot
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Chinese students enforce gov't censorship
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(The Telegraph) Finland, Scandinavia, Aug. 18, 2022. Hot Prime Minister Sanna Marin, 36, has faced criticism after being caught on camera dancing wildly -- while possibly on drugs -- to music at a private event posted on social media.
Critics have questioned her professionalism, while others have praised her "work hard, play hard" behavior. Others have called for her to be drug tested, which she now has, while claiming to have never tried drugs.
Comedy from Finland
ISMO the Finnish comedian (ismo.fun), voted the funniest man in the world of 2014, got famous on Conan. Here he explores the many meanings of the English word "ass," which refers not just to the mule but the human posterior and so many other things that it's boggling. Social: facebook, instagram, twitter.
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Everything you need to know about Chinese New Year
The Mountain Buddha of Leshan, China
(TRT World) Here’s everything you need to know about the Chinese New Year -- how it’s celebrated, it’s history, and what the zodiac animals represent. #Chinese New Year #Spring Festival #metalrat
What does the Year of the Rat mean for Western astrological signs?
Chinese New Year, also referred to as Lunar New Year, is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunar calendar. It is usually referred to as the Spring Festival in mainland China. And it is only one of several Lunar New Years in Asia, like Vietnamese Tet.
Observances traditionally take place from the evening preceding the first day of the year to the Lantern Festival, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of Lunar New Year begins on the new moon that appears between January 21 and February 20. In 2020, the first day of the Lunar New Year will be on Saturday, January 25, initiating the Year of the Rat. More
Zhada, a "living Buddha," had a peculiar answer when a reporter asked for his thoughts on the current Dalai Lama the 14th, a notorious adversary of China (Jonathan Kaiman/LA Times).
Strange journey through Tibetan China
Rare photo of the baby 14th Dalai Lama
ABA PREFECTURE, [Imperial] China - It was a road trip through one of China's most tightly controlled regions.
We drove uphill and deeper into the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, an area of south-western China's Sichuan province, adjacent to Tibet, where more than half the residents are Tibetan.
The Big Tulku: Dalai Lama
There were five of use foreign journalists, packed into two minibuses along with camera crews, interpreters, and scores of Chinese journalists, all seated should to should with the people in control: party officials from Sichuan and Shanghai. We passed scattered villages, high-altitude grasslands, and towering peaks.
Countless propaganda billboards, some many stories high, line the highway.
"Religious Belief Must Be Accordance With Socialism," said one. "Love the Country, Love the Party." Love Religion," said another. "Construct an Excellent Political Environment," said a third.
I'm the "pope" and former king of Tibet and Tibetan Buddhism, Vajrayana (seattlepi.com).
Heya, Dali, a'dont come over cuz my Chinees'a friendz don'ta recommenda, capiche? The Vatican and Chinese gov't are at odds over control of the Catholic Church in China (AFP).
Yes, Your Holiness, I don't want to cause any inconvenience. The current and widely beloved Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, is completely banned in China (AFP).
Pope Francis will not meet the exiled Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama because of the "delicate situation" with China, the Vatican says. The Dalai Lama, who is visiting Rome, had requested a meeting.
A Vatican spokesman said that although the Pope held him "in very high regard," the request had been declined "for obvious reasons." Correspondents say the Vatican does not want to jeopardize efforts to improve relations with China.
China describes the Dalai Lama as a separatist and reacts angrily when foreign dignitaries meet him. The Dalai Lama fled to India in 1959 after Chinese troops crushed an attempted uprising in Tibet.
Nuremberg-style Catholic rallies (Getty)
He now advocates a "middle way" with China, seeking autonomy but not independence for Tibet. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
"Pope Francis obviously holds the Dalai Lama in very high regard but he will not be meeting any of the Nobel laureates," a Vatican spokesman said. He added that the Pope would send a video message to the conference.
A spokesman for [His Holiness the 14th] Dalai Lama said he was "disappointed at not being able to call on His Holiness the Pope but he does not want to cause any inconvenience."
Catholicism in China
There are more Catholics in China than members of the Communist Party (about 100 million Catholics to 87.6 million party members).
[The tyrannical Chinese dictatorship loves the idea of Roman Catholic control, much as Adolf Hitler loved his Catholic upbringing and visions of worldwide rulership, Vatican style.]
Analysts say that by 2030 there may be more Catholics in China than any other country in the world.
Christianity in China goes back to [as early as] the 7th Century -- but many have been forced to practice in underground, illegal churches.
There are many restrictions for the official Church [in China], such as the requirement to register all church buildings with the government and being unable to recognize the authority of the Vatican.
Analysts say the Vatican and China are at odds over control of the Catholic Church in China. More
Pro-democracy
demonstrators gather at a
main road while police remove some barricades used to occupy Hong
Kong's financial district, a key Asian financial
center for more than two weeks, Oct. 13, 2014. Police took away unmanned
metal barricades at the edges of the city's central financial district
ahead of rush hour (AP/mail.com).
Tian Tan Buddha at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, HK (Robert Montgomery/rmonty119/flickr)
Police remove barricades that protesters set up to block off main roads in the central financial district of Hong Kong and a tunnel on Oct. 14, 2014 (Vincent Yu/AP).
VIDEO: Hong Kong chief now open to talks with protesters: (AP, Oct. 16, 2014) HK's chief executive, Leung Chun-Ying, announced today that he has invited rebel leaders of the pro-democracy demonstrations to discuss demands for universal voting rights [after police violence was caught on video as police dragged away a demonstrator and beat him].
"Refuse the shadow of the past" - Occupy Hong Kong, Oct. 16, 2014 (AP video still).
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HK police break barricades, beat protesters
People wearing masks remove metal barricades protesters set up to block off main roads
near the heart of Hong Kong's financial district, Oct.
13, 2014. A crowd tried to charge barricades used by
demonstratorss to occupy part of downtown HK as a
standoff with authorities dragged into a third week (AP).
Several long-occupied Hong Kong roads were reopened in Admiralty and Causeway Bay. Crowds blockaded Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper, which openly supports the pro-democracy protests.
Hundreds of [Chinese] police used chain saws and other power tools Tuesday to remove barricades set up by Hong Kong protesters, continuing the government’s slow squeeze on the pro-democracy demonstrations that that have blocked some streets [in the financial heart of Hong Kong as the activism continues] for more than two weeks.
I'm SuperGodzilla eating Hong Kong
Several long-occupied roadways were reopened Tuesday in the Admiralty and Causeway Bay districts, but protesters were still massed around government headquarters in Admiralty and holding out in the dense commercial district of Mong Kok. More
MENANG, Nepal - Survivors of a blizzard that hit the
Thorong La pass area in Nepal's stretch of the Himalayas were recounting their survival stories today. At least a dozen people died when they...
Minnesota churches settle clergy sex abuse lawsuit: Victims of homosexual rape, child molestation, and sex abuse at the hands of clergy from the Catholic church stood next to church leaders in Minnesota on Monday to announce a settlement to a novel lawsuit that...
Chinese Indie Rock in New York and China
Sean Silbert, Los Angeles Times
Music firm brings Chinese indie rock groups to U.S. audiences. Lead singer Liang Long of Second Hand Rose performs Oct. 5 at the Modern Sky Festival in New York's Central Park. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images).
Modern Sky, the music firm behind a recent New York concert, thinks Chinese indie rock can resonate globally. China's music business has greatly expanded since the 1970s.
In a country where the vast majority of pop music acts still seem prepackaged for the karaoke machine and syrupy anthems dominate the airwaves, China's three-day Strawberry Music Festival and smaller Modern Sky Festival are can't-miss affairs for mainland hipsters.
Yao Lan (guitar) and Jeroen Groenewegen-Lau of the band Second Hand Rose perform Oct. 5 at the Modern Sky Festival in NY's Central Park (Timoth A. Clary/AFP/Getty Images).
The festivals, featuring indie artists playing such genres as death metal and pop, have become a "rite of passage" since they started seven years ago, says Archie Hamilton of the Chinese music promotion agency company Split Works.For the hundreds of thousands of hip Chinese youths who attended the festivals last year, "it's something you're supposed to do."
The events are just two of 20 music festivals put on each year in China by Modern Sky Entertainment Ltd., the country's largest independent record label. The company was founded in 1997 by rock singer turned entrepreneur Shen Lihui, who has developed it into a music powerhouse that also stretches into publishing, fashion, and art.
Now Shen is turning his attention stateside. He kicked off the Modern Sky Festival in New York this month, a U.S. version of the kind of festivals he holds in China.
More than 6,500 people attended the concerts in Central Park, which paired Western indie stars Cat Power, Stars, Ted Leo, and Aimee Mann with Chinese bands including Rebuilding the Rights of Statues, Queen Sea Big Shark, and Second Hand Rose.
The mixed bill was an acknowledgment of the challenge of selling Chinese-language music to America. But Modern Sky thinks Chinese indie rock can resonate globally -- and hopes the artists can present an image of China beyond the headlines.
Asian shares boosted by strong China trade data Asian stock markets rose Tuesday as investors reassured by strong Chinese trade shrugged off Wall Street worries that slowing growth in Europe and Asia could hobble the global...
Psychologist says Oscar Pistorius is "broken man" [Sure he may have killed his girlfriend in a reckless act of manslaughter and been found guilty of weapons charges, but is that any reason to punish a sports figure?]
October 14th in HistoryHighlights of this day in history: Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier; Britain's Battle of Hastings takes place; Martin Luther King, Jr. wins Nobel Peace...
Second Ebola patient is Texas nurse Public-health authorities intensified their monitoring of Dallas hospital workers who cared for a Liberian man who died of Ebola....
Liquid nicotine exposures up sharply among kids Poison control workers say that as the e-cigarette industry has boomed, the number of children exposed to the liquid nicotine that gives hand-held vaporizing gadgets their...
South Korea identity thefts forces ID overhaul After an avalanche of data breaches, South Korea's national identity card system has been raided so thoroughly by thieves that the government says it might have to issue new...
Kurds describe fierce battles on streets of Kobani [Crazed Muslims "militants" take Iraq army camp as U.S. drones and bombers hit Baghdad because they were coming out of the Stone Age we bombed them into last time. How can the U.S. get troops on the ground to fight the latest CIA creation "ISIS, ISIL, Islamic Terrorists," who are taking over the world beginning with the Middle East? How about keeping it in the news. Or forget ISIS/ISIL, how about the "Khorason Group," more terrifying than ISIS! which just a minute ago was the most terrifying group since the NAZIs and the Beast from the East, "Sodom" Hussein.]
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