(Big Fox News) Feb. 21, 2024: Today is National Breakup Day. (Is it because it's "2/21" -- "two, two, one" as in "couple, couple, single" as in "going, going, gone"? No, this is no May 4th, Star Wars Day, when we say, "May the 4th be with you." It's because it's a week after Valentine's Day and Boo was only sticking around to not be alone on the momentous triumph for Kama/Cupid (Mara/Eros) or to get a gift, dinner, and to avoid the humiliation of sitting alone at a restaurant on the biggest day of the year for daters, lovers, and soon to be heartbroken and pathetic hungry ghost humans).
Love hurts, and breaking uphurts worse. So hu-man up! Don't act like such a clingy ghost. That is to say, get out of Buddhist cosmology'sRealm of Hungry Ghosts.If you can't help it, talk to addiction medicine specialist Dr. Gabor Maté, who says we can become addicted to anything, even a partner (even though no person, sexual act, or substance is, in and of itself, addictive. If it were, everyone partaking would become an addict, and they don't. So why did we? It's because of our history of early childhood traumas. We are predisposed. That history combined with pleasant dopamine-pleasures = hardcore addiction. And today is the day we are disposed.
Now are ye undeceived.*
It gives singles -- and even those who are attached in a committed relationship, marriage, or handfasting -- a day to reflect on past relationships and realize our own personal growth gained from those experiences.
Feb. 21, 2025: The five fastest ways to get broken up with are: (5) hogging the remote (taking too much ownership of the TV, the complaint of 15% of partners), (4) fake listening (failing to communicate because of distraction, ADHD, and not listening), (3) bad money management (splurging, gambling, no control of finances), (2) forgetting [Is it forgetting?], and (1) smoking (the worst thing a partner can do for 64% of people about to breakup with us). Note that neither stinking, snoring, nor cheating made the list. Lesbian Ally Johnson looked it up and presented it to horny hetero co-host Klein on KROQ this morning.
Nothing hurts worse than realizing the person you were in love with is an evil jerk
I'll never write a spiteful song about this guy. He's perfect. And we'll always be happy!
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Let's stand by this star as the world burns.
*American author Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote an allegory, the climactic part of which reads: "by the blaze of the hell-kindled torches, the wretched man beheld his Faith, and the wife her husband, trembling before that unhallowed altar.
“Lo! there ye stand, my children,” said the figure, in a deep and solemn tone, almost sad, with its despairing awfulness, as if his once angelic [now demonic] nature could yet mourn for our miserable [human] race.
“Depending upon one another’s hearts, ye had still hoped that virtue were not all a dream! Now are ye undeceived! — Evil is the nature of [hu]mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome, again, my children, to the communion of your race!”
“Welcome!” repeated the fiend-worshippers, in one cry of despair and triumph. And there they stood, the only pair, as it seemed, who were yet hesitating on the verge of wickedness, in this dark world.
A basin was hollowed, naturally, in the rock. Did it contain water, reddened by the lurid light? or was it blood? or, perchance, a liquid flame? Herein did the Shape of Evil dip his hand, and prepare to lay the mark of baptism upon their foreheads, that they might be partakers of the mystery of sin, more conscious of the secret guilt of others, both in deed and thought, than they could now be of their own.
The husband cast one look at his pale wife, and Faith at him. What polluted wretches would the next glance show them to each other, shuddering alike at what they disclosed and what they saw!
“Faith! Faith!” cried the husband. “Look up to Heaven, and resist the Wicked One!”
Whether Faith obeyed, he knew not. Hardly had he spoken, when he found himself amid calm night and solitude, listening to a roar of the wind, which died heavily away through the forest. He staggered against the rock, and felt it chill and damp, while a hanging twig, that had been all on fire, besprinkled his cheek with the coldest dew ("Young Goodman Brown" classic American literature, 1835 short story about 17th century Puritan New England).
If only the Buddha had had anything to say about suffering
On many occasions, being asked questions, the Buddha reminded people that he only really taught two things. Any guesses? Did he teach magic and koans? Yin and yang? Mojo and moxie? The Kama Sutra and The Art of Not Giving a F***?
No. Of course, it was suffering (dukkha) and the end of suffering (nirvana). Why would anyone "teach suffering"? The Buddha had to make clear what "suffering" means. He defined it very handily and broadly, a functional definition for the cure he is about to present. What is the use of being told there's a cure if we haven't realized what disease we have been suffering from? "Pain" is much broader than we've imagined, as it includes disappointment, frustration, loss, separation, and even the excruciating agony of heartbreak.
But that's so pessimistic!
No, it isn't. It's a setup for the presentation of the antidote, solution, cure -- the path of practice to bring ALL suffering to a final end. We never even imagined we could bring it to an end, hoping death would do that for us. Death does not do that at all! Why? There is rebirth, and the reason there is rebirth is because there is craving and karma as yet to bring about its many results of all our skillful and unskillful deeds.
ALL disappointment, unsatisfactoriness, and woe CAN be brought to an end, a final end for it to never arise again. That is the great optimism of Buddhism, the "good news" of the Buddha's message to a benighted world of humans and devas (light beings, shining ones).
Suffering (dukkha): Disappointment is one of the Three Universal Marks of Existence. Various sutras sum up how cognitive processes result in our aversion (resistance, hate, fear, revulsion) to unpleasant things and experiences as we are moved to crave, grasp at, and cling to pleasure (sukha), keeping us in saṃsāra, the Cycle of Death and Rebirth. It is at the root of the Five Aggregates clung to as "self": (re)birth is suffering, aging, illness, death, sorrow, lamentation, mental pain, grief, and despair are s; suffering, asociation with the unloved, separation from the loved, NOT GETTING what one wants, getting what one does not want, all of this is "suffering." In brief, the Five Aggregates clung to as self (khandha, skandhas) are suffering.
The Four Noble Truths are Buddhism in a nutshell because they present the whole of the path of practice in four ennobling (enlightening) statements, like the assessment of a master physician:
Diagnosis: There is a disease (suffering)
Etiology: There is a cause of that disease (craving rooted in ignorance and associated with aversion)
Prognosis: There is a solution
Cure: There is way to the solution (magga, the path).
Early emphasis is on the importance of developing liberating insight (vipassana) to penetrate these fundamental truths about existence is key, and that insight is arrived at by the path of purification, the path to freedom, which is calm leading to samma samadhi, the meditative absorptions (jhanas), to reach a foundation of balanced stillness and intensification of mind able to penetrate them. It is not by thinking or study, belief or powerful faith. One needs to experience these truths until they are self-evident, not statements, not assessments, not doctrines.
The fourth truth is the general Ennobling Eightfold Path, but there is a more detailed summary enumerated in the 37 Requisites of Awakening/Enlightenment (bodhipakkhiya-dhamma).
Long ago, so long ago that almost no one can remember, Justin Timberlake was involved in a planned wardrobe "malfunction" with Janet Jackson, Michael's sister. People say it was totally staged, and she got in big trouble -- shamed and cancelled. Nothing happened to him. His reputation grew if anything. But things have a funny way of coming back to us and biting us in the shorts. Now they have taken a big bite out of Timberlake's alcohol-abusing shorts. He has no... "What do you mean he has no...? He's bringing sexy back! What's that tiny bulge?" That? That's just bunched up shorts. "Oh. Wow. Have you taken into consideration 'shrinkage'?" He wasn't swimming; he was flying.
Justin Timberlake’s awkward wardrobe malfunction during concert captured on video
Culture/Celebs
by Samantha Whidden, Dec. 17, 2024 | 7:38 am CST, photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Live Nation; photo by JettyMay/TikTok
Oh, my boob, Justin, it's showing on national TV. - Whoa, I am so surprised that I did that!
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I should never have drunk that drink.
Former NSYNC ("in sink") bandmate Justin Timberlake experienced a noticeably awkward wardrobe malfunction while performing on stage last week.
During the Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena stop of his Forget Tomorrow World Tour, Timberlake attempted to situate himself in a harness while performing “Mirrors.”
Unfortunately for the singer, the strap around his lower body was too tight, causing his groin area to hit the spotlight.
The entire ordeal was captured on video and quickly posted on TikTok. The comments section was quickly filled with compliments and criticism.
“The way my jaw dropped,” one TikTok user wrote.
“Honey, NO ONE TOLD HIM during rehearsals? Oof.”
“A confirmation I didn’t need,” another TikToker commented. “But a confirmation nonetheless.”
“I think you saw Justin’s Timber,” a TikToker told the video’s creator, who replied with a cry-laughing emoji.
“Just because you seen it doesn’t mean that we have to,” a fellow TikTok user added.
Other TikTok users pointed out that the harness wasn’t needed for the show.
“Justin Timberlake has no business flying in the air during his concerts,” a TikToker criticized.
Other TikTokers referenced Chris Brown, who was stuck in the air mid-concert due to a harness issue.
Justin Timberlake deals with personal life issues amid his Forget Tomorrow World Tour
I'm bringing sexy back, Everybody!
The wardrobe malfunction at Bridgestone Arena occurred just months after Justin Timberlake had dealt with personal life struggles.
The “Can’t Stop the Feeling” hitmaker’s problems began last summer when he was arrested for allegedly driving while intoxicated in Sag Harbor, New York.
In September, Timberlake pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of driving while ability impaired and received 25 hours of community service, a $500 fine, and a 90-day driver’s license suspension [and a talking to by his beautiful celebrity wife, Jessica Biel, about wanting a divorce].
He must also make a public safety announcement, urging drivers not to get behind the wheel after drinking.
However, the issues didn’t stop after the sentencing. Rumors began circulating that things between Timberlake and his wife, Jessica Biel, weren’t going well.
A source close to the couple told People that they have moved on from the arrest and are “relieved that it’s in the past.”
“They are both committed to staying married,” the insider shared.
“Jess [Biel] thinks he’s a wonderful dad [and doesn't care about his penile issues one bit, not one bit]....” More
Does Kim work for the Devil, get told what to do by demons, or have Illuminati membership?
Nikki Glaser shares the jokes she didn’t tell at Tom Brady’s roast
Pete, they were so mean to me (PageSix)
(5 Minutes with The Howard Stern Show) May 6, 2024: Nikki Glaser reads the jokes she didn't tell at the Netflix Roast of Tom Brady. Get her FULL interview with Howard Stern now on SiriusXM! 👉 sxm.app.link/NikkiGlaser-HS #SternShow #HowardStern
Nikki Glaser on roasting Tom Brady, her dad kissing her on the lips and remembering she’s going to die
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) May 7, 2024: Nikki talks about getting confused for Josh Brolin’s wife (her identical twin) in an intimate picture he posted, doing the Tom Brady roast, jokes she ended up pulling, her dad kissing her on the lips the way Brady kisses his son, her parents meeting celebrities at the event, and her new HBO comedy special “Someday You’ll Die.” #Kimmel
(TMZ) Delivers the star worship with Met Gala, Madonna, roast, more
Kardashian survives this country hating her
Kim booed at Brady’s roast edited out of live Netflix special
Well, that just about wraps it up for Kimee
(Access Hollywood) May 8, 2024: Kim Kardashian was booed during a live taping of Netflix’s "The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady,” and despite the moment going viral on the internet, you aren’t able to see it on the streaming platform because it was edited out. On May 5, the Armenian reality star took the stage, after being introduced by Kevin Hart, to roast 7-time Super Bowl champ Tom Brady, and while she was initially met with cheers from the audience, that quickly turned to boos. “All right, all right, all right,” the SKIMS founder said in response. #accesshollywood#kimkardashian
Kim Kardashian gets ruthlessly BOOED, Madonna plays to 1.6 million crowd (world record), more
(TMZ) TV full episode for 5/6/24 (released May 7, 2024) KK gets ruthlessly booed at Tom Brady roast, Madonna crushes personal concert record with 1.6 million fans in Rio (at a tour finale free show), J Lo (Illuminati member Jennifer Lopez) left hanging for a ride at star-studded pre-Met Gala dinner, and Teyana Taylor puts on a sexy show.
Kim Kardashian, Page Six (New York Post); Nikki Glaser; ET (Entertainment Tonight), May 8, 2024; Howard Stern Show, May 6, 2024; Jimmy Kimmel Live!, May 7, 2024; Access Hollywood, May 8, 2024; TMZ, May 7, 2024; Sheldon S., Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Look, Donny and Marie did it. So why can't we? - That's different! They were Mormons.
Look, Everyone! I'm a "cover girl" now!
Valerie Bertinelli-Van Halen isn’t one to hold her feelings close to the vest.
The “One Day at a Time” TV star believes in the power of connection — connecting with fans to help her heal.
[After all, she lost her rockstar husband, the world-renowned guitarist Eddie Van Halen (shown above shredding on guitar), RIP, with whom she fathered and raised Wolfgang Van Halen].
She is doing that through Indulge: Delicious and Decadent Dishes to Enjoy and Share, her cookbook.
The New York Times bestselling author’s new book is a collection of 100 recipes to “nourish the body and the soul.”
She shares recipes for dishes like garlic confit LT, oven-“fried” okra, mangled animal guts in casing, and olive rotten dairy bites, spaghetti al limone, smelly patties with quick-pickled vegetables, cow limbs with bearnaise sauce, and chocolate peanut butter dates.
It's probably safe to say Valerie taught Eddie everything he knew about everything except guitar.
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Eddie? Eddie who? (No you didn't, Dave!)
“It’s mainly a cookbook, but an extension of Enough Already,” Bertinelli said of her 2023 book.
“I wrote that after my mother and Ed (Eddie Van Halen) died. They passed away a year and a half apart. I was going through a lot of grief and going through a marriage that wasn’t working. I was going through a lot.”
She said she didn’t love anything with her life. She felt like she was “drowning and had forgotten how to swim.”
Then, being Italian, she returned to the kitchen little by little.
“I started writing recipes, and I started to get excited,” she said. “I was talking about food the way I had never talked about before.”
She’ll talk about her latest feeble attempt at fame as a chef and her struggles on a book tour that stops at All Saints Church in Pasadena at 7:00 pm Monday, April 15, 2024.
The Vroman’s-sponsored event is ticketed (minimum $41 with book).
“This is the biggest book tour I’ve ever done,” she said.
“I can’t wait to meet everybody. Since my last book, I’ve had a great rapport with a lot of people in my social media community. I have really terrific people who follow me on Instagram and Threads.” More
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.
I guess the billions went to my heads, head, not my crotch but my cranium, that's what I meant.
Convicted child molester and child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was good friend of Bill Gates (as revealed in alleged emails of their creepy conversations)
(Rising/The Hill) Premiered Dec. 26, 2023: WASHINGTON, DC. Hosts Jessica Burbank and Robby Soave react to a report that Jeffrey Epstein sent "rambling" emails suggesting projects with Bill Gates, whose wife left him over his predilection for pedophilia -- visiting Epstein's Pedo Island in the Virgin Island and having a very close relationship with the convicted molester. Originally aired July 25, 2023;
• ‘Rambling’ Emails Reveal CREEPY Corre...#epstein#billgates
I'm leaving you, Bill. You're disgusting going to Epstein's island to molest children. - No, Melinda, what about our money? - I'll be taking half of that. - But I'm autistic and have Asperger's. - Whatever. Don't give me that cr*p. - Jeff blackmailed me! - "Jeff," you call him Jeff?
You're not going to release Jeffrey Epstein's List of Clients, are you? I'm too valuable to the gov't.
If Epstein was a billionaire, he became it through blackmail, enticing the rich and powerful to his island to have sex with children, film it, and extort them. That's how he caught the Clintons, Trump, and others. The List of clients exists, but with his murder in jail (not a suicide) and the conviction of Ghislane Maxwell, the whole sordid story is being buried form the top down.
Sky News, AU, July 27, 2023; Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
I don't care about the lost money or royal title. I'll just start my own Only Fans page.
Royally screwed: The end of Harry and Meghan’s fairytale marriage
(Sky News Australia) The Ginger and The Whinger, professional complainers -- are headed for divorce court. That's right. Prince Duke Harry [Windsor] and Duchess Meghan Markle, known as the Sussexes, are doomed. They won't make it past the Seven Year Itch.
Divorce? If well-sourced rumors are to be believed then, sadly, the answer is yes.
We were all there when Meghan and Harry fell in love, tied the knot, and made a beautiful fairytale family combining Black and extraterrestrial DNA.
You made the wrong choice, Hairly.
But even the rich and famous, the royal and beautiful, aren’t immune to the realities of life. Career and family pressures have caused a rift between the previously loving couple, with those famous PDAs (public displays of affection) reportedly being replaced by separate bedrooms and meetings with conniving divorce lawyers.
Sky News All-Stars Megyn Kelly, Angela Levin, and Esther Krakue take a look at how it all went wrong for the Sussexes. Sky News All Stars
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