It's not just Americans and the U.S. Empire. Apparently, the post-imperial Japanese also do it -- whitewashing history, hiding war crimes, colonialism, occupation, and their atrocities.
(Meeka le Fey) Why does Japan keep lying about its history?
Polyandry is a polygamous marital arrangement in which a female has several husbands. In Vajrayana Buddhist Tibet, those husbands are often brothers, which results in "fraternal polyandry."
Concern over which children are fathered by which brother falls on the wife alone. She may or may not say who the father is because she does not want to create conflict in the family or is unsure who the biological father is [1].
Historically the social system compelled marriage within one social class.
We liberated the serfs of oligarcal, imperial Tibet
When the People's Republic of China annexed (invaded, occupied, and destroyed) Tibet, political systems in many regions of the former Empire of Tibet remained unchanged until, between 1959 and 1960, political reforms changed the land ownership and taxation systems [2].
Since 1981, the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region no longer permits new polyandric marriages under family law. It is currently illegal.
Rationale behind polyandry in Tibet
As elucidated further below, the primary reason for polyandrous marriage among Tibetans appears to be economic: to prevent land, herds, and other assets from being divided and/or to increase the amount of labor available to support one single family rather than two or three. More
If I don't do what my patriarch pimp (Ancient Greek, Πορνοβοσκός, pornoboscos) says, I might have to become an unprotected working street girl (chamaitypai) — and that's going to suck!
Machig Labdrön (Tibetan མ་གཅིག་ལབ་སྒྲོན་, sometimes referred to as ཨ་སྒྲོན་ཆོས་སྒྲོན or Ahdrön Chödron་) [1], the "Singular Mother Torch from Lab" (1055–1149) [2].
Machig Labdrön was the renowned 11th-century Tibetan tantricBuddhist master and yogini who originated several Tibetan lineages of the Vajrayana practice of Chöd (Tibetan གཅོད་).
Nyingma scholar Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche states that the Chöd tradition developed by Machig Labdrön is "a radical synthesis of the Prajnaparamita tradition and tantra guru yoga that 'cuts' through the ego" [3].
Historical texts portray Machig Labdrön as the originator of the Chöd lineage, which she developed in Tibet.
This was confirmed in her own lifetime by Indian Brahmin priests and others, and Machig Labdron's creation of the Chöd lineage is not doubted by its modern practitioners [4].
The influences of other practices on Chöd are debated. Some posit Machig Labdron may have come from a YungdrungBön [black magic shaman] family, a position that contradicts historical records [5].
Other Buddhist teachers and scholars offer differing interpretations of the origins of Chöd. Not all of them agree that Chöd has Bön shamanistic roots [6]. More
Tibetan tantric dream yoga (milam) In the yoga of dreaming (rmi lam), the yogi and yogini learn to remain aware (lucid dream) during the states of dreaming and use this skill to practice yoga in the dream... The Yoga of the Dream State is a suite of advanced tantric daily practices (sadhana) of the entwined Mantrayana (Vajrayana) lineages of Dzogchen (Nyingmapa, Ngagpa, Mahasiddha, Kagyu, and Bönpo). It consists of tantric processes and techniques in the trance bardos [liminal spaces] of dream and sleep or the Six Dharmas of Naropa, the "dream body" and the "bardo body" being identified with the "vision body" (yid lus)...
The History of Iran, formerly Persia, is rich and wondrous. Among the many strongest features of Cyrus the Great's powerful (Achaemenid) Empire is its enduring love of poetry. One need only to think of one of the world's greatest poets, Rumi (aka Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī).
Zionist Israelis and American imperialists, who together are trying to establish a Western beachhead in the center of the Middle East and calling it "Greater Israel," may hate Iran, but we love it and Iranians, the original Aryans.
The Buddha's father, Scythian King or Tribal Chieftain Suddhodana, was a Central Asian from Kabul and Bamiyan, it would seem. But even if the historical Buddha and his biological parents bore no relation to the region, modern Iran is still a magnificent ancient society and a power to reckon with in the region.
It is a horror and a travesty that the CIA, NSA, NSC, Mossad, Israel, UK, TC, and USA meddle in it so much since at least the time of the Shah of Iran and U.S. puppet dictator gone rogue Saddam Hussein.
(Let's Be Clear with Ana Kasparian) Will Israel assassinate Pres. Trump or harm his family because he is not doing what they say in Iran? Make a deal with the devil, and what do you expect?
(Times Now World) [DISTURBING] "What kind of people are your
[Zionist IDF] soldiers?" U.N.'s explosive attack on Israel's military
The Mexica (pronounced /meh-hee-kuh/ or /meh-chee-kuh/) tribe of the Valley of Mexico gave "Mexico" (a country the official name of which is the "United Mexican States" or Estados Unidos Mexicanos) its modern name, not as a place that ever spoke Spanish but rather the indigenous languageNahuatl (/naw-wah/), "Mexican" of the Nahua people and Chichimeca (/chee-chee-mee-kuh/) people. Let's ask early indigenous chronicler Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxóchitl.
...PBM pilot Lieutenant Commander David E. Bunger lifted from the bay and headed south for the continent some hundred miles distant. At this time the USS Currituck was off the Shackleton Ice Shelf on the Queen Mary Coast of Wilkes Land. Reaching the coastline, Bunger flew west with cameras humming. Suddenly the men in the cockpit saw a dark spot come up over the barren white horizon and as they drew closer, they couldn't believe their eyes.
Byrd later described it as a "land of blue and green lakes and brown hills in an otherwise limitless expanse of ice."
Bunger and his men carefully inspected the region and then raced back to the ship to tell the others of their discovery. Several days later Bunger and his flight crew returned for another look, finding one of the lakes big enough to land on. Bunger carefully landed the "flying boat" and slowly came to a stop. The water was actually quite warm for Antarctica, about 30°, as the men dipped their hands in to the elbow. The lake was filled with red, blue, and green algae, which gave the lakes their distinctive color. The fly boys "seemed to have dropped out of the twentieth century into a landscape of thousands of years ago when land was just starting to emerge from one of the great ice ages," Byrd later wrote. Byrd called the discovery "by far the most important, so far as the public interest was concerned of the expedition." More
(Wiki) U.S. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (Oct. 25, 1888–March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer [1], pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.
Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica.
Admiral Byrd claimed to be the first to reach both the North and South Poles by air....He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the U.S. Armed Forces' highest military decoration, and the Navy Cross, the second highest honor for valor given by the U.S. Navy. More
You stand with Israel and worldwide Zionism, right Your Holiness CIA Tenzin Dolly Lama?
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(ETimes) Feb. 8, 2026: The Epstein Files have ignited fresh global controversy after the Dalai Lama’s name appeared 169 times in [just the latest batch or tranche of] newly released U.S. Justice Department (DOJ) documents. Emails linked to Jeffrey Epstein reference potential meetings and events, prompting intense scrutiny online. The Dalai Lama’s office (dalailama.com) has issued a firm denial, saying he never met or authorized contact with Epstein [though the files seem to suggest a visit to Pedophile Island was at least planned]. As questions swirl, this breakdown explains what the files show, and what they do not.
We can't believe they would say this of a man, HH the 14th Dalai Lama (Mr. Tenzin Gyatso), who is:
known to be a confirmed CIA asset (Los Angeles Times) in league with and on the payroll of The Company, accepting money as well as arms and military training received by his brother in the state of Colorado in the U.S.'s covert fight against communist China, which invaded, occupied, and destroyed a small but influential Buddhist country and former Himalayan empire based in Lhasa,
lauded by Hollywood with a Grammy for his album,
a good personal friend of President George W. Bush,
Did Dalai Lama just ruin Tibetan Buddhism, or did he make Tantra more attractive to Western pedophiles?
Our beloved Jewish Prof. Norm Finkelstein
the son of the former FBI Director George H. W. Bush (who is also found in the Epstein Files),
who went on to become U.S. president and almost head of a Republican dynasty of at least three presidents (George H. W., George W., Republican candidate Florida Gov. Jeb Bush),
who was racked by a sex scandal of his own for (culturally specific) lewd conduct with a child on camera, heard telling the boy to "suck my tongue,"
[Wait, it's not "gay" to tell underage boys to French kiss you for fun, is it? Your Holiness, is it? We understand that it's cool and no big deal in Tibet, at least among pleasure-seeking monks of Potala Palace, but you weren't in Tibet and the little boy wasn't Tibetan. Do Robert Thurman and Richard Gere know you do this kind of stuff, and have they always known as they have acted as your big time Western "handlers" of a sort?]
[who is part of a secretive Vatican-like sect of Tantric Vajrayana Buddhists, one of which is allegedly seen on camera pederastically fondling the penis of a young boy, presumably the tulku or "unmistaken child" destined to become a lama and rinpoche (see Unmistaken Child) during his novice ordination preparation, suggesting that homosexual fondling and contact among Tibetan clergy was not any more of a foreign concept than in Roman Catholic clergy circles].
and who used to be the "pope-king" of Tibet, that is its simultaneous temporal and spiritual leader, at least of one of its three main sects, the Yellow Hat Gelug sect,
*The New Kadampa Trust has been criticized for its rejection of other Buddhist groups, the exclusivity of its teachings, its worship of Dorje Shugden, and its association with an anti-Dalai Lama protest movement, the International Shugden Community, which is supported by China [12, 13, 14]. More
Why elite scandals never change anything: Prof. Jiang Xueqin
I blackmail. I don't get got. Cohen taught me.
(Prof Jiang Media) Jan. 8, 2026: Modern societies tend to believe that exposure brings accountability — that when scandals surface, power is finally put at risk.
In this lecture, Jiang Xueqin questions this belief. By examining history, political systems, and recurring patterns of elite behavior, Prof. Xueqin argues that scandals rarely dismantle power structures. More often, they reinforce them.
We work for Zionist Israel and get many perks.
Public outrage creates the illusion of justice, while institutions quietly contain the damage, shield their core interests [redact names of powerful participants in crimes], and continue unchanged.
Through a series of high-profile case studies, this discussion explores why exposure so often fails to generate real reform, why moral anger dissipates without consequence, and why modern societies repeatedly confuse visibility with accountability [and there is no real transparency].
What appears to be a moment of truth, Prof. Xueqin suggests, may instead function as a diversion — shifting attention away from structural power toward spectacle.
This video investigates how elite systems endure scandal, why genuine accountability remains structurally elusive, and why societies continue to misplace faith in exposure as a corrective force.
🎓 Speakers: Interview with Danny Haiphong and Professor Jiang Xueqin
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The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World
Author John Perkins has 4.6 out of 5 stars (with 513 reviews). It is a New York Times bestseller.
From the author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (3rd ed.), comes an exposé of international corruption and an inspired plan to turn the tide for future generations
With an election around the corner, questions of America's military buildup, environmental impact, and foreign policy are on everyone's mind.
Former "Economic Hit Man" John Perkins takes readers behind the scenes of the current geopolitical crisis and offers bold solutions.
This is not a police state, just a security state: Ohio
Drawing on interviews with other EHMs, jackals [the militant U.S. monsters who come in if the economic hitmen cannot "persuade" compliance by client states], CIA operatives, reporters, businessmen, and activists, Perkins reveals the secret history of events that have created the current "American Empire," including:
How the defeats in Vietnam and Iraq have benefited big business
The role of Israel as Fortress America in the Middle East
Tragic repercussions of the IMF's Asian Economic Collapse
The current Latin American revolution and its lessons for democracy
U.S. blunders in Tibet, Congo, Lebanon, and Venezuela
From the U.S. military in Iraq to infrastructure development in Indonesia, from Peace Corps volunteers in Africa to jackals in Venezuela, Perkins exposes a conspiracy of corruption that has fueled instability and anti-Americanism around the globe, with consequences reflected in our daily headlines.
Li Bai (Chinese 李白, Pinyin Lǐ Bái) (circa 701-762), who is also known by his courtesy name of Taibai (太白), was a Chinese poet acclaimed as one of the best and most important poets of the Tang dynasty, even the whole of Chinese poetry.
He and his friends such as Du Fu (712–770) were among the prominent figures in the flourishing of Chinese poetry of the Tang dynasty, often called the "Golden Age of Chinese Poetry." The expression "Three Wonders" denotes
Li Bai's poetry,
Pei Min's swordplay, and
Zhang Xu's calligraphy [1].
Around 1,000 poems attributed to Li are extant. His poems have been collected into the most important Tang dynasty collection, Heyue yingling ji [2], compiled in 753 by Yin Fan.
Thirty-four of Li Bai's poems are included in the anthology Three Hundred Tang Poems, which was first published in the 18th century [3].
Around the same time, translations of his poems began to appear in Europe. In Ezra Pound's famous work Cathay (1915), Li Bai's poems enjoy the lion's share (11 out of 19) [4]. Li Bai's poems became models for celebrating the pleasures of... More
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