(Sheriff Lamb) FLORIDA, the nation's main vein draining into Trump's Gulf of America - Bubbly (possibly intoxicated) boob-exposing Bikini Princess loses it and commits felonies when police tell her Daddy's Mustang GTO is about to get towed and impounded for racing over 100 MPH ("criminal speeding") while the driver was determined to be operating the vehicle under the influence (DUI) of alcohol.
Why is Latin-flavored Florida this way? Why are Floridians (living somewhere in a limbo between the East Coast and the Deep South) so out of control, sexy, drunk, "rapey"?
Is it because Trump's Mar-a-Lago recruiting ground and Epstein's Island are close by?
They say the people of Florida are extravagant, impoverished, disastrous, prone to alcohol abuse and consuming excitotoxins, fighting alligators, relieving themselves in public, running from police, sleeping around, hosting a giant metal scene (Tampa), partying on the sand, dancing to Cuban rhythms, engaging in Spring Break madness, and being oh so very entitled...
It can't just be the weather, the tourists, or its proximity of the Bermuda Triangle, can it? There must be something in the air, all those enormous mosquitoes (skeeters), government experiments in progress, or something. Who can explain?
(Detective Andrew) Aug. 22, 2026: Commentator Drew Baxter is a retired police lieutenant and former detective with nearly 29 years of law enforcement experience at the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Tampa, Florida. He worked in 911 dispatch, undercover narcotics, informant handling, and wiretap investigations before retiring as commander of the communications center. He is a self-described "expert" instructor in interviews and interrogations and courtroom testimony and demeanor.
Want a deeper dive? Drew Baxter co-hosts The Comm Center with active 911 dispatcher Jon, breaking down real 911 calls, bodycam footage, and full investigations from the inside
(Sky News Australia)
Sept. 16, 2025: Tyler Robinson had his first virtual court hearing following his arrest for the alleged murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
Prosecutors in Utah have announced they’ll charge the 22-year-old with the murder of Charlie Kirk and will be seeking the death penalty.
Utah’s Attorney-General Jeff Gray announced seven counts the accused shooter is facing, and they include: aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering, and a count of commission of a violent offense in the presence of a child.
Women of Crime: nepotism from corrupt cop (police chief) dad who got her five felony charges knocked down to three misdemeanors for his beautiful, fine and upstanding princess.
Any relation to Chuck? Why does no one mention that? Is it because all the Mangiones are nuts? We mean talented men full of potential. Americans LOVE guns. Americans hate insurance companies. Americans love bad boys. What did the Buddha teach? The Buddha taught that what happens to us in our lives has a lot to do with our karma (deeds). What is that karma based on? Karma is rooted in six causes: greed (lust), hatred (aversion/fear), delusion (wrong view) or nongreed, nonhatred, nondelusion. If we are not mindful of what roots are growing, what sprouts cannot surprise us.
(CBS News) Dec. 17, 2024: The man arrested in the killing assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month has been indicted in New York on murder charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced the charges against Luigi Mangione on Tuesday. CBS News' Lilia Luciano and Anna Schecter break them down.
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Would that we had the power to say to the aggrieved, "Don't not hate, do not seethe." The poison we take does not harm another. Look at the "Anger Eating Demon," who feeds on hate, who delights in seeing fair opponents become rabid enemies. (Rabies isn't good to have for the biting dog who has it). Of course we understand the sentiment. It is easy to see the folly in others, almost impossible to see it in ourselves. What does it help to hate? Rally, riot, argue, protest, or anything, but hate? It is self-defeating.
Man, when will people wake up?
Sure Trump lies, but we don't fall for it. The Deep States lies, and we fell for it hook, line, and sinker, believing Genocide Joe Biden was an answer to the problem of Trump or that a campaign losing professional named KD Harris had half of what it would take to defeat a liar and a movement based on those lies. (It's not like he's going to do all that he says; he's a liar, after all, and he gets by on lying, telling people what they want to hear, giving hope the way a con man gives it: with nothing but regret in return).
So be at ease at heart. Rally, fight, protest, oppose, but seeing "enemy" status setting in, relax. Back away. What does a demon want other than for people to hate? Demons delight in hating. Look around. Other people are remaining sane while seeing what we're all seeing. If they can do it without coming down with the disease that is hate (dosa), so can we. A smart opponent is far stronger than a hateful one who expends all energy on negativity and harm.
O, what's your complaint?
(Olurinatti) Nov. 6, 2024: Donald Trump won, and America will regret it. [Should we give more exposure to an angry voice, to hate or resentment? While these things are harmful to the hater, eaten alive from the inside out, it's important because it represents the feelings of many in the country at this time of mourning. Anger, according to Abraham-Hicks, represents an improvement over depression or despair. So we have to acknowledge our feelings. We have to have an arena where unpopular things can be said. Goodness knows Trump, no matter how racist and overt his dog whistles are, gets his say.] OSQUARED
The thing about white privilege, like implicit bias, is that we don't know we have it. We would notice if we lost it through sudden poverty or loss of looks. We enjoy it, fail to check it, and offend a lot of people who are not similarly privileged in a deeply racist society. It's deep because it's not always on the surface, like when someone says we had a Black president. That proves we're not racist as a country? Let's ignore who has been president every other time (except for the first nine, who were also Black, and maybe Lincoln, but those nine do not count because technically we were not yet a country due to the Articles of Confederation not yet being ratified or something; we've covered this). We don't see our own privilege, yet seeing someone else's can be painfully obvious when we have been sensitized to what others have been talking about. It's good to be in the know rather than oblivious. Generational wealth, health, better treatment by police and clerks, courts and officials, being given the benefit of the doubt constantly... Watching Matt Walsh's recent "Am I Racist?" movie did more to make us think whites really are oblivious to the advantage(s) they enjoy and take for granted or who others are systematically mistreated and disadvantaged. White guilt is not the solution, but neither is white fragility. We have to awaken and work toward equality and equity or something approaching fairness and inclusion, not just those in power deciding what's "fair" enough.
We stand for justice...for lions.
The local Shambhala Buddhist Center in Los Angeles used to have an occasional white sensitivity class to discuss our privilege and issues that never get talked about but affect us all. Remember on "Seinfeld" how when race would come up, everyone would go silent and awkward? It's really like that. Was it because Kramer was in the room (on the set) and he might ad lib something? It would have been great to have a national conversation. Walsh's film didn't advance anything, only shining negative light on a new industry of DEI profiteers, as if it were all only them. Oh, before they came along everything was all right, right, Matt?
the mosaic of me (the video that got me rejected from NYU)
(NatalieAlbaugh) Sept. 24, 2024: I needed to make a video about myself to submit for my NYU college application back in 2023. This is that video, and although I may have not gotten into NYU, I'm so grateful to have this video to represent the first few chapters of my life. :)* Please watch until the end!
From the white guys who brought you What Is a Woman? comes Am I Racist? Matt Walsh goes deep undercover in the world of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Prepare to be shocked by how far race h*stlers will go and how much further conservative Matt Walsh will push back to expose the grift, uncovering absurdities that will leave viewers laughing.
Am I Racist? in theaters Sept. 13th, 2024: amiracist.com
How could this psychotic Nazi coach be so mean to little princess Jojo Siwa with the mom looking on in silence? Is this any way to raise a healthy dancer or pop idol? It is the way of Kali, Durga, and ferocity. There has to be a better way to enter the place of the way to discover the Tao of Self-Development.
Punk: clumsy Dancing Shiv' (skanking)
(WQ) The dojo ("the place of the way") is a training center, do or tao being "the way of," and the other portion of the word being the suggested way. Chado is "the Way of Tea" (cha or chai being tea) and taekwondo is "the way of striking with foot and hand," a martial art (method of combat). The Way of the Buddha could be the mantra Buddho, the Ennobling Eightfold Path, rather than the martial arts of Japanese budō (wu-dō) or "Way of War." And Play-Doh (a brand name form of "play dough," the Way of Play") might be a good name for dancing, if dancing weren't taken so very seriously by aspiring dancers. Playdo might be the best name for "the Way of Meditation," chan'do, "the Way of the Way," the Way of Jhana, chan, dhyana, or Zen (which is just the Japanese pronunciation of the Pali word jhanaor "meditative absorption").
Jojo Siwa on TV's Dance Moms
Meditation? Start with the mantra "Buddho"
Buddho by Phra Ajahn Thate Desaransi, American Theravada Buddhist monk Ven. Thanissaro (trans) from accesstoinsight.org edited by Wisdom Quarterly
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The Buddha inspired great confidence
When one goes to study meditation with any group or teacher who is experienced in a particular form of meditation, one should first make one's heart confident that that teacher is fully experienced in that form of meditation.
Confidence (saddha)
Be confident that the form of meditation taught is the right path for sure. At the same time, show respect for the place in which one is to meditate. Only then should one begin practicing.
Dedication
Teachers in the past used to require a dedication ceremony as a means of inspiring confidence before one was to study meditation. They would have one make an offering of five pairs of candles and five pairs of white flowers. This was called the five khandha. Or eight pairs of candles and eight pairs of white flowers, which was called the eight khandha. Or one pair of candles each weighing 15 grams and an equal number of white flowers.
Meditation methods
Then they would teach one their particular form of meditation. This ancient custom has its good points. There are many other ceremonies as well, but I won't go into them. I'll mention only a very simple, easy-to-follow ceremony a little further on.
Dhammakaya technique
Only after one has inspired confidence in one's heart as already mentioned should one go to the teacher experienced in that form of meditation. If a teacher is experienced in repeating samma araham, that teacher will teach one to repeat samma araham, samma araham, samma araham.
(Samma = "right," araham = arahant = "enlightened one," so roughly this could mean "right enlightenment.")
Then the teacher will have one visualize a bright, clear jewel two inches above the navel and tell one to focus the mind there as one continues the repetition, without letting the mind slip away from the jewel. In other words, one takes the jewel as the focal point of the mind.
Rising and falling
If one goes to a teacher experienced in meditating on the rising and falling of the abdomen, that teacher will have one meditate on rising and falling and focus the mind on the different motions of the body.
For instance, when one raises a foot, one thinks "raising." When one places a foot, one thinks "placing," and so on. Or else the teacher will have one focus continually on being preoccupied with the phenomenon of arising and passing away in every motion or position of the body.
Psychic powers
If one goes to a teacher experienced in psychic powers, that teacher will have one repeat na ma ba dha, na ma ba dha and focus the mind on a single object until it takes one to see heavens and hells, deities and brahmas of all sorts, to the point where one gets carried away with those visions.
Breath meditation
If one goes to a teacher experienced in breath meditation, that teacher will have one focus on one's in-and-out breath (ana-pana-sati) and have one keep the mind firmly preoccupied with nothing but the in-and-out breath.
Mantra reptition
If one goes to a teacher experienced in meditating on the mantra buddho, that teacher will have one repeat buddho, buddho, buddho and have one keep the mind firmly on that meditation word until one is fully skilled at it.
Then that teacher will have one contemplate buddho and what it is that is saying buddho. Once one sees that they are two separate things, focus on what's saying buddho. As for the word buddho, it will disappear, leaving only what it is that was saying buddho.
One then focuses on what it is that was saying buddho as the object of meditation.
What is the true cause?
People of our time — people of any time, for that matter — regardless of how educated or capable they may be and especially those of us who are Buddhists: Buddhism teaches causes and effects that are entirely true, but why is it that we have to fall for the claims and advertisements we hear everywhere? It must be because people at present are impatient and want to see results before they have completed the causes, in line with the fact that we are supposed to be in an atomic age.
(I don't want to criticize any of us as tending to believe in things the truth of which we have not tested because, after all, we all want to know and see the truth.)
Buddhism teaches us to penetrate into the heart and mind, which are mental phenomena. As for the material body, it is a physical phenomenon. Physical phenomena are under the control of mental phenomena.
Training the mind
When we begin to practice meditation and train the mind to be quiet and untroubled, I can't see that we are creating any problems at that moment for anyone at all. If we keep practicing until we are skilled, then we will be calm and at peace.
If more and more people practice this way, there will be peace and happiness all over the world. As for the body, we can train it to be peaceful only as long as the mind is in full control.
The minute mindfulness lapses, the body will return to its old habits. So let's try training the mind by repeating buddho.
Preliminary Steps to Practicing Meditation
Before practicing meditation on the mantra word buddho, start with the preliminary steps. In other words, inspire confidence in the mind, as already mentioned, then bow three times, saying: More
Jojo Siwa, Mother Siwa, and Nazi Coach (Dance Moms), Ajahn Thate translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu (accesstoinsight.com); Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Kamala Devi picks Minnesota Gov. and Midwestern dad Tim Walz as running mate
DJ and JD not taking the news well.
(The Daily Show) Aug. 6, 2024: Michael Kosta gets to know Tim Walz, 60, the governor Kamala D. Harris, 59.5, chose as her running mate. While the Trump campaign claims the vice-presidential candidate will “unleash hell on earth,” Democrats love his political record and "Midwestern Dad AF" vibes. Plus, Josh Johnson weighs in on why Gov. Walz is the “right type of white guy” for this race. #DailyShow #TimWalz #KamalaDeviHarris
(The Hill) Jess' Journal: Way Kamala should pick Minn. Gov. Tim Walz
FACT: Blacks know she's not pro-Black.
Imagine a world where candidates choose better candidates for the No. 2 position than are sitting in the big chair in the Oval Office. The world would be better under JD Vance than DJ Trance (increasingly demented and slipping Don John Trump), and now we are safe from hacks like Mark "Astro-not" Kelly and YeshivaShapiro.
Progressive Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, 60, has been chosen in a move no one saw coming but which we prayed for yesterday.
He's a solid choice. His daughter Hope Walz is a vegetarian, and that's good, but he may have a meat and drinking problem -- and is aging poorly, which has him looking like a cross between Bernie and G-Joe. Nobody's perfect. Momala still has problems (thinking on her feet, speaking from her beak, trying to act street), but she's bound to get better as she becomes the real-life Julia "Veep" Louis-Dreyfus.
Yesterday (Aug. 5), the world was ending. It was the beginning of the end. Listen to Gary and Shannon explain it: GAS Hour 1 - Kamala’s VP Choice
Recession was looming. War was coming(and may still be). And now things are looking better. The stock market is up after 1,000-point dip yesterday. Remember, "Buy low, sell high." Question: When is "low"? Answer: Right after a crash, a rollercoaster dip, a collapse, which is when everyone is least likely to buy, so it takes guts/hope.
There's hope for a Democratic ticket we can support. Trump is being prosecuted after all. And who knows how long Netanyahu can hold on to power and immunity.
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