(Real Life TV) Oct. 23, 2025: California has young homeless females who are surviving by any means necessary, including prostitution, trafficking, and dealing in drugs. Abbreviated Homeless Interviews. See the full interviews @dredre9947
Prison prostitution as female guards exploit male prisoners
(KING 5 Seattle) Oct. 20, 2025: KING 5 Investigators reveal at least two employees engaged in sexual relationships with inmates, recording their encounters on video. More: king5.com/article/news/in...
(Oriental Pearl) Premiered Oct. 9, 2025: TOKYO. Is Japan cooked? I (Oriental Pearl) have seen a lot of changes here in the last few years. And things seem to be getting worse.
(Broke But Rich) Feb. 22, 2025: Dive into the dark side of Japan with us as we explore the world of "standing girls" ("sign girls")—infantilized females who wait in public streets to sell themselves. This isn't the typical nightlife scene. Buddhist Japan’s unique culture -- and attitude towards sex (as with the ancient geisha courtesans) -- has created an unexpected environment where this underground trade operates in plain sight. But why does it happen? And what’s the real story behind these women?
HORROR: Shocking stabbing of young Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, NC...and why national media ISN'T covering it
(Megyn Kelly) Sept. 8, 2025: Megyn Kelly is joined by Rich Lowry and Charles C.W. Cooke of National Review to discuss the horrifying [mind control?] stabbing of a young Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, NC [here because the Pentagon, CIA, EU, and NATO provoked Russia into invading, while concocting a story of a power mad Vlad Putin wanting to take over the world like Hitler when the unacceptable truth is Pres. Putin was pushed to react and did], the decision by the national media not to cover it, details about the incident and the repeat offender, shocking remarks made by the Charlotte mayor, and more.
There is a good life, that of a nomadic hippie -- free as the wind (no savings), enjoying free love, doing whatever one wishes whenever one wishes, feeling good, dropping chemical-assistance anytime (haunted by addiction). That may have been true in the 1960s and 1970s; it is less true now. There's a superficially similar but much better life, that of wandering ascetics like the Buddha, Mahavira, and others in the sramana movement. What is the difference? Underlying motive. Both may be spiritual seekers, but only one is likely to make any progress. Why? Vice and drugs make one possible, whereas the other relies on virtue and restraint.
The word śramaṇa is pronounced /shra-ma-na/ like the English word shaman, a wandering aiming for spiritual development through simplicity, voluntary poverty (relinquishing everything), and often penances or austerities in the misguided attempt to subdue "sin" and evil and develop virtue and self-restraint. Of the many schools and teachers at the time of the Buddha that rebelled against the devotional functions of temple priests (brahmanas), only three seem to have survived to today, Buddhism, Jainism, and wandering yogi sadhus.
Trash recipes
Assortment of dumpster diving finds (wiki)
If one is going to eat "trash," and we do not recommend it, put drugs and drug paraphernalia away, put down the phone, tell pimp or madame you will call them later, and dive into a dumpster, preferably in a group with someone holding a flashlight. Panhandling is a better option, as is eating things growing naturally from trees as well as wild edible plants from the park or other public places. There are always also charitable organizations offering food. But all those sources having failed (and people will usually give food even if they refuse to give change), pick clean greens. Avoid all meat and dairy. Give everything the sniff test. Keep any food found in cool place, which should be easy in SF because it's usually cold at night. Boil over burning dumpster fire or one of those hobo oil barrels. Do not boil a shoe or old boot as that provides no nutrition and is likely to have toxic industrial products, plastics, dyes, and dioxin. Ask a John or Jane to cook or to offer food. Stand by the exit of a restaurant and ask for leavings before customers trash them. Seek public social services. Get a side job at a restaurant that doesn't mind employees eating extras. Finally, pretend you're in lockup, jail, or prison and consider all the jailhouse delicacies crafty and creative inmates dream up. By the addition of crumbled potato chips (which are full of deadly acrylamides in the best of circumstances) seems to make anything palatable. Avoid sugar (particularly high fructose corn syrup) and glutens (wheat, barley, rye, oats, and buckwheat, all of which have very harmful plant lichens that destroy the gut lining and lead to deficiencies, according to Dr. Joel Wallach).
A better way to be a nomad: wandering asceticism
The śramaṇas [a] are people who labor, toil, or exert themselves for some higher or religious [spiritual] purpose [1, 2], a "seeker, or ascetic, one who performs acts of austerity [tapas]" [3, 4, 5, 6].
Looking down on UC Berkeley and SF
The śramaṇa tradition includes primarily Jainism [7], Buddhism [8], and others such as the Ājīvika [9, 10].
The śramaṇa religions became popular in the circles of alms-gathering mendicants from greater Magadha (the adopted home of the Buddha) that led to the development of spiritual practices [11], as well as the popular concepts in all major Indian religions such as saṃsāra (the endless cycle of rebirth and suffering) and moksha (liberation from that cycle) [12, Note 1].
SF is very liberal and full of compassion
The Śramaṇic traditions have a diverse range of beliefs, ranging from accepting or denying the concept of an eternal soul, fatalism (that all things are preordained) to free will, idealization of extreme asceticism (penance) to that of family life, renunciation, strict ahimsa (non-violence), and vegetarianism to permissibility of violence and meat-eating [13, 14]. More
Los Angeles’s collapsing streets: a city in crisis as the homeless take over block by block
(Discovery Globe - Life Documentary) Aug. 2, 2025: HOA KỲ. In this urgent street documentary, let's explore the reality behind the headlines as Los Angeles homeless communities grow larger, block by block.
Glittering Hollywood: The Home of Dreams
Once known for ambition, sunshine, and opportunity, L.A. (aka Tinsel Town) is now recognized as a city in crisis, where LA's collapsing streets reflect deeper problems beneath the surface.
What was once temporary has become "structural" (systemic, a permanent problem)—an unfolding homeless crisis USA in one of America’s most iconic cities.
Captured throughout LA at night, this footage reveals a hidden world shaped by urban decay, growing encampments, and the visible homeless takeover of sidewalks, parks, and business zones.
With each passing week, more areas fall into block by block takeover, changing how the city looks, feels, and functions.
As poverty in LA surges and public service systems strain, the reality of LA's decline becomes harder to ignore. The rise of LA's tent cities in every direction—from Skid Row to Venice Beach—signals a long-brewing social collapse of California now erupting in plain sight.
These changes aren’t isolated; they form part of the broader seedy side of America, where prosperity and suffering share the same streets.
The crime in LA increases alongside the growing instability. As emergency services struggle to respond, parts of the city are left with little protection or support. In many places, urban decay LA defines the new normal, where infrastructure breaks down and basic needs go unmet.
Through real interviews and firsthand footage, we trace how the LA homeless population adapts, survives, and expands amid the chaos.
This street documentary does not seek blame—but rather seeks understanding. From the fall of LA's collapsing streets to the expanding takeover, the footage examines how long-standing economic gaps, housing shortages, and social fragmentation have fueled the homeless crisis now overtaking the West Coast’s largest metro area.
By highlighting the interconnected issues of poverty in LA (and California's second city, San Francisco), the social collapse of California, and the USA's decline, this documentary invites reflection on what the future holds—not only for LA, but for urban centers on the edge.
The images of LA at night tell a deeper story—one of resilience, desperation, and the urgent need for systemic response.
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Many of us have said and will say, "ALL lives matter." This is foolish because it utterly fails to understand what is being claimed by BLM. What is it? "ALL lives will matter when Black lives matter." As of now, do they matter to police, DC, and in redlining real estate office in suburban neighborhoods around the country? Not so much. It is only to promote equality, fraternity, and freedom that we agitate for a world of fairness and equal opportunity, but we can't have that because when the race began, there was one group that was given a massive advantage. And many in that group are clueless as to their privilege, their fragility, their unearned advantage over other groups. Perceived membership ("passing") in this group confers advantages whether one seeks them or not. This should be obvious but apparently is not. So the revolution continues, the street agitation, the signs: Black Lives Matter. They really do. Get with it. To say "White Lives Matter" as if anyone ever doubted that is more than just Clueless, it is almost actively dismissing the concerns of the majority of the country. As long as there are those racist holdouts who want "racial purity" in a world of diversity, who demand white supremacy (like the Jim Crow South instituted), who call for the restoration of anti-miscegenation (look it up) laws, there will not be peace. And this rally in liberal, deeply blue, and progressive California just goes to show. "Hey, but, we had a Black presi-dude, so there's no more racism, so, like, shuddup about it, because you're being racist by mentioning the word 'race'" (or some variation of this sentiment) is still the mantra heard throughout the land. This is probably why the word "woke" spread to so many college campuses. "White supremacists, go home!" Maybe that should be the mantra. Where's "home" now? Newschwabenland, of coure.
[Party] Mob in downtown LA damages buildings, stops trains | FOX 11
Allies against racist police abuse of POC
(LAFOX 11 Los Angeles) May 25, 2025: A massive "mob" of people [young partygoers utilizing the rooftop of an empty warehouse] in downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) spray-painted and damaged dozens of buildings and even stopped two Metro trains, according to riot police who assembled to beat and disperse them with impunity].
What happened?
Hurt people hurt people. (Officer Cartman)
(ABC7 News) The LAPD said they received a call about a "large group disturbance" at Trinity Street and E Washington Boulevard. That's where more than 1,000 people had gathered for an unpermitted party [on the rooftop of] an abandoned warehouse. As officers arrived, things [coincidentally] escalated [which had nothing to do with their aggressive provocations to intimidate and establish dominance like prison alphas armed-and-extra-dangerous with paramilitary equipment, firing rubber bullets, which are not rubber but deadly cannons that can maim and kill]. The out-of-control vandals tagged businesses [with aerosol spray cans], a police vehicle, and the interior and exterior of two Metro A-line trains with graffiti. No passengers or operators were hurt, but service was delayed for 20 minutes. [The initial strike force called for backup and reinforcement.] Police [arrived] in riot gear [and] eventually moved in, firing rubber bullets after issuing multiple [muffled] warnings [threats] to disperse [or else]. According to the mayor's office, the crowd even assaulted some officers [tossing empty plastic water bottles in their direction and flipping them off with offensive hand gestures and running away instead of making easy targets], with one requiring medical attention after [allegedly] being struck in the face with a bottle [or something, perhaps the officer's own baton, helmet cover, weapon, cuffs, or shield]. More
[No one is defending senseless vandalism, but it makes sense to strike back if The Man, cops known as the abusive LAPD, which represents all Los Angelenos, particularly the business-owners who support cops, to bear the brunt of police abuses. Bringing out a paramilitary riot squad (with spies, police informants, and plenty of agent provocateurs in the crowd to provide the pretext for institutional violence against citizens) and releasing them on unarmed and peaceful partygoers, it's NO WONDER those partygoers would tag up the town, spray graffiti, break windows, and otherwise what others misjudge as "their own city." It's not their city. It belongs to businesses and the Goon Squad paid with taxes to protect business-as-usual. "F the police," people will say for exactly this reason. What reason? "We make revolution inevitable when we make political participation impossible."
People act out exactly because they are denied their voice.What voice do youthful partygoers have in this megalopolis? They can party. They can spray paint. They can make trouble on the weekends in the veil of anonymity. Bring them in and make them vested in this town with a future, and they wouldn't act this way. It is the explanation for every riot (uprising) we have in this city, and it's been going on for many decades since the Zoot Suit Riots, Watts Riots, the Rodney King Riots, Occupy Movement Riot, and it's a wonder that the recent case of police being acquitted of the most serious charges of depriving a citizen of his civil rights, Tyre Nichols Trial verdict: 3 former Memphis officers found not guilty in fatal beating of Black motorist [who, admittedly, was Black while driving and maybe giving the officers a little attitude], which seems to happen at least once a week. Hmm, what is this the fifth anniversary of?George Floyd: May 25th.]
FOX 11 on YouTube: @foxla [not to be confused with Fox News]. Watch more FOX 11 on YouTube:
Police Chases: • Police Chases
Brazen Crime: • Brazen Crime
Homeless Crisis: • Homeless Crisis
KTLA 5, May 27, 2025; LAFOX 11 Los Angeles, May 25, 2025; Crystal Q., Pfc. Sandoval, CC Li, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
International Workers' Day observed on May 1st and is also called "May Day" but the two have different histories: May Day is a European festival of ancient origins marking the beginning of summer, usually celebrated on May 1, around halfway between the Northern Hemisphere's spring equinox and midsummer solstice [1, 2]
Festivities are also held the night before, known as May Eve. Traditions include:
gathering green branches and wildflowers ("bringing in the May") [3], which are used to decorate buildings and made into wreaths;
crowning a May Queen, sometimes with a male companion (to Jack in the Green) decked in greenery;
setting up a Maypole, May Tree, or May Bush, around which people dance and sing;
as well as parades and processions involving these [4].
Bonfires are also a major part of the festival in some regions.
Two KFI 640 AM (an iHeart station, the largest talk radio station in the country) personalities rappelled down the 25 story Hilton Universal City (Los Angeles next to Hollywood) to bring attention to the unhoused situation in L.A. The succeeded in raising funds and not dying. The Just Feed 1 event continues Saturday, 9/8/24.
Beautiful Los Angeles -- with its Hollywood Land, Santa Monica, UCLA, USC, Caltech, beaches, mountains, woods, canyons, and rivers -- is the jewel of Southern California. It's big enough, with over ten million people in the county with about 4.8 million in the City of LA. One would never imagine how much homelessness and poverty exist here. It's a Tale of Two Cities.
Wait, I can help by rappelling down a building?
Well, what can I do about it? Nothing, you're just one person. When has ONE person ever done anything? Actually, even though we all believe that, the fact of the matter is that ONE person is the only person who has ever done anything. It begins with a will, motivation, or inspiration to help. Now just find a way. Just help one. How about this?
On September 27 and 28, 2024, at the Hilton Los Angeles Universal City Hotel someone is going to get ready to go Over the Edge to fight homelessness
and help kick-off the Just Help 1 challenge!
What if everyone in Los Angeles could just help one struggling neighbor?
As (Saint) Mother Teresa famously stated,
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.”
Although the homeless numbers in LA feel insurmountable when we consider the total, if we break the problem down to one individual helping one other individual, one family helping one other family, things change — exponentially.
one friend to make sure one less child suffers from food insecurity
one family to ensure that another family doesn’t have to spend
one more night in their car
one church to make sure one woman can find shelter in a safe community.
By joining us and rappelling 25 stories down from the roof of the
Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City Hotel on
September 27 and September 28, 2024,
you can help get one more person, family, or child off the street for good.
I never want to stop helping others and myself.
Registration is FREE! Just raise $1,000 or more by 6:00 am on the day of your rappel, and you will qualify for this thrilling way to bring
new hope to the City of Angels.
YOU CAN Just Help 1 — and possibly many more — find their way home.
Become a sponsor, make a donation, or register for the event and start fundraising today! Every dollar will be MATCHED to have DOUBLE the IMPACT! *Match is up to $600,000.
ABOUT: Union Rescue Mission (URM) has for over 133 years provided safe shelter, meals, long-term rehabilitation programs, education, counseling, medical services, and spiritual encouragement to assist those wanting to escape the cycle of homelessness forever. Unfortunately, URM's work is far from over.
Spiritual gets physical, intention becomes deed.
As the world is changing, so has the state of homelessness in the city. People need more than just four walls, a meal, and a bed. They need what
URM is uniquely equipped for:
HOPE that lasting change and a transformed life are possible.
But URM can't do it alone. URM needs partners like YOU to join the Just Help 1 challenge -- a fresh approach to this on-going crisis.
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