Peace: Happy Armistice Day (11/11)

Nation(s) fall silent to mark Armistice Day

(Sky News) Nov. 11, 2025: The nation has fallen silent for two minutes to mark the end of the First World War (WW I). Wreaths were laid at the Cenotaph in central London in honor of those who were killed for imperialism, hegemony, and the enrichment of war profiteers, while the pretty face of the House of Windsor, Princess Kate of Wales, attended the Service of Remembrance at the National Memorial Arboretum. The Queen laid a wreath at London's Paddington Station. #firstworldwar #remembranceday #armisticeday #endlesswar #corporations #fascism #militaryindustrialcomplex #propaganda #patriotism

(DemocracyNow.org) Top U.S. & World Headlines — November 11, 2025

Trump MAGA man shoots up Mich. church

SUMMARY: Police said the right-wing suspect, Thomas Jacob Sanford, drove his American flag strewn pickup truck into The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS in Michigan before firing, killing and injuring a dozen people, and setting the building on fire. Police then killed Sanford in a shootout, officials said.

Authorities identify suspect after two killed in US church shooting

Church shooter opened fire on hundreds of Mormon worshippers is pictured in Donald Trump shirt

My warrior may have shot up Church, but Israelis
shot Charlie Kirk, not me, uh, I mean, did not...

(The Independent) A Sunday worship [yesterday, Sept. 28th, 2025] service turned into a scene of horror when an American gunman [Iraq War veteran and mass murderer] rammed his Chevy pickup into a Mormon church in Michigan before opening fire on congregants and setting the building on fire, killing four people and injuring at least eight others.

• Grand Blanc Township church attack
• Michigan church shooting latest: ‘Evil act of violence’ left 4 victims dead and 8 wounded as police reveal details on victims

Loser Confederates, Nazis, Trump/MAGA

Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, was identified as the suspect, police said during a press conference on Sunday evening. The attack unfolded around 10:25 am at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, about 50 miles north of Detroit, according to police.

Hundreds of people, including children, were inside at the time of the shooting. After the suspect smashed his pickup truck with two American flags affixed to the bed through the front doors of the church, Sanford emerged with an assault rifle and began firing on worshippers, Grand Blanc Township Police Chief William Renye said.

4 mass shootings over weekend

(Breaking Points) Chaos as shootings erupt: Church, Boat, Casino

I support Bibi and my MAGAotts in all things.

• Karoline Leavitt claims Michigan church shooter ‘hated people of Mormon faith’ as Trump decries ‘attack on [fake] Christians’
• Gunman in Michigan church shooting was U.S. Marine and Iraq War veteran: Officials

Look, Jeffrey Epstein, this capital is MY
capital. I'll see you on Kiddie Island soon.

His reign of terror continued as he intentionally set a fire that turned into a massive blaze, police said. It was brought under control just before 1:00 pm. As the suspect fled the church, he exchanged gunfire with two officers and was killed. More: the-independent.com

IHIP News: 🚨 Trump's plan leaked to press; Dems secretly helping him?

• NY Post: What we know about Thomas J. Stanford, Michigan LDS church shooter
• The Independent UK; IHIP News; Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

90% of Americans have parasites

Forever Strong: A New, Science-Based Strategy for Aging Well

Some symptoms of parasitic infestation

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon D.O. (drgabriellelyon.com) has 4.4 out of 5 stars with 1,752 ratings for her New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller.

Learn how to reboot metabolism, build strength, and extend life with this accessible new guidebook that demonstrates the importance of muscle for health and longevity from the founder of the Institute for Muscle-Centric Medicine®.

Gut parasites handout: functional (Made Whole Nutrition)

I'm a real doctor...who loves to use makeup

After years of watching patients cycle through her practice, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon noticed a pattern. While her patients struggled with a wide range of conditions, they all suffered from the same core problem: they had too little muscle rather than too much fat.

When we think about muscle, we tend to think about strength or aesthetics, but in reality, muscle accounts for so much more than that. As the body’s largest endocrine organ, muscle actually determines everything about the trajectory of health and aging.

Forever Strong (Dr. Lyon)

Many of the conditions Dr. Lyon’s patients were experiencing were actually symptoms of underdeveloped or unhealthy muscle.

Now, Dr. Lyon offers an easy-to-follow food, fitness, and self-care program anchored in evidence and pioneering research that teaches how to optimize muscle—no matter one's age or health background.

Discover how to overcome everything from obesity to autoimmune disorders and avoid diseases like Alzheimer’s, hypertension, and diabetes by following Dr. Lyon’s powerful new approach to becoming forever strong. More

• Shawn Ryan Clips, Dr. G. Lyon, board-certified physician (House of Macadamias); Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Crystal Q., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Study psychedelics, ecstasy, drugs

Entheogenic medicinal substances must only be administered with "set and setting" in mind.

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Who knows what patients might see when dosed

Ever think about studying psychedelics? Well, now it's possible because the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) is offering the first accredited bachelor's degree of its kind in the United States.

Professor of Psychology Nick Walker at CIIS explained the new program on KCBS Radio the Bay Area, saying a lot of people are interested in psychedelics as an area of study.

Like Montauk, it started as science until a literal monster came through experimenting.

Miracle component of magic mushrooms

He described the current situation as a psychotherapy renaissance when people are eager to test the use of drugs that act as hallucinogenic entheogenic potential-medicines.

"There's a lot of very exciting psychedelic research in terms of its potential as a [depression and] PTSD treatment, for instance. There's a lot of work happening with psychedelics, and we think it's very important that people approach it in a scientific fashion, in a well-informed fashion, in an ethically informed fashion.

Psychedelic literally means "mind-making"

Science has it all, Bart. - Yeah, right, Skinner.

"Because you know when something like this, when there's a big boom in something like psychedelics, some exciting method of treatment and exploration and personal growth, it can be kind of a Wild West scenario, with people experimenting wildly."

Psychedelics have gotten a lot of attention in popular culture recently, with claims they can assist people in the throes of a deep depression, help veterans and trauma survivors.

Okay, now I've gone too far. Stop the ride, please

A 2023 study by the National Institute of Health said PTSD currently affects an estimated 12 million U.S. adults and "initial clinical trials have demonstrated the potential value of psychedelic-assisted therapy to treat PTSD and other psychiatric disorders."

More: California university first to offer program in psychedelics – studying magic mushrooms, MDMA, and more

• Psilocybin (Magic Mushrooms), MDMA (Ecstasy, Molly), Ketamine (Special K), DMT (The Spirit Molecule), 5-MeO-DMT (Bufo), Harmaline (Ayahuasca, Syrian Rue), Mescaline (Peyote), Cannabis (Ganja)...
• How to Change Your Mind by author Michael Pollan
• How to avoid a bad psychedelic trip: have a sober guide/minder
• From mind control, brainwashing, to monsters — theories claim Stranger Things happened in REAL LIFE in a secret U.S. government Montauk Project | The Sun
• Audacy News, KNX News Radio Los Angeles via MSN.com, April 7, 2025; Psychedelic Trance - Magic Mushrooms/Hallucinations mix 2024 (AI Graphic Visuals); Psychedelic Trippy Gif; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Happy Nat'l Metal Music Day (11/11)

Oh, honestly, why do you kids have to mosh and slam in pits of your own creation? Sit down!

Hard Heavy & Happy (Nico Rose)

While veterans with PTSD get all the attention, it is actually National Metal Day today, is a celebration for heavy metal fans, giving them the perfect excuse to crank up their favorite tracks and let loose.

It’s a day dedicated to the powerful music genre that broke barriers with its intense sound and rebellious spirit.

Getting its start in the late 1960s, metal music has always been a bit on the edge of the standard. And when the rockumentary (or mockumentary), This Is Spinal Tap, about a fictitious heavy metal band came out in 1984, it brought a whole new perspective to the idea of metal.

From the roaring guitar riffs of Black Sabbath to the electrifying performances of Metallica, this day unites fans across the globe. It’s time for #NationalMetalDay!

When did "hard rock" become "heavy metal"? Led Zep

The "Heavy Metal Monk" sings "the Devil's music" in Italy?

How to Celebrate National Metal Day

Surely people who are celebrating National Metal Day should take it up to 11! Consider some of these ideas for celebrating the day in a style that is filled with long hair and is super loud:

Watch This is Spinal Tap

This is Part 1. See the remaining parts segmented on YouTube

If you’ve never seen it before, or if you have seen it dozens of times and are nostalgic for it, National Metal Day is the best day to watch This is Spinal Tap. This tongue-in-cheek film was made in 1984 and stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer.

Listen to Some Metal Music

Best metal band: Baby Metal?

Of course, one of the more obvious ways to celebrate and observe National Metal Day is to listen to some metal music. Perhaps go with some classic metal bands that have been around for quite some time, with songs such as these: More

• Songs that people say are the best ever written: Was the BEST song ever written a metal song called "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin?

What is the best metal music?

Wisdom Quarterly COMMENTARY

Sadly, heavy metal is viewed as a thing for boys. And that it may be. But in actuality, the best, heaviest, most listenable metal incorporates a female touch. Here's all the proof we need:

The Agonist (Alissa White-Gluz): "and Their Eulogies Sang Me to Sleep"

Hardcore punk: gateway to speed metal crossover

Why this should be so, in our opinion, is that if metal music is like very strong black coffee (or bitter dark chocolate). It sucks, but it suddenly becomes delicious for its darkness when paired with some toasty nonsense like sweet biscotti.

A little biscotti -- or sugar, or creamer, or foam -- makes coffee go a long way, like cafe latte. All dark all the time is ick, yack, hurl, a strong jolt, sure, but not exactly palatable all the time.

Add that accent and then addiction really sets in. The best example of this may be the best metal combo ever is partly Japanese Buddhist (shown above in front of Goddess Kwannon/Kwan Yin): BabyMetal!

(Stacey RPG) Japanese BabyMetal "Gimme Chocolate" reaction

Top 3 female death metal auditions on The Voice: "Look What

You Made Me Do," "Sweet Dreams" (Russian, Italian, Japanese)

Where'd you learn to scream, Alissa White-Gluz

But there are the Iron Maidens (all-female group playing Iron Maiden covers), and there's the great Alissa White-Gluz of the Agonist and other outfits, and Nina Persons doing lounge covers of Black Sabbath inspired tunes (Heartbreaker and Iron Man) with The Cardigans. (Okay, that's too much sugar for most, but all the scarier for it). There's the singer for Sentinel Beast, and Kirsten in Eternal Conspiracy. Or how about Tori Amos covering Slayer?

From The Agonist to Arch Enemy

Then, of course, there all the female fans at live shows that make live shows worth attending, and plenty of less obscure talent like that 6-year-old kid on America's Got Talent that time.

Metal has gone infinitely diverse with subgenres, so there's something for everyone, including the darkest Norwegian death metal.

Six year old Aaralyn & Izzy sing "Zombie Skin" (America's Got Talent)

Ten-year-old US Hindu girl Maya Neelakantan shreds "Last Resort"

• VIDEO: Maya, 11,  Metallica's "Master of Puppets" (AGT '24)
• VIDEO: Harper, 10, sings shocking death metal on AGT
• VIDEO: Top death metal memes of all time
• The best rock album from the '70s, according to data—and see the rest of the top 50
• 14 most influential lead guitarists of all time
• Too much cortisol from stress? Cortigon | UMZU
• UV light and ozone cure mold, germs, insomnia (uvlizer.us)
• Daysoftheyear.com, 11/11/24; Seth Auberon, Pfc. Sandoval, CC Liu, Madison (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Amplify Voices of Liberation (11/10)

• Amplify! Voices of Liberation (all ages)
• Sunday, Nov. 10, doors open at 11 am, 12-8 pm PST
• Libbey Bowl, 210 South Signal St., Ojai, CA 93023

This is a benefit concert to celebrate resistance and resilience through music, art, culture, and community in solidarity by Amplify Voices of Liberation.

ABOUT: Thia event lasts 8 hours. It is ALL AGES with free venue parking. This is the lineup:

• Artists and speakers: Lauren Jaregui, SKG, Butch Ware, QUIN, Low Leaf, Aztlan Underground, Shylah Ray, Martha Gonzalez of Quetzal, Elijah Badua, César y Xochi of Cambalache, Ella Hue, Atomik:Kangaroo, and Omar Velasco
• Participating organizations: Ojai Ceasefire, Ventura Tenants Union, Jewish Voices for Peace, CODEPINK Santa Barbara, KIDZ in Need, Oakland Jericho, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Veterans for Peace, Party for Socialism and Liberation Ventura Chapter, Students for Justice in Palestine Channel Islands, Artists Against Apartheid

No nudity please. It's not Europe.

It is a day to celebrate resistance and resilience, to raise funds for Palestine, and to create a platform for local and international organizations and community members to share in our collective struggle against ongoing genocide and colonization.

As mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, grandparents, caregivers, organizers, and community members, we are coming together to create an event to share music, art, and culture to denounce military imperialism, promote peace, and build unity.

This will be a day where community members and organizations from diverse backgrounds will have a place to speak, promote, educate, and fundraise for their various causes, while ticket sales will go directly to aiding families in Palestine.

We encourage local and international community organizations to take part and build together in our common struggle.

This event features music, art, culture, poetry, speakers, and community organizing. The day includes vendors selling local and international goods as well as food trucks and local restaurant options for dining.

Please feel free to contact at amplifiedvoices@proton.me to get involved or with any further questions. 

• TICKETS: Amplify! Voices of Liberation Tickets, Sunday, Nov 10, 2024 at noon, 12-8 PM | Eventbrite ($23)
• Sliding scale tickets offered at the door from $30+. Funds support the organizations/causes below:
• Our comrade in the West Bank chuffed.org/project/113324-housing-in-masafer-yatta
• Our Palestinian sister Sophia’s organization supporting children in Gaza kidzinneed.com
• Cary Harrison (KPFK.org); Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Veteran's Day Merchants of Death Tribunal, Bibi

Veterans for Peace, MerchantsofDeath.org, Veterans Day 2023; Amy Goodman (DemocracyNow.org, 11/10/23); Pfc. Sandoval, Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Trump's Veteran's Day message draws comparisons to Nazi leader Adolph Hitler (msn.com)

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Save the children from Israel's IDF

Media company MeidasTouch reported that Trump "echoes Hitler nearly verbatim" in his calls to destroy the "vermin," or liberals.

Tristan Snell, a former assistant attorney general in New York, added his take, as well.

Specifically, Snell quoted, “This vermin must be destroyed. The Jews are our sworn enemies, and at the end of this year there will not be a Jew left in Germany.” — Hitler, 1939.

Former Republican congressman Adam Kinzinger also pointed out the post. "Meh. He's going to jail," Kinzinger wrote. "American veterans deserve a not insane leader."

Journalist [and wit] Bill Grueskin said Trump's long-winded post is "a paragraph for readers who can't handle the subtle nuances of Mein Kampf," Hitler's book ["My Struggle"]. (MSN)

• Netanyahu's war cabinet turns against him [because] as Israel PM 'unfit to lead'
• More than 1,600 Jewish Harvard alumni threaten to STOP donations as campus antisemitism worries grow
• Israel kills three more Palestinian babies (born premature in Al-Shifa Hospital IDF has bombed, deprived of fuel, and now cleared of all occupants)
• Black candidate bails out of Republican race: Tim Scott, the lone Black Republican in the US Senate, ends White House bid
• Genocide in Gaza: A call to urgent global action (MSN)
• Trump unloads on 'puppet judge' [who already convicted him of fraud and is considering his punishment] immediately after decrying 'viciousness' in fraud trial

There are calls to bring Netanyahu to the ICC on war crime allegations (dailymail.co.uk)

I would never enlist and kill for a country. They had to draft me and make me entertain them.

Palestinian groups ask ICC to arrest Israeli PM Netanyahu for war crimes and genocide

(Democracy Now!) Nov. 10, 2023: DN! speaks with Palestinian human rights lawyer Noura Erakat about a new effort to hold Israel accountable at the International Criminal Court over the asymmetric atrocities in Gaza, where Israel's monthlong air bombardment and ground assault have killed more than 10,000 Palestinians.

VIDEO: Israel revises its death toll down, Gaza death toll way up; artillery heard in N. Israel

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US must hold US accountable.

On Wednesday, three Palestinian rights groups filed a lawsuit with the international body, urging it to investigate Israel for the crimes of genocide and apartheid. The petition also calls for arrest warrants to be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. International inaction against Israeli aggression is part of "a systematic failure to hold Israel to account for decades," as well as the "absolute double standard" applied to war crimes committed against people of the Global South, says lawyer Erakat, who was part of a team of academics and activists who came together to support the ICC lawsuit. "This is not just a crisis of international legal institutions, but also a crisis of democratic — or so-called democratic — institutions in the countries in which we live." Support DN!'s work: democracynow.org/give. Latest Shows

• Holocaust survivors call on Hollywood's Steven Spielberg to be more pro-Jewish and condemn Hamas's massacre (msn.com)

Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal

What if we cancel criminal corporations?

U.S. weapons makers to be tried by war crimes. Tribunal begins Nov. 12, 2023.

Please join us on Sunday, November 12th, 2023 at 8:00 pm (EST) for the livestreamed opening session of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal that is holding U.S. weapons manufacturers accountable for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The first episode will focus on Israel's aerial bombardment against the human beings in Gaza, Palestine, a historical and monumental atrocity that could not happen at this time without U.S. aircraft, missiles, and bombs produced by three of the four defendants on trial before the Tribunal:

1. Lockheed Martin
2. Boeing
3. RTX (Raytheon).

• Register HERE for Merchants of Death

"We render you, corporations obsessed with war-profiteering, accountable, answerable!"

- Dr. Cornel West, Ph.D., Member of Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal

We fund them to fight Russia and MidEast

The Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal will hold accountable — through testimony of witnesses — U.S. weapons manufacturers who knowingly produce and sell products that attack and kill combatants and non-combatants equally well.

These U.S. manufacturers may have committed crimes against humanity and violated U.S. federal criminal laws. The Tribunal will hear the evidence and render a verdict. More (merchantsofdeath.org)

Let's talk to an Israeli soldier and a "terrorist"

Abby Martin, TeleSUR, 3/6/17; Sheldon S., Pfc. Sandoval, A. Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

He's one of them, he's admitting it, and they still deny IDF/Israel's crimes against humanity?

Empire Files: Israeli Army vet’s exposé - “I was the terrorist”

(TeleSUR English) In a rare, candid conversation, Abby Martin interviews a former Israeli Army combat soldier who served as an occupier in Palestine’s Hebron City.

• What does it mean when the IDF "knocks on your roof"?
• Remember that time IDF shot Arabs and stole their money?

I converted Jewish Ivan' Trump

Eran Efrati spent years as a sergeant and combat soldier in the Israeli military, but he has since become an outspoken critic of the occupation of Palestine, Israeli apartheid, and its settler colonialism.

Efrati gives explosive testimony on the reality of his service and explains how war crimes are institutionalized, as well as how systematic the oppression against Palestinians really is in a war of conquest that will no doubt be accelerated under the Trump administration [with nepotistic Jewish son-in-law Jared Kushner being made "director" of the newly made-up and subsequently abolished Office of American Innovation in charge of the Israeli situation for Pres. Trump under his long-time friend, groomer, and corrupt right-wing dictator PM Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu].

TeleSUR (TV channel) is funded in whole or in part by multiple Latin American governments (Wikipedia).