Showing posts with label war machine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label war machine. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Trump defeated in Strait of Hormuz, Iran



(The Jimmy Dore Show) Trump administration handed another colossal defeat in Strait of Hormuz negotiations (with guest Col. Douglas Macgregor). With comedic voice impersonator Mike MacRae (IMDb, @mikemacraeonline • Instagram). More at jimmydore.com
  • (Jimmy Kimmel Live) Trump threatens Iran with intense bombing, bullies the FDA on vaping and Cuban American Marco Rubio to meet the American Pope

Friday, May 1, 2026

Burning monk fights fire with fire: Vietnam War

 
We'll kill that g**k for imperial US corporations
(Buddha's Wisdom) May 1, 2026: 🔥 The photo the world has never forgotten during the imperial U.S. War on peaceful Buddhist Vietnam: The Burning Monk, Ven. Thich Quang Duc, became one of the most haunting images of the Vietnam War era.
On June 11, 1963, he sat down in a Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) intersection and didn't move. But behind the famous photograph is a deeper Buddhist story about:
  • persecution,
  • nonviolent protest,
  • meditative stillness (samadhi), and
  • the monk whose final act shook the Catholic Ngo Dinh Diem regime and forced the world to look at Vietnam differently.
We had to kill Buddhists to rule by force!
It was the visible shape of a lifetime of Pure Land Buddhist practice, pressed all the way to the edge. This is the untold story behind the most powerful photograph of the 20th century and what Buddhism actually teaches about the mind that met that morning.

🔍 DISCOVER:
  • The real story behind Thich Quang Duc, the Burning Monk
  • How Buddhist persecution in South Vietnam led to the 1963 Buddhist crisis
  • How one photograph traveled from Saigon to Washington DC and changed global opinion...
  • and why U.S. President John F. Kennedy stopped mid-sentence when he saw it at breakfast
  • The heart relic that didn't burn...and what Vietnamese Buddhist tradition says it means
  • How Rage Against the Machine, Czech copycat Jan Palach [like many Tibetan lamas under communist Chinese oppression], and Dependent Origination connect one Saigon intersection to six decades of history
  • What Buddhism teaches about compassion, courage, and meeting suffering without hatred 🙏
Fight war [the state] not [its] wars
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⚠️ CONTENT ADVISORY! This video discusses the dying [by suicide] of Thích Quảng Đức (June 11, 1963) as a historical and Buddhist educational subject. While no graphic footage is shown, the topic involves dying, political persecution, and religious violence. Viewer discretion is advised.

Who sells weapons to the world? War profiteers
This video is produced with deep respect for Thích Quảng Đức, the Vietnamese Buddhist community, and the historical record.
📚 SOURCES AND FURTHER READING (affiliate links)
Primary Sources: — Thích Quảng Đức's final letter, June 10, 1963 (translated versions available via Vietnam Buddhist archives) — Malcolm Browne, Muddy Boots and Red Socks (1993) — firsthand account of June 11 1963 https://amzn.to/4980Unr — David Halberstam, The Making of a Quagmire (1965) — eyewitness testimony https://amzn.to/4cLJNKE Buddhist Texts: — The Dhammapada (especially Chapter 1 — the Yamaka Vagga) — Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra — foundational Pure Land text on Amitābha's vow — Larger and Smaller Pure Land Sutras — the practice of nianfo/nembutsu 

HISTORICAL AND SCHOLARLY
— Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnam: Lotus in a Sea of Fire (1967) — written in direct response to the Buddhist crisis https://amzn.to/4cWRegz — Edward Miller, Misalliance: Ngo Dinh Diem, the United States, and the Fate of South Vietnam (2013) https://amzn.to/4eEY2ST — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie (1988) — broader Vietnam War context https://amzn.to/424gBs3 — Mark Moyar, Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965 https://amzn.to/42EAx4T On the Relic: — Vietnamese Buddhist Federation records on the heart relic preservation and enshrinement (2025) Historical records on Xa Loi Pagoda, the Hue Vesak crisis, and Buddhist protests in South Vietnam Reporting and archival material on the Diem regime, Madame Nhu, and U.S. reactions to the Buddhist crisis Malcolm Browne’s Associated Press photographs and reporting from Saigon, 1963 This video references and discusses Malcolm Browne's 1963 Associated Press photographs, archival news footage, and other historical materials related to the events of June 11, 1963 in Saigon, South Vietnam.

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Monday, January 5, 2026

Comedy makes sense of Trump, world



We will ship Gazans by train in cattle carts.
"Somaliland" (not Somalia) is officially called the Republic of Somaliland [b]. It is a partially recognized country in the Horn of Africa. It does not really exist but will be located on the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden and be bordered by Djibouti to the northwest, Ethiopia to the south and west, and Somalia to the east [8] when the Empire of Greater Israel sets it up, installs a leader, and gets the USA to back the plan. Its claimed territory has an area of 68,000 square miles (176,120 square kms) [9], with approximately 6.2 million people as of 2024 [10, 11]. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. More

Sunday, January 4, 2026

It's time to man up, be more American!



(The Jimmy Dore Show) What is the DONroe Doctrine?

So it's been you not me? - It's been us, Don.
I have a new favorite song, well, more of a spontaneous chant whenever my government does something powerful and in line with being the inheritor of the Roman Empire. We are what Rage Against the Machine tried to call The Evil Empire. And that song/chant is, "USA, USA, USA!" I just keep yelling it around guys as we dry hump each other, cry, and raise fists for the military, God, country, patriotism, and Zionist Christian Nationalism. Oh, and apple pie and our moms. Therefore, if Trump attacked Venezuela, killed many to abduct their leader, and is preparing to make a Banana Republic of it and steal its oil, already having forgotten all that drug trafficking pretext, we can only patriotically conclude...they must have had it coming. Why? USA, USA, USA!

'Major Barbara' explains war for profit


Major Barbara
(Classic Movie Depot) Major Barbara (1941) is a British film starring Wendy Hiller and Rex Harrison. The film was produced and directed by Gabriel Pascal. It was adapted for the screen by Marjorie Deans and Anatole de Grunwald, based on the 1905 stage play Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw.

Why the West fights wars
Mr. Undershaft is a successful and wealthy businessman who has made millions from his weapons factory, which manufactures the world-famous Undershaft guns, cannons, torpedoes, submarines, and aerial battleships. When his children were still small, the Undershafts parents separated. By herself, Lady Britomart has been raising their children, who have not seen their father since. During their reunion, Undershaft learns that his daughter Barbara is a major in The Salvation Army. She works at a shelter in West Ham, east London. Major Barbara and her father Mr. Undershaft agree that he will visit Barbara's Army shelter if in exchange she will visit his weapons factory. More #fullmovie #drama #war

Monday, November 17, 2025

Spy Epstein-Israel connection (CNN)


CNN stunned by Epstein-Israel connection
(Breaking Points) Nov. 17, 2025: Breaking Points Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti discuss CNN stunned by MTG (Trump's newest enemy Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene) floating the Epstein Israel connection. Sign up for a PREMIUM Breaking Points subscriptions for full early access to uncut shows and LIVE AMAs with the hosts every week: breakingpoints.locals.com... Merch: shop.breakingpoints.com


Tuesday, November 11, 2025

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