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| Where do Elon Musk's engineers and inventors steal their ideas, India circa 1990? (rense.com) |
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| Regime Change! We've had it with both of them. |
South and Midwest brace for more historic rains, flooding
Monday, April 7, 2025
South, Midwest brace for rain, flooding
When space aliens visited in 1974
Discovered: Top Secret Alien Bases | Ancient Aliens
Did ET space aliens really visit this small American town in 1974?
(WVIA) April 2, 2025: CARBONDALE, PA. Was it a UFO? A meteor? A Russian satellite? The Carbondale UFO incident of Nov. 9, 1974, remains one of Pennsylvania’s most debated paranormal mysteries. Witnesses recall a glowing object streaking across the sky before plunging into a pond near Russell Park. Police tried to dismiss it as a prank involving a lantern, but thousands of spectators, federal agents, and even a scuba diver were involved in the investigation.
(WVIA) April 2, 2025: CARBONDALE, PA. Was it a UFO? A meteor? A Russian satellite? The Carbondale UFO incident of Nov. 9, 1974, remains one of Pennsylvania’s most debated paranormal mysteries. Witnesses recall a glowing object streaking across the sky before plunging into a pond near Russell Park. Police tried to dismiss it as a prank involving a lantern, but thousands of spectators, federal agents, and even a scuba diver were involved in the investigation.
- 0:00 - The Carbondale UFO incident
- 1:15 - Witnesses describe the object
- 2:00 - The UFO splashes into Russell Park Pond
- 2:45 - Police and public reaction
- 3:30 - Authorities arrive and investigation [cover up operation] begins
- 4:10 - The official "Lantern Hoax" Story
- 5:00 - Claims of a government cover-up
- 6:15 - The mystery of the flatbed truck
- 7:30 - Eyewitnesses recall key details
- 8:10 - Photographer's hidden evidence
- 9:05 - Speculations: UFO, satellite, hoax?
- 10:00 - The lasting mystery of Carbondale
π Eyewitness Testimonies:
πΉ Locals describe seeing a bright, tube-like craft with flashing green and red lights.
πΉ A flatbed truck was reportedly seen transporting a mysterious, tarp-covered object.
πΉ Photographs from that night may reveal classified details after 50 years of secrecy.
π Was this a government cover-up or hoax? From conspiracy theories to hidden evidence, this episode of VIA Short Takes revisits the night Carbondale stood still.
π¬ What do YOU believe? Drop a comment and let’s reopen the case of the Carbondale UFO cover up.
Evidence schmevidence!
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#UFO #CarbondaleUFO #UFOCoverUp #Paranormal #Unexplained #Mystery #Conspiracy #SpaceDebris #Pennsylvania #AlienSighting
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AOC and Bernie to tour LA, California
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| Fighting Oligarchy: Where We Go From Here with Bernie Sanders and AOC in Los Angeles |
Bernie Sanders and AOC: “Fighting Oligarchy” with People Power
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| Hide a Tesla kit (rense.com) |
Senator Sanders’ message is especially resonating with Americans at this moment, as record-breaking crowds turn out for his tour [or anything that is anti-Trump and Elon — with many first-time activists in the audience.
Andrew Cuomo (MikeMacRae.com) with Guest Host Aaron Mate (TJDS)
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| PR made the Left warmongers who hate Russians |
Will 2025 turn out to be the year that Americans remake democracy?
“I did 28 years in the army. I maintained an apolitical front at all times... I think we're sliding into tyranny, and I took an oath to support and defend the constitution, and I'm going to do that whether in or out of uniform.” - Terrance Deuel
“We are at a point where the wealthiest people in the world, like Elon Musk and all the Republicans enabling him, are turning to loot what is left of Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security to bankroll even deeper tax cuts and sweetheart contracts for themselves, their fellow billionaires, and their corporations. And our political system right now is ill prepared for this abuse of power.” - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“I think the message of the moment is to understand that the vast majority of the American people do not think that we give tax breaks to the rich and cut social security or veterans programs. They don't. And our job is to work as hard as we can. Part of what this tour is about is to get them involved in their own local communities.” - Bernie Sanders
π GUESTS: Jacqueline Davania-Williamson: Resident, Las Vegas, Nevada Terrence Deuel: Veteran, U.S. Army Thomas Dyer and Pam West: Retirees Dr. Abdul El-Sayed: Health Director, Wayne County, Michigan Shawn Fain: President, United Auto Workers (UAW) Danielle and Jordan Lovik: Residents, Salt Lake City, Utah Sandra and Raymond Martinez: Applicant and Social Security Recipient Donavan McKinney: U.S. Representative (MI-11) Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Representative (NY-14) Bernie Sanders: U.S. Senator (VT); Fighting Oligarchy Tour Dina Titus: U.S. Representative (NV-1).
π§ PODCAST: Listen to this week's episode on major podcast platforms (Available 4/09): lauraflanders.simplecast.com.
✏️ SHOW NOTES: Visit Patreon for Show Notes and learn more about this week's episode: episode-notes-s6-125946986
π Check out Book of the Week on BOOKSHOP: It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism [So Long As You Don't Do Anything Effective About It] by Bernie Sanders: bookshop.org/a/22992/97805932...*
(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. LF&F is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission for clicks that lead to purchases).
- A STAR-STUDDED VISIT TO LOS ANGELES
- Bernie Sanders, AOC 'Fight Oligarchy' tour coming to California
- AOC to join Bernie Sanders in Los Angeles for 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour | FOX 11 Los Angeles
- Neil Young, Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers joining Sanders/AOC L.A. Rally
- Join Bernie on The Fighting Oligarchy Tour | Bernie Sanders official website
Fighting Oligarchy Tour Over the course of the next few weeks I'll be hitting the road to have real discussions across America on how we move forward to take on the Oligarchs and corporate interests who have so much power and influence in this country. RSVP to an event near you below, or tune in live here.
- Laura Flanders & Friends, April 4, 2025; Brian Tyler Cohen; April 7, 2025; BernieSanders.com, Fight Oligarchy Tour 2025; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly
Sunday, April 6, 2025
What happens when "YOU" don't exist?
What happens when "YOU" don't exist? The Buddha's most radical TRUTH
(Forget you. What about me? What happens when the “I” I’ve always identified with suddenly disappears and, what’s worse, I realize it was never really there to begin with?)
According to the Buddha, this isn’t a sci-fi scenario. — It’s the key to the deepest freedom a living being can experience.
TIMESTAMPS
- 00:00 THE DAY "YOU" DISAPPEARED
- 02:42 THE MOMENT OF DISAPPEARANCE
- 06:07 FREEDOM FROM THE PRISON OF SELF
- 09:40 RELATIONSHIPS WITHOUT A "ME"
- 13:04 THE PRACTICAL REALITY OF NO-SELF
- 16:59 THE ULTIMATE LIBERATION
- 21:52 THE COSMIC JOKE BUDDHA DISCOVERED
This video explores the Buddhist concept that all things are already impersonal and there is, ultimately speaking, no-self (anatta), what it feels like to let go of the illusion of identifying with this and that (form, feelings, perceptions, formations, consciousness aka the "Five Aggregates clung to as self"), and why letting go of clinging to that illusion of “you” is the most liberating thing one can ever do.
But how to let go? We can’t “do” it, but it can be done. It’s easy: see things for what they really are (ultimate mentality and materiality, nama-rupa, cittas and kalapas through insight meditation as taught by the great living Buddhist master Pa Auk Sayadaw). DISCOVER:
- How flow states reveal moments of “self-disappearance”
- Why the Buddha taught that the self is just a mental construct
- The mystery of who — or what — is aware when “we” are gone
- How relationships transform when ego drops away
- What neuroscience says about the illusion of self
LINKS: – Adyashanti, The End of Your World – Thich Nhat Hanh, No Death, No Fear – Mark Epstein, The Trauma of Everyday Life – Research on the Default Mode Network – Harvard Neuroscience Studies – Zen Teachings from DΕgen, Huineng, Shunryu Suzuki.
#Buddhism #NonSelf #EgoDeath #BuddhasWisdom #Spirituality #Awareness #Mindfulness #Anatta #LettingGo
- Matt, Buddha's Wisdom, April 6, 2025; Dhr. Seven, Amber Larson, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation, Los Angeles), Wisdom Quarterly
Dear Mr. Trump 'n Pres. Elon (Bill Maher)
(PBS NewsHour) Protestors join more than 1,000 rallies across the US against Trump’s policies
Los Angeles and Pasadena had massive turnouts for Hands Off! April 5th peaceful demonstrations and protests, with many clever signs and a great show of solidarity. That is only two of over 1,000 simultaneous actions across the country and other parts of the world. Trump is launching a trade war, and no one is happy about it.
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| I can't stand Musk almost as much as Trump |
- "Hands Off!" (handsoff2025.com) protests are taking aim at Trump and Elon Musk. This follows on the heels of
- "Tesla Takedown" (teslatakedown.com) protests have happened in cities around the country in opposition to Elon Musk's DOGE work.
- There used to be an Occupy Movement (occupy.com) before it was infiltrated, co-opted, and neutralized to a ghost of an operation
- Nationwide protests on April 5th draw thousands of Americans to streets
- Tesla stock sales slide after nation turns on Elon Musk's work on DOGE
Protesters are calling for Tesla owners to sell their stock and cars.
#TeslaTakedown - Berkeley : Indybay - Some owners have seen their vehicles vandalized.
- Tesla's stock price taken a hit this month and some shareholders told BI they want to sell their shares.
- Criticism of Elon Musk has spilled out from the virtual walls of social networks and into the streets.
- Tesla Takedown and Not My President rallies this weekend
- #TeslaTakedown - Berkeley, California: Indybay
Hands Off! our government and veterans' benefits, Trump and Musk
Meanwhile, some Tesla owners have said they have faced insults or vandalism amid the Musk criticism. Participants of the protests have called for a boycott of the EV giant in response to Musk's involvement with the Trump administration and DOGE's efforts to decrease the size of the federal workforce.
The "Tesla Takedown" effort started on BlueSky, a competitor to Musk's X platform, and now has a dedicated website. The site calls for Tesla owners to sell their vehicles and stock in an effort to "stop Musk now."
The website's organizer (teslatakedown.com), "Bill & Ted" actor and filmmaker Alex Winter, wrote in a Rolling Stone op-ed that demonstrations have happened at over 100 Tesla showrooms and other locations. Tesla owner and shareholder David Abrams told Business Insider he's heard about multiple protests but wasn't aware of the "takedown" effort specifically. More
Saturday, April 5, 2025
Anti-Trump protests: Hands Off! (LIVE)
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| They're the men we love to hate, the comical and nearly fascist leaders of a dying nation |
(New York Post) Anti-Trump DC protesters hold 'Hands Off' rally with rest of USA: LIVE
Imagine a map of at least 1,000 Anti-Trump and Musk events being planned across all 50 states for Saturday, April 5, 2025.
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What they're saying: "This is a nationwide mobilization to stop the most brazen power grab in modern history," the movement's website said. "Trump, Musk, and their billionaire cronies are orchestrating an all-out assault on our government, our economy, and our basic rights — enabled by Congress every step of the way." More: What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests
What to know about Saturday's nationwide "Hands Off!" anti-Trump protests
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| "Hands off my benefits..." 3/14/25 (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA/LightRocket Images via Getty Images). |
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| My PR firm said US would love me. It's shocking |
It's real and interactive (created by Kavya Beheraj for Axios) and shows a significant concentration in the Northeast, West Coast, and Rust Belt as part of the new Hands Off! Movement (handsoff2025.com). Events planned outside the U.S. are not shown.
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| We have to arrest vandals who did these things and deport them to prison or capitalism is at risk. |
The nationwide Anti-President Trump Movement "Hands Off!" is expected to be the largest single-day protest this Saturday since the Orange Menace entered office. Why it matters:
The Trump administration's wide-reaching and ground-shaking policies have mobilized a varied cross section of Americans affected by political, economic, social and legal changes.
I'm here to Make Israel Great Again (MIGA). - "This is not just corruption," the Hands Off! website says. "This is not just mismanagement. This is a hostile takeover."
- By the numbers: More than 1,100 rallies, visibility events, and meetings were scheduled in all 50 states as of Wednesday (April 3, 2025) afternoon.
- Organizers said they had gotten nearly 250,000 RSVPs as of March 29.
The latest: White House Garden tours scheduled for Saturday were postponed to Sunday in anticipation of D.C. protests, First Lady Melania Trump said on Thursday.
R'n'r for freedom? Support brave journalism - State of play: Protesters are rallying against several Trump administration policies, including its handling of Social Security benefits, layoffs across the federal workforce, attacks on consumer protections and anti-immigrant policies and attacks on transgender people.
- The protests are also against Elon Musk's involvement in the federal government via DOGE — after he's already faced a wave of [vandalism and] demonstrations at Tesla dealerships worldwide via the #TeslaTakedown movement.
- The Hands Off! demonstrations will occur at state capitals, federal buildings, congressional offices, and city centers.
- Dozens of advocacy organizations are partnering to support Saturday's action, including the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research, Declaration for American Democracy, the Human Rights Campaign, Indivisible and Planned Parenthood.
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| Two out of two women agree, these sh*ts suck |
- AS TV, 4/5/25; New York Post (LIVE coverage, April 5, 2025); April Rubin, Axios, April 3, 2025; Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Friday, April 4, 2025
Let go. It's better. But HOW?
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| Punk Gwen: You're letting go of our clingy relationship? But what will you ever do without me? |
Our life is easier when we let go and let the Universe take control
In this video, discover the power of trusting the Universe, releasing control, and letting life naturally unfold [in accordance with the results of our past deeds, our karma]. Letting go isn't weakness — it's wisdom. Watch until the end to understand exactly how to allow the Universe to work for us.
π TIMESTAMPS
- 0:00 - The secret of effortless living
- 2:14 - Why letting go is powerful (not passive)
- 4:35 - How resistance blocks our happiness
- 7:20 - Trusting the Universe (real-life examples)
- 10:10 - Signs the Universe is guiding us
- 12:45 - Breaking the [illusion of] control habit
- 15:30 - Our new way of living begins here
- 17:20 - Final thoughts and the next step
Letting go is all well and good but HOW?
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| Mindfulness means dispassionate observation for clarity rather than involvement, bias, fear. |
It is good to let go, and we may all know it on some level. But how to do it, that is the question. The Buddha advocated the supreme importance of renunciation (nekkhamma), internal letting go. We do not all need to become monastics, hermits, or recluses, but we all need to unclutch, get a little distance and perspective, and stop being so clingy. Easier said than done. How to do?
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| Vipassana involves systematic mindfulness |
Real mindfulness is only possible with calm and serenity, as happens as the natural result of the meditative absorptions. When we can pay that much mindful attention, things reveal themselves. They are nothing to cling to, nothing to be attached to. We can "let go" all we want with our brains/minds, but that will never do. The heart has to let go. When we see things as they really are, there is no need to make an effort to let go. The letting go happens naturally. "Clear seeing" is called vipassana in Buddhism, usually translated as "insight meditation" (satipatthana). It is a systematic practice of emerging from the absorption, temporarily purified, and attending to four things one after the other: body, feelings, mind, and mind-objects. They++ are all explained in the Maha Satipatthana Sutta or the "Fourfold Setting Up of Mindfulness Discourse."
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| 1st step: mindfulness of body: in-and-out breathing |
- Discourse on in-and-out breathing: ΔnΔpΔnasati Sutta
- Solace Fox, March 9, 2025; Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly
Art of Punk Rock: Crass, DKs, Black Flag
(Bullet Train Productions) By Any Means: A Brief History of Black Flag (Part 1: 1976-1980)
Why do punk rockers feel drawn to Buddhism? It might be the anti-authority (as suggested by LA's Wasted Youth in their anthem "F Authority") stance of the Buddha who stood up to the religions of his day or the no heroes Zen ethos they imagine. Both modern punk and the ancient Dhamma were rebellious movements. Maybe they've read the Kalama Sutra and like the F.U. attitude they imagine it embodies.
Buddhism (the Awakened One's Dharma) doesn't really say "F.U.," but it does give license to free inquiry and questioning rather than blind faith or devotion to idols and authoritative sources. In the end, it's a kind of shamanism (direct experience) over temple-bound priests (intermediaries).
The Buddha did not ask people to "believe" or worship him but to come see the Truth for themselves. Enlightenment (bodhi, awakening) is open to any person willing to embark on a quest to directly know-and-see. This is a personally verifiable path. There is no waiting until we die to see if what we placed faith in panned out. No.
In San Francisco, MOCAtv corners founding Dead Kennedys member Jello Biafra (vocalist and frontman), who discusses his own warped inspiration for the many album sleeves and band posters created in the early days of the group.
Finally, it's time to meet up with master collage artist and designer of the DK symbol, Winston Smith, in his North Beach art studio and talk about how he was drawn into the early Bay Area punk scene -- and his long and creative artistic relationship with the Dead Kennedys and their smart frontman and clever vocalist Jello Biafra.
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| Hi, I'm Sydney Vicious. I do it my way! |
I did it my way, claims Sex Pistol Sid Vicious as if he were Frank Sin'
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| Never mind those bullocks. Clear the mind. |
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| What is real rebellion and freedom? |
This path-of-practice (not belief) is about the here and now; it is of immediate benefit, demonstrable: With this, that is; when this is not, that is not. What? Everything. Why? Because everything is Dependently Originated. So if we know-and-see become full of knowledge and wise on the path to Freedom, it is because we have practiced this and left that behind. If suffering (things sucking and disappointing) is a problem (as it is for most living beings), there is a solution right NOW in this moment.
(She Rocks Punk) Eve Libertine's first song with Crass was "Asylum," a
shocking anti-Christian, anti-patriarchal screed of vile and vulgar oopsies
The Art of Punk - Crass - The Art of Dave King and Gee Vaucher - Art + Music - MOCAtv
The Art of Punk - Dead Kennedys - The Art of Winston Smith - Art + Music - MOCAtv
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| DKs: 1986 Interview with Jello Biafra (SPIN) |
Back in Los Angeles, MOCAtv talks with pop surrealist artist Tim Biskup about how the DKs affected and twisted his own young mind, and Steve Olson graces the show with a few words of wisdom.
Remember our Holiday in Buddhist Cambodia after the US turned it to hell?
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| 10 best Dead Kennedys songs (Singers Room) |
Created, directed, and executive produced by writer/author of Fucked Up + Photocopied Bryan Ray Turcotte (Kill Your Idols), and Bo Bushnell (The Western Empire), The Art of Punk traces the roots of the punk movement and the artists behind the iconic logos of punk bands such as Black Flag (Raymond Pettibon), The Dead Kennedys (Winston Smith), and Crass (Dave King).
In addition to profiling artists, the series includes intimate interviews with former band members, notable artists, and celebrities who have been heavily influenced by the art of punk rock including Jello Biafra, Tim Biskup, Scott Campbell, Chuck Dukowski, bassist Flea (FEAR, RHCP), Steve Olson, Penny Rimbaud, Henry Rollins, Owen Thornton, and Gee Vaucher.
The filmmakers Bryan Ray Turcotte and Bo Bushnell take a unique approach to exploring the rich histories of these three seminal punk legends by focusing on the influential imagery and seeking out stories that have not been told yet through the artwork, which is integral to the importance and influence of each band.
On June 11, 2013, The Art of Punk debuts on MOCAtv with an episode on Raymond Pettibon and the artwork of Black Flag. The stories behind the art of the Dead Kennedys will debut on June 18, and June 25 will see the release of the Crass episode, all of which will be available at: mocatv.
Created by: Bryan Ray Turcotte (bryanraymond) KillYourIdols.com and Bo Bushnell (bobushnell) Instagram.com/BoBushnell bobushnell.com. Directed by: Bryan Ray Turcotte, Bo Bushnell. Executive producers: Emma Reevers, John Toba. Executive producers: Bryan Ray Turcotte, Bo Bushnell. Starring: Raymond Pettibon, Keith Morris, Chuck Dukowski, Henry Rollins, Flea. Camera: Josh Webber, Bo Bushnell, Jason Baker. Edited by: Tim Brooks, Beast. Editorial Assistant editor: Paul Jarolimekproner, Beast. Editorial location sound: Alexander Charles Eastmond. Motion graphic design: Brent Stangel. Music supervision: Beta Petrol. Music by: Raw Nerve. Theme music: Son the Father by Fucked Up Courtesy Beggars Group. Additional music by: C.R.A.S.H. Scanning by: Jesse Spears. Sound mixing: Phil Lantz M Squared Productions. Colorist: Tim Brooks. Photo stills provided by: Brian Tucker, Ed Colver, Ryan Richardson. Like MOCA on Facebook: bit.ly/MOCAFacebook, Twitter: bit.ly/MOCATwitter +1 MOCA on Google+: bit.ly/MOCAGooglePlus.
- Eve Libertine, Crass, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag artists via MOCAtv; Sydney, Seth Auberon, Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
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