Chadis a Midwest slang term for a type of young man. It was used in Chicago in the 2000s as a derogatory description for young, upper-class, urban males [1]. In modern internet slang, the term generally refers to an "Alpha" [2], a stud, a wanker, or sexually successful male [3] living in the American Manosphere.
Gun toting armed civilian bystanders — Jordan Salinas and off-duty [though technically still on duty as it is a salaried 24-hour-a-day job] Idaho State Trooper Austin Scott James — returned fire, helping prevent additional blood and casualties, police claim. The Chad Williams then murdered himself by suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot wound using his own legal gun.
DEATHS? In-N-Out Burgers Corporation [4, 5], doing business as "In-N-Out Burger," is an American regional chain of fast fried junk food restaurants with locations primarily in California and to a lesser extent the West Coast and Southwest [6], in the process of expanding into Idaho.
The company was founded in Baldwin Park, California, in 1948 by deceased Founders Harry Snyder (1913–1976, dead at 63 of cancer) and amateur accountant Esther Snyder (1920–2006, dead at 86 of unknown causes).
Esther and Harry had three children, all dead prematurely: biological sons Harry Guy Snyder (1951-1999, dead at 48 of drug overdose) and [Richie] Rich Snyder (1952-1993, dead at in a plane crash, after returning from opening Store 93 in an OC mass death incident), and an adopted orphan son named Wilbur Stites (1951-1979, dead at 28 in a car crash), fostered since the 1960s.
Also, now dead through involvement with the death burger fast-food joint are at least one In-N-Out employee and two others yet to be identified (see below**) by police, with one of the injured parties being taxi driver Terry Dudley, who was charging his needy trillionaire Elon Musk-built Tesla. (The Tesla always being needy in terms of energy, not the Chad Elon Musk, who gets his energy from drug abuse).
Three burger eaters were murdered, and seven others were injured, preliminary reports suggest.
**Family members identified two of the many victims as Stockton In-N-Out Trainer/Manager Ashley Garibay, 23, and Christopher Claunch, 59.
The chain is headquartered in Irvine (OC), California, and has expanded outside SoCal into the rest of California, as well as into Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Texas, Oregon, Colorado, Idaho, Washington, and Tennessee.
The death-attracting corporation is planning an expansion into New Mexico [7, 8, 9] and wherever else slaughtered cows served with French fries are devoured in ghoulish rituals of mindless, distracted eating and tossing of bag, cups, and wrappers wherever is most convenient, such as a parking lot or public street.
This is usually preceded by getting high on marijuana, beer, hard alcohol (spiritous liquor), and/or pharmaceuticals. The current owner is Lynsi Snyder, the Snyders' only grandchild. As the chain has expanded, it has opened several distribution centers in addition to its original Baldwin Park location. More
Experts say blue states can stop paying federal taxes. There’s precedent. If we could use nullification for people to get stoned, why can’t we use it to protect human rights and stop fascism? (Christopher Armitage)
How will I get out of this one? $$$? Trump?
The walls are closing in on Elon Musk in Wisconsin criminal bribery investigation: A bipartisan commission found probable cause of felony election bribery, and prosecutors in three more states have statutes that fit the same conduct (Aug. 4)
I 💌 Fearless Leader Trump. He made me rich.
Ex-Attorney General Pam Bondi implicated in as much as $5.5 million in insider trading, but what can be done about it [if Trump blocks investigation or prosecution of this corrupt Epstein Files fraudster]? (Aug. 3)
ICE is the new Secret Police, Trump's jackboots
There are now 22,000 ICE Agents. The Supremacy Clause says states can prosecute every one who breaks the law. A condition sitting in the first sentence of the Supremacy Clause decides whether states can prosecute federal agents. Courts have spent decades reading… (Aug. 2)
Why everyone hates Trump (except Bibi)
(MS NOW) Lawrence: Trump proves he's the stupidest negotiator in history of U.S. government
I could've been as big as Rush
Who is Thom Hartmann?Thom Hartmann (Uncle Tom Heartless? No!) He is a progressive radio voice who is so radical he sometimes backs Bernie Sanders but then switches to Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris, or anyone else who looks like they might come to power through the Democrat Party Machine. He will talk to investigative journalist Greg Palast about election fraud then just go mute on the subject. He'll criticize Trump's personality but not really do anything structural about it. This makes him more of a political entertainer than a voice for change. On occasion he covers an edgy story, but not usually. He is like the Rush Limbaugh of a bumbling Left looking for its footing, a mouthpiece without much of a cause, a know-it-all intent on keeping the status quo, a failed self-promoter who manages to appear to really be doing something to help with precious little to show for it.
(The Big Why) The foolishness of the 10 Commandments
If the Ten Commandments of Christianity, as borrowed or modified by Judaism because they come in varying official lists from the all-knowing, never wrong, and never ever misquoted or misunderstood God of All Things, are foolish. Not because rules are bad. Rules good. Clear instructions good. Boundaries good. Kindness and fairness to all, very good.
The foolishness derives from the fact that the religion can't even agree and these rules straight. Then we hear that the Black Egyptian Jew Moses (of the founding myth, aka the Exodus that never happened, who has now been scrubbed and completely Ashkenazified) dropped another list and broke the tablet, or perhaps he threw it in anger. In any case, the list changes. Who knew the list ever changed?
The Ultimate Creator (the Demiurge, the El, the god, Baal, Molech, Yahweh, YHWH, Yaldabaoth, Jehovah, God thirsty for sacrificial blood when nothing else will do but black magic for the forgiveness of sin even if it means killing His son, the Big Whomever, Lord of the Universe and Children's Playgrounds and Hell because He rules all, knows all, decides all, wills all, controls all, and is never wrong not to the slightest, which is why He never changes His mind or His word or His law, unless someone talks to Him and gets a personal variance or exception) is said to have decreed them, so who can argue with them? They are the law, the Ritual Decalogue, the Finger of God pointing and cursing when He doesn't get His patriarch way. So OBEY and shut up.
What about them? The Buddha advised all human beings to restrain themselves and keep the precepts -- five, eight, ten, 227, 311, or more, in accordance with one's wishes for the future. A minimum of the basic five should remain inviolate because the wholesome (skillful) karma (actions, deeds) of doing so benefits beings here and hereafter, in this world and the next (a reference to many future worlds one finds oneself in in the future). These are not "commandments," not even for Buddhist monastics (nuns, monks, maechis, anagarikas, temporary novices and spiritual retreatants). They are undertaken voluntarily and violated voluntarily. The goal is not to "please" some god or God. It is to bring about peace of mind and purification of view by insight, which leads one to see things as they truly are. And in seeing them that way, one wishes no harm or suffering on anyone.
How dare Buddhism outline a standard of conduct for individuals/communities! Is that "Zen"?
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How did the Buddha know and care so much?
Also note that none of the precepts is self-serving. There's no "Love Thy Buddha and worship Him above all" or "I am Thy Lord Your God, Obey me, you speck of dust!" or any such thing. All human societies would agree and have agreed for millennia and aeons (kalpas), that everyone is happier and has much more peace of mind when no one is going around killing, stealing, sexually misconducting themselves, lying (bearing false witness), or becoming so intoxicated that they are heedless to these guidelines for human conduct. The additional vows or precepts to temporarily abstain from luxuries, adornments and self-beautification, or eating at inappropriate times are all excellent aids to mindfulness (presence of mind), meditation (absorption), health (vigor and longevity), and undistracted focus.
Right action is just one factor of eight
What a heavenly world this would be if living beings here just kept these five. Rebirth in better worlds is possible just from better conduct here. And liberation from rebirth in any world is possible, making an end of all possible future suffering, is within reach. Maybe that's not what most people want or are aware of, but it is attainable. If all anyone ever wanted out of Buddhism were health, wealth, wishes, beauty, fame, and influence, that is all within reach through karma, here and now and there and then.
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (shə-KEER-ə, Spanish [ʃaˈkiɾa isaˈβel meβaˈɾak riˈpol]), born Feb. 2, 1977) [1] is a Latin/Middle Eastern (Lebanese Colombian) singer-songwriter, dancer, and record producer.
Referred to as the "Queen of Latin Music" [b], she has had a significant impact on the musical landscape of Latin America and has been credited with popularizing Hispanophone music globally [14], contributing to increased learning and use of the Spanish language worldwide [15].
She is also credited with opening the doors of the international market for other Latin artists [16, 17]. Her accolades include four Grammy Awards and fifteen Latin Grammy Awards.[18] Shakira made her recording debut with Sony Music Colombia at the age of 14. More
[Backward masking might be real, but there is another phenomenon that
certainly is. Demonstration: Tell people what they are about to hear, and
they'll hear it. Now, tell them it's something else, and they'll hear that, too.
Worship me or my God. Your choice.
Shakira I. Mebarak Ripoll was born in Barranquilla, a city located on the northern Caribbean coast of Colombia [28]. She is the only child of William Mebarak Chadid and Nidia Ripoll Torrado. Her parents are of Lebanese and Catalan Colombian descent [29, 30, 31] though she has distant Italian roots through an ancestor with the surname Pisciotti [32].
She was raised a Catholic schoolgirl, attending Latin Catholic schools [33]. Though an only child, she comes from a big Latin family. How? She has eight older half-siblings from her father's previous marriage [34]. More
Kurt Metzger: The "Holocaust" is a Greek term that means "a burnt offering": Holocaust (sacrifice) [presumably to Molech, Baal, or some other genocidal Jewish Israeli God such as Yahweh, Jehovah, El], sorcery, idolatry, human sacrifice; see Talmud (Joshua Christ, Yeshua Cristos, Jesus...failed Messiah)
We didn't learn this in Holocaust Studies: "A holocaust is a religious animal sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire, also known as a burnt offering. The word derives from the ancient Greek holokaustos, the form of sacrifice in which the victim was reduced to ash, as distinguished from an animal sacrifice that resulted in a [blood soaked] communal meal. The Greek holocausts were apotropaic rituals, intended to appease the spirits of the Greek Underworld...
BBC on murderous illegal occupier (colonial "settler") land theft and IDF-assisted terrorism
War is hell, right, Don? - Right, Bibi, what to do?
(BBC News) The IDF is Israel's national, forced conscription state-sponsored terrorist arm, aimed at concealing its illegal behavior at every turn. But news from the inside gets out: breakingthesilence.org.il.
Cuba bigger than genocidal Israel but less trouble
Rania Khalek (Arabic رانيا عبد الخالق, born May 27, 1986) is an American journalist stationed in Lebanon being attacked by Israeli war criminals, video host, and presenter. She hosts the program Dispatches on BreakThrough News and has contributed to The Nation [1], The Grayzone [2], The Intercept [3], Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting [4], The Electronic Intifada [5], RT [2], Salon [6], MintPress News [2], and others. More
(Tiago_R_Rebeiro) Dead Kennedys "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round"
"We've Got a Bigger Problem Now"
Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys
Once upon a time a singer named Jello Biafra had a lot of good ideas for a California punk band called the Dead Kennedys (a name indicating the decline of the USA). He made albums with them and contributed to other releases like Wargasm (1982, Pax Records, PAX 4, LP) with the American War Machine song "Kinky Sex Makes the World Go 'Round." The DKs released many great songs with many great ideas but became so popular with non-punks that punks started to criticize them for getting less funny (brilliantly sarcastic or ironic) and more serious (preachy rather than clever) as time went on. The band disbanded and reformed without Jello, who released a spoken word album, No More Cocoons, with the genius "Message From Our Sponsors."
LYRICS: We interrupt this program with a special bulletin! America is now under martial law. All constitutional rights have been suspended. Stay in your homes.
Do not attempt to contact loved ones, insurance agents, or attorneys. Shut up! Do not attempt to think or depression may occur. Stay in your homes. Curfew is at 7:00 p.m. sharp after work.
Anyone caught outside the gates of their subdivision sectors after curfew will be shot. Remain calm. Do not panic. Your neighborhood watch officer will be by to collect urine samples in the morning. Anyone caught interfering with the collection of urine samples will be shot.
Houses will be inspected for trace elements at noon. Anyone who fails to display the required embossed black velvet Mexican painting ofAlexander Haig on their living room wall will be shot.
Cameras and surveillance equipment will be posted on all lampposts and streetlights.
Anyone failing to attend required worship services on Sunday will be promptly arrested and dispatched to a reeducation resort. Stay in your homes. Remain calm. The Number 1 enemy of progress is questions. National security is more important than individual will.
Sports make living exciting and worthwhile.
All sports broadcasts will proceed as normal. No more than two people may gather anywhere without permission. Use only the drugs prescribed by your boss or supervisor. Shut up! Be happy. Obey all orders without question. The comfort you′ve demanded is now mandatory. Be happy. At last, everything is done for you. Source
Forbidden Fruit, Playboymodel, kiddy star Brooke Shields
Innocent jailbait, hooker simulator, tease
Typecast in child molester, accused incestuous Jew, and great Jeffrey Epstein-friend Woody Allen's Annie Hall and her hit launch Pretty Baby about a child prostitute
Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American model, child actress, Hollywood star, and current president of the Actors' Equity Association [2].
A child model starting at the age of 11 months [3], Shields gained widespread notoriety for her leading role in Louis Malle's film about a child hooker (sex trafficked indentured servant prostitute)Pretty Baby (1978) [which would be X-rated on most planets but not this one], in which she appeared in nude scenes shot when she was just 11 years old. Welcome to Hollywood, kid!
This piqued Woody Allen's interest so much that he hired her to play his child love interest in the hit romcom Annie Hall (1977), though her sexy and provocative scenes were later edited out of the movie after The Woodman took Shields' MomagerTeri Shields on a date that didn't go so well.
Shields continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon (1980), and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless Love (1981).
In 1983, Shields suspended her modeling career to attend Princeton U, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree. More
What if Brooke did standup comedy?
(NextUp Comedy) Discovering Sex | Lara Ricote (post-colonial trauma with man from the Netherlands for a nice Mexican girl in Buddhist Thailand) PG-13 or NC-17 rating, if YouTube rated standup
Jhana: meditative "absorption" ("meditation") chiefly refers to the first four meditative absorptions of form
I want to enter that bliss, but how?
Namely, these are the form absorptions of the fine-material sphere (rūpa-jjhāna or rūpāvacara-jjhāna, see avacara). These profound absorptions are reached through full (ecstatic) stillness, samādhi, concentration (appanā).
At this time there is a complete (albeit temporary) suspension of fivefold sense-activity and of the Five Hindrances (pancha-nīvarana). However, this state of consciousness is one of full alertness and lucidity and, it is said, singlepointedness (ekagata) of mind/attention.
Gandhara: meditating Buddha
This degree of concentration becomes a fully absorbed state. It is generally developed by the practice (cultivation) of one of the 40 subjects of tranquility meditation (samatha-kammatthāna, see bhāvanā).
There are four higher (more refined) states of absorption called the Four Formless Attainments of the immaterial Spheres (arūpāyatana). These are called the four absorptions of the immaterial sphere (arūpa-jjhāna or arūpāvacara-jjhāna).
The usual text, often met with in the Pali canon sutras, runs as follows:... More: jhāna
Ask a Buddhist teacher. Most will say, "There's no way to do it, so just do it." And that's pretty good advice as far as it goes, but it will only get a few there, the "naturals."
For a long time in this round, most of us are not the naturals, not inclined to even try. But when we finally "try," that is not a good sign of getting there. A person letting go, not aspiring, not striving, not anticipating, or doing nothing more than beginner's mind will is more likely to experience "beginner's luck."
That seems to be the Taoist approach advocated by Zen. How many Zen practitioners, however, ever get into a Zen state, a jhana, dhyana, seon, or absorción?
Not many. No one speaks of it, perhaps because of the threat/injunction that, "Anyone who knows doesn't speak; anyone who speaks doesn't know."
That may be true insofar as successful practitioners are not inclined to be worried about what anyone else does or does not do. But as a thinker, I am keen to figure out a practical way of teaching those cannot to be able to. There are a few ways that make sense or have some sort of logic.
First, we know that someone in an absorption has characteristics and is missing others. Things are present, and things are absent. How now if one were to include (cultivate) what is present for them and exclude (abandon) what is absent?
What is present? The Five Factors of Absorption (jhana-anga). What is absent? The Five Hindrances. Does it therefore not stand to reason that by such cultivation, one may very well fall into it? Drop away the obstacles, erect the parallels (those things present along with the wished-for state of heart-mind), and viola there it is!
Second, it is certain that what the Buddha taught was a pyramidal path with virtue (sila) as the base, stillness (samadhi) as the midlevel, and a capstone of wisdom (panna, prajna). So anyone who reaches the second level of "concentration" or singlepointedness of mind, or quietude, stillness, absorption does so on a base or foundation of Precepts and wholesome karma of skillful thoughts, words, and deeds or calm, noble silence, and restraint.
Third, there is the powerful suggestion of Leigh Brasington that these absorbed states of ecstatic composure, concentration, focus, or coherent mindful awareness can be brought about by a method. The method is simple to understand, a little less simple to implement. Attend a retreat, smile, stay calm, slow down, be comfortable, send metta to all in all directions until the heart/mind is restful and at ease then begin to meditate. When meditating, it will be the case that some part of the body is or begins to feel blissful (piti, one of the Factors of Absorption), pleasant, pleasurable. When it does, turn attention to that and just that. Seemingly on the maxim that "where attention goes, energy flows," that bliss (joy, happiness, sukha) will expand and overtake the entire body, bringing one into absorption. Leigh Brasington teaches, or taught, on Cloud Mountain and should be consulted for the details of this method. My coauthor, Virginia Tech Prof. Lori Marsh, attended a Brasington retreat and attained it.
Now this opens up a question that is difficult if not impossible to settle. What is "jhana"? What qualifies as "absorption"? If Prof. Marsh says she attained such a state, can anyone say any different? Because it is a direct and personal experience, can she even know? Does Brasington certify that retreatants are reaching it?
Fortunately, this question can be answered to some extent, but not completely because so much will depend on self-report. The most important thing is that a meditator not be self-deluded. One can know for oneself, and one's teacher can know, but as to whether or not anyone can say, who can say? One might have to possess psychic (abhinna, siddhi) powers to know what another is thinking or experiencing. Fortunately again, we are not concerned with what others are or are not attaining, only with what we are reaching.
How can I know if I was in an absorption during my meditation? And if I can know, how can I know which absorption (Jhana 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8) I was in? There is an answer. In the teaching method of the renowned Buddhist Meditation Master Pa Auk Sayadaw, one will not know it when one is in it, but one can be sure which jhana one was just in. How? By reflecting and counting the Jhana Factors, that is, the Factors of Absorption present during the meditation, one can know which it was. As one moves up towards higher and more refined absorbed states, factors fall away.
The Five Factors are actually six when ekagata (one-pointedness) is counted. See teachers Sayalay Susila, Beth Upton, Sayalay Dipankara, Ven. Dhammadipa (now lay teacher Thomas), Shaila Catherine, Ven. Revata, and others for detailed confirmation of personal experience. The lay Buddhist teachers Tina Rasmussen and Stephen Snyder or check out their handy guide to the jhanas first published as Jhanas Advice. The later name became From First Sit to First Jhana:
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