Thich Nhat Hanh, poetic peace activist and master of mindfulness, dies at 95
By James Pearson – 2h ago (Reuters) –
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Thich Nhat Hanh, the Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who in the 1960s came to prominence as an opponent of the Vietnam War, died on Saturday aged 95 surrounded by his followers in the temple where his spiritual journey began.
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“Three hundred years from now where will you be and where shall I be?” — Thich Nhat Hanh
Sadly.
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Exclusive–Kobach: Supreme Court Appears Ready to Protect a Christian Flag in Boston Case
KRIS W. KOBACH
20 Jan 2022
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments concerning the City of Boston’s refusal to allow a private organization to fly a Christian flag on a flagpole next to City Hall that was routinely made available to any private organization that applied to do so. The case is Shurtleff v. City of Boston.
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The conservative Justices seemed likely to rule against the City. Justice Gorsuch pointed out that the City was “treat[ing] religious viewpoints the equivalent of offensive or inappropriate ones.” Justice Thomas reacted to the City of Boston’s claim that it was celebrating diversity by allowing other nations’ flags to fly by pointing out, “it would seem to me that Christians in Boston would be a part of that diversity calculus.”
Even Justice Kagan suggested that “this was a mistake” by the Boston bureaucrat who denied the application. She wondered why the City had not settled the case with the plaintiffs.
These and other statements suggest that the Court isn’t buying Boston’s arguments. Hopefully that proves to be true when the Supreme Court’s decision is issued. For too long, too many government bureaucrats have been hostile to Christianity and its symbols. A victory in this case for the plaintiffs would do much to reverse that trend.
Kris W. Kobach served as the Secretary of State of Kansas during 2011-2019. Prior to that, he was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Missouri—Kansas City School of Law during 1996-2011. An expert in immigration law and policy, he was also an informal adviser to President Trump. He is currently General Counsel of the Alliance for Free Citizens. His website is www.kriskobach.com.
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While I have no real problem with SCOTUS smacking down the Boston bureaucrats, I wonder why the flag pole is there at all.
It serves no legitimate public purpose other than making work for the politicians and bureaucrats.
Also, I don’t think Churches should fly the Gooferment’s flag EVER.
In the old days, “the Church” was a power that kept the King in check. Today, it’s like a rubber stamp for the Gooferment.
We need more protection from the tyranny of the Big Deep State and its politicians and bureaucrats.
Argh!
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Strange dream the other night.
What if life is really like a game?
When we run out of money, life, energy, Karmic tokens, what happens?
In games, you start over. The Eastern religions seem to believe in some type of reincarnation based on how you lived your life.
I guess the atheists have it the easiest, the game just ends.
Strange dreams lead to weird blog posts.
Laugh!
“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.”
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11 posted on 1/20/2022, 1:43:52 PM by lakecumberlandvet (Appeasement never works.)
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To: nickcarraway
I’m vaccinated, boosted, glued, screwed, and tattooed. But I’m also 62 with a heart stent and too many extra pounds, so I had to weigh the arguments on both sides. I decided for me it was more prudent to get the vaccination and risk the side effects than it was to risk getting a serious case of Covid.
But there is no way in hell I’d recommend that my 10 year old nephew get vaccinated. The long term effects from the vaccine on a developing body are unknown, and the consequences of him getting Covid for a third time, (he’s already had it twice,) are extremely low.
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[JR: I too am “old with a stent and too many extra pounds”. Add in valve repair, colectomy, and prostatectmy . So I took the jab, but I wouldn’t recommended it to anyone. Everyone has to decide for themselves.]
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4031189/posts
Meet Azza Gadir, The Vaccine Whisperer (97% Success Rate in Convincing People)
Women’s Health ^ | DEC 16, 2021 | Jeannine Amber
Posted on 1/20/2022, 1:23:14 PM by nickcarraway
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This immunologist has a 97 percent success rate for convincing COVID-vax-hesitant people to get the shot. She can teach you how to support the wary people in your life.
n the spring of 2020, Eva Allen barely left her home. She was living in New Orleans with her young daughter and the pandemic was raging out of control. “I home schooled and had food delivered,” she says. “I was doing everything I could to keep my child safe.”
Over the next ten months, more than a dozen of Allen’s friends and family contracted the virus. A cousin ended up on a ventilator; a great uncle died. Allen, 39, knew firsthand the devastation caused by COVID-19. Even so, when vaccines became available in the spring of 2021, she couldn’t bring herself to get the shot. “I was afraid of the virus,” she says. “But I was terrified of the vaccine. I have an overarching mistrust of medicine and a fear of doctors and procedures. I was raised on stories of people who were hurt by vaccines. I was concerned about doctors doing harm.”
Today, approximately 30 percent of Americans remain unvaccinated against COVID-19, which has claimed more than 800,000 lives in the U.S. alone. Some vaccine skepticism has been stoked by a contingent of “anti-vaxxers,” who aggressively push their “vaccines are dangerous” message online, according to the non-profit Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH). This anti-vax group is small but effective: According to a separate report issued by the CCDH, up to 65 percent of online anti-vaccine content is produced by just 12 individuals.
The thing is, these anti-vaxxers don’t necessarily speak for the millions of regular people—a.k.a. the “vaccine hesitant”—who, like Allen, aren’t pushing an agenda. They simply have questions and concerns. “I worry about vaccine safety,” says Allen. “Because I don’t trust medical professionals not to injure me or my child.”
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https://republicbrief.com/how-liberal-media-kept-brianna-kupfer-story-off-their-homepages/
How Liberal media kept Brianna Kupfer story OFF their homepages
by Jeff Miller January 20, 2022
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Media outlets that lean to the left ignore the lengthy criminal history of Brianna Kupfer’s alleged killer in their reporting, omitting his mugshot from their homepages as well.
Several liberal media giants – including the Los Angeles Times, ABC News, CBS, and CNN – failed to include information about Shawn Laval Smith’s violent past. Also, his picture, released by police in hopes that the public could help find him, was not included on websites’ landing pages.
It was not mentioned in the LA Times’ article that Smith had prior arrests, or that he had been released on a $1,000 bond for a misdemeanor in October 2020.
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This is a tragedy that should be laid directly on all the politicians and bureaucrats in the “legal system”.
Gooferment has very few useful functions. One of which is to be the “night watchmen” and protect the safety of its citizens.
What a joke when they let criminals use the revolving door in and out of the “justice system”.
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https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/01/19/this-is-your-last-chance/
This Is Your Last Chance
Author Robert Gore Posted on January 19, 2022Economy, Politics, Social Issues
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The death knell sounded in 1971 when the United States government repudiated the last vestige of its promise to redeem its dollars for gold. Debt would be the coin of the realm. The bland term “financialization” hides the moral obscenity. Each year the nation’s debt has grown. Production, when netted against that debt, has shrunk, and an increasingly large portion of what remains is diverted to those who don’t produce. Washington decides who gets what, but it can’t command the what. That shrinks as productive virtue is penalized and theft, fraud, and violence are rewarded.
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When the US dollar collapses?
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Exclusive: UN Funds Migrant Wave Flooding To The U.S.
Breitbart ^ | 1-18-2022 | Neil Munro
Posted on 1/18/2022, 9:44:01 PM by blam
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The U.S.-funded United Nations is providing cash to help job-seeking migrants trek up through South America, Central America, and Mexico, says Todd Bensman at the Center for Immigration Studies.
“It is definitely organized,” Bensman told Breitbart News on Monday during a reporting trip to Tapachula in southern Mexico, where migrants arrive after crossing Central America:
They’re giving money out at way-stations up and down the [migrant] trail … There’s a process [in Tapachula]: You get your Mexican [visa] papers, then you go to the UN building next door, get an appointment, and they interview you and look at your situation… It’s not big money, and not all of them get it, but enough get it to sustain them so they don’t have to go home, and so they can go on to the next way station.
Bensman tweeted a video of the migrants waiting for payments:
Photo I just took of a Honduran migrant woman’s United Nations-issued cash card, which provided 2,500 pesos a month for 4, the max in this one city of Tapachula, Mexico. All part of the UN “cash-based interventions” program I wrote about last month here: https://t.co/ocDcwnnAL7 pic.twitter.com/9l5F2sjevz
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This is absolutely OUTRAGEOUS!!!
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https://www.howtogeek.com/778951/why-you-should-get-rid-of-unused-android-apps/ Android
Android Phones & Tablets
Why You Should Get Rid of Unused Android Apps
JOE FEDEWA
JAN 17, 2022, 8:00 AM EST | 3 MIN READ
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Clean Phone, Clear Head
Lastly, cleaning up your phone is a good way to eliminate distractions. A more focused phone experience can make it much more pleasant to use.
We tend to treat email spam and unwanted phone notifications the same way. Rather than spend an extra minute or two unsubscribing, we waste even more time being distracted and deleting them. Don’t let apps you’re not using make your phone more annoying.
Take a few minutes to scroll through your app list and evaluate which apps you’re actually using. Don’t hesitate to delete unused apps. After all, you can just install them once more if you end up needing them again. Your phone will thank you.
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Now if there was some easy way to create a “manifest” so that apps could be easily tracked.
Same problem exists on IOS!
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AAP/Japan Meteorology Agency
Why the volcanic eruption in Tonga was so violent, and what to expect next
January 15, 2022 3.04pm EST
Shane Cronin, University of Auckland
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Volcano researchers call this “fuel-coolant interaction” and it is akin to weapons-grade chemical explosions. Extremely violent blasts tear the magma apart. A chain reaction begins, with new magma fragments exposing fresh hot interior surfaces to water, and the explosions repeat, ultimately jetting out volcanic particles and causing blasts with supersonic speeds.
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An interesting read which appears to be a quiet warning of bad things to come.
If the “world” cares about people, (and we know that the Gooferments certainly don’t), then there would be some sort of universal effort to get these folks out of harm’s way quickly.
But, it’s not like those folks are “celebrities” or politicians / bureaucrats!
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