Trump is a demented fool and he has no idea of what he is doing. (Trump didn't know what happened at Pearl Harbor). Trump is dismantling our government and yes some of it really needed to be curtailed. However the damage he is doing will have far reaching consequences. He is putting an end to scientific research, including for cancer and other diseases. Nader says it best!
From Ralph Nader:
Up until the Trump presidency no one could just take away your personal freedom. You did not have to be a citizen to enjoy this freedom, everyone had the right of due process. Under the Trump presidency no one has this freedom any longer. So whether you know it or not, Trump has taken away your basic freedom. You can only hope that the occasion will not arise when you need this protection, for without it you can be imprisoned, deported and yes even executed.
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Thought has made up most of my living. If there is such a thing as reality, thought is outside of it. This means that thought cannot know reality. Reality therefore is a direct experience between the mind and what is actual, "reality". Meditation then would be the vehicle to have the experience of reality. This is a bit misleading in that there isn't a self to have the experience. Note that the self arises in thought.
Awareness is another word for meditation. Awareness is being aware that you are aware, again there is no self that is being aware, there is only awareness. This is why thought has made up most of my life, I was not aware of reality. In not perceiving the actual reality I invented reality, thought created the self and this is a wrong turn. The entirety of mankind has made a wrong turn, this is why we struggle without results. Reality has no need of a "self" and it is this 'self" that is the source of all our problems. The self does not want this to be true, it is a powerful illusion.
DT AKA Bill Rogan
"When the killing of children is seen as justifiable our world is in the throes of a calamitous demise. There is an avalanche of ignorance behind this insidious evil. The goodness in people like Mr. Hedges offers us a ray of hope, in this growing darkness."
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Trump, if anything, he is consistent. He is literally destroying our Country in the very same way he destroyed all of his Businesses Trump filed for bankruptcy six times showing a loss of 1. 8 billion dollars. Here is a list of businesses that fell into bankruptcy or failure at the direction of Donal Trump. There is of course the six Casinos, Trump University, Trump Airlines, Trump Beverages, Trump the Game, Trump Magazine, Trump Mortgage, Trump Steaks,Trump Travel, Trump Comms ( a phone company perhaps), Trump Tower Tampa, Trump Vodka, Trump Cologne.
Trump has started numerous other businesses while in office, which is a violation of the emoluments clause found in Article one Section 9 Claus 8 of the Constitution. Trump is wreaking havoc on many aspects of our government. He is attacking education, safety programs that keep us safe in areas such as food, clean air, soil and water. He is curtailing research in all matters of health, science and climate.
He causing people to die and if allowed to continue many more people will die on a global scale. Trump is taking away our rights of free speech, our right to protest, while imprisoning those people his thugs have detained or arrested.
He is destroying our economy wreaking havoc on farming, and all types occupations and services.
We simply can not allow him to continue with his total destruction of our way of life. Why can't people see that the division in our country coincides completely with Trumps reign.
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Beauty!
If global temperatures continue on with the current trend then the planet will become uninhabitable for humans and many other species. As temperatures rise, food production will fall off and the outcome will be mass starvation. Crops that aren't scorched by the blistering sun will be inundated by torrential rains. If there are some sources of food that survive people will kill each other for them. The quest for water will have the same outcome. What is being over looked by many people is the fact that rising global temperatures thus sea level rise are already baked into the planets climate.
The US, Russia or China may ascertain that a first strike killing most of the people on the planet will be their best bet for survival. However, nuclear winter may be an unsurvivable result of this attempt at, "to be the last man standing".
I do not know if humanity has crossed the point at which survival is no longer possible. It is altogether possible that we will succumb. If there is a chance of surviving then according to the "extinction rebellion" and many scientist, we must act decisively and we must act now. Goggle the "extinction rebellion" and or Roger Hallam.
The US government and many of the countries corporations are doing nothing to lower carbon emissions, consider that carbon emissions have risen since countries gave their pledges to get carbon emissions under control. The government of the United States along with US corporations have enslaved us, now they are killing us.
There are places in Africa that have already reached temperatures that make human survival impossible. Countries are running out of water adding millions of people to climate migration. Foods grown under conditions of more carbon in the atmosphere have less protein. The demands humans are placing on the natural world are reducing the natural worlds ability to sustain us.
One of the main things we have not understood is the very delicate balance of the natural world. I recall the Gia theory that demonstrated that life is a self governing process. Humanity neglected the environment acting as if we were not a part of it. Eight billion people in an industrialized world have never lived in harmony with the nature that produced them.
In early August of 23, parts of China received nearly 30 inches of rain in a period of five days. The devastation was immense, the devastation included the loss of crops resulting in the predictions of widespread famine.
Extreme weather of all types is becoming the norm and we are told that this is just the beginning. One can not help but wonder, do the people that are directly responsible for climate change have families? What could possibly be their mind set? The facts though are inescapable the people with the money and our government simply do not care. Is it that they believe it is to late to stop what's coming "the total collapse of human society". That is not for them to decide.
I find it incredible that people are doubting human activity is effecting the climate. The planet is a closed environmental system and there is carbon in the atmosphere and that carbon has an effect on the weather, climate. Humans have raised the amount of carbon in the atmosphere and that is causing the planet to warm. It is simple science. Think of your car in a closed garage with the motor running equals death. Now understand that the planet is a closed system and hundreds of millions of cars and hundreds of thousands of coal furnaces etc, are filling the system with carbon, it is really quite simple.
I believe things are going to get worse, but I also believe we can stop the worst of what's to come.
DT remaining hopeful!
You can find this on YouTube. Here is my comment to the video.
I cannot seem to find the words to express how I am feeling about this. I have reasoned that the default position of the mind is awareness. To be aware that we are aware. In this awareness we intuit what the universe is unfolding. I cannot seem to stay with awareness, the mind churns away and I realize that I am aware of that. Thought's just keep flowing and I think if only I cannot be swept away. That is where I have been stuck for some time. It is intriguing that we are energy and that energy cannot die, and it would take awareness to make us eternal.
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A LOVE LOST!
So Alluring; Aug. 28, 2020. It seems so long ago and it was only yesterday, that I encountered what was immovable. Even while it was happening it slipped through my fingers with such deep painful regret, I was to hurt to cry and now when there is so little time left now I can. I have found a relief, I had to because I could not live, exist with such pain. I have learned not to be separate from suffering. Still in the back of my mind I venture because even the pain is you. I don't understand this, but it is incredible.
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BRAIN DEAD, is the only way to explain, what is going on in our Country! The Congressional Republicans will be remembered in history as the people that allowed the BRAIN DEAD to destroy their Country
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Given that our thoughts are constantly running, creating what we take as reality one comes to this. What is there when thought is not creating what we take as reality? Whatever [is] we must be aware [of ]. Perhaps we are simply aware that we are aware. Couldn't we call staying in awareness meditation? Is there something in meditation that brings meaning? Find out!
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FYI: I do not know if there is something in meditation that brings meaning. Anyway if I said there was that would be presenting a belief. Truth is something that one must find out for your self.
It is hard to put into words the state of Trumps mind. Let me try. He is evil, cruel, narcissistic, devious, uncaring, childish, moronic, psychopathic, vengeful, dangerous, racist, a rapist, misogynistic, ignorant, self obsessed, delusional, oblivious, irresponsible, myopic, inadequate, clueless, bumbling, ineffectual, incompetent, malicious, repugnant, abhorrent, disingenuous, dishonest, duplicitous, hypocritical, pathetic, unstable, untrustworthy, phony, shallow, a fool and incredibly stupid. Above all he is a purveyor of inexactitudes, yes a consummate liar.
Trump with his felony convictions could not get a job at the Post Office. One of the first things Trump did upon taking office (second term) was fire the people that fight government corruption.
Trump sent an innocent man (without due process) to a prison in El Salvador and will not bring him back. He defied an order by SCOTUS to do so. Then he said, (contrary to the truth) the court decided in his favor. He has plans to kidnap US citizens and deport them to concentration camps. Trump is attacking the media, the courts, law firms individual members of Congress and the Senate. Trump is, in conjunction with Doge firing thousands of Government workers resulting in chaos in many government departments including medicare and social security. People are being hurt some people have died. Trump is willing to kill the people he is supposed to be serving. This behavior clearly defines Trump as psychopathic.
Trump has sided with Russia in their war against Ukraine. Trump has said that Ukraine started the war. (making him delusional) Trump is a Putin supporter, perhaps he is a Russian asset.
Trump with his on again off again Tariffs is accused of insider trading. His flip flopping with the tariffs has brought uncertainty to the economy. Trump did not even acknowledge the deaths of four soldiers that died in a training mission. He is the Commander and Chief. He think service men and women are suckers, and he doesn't like soldiers that were captured.
Trump is a misogynist, he has been convicted of Rape. Many women have accused him of sexual harassment. He had sex with a porn star while his wife was pregnant with his son. Then he paid the porn star to cover it up.
Trump is cutting the staff of the FAA which is already short handed. There have been several aircraft accidents since Trump took office.
Trump and Musk fired people that take care of our nuclear weapons then panicked when they realized that they made a mistake.
Trump is defunding all kinds of research including childhood cancer. Trump is cutting the funding for many schools and universities. Trump is putting an end to all types of research.
Trump has allowed Musk to oversee departments that give Musk grants, these departments award Musk billions of dollars, this is outright corruption.
Trump wants to open up our National Parks to development. Trump wants to bring coal back. Trump has removed safety guideline for food, drugs and the environment.
Trump wants to annex Canada as the fifty first state, he mentioned invading Greenland. Trump wants to take back the Panama Canal.
The dangers that Trump imposes are far reaching, far beyond what I have mentioned here in. Trump must be stopped no matter what it takes.
It is true that there is waste in our government however just slashing through the government is hardly the right approach.
Trump is an idiot and does not have a clue as to what he is doing. There is a way to remove him from office "impeachment". Unfortunately the members of the Congress are afraid of Trump. In succumbing to their fears they are violating their sworn oath to the Constitution. Triumph has committed numerous crimes that warrant his removal from office. And then there is the insurrection of January 6th, which according to Section three of Article 14, of our Constitution it states that anyone acting to overthrow the government cannot hold any office of the Government. This could be negated if two thirds of the Congress voted to reinstate the President. That would be impossible given the make-up of the Congress. Trump has delusions that he is running the entire world, and there is no doubt that he is having an effect on the world a very, very negative effect. The United States is now looked upon as an unstable, untrustworthy Nation.
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People from all over the world used to want to come to America (the US), it's how we got some of the smartest people and made so many scientific advances. Trump has changed that people are seeking other destinations, to fulfill their dreams. Trump is akin to a curse on our land.
Musk stated that Trump did not kill any body. It has been reported that cuts to the AID program caused the death of a person, perhaps more. If people do not receive there Social Security checks many are in danger of losing their life. Please tell me how we should respond to people that are willing to kill us. Trump stated that there are many people that are over 100 years old getting payments. He offered no proof, because there isn't any. He was lying. Trump was lying for a reason, they want to privatize Social Security. It is also very clear that there is much government waste however just firing people willy nilly is not the right way to approach waste. Both of our two major political parties sold our government to the Oligarchs. This corruption opened the door for Trump.
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Trump and Musk and their supporters have demonstrated that they are willing to take life. What is the proper response? If they stop Social Security checks people will die. Should we sit back and let them kill us?
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A non human creature so ugly or monstrous as to frighten people. / Any creature grotesquely deviating from the normal shape, behavior, or character. / A person who provokes or elicits horror by wickedness, cruelty, etc.
You know who!
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You get to enjoy because of the Joy you bring! You have a gift that would be meaningless if not shared. Thank you! To Josh Turner.
Not even to mention hate fails the conversation and the conflict itself. The poison of hate passed from one generation to the next has already claimed many generations, the current generation is in the Army! Golda Mier, said "The only way to eliminate war is to love our children more than we hate our enemies." And We can forgive you for killing our children but we cannot forgive you for making us kill your children.
The gods that we've made are exactly the gods you'd expect to be made by a species that's about half a chromosome away from being chimpanzee.”
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Stupid is in charge. Elevated to power via the STUPID among us. The people that are intelligent are victims of this stupidity. Both factions of the entrenched stupidity are unaware of their stupidity, in fact they envision themselves as smart. (Dunning - Kruger effect) We may be screwed!
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The resigned head of Social Security has stated that what Musk has done to the Social Security System will cause the payments to become erratic. They will then use this to privatize the system. The worst would be that the Trump administration will say, the country cannot afford to pay for Social Security.
I believe that if Social Security is halted or reduced, that will make survival impossible for millions of Americans. This I think will cause a revolt that would be totally justified.
We need to stop the assault on our country yes there is waste but the approach by DOGE is not the way to fix things.
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