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  • I am a Secular Buddhist Humanist
    This is what I live by: “Another principle of Buddhism is “The Middle Way” which implies a balanced approach to life and the regulation of one’s impulses and behavior. Buddhism itself is sometimes referred to as “The Middle Way” indicating reconciliation of the extremes of opposing views. In the broadest sense, the Middle Way refers to the actions or attitudes that will create happiness for oneself and others. In many ways it is similar to the humanist perspective that recognizes that reason and rationality should be balanced with empathy and compassion.”
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    43 min
  • Jesus’ interactions with women and the Jocasta complex
    “According to New Testament scholar Frank Stagg and classicist Evelyn Stagg,[1] the synoptic Gospels of the canonical New Testament contain a relatively high number of references to women. Evangelical Bible scholar Gilbert Bilezikian agrees, especially by comparison with literary works of the same epoch.[2]: p.82 Neither the Staggs nor Bilezikian find any recorded instance where Jesus disgraces, belittles, reproaches, or stereotypes a woman. These writers claim that examples of the manner of Jesus are instructive for inferring his attitudes toward women and show repeatedly how he liberated and affirmed women.[1] Starr writes that of all founders of religions and religious sects, Jesus stands alone as the one who did not discriminate in some way against women. By word or deed, he never encouraged the disparagement of a woman.[3] Based on the account of Jesus' interaction with a Syrophoenician woman in Mark 7:24-30 and Matthew 15:21-28, Karen King concludes that "an unnamed Gentile woman taught Jesus that the ministry of God is not limited to particular groups and persons, but belongs to all who have faith."[4] “In psychoanalytic theory, the Jocasta complex is the incestuous sexual desire of a mother towards her son.[1] Raymond de Saussure introduced the term in 1920 by way of analogy to its logical converse in psychoanalysis, the Oedipus complex, and it may be used to cover different degrees of attachment,[2] including domineering but asexual mother loves – something perhaps particularly prevalent with an absent father. The Jocasta complex is named for Jocasta, a Greek queen who unwittingly married her son, Oedipus. The Jocasta complex is similar to the Oedipus complex, in which a child has sexual desire toward their parent(s). The term is a bit of an extrapolation since in the original story Oedipus and Jocasta were unaware that they were mother and son when they married. The usage in modern contexts involves a son with full knowledge of who his mother is. Theodor Reik saw the "Jocasta mother", with an unfulfilled adult relationship of her own and an over-concern for her child instead, as a prime source of neurosis.[3] George Devereux went further, arguing that the child's Oedipal complex was itself triggered by a pre-existing parental complex (Jocasta/Laius).[4] Eric Berne also explored the other (parental) side of the Oedipus complex, pointing to related family dramas such as "mother sleeping with daughter's boyfriend ... when the mother has no son to play Jocasta with".[5] With her feminist articulation of the Jocasta Complex[6] and Laius complex[7] Bracha L. Ettinger criticizes the classical psychoanalytic perception of Jocasta, of the maternal, the feminine, and the Oedipal/castration model in relation to the mother-child links. Atossa, in the Greek tragedy The Persians, has been seen as struggling in her dreams with a Jocasta complex.[8] Some American folk tales, like Jocasta, often feature figures expressing a maternal desire for their sons.[9]” According to The Bible, Jesus’ cousin John was beheaded to death and put in prison, Herod committed incestuous marriage with his brother’s wife, Herod was seduced by a striptease by Herodias’ daughter, and Herod wanted infant Jesus to be a fatality via infanticide. That’s Biblical organized crime. Judas was a rat and snitch according to organized crime figures.
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    1 hr 47 min
  • The effects and aftermath of Orphan Syndrome
    “Emotional abandonment is a subjective emotional state in which people feel undesired, left behind, insecure, or discarded. People experiencing emotional abandonment may feel at a loss. They may feel like they have been cut off from a crucial source of sustenance or feel withdrawn, either suddenly or through a process of erosion. Emotional abandonment can manifest through loss or separation from a loved one.[1]
    Feeling rejected, which is a significant component of emotional abandonment which has a biological impact in that it activates the physical pain centers of the brain and can leave an emotional imprint in the brain's warning system.[2] Emotional abandonment has been a staple of poetry and literature since ancient times.[3]” “In America there is an animal welfare organization called Rescue Ink, in which outlaw biker gang members volunteer to rescue animals in need and combat against people who commit animal cruelty, such as breaking up cockfighting rings, stopping the killing stray cats, breaking up dog fighting rings and rescuing pets from abusive owners.[85] In the American prison system, prison gangs are often known to physically harm and even kill inmates who have committed such crimes as child murder, being serial killers, pedophilia, hate crimes, domestic violence, rape and inmates who have committed crimes against the elderly, animals, the disabled, the poor and the less fortunate.[86][87] In many minority communities and poor neighborhoods, residents often distrust law enforcement, as a result the gang syndicates often take over to "police" their neighborhoods by committing acts against people who had committed crimes such as bullying, muggings, home invasions, hate crimes, stalking, sexual assault, domestic violence and child molestation, as well as mediating disputes between neighbors, the ways that the gangs would punish such individuals could range from forced apologies, being threatened, being forced to return stolen objects, vandalizing property, arson, being forced to move, bombings, being assaulted and/or battered, kidnappings, false imprisonment, torture and/or being murdered.[88] Some criminal syndicates have been known to hold their own "trials" for members of theirs who had been accused of wrongdoing, the punishments that the accused member would face if "found guilty" would vary depending on the offense.”
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    1 hr 31 min
  • I reveal what the media won’t show you concerning organized crime

    “In the United States, the Organized Crime Control Act (1970) defines organized crime as "[t]he unlawful activities of [...] a highly organized, disciplined association [...]".[13] Criminal activity as a structured process is referred to as racketeering. In the UK, police estimate that organized crime involves up to 38,000 people operating in 6,000 various groups.[14] Historically, the largest organized crime force in the United States has been La Cosa Nostra (Italian-American Mafia), but other transnational criminal organizations have also risen in prominence in recent decades.[15] A 2012 article in a U.S. Department of Justice journal stated that: "Since the end of the Cold War, organized crime groups from Russia, China, Italy, Nigeria, and Japan have increased their international presence and worldwide networks or have become involved in more transnational criminal activities. Most of the world's major international organized crime groups are present in the United States."[15] The US Drug Enforcement Administration's 2017 National Drug Threat Assessment classified Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) as the "greatest criminal drug threat to the United States," citing their dominance "over large regions in Mexico used for the cultivation, production, importation, and transportation of illicit drugs" and identifying the Sinaloa, Jalisco New Generation, Juárez, Gulf, Los Zetas, and Beltrán-Leyva cartels as the six Mexican TCO with the greatest influence in drug trafficking to the United States.[16] The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16 has a target to combat all forms of organized crime as part of the 2030 Agenda.[17] In some countries, football hooligans can be considered a criminal organization if it engages in illicit and violent activities.”

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    1 hr 20 min
  • My inner child 💯 is a disciple of the Black, Autistic, sexually abused, and crucified, Jewish Jesus! Jesus was a political prisoner who was a victim of ancient, 1st century, organized crime gangland!
    My inner child is my talking about my five-year old self. I hope that my inner child is saying that Jesus encountered ancient police brutality and the other atrocities that I mentioned in this episode would inspire Christendom to combat ALL social injustices and institute all social justices. “James Cone was a theologian and author, but he never gave up his important identity as a minister in a black denomination. Also a pastor, Cone described black liberation theology as “an interpretation of the Christian Gospel from the experience and perspectives and lives of people who are at the bottom in society — the lowest economic and racial groups.” “Cone grew up in the era of lynchings in the segregated town of Bearden, Ark., which at the time had a population of about 400 blacks and 800 whites, and he often feared for his father’s safety.
    “I had heard too much about white people killing black people … when my father would finally make it home safely, I would run and jump into his arms, happy as I could be,” Cone once recalled.” “Matthew 27
    New International Version
    Judas Hangs Himself
    27 Early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people made their plans how to have Jesus executed. 2 So they bound him, led him away and handed him over to Pilate the governor.
    3 When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. 4 “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
    “What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
    5 So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
    6 The chief priests picked up the coins and said, “It is against the law to put this into the treasury, since it is blood money.” 7 So they decided to use the money to buy the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners. 8 That is why it has been called the Field of Blood to this day. 9 Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on him by the people of Israel, 10 and they used them to buy the potter’s field, as the Lord commanded me.”[a] According to John 12: “4But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, 5“Why wasn’t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year’s wages. b ” 6He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
    7“Leave her alone,” Jesus replied. “It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial. 8You will always have the poor among you, c but you will not always have me.” Jesus knows what it’s like to be screwed over!
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    2 hr 21 min
  • The Bible writers depicted God as worse than Satan

    “Here are some of the bad things that Christians have done over the past twenty centuries: – killing witches – killing apostates – killing Muslims and Jews – imprisoning and killing scientists – killing native populations and stealing their land – promoting slavery – harassing and killing LGBTQ – practicing misogyny – abandoning family members who disbelieve – harassing and killing abortion providers – sexually abusing children – child marriages – extorting money from the poor who can’t afford it – extreme corporal punishment – promoting a prosperity gospel – promoting firearms – fighting against other Christian denominations – discriminating against foreigners and immigrants – damaging democratic norms – fighting against scientific discoveries – promoting white supremacy.” 

    “The Bible commands us to: Kill adulterers (Leviticus 20:10) Kill all witches (Exodus 22:18) Kill blasphemers (Leviticus 24:14) Kill false prophets (Zechariah 13:3) Kill fortune tellers (Leviticus 20:27) Kill anyone who sins (Ezekiel 18:4) Kill the curious (1 Samuel 16:18-19) Kill gays (Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:21-32) Kill all non-Hebrews (Deuteronomy 20:16-17) Kill sons of sinners (Isaiah 14:21) Kill non-believers (2 Chronicles 15:12-13) Kill anyone who curses God (Leviticus 24:16) Kill any child who hits his parent (Exodus 21:15) Kill children who disobey parents (Deuteronomy 21:20) Kill those who work on the Sabbath (Exodus 31:15) Kill disobedient children (Exodus 21:17, Matthew 7:10).” Kill strangers close to a church (Numbers 1:48-51) Kill all males after winning battles (Deuteronomy 20:13) Kill those who curse father or mother (Leviticus 20:9) Kill men who have sex with other men (Leviticus 20:13) Kill any bride discovered not a virgin (Deuteronomy 22:21) Kill those who worship the wrong god (Numbers 25:1-9) Kill anyone who does not observe the Sabbath (Exodus 31:14) Kill everyone in a town that worships the wrong god (Deuteronomy 16:13-16) and: Kill anyone who kills anyone (Leviticus 24:17)."

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    1 hr 7 min
  • The women committed more sex crimes than the men in organized crime

    "Sex and the law deal with the regulation by law of human sexual activity. Sex laws vary from one place or jurisdiction to another, and have varied over time. Unlawful sexual acts are called sex crimes.

    Some laws regarding sexual activity are intended to protect one or all participants, while others are intended to proscribe behavior that has been defined as a crime. For example, a law may proscribe unprotected sex if one person knows that they have a sexual disease or to protect a minor; or it may proscribe non-consensual sex. In general, laws may proscribe acts that are considered either sexual abuse or behavior that societies consider to be inappropriate and against social norms. Sexual abuse is unwanted sexual contact between two or more adults or two or more minors, and, depending on laws with regard to the age of consent, sexual contact between an adult and a minor."

    “Rape, lust murder and other forms of sexual assault and sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, cybersex trafficking, trafficking and the live streaming of coerced sexual acts and/or rape on webcam digital sex crimes, the online posting of revenge porn or hidden camera recordings, statutory rape, spousal rape, obscenity, and human trafficking.” 

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    44 min
  • I am an Agnostic Atheist when it comes to any deity and any Christ figure that violates The United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights
    “In religion and folklore, hell is a location or state in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as eternal destinations, the biggest examples of which are Christianity and Islam, whereas religions with reincarnation usually depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations, as is the case in the dharmic religions. Religions typically locate hell in another dimension or under Earth's surface. Other afterlife destinations include heaven, paradise, purgatory, limbo, and the underworld.”
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    1 hr 22 min
  • Mexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels of my boyhood
    “Summary Mexican drug cartels are leading suppliers of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and other illicit narcotics to the United States. The cartels and the drug trade fuel rampant corruption and violence in Mexico, contributing to tens of thousands of homicides in the country each year. Since Mexico launched a war on the cartels in 2006, the United States has provided it with billions of dollars in security and counternarcotics assistance. Introduction Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for more than a decade, but with limited success. Thousands of Mexicans—including politicians, students, and journalists—die in the conflict every year. The country has seen more than 360,000 homicides since 2006 when the government declared war on the cartels. The United States has partnered closely with its southern neighbor in this fight, providing Mexico with billions of dollars to modernize its security forces, reform its judicial system, and fund development projects aimed at curbing migration at Mexico’s southern border. Washington has also sought to stem the flow of illegal drugs into the United States by bolstering security and monitoring operations along its border with Mexico.” Link: https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/mexicos-long-war-drugs-crime-and-cartels. Kindness, wisdom, and no-nonsense are strong values of mine!
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    2 hr 8 min
  • The Structure and Psychology of Drug Cartels of my childhood. I’m not a “gentleman gangster”.
    “An important component of every cartel structure is that it is fashioned to protect the top leadership at all costs. Cartel members are limited to carefully compartmentalized roles. That means, if a member is apprehended by law enforcement, he can only provide limited information (the information he is familiar with), which will not have a significant impact on the cartel’s operation.
    Drug cartels, like psychopaths, display common behavioral traits, such as a disregard for laws and social mores, a failure to feel remorse or guilt, a tendency to display violent behavior, and a disregard for the rights of others. They are volatile and prone to emotional outbursts resulting in horrific violence.
    Most cartel members are uneducated and live on the fringes of society. As a result, they have no regard for society in general or its rules. Psychologically, they don’t feel empathy for others, although some members can be disarming and have charming personalities. For example, Chapo Guzman comes across as a simple farmer and certainly is not threatening. But in reality, he is a ruthless, cold-blooded killer who has been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of people.
    Cartels, when committing crimes, carefully plan out every detail in advance and have contingency plans in place. Their members are usually cool, calm, and meticulous. Their crimes are well organized.” I remember the immeasurable horror and incompatible terror that I felt being around the Mexican drug cartels, I remember the fact that they would profit off of the selling and buying of tobacco smoking products, casino venues, nightlife industry venues, sex industry venues, and alcohol brands. I was able to prevent some crimes, but not most crimes. I was able to prevent some suicides, but not most suicides.
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    49 min

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Autism is my super blessing! I'm a high-school valedictorian, college graduate, world traveler, disability advocate. I'm a Unitarian Universalist. I'm a Progressive Liberal. I'm about equal rights, human rights, civil & political rights, & economic, social, &cultural rights.