Islamophobia does not exist.

#8 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

Thank you big dummy. You just proved that it does. At least with you.

You equating the entire religion of Islam"practiced by over 1.5 billion people"with an existential threat is a form of prejudice or Islamophobia in itself.

He was seriously injured.
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#6 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

Better than Viagra!!

AmIRight Commie creep?

Easy fix.

Stop testing and saving data. Then you won't have this problem!

"Slow the Testing Down": Trump explicitly said, "When you do testing to that extent, you're going to find more people, you're going to find more cases. So I said to my people, 'Slow the testing down, please'".

The funny thing is you weren't even drinking coffee, nor wearing a t-shirt.

#8 | POSTED BY SENTINEL

I am almost always drinking coffee and wearing a t shirt. Unless I'm asleep. And then I'm not drinking coffee but I am still wearing that same old T-shirt.

It's funny that you think you know me.

"Accidents happen."

That's what yer mom said, too.

How to make a bigger profit....

POSTED BY PETROUS

Easy. Make a bigger war.

$150 pb is no longer unreasonable.

$200 is actually around the corner.

Whats was the plan to keep the oil flowing?

I think the plan was this will be over in a week.

The War (that is NOT a war) may never be over now. I don't see an end in sight.

Well.. civilization was fun!

It was a good run while it lasted folks. We really did make some cool stuff. Too bad we decided to destroy ourselves with it.

Maybe next time.

The world may not look the same after the war.

Especially if it metastasizes into a world war.

And you know what? It sure looks to me like a world war already. Look who is already involved:

America Israel, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Azerbaijan, and Cyprus, with support or assets from the UK and France

And Russia is already trying to stick its nose in.

Almost there!

Oh. And then there is this:

According to reports based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data from 2021"2024, over 1,500 Iranian nationals were apprehended at the southern U.S. border during the Biden administration, and nearly 50% of them were released into the United States.

( Of course that is from the CBP so take it with a very large grain of salt. You might need access to a salt mine for a very large grain (crystal?) of salt).

If he has to go there much more he won't go there at all.

#17 | POSTED BY ZED

First time it rains he's out.

You know how his bone spurs act up when it rains.

Congress has abdicated its responsibilities so Trumpy is no longer accountable to The People.

There is no one left to hold him accountable for his crimes.

Just watched the Nuremberg Trials.

If the world is lucky and survives WWIII then accountable may happen. Later. Much later. Maybe.

One thing I gleaned from the Nuremberg Trials ...

They almost didn't happen.

Russel Crow portrayed Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering. I didn't even recognize him until halfway thru the movie he was channeling Goering so well.

so-called "sleeper cells," which are already here,

They are?

Are they hiding under your bed?

Have you met Boaz?

You two have a lot in common on this particular subject.

Irrationally fear.

#17 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK

No one knows how many "sleeper cells" there might be in America.

But I will bet there is more than 1 angry Iranian in America right now.

AI Overview

As of 2024"2026, there are approximately 750,000 to over 1 million people of Iranian ancestry living in the United States. The population is heavily concentrated in California, particularly in the Los Angeles area, which is often nicknamed "Tehrangeles".

...

If your home country was being illegally attacked and bombed by the country you were currently living in what would you do? Would you just sit back and watch your homeland being destroyed and your friends and families killed and do nothing?

Think about it.

Having a conscience is an emergent property.

Which hasn't yet emerged in Republican brains.

Could be why they call them "NEAR death experiences." :-)

Exactly.

No one has actually ever returned from biological death.

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CORRECTION: The more I've learned, the more I've acknowledged to myself how little I know ...

#67 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY

You have snatched the pebble from my hand grasshopper!
You may leave the Temple anytime you choose!

Because this is a subject so difficult to talk about being as we do not have the proper words for it and thus no easy way of talking about it I leave you with the story of Nagasena and the chariot.

In the Milindapanha, the monk Nagasena uses the analogy of a chariot to explain the Buddhist concept of anatta (no-self) to King Milinda.

He argues that a "chariot" is merely a conventional designation for its constituent parts (wheels, axle, frame) and does not exist independently. Similarly, a "person" is a designation for the changing components of body and mind, not a permanent self.

I heard it's not a "war".

So ... it's now ...

"Special Military Operations! What are they good for?"

Clinical death is defined as "the cessation of heartbeat and respiration."

Yes.

But ...

Clinical death (cessation of heartbeat/breathing) is a reversible state, not final death, making it more accurate to view it as a critical, time-sensitive window before irreversible "biological death" occurs.

Tell me only the tales from beyond "biological death".

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We'll all know what's next someday.

#63 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY

Will we? I think that is THE question.

Maybe think of your person (not a "self" to be a bit more accurate) as a "flow" rather than an "individual". (This is tough for Americans I know!) You know that most of us only allow ourselves to be aware of the part of our consciousness that thinks it is in total control. You are not. Who is making your heart beat? Who is making you breath? Who is managing the trillion cells in your body? Who is telling which muscle to move when you walk? (Do not try this at home!) You are a committee and any belief of the self as an individual is an illusion. A wave rather than a point. When you die the "flow" or stream of consciousness that you think of as YOU transitions into something else. Like a stream or river that ends up ( back) in the ocean.

As you can see I love this subject.

You may still exist. But you do then you will exist in a "different way". Awareness is not a soul. It's an awareness. Will we still be aware of anything? Will we remember anything? That is still to be determined.

The Illusion of Self: According to scholar and professor Jay Garfield, letting go of the "self" as a rigid, permanent, or central entity is a key, albeit challenging, step toward a more ethical and healthier life, (And death).

If you are still interested..

Unless it is contained as consciousness within a quantum field ...

Are you proposing that the Quantum Field itself is conscious or has some place in it where our consciousness is contained intact?

If so you are entering the realm of the philosophical and not mainstream, proven science.

If we are being philosophical the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that consciousness might persist after death by shifting to parallel universes where a person (your consciousness or at least a part of it ) survives.

But even then. You won't the you that your current brain in this universe remembers.

Re 45

Haven't read the book. Sounds interesting.

My first thought having reviewed it.

Dr Morris was raised Christian (Mormon). No wonder he rejected that nonsense.

I also see that highly regarded specialists in that field disagree with his conclusions and had alternate (physiological) explanations.

When those raised as (tainted by) Christianity speak of the soul they have a particular belief in mind.

Overview

According to the Bible, the soul (Hebrew: nephesh, Greek: psych") is the entire living person"body, mind, emotions, and will"formed when God breathes life into dust, making humans living beings, not just immortal spirits. It's the seat of desires and consciousness, connecting the physical to the spiritual, and while it can cease to exist (the "soul who sins shall die"), Christians believe faith in Christ offers hope for eternal life through resurrection, reuniting soul and body.

Sorry. Not still buying it. We have misinterpreted our place in the universe for a long long time. Sometimes on purpose. To control us.

But if we speak differently of the soul such as a force or form of energy I can understand and possibly accommodate that as a possible theory.

But reuniting our "spiritual energy" with our actual bodies? Sorry. Not buying it. I don't care if the Egyptians did believe it to be true for 3000 years or not. I can clearly see how that has worked out for them.

All the evidence we have accumulated so far indicates that this universe does not work that way.

When we die it will not be possible to hold our identity as we know it. There will be nothing to contain it. If anything our life force goes back to the "source". Which may just be the underlying quantum field which is the foundation of everything. Apparently.

And btw. Those kids did not "die". Or they would not have been able to share their experiences with the living. Oh. And btw. We still cannot even define what Life is. So good luck explaining what happens after it.

Re 42

You don't have to be brain dead or go into a coma to have that experience.

We have some really good drugs available now that will give you the exact same experience.

Posted by oneironaut

That's been going on for decades. What else ya got?

#61 | POSTED BY AMERICANUNITY

No worries. Commie Spyboy is full of it. So he still has plenty of it.

Re 39

People see things during near-death experiences (NDEs) primarily because the brain, when under extreme stress, oxygen deprivation (hypoxia), or chemical imbalance, produces vivid hallucinations and releases neurotransmitters.

These visions are influenced by cultural beliefs and personal memories, often causing feelings of peace and intense, life-altering, and highly realistic memories.

When I had my NDE all I saw was The Nothing. But I did not "see" The Nothing. How could you? What I "saw" was my memory of what The Nothing felt like.

It felt great btw. Looking forward to the peaceful rest. But not in any hurry as I know it's always there. Waiting for me to return to it. This is why I sometimes say. Nothing Matters. A lot!

But my experience and the memories of my experience were obviously influenced by my cultural/scientific beliefs.

We ARE the Universe. We are star dust. Which has finally evolved to the point where it can rise up and take a look at itself.

Or is your State AG bowing to kiss the most ample derriere of Pres Trump?

What say ye?

#2 | POSTED BY LAMPLIGHTER

California was the first state to challenge Trump's illegal imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA).

You are welcome!

Getting a refund check from Trumpy to Americans affected by these illegal tariffs is another matter.

But as accountability approaches I wouldn't count it out as a bribe or an attempt to buy some votes.

Remember Elmo tossing out a few million dollar checks to try to influence the election?? They are gonna need much more that that this time.

Yes. Governments are prioritizing machines over people.

Good luck with that.

Prioritizing machines over humans will not end well.

For humans.

"That is the opposite of a free market economy."

That's "out there". They can control how much oil they pump. They are free to do that. They are free to control what they can control for the good of their own countries ( unless colonial powers step in).

In "here" we are free to sell our oil to the highest bidder in that market. But we can't control that market as we don't produce enough oil to do that.

What is good for America or Americans has nothing to do with it.

Profit is what drives the market here.