It’s not Joe Biden per se’, he is simply a useful pawn. This action is coming from the people deep inside the IC and State Dept who are committed to fomenting a serious conflict with Russia and Vladimir Putin as the White House is about to change hands. We previously said to watch out for this lame duck session.
In response to previous discussion about this, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he had ‘clear eyes’ on what long-range missile deployment inside Ukraine really meant. Ukraine does not have the targeting systems or satellites to use long-range missiles for strikes into Russia.
If long-range missiles were used by Ukraine, they originate from the U.S-NATO and they are deployed with the targeting of U.S-NATO. Vladimir Putin clearly stated that if such weapons were used, Russia will not pretend or ignore that this is direct provocative engagement by NATO against Russia. Knowing this, the people around Joe Biden have just deployed exactly what Putin warned about.
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use a powerful American long-range weapon for limited strikes inside Russia in response to North Korea’s deployment of thousands of troops to aid Moscow’s war effort, according to two senior U.S. officials.
The easing of restrictions on allowing Kyiv to use the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, to hit targets inside Russia is a significant reversal in U.S. policy and comes as some 10,000 elite North Korean troops have been sent to Kursk, a region of Russia along Ukraine’s northern border, to help Moscow’s forces retake territory gained by Ukraine.
The Biden administration fears that more North Korean special forces units could follow in support of this effort.
The move precedes by two months the return to the White House of President-elect Donald Trump, who has signaled he intends to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, though without offering details of how he will do so. (read more)
The precursor for direct conflict.
Joe Biden approved U.S. military advisors in Ukraine.
Joe Biden approves U.S/GBR long-range missiles for Ukraine to strike deep into Russia.
Joe Biden/CIA interfered in the Georgia election – and failed.
Joe Biden/CIA interfered in the Moldovan election – and succeeded.
Joe Biden is departing the White House.
This is the most dangerous time. Vladimir Putin will only take so much before he strikes hard.
Our government is under the control of the Intelligence Community.
Donald Trump is compiling a list of senior military officers who could face being court-martialed for the disastrous 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal, reports say.
His transition team is said to be exploring charges as severe as treason, although the legal reasoning remains unclear as they were acting under Biden’s orders.
‘They’re taking it very seriously,’ a source said to NBC News, stressing the gravity of the discussions.
President-elect Donald Trump has been a vocal critic of the withdrawal from Afghanistan, condemning it as a ‘humiliation’ and ‘the most embarrassing day in the history of our country.’
The chaotic exit in August 2021, marked by the Taliban‘s rapid takeover, the deadly bombing at Kabul airport’s Abbey Gate, and a botched U.S. airstrike, left 13 U.S. service members dead alongside more than 170 Afghan civilians dead.
Romuald (Latin: Romualdus; c. 951 – traditionally 19 June, c. 1025/27 AD)[1] was the founder of the Camaldolese order and a major figure in the eleventh-century “Renaissance of eremiticalasceticism“.[2] Romuald spent about 30 years traversing Italy, founding and reforming monasteries and hermitages.
Romuald was able to integrate these different traditions and establish his own monastic order. The admonition in his rule Empty yourself completely and sit waiting places him in relation to the long Christian history of intellectual stillness and interior passivity in meditation also reflected in the nearly contemporary Byzantine ascetic practice known as Hesychasm.
Sit in your cell as in paradise. Put the whole world behind you and forget it. Watch your thoughts like a good fisherman watching for fish. The path you must follow is in the Psalms — never leave it.[9]
St Romuald’s empty yourself completely and sit waiting is an instruction in how to enter deep samadhi. Samadhi states are the experience of spiritual truth, whether it be Buddhist or Christian. Buddhism emphasizes samadhi as the eighth element of the Noble Eightfold Path and as the third training of the Three Trainings — ethics, samadhi, and wisdom. ABN
UPDATE: It’s worth noting that Christian monasteries (and by extension Western universities) were modelled on Tibetan Buddhist Viharas, as were Islamic madrasas. I did not post this entry on St Romuald for that reason or to connect Christian ascetic practices with Buddhism, but rather to show that samadhi states, by whatever name, are practiced in many wisdom traditions. They are the most fundamental base of being a conscious human. Samadhi can be described as deeply knowing or contemplating the artesian well of consciousness that bubbles up or flows constantly in each and every one of us. They are dynamic yet still states that can be experienced when we devoutly empty ourselves and wait. ABN
It has come to my attention that most of MAGA, specifically those who do not understand the history of Republicans in the Senate, support a return to Senatorial and Parliamentary norms, where 60 votes are needed in order to advance any legislative intent. [READ HERE] Stupid is, as stupid does.
Prior to the 2024 election, Democrat Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, promised to end the filibuster rule and change the Senate to a simple ‘majority rules’ body. However, in the aftermath of the 2024 election outcome, where Democrats are now in the minority, Chuck Schumer has a reversal of prior opinion and is requesting the Republican leadership to retain the filibuster rule – giving power to the Democrats who now hold minority position.
Into this mix of UniParty and DeceptiCon political constructs, the online MAGA community are now advocating for a return to old Senatorial rules where amendments can be offered to all bills proposed and the 60-vote threshold is retained for cloture, filibuster power and legislative passage.
Despite knowing Majority Leader Schumer was going to crush them, Senator Rick Scott, Senator John Cornyn and yes, now, Majority Leader John Thune, are taking the high road and promising to keep the power of the Democrat minority in place. A more apropos example of “Battered Conservative Syndrome” has never been so clear.
The evil use of remdesivir in hospitals strongly incentivized by the US government is yet another piece of evidence, indeed proof, that the American people were attacked by bioweapons during the covid plandemic. Here is another talk by McCullough on the bioweapon covid vaxxes: ‘It’s a BIOWEAPON’ — Dr Peter McCullough on the covid vaxxes. Who was in charge? Who ordered this? ABN
A new study shows that even small lies can weaken our self control, causing us to tell bigger lies and more of them.
Lead author of the study, Neil Garrett, says of it:
“It is likely the brain’s blunted response to repeated acts of dishonesty reflects a reduced emotional response to these acts. This is in line with suggestions that our amygdala signals aversion to acts that we consider wrong or immoral. We only tested dishonesty in this experiment, but the same principle may also apply to escalations in other actions such as risk taking or violent behaviour.” [emphasis added] (How lying takes our brains down a ‘slippery slope’)
Dishonesty is an integral part of our social world, influencing domains ranging from finance and politics to personal relationships. Anecdotally, digressions from a moral code are often described as a series of small breaches that grow over time. Here we provide empirical evidence for a gradual escalation of self-serving dishonesty and reveal a neural mechanism supporting it. Behaviorally, we show that the extent to which participants engage in self-serving dishonesty increases with repetition. Using functional MRI, we show that signal reduction in the amygdala is sensitive to the history of dishonest behavior, consistent with adaptation. Critically, the extent of reduced amygdala sensitivity to dishonesty on a present decision relative to the previous one predicts the magnitude of escalation of self-serving dishonesty on the next decision. The findings uncover a biological mechanism that supports a ‘slippery slope’: what begins as small acts of dishonesty can escalate into larger transgressions. [emphasis added]
Though this is only one study based on results from only 80 people, I find it very credible.
In Buddhism we learn that even the smallest of thoughts can have enormous consequences.
An important aspect of Buddhist mindfulness is watching how our thoughts develop and how they affect us and others. FIML practice is based on sharing the fruits of real-time mindfulness with a partner.
Done correctly, FIML allows us to observe small transitions in our minds and correct them in real-time if they are wrong.
FIML does not deal all that much with lies per se because partners are expected to be beyond that and FIML won’t work if partners lie.
Nonetheless, FIML does deal with small misunderstandings that can lead to slippery slopes similar to what is described in the study.
For example, if you think your partner’s tone is dismissive and it isn’t and you don’t do a FIML query, the next time you hear that tone you will experience confirmation bias and be on your way down the slope. It’s very hard to trace that sort of thing back to its origin after a few occasions. Your misunderstanding of your partner’s tone could be construed as an unconscious lie that you are telling yourself.
This is why FIML is so important and why it is very helpful to start doing it early in your relationship when all is well and there are no misunderstandings.
FIML can be described as detailed, shared, real-time moral and existential awareness. It demands integrity and mindfulness from both partners and rewards them with greatly enhance shared integrity and mindfulness.
A major purpose of FIML is to prevent the sort of thing that happened in the study. To prevent partners from sliding down a slippery slope that sometimes cannot be regained.
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