The sooner the better, but it’s never too late to come clean, admit mistakes, apologize, and make amends for them. This is basic to Buddhist practice and all reasonable ethical systems. I applaud this doctor and hope to see many more like him. We can forgive you but the first step must be yours. ABN
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Steve Bannon CPAC Speech, Confronting Marxism and Deconstructing the Administrative State
Steve Bannon gives a keynote address to the audience at the CPAC convention in Dallas, Texas. During the beginning of his remarks, Bannon and the audience salute Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake for her ferocity standing fearlessly in front of the firestorm and winning the primary contest.
Later in his unscripted remarks, around the 09:00 mark, Bannon begins discussing the Fourth Branch of Government.
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“People who think they are going to steal [the election]. And the mules who are going to move ballots, we’re watching you. And there will be hell to pay” – Kari Lake
More of this, please. We need more governors with a strong sense of right and wrong. ABN
Another GREAT VICTORY for RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Link to article: Attorney ‘Thrilled’ After Federal Judge Blocks COVID Vaccine Mandate for Air Force, Air National Guard
Never, never, never give up your right to religious freedom—the freedom to act in accord with your conscience. Spiritually, this is arguably our most fundamental right because it is only by nurturing and following our consciences that we grow in wisdom and goodness. ABN
BIG VICTORY for RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: Illinois health care workers win lawsuit against employer who unlawfully denied RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION from covid vaccine MANDATE
Today, Liberty Counsel settled the nation’s first classwide lawsuit for health care workers over a COVID shot mandate, for more than $10.3 million. The class action settlement against NorthShore University HealthSystem is on behalf of more than 500 current and former health care workers who were unlawfully discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate. The agreed upon settlement was filed today in the federal Northern District Court of Illinois.
As a result of the settlement, NorthShore will pay $10,337,500 to compensate these health care employees who were victims of religious discrimination, and who were punished for their religious beliefs against taking an injection associated with aborted fetal cells.
This is a historic, first-of-its-kind class action settlement against a private employer who unlawfully denied hundreds of religious exemption requests to COVID-19 shots.
…As part of the settlement agreement, NorthShore will also change its unlawful “no religious accommodations” policy to make it consistent with the law, and to provide religious accommodations in every position across its numerous facilities. No position in any NorthShore facility will be considered off limits to unvaccinated employees with approved religious exemptions.
In addition, employees who were terminated because of their religious refusal of the COVID shots will be eligible for rehire if they apply within 90 days of final settlement approval by the court, and they will retain their previous seniority level.
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Ultimately, religious freedom means freedom to act on your own conscience. This is not just a freedom for established religions or for people who have a note from their priest. It is an unalienable right of all people and no one shall infringe it. All freedom-loving people should be delighted with this decision. I hope we see many more like it. ABN
Biden Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine: We need to “empower” kids to go on puberty blockers and get sex reassignment surgery
Biden Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Levine: We need to “empower” kids to go on puberty blockers and get sex reassignment surgery.
Originally tweeted by RNC Research (@RNCResearch) on July 18, 2022.
There should have been a line drawn long before we got to this. There is no way that trans surgeries or drugs should be allowed for children, let alone encouraged. ABN
VIRTUALLY NO ONE IS GETTING THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN VACCINATED FOR COVID
It’s now been essentially a month since the FDA inexcusably authorized the mRNA vaccines for children aged 6 months to 5 years old.
…According to recent data, only 2% of children under 5 across the country have been vaccinated for COVID.
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Classic, shameless
Incidentally, shame in Buddhism is considered essential for the cultivation of wisdom for without shame we do not recognize our own mistakes and learn from them. It is not right to dwell on shame, but feel it and contemplate it long enough to fully mend your ways. Rather than pretend there is no hypocrisy in her words, Ardern would do better for herself and others to simply admit her mistakes, take her lumps and move on. ABN
“Children cannot consent. Vote no on SB 107” – Chloe Cole
See this for my comment from a few days ago on this topic. ABN
‘I am calling for a worldwide moratorium on the use of covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy. They should NEVER be used in pregnancy’ – Dr James Thorp OBGYN
Dr. James Thorp OBGYN. Pregnancy robust state, negligible risk for serious outcomes with Omicron. Easily treated early. Risks of WIV genetic code for the Spike protein include thrombosis/hemorrhage, fetal loss, malformations, no assurances infant/child safety over longer term.
Originally tweeted by Peter McCullough, MD MPH (@P_McCulloughMD) on July 13, 2022.
Victims of the Vax
‘The reality of Western leaders collective decision to radically transform Western Energy Policy, post-pandemic, is the origin of our current inflation crisis; and that admission must be avoided at all costs by the ideological pretenders’
(1) Check this out (I'm venting):
”With the economy clearly in excess demand, inflation high and broadening, … the Governing Council decided to front-load the path to higher interest rates,” the bank said.
(2) ”With the economy clearly in excess demand"… That's the view of inflation, and justification, from the Bank of Canada.
Economic demand is just too strong. The economy is just too great. So, we must increase interest rates.
Think about it.
(3) No western economy is suffering from too much demand. However, the central banks and monetary policy makers are all pretending demand is driving inflation in order to justify rate increases.
One big collective game of f**king pretending.
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Tucker Carlson On The Biden Family Selling Out America
“The real story is that the Biden Family was getting rich from business with our enemies. They were selling access to the U.S. Government to China. And that is a crime, it’s certainly a moral crime.”
Originally tweeted by The Columbia Bugle 🇺🇸 (@ColumbiaBugle) on July 12, 2022.
Girl, 17, who transitioned back from a boy reveals how puberty blockers and surgery have ‘irreversibly and painfully’ ruined her body as she backs Florida law blocking medical interventions
2016: Chloe said that she became exposed to transgender activism at age 11 on Instagram and Tumblr which influenced her thinking on her own gender.
2018: At age 14, Chloe began taking puberty blockers and testosterone injections, that were administered by her mother. That same year she begins going by the name Leo.
June 2020: Chloe goes under the knife for the first time at 15 when she has a double mastectomy
Almost immediately, she regrets the surgery as she was confined to her bed for that summer as she healed from her surgery
May 2021: Following a biology class during which she came to the realization that she would never be able to feed her baby, Chloe said that she stopped taking testosterone injection
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Pretty much any hard-held identity is delusional in Buddhism. I do not see any way a Buddhist can honestly support surgical or hormonal transgender treatments on children, who obviously are too young to make these decisions for themselves. Not sure I see any reason to support treatments like these for adults either. Clinging to any mundane identity is the core delusion of the Second Noble Truth, the truth of the cause of suffering. Sexual orientation alone is not important enough to base an identity on. Surgically or chemically changing your body just to conform to some notion of what your “real” gender identity is is clearly excessive, not the Middle Way. As Buddhists, we do not reject people who do this just as we do not reject out of hand anyone who makes even very serious mistakes. But not rejecting is not the same a condoning or encouraging behavior that furthers delusion and suffering and does not lead toward greater wisdom. ABN
How the unvaccinated were treated in 2021
You thought the treatment of folks going bare-faced in 2020 was intense? Wait until you see how unvaccinated people still wearing a mask – in good faith and according to CDC guidelines – are ostracized as dangerous pariahs in 2021.
[For Buddhists, this and virtually all things covid illustrate the First and Second Noble Truths with exquisite clarity. ABN]
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