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Oh no, the world is going to end, the US economy is going to be destroyed! Oh my. Or could it be useless unproductive bureaucrats have lost their job? Good! The chemotherapy is working. No wonder the cancers are acting up. But this just means it's working. Trump's far-sighted economic policies will make America's economy stronger in the long term, and thus provide real jobs with good prospects.

Yes, indeed, there is a lot of debate about what Nirvana really means. Of course "letting go of attachment to self" is a core aspect of Nirvana, one only has to look at the meaning of the words, which can be translated as letting go of passions and cravings. This is indeed a core teaching of Buddhism and one of the hardest things in the world, to let go of your likes and dislikes. Speaking from personal experience I can assure you it is a sure path to bliss in this world. I experienced a state of bliss in my daily meditations after many years, an indescribable experience of happiness. I actually had to laugh out loud, it was so intense. This really had a profound impact on me, so I decided to go to a Japanese Zen monastery of the Soto school. Suffice to say life in a Zen monastery is absolute torture to my own nature, and I could only endure the truly awful food for so long. Leaving after a week or so I went straight to a hotel to have a meal. The kitchen was closed alas, so they served me a roll with liver sausage. I ate that roll with liver sausage, and to this day that was the best tasting meal I ever had, total bliss. Precisely because I was eating these garbage vegetable meals in the Zen monastery. Letting go of your likes really is the path to incredible pleasure. Now a roll with liver sausage tastes nowhere near as good, because I eat normally, ie according to my likes. But when I ate letting go of my likes, as they do in the Zen monastery, whilst it was digusting, it did allow me to enjoy food on an almost surreal level. For a short time. But I digress. Bhikkhu Bodhi, a Theravada monk, translator and scholar, argues that various descriptions of nibbana from the early buddhist texts "convey a more concrete idea of the ultimate goal" which differs from mere cessation and "speak of Nibbana almost as if it were a transcendent state or dimension of being."[62] Bodhi notes that nibbana is sometimes described as a base (ayatana), an unborn and unconditioned state (pada), a reality (dhamma), and an "element" (dhatu).[63] This transcendent state is compared to the ocean, which is "deep, immeasurable, [and] hard to fathom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana_(Buddhism) Also see: "A similar view is also defended by Christian Lindtner, who argues that in pre-canonical Buddhism, nirvana is: ... a place one can actually go to. It is called nirvanadhatu, has no border-signs (animitta), is localized somewhere beyond the other six dhatus (beginning with earth and ending with vijñana) but is closest to akasa and vijñana. One cannot visualize it, it is anidarsana, but it provides one with firm ground under one’s feet, it is dhruva; once there one will not slip back, it is acyutapada. As opposed to this world, it is a pleasant place to be in, it is sukha, things work well. According to Christian Lindtner, the original and early Buddhist concepts of nirvana were similar to those found in competing Śramaṇa (strivers/ascetics) traditions such as Jainism and the tradition of the Upanishads. It was not a purely psychological idea, but a concept described in terms of Indian cosmology and a related theory of consciousness.[76] All Indian religions, over time, states Lindtner evolved these ideas, internalizing the state but in different ways because early and later Vedanta continued with the metaphysical idea of Brahman and soul, but Buddhism did not.[77] In this view, the canonical Buddhist views on nirvana was a reaction against early (pre-canonical) Buddhism, along with the assumptions of Jainism and the Upanishadic thought on the idea of personal liberation.[78] As a result of this reaction, nirvana came to be seen as a state of mind, instead of a concrete place." And also: "Buddhaghosa also criticizes the view that nibbāna is a kind of non-existence or an absence (of the five aggregates).[113] He argues that nibbāna is "apprehendable [by some, namely, the nobles ones] by the [right] means, in other words, by the way that is appropriate to it, [the way of virtue, concentration, and understanding]."[113] Buddhaghosa also argues that if nibbana were a mere absence or a nothingness, it would follow that the Buddhist path would be meaningless." And: "A similarly apophatic position is also defended by Walpola Rahula, who states that the question of what nirvana is "can never be answered completely and satisfactorily in words, because human language is too poor to express the real nature of the Absolute Truth or Ultimate Reality which is Nirvana." Quite clearly, if you are able to do this supremely hard thing and let go of your likes and dislikes, you will achieve bliss in this life. I have experienced it myself. However, the metaphysical interpretations that came after, remember Nirvana predates Buddhism by a long shot, may promise a state of bliss or transcendence, but whether these are what the Buddha really meant is doubful. After all he steadfastly refused to discuss metahpysical concepts. In so far as the letting go of cravings and passions, of likes and dislikes, the actual meaning of the words Nirvana, takes place in this world, it can lead to blissful experiences. However, speculation about states after death have to always remain that, speculation. There is a good reason why Buddha remained silent on this. So did Nietzsche, who famously wrote "we can't cut our own head off and see what remains".

Well, no re-birth isn't better. With a Buddhist lense it would be endless suffering. Obviously a permanent state of bliss is preferable. I don't think people are mostly attracted to Buddhism because of the state of Nirvana promising eternal existence. The attraction of Buddhism for many is the logical and pratical approach to ethics, life and morality. It's a bit preferable to some of the Judaeo/Christian nonsense if you find things like people walking on water hard to swallow. Having said that in Buddhism too indigenous folklore has been added on top of Buddha's teaching, devils and the like. It's true though Yoga and other pursuits can help you achieve similar states which meditation in Buddhism achieves, however, Buddhist teachings are still the best way to achieve the overall goals of Buddhism, clearly.

Lol, your antipathy towards Trump does not make him your foe, he doesn't even know you exist. Nor is he the foe of the US. Quite the contrary, his economic policies will make the US stronger and more competitive. The Great Depression was limited to a particular sector of the country? I don't think so. Trump is not a cancer, but he is removing a lot of the cancer that has been eating away at the fabric of modern America, and like all cancers those affected by the chemotherapy are now acting up and trying to cause as much pain as possible. The sooner they will be gone, or reduced to insignificance, the better.

Exactly. Looking at Germany, a country that was completely destroyed after WWII but within the space of a few years managed to rebuild and become more economically powerful than ever we should take these "destroy the American economy" attempts at panic with a James Bond like smile. The quality of the US economy after the Great Depression MASSIVELY improved. MASSIVELY! So that's the point isn't it? To grow, to improve, there are always growing pains. Yes, there may be a little disturbance, but ultimately the far sighted policies of Mr Trump will lead to a stronger and qualitatively better economy. People die every day. Fortunes like the Vanderbilt fortune disappeared. Let's not let the cycle of life bring us down, because the upside will be magnificent. Yes, the Vanderbilts disappeared. But now we have Elon Musk. Isn't that a better outcome that makes your heart rejoice, Patong?

The US economy has survived: 1. World War 1 2. The GREAT depression 3. World War 2 4. The Korean and Vietnam wars 5. The Saudi Oil shocks 6. The Russian Debt crisis 7. The Asia financial crisis 8. The Sub-Prime Mortgage financial crisis 9. Feminism 10. LGTBQ 11. Falling birth rates And the US economy will damn sure survive a few tariffs. Don't worry people. This is just lefties trying to spread malcontent. As usual.

Keep doing your Trump-fact-checking research. Trump will be changing the world while you do.

Which is 18 too many. Why pour fire on the Ukraine war anyway? To put it into context Russia has 6000 tanks. And you want Germany to reduce its miniscule tank force? The duty of Germany's arms industry and German politicians is to ensure the defence of Germany. Not of Ukraine. in case you missed it German politicians are in a tizzy because they are of the view that they have to re-arm massively. That btw implies there are not enough arms at the disposal of the Bundeswehr at the moment. So to give of your already too few supplies to Ukraine is madness.

Much like all of your posts on Ukraine, or shall we say endless spamming.

Thank you Doctor Sandyf, however, if you look at Ukraine, Russia can't even invade all of Ukraine. So let's maybe dial down the fantasies of Russia invading large parts of Europe, eh?

Maybe, yes the diet is diabolical. However, I think it has more to do with sweating more, because they generally carry a bit more fat than Thai girls. And Filipinas work more than Thai girls as well, they're more active. Generally more athletic.

Trump's policies of course do NOT drive up inflation, you want to check the inflation figures during the Biden years. In any event you seem to have a personality cult hatred of Trump that you think this one man is singlehandedly responsible for inflation. Which is nonsense of course. Nor has Trump increased unemployment, weakened consumer protections or "dismantled government oversight". He may have harmed Ukraine, but that was clearly not an ally worth having anyway, more like a leech sucking your resources. He did weaken alliances like NATO and those with Germany, Britain and such, and that is actually a very good thing. About time these countries grew up and ran their own destiny, it's actually a huge positive for everyone concerned, especially those countries. Trump has certainly not threatened the economic stability of the United States, that's just more caca de toro. As long as Trump keeps delivering, and what he is doing is true genius, slashing government waste, ending the Ukraine war, ending LGBTQ leeching off the taxpayer, the man is a force of nature and working like no other president before him. He will no doubt go down as the greatest US president the United States has ever had. And to top it all, he is brilliant for the whole world, witness him putting an end to this diabolical Ukraine war. We are all blessed to have this great man at the helm of the US. No matter what some lesser haters may say.

These two Filipinas were 48 kilos each, they were not bigger women. They just were more curvy than the Thai girls generally are. And these Filiipinas definitely had a smell these Thai girls don't have, and I don't have a sensitive nose at all. Filipinas are definitely fatter than Thais on average, more curvy. No dbout about it. I don't go near women in their 30s and 40s who are single mothers. My age range is 18 to 25. If they have a child it's immediate disqualification. I don't think it was diet. I still think it was the sweat, they were more curvy.

Tiny is great. That''s another difference between Thai and Filipinas, Thai girls are way more frugal than Filipinas generally. Of course you have to vet them a bit, but that's just my experience.

Interesting. I had two long term Filipina gfs, and even after showering both had a distinctive smell, not bad, but just a certain scent that was detectable. I've not had that with Thai girls at all. My theory: Because Filipinas are generally more curvy and thus have more fatty tissue they are more prone to perspiration. But that's just a hypothesis.

Lol, that was a just a hollow threat for domestic consumption. Russian imports into the US are miniscule so tariffs would be meaningless. Putin knows this. Hours after that tweet Trump again clarified he is doing very well with Russia and actually finds it harder to deal with UJkraine. He also expressed understanding of Russia bombing Ukraine hard now, saying everybody would do that.

As someone who has partaken of the best of the best from both groups I would like to make the following observations, if I may: 1. Filipinas have a peculiar smell which Thai girls do not have, and I mean after shower and cleaning, I did not encounter this with Belgian, Dutch, Scottish, Brazilian, Polish, Russian, and English white girls where only the Belgian had a very distinct smell but that was a different story and peculiar to her. 2. Cheating is more prevalent in Asia, especially among Thai girls 3. Thai girls can have a "taught" quality, with the legs and buttocks in a delectable tight arrangement, highly slender, which is almost impossible to find among European girls. 4. It is mostly fat girls in Thailand that offer greek love, it is very rare a Thai girl will be into it, much more common in Europe. 5. A long term relationship with a Thai girl is always marred by the language issue unless you speak Thai like a native, and with a European girl that issue rarely arises. In summary, if you had to decide which was better, clearly Asian is physically preferable, though there is not much in it and European girls too can have their advantages.

The above statment is wrong. The transgender mice experiments were NOT cancer and Asthma research. in fact the purpose was specifically to gain data on the "immunological responsiveness of transgender people", with the ultimate purpose of " assessing the effects of sex hormones on vaccine responses." The idea was to produce data for an HIV vaccine with maximum effectiveness for trangender people who had undergone sex hormone therapy. https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10849830 https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/03/yes-biden-spent-millions-on-transgender-animal-experiments/ So ultimately Trump's assertion was correct that under Biden US taxpayer money was spent on research to benefit the trangender community.

There is a documentary on Youtube about Pokrovsk and the surrounding areas, where Zelensky has left the population to bleed and die. You may want to listen to what those Ukrainians had to say about their comedian president. That was before the Kursk excursion and the recent oval office fail by Zelensky. And how popular do you think Zelensky is now among the troops fighting in the trenches, who have now been deprived of US military and intelligence support? It is reported by the Guardian that Ukraine has lost 15% accuracy in its drone campaigns and lost the forewarning of US intelligence when Russian drones are about to hit. Any smart Ukrainian will surely want to get rid of this ineffectual liability of a president. No wonder Zelensky himself offered to step down. As for Crimea it was given by Russia to Ukraine to cement the reunification of Ukraine and Russia, as per the treaty of Pereyaslav, which had a 300 year anniversary when Krushchev was in power. Krushchev of course loved Ukraine, it was his favourite republic and he thought he was doing it a favour by facilitating economic integration between Ukraine and Crimea. Littile could he know that he would cause untold killing and death with his transfer of Crimea to Ukraine down the line.

That's caca de toro though, isn't it? What the Ukrainians really wanted was cash, they thought joining the Western camp they'd get BMWs and could escape the drudgery and grayness of depressing Ukraine, it was an economic dream. Nothing to do with freedom from "Russian subjugation". Russia wasn't subjugating them for years when the revolution happened. In fact Russia had built and made Ukraine, even gifted them the Crimea. Ukraine was like the ungrateful girlfriend who had a poorer boyfriend who did everything for her, but jumped into bed with the handsome, flashy stranger. Now they have the freedom to die. Not a smart decision. Cheating never pays.

You appear unaware that the NASDAQ index reached an all-time high just two weeks ago and has, so far, only lost 10% top-to-bottom. Methinks predictions of Armageddon are wildly off the mark. Even a multi-year bear market would not be unprecedented of course, but would inevitably be followed by a massive up-wave according to Elliot Wave Theory. https://www.fxstreet.com/news/is-the-nasdaq100-in-a-long-term-bear-market-202503061958

Well, let's confine it to Ukraine, to retain a semblrance of relevance. Ukraine had developed ambitions to be an energy provider herself. This put her in direct competition with Russia. When the Russian friendly Ukrainian government was overthrown, with the aid of American intelligence but quite clearly also with broad popular support for switching allegiance from Russia to the West among a portion of Ukrainians, this was the key moment that Ukraine was set on a clear collision course with Russia. The Ukrainians, like any cheating gf, knew that when she hops into bed with the West this would have unpleasant consequences due to her boyfriend Russia. As a result the Ukrainians decided to seek the protection of the new boyfriend, NATO. However, as we can now see, cheating never pays.

Do me a favour. Look at the size of the Russian economy. It's barely larger than Spain's. Russia could no more invade and occupy large parts of Europe than Boris Johnson could speak the truth.

Putin used the nuclear strike option as a deterrant, to stop Western support for Ukraine, as you well know. It's very easy to say "ah nobody invaded Russia since 1945", but in reality NATO's continous expansion eastwards into the great European plains put Russia in an almost impossible strategic position. The great plain is almost impossible to defend, or at least very difficult. It makes a lot of sense for Russia to control Ukraine, it is in fact a vital defence for Russia. As for energy, Russia made more money during the Ukraine war with energy than ever before and the Russian economy was doing better than ever. In fact it was the Europeans who crapped in their own nest, making their own energy vastly more expensive and we can all see the economic consequences for Germany today. You are spouting NATO propaganda.

Russia has been one of the most reliable treaty signatories of all time. The SALT treaties are a prime example. The Budapest Memorandum was signed on the clear understanding that NATO would not expand eastwards and would not incorporate Ukraine into NATO. Once it became clear that NATO had lied and openly stated that Ukraine would join NATO the Budapest Memorandum had lost any basis or meaning. It was the West that broke the Budapest Memorandum by expanding eastwards and thus making Russia HAVE to focus on securing the great European plain, ie Ukraine, so it can defend itself. Crimea was GIFTED to Ukraine by Russia. It was Russian to start with, and once Ukraine made clear it would switch allegiance to the West and join NATO clearly Russia HAD to annex Crimea for security reasons. Any fool can see the strategic military signficance of the Crimea. You are in fact rewriting history, though you're probably not aware that you're spouting Western propaganda.