The proper response to the police really should have been: “Fuck off”.  They had no right to even say anything.  This is the 21st Century.  Why are we caving in to idiots?

BBC News – New Jersey snow sculpture gets frosty reception.

Something really stinks about the way this issue is being handled.  We supposedly live in a civilized society, but what I see these law firms and their clients, the record labels, etc., doing is just not right.
It seems that more and more, law enforcement and prosecution is in the control or hands of corporations.
More than [...]

Tar pits ability to sense higher more subtle conceptions, which, once transcended leave no trace.
So many can not conceptualize the transcendent states in this infinitely bursting and changing eternally perfect Buddhafield. It is as if they are stuck in a tar pit that is sucking them under, and all they can do is look [...]

What is happening now in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine and Iran set me to thinking about the boast of Jews and Christians that they played a pivotal role in the elimination of human sacrifice that was practiced by the religions of the Middle East in Pre Biblical times. 
It may be true; however, it seems to [...]

Grady’s dialysis clinic provides care to the poor and uninsured regardless of citizenship.
Crippled by the economy and growing financial pressures, the public hospital, which served about 724,000 patients last year, has a $33 million deficit. Its dialysis clinic has a $2 million deficit and needs another $2 million to upgrade its equipment, said Grady’s [...]

 
In my experience, the answer has something to do with groundedness — with the feeling of foundation, of security. This is deeper than wanting to be "safe." I think groundedness is a primal need, right from the womb. And it is part of why guilt is so powerful. Detach yourself from community and shared [...]

The plan from Democratic Sen. Max Baucus of Montana would make health insurance mandatory, just like auto coverage. It would provide tax credits to help cover the cost for people making up to three times the federal poverty level. That’s about $66,000 for a family of four, and $32,000 for an individual.

Baucus Plan Allows [...]

This is from the article on this story:
In a court filing Monday, John Stemberger, Rifqa Bary’s attorney and president of the Christian advocacy organization Florida Family Policy Council, accused the parents’ Ohio mosque of having ties to terrorism and radical Islam. The Noor Islamic Cultural Center has denied the allegations.
Muslim teen fears for life after [...]

If you come right down to it, the primary reason for a meditation practice is to get used to not having a body, so that when the time comes when that is actually the case, you have a better chance of either recognizing the instantaneous flash of wisdom mind and establishing yourself in that pure [...]

Can you imagine the day in America when women walk around topless?  Apparently it’s legal in Columbus, OH.  How did this happen and I didn’t even know about it?

GoTopless: GoTopless Day in New York City on August 23rd.