St. Patty parties in a Police State (video)

Pat Macpherson, Seven, Pfc. Sandoval, Wisdom Quarterly; Associated Press; Levin00

St. Patrick, wooo! Amherst, wooo! OH NO, the cops are shooting at us...Kent State!!

WARNING: Crass language, hooting, and college exploits by mostly underage drinking-revelers blowing off steam from their academic pursuits, a stressful economy, and Lent obligations! 
 

Knock it off, and get home to watch "Cosmos"!

What news stations called an "out of control riot" appeared much more like American college students doing what they typically do as they celebrate Dionysus in the guise of Saint Patrick -- followed by very aggressive police tactics. (See story below).
 

He's hurting my cold fingers! Hold him down by the face with your knee or boot, and punch him in the kidneys so he'll pee, while I cut off his circulation with these plastic zip cuffs (AP).

Future monument to rebel fighter Ernesto Che Guevara in Galway, Ireland. Che was part Latino and part Irish, a Son of Ireland with a rebellious spirit (thesundaytimes.co.uk).

Oh, h*ll no, not on my beat! Brothers, it's time for the Code of Silence. Let's get 'er done. There will be no partying on this college campus so close to the Feast of Saint Patrick (AP).

    

AMHERST, Massachusetts - The chaos at the University of Massachusetts over the weekend during a pre-St. Patrick's Day celebration brought new attention to an old problem affecting colleges across the country: How to deal with alcohol-fueled revelers during the March festivities.

Celebrations near the UMass campus in Amherst spiraled out of control Saturday as police dealt with thousands of drunken and unruly people during the annual "Blarney Blowout." More than 70 were arrested and four officers suffered minor injuries.

Like other colleges and towns, UMass and Amherst officials took action to try to prevent problems. The university warned students last week that there would be an increased police presence Saturday, and Amherst police prepared for large-scale disturbances...

The Party People gather for pre-St. Patrick's Day "Blarney Blowout" near the Univ. of Massachusetts in Amherst on Saturday, March 8, 2014. According to the Amherst Police Department, four coppers were slightly hurt as they beat back hundreds of unruly students who were throwing empty beer cans and plastic bottles at them as large college crowds gathered at an off-campus apartment complex (AP).

CENSORED: the Breasts of Mardi Gras (video)

Pfc. Sandoval, Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly; FEMEN.org

(CTFxC) Mardi Gras on Bourbon Street, New Orleans: adults play in a Dionysian display

Carnaval?

Carnal and hedonistic cravings come over one before revelers retire to a Lenten period of religious reflection and guilt, at least for practitioners of French and Roman Catholicism but maybe not so much for followers of Santeria, Voodoo/Houdou, Satanism, and/or Protestantism.

FEMEN coming to the USA

The best thing about being Catholic is that, before the penitent ascetic period of Lent, there is the wanton excess and guilty delights of Carnivale (flesh-fest, "leaving behind carne" or meat), which comes to a climax on Mardi Gras or "Fat[tening up] Tuesday," the last chance to grow obese by eating slaughtered animals (other than fish, insects, and whatever other way of cheating there is) for 40 days.

 

In ancient Christian Ethiopia, in fact, "fasting" (not eating) means eating only vegetarian food.

SlutWalk activists (adikanda.com)

In Brazil and other Catholic strongholds, the feast/fest is bigger than India's Eunuchs' Festival, a time of homosexual debauchery because they are not really eunuchs. The problem is one of translation for the odd and ill defined Buddhist term pandaka, which means something more like "pervert," sodomite, transsexual, transgender, third gender (Thai kathoey), transvestite, hermaphrodite, receptive or effeminate homosexual, rapacious pansexual, sex addict, and/or gender nonnormative individual.

 

(CJO/cdbaby.com) Boobs, booze, and exhibitionism on Bourbon St., USA

  

It is likely that pandakas rather than gays were excluded from monastic participation in accordance with the Disciplinary Code. But for the ancients, what was "gay" and what was "perverse" were different from our changing definitions. Pandaka is Sanskrit, meaning "without testicles, hermaphroditic, or homosexual."

Topless protesting is coming to the USA

Sextremism means death to patriarchy.

Femen announces the launch of a US branch of Sextremists. "I can't name enemies, as it’s strategic information that we don't share. But I can assure you sure that once American women are trained and ready to act as Femen, every place of gender injustice, every representative of patriarchal culture, will be a target of FEMEN USA. We will not leave religious institutions in peace, with their lobbying for anti-women policies. And Republican politicians will not walk the streets without worry [if they] lobby for anti-women legislation. Femen is a special troop of reaction and punishment." TO JOIN CONTACT: femen.ks@gmail.com More

Who celebrates pre-lenten festivals?

What are you staring at, sweetie? - Your pendant?

Carnivale is traditionally held in areas with a large Catholic and to a lesser extent, Eastern Orthodox makeup. Protestant areas usually do not have such celebrations or have modified traditions, such as the Danish Carnival or other Shrove Tuesday events. Conversely, the Philippines, although a predominantly Roman Catholic country, does not celebrate Carnival because it has been culturally influenced by neighboring Buddhist Asian nations, which do not (philstar.com).

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• Homosexuality and Buddhism: Pandakas "The pandaka was also viewed as possessing a distinct psychological makeup.... "As for the etiology of the homosexual condition, Indian Buddhist tradition, at least as represented by Buddhaghosa... 
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• Same Sex Marriages? (Vista Buddhist Temple)
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• Hinduism's views on homosexuality? (Quora)
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• AUDIO: Killing Kitty Genovese (NPR)
• Mardi Gras in Los Angeles (Huff Post)
• Vegetarian Guide to Ethiopian Food (Jack 'n Jill)

Incredible Thailand (photos)

Richard Dillon Dillon, CC Liu (editor), Wisdom Quarterly

Golden Buddha reclining into final nirvana, riverside Bangkok (Dennison Uy/flickr.com)

 

Four-faced Brahma (asianform.com)

[Theravada] Buddhism is the key religion in Thailand. Thus, it is easy to spot Buddha statues all over the country and not only in Phuket [pronounced, pooh-khet]. 

 

Its capital city, Bangkok [the full name of which is roughly the equivalent of the full name of Los Angeles, both meaning something akin to the City of Angels, and not in an ironic way, as decadent and hedonistic as the megalopolises are], has the famous four-faced Buddha. [This famous statue is not actually the Buddha at all, but a golden Brahma in an intersection.]

Bangkok, Hua-Lamphong train station, Thailand's main train station (Gift-of-Light/flickr)

  

Heavenly temple, Chiang Mai (Swissrock/flickr)

It attracts many tourists from all over the world. For history enthusiasts who are always looking for educational tours, Thailand is the perfect country to explore. [Not only is it tourist-friendly, one of the most welcoming places in the world, it is also ancient, vibrant, the third or fourth most vibrant economy in Asia behind China and Japan, and maybe Singapore, it is also very "Buddhist."]

 

Temple murals (fredMin/flickr)

[It enjoys tropical coastlines and islands in the peninsular south, rainforests in the north, a forest meditation tradition in Isan (northeast Thailand) and elsewhere, as well as thickets of jungle and remaining old-world culture dotting the entire country, alongside skyscrapers, ancient temples, viharas (monasteries), and Southeast Asian architecture influenced by India, China, neighboring Cambodia, and Vietnam.

 

Koh Phi Phi Island (Karpalain tsunami video)

It has many attractions of different natures -- water, land, and air. It is fun, relaxing, and everything happens under the sun. But the country never sleeps, and its nightlife has made it famous. The Pat Pong red light district, the curbside eateries, the warm communal sharing...
 

(Lagoon the_nomad_soul/flickr)

With its many islands, tourists can hop from one adventure to another in no time.

It may not be the best country, but it certainly has to be one of the top three travel destinations.

The south has even more surprises with full moon beach parties, incredible water bound land masses (kohs), remote beaches made famous by Leonardo DiCaprio, and secret lagoons like the one the castaways enjoyed on Gilligan's Island.
 

"The Beach" - Leo in search of adventures in Southeast Asia

The Devil's media on my TV (video)

Pat Macpherson, Pfc. Sandoval, Wisdom Quarterly; BillZebub.com; HALLOWEEN SERIES

Yama (King of the Dead), demon, temple guardian, hell warden (o_0/flickr.com)

(AncientAliensTruth) The real history and legendary exaggeration of "The Devil"

 

I quite like it.

"Black Metal: The Music of Satan" is a no holds barred documentary on the Black Metal scene in Europe and America from the mind of Bill Zebub. [Uh, Pat, we can't show that video. What, why? It's so funny! BANNED by you-know-who for a scene that is too explicit to air. We're going in a different direction, something on the surprising history of the devil. JERRY SPRINGER? No, the Bible guy.]

(MrB) Have we been duped by evil Hollywood moguls again?

Is the "Jerry Springer Show" fake or an exploration of America's

repugnant underbelly? KCAL 9 News, Los Angeles, investigates.

 
Some people think of American and Norwegian church burnings and murders when they hear the term "black metal." This documentary is not for those people. Zebub wanted to prove that a documentary about black metal could be entertaining without sensationalism. Sensationalism? Let's go with that! Will the real Scandinavian "Black Metal" please stand up:

(MVDmusicvideo) "Black Metal Satanica" WARNING: Shocking!

 
"Black Metal Satanica" is an in-depth music documentary. It captures the dark, mystical, and evil history of the genre. Based on Scandinavian Viking lore, it borrows from ancient Viking melodies, lyrics, and mythology dating back to the 11th century. A new wave of musicians give their take on the current state of the music and the extreme, almost inhuman, acts that surround this controversial subculture. Self-mutilation, murder, suicide, church-burning, the desecration of graves and corpses are all covered here in shocking and graphic detail!

 

Tibetan chakrabhava "Wheel of Existence" sacred tapestry (viewzone.com)

 

Hey, man, it's just musick.

See the artists express themselves candidly while, of course, some embarrass themselves with their detachable facades. But that's entertainment! The show must go on, and the masks must fall off.

From the mind of Grimoire Magazine and films like "Death Metal: Are We Watching You Die?," "Metal Retardation," and "Black Metal: Norwegian Legacy."

This documentary features interviews with bands like King Diamond (Mercyful Fate), Dimmu Borgir, Cradle of Filth, Venom, Darkthrone, Behemoth, Immortal, Enthroned, Enslaved, Satyricon, Marduk, and many more.

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Electronic Dance Music (EDM) craze
(The Fine Bros/MyMusicShow.tv) Episode 38: "Raver Madness" (new episodes every Tuesday)

• Does Wisdom Quarterly actually believe in the Christian "devil" or "God" for that matter?