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POPSDemons: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary on Demons The Nirvana Sutra lists four types of demon: i) greed, anger and delusion; ii) ii) the five skandas, or obstructions caused by physical and mental functions; iii) iii) death; iv) iv) the demon of the Sixth Heaven (Realm of Desire).
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POPSFeds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama
The two were charged by federal authorities Monday with possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer, and threatening a candidate for president. Cowart and Schlesselman are being held without bond. Agents seized a rifle, a sawed-off shotgun and three pistols from the men when they were arrested. Authorities alleged the two men were preparing to break into a gun shop to steal more. The numbers 14 and 88 are symbols in skinhead culture, referring to a 14-word phrase attributed to an imprisoned white supremacist: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children" and to the eighth letter of the alphabet, H. Two "8"s or "H"s stand for "Heil Hitler." Court records say Cowart and Schlesselman also bought nylon rope and ski masks to use in a robbery or home invasion to fund their spree, during which they allegedly planned to go from state to state and kill people. Agents said the skinheads did not iden
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POPSNobel Laureate Yunus: 'Capitalism has degenerated into a casino' these castles don't exist at all. That was the point at which the financial system collapsed." Also true during the '90s tech boom and bust with all that betting on little companies not even worth the paper their IPOs were written on. And let's not forget all the employees working like slaves for promises. Oh when will we learn?
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POPSMcCain's Real Petraeus Doctrine Wikileaks has obtained the "Petraeus doctrine" the Pentagon didn't want to show you." In 2005 a number of credible media reports suggested the Pentagon was intensely debating "the Salvador option" for Iraq.. According to the New York Times Magazine: The template for Iraq today is not Vietnam, with which it has often been compared, but El Salvador. This is just evil. End the wars and shut down Gitmo!
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POPSThe Tea Baggers' Strange Brew To be sure, what theoretically began as a protest against profligate government has morphed into a Rorschach Test of right-wing political grievance. (For examples, see this video collection from Huffington Post.) Glenn Beck's astro-turf acolytes decry saboteurs and "communists," evolution and "brainwashing machines." The tea baggers' strange brew of Birthers and Birchers proclaim Barack Obama foreign-born while issuing calls to "burn the books." In the end, the far-right foaming at the mouth (starting around the 1:58 mark above) was enough for the renegade conservative blog Little Green Footballs: "This is some really deranged stuff, and the audience is eating it up."
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