Ryokan, a Zen master, lived the simplest kind of life in a little hut at the foot of a mountain. One evening, a thief visited the hut only to discover there was nothing to steal.

Ryokan returned and caught him. “You have come a long way to visit me,” he told the prowler, “and you should not return empty-handed. Please, take my clothes as a gift.”

The thief was bewildered. He took the clothes and slunk away.

Ryoken sat naked, watching the moon. “Poor fellow,” he mused, “I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.”

that was Reagan, but all these demons get confusing

huh, well I have no idea why it was at the top of AP’s oddities section, being so old

I want to know, specifically, what judge Deter considers ‘boneless’ cooking style, because what the fuck

service hasn’t guaranteed citizenship since Trump scrapped the program in his first term

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Arenas “rented out an Encino mansion he owned for the purpose of hosting high-stakes illegal poker games,” the AG said in a press release, adding that at Arenas’ direction, Arthur Kats, 51, of West Hollywood, staged the mansion to host the games.

Kats also found co-conspirators to host the games, and collected rent from the co-conspirators on Arenas’ behalf, the release added.

So yeah, he was taking a rake

cult leader Paul Mackenzie ordered his followers to starve themselves and their children to death so that they could go to heaven before the world ended

straight up shoots a guy over parking, the cops show up, and he gets to walk away for months.

I think he should rethink not releasing the Epstein files

The new bills essentially say that bike lanes and pedestrian facilities can only be improved upon or added to a highway project if they provide a secondary benefit to the project, or are near schools or parks, or if there are federal regulations requiring such action. Any elected person who tries to infringe on these laws can be charged with a misdemeanor and punished by up to a year in prison and $1000 fine.

The news release announcing Edara’s death did not mention the heat wave gripping much of the South and the Midwest, and what caused his death is under investigation.