Disbasing Zen Stories
2023-11-13 09:17:53 UTC
Zen-Tantric Chronicles, Vol I, Issue 1 +
November 11, 2023
Updates: Zen Mayor Eric Adams ... breaking bad ...
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BREAKING NEWS
Prosecutors and the F.B.I. are investigating whether Mayor Eric Adams's 2021 campaign conspired with Turkey's government, a search warrant shows.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 7:07 PM ET
The investigation burst into public view on Thursday when federal agents conducted an early-morning raid at the Brooklyn home of the mayor's chief fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs.
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BREAKING NEWS
The F.B.I. seized the phones of Mayor Eric Adams amid an investigation of his 2021 campaign, two people close to the matter said.
Friday, November 10, 2023 3:41 PM ET
The seizure appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a federal corruption investigation into whether the New York City mayor's campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others, the people said.
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More on this below.
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... Mixing the Martial Arts Practices
... With the Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra
... The Oscar Slap and Tai Chi (Physical Zen}
... Zen Mayor Adams (Green Dragon Zen}
... Zen President Putin and
... Judo/Sambo/Karate (Physical Zen)
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Background for Toxic Zen Stories:
https://groups.google.com/group/alt.zen/msg/b4ad0ce368728934?hl=en
________ Mixing the Martial Arts Practices _______
________ With the Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra ____
This 20-pager is contained in an Adobe PDF file, stored as a Google Doc. It was written at the end of the Bush administration and is provided here as a basis for the rest of this. Read it and weep.
Mixing slander with the Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra is entirely Shinto, and Shinto is entirely the creature of toxic Zen.
There are three versions of the file:
1. With underlines, bolding and highlights for ease of quick reading:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1xmnHkI0Z-dY2E4YWY3YTAtYmVlMi00MmRlLWEyYWYtMmU3NGY2ODZjODE4&hl=en
2. With Underlines only (if the highlighting bothers you):
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1xmnHkI0Z-dN2UyOTA5YzMtNzJlMC00NDUxLTk0MzgtZTc5NjQzYWIwMjk3&hl=en
3. Plain text (if you like it pristine):
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B1xmnHkI0Z-dZWU3ZDNhZDctOWQ0Ni00ZjNiLWI1YmQtMjZjMDA5OGM5NmE3&hl=en
Google docs can search these files in a clumsy fashion, but you can download them and search them more easily in Adobe Reader.
________ The Oscar Slap and Tai Chi (Physical Zen} ___________
Shaolin Tai Chi and Qigong are derived from Physical Zen and Shaolin Kung Fu. Tai Chi and Qigong actually come directly from Bodhidharma's meditations on flows in the body. They are inseparable from each other, and from their source.
He emerged after nine years of seclusion and wrote two classics: Yi Jin Jing or Yi Gin Ching - Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic and Xi Sui Jing (or Shii Soei Ching - Marrow/Brain Washing Classic.
The Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic taught the priests how to gain health and change their physical bodies from weak to strong. The Marrow/Brain Washing Classic taught the priests how to use Qi to clean the bone marrow and strengthen the blood and immune system, as well as how to energize the brain and attain enlightenment. Because the Marrow/Brain Washing Classic was harder to understand and practice, the training methods were passed down secretly to only a very few disciples in each generation.
The History of Qigong.
http://www.crystalinks.com/qigong.html
The History of Tai Chi (Ta Mo is another name for Bodhidharma)
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/history.html
The Lineage of Tai-chi and Lohan Qigong.
http://www.tai-chi-centre.com/lohan.htm
Bodhidharma, the Alien Aryan
http://www.hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/MartialArts/MartialArts/martial3.html
Qigong was a primary art of the Shaolin temple, until it was sacked and almost all of the inhabitants were massacred about 200 years ago. But a few escaped the fate of the many believers of Qigong.
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Will Smith on Tai Chi:
"Will does know some martial arts as he practices tai chi with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Will seems to enjoy more low-intensity martial arts as he refers to tai chi as 'Kung Fu for 40-year olds.' "
by Sandra Robinson, 2020/10/06
https://celebanswers.com/does-will-smith-know-martial-arts/
So, "The Slap," in the face of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, had some "middle-aged" preparation. His wife began her career in films showing some mastery of the martial arts as a tough girl.
Physical Zen is just another Zen practice, like raking the sand in a Zen garden, or committing Hara Kiri or Seppuku (belly-cutting with a sharp knife after writing a parting Zen koan.)
"... the Zen school is the invention of the heavenly devil"
- Nichiren Daishonin, "Letter to Akimoto", WND I, p. 1016.
https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/144#para-14
Zen is a horrible slander of the Law and leads to miserable results in one's life and for countless lives after this one. You dig out the space beneath your feet with every Zen action, and then with a glorious victory just out of reach, you are plunged into the void: it is like turning a corner, or walking through a portal into a horror story of a different world with no way back.
However, the Lotus Sutra does allow you to repair your broken karma. (See at the bottom of this issue.)
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Once upon a time, there was a previous high official of the City of New York, who was a physical Zen master:
From: About Bernard Kerik
https://bernardkerik.com/about/
"Mr. Kerik is a 7th Degree Master Instructor in the martial arts, studying both Korean and Japanese Karate, and has been inducted into the Centurion Black Belt Hall of Fame, received the Joe Lewis Eternal Warrior Award and in 2019 he was inducted into the World Tae Kwon Do Hall of Fame."
Yeah, a real mixed martial arts champion, a real tough guy. So, that genius of a mayor Rudy Giuliani appointed him Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, in office: 1998–2000.
Having solved all the problems of Ryker's Island, (Right? Isn't Ryker's just a paradise, now?) Bernard Kerik was again promoted by Rudy as Police Commissioner of New York City, in office: August 21, 2000 – December 31, 2001 (to the end of Giuliani's term as Mayor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik#Law_enforcement)
The September 11 2001 attacks were executed against the city under his "protection" during his tenure. It appears as if misfortune is directed towards the jurisdiction placed under the protection of highly positioned Zen men. Let's see if the pattern repeats.
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-w-bush-declares-mission-accomplished-video
From aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, standing directly under a "Mission Accomplished" banner, President George W. Bush declares, "In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."
17 days later, Bernard Kerik was placed in charge of training all the Iraqi police forces as the interim Interior Minister of Iraq and also as the senior policy adviser to U.S. presidential envoy to Iraq, Paul Bremer, another genius bureaucrat: Minister of the Interior of Iraq, in office: May 18, 2003 – September 2, 2003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik#Interim_Minister_of_Interior_of_Iraq
After that appointment all hell broke loose and the insurgency in Iraq lead to the emergence of Al Qaeda in Iraq, which did not previously exist IN IRAQ, under a man named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, as the 1st Emir of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which led directly to ISIS. The enormous black dog of misfortune that is the punishment for Zen slander, does not quickly let go when it bites down and shakes its victim over and over again.
President Bush then nominated Bernard Kerik as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, which was hastily withdrawn in great embarassment, since Bernard was headed to prison. Turns out that, during his tenure as Interior Minister of Iraq, Kerik secretly accepted and failed to report a $250,000 interest-free "loan" from Israeli billionaire Eitan Wertheimer, a gift later determined to be a bribe, for which he was indicted by the US government and sentenced to prison.It is an open question as to what Wertheimer expected to receive in return for the money:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik#Nomination_as_U.S._Secretary_of_Homeland_Security
After a stint in the Federal Penitentiary in May 2010 for three years plus three years supervised release, Kerik was granted a presidential pardon for his federal convictions by Donald Trump on February 18, 2020. This was a debt that must be repaid by the Zen man to Donald Trump in kind.
In gratitude he went to work on the 2020 Trump campaign (another glorious success, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory), afterwards standing behind Rudy Giuliani at the famous Four Seasons (Landscaping) press conference in Philly. He was one of many claiming to have the evidence of widespread voter fraud: Stop the Steal!
If you wonder how all that cartoonish QAnon stuff can be taken for reality, remember the presence of leading Zen men D.T. Suzuki across Europe, and "Zen In the Art of Archery" writer Eugen Herrigel as the Rector of Erlangen-Nuremberg University, just across town from the offices of the major anti-semitic propaganda rag "Der Stürmer" in the heart of Bavaria as the Nazis grew strength and the public seriously believed what became prominent in the cartoons of Der Stürmer in that time about Jews drinking the blood of Christian children. Zen IS a cartoon of human life, and the prominence and acceptance of Zen and its proponents leads to the people under the influence of that prominence living in a cartoon reality.
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik#2020_presidential_election
"Among the documents Kerik provided was one sent by Giuliani associate Maria Ryan. She had received a proposed plan from QAnon conspiracy circulator Ron Watkins on November 11, 2020, which was meant to facilitate the overturning of the election. She forwarded it the next day to her team member Kerik. Watkins stated he had discovered 'weak points' in voting machines manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems."
"Ryan forwarded to Ron Watkins the Kerik offer to help overturn the election. The Watkins plan for Trump to remain in office incorporated what was termed, an 'astroturfing cult.' The instruments for effectuating the plan were to utilize an army of social media MAGA posters and gathering protests outside the homes of lawmakers as a means of intimidation."
This "homes of lawmakers intimidation", morphed into intimidation at their workplace, the Capitol Building and the rest is history on January 6, 2021.
All that, just for putting a physical Zen master in a position of authority and responsibility.
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Remember the famous quote from a Western Ch'an (Chinese Zen) master, "If you see the Buddha walking down the street, kill him."
Keeping that Zen admonition in mind, we have another top Zen cop in New York City that has recently emerged into prominence once again 20 years after Kerik, the destroyer of worlds, but this time he is the Mayor, Eric Adams, and not just physical Zen, this time it's Green Dragon Zen, seated Soto Zen meditation, the real thing, a full throttle determined attack deconstructing the ground under the feet of the Buddhas in the ten directions.
From:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/us/politics/eric-adams-wellness-vegan.html
"Stressed after leaving the police force, he [Adams] eventually learned to meditate with the assistance of Bob Roth, who is known for both his star-studded clientele (he has worked with Ms. Winfrey, Lady Gaga, the Seinfeld family and Katy Perry, among others) and for his work helping at-risk constituencies cope with trauma."
" 'There was a sense of, he really hoped that this was going to help because he had these serious health issues,' Mr. Roth said. 'He's not afraid to be who he is.' "
"The mayor grew philosophical when asked which public persona - stern ex-cop, blissed-out 'Zen mayor' - best reflects the real Eric Adams."
" 'I am constantly evolving,' he said, preparing his smoothie. 'Who I am today is not who I am tomorrow.' "
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Adams#Tenure [as NYC Mayor]
"Shortly after becoming mayor, Adams sought a waiver from the Conflicts of Interest Board to hire his brother, Bernard, for a $210,000 paying job in the NYPD where he would serve as his 'personal security detail.' Bernard started working the job on December 30, 2021, two days before Adams was inaugurated as mayor. Adams was accused of nepotism for this pick. Adams said white supremacy and anarchists are on the rise and 'suggested that he can trust no one in the police department as much as he can his own kin.' He was also criticized for his hiring of Philip Banks III, a former NYPD commander, to serve as deputy mayor for public safety. Banks had been the subject of a federal investigation by the FBI in 2014, the same year he resigned from the police force."
"Eight days into Adam's tenure as Mayor, an apartment fire in the Bronx killed 17 people including eight children. In response to the fire, Adams announced that a law requiring self-closing doors to prevent smoke and fires from spreading throughout apartment buildings would be enforced. However, his administration faced criticism for its slow response in distributing disaster funds to those impacted by the fire."
"New York City faced a significant uptick in crime during the first month of Adams's tenure as Mayor. The uptick in crime was highlighted by the shooting deaths of two NYPD officers, Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora, when responding to a domestic disturbance in Harlem. In response, Adams announced that he would be bringing back a police unit made up of plainclothes officers, which was disbanded by de Blasio in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd. The unit was officially revived on March 16, 2022. In the midst of the crime spree, President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland visited New York City and vowed to work with Adams to crack down on homemade firearms, which lack traceable serial numbers and can be acquired without background checks."
"In February 2022, a video of Adams from 2019 leaked in which the then-Borough President boasted about being a better cop than his 'cracker' colleagues. Adams apologized for his comments, saying, 'I apologize not only to those who heard it but to New Yorkers because they should expect more from me and that was inappropriate.' "
"In February 2022, as part of his efforts to improve the standard of living in New York City, Adams implemented a zero-tolerance policy for homeless people sleeping in subway cars or in subway stations. Under the plan, police officers, assisted by mental health professionals, are tasked with removing homeless people from the subway system and directing them to homeless shelters or mental health hospitals. The plan has been met with criticism from some activists. The Adams administration also took a stand against homeless encampments that were built on the streets of New York. In the first three months of Adam's tenure, more than 300 homeless encampments had been declared. Adams defended these actions arguing that the encampments were unhygienic and the site of open drug use."
"On April 11, 2022, Adams was diagnosed with COVID-19 and entered into quarantine for 10 days. While quarantined, a man shot 10 people on a Subway in Brooklyn. Adams worked virtually to issue a response to the attack and criticized the national 'overproliferation' of guns as being responsible for gun violence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_New_York_City_Subway_attack#Suspect
"[Frank Robert] James' beliefs have been linked to black nationalism, and he has been outspoken in his criticisms toward mayor Eric Adams and New York City's mental health services in several YouTube videos. He implied that a 'race war' was imminent and said that 'White people and Black people should not have any contact with each other.' James characterized the situation of African-Americans as an 'American Auschwitz' and said that 'the seed is already planted for a Nazi Party to rise in this country again and I believe it will.' "
And all of that after less than 4 months after the inauguration of the Zen Mayor, Eric Adams. Stellar!
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/nyregion/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fbi-raid.html?smid=url-share
BREAKING NEWS
Prosecutors and the F.B.I. are investigating whether Mayor Eric Adams's 2021 campaign conspired with Turkey's government, a search warrant shows.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 7:07 PM ET
The investigation burst into public view on Thursday when federal agents conducted an early-morning raid at the Brooklyn home of the mayor's chief fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs.
Ms. Suggs, 25, is the latest in a series of individuals tied to Mr. Adams who have attracted interest from law enforcement, including several connected to the mayor's fund-raising efforts.
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Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are conducting a broad public corruption investigation into whether Mayor Eric Adams's 2021 election campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations, according to a search warrant obtained by The New York Times.
The investigation burst into public view on Thursday when federal agents conducted an early-morning raid at the Brooklyn home of the mayor's chief fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs. Ms. Suggs is a campaign consultant who is deeply entwined with efforts to advance the mayor's agenda.
Investigators also sought to learn more about the potential involvement of a Brooklyn construction company with ties to Turkey, as well as a small university in Washington, D.C., that also has ties to the country and to Mr. Adams.
According to the search warrant, investigators were also focused on whether the mayor's campaign kicked back benefits to the construction company's officials and employees, and to Turkish officials.
The agents seized three iPhones and two laptop computers, along with papers and other evidence, including something agents identified as "manila folder labeled Eric Adams," seven "contribution card binders" and other materials, according to the documents.
There was no indication that the investigation was targeting the mayor, and he is not accused of wrongdoing. Yet the raid apparently prompted him to abruptly cancel several meetings scheduled for Thursday morning in Washington, D.C., where he planned to speak with White House officials and members of Congress about the migrant crisis.
Instead, he hurriedly returned to New York "to deal with a matter," a spokesman for the mayor said.
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Mr. Adams has boasted of his ties to Turkey, most recently during a flag-raising he hosted for the country in Lower Manhattan last week. The mayor said that there were probably no other mayors in New York City history who had visited Turkey as frequently as he has.
"I think I'm on my sixth or seventh visit," he said. At least one of those visits happened while he was Brooklyn borough president, when the government of Turkey underwrote the excursion, The Daily News reported.
Ms. Suggs, who could not be reached for comment, is an essential cog in Mr. Adams's fund-raising machine, which has already raised more than $2.5 million for his 2025 re-election campaign.
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In September, Eric Ulrich, Mr. Adams's former buildings commissioner and senior adviser, was indicted by the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, on 16 felony charges, including counts of conspiracy and bribetaking. Mr. Ulrich, as well as three others indicted at the time, helped organize a 2021 fund-raiser for Mr. Adams.
In July, Mr. Bragg indicted six individuals, including a retired police inspector who once worked and socialized with Mr. Adams, on charges of conspiring to funnel illegal donations to the mayor's 2021 campaign.
The Department of Investigation is also investigating the role of one of the mayor's top aides in a violent altercation last month at a migrant center in Manhattan.
Mr. Adams has tried to distance himself from these inquiries, arguing that he had limited insight into the events that precipitated them. But the investigation of such a close and longtime adviser might be harder to keep at arm's length.
In the past two years, Mr. Adams's re-election campaign has paid Ms. Suggs nearly $100,000 for fund-raising and campaign consulting services via her company, Suggs Solutions, according to city records.
His first mayoral campaign paid her more than $50,000.
Ms. Suggs has also registered as a lobbyist. State records indicate that the East Broadway Mall, a Chinatown real estate concern, hired Ms. Suggs, via an intermediary, to lobby the mayor's office and the City Council on its behalf in 2022.
Ms. Suggs worked as an aide to Mr. Adams when he was Brooklyn borough president, and is particularly close with Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who was his deputy at the time and is currently his top adviser.
Ms. Suggs is deeply embedded in outside efforts to advance the mayor's agenda. A key ally's political action committee, Striving for a Better New York, which promised to support state candidates aligned with Mr. Adams on policy matters, has paid Ms. Suggs roughly $100,000.
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[Oh, maybe the Zen man is really not connected, this is just "optics".]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/nyregion/adams-fbi-investigation-phones.html?smid=url-share
BREAKING NEWS
The F.B.I. seized the phones of Mayor Eric Adams amid an investigation of his 2021 campaign, two people close to the matter said.
Friday, November 10, 2023 3:41 PM ET
The seizure appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a federal corruption investigation into whether the New York City mayor's campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others, the people said.
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F.B.I. agents seized Mayor Eric Adams's electronic devices early this week in what appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a criminal inquiry into whether his 2021 campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others to funnel money into its coffers.
The agents approached the mayor after an event in Manhattan on Monday evening and asked his security detail to step away, a person with knowledge of the matter said. They climbed into his S.U.V. with him and, pursuant to a court-authorized warrant, took his devices, the person said.
The devices - at least two cellphones and an iPad - were returned to the mayor within a matter of days, according to that person and another person familiar with the situation. Law enforcement investigators with a search warrant can make copies of the data on devices after they seize them.
A lawyer for Mr. Adams and his campaign said in a statement that the mayor was cooperating with federal authorities, and had already "proactively reported" at least one instance of improper behavior.
"After learning of the federal investigation, it was discovered that an individual had recently acted improperly," said the lawyer, Boyd Johnson. "In the spirit of transparency and cooperation, this behavior was immediately and proactively reported to investigators."
Mr. Johnson said that Mr. Adams has not been accused of wrongdoing and had "immediately complied with the F.B.I.'s request and provided them with electronic devices." Mr. Adams had attended an anniversary celebration for an education initiative at New York University.
The statement did not identify the individual, detail the conduct reported to authorities or make clear whether the reported misconduct was related to the seizure of the mayor's devices. It was also not immediately clear whether the agents referred to the fund-raising investigation when they took the mayor's devices.
Mr. Adams, in his own statement, said that "as a former member of law enforcement, I expect all members of my staff to follow the law and fully cooperate with any sort of investigation - and I will continue to do exactly that." He added that he had "nothing to hide."
The surprise seizure of Mr. Adams's devices was an extraordinary development and appeared to be the first direct instance of the campaign contribution investigation touching the mayor. Mr. Adams, a retired police captain, said on Wednesday that he is so strident in urging his staff to "follow the law" that he can be almost "annoying." He laughed at the notion that he had any potential criminal exposure.
Spokesmen for the F.B.I. and the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, whose prosecutors are also investigating the matter, declined to comment.
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Earlier, while Mr. Adams was a New York state senator, the state inspector general found that he and other Senate Democrats had fraternized with lobbyists and accepted significant campaign contributions from people affiliated with contenders for a video lottery contract at Aqueduct Racetrack.
In response to a Times examination of his fund-raising record in 2021, Mr. Adams attributed the scrutiny in part to his race.
"Black candidates for office are often held to a higher, unfair standard - especially those from lower-income backgrounds such as myself," he said in a statement then. "No campaign of mine has ever been charged with a serious fund-raising violation, and no contribution has ever affected my decision-making as a public official." He added: "I did not go from being a person that enforced the law to become one that breaks the law."
Mr. Adams is not the first city mayor whose fund-raising has attracted federal scrutiny. In 2017, federal prosecutors examined episodes in which Bill de Blasio, who was then the mayor, or his surrogates sought donations from people seeking favors from the city, and then made inquiries to city agencies on their behalf.
In deciding not to bring charges, the acting United States attorney, Joon H. Kim, cited "the particular difficulty in proving criminal intent in corruption schemes where there is no evidence of personal profit." Mr. de Blasio received a warning letter about those activities from the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.
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[Hey, Bill de Blasio isn't black, but he was investigated ... but he did have a black wife (now separated, though) and family, maybe that's it.
Or maybe it's just the effects of toxic Zen: that has all these "persons of interest" within the event horizon of Zen Mayor Eric Adams, spiraling down into his singularity where even photons cannot escape.
Fear not, Mr. Zen Mayor, this is not the end. The brutal and painful lesson teaching the utter and disastrous foolishness of associating with Zen toxicity is not over for the City of New York.]
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________ Zen President Putin and _________________
________ Judo/Sambo/Karate (Physical Zen) ________
For years, certifiably insane people have been hailing as a genius, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the ex-KGB master of Dezinformatsia (disinformation), and a real mass/serial murderer and genocidal maniac.
He is of course, the most prominent Zen man in history, since he holds personal control over the largest collection of deliverable nuclear weapons in the world. If it weren't for Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan, he would have twice as many nuclear weapons to make the rubble bounce. Vladimir Putin feels his control over his nuclear weapons has made the Zen man unstoppable and supreme over all other people in the world, the master of worldly affairs, capable of anything and culpable for nothing.
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#Sports
"Putin has been practicing judo since he was 11 years old, before switching to sambo at the age of fourteen. He won competitions in both sports in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). He was awarded eighth dan of the black belt in 2012, becoming the first Russian to achieve the status. Putin also practises karate."
"He [Vladimir Putin] co-authored a book entitled Judo [with Vasily Shestakov and Alexey Levitsky] in Russian, and Judo: History, Theory, Practice in English (2004). Benjamin Wittes, a black belt in taekwondo and aikido and editor of Lawfare, has disputed Putin's martial arts skills, stating that there is no video evidence of Putin displaying any real noteworthy judo skills."
So, Vladimir Putin, a little over a month ago, decided to genocidally wipe out Ukraine and what it means to be Ukrainian, because a Western democracy and free member of the European Union existing right next door to his gangster regime gas station was too much for him to tolerate. Having not learned the lesson that Leonid Brezhnev had to learn after his disastrous invasion of Afghanistan: that technology trumps armor, he now faces Leonid's fate.
Just recently, he took away another child's stuffed horse in Kramatorsk and subsequently lost his favorite cruiser because of it.
Stuffed Horse:
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article260253990.html
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1514666578473857034
Favorite Cruiser:
https://twitter.com/BormanIke/status/1515816220393713665
And he has lost his honorary presidency of the International Judo Federation because of his actions. What goes around, comes around.
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/putin-suspended-honorary-president-international-judo-federation-2022-02-27/
Why is this happening?
Here's what I think: the Law at the heart of the Lotus Sutra rules earthly affairs, and in 1957, Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda called for the total abolition of nuclear weapons and gave that mission to the youth of the Soka Gakkai, headed by his closest disciple at his side, Daisaku Ikeda.
Now, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda is nearing the end of his life and that great admonition of his mentor is coming to fruition. There is an entanglement between Josei Toda and Daisaku Ikeda in 1957 and Daisaku Ikeda, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin in 2022. It is simply cause and effect.
As horrible and disastrous as this process is, it appears that this was the only path through to removing these weapons from the world, one way or the other.
The common mortals who are the Buddhas in the 10 directions of this world have chosen this path that we are pursuing, courageously. I say we, because we are all in on this endeavour.
Now, I have total faith in the Gohonzon, the supreme object of devotion throughout Jambudvipa (the cosmos), by total, I mean 100%, not 99.999...%
I bet my life and all of yours on it, and I do not begrudge our lives for the purpose of Kosen Rufu. So, we shouldn't fear the future, because the future is Kosen Rufu, and we should focus on that instead of our fears of annihilation at the hands of perpetually putative Putin.
-Chas.
. a prescription for the poisoned ones:
.
. The only antidote for the toxic effects of Zen in your life ...
.
. be that from Zen meditation, or the variant forms: physical
. Zen in the martial arts, Qigong, Acupuncture, Falun Gong,
. Copenhagen Convention of Quantum Mechanics, EST,
. Landmark Education, Nazism, Bushido, the Jesuits,
. Al Qaeda, or merely from having the distorted view that life
. is acausal, and that the true entity of all phenomena
. is the void ...
.
. with the effects of the loss of loved ones, detachment,
. isolation or various forms of emptiness in your life ...
.
. is the Lotus Sutra: chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo
. at least 3 times, twice a day, for the rest of your life,
. in at least a whisper ...
.
. and if you can, chant abundantly in a resonant voice !!!
.
. The full 28 Chapters of the Lotus Sutra,
. Nichiren Daishonin's Gosho volumes I and II,
. the Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings
. (Gosho Zenshu, including the Ongi Kuden) and the
. SGI Dictionary of Buddhism are located at:
.
https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/
.
. To find an SGI Community Center:
.
https://www.sgi-usa.org/find-us/
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LS Chap. 16 .....
All harbor thoughts of yearning
and in their minds thirst to gaze at me.
When living beings have become truly faithful,
honest and upright, gentle in intent,
single-mindedly desiring to see the Buddha
not hesitating even if it costs them their lives,
then I and the assembly of monks
appear together on Holy Eagle Peak.
At that time I tell the living beings
that I am always here, never entering extinction,
but that because of the power of an expedient means
at times I appear to be extinct, at other times not,
and that if there are living beings in other lands
who are reverent and sincere in their wish to believe,
then among them too
I will preach the unsurpassed Law.
November 11, 2023
Updates: Zen Mayor Eric Adams ... breaking bad ...
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BREAKING NEWS
Prosecutors and the F.B.I. are investigating whether Mayor Eric Adams's 2021 campaign conspired with Turkey's government, a search warrant shows.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 7:07 PM ET
The investigation burst into public view on Thursday when federal agents conducted an early-morning raid at the Brooklyn home of the mayor's chief fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs.
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BREAKING NEWS
The F.B.I. seized the phones of Mayor Eric Adams amid an investigation of his 2021 campaign, two people close to the matter said.
Friday, November 10, 2023 3:41 PM ET
The seizure appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a federal corruption investigation into whether the New York City mayor's campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others, the people said.
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... Mixing the Martial Arts Practices
... With the Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra
... The Oscar Slap and Tai Chi (Physical Zen}
... Zen Mayor Adams (Green Dragon Zen}
... Zen President Putin and
... Judo/Sambo/Karate (Physical Zen)
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Background for Toxic Zen Stories:
https://groups.google.com/group/alt.zen/msg/b4ad0ce368728934?hl=en
________ Mixing the Martial Arts Practices _______
________ With the Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra ____
This 20-pager is contained in an Adobe PDF file, stored as a Google Doc. It was written at the end of the Bush administration and is provided here as a basis for the rest of this. Read it and weep.
Mixing slander with the Buddhism of the Lotus Sutra is entirely Shinto, and Shinto is entirely the creature of toxic Zen.
There are three versions of the file:
1. With underlines, bolding and highlights for ease of quick reading:
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Google docs can search these files in a clumsy fashion, but you can download them and search them more easily in Adobe Reader.
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Shaolin Tai Chi and Qigong are derived from Physical Zen and Shaolin Kung Fu. Tai Chi and Qigong actually come directly from Bodhidharma's meditations on flows in the body. They are inseparable from each other, and from their source.
He emerged after nine years of seclusion and wrote two classics: Yi Jin Jing or Yi Gin Ching - Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic and Xi Sui Jing (or Shii Soei Ching - Marrow/Brain Washing Classic.
The Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic taught the priests how to gain health and change their physical bodies from weak to strong. The Marrow/Brain Washing Classic taught the priests how to use Qi to clean the bone marrow and strengthen the blood and immune system, as well as how to energize the brain and attain enlightenment. Because the Marrow/Brain Washing Classic was harder to understand and practice, the training methods were passed down secretly to only a very few disciples in each generation.
The History of Qigong.
http://www.crystalinks.com/qigong.html
The History of Tai Chi (Ta Mo is another name for Bodhidharma)
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Philosophy/Taichi/history.html
The Lineage of Tai-chi and Lohan Qigong.
http://www.tai-chi-centre.com/lohan.htm
Bodhidharma, the Alien Aryan
http://www.hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/MartialArts/MartialArts/martial3.html
Qigong was a primary art of the Shaolin temple, until it was sacked and almost all of the inhabitants were massacred about 200 years ago. But a few escaped the fate of the many believers of Qigong.
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Will Smith on Tai Chi:
"Will does know some martial arts as he practices tai chi with his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Will seems to enjoy more low-intensity martial arts as he refers to tai chi as 'Kung Fu for 40-year olds.' "
by Sandra Robinson, 2020/10/06
https://celebanswers.com/does-will-smith-know-martial-arts/
So, "The Slap," in the face of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, had some "middle-aged" preparation. His wife began her career in films showing some mastery of the martial arts as a tough girl.
Physical Zen is just another Zen practice, like raking the sand in a Zen garden, or committing Hara Kiri or Seppuku (belly-cutting with a sharp knife after writing a parting Zen koan.)
"... the Zen school is the invention of the heavenly devil"
- Nichiren Daishonin, "Letter to Akimoto", WND I, p. 1016.
https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/wnd-1/Content/144#para-14
Zen is a horrible slander of the Law and leads to miserable results in one's life and for countless lives after this one. You dig out the space beneath your feet with every Zen action, and then with a glorious victory just out of reach, you are plunged into the void: it is like turning a corner, or walking through a portal into a horror story of a different world with no way back.
However, the Lotus Sutra does allow you to repair your broken karma. (See at the bottom of this issue.)
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Once upon a time, there was a previous high official of the City of New York, who was a physical Zen master:
From: About Bernard Kerik
https://bernardkerik.com/about/
"Mr. Kerik is a 7th Degree Master Instructor in the martial arts, studying both Korean and Japanese Karate, and has been inducted into the Centurion Black Belt Hall of Fame, received the Joe Lewis Eternal Warrior Award and in 2019 he was inducted into the World Tae Kwon Do Hall of Fame."
Yeah, a real mixed martial arts champion, a real tough guy. So, that genius of a mayor Rudy Giuliani appointed him Commissioner of the New York City Department of Correction, in office: 1998–2000.
Having solved all the problems of Ryker's Island, (Right? Isn't Ryker's just a paradise, now?) Bernard Kerik was again promoted by Rudy as Police Commissioner of New York City, in office: August 21, 2000 – December 31, 2001 (to the end of Giuliani's term as Mayor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik#Law_enforcement)
The September 11 2001 attacks were executed against the city under his "protection" during his tenure. It appears as if misfortune is directed towards the jurisdiction placed under the protection of highly positioned Zen men. Let's see if the pattern repeats.
https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-w-bush-declares-mission-accomplished-video
From aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, standing directly under a "Mission Accomplished" banner, President George W. Bush declares, "In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed."
17 days later, Bernard Kerik was placed in charge of training all the Iraqi police forces as the interim Interior Minister of Iraq and also as the senior policy adviser to U.S. presidential envoy to Iraq, Paul Bremer, another genius bureaucrat: Minister of the Interior of Iraq, in office: May 18, 2003 – September 2, 2003
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik#Interim_Minister_of_Interior_of_Iraq
After that appointment all hell broke loose and the insurgency in Iraq lead to the emergence of Al Qaeda in Iraq, which did not previously exist IN IRAQ, under a man named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, as the 1st Emir of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, which led directly to ISIS. The enormous black dog of misfortune that is the punishment for Zen slander, does not quickly let go when it bites down and shakes its victim over and over again.
President Bush then nominated Bernard Kerik as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, which was hastily withdrawn in great embarassment, since Bernard was headed to prison. Turns out that, during his tenure as Interior Minister of Iraq, Kerik secretly accepted and failed to report a $250,000 interest-free "loan" from Israeli billionaire Eitan Wertheimer, a gift later determined to be a bribe, for which he was indicted by the US government and sentenced to prison.It is an open question as to what Wertheimer expected to receive in return for the money:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik#Nomination_as_U.S._Secretary_of_Homeland_Security
After a stint in the Federal Penitentiary in May 2010 for three years plus three years supervised release, Kerik was granted a presidential pardon for his federal convictions by Donald Trump on February 18, 2020. This was a debt that must be repaid by the Zen man to Donald Trump in kind.
In gratitude he went to work on the 2020 Trump campaign (another glorious success, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory), afterwards standing behind Rudy Giuliani at the famous Four Seasons (Landscaping) press conference in Philly. He was one of many claiming to have the evidence of widespread voter fraud: Stop the Steal!
If you wonder how all that cartoonish QAnon stuff can be taken for reality, remember the presence of leading Zen men D.T. Suzuki across Europe, and "Zen In the Art of Archery" writer Eugen Herrigel as the Rector of Erlangen-Nuremberg University, just across town from the offices of the major anti-semitic propaganda rag "Der Stürmer" in the heart of Bavaria as the Nazis grew strength and the public seriously believed what became prominent in the cartoons of Der Stürmer in that time about Jews drinking the blood of Christian children. Zen IS a cartoon of human life, and the prominence and acceptance of Zen and its proponents leads to the people under the influence of that prominence living in a cartoon reality.
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kerik#2020_presidential_election
"Among the documents Kerik provided was one sent by Giuliani associate Maria Ryan. She had received a proposed plan from QAnon conspiracy circulator Ron Watkins on November 11, 2020, which was meant to facilitate the overturning of the election. She forwarded it the next day to her team member Kerik. Watkins stated he had discovered 'weak points' in voting machines manufactured by Dominion Voting Systems."
"Ryan forwarded to Ron Watkins the Kerik offer to help overturn the election. The Watkins plan for Trump to remain in office incorporated what was termed, an 'astroturfing cult.' The instruments for effectuating the plan were to utilize an army of social media MAGA posters and gathering protests outside the homes of lawmakers as a means of intimidation."
This "homes of lawmakers intimidation", morphed into intimidation at their workplace, the Capitol Building and the rest is history on January 6, 2021.
All that, just for putting a physical Zen master in a position of authority and responsibility.
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Remember the famous quote from a Western Ch'an (Chinese Zen) master, "If you see the Buddha walking down the street, kill him."
Keeping that Zen admonition in mind, we have another top Zen cop in New York City that has recently emerged into prominence once again 20 years after Kerik, the destroyer of worlds, but this time he is the Mayor, Eric Adams, and not just physical Zen, this time it's Green Dragon Zen, seated Soto Zen meditation, the real thing, a full throttle determined attack deconstructing the ground under the feet of the Buddhas in the ten directions.
From:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/14/us/politics/eric-adams-wellness-vegan.html
"Stressed after leaving the police force, he [Adams] eventually learned to meditate with the assistance of Bob Roth, who is known for both his star-studded clientele (he has worked with Ms. Winfrey, Lady Gaga, the Seinfeld family and Katy Perry, among others) and for his work helping at-risk constituencies cope with trauma."
" 'There was a sense of, he really hoped that this was going to help because he had these serious health issues,' Mr. Roth said. 'He's not afraid to be who he is.' "
"The mayor grew philosophical when asked which public persona - stern ex-cop, blissed-out 'Zen mayor' - best reflects the real Eric Adams."
" 'I am constantly evolving,' he said, preparing his smoothie. 'Who I am today is not who I am tomorrow.' "
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Adams#Tenure [as NYC Mayor]
"Shortly after becoming mayor, Adams sought a waiver from the Conflicts of Interest Board to hire his brother, Bernard, for a $210,000 paying job in the NYPD where he would serve as his 'personal security detail.' Bernard started working the job on December 30, 2021, two days before Adams was inaugurated as mayor. Adams was accused of nepotism for this pick. Adams said white supremacy and anarchists are on the rise and 'suggested that he can trust no one in the police department as much as he can his own kin.' He was also criticized for his hiring of Philip Banks III, a former NYPD commander, to serve as deputy mayor for public safety. Banks had been the subject of a federal investigation by the FBI in 2014, the same year he resigned from the police force."
"Eight days into Adam's tenure as Mayor, an apartment fire in the Bronx killed 17 people including eight children. In response to the fire, Adams announced that a law requiring self-closing doors to prevent smoke and fires from spreading throughout apartment buildings would be enforced. However, his administration faced criticism for its slow response in distributing disaster funds to those impacted by the fire."
"New York City faced a significant uptick in crime during the first month of Adams's tenure as Mayor. The uptick in crime was highlighted by the shooting deaths of two NYPD officers, Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora, when responding to a domestic disturbance in Harlem. In response, Adams announced that he would be bringing back a police unit made up of plainclothes officers, which was disbanded by de Blasio in 2020 following the murder of George Floyd. The unit was officially revived on March 16, 2022. In the midst of the crime spree, President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland visited New York City and vowed to work with Adams to crack down on homemade firearms, which lack traceable serial numbers and can be acquired without background checks."
"In February 2022, a video of Adams from 2019 leaked in which the then-Borough President boasted about being a better cop than his 'cracker' colleagues. Adams apologized for his comments, saying, 'I apologize not only to those who heard it but to New Yorkers because they should expect more from me and that was inappropriate.' "
"In February 2022, as part of his efforts to improve the standard of living in New York City, Adams implemented a zero-tolerance policy for homeless people sleeping in subway cars or in subway stations. Under the plan, police officers, assisted by mental health professionals, are tasked with removing homeless people from the subway system and directing them to homeless shelters or mental health hospitals. The plan has been met with criticism from some activists. The Adams administration also took a stand against homeless encampments that were built on the streets of New York. In the first three months of Adam's tenure, more than 300 homeless encampments had been declared. Adams defended these actions arguing that the encampments were unhygienic and the site of open drug use."
"On April 11, 2022, Adams was diagnosed with COVID-19 and entered into quarantine for 10 days. While quarantined, a man shot 10 people on a Subway in Brooklyn. Adams worked virtually to issue a response to the attack and criticized the national 'overproliferation' of guns as being responsible for gun violence."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_New_York_City_Subway_attack#Suspect
"[Frank Robert] James' beliefs have been linked to black nationalism, and he has been outspoken in his criticisms toward mayor Eric Adams and New York City's mental health services in several YouTube videos. He implied that a 'race war' was imminent and said that 'White people and Black people should not have any contact with each other.' James characterized the situation of African-Americans as an 'American Auschwitz' and said that 'the seed is already planted for a Nazi Party to rise in this country again and I believe it will.' "
And all of that after less than 4 months after the inauguration of the Zen Mayor, Eric Adams. Stellar!
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/nyregion/eric-adams-brianna-suggs-fbi-raid.html?smid=url-share
BREAKING NEWS
Prosecutors and the F.B.I. are investigating whether Mayor Eric Adams's 2021 campaign conspired with Turkey's government, a search warrant shows.
Thursday, November 2, 2023 7:07 PM ET
The investigation burst into public view on Thursday when federal agents conducted an early-morning raid at the Brooklyn home of the mayor's chief fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs.
Ms. Suggs, 25, is the latest in a series of individuals tied to Mr. Adams who have attracted interest from law enforcement, including several connected to the mayor's fund-raising efforts.
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Federal prosecutors and the F.B.I. are conducting a broad public corruption investigation into whether Mayor Eric Adams's 2021 election campaign conspired with the Turkish government to receive illegal foreign donations, according to a search warrant obtained by The New York Times.
The investigation burst into public view on Thursday when federal agents conducted an early-morning raid at the Brooklyn home of the mayor's chief fund-raiser, Brianna Suggs. Ms. Suggs is a campaign consultant who is deeply entwined with efforts to advance the mayor's agenda.
Investigators also sought to learn more about the potential involvement of a Brooklyn construction company with ties to Turkey, as well as a small university in Washington, D.C., that also has ties to the country and to Mr. Adams.
According to the search warrant, investigators were also focused on whether the mayor's campaign kicked back benefits to the construction company's officials and employees, and to Turkish officials.
The agents seized three iPhones and two laptop computers, along with papers and other evidence, including something agents identified as "manila folder labeled Eric Adams," seven "contribution card binders" and other materials, according to the documents.
There was no indication that the investigation was targeting the mayor, and he is not accused of wrongdoing. Yet the raid apparently prompted him to abruptly cancel several meetings scheduled for Thursday morning in Washington, D.C., where he planned to speak with White House officials and members of Congress about the migrant crisis.
Instead, he hurriedly returned to New York "to deal with a matter," a spokesman for the mayor said.
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Mr. Adams has boasted of his ties to Turkey, most recently during a flag-raising he hosted for the country in Lower Manhattan last week. The mayor said that there were probably no other mayors in New York City history who had visited Turkey as frequently as he has.
"I think I'm on my sixth or seventh visit," he said. At least one of those visits happened while he was Brooklyn borough president, when the government of Turkey underwrote the excursion, The Daily News reported.
Ms. Suggs, who could not be reached for comment, is an essential cog in Mr. Adams's fund-raising machine, which has already raised more than $2.5 million for his 2025 re-election campaign.
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In September, Eric Ulrich, Mr. Adams's former buildings commissioner and senior adviser, was indicted by the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, on 16 felony charges, including counts of conspiracy and bribetaking. Mr. Ulrich, as well as three others indicted at the time, helped organize a 2021 fund-raiser for Mr. Adams.
In July, Mr. Bragg indicted six individuals, including a retired police inspector who once worked and socialized with Mr. Adams, on charges of conspiring to funnel illegal donations to the mayor's 2021 campaign.
The Department of Investigation is also investigating the role of one of the mayor's top aides in a violent altercation last month at a migrant center in Manhattan.
Mr. Adams has tried to distance himself from these inquiries, arguing that he had limited insight into the events that precipitated them. But the investigation of such a close and longtime adviser might be harder to keep at arm's length.
In the past two years, Mr. Adams's re-election campaign has paid Ms. Suggs nearly $100,000 for fund-raising and campaign consulting services via her company, Suggs Solutions, according to city records.
His first mayoral campaign paid her more than $50,000.
Ms. Suggs has also registered as a lobbyist. State records indicate that the East Broadway Mall, a Chinatown real estate concern, hired Ms. Suggs, via an intermediary, to lobby the mayor's office and the City Council on its behalf in 2022.
Ms. Suggs worked as an aide to Mr. Adams when he was Brooklyn borough president, and is particularly close with Ingrid Lewis-Martin, who was his deputy at the time and is currently his top adviser.
Ms. Suggs is deeply embedded in outside efforts to advance the mayor's agenda. A key ally's political action committee, Striving for a Better New York, which promised to support state candidates aligned with Mr. Adams on policy matters, has paid Ms. Suggs roughly $100,000.
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[Oh, maybe the Zen man is really not connected, this is just "optics".]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/10/nyregion/adams-fbi-investigation-phones.html?smid=url-share
BREAKING NEWS
The F.B.I. seized the phones of Mayor Eric Adams amid an investigation of his 2021 campaign, two people close to the matter said.
Friday, November 10, 2023 3:41 PM ET
The seizure appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a federal corruption investigation into whether the New York City mayor's campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others, the people said.
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F.B.I. agents seized Mayor Eric Adams's electronic devices early this week in what appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a criminal inquiry into whether his 2021 campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others to funnel money into its coffers.
The agents approached the mayor after an event in Manhattan on Monday evening and asked his security detail to step away, a person with knowledge of the matter said. They climbed into his S.U.V. with him and, pursuant to a court-authorized warrant, took his devices, the person said.
The devices - at least two cellphones and an iPad - were returned to the mayor within a matter of days, according to that person and another person familiar with the situation. Law enforcement investigators with a search warrant can make copies of the data on devices after they seize them.
A lawyer for Mr. Adams and his campaign said in a statement that the mayor was cooperating with federal authorities, and had already "proactively reported" at least one instance of improper behavior.
"After learning of the federal investigation, it was discovered that an individual had recently acted improperly," said the lawyer, Boyd Johnson. "In the spirit of transparency and cooperation, this behavior was immediately and proactively reported to investigators."
Mr. Johnson said that Mr. Adams has not been accused of wrongdoing and had "immediately complied with the F.B.I.'s request and provided them with electronic devices." Mr. Adams had attended an anniversary celebration for an education initiative at New York University.
The statement did not identify the individual, detail the conduct reported to authorities or make clear whether the reported misconduct was related to the seizure of the mayor's devices. It was also not immediately clear whether the agents referred to the fund-raising investigation when they took the mayor's devices.
Mr. Adams, in his own statement, said that "as a former member of law enforcement, I expect all members of my staff to follow the law and fully cooperate with any sort of investigation - and I will continue to do exactly that." He added that he had "nothing to hide."
The surprise seizure of Mr. Adams's devices was an extraordinary development and appeared to be the first direct instance of the campaign contribution investigation touching the mayor. Mr. Adams, a retired police captain, said on Wednesday that he is so strident in urging his staff to "follow the law" that he can be almost "annoying." He laughed at the notion that he had any potential criminal exposure.
Spokesmen for the F.B.I. and the U.S. attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, whose prosecutors are also investigating the matter, declined to comment.
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Earlier, while Mr. Adams was a New York state senator, the state inspector general found that he and other Senate Democrats had fraternized with lobbyists and accepted significant campaign contributions from people affiliated with contenders for a video lottery contract at Aqueduct Racetrack.
In response to a Times examination of his fund-raising record in 2021, Mr. Adams attributed the scrutiny in part to his race.
"Black candidates for office are often held to a higher, unfair standard - especially those from lower-income backgrounds such as myself," he said in a statement then. "No campaign of mine has ever been charged with a serious fund-raising violation, and no contribution has ever affected my decision-making as a public official." He added: "I did not go from being a person that enforced the law to become one that breaks the law."
Mr. Adams is not the first city mayor whose fund-raising has attracted federal scrutiny. In 2017, federal prosecutors examined episodes in which Bill de Blasio, who was then the mayor, or his surrogates sought donations from people seeking favors from the city, and then made inquiries to city agencies on their behalf.
In deciding not to bring charges, the acting United States attorney, Joon H. Kim, cited "the particular difficulty in proving criminal intent in corruption schemes where there is no evidence of personal profit." Mr. de Blasio received a warning letter about those activities from the city's Conflicts of Interest Board.
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[Hey, Bill de Blasio isn't black, but he was investigated ... but he did have a black wife (now separated, though) and family, maybe that's it.
Or maybe it's just the effects of toxic Zen: that has all these "persons of interest" within the event horizon of Zen Mayor Eric Adams, spiraling down into his singularity where even photons cannot escape.
Fear not, Mr. Zen Mayor, this is not the end. The brutal and painful lesson teaching the utter and disastrous foolishness of associating with Zen toxicity is not over for the City of New York.]
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________ Zen President Putin and _________________
________ Judo/Sambo/Karate (Physical Zen) ________
For years, certifiably insane people have been hailing as a genius, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, the ex-KGB master of Dezinformatsia (disinformation), and a real mass/serial murderer and genocidal maniac.
He is of course, the most prominent Zen man in history, since he holds personal control over the largest collection of deliverable nuclear weapons in the world. If it weren't for Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan, he would have twice as many nuclear weapons to make the rubble bounce. Vladimir Putin feels his control over his nuclear weapons has made the Zen man unstoppable and supreme over all other people in the world, the master of worldly affairs, capable of anything and culpable for nothing.
From:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Putin#Sports
"Putin has been practicing judo since he was 11 years old, before switching to sambo at the age of fourteen. He won competitions in both sports in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). He was awarded eighth dan of the black belt in 2012, becoming the first Russian to achieve the status. Putin also practises karate."
"He [Vladimir Putin] co-authored a book entitled Judo [with Vasily Shestakov and Alexey Levitsky] in Russian, and Judo: History, Theory, Practice in English (2004). Benjamin Wittes, a black belt in taekwondo and aikido and editor of Lawfare, has disputed Putin's martial arts skills, stating that there is no video evidence of Putin displaying any real noteworthy judo skills."
So, Vladimir Putin, a little over a month ago, decided to genocidally wipe out Ukraine and what it means to be Ukrainian, because a Western democracy and free member of the European Union existing right next door to his gangster regime gas station was too much for him to tolerate. Having not learned the lesson that Leonid Brezhnev had to learn after his disastrous invasion of Afghanistan: that technology trumps armor, he now faces Leonid's fate.
Just recently, he took away another child's stuffed horse in Kramatorsk and subsequently lost his favorite cruiser because of it.
Stuffed Horse:
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article260253990.html
https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1514666578473857034
Favorite Cruiser:
https://twitter.com/BormanIke/status/1515816220393713665
And he has lost his honorary presidency of the International Judo Federation because of his actions. What goes around, comes around.
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/putin-suspended-honorary-president-international-judo-federation-2022-02-27/
Why is this happening?
Here's what I think: the Law at the heart of the Lotus Sutra rules earthly affairs, and in 1957, Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda called for the total abolition of nuclear weapons and gave that mission to the youth of the Soka Gakkai, headed by his closest disciple at his side, Daisaku Ikeda.
Now, SGI President Daisaku Ikeda is nearing the end of his life and that great admonition of his mentor is coming to fruition. There is an entanglement between Josei Toda and Daisaku Ikeda in 1957 and Daisaku Ikeda, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin in 2022. It is simply cause and effect.
As horrible and disastrous as this process is, it appears that this was the only path through to removing these weapons from the world, one way or the other.
The common mortals who are the Buddhas in the 10 directions of this world have chosen this path that we are pursuing, courageously. I say we, because we are all in on this endeavour.
Now, I have total faith in the Gohonzon, the supreme object of devotion throughout Jambudvipa (the cosmos), by total, I mean 100%, not 99.999...%
I bet my life and all of yours on it, and I do not begrudge our lives for the purpose of Kosen Rufu. So, we shouldn't fear the future, because the future is Kosen Rufu, and we should focus on that instead of our fears of annihilation at the hands of perpetually putative Putin.
-Chas.
. a prescription for the poisoned ones:
.
. The only antidote for the toxic effects of Zen in your life ...
.
. be that from Zen meditation, or the variant forms: physical
. Zen in the martial arts, Qigong, Acupuncture, Falun Gong,
. Copenhagen Convention of Quantum Mechanics, EST,
. Landmark Education, Nazism, Bushido, the Jesuits,
. Al Qaeda, or merely from having the distorted view that life
. is acausal, and that the true entity of all phenomena
. is the void ...
.
. with the effects of the loss of loved ones, detachment,
. isolation or various forms of emptiness in your life ...
.
. is the Lotus Sutra: chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo
. at least 3 times, twice a day, for the rest of your life,
. in at least a whisper ...
.
. and if you can, chant abundantly in a resonant voice !!!
.
. The full 28 Chapters of the Lotus Sutra,
. Nichiren Daishonin's Gosho volumes I and II,
. the Record of the Orally Transmitted Teachings
. (Gosho Zenshu, including the Ongi Kuden) and the
. SGI Dictionary of Buddhism are located at:
.
https://www.nichirenlibrary.org/en/
.
. To find an SGI Community Center:
.
https://www.sgi-usa.org/find-us/
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LS Chap. 16 .....
All harbor thoughts of yearning
and in their minds thirst to gaze at me.
When living beings have become truly faithful,
honest and upright, gentle in intent,
single-mindedly desiring to see the Buddha
not hesitating even if it costs them their lives,
then I and the assembly of monks
appear together on Holy Eagle Peak.
At that time I tell the living beings
that I am always here, never entering extinction,
but that because of the power of an expedient means
at times I appear to be extinct, at other times not,
and that if there are living beings in other lands
who are reverent and sincere in their wish to believe,
then among them too
I will preach the unsurpassed Law.