tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59182632437031556022024-03-14T04:59:23.118-04:00Harvey's Global Politics - HGPInformation is Powerhealthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.comBlogger830125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-25288458249799347392022-08-29T22:46:00.003-04:002022-08-29T22:46:44.384-04:00Lyndsey Graham: There will be riots in the streets.<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbqUplslbzeZvgpZUL5U6-ZyjDKC4VTQnwv0K4Ab7vkMXxNaNATlBEzDRS6iOqeUF7r0NjoRCS1Q9K_tJ2NsaW8AEDXSA8nxS9a0PwRF4zm-NjDAhW3_SAdKdow2cxvMulTnqb1Jmwhck0GuuEbNO7O8tDnRRR7KKTJP8AAY8deMb8p9TjRYnYZRh/s1000/lindsey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="681" data-original-width="1000" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSbqUplslbzeZvgpZUL5U6-ZyjDKC4VTQnwv0K4Ab7vkMXxNaNATlBEzDRS6iOqeUF7r0NjoRCS1Q9K_tJ2NsaW8AEDXSA8nxS9a0PwRF4zm-NjDAhW3_SAdKdow2cxvMulTnqb1Jmwhck0GuuEbNO7O8tDnRRR7KKTJP8AAY8deMb8p9TjRYnYZRh/s320/lindsey.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Washington Post reports:<p></p><p style="text-align: left;"> <i><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sen. Lindsey O. Graham on Sunday said that if the Justice Department prosecutes former president Donald Trump for mishandling classified information,</span><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/29/lindsey-graham-riots/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(213, 213, 213); box-sizing: border-box; color: #1955a5; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);" target="_blank">there will be "riots in the street."</a><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>A few minutes later, he said it again. There is no excuse for this irresponsible rhetoric, which not only invites violence but also defies democratic norms.</i></span></p><div class="article-body" data-qa="article-body" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Franklin, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><i>Because pursuing the investigation remains worthwhile, Mr. Graham's comments are especially dangerous. </i></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><i>His spokesman defended the interview to The Post as "predicting/forecasting what he thinks will happen." But some predictions are also threats.</i> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/29/lindsey-graham-trump-riots-threat-reckless/" target="_blank">read entire article</a></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);">Once upon a time, Graham was willing to fight Trumpism and the MAGA world. Presently, he is <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: nyt-franklin, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i>fueling antagonism and hatred in our country</i>. His hypocrisy is stark.</span></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);">Lyndsey Graham unplugged:</p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);">2016: <span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">"Donald Trump is a race-baiting, xenophobic, bigot."</span></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Aftermath of Jan 6 insurrection: "Count me out. Enough is enough...</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: proximanova, sans-serif;">if you're a conservative," the idea that Vice President Mike Pence could reverse the results of the election, as President Donald Trump had urged him to do, was "the most offensive concept in the world." </span></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: proximanova, sans-serif;"></span></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"> <b> The zig and zags? </b></h4><p></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: proximanova, sans-serif;">Notice: each time Graham ventures off the MAGA ranch, he receives a "let's play golf" Trump invitation. After a day of golf or a Mar-a-Lago sit down (Mafia style), Lyndsey, obediently, returns to being Trump's number one MAGA acolyte on the Hill.</span></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: proximanova, sans-serif;">How does Trump flip Graham? Former Attorney General Bill Barr recently revealed (what we all suspected) Trump's secret: Extortion.</span></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: proximanova, sans-serif;">Barr:</span></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2228; font-family: "Yahoo Sans", YahooSans, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><i>"The tactic that Trump is using to exert this control over the Republican Party is extortion," Barr said of his former boss. "What other great leader has done this? Telling the party, 'If it's not me, I'm going to ruin your election chances by telling my base to sit home. And I'll sabotage whoever you nominate other than me.' It shows what he's all about. He's all about himself." </i><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/barr-trump-using-extortion-to-control-gop-232101391.html" target="_blank">source</a>.</span></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);">And considering the whispering campaign regarding Graham's personal lifestyle choice, one can only wonder what binders full of secrets Trump has over Graham. But, of course, as we know, Trump loves his classified files.</p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);">Graham is to Trump what Trump is to Putin: compromised!</p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><br /></p><p class="font--article-body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md" data-el="text" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 24px; transition: var(--wpds-transitions-allFast);"><br /></p></div>healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-30342920711513138892022-08-08T23:47:00.002-04:002022-08-09T01:49:32.607-04:00Trump: A Walking Crime Wave<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPUP5gM3kATH0wTwF7bbGcrn0Wi-XT4ibtkbdhobHyIAZd2dvt3HTQsKFp1ECo3tpcaXRUdAF29KR2jcfiOhsS9mZvJaAL_Myh4VosdgN4OTME8A2Jiu1oVkIdlp_nIb3TC4Exe97cDzD4_0cdrDACixX9iIclihp_ADNI-Hp4gIyK0kz0PysizT8/s300/images.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMPUP5gM3kATH0wTwF7bbGcrn0Wi-XT4ibtkbdhobHyIAZd2dvt3HTQsKFp1ECo3tpcaXRUdAF29KR2jcfiOhsS9mZvJaAL_Myh4VosdgN4OTME8A2Jiu1oVkIdlp_nIb3TC4Exe97cDzD4_0cdrDACixX9iIclihp_ADNI-Hp4gIyK0kz0PysizT8/w300-h202/images.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Miami Herald reports: </div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>FBI agents on Monday searched the Florida home of former President Donald Trump, an extraordinary development in what sources say is an investigation into the Republican leader’s handling of classified documents. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Experts called it one of the most significant actions in the law enforcement agency’s history — and one that immediately ignited a political firestorm nationwide. </i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>In a statement Monday, Trump said that his home at Mar-a-Lago, a sprawling resort owned by Trump and located in Palm Beach, was “under siege,” and “occupied by a large group of FBI agents.”</i><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article264310461.html#storylink=cpy" target="_blank"> source</a></div><div><br /></div><div>The Donald has always been crying "witch hunt" when his crimes and misdeeds come under the microscope. In his mind, he is so above the law that the rules of society do not apply to him. This man dares to call WNBA star and Russian prisoner, Britney Griner, <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-calls-brittney-griner-spoiled-slams-prisoner-trade-proposal-1729646" target="_blank">spoiled</a>. Talk about lack of self-awareness and entitlement. </div><div><br /></div><div>He even brags: </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: PublicoText, Georgia, "Publico Text", "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville; font-size: 22.5px;"></span></div><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: PublicoText, Georgia, "Publico Text", "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville; font-size: 22.5px;"><blockquote><b>"I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, okay, and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay?"</b></blockquote></span></blockquote><p> His arrogance -- no doubt --results from never being held fully accountable for his crimes and flim-flams. Trump and his businesses have been involved in over <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/pages/interactives/trump-lawsuits/" target="_blank">4,095 legal actions</a> in federal and state courts just in the last three decades. </p><p><b></b></p><blockquote><blockquote><h4 style="text-align: left;"><b><blockquote>Yes, he is a walking crime wave.</blockquote></b></h4></blockquote></blockquote><p>And not to mention <a href="https://labor411.org/411-blog/here-are-all-of-trump-s-bankruptcies-and-failed-businesses/" target="_blank">Trump's failed businesses</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>1<span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-size: 16px;">. Trump Steaks</span></p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. GoTrump </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Trump Airlines</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">4. Trump Vodka</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Trump Mortgage</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Trump: The Game</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">7. Trump Magazine</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Trump University</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">9. Trump Ice </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">10. The New Jersey Generals </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">11. Tour de Trump </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">12. Trump Network </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">13. Trumped! </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: 700;">Trump companies that sought bankruptcy protection:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Trump Taj Mahal </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. Trump’s Castle</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Trump Plaza Casinos</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. Trump Plaza Hotel </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Trump Hotels and Casinos Resorts </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6. Trump Entertainment Resorts </p><p></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Lastly, let's not forget two presidential impeachment charges. And now the first president to have a judge-authorized search warrant executed at his residence.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #454545; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px 0px 24px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The orange man deserves an orange uniform. I see you smiling Ron DeSantis.</p><blockquote><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: PublicoText, Georgia, "Publico Text", "Times New Roman", Times, Baskerville; font-size: 22.5px;"><blockquote><br /></blockquote></span></blockquote>healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-25572186546741464632022-08-02T23:16:00.003-04:002022-08-02T23:22:40.289-04:00Chris Rock Has No Real Interest In Talking With Will Smith, Sources Say<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2T6Alt5YiDos62kxoo1oaqurf_xcqfNOzZ774uUZ9508cvnJTk05KmmveOsDfR4vvSRpqmG39ODMKeYvT_gNEuwfB3a2Gb_-P_OcoxEFYSElx4h1LNgYnNssnpyWar-0Xf4IoeGLJPvCosjCAGx64S0KGB_7aKT8VKMuNrVlV7Zrc0ytIaCHwYZEq/s300/download%20(1).jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2T6Alt5YiDos62kxoo1oaqurf_xcqfNOzZ774uUZ9508cvnJTk05KmmveOsDfR4vvSRpqmG39ODMKeYvT_gNEuwfB3a2Gb_-P_OcoxEFYSElx4h1LNgYnNssnpyWar-0Xf4IoeGLJPvCosjCAGx64S0KGB_7aKT8VKMuNrVlV7Zrc0ytIaCHwYZEq/w320-h179/download%20(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><i><a class="js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="Will Smith" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-position-in-subunit="0" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/will-smith" data-vars-target-content-type="feed" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-unit-name="62e8478ee4b0c60a566b25da" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/will-smith" role="link" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; color: #005aff; font-family: ProximaNova; font-size: 22.5px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Will Smith</a><span style="font-family: ProximaNova; font-size: 22.5px;"> may have released an apology video over slapping </span><a class="js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="Chris Rock" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-position-in-subunit="1" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/chris-rock" data-vars-target-content-type="feed" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-unit-name="62e8478ee4b0c60a566b25da" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entertainment/topic/chris-rock" role="link" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; color: #005aff; font-family: ProximaNova; font-size: 22.5px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Chris Rock</a><span style="font-family: ProximaNova; font-size: 22.5px;"> </span><a class="js-entry-link cet-internal-link" data-vars-item-name="at the Oscars" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-position-in-subunit="2" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-target-content-id="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/will-smith-smacks-chris-rock-at-oscars_n_6241c6e7e4b0d7ac3d4fba5a" data-vars-target-content-type="buzz" data-vars-type="web_internal_link" data-vars-unit-name="62e8478ee4b0c60a566b25da" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/will-smith-smacks-chris-rock-at-oscars_n_6241c6e7e4b0d7ac3d4fba5a" role="link" style="box-shadow: rgb(51, 51, 51) 0px -1px 0px inset; color: #333333; font-family: ProximaNova; font-size: 22.5px; outline: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">at the Oscars</a><span style="font-family: ProximaNova; font-size: 22.5px;"> in March, but any chances of telling the comedian he’s sorry in person seem very unlikely at this point.</span></i><p></p><p><span style="font-family: ProximaNova; font-size: 22.5px;"><i>“So I will say to you, Chris, I apologize to you,” Smith said in the video. “My behavior was unacceptable, and I’m here whenever you’re ready to talk.”</i></span></p><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text" style="box-sizing: content-box; font-family: ProximaNova; margin: 30px auto; max-width: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><a class="js-entry-link cet-external-link" data-vars-item-name="Sources told People.com" data-vars-item-type="text" data-vars-position-in-subunit="4" data-vars-subunit-name="article_body" data-vars-subunit-type="component" data-vars-target-content-id="https://people.com/movies/chris-rock-has-moved-on-from-oscars-incident-he-doesnt-need-to-talk-to-will-smith-source/" data-vars-target-content-type="url" data-vars-type="web_external_link" data-vars-unit-name="62e8478ee4b0c60a566b25da" data-vars-unit-type="buzz_body" href="https://people.com/movies/chris-rock-has-moved-on-from-oscars-incident-he-doesnt-need-to-talk-to-will-smith-source/" role="link" style="box-shadow: rgb(0, 90, 255) 0px -1px 0px inset; color: #005aff; text-decoration-line: none; transition: background-color 0.3s ease 0s;" target="_blank">Sources told People.com</a> that Rock has reportedly “moved on” from the televised incident and has no reason to discuss it with Smith.</i></p></div><div class="primary-cli cli cli-text" style="box-sizing: content-box; font-family: ProximaNova; margin: 30px auto; max-width: none; padding: 0px;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>“Chris doesn’t need to talk,” one insider told <span class="skimlinks-unlinked">People.com</span>. “This is clearly something that bothers Will more than Chris. Will needs to deal with his issues. Chris is fine.” </i><a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-rock-no-plans-talk-will-smith_n_62e8478ee4b0c60a566b25da" target="_blank">source</a></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b></b></p><blockquote><b><span style="font-size: large;">Inappropriate behavior pre-Oscar Slap</span></b></blockquote><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">I remember being grossed out and embarrassed for the Smiths -- Will and Jada -- months before the <i>slap</i>. They constantly overshared profoundly personal and intimate details about their life, marriage, and family.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">And that dreadful <i>Red Table Talk </i>seemed to drain Will's dignity and integrity. Remember the <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/jada-pinkett-smith-will-smith-confirm-her-entanglement-singer-august-n1233580" target="_blank">Entanglement</a>? Jada seemed to relish revealing the details of her open "marriage" affair with her son's friend. Eww.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">They were issued an Internet cease and desist via an <a href="https://popculture.com/celebrity-couples/news/petition-to-stop-will-jada-smith-interviews-nears-25000-people/#:~:text=Nearly%2025%2C000%20people%20have%20now,know%20any%20of%20this%20information." target="_blank">online petition</a> begging them to stop oversharing or just go away.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><blockquote><b><span style="font-size: large;">Sunken Place -- Get Out</span></b></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;">No doubt (and no excuse), by the night of the Oscars, Will was in a <a href="https://www.dictionary.com/e/pop-culture/sunken-place/" target="_blank">Sunkin Place</a>. And after one side-eyed by Big Mama, Will knew what he had to do. The rest is history. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So Chris is like: </span></p><p><i><span style="font-size: medium;">“This is clearly something that bothers Will more than Chris. Will needs to deal with his issues."</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">In other words: Will, get out!</span></p><p></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 1.125rem; line-height: 1.56; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p></div>healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-2631802637341828592022-08-01T20:28:00.001-04:002022-08-01T20:30:02.215-04:00The side of Ethiopia western media don't show<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoK1tC9sHtDrYmhh4lF4SKojcJqajXPYS2_GvVvYwjoeqn0NmS_K329MVBHQanxda1FuZosMK_3vmidTbXxqL0KlAzH7VQOabnaspJpkbNM-80kXXhDTeHPl2W0DWDcCdWEW7yLN3sYJcuLKJ4IC-yqClatev_AwqbRb7YLzppRioed58dkEd_u0KQ/s243/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 11.5pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvNW3WJekDZOs4wG2H-6C1DaNXJFkzlzEdMEX_ZVuzTldEEOUDtpS_XEBFZFwJqmDgF4JI1OBeYticUsTmfAIjeQkFttQDcjXN9LhisEyezDoYoYsCSvzDTA0IFr6g2QKl-foJIyGIITOFQwbj7fnUTXpAuhUVqBEbELssq5urMxsfdHIOkA_81KJ/s460/220721161655-02-white-christian-nationalism-insurrection-restricted-large-169.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="460" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvNW3WJekDZOs4wG2H-6C1DaNXJFkzlzEdMEX_ZVuzTldEEOUDtpS_XEBFZFwJqmDgF4JI1OBeYticUsTmfAIjeQkFttQDcjXN9LhisEyezDoYoYsCSvzDTA0IFr6g2QKl-foJIyGIITOFQwbj7fnUTXpAuhUVqBEbELssq5urMxsfdHIOkA_81KJ/w400-h225/220721161655-02-white-christian-nationalism-insurrection-restricted-large-169.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-09e3c4d3-7fff-c9bb-45bc-5821d0c9bc90" style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 800px; padding: 0px; transform: none; white-space: normal;"><p class="zn-body__paragraph speakable" data-act-id="paragraph_0" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_386BE9CA-C49F-057E-316F-22A778772661" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 660px; padding: 0px;"><cite class="el-editorial-source" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; font-style: normal; font-weight: 700;">(CNN)</cite><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Three men, eyes closed and heads bowed, pray before a rough-hewn wooden cross. Another man wraps his arms around a massive Bible pressed against his chest like a shield. All throughout the crowd, people wave "Jesus Saves" banners and pump their fists toward the sky.</span></i></p></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-act-id="paragraph_1" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_01EED507-A710-1A5F-3FA0-30809AD83609" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 660px; padding: 0px; white-space: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">At first glance, these snapshots look like scenes from an outdoor church rally. But this event wasn't a revival; it was what some call <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2021/07/06/capitol-insurrection-trump-christian-nationalism-shaman/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">a Christian revolt</a>. These were photos of people who stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, during an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.</span></i></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-act-id="paragraph_2" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_EE530B9A-BAF9-0F26-D8BD-30809ADA59FA" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 660px; padding: 0px; white-space: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">The insurrection marked the first time many Americans realized the US is facing a burgeoning <a href="https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/06/white-christian-nationalism-is-a-threat-to-democracy.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">White Christian nationalist movement</a>. This movement uses Christian language to cloak sexism and hostility to Black people and non-White immigrants in its quest to create a White Christian America.</span></i></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-act-id="paragraph_3" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_5D0EE075-7C24-74B8-F2D2-30929DC63567" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 660px; padding: 0px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>A report from a team of clergy, scholars and advocates — sponsored by two groups that advocate for the separation of church and state — concluded that this ideology was used to "<a href="https://religionnews.com/2022/02/09/new-report-details-the-influence-of-christian-nationalism-on-the-insurrection/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #006598; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.2s ease 0s;" target="_blank">bolster, justify and intensify</a>" the attack on the US Capitol. </i><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/us/white-christian-nationalism-blake-cec/index.html"><i>read more</i></a></span></div><div style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></div></span></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>My Two Cents</b></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 1.2rem; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><p style="font-size: 1.2rem;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt;"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; font-size: 1.2rem; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAuQnsexqDjMM1BGMmKPJY30h-XDc_f0y3IPshNzKpLMKGmUgqy54xdtJOFG2abMkU9IFw5ITQImCae2SECYlJPHNt_mlykMc3VmoY_gdObgwHuax3-H-ulL5lMrCOz3UHZM--YyKXs1i-VM6Tico9U78PS82QsrZvBYM65q98qfSkHjAaFO6CKDx/s770/2021-02-03T193848Z_1140185833_RC27LL9DXQIO_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-CAPITOL-RICO.webp" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="770" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAuQnsexqDjMM1BGMmKPJY30h-XDc_f0y3IPshNzKpLMKGmUgqy54xdtJOFG2abMkU9IFw5ITQImCae2SECYlJPHNt_mlykMc3VmoY_gdObgwHuax3-H-ulL5lMrCOz3UHZM--YyKXs1i-VM6Tico9U78PS82QsrZvBYM65q98qfSkHjAaFO6CKDx/w304-h213/2021-02-03T193848Z_1140185833_RC27LL9DXQIO_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-CAPITOL-RICO.webp" width="304" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Insurrection</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; white-space: pre-wrap;">The above article – while disturbing - is not as revelatory as one may think. </span></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-act-id="paragraph_3" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_5D0EE075-7C24-74B8-F2D2-30929DC63567" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 660px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; white-space: pre-wrap;">In fact, this “movement” is as American as apple pie. Word. Martin Luther King famously described 11 am Sunday as the most segregated hour…in Christian America.</span><p style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif;"></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And from the get-go, the white Christian nationalist movement has always served as the foundation for white supremacy. Slavery was justified as a biblical mandate – the curse on Ham’s son Canaan. The genocide of Native Americans and theft of their land was </span><a href="https://www.history.com/topics/westward-expansion/manifest-destiny" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Manifest Destiny. </span></a></span></p><blockquote><b><span style="font-size: x-small;">In plain terms, the will of God.</span></b></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Furthermore, the movement’s hysterical reaction to Critical Race Theory signals they want to advocate for and promote white superiority with no accountability. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They don't want us to be awakened/aware of what they have done; are doing; and will do. Why? Once again: This is the will of God, thus their birthright.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 11pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The moral compass for this movement has always steered to white domination while asserting their position as the upper caste.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 11pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The challenge for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We the People </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in this environment</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is to continue to establish a more perfect union. We have to vote vote vote & lobby lobby lobby – on all levels of government. Our inactivity only hastens our defeat to tyranny. And the <i>past will be prologue.</i></span></span></p><div style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-act-id="paragraph_3" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_5D0EE075-7C24-74B8-F2D2-30929DC63567" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 660px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-act-id="paragraph_3" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_5D0EE075-7C24-74B8-F2D2-30929DC63567" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 660px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div><div class="zn-body__paragraph" data-act-id="paragraph_3" data-paragraph-id="paragraph_5D0EE075-7C24-74B8-F2D2-30929DC63567" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: #fefefe; box-sizing: border-box; color: #262626; font-family: CNN, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Utkal, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.66667; margin: 0px auto 15px; max-width: 660px; padding: 0px;"><br /></div>healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-54693196061921992922022-07-25T04:48:00.001-04:002022-07-25T04:50:47.836-04:00Why Africans Were Historically Viewed As Threat<br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kaTETvTwMEw" width="320" youtube-src-id="kaTETvTwMEw"></iframe></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-78318216775684381432021-02-14T13:49:00.005-05:002021-02-14T13:55:43.978-05:00George Will: The GOP Lout Club<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a072afae-7fff-d4cb-903a-6b5d53bb1d19"><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-a072afae-7fff-d4cb-903a-6b5d53bb1d19"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-6q-QMhPiC_DFLewza8bExL6UWFT4APXAYVzCXgQP25QN13NjAA1bjwLIqdbCp5Frqx0Ox41ojFkCASuIY3RsahglL9Dkl0qbxnEHUpcnkfA04ub3V8zngfL9PzvMhgoExksDvgNpm8/s310/download.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr-6q-QMhPiC_DFLewza8bExL6UWFT4APXAYVzCXgQP25QN13NjAA1bjwLIqdbCp5Frqx0Ox41ojFkCASuIY3RsahglL9Dkl0qbxnEHUpcnkfA04ub3V8zngfL9PzvMhgoExksDvgNpm8/s0/download.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prominent Lout Club Members Ted Cruz and Matt Gaetz</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Conservative pundit George Will recently opined: </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/will-senate-republicans-allow-their-louts-to-rule-the-party/2021/02/11/ce082db6-6caf-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_week_in_ideas&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_ideas&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F2fa130d%2F602910db9d2fda4c88e2c8fe%2F596cbf8cae7e8a44e7f9d7c5%2F14%2F76%2F602910db9d2fda4c88e2c8fe">Will the Senate Republicans allow their louts to rule the party? </a></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He writes about an emerging Lout club of Trump sycophants campaigning to be Trump's biggest mini-me.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">...there appeared a new aspirant for membership in the Republican senators’ large Lout Caucus: Lindsey O. Graham (S.C.), Ted Cruz (Tex.), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Ron Johnson (Wis.), et al.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He warns about the existential danger these louts present to the GOP (and by extension country):</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Today’s two major parties have framed political competition since the middle of the 19th century — since the Republicans rose from the rubble of the Whigs. An essential conservative insight about everything is that nothing necessarily endures. Care must be taken. The Republican Party will wither if the ascendant Lout Caucus is the face it presents to this nation of decent, congenial people.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ok, let's be honest and keep it real. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Trumpism </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">didn't start with Trump:</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The seeds of Trumpism were being sowed as early as Nixon/Reagan using the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy">Southern Strategy</a> (racism, anti-immigrant, nativism, etc) and wedge issues (abortion, guns, god, etc) to get white middle and working-class citizens to support economic and social policies that favored the wealthy elite.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Add the right-wing media industry to the mix (Fox, Limbaugh, and the gang) and the soil became extremely fertile for an authoritarian demagogue like The Donald.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>In a nutshell: </b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conservatives like George Will have conveniently looked away while the GOP has played with fire (inflaming the emotions of their base by using lies and distortions) for decades and now he is </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"shocked to find there is gambling going on in here."</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.5pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></span></div>healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-26991356782846849132018-09-03T19:54:00.000-04:002018-09-03T19:54:40.449-04:00Lebomba & Ishango Bones: Mathematics in Ancient Africa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The continent that birthed mankind, Africa, has so many vast told, untold and under-told stories. For example, we are well versed about the Nile Valley civilizations including Kush, Nubia and Kemet (ancient Egypt).<br />
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The impressive edifices such as the pyramids, Sphinx, temples, monuments bear witness to the greatness and accomplishments of the people -- and not to mentioned the incredible scholarship on religion, science, medicine, cosmology, mathematics and philosophy that are still being deciphered.<br />
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Second, the ancient West African empires of Ghana, Mali and Songhai are well documented. Arguably, the most famous and wealthiest emperor is Mansa Mush from Mali. Musa is best known for his epic 1324-1325 pilgrimage to <a href="https://www.ducksters.com/history/africa/empire_of_ancient_mali.php">Mecca</a>.<br />
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<i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">It is said that Mansa Musa was extremely rich and that he brought as many as 60,000 people along with him on his pilgrimage. He also brought camels loaded with </span><a href="https://www.ducksters.com/science/chemistry/gold.php" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">gold</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;">. Mansa Musa must have made quite the impression during his trip with his large entourage and massive display of wealth. During his travels, Mansa Musa gave away and spent a significant amount of gold, but he also brought back a lot of new ideas to Mali. This included a number of scholars such as architects, poets, and teachers who helped to improve his empire. </span></i><br />
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However, by way of archaeological and anthropological discoveries, we continue to learn how far back and deep into sub-sahara Africa the genesis of advanced human civilization dates. Incredible as it seems, thousands and thousands of years before Nile Valley civilizations there were the Lebomba Bone and Ishango Bone.<br />
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<a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/L/Lebombo_bone.html">Lebomba Bone:</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The Lebombo bone is one of the oldest mathematical artifacts known, a small piece of the fibula of a baboon, found near Border Cave in the Lebombo Mountains between South Africa and Swaziland. Discovered in the 1970s during excavations of Border Cave and dated about 35,000 B.C., the Lebombo bone is marked with 29 clearly defined notches. This suggests it may have been used as a lunar phase counter, in which case African women may have been the first mathematicians since keeping track of menstrual cycles requires a lunar calendar. Certainly, the Lebombo bone resembles calendar sticks still used by Bushmen in Namibia. <a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/L/Lebombo_bone.html">source</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The Ishango bone is a bone tool handle discovered around 1960 in the African area of Ishango, near Lake Edward. It has been dated to about 9,000 <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-small; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">BC</span> and was at first thought to have been a tally stick.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">At one end of the bone is a piece of quartz for writing, and the bone has a series of notches carved in groups on three rows running the length of the bone. The markings on two of these rows each add to 60. The first row is consistent with a number system based on 10, since the notches are grouped as 20 + 1, 20 - 1, 10 + 1, and 10 - 1, while the second row contains the <a href="http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/primenumber.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: crimson; font-weight: 600; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">prime numbers</a> between 10 and 20! A third seems to show a method for multiplying by 2 that was used in later times by the Egyptians. Additional markings suggest that the bone was also used a lunar phase counter.</span></div>
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<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-51986840297295505492018-03-19T17:03:00.001-04:002018-03-19T21:19:52.641-04:00Did Jim Carrey capture the likeness of Sarah Huckabee Sanders?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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I just peeped Jim Carrey's portrait of a <i>so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked.</i><br />
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His artistic expression has garnered a great deal of controversy and criticism.<br />
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Many cite the haunting likeness of Trump mouthpiece Sarah Huckabee Sanders.<br />
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He has been mum on naming the subject of his muse.<br />
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But to support the Sanders' theory, she was previously branded -- by one GOP strategist -- as <b><i><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/sanders-likes-horeshit-trump-724412">The Liar who spews horseshit for Trump</a></i></b>. Furthermore, Sanders very publicly identifies herself as a devout Christian.<br />
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Of course, Trumpets -- known to <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/leslie-gibson-gop-maine-parkland-survivor-twitter-attack_us_5aa8c26be4b001c8bf151517">tweet vicious attacks</a> on high school mass shooting survivors -- predictably feign outrage. The brutes on the right that yell racist, sexist, homophobic, antisemitic insults -- not to mention cheer on DT's hateful rants -- epitomize hypocrisy in their self-righteous hyperventilation.<br />
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To me: JC, spot on, captured the essence of her spirit -- in all her underwhelming splendor. She lies to the American people for her boss. She has the same credibility of her boss. Consequently, she radiates the same ugliness of her boss.<br />
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<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-66436484015262502962018-03-17T19:41:00.000-04:002018-03-19T17:25:12.640-04:00Stormy Daniels' Parents: "We still roll with Trump"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Trump voters are truly a special breed -- bless their hearts.<br />
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They give credence to this quote attributed to Mark Twain:<br />
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And carnival barker that he is, Trump knows how to play them like a fiddle: fiddle dee fiddle dumb and dumber.<br />
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<b>Case in point: Mom & Pop of Stormy Daniels</b><br />
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Oh, the irony. Maw and Paw Daniels -- parents of Stephanie Clifford, aka porn star Stormy Daniels -- are still proud members of Trump's Klan: No sordid Stormy affair, hush money, $20 million law suit nor death threats directed at their daughter will shake their DT support.<br />
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Mom Daniels:<br />
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<i>If Mr. Trump runs four more times, I would vote for him every time. I like him. I like the way he handles things. It's time the country is put back where it belongs -- taking care of the people here instead of the people who don't belong here.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">I see her in the news -- everything that's going on -- it's hard. It's become a real mess, looks like to me. I like Trump and I like my daughter. I don't want to pick sides. It's unfortunate that's it's gotten to this point.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">Trump has a lot of radical followers that might take offense to her telling stories about him.</span></i><span style="font-family: "proximanova" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stormy-daniels-parents-trump-fans_us_5aac48f4e4b0337adf83d20b" style="font-family: ProximaNova, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;">source</a></span><br />
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Come again. Did daddy dearest really utter: <i>I like Trump and I like my daughter</i> instead of I love my daughter? And he does not want to pick sides...smh. No wonder Ms Daniels hasn't spoken to her mom in 12 years and her father -- MIA for most of her childhood -- in over 20 years.<br />
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<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-86568835319547590042018-03-12T20:34:00.001-04:002018-03-17T19:51:11.962-04:00Evangelists' deal with the Devil<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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Reporter to Mahatma Gandhi:<br />
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">I think it would be a good idea.</i><br />
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Implicit in his remarks, of course, is that having great material wealth, advanced technology, powerful militaries and over-sized world influence does not automatically translate into being a civilized people.<br />
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European/Western culture has reached impressive and glorious heights in science, medicine, arts, literature and technology -- this can not be denied. Gandhi's retort was not intended to diminish those achievements.<br />
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However, Gandhi astutely understood Europe's often brutal -- and inhumane -- history as well. This history is replete with genocide, savage wars, Draconian colonization, slavery and oppression. This legacy does not remotely resemble an evolved society.<br />
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<b>Don't confuse Evangelism with Christianity.</b><br />
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Likewise, if asked: What do I think about Christian Evangelists?<br />
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My Gandhian response would be -- I think it would be a good idea for Evangelists to become more acquainted with the teachings of Jesus Christ. It would be an enormous step forward if they applied Christ's teaching to their humanity.<br />
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Christ's ministry was about embracing, helping and healing the poor, down-trodden, diseased and the marginalized. As stated in the<a href="https://www.biblestudytools.com/matthew/5.html"> Book of Matthew</a>.<br />
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<i><a href="https://www.biblestudytools.com/passage/?q=matthew+4:23-25" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Roboto; outline: 0px !important; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="verse-23" style="background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto"; outline: 0px;">J</span><span class="verse-23" style="background-position: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "roboto"; outline: 0px;">esus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people</span></a>.</i><br />
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The Evangelist movement -- the antithesis of Christian theology -- promotes the right wing agenda: huge tax cuts for the extreme wealthy; mass deportation of immigrants, support for repealing health care, pistol packing teachers, rejection of climate change science and embracing alt-right ideology.<br />
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<b>The Rotten and Corrupt Fruit from Trump's Tree.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i> <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #001320; text-align: justify;">Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by </span><span style="color: #001320; text-align: justify;">his</span><span style="color: #001320; text-align: justify;"> fruit.</span></span></i></span><br />
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This rotten and corrupt Trumpian fruit they willfully consume has manifested hate, division, fear, racism, misogyny and contempt for the poor. The cult of Trump is a perversion of the gospel of Jesus.<br />
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talked about grabbing women by their private part; called NFL players kneeling for justice SOB's; called Mexicans rapist and criminals; declared that there were good nazis and KKK members; supported a candidate accused of sexually molesting minors; stood by a domestic abuser on his staff; been accused of sexual predator behavior by 19 women; allegedly conducted adultery with many women (including a porn star) and the Evangelists grant him a <i><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/23/politics/tony-perkins-trump-affairs-mulligan/index.html">mulligan </a></i>and turn the other cheek.<br />
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When the devil tempted Christ with worldly power, prestige and wealth, Jesus rebuked his bribes. In stark contrast: Evangelist church leaders and pastors -- looking over the <i>worldly kingdoms and their splendor </i>-- acquiesced to the snake oil charm and promises of Trump.<br />
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healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-7802044335425598302018-03-06T16:13:00.000-05:002018-03-12T21:00:40.659-04:00Why are some African-Americans moving to Africa? We look at why a new wave of black Americans are choosing to move to the continent. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">In recent years, thousands of African-Americans have made the decision to “return home” to the African continent. But why?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">Many say they want to escape the racial pressure pot of the United States, while some want to connect to the land of their ancestors. For others, countries like Ghana wooed them with an easy immigration process and the promise of a better life.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">"I want people to understand that they have options and alternatives. Most black people in America don't know that these options exist; they think they have to suffer because there's nowhere else to go. But no, there are other places," </span><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/african-americans-moving-africa-180116092736345.html?utm_content=buffer7088d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: border-box; color: #2575bc; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0px; outline: none !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: bottom;" target="_blank">says</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;"> Muhammida el-Muhajir, a digital marketer who moved to Ghana from New York City.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px;">But what many think is a new trend has actually been going on for some time.<a href="http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201803050007-0025598"> read more</a></span>healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-36048073400585890672018-03-05T22:21:00.001-05:002018-03-12T21:01:16.725-04:00Fox Yells: Trump wants your Guns!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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In a revealing turn of fate, Trumpeteer and acolyte, Tucker Carlson publicly broke with DT on gun control.<br />
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Tucker (usually Trump's minister of propaganda via Fox News) strongly admonished Trump for seemingly endorsing common sense gun control legislation.<br />
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When opining on how to use protective measures against dangerous domestic abusers or people with severe mental health issues owning gun arsenals, Trump commented: <i><b>"take the guns first, go through due process second."</b></i><br />
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Tucker, extreme gun rights advocate, passionately retorted on his show:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "oxygen" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">“How honest do you want to be? Imagine if Barack Obama had said that? Just ignore due process and confiscating guns? Obama would have been denounced as a dictator. We would have denounced him first, trust me. Congress would be talking impeachment. Some would be muttering secession.”</span></blockquote>
First insight: By rightly describing the over-the-top right-wing response if Obama issued these comments, Tucker is actually exposing the right-wing double standard that exists during the Trump era. It also shines a light on the conservative fake outrage of anything Obama.<br />
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Just imagine:<br />
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<b><i>What if Obama was married three times and had three children from three different women? What if Obama's lawyer paid hush money to a porn star named Stormy Daniels? What if First Lady Michelle Obama modeled naked for a magazine? What if Obama mused or joked about being president for life? What if Obama bragged about grabbing women by their private parts? What if a Russian dictator (make no mistake that is what Putin is) talked about his nukes threatening U.S. and Obama picked a twitter war with a Hollywood actor?</i></b><br />
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Second insight: Tucker has never demonstrated one scintilla of due process concerns and regards when unarmed African-Americans are gunned down in the street by over-zealous shoot first ask questions later police. Where is their due process or right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?<br />
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They (conservatives) have a high tolerance for Trump BS but the Trump spell will be broken by any suggestion of gun control. The White House has since <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376814-wh-backpedals-on-trumps-due-process-remark-on-guns">backpedaled on this position.</a> Message received.<br />
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<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-4113853363308824162018-02-27T17:16:00.005-05:002018-03-12T21:01:40.732-04:00Black Panther Blockbuster: Black-to-the-Future<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I finally had the chance to see the much hyped Black Panther. To me, BP was a Grand Slam.<br />
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No Doubt. This groundbreaking movie pleasantly exceeded my expectations.<br />
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And with a record breaking box office, many people around the globe agree.<br />
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<b>Where do I start?</b><br />
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The cinematography, special effects and imagery were sensory treats -- yes they absolutely dazzled. They reflected a futuristic -- or should we say Afrofuturistic -- style rooted in African culture and sensibilities. The breathtakingly exquisite scenes depicted the Motherland's luscious and glorious essence -- colorful, chic, hip, proud, majestic and regal.<br />
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The setting is in a technologically advanced -- and fictional -- Wakanda. Wakanda, has stealthy hidden (for centuries) her prosperity and wealth from all outsiders, particularly Western civilization. Wakandans proudly hail their history of never being colonized.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wakanda Capital City</td></tr>
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<b>The screen play.</b><br />
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The well written script was compelling, riveting and suspenseful. I might add, the dialogue was very intelligent and playful. For example, BP, clearly not a comedy, contained many funny one-liners -- poking fun at stereotypes -- that were hilariously well timed.<br />
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"One more word and I'll feed you to my children-- just kidding we're vegetarians."</h3>
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And on a more serious and relevant note:<br />
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The plot captures the real-time cultural dissonance between Africans and African-Americans. The power struggle between Wakanda King T'Challa (protagonist) and Killmonger (antagonist) illuminates the complicated relationship between Africans and Africans in the diaspora: many of whom search for identity and cultural connections:<br />
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<i><b>Are we truly kinfolk or just outsiders that happened to once upon a time share a past in Africa? Are we our brother's/sister's keepers? Do we have common or diverging interests?</b></i></blockquote>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Epic Battle: T'Challa VS Killmonger</td></tr>
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Pain is also a central theme in BP. While insular Wakanda thrives, globally billions of Africans living in the continent and the diaspora -- once colonized and/or enslaved by Western powers -- are caught in the hopeless cycle of anger, poverty, self-destruction, self-hate and disparity.<br />
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<b>The essential challenged to be resolved in this film:</b><br />
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Does Wakanda build more fortification to further separate from the "outsiders" or does Wakanda use her formidable resources to uplift?<br />
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<b>The Wakanda Women:</b><br />
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Just as important, BP showcases the beauty, courage, intelligence of strong black women. Women that stood shoulder to shoulder with their male peers. These women, from developing sophisticated technology to providing loyal security, frequently saved the day by coming to the rescue.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Women of Wakanda</td></tr>
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It is interesting how a comic book fantasy story can contain so much truth and vision for our real world dilemmas. Set in black Africa, BP has a far-reaching and universal message. By the record breaking box office numbers, diverse movie fans understand this point.<br />
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Go see this work of art and you will not be disappointed.<br />
<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-69206269721967291862018-02-27T12:07:00.001-05:002018-03-05T20:28:50.293-05:00West African countries poised for a single currency in 2020<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The leaders made this commitment this week at the fifth meeting of the Presidential Task Force on the ECOWAS single currency programme in Accra, Ghana.<br />
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Speaking at the meeting, Ghana’s president, Nana Akufo-Addo said the single currency, the ECO, will <a href="http://presidency.gov.gh/index.php/2018/02/21/ecowas-single-currency-will-boost-trade-economic-activity-president-akufo-addo/" style="background: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #8a0945; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transform-origin: center center 0px; transition: visibility 0.4s ease-in-out -0.1s, color 0.4s ease-in-out, background-color 0.4s ease-in-out, color 0.4s ease-in-out, border-color 0.4s ease-in-out, color 0.4s ease-in-out, opacity 0.4s ease-in-out;">remove trade and monetary barriers and ultimately improve the economies of West African states.</a></div>
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“It is meant to encourage production of goods and services within the region. It is, thus, incumbent on us to strengthen the productive base of our economies, and to improve agricultural productivity and industrial production,” he said. <a href="https://face2faceafrica.com/article/west-african-countries-poised-for-a-single-currency-in-2020">read more</a></div>
healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-11962401660824967192018-02-13T22:22:00.000-05:002018-03-05T20:29:13.983-05:00Fox News: The Olympics "Darker, Gayer and Different"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Fox News Executive Editor John Moody writes:<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 18px;"><i>Unless it’s changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been ‘Faster, Higher, Stronger.’ It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to ‘Darker, Gayer, Different.</i></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">Yes the column was eventually deleted from their website after an uproar: </b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">But the mere fact that Moody -- Executive VP at Fox News -- felt compelled to write this hateful dribble demonstrates the low standards of common decency in the era of Trump. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In Trump season, far too many right-wing figures -- politicians, pundits and journalists -- feel liberated to express their disgust, disdain, fear and hatred of American diversity. Not so long ago, these extreme views were </span>relegated<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to the margins of polite society.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, Moody and his ilk are no longer outliers: quite the opposite, they have been normalized in the Trump lead GOP. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> His views have been mainstreamed into the core of the GOP. Recently, Iowa congressman Steve King remarked that <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/diversity-not-americas-strength-republican-congressman-steve-king-says-743463">"diversity is not our strength."</a> And Breitbart called out Fox for <i><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/09/fox-news-caves-to-leftist-pressure-pulls-their-own-editors-op-ed-decrying-identity-politics-at-olympics/">caving to leftist</a></i> by removing the article.</span><br />
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The bottom line or the nitty gritty -- as they used to say back in the day -- is that diversity represents a threat to white male dominance: it launches a dagger into the myth of white supremacy. Diversity demonstrates that when given a level playing field, under-represented communities can not only compete, they can soar to excellence.<br />
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Folks like John Moody are remarkably salty and moody when this happens.<br />
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healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-47357629024471752972018-02-10T19:57:00.000-05:002018-02-14T12:43:42.851-05:00Eagles ran a fake walk-through in case Patriots were spying?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One week later:<br />
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I am still floating on cloud nine because the NFL Gods allowed my Philly Eagles to escape Super Bowl purgatory.<br />
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And of course, a shout out goes to the great coaches and players that embodied the spirit of fictional Rocky; or more accurately, channeled the indomitable spirit of the legendary North Philly boxer Joe Frazier.<br />
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In a bizarre twist to this Philadelphia Story: It has been reported that the Eagles brain trust -- from the once bitten, twice shy school of thought -- decided to stage a fake pre-Super Bowl walk through practice in case Patriot spying eyes were watching.<br />
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<i>The Eagles were so paranoid about the Patriots spying on their Super Bowl practices, they held a fake walk through at U.S. Bank Stadium before the game to throw off any potential espionage.</i></div>
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<i>“I believe our whole walk-through was just a complete fake walk-through,” he said. “We did it at the stadium. There were certain people walking around ... I believe I overheard someone say a lot of the plays we were running weren’t even in the playbook for the Super Bowl.” <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/eagles-ran-fake-super-bowl-walkthrough-case-pats-spying-article-1.3810195"> </a></i><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/eagles-ran-fake-super-bowl-walkthrough-case-pats-spying-article-1.3810195">source</a></div>
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I may add: Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. The Patriots -- via coach Bill Belichick -- have a much earned and deserved reputation for cheating. Hence, well done Coach Doug Pederson for leaving no stone unturned -- the <a href="http://www.nj.com/eagles/index.ssf/2015/09/patriots_cheating_during_spygate_might_have_cost_e.html">2005 Eagles believed spying eyes</a> cost them that SB against the Patriots.</div>
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healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-81552835972097938892018-02-04T17:01:00.002-05:002018-02-04T17:02:43.265-05:00Miles Reed: Trump Voter Logic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-7142130831061261722018-01-30T19:36:00.001-05:002018-02-10T20:12:54.678-05:00SOTU: Trump from Mount Olympus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">His TelePrompter speech will be laden with self-congratulations; contrasted with insults and cheap digs at his adversaries (both real and imagined).</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">DT will carefully play a mythical character: </span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">A much maligned heroic figure -- Greek god Zeus status -- who is fighting for the average common American. A warrior engaged in a biblical war with the Charlatans that unfairly report fake news -- especially promoting the Russian witch-hunt.</span></span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">He will tout his accomplishments and blame others for his numerous failures, embarrassments and shortcomings. He will continue to use WWE wrestling world hyperbolic boasts. Just remember Sean Spicer:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "georgia" , "times" , sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">"This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period, both in-person and around the globe."</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">Only difference: <i>DT will probably boast this was the greatest one year of any American president in the history of the USA. And he may add: This may be the greatest year any leader had in the history of the world. </i></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">He will continue to spout lies of inheriting a disastrous Obama economy -- even though the facts clearly state that the Obama economic guardianship saved us from the most severe economic crisis since The Great Depression. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #2a2e2e; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">On the contrary, President Obama was the recipient of a disastrous economy. As <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/09/opinions/trump-obama-economy-boykin-opinion/index.html">Keith Boykins writes for CNN</a>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #fefefe; color: #262626; font-family: "cnn" , "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , "utkal" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Obama, on the other hand, inherited a failing economy that was losing nearly 800,000 jobs a month after the nearly fatal financial collapse and Bush recession, according to the Labor Department.</span></blockquote>
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No doubt DT will offer a fake olive branch to the Dems if they help fund -- not Mexico -- his wall. And then tomorrow he will be back to peddling Twitter hate.<br />
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healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-50535823786709515462018-01-20T22:28:00.000-05:002018-01-30T20:07:14.366-05:00The Trump Show: Season Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The roiling Season I of TTS (The Trump Show) wrapped up with the proverbial cliff hanger. </blockquote>
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Cue the cinematic (if not cheesey) sound effect -- dun dun duuun: </blockquote>
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Featuring the political MMA Battle Royale of Chuck & Nancy vs Mitch & Paul.</blockquote>
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<a name='more'></a>The viewers were left in suspense at the climax of Season I.<br />
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Will #45 get his wall from sea to shining sea?<br />
Will Mexico finally pay for said wall? (yea right)<br />
Will CHIP's get 86'd?<br />
Will DACA dreamers prevail?<br />
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<b>How apropos! </b><br />
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What else did you expect from the diva -- who craves ratings --in the White House. He would have it no other way. Yes, the shutdown put a damper on his <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/01/19/trump-forced-postpone-100k-couple-gala-plans-shutdown-looms">$100K per-couple Mar-A-Lago gala</a>. His huuge -- believe me it was going to be the largest celebration in mankind -- shindig/fundraiser celebrating one year of chaos.<br />
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<b>But he is more than willing to postpone his party for the sake of a ratings bonanza boon.</b><br />
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In a state of nervous anticipation: We wait -- sitting on pins and needles -- for the plot twists of season II of TTS.<br />
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Will Dennis Rodman broker a deal between the Dotard in the White House and Rocket man of North Korea?<br />
Will scorned Omarosa provide <a href="https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/01/19/omarosas-latest-cliffhanger-she-may-have-secret-west-wing-recordings-report-says/">taped evidence</a> of the <i>Russian thing</i> to Robert Mueller?<br />
Will #45 discover another group to insult for the appeasement of his rabid base?<br />
Will Steve Bannon work himself back into good favor of DT?<br />
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And the plot most watched by Americans -- and the rest of the world -- who are on bended knee (my homage to Cap and the NFL) praying and hoping for the restoration of a sane government:<br />
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Will Sheriff Mueller get his man (men)?<br />
Will the public turn out in Nov. 2018 morph into a Blue Wave Tsunami?<br />
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Stay tuned:<br />
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<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-81416764292295069462018-01-11T20:38:00.000-05:002018-01-30T20:07:43.753-05:00Trump and his sh**whole worldview <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
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As reported by<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-protections-for-immigrants-from-shithole-countries-in-oval-office-meeting/2018/01/11/bfc0725c-f711-11e7-91af-31ac729add94_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_trumpmeeting-445pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.cfa0b6a39a2b"> Washington Post</a>:</div>
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<i style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px;">“Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”</i><br />
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<i style="color: #111111; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18px;">Trump said, according to these people, referring to African countries and Haiti.</i><br />
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At this point, it is safe to say, our president -- or the Klan's president -- is unequivocally a <i><b>true blue white supremacist</b></i>.<br />
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Fact: His presidential campaign, from the get-go, intentionally focused on appealing to base elements of his base -- when his opponents went high, he went low, lower and lowest -- like a snake slithering around the bushes looking for prey. He announced his candidacy by calling Mexican immigrants "drug dealers, criminals and rapist."<br />
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Great presidents and leaders are remembered, celebrated and revered for espousing soaring rhetoric with the intent of inspiring our better angels to pursue a higher path.<br />
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Trump, from the same NYC borough of fictional Archie Bunker, uses his platform, his words, his tweets, his speeches to promote hate, fear, division and chaos. Since he is void of an uplifting and inclusive vision, he relies on stoking the primal id of white males to maintain power.<br />
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But Trump's racist quote brings to mind what Abraham Lincoln famously stated:<br />
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One important note: Not only is Trump very offensive but his stereotype is very wrong. African immigrants are among the most educated and successful groups in American society.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana"; font-size: 14.6667px;"><i>Nigerian Americans have long been known for their community’s intense cultural emphasis on education, and now an analysis of Census data coupled with several local surveys shows that Nigerians don’t just value education, but surpass all other U.S. ethnic groups when it comes to obtaining degrees.</i></span><br />
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Read more of the same on Bloomberg View: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2015-10-13/it-isn-t-just-asian-immigrants-who-excel-in-the-u-s-">It isn't just the Asian immigrants that excel in U.S.</a><br />
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<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-85247463775444450412018-01-02T16:31:00.002-05:002018-01-30T20:08:18.431-05:002017 Reflections: The Dystopian Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Our future pregnant with promise, potential and possibilities. </i><br />
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We reflect on the past year and make resolutions to do better in the upcoming year.<br />
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Even as we embrace the NY 2018, let's reflect on the remarkably bizarre past year -- and yes it felt like a decade.<br />
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<b>The fall from grace of the Evangelical movement. </b><br />
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Stick a fork in them, they are so done.<br />
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Evangelicals have taken hits in the past. Think: <a href="https://www.biography.com/people/jim-jones-10367607">Jim Jones</a> , <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1OXAi7rNMg">Jimmy Swaggart</a>, <a href="https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CAACAY_enUS764US764&ei=4dxLWqyvJseWmwHG8L6ACw&q=tammy+and+jimmy+baker&oq=tammy+and+jimm&gs_l=psy-ab.1.0.0l2j0i22i30k1.3609.20405.0.22957.20.16.3.1.1.0.115.1384.15j1.16.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.20.1430...0i131k1j0i67k1j0i131i67k1j0i22i10i30k1.0.BMg14f-sM-k">Jim Bakker</a> and the father of the Moral Majority movement <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/sep/19/september11.usa9">Jerry Falwell</a>.<br />
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But by enthusiastically endorsing and supporting hugely morally flawed leaders like Donald Trump and Ray Moore -- they represent the antithesis of Christian values -- this quasi religious movement has abdicated any moral high ground they proclaim to have.<br />
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As the Brandon Robertson writes in the <a href="mailto:https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-evangelicals-support-roy-moore-donald-trump_us_5a1dc0cbe4b094f5c77e00ea">Huffington Post</a>:<br />
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And honorable mentions to Televangelist pastor Joel Osteen for being shamed into opening his arena size church for <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/pastor-greg-locke-joel-osteen-shamed-opening-lakewood-church-harvey-victims-197349/">Hurricane Harvey flood victims</a>.<br />
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<b>GOP: The party of law and order:</b><br />
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This myth has been severely debunked in 2017. Remember: During the height of the BLM movement, Trump and his acolytes remained steadfast in unequivocal support for law enforcement. Their mantra absent of nuance has been: Police/law enforcers good, People of color bad.<br />
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However, when Trump and company are cast as people of interests in crimes against the American electorate, Trump and his cohorts (co-conspirators?) in congress and Fox have ostentatiously trashed the Department of Justice and FBI -- the highest level of law enforcement in the country.<br />
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<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/30/us/politics/conservatives-mueller-fbi-republicans-trump.html">NY Times</a>:<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">With the Trumponomic tax cut -- the largest transfer of wealth from the bottom up to the top 1% in USA history -- our deficit spending will explode. And the deficit hawks are conspicuously mum. After loudly preaching that deficits threaten our children's and grandchildren's economic future, these h</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; font-size: 17px;">awks are MIA.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #2b2c30; font-family: "graphik web" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;"><i>As Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles have correctly noted, the present tax reform bill is likely to result in an increase in the public debt over the next decade from anywhere between $1.5 and $2.2 trillion. This would result in the nation’s public debt-to-GDP ratio rising from its current, already high level of 75 percent to around 100 percent by 2027.</i></span><br />
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<br />healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-53525958832968317312017-09-12T14:24:00.002-04:002018-01-30T20:09:04.484-05:00Middle-class income hit highest level on record in 2016, Census Bureau reports -- Thank you Obama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>America's middle class had its highest-earning year ever in 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.</i></div>
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<a name='more'></a><i>Median household income in America was $59,039 last year, surpassing the previous high of $58,655 set in 1999, the Census Bureau said. The figure is adjusted for inflation and is one of the most closely watched indicators of how the middle class is faring financially, as the Census surveys nearly 100,000 homes.</i></div>
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<i>The Census said the uptick in earnings occurred because so many people found full-time jobs — or better-paying jobs — last year.</i></div>
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<b>Let us just say <i>men lie, women lie but numbers don't lie</i>. </b></div>
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The passed eight years, under the stewardship of President Obama, saw the unprecedented upward trajectory of our economy. Without a single finger lifted for support by the obstructionist GOP, the US economy more than recovered from the Bush/Cheney induced recession -- the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression of 1929. </div>
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<b>Right-wing lies.</b></div>
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The anxiety, rage and unrest from the alt-right is real. The lie, of course, is the false narrative -- trumpeted by you know who -- that America was economically losing and he was the messiah that could restore her greatness. </div>
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To be honest, the fear was rooted in the diversification of Americans. And the election of #45 was a collective <a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/3057638/explaining-white-lash-and-how-it-helped-donald-trumps-win/">white-lash</a> -- fear and resentment against a black president and the prospect of eight more years of a non-white male in the White House. </div>
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<b>Numbers don't lie.</b></div>
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Irrefutably, Mr. Obama gifted a strong economy to President Trump. Let's hope he doesn't bankrupt this inheritance like he did (several times) the one his father bequeathed to him.</div>
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healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-61241741701993271062017-09-09T14:39:00.001-04:002017-09-09T14:39:08.692-04:00Limbaugh: Rushed outta town by fake news<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Rush early in the week:<br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">“There is a desire to advance this climate change agenda, and hurricanes are one of the fastest and best ways to do it. You can accomplish a lot just by creating fear and panic.”</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">"I explained how severe weather events are opportunities for big ratings boosts in the media and explained how it happens," he said. "I explained how severe weather events impact retailers and how some retailers are smart enough to coordinate advertising with television stations. It happens!"</span><br />
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Rush when Irma is knocking at his door:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><b>"May as well announce this. I'm not going to get into details because of the security nature of things, but it turns out that we will not be able to do the program here tomorrow," Limbaugh said on his Thursday radio show. "We'll be on the air next week, folks, from parts unknown."</b></i></span><br />
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Rush flees.<br />
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After spending last week ranting and opining about how hurricane media coverage is a left-wing hoax hatched by climate change liberals, media in search of ratings and retail stores seeking profits from panicked shoppers, Limbaugh packed his bags and left his Palm Beach, Florida residence -- and radio studio -- in a NYC second.<br />
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Rush's middle finger to his audience.<br />
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Rush displayed total disdain and disregard for his listeners by telling them, at their peril, to ignore hurricane warnings by media: he essentially called Hurricane Irma coverage fake news.<br />
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Sometimes his incessant blabbering is just background news -- particularly now that Rush is more than a decade past his "hey day" of conservative relevance -- but with his massive following from the over 65 year old<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dittohead"> ditto heads</a> in states like Florida, his fake news proclamation perilously dangerous.<br />
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There <i>oughta</i> be a law against this reckless speech.<br />
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healthysoulshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04578620378680191125noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5918263243703155602.post-58494633541480952962017-09-05T12:22:00.000-04:002017-09-05T12:24:24.229-04:00Follow Up: Utah nurse arrested by rogue cop.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/01/health/utah-nurse-arrest-police-video/index.html" target="_blank">As CNN reported:</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Salt Lake City police apologized Friday for arresting a nurse who, citing hospital policy, refused to let officers draw blood from an unconscious crash victim. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The arrest of Alex Wubbels, who was later released without charge, was captured on body camera video that the police chief said was alarming.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The incident happened July 26, when a crash victim was admitted to the University of Utah Hospital burn unit in a coma. Though the man was not a suspect in the wreck, which killed the other driver, police asked for his blood to be drawn.</i></span></div>
<b>For my friends of a lighter hue, file this under:</b><br />
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<i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—<br style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />Because I was not a Socialist.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—</i> <br style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Because I was not a Trade Unionist.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—</i> <br style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Because I was not a Jew.</i></span></div>
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<i style="line-height: 1; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.</span></i></div>
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As a person of color, a minority often targeted by rogue authorities, this case of police overreach by the Salt Lake City police force, was not a bit surprising to me. </div>
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<b>No sir.</b></div>
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After decades of being judge, jury and executioner in black and brown communities (operating with impunity) -- and in the era of backlash against a black man residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and now with the consent of #45 -- rogue cops feel emboldened and above-the-law.</div>
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<b>As we suffered.</b> </div>
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In fact, many in <i>mainstream America</i>, label BLM, an organization created to combat police brutality, a terrorist organization. BLM is defined by the most extreme outliers and not the thousands upon thousands of peaceful followers.</div>
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<b>Dangerous thugs and criminals...</b></div>
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This is the common justification uttered to explain away the actions of abusive cops. This is code for: They got what they deserved. Travon Martin, slayed down on the sidewalk by a stalking neighborhood watchman, got his just desserts. Eric Garner, on the wrong side of the law for selling cigarette <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=loosie" target="_blank">loosies</a>, was choked out for failing to properly comply. Philando Castile scared a cop -- he smelled weed in his car -- so bang, bang, bang.</div>
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With little or no accountability, no mainstream America outcry or condemnation, and no judicial punishment, many police began to further abuse the use of authority -- and not just in brown and black communities. </div>
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<b>Militarization of police.</b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #110000; font-size: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>The Trump administration on Monday revived a federal program curtailed by former President Barack Obama that allows local police departments to receive surplus military equipment. </i><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/08/28/trump-doj-reverse-obama-restrictions-on-military-gear-for-local-police.html" target="_blank">source</a></span></span></blockquote>
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In our modern police state status -- where the DOJ and president encourage the militarization of John Law -- far too many cops look and act like the thugs they were hired to serve and protect us from.</div>
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<b>My fear.</b></div>
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This case of police abuse has enraged many in the heartland of America. People are demanding the officer be fired or criminally punished. Apologies have been offered. As reported, terms of engagement between nurses and cops have been further defined.<i> But alas, is it too much, too little, too late to put the Genie back in the bottle.</i></div>
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