Why Africans Were Historically Viewed As Threat

George Will: The GOP Lout Club

Prominent Lout Club Members Ted Cruz and Matt Gaetz

Conservative pundit George Will recently opined: 

Will the Senate Republicans allow their louts to rule the party? 

He writes about an emerging Lout club of Trump sycophants campaigning to be Trump's biggest mini-me.

...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.

He warns about the existential danger these louts present to the GOP (and by extension country):

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.

Ok, let's be honest and keep it real. Trumpism didn't start with Trump:

The seeds of Trumpism were being sowed as early as Nixon/Reagan using the Southern Strategy (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.

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.

In a nutshell:

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 "shocked to find there is gambling going on in here."

Lebomba & Ishango Bones: Mathematics in Ancient Africa

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).

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.

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 Mecca.

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 gold. 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. 

Oldest Mathematical Instruments

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.

Lebomba Bone:

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. source

Ishango Bone

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 BC and was at first thought to have been a tally stick.

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 prime numbers 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.

The Ishango bone is kept at the Royal Institute for Natural Sciences of Belgium in Brussels. source

  

Did Jim Carrey capture the likeness of Sarah Huckabee Sanders?

Sarah, is that you?

I just peeped Jim Carrey's portrait of a so-called Christian whose only purpose in life is to lie for the wicked.

His artistic expression has garnered a great deal of controversy and criticism.

Many cite the haunting likeness of Trump mouthpiece Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

He has been mum on naming the subject of his muse.

But to support the Sanders' theory, she was previously branded -- by one GOP strategist -- as The Liar who spews horseshit for Trump. Furthermore, Sanders very publicly identifies herself as a devout Christian.

Of course, Trumpets -- known to tweet vicious attacks 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.

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.

Stormy Daniels' Parents: "We still roll with Trump"

Fact free zone. 

Trump voters are truly a special breed -- bless their hearts.

They give credence to this quote attributed to Mark Twain:

It's easier to fool people than convince them that they have been fooled.

And carnival barker that he is, Trump knows how to play them like a fiddle: fiddle dee fiddle dumb and dumber.

Evangelists' deal with the Devil

Praying at the altar of Trump

Reporter to Mahatma Gandhi:

What do you think about Western civilization?

Gandhi: 

I think it would be a good idea.

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.

Don't confuse being powerful with being civilized.

Why are some African-Americans moving to Africa? We look at why a new wave of black Americans are choosing to move to the continent.

In recent years, thousands of African-Americans have made the decision to “return home” to the African continent. But why?

Fox Yells: Trump wants your Guns!

Tucker: Trump is coming for your guns

In a revealing turn of fate, Trumpeteer and acolyte, Tucker Carlson publicly broke with DT on gun control.

Tucker (usually Trump's minister of propaganda via Fox News) strongly admonished Trump for seemingly endorsing common sense gun control legislation.

Black Panther Blockbuster: Black-to-the-Future

I finally had the chance to see the much hyped Black Panther. To me, BP was a Grand Slam.

No Doubt. This groundbreaking movie pleasantly exceeded my expectations.

And with a record breaking box office, many people around the globe agree.

Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen this movie you may want to stop here. The following post discloses information of many scenes in the movie. 

West African countries poised for a single currency in 2020

West African countries may soon witness a boost in growth and wealth as their leaders have reaffirmed their political will to meet the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) single currency programme deadline by 2020.

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.