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The commentary quoted below is circulating around META. It expresses a popular point of view, but its message doesn't uplift me. It disturbs me. America is what it is, and the Trump trend shows no sign of abating. ******** "I’ve been watching an absolutely heroic amount of pearl-clutching lately from people who insist that J.D. Vance would somehow be “worse” than Trump once Trump’s inevitable political and biological expiration arrives. Let’s get something straight: it has never been about Trump, not for one second. Trump is just the mascot. The real story is the people who finally saw themselves in him and felt va…

The perihelion is when the earth or any body about a star is nearest the star, in the earth's case when the earth is closest to our friend, the sun

https://apnews.com/article/tim-walz-presidential-election-2024-01f76023f34f2936770ba74ea544951e Gov. Tim Walz vows to keep up the Democratic fight. He's still using the same talking points "meaningful work, safe neighborhoods, good schools, affordable quality health care." The Democrats need to start talking more directly about how they're gong to put more money in pockets.😎

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/nancy-pelosi-first-woman-serve-us-house-speaker-retire-congress-2025-11-06/ Finally, after decades of holding up a California Congressional seat, Rep. Nancy Pelosi has decided it's time to retire. She's 85 years old. Before anyone goes feeling sorry for Rep. Pelosi and/or believing she needs a job to feed her family, keep in mind that she has a net worth of $120 million dollars. Nevermind that a public servant shouldn't be allowed to make that much on the job. Rep. Pelosi and her husband are very well off. Hopefully, Rep. Jim Clyburn, the sharecropper from South Carolina, will follow suit an…

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While I heard mentions of various connections between astrology and philosophers, I felt most were apocryphal. Currently looking at Porphyry, Iamblichus and Plotinus.

People really underestimate the financial fortunes made in war. Peace never does better.

"For me" - a true story that will warm your heart The difference between opponent or enemy from Jon Stewart Drawing Pokemon stuffed animals for charity https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2167&type=status

Talk about redundancy. As there is a war on fraud, waste and abuse in government spending being investigated by DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency), there is already a group of folks who are supposed to be doing that work. The US House Committee of Oversight and Accountability has the same responsibility. A bipartisan body is split down the middle between doing their jobs and supporting DOGE. DOGE was stood up by POTUS OJ. The quasi-agency is headed by the unelected, South African, Elon Musk. A billionaire who has conflicts of interest due to his government contracts. POTUS OJ has given Musk the latitude to find $…

Looks like Robert Kennedy Jr. being appointed as Health Secretary is ALREADY having an impact in the nation and opening up discussions on subject that were once considered not even up FOR discussion. Look at the article I just saw on mainstream NBC New's website: Fluoride in drinking water once again scrutinized for possible effect on kids' IQ I remember not too long ago most so-called professionals weren't even willing to DISCUSS whether or not we should be putting flouride in our drinking water. Any talk of the damage it may be doing to the brains of those who ingest it was regulated to "conspiracy theorist" talk and readily dismissed. Oh but now..…

If you were teaching a person in your home today, any age, how would you use or not use the computer programming commonly called artificially intelligent? https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/675-economic-corner-37-03102026/

Steven Zhang was the president of a football club called Inter Milan. What he did matters for one reason. His situation exposes the low quality of ownership in humanity. A set of sport steams signed a contract to make their own league, it has alot of precedent. But only one club made sure it had a provisional clause to exit the contract upon conditions unfavorable to the club. The question heading this post is the key, please answer in comments. Josep Bartomeu- the now legally fallen former president of FC Barcelona for his financial activities. Andrea Agnelli the now excommunicado former president of Juventus because he signed said contract in my view. The gla…

around 11:14 am the earth was as close to the sun as it will get, starting its elliptical turn to the aphelion , where the earth will be farthest away, in june

I've been kinda scarce lately, because on a whim last week, I asked Chat GPT (Open AI), Claude (Anthropic), and Gemini (Google Deep Mind) to redesign my homepage. As part of the prompt, I gave it my code for the page. I fully expected Chat GPT to win as I have been using it to help me code my site for the past year at least. Chat GPT's results were worse that what I currently had in place, Claude's output was completely useless, and Gemini results were breath taking -- seriously! I was like, I can work with this! I basically, dropped everything and dedicated the past week to plowing through my site and redesigning the front end and cleaning up the back end. There …

It's beyond time to do away with no knock warrants: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1078313707/amir-locke-killed-minneapolis-police-no-knock-warrant Another black person who was not the intended target of the search warrant is killed by police. There's enough technology available to law enforcement that makes it easier to catch suspects without breaking and entering residences. I'm a proponent of old fashioned police work. Stake out eating donuts or hide in bushes until the suspect comes strolling down the street. 😎

Has anyone seen this: If it were not on Sky News I would have thought it was AI disinformation. It appears Sky News has been lambasting Kamala. They report like they are still owned by Rupert Murdoch

I've been noticing that the SAME people who dye their hair blonde are usually the SAME people who celebrate Christmas, Easter, Thanks Giving, and any other day White people established for their "subjects" to celebrate. And both types usually use the same excuses for doing so. There was a time in America....roughly between 1965-1995....where Black folks were coming out of celebrating those pagan holidays and we were doing our own thing. That also was the same time period where Black women were more likely to embrace their natural hair texture and color! I don't think those examples are coincidences. And just like after around 1995 more AfroAm…

For those in the northern hemisphere, I hope they began Autumn surrounded by loving ones with a full plate of food. For those in the southern hemisphere, i hope they began spring, surrounde by loving ones and beautiful gardens

So Assad give up, leaves Syria to go to Russia and let the anti-government Rebels take over the nation. We hadn't even HEARD from these rebels for the past 5 or 6 years, the government had all but decimated them. Now all of a sudden they pop up out of nowhere and TAKE OVER? And Russia...who was supposed to be Assad's backer and benefactor....just goes along with it? Russia has MORE than enough fire power to stop an advancing rag-tag heavily armed street gang riding around the desert on jeeps and toyota pick-up trucks. But they just LET these dudes ride up into the major cities throwing up peace signs and claiming victory, without so much as a fight? …

AMERICA, IT'S NOT THE DEMS: CLICK JUST BELOW TO SEE WHY IT'S NOT: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Or52uxxrM)!!! IT'S M.C.mitch-THE-GRINCH WHO HAS ALIGNED-his-CONGRESSIONAL-POCKETS W/BILLIONS, BUT NOW... WHERE IS THE $$$20.00'S OF TAX$$$ AMERICANS PAID??? BLAME-IT-ON-moscow-mitch-DO-NOTHING GRINCH-mcconnell-IS-HOLDING UP PAYING BILLS-THAT-moscow/republicans-MADE----- RACKING-UP-republican-DEBT-2016-2020: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HFyJc889ks); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D3ihri6o1M); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HFyJc889ks); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luP3Tk5blXw); (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37nYWVTW2…

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding the prosecutor who brought the cases, former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan, was not lawfully appointed. Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed It's about TIME these federal judges start pulling strings in favor of our people!

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March Equinox , GOOD NEWS CALENDAR Today is the beginning of spring in 2026, it happened about 10:06 am eastern standard time. The equinox is when day and night have equal time. This is as nights get shorter while days get longer in the northern hemisphere or days get shorter to nights get longer in the southern hemisphere to the June Solstice, which is the the longest day in the northern hemipshere or longest night in the southern hemisphere enjoy the stories

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5728848-wes-moore-trump-white-house/ MD Governor Wes Moore, the only sitting Black Governor in the USA, wasn't invited to the White House for dinner with the nation's Governors. Governor Moore recently became leader of the National Governors Association. Of course, nothing should be a surprise under the current 🤡 🎪 administration. Seems POTUS OJ & his car full of sycophants are boldly showing their racist colors every week. It's going to ramp up.😎

https://www.denverpost.com/2024/09/13/elijah-mcclain-paramedic-sentence-cichuniec/ The paramedic responsible for administering the Ketamine shot that killed Elijah McClain is being released from prison. After 6 months in the penalty, the same judge who put the former paramedic in prison has reduced his sentence. This is a move to which Black folks need to pay attention. Even when race soldiers and white supremacists are found guilty and incarcerated, they're usually set free earlier than their sentencing. We cannot rest believing these cases are closed or justice has been served after the vigil, t-shirts, civil suit and co…

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Time. For. A. Black. Independent. Political. Party. Some. Black. People. Are. Saying. ...Black. Democrats They. Talk. Like. They. Own. ,,Black. Votes. The. Democrats. Supports. Billions. Of. U. S. Money,,Going. To. Ukraine. And. Israel. .No. Voices. For. Billions. Of. ,,U. S. Money. To. Poor. Inner. City. Communities. To. Create. Jobs. ,,And. Build. New. Schools. ...On. The. News Trump. Says. He. Getting. Black. Votes. .....Black. Democrats. Voices. Of. Support. For,,,Protecting. Israel. And. Ukraine. No. Voices. To. Find. Out. Who,,,Dumping ,Out. Guns. And. Drugs. In. Inner. City. Communities. To,,Create. Black Genocide. The. Church. Is. A. Slave. Cabin. And,,Pim…

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The title of the book is: The Elephant versus The Donkey by Anonymous What is the first sentence of said book? Please place in comments.

What she misses is a crossroads of three things. First, the studios want to maximize profit, which means they want to use media properties they already own and attract the most sales. Second, the properties studios own are quite old, decades old, centuries old and tend to be created by white people of european descent filled with mostly characters described in appearance or culture as white of european descent, which has the problem of not being as attractive to non whites than non white characters. Third, the modern buyers of media content are not overwhelmingly , overwhelmingly meaning seventy five percent or more , of white European descent and the studios want to cate…

Avid Trumper Amber Rose believes white people should be able to say N-word "White people should be able to say n***a," Rose said point-blank. However, Rose expanded upon her controversial take. She reasoned that if white people were allowed to say the word, it would lessen its dark history and impact. "Because when you really stop giving a f*** about stupid, dumbass words, we'll stop killing each other," she argued." Avid Trumper Amber Rose believes white people should be able to say N-word See! This is what happens when you let EVERY-fucking-body run around calling themselves "Bla…

San Francisco mayor quietly signs reparations fund that could lead to $5M payments per person San Francisco mayor quietly signs reparations fund that could lead to $5M payments per person They know good and dog gone well this plan won't lead to anybody getting Reparations. Just like that crap they're doing over in Maryland. .... just a trick or gimmick. CITIES AND STATES DO NOT PAY REPARATIONS Especially cities and states where slavery didn't officially exist...like Portland Oregon or San Francisco California. Reparations are only paid by National/Federal Governments. They KNOW this is going nowhere. The mayor…

This. Year. 3. Black. Men. Have. Been. ,.. Found. Hung. From. Trees. .. In. Mississippi. 2. Black. Men. In. Wisconsin. Another. Black. Man. Found. Hanging. .. Families. And. The. NAACP. Want ,Investigations. . The. Racist. Christian. Terrorist Want. A ,,Race. War. In. The. Streets. So. Trump. Street. . TRASH. Terrorist Can. .Shoot Down. Black. People. . Where. Is. Black. Lives. Matter. ? Black. People. Are. Missing. .Some. Found. Alive. Some. Found. Dead. Including. Children. . Politics. And. Religion. Stops. Black. Unity. . Black. Politicians. Black. News. Talkers. Not. Talking. About. This. . The. Democrats…

Chicago and the nation are mourning the passing of legendary civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson. Although the family's request for him to lie in state at the Capitol rotunda was denied, his casket will be trotted out at 4 different venues in Chi-Town and DC, and his South Carolina birthplace. In embellishing his acquaintance with Jesse, Trump called him "a piece of work". Take's one to know one... RIP Jesse.

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What is the most you're willing to pay for a gallon of gas? Just curious to know at what point the family here would park the ride & use another form of transportation. It's amusing the same USA that 1) seized control of Venezuelan oil & 2) attacked Iran would pass higher gas prices to the same American people who are complaining about the price of groceries & healthcare. I doubt the price will hit $5 per gallon. However, jacking the price up by @ least $1 in less than a month doesn't show much concern for the economy & struggling people either.😎

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Today is the holiday acknowledging the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Yet, there is hardly any media coverage of it. Unfortunately, the pageantry of the POTUS inauguration has literally trumped Rev. Dr. MLK Jr's holiday. There are events commemorating the legacy of Rev. Dr. MLK Jr's happening around the country. Hopefully, they are getting local coverage.😎

Trump-Mamdani meeting marked by surprising moments of praise Trump-Mamdani meeting marked by surprising moments of praise Ofcourse they're praising each other and holding private meetings together. They're both playing on the same team. I hope all the so-called "progressives" who voted for Handyman are taking notes.....lol.

....when you realized that fighting was primarily a young man's sport? I went back to Detroit yesterday to handle some family business and happened to see an old man squaring off with some young cats inside a cellphone store. They were grinning and trying to brush him off but he kept insisting for some beef. One of them turned around and braced himself and when the old dude threw a punch he simply stepped back to avoid it and the old man lost his balance, fell, and knocked over a display case in the store. Needless to say the younger dudes all had a laugh and I'm sure atleast one of them had a cell phone to record the incident as is often the cases…

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/house-vote-full-epstein-files-release-move-speaker/story?id=127593181 It didn't take long for Bill Cosby, R. Kelly and Diddy to be charged and convicted and punished for crimes against women whether they were guilty or not. For whatever reason, white folks are having a hard time releasing the files on pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Apparently, the file contains the names of powerful people who supposedly weren't guilty of getting down with underage girls but they hung out with Epstein. The talking point is these powerful people shouldn't be exposed and/or have their lives ruined because they were…

Estimations of Change No human has to embrace change nor is it mature to embrace change unquestioningly, but how does one live happily when you liked where you lived before the changes? Immigration by default brings change, but is change by default positive?

Economic Corner 18 What is the future of writing as a profitable activity? With the advent of computer programs to simulate writing at a quality acceptable enough for most, who will pay for human imagination driven writing over computer average based simulation writing, and why?

Say what? 'said you don't believe in Conspiracy Theories? Well.....'yo bad, lol. Because many if not most Americans of ALL races and most socio-economic backgrounds DO. That's another reason Trump won. From vaccine conspiracies to cell phone tower conspiracies, most Americans believe something or someone(s) are orchestrating and benefiting from most of the problems this nation faces. Republicans entertain their fears and concerns, while Democrats tend to ridicule them and their answer to every question is to just shut up and "trust science" and not question anything. Most adults don't like being lied to OR lectured to, especially by people who th…

2nd longest serving FBI Director in US history, Robert Mueller passed away @ 81 years old. POTUS OJ posts on Truth Social..."Good. I'm glad he's dead". It's no secret that POTUS OJ hated Mueller due to the Russia collusion investigation into the 2016 election. However, a true statesman would have taken a higher road in this moment. Of course, the USA isn't being led by a real leader of the people. The sad & funny part is that on cue MAGA folks are defending crass 🤡 azz POTUS OJ. Somehow he deserves to feel this way because Mueller was an *enemy*. The country has 2.67 years left under POTUS OJ b…

This is a continuation of the previous conversation on this subject: In the video below, two astrophysicists and a comedian, discuss free will.

Hopefully, everyone enjoyed Juneteenth however they chose to celebrate it.😎

https://apnews.com/article/tiger-woods-car-crash-florida-10be5faefb91c86ce5da36a3590e86a1 One of the greatest golfers the world has ever seen has bad luck when it comes to driving vehicles. Several years ago, Tiger Woods was involved in a bad accident that nearly cost him a leg. He recovered. On Friday, March 27th, Tiger Woods hit another vehicle & rolled over his Land Rover. The truck driver was not injured. Tiger was able to crawl out of his vehicle unhurt as well. Tiger blew a 000 on the breathalyzer but he refused to take a urine test. Florida law enforcement arrested him. He bonded him…