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Understood. If today's climate is any indication, there's no major protests or backlash against the current administration. The left doesn't have any fight in them. They've all but disappeared as POTUS OJ & the GOP run roughshod over the government. Remains to be seen if there will be a wider scale January 6th type event if the right loses the White House. Regardless of whether the GOP wins or loses, POTUS OJ will have to leave. He doesn't have that kind of power over the US military. IMO, both the GOP & MAGA folks are enjoying the circus as they did the 1st time around. This is its last merry-go-round. They will go home when it's over. I predict that 3 years from now, the divide in this country will tamp down & some semblance of normalcy will return. All of this chaos will be a distant memory like the pandemic.😁😎

Here's when I hung out with PRINCE. 😉 I'm really having fun doing what it's possible to do nowadays!😜

The issue is not about whether this generation is worse than the preceding ones or about finger pointing. That's all a waste of time. It concerns what to do about what is currently happening. Problem solving gets lost in the shuffle of idle reminiscing. Maybe fines and jail sentences will have an effect. Or perhaps these roving hordes of young folks will get scared straight, after a body count builds up at the hands of trigger happy cops... Such is life.

As @aka Contrarian mentioned in another thread, fhe great Jazz saxophonist, Sonny Rollins has joined the celestial orchestra. Sonny Rollins was the last living musician in this 1958 picture A Great Day in Harlem: His legacy as a musician is cemented. Thanks for the music. RIP Mr. Sonny Rollins.😎

Black folks are masochistic; like an abused wife who stays with her mate because - it hurts so good.

At this point, I have very little hope in ANY of the current national political parties. Republicans have already made it clear that they intend to do NOTHING for AfroAmericans and the Democrats only promise benefits to us INDIRECTLY at best through half-ass underfunded programs designed to help people who don't even need them; and if some of those people just HAPPEN to be Black or AfroAmerican, oh well. No more jobs or job training programs or funds given directly to Black community organizations like back in the 60s, 70s, and early 80s. No talk of Universal Healthcare. It's not even on the radar and that was one of the main issues Liberals were pushing for back in the day. Come on mayne...... Dude is actually building a multimillion dollar BUNKER under the White house! Does that sound like the behavior of someone who is getting ready to move in a couple of years, to you? You don't build an addition to a place you're planning on leaving anytime soon....lol. "So let me get this straight......... You're paying us $45,000 to build a new patio for a house that just got foreclosed on and you're moving out of it in less than a month?"

If you guys weren't constantly bitchin' and whining about the lingering injustices of slavery in this country and the institutionalized racism that is designed to stifle Blacks, and keep them in their place and the omnipresent spectre of white supremacy and on and on and on, maybe Richard wouldn't look askance at the ambiguity of your relationship with this country. Troy bristles with his contempt f or the pervasiveness of social media and all it involves, and ProfD makes no secret about being armed and amenable to vigilancy, never wavering in his goal of reparations. Funny, I never got the impression that Richard was a member of a different generation than you two. His thinking is not archaic, to me. All of which contributes to the elusiveness of black unity. In watching the recentPBS special on WEB DuBois, I can't help but wonder what tribe he would belong to, were he still with us. I, personally, have given up categorizing folks. How one views the world depends on their core personality, imo. 🙄

They are protesting at the ICE facility in Newark, NJ this week. A few folks have been arrested. Last week, Secret Service shot a man near the White House after he opened fire on them. He later died at the hospital. There's a certain amount of F8ck Trump protests happening around the nation. The media is not reporting most public protests because the current administration has them shook. 😎

Gregory Chaitin is a mathematician and he says the base level of reality may not be particles but information. DNA is information encoded chemically. While based on my experiences with Astrology and time. I also feel the base level is information. I have found that time both Astrological and clock time has information that I can access. It is an interesting hypothesis that we may be in a simulation. It is one of the most interesting questions in philosophy. Unfortunately it may impossible or nearly so to find and answer. I think it's more plausible that our perceptions colour our reality. But also that our thoughts create our reality. Which may imply that everyone is right in their beliefs. However this is only true on a subjective level. Which is the level most people experience the world

Good day, everyone - My name is Kevin Parham, and I am seeking an AALBC review for my upcoming 350-page historical novel, Orange Line to Forest Hills. The story follows the intense emotional arc of the protagonist, Sadie Mae Beckham, as she navigates mid-20th-century challenges in an environment that denies people of color the opportunity to achieve their goals and take their rightful place in American society. Consideration of my submission would be greatly appreciated. Respectfully, Kevin Name: Kevin Parham (Author) https://priapublishing.com/ Book Title: Orange Line to Forest Hills ISBN: 978-0-9849485-9-8 Publication Date: July 14, 2026 List Price: $17.99 (paperback) $4.99 (digital) Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Sadie Mae Beckham has grown up knowing the cruelty of racism in the Jim Crow South, but nothing prepares her for the brutal lynching of her father. Determined not to let hatred define her future, Sadie Mae leaves everything she knows behind and travels to Boston, Massachusetts, driven by a single goal: to gain an education and one day become a doctor. In her new high school, Sadie Mae forms an unlikely friendship with two girls, one Black, one white, who share her belief that injustice must be challenged, even when doing so comes at a cost. As the girls navigate peer pressure, family expectations, and quiet hostility in classrooms and summer jobs, their convictions are tested again and again. When relationships across racial lines begin to draw unwanted attention, the friends are forced to confront a society determined to keep them apart. Each choice they make carries consequences, not just for themselves, but for those they care about. Will Sadie Mae hold onto her dream without compromising her values? Can friendship survive in a world built on division? And is moral courage enough to challenge a system designed to punish those who stand against it? Orange Line to Forest Hills--a powerful story of friendship, determination, and the courage to choose what is right in a would shaped by fear and inequality.

https://variety.com/2026/music/news/peabo-bryson-dead-beauty-and-the-beast-1236765354/ Peabo Bryson, the man who could really sang, has passed away. He suffered a stroke a few days ago. Some of Peabo's hits were "Feel the Fire", "Reaching for the Sky", "I'm So Into You", "Can You Stop the Rain", "If Ever You're in My Arms Again", "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "A Whole New World" & "Beauty & the Beast". Thanks for the legacy of music. RIP Mr. Peabo Bryson.😎