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  • RBT Episode #206 September 14, 2024 - "If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters." - Colin Powell

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    What’s on my Mind: Is Trump a Lair or a Buffoon?: https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4831657-trump-lies-dangerous-political-show/
    News: 

    • Not Serious: https://newsone.com/5527446/rep-mike-collins-says-hes-praying-for-georgia-school-shooting-victims-x-responds-by-resurfacing-his-gun-ads/
    • Hate’s Global Reach: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/sep/09/white-supremacists-charged-assassination-hitlist?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
    • The worst of the worst: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/mark-robinson-north-carolina-scandal-trump-rcna169743

    Conversations with an Atheist: Gobbledygook:  https://mbird.com/theology/parables-and-the-difficulty-of-direct-communication/
    Closing: Together we Win: https://blacknews.com/news/dr-laura-borland-black-doctor-platform-dad-ease-combat-invisible-parent-syndrome/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    49 min
  • RBT Episode #205 September 7, 2024 - “I am trying to become the strongest person I can become to live the life I have been given…” — Audre Lorde

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    What’s on my Mind: Republican FUBAR: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mind-in-the-machine/201812/complete-psychological-analysis-trumps-support#:~:text=Posted%20December%2027,%202018|Reviewed%20by%20Lybi%20Ma.%20Key?msockid=099a7d9e70b86f5428a16ff471106e7f

    News: 

    • Thoughts and Mutha-Fucking Prayers: https://newsone.com/5527446/rep-mike-collins-says-hes-praying-for-georgia-school-shooting-victims-x-responds-by-resurfacing-his-gun-ads/ 
    • Aid and Comfort to the Enemy: https://apnews.com/article/russia-trump-harris-putin-election-disinformation-13b15fcd42e52d77c22454c223e85b95
    • Fox Guarding the Henhouse: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article291729320.html

    Conversations with an Atheist: Natural Born Atheist: https://theatheistconservative.com/review-atheism-the-case-against-god/

    Closing: Top of the Top: https://www.blackenterprise.com/nebraskas-largest-black-owned-business-top-100-small-business/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    45 min
  • RBT Episode #204 August 31, 2024 - "A loaded brain is more powerful than a loaded gun." — Ernest William Chambers

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    What’s on my Mind: Fear of a Black Planet:
    News: 

    • Shit-stained Glasses: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/29/trump-transition-plan-afpi-00176674 
    • Not a Leader, a Fake-ass Bitch: https://apnews.com/article/trump-arlington-cemetery-altercation-afghanistan-3f0331e9209336a9b696ec164be7eb1c
    • Analogous to a Drug Dealer: https://www.christianpost.com/news/2000-officers-not-enough-to-arrest-pastor-apollo-quiboloy.html

    Conversations with an Atheist: Knowledge vs. Wisdom:
    Closing:  Brightness in Black: https://www.blackenterprise.com/jordan-brand-storycorps-brightness-in-black/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    59 min
  • RBT Episode #203 August 24, 2024 - "All too often, when we see injustices, both great and small…we do nothing. We remain silent... When we say nothing, when we do nothing, we are consenting to these trespasses against us." — Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist

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    What’s on my Mind: The Magic of Getting Off your Ass and Doing Something: News: 

    • Oxymoron: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/democratic-republican-conventions-differences-rcna167651
    • The Definition of Asinine: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/in-kandiss-taylors-christian-nation-i-dont-have-to-give-you-your-freedom-of-religion/
    • ·   Assholes be Ass-holing: https://apnews.com/article/rfk-jr-trump-speech-arizona-a2638f89ddcb5de03edbe4574ca17d45

    Conversations with an Atheist: What is God: https://theatheistconservative.com/review-atheism-the-case-against-god/
    Closing: Beyond Books: https://www.blackenterprise.com/grambling-state-university-opens-first-hbcu-digital-library/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    59 min
  • RBT Episode #202 August 17, 2024 - “Unless we…defeat the enemies in our own country, poverty and racism, we are exposed in the eyes of the world as hypocrites…” —Shirley Chisholm

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    What’s on my Mind: Update from the Center of Chaos:

    • https://www.cfr.org/blog/election-2024-where-presidential-race-stands-three-months-election-day 

    News: 

    • Circle-Jerking Idiots: 
      • https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/12/trump-musk-x-interview-problems-00173739
    • Suckers and Losers: 
      • https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2024/08/16/trump-belittles-medal-of-honor-award-in-campaign-speech/
    • The Coverup is Just as Bad as the Crime: 
      • https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/north-carolina-pastor-accused-of-failing-to-report-child-sex-assaults-over-several-years/ar-AA1oQUC9

    Conversations with an Atheist: You Believe What???:

    • https://theatheistconservative.com/review-atheism-the-case-against-god/

    Closing: Bittersweet: 

    • https://www.npr.org/2024/08/13/g-s1-16883/ilhan-omar-primary-squad-israel-gaza-samuels

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    47 min
  • Rational Black Thought Episode 201 – August 10, 2024 – “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ― Maya Angelou

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    What’s on my Mind: What’s Your Story?:

    • https://www.spiritofstory.com/blog/interview-john-truby 

    News: 

    • Rambling nonsense: 
      • https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/08/08/trump-unhinged-press-conference-abc-debate-harris/74723587007/
    • Another Trump patriot bites the dust: 
      • https://apnews.com/article/david-dempsey-capitol-riot-prison-sentence-d724e95dd3a39951deae482fa3ec4ff5
    • White Christian Nationalism equals the end of democracy:
      • https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/joel-webbons-christian-nationalist-agenda-crushing-our-enemies-and-rewarding-our-friends/ 

    Conversations with an Atheist: 1st Prize:

    • https://mindingthetruth.com/2013/11/18/the-myth-of-original-sin-2/

    Closing: Stories of Success: 

    • https://www.theroot.com/a-black-woman-s-billion-dollar-whiskey-company-was-insp-1851618477

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    47 min
  • Rational Black Thought Episode 200 – August 3, 2024 – “whether you grab hold of an inflection point and leverage it for all it’s worth or just let it carry you along – is as important as the event itself.”— Eric C. Sinoway

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    What’s on my Mind: Convergence of Inflection Points:

    • https://www.taosnews.com/opinion/letters/a-critical-inflection-point-for-democracy/article_fde13b46-121c-58b9-8824-bbdd6c329f54.html 

    News: 

    • Don’t Platform Jerks: 
      • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/01/nabj-trump-interview-black-journalists
    • Dip Shits Don’t Get It: 
      • https://newrepublic.com/post/184487/trump-russia-prisoner-swap-bonkers-response
    • More Often Than Not…: 
      • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/texas-pastor-indicted-soliciting-prostitute-b2589236.html

    Conversations with an Atheist: How I Know I’m Right:

    Closing: GOAT of GOATS: 

    • https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/simone-biles-wins-olympic-gold-suni-lee-takes-bronze-rcna164561

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    55 min
  • Rational Black Thought Episode 199 – July 27, 2024 – “We should… protest openly everything... that smacks of discrimination or slander."- Mary McLeod Bethune

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    What’s on my Mind: What Now:
     
    News: 

    • How Biden Outwitted the Dem Elites 
    • Why Does this Keep Happening: 
      • https://www.vox.com/criminal-justice/363206/sonya-massey-police-killing-sean-grayson
    • It Didn’t Take: 
      • https://julieroys.com/felon-turned-pastor-martinez-charged-sexual-battery-teen-girl/

    Conversations with an Atheist: The Pros and Cons of Credulity:

    • https://medium.com/illumination/positive-and-negative-effects-of-religion-7ec841feef07


    Closing: Xcellence: 

    • https://blacknews.com/news/malcom-bowser-30-year-old-owner-1-million-black-family-owned-business-launches-educational-platform-free-masterclass/#google_vignette

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    55 min
  • Rational Black Thought Episode 198 – July 20, 2024 – “Choice is an illusion created between those with power and those without” The Matrix Reloaded

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    What’s on my Mind: Election Mysteries Decoded: The Hidden Truths of 2024:

    • https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/16/trump-shooting-impact-us-politics/74403178007/
    • https://www.vox.com/politics/360521/trump-shooting-polls-political-impact-2024-election-election

     News: 

    • With Friends Like These…: 
    • Criminals making Laws for Criminals: 
      • https://apnews.com/article/banking-esg-treasury-national-security-00984615e57dc14d72f04e6e61cc078b
    • They Stand on Nothing: 
      • https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/nick-fuentes-slams-j-d-vance-for-having-a-non-white-non-christian-wife/

    Conversations with an Atheist: Heavenly Sex:

    • https://godrules.net/articles/marriage-in-heaven.htm

    Closing: Swinging Beyond Boundaries: 

    • https://www.blackenterprise.com/sierra-balgar-city-girls-golf/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    49 min
  • Rational Black Thought Episode #197 July 13, 2024 - “If you don't know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.” ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

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    What’s on my Mind: Hope for the Best but Plan for the Worst:
    News: 

    • Can Biden win?: 
      • https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/07/11/democratic-party-biden-strategy/
    • Aiding and Abetting: 
      • https://www.vox.com/scotus/359206/supreme-court-incompetent-abortion-trump-immunity
    • Topsy Turvey: 
      • https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/12/man-plotted-electrical-substation-attack-to-advance-white-supremacist-views-prosecutors-say-00167766

    Conversations with an Atheist: Follow the Money:

    • https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/follow-money-economics-theocracy-denis-o-callaghan-/
    • https://urbanintellectuals.com/black-churches-have-collected-420-billion/

    Closing: Hope: 

    • https://newsone.com/4526958/umar-johnson-school-opening-date/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 6 min

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