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Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Metaphysics:

• http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html 

News: 

• Cluster Fu*k:
  • https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4386943-fox-news-psychic-loss-trump-2024-grim-reaper/
  • https://www.reuters.com/world/us/takeaways-2024-us-election-trail-dueling-tv-events-attack-ads-2024-01-02/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/29/la-police-fatally-shot-niani-finlayson-body-camera
• Non-virtues:
  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/02/north-carolina-mcdonalds-pastor-wife-co-worker-deep-fryer?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1
  • https://nypost.com/2023/08/09/former-top-evangelical-church-official-laments-christians-who-think-jesus-quotes-are-liberal-talking-points/

Closing: More than a comeback: 

• https://newsone.com/4774258/shacarri-richardson-award-nomination/

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Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Overview:

• http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html 

News:   

• The Future Ain’t What It Used To: 
  • https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2023-12/democracy-stake-2024-us-election
• Omnibenevolence and Favoritism:

Closing: Looking Good and Feeling good: 

• https://thegrio.com/2023/12/28/california-barbershop-helps-black-men-cope-mental-health-issues/

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Philosophy: The immense cost of oppressing the Black Woman:

• https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-ws-black-women-changed-american-history-20211230-tq2rftmvkbamxg4iv5m5bfd67a-photogallery.html 
• https://www.thenation.com/article/society/black-women-policing/

News: 

• Political - Decent into chaos: 
  • https://time.com/6549628/colorado-trump-ruling-questions/
  • https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/fight-keep-counting-dead-gaza-2023-12-21/
• Religious - Circular logic:
  • https://americanhumanist.org/what-is-humanism/reasons-humanists-reject-bible/

Closing:  Misplaced thanks: 

• https://blacknews.com/news/monica-nancy-candny-black-woman-graduates-honors-degree-marine-engineering/

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 Philosophy: How Black people in America can Survive and/or Thrive:

• https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1742715020976200

 News: 

• Hypocrisy is the point:
  •  https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/12/11/let-he-who-is-without-sin-cast-the-first-stone-another-tawdry-scandal-for-the-republican-party/
  • https://www.vanityfair.com/news/republicans-cant-believe-fox-news-keeps-calling-them-out-on-their-impeachment-bulls-t
  • https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/national-international/the-republican-leading-the-probe-of-hunter-biden-has-his-own-shell-company-and-complicated-friends/3412048/
• When irrationality supplants logic:
  • https://infidels.org/kiosk/article/the-worst-teachings-of-jesus/

Closing: Second chances are difficult to come by, maybe this helps: 

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Philosophy: The reality of war: 

News: 

• The, mostly, untold story: 
  • https://www.thenation.com/article/world/israeli-bombs-killed-ahmed-abu-artemas-son/
• The truth is the Republicans have no desire to govern and the Democrats do not have a fucking clue:
• Christian Love: 
  • https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-charged-religious-terror-attack-australia-wieambilla-rcna128282

Closing:  Past due Celebration: 

• https://thegrio.com/2023/12/07/fisk-university-makes-history-again-gymnastics-team-meet-all-black-coaches/

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Philosophy: Prompt Engineering the Mind: 

• https://clivethompson.medium.com/the-psychological-weirdness-of-prompt-engineering-3846755df50c
• https://www.aswathkrishnan.com/2023/05/how-to-use-prompt-engineering-to-rewire.html

News: 

• Obama, the embodiment of hope for some, the embodiment of fear for others: 
  • https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/us/politics/donald-trump-vp.html
• It’s them dirty cops, them the ones you need to watch: 
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/30/us/rankin-county-mississippi-sheriff.html
• Christian values: 
  • https://www.newsweek.com/pastors-wife-brags-about-spanking-child-viral-video-1845237
  • https://ffrf.org/component/k2/item/23730-what-s-wrong-with-the-ten-commandments

Closing:  Not a handout, this is a hand up: 

• https://www.seattleschools.org/news/show-me-the-money/

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Philosophy: The global doom loop:

•  https://www.huffpost.com/entry/do-you-struggle-with-the-doom-loop_b_4247729

Closing: They call this justice, but it’s not: 

• https://www.theroot.com/a-black-man-s-broken-jaw-just-cost-these-white-dudes-a-1851025601

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Philosophy: The Art and Science of Compromise:

• https://www.verywellmind.com/compromise-in-relationships-7559559 

News: 

• True Colors: 
• To cult or not to cult: 
  • https://apnews.com/article/kenya-cult-doomsday-paul-mackenzie-church-malindi-6f8945687dca8873527b562543999ee8
  • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-mind/202104/the-definitive-guide-helping-people-trapped-in-cult

Closing:   A Century Late and a Billion Dollars Short: 

• https://apnews.com/article/buffalo-soldiers-houston-texas-c3e7c2fcafc969a58b01fdb789251a3d

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Philosophy: The Game of Life: 

• http://www.wernererhard.com/living_cont.html

News: 

• We are in a death spiral: 
• This shit never ends: 
  • https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/04/religion-poisons-everything.html
  • https://bitnerhenry.com/child-sexual-abuse-is-the-second-most-frequent-loss-at-religious-institutions/#:~:text=Religious%20institutions%2C%20which%20commonly%20rely,would%20be%20hesitant%20to%20question.

Closing:  Reciprocal Culture: 

• https://goodblacknews.org/
• https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/everything-you-need-to-know-move-afrika-rwanda/

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Feedback: What’s on my mind: Designed Reality:

•  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/liking-the-child-you-love/202310/the-most-overlooked-strategy-for-success

News: 

• Mo money, mo money:
  • https://apnews.com/article/mormon-church-donations-tithe-lawsuit-0849212284504c6172a93467148c22d2 
• DJTJ says he is too dumb to have committed fraud:
  • https://www.reuters.com/legal/donald-trump-jr-testify-second-day-new-york-fraud-trial-2023-11-02/ 
• Antivax equals nut job:
  • https://www.thedailybeast.com/jonathan-dunn-accused-of-threatening-to-shoot-captain-previously-challenged-vaccine-mandate-report 
• Epidemic:
  • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/26/louisiana-new-orleans-pastor-charged-sexual-abuse-milton-martin 
• Typically, GOP: 
  • https://newsone.com/4780026/north-dakota-republican-party-dave-roetman/

This shit is for us: The hero’s journey, a Black perspective:

•  https://fourminutebooks.com/the-hero-with-a-thousand-faces-summary/#:~:text=1%2DSentence%2DSummary%3A%20The,to%20connect%20with%20one%20another.
• https://maypoleofwisdom.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/357511034-clyde-w-ford-the-hero-with-an-african-face.pdf

Bible Study with Atheist Mike:  OG Religions:

• https://theculturetrip.com/asia/articles/the-8-oldest-religions-in-the-world

Closing:  The future of hope: 

• https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Wellness/ethiopian-born-virginia-teen-honored-inventing-potential-skin/story?id=104538962

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