Rational Black Thought

By Michael

A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist

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September 11, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #49 September 11, 2021 - 9/11/2001 - No Lessons Learned
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What’s on my mind: Our reaction to 9/11 squandered an opportunity for healing: https://apnews.com/article/911-20-years-world-affairs-cc497f11743fcbd48b0b3e0c3ed2da5f
News:
Breaking News:
In South Africa, fatal mix of race and vigilantes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/04/world/africa/South-Africa-Phoenix-riots-deaths.html
Conservative radio hosts all across America are losing their lives for the cause: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/anti-vax-radio-hosts-dying-covid
Update on California recall: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/571328-california-recall-poll-newsom-backed-by-58-percent-of-voters
Self-proclaimed prophet says god is getting pissed when people laugh at him: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/hank-kunneman-says-that-questioning-his-false-election-prophesies-is-grievous-to-god/
Ex-prosecutor indicted for misconduct in Ahmaud Arbery’s death: https://afro.com/ex-prosecutor-indicted-for-misconduct-in-ahmaud-arbery-death/
This shit is for us: The making of a Black race traitor: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2692&context=dissertations_2, https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/candace-owens-new-zealand-mosque-trump-20190319.html
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The history of the bible: https://www.history.com/topics/religion/bible, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_the_Catholic_ecumenical_councils
Closing: Shining A Spotlight On Resistance: https://afro.com/celebrities-fans-remember-actor-michael-k-williams/
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1h 44min
September 04, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #48 September 04, 2021 - I'd Like to Save the World, but can you get Someone Else?
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What’s on my mind: Use mental models to improve your thinking: https://jamesclear.com/mental-models
News:
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A republican member of congress threatens another Jan 6:https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/08/30/gop-rep-cawthorn-warns-of-bloodshed-in-comments-appearing-to-endorse-more-jan-6-style-rallies/?sh=15a4d1164d50
Sen. Paul says Hatred for Trump Is Why Scientists Won’t Study Horse Drug: https://www.theroot.com/rand-paul-believes-hatred-for-trump-is-why-scientists-w-1847583884
Afghanistan, an example of how the democrats always find a way to lose: https://roanoke.com/news/gop-dems-urge-biden-to-ignore-august-31-deadline/video_752d124f-efd6-599b-bf08-a73954e2ab88.html
Letitia James wins lawsuit against a shop owner who called police on Black protesters: https://bnc.tv/ny-ag-wins-lawsuit-against-man-who-threatened-peaceful-black-protesters/
Russian State Media Outlets Promote QAnon Rhetoric and Beliefs: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/russian-state-media-outlets-promote-qanon-rhetoric-and-beliefs/
This shit is for us: Can bias be removed from policing? https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/29/opinion/problem-is-white-supremacy/
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Do Christians believe the bible is the word of god? https://news.gallup.com/poll/210704/record-few-americans-believe-bible-literal-word-god.aspx
Closing: Shining A Spotlight On Resistance: https://aframnews.com/shining-a-spotlight-on-resistance-among-young-african-women/
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1h 33min
August 28, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #47 Aug 28, 2021 - Maybe I'm Crazy
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What’s on my mind: Let’s learn from others; the mayoral election in Istanbul is instructive for what we are seeing in the US: https://www.npr.org/2019/06/23/735205370/opposition-candidate-wins-again-in-rerun-of-istanbuls-mayoral-election, https://time.com/5613031/istanbul-elections/
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Officer that killed the traitor Ashli Babbitt acted appropriately and within the law: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-officer-who-shot-ashli-babbitt-exonerated-internal-probe-n1277336
COVID-19 Update, Police lieutenant dies of COVID-19 day before his wedding: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pressley-stutts-coronavirus_n_611f4d4fe4b0c6968106f181
Alex Jones Flips on Trump: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-donald-trump-covid_n_61243726e4b07fee0cb09433
We cannot out-organize voter suppression: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/08/voter-suppression-civil-rights-leaders-joe-biden-2022, https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/1030746011/house-passes-john-lewis-voting-rights-act
Jesse Lee Peterson, who supports the fucking idiot?
This shit is for us: The Structure of Racism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyP-Uhhlh1s, https://withoutbullshit.com/blog/systemic-vs-systematic-for-example-systemic-racism
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Does the Bible present a monotheistic religion? https://www.bibleodyssey.org/en/people/related-articles/monotheism-in-the-hebrew-bible
Closing: Harlem Hell Fighters: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/24/storied-harlem-hellfighter-regiment-receive-congressional-gold-medal.html
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1h 29min
August 21, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #46 August 21, 2021 - What's Going On?
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What’s on my mind: Success Without Goals (Is it possible):
News:
Breaking News:
US targeted Black Lives Matter activists in bid to disrupt movement: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/19/black-lives-matter-policing-prosecutions-race-goverment
COVID-19 Update, Republican who fought vaccination efforts, died of COVID: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pressley-stutts-coronavirus_n_611f4d4fe4b0c6968106f181
Haiti hit by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/world/americas/haiti-quake-aid.html, https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/haiti/overview, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Haiti
Obvious lunatic arrested near the Capital in a bomb threat incident: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/19/us-police-negotiating-with-suspect-after-bomb-threat-near-capitol, https://vnexplorer.net/gop-rep-mo-brooks-slammed-by-fellow-lawmakers-for-statement-on-d-c-bomb-threat-suspect-er2021619721.html
This shit is for us: Is having more Black billionaires good for Black America? https://thegrio.com/2021/08/10/rihanna-billionaires-not-something-to-celebrate/
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Is the story of Jonah real? https://churchandstate.org.uk/2018/01/the-science-of-the-bible-the-story-of-jonah/
Closing: Willie O’Ree Receives Unanimous Support from Senate for Congressional Gold Medal: https://goodblacknews.org/category/sports/
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1h 29min
August 14, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #45 August 14, 2021 - The World is a Dangerous Place for Black People
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What’s on my mind: – Aug 14, 2021 – You can change the world (yes you!)
News:
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Fuck 12: https://www.austinweeklynews.com/2021/08/11/lawsuit-police-pointed-guns-at-children-in-warrantless-raid/
COVID-19 Update: https://www.newsweek.com/mans-entire-family-dies-covid-same-week-after-refusing-get-vaccinated-1617994
Lynching's never stopped: https://www.theroot.com/8-suspected-lynchings-have-taken-place-in-mississippi-s-1847451904
Q Anon follower killed his children because they were going to grow up to be monsters: https://www.thedailybeast.com/matthew-taylor-coleman-surf-school-owner-arrested-after-his-kids-1-and-3-found-stabbed-to-death
This shit is for us: How to be an effective Black SJW (Social Justice Warrior Scholar):
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Brief overview of Comparative Religion: https://dq5pwpg1q8ru0.cloudfront.net/2020/10/29/14/36/02/1a5e5a43-c85c-4b6e-a077-de8c8811180b/EMU - A Summary of World Religions.pdf
Closing: Last man standing: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/07/sports/olympics/marathon-results-kipchoge-galen-rupp.html
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1h 39min
August 07, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #44 August 7, 2021 - What is the end game?
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What’s on my mind: – What’s the end game, what is the Republican ultimate objective? https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/03/what-you-need-to-read-in-the-rnc-election-autopsy-report/274112/, https://www.npr.org/2016/09/10/493427601/hillary-clintons-basket-of-deplorables-in-full-context-of-this-ugly-campaign
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Breaking News:
Update on the 2020 election: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/05/politics/donald-trump-jeffrey-rosen-election-fraud-cnn/index.html
COVID-19 Update: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-covid-19-cases-hit-six-month-high-over-100000-reuters-tally-2021-08-05/, https://www.complex.com/music/chicago-house-icon-paul-johnson-dead-at-50-due-to-covid-19
Another local election another misunderstanding by Morning Joe: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/03/us/elections/results-ohio-special-primary-elections.html
This shit is for us: The United Independent Compensatory Code/System/Concept:
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The lie of the virgin birth of Jesus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_birth_of_Jesus
Closing: This is why we vote: https://newsone.com/4179709/rep-cori-bush-inaction-eviction-moratorium-moral-failure/
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1h 33min
July 31, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #43 July 31, 2021 - Are the Republicans Fascist?
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What’s on my mind: Episode #43 - July 31, 2021 – Are the Republicans Fascist? https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/10/fascism-republicans-paramilitary-trump-far-right-violence/, https://www.nupoliticalreview.com/2021/01/11/the-republican-party-is-a-fascist-death-cult/
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Political donor Ed Buck guilty on all counts: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/political-donor-ed-buck-guilty-all-counts-related-2-overdose-n1275227
The Select Committee to investigate the Jan 6th uprising holds their first meeting: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/house-select-committee-hearing-jan-6-mob-exposes-worst-gop-ncna1275206
Gaetz, Gohmert, Greene Try to Storm DOJ: https://www.theroot.com/gaetz-gohmert-greene-try-to-storm-doj-flee-when-thei-1847373148
This shit is for us: Identity Politics (Systematic Enemy Analysis): https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/, https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/12/2/13718770/identity-politics, https://www.npr.org/2021/02/10/965815679/is-cancel-culture-the-future-of-the-gop
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Religion and Slavery: https://ldhi.library.cofc.edu/exhibits/show/africanpassageslowcountryadapt/introductionatlanticworld/europnea_christianity_and_slav
Closing: Simone Biles (the greatest athlete ever): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/sports/olympics/simone-biles-gymnastics.html, https://achievement.org/achiever/simone-biles/
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1h 40min
July 24, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #42 July 24, 2021 - The Lines of Demarcation (there are only two sides))
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What’s on my mind: Episode #42 - July 24, 2021 – The lines of demarcation (there are only two sides) https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a34484430/black-republican-trump-supporters/
News:
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Protest in Cuba: https://news.yahoo.com/no-turning-back-cuban-dissident-124918093.html, https://minorityrights.org/minorities/afro-cubans/
Nancy Pelosi tells Kevin McCarty and the GOP to fuck off: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/21/1018850848/pelosi-rejects-2-gop-nominees-for-the-jan-6-panel-citing-integrity-of-the-probe
Jeff Bezos Awards Van Jones $100 Million for Charity: https://bnc.tv/courage-civility-jeff-bezos-awards-van-jones-100-million-for-charity/
Black woman tracks down man who stole her car: https://www.complex.com/life/woman-tracks-down-man-stolen-mercedes-benz
Black man arrested, accused of a cross species rape: https://newsone.com/4176114/jackson-kelley-horse-sex-abuse-charge/
This shit is for us: Why Blacks should embrace the scientific method: https://www.thoughtco.com/steps-of-the-scientific-method-p2-606045
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Christianity is a blood cult: https://brucegerencser.net/2019/04/is-christianity-a-blood-cult/
Closing: Author Ilyasah Shabazz to Executive Produce Series on her Father Malcolm X’s Life: https://goodblacknews.org/2021/07/20/author-ilyasah-shabazz-to-executive-produce-series-on-her-father-malcolm-xs-life-at-sony-televisions-tristar/
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1h 43min
July 17, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #41 July 17, 2021 - Burn this bitch down!
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What’s on my mind: Episode #41 - July 17, 2021 – Burn this bitch down!
News:
Breaking News:
A Deputy Has Been Indicted in The Shooting of a Black man: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/16/1016798296/911-call-deputy-indicted-shooting-isiah-brown-virginia
Billionaires in Space: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-16/billionaire-space-race-between-bezos-branson-and-musk-is-just-the-beginning
Black Women Leaders Arrested During March to Protect Voting Rights: https://bnc.tv/black-women-leaders-arrested-during-march-to-protect-voting-rights/
Pastor KirbyJon Caldwell Reports to Prison: https://aframnews.com/pastor-kirbyjon-caldwell-reports-to-prison/
Surgeon general issues warning over vaccine misinformation: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/13/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html, https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/15/politics/surgeon-general-vaccine-misinformation-advisory/index.html
This shit is for us: Black Philosophy:
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: You do the math: https://www.oocities.org/paulntobin/math.html
Closing: Unsung Heroes: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/marcus-garvey, https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/fannie-lou-hamer, https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/stephen-bantu-biko
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1h 28min
July 10, 2021Rational Black Thought Episode #40 July 10, 2021 - The Rules of Engagement (How to Fight and Win)
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What’s on my mind: The Rules of Engagement (how to fight and win): https://www.trngcmd.marines.mil/Portals/207/Docs/TBS/B130936 Law of War and Rules Of Engagement.pdf, https://www.britannica.com/topic/guerrilla-warfare/Strategy-and-tactics
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Breaking News:
Update on Nikole Hannah-Jones’ tenure fight with UNC: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2021/07/06/nikole-hannah-jones-declines-unc-tenure-offer-joins-howard-university/7871206002/
Another race traitor defects from the Democratic party and sucks Trump’s dick: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/06/ex-chief-craig-delivers-first-political-speech-says-he-voted-trump/7863174002/
The likely impact of the Supreme Court’s decision on AZ voting restrictions: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/06/us/politics/voting-rights-law-supreme-court.html
Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/official-haiti-president-jovenel-mo%C3%AFse-assassinated-at-home/ar-AALS9TL?ocid=msedgntp
Pastor Boasts 'Jesus Christ Shut Down Right Wing Watch': https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-boasts-jesus-christ-shut-down-right-wing-watch-after-youtubes-banjust-before-its-1605402
This shit is for us: Know where you stand (how Black people are viewed in our racist society):
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Bible, what’s the fucking point?
Closing: Joy Bivins Named Director of the Schomburg Center: https://bnc.tv/joy-bivins-named-director-of-the-schomburg-center-for-research-in-black-culture/
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