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  • Rational 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/

    News:

    • Breaking News:
    • 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

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 29 min
  • Rational 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/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 29 min
  • Rational 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:

    • Breaking News:
    • 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

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 39 min
  • Rational 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

    News:

    • 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/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 33 min
  • Rational 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/

    News:

    • Breaking News:
    • 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/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 40 min
  • Rational 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:

    • Breaking News:
    • 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/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 43 min
  • Rational 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

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 28 min
  • Rational 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

    News:

    • 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/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    2 hr 3 min
  • Rational Black Thought Episode #39 July 3, 2021 - Cautious Optimism (We might just win)

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    What’s on my mind: Cautious Optimism (We might just win): 

    News:

    • Breaking News
    • Bill Cosby’s conviction overturned with prejudice: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/arts/television/bill-cosby-conviction-overturned-why.html
    • The Trump organization and it’s CFO indicted on tax evasion charges: 
    • Update on Jan 6: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/nyregion/allen-weisselberg-charged-trump-organization.html insurrection: https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000007606996/capitol-riot-trump-supporters.html
    • South Dakota to send mercenaries ostensibly to “protect” the southern border: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/us/politics/noem-south-dakota-troops-donation.html
    • Gwen Berry (Black athlete) Turns her back to American Flag During National Anthem: https://bnc.tv/hammer-thrower-gwen-berry-turns-back-to-american-flag-during-national-anthem/

    This shit is for us: What’s my Plan “B”: 

    Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Jesus is coming back…any day now:

    Closing: Nikole Hannah-Jones gets tenure from UNC:  https://bnc.tv/unc-approves-tenure-for-award-winning-journalist-nikole-hannah-jones/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 47 min
  • Rational Black Thought Episode #38 June 26, 2021 - The Slight Edge Phenomenon (small changes lead to huge results)

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    What’s on my mind: The Slight Edge Phenomenon (small changes lead to huge results): https://fourpillarfreedom.com/the-slight-edge/

    News:

    • Breaking News:
    • Indiana Woman Is First Person to Be Sentenced in Capitol Riot: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/us/politics/capitol-riot-sentencing.html
    • Michigan Republicans Debunk Voter Fraud Claims: https://triblive.com/news/politics-election/senate-votes-to-confirm-biden-pick-for-d-c-appeals-court/
    • Pastor arrested on multiple rape charges: https://trentoncurtis.com/2021/06/22/pastor-arrested-on-multiple-rape-charges-more-charges-expected/
    • COVID Update – COVID-19 Outbreak kills two: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/22/us/florida-manatee-county-coronavirus-outbreak/index.html
    • Black woman killed, supposedly after firing at police during a Juneteenth celebration: https://heavy.com/news/briana-sykes-flint-police-shooting-video/
    • Woman’s own security camera catches her committing arson:
    • Black Woman Set to Become Buffalo’s First Woman Mayor: https://bnc.tv/india-walton-set-to-become-buffalos-first-woman-mayor-after-winning-democratic-primary/

    This shit is for us: The battle lines, what we are fighting against: 

    Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Tower of Babel, how the Bible is Anti Critical Thinking: 

    Closing: The Truth about Black Freedom: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/what-freedom-really-meant-juneteenth/619239/

    Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

    1 hr 56 min

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