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Rational Black Thought Episode #71 Feb 12, 2022 - You need to git up, git out and git something…Outkast
Rational Black Thought
02/12/22 • 81 min
What’s on my mind: This shit is not sustainable: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/us/politics/republicans-jan-6-cheney-censure.html and https://www.thenation.com/article/society/supreme-court-alabama-voting/
News:
- Kentucky pastor charged with sex crimes involving minor: https://www.whas11.com/article/news/kentucky/kentucky-pastor-thomas-wall-child-sex-crimes/417-646bed51-0a7e-48db-9a8a-5aa87d14c690
- Examples of white (and Asian) racism denial: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/andrew-yang-apologizes-saying-joe-rogan-isnt-racist-works-black-people-rcna15174 and https://www.nme.com/news/music/india-arie-shares-clips-of-joe-rogan-using-the-n-word-and-calling-black-people-apes-3154174
- COVID-19 Update, 5 more states to soon end indoor mask mandates: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/us/us-mask-mandates.html
- Panel finds hundreds of charges of abuse: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/former-ame-zion-bishop-charged-in-fraud-scheme-targeting-bay-area-congregations/ar-AAT8L8y
- Meet the Black Neuroscientist Who is on a Mission to Change the World: https://www.blacknews.com/news/shonte-jovan-taylor-black-neuroscientist-change-world/
This shit is for us: Lessons from the Haitian Revolution: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Haitian-Revolution and https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/downloads/pg15bh41h
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: The Bible’s view of women: https://ffrf.org/component/k2/item/23729-why-women-need-freedom-from-religion
Closing: A fresh face breaks barriers on Iraq’s state news: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/world/middleeast/iraq-tv-black-news-anchor.html
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
Rational Black Thought Episode #54 October 16, 2021 - Life is but a Game
Rational Black Thought
10/16/21 • 96 min
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What’s on my mind: What we can learn from Game Theory: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gametheory.asp, https://www.effectivecommand.org/docs/ReferenceArticles/Decision making using game theory (2003).pdf
News:
- Neo Nazis are training for combat: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/report/neo-nazis-train-for-combat-in-growing-active-club-movement/
- Black republican’s comments prove they are just as disgusting as we thought: https://www.theroot.com/n-c-lawmakers-call-for-lt-gov-mark-robinsons-job-aft-1847838131
- COVID-19 Update, Black race traitor rails against vaccines from his hospital bed: https://news.yahoo.com/republican-running-governor-texas-hospital-152014770.html, https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2021/10/10/right-wing-activist-who-said-he-was-vaccinated-in-christ-dies-of-covid/
- Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results: https://www.npr.org/2021/10/07/1044015379/senate-report-details-trumps-efforts-to-use-doj-to-overturn-election-results
- Outrage Grows Over Jailing of Black Children: https://www.propublica.org/article/outrage-grows-over-jailing-of-children-as-tennessee-university-cuts-ties-with-judge-involved, https://www.propublica.org/article/black-children-were-jailed-for-a-crime-that-doesnt-exist
This shit is for us: Are our Black organizations in tune with the Black community? https://naacp.org/articles/black-america-policy-recommendations-biden-administration
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: God don’t like stepping in shit:
Closing: Uncompromising Nobel Winner: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/07/books/nobel-prize-literature-abdulrazak-gurnah.html
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
Rational Black Thought Episode #95 July 30, 2022 – How many of you wish you had taken the “blue” pill?
Rational Black Thought
07/30/22 • 106 min
What’s on my mind: We live in a racist Matrix:
https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED503743.pdf
News:
- Mastriano goes on racist site to promote his candidacy:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/27/us/politics/doug-mastriano-gab.html
- Black pastor robbed of the jewelry he bought with stolen funds:
https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2022/7/28/23282222/brooklyn-pastor-robbed-lamor-whitehead-lawsuit
- An avowed racist wins the GOP primary for Maryland’s Attorney General:
- Conservative Christian pastor arrested for child rape:
https://www.rawstory.com/pastor-arrested-2657714022/
- Racism is bad for the relational health of Black couples:
https://aframnews.com/study-finds-the-everyday-wear-and-tear-of-racism-on-black-couples/
- This shit is for us: Brainwashed:
- Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Is morality given by god?:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/homo-consumericus/201204/morality-exists-despite-religion
https://www.atheists.org/activism/resources/ethics-without-gods/
Closing: Return of Bruce’s Beach in CA to Descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce:
https://goodblacknews.org/2022/06/29/return-of-bruces-beach-in-ca-to-descendants-of-charles-and-willa-bruce-receives-unanimous-approval-from-la-board-of-supervisors/
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Rational Black Thought Episode # 7 21-NOV-2020 Time to get a gun
Rational Black Thought
11/21/20 • 116 min
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4eS2E-PoGo&t=47s
What’s on my mind: Interview with Andrew Torrez and What we need to do now
https://openargs.com/
News:
- Georgia’s Black votes can make history...again
- According to the FBI 2019 was a great year for racist murders, I’m sure 2020 will surpass 2019: https://www.theroot.com/fbi-report-2019-was-a-great-year-for-racist-murderers-1845692236
- A Black Man risks all to clear his name, this is why we must defund the police: https://apple.news/AdRjYrx_BQxCzsJ1RJhPNBg
- Guy who wrote the book that became an OJ movie fired for masturbating on screen: https://nowthisnews.com/news/new-yorker-writer-fired-after-he-was-caught-masturbating-on-zoom-call-with-colleagues
- Rudy Giuliani gives a press conference this time it is not in front of a garage but shit literally runs down Rudy’s face: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/rudy-giuliani-hair-dye-press-conference
- Alex Jones says Biden should burn in hell, but this pathetic piece of shit is the one that should be tortured: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/video/alex-jones-leads-anti-biden-041946422.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANX7MTK-mlnpn5uwp8UfVL97unoPqKxt7NRKue9umLjlbF9JCZ_tN5r5y0dx914rhUpif56ufBwQzkyeIpa-E1lFkkLrfmNU7MYYEmhjTQod_oVxAHF1c-w7EerQfFKg1BBdVMcKnowJIvdO3sBShw481NhdDjUocvxViDVKiUdC
- The real reason Trump is filling lawsuits, hint, it is not because he things he can win in court: https://time.com/5913143/trump-legal-battle-electors/
- The real election results, state certification and the vote of the Electoral College: https://www.nytimes.com/article/us-election-results-trump-biden.html
- Myth of progress, why voting is just the beginning: https://www.blackvoicenews.com/2020/11/15/voting-op-ed-violence-retrenchment-and-the-myth-of-progress/
This shit is for us: Why are Blacks impacted by COVID to a greater degree that other ethnic groups?
Closing "But...I survived music video": https://www.huffpost.com/entry/music-video-victims-transphobic-violence_n_5fb66adec5b66cd4ad423e9a
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
Rational Black Thought Episode #120 January 21, 2023 - To be human is like being a weed
Rational Black Thought
01/21/23 • 80 min
What’s on my mind: What does it mean to be human:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/philosophy-dispatches/201205/what-does-it-mean-be-human
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/14/can-artificial-intelligence-ever-be-sentient-googles-new-ai-program-is-raising-questions
News:
- George Santos is exactly what America deserves:
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/01/17/george-santos-is-the-congressman-america-deserves
- The complicity of false equivalency:
- Age is just a number, whether it is high or low:
- A Fake ass Diamond cracked:
https://www.newsweek.com/lynette-hardaway-cause-cause-death-diamond-silk-covid-1772613
- Another criminal pastor gets off Scott free:
This shit is for us: The consumption of self-destruction:
https://www.unlv.edu/news/article/unpacking-how-media-influences-our-views-racism
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: All religious thought is dogma:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-darkness/201412/dogmatic-and-spiritual-religion
https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/liberation-of-the-mind-ze0z1303zsau/
Closing: At least some of them give back:
https://blacknews.com/news/robert-f-smith-billionaire-robert-f-smith-position-hbcu-msi-students-greater-generational-wealth/
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
Rational Black Thought Episode # 11 19-DEC-2020: Republicans are trying to overthrow democracy, what do we do?
Rational Black Thought
12/19/20 • 90 min
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What’s on my mind: Republicans have tried to overthrow the government, what should happen? https://theweek.com/articles/954673/constitution-answer-seditious-members-congress
News:
- How Congress will count Electoral College votes: https://apnews.com/article/congress-count-electoral-college-vote-5605532631a251ac8f902d1d1ca55428
- GA Runoff election update: https://www.newsweek.com/georgia-senate-poll-loeffler-perdue-lead-1555499
- Anti-vaccination groups target local media after social media crackdowns: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/anti-vaccination-groups-target-local-media-after-social-media-crackdowns-n1251485
- Kizzmekia Corbett, an African American woman, is praised as key scientist behind COVID-19 vaccine: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/kizzmekia-corbett-african-american-woman-praised-key-scientist/story?id=74679965
- A COVID-Denying Tennessee GOP Lawmaker Caught COVID and is Now on a Ventilator: https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2020/12/16/a-covid-denying-tennessee-gop-lawmaker-caught-covid-and-is-now-on-a-ventilator/
- Black man imprisoned for nearly 4 decades exonerated after witness admits to lying: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/12/14/jackson-michigan-walter-forbes-exonerated-4-decades-prison/6537810002/
- A Man Whose Parents Threw Out His Porn Collection Wins Lawsuit Against Them: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/david-werking-wins-porn-lawsuit_n_5fdb989ac5b650b99adad633
This shit is for us: How to identify and deal with a “Race Traitor”
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Next month the story of god the pimp, “bitch better have my money” (Malachi 3:8 and Acts 5:1-11)
Closing: MSNBC Names Rashida Jones President: https://blacknewschannel.com/msnbc-names-rashida-jones-president-first-african-american-to-lead-cable-news-network/
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
Rational Black Thought Episode #59 November 20, 2021 - I'm Woke as Fuck! and coming to Cancel your racist ass!
Rational Black Thought
11/20/21 • 76 min
What’s on my mind: The war on Blackness: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/08/wake-up-these-woke-distortions/, https://www.epi.org/blog/the-racist-campaign-against-critical-race-theory-threatens-democracy-and-economic-transformation/
News:
- Build ‘BLACK’ Better Agenda: https://aframnews.com/build-black-better-agenda/
- McCarthy isn't the only Republican who's been silent about Gosar: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/mccarthy-isn-t-only-republican-who-s-been-silent-about-n1283791
- COVID-19 Update, New book says Trump killed Herman Cain: https://www.theroot.com/we-killed-herman-cain-new-book-explains-how-trump-te-1848045985
- ‘Prophet’ Nathan French Says God Must Restore Trump to Office: https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/prophet-nathan-french-says-god-must-restore-trump-to-office-to-silence-those-trying-to-discredit-the-prophetic-community/
- Church leader and female accomplice arrested for human trafficking: https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/two-suspects-arrested-for-human-trafficking-in-the-eastern-cape/
- Kyle Rittenhouse Beat the Murder Charges Against Him Before the Trial Began: https://zora.medium.com/kyle-rittenhouse-beat-the-murder-charges-against-him-before-the-trial-began-and-other-vigilante-b457ae937e09
This shit is for us: The new normal is not normal for Black people: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2021/03/12/future-forum-remote-work.html, https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/support-black-lives-matter-movement-declining-according-new-poll-rcna5746
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: Overlapping or non-Overlapping Magisterium: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Non-Overlapping_Magisteria, https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11827823
Closing: Erin Jackson Makes History at Speed Skating World Cup: https://www.binnews.com/content/2021-11-15-erin-jackson-makes-history-at-speed-skating-world-cup/
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
Rational Black Thought Episode #29 Apr 24, 2021 - Is there always two sides to a story?
Rational Black Thought
04/24/21 • 104 min
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What’s on my mind: Are there always two sides to every story? https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/158370601.pdf
News:
- The jury reaches a verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, now what? https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/549609-chauvin-likely-to-face-uphill-battle-in-appeal
- Congress tries again to extend deadline for census results: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/984822577/after-a-disrupted-census-congress-tries-again-to-extend-deadlines-for-results
- Chad's President, Idriss Déby, killed in clash with rebels: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/20/989052863/chads-president-idriss-deby-reportedly-killed-during-clash-with-rebels
- The Tragedy of Harry Uzoka: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/magazine/harry-uzoka-murder-george-koh.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
- Black former female cop that saved Black man’s life, wins lawsuit: https://www.blackenterprise.com/black-female-cop-who-was-fired-for-trying-to-stop-chokehold-in-2008-wins-ruling-will-receive-pension-back-pay/
- US Coronavirus Update: https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/ and https://fredericksburg.com/news/local/local-pregnant-woman-33-dies-from-covid-19/article_38493489-82c5-5b1f-9988-f62623007596.html
- Poacher killed by elephants, good: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/africa/suspected-poacher-trampled-south-africa-intl/index.html
This shit is for us: Are Black people cohesive in their fight for justice? https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/african-americans-have-been-blocked-voting-black-vote-not-block
Bible Study with Atheist Mike: This week One Minute bible study; The Ten Commandments: https://www.christianpost.com/news/survey-more-americans-familiar-with-big-mac-ingredients-than-10-commandments.html
Closing: Hester Ford, the oldest living American, died this week: https://goodblacknews.org/2021/04/14/cbs-news-veteran-kimberly-godwin-to-become-president-of-abc-news/
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
Rational Black Thought Episode #161 November 04, 2023 - "You never change things by fighting the existing reality" – R. Buckminster Fuller
Rational Black Thought
11/04/23 • 78 min
Feedback: What’s on my mind: Designed Reality:
News:
- Mo money, mo money:
- DJTJ says he is too dumb to have committed fraud:
- Antivax equals nut job:
- Epidemic:
- Typically, GOP:
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:
Closing: The future of hope:
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
What’s on my Mind: Collective Delusion: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/03/trump-maga-suporters-explain-republican
News:
- Trump is Unfit to Lead Anything: https://theweek.com/politics/bob-woodwards-war-the-explosive-trump-revelations
- Truth vs. Lies a Political Contrast: https://apnews.com/article/harris-trump-election-interviews-media-13718f1c4f17586c33dab88d928152ab
- Preying on the Vulnerable: https://johnsoncountypost.com/2024/10/09/shawnee-pastor-charged-rape-kidnapping-utah-243654/
Conversations with an Atheist: Debunking the Biblical Exodus: https://www.gotquestions.org/Egyptology.html
Closing: Leveraging Culture: https://www.blackbusiness.com/2024/10/sebastian-wilson-11-year-old-black-entrepreneurs-opens-pizza-shop-caribbean-twist-brooklyn.html
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