Un-frigging-believable...

Whitney Houston, Dead at 48
http://news.yahoo.com/whitney-houston-superstar-records-films-dies-005927033.html

6 Part series on the life of Gil Scott-Heron

RBG- Gil Scott Heron Godfather of Rap 1 of 6
RBG-Gil Scott Heron Godfather of Rap 2 of 6
RBG-Gil Scott Heron Godfather of Rap 3 of 6
RBG-Gil Scott Heron Godfather of Rap 4 of 6
RBG-Gil Scott Heron Godfather of Rap 5 of 6
RBG-Gil Scott Heron Godfather of Rap 6 of 6

RIP GIL SCOTT-HERON

Sad to say, Gil Scott-Heron has passed away. Rest in peace.
A poet
A musician
An activist
An inspiration to a culture
Most people didn't even now him, or that he was still around. He will be missed.

My favorite Gil Scott-Heron joint:
The Bottle


And don't sleep on this one for all my fellow conspiracy-heads out there:
The King Alfred Plan Code Name Rex-84

(Do a little research into The King Alfred Plan and you'll come across this interesting exchange from the ole' Reagan era: Oliver North Questioned - Rex 84 Exposed During Iran Contra)

Deja Vu

Fourth to go free in gang gay bash trial

Does anyone remember the Central Park Five?

They're at it again*.

* "They" being the NYPD, the NY Media establishment and all they're racist associates.

"Déjà vu (pronounced [deʒa vy], meaning "already seen" in French) is the experience of feeling sure that one has witnessed or experienced a new situation previously (an individual feels as though an event has already happened or has happened in the recent past),..."

Farewell Freddy "Sez"...

Freddy 'Sez', a Yankee Stadium staple for the last 20 years, dead at age 85

Truly one of a kind. Happy to say I got the opportunity to bang his pot. Brought true joy to thousands of little boys & girls at Yankee Stadium over the years. You could just see it on their faces as they took his spoon and started banging away...

There is no "Ground Zero Mosque"

Well spoken by Keith Olbermann.

Check it out:

http://thebubble.msn.com/#/video/?id=dc427020-ce24-4a9c-96d0-073c4c47d705

Beware the terrorist point guards!!

Thanks to Big Bro. www.dannyparks.com

Truck driver Omar Thornton kills 8 in Connecticut, rants about racism to mom before taking own life

Why did this happen?

POST TRAUMATIC SLAVE SYNDROME, as theorized by Dr. Joy Degruy.

Here she explains part of her theory:

Throughout your book, you emphasize that an acute, social denial of both historical and present-day racism has taken on pathological dimensions. You write that this country is “sick with the issue of race.”

The root of this denial for the dominant culture is fear, and fear mutates into all kinds of things: psychological projection, distorted and sensationalized representations in the media, and the manipulation of science to justify the legal rights and treatment of people. That’s why it’s become so hard to unravel.

Unfortunately, many European Americans have a very hard time even hearing a person of color express their experiences. The prevailing psychological mechanism is the idea, “I’ve not experienced it, so it cannot be happening for you.”

Truly, how can anyone tell me what I have and have not experienced? This is a very paternalistic manifestation of white supremacy, the idea that African Americans and other people of color can be told, with great authority, what their ancestor’s lives were like and even what their own, present-day lives are like. The result for those on the receiving end of this kind of distortion is an aspect of PTSS. People begin to doubt themselves, their experiences, and their worth in society because they have been so invalidated their whole lives, in so many ways...(emphasis added by Vox)

...When a person walks around with that sense of shame and self-hatred, they are likely to function poorly in society, no matter who they are. Add the extra layer of racist socialization, of being devalued, and what it means to be just human in America, and all those things just makes the shame worse. We as African Americans don’t get a pass on all the problems that humans have to deal with in life: finances, career choices, personal crises, relationships, and so forth. But when we add that to this intergenerational trauma in the context of a society that is in denial about its racism, people’s lives can become overwhelmed,...(emphasis added by Vox).

If you aren't familiar with Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, become familiar with it. I highly recommend Dr. Degruy's book, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing

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Don't let the babble fool you! SUPPORT WIKILEAKS!

If not in your actions than at least in your thoughts and conversations...