Michael

Rational Black Thought

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

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Michael

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Rational Black Thought Episode #191 August 1, 2024 - “Choose...virtue over vulgarity...” — Ken Burns 01.06.2024 48:39

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Virtue over Vulgarity: https://alumni.brandeis.edu/news/2024/commencement/transcripts/ken-burns-remarks.html News : Guilty AF: https://apnews.com/article/trump-conviction-what-to-know-a70941a7cd367f7b2aa3218ea91ad922 A Better Pope?: https://time.com/6982651/pope-francis-reported-homophobic-slur-gay-priests-seminaries/ The limited value of Black lives: https...

Rational Black Thought Episode #190 May 25, 2024 - “They are bad with the conviction that they are good.” — Heather O'Neill 25.05.2024 58:17

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: The most pressing problem in America: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3922050/ News : Heil Hitler…Trump: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/23/trumps-unified-reich-video-was-a-message-not-a-mistake The opposite of Just: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-flag-stop-steal-alito-trump-1842c40b833637c981c59c3f39bc4669...

Rational Black Thought Episode #189 May 18, 2024 - “Please don't die over the neighborhood…That your mama renting” Jay-Z 18.05.2024 52:34

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Poisoning of the Mind: https://huridocs.org/2023/12/the-harmful-effects-of-disinformation-and-how-to-combat-them/ News : “…except as a punishment for crime…” https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-injuries-deaths-0ff52ff1735d7e9f858248177a2a60c3 “Patriot” Sent to Prison: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/17/conservative-ac...

Rational Black Thought Episode #188 May 4, 2024 - “We can't operate with one party and a cult." - Norm Ornstein 11.05.2024 1:06:39

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: One Party, One Cult: https://twitter.com/NormOrnstein/status/1786864512718475633 https://dk.usembassy.gov/usa-i-skolen/presidential-elections-and-the-american-political-system/#:~:text=The%20Two%2DParty%20System%20and%20the%20Two%20Major%20Parties,Party%20and%20the%20Democratic%20Party. https://www.npr.org/2024/05/01/1248249250/election-poll-trump-biden-voter...

Rational Black Thought Episode #187 May 4, 2024 - “As we receive, we give; as we give, we receive.” – Laurie E. Smith 04.05.2024 1:02:15

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Going with the Flow: https://positivepsychology.com/mihaly-csikszentmihalyi-father-of-flow/#:~:text=In%20Csikszentmihalyi%27s%20words%2C%20flow%20is,doing%20it%E2%80%9D%20(1990). https://iaap.org/jung-analytical-psychology/short-articles-on-analytical-psychology/synchronicity-an-acausal-connecting-principle/ https://www.healthguidance.org/entry/18556/1/what-i...

Rational Black Thought Episode #186 April 27, 2024 - “There can be no perfect democracy curtailed by color, race, or poverty. But with all we accomplish all, even Peace.” - W. E. B. Du Bois 27.04.2024 1:12:53

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Uninformed Citizenry: https://aeon.co/ideas/the-right-to-vote-should-be-restricted-to-those-with-knowledge https://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/political-science/politics-and-political-science/summary/ News : Democracy on Trial: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/gag-order-redux-00153015 https://w...

Rational Black Thought Episode #185 April 20, 2024 - “The way to right wrongs is to shine the light of truth on them.” — Ida B. Wells 20.04.2024 1:07:27

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Living Outside the Box: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/chaotic-cognition/202006/the-truth-about-the-box-in-outside-the-box-thinking News : The Boy who Cried Wolf: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/gag-order-redux-00153015 https://www.thedailybeast.com/details-of-how-trump-scored-dollar175m-bond-revealed...

Rational Black Thought Episode #184 April 13, 2024 - "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."- Maya Angelou 13.04.2024 41:29

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: How and Why We Lose: https://www.270towin.com/ News : Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do and die: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/11/trump-tightens-stranglehold-on-congressional-gop-00151629 https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arizona-gop-lawmaker-lashes-out-at Conversations with an Atheist : thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: h...

Rational Black Thought Episode #183 April 06, 2024 - “Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson 06.04.2024 1:00:13

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: By their fruits…: https://books.google.com/books/about/Be_You.html?id=my1GEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0#v=onepage&q&f=false News : There Aren’t Two Sides to the Facts: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts...

Rational Black Thought Episode #182 March 30, 2024 - ““Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” MLK Jr. 30.03.2024 1:11:41

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Existence Beyond Time: https://www.space.com/time-how-it-works News : The Last Congress: https://www.ft.com/content/86ee5942-2ff5-47a6-a509-b74b854b0477 https://www.marylandmatters.org/2024/03/20/a-deeply-divided-congress-took-no-major-action-on-civil-rights-in-2023-report-finds/ https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/22/congress/gallagher-leaving-ear...

Rational Black Thought Episode #181 March 23, 2024 - “Slavery was not merely an unfortunate thing that happened to black people. It was an American innovation…” ― Isabel Wilkerson 23.03.2024 56:51

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: The weaponization of colorblindness: News : Like Lemmings to the Sea: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/2/11/2222787/-A-tidal-wave-of-stupid https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4545008-parnas-calls-out-gop-rep-hearing-doing-bidding-russia/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/20/us/california-pastor-arrested.html https://www.newsweek.com/its-time-label-no-labe...

Rational Black Thought Episode #180 March 16, 2024 -“Humanism is a philosophy that centers on the needs, interests, and abilities of human beings… — Anne Klaeysen 16.03.2024 1:09:21

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Zombies vs. Humans: https://secularhumanism.org/what-is-secular-humanism/ https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2002/10/22160056/p35.pdf News : Round Two: Joe vs. The Shit Show – Democracy's 2nd Last Stand! https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/never-trumpers-gop-2024-elections-00146726 Conversations with an Atheist : Heaven a...

Rational Black Thought Episode #179 March 9, 2024 - “For this is your home, my friend, do not be driven from it…” James Baldwin 09.03.2024 56:57

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Master Manipulator: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/snl-donald-trump-republican-bootlickers/ News : They all float down here. You’ll float too: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/super-tuesday-2024-coverage/ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/06/nikki-haley-drops-out https://apnews.com/article/state-of-union-biden-gaza-ukraine-israel-...

Rational Black Thought Episode #178 March 02, 2024 - “I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me.” —Muhammad Ali 02.03.2024 1:10:16

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Project Autocracy: https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAivGuBhBEEiwAWiFmYfquX2cMaOcVIwikRLPkQqTvRx31J8eJEXxMq0ZDHWI8UpsIxqtDEBoC-PwQAvD_BwE News : Black Rats: https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-conservative-south-carolina-primary-aa1155c31bfc3b397a32b33eff04ada8 http...

Rational Black Thought Episode #177 February 24, 2024 - “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction…” ― James Baldwin 24.02.2024 1:02:53

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: America without democracy: https://www.dw.com/en/as-autocrats-ascend-gloomy-data-on-democracies-decline/a-62674756 https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2022/01/09/what-authoritarianism-would-look-like-america/9088584002/ News : Rats f*cking Suckers: https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/dossier-not-what-started-all-of-this/ https:...

Rational Black Thought Episode #176 February 17, 2024 - "Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.” - John Lewis 17.02.2024 51:59

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: The end of evolution: News : It’s the culture stupid: https://thehill.com/opinion/4445662-for-maga-its-the-culture-stupid/ Conversations with an Atheist : Undeniable correlation: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-life/201411/why-education-corrodes-religious-faith Closing: Black pays: https://www.blackenterprise.com/hbcus-highest-financial...

Rational Black Thought Episode #175 February 10, 2024 - Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude." Steve Biko 10.02.2024 1:00:13

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my Mind: Identify your Life Center: https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/habits-of-highly-effective-people-summary News : What kind of people are we: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-ruin-that-a-trump-presidency-would-mean/ar-AA1n4HqH https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2024/02/01/what-biden-really-says-about-trump-behind-closed-doors-0013917...

Rational Black Thought Episode #174 February 03, 2024 - “Your life is already artful- waiting, just waiting, for you to make it art.” — Toni Morrison 03.02.2024 49:56

Send us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Esthetics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News : All I do is win, win, win no matter what…: https://thehill.com/opinion/4330273-donald-trump-is-the-biggest-loser-in-american-politics/ https://www.axios.com/2023/04/07/trump-gop-epic-losing-streak https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2023/11/08/how-tuesdays-election-...

Rational Black Thought Episode #173 January 27, 2024 - – “I’ve had enough of someone else’s propaganda… I’m for truth, no matter who tells it…” ― Malcolm X 27.01.2024 56:53

Send us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Politics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News : Normal Abnormality: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/2024-us-presidential-election-donald-trump-nikki-haley-new-hampshire-republican-primaries-normal/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/listen-closely-trump-wants-to-be-a-messiah-figure-for-evangelicals?ref=scroll Conve...

Rational Black Thought Episode #172 January 20, 2024 - “The colonialists care nothing for Africa for her own sake.” Patrice Lumumba 20.01.2024 1:05:38

Send us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Ethics: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News : We just hit rock bottom: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/10/michigan-florida-nevada-gop-chairs-00134756 https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2024/01/trump-is-destroying-the-gop-will-he-destroy-america/ Conversations with an Atheist : ...

Rational Black Thought Episode #171 January 13, 2024 - “The storytelling mind is allergic to uncertainty, randomness, and coincidence…” — Jonathan Gottschall 13.01.2024 1:09:59

Send us Fan Mail Philosophy: Philosophy is Life - Epistemology: http://www.importanceofphilosophy.com/FiveBranchesMain.html News : The stupid, the ignorant and the evil: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/trump-supporters-republican-approval-cnn-town-hall/674142/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpfHCSRIRf4 Conversations with an Atheist : Harmful biblical directives: https://www.t...

Rational Black Thought Episode #170 January 06, 2024 - “Reason begins where speculation ends. Facts begin where assumptions end. Truth begins where ignorance ends. Wisdom begins where knowledge ends" - Matshona Dhliwayo 06.01.2024 56:41

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Rational Black Thought Episode #169 December 30, 2023 - ““The only protection against injustice…is power—physical, financial and scientific” Marcus Garvey 30.12.2023 1:06:15

Send us Fan Mail 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-bl...

Rational Black Thought Episode #168 December 23, 2023 - “Everyone wants a strong [Black] woman until she actually stands up, flexes her muscles, projects her voice…” ― Ari Eastman 23.12.2023 1:15:37

Send us Fan Mail 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.c...

Rational Black Thought Episode #167 December 16, 2023 - “A lot of people use this analogy that Black Lives Matter is a movement. It’s not a movement. When you’re black, it’s not a movement. It’s a lifestyle.” — LeBron James 16.12.2023 50:30

Send us Fan Mail 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-o...