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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Rational Black Thought Episode #132 April 15, 2023 - Won't you help to sing, These songs of freedom? Bob Marley 15.04.2023 1:36:44

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Why the Right hates critical thinking: https://louisville.edu/ideastoaction/about/criticalthinking/what News: Racism’s epic fail: https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/the-depth-of-the-tennessee-gops-disdain-for-democracy/ Pardoning the Devil: https://www.theroot.com/what-texas-gov-abbott-is-eager-to-pardon-a-man-who-ki-1850318625 They are all sick bastards:...

Rational Black Thought Episode #131 April 8, 2023 - Live like you’re dying 08.04.2023 1:35:15

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Instead of the road less travelled, let’s get off the path: https://aseemthakar.com/the-pathless-path-paul-millerd-book-summary-notes-review/ News: Trump indictment details: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/04/opinion/donald-trump-alvin-bragg-indictment-charges.html Even Robo cop is a racist: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/31/technology/facial-recognition-false...

Rational Black Thought Episode #130 April 1, 2023 - We are the creators of the universe 01.04.2023 1:35:03

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: A creative way of being: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/the-creative-act-rick-rubin-book-review-declan-ryan/ News: Trump finally indicated: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/03/30/nyregion/trump-indictment-news Another mass shooting the same fucking response: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nashville-school-shooting-details-victims-investigation-latest/ One mo...

Rational Black Thought Episode #129 March 25, 2023 - The illusion of shades of gray. 25.03.2023 1:34:25

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Identifying and managing nuance: https://kieranhealy.org/files/papers/fuck-nuance.pdf https://bigthink.com/culture-religion/the-problem-with-nuance-for-the-sake-of-nuance/ News: Trump indictment watch: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/your-guide-to-all-of-the-investigations-into-trump A promise dies: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/22/world/americas/haiti-...

Rational Black Thought Episode #128 March 17, 2023 - So life is just a game, And there is many ways to play, And all you do is choose …Stanley Clarke 18.03.2023 1:05:17

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Winning the game of life: https://yukaichou.com/10k-hp/ News: Trump indictment likely…Not: https://yukaichou.com/10k-hp/ They killed the music: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/politics/trump-indictment-stormy-daniels-bragg.html Cowboy pastor arrested: https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/news/local_news/cowboy-way-church-pastor-arrested/article_51936832-07...

Rational Black Thought Episode #127 March 11, 2023 - Actions speak louder than words 11.03.2023 1:17:34

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The magic of getting off your ass and doing something: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/pdfs/Workbook-Time-of-your-Life.pdf https://www.academia.edu/34193650/The_RPM_Philosophy News: Black Americans attacked in Mexico: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kidnapped-americans-gulf-cartel-gang-apologizes-deaths-letter-associated-press/ No surprise: https://www.rollingstone.co...

Rational Black Thought Episode #126 March 4, 2023 - The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place…George Bernard Shaw 04.03.2023 1:27:57

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The speaker is responsible for the message: https://pressbooks.nscc.ca/nscccommtrades/chapter/1-3-the-communication-process/#:~:text=Feedback%20occurs%20the%20sender%20and,be%20verbal%20or%20non%2Dverbal. News: Why Lori Lightfoot lost and what it means: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/03/how-mayor-lori-lightfoot-lost-chicago.html So “now” we know Fox News...

Rational Black Thought Episode #125 – February 25, 2023 – Just a little bit of love to make it right…Curtis Mayfield 25.02.2023 1:32:43

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: What’s Love got to do with it: https://www.impactfund.org/social-justice-blog/loveinactivism News: Cruel and Unusual: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/22/us/politics/federal-prisons-inmate-abuse.html No question of allegiance: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/23/kevin-mccarthy-tucker-carlson-jan-6-tapes Just like shit race traitors float: https://www...

Rational Black Thought Episode #124 February 18, 2023 - Survival is not enough, survival has never been enough…Black Cake 18.02.2023 1:29:42

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to think like a Quant, and why you should: https://calvinrosser.com/notes/thinking-in-bets-annie-duke/#:~:text=Professional%20poker%20player%20Annie%20Duke,outcomes%20and%20a%20better%20life. News: When the police are the government: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opinion/police-violence-democracy.html Evidently, the truth is relative: https://www.nytim...

Rational Black Thought Episode #123 February 11, 2023 - I have marched until my feet have bled, And I have rioted until they called the feds, What's left, My conscience said…Revolution…Arrested Development 11.02.2023 1:14:02

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: A human response to AI: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/opinion/ai-human-education.html News: The Scorpions Rolled Through Memphis: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/04/us/memphis-police-scorpion.html State of the Union…Fucked up: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/07/us/politics/biden-state-of-the-union-takeaways.html Lunatic food fight: https://www.rightwingwat...

Rational Black Thought Episode #122 February 04, 2023 - They don’t know their language, they don’t know they’re god, They take what their given, Even when it seems odd…Erykah Badu Twinkle 04.02.2023 1:26:34

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to live like a Human-ist: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/gaia-hypothesis News: It is the color and the badge: https://news.yahoo.com/memphis-pd-disciplines-sixth-cop-165643918.html?soc_src=social-sh&soc_trk=ma Republicans are anti-Black, including the Black ones: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/02/house-re...

Rational Black Thought Episode #121 January 28, 2023 - Do you see me or do you see what you what to see? 28.01.2023 1:21:15

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Africa shows us how to see one another: https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ubuntu_(philosophy)#Ubuntu_and_Western_Humanism News: So, Justice Kavanaugh is a rapist: https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegations-in-secret-sundance-doc-justice Faith is the evidence of dead kids: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/idaho-faith-...

Rational Black Thought Episode #120 January 21, 2023 - To be human is like being a weed 21.01.2023 1:20:07

Send us Fan Mail 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/20...

Rational Black Thought Episode #119 January 14, 2023 - It's a dangerous thing to mistake speaking without thought for speaking the truth...Glass Onion 14.01.2023 1:28:53

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Lakeside thinking: https://www.powerofpositivity.com/cynical-trap/ News: Kevin McCarthy’s House is fucked up: https://www.axios.com/2023/01/10/republicans-mccarthy-house-rules-addendum Andrew Tate is arrested…it’s about time: https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/1/4/23539528/andrew-tate-arrest-jail-rape-human-trafficking Democrats are fucking stupid: https://www.ny...

Rational Black Thought Episode #118 January 7, 2023 - Don't Shit in the Well you Drink from...African proverb 07.01.2023 1:13:05

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to be happy in hell: News: Kevin McCarthy’s lifelong dream crushed: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/after-two-days-failure-us-house-republicans-try-again-pick-leader-2023-01-05/ Fuck 12: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/04/nyregion/nypd-officer-suspended.html Fuck 12 again: https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/watch-cops-cuffed-black-wsj-reporter-doing-intervi...

Rational Black Thought Episode #117 December 31, 2022 - Happy New Year! 31.12.2022 58:44

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Year in Review 2022: https://aframnews.com/2022-in-review/ News: Fake Republican, is anybody surprised? https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-york-officials-probe-george-santos-congressman-elect-with-fabricated-resume-2022-12-28/ Well of course…: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/michael-capps-kansas-lawmaker-god-guilty-covid-relief-fraud/ Is this what we are co...

Rational Black Thought Episode #116 December 24, 2022 - Now or Never...The Roots 24.12.2022 1:13:39

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: We need to get our shit together: News: January 6th Select Committee Final Meeting: https://www.npr.org/2022/12/20/1144303656/5-takeaways-from-the-final-jan-6-committee-hearing Trump’s taxes given to the public: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-tax-return-related-documents-released-congressional-committee/story?id=95599017 I have no regrets: https://onl...

Rational Black Thought Episode #115 December 17, 2022 - The cuckoo caucus doesn’t care! 17.12.2022 1:16:01

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: https://bannekerstore.com/ What’s on my mind: The cuckoo caucus: https://www.motherjones.com/mag/2023/01/toc/ News: Another one bites the dust: https://apnews.com/article/texas-b9b084e154c07237c9bc3c46da4de202 Trump Emigrates to Clown World: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/16/arts/television/jimmy-kimmel-trump-trading-cards.html The Republicans are out of their fucking...

Rational Black Thought Episode #114 December 10, 2022 - “…there are too many idiots on the earth…"Frantz Fanon 10.12.2022 1:41:30

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Understanding Leading vs. Lagging Indicators: https://www.economist.com/media/pdf/democracy_index_2007_v3.pdf https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world News: Trump’s really bad month: https://www.axios.com/2022/12/07/trump-2024-scandals-poll-court-tax-fraud Death by a thousand slights: https://blacknews.com/news/police-confront-bobbi-wilson-9-year-old-black...

Rational Black Thought Episode #113 December 03, 2022 - Come with me…Song by Nneka 03.12.2022 1:47:08

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: We need a manifesto: https://dschool.stanford.edu/book-collections/you-need-a-manifesto News: A Black antisemite, a white supremacist and a failed ex-president are having dinner…: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/25/trump-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-kanye-00070825 Oath Keepers convicted of Sedition: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/29/stewart-rhodes...

Rational Black Thought Episode #112 November 26, 2022 - Pushin’ Against a Stone…Song by Valerie June 26.11.2022 1:36:33

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to care, without losing your mind: https://time.com/4886913/how-to-take-care-of-others-without-burning-out/ News: More hypocrisy from the Republicans: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/23/us/politics/herschel-walker-taxes-georgia-texas.html Make America Great Again? https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/lauren-witzke-says-giving-women-the-right-to-vote-was-the-w...

Rational Black Thought Episode #111 November 19, 2022 -Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them — Assata Shakur 19.11.2022 1:45:44

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Can we change the world: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/how-anger-can-build-better-world/615625/ News: Update on the midterms: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/16/1133125177/republicans-control-house-of-representatives My thoughts about Manchester confirmed: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/12/world/europe/uk-criminal-justice.html NFAC is dead: http...

Rational Black Thought Episode #110 November 12, 2022 - Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.—Dr. Mae Jemison 12.11.2022 1:52:31

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The problem with Marjorie Taylor Green: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/09/uncalled-races-senate-control-hangs-in-balance-as-arizona-nevada-counts-continue-00065905 News: Will the midterm results finish off Trump: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/09/us/politics/trump-republicans-midterms.html Americans are fucking stupid: https://www.prri.org/research/compe...

Rational Black Thought Episode #109 November 05, 2022 - If we accept and acquiesce in the face of discrimination, we accept the responsibility ourselves - Mary McLeod Bethune 05.11.2022 1:46:10

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: QED and the myth of enlighten compassion to idiots: https://qedcon.org/ News: Justice Thomas a key to overturning the will of the people: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/02/us/politics/oath-keepers-trump-jan-6.html Republicans take voter suppression to the streets: https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-canvassers/republican-door-knockers-intimidate-voters...

Rational Black Thought Episode #108 October 29, 2022 -Be an asshole when the shit hits the fan…The Roots Undun 29.10.2022 1:36:57

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Dealing with the fallout of other people’s mistakes: https://havanatimes.org/opinion/six-rules-to-survive-an-autocracy-with-dignity/ News: Bannon’s going to jail…maybe: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/21/steve-bannon-sentencing-00062904 Trump subpoenaed but will it matter: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/us/politics/trump-subpoena-jan-6.html Drapetomani...