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 #91 July 2, 2022 - Sacred Cows…And Other Edibles…Nikki Giovanni 02.07.2022 1:42:59

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: UnCommon Sense responds to episode #90 What’s on my mind: The larger impact of the Dobbs decision overturning Roe: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/06/supreme-court-roe-v-wade-clarence-thomas-contraception-same-sex-marriage-sodomy News: Jan 6th committee’s public hearings: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/28/politics/january-6-hearing-day-6-takeaways-hutchinson/index.htm...

Rational Black Thought Episode #90 June 25, 2022 - It is time we Negroes learn that you can’t get something for nothing…Zora Neal Hurston 25.06.2022 1:43:42

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The distortion of patriotism: News: Jan 6th committee’s public hearings: https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/21/politics/january-6-hearing-day-4-takeaways/index.html The police are educated by avowed racists: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-police-extremism/ Indiana Man is the new moniker for stupidity, replacing Florida man: https://www.waaytv.c...

Rational Black Thought Episode #89 June 18, 2022 - Better be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of misfortune…Plato 18.06.2022 1:46:34

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: There is no reason to listen to ignorant liars: https://eari.uv.es/index.php/Metode/article/view/10005/11896 News: Jan 6th committee’s public hearings: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jan-6-committee-hearings-day-3-pence-trump-eastman-luttig/ He’s Back a racists’ grand return: https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/paul-lepage-maine-governor/ Herschel Walker is...

Rational Black Thought Episode #88 June 11, 2022 - How long ye simple ones...Proverbs 1:22 11.06.2022 1:37:25

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: Feedback from listeners regarding Episode #86 What’s on my mind: Stupidity reigns supreme: https://www.alternet.org/2013/03/human-stupidity-destroying-world/ News: Peter Navarro (Trump sycophant) claims he’s broke: https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-advisor-peter-navarro-contempt-congress-hurdles-hiring-lawyers-2022-6 Enrique Tarrio, former head of the Proud Boys in...

Rational Black Thought Episode #87 June 04, 2022 - Unbought, Unbossed, Unbothered… 04.06.2022 1:34:03

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The Dangers of a Mythology Mindset: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/finding-purpose/202110/the-maddening-inconsistency-human-rationality News: Trump expressed support for hanging Pence: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/25/trump-expressed-support-hanging-pence-capitol-riot-jan-6-00035117 A Trump counter offensive fails, as does everything else he d...

Rational Black Thought Episode #86 May 28, 2022 -Take back your existence or die like a punk…Big Rube (Outkast) 28.05.2022 1:50:05

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to comprehend reality: https://www.basicknowledge101.com/subjects/reality.html News: The shooting in Texas: The hits just keep coming for Cawthorn: https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/politics/madison-cawthorn-house-ethics-investigation/index.html Turning a Lockout Into a Picket Line: https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/strippers-labor-union-la/ Oracle’...

Rational Black Thought Episode #85 May 21, 2022 - It’s a new world order, a brand new day, a change of mind for the human race…Curtis Mayfield 21.05.2022 1:23:27

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Our asinine approach to free speech: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/article-tucker-carlson-didnt-shoot-anyone-hes-monetizing-white-panic/ News: Mixed results for Trump in Republican primaries: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/18/trump-backed-candidates-2022-primary-results-00032746 A shared delusion led to an ‘exorcism’ that killed a 3-ye...

Rational Black Thought Episode #84 May 14, 2022 - To understand their strategy, you have to know their endgame 14.05.2022 2:02:18

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: The Republican Endgame for America: https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/static/home/data/platform.pdf News: Indiana Republican wins primary while in jail for murder: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-candidate-wins-primary-from-jail_n_6274d2d6e4b046ad0d7a418f Mark Esper now says Trump was a dangerous child: https://www.newsweek.com/mark-esper-under-fi...

Rational Black Thought Episode #83 May 7, 2022 - I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore… 07.05.2022 1:48:07

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The US Constitution is trash: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/classroom/app/uploads/2013/11/summary-of-the-US-Constitution.pdf News: Cawthorn under pressure: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/us/politics/madison-cawthorn.html Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v Cassey overturned: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-000...

Rational Black Thought Episode #82 APR 30, 2022 - If I can’t do great things, I can do small things in a great way…MLK 30.04.2022 1:37:41

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The normalization of hate: https://www.counterextremism.com/content/extreme-left-groups-united-states , https://verdict.justia.com/2019/04/04/if-these-ideas-are-too-far-left-why-are-they-so-popular News: Internal memo reveals the GOPs insidious tactics: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/21/us/jim-jordan-republicans-memo-immigration.html The politics of COVID: ...

Rational Black Thought Episode # 81 April 23, 2022 - There are no alternative facts 23.04.2022 1:26:05

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: The universal death of rational thought: News: Book Banning Efforts Surged in 2021: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/04/books/banned-books-libraries.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Education A Christian ‘health insurance’ ministry left families with millions in unpaid bills: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/a-christian-health...

Rational Black Thought Episode #80 April 16, 2022 - Deeds Not Words...Max Roach 16.04.2022 1:19:07

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Democrats can’t fuck this up: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/us/politics/ketanji-brown-jackson-black-voters.html News: Text from Trump son is said to plan overturning election: https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/08/politics/donald-trump-jr-meadows-text/index.html This is Justice in America: https://www.npr.org/2022/04/08/1091769554/2-found-not-guilty-in-michigan...

Rational Black Thought Episode #79 APR 09, 2022 - “…we are not nonviolent with anyone who is violent with us.” – Malcom X 09.04.2022 1:13:59

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: Who’s my audience for RBT and what do I want them to do? News: Jackson Confirmed: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/04/07/us/ketanji-brown-jackson-vote-scotus No justice for Amir Locke: https://www.thecut.com/2022/04/a-no-knock-warrant-led-to-the-police-shooting-of-amir-locke.html If you are white, you are presumed innocent, even after you are prove...

Rational Black Thought Episode #78 April 02, 2021 - If you don't change language, you can't change the way people think 02.04.2022 1:32:12

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: A Systems Analytic Explanation for the Shitshow we Live in: https://www.agile42.com/en/blog/cynefin-framework#:~:text=The%203%20basic%20types%20of,%3B%20ordered%2C%20complex%20and%20chaotic. , https://www.agile42.com/en/blog/cynefin-framework#:~:text=The%203%20basic%20types%20of,%3B%20ordered%2C%20complex%20and%20chaotic. News: Gini Thomas’ push to...

Rational Black Thought Episode #77 March 26, 2022 - "My dear, when people show you who they are, why don’t you believe them?” — Maya Angelou to Oprah Winfrey 26.03.2022 1:17:50

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: Allow me to Retort…: https://www.amazon.com/Allow-Me-Retort-Black-Constitution/dp/1620976811 News: The GOP Staged a Racist Shit Show at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SCOTUS Hearings: https://www.thedailybeast.com/gops-racist-clown-show-at-supreme-court-nominee-ketanji-brown-jacksons-confirmation-hearings Here’s what you get when racism and religion fuck a...

Rational Black Thought Episode #76 March 19, 2022 - The Centre Cannot Hold...Yeats 19.03.2022 1:21:28

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: The Centre cannot hold …: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43290/the-second-coming News: Is God causing the war in Ukraine: https://www.bradenton.com/news/nation-world/national/article259276904.html If evolution is real, why we still got Herschel Walker: https://onlysky.media/hemant-mehta/herschel-walker-denies-evolution-why-are-there-still-a...

Rational Black Thought Episode #75 March 12, 2022 - Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge...Grandmaster Flash 12.03.2022 1:29:44

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Don’t push me cause I’ close to the edge…: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d824da4727dfb5bd9e59d0c/t/615c7ae7c1b58c7f92fb2ce1/1633450730356/Black+Nonreligious+Americans+-+A+Brief+from+the+U.S.+Secular+Survey.pdf News: The Ukraine Crisis and Anti-Blackness In Immigration: https://newsone.com/4301129/ukrainian-refugee-crisis-spotlights-anti-blackness-im...

Rational Black Thought Episode #74 March 5, 2022 - Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth…Mike Tyson 05.03.2022 1:22:51

Send us Fan Mail Feedback: What’s on my mind: Everyone has a plan, until they get punched in the mouth: News: MTG spoke at a white supremist conference, but claims she didn’t know where she was: https://newsone.com/4297890/marjorie-taylor-greene-gop-problem/ Capitol rioter awaiting sentencing dies by suicide…good riddance: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/capitol-rioter-awaiting-sentencing-...

Rational Black Thought Episode #73 Feb 26, 2022 - Ain’t No Half Steppin…Heatwave 26.02.2022 1:16:52

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: A Black atheist prophecy: News: A jury finds Ahmaud Arbery's 3 killers guilty of federal hate crimes: https://www.npr.org/2022/02/22/1082225480/ahmaud-arbery-hate-crimes The Republicans are Racist, and If You Still Support them, So Are You: https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-a-racist-if-you-still-support-him-so-are-you Pastor arrested for raping kids...

Rational Black Thought Episode #72 February 19, 2022 - Pet Negroes and other oddities 19.02.2022 1:07:25

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: In plain sight, the quite part out loud: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/04/republicans-america-first-caucus News: Racist slurs, violent messages: How Arbery’s killers talked about Black people: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/racist-slurs-violent-messages-how-arbery-s-killers-talked-about-black-people/ar-AATWzb9?ocid=msedgntp Dear Democrats: Start treati...

Rational Black Thought Episode #71 Feb 12, 2022 - You need to git up, git out and git something…Outkast 12.02.2022 1:21:50

Send us Fan Mail 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...

Rational Black Thought Episode #70 Feb 05, 2022 - No justice, no peace, no hugging racist ass police…BLM protest slogan 05.02.2022 1:14:20

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: I t’s worse than I thought: https://orientalreview.org/2022/01/29/the-1994-rwandan-genocide-and-the-united-states-i/ News: Trump Really, Really Wanted the Government to Seize Voting Machines: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-pushed-government-seize-voting-machines-1293232/ Cops suspended over mishandling of the deaths of two Black wome...

Rational Black Thought Episode #69 Jan 29, 2022 - No matter how hard they try they can't stop us now...Nas 29.01.2022 1:25:33

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: Motivated Blindness, an answer to the question, why are people so dumb: https://www.stevebizblog.com/the-truth-about-how-motivated-blindness-affects-business-decisions/#:~:text=Motivated%20blindness%20is%20a%20type%20of%20confirmation%20bias,blindness%20for%20a%20small%20business%20involves%20money-related%20issues. , https://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/12/elc-pi...

Rational Black Thought Episode #68 Jan 22, 2022 - You don’t know the Negro…Zora Neale Hurston 22.01.2022 1:19:09

Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: How to stop the Dem’s plan to lose the House and the Senate this year: https://nypost.com/2022/01/19/joe-biden-gets-f-grade-from-37-of-americans-poll-shows/ , https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/poll-numbers-are-pointing-midterm-shellacking-democrats-n1287624 News: The prayer timeline for Jan 6: https://religionnews.com/2022/01/06/jan-6-a-timeline...

Rational Black Thought Episode #67 Jan 15, 2022: We are the winners, if we unclose our eyes…Zap Mama 15.01.2022 2:06:10

Send us Fan Mail Sorry for the long episode this week, I had a lot to say. In the future, if I have too much content in a given week, I will cut out content and save it for a subsequent week. If you have comments, that my podcast is too long, that my points are incoherent or wrong, please send a message to Feedback@RationalBlackThought.com What’s on my mind: How to get shit done: https://gettingth...