Monday, July 22, 2013
Saturday, July 20, 2013
Kids React to Controversial Cheerios Commercial
And the Bible says: A little child shall lead them . . . .,
Friday, July 19, 2013
WHO ARE THE ANGOLA 3 (2/2)
Background idnformation on the history of the Angola 3 who were previously Black Panthers. Hence there is an association with the lifestyle and philosophy of the Black Panther Party. Learn the reality of this political group and reject the paintbrush misrepresentation by the general public and media. This is an important history lesson to learn.
After 40 Years in Solitary, Angola 3 Prisoner Albert Woodfox Ordered Fre...
This is the voice of the second one of the Angola 3. This is a man who is a strong brothe who is to be admired. Amy Goodwin and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now publicize this human tragedy. Unbelievable that a 3-time overturned case can be ignored and this man remains in prison. HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN?>!?!?!?!?!??????? What must be DONE!!!!!!!!!
Slavery still reigns in US prisons
Would you believe that actual SLAVERY exists today in the United States? It does in the guise of the prison system. Listen and learn with this video. Then follow up and join any movement to abolish slavery in all forms isn the United States today. Our ancestors require this.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Jill Scott - Family Reunion
"Family Reunion" by Jill Scott which is new to me and beautifully described. Relaxing music and wonderfully words of fantastic memories we will all long cherish. We got to play this at our family reunion too. Hey, Music Guys, get on this right away -- for sure !!
Friday, June 28, 2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (official tr...
Mumia Abu-Jamal And Filmmaker Stephen Vittoria Talk American Imperialism
Prison Radio / Nolan Edmonston
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been serving a life sentence (he was formerly Death Row) for the murder of a white policeman in Philadelphia since 1981. In that time, he's been heralded as a revolutionary and condemned as a killer, written hundreds of books and essays, sparked a massive Free Mumia movement and lent support to contemporary calls for change like Occupy Wall Street. He's also the subject of director Stephen Vittoria's (One Bright Shining Moment) newest documentary, Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal, which follows Mumia—who has always insisted he's innocent—from his early involvement with the Black Panthers to his career as a radio journalist in Philadelphia, through his current period of incarceration and his published works.
We recently spoke with Mumia and Vittoria about the film, the media, and what it means to fight for change in a modern world.
Steve, what made you want to document Mumia's life? And Mumia, how did you get involved in the project?
SV: You wake up in a country that's run by mass murderers, economic rapists, and general run-of-the-mill racists and misogynist psychopaths, and you start to look for some sanity. And for me the sanity and inspiration came from a gentleman writing from a dark, dank hole on death row in Pennsylvania. I wanted to focus on a very unfortunate but remarkable life as a journalist a writer, a historian, an author, and a revolutionary from day one. There needs to be another narrative told about the life of Mumia, because the narrative that's been told for 30 years has been an utter lie.
MAJ: We started with a little project, a book, and it migrated to a film. But as all projects, they have a life of their own. And they sometimes are greater than the imagination of either or both of the parties involved. We were going to do a work called 'Murder Incorporated.' The title does not refer to a mafia movie. It refers to LBJ who when he took over as president of the United States, looked at what was happening in the Caribbean, and told someone: "Whoa, we're running, like, Murder Incorporated down here." And it seemed like a perfect title.
But it's really a study of imperialism. And, as ever, imperialism never remains overseas. It creeps back home. It creeps back home through torture. It creeps back home through repression. It creeps back home through secret prisons. And it creeps back home through corruption of the legal system. And what we see is what we've done.
Mumia, do you consider yourself more of a writer than a revolutionary, or do the two go hand-in-hand?
MAJ: Well, I mean, it could be separated, but I think any separation is a false separation. One of the things Howard Zinn—probably one of the greatest historians of the 20th century—said, was, he feared professionalism, because professionalism was just another straitjacket. And it was the peers of his profession which tried to police the profession, so as not to offend the imperial forces in power. So, yeah, I'm a writer, but I'm a revolutionary too. And because I was part of a revolutionary organization in my youth, and part of the Ministry of Information of that organization, they taught me how to write. And they helped point me in a direction that has lasted for quite a long distance.
Courtesy Lou Jones
So how do you feel about the mainstream media?
MAJ: I am quite honestly profoundly depressed. Profoundly depressed. When I look at—it's hard for me, to look at TV news. I find myself looking at BBC, and NHK, you know, overseas news. It's more palatable in many ways. But when I look at American news, man, wow, they're pretty, they're beautiful, their teeth are sparkling like stars, and they're so nice to you. And they wanna be your friend. They're trying so hard to be your friends, they forget to tell you the news. They want to tell you how to, you know, lose inches on your butt, or to buy the latest fashion, or to see the latest movie. But damn it, they're ain't talking about what's happening in the country. And it infuriates me to watch local news these days. I find myself turning away from it more and more and more.
You've talked a lot about of the power of organization and if people organize they can make change. Over the past year or so, we've seen people focus on organization, like with Occupy Wall Street. But it seems like the small change they effect isn't really enough to have an effect on a larger scale. Do you think that change, real change is possible?
MAJ: Well, I think history has proven that when people organize, they are the only forces that can change history. I talked about media earlier, but I guess I should give a prize, instead of a bat, to PBS, who recently did a series called The Abolitionists. These were a tiny group of people, but they were extraordinary, they were deeply committed. Like Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Angelica Grimke, and people like that. These were white and black, rich and poor, slave and free, and they created one of the most incredible movements in world history. And they changed history.
Filmmaker Stephen Vittoria, courtesy Sharon Vittoria.
Steve, now, Mumia is no longer on death row, but faces a lifetime in prison. Do you think that the "Free Mumia" movement will die down now?
SV: I think it has ramped up. Mumia had a tremendous arc in popularity and exposure in the late 90s and into the early 2000s and quite frankly it definitely receded throughout the first decade of the 21st century. I think the opposition who has been trying to silence Mumia, the fact that the DA decided not to pursue the death penalty again—I think they thought that Mumia was just going to go away. The unintended consequences have been that Mumia is writing more now than he ever has. He's been louder and tougher in his critique of the American empire and what's going on.
I think the Mumia movement has been really been ramping up now because they believe that now that they can't kill him on death row, and they can't murder Mumia, they believe they have a fairly decent chance to try to get some new people to look at this old case and realize the impropriety and the miscarriage of justice that this man has gone through. I can sense that they have new life. I don't think it's going the way the opposition thought it was going to go.
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal, a First Run Features film, opens this Friday at Cinema Village, 22 East 12th Street between Fifth Ave and University Pl (212-924-3363, cinemavillage.com).
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Please take time to read and become inspired by this message today from Dr. William Barber, President of the North Carolina NAACP. It is truly amazing that a new movement is underway today and that history is being made before our very eyes once again.
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Salif Keita - "Africa"
Salif Keita 's music called "Africa." Rotating and pulsing rhythms that peak the interest and tickle the feet in springing to dance or at least dancing at heart and soul. Listen and soar to flights of joy!
Mali - Salif Keita - Tekere
One of my favorite pieces of African music by musician Salita Kieta from Mali. Very rhymical and graceful to dance by.
Salif Keita - Mandjou
Beautiful video and lovely African music. This type almost seems to have merged with American jazz but still retains the African elements and rhythm. It is beautiful and soothing to the very soul. Sit back and relax and just picture the fluid, lazy, warm, inviting and inspiring African scene of our imagination -- forget the reality. Enjoy!
Friday, June 7, 2013
"We Will Not Stop!" | June 3rd 5th Wave Moral Monday
I was quite PROUD to have been in the CROWD! And it is my PLAN to attend ALL MORAL MONDAYS for as long as I CAN. Keep all NC Activists THERE , deeply and constantly IN PRAYER!!
Saturday, June 1, 2013
45 Uses For Lemons That Will Blow Your Socks Off
Most people are familiar with the traditional uses for lemons to soothe sore throats and add some citrus flavor to our foods.
However the diversity of applications for lemons far exceeds general knowledge and once you read the following list, you’ll likely want to stock at least a few lemons in your kitchen 24-7.
1. Freshen the Fridge
Remove refrigerator odors with ease. Dab lemon juice on a cotton ball or sponge and leave it in the fridge for several hours. Make sure to toss out any malodorous items that might be causing the bad smell.
2. High Blood Pressure
Lemon contains potassium which controls high blood pressure and reduces the effect of nausea and dizziness.
3. Prevent Cauliflower From Turning Brown
Cauliflower tend to turn brown with even the slightest cooking. You can make sure the white vegetables stay white by squeezing a teaspoon of fresh lemon juice on them before heating.
4. Mental Health
Lemon water can also prep up your mood and relieve you from depression and stress. Long distance walkers and world travelers as well as explorers look upon the lemon as a Godsend. When fatigue begins, a lemon is sucked through a hole in the top. Quick acting medicine it is, giving almost unbelievable refreshments.
5. Refresh Cutting Boards
No wonder your kitchen cutting board smells! After all, you use it to chop onions, crush garlic, and prepare fish. To get rid of the smell and help sanitize the cutting board, rub it all over with the cut side of half a lemon or wash it in undiluted juice straight from the bottle.
6. Respiratory Problems
Lemon water can reduce phlegm; and can also help you breathe properly and aids a person suffering with asthma.
7. Treating Arthritis and Rheumatism
Lemon is a diuretic – assists in the production of urine which helps you to reduce inflammation by flushing out toxins and bacteria while also giving you relief from arthritis and rheumatism.
8. Prevents Kidney Stones
Regular consumption of the refreshing drink — or even lemon juice mixed with water — may increase the production of urinary citrate, a chemical in the urine that prevents the formation of crystals that may build up into kidney stones.
9. Keep Insects Out of the Kitchen
You don’t need insecticides or ant traps to ant-proof your kitchen. Just give it the lemon treatment. First squirt some lemon juice on door thresholds and windowsills. Then squeeze lemon juice into any holes or cracks where the ants are getting in. Finally, scatter small slices of lemon peel around the outdoor entrance. The ants will get the message that they aren’t welcome. Lemons are also effective against roaches and fleas: Simply mix the juice of 4 lemons (along with the rinds) with 1/2 gallon (2 liters) water and wash your floors with it; then watch the fleas and roaches flee. They hate the smell.
10. Anti-Aging
11. Fruit and Vegetable Wash
You never know what kind of pesticides or dirt may be lurking on the skin of your favorite fruits and vegetables. Slice your lemon and squeeze out one tablespoon of lemon juice into your spray bottle. The lemon juice is a natural disinfectant and will leave your fruits and vegetables smelling nice too.
12. Treat Infections
Lemon water can fight throat infections thanks to its antibacterial property. If salt water does not work for you, try lime and water for gargling.
13. Deodorize Your Garbage
If your garbage is beginning to smell yucky, here’s an easy way to deodorize it: Save leftover lemon and orange peels and toss them at the base under the bag. To keep it smelling fresh, repeat once every couple of weeks.
14. Keep Guacamole Green
You’ve been making guacamole all day long for the big party, and you don’t want it to turn brown on top before the guests arrive. The solution: Sprinkle a liberal amount of fresh lemon juice over it and it will stay fresh and green. The flavor of the lemon juice is a natural complement to the avocados in the guacamole. Make the fruit salad hours in advance too. Just squeeze some lemon juice onto the apple slices, and they’ll stay snowy white.
15. Purges The Blood
We consume a lot of junk food or food with a lot of preservatives and artificial flavours. This builds up a lot of toxins in the blood and body but daily consumption of lemon water helps to purify the blood.
16. Make Soggy Lettuce Crisp
Don’t toss that soggy lettuce into the garbage. With the help of a little lemon juice you can toss it in a salad instead. Add the juice of half a lemon to a bowl of cold water. Then put the soggy lettuce in it and refrigerate for 1 hour. Make sure to dry the leaves completely before putting them into salads or sandwiches.
17. Oral Health
Lemon juice also stops bleeding gums and reduces toothaches
18. Lighten Age Spots
Why buy expensive creams when you’ve got lemon juice? To lighten liver spots or freckles, try applying lemon juice directly to the area. Let it sit for 15 minutes and then rinse your skin clean. It’s a safe and effective skin-lightening agent.
19. Create Blonde Highlights
For salon-worthy highlights, add 1/4 cup lemon juice to 3/4 cup water and rinse your hair with the mixture. Then, sit in the sun until your hair dries. To maximize the effect, repeat once daily for up to a week.
20. Make a Room Scent/Humidifier
Freshen and moisturize the air in your home on dry winter days. Make your own room scent that also doubles as a humidifier. If you have a wood-burning stove, place an enameled cast-iron pot or bowl on top, fill with water, and add lemon (and/or orange) peels, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and apple skins. No wood-burning stove? Use your stovetop instead and just simmer the water periodically.
21. Clean and Whiten Nails
22. Cleanse Your Face
Zap zits naturally by dabbing lemon juice on blackheads to draw them out during the day. You can also wash your face with lemon juice for a natural cleanse and exfoliation. Your skin should improve after several days of treatment. Lemon water is also a cooling agent, best way to beat the heat.
23. Freshen Your Breath
Make an impromptu mouthwash by rinsing with lemon juice straight from the bottle. Swallow for longer-lasting fresh breath. The citric acid in the juice alters the pH level in your mouth, killing bacteria that causes bad breath. Rinse after a few minutes because long-term exposure to the acid in lemons can harm tooth enamel.
24. Treat Flaky Dandruff
If itchy, scaly dandruff has you scratching your head, relief may be no farther away than your refrigerator. Just massage two tablespoons lemon juice into your scalp and rinse with water. Then stir one teaspoon lemon juice into one cup water and rinse your hair with it. Repeat daily until your dandruff disappears.
25. Get Rid of Tough Stains on Marble
You probably think of marble as stone, but it is really petrified calcium (also known as old seashells). That explains why it is so porous and easily stained and damaged. Those stains can be hard to remove. If washing won’t remove a stubborn stain, try this: Cut a lemon in half, dip the exposed flesh into some table salt, and rub it vigorously on the stain. But do this only as a last resort; acid can damage marble. Rinse well. Use These Lemons To Clean – Easy and Effective
26. Remove Berry Stains
It sure was fun to pick your own berries, but now your fingers are stained with berry juice that won’t come off no matter how much you scrub with soap and water. Try washing your hands with undiluted lemon juice, then wait a few minutes and wash with warm, soapy water. Repeat until your hands are stain-free.
27. Soften Dry, Scaly Elbows
28. Headaches
Lemon juice with a few teaspoons of hot tea added is the treatment of a sophisticated New York bartender, for those who suffer with hangover headaches–and from headaches due to many other causes. He converts his customers to this regime, and weans them away from drug remedies completely.
29. Chills and Fevers
Chills and fevers may be due to a variety of causes; never the less the lemon is always a helpful remedy. Spanish physicians regard it as an infallible friend.
30. Diptheria
Skip the vaccine for this disease. Lemon Juice Treatment still proves as one of the most powerful antiseptics and the strong digestive qualities of the fruit are admired around the world. With the juice every hour or two, and at the same time, 1/2 to 1 tsp. should be swallowed. This cuts loose the false membrane in the throat and permits it to come out.
31. Vaginal Hygiene
Diluted lemon juice makes a safe and sane method of vaginal hygiene. Though it is a powerful antiseptic it is nevertheless free from irritating drugs in douches and suppositories.
32. Forget The Moth Balls
A charming French custom to keep closets free from moths is to take ripe lemons and stick them with cloves all over the skin. The heavily studded lemons slowly dry with their cloves, leaving a marvelous odor throughout the closets and rooms.
33. Stomach Health
Digestive problems are the most common ailments but warm water and lime juice is the solution to most digestive problems. Lemon juice helps to purify the blood, reduces your chances of indigestion, constipation, eliminates toxins from the body, adds digestion and reduces phlegm.
34. Disinfect Cuts and Scrapes
Stop bleeding and disinfect minor cuts and scraps by pouring a few drops of lemon juice directly on the cut. You can also apply the juice with a cotton ball and hold firmly in place for one minute.
35. Soothe Poison Ivy Rash
36. Remove Warts
You’ve tried countless remedies to banish warts and nothing seems to work. Next time, apply a dab of lemon juice directly to the wart using a cotton swab. Repeat for several days until the acids in the lemon juice dissolve the wart completely.
37. Bleach Delicate Fabrics
Avoid additional bleach stains by swapping ordinary household chlorine bleach with lemon juice, which is milder but no less effective. Soak your delicates in a mixture of lemon juice and baking soda for at least half an hour before washing.
38. Clean Tarnished Brass and Polish Chrome
Say good-bye to tarnish on brass, copper, or stainless steel. Make a paste of lemon juice and salt (or substitute baking soda or cream of tartar for the salt) and coat the affected area. Let it stay on for 5 minutes. Then wash in warm water, rinse, and polish dry. Use the same mixture to clean metal kitchen sinks too. Apply the paste, scrub gently, and rinse. Get rid of mineral deposits and polish chrome faucets and other tarnished chrome. Simply rub lemon rind over the chrome and watch it shine! Rinse well and dry with a soft cloth.
39. Replace Your Dry Cleaner
Ditch the expensive dry-cleaning bills (and harsh chemicals) with this homegrown trick. Simply scrub the stained area on shirts and blouses with equal parts lemon juice and water. Your “pits” will be good as new, and smell nice too.
40. Boost Laundry Detergent
For more powerful cleaning action, pour 1 cup lemon juice into the washer during the wash cycle. The natural bleaching action of the juice will zap stains and remove rust and mineral discolorations from cotton T-shirts and briefs and will leave your clothes smelling fresh. Your clothes will turn out brighter and also come out smelling lemon-fresh.
41. Rid Clothes of Mildew
Have you ever unpacked clothes you stored all winter and discovered some are stained with mildew? To get rid of it, make a paste of lemon juice and salt and rub it on the affected area, then dry the clothes in sunlight. Repeat the process until the stain is gone.
42. Eliminate Fireplace Odor
There’s nothing cozier on a cold winter night than a warm fire burning in the fireplace — unless the fire happens to smell horrible. Next time you have a fire that sends a stench into the room, try throwing a few lemon peels into the flames. Or simply burn some lemon peels along with your firewood as a preventive measure.
43. Neutralize Cat-Box Odor
You don’t have to use an aerosol spray to neutralize foul-smelling cat-box odors or freshen the air in your bathroom. Just cut a couple of lemons in half. Then place them, cut side up, in a dish in the room, and the air will soon smell lemon-fresh.
44. Deodorize a Humidifier
When your humidifier starts to smell funky, deodorize it with ease: Just pour 3 or 4 teaspoons lemon juice into the water. It will not only remove the off odor but will replace it with a lemon-fresh fragrance. Repeat every couple of weeks to keep the odor from returning.
45. Reduce Asthma Symptoms
In addition to a general detoxifying diet, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice before each meal, and before retiring can reduce asthma symptoms.
* If you do consume lemon peel, stick to organic lemons to reduce your pesticide exposure.
Monday, May 27, 2013
Was Malcolm Shabazz Assassinated?
The grandson of Malcolm X has been cruelly murdered and his death very likely distorted as if with some discredited illegal involvement rather than as a result of the obvious targetted and harrassed life he must have had to endure all these years. Will we always loose our potential leaders to the powers that be? For one day we will learn who has been behind all the killings of our civil and social rights leaders and their family members. Many forget that the mother of Dr. King as well as his brother was also murdered, along with a young cousin at different times with no one charged except for some likely "fall-guy" in the case of Mrs. King, Sr.. In later years we may find out that others in the King family may have also been similarly cruelly misused and abused by surreptitious U.S. government sources. May God have mercy on the evil that exists in this country today the same as in years past only in a more covert manner in the present days. This is a very eye-opening interview which moves the most rigid soul to question society in general and the government in particular. Rest in peace, El Hajj Malik Shabazz, as well as finally the soul of Malcolm Shabazz the grandson. And there may they, along with wife and grandmother Betty, may they each seek their personal and joint peace.
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