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Eakle may refer to:

Eakle, West Virginia, a community in Clay County, West Virginia
Charlie Eakle, an American former baseball second baseman
Matt Eakle, a jazz flutist

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Professor A.L.I.
a professor has the knowledge, an m.c. has the audience
Unit I: Introduction
Unit II: Deeper The Origins…
Unit III: American Dream or…
Unit IV: Contradictions & Controversies
Unit V: Back To The Future
An Ode To Zaynab
A Karavan From Karbala
Diasporal Histories
Mount Krushmore
4 Elements Of The HipHopalypse
Beneath Mom's Feet
Hip-Hoponomics
Pimperialism
Hip-Hop-E
#therevolutionwontbehashtagged
Paradigm Shifts
Reincarnature
The Mic Shall Inherit The Earth
Wakanda: Black Asgard
February 19, 2018 February 19, 2018 Professor A.L.I. Leave a comment
Wakanda: Black Asgard by Professor A.L.I.
I am a fanboy. I am also an Afro-centric historian, and therein lies the disconnect I experience when watching Black Panther. I bought my tickets, action figures and other paraphernalia well in advance, and even tried 3D printing a Kilmonger Mask to no avail before I watched the film on opening night. As an owner of every single issue of the character, from his Fantastic Four debut, the Jungle Action run, through his involvement as a key Avenger, and the now-iconic runs by Priest and Hundlin, I've been a Black Panther stan. Therefore, I was prepared to channel my Frantz Fanon and engage in cognitive dissonance as I knew the film would be unable to escape the one critique that my inner-historian had, because the source material is born of ignorance to Africa, and what it entails.
Africa is not a country. It is a continent so large that it encompasses one of the longest stretches human beings can travel by land traversing two hemispheres. It is also the most linguistically diverse places on the planet. Nigeria, a single country, a little larger than Texas boasts over 520 languages spoken and thousands of dialects in addition. This is the story throughout Africa, and with linguistic diversity comes cultural, religious, political and social diversity as well. Africa is so much, and as such, it is too much for simple minds to comprehend, and therefore it is reduced to the size and persona of a singular nation, in order to diminish it for the intellectual palatability of ignoramuses. This is homogenous Africa present in the source material that gives birth to Wakanda and the Black Panther.
My dear ustad, Edward Said should be turning in his grave-since Wakanda represents as Orientalist a depiction as the classical paintings of Gerome. Wakanda is the other, as envisioned by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, and as the other, it helps to elucidate what the West is in opposition. It was a tribal space, constructed with savage norms, like battles for succession, the mythology that depicted numerous deities, which wove Orishas (from West Africa) with Kemetic (Egyptian) beings in a new-pantheon. Its heroes and villains were bestial-invoking animalistic qualities, and the worst of these was literally named Man-Ape. This setting was created only 20 years after phrenologists and Aryan supremacists argued the racist, fallacious notions of the intellectual inferiority of Africans.
This was the source material, and over the years other writers and artists would revise the depictions. In particular Black authors tried to re-envision what the Black Panther represented and used the writer for social critique. Christopher Priest and Reginald Hundlin did so in relative obscurity, while Ta-Nehisi Coates has built his exposition in the era of the marketing around the film and around his own following and has tried to dig into some of the constructions of this character. The challenge for them is that T'Challa, was originally constructed as a b-list character; and if we used the metric that heroes are defined by their villains, then the Jungle Action series, which introduced Black Panther, gives us a spectrum of villainy from the Man-Ape on one side to the actual Ku Klux Klan (KKK) on the other! T'Challa never had an A-list villain in his early run, with only the Klaw being significant, but even he was an after-thought for the great heroes that Lee and Kirby had constructed.
T'Challa has in recent years fought Dr. Doom, Namor, and Morlun, but these characters, despite being significant in their gravitas, are not the Black Panther's villains. The one reoccurring character and foil of significance for Panther was Kilmonger, and for avid readers of the Black Panther, it was always frustrating that this character could defeat T'Challa over and over again. The film brilliantly retcons (reconstructs) Kilmonger, in such a way and in such opposition that it elevates T'Challa in the process. The film also helps reduce some of the bestial elements of M'Baku, aka Man-Ape, but retains the animalistic totems that the source material is based on.
Yet, the film draws a line in the sand between east and west. T'Challa and Kilmonger represent two polarized black experiences. T'Challa represents a bloodline that has never been colonized, and Kilmonger is raised in the diaspora. This adds an element of social critique and draws from the best Black Marvel writers, who have used the character to critique the social fabric in which we live.
While all this was good, the cognitive dissonance had to be employed while the film took me to Wakanda. A place that wove Hausa with Swahili and disparate cultural traditions, and the aforementioned bestial depictions. Mythology compounded, and an exotified landscape which draws the best of all of modern Africa, and its numerous biomes into one mythic place. This was the one things I hated. It reaffirmed homogenous Africa that the source material spoke to-but then, my inner fanboy began a debate with the historian within. The debate took me from Wakanda to Asgard, and questioned why, as a historian and one who has taught Viking history in detail that I did not have the same issue with how the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe) dealt with European (Germanic, Nordic, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, etc.) narratives in the same manner? I think I did, but to me, it did not matter in the same way this is when the third voice from within spoke.
Wakanda may be a Black Asgard, but, I was a man of color, a global Black man, a part of a larger diaspora, and so much of me was in the film. M'Baku's quote "praise be to Hanuman," to the East African garb, the ancestral worship, the mythology, the ritual-too much of who I am was woven into the film. The Jabari clan (the Arabic) the rescue from Boko Haram earlier in the film-all were touching on my faith as well. These were the complex layers I was navigating, even as and parts of me were in conflict with Kilmonger's methods, while others championed his goals. C. Everett Ross as a hero figure despite being a CIA agent, and the dubious depiction that is, in light of the involvement of this organization in the destabilization of Africa, was not lost upon me either-nor was it that Kilmonger was constructed in a Malcolmesque way, while T'Challa was like MLK or Mandelan in his depiction.
In the end, the film is a must see-an all-Black cast, a Black director who shows love to the Town (Oakland) and Black Executive in Marvel who has championed this project since the very beginning. Analyze it, discuss it, and understand its critique of our world. Know that the source material is problematic but that the film tries to rise above, and at worst, it depicts a mythological space that is no more than a Black Asgard.
As always, I find the best way to deconstruct homogeneity and broach the bridge of Africa with the Diaspora is through music. Enjoy this limited release EP entitled Black Seed that dovetails nicely with Black Panther and touches on these very themes:
Pomegranate: The Moors and Black History Month
February 4, 2018 Professor A.L.I. Leave a comment
Pomegranate is an allusion for Granada, the last vestige of Moorish rule in Europe. This piece examines the influence of the Moors in Europe and the influence the Moors would continue to have in the so called 'New World' and even explores the mythology and legend around the story of Black Steven, the first Moor acknowledged as having traversed the Americas.
This EP, also contains two other songs that explore Moorish influence, examining the Beloved, which inspired them, which is the Qur'an and finally, Pistola a remix of Soledad Brothers, which picks up the narrative of the Moorish seed in the Americas today.
The Moors and their influence is not heavily covered in history, at least not commensurate to their impact on the modern world, but even less so is the mention of the Moorish genetic impact and the legacy of the Moorish seed into modern time.
This album is the beginning of this, and released fresh for Black History Month.
January 22, 2018 Professor A.L.I. Leave a comment
Animal Farm by Professor A.L.I.
George Orwell's seminal text, is an allegory that remains as pertinent to our status quo, as it was in the time he penned it. Orwell intended his eponymous farm to be symbolic, and in interviews, spoke to his intention to speak to the Russian Revolution through his novel. The story explores the tensions of the worker through the lens of animals, and the role of the ruling class through a farmer's tyranny. Sadly, this very dialectic and tension is exacerbated now, and the past ten years have seen movements from Occupy Wallstreet, to economic tensions leading to extreme polarization that brought about the elections of Trump, Brexit and nearly wrought France under the leadership of Le Pen. Those on the bottom, exemplified by the domesticated beasts in the text, are the people, and it is to this population I wanted to speak to, and address the very realistic tensions that we face in this day and age.
For this reason, I remixed and re-released Animal Farm, to pay homage to this text, and to the tensions we face currently—and combined with the beautiful cover art by Adam Hunter Peck, hope to draw attention to the core message—that change is needed.
Early in the song, I state: "The battle of righteous souls, versus those sick, like a war in Benghazi, the blood of Qaddafi…" referring to a tension I notice daily on my social media timeline, which seems to between principled people and a polarizing media programming. Global events are spun to be about one thing, when in truth, they are motivated by the same base desires as the farmer in the Orwellian framing, which is an insatiable desire for profit, or greed.
Later, I talk about how this tension, leads to coalition building by those who are divested, and are seeking change. This group has symbolic leadership, which I speak to with the lines, "I carry Malcolm's martyrdom, like Yuri Kochiyama," and further emphasize this with the lines "I'm Caeser with Montablan, Conquest, part five," which invokes the classic Planet of the Apes film where the Apes rebel and takeover. The idea of a revolution, is change, and when one is seemingly imprisoned by economics, or by politics, breaking free is a part of that change. This is why I say, "like an ambulance Assata used to escape from prison, I seek a vehicle like Hagar's quest for a vision."
Escape from a practical system of economic servitude that the masses participate in is the whole, point, which brings us to the hook: "this world we live upon, is an animal farm; choose to be livestock, or choose to be armed; raise the alarm, like these Beasts of England; because their feast's beginning, with our children."
That chorus needs no explanation, as it invokes Animal Farm, the text, specifically—even referencing the song "Beasts of England," which is the revolutionary song the animals in the book sing as they takeover. I further elaborate the point, about oppression and tyranny with the lines, "we are the Injuns that feed their engine, brown spots in their field of vision; like colors in prisms, light division, sufficient, yet white imprisons; in missions, hacienda's, (migrant) farms and plantations; globalization, this life is leased to own by corporations."
It is truly a tension between corporations and people, where the people are beasts of burden, and in this framing, they are destined to come together as a result, since they are all being victimized. Thus, the lines, "red; yellow, brown and black, given cancer and heart attacks; alcohol & cigarette packs, secret police, infrared tags; on minarets, prayer halls, even ten Gurus on the walls; doesn't matter as long, as beard is long, silent prayer calls; whether in turban or veiled by curtain, were just beasts of burden."
I hope this piece, helps spark that coalition building of all oppressed people, so we cease to be beasts of burden, and help usher in a better world together.
How To Kill A Troll
December 22, 2017 December 23, 2017 Professor A.L.I. Leave a comment
Dissecting the Troll
J.K. Rowling and J.R.R Tolkien have taught me one undeniable truth about trolls; that the lack intellectual capacity. Furthermore, in childhood I learned from simple legends and lore, that trolls lurk under bridges. Therefore, I should be unsurprised that as an educator, artist, and human being, in the habit of building bridges, and combatting ignorance, that I would attract the attention of these dimwitted beasts.
Most recently, in pieces dedicated to eradicating Islamoracism/Islamophobia or satire critiquing colonial constructions that remain a part of the framework of our status quo, I've attracted these trolls. They lurk on social media, where I share these articles, and songs, and share their ineloquent hatred of me under the bridges I lay with these public posts. The most common phrase is "go back to where you came from," which is ironic, in that I am a product of the colonial monster that was set into motion by the wicked wizards that also created these trolls—I would gladly go back to the royalty of my ancestral roots, if they too would recede into the coal-lined-caves from where toxic DNA emerged.
Name-calling doesn't work on trolls—since words usually go over their heads. They understand our world only in black and white terms, in which they see what they are as purely good, and whatever is "other" as existing to serve them. Ignoring these trolls does not sit well with the educator in me either. I recognize that beneath their grotesque form, mutated by bad magic, and a long-standing legacy of hatred, that they are simplistic beings, who are merely frightened. To this end, Wordsmyths was born—to educate, annihilate ignorance, and unify that strand of humanity within all of us, my acknowledging the divinity in us all—and by extension our connection to the universe.
What does Wordsmyths mean?
A wordsmith is a colloquialism for an individual with deep diction and proficiency with language. I spell it, purposefully with "myth" replacing "-mith" in order to convey a different meaning. Specifically, I was speaking to the "mythology" that created trolls in the first place. Myths, created by "Wordsmyths" to help control ignorant, blind followers, and distract them from the reality of our connection. The refrain in the song about "One God" is about the "one reality" that binds us all—that the notion of separation is not real, but truly a construction of simplistic minds.
This song is not a critique on religion, or any dogma, but a critique on ignorance. It is also critique on patriarchy and colonialism (which are also based on and supported by falsified social construction). The lines "Like the sun and moon, swimming in their own orbits," refer to the Quranic verses about theses celestial bodies in a chapter, that has an oft-repeated refrain, "which of the favors of your Lord do you deny." It's a chapter that reveals to the reader, in depth of reflection, that the entire universe is one reality and that we are all connected to the many miraculous things in it. I follow the lines with "our suns and moons, left upon strange doorsteps, African origins…" These lines are a clear critique of the social construction of race, of colonial realities and chattel slavery—it posits the notion that we are all truly African, coming from one place of origin as homo sapiens.
The lines "phantom opera mask, covers our Moorish features…" refers to the idea that those constructed as "others," must don masks in order to be relevant in a farcically socially constructed society, such as ours. Death is referenced, as is life, in creating a sense of liminality throughout this piece. The lines "Last days, face east, it's gorgeous, sunset, earth flipped, cats are sorted" refers to the scientific phenomena of pole shift (where magnetic poles shift their positivity and negativity) ostensibly shifting what we consider North and South, as well as lines in Abrahamic faith based traditions about the last days. The lines "On horizon, I see a cubed Borg ship." is a nod to Gene Roddenberry and my inner fanboy, while at the same time, envisioning a cube, or Kaaba, as a vehicle for cosmic travel.
Later I say, "religion constructed; pay the doorman, life distorted, rather be a free man like Morgan; yet forging our own chains on purpose; burn bill of rights and habeas corpus, freedom forfeit…" These lines specifically call out the idea of religion as a construction, and the idea of the promise of freedom of religion, something that chains us to the idea that this is a reality, furthering our separation from the idea of the oneness of the divine and hence our reality, and therefore ourselves. The verse takes a political turn, when I speak to the truth of what this can mean to a subsection of a population, victimized by Islamoracism, by saying, "unsupported, innocent souls are deported, to an island (Guantanamo), tortured and water boarded, truth serum injected, falsehoods recorded, justifying barrels, oil barons have hoarded, this America, hegemons have exported…"
These lines specifically call out the trolls to respond to a reality that is a clear violation of that document they choose to hold dear, as they champion this land—it is this egregious hypocrisy that not only leads to Guantanamo but to "Muslim Bans" and the dignity of those racialized as "Muslims" in ignorant minds in a hate filled society.
The song finally ends with the argument that our unity, is not an extrapolation from any text, but something manifest in our minds, and the acceptance of the logic of this argument, that we are all connected, leads to peace, in soul and body: "Don't dismiss it as, 'Oh yeah, it's from a core text.' Process this; in your cerebral cortex. My body says PEACE, my Ka* says hotep.** Who will you worship? One God or wordsmiths?"
*spirit in Kemetic/**peace in Kemetic
p.s. So how do you kill a Troll? By making them bob their head to knowledge manifest on the mic.
Chandni and the Clothing Factory and Other Stories by Cold Dal
November 22, 2017 November 22, 2017 Professor A.L.I. 1 Comment
Chandni and the Clothing Factory and Other Stories by Cold Dal:
A Critique of Roald Dahl
Racism can slap you across the face when you least expect it. Sometimes, when you are struck, it's with such force that it sends you back into your own childhood and makes you wonder how severe the impact of hatred truly was in your life. My exchange this morning with my colleague and good friend Tarecq Amer, led me down this path as we reflected on the words of a person, who I'd considered one of my favorite childhood authors, and one who we both had been introducing to our own children, with fond memories of giant peaches, chocolate waterfalls, talking animals, and magical children: Roald Dahl.
To call Roald Dahl and active racist would be unfair—but his writing belies a systemic framing of post-colonial narratives that clearly couches non-Western nations as subservient, savage and uncivilized. His references to these places, and symbolic representations like the wild rhinoceros that kills James parents, the Oompa Loompas working in the chocolate factory or the monkeys tortured by the Twits all draw on the familiar tropes of the era and distill in the mind of the reader the themes of danger and ignorance inextricably related to these places through his writing.
Tarecq and I lamented this—since, we both champion reading, and love the idea of connecting books we read in our youth with our own kids; this led me on an interesting departure from our conversation to a thought—what if I re-wrote Roald Dahl? What if I were to re-imagine his themes and plots from the perspective of a person of color? What if it flipped the Orientalist dialectic and introduced an Occidental critique instead? And what if I did this while flipping the patriarchal binary, so the protagonists went from being white males to brilliant women of color? Tarecq laughed hysterically as I imagined writing the following 10 books, with the culturally appropriate pseudonym of Cold Dal (lentil soup):
Chandni and the Clothing Factory
The story of an Indian girl who labors on end in a Western clothing factory for little to no pay. The clothes she makes are worn by trendy hipsters in the West, whose daily routine consists of gentrifying neighborhoods, lamenting the latest outrage of the other political party and the occasional convenient protest.
Jin and the Giant Persimmon
Jin travels in a magic persimmon across the Pacific to escape the inevitable illegal incarceration of her fellow Japanese-Americans as a result of the racist Executive Order 5066 signed by F.D.R.
BFC: Bastardizing French Cyclops
The story of a singular vision-ed French behemoth, which sees no other way to conquer, unless it is to create "brown Frenchmen." This myopic beast lurks everywhere on the planet, and while its cowardice amongst its own kind is legendary, it uses cunning and canons to subjugate masses of peace loving creatures in encounters in its planetary predations.
Chandni and the Glass Ceiling (the sequel to #1)
It continues where the last story left off, where Chandni realizes that as a young woman, there is only so far that she could go in the factory—and deals with the realities that she is a prime target for human traffickers who profit off of Western predation of young women like her.
Hyperbolic Ms. Hyena
An exaggerated story that imagines a word, in which the savage animals of Africa, sitting around a table, with a map, and carve up Europe into spheres of influence. In this imagined imperialist episode, Ms. Hyena, takes control areas occupied by the tribes of the Angles and Saxons, and laughs hysterically as she does so!
Darya the Champion of the Dunya (world in Persian)
Darya, a Persian girl from Rey, champions her ancient and direct ancestor Darius, and creates a new empire, which grows and using her marvelous stratagems is able to conquer the West, thereby restoring the honor of her forbearers by avenging the Persian losses to the Greeks and fulfilling the promise of the Ancient Persians. She ushers in an age of peace and freedom of being (faith, expression and politics), much like her great ancestor Cyrus.
Meera Tilda
The story of a little Punjabi girl, whose "magic" power is the ability to drown out the colonial narrative that chokes all those around her, making it appear that she is magical. Her story is one of deconstruction and of her pointing out the absurd behaviors that have become a part of South Asian society due to colonialism.
King George's 'Targetted' Sedative
This story looks at King George and the sedative he peddles to placate the populations he oppresses throughout the world. It is ultimately an examination of low-intensity-warfare, a strategy expertly used by the British to divide and conquer the populations it would take over throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
A story set in colonial times, that tells the tale of the most disgusting sort of human being imaginable.
Girl: Tales of Patriarchy
This story recounts the "true" story of Cold Dahl, a child who grows up in a colonized state. She has to educate herself secretly, while she works for meager wages in a sweatshop. A shrewd child she is able to tell the stories of her youth, as well as imagined victories for her people against those that stacked all the chips against her.
What if, I lived in a world in which I could pick any book off the shelf and not wonder if it would subtly send the message of self-hate towards me or my children? What if all voices, not just those of white men, were the narrators of what we deem as our cannon, history and memoir? What if we could strip away every racist, sexist, 'phobic references in stories and reimagine them with the themes we love and without the hate imbued within? What if Cold Dal really existed?
Kalyan Balaven aka Professor A.L.I. aka Cold Dal
A Shallow Grave
November 9, 2017 November 9, 2017 Professor A.L.I. Leave a comment
A Shallow Grave by Professor A.L.I.
He digs a shallow grave.
With a blade blunted by battle.
A child, so young;
That should've been playing with rattles
But now a corpse, a dehydrated husk, a shell,
His spirit lingers and divine musk's the smell.
His mother places her recent newborn into the hole,
This six month old, was born of Yemeni Cloak.
His little lips cracked, dryer than Karbala's sand.
And his throat lacerated by Hurmila's hand.
Parents take turns, with palmfuls of earth
To bury the son, who they'd just given birth.
The tears rain on the grave, there is no marker.
As the mother grieves, the father is martyred.
Then the demons descend, upon women in tents.
Fight or flight, torches alight, fire intense.
Wretches reach for spoils, ears bleed as if sliced
And in these fleeting moments for life,
She rushes towards the corpse of another.
The martyred shell of her son's elder step-brother.
She calls to him, "Ya Akbar! The protector, the brave!"
Now guard the sanctity of your young brother's grave.
Dragging his frame; weighted so heavy with armor.
All she had left in the world, was this grave's marker.
She places his cold hand over small earthly mound.
Yet next morning; the wicked army would count:
Seventy-one bodies, and sever seventy-one heads.
As a sign of victory; impale them on spearheads.
Then the malevolent general, recalls the recent tragedy,
And asks where the fruit that fell off this family's tree?
Where's the child, the three-pronged arrow extinguished?
Where is its body? Where is the grave? Who bears its witness?
And they torture the survivors bound, to reveal its location.
Then this dreadful devil, had a satanic revelation.
That if there was a grave, its corpse would bloody a sword and–
This was the same general, who was once an orphan.
Raised by this holy family, so the infant was like his brother.
Now on his order, they stab ground, brutalizing the mother.
Amidst the ashes of tents, lays a headless corpse over mound.
The swords cut into earth, dripping blood, Ali Asghar was found.
They dug this child out of his shallow grave, his family cries.
A smiling cadaver, they cut off his head; as their humanity dies.
A Lamb Slaughtered
October 14, 2017 October 15, 2017 Professor A.L.I. 2 Comments
In the 660's CE, the wicked caliph, Muawiyya, a usurper and despot, would gift lambs to the children in Damascus, the capitol he controlled, and once these innocent youth had developed attachment to their pets, he had their lambs slaughtered by his soldiers at night, so that these children awoke to the horrific sight, and in despair. He had town criers announce the lie that these lambs had been slaughtered by Ali, who was the legitimate leader of these lands. The sorrow, turned to rage and these children would grow brainwashed to hate Ali and his family, and they would eventually make up the army that would systematically slaughter the family of Ali… including children and infants. This poem is dedicated to this true story:
A Lamb Slaughtered by Professor A.L.I.
The child whose pet lamb was slaughtered in Damascus,
Grows to be a man steeling himself towards thirsty infants,
Loyalty based on lies, allegiance to despots; his soul burns.
When the veil is torn and death approaches; he mourns.
These are crocodile tears, since the veil was pierced before,
The moment he saw an old man place his child on desert floor.
When his own canteen was sloshing, full of life giving liquid.
He could have undid strap, and his own damaged spirit, lifted–
The flask to the lips of this innocent being; instead he'd see.
The horror brought upon, be an arrow-pronged-three.
In that moment, a mirage caused by his teary, blurred vision:
Of his own lamb, gifted to him; the false caliph's wicked wisdom.
To have him name his pet, become attached, and then awaken,
To find his beloved friend, murdered by the caliph's agents.
And town criers announce it as a plot by a man known as Ali.
A shrewd lie, constructed by a usurper, to acquire loyalty.
Political brainwashing so thorough, that this man would believe,
That his lamb was slaughtered, by the Prophet's family.
Brainwashed thoroughly, he severs limbs of this family's tree.
A soldier for Yazeed, Muawiyya's seed, the most sinister breed.
So when the baby was placed before him, he took not a step,
No water for the 6-month old infant gasping its last breath,
He watches this tragedy, and unfolds towards his own death.
He sees the truth; and now bears the burden of great debt.
And yet, when the old man asked him, "If no one was left to help him–
If no one was there to give him aid?" He still grasped his weapons.
And instead of helping, destroys, and lays claims a destination.
An eternal conflagration, burning amidst a hellish congregation.
And he sees himself in this place, wielding the same blade.
That was used by a lie, to cultivate this boy's rage.
His hands and face are covered in blood, just like Husayn's–
The blood of his own lamb, that he slaughtered that same day.
Children of Karbala
October 1, 2017 October 1, 2017 Professor A.L.I. 2 Comments
The story of three children brutally killed at Karbala. They were grandchildren of Fatima and great grandchildren of the Prophet Muhammad. The young teen, Qasim ibn Hasan, was stomped to death by horses. Ali Akbar was stabbed in the back and Ali Asghar, known as Abdullah, who was only 6 months old had his throat lacerated. All three corpses were beheaded. These heinous acts were carried out by those who called themselves Muslims, even as they slaughtered the family of their Prophet. These were the predecessors of the Taliban, ISIS, and other hateful groups today.
Islam Today: Husayn's Legacy
October 1, 2017 Professor A.L.I. Leave a comment
The story of what happened on Ashura, in Karbala, so long ago, reverberates today, not because it is singularly unique. Mass murder is a common occurrence and so too is the disenfranchisement of women and children is a part of our global status quo—so why is what happened to Husayn ibn Ali so unique and important that millions continue to commemorate what happened to the children of Fatima in the sands of Karbala.
Truth be told, what happened to Husayn, the son of Fatima and Ali, and the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, his family, sisters, daughters, sons, and loved ones, was a precedent for the violence that would be done in the name of Islam, for eons after, and into this modern day. Islam was hijacked when Husayn was killed, and it was one of three tragedies visited upon the faith by the evil Caliph Yazeed, alongside the mass rape of the women of Medina (the Prophet Muhammad's city) and the destruction of a portion of the Kaaba in a failed raid.
We remember Husayn so that we don't forget the rest of the story. We remember Husayn to remember his family, his parents, and his legacy.
Our lamentation comes in various languages and in different media. The song above is one such example and it is comprised of four M.C.'s (Yusuf Abdul-Mateen of Blak Madeen, Young Skitz, Professor A.L.I. and Left, in order of appearance) coming together to create a piece of art about Husayn ibn Ali and the authenticity of real Islam; as such, it stands in sharp contrast in the light of what passes as Islamic practice in our modern day.
In addition, here is one more example by Professor A.L.I. featuring Shareef Nasir, about the love people have for Husayn and what he represents. Please share these songs and let us all pray for a world of peace, where oppression has no place and no excuse to justify its existence.
From Iran, With Love
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FROM IRAN, WITH LOVE, by K. ALI BALAVEN
I just returned home from Iran—where I spent a significant amount of time in thought, writing curriculum for my Middle Eastern History class, in deep-spiritual reflection at the holiest of shrines, and visiting with the richest person in the Middle East and perhaps, the world. During my visit with this soul, I had an epiphany, one which I hope will help us avoid bloodshed and thwart the machinations of warmongers.
Imam Ali Reza is dead. However, as my most recent visit with him in Iran showed me, he is very much alive. He is a direct descendant, seven generations removed, of the Prophet Muhammad, through his daughter Fatima. He is also the 8th holy Imam of Muslims, who honors and emulates the family legacy and traditions of the Prophet. He is buried in the east of modern-day Iran and his story is an interesting parable/lesson for the geopolitical climate of war that looms over all of us now.
The Golden Age of Islam saw its height during the lives of Imam Ali Reza, his parents, and his grandparents. This was at a time when Muslim mathematicians, scientists, and physicians would advance the world, while Europe was in trapped in the Dark Ages. All roads led to Baghdad, the capital of the Abbasid Empire, where wealth abounded. It drew Indian merchants bearing their exotic spices, the Chinese with their fine silks and porcelain, even the Vikings would come to Baghdad to trade their furs. The position of the Abbasids then is analogous to the U.S. in the world now, but all was not well in the Middle East.
The Abbasids were usurpers, like the Umayyads before them, seizing political leadership, creating hereditary claims, while systematically murdering and disenfranchising descendants of the Prophet Muhammad. By the time Imam Ali Reza became their target, the Abbasids had already murdered his father and grandfather, under the orders of Harun Rashid, an illegitimate leader seated on an illegitimate throne.
Harun Rashid, a despot and hegemon, directed the systematic destruction of Persian, Azeri, Armenian, Kurdish, and Turkish cultures to advance his own coffers and did so in the name of Islamic rule. His son, Mamun, followed in the wicked footsteps of his father, but with great irony, in order to legitimize his own claim to the throne amidst a power struggle with his own brother, he used the love the Persian people had for the bloodline of the Prophet by forcefully maneuvering Imam Ali Reza to join him in Khorasan (Iran). Once he did this, he realized how popular Imam Ali Reza truly was, and seeing that this posed a threat to the entire illegitimate empire, even his own throne, he laid plans to have him poisoned.
Who would not love a person such as Imam Ali Reza, who championed peace over war, love over hatred with only kindness to give to others? People came to him so that he could pray for them, to help deliver them from bondage, sickness, or debt. His miracles are widely written about and they didn't stop when he was given Mamun's poisoned grapes, which caused this man of love to die an agonizing death.
To add insult to injury, Mamun ordered that he be buried next to his father, the very man who murdered Imam Ali Reza's father and grandfather, in an effort to diminish him to a mere footnote in history. However, his presence there brought his flock, and as the reports of miracles continued at his gravesite, his flock grew and sincere lovers of the bloodline of the Prophet Muhammad continued to come in droves from all over the world.
Every year, over 14 million pilgrims come to visit this man, but very few, if any, even know that Harun Rashid is buried beside him in an unmarked grave. Imam Reza's vast mausoleum is now so huge that I spent one whole day walking through it, meeting with people and praying, and when I checked my step-counter, I was astonished to find that I'd walked 16km! It has expanded over the years, through the loving patronage of his devotees of all faiths, and denominations, with many giving their life savings and property to his trust in their wills. His grave is a tomb covered with gold and precious stones, and when you are within its holiest of holies, its sheer grandeur, built by love, surpasses the dusty legacy the Abbasids have left behind. It's because of Imam Reza's tomb's continued and exponential growth, that he is described by many as the richest person in Middle East, and by what I saw and experienced, I believe him to be the richest in the world as well. Therefore, there is both great irony and beautiful poetry in the fact that, in death, Imam Ali Reza vanquished the legacy of those who murdered his family and he did so with love.
Imam Reza's supremacy to the Abbasids is now clear, as measured by those who flock to his metaphysical embrace; and his domain is clearly an empire of love—which is the purist emotion you feel when you step onto the green marble, overcome by the hypnotic lights ricocheting off of precious stones, gold, and intricate glass designs while being simultaneously subdued into bliss by the fragrant dance of rosewater and frankincense. Then there are the tears of deliverance irrigating worry-worn faces, the smiles, the handshakes, the hugs and kisses, all of which leave me drowning in a sea of love. I emerged baptized with a sense of peace, only to realize that I live in a world trapped by the tensions of war.
Today, Saudi Arabia continues the despotism and hegemony that Harun Rashid championed, continues to destroy places like Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Bahrain, Yemen, Syria, Nigeria, while warmongering with Iran; and they do this with our friendship, blessing the name of fighting the terror they themselves spark! Together, our loathsome friendship has created a new Abbasid empire that stretches from the oil-rich Middle East, to Washington D.C., and the illegitimate ruler who sits atop this throne is our very own president, Donald J. Trump.
Imam Ali Reza taught me that love conquers, not hate, and that war is a shortsighted person's means of achieving hollow victory. I fear that we will follow the way of the Abbasids, and of Harun Rashid, reviled by those who champion the ideal of peace, and for history to judge us in the way people treat our legacy after we are gone.
I learned of Imam Ali Reza as a young Muslim and went on my first pilgrimage to Iran, a year after 9/11, to pray for my mother who had been diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma and given merely a few months to live. That journey changed my life and miraculously, my mother beat the cancer and lived another 6 years. This year, I returned to my Imam to pray for peace.
I pray that we all find it before it's too late.
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Ten years of albums—do you have a favorite? I'm so grateful for the collaborations and work with Raekwon, Canibus, E-40, Brand Nubian, Jacka (RIP), Blitz, Kam, Dead Prez, Planet Asia, TKash, Zion-I, Prodigal Sun, Killah Priest, Shabazz the Disciple, Sly Boogie, Blak Madeen, Ras Ceylon, Karmacy, Chee Malabar, Blue Scholars, Fatal Hussein (RIP), Goodbrother Musa, Young Skitz, Chino XL, Norman Chapters, Abu Nurah, Carter Wilson, Sam Scott, Dan Ankenman, Neulogy, Stephen Herrick (RIP), Malcolm Shabazz (RIP), Mahdi Falahati, and Shareef Nasir... What will the next decade bring? #HipHop #HipHopEd #Album #Record #Music #Education
Phenomenal night at the Hip-Hop Nutcracker, where the entire cast got out onto the street to dance, and Matin got invited up to be a part of the action... perhaps it's the rebirth of Crazy Legs :). #hiphop #nutcracker #breakdance #babyshark #dancebattle #dance
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Meta may really be exiting Europe as soon as this year
Well, we can but hope. The backlash from Instagram-obsessed people would be too much for politicians to bear, however…
Meta has—as it must—warned its investors that it's in deep trouble in Europe. It's neither a threat nor a bluff, but rather a statement of fact: without a successor to the U.S.-EU Privacy Shield deal, which the EU's top court nuked a couple of years back, Facebook and Instagram will be forced to pack up and abandon the European market.
Indeed, this uncomfortable reality was made clearer last month, when Ireland's privacy regulator submitted a draft decision to its EU peers that would ban Facebook and Insta from transferring Europeans' personal data to the U.S., because there is no longer any legal basis for these transfers to continue.
I find it astonishing that even Facebook's critics, let alone the markets, haven't glommed onto the reality of the situation. I suspect the culprit is a deep-seated notion that Mark Zuckerberg's all-powerful company can somehow fix this by modifying its legendarily bad privacy behavior—as though it had some brilliant solution hidden up its sleeve, just waiting until the last possible second before pulling it out.
Source: Even Meta's critics don't grasp how likely it is that Facebook and Instagram will soon have to exit Europe | Fortune
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As a Chaplin fan who has stumbled across a few of Billy West's films, I can see how many people would be deceived into thinking they were legitimate Chaplin films. West really was an excellent imitator.
He'd get promptly sued today if he clearly ripped off another performer's shtick.


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The Crossing Tour - Alejandro Escovedo with Don Antonio (band)
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Crossing borders, jumping barriers, taking risks, betting it all: that's the path Alejandro Escovedo has been taking in his lifelong search for the heart of rock and roll.
Alejandro's new album, The Crossing (YepRoc Records, September 14) is about that journey: searching, but not necessarily finding, eyes and ears open all the way. It is his first for Yep Roc Records and his first ever recorded in Europe. "This says more about me than any of my records without it being a record about me," Alejandro says.
The Crossing tells the tale of two boys, one from Mexico, one from Italy, who meet in Texas to chase their American rock and roll dreams. They discover a not-so-welcoming, very different place from the Promised Land they imagined, with cameos from the likes of Wayne Kramer of the MC5, Joe Ely and James Williamson of the Stooges to show the boys the way.
It was recorded in an Italian farmhouse near Mogdliana and features his collaborator and co-songwriter Don Antonio with his band whom will be backing and opening for Alejandro. Don Antonio has backed numerous American acts in Europe but this will be their first ever tour of the US.
Escovedo's trailblazing career began with The Nuns, San Francisco's famed punk innovators, to the Austin-based-based alt-country rock pioneers, Rank & File, to Texas bred darlings, True Believers, through countless all-star collaborations and tribute album appearances and finally a series of beloved solo albums beginning with 1992's acclaimed Gravity, Escovedo has earned a surplus of distinctions: No Depression magazine's 'Artist of the Decade' Award in 1998 and the Americana Music Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for Performing in 2006, just to name two. His last album Burn Something Beautiful was co-produced, written and recorded with Peter Buck and Scott McCaughey. Alejandro
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End:January 24, 2019 Time: 11:59 PM
Where:The Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan Street, Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, 02721


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Fasten your seat belt, there will be both accountability and election, Sheikh Rashid
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Sheikh Rasheed has said that fasten seat belts, there will be both accountability and election.
In his statement issued on the social networking site Twitter, Sheikh Rashid said that the quorum of the assembly has not been fulfilled for 6 months, how can he pass the NAB amendments for himself.
The quorum of the assembly has not been fulfilled for 6 months. How can the NAB pass the amendments for its own caste? Arshad Sharif has 12 wounds and 4 nails missing on his body. This is a national tragedy.
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) November 15, 2022
The former federal minister said that 12 wounds and 4 missing nails on Arshad Sharif's body is a national tragedy.
'Economy is headed for collapse and bankruptcy'
Sheikh Rasheed said that the nation is already dying of inflation, the thousands of people who were called from outside are dying of cold.
He said that the economy is going to collapse and bankruptcy, another one crore people have fallen into poverty.
The PTI leader said that the IMF has taken it by the collar. The rulers used the name of Saudi Arabia and China unnecessarily, they need courage to order oil from Russia.
'I'm on Twitter for 15 more days'
The former federal minister said that the rulers are not able to show eyes to Rawalpindi, the problem belongs to Pindi, the people of Pindi will solve it by November 30.
Sheikh Rasheed further said that fasten the seat belt, there will be both accountability and election, be on Twitter for another 15 days.
Video statement of Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed
On the other hand, Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said in his video statement that we will welcome Imran Khan's real long march at Committee Chowk.
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An emergency meeting of focal persons has been arranged to finalize the arrangements on Friday, November 18 at two o'clock. We will make Lal Haveli an emergency camp office for the actual Long March.
'Imran Khan will have a historic reception at Committee Chowk'
In the Committee Chowk, God willing, whatever date they give, they will finalize the arrangements, hopefully they will take a decision today.
Imran Khan will be accorded a historic reception at Committee Chowk, arrangements will be finalized at Lal Haveli on Friday at 2 pm.
All citizens of Rawalpindi are requested to participate in Committee Chowk or wherever they think fit, so that the real Azadi March can be successful and the nation can be freed from anxiety and anarchy.
The decision of the case related to the holding of local elections in Sindh is reserved
Imran Khan will be exposed in the coming days, Hamza Shehbaz


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Altaba Announces Planned Sale of Alibaba Shares
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2019-- Altaba Inc. ("Altaba" or the "Fund") announced today that, in connection with its previously announced Plan of Complete Liquidation and Dissolution (the "Plan"), the Fund intends to commence selling the Alibaba Group Holding Limited's ("Alibaba") American Depositary Shares (the "Alibaba Shares") on May 20, 2019. The Fund intends to sell the Alibaba Shares through open market transactions and/or through private dispositions not executed or recorded on a public exchange or quotation service.
The Fund has previously disclosed that it intends to sell a minimum number of Alibaba Shares to ensure that the Fund has sufficient liquid assets to cover the amount of assets that the board of directors of the Fund (the "Board") estimates will be sufficient to cover the maximum potential reserves that might be required by the Delaware Court of Chancery to satisfy the Fund's known, contingent and potential future liabilities, and the Fund may sell up to 100% of its Alibaba Shares. In no event, however, will the Fund sell more than half of its Alibaba Shares prior to stockholder approval of the Plan.
As previously disclosed, the Plan was approved by the Board on April 2, 2019 and is currently scheduled to be voted on by the Fund's stockholders at a special meeting to be held on June 27, 2019.
The Fund continues to be a party to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2012, as amended on January 24, 2018, by and among Alibaba, the Fund, Altaba Holdings Hong Kong Limited, SoftBank Group Corp., certain members of Alibaba's management and certain other stockholders, which provides certain limitations and restrictions on the Fund's share sale activities.
The Fund currently intends to update stockholders weekly on the actual amount of shares sold on the Altaba.com website, in the section titled "Holdings".
The actual commencement of selling, the timing and method of sales, and other related transaction considerations will be determined at the Fund's discretion, and the plans are subject to change based on prevailing market conditions and other factors.
Additional Information about the Liquidation and Dissolution of the Fund and Where to Find It
This press release is for informational purposes only. It is neither a solicitation of a proxy, an offer to purchase, nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of the Fund. In connection with the proposed liquidation and dissolution of the Fund pursuant to the Plan, the Fund has filed a preliminary proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). The Fund will mail the definitive proxy statement and a proxy card to each stockholder of the Fund entitled to vote at the special meeting relating to the proposed liquidation and dissolution pursuant to the Plan. STOCKHOLDERS OF THE FUND ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THESE MATERIALS IN THEIR ENTIRETY (INCLUDING ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT MATERIALS THAT THE FUND WILL FILE WITH THE SEC WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. The definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials (when they become available), and any other documents filed by the Fund with the SEC, may be obtained free of charge at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, stockholders may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by the Fund by contacting the Fund's Secretary at 140 East 45th Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10017 or to Georgeson LLC toll free at 1-866-219-9786.
This document contains forward-looking statements concerning the proposed liquidation and dissolution pursuant to the Plan. Without limiting the foregoing, words or phrases such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "anticipate," "estimate," "project," "believe," "intend" or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements are not statements of historical facts and do not reflect historical information. Forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those statements. Such risks and uncertainties relate to, among other things: the availability, timing and amount of liquidating distributions, including prior to the filing of a certificate of dissolution; the amounts that will need to be set aside by the Fund; the adequacy of such reserves to satisfy the Fund's obligations; the ability of the Fund to favorably resolve certain potential tax claims, litigation matters and other unresolved contingent liabilities of the Fund; the amount of proceeds that might be realized from the sale or other disposition of the Fund's primary asset, its shares of Alibaba Group Holding Limited; the application of, and any changes in, applicable tax laws, regulations, administrative practices, principles and interpretations; the incurrence by the Fund of expenses relating to the proposed liquidation and dissolution; and the ability of the Board to abandon, modify or delay implementation of the Plan, even after stockholder approval. Further information regarding the risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from the results in these forward-looking statements will be discussed under the section "Risk Factors" in the definitive proxy statement that will be filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed liquidation and dissolution pursuant to the Plan, when it becomes available. Please carefully consider these factors, as well as other information contained in the definitive proxy statement, when it becomes available, and in the Fund's periodic reports and documents filed with the SEC. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made only as of the date hereof.


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(23, December,2020), Yemeni researchers: There is a risk of environmental pollution in Shabwa, an oil-producing governorate, due to the dilapidation of the oil pipeline, along with the continuous attacks on oil production lines which can cause devastating effects on the environment and communities.
(23, December,2020), Recession and closure of entertainment clubs like snooker and billiard clubs: "The situation for Yemenis is unbearable. The citizen's concern is only how to get money to feed his family, instead of spending money for entertainment, "said Mohammed al-Hubaishi, a billiard club owner in Ibb.
(24, December,2020), local sources revealed the missing of 7 fishermen in al-Khawkha district, south of Hodeidah governorate.
(24, December,2020), After 13 years of working as a pilot, Mahdi Al-aidarous, is working in carrying stones and heavy loads in Taiz governorate. Dozens of Al-aidarous' colleagues in the Air Force live in harsh conditions amid the ongoing conflict and after the Air Force bases were shelled.
(23, December,2020), Strong condemnation of the heinous crime committed by Houthis against a mother of 4 children. Children whining and crying after their mother was killed at the hands of members of al-Udayn security loyal to the Houthi group who stormed their house on Thursday at dawn.
(23, December,2020), Local sources said a 13-year-old child, Riyadh Fadhl, was shot in the head by a Houthi sniper as he was returning to his house in Ghol al-Sakl village in al-Baydha governorate.
(28, December,2020), The number of victims of marine mines in the Red Sea has escalated, where 237 mines planted by the Houthi group were found along the Yemen coastline.
(28, December,2020), Houthi violations against women in Sana'a continue, and they attempted to shut down the Yemeni Women's Union and the Business Women club on the pretext of mixing of men and women.
(28, December,2020), Houthi levies increase the burden on vendors: "The state changed and the war erupted, and we struggle to feed our families until Houthis come to share with us the morsel we extract from them with difficulty and fatigue, "said Abu Ahmed, a vendor in Sana'a. He—like many other vendors— suffers from the levies the Houthi group impose in the name of 'war effort, hygiene, improvements and supporting Houthi fighters'


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The Chicago Cubs rescheduled their home opener to Tuesday at Wrigley Field due to freezing temperatures and accumulating snow Monday.
The only team in the majors yet to play at home this season, the Cubs decided at 11:00a Monday to wait another day to host the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The game was scheduled to be a 1:20p CDT start and was pushed back 1 hour before snowfall led to the decision to wait until Tuesday.
About 6 miles south of Wrigley Field at the time the game was called, the Chicago White Sox were warming up to begin a 3-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays as flurries covered the stadium seats.


A Google spokesman said: 'You can choose to hide your location from any person, or just give them a city-wide location. 'You can also type in your location manually.... Facebook is not just a social media website to connect with friends and family. It has also become a popular way to connect with people all around the world.
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Put this mixture into a large non-reactive pot and bring to a simmer and cook for about 20 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and transfer to glass jars or bottles, cool down to room temp, cover and store in the refrigerator or root cellar. The drinking vinegar has a long shelf life because of the high acid and sugar content and could be held at room temperature, but because of all the fruit pulp it might be safer to keep it refrigerated.
Mix 1 part vinegar with 4 parts club soda over ice for a refreshing digestif or soft drink. Mix 3/4 oz of vinegar with 1 1/2 oz bourbon, shake, put in highball glass, top with club soda and garnish with a lemon wedge for a nice summer cocktail.


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require "formula"

class Kdiff3 < Formula
  homepage "http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/"
  url "https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/kdiff3/kdiff3/0.9.98/kdiff3-0.9.98.tar.gz"
  sha1 "1390b4ca9c58316de49cb0aabb433f14ebf2dc3f"

  depends_on "qt"

  def install
    # configure builds the binary
    system "./configure", "qt4"
    prefix.install "releaseQt/kdiff3.app"
    bin.install_symlink prefix+"kdiff3.app/Contents/MacOS/kdiff3"
  end

  test do
    (testpath/"test1.in").write "test"
    (testpath/"test2.in").write "test"
    system "#{bin}/kdiff3", "--auto", "test1.in", "test2.in", "-o", "test.out"
    assert (testpath/"test.out").exist?
  end
end

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Do you trust the DOJ and FBI?
January 2018 #32
I heard of this for the first time today. How can I trust senior FBI personnel who are ignorant enough to document this idiocy in text messages? I had to have a talk with my youngest Granddaughter concerning texts, e-mail, and social media but she was 11 years old in her first year of Middle School. I expect senior FBI personnel to know better.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/25/fbi-officials-worried-about-being-too-tough-on-hillary-clinton-during-email-investigation-texts-show.html
sgtrock21 wrote: »
That's what happens when people consider themselves to be above the law. And for a couple or more decades, that's actually been the case, about them being above the law. BATFE is a case study in that particular area.
breamfisher Senior Member Posts: 13,518 Senior Member
I'm more worried that they thought it than that they documented it...
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Overkill is underrated.
JerryBobCo wrote: »
I know. Silly question.
For me, it's a no brainer. The answer is no and no. Both agencies are so full of leftover loyalists to the Obama administration that I don't trust them to be fair and impartial. That being said, I do believe that a lot of the rank and file of both are honest and hard working, but by the time a report gets to the top, it's been 'filtered' to say whatever the higher officials want it to.
Look no further than Robert Mueller. He was the FBI director when the Uranium One deal was occurring. He either knew what was going on and chose to look the other way, which makes him complicit, or didn't know, which makes him incompetent. Either way, he doesn't seem interested in looking in that direction but would rather try to find dirt on Donald Trump.
I was going to say, what's to love there? I trust no entity of the government because the Government is made of Politicians. And they will do what is necessary to stay in power. Term Limiits will stop that somewhat, but whoever's in office and for however long they are there they will try to stay as long as possible because it's lucrative to be there.
Jeeper Senior Member Posts: 2,954 Senior Member
knitepoet wrote: »
And you can now make it "the last 3"
I am more of a libertarian than anything else, and I think Fedgov being cut by 1/3-1/2 would only be a good START on what this country needs
I'm with you on this!!
Wielding the Hammer of Thor first requires you to lift and carry the Hammer of Thor. - Bigslug
I don't trust any of them anymore. To much corruption going on and nothing is being done about it.
It's bad enough that there appears to be credible evidence that the highest levels of the FBI and Justice Department were working to help Hilary Clinton win the election, by overlooking the uranium deal that gave 20% of our entire uranium assets to the Russians, at a time when the Clinton foundation was depositing hundreds of millions dollars through third party sources, and Bill Clinton was making $500,000 speeches in Russia. Or that Hilary and her minions were allowed to destroy evidence, lie to Congress, and make deals on the tarmac with the sitting AG. Or that the FBI chief wrote her exoneration document before she was even interviewed, very likely used a phony dossier created by the Russians and purchased by the Clinton campaign, to justify FISA warrants for wiretaps and other surveillance on the Trump campaign. Or that...well never mind, it goes on and on.
All of the above is bad enough, but maybe worse is that ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN and most other media sources, except FoxNews, has not reported any of it, or even the rumors of it, and the Democrat members of the Oversight Committee will not even read any of the memos that assert these transgressions. At the same time, they attempt to make huge stories of every rumor that comes out about the Russian collusion story that has its origins in the same bogus dossier.
The American people need to open their eyes and quit whining so much about all government being corrupt, for just long enough to make sure that the worst offenders do not steal what freedom we have left. These people in the government and in the media who are making a career out of screeching at Donald Trump are much more dangerous than the run-of-the-mill corrupt politicians we have grown used to over the years - they are selling us down the river to our enemies, at every opportunity, and have been for years. The FBI has been investigating everybody, but bringing nobody to judgement.
Buford Senior Member Posts: 6,713 Senior Member
No I don't trust any of them.
Just look at the flowers Lizzie, just look at the flowers.
104RFAST Senior Member Posts: 1,281 Senior Member
The text messages from the love birds in the FBI could IMO be grounds for a charge of Sedition. I believe may other high level officials in the government
should also be on trial for sedition among other things.
I've said many times on this forum,we are involved in a Political Civil War with the left, Impeaching Trump has become a religion with them and they are relentless
in that regard. Its called sedition ! Pitchfork time is coming fast. The tree of liberty is looking bad!
Trump should fire the "swamp", we know who they are, TSWHTF, that OK by me. JMO BTW: How does a person send 50,000 text messages in five months
and still do there job?
Federal agencies in general were all corrupted by the Obama administration. DOJ, FBI, IRS, VA, DOE (Edu), BATFE, BLM....you name it.
The media did not go crazy everytime Obama made a change. Many deoartment head changes were not even reported except for a brief mention. Today everything is a Trump conspiracy. It is so bad today I do not think there is a fix possible without a war.
terminator012 wrote: »
Foxes guarding the henhouse.
JasonMPD Senior Member Posts: 6,557 Senior Member
I don't care if the agencies are made up of card carrying Reagan Republicans. I don't trust them. Period.
"There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." – Will Rogers
JasonMPD wrote: »
What the hell was Trump thinking? He could have saved himself so much grief if during his first week in office he'd have fired Comey and all the leadership of the FBI and the DOJ. No body could have questioned his firing of anybody at that stage.
And he should have left Sessions in the Senate where he belonged. But that wasn't a known screw up at the time. Most of us were thinking what a great move, making Sessions his AG. But looking back it would have been a lot better if he'd tried to talk Cruz into it. Either way he would have lost a good senator.
But in retrospect, Texas would have most likely elected another Republican to replace Cruz. Then we would be more ahead in the senate and we would have a lot more aggressive straight forward AG that would no doubt have had at least Hillary, if not Obama and Lois Lane I mean Learner behind bars. But hindsight is always 20-20.
Appointing an AG who is a Washington DC swamp rat from Alabama, regardless of which party he claims, was a huge mistake. Sessions has been playing "Go along to get along" with all the inside the beltway players for such a long time he has no idea what it means to grow a pair and actually have some principles!
roadking Senior Member Posts: 3,056 Senior Member
To answer the OP...HECK NO!
Support your local Scouts!
JerryBobCo Senior Member Posts: 8,058 Senior Member
Speaking of the FBI, I see that they are already claiming that the memo the Repubs want the Prez to release is not complete and contains classified info that could be harmful to the country. To my knowledge, Trump hasn't release it yet, but said he would.
It will be interesting to see what it contains.
Gun control laws make about as much sense as taking ex-lax to cure a cough.


Just as every family has their own holiday traditions, we all seem to say "thank you" on Thanksgiving in our own unique way. Here, we've gathered a few of our favorites.
And, of course, at many houses around the country family members will simply take turns saying what they are grateful for.
When, finally, the family has gathered around the table, before the trash talk about fantasy football can start, someone needs to volunteer to say grace. If it's Todd, the youngest, the prayer will likely revolve around football. If it's an adult, they will give thanks for health, family, land, animals—and maybe football. Then, each family member takes a turn to say what they're most grateful for.
This year, both Ree and Ladd are thankful for the same thing: rain. "We were facing a pretty dire situation," she says. "Our ponds were dangerously low. You see how tall the grass is?" It is waist height. "This time last year, there was no grass. It was very scary. And then in April, it started raining." Her relief, her thanksgiving, is palpable.
Maybe that's the real reason this holiday is so big on the ranch. Living on the land makes you acutely aware that the harvest is not a certainty but a gift.
Leave your Thanksgiving blessing in the comments below!


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Home Top News House poised to approve $715 billion transportation bill
House poised to approve $715 billion transportation bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led House is set to approve a sizable $715 billion transportation bill Thursday, a potential investment in roads, rail, public transit and water that could serve as a marker in the negotiations over a bipartisan infrastructure package.
President Joe Biden and a bipartisan group of senators have already agreed to a blueprint for a new infrastructure package, but it has not yet been turned into legislation. House Democrats will be pushing to include many of their bill's provisions when Congress negotiates the broader bipartisan product this summer.
The primary author of the House bill, Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., said the investment being proposed would allow the country to repair bridges, roads and tunnels, thereby increasing the country's economic competitiveness while also tackling what he called the country's "new existential challenge, which is climate change."
"We have to rebuild in ways that we never even thought about before. It's going to be expensive, but the good news is, it is going to create millions, millions of good paying jobs," DeFazio said.
The legislation is expected to be approved on a largely party-line vote, but it provides a potential building block toward Biden's broader infrastructure proposals. It serves as a starting point for some of the public works investments under discussion, but leaves the decision about how to pay for them for another day.
Biden has suggested raising the corporate tax rate to fund infrastructure investments, but Republicans oppose that and would vote against it. The bipartisan group of 10 senators negotiating a nearly $1 trillion plan narrowed on a variety of potential funding sources that don't involve tax increases.
House Republicans took issue with the transportation bill being considered Thursday because it doesn't include a funding mechanism.
Republicans argued the new spending on infrastructure would increase the deficit and ramp up inflation, hurting families when they buy gas and groceries. They also protested the exclusion of their proposals to further streamline the permitting process so that large infrastructure projects could be completed more quickly and at less cost to taxpayers.
Rep. Sam Graves, the ranking Republican on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, noted that Democratic efforts last year to pass an infrastructure bill failed after the then-Republican-controlled Senate declined to take it up.
"Successful legislating requires partnership — not partisanship," Graves said.
The partisan divide stands in contrast to efforts in the Senate, which this year overwhelmingly passed a $35 billion water infrastructure bill, 89-2, and where a key committee unanimously passed a bill earlier this year focused on funding for roads and bridges.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had set a goal of passing an infrastructure bill in the House before July 4. Last year, Congress was unable to reach agreement and opted to pass a short-term reauthorization of transportation programs, which will expire Sept. 30.
Biden is eager for Congress to pass a bipartisan plan that would boost spending on roads, bridges, rail and other more traditional forms of infrastructure, which means putting together a package that could get 60 votes in the evenly split 50-50 Senate. Votes on the nearly $1 trillion proposal agreed to last week are expected by the end of July.
DeFazio said he was encouraged by the bipartisan Senate blueprint. The proposed spending levels for roads, bridges and public transit are comparable to what is called for in the House bill, he said, though the spending for rail and water infrastructure is far short of the House's bill, which calls for tripling spending for Amtrak as well as $45 billion for the replacement of water lines containing lead.
The House proposal also includes some elements designed to counter climate change.
Transportation is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. The House bill seeks to make alternatives to driving more attractive by boosting funding for public transit and rail. It also dedicates $4 billion to electric vehicle charging stations to speed and ease an increased use of electric vehicles.
The White House and Democrats are also pursuing trillions of dollars in other priorities, such as paid family leave, free community college and expanded access to child care as part of a second bill that would be passed through a process that only requires 51 votes in the Senate and would be paid for by tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy.
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