The Bertelsmann Stiftung is working with labour market stakeholders to create a new system where job seekers, employment support services and employers can take a competency-based approach to hiring.
For employers, evaluating job seeker skills has typically meant reviewing education and certification credentials. Critical labour shortages create conditions for employers to think more creatively about how they recruit and hire talent. Germany anticipates skilled labour shortages to increase by 30% between 2015 and 2020. Given this outlook, employers are opening up to new ideas about how to assess worker skills and credentials, in particular among migrant groups.
According to Bertelsmann Foundation Board member Jörg Dräger, learning by doing is becoming the most important source of competence for working people. However, the increasing importance of informal learning presents a dilemma: illustrating skills developed from this learning is the most difficult to prove.
How could immigrants and refugees better document their expertise and skills to help German employers assess their competencies?
In 2013, the Foundation began their project, Further Education for All, to provide employment and migration counsellors tools to assess immigrant and refugee clients' workplace competencies.
The Foundation found no standardized instruments for determining the potential of immigrants. Counsellors working with them found the existing assessment landscape confusing and overwhelming. The Foundation started working on new tools that were practical and easier to use for the counsellors.
Working with government, employment and migration partners, Bertelsmann Stiftung's Careers via Competences Project created Competence Cards to speed up the recognition and utilization of immigrant qualifications and experience. The cards identified a core set of transversal or "21st century skills" (related terms include applied skills, cross-curricular skills, cross-disciplinary skills, interdisciplinary skills, transferable skills, transversal skills, noncognitive skills, and soft skills), and provided employment counsellors with an easy-to-use visual tool they could use with the client to identify labour market skills. From social (e.g., teamwork) to technical (e.g., pipe-fitting) to process/methodological skills (e.g., planning), the Competence Cards gave both the client and the employment counsellor a starting point for a conversation about occupation-specific skills. Using visual cues, clients could easily identify and self-assess whether or not they had such skills, regardless of their formal education and training.
The Competence Cards were immediately popular. Counsellors found the tool effective, quick and easy to use with clients. The project originally anticipated disseminating 800 card sets to migration counsellors across Germany. Today, they are available for free in ten languages. It should come as no surprise that, to date, over 12,000 Competence Card sets have been disseminated to a wide variety of employment, migration, education, social service and other organizations that support migrants.
The Foundation recognized they had an opportunity to do more. Their experts consulted with employment counselling partner organizations and began creating profession- and occupation-specific cards. Instead of animated drawings, like those on the Competence Cards, the Career Cards use real pictures, illustrating specific job tasks to show a newcomer what the profession looks like in Germany. They created 48 cards outlining professional fields, and 30 occupation-specific cards, outlining jobs with high demand in Germany, where refugees could find employment opportunities. Dr. Martin Noack, a Senior Expert at the Foundation in the Learning for Life Program, says that each career card was created in consultation with assessors, educators and certification providers, employers and trade masters. Six to ten people per profession worked together to identify competencies that are required on the job.
For example, a career card for a Specialist in the hotel and restaurant industry would have an image of a front desk clerk, depicting the skills important to be successful in the role. Competency cards associated with the Specialist role would be on-hand to demonstrate the attributes of an ideal candidate. If a refugee could identify skills they already have, it would be easier to connect them to a suitable job right away.
The idea, says Noack, is that a worker can identify all of their skills, whether gained through formal education, on the job, through volunteer work, or through life experience. From a quick initial assessment, they could be directed to the required upgrading and education to access a specific employment opportunity.
The Foundation realized that to make the process work, they needed more images for each occupation. In December 2017, they scaled up their analog of Competence and Career Cards, creating an online self-assessment of vocational skills. Eight occupations (with 22 more in development) are available in six languages, with 20 to 40 images per occupation, each representing a specific job task or competency. The My Professional Experience Counts tool is available from the Bertelsmann Stiftung program page where it provides access to a competency self-assessment anywhere at any time. From there, the client can visit the MY SKILLS website, an attractive, dynamic platform available in 6 languages that offers clients information, FAQs and a video orientation to the full in-depth assessment overseen by registered employment counsellors.
Those who work with employment counsellors can use the assessment as a stepping stone to the more formal My Skills test, which Noack says has greater credibility with employers. The computer-aided test is run by the Federal Employment Agency (BA) and was developed in cooperation with the Foundation. Clients are referred by employment counsellors and undergo a four-hour test, which more rigorously assesses their competencies in the specific job tasks in their identified occupation. Participants answer complex questions that relate to everyday situations in one of 30 training occupations. The questions are supplemented by explanatory pictures and videos. Noack anticipates in the next year German Public Employment Service counsellors will refer over 120,000 clients to My Skills.
Noack says that big companies in Germany, such as Ernst and Young and Google, have shifted to competence tests in their initial recruitment and hiring practices. However, eighty percent of Germans work in SMEs, which don't have the HR and personnel department capacities of these big employers. They hire on the basis of formal educational achievement, with the hope that workers have the required skills. Hiring risks are perceived to be higher in absence of formal education.
The Foundation's competency-based approach offers a way for employers to reduce this risk. For those labour market sectors with critical shortages, employers cannot wait until they have fully qualified workers, but they can assess and hire people who are partially qualified. Once they know a worker's competencies, they can provide the on-the-job training needed, or work with education providers to quickly get their workforce up to speed and fully qualified. Employers are starting to see the potential. Chambers of Crafts, which oversee the professional education and certification of German occupations, are slower to come on board.
Shifting the landscape of how competencies are recognized and workers are hired is a large project. As more potential workers assess their competencies, more German employers will see the value of competency-based employment assessments. These numbers can gradually provide 1 million refugees more pathways to greater economic integration, benefiting the entire country.
Bring simplicity to complex issues. The Foundation found a simple way to introduce competence-based assessment tools for employment counsellors, while surveying and working with employers to identify how the recruitment and hiring landscape needs to shift. With an expansive stakeholder analysis, they were able to craft a simple solution to meet a variety of needs.
Keep the tools simple. Because the Foundation's Competence Cards were built with simplicity in mind, they were easily adapted to various newcomer and refugee settings.
Scale your solution. Once the Foundation found a huge demand in their paper, analog Competence and Career Card system, they scaled it up into a digital format, making it more widely accessible.
Find opportunities, consult and create. Bertelsmann Stiftung is not a labour market focused foundation, but is focused, in part, on shaping the future and strengthening society to help individuals reach their full potential by developing the resources needed to achieve their goals.
Simplify an emerging model in order to make it more accessible to all stakeholders - democratize the system! In this case, competency-based assessments became available for smaller companies that lack the internal resources to do it themselves.


1. Find out why my health is in shambles.
2. Get past the idea the idea that I can't work hard until I know what's going on with my health.
Basically, I have been paralyzed with fear. What if I get new clients and then end up back in the hospital? What if I am put on a new medication that makes me to drowsy to think? Well, here's the thing, I could have numerous horrible things happen each day. I don't even need to be in bad health and who's to know what will present itself. I can't plan for the day I feel perfect again because it's just not reasonable. It's also know way to live unless I want to throw in the towel and give up on life.
Intuitively I knew that the best way I would be able to make the transition back into running a strong writing and social media business was to start from the beginning. Like I said in the previous article, I was starting over like my blog was rand new. I wanted to take the familiar steps back to the present. I didn't trust myself to just jump in full force and anyway, I felt that going step by step would strengthen each step I had previously taken.
I have read a lot. Reading clears my head and helps me refocus as well as get new ideas. I started by reading some inspiring books about people who struggled and then succeeded and struggled more. I saw the truth. It doesn't matter how well-known you are, how much you make or how good you are at your craft, you will always have times where there will be struggle. Not just a small nuisance of a struggle, but a fight within that will leave you questioning if you still want to pursue what you have been working on.
The other day I grab 3 books from the bookstore. Honestly, there were 5 I wanted, but I made myself slim down the lot. I know I could just go to the library, but my books get used over and over. If they are lucky enough to make it home, they will be reread several times. I cherish my books and look to them often for advice, entertainment and a way to open my eyes.
There was also a book dealing with making your blog into an online business. Another book I really want, but haven't bought yet. Once again, there was new information I wanted to check out. I really want to look for additional ways to make residual income. One of the things that caught my eye was how you can turn your blog into posts shared on Kindle for a price. Definitely I different idea that I will look into further when I am ready.
So, why these books? These are the type of books I read when I was first jumping into writing and social media as a career. I like the combination of inspiration, we've all been there and here's some new information you can use.
By going backward again, I have not only filled in the cracks of things I didn't realize I was missing in my arsenal, but it gives me the opportunity to start fresh. It's almost like coming back from vacation with a clear head and new determination to go the distance. There is just something about getting information that you might know, repackaged in a crisp, shiny new book. It's exciting and you pay attention differently.
I am hoping to have these books completed by the end of next week. Then I will be back at the bookstore for the two I left behind. After that, I will be tweaking my blog, reviewing my platforms and hopefully, prospecting again.
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Can I Be the Space for This?
Spiritual teacher Eckhaart Tolle instructs us regarding the critical importance of accepting and living in the Present Moment. Tolle feels that placing our attention on the Now is a primordial, fundamental spiritual practice which is necessary to truly experience "the fullness of life ".
Our ego, however, has other ideas. It is never satisfied in the present but is always wanting something more so it can be "satisfied" and "happy".
However, our constant grasping for something more is actually covering up the happiness. Tolle says when we slow down and become very relaxed and create spaciousness, we let the happiness COME TO US.
"When you are fully present what you need comes to you.
Some kind of magic happens.
Dr. Flowers is telling us that we DO NOT need to strive for answers or solutions; we just have to be Present in our lives and we will then receive what we need. And I am betting that the answer we receive will be the best, the most creative version of what we wanted and it will be something we could not imagine on our own.
This question invites you to enter into the Present Moment and there you are. Whatever is happening IS happening. If you argue with thIs, you suffer.
If you accept what is happening…surrender to it, you go more fully into Life and become aligned with it.
Open yourself to what is.
Take it in with your attention – the Now.
Surrender to what IS at this moment.
If action is required, it will come out of the state of attention and awareness and whatever answer you seek will emerge in its most glorious presentation from your alignment and connection to "What Is".
Yet another brilliant example of how our connection with Life blesses, affirms and sustains us on our Divine Journey!
Interesting info. Thanks for sharing a different way to look at the situation.
Wendy _ I'm sorry to hear of your health challenges. If you are looking for an alternative – and or a great self growth program let me know and we can connect. I have read All marketers are Liars – great read – I am currently rereading the Celestine Prophecy – have you read it? I wish you great health and abundance.
Hi Kym, I have never heard of the Celestine Prophecy, but you've intriqued me. I'll have to take a look at it. Thanks for the kind words, offer and recommendation. It's all truly appreciated.
That's great Wendy – I look forward to hearing what you think.


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Pomona es una localidad del departamento Avellaneda, en la provincia de  Río Negro, Argentina.

Se encuentra al sur de la Isla Grande de Choele Choel dentro del Valle Medio del Río Negro, en el km 265 sobre la RN 250.
Fue un punto de cruce del río con una balsa fija en 1890, conocida entonces como Paso Peñalva. En 1933 fue fundada oficialmente con el nombre de Pomona.

Población
Los resultados definitivos del censo 2010 arrojaron que el municipio posee 1032 habitantes Este dato incluye población rural dispersa. La tasa de crecimiento demográfico con respecto al censo 2001 es 0,50%. La población del municipio ese año era 987 habitantes.

La localidad cuenta con , lo que representa un incremento del 34,7% frente a los  del censo anterior. Actualmente Pomona cuenta con 1500 habitantes.

Toponimia
Recibe su nombre de Pomona, diosa de los frutos en la mitología romana.

El lugar se llamaba Paso Peñalva, y funcionaba allí una balsa que permitía cruzar hacia la margen sur del río en el extremo de la isla de Choele Choel opuesta a la localidad homónima.
Los fundadores del pueblo, en un viaje a Estados Unidos, conocieron un pueblo llamado Pomona, ubicado en California, y quedaron encantados con su estilo arquitectónico del lugar, en cuanto al paisaje. Al regresar a Paso Peñalva le cambiaron el nombre y comenzaron una estructura similar.

Características

Uno de sus más notables logros fue "inundar" de bella vegetación el pueblo. Hoy en día podemos contemplar gran parte de esa vegetación.

El pueblo se ubica sobre la ruta Nacional 250, a la vera del brazo sur del Río Negro, que forma la Isla Grande de Choele Choel. Un puente permite el cruce sobre dicho río, junto al cual se ubica el balneario municipal y el camping con un escenario y una pista de baile que se utiliza en el verano.

En el pueblo funciona la escuela primaria n.º7 "Sixto Garro" y la ESRN N°139 que fue inaugurada hace poco tiempo, además cuenta con un hospital con instalaciones totalmente modernas y almacén de ramos generales.

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 Coord. geográficas + imágenes NASA y Google

Localidades del departamento Avellaneda (Río Negro)
Localidades rurales de Río Negro (Argentina)
Municipios de Río Negro

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The 'Reptile' Is Dead!
Hear ye! Hear ye! The 'Reptile' Is Dead!
So that reptile/lizard inbred queen Elizabeth II just stuck its spoon in the wall, "peacefully," eh? Good riddance to the so-called "longest reigning monarch in jolly ole racist England, which by the way, is still lording it over their PROPERTY that that jumped up Prince William and his whore recently visited; Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Prince William and Kate's Tour Was Meant to Secure the Monarchy in the Caribbean. Instead, It's Raising New Questions About Its Future
The British royal family is facing embarrassment on the international stage this week as protests disrupt Prince William and Kate Middleton's tour of former British colonies in the Caribbean. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge began their week-long visit to Belize, Jamaica and the Bahamas March 19.
Officially, the trip was meant to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, celebrating 70 years on the throne. Many observers say the trip was meant to persuade the three countries to keep the Queen as head of state, and not to follow Barbados, which transitioned to a republic last November. But growing calls to cut formal ties with the Queen and campaigns for slavery reparations have ignited a reckoning with the region's colonial past.
That shit's not in the past.
The day before the couple's arrival in the country, one hundred Jamaican academics, politicians, and cultural figures signed an open letter calling for the royal family and British government to apologize and pay reparations for subjecting the island to colonial rule and slavery.
The descendants of slavery on those island nations are still living like shit; are still having to slave away for pennies on the new plantations known as RESORTS where rich whites, Asians, Hindus from India and those shits from Pakistan, the Australians, New Zealanders and any other rich ass shameless shits that crawl and slither over there from where they reside. They have to wait on those parasites, hand and foot, bringing them their Plantation Punch and other alcoholic beverages while cooking their meals and serving it to those slugs and then turning down their sheets so that those bottom feeding scum sucking parasites can slither in bed.
Many of those who were born on those islands head elsewhere because the pay is so little, they cannot even live where they were born. I have met so many people from those islands and it's a sad ass shame. One man I spoke with who hails from Jamaica was telling me that he had to come to AmeriKKKa and bring his wife and son with him to work in a hotel because they cannot afford to live in Jamaica WHERE THEY WERE BORN!!! Yeah! Let THAT shit sink in while people are shedding crocodile tears over that reptilian creature that had more homes than she could count and yet had no qualms about the fact that her 'subjects' had to flee their birthplaces in order to survive. That man from Jamaica told me that he was saving up money by working in the states so that he could hopefully return to Jamaica someday and be able to live there. That's some sad ass shit right there. And he's not the only one. I've been on the phone with many who work for various companies in AmeriKKKa who say the same. And what's more, those of us who are American descendants of slavery are in the same boat. Because of that reptilian shit in England, our asses are having the same problems here in AmeriKKKa; we are being pushed out of our homes due to gentrification and low wages that do not pay enough for rent, food, medical coverage; the whole nine yards. And it's that reptilian filth that we have to thank for that shit; both from there and the ones who slithered over here from England.
Queen Elizabeth II Should Acknowledge U.K. Role in Slavery, Campaigners Say
Queen Elizabeth II should acknowledge Britain's role in slavery after the Belgian king apologized for colonialism, campaigners tell Newsweek.
King Philippe expressed his "deepest regrets" for the "injuries of the past" inflicted by his country in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
His comments came in a letter to President Félix Tshisekedi as the African nation marked the 60th anniversary of independence.
Now the U.K. campaign group Republic, which wants to abolish the Monarchy, is calling for the queen to make a similar statement about slavery.
Apologies don't do shit! Apologies aren't enough. It wasn't enough for the Germans to simply 'apologize' to the Jews for the Holocaust and so why should an apology be enough to satisfy descendants of slavery? Oh that's right. our skin's too dark. Well, I've got something for that!
Reparations!
Reparations, yes the Jews received; the Japanese as well.
Yet, those whose skin's like mine are told to "go to hell!"
The Holocaust was shocking; that is widely understood.
How can we break the chains of slavery? There's no way we ever could.
Black backs were broke and lashed, and rape was just the thing.
But the Jews, for their misery received what's due a king.
Internment camps were used to detain the Japanese,
who received compensation soon after their release.
Descendants of the slaves are whipped unto this day.
They are used and abused in every single way.
Why were they not rewarded for the slavery of the past?
But the Jews are quite rich; indeed, their wealth is vast.
Is it all because of who they are and that their skin's not Black?
Or is it due to attitudes that slavery's not a fact?
If you buy yourself a human, you're a nasty piece of work.
And if you lash his back and maim him, you're more than just a jerk.
The slaves suffered much and they had nowhere to turn.
They were three-fifths of a person; no money did they earn.
A nation took from Indians and built on slavery too.
And with each new generation, their boot will land on you.
Do not speak of recompense, as it blows into the wind.
No descendant of a slave should ever be the white man's friend.
© 2013 Shelby I. Courtland
Yes indeed, that inbred reptile is dead, but the dirty deeds of her and those like her continue to affect those who are their victims. That reptilian bitch needs no tears. She lived a life of untold luxuries and comforts while those who were subjected to her and her family's vile ass shit continue to have to flee their places of birth in search of a livelihood that will enable them to save enough money to be able to go back from whence they came just to live. Meanwhile, those who look like that reptilian bitch, who have their wealth thanks to slavery, get to sit back and continue to be waited on by what still amounts to people in slavery. Until those wrongs get righted, no one will know any peace on this fucked up planet. Look around you! The world is on fire, flooded, fucked up and some more shit and what's more, it's only going to get worse!
"The REPTILE is DEAD!"
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Black Man Faces Felony Charges Over A Dog While Racist Klan Cops Skate Over Murdering Innocent Breonna Taylor! Make It Make Sense!
A Black man in Mississippi is facing felony charges for 'allegedly' throwing a pitbull off an overpass while the only Klan cop that was indicted over the Breonna Taylor murder case was charged with basically endangering the lives of those who lived in the apartment next door to Breonna Taylor by firing his gun whereas the bullets were found lodged in the wall in the direction of another apartment in Breonna Taylor's apartment building. AGAIN, I say, "Make it make sense!"
Mississippi man faces felony charge after throwing dog off overpass: police
A Mississippi man was busted on a felony charge Tuesday after police said he threw a helpless dog off an overpass and onto a busy road.
Multiple [WHITE] witnesses reported seeing the suspect, 20-year-old Merterrious Johnson, holding the animal before throwing it on Interstate 55 in Southaven around 11 a.m., according to police.
The Black man is sitting up in jail now on a $1,000 bond, charged with one count of animal cruelty. Did you read that, the man is sitting in jail on an ANIMAL CRUELTY CHARGE and that is a FELONY and so he has to get bonded out to the tune of $1,000 while WHITE Klan kops that murdered Breonna Taylor are basically in the free and clear with the exception of one who is being indicted for ENDANGERING THE TENANTS IN THE APARTMENT NEXT DOOR TO BREONNA TAYLOR'S. Yeah, that makes ALL the sense in the world. This of course means that a DOG is worth MORE than we are. If you didn't know, now you know. HELPLESS Breonna Taylor is dead and the consensus of the whites is, "So?" I have said, time and time again that those damn dogs are thought more of than actual people, especially when those PEOPLE are American descendants of slavery!
And here is the proof!
Kentucky grand jury indicts 1 of 3 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor shooting – but not for her death [for endangering the tenants in the apartment next door to hers by firing his weapon in their general direction]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A former police detective was indicted Wednesday on felony charges of wanton endangerment after shooting into an apartment next door to Breonna Taylor, 26, an EMT who was killed in her home by police.
Brett Hankison, who was fired in June, faces three felony counts, and bail was set at $15,000. A warrant was issued for his arrest. Two other officers involved in the shooting, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly and Detective Myles Cosgrove, were justified in their use of force, state Attorney General Daniel Cameron said at a news conference. All three fired their weapons at Taylor's apartment.
So, the Klan Kop was not charged with ANYTHING as it pertains to the murder of Breonna Taylor, the Klan kop was charged for ENDANGERING PEOPLE IN THE APARTMENT NEXT DOOR TO BREONNA TAYLOR! For the love of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now, get the protest signs back out. Go on back out on the streets because the city of Louisville, KY has set aside a little spot for you to protest that shit and so you go obey the city officials and go on over there in the little spot AWAY from the businesses that need to operate to keep capitalism flowing smoothly because if you don't, then the National Guard is going to fuck you up and also keep in mind that a Louisville police major had this to say about you protesters:
Louisville police major calls BLM, antifa supporters 'punks' who will be 'washing our cars': report
A white Louisville Metro Police major reportedly disparaged Black Lives Matter and antifa supporters as "punks" who will be "washing our cars" and struggling financially "their entire life."
"These ANTIFA and BLM people, especially the ones who just jumped on the bandwagon 'yesterday' because they became 'woke' – insert eye roll here – do not deserve a second glance or thought from us. Our little pinky toenails have more character, morals, and ethics, than these punks have in their entire body," she purportedly said.
"Do not stop to their level. Do not respond to them. If we do, we only validate what they did. Don't make them important, because they are not. They will be the ones washing our cars, cashing us out at the Walmart, or living in their parents' basement (paying) COD for their entire life," Hallahan allegedly wrote.
So now everybody's got an idea where they stand; the Black man who was arrested and charged with felony animal cruelty, after standing before a white judge, is cooling his heels inside a Mississippi jail cell for allegedly throwing a pitbull off an overpass. Klan kops stand in the free and clear in Louisville, KY because they should NOT have shot into an apartment next door to Breonna Taylor's thus endangering the late Breonna Taylor's neighbors while in the process of murdering innocent Breonna Taylor. But they are in the 'free and clear' and what's more, they always were, hence why no charges were initially filed when Breonna Taylor was murdered by Klan Kops back in March. And now, a white bitch who is a Louisville Metro Police major, is standing somewhere wanting ALL you protesters to know that you are 'punks' and that you "will be washing their cars and struggling financially your entire lives and working at Walmart or either living in your parent's basement." Racists are ALL heart, aren't they?
We are going to wait for the promised police reforms to materialize because we have been told that police reform is necessary, but no one has seen hide nor hair of that and no one shall because the system of white supremacy is working just how it was designed to work and so there will be NO police reforms because who would there be to protect CAPITALISM which is the god of the whites? As long as you are spending money, demanding to be let out of lockdown and fly and cruise and head to Disney World and Disney Land and buy another Apple product, everything is kosher in this white man's stolen country, nay, make that stolen planet! But if it even looks like you are going to burn down a store, why the National Guard is on hand to see to it that you don't. Not only that, but just like the Black man who is cooling his heels inside a Mississippi jail cell on a $1,000 bond, you will find yourselves in his predicament which means that the white man knows how to continuously dig money out of your pockets, whether it is for the purpose of buying his product or 'freeing' yourself from the confines of a jail cell; the white man WILL MAKE YOU PAY HIM, one way or another. There is no escaping that.
In just a few hours time, I will be popping open my first bottle of champagne and I will consume champagne until I am so intoxicated that I cannot stand up because it is useless to protest. It is useless to do ANYTHING because we are at the 'mercy' of those who do not know what that word means and they do NOT want to know. Our lives have been torn asunder, not only by a pandemic that was not caused by anything we did, but as usual, was caused by the white man allowing those yellow-assed Asians to fly that shit over here, but are they the so-called 'Faces of COVID-19'? Hell no! Are they the 'Faces of the victims of police brutality and murder'? Hell no! Are they the 'Faces of the homeless, hungry and incarcerated'? Hell no! American descendants of slavery are and yet all we do is make the white man's job easier for him by protecting HIS shit, by constantly doing the same thing over and over again; protest, stop, protest, stop. If you are in my neck of the woods, join me as I pour you a flute of champagne for what else is there to do? Cry? Wring my hands? Gnash my teeth? Wail and moan? Whine and shriek? Print another t-shirt with another victim of 'dead at the hands of racist Klan kops'? Print another protest sign? Put my hands in the air and wave 'em like I just don't care? Screech "I can't breathe?" March? How many decades has it been since Dr. King and crew marched on Washington? And so why are we still marching? Towards what end? For what does it gain us? Tired, sore aching feet? I have two pairs of shoes and I am not wasting them on something as useless and pointless as marching. For at least tonight, I shall attempt to dull my senses with a bit of champagne and some Barry White. "Maestro, take it away!"
ShelbyCourtland America's Cops, America's Human RIghts Abuses, America's Ongoing War Against Descendants Of Slaves, American Descendants of Slaves have NO friends!, American Hypocrisy, Black Women, Black women and Black children, Breonna Taylor, Bullshit!, Capitalism, Criminal Justice System And Racism, Criminal Justice System in America, Discrimination, Genocide, Gutter Politics!, Martial Law, murder, Racism, Slavery In America, Terrorism, The Evil Empire, The Militarization of Police Departments Across America, The Plantation, The War Against Black Women, White Privilege, white supremacy 9 Comments September 23, 2020 6 Minutes
Just As I Thought, Your Protesting Accomplished NOTHING
Now that you think you've done something constructive in the fight against an insidiously corrupt system of white supremacy, you can take your lame asses on home because you've accomplished, nothing.
I am SO very glad that I learned long ago, that protesting gets not a goddamn thing done. Some whites are sitting up somewhere talking about, "Look what we did. We added more bodies to the protest count and so THERE!" But what did any of that accomplish?
After weeks of protests, meaningful police reform appears unlikely
Despite calls by criminal justice reform activists for immediate changes to policing in America, there are some groups who appear content with buying time.
Last Monday, Bob Kroll, president of the Minneapolis police union, told me he had not read all of the bills working their way through the state legislature. But he cautioned against rushing through police reforms.
In comments that appeared tone-deaf to Floyd's pleas to the officer choking him, Kroll said of efforts to rush through policing reform: "Everybody's got to take a breath."
Yes indeed, everybody's got to take a breath, except, there are some Black folks that's not taking a breath because the breath was knocked out of them by racist kops. And with a racist, hate spewing president in office throwing fuel on the 'kops going on a killing frenzy' fire, there is no stopping this mess. According to one article, Trump just retweeted a video of some white guy riding around on a golf cart in Florida screaming, "White power!" And if that is not bad enough, Trump praised the aggressive tactics of immigration officers and suggested that police shouldn't protect the heads of handcuffed suspects being put in the back of a car.
"When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon. You see them thrown in rough. I said, 'Please don't be too nice,'" Trump said to applause as he addressed a crowd of police officers in New York state.
So now that mostly everyone has gone home or back to their tent, for those who are homeless, all's well that end's well. The only group I hear that are still occupying space and protesting is in Seattle, WA. There are only a few hundred of them left since the cameras are no longer focusing on the protesting and have now been turned back to the so-called, uptick in COVID-19 cases in multiple states that are now re-thinking re-opening. But in Minneapolis, where one of the latest to get himself murdered by racist kops occurred, the protests are over and the Black folks are now sitting up in their tents in Powderhorn Park getting sexually assaulted.
Juvenile Sexually Assaulted At Powederhorn Park Homeless Encampment
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A juvenile has been sexually assaulted at a Minneapolis homeless encampment. Tents started appearing in the park earlier this month. Some people started migrating to the park after they were evicted from a makeshift shelter inside a Minneapolis hotel several blocks away. At least 200 tents were recently pitched there.
And so again, what did the protests accomplish? Nothing. The same shit that was going down BEFORE the latest murders of Black people at the hands of racist kops is still going down. The Dems and the Repubs are still fighting over whose 'reform' bill does more to solve the problem of their out-of-control slave patrols while Trump is doing his usual, instigating the shit.
Meanwhile, American descendants of slavery, just as they've ALWAYS done, shut the fuck up, picked up their marbles and went to their various 'homes'; be they apartment slums or tents, where they'll either await their turn to have their lives snuffed out at the hands of the slave patrols or get sexually assaulted in a homeless encampment or die from the elements just as soon as winter sets in. The whites have already ordered the replacement glass for the few buildings' windows that got busted out when the usual protests erupted. Oh the whites knew that if they just let you Black folks riot for a couple of days and then send in the National Guard to push your asses out-of-the-way, you'd get back to the business of realizing who is boss, and you always do.
What you fail to understand, Black folks, is that you cannot keep up the momentum. This shithole should still be burning from one end to the other, but as soon as the whites up the ante, you fall back and then wait for the next strike from the whites, which will be any day now. Just wait for it. You'll be fired up again when you see video evidence of yet another atrocity and back to the protest line you will go. You mean, you still haven't figured out that what you are doing is the very definition of insanity? Doing the same thing, over and over again and expecting a different result? And yet, you get the same result; NOTHING. The whites know Black folks like they know no other. They know your moves before you even make them. But you refuse to learn your enemy. You refuse to throw his ass off by doing the opposite of what he expects. You're an open book, Black folks. You have no idea what sleight of hand means. You have no idea how to play chess. You can't even play a good game of checkers against the whites. And you know why, because when your enemy was studying you, they had given you those gadgets to hypnotize your ass so that when you looked up, you were victims of drug addiction, gang violence, mass incarceration, the school-to-prison pipeline, gentrification, low educational attainment, income inequality, mass homelessness, prostitution, illiteracy, poverty, low wage jobs and immigrant owned liquor stores, convenience stores and fake ass food take-out joints in your few remaining 'communities'. Your so-called, "communities" were in ruins and yet what does the media screech and wail about when you protest? They screech and wail about how you are burning down your own communities when you don't own shit in those white-owned, slum communities! Oh, they've got you figured out to a 'T' and with the media 100% white-owned, they get the message out that those horrible Black folks are just a burning down their own communities when the whites know good and goddamn well that Black people don't own shit! The whites make damn sure of that; they always have and they always will.
Even the poor whites don't want us living around them. There is a building out in Maple Plain, MN where no Black person can live because the poor whites out there, run every single one of them out of that building. The building is managed by Commonbond Communities and that entire company is racist as hell, just as every other entity is racist as hell including entities that get government money by way of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Housing and Urban Development(HUD), and the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority. Hardly any American descendant of slavery can reside in ANY building that is managed or owned by the MPHA because MPHA strictly houses immigrants from Somalia, Nigeria, Mexico and Asia and MPHA is HUD funded. Minnesota wants immigrants. Minnesota does not want American descendants of slavery. They reside in homeless shelters and in homeless encampments. But at one time, HUD was set up to set us up. How do you think guns and drugs became so prevalent in so-called Black communities? It was thanks to the CIA and HUD. HUD projects were almost exclusively Black and so the CIA had no problem flooding those projects with guns and drugs and now whites want to sit back and gleefully point the finger at crime and violence in those housing projects that were set up for the express purpose of sending American descendants of slavery to hell!
So you keep running out on the streets protesting for a few days when the shit hits the fan and then go right on back to your fucked life as though nothing untoward is happening until you see a video of someone getting murdered by the police. You should be going the fuck off over the fact that you can't fucking breathe because the whites have their foot on every single one of our goddamn necks for something that they did. Those deranged, foaming at the mouth, racist ass whites dragged us the fuck over here and yet are making us pay for some foul ass, vicious shit THEY did! But yet if you go to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD, you will find only American descendants of slavery getting anti-psychotic injections like we're the crazy fuckers when in reality, there can be no more depraved, debased lunatic than the whites! Those worthless motherfuckers are psychopaths!
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Malcolm X was spot on! Whites are going to keep their goddamn foot on our necks because we don't have sense enough to know that since we don't own a goddamn thing, and our ancestors built this shit, what the fuck do we have to lose? A goddamn tent??!!!
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Three Cops Fired After Threatening To 'Slaughter' Black People!
Well, it seems that the protests worked. Those pictures of Black folks hugging cops certainly did the trick.
'We are just gonna go out and start slaughtering them': Three cops fired after racist talk of killing black residents
Sitting in his patrol car in Wilmington, N.C., Officer Michael "Kevin" Piner predicted Black Lives Matter protests would soon lead to civil war. "I'm ready," Piner told another officer, adding that he planned to buy an assault rifle.
We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them fucking niggers," he said. "Wipe 'em off the fucking map," Piner said of African Americans. "That'll put 'em back about four or five generations."
The two then complained about black officers on the force, calling one a "piece of shit" and complaining that another was "sitting on his ass" during the protests. "Let's see how his boys take care of him when shit gets rough, see if they don't put a bullet in his head," Piner said.
Moore, who also was hired in 1997, called him[Piner] to describe a recent arrest of a black woman, repeatedly calling her a racial slur.
"She needed a bullet in the head right then and move on," Moore said of the woman. "Let's move the body out of the way and keep going."
Later, while complaining about a black judge whom Moore called a "fucking nigger magistrate," Moore added.
Now if that shit ain't the Klan, what the fuck are they? That's supposed to 'Protect and Serve' American descendants of slavery? And then people have the nerve to wonder why I am not at all impressed by some whites standing at a protest. This would be why. That Klan shit that made those statements are family members, friends and acquaintances of what's been out on the streets, pretending solidarity with American descendants of slavery and yet I am supposed to believe that whites have suddenly changed from the vicious, depraved, deranged, blood thirsty shits they've always been? Not fucking ever! Re-read the above quote and then get back to me on how I am supposed to take whites at face value just because the media shows me some pictures of them standing shoulder to shoulder with some Black folks.
And so what? They have been fired from THAT police department, but that does not mean that they cannot get rehired at another police department in another state. The police chief said he would consult with prosecutors about potential criminal charges against the three men, and would ask them to review whether any of the former officers had shown bias toward criminal defendants in the past.
Oh, we can well believe that "bias toward BLACK criminal defendants," was shown. Just ask the Black woman who was arrested by Moore. If she can still communicate, I am pretty sure that she is still complaining about her injuries as a direct result of having been arrested by a member of the Klan.
And we are not fucking shit up over here even though we know that we are NEVER going to get from underneath the system of white supremacy. When shit like this comes to light, can you just imagine what does not? How are we expected to stand a snowball's chance in hell of having any chance at living in this shithole when we've got that shit on our asses, daily? We are not expected to and that is why we are dying on the means streets of every city in this shithole.
Those Klan motherfuckers, when confronted with taped evidence of their racism, denied being racist. WHAT.THE.FUCK. Even though they admitted that they were the ones speaking, they still denied that they were racist. So, as you can see, they are also lunatics. And I have often stated that whites are so rabid in their insane hatred of us that they are beyond hope and those racist shits just proved what I've said to be only too true!
How can we march through the streets with the relatives of that? How can we pay for meals for what would say that? How can we hug those stomp down, flaming racist KKK members in uniform? First, we buy them breakfast!
Seriously???!!!
After paying for their breakfast, we can't help but hug them! For the love of!!!!
Black people!!! Why the hell are you falling for this shit???!! What is wrong with you??? That shit is why George Floyd's family is burying him and you want to 'hug' THAT shit???!!! I'm fucking done!
You want to hug Michael "Kevin" Piner who said, "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them fucking niggers," he said. "Wipe 'em off the fucking map?" Yes indeed, go on up to Michael "Kevin" Piner and hug him. Go ahead and buy him breakfast. That's what you've been doing to these loathsome, monstrous creatures that only want to "slaughter you fucking niggers" is what he said. But because a few cops take a knee and walk down the street with you, that makes you believe that cops are our friends now, is that about right? And then I have the nerve to wonder why American descendants of slavery, of ALL the groups over here in this shithole, have made NO gains whatsoever. I take to task some Australian piece of shit for his comments on the protesters when I should just be appalled and outraged over the fact that we fucking NEVER learn. We still want to believe in the 'goodness' of our oppressors when there is not a gnat's ass worth of goodness in not one single white piece of shit who marched with Black protesters; NOT ONE!
This is what the kops do to us and you want to hug them and buy meals for them for this??!!!
Does it look like those racist thugs in blue uniforms are going to get up off our necks, backs and every other part of our body? But yet, you want to hug this shit! You want to 'believe' in the 'goodness' of this shit! Seriously???!!!
And this!
Does this look like kops give a shit about you? Do you think those kops don't have the full 'blessing' of the whites in this shithole to continue doing that shit? If those whites who are protesting what whites did to George Floyd gave a damn, what happened to George Floyd would not have happened. Countless Black lives have been lost due to the whites intense hatred of us and that is NEVER going to change, no matter how much some of you Black people think that it is!!! Get your shit together!
But because those racist shits take a goddamn knee,
Those bastards are practicing what Chauvin did to George Floyd and yet Black people think that that is some fake ass show of 'solidarity' with them for what went down on a Minneapolis street. For the love of !!!!!!
…your Black ass is satisfied that they are down with us! Are you fucking stupid Black motherfuckers for real? But you want "Justice! Stop the racist police!" According to you, there is 'justice', there is no racist police since you're hugging them and impressed with a few of them taking a damn worthless ass knee. You demand so very little and since you demand so very little, so very little is what you are going to get from the whites, along with their continued knee on your neck, along with their bullets piercing your flesh, along with the funeral marches to cemeteries, along with more marching and more protesting because you believe in the 'goodness' of some damn no account whites who marched beside you in the recent protests.
But you better believe this!
"We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them fucking niggers," he said. "Wipe 'em off the fucking map," Piner said of African Americans. "That'll put 'em back about four or five generations." – racist former Klan Kop Michael "Kevin" Piner
"She needed a bullet in the head right then and move on," Moore said of the [Black]woman [he arrested]. "Let's move the body out of the way and keep going."
Keep believing in the 'goodness' of whites and just like Michael "Kevin" Piner said, "that'll put us back about four or five generations."
Remember, whites don't really need us anymore. They've got the Mexicans working the fields and they've got the Africans over here who came over of their own free will. We're just an embarrassment; a reminder of the past that whites have long been trying to whitewash. They've even tried putting textbooks out that replaced slavery with IMMIGRATION. "What slaves?" says the whites. "They were ALL immigrants!" That's the 'goodness' of whites. Their 'goodness' just keeps getting 'better' for us, does it not? Gentrification, high infant mortality rates, high mortality rates of Black women during childbirth, other disparities in health care, mass homelessness, income inequality, food insecurity, mass joblessness, low wage jobs, no health care, mass incarceration, police brutality, drug addiction, gang violence, brutal murder of us by racist kops, no real Black generational wealth, no tangible or intangible assets, Black net worth around $7.00. Oh the whites have long been slaughtering us just as racist kop Michael "Kevin" Piner said, "We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them fucking niggers," "Wipe 'em off the fucking map," "That'll put 'em back about four or five generations." -says ALL whites about American descendants of slavery.
Believe in the 'goodness' of whites and your ass is grass!
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Kimberly Jones x "How Can We Win" — Product Of Society
"On Saturday May 30th filmmaker and photographer David Jones of David Jones Media felt compelled to go out and serve the community in some way. He decided to use his art to try and explain the events that were currently impacting our lives. On day two, Sunday the 31st, he activated his dear friend author […]
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The lady in this video is on point! I cannot find fault with ANYTHING she is saying, nor can I add anything. I'll let her take it away……….
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Lynchburg's Racist Whites Started A Petition To Rename Lynchburg, VA In Light Of The Black Lives Matter Movement!
Let me get my laughter out of the way, first! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 If I don't laugh, I'll cry!
Petition to rename Lynchburg gains traction in light of Black Lives Matter movement
LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Over 1,000 people have signed a petition to rename the City of Lynchburg.
John Lynch was a Quaker described as progressive for his time in the 1780s, according to Chief Public History Officer Ted Delaney.
"He believed in emancipating slaves," Delaney said. "He had slaves but he freed all of his. He's supporting recolonization, which is sending slaves back to Africa. He did not believe in perpetuating the institution of slavery in this country."
Delaney explains that the term lynching is actually named after Lynch's brother, Charles Lynch.
Charles Lynch would tie British soldiers to a tree and beat them until they cried" Liberty!" which would stop the beating since that meant they agreed with the revolution.
Oh sure, Charles Lynch only beat some British soldiers and that's how come the lynching of slaves and their descendants came about. They just switched it up; it was only quite a little harmless beating.
These shameless white racist shits are still trying to deny what the fuck they did; lynching was not about beating someone to death. Lynching was placing a noose around someone's neck and stringing them up on trees or whatever until they were dead and swinging. And slaves and their descendants were the victims of whites' lynching them. Don't get the shit twisted. Lynching was not about some damn British soldiers, I don't care how hard you filthy, vile, racist shits try and rewrite history to whitewash the foul ass shit you've done and still continue to this day, the vicious shit you've done is still stinking up the place.
And whites!!! Seriously!!! Just stop!! Don't nobody give a shit about you toppling those damn racist icons of yours. Don't nobody give a shit about you renaming racist sounding dead ass burgs; that don't change a thing about your racist asses. You will do everything, but the RIGHT thing; put an end to 'white supremacy'. You think that by dressing up racism and white supremacy and by dressing up, I mean, tearing down your patron saints of racism and your other symbols of racism and white supremacy, that you're doing the damn thing. The only thing you're doing is showing just how little you give a shit about righting wrongs you know need to be righted and the little bitty shit you're doing, don't cut it. So just stop, already!
No American descendant of slaves, who is in their right mind, would buy your bullshit, lame ass attempts to get us to understand that you sympathize with our plight; a plight we have because of your racism and system of white supremacy that you uphold daily because it benefits you. Those of us who are woke are not fooled by your piddling little attempts to look like you're doing something constructive against white supremacy, white privilege, racism, bigotry; the whole nine yards.
Renaming a piece of shit burg is going to do nothing when those same Black people living in that piece of shit burg are going to continue to get shitted on by the likes of you petition signers. Don't nobody need you to put on a show. We need real change. We need the entire system of white supremacy brought down. We need a level playing field. We need reparations. We need you to stop putting a bandaid on slavery, Jim Crow, mass incarceration of us, mass homelessness of us, income inequality, the school-to-prison pipeline and the rest of the shit you've visited on us and that shit continues to this day. Your bandaids ain't doing shit when we are still underneath your damn boot and you know this. You can name Lynchburg, Hellsburg for all I care and that won't change a thing because you can't change what you are; heartless, soulless, racist, parasitic, savage, debased filth! There ain't a goddamn jewel, cloth of satin or plastic surgeon that could turn you filthy ass racist bastards into something fit for hell!
And if the name 'Lynchburg' suited you since the 1700s, why the fuck is that shit bothering you in the year 2020? And don't hand me no bullshit about BLACKLIVESMATTER because our lives have never mattered to you. I have written blog after blog after blog about what this shithole called Lynchburg has done to me, my cousin and many other American descendants of slavery and every single time I speak to a Black person in this racist shithole, I want to cry because I hear story after story after story that mirrors mine and so many others and so you goddamn pieces of racist shit, you fucking tell me, how would changing the name of this racist burg, make a goddamn bit of difference when you're not going to fucking change???!!! So shut the fuck up! I've about had it with these fucking racist whites and their bullshit! With racist ass Jerry Falwell Jr., of Liberty University, running around talking about how he is only going to wear a face mask portraying either 'Black face' or a 'KKK hood' and you want to talk about changing Lynchburg to something else because 'Lynchburg' reeks of racism???!!!With confederate flags flying around everywhere in this burg, you can only talk about changing the name of this piece of shit burg? Seriously????!!! Black people are down here looking like shit because the medical field is making sure that Black people don't live long and healthy lives. Everyone knows that if they need medical care, go elsewhere, but you think that changing the name of this racist shithole burg will make a difference? Go fuck yourself!
You fuckers called the police on me when I was sitting up in my cousin's hospital room at Lynchburg General Hospital after he had a heart attack caused by the fucking mental medications you gave him. How the fuck do you call the cops and send them into a heart patient's room and expect the patient's heart to not to do leaps and bounds when that shit occurs? The cop stated that some damn nurse administrators claimed I was taping their damn asses. Seriously? Lynchburg General Hospital is taping all of our asses before we can even get inside the damn door and yet I can't fucking tape you???!!!! I sent that cop bitch packing and got my cousin the fuck up out of there and you know why, because you're a bunch of stupid, dumb ass, racist pieces of shit, that's why! I ran circles around every goddamn racist piece of shit that you fuckers sent into his hospital room and you won't be forgetting THAT shit no time soon. Yeah! Who fucking went to jail??!! You think every Black person is dumb as hell. Well some of us will be fucking your goddamn asses up and you won't even know what hit your ass! Keep fucking with us!
Just because the world is now condemning some of your racist shit, you're now going on and on about what the fuck you're going to do about racism. Oh I know what the fuck you're going to do about racism, white supremacy, white privilege and ALL of that shit, you're going to continue that shit and ramp it up! Because now you get to pat your racist ass on the back and talk to Becky and Karen about what a great thing you've done by suggesting a petition to change what has ALWAYS been a racist name for a piece of shit burg, but you've been fine with the shit for hundreds of years and you are still fine with it. You just don't want it to be said that the rest of the world toppled some fucking statues and pretended to de-fund the racist police while you sat back and didn't even pretend to care about racism and what you've been aiming at American descendants of slavery since our ancestors were dragged here. Fucking stop, already! Nobody's buying your bullshit! I've always had to explain why the fuck I'm headed to Lynchburg because no sane person thinks that a Black person should be living in Lynchburg. They don't know that I was born here thanks to my piece of shit parents who didn't have the wherewithal to get the fuck up out of here before bringing children into this world. If I had known any better, I would not have been born in this fucking burg. But that shit's not on me.
'Lynchburg' suits your white racist asses to a fucking 'T' and so there ain't no reason to change it, because your racist asses will still be here making life miserable for Lynchburg's Black residents and so shut the fuck up about some goddamn lame ass petition!
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So We're At Our Tipping Point, But…What About Tawana Brawley? #saytheirnametoo — Whispers of a Womanist
I wish it were true; that the waves of white supremacy came crashing down in the weeks before summer 2020. But I know that the coming weeks, months, and years to come will reference this moment to counter pro-black and "separatist" agendas that seek to actualize the change so many pursue hollowly. In the contemporary […]
via So We're At Our Tipping Point, But…What About Tawana Brawley? #saytheirnametoo — Whispers of a Womanist
The contemporary moment, it's infiltrated attempts to incite action especially, reflect a systemic attempt to extinguish the Nat Turners and Gavin Longs from rising from the fury of racism, white supremacy. The photos depicting white men as saviors and white women as barricades for black men illuminate the most lethal form of violence I have ever seen. Each Twitter posts delineates blacks as bleeding from a systemic wound that continues to twist a knife in our collective flesh. So while the world sees a global fist against racism, I see the psycho political reality that black lives matter when whites say so.
Let me repeat!
So while the world sees a global fist against racism, I see the psycho political reality that black lives matter when whites say so.
Ain't that the goddamn truth!
The author of this blog gets it! I have long been saying the same thing, but I'm not polite about it. Everyone expresses themselves in their own individual way and I am past expressing myself as though I'm not at this point, damn near unhinged.
Throughout all of this shit that we have been enduring at the hands of our CAPTORS, we are still falling for their shit! I have been bombarded by pictures of Black protesters hugging killer kops as though that is going to solve the issues we face; as though that has wiped the slate clean and the system of white supremacy no longer exists because the world is 'collectively hugging' American descendants of slaves after viewing what we have been subjected to since our ancestors were dragged to these shores. Even African countries have piped up and they need to shut the fuck up since not one African country, nation or ant farm has extended to us, a 'sincere' welcome since they ALL know that our ancestors were either stolen and/or sold from Africa. And don't hand me no bullshit about 'The Ghana Year of Return" because that was some serious bullshit right there.
Also from the original post.
When have we ever seen such a global reaction to a living black person engender national calls for "justice?" To resume a point I made on an earlier post, why does it seem like that black lives only matter when the black person is dead? Additionally, nothing can bring the lost life back, or reverse the resulting trauma—so even the best case scenario fails to alter the intractable devastation of murder.
Answer the question, whites! Answer the question, WORLD!
Why does it seem like that black lives only matter when the black person is dead?
Why do we only garner 'calls for justice' when we are dead? Why are we ignored when we are alive and only after our lives were snuffed out on a city street by a kop with his knee on a Black man's neck for damn near ten minutes, does that even elicit a fake ass hue and cry from the very whites who are responsible for that shit especially seeing as how their family members are doing that shit to us on a daily basis? When I say DAILY basis, I mean DAILY basis because I have not heard one peep from you soulless, depraved, white monsters over yet another murder of us in the same fashion.
Another Man Who Said 'I Can't Breathe' Died in Custody. An Autopsy Calls It Homicide.
SEATTLE — A black man, Manuel Ellis, 33, who called out "I can't breathe" before dying in police custody in Tacoma, Wash., was killed as a result of oxygen deprivation and the physical restraint that was used on him, according to details of a medical examiner's report released on Wednesday.
Mr. Ellis died from respiratory arrest, hypoxia and physical restraint, according to the medical examiner's office. The report listed methamphetamine intoxication and heart disease as contributing factors.
Oh well, nothing to see here folks, move it along! I mean, according to the medical examiner's report, the kops did Mr. Ellis a favor since those liars are stating that the man was intoxicated due to meth and had heart disease at the age of 33 and so, there! He was already a 'dead man' walking before he was a dead man. Manuel Ellis was a dead man when he was a baby and don't we ALL fucking know this! The 'color' of his skin sealed his fate just as it seals every American descendant of slaves fate in this racist hellhole.
But let us hug our enemies because they have been struck, sudden like, with empathy, compassion, 'humanity' and thoughtfulness because the world is screeching about the shocking, brutal display of depraved indifference and premeditated murder of a defenseless Black man as he lay underneath the body of a white male parasite with the white male parasite's knee pressed into his neck.
So now, white Amerikkka must throw Chauvin to the wolves because he had the audacity to expose each and every single white piece of filthy shit in this shithole for exactly what they are; Derek Chauvins. Not a one of you whites who are screeching and yelling at protests or on blogs or on other platforms that you've just now "seen the light," has a gnat's ass of worth; you are worthless. I don't give a damn how much your net worth is, you are worthless, scum sucking, bottom feeding slime! You haven't seen the light, you've not seen a goddamn thing! You just hate for your shit to be broadcast for all the world to see that there is not a damn thing humanitarian or benevolent about your debased, savage, vile, deranged, psychotic, hate-filled pasty asses!
And for Black people to stand somewhere with the likes of you is to court disaster and they look foolish because in less than a month's time, those same Black folks that are out on the streets, standing shoulder to shoulder with their mortal foe will be doing that same shit again and will be right back to hugging the same kops that would save a dog before they'd save our Black asses!
Look at this shit! It just sickens me!
And the shit continues!
Black folks, are you really that desperate for some fake ass show of support for you from those who hate your guts even as they PRETEND to be mortified over what they ALL seek; which is our death by the most savage and brutal means possible? Why haven't the whites opened up the prison cell doors and let all of the Black low level drug 'offenders' out since that is why the majority of those who look like us are in prisons? But they won't do that because it is easier for these parasitic slugs to take a knee or hug your desperate Black ass as you seek some semblance of 'togetherness' with those debased rejects from who the hell knows where. Whites know their time on this planet is just about up and that is why those creatures have become even more savage, brutal and deadly. And as long as even ONE of those white, monstrous, depraved creatures slithers among us, we are ALL in mortal danger! Why can you not see this? This shit means YOU nothing but harm!
Does this look like kops give a shit about you? Do you think those kops don't have the full 'blessings' of the rest of the whites in this shithole to continue doing that shit? If those whites who are protesting what whites did to George Floyd gave a damn, what happened to George Floyd would not have happened. Countless Black lives have been lost due to the whites intense hatred of us and that is NEVER going to change, no matter how much some of you Black people think that it is!!! Get your shit together!
What about here? Still think the whites give a damn about us? This was at a recent protest for George Floyd. I don't see any hugging going on between the kop and the Black protester, nor is the kop taking a knee except to take a knee on this Black man to arrest him for peacefully protesting the 'kneeing' death of George Floyd.
Oftentimes, I seriously despair of Black people ever giving their brains a chance to work, I seriously do!
Do you seriously think those racist goons are running up to this Black nurse who was protesting yet another kop murdering a Black person to hug her? Do you think they were about to 'take a knee' in solidarity of her protesting? They arrested her for merely peacefully protesting and yet this woman is somewhere risking her life to save COVID-19 patients. If they were white, they could rot for all I'd care!
Black folks, you'd better think long and hard about what the author of the original blog is questioning because it would seem that too many of you have short attention spans. Kops are NOT our friend. We should not be hugging them. We should not consider them to be on our side if they 'take a damn knee' all because the entire world is watching this shit go down when the entire world still does NOT give a damn about our plight! All of these displays of fake ass solidarity are just that, displays. They are not genuine. They are not heartfelt and they are NOT REAL! But then, Black people love the illusion of inclusion. Our Black asses can NEVER expect any inclusion in anything dealing with whites! Fuck it! If you want to pretend that ALL has changed since the murder by kop of George Floyd, then by all means, continue the delusion. But don't say you weren't warned! Hugging a fucking kop???!!! Are you fucking serious???!!!! Believing that a kop taking a knee' changes shit???!!! Are you fucking kidding???!!!
Black lives only matter when we are DEAD! And what's more YOU.ARE.NEXT.POINT.BLANK.PERIOD.
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Our Death Is All They Seek!
To finally get some peace, he had to die out on the street,
killed by hate and racism from every white man we still meet.
For over four hundred years, we have been screaming out our pain,
and little did we know that our screams were all in vain.
The world is finally listening, but what good will that do us?
We marched to sit up front, but now we're underneath the bus.
The 'leader' of this country stood and told us we are "THUGS!"
And then he told his gangsters to stomp us like we're bugs.
We own no tanks or missiles, nor drones to take a stand.
We're tired and poor and cursed in this white man's stolen land.
Our death is all they seek and so we're off to bury the dead.
Because to them we lack humanity, though our blood is also red.
Why must we bear the blame for a crime we didn't commit?
To this day, it seems we're slaves and to their will, we must submit.
We are a people without a country; we are clouds in a savage storm.
blown away by white supremacy, a system they can't reform.
One day, there'll be a reckoning that we won't live to see
for those of us alive today, are still yearning to be free.
It is a sad ass shame that the only way those of us who are descendants of slaves who were dragged over here to 'serve' the white man AND white woman's every whim, can expect to get any peace from them is by being murdered at their hands. There are too many times that we have trudged through a cemetery to bury our dead and some racist kop was never indicted or even fired from his duties of murdering us.
Poor Black people, who mostly cannot even afford life insurance, have to make use of crowd funding or either some 'celebrity' will come forward to pay for the funeral expenses. From cradle to grave, we are to forever hand the white man some money while he is busy killing us since many Black women's babies die in childbirth in this supposedly, First World Nation. What sense does that make? And even if we make it to our teenage years, we are still murdered for merely coming home from a store, carrying iced tea and skittles. Our children cannot even play in a park without getting shot dead. We cannot drive down the street without getting pulled over and shot for complying with the orders to produce our identification. We cannot sleep in our beds without kops beating down the door and shooting us as we lay deep in slumber and yet, none are held accountable for what they do to us.
And now, another Black family, the family of George Floyd, is about set to bury him because he went into a store and was accused of trying to purchase items with a counterfeit bill, and I have heard that even that was a lie. But even so, was that any reason for a racist kop to murder him, casually as though he was merely a bug to be squashed on the sidewalk? As if that is not bad enough, a stomp down, flaming racist, draft dodging bigot has the nerve to order the U.S. military to 'put us down' when he was scared too shitless to even join the very military he has called out on us. What sense does that make?
But you whites want to write blog after blog about how 'woke' your ass is now! You ain't woke. Your funky, filthy ass racist petticoat is showing and the world is now denouncing the shit that you've been subjecting us to for hundreds of years in this shithole. You haven't been struck by a ray of conscientiousness. You don't even have a conscience to berate you, for if you did, would our situation now be making headline news all across this godforsaken planet that you have managed to fuck up? Hell no, it wouldn't.
You whites think that you're doing something by showing up at a protest with a sign stating, "Black Lives Matter!" Our lives have never mattered to you and don't you think for one damn second that I am buying your flaming lies now! So save it! I'm not buying your sudden displays of solidarity when you are why GENTRIFICATION has driven us into homelessness. You are why we are incarcerated by the millions. You are why we are dumb as shit because while you are funding private schools with our money, public schools don't even have computers or enough books in them and this you know. We are the faces of the jobless, the hungry and the homeless and the disparities in healthcare is obscene and dangerous and is causing our demise at a faster rate than yours. We don't have any hopes of longevity and most don't even want to live long, hopeless, racism filled lives of despair!
You whites have shitted on us from the time our ancestors were dragged ashore and you are still shitting on us and telling us that we are to blame for crime in the inner cities; that we are to blame for not having land and wealth to hand down to our sons and daughters. How the hell can we hand a damn thing down to anyone when you made damn sure that you owned it ALL because you damn well owned our ancestors that you claimed were only three fifths of a human? How the hell did you expect us to overcome that shit? YOU DIDN'T. So don't now turn around and act like you are just getting hit with an epiphany. You know what the fuck you've been doing to us and you're not about to stop that shit now. Shove that fake ass solidarity shit up your pale asses because I am having none of it!
How the hell did that man, George Floyd, deserve that? But that is ALL too familiar to us! And you dirty, filthy, racist whites know that this has been going down for centuries. You know this because racists like that piece of shit are YOUR family members and you know your own damn family because you're one of them. So don't now claim that you had no idea about ANY of this shit because you're a goddamn liar! Fucking flaming, racist hypocrites! I despise you ALL!
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Time To Celebrate Black History Month AGAIN! Yeah, We Got It Going On!
Black History Holds NO Fame!
Dragged from your native land,
on a floating barge of death.
You built paradise for a thief
who then plundered all the wealth.
Your name was not your own.
You would never again be free.
To know such hate from them,
as they hung you from a tree.
They say that slavery's over.
Go forth and earn your keep.
And though you labor long,
you're valued much too cheap.
You were denied so many rights.
And the vote was not for you.
Though many marched and died,
the court bid that adieu.*
Some think you've made great strides
in the face of all that's wrong.
Yet they herd you into prison,
because they hate that you are strong.
Be wary of their smiles,
for they mean you so much harm.
If you've a talent, they'll exploit it.
All over you, they'll swarm.
They'll use you and they'll kill you.
You're nothing but a thing,
and when your candle's burned
you'll feel ole Massa's sting.
Don't ever let your guard down,
and it doesn't pay to trust.
Shield from them your weakness.
Always show them your disgust.
Black history holds no fame.
And it certainly gets no cheer.
Times have never changed.
They still look at you and sneer.
*June 25th 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, removing a critical tool to combat racial discrimination in voting.
Where shall we begin? Let us celebrate the 11% unemployment rate for Black men even though the national unemployment aka jobless rate stands at 3.7% and if your head's not stuck up your ass, then you know that even that is a damn lie! Break out the champagne Black folks for those of you who can afford a bottle of say, Andre Cold Duck! Clink those plastic cups together and then piss in the wind because it's all blowing back your way anyway; the shit that keeps hitting the fan, that is.
Next on our celebration list is the shit that is going down in our public education system better known as the 'school-to-prison pipeline' if you're a student of color in these here United States of America where we celebrate Black History Month each and every February. This month is dedicated to showcasing the achievements of Black people in America. We are celebrating each and every single achievement that has not yet occurred but will eventually occur and we are real sure of this happening any day now.
To continue the celebrations, let us look at the child poverty statistics that are sure to impress us during these celebrations of future achievements that we are hell bent on celebrating this month. We are celebrating the fact that 'child poverty in America is at its highest point in 20 years, putting millions of children at increased risk of injuries, infant mortality, and premature death'. And if that isn't bad enough, '7 million kids still don't have health insurance'. This is just so worth celebrating, what an achievement! What a dream as opposed to a nightmare. I wonder what that famous man who had a dream, would think of this. I seriously wonder.
But wait! There is more to celebrate this Black History Month! The good news just keeps on coming. 'Incarceration rate for African-Americans now six times the national average' is still making headlines among Black prisoners and their mostly white guards and the white slave patrol that arrested them for say, selling loose, un-taxed cigarettes, selling marijuana or crack while completely ignoring the white man that was buying said crack and marijuana from the guilty by birth African-American other wise known as Colored otherwise known as Black otherwise known as felon or prisoner no.1,000,034. White folks, why don't you just lock up every single Black person at birth? It'll save you the trouble of doing so later on since many of us will know what it feels like to be shackled just as those we are descended from knew what it felt like. And the beat goes on and we celebrate it.
And 'here's the Data That Shows Cops Kill Black People at a Higher Rate Than White People', now ain't that a bitch?! Unfortunately, Michael Brown is not here to celebrate this Black History Month with us because he was shot and killed by a cop. Twelve year old Tamir Rice is also not here this year to help us celebrate because he was shot and killed by a cop while playing with a toy gun in a park. John Crawford, likewise, is not here to celebrate because he was shot and killed by a cop in Wal-Mart while holding a toy gun. Eric Garner, unfortunately, for him, was selling loose, untaxed cigarettes and that cost him his life and so he will not be joining in the celebrations. Terrance Franklin was shot and killed by cops following a traffic stop and he will not be celebrating ether. Seven year-old Aiyana Stanley-Jones was shot and killed by a cop while she slept and the charge of manslaughter against the cop that shot and killed her was dropped and so, she is not just 'under-the-weather', she is underground and therefore, is not able to celebrate this historic month. Let us celebrate on her behalf. Sandra Bland is not here to celebrate with us because she was hanged in a Texas jail cell. So many are not here to witness all of the achievements that we celebrate today that have not as yet occurred. But we are sure that any minute now, we shall achieve….something. Yeah! Wait on it.
Fortunately, I have found yet another statistic that gives us even more of a reason to celebrate Black history month. Black families are seven times more likely to be homeless. We have come so far this February in the year of our Lord 2020, have we not? Blacks make up half of the U.S. homeless population. Doesn't that just give you a warm and comfortable, cozy feeling that those homeless people lack? These are achievements that we have here folks! Time to celebrate and to keep the momentum going. Our ancestors would be so proud of where we are today. Don't you think? Does this not make you aware that BLACK LIVES DO NOT MATTER?!
Now, on the other hand, Tyler Perry will dress up in drag and put some Black folks to work on another Madea movie and Beyoncé will croon about a Halo for Jay-Z and Jay-Z will rap about niggas while DMX will head back to prison for drug possession, get out on probation again and then go right back in for drug possession. Viola Davis will have no problem getting cast as yet another maid after her role in 'The Help' and Forest Whitaker is probably all set to play yet another version of someone's Butler since every one is well aware that us Black folks are so good at bowing and scraping and being subservient to our 'betters'.
Finally, I've given you many reasons to celebrate this month. The reasons are endless and our achievements that we will watch for some time in the future are making life much better for so many of us and that is why we must enjoy this Black History Month. We have no need to march and protest like those Black people in the 1960s did. We are so past that in this here post-racial America. I mean, what we have here is a post-racial America, is it not? But nevertheless, Dr. King would be so proud as would his stalwart, fellow marchers-in-arms at the progress that we have made since his infamous, I Have A Dream speech. We shall overcome! Uh…what I meant to say is that, "We did overcome!" Now like the good little sheep you are, start celebrating all of this shit!! And look ahead to when the REAL achievements will come because surely they must come!
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As Martin Hopewell Steps Down Peter Elliott Becomes New Primary MD
LONDON (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — After sixteen years at the helm, Martin Hopewell is stepping down as Managing Director of Primary Talent International Limited. He will remain at Primary as an agent and advisor to the board, and will continue to represent his roster of artists which include The Cure and Peter Gabriel. His role as organizer of the International Live Music Conference will continue as normal.
Besides overseeing the world wide success and achievements of Primary's ever increasing agency team and roster of acts, Hopewell created a new management team in 1997 and oversaw the move to and purchase of a new office building in Holborn, London during 2006.
The company will continue to be run by the existing board of directors, and Peter Elliott will become the new managing director.
A spokes person for PTI told CelebrityAccess "2007 is already shaping up to be another busy and successful year for the company, with tours from among others Lily Allen, Basement Jaxx, Daft Punk, Fall Out Boy, Gwen Stefani, Kylie Minogue and Patti Smith with a Brits award for "The Outstanding Contribution to Music" going to Oasis."
Martin Hopewell reflected to CelebrityAccess, "It's been a tough decision to take, but ours is a young and dynamic business, and I believe that everyone should recognize when it's time to step back and hand over the controls to people who are going to move a company like Primary even further forwards. The Board is a strong team of highly talented and experienced individuals, and I know that they will do a great job. Running Primary has been a real privilege – and I'm proud of everything we have managed to accomplish – but I'm also looking forward to seeing what the next chapter brings."
Whilst Dave Chumbley told CelebrityAccess "Having worked alongside Martin in 1983 at Cowbell Agency and other companies in various guises since, I am sure that Martin will enjoy his extra time to not only run the ILMC (This year's ILMC is at London's Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington March 9-11), and continue to represent his star clients but spend more time gazing at the stars – his other consuming passion!"


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Hawley brings in $1 millionfor Senate bid, lags behind McCaskill
Posted 4:40 pm, January 31, 2018, by Associated Press, Updated at 04:39PM, January 31, 2018
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Josh Hawley is lagging behind in fundraising compared to Democratic incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill.
Hawley's campaign on Wednesday said he raised close to $1 million between October and the end of December. Attorney General Hawley now has about $1.2 million in cash to spend on a bid to unseat McCaskill.
McCaskill's campaign says she raised close to $2.9 million in the same time period. She now has more than $9 million in cash on hand to spend on a run for a third term.
That leaves Hawley more than $7 million behind McCaskill in fundraising for what's likely to be one of the most hotly contested races in the nation.
Trademark and Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Senate considers rule change to throw out impeachment
Beto O'Rourke ends 2020 presidential bid
US Army bans soldiers from using TikTok over security worries
Study: Democrats, Republicans have spent millions on impeachment ads
Pete Frates, one of the men who popularized the Ice Bucket Challenge, has died
Sen. Hawley calls for federal investigation into T.E.H. Realty
Contact 2: Recent opioid-related settlements and proposals evoke reaction
Lawmakers worry about TikTok's link to China
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President Trump ordered to pay $2 million settlement in civil suit against Trump Foundation and his children


Guaranteed hours for your nanny or child care provider.
minimum number of paid hours per week?
You are the employer – and like any employer you get to set the terms of the job and the compensation. At first blush it may seem silly to pay your nanny for thirty hours of work on a week when you let her go early a couple of days and she only worked 26 hours. However, we recommend a guaranteed minimum number of hours because a nanny who consistently does not have the opportunity to work the number of hours expected is a nanny who will soon be looking for a new employer.
The cost of turnover (interviewing, screening, training, missing work, etc.) is very high to you. The small amount spent to provide a stable income for your nanny is very small in comparison.
Guaranteeing your care provider a minimum number of hours per week allows her to budget. Care-providers work to live, and they live paycheck-to-paycheck. If you are still uncomfortable with the idea, talk to your nanny to determine if she is willing (and able) to accept a lower minimum number of hours than her regular schedule.
The long & short of it is that you are under no obligation to do so, but guaranteeing a minimum number of hours is likely mutually beneficial.
How should we handle "Holiday Pay"?
While no applicable laws or regulations govern nanny holiday pay in Ohio, it is usual and customary to compensate a nanny for holidays she is not required to work, when they fall on a day she is normally scheduled to work. This is how we prevent a 'holiday' from becoming a dreaded day of lost wages for our valued employee.
For example, let's say your nanny works Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.
She is given Thanksgiving Thursday off and receives 'Holiday Pay' (because she would have worked that day had it not been for the holiday). Also, it is customary that an employee required to work on a holiday be paid their regular wage PLUS 'holiday pay'.
Memorial Day and Labor Day are celebrated on Mondays – but in this scenario (T-Th-Fri schedule) your nanny's work schedule does not call for her to work on Mondays, so she would not be paid for those holidays (because she isn't losing any of her weekly income).