#Kathi Muhammad

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REPLAY: Kathi Muhammad and Lacey Lace: Actors and Community Volunteers - Support Our #creatives® podcast

Now on Spotify - Watch the replay!!! Originally live streamed via StreamYard on September 9, 2024. The Support Our #creatives® podcast, hosted by Alan Greenstein. Special guests are actors Kathi Muhammad and Lacey Lace. Let’s find out how Lacey and K[...]

Now on Spotify – Watch the replay!!! Originally live streamed via StreamYard on September 9, 2024. The Support Our #creatives® podcast, hosted by Alan Greenstein. Special guests are actors Kathi Muhammad and Lacey Lace. Let’s find out how Lacey and Kathi navigate their way through the complicated world of entertainment. We will also discuss their volunteer work supporting the community. Here…

[beenasarwar]

Being in Kabul, 11 September 2001

We wanted to know how Afghans felt about the horrors unfolding in the USA. They had heard of the attacks on the radio. They didn’t know what New York looked like, and could not even imagine the towering structures that was the World Trade Center

“They are going to set Afghanistan on fire,” said Amir Shah. He knew his homeland would suffer and his people, most of whom wouldn’t have recognized Osama bin Laden if they were sitting next to him on a bus – or at least that’s what one woman I interviewed that night told me. By Kathy Gannon / Sapan News Shortly before 6 p.m. in Kabul on Sept. 11, 2001 the big news was the death two days…

[gryficowa]

Boycott!

Disney supported Israel and boasted about it

Warning, random rant:

Fucking "Vote Blue" liberals when the blues provided weapons to Israel and on August 10th 100 Palestinians were killed because of your fucking weapons, you fucking bitch love Harris because she's a fake bitch like you

You are as fake as radical feminists when real feminists fight for women's rights, fuck you liberal, you are a piece of shit, you don't even respect the victims who died because of her and her party, but clearly your American privileged white ass is more important than these Muslims, right?

I have no respect for you when you tag in about Palestine the day after 100 people were murdered to force people to vote for your Zionist blue bitch

You fucking idiot, you vote for Zionists and create posts forcing people to vote for her a day after 100 people were murdered and it was because of weapons provided the day before by your heavenly ones, you liberals have no reason and no human dignity, you are complicit in these crimes

Don't try with these "Because Trump is worse" or "Russian troll" lines, the truth is that you are using these lines to feel unpunished for your crimes, you fucking piece of shit

Yes, I'm pissed at you

And no, I won't be polite to these bastards, because they themselves have no respect for the victims when they enter tags about Palestine and write their shit about voting for the blue Smurfs

Now that I have your attention:

Knowing life, liberals will still call me "Idiots" and other shit, but they had no respect for the victims if they force people to vote for someone who supplies weapons to the country that did it

[colgatesandwich]

Week 4 + 5 Field Trip + Analyse Artistic Traditions and Lineages

Posed as a critical painting in Singapore’s art history, National Language Class was produced in 1959 when Singapore gained self-governance from the British. 

The artwork falls under the social realism Nanyang style, a realist-style of painting that comments on industrial revolution and urbanization and also a movement reflecting doubts and idealised vision regarding Singapore’s cultural identity, a stark contrast to the deafening developments in the nation then. Ever since then, the painting has been displayed in countless exhibitions and inspired stage performances by local theatre company, spell#7. 

One defining characteristic of this piece that caught my eye is the presence of unity composition wise and the way the students sat around the circular table which is reminiscent of tables found in old coffee shops, symbolising equality and the unification of their interest in learning the national language. However, unity for national progress was regarded as a blasphemy then as it would destroy divisions of race, class and gender due to subsequent racial conflicts that arose between the nation and the Federation of Malaysia. 

Lim's woodcuts capture Singapore's evolving cultural landscape post-independence. In this piece, he documents the vanishing cultural practice of opium abuse, prevalent among the impoverished as a means of fatigue relief and escape from harsh realities. Despite opium being addictive, costly, and illegal, many still supported their habit and turned to crime. Personally, I feel a profound sense of dread and empathy for the depicted subject. The frown mirrors a man resigned to a day-to-day existence, eliciting a feeling of helplessness and sorrow for his plight out of me.

Word count: 262 

References:

Hafiz, Syed Muhammad, and Kathy Rowland. “Siapa Nama Kamu? – Questions to Answer a Friend.” ArtsEquator, ArtsEquator, 21 Oct. 2021, artsequator.com/siapa-nama-kamu/.

“National Language Class.” Spell#7performance, spell#7performance, www.spell7performance.org/nationallanguageclass. Accessed 20 Sept. 2023.

says:, Holland Village Voice, et al. “Interpreting National Language Class.” S/Pores Journal, s/pores journal, 19 Dec. 2021, s-pores.com/2007/04/national-language-class/.

“UNODC - Bulletin on Narcotics - 1958 Issue 4 - 002.” United Nations: Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nation, www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/bulletin/bulletin_1958-01-01_4_page003.html. Accessed 20 Sept. 2023.

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Learning About the Present Through Our Past

There are people who would say that students in the U.S. do not get a comprehensive education when it comes to history. So how can we understand our present and work toward our future without a clear view of our past? There may be some schools or teachers who are doing an excellent job, but in many cases we still have a very long way to go. This makes access to thorough and accurate accounts all the more important for young readers. Here are two recent books that could help fill in some gaps.

Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People by Kekla Magoon [available Sept. 28] (Review copy provided by Candlewick)

Publisher summary: In this comprehensive, inspiring, and all-too-relevant history of the Black Panther Party, Kekla Magoon introduces readers to the Panthers’ community activism, grounded in the concept of self-defense, which taught Black Americans how to protect and support themselves in a country that treated them like second-class citizens. For too long the Panthers’ story has been a footnote to the civil rights movement rather than what it was: a revolutionary socialist movement that drew thousands of members—mostly women—and became the target of one of the most sustained repression efforts ever made by the U.S. government against its own citizens.

Revolution in Our Time puts the Panthers in the proper context of Black American history, from the first arrival of enslaved people to the Black Lives Matter movement of today. Kekla Magoon’s eye-opening work invites a new generation of readers grappling with injustices in the United States to learn from the Panthers’ history and courage, inspiring them to take their own place in the ongoing fight for justice.

A few thoughts: Aside from the middle grade book One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia and Kekla Magoon's own teen novels The Rock and the River and Fire in the Streets, not much literature exists for young readers featuring the Black Panthers. That was why I was very excited to see this available for teens, but I think adults will also appreciate it. Revolution in Our Time begins with one of the events that brought the Panthers to national attention, but also goes back hundreds of years explaining many actions and events in history that led to that moment. Readers can see how the organization came together, shaped their collective identity, and got to work.

It's a very comprehensive look at the members and their day-to-day activities, victories, losses, and the many challenges they ran up against. It also includes a look into the many instances of governmental opposition. The Panthers were strong and did want to be seen that way, but their opponents painted them as violent and dangerous and that image is the only picture that many folks still hold in their memories. Here people can see a much more complete and accurate view.

The actual details and the stories are awesome by themselves, but the way that Magoon connects the past to our present makes this an incredibly powerful work. The final sections of the book are a call to action. The Black Panthers' average age was 19. Young people can do amazing things. There's a lot to learn by looking at the past and there's so much potential and opportunity for young people to make change happen today.

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo Norton Young Readers

Publisher summary: America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti–Asian American sentiment simmers, especially in Detroit. A bar fight turns fatal, leaving a Chinese American man, Vincent Chin, beaten to death at the hands of two white men, autoworker Ronald Ebens and his stepson, Michael Nitz.

Paula Yoo has crafted a searing examination of the killing and the trial and verdicts that followed. When Ebens and Nitz pled guilty to manslaughter and received only a $3,000 fine and three years’ probation, the lenient sentence sparked outrage. The protests that followed led to a federal civil rights trial—the first involving a crime against an Asian American—and galvanized what came to be known as the Asian American movement.

Extensively researched from court transcripts, contemporary news accounts, and in-person interviews with key participants, From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry is a suspenseful, nuanced, and authoritative portrait of a pivotal moment in civil rights history, and a man who became a symbol against hatred and racism.

A few thoughts: It's clear that Paula Yoo did an incredible amount of research and she carefully unraveled many layers of this complicated story. Vincent Chin was brutally killed and though to some it may seem like an isolated event, it happened during a time when there was increasing anti-Asian sentiment brewing. Yoo takes the time to explain many things that had happened contributing to the creation of this environment. She uses the personal history of Vincent's family and even goes back through U.S. history as a whole to see the threads of hatred and racism that had been there over time.

The narrative includes many people involved in the case and explores their lives and actions--and where possible--their motivations. Seeing Vincent's friends and family up close makes the loss very difficult to witness even just via the page.

A powerful aspect of this book is seeing the way people pulled together and spoke up. They formed Asian American advocacy organizations and some aspects of the justice system were even changed as a result of the work done around Vincent's case. Unfortunately, this book is very timely. It was published during a time of rising violence and racism against people of Asian descent in the U.S. Yoo shows readers that our present has come about because of our past, but our past can also inform and inspire us.

Here are links to a few more YA nonfiction history books that we've featured in the past:

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz adapted by Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza

We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson and Tonya Bolden

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 by Claire Hartfield

Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles by Tanya Stone

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from WWII to Peace by Ashley Bryan

They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, & Harmony Becker

Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School by Adam Fortunate Eagle

Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White by Lila Quintero Weaver

The March graphic novel series books 1-3 by John Lewis with Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell

In addition to books written specifically for the YA market, there are also some fantastic historical picture books for children, teens, and even adults. Here are a few that are exceptional:

Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre by Carole Boston Weatherford illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Queen of Physics: How Wu Chien Shiung Helped Unlock the Secrets of the Atom by Teresa Robeson illustrated by Rebecca Huang

Freedom in Congo Square by Carole Boston Weatherford and R. Gregory Christie

I Am Not a Number by Jenny Kay Dupuis and Kathy Kacer illustrated by Gillian Newland

Twenty-two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo illustrated by Jamel Akib

Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh

The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth & Harlem's Greatest Bookstore by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

Fry Bread: A Native American Family Tradition by Kevin Noble Mailland illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Hong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung illustrated by Chris Sasaki

A Day for Rememberin': Inspired by the True Events of the First Memorial Day by Leah Henderson illustrated by Floyd Cooper

Overground Railroad by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Ransome

Soldier for Equality: José de la Luz Sáenz and the Great War by Duncan Tonatiuh

If you are aware of other books we should watch for, please let us know.

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Suggested Readings

Anderson, William, (2002). “Understanding: A Diverse Society”. (Alt.)  Andersen, Margaret L; Taylor, Howard Francis, “Sociology:The Essentials”

Babbie, Earl, (2004), “Social Research 10th Ed., Wadsworth, Australia.

Canadian, (1990), “Foundations of Modern Sociology”, 5th Ed., Metta Spencer prentice Hall Canada Inc., Ontario.

David Cheat, (2005) Dimension of Sociological Theory, Palgrav, McMillan, New York (Alt.) George Ritzer “Sociological Theory”

Finsterbusch, Kist, (2006) “Social Problems”, 33rd Ed., McGraw Hill, Towa. (Not Available)

Freeman, Howard E., & Jones, Wyatt C. “Social Problems: Causes & Controls, “Rand Menally & company, USA. (Not Available)

Hogan, Marj, Orie, (2005), “Dictionary of Sociology”, Academic Publishers, New Dehli. (Alt.) Nicholas Abercrombie, Stephen Hill, Bryan S. Turner, “The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology”

Horton, Paul B., & Hunt, Chesterc (2007)” Sociology”, 6th Ed., Tata McGraw Hill, New York

Hussain S.M. Ahsan, (2002) “Tools of Statistical Analysis”, Kifayat Academy, Karachi (Not Available)

Iqbal Muhammad Choudhry, (2004) “Sociology” Kifayat Academy, Lahore.  (Alt.) Kathy S. Stolley “The Basics of Sociology”

Irshad Bibi, (2005), Introduction of Sociology 6th ed. Rehber Publisher, Karachi. (Not Available)

Khalid, Muhammad, (2003) “Social Problems of Pakistan”, Kifayat, Karachi. (Not Available)

Kornblum, William (2006), “Sociology in a changing world 6th Ed.

Lewis Beck, Bryman & Liao, (2004) “The Sage Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods”, Sage Publication, London

Machionis, John, J. (2000) “Society, The Basic:, 5th Ed., Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

Magill, Frank N., (2003), International Encyclopedia of Sociology”, Bhavan Books New Dehli (Alt.) F. Borgatta, Edgar, “Gale Encyclopedia of Sociology”

Meaning, Howard E., & Jones, Wyatt C. “Social Problems: Causes & Controls” Rand Menally & company, USA. (Not Available)

Michel Peryke, Gillin Rose and Sarah Nhatamore, (2003) “Using Social Theory: Thinking through Research”, Sage, London

Neuman, W. Lawrence, (2000), “Social Research Methods”, 4th Ed. Allyn & Bacon, London.

Schaefer, Richard, T., (2006), Sociology”, 10th Ed., McGraw Hill Book company

Somekh & Lewin, (2005), “Research Methods in the Social Sciences” Vistaar Publications, New Dehli.

Sullian, Thomas J., (2000) “Social Problems”. 5th Ed., Allyn & Bacon, Boston

Taga, Abdul Hameed, (2004), “Sociology & Social Problems”, A.H. Taga, Lahore. (Not Available)

Thio, Alex (2005) “Sociology: An Introduction” 10th Ed., Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. (Not Available)

Weiss, Neil A., (2002) “Eliminatory Statistics”, 5th Ed. Addison. Vlesley, Boston

Wes S. Sharrach, Johan, A. Hues & Peter J Martin, (2003) “Understanding Modern Sociology”, Sage Publication, London.

Zaide, C.A. (1989) Current Issues. Katha Publishing Co., Manila, Philippines. (Not Available)

Zanden, Vander, James, W., “Sociology, The Core�� (Alt.) Hughes, Michael, Kroehler, Carolyn, “Sociology, The Core”

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Hollywood Propaganda by Mark Dice 

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Christianity Under Attack

In order to destroy America, the conspirators are determined to eradicate faith in God and dismantle organized Christianity. Attacking Jesus and Christianity is a sacrament in Hollywood because the far-Left hates Jesus and everything He stands for. It’s not an overstatement to say that many in key positions of power in the entertainment industry (and politics) are Satanists who will someday openly embrace Lucifer as the rebel angel kicked out of Heaven for defying God.

  “I’m glad the Jews killed Christ,” ranted comedian Sarah Silverman in one of her comedy specials. “Good. I’d fucking do it again!” she declares, as her audience agrees in laughter.158 While accepting an Emmy Award one year Kathy Griffin said, “A lot of people come up here and they thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus. He didn’t help me a bit…so all I can say is suck it Jesus! This award is my god now!”159

I’m not saying people shouldn’t be able to make fun of Christians, but no mainstream celebrity would dare make such insults or jokes about Muhammad because Muslims (and Jews) are vigorously protected against any criticism or mockery and only wonderful things can be said about them. Even a slightly edgy joke ignites a barrage of attacks with cries of “Islamophobia” or “anti-Semitism” and gears start moving in the well-funded and massive smear machines like the ADL and the SPLC which quickly move to destroy the person’s career before they can utter another word.

Hating Christians is almost as necessary as believing in climate change if you’re going to be a mainstream Hollywood celebrity. There are very few open Christians in Hollywood, most of them are has-beens like Kevin Sorbo and Kirk Cameron who have been basically blacklisted since being open about their faith.

  Kevin Sorbo was banned from Comicon because he’s a conservative and “pals with Sean Hannity.”160 He and other Christian actors are stuck doing low budget films that get little attention. They’re allowed to exist (for now) as long as they never point out the Bible’s teachings on homosexuality. Only watered down and generic Christian messages are allowed to be said.

After Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and happened to discuss his “spirituality,” many online began attacking him for being a Christian and attending a church. Actress Ellen Page (a lesbian) from the X-Men and Inception tweeted, “If you are a famous actor and you belong to an organization that hates a certain group of people, don’t be surprised if someone simply wonders why it’s not addressed. Being anti LGBTQ is wrong, there aren’t two sides. The damage it causes is severe. Full stop.”161

Singer Ellie Goulding threatened to back out of her scheduled performance at the 2019 Thanksgiving NFL halftime show if the Salvation Army didn’t pledge to donate money to LGBT causes. She got the idea after her Instagram comments were flooded with complaints from her fans because the Salvation Army was sponsoring the game to announce their annual Red Kettle Campaign (bell ringers) fundraiser for the homeless.162 Since the Salvation Army is a Christian charity, Goulding’s fans freaked out, accusing them of being “homophobic” and “transphobic.”

They quickly bowed to the pressure and “disavowed” any anti-LGBT beliefs, which basically means they’re disavowing the Bible because even the New Testament denounces homosexuality in Romans 1:26-27 and 1st Corinthians 6:9-10. Many critics claim that only the Old Testament does, but the Book of Romans makes it clear that just because Jesus came to offer salvation doesn’t mean God’s law regarding homosexuality changed.

The Salvation Army also removed a “position statement” from their website that had made it clear “Scripture forbids sexual intimacy between members of the same sex,” and replaced it with one saying “We embrace people regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity.”163 One of the world’s largest Christian charities whose very name “The Salvation Army” refers to the salvation of Christ, cowardly bowed down to the Leftist activists out of fear they would be branded “homophobic.”

Christians are easy targets since they’re much more passive than Jews and Muslims when attacked, and Hollywood loves to stereotype them as a bunch of superstitious bigots who don’t know how to have fun. In the rare case that there is a movie favorable to Christianity that gets widespread distribution, that too is attacked.

Passion of the Christ was deemed “anti-Semitic” because it depicts the story of Jesus’ arrest, sham trial, and crucifixion.164 It was the most popular film about the events to be made and wasn’t a straight to DVD release like most others. With Mel Gibson behind it, the film became a huge success, which caused a tremendous backlash.

The ADL [Anti-Defamation League] denounced the film, saying it “continues its unambiguous portrayal of Jews as being responsible for the death of Jesus. There is no question in this film about who is responsible. At every single opportunity, Mr. Gibson’s film reinforces the notion that the Jewish authorities and the Jewish mob are the ones ultimately responsible for the Crucifixion.”165 That’s because that’s what happened!

Technically, the Romans did it, but at the behest of the Jewish leadership in Jerusalem at the time. The Bible makes it very clear what led to Jesus being crucified. Pontius Pilate is quoted in Matthew 27:24 saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood,” and “It is your responsibility!” meaning the Jewish Pharisees. They were the ones who conspired to have Jesus arrested and killed for “blasphemy” and being a “false” messiah. Pontius Pilate even offered to release Jesus, but the crowd demanded he release Barabbas instead, another man who was being detained for insurrection against Rome, and for murder.166

A critic for the New York Daily News called The Passion of the Christ, “the most virulently anti-Semitic movie made since the German propaganda films of the Second World War.”167 Many others angrily denounced the film when it came out in 2004. Some in the media even blamed it for a supposed “upsurge” in anti-Semitic hate crimes.168

When the History Channel miniseries The Bible was released in 2013, the same cries of “anti-Semitism” rang out.169 The New York Times opinion editor Bari Weiss went so far as to say that it’s a “conspiracy theory” that Jews killed Jesus.170

Even though most Christmas movies aren’t overtly Christian and instead focus of the importance of families reuniting and spending time together, that doesn’t mean they’re not going to come under attack. As the war on western culture continues, the Marxists have set their sights on Christmas too.

Online liberal cesspool Salon.com ran a headline reading “Hallmark movies are fascist propaganda,” and complained they promote “heteronormative whiteness” because there aren’t enough LGBT characters or people of color in them.171

“Hallmark movies, with their emphasis on returning home and the pleasures of the small, domestic life, also send a not-at-all subtle signal of disdain for cosmopolitanism and curiosity about the larger world,” Salon said, “which is exactly the sort of attitude that helps breed the kind of defensive White nationalism that we see growing in strength in the Donald Trump era.”172

The article went on to say that because the Hallmark Channel airs so many Christmas movies, it is promoting, “a set of patriarchal and authoritarian values that are more about White evangelicals defining themselves as an ethnic group, and not about a genuine feeling of spirituality…The very fact that they’re presented as harmless fluff makes it all the more insidious, the way they work to enforce very narrow, White, heteronormative, sexist, provincial ideas of what constitutes ‘normal.’”173

The article wasn’t satire. Salon.com has a deep-seated hatred of Christianity, conservatives and families, and is another cog in the Cultural Marxist machine working to destroy the United States.

Comedian Whitney Cummings was reported to the Human Resources department of a major Hollywood studio after she wished the crew of a TV show she was working on “Merry Christmas” when they wrapped up for the year. She made the revelation while speaking with Conan O’Brian the following December. “Last year, I was working on a TV show, [and] got in trouble with Human Resources for saying ‘Merry Christmas’ to an intern,” she began.174

Conan asked her if she was being serious and she said it was a true story, elaborating, “I was leaving, like on the 18th or whatever…and I was like, ‘Bye guys, Merry Christmas.’” When she returned from vacation after New Year’s she was called to HR and scolded. She joked, “I don’t even care how your Christmas was. It was just a formality. It’s what you say when you leave.”175

Conan O’Brien then replied, “In these times we’re in, that could trigger someone or offend them if it’s not their holiday.”176 She didn’t say which network it was, but she’s been involved with some major shows like NBC’s Whitney (where she played the main character), as well as the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, which she created and was a writer for.

While today it may seem impossible that Christmas movies may become a thing of the past, nobody could have ever guessed that reruns of the classic Dukes of Hazzard would get banned after the Confederate flag was deemed a “hate symbol” in 2015, or that Aunt Jemima pancake syrup, Eskimo Pie ice cream bars, and Uncle Ben’s Rice would be deemed “racially insensitive” and pulled from production a few years later.177

Once someone reminds liberals that the word Christmas is derived from Christ’s Mass and that it is actually a commemoration of the birth of Jesus, they may finally go over the edge and deem Christmas just as offensive as Columbus Day or the Fourth of July. And with the Muslim and Sikh populations increasing in the United States, the American standard of Christmas music playing in shopping malls and retail stores all month long every December may one day come to an end because it’s not “inclusive” and leaves non-Christians feeling “ostracized.”

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National Enquirer, October 12

You can buy a copy of this issue for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Queen Elizabeth’s 73-year sham marriage to Prince Philip collapses

Page 2: Kanye West is in top-secret talks to launch his own TV network and is crowing it will be bigger than the Kardashians -- he wants it to reflect his lofty vision of what the world should be and to provide a spiritual awakening for the masses but he doesn’t realize there aren’t a lot of people who want to spend hours a day listening to him rant about how the world would be a better place if he was in charge -- meanwhile Kim Kardashian is at the end of her rope again 

Page 3: Furious Angelina Jolie is tearing into Brad Pitt’s new girlfriend Nicole Poturalski blasting her as a scheming psycho and as a borderline stalker who is dating Brad just to get famous and it’s going to end in disaster for the whole family not just him so she’s already told Brad to keep Nicole away from their kids and she’s looking to make this part of their ongoing legal case 

Page 4: Newly single Kelly Clarkson has enlisted fellow country star Maren Morris to help her find a new man -- Maren advised Kelly to use her talk show to connect with men she admires but Kelly may have taken her advice a little too literally when she had her crush Keanu Reeves on the show and was drooling all over him though she knows it’s probably wishful thinking 

Page 5: Ellen DeGeneres kicked off her new season by publicly apologizing for allegations of misconduct on her talk show but body language experts blasted her remarks as tone deaf and missing the mark totally 

Page 6: Jimmy Fallon’s wife Nancy Juvonen is furious over the time he spends nurturing his bond with close pal Kathie Lee Gifford -- Jimmy loves to reminisce about the old days at NBC with the former Today yakker especially during today’s challenging times and he worships her and he’s the only late-night host who treats Kathie Lee like an A-lister but Nancy can’t stand Kathie Lee’s constant self-obsessed talk and considers her a squeaky third wheel 

Page 7: Cher keeps trying to turn back time with plastic surgery but the results have been disastrous and although she insists her most recent work is a facelift her kisser is frozen and packed with Botox and fillers and lip injections -- she also appears to have had a nose job and a face and neck lift to achieve a smooth jawline and neck and the results have left Cher barely able to move her face and even made it difficult for her to speak let alone sing, disgraced chef Paula Deen had emergency eye surgery this summer in a desperate bid to save her sight -- Paula had been suffering from declining vision for months and was shocked when doctors told her the cornea was dying and going under the knife was necessary to save her sight 

Page 10: Hot Shots -- Tiger Woods took a brief break during practice, Leighton Meester caught some waves in Malibu, Kristen Taekman in a New York Jets bikini, Dolph Lundgren doffed his mask after leaving a lunch date in Beverly Hills, Dominic Cooper took his electric bike for a spin in London 

Page 11: Cash-strapped Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott are back in couples therapy and on the verge of filing for bankruptcy -- they’re in counseling for the same old stuff which is their constant fighting and spending money and work that isn’t happening -- the parents of five were hit with tax liens totaling nearly $1 million and were also sued by American Express over an unpaid credit card bill of almost $90,000 which Tori asked her mother Candy Spelling who is worth about $600 million to pay but Candy refused and after Candy revealed her plans to leave her fortune to animal charities Tori and Dean may file for bankruptcy because they both love to spend, Bravo bigwigs are hoping hotel heiress Kathy Hilton will fill the vacancy left by Denise Richards and Teddi Mellencamp on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and producers are trying to keep ratings high by getting veteran Kyle Richards to recruit sister and former castmate Kim Richards and half sister Kathy -- Kathy is said to be high on producers’ wish list because of her wit and humor and is also considered old-school Beverly Hills and show brass want her to bring a certain glamour and sophistication to the show 

Page 12: Straight Shuter -- Demi Lovato at a NYC screening party (picture), when the ball drops on New Year’s Eve in Times Square Anderson Cooper won’t be there because he would rather be at home with his baby boy, The Bachelor has cut all ties with Colton Underwood after his ex Cassie Randolph got a temporary restraining order against him, Teresa Giudice plans to move to NYC after listing her New Jersey mansion but she still wants to keep her job on The Real Housewives of New Jersey and to get around that Teresa hopes to pretend she’s moved into her brother Joe Gorga’s home in Jersey 

Page 13: John Legend revealed couples therapy helps strengthen his marriage to Chrissy Teigen and said they keep their romance going strong by communicating and being considerate and listening, Jackie Stallone was more than just Sylvester Stallone’s mom -- she was also one of the world top astrologers and psychics who predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and Kanye West’s presidential run 

Page 14: Crime -- convicted Melrose Place killer Amy Locane is in lockup again for a fatal 2010 drunk-driving smashup that took one life and nearly took another after a New Jersey Superior Court Judge said she got off too easy by serving two years behind bars and sentenced Amy to eight more years in state prison 

Page 15: The gruesome house of horrors where Drew Carey’s ex-fiancee Amie Harwick brutally met her untimely end is on the market for $1.5 million and her family can’t wait to get rid of it, Shannen Doherty is in pretty good spirits amid her ongoing battle with stage 4 breast cancer according to her former Beverly Hills 90210 co-star Jason Priestley

Page 16: Cover Story -- After decades of turning a blind eye to her husband’s cheating Queen Elizabeth’s 72-year marriage has shockingly collapsed and Prince Philip is now banished to a remote cottage far away from the monarch -- despite royal courtiers painting a rosy picture of the couple quarantining together at Windsor Castle since March the truth is their marriage has been a sham for decades and they’ve been living separate lives for over 50 years and all this forced togetherness was simply too much for them -- Philip has been cheating on Elizabeth since before they were married and has several love children; he has rumored to have had flings with actress Helene Cordet and Daphne du Maurier and Pat Kirkwood and Jane Russell and Merle Oberon and Zsa Zsa Gabor and Princess Alexandria and Sacha Duchess of Abercorn and most recently Lady Penny Romsey -- there will be no divorce and they will just quietly continue their separate lives to the end of their days but the queen never wants to see Philip again 

Page 18: Larry King’s estranged wife Shawn Southwick is demanding $33,000 a month in spousal support because she claims she gave up her music and TV career to marry the frail talk show host and then raise their sons Chance and Cannon, Hollywood Hookups -- Halle Berry and Van Hunt dating, 90 Day Fiance stars Ashley Martson and Jay Smith split for good, Justin Duggar dating Claire Spivey 

Page 19: Tom Cruise is set to shoot the first major movie in outer space and he’s headed to the International Space Station in October 2021 with director Doug Liman -- the two and possibly one additional actor will hitch a ride aboard Elon Musk’s SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule to film the unnamed project, the IV needle allegedly used to administer the fatal dose of propofol to Michael Jackson on June 25 of 2009 is up for auction by the estate of the late singer’s father Joe and the chilling item used by Michael’s physician Dr. Conrad Murray is reportedly still stained with Michael’s blood -- it was submitted to the auction by Michael’s cousin Marsha Stewart who says she took it from Michael’s bedroom days after he died, Sharon Stone has pressed her lips on a long list of Hollywood hunks but picked Robert De Niro as far and away the best kisser but rated her other leading men as kind of like meh 

Page 20: Stars Playing Stars -- how they did it -- Muhammad Ali and Will Smith, Frida Kahlo and Salma Hayek, Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx 

Page 21: Marilyn Monroe and Michelle Williams, Queen Elizabeth and Helen Mirren, Billie Holiday and Diana Ross, Bob Dylan and Cate Blanchett 

Page 22: An adopted son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen has charged it was his mother not his father who was the monster in the family -- Moses Farrow says Woody did not molest adopted daughter Dylan Farrow in 1992 and that he can no longer stay silent as Woody continues to be condemned for a crime he did not commit 

Page 26: Less than nine months after Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna died in a helicopter crash a vicious feud has ripped the family apart -- the row erupted between his widow Vanessa Bryant and her mother Sofia Laine after Sofia went on TV to publicly accuse her daughter of tossing her out of the family home -- Vanessa feels she’s already given her mom so much and then she heard through the grapevine that Sofia complained she should have more -- it does seem cold that Vanessa would take such action against her mother but she’s ready to take on anyone using her husband and child’s deaths as a selfish cash grab and that includes Sofia 

Page 27: Danny Masterson’s rape trial is looming and the Church of Scientology is doing everything in its power to back the scandal-scarred actor -- the church’s leaders have assigned their top lawyers to aid Danny who is a prominent member of the religion and the lawyers are scouring every law on the books to get the case thrown out or get him acquitted -- the church has previously been accused of trying to get the other side’s defenses dismissed or judges thrown off cases and using all manner of tactics to delay due process 

Page 28: American Life -- Bighearted ex-billionaire Chuck Feeney has spent 38 years giving away nearly all of his vast fortune and the generous do-gooder said he wouldn’t have had it any other way 

Page 29: Famed stoner Willie Nelson can’t stop sampling his own marijuana products and now friends fear the 87-year-old music legend is smoking himself to death -- Willie’s a believer in the powers of cannabis and promotes it passionately but years of smoking has done a number on his lungs and he can barely breathe at times, Julia Duffy has been keeping close a tragic heartache for more than a year -- her only son Danny Lacy committed suicide at age 29 after years of suffering from mental health issues 

Page 34: Comic Kathy Griffin has seen her popularity plummet in recent years and it’s played a role in her plans to sell her sprawling Bel Air estate -- Kathy has burned a lot of bridges and concerts and TV appearances have dried up because of her many industry conflicts so she’s trying to unload her massive manor with wine cellar and movie theater and eight bedrooms for $16 million -- she didn’t want to sell it but the cost and size have become too much for her to handle 

Page 36: Health Watch 

Page 38: CIA bigwigs once hired a psychic to determine if there was life on Mars -- the misguided mission was said to be part of Project Stargate which was launched in 1978 and somehow cost an astronomical $20 million after the CIA hired a man who claimed he could see the surface of the planet in his mind -- the unnamed man claimed he could see huge pyramids and an obelisk structure and road networks on the Red Planet as well as living creatures, John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman shocked the parole board when he admitted he deserved the death penalty even as he begged for his freedom at his last hearing -- his murderous motive was seeking self-glory -- the board denied his parole saying they found his statement infamy brings you glory disturbing 

Page 42: Red Carpet -- London Fashion Week 

Page 45: Spot the Differences -- Luke Bryan and his dog Choc 

Page 47: Odd List -- doctors remove granny’s football-sized tumor 

[creepingsharia]

Georgia: Man calling himself Sidi Muhammad ibn Abdallah used knife and baseball bat to kill his pregnant wife and his mother

Calling himself Sidi Muhammad ibn Abdallah, Edwards asserted neither the court nor the United States had jurisdiction over him; he refused to get a lawyer on charges he used a knife and baseball bat to kill his pregnant wife and his mother Dec. 7 —

Johnny Edwards, IV, in a Dec. 19 hearing before Judge Christopher Edwards in Fayette County Superior Court was denied bond for the alleged murders of his mother, Dr. Kathy Edwards, and his wife, Venus Quanteh, at Dr. Edwards’ home on Dec. 7.

Johnny Edwards, IV, during the hearing said his name was Sidi Muhammad ibn Abdallah, refused representation by an attorney and maintained that the court had no jurisdiction over him.

The case is expected to go before the Fayette County Grand Jury in February.

The deaths of the two women were the result of injuries sustained by a knife and a baseball bat, District Attorney Ben Coker told the court.

Johnny Edwards, IV, called 911 on Dec. 7 saying he had killed his mother and his wife.

Throughout the Dec. 19 proceeding, Johnny Edwards, IV, at the hearing offered very limited responses to the many questions posted by the court.

At one point during the statements read by the court pertaining to his arrest warrants, Johnny Edwards asked if he could speak.

“Once again, I would like to state for the record, on the record, and let the record show that I am here under the treaty of peace and friendship, Sept. 6, 1836,” Johnny Edwards said. “I am not Johnny T. Edwards (he had stated earlier in the hearing that his name was (Sidi Muhammad ibn Abdallah). I was born an American National. I once again, the United States relinquished jurisdiction here in Morocco October 6th, 1956. Meaning that this tribunal lacks persona jurisdiction, subject matter jurisdiction, and territorial jurisdiction to adjudicate anything regarding this matter.”

Asked by Judge Edwards if he understood the charges against him, Johnny Edwards said, “I remain silent,” though at one point he did say that the United States is not a country. Beyond that, Johnny Edwards did not respond to most of the other statements and questions posed by the court.

Johnny Edwards at one point did say, “I would like to state for the record on the record that the United States has been insolvent to bankruptcy since 1933, meaning that it has — it’s not a country, it’s a corporation. A bankrupt corporation. Once again, it has no jurisdiction regarding this matter. No subject matter jurisdiction, no territorial jurisdiction, and no persona jurisdiction. I’m here under the treaty of peace and friendship, September 6th, 1836. The treaty is a treaty that Morocco had with the United States Corporation. With the corporation being bankrupt you-all don’t have any jurisdiction. But regarding me, you can only hold the body up to a year and then you have to release me.”

...

Coker noted the 911 call from Johnny Edwards, with deputies responding to the scene finding the two women deceased.

“There were injuries to them by the use of a knife. And also the State would submit that the evidence will show that a baseball bat, each suffered injuries by knife wound and blunt force trauma,” Coker said. “We are awaiting the results of the autopsy at this point. However, the evidence would show also that the victim, Venus Quanteh, was approximately five months pregnant at the time. We anticipate additional warrants to follow. If not, additional charges will follow from grand jury indictment. We intend to present the case to the grand jury in February.”

Coker said he opposed any bond for Johnny Edwards.

“First off, I think this Defendant does not feel that this Court has jurisdiction over him. I would submit that he is a significant risk of flight from this jurisdiction of this Court. He’s also a significant danger to the community. And he is a significant risk of obstructing the administration of justice pending this trial. So we would oppose bond,” said Coker.

Johnny Edwards made no response, with Judge Edwards then denying bond.

Judge Edwards again asked Johnny Edwards if he wanted to reconsider having an attorney.

“Not right now, sir, no,” Johnny Edwards responded.

Johnny Edwards at the outset of the hearing confirmed that he had declined the services of an attorney.

Asked by Judge Edwards if he wanted to reconsider that position, Johnny Edwards responded, saying, “I’d like to state something for the record — on the record and let the record show that I am Sidi Muhammad ibn Abdallah. I am not any nonager or any student that you may have on file or on record. I do not have any contracts or corporations or municipality. With that being said, the United States relinquished jurisdiction in Morocco October 6th, 1956, meaning that this tribunal lacks persona jurisdiction, it lacks subject matter — subject matter jurisdiction and territorial jurisdiction to adjudicate anything regarding this matter. I demand habeas corpus.”

[alangreenstein]

Kathi Muhammad and Lacey Lace: Actors and Community Volunteers - Support Our #creatives® podcast - September 9, 2024

Mon. September 9, 2024, at 8pmET on Facebook and YouTube via StreamYard. The Support Our #creatives® podcast, hosted by Alan Greenstein. Special guests are actors Kathi Muhammad and Lacey Lace. Let’s find out how Lacey and Kathi navigate their way th[...]

Mon. September 9, 2024, at 8pmET on Facebook and YouTube via StreamYard. The Support Our #creatives® podcast, hosted by Alan Greenstein. Special guests are actors Kathi Muhammad and Lacey Lace. Let’s find out how Lacey and Kathi navigate their way through the complicated world of entertainment. We will also discuss their volunteer work supporting the community. Here are Kathi Muhammad’s and…

[yr-bed]

Lots of great stuff in Isabel Wadiner’s piece “Class, Queers and the Avant-Garde” (via Books Peckham’s wonderful mailing list) including, but by no means limited to

“‘Because there is no underground [publishing] movement [in the UK],’ Acker says to McRobbie, ‘a lot of the sort of non-Oxbridge writing goes into science fiction. It’s the one place that you’re allowed to do everything you can’t do in what almost looks like the social realist novel [in mainstream publishing].’ Non-Oxbridge writing went into sci-fi or fantasy in the ’80s, mapping class inequalities firmly onto genre distinctions – social realism on top of the literary hierarchy, sci-fi and fantasy at the bottom :/ “

And

“The absence of a queer and intersectional ‘British’ avant-garde writing movement to speak of from the 1980s onwards – or, hold on, ever – while in the US and Canada for example New Narrative happened, can be put down to a variety of reasons. These include the entrenchment of class in British publishing and literature itself; the industry’s extraordinary resistance to change in the face of public demand and even profitability (this is meant to be capitalism and potential working-class readerships keep being disregarded); the gate-keepery at play; the Oxbridge; and the detail that early academic critiques of Cambridge English (for example Raymond Williams’) moved away from their discipline of origin and into the field of cultural studies where they did, actually, make a difference. Not so incredible, then, that the marginalisation of interdisciplinary working-class, LGBTQI+, Black and POC writers should be ongoing. Kathy Acker, herself from an upper-class background, remains the one transgressive, experimental writer widely represented in British art, literature and media establishment contexts.”

And

"Stretching the rules of grammar like Abondance the essay form, Caspar Heinemann writes: ‘Last summer I got in an argument in a sauna with someone who said she would hate to edit my work because I use or maybe am too many forward slashes and apparently the new narratives of the coming collapse or white flight or whatever must be formally grammatically correct.’ Peer review culture as I envisage it is too many forward slashes, poised against the conventions of mainstream reviewing, or, to quote the White Pube’s Zarina Muhammad, the typos are part of the experience. New style peer review culture builds on similarly irreverent writing practices, on longstanding poetry and art review cultures, and on Twitter, IG, Goodreads (!) and Amazon (!!) review cultures. Goes without saying that the takes on these only seemingly democratic platforms are as reactionary as society as a whole, but I’ve not seen classism in literature called out anywhere near as reliably in the establishment media as in the Amazon customer review section."

And

"Apparently, Blackpool gets its name from a historic drainage channel that discharged discoloured water into the Irish Sea and formed a black pool, so there’s always that."

[lokiiago]

Married to a Murderer

Married (before/during) Murders:

Aileen Wuornos - married to 69 year old Lewis Gratz Fell, annulled after nine weeks

Albert DeSalvo - married to Irmgard Beck in Frankfurt, had two children, one disabled

Dennis Rader - married to Paula Dietz (1971-2005), had two kids, later divorced

John Wayne Gacy - a closet homosexual, married to Carole Hoff (1972-1976)

H H Holmes - bigamously married three times; Clara Lovering (1876-96), Myrta Belknap (1887-96) and Georgiana Yoke (1894-96), until his execution on 7th May 1896

Albert Fish - paedophile, child rapist & murderer, married to Estella Wilcox (1898-1917) and together had six children: Albert, Anna, Gertrude, Eugene, John and Henry Fish.

Janie Lou Gibbs - poisoned her husband Charles Gibbs, their three sons and grandson

Judy Buenoano - murdered husband James Goodyear and her son Michael, attempted to murder of her fiancé John Gentry and murdered her boyfriend Bobby Joe Morris

Kristen Gilbert - married to Glenn Gilbert (1988-95) with two sons

Dorothea Puente - married to soldier Fred McFaul (1945-48), Swede Axel Johanson (1952-66), Roberto Puente (1966-68) and Pedro Montalvo (1976)

Velma Barfield - married to Thomas Burke (1949-69) until his death and Jennings Barfield (1970-71) until his death, both committed by Velma Barfield

Gary Ridgway - married three times; Claudia Kraig Barrows (1970-72), Marcia Lorene Brown (1973-81) and Judith Lorraine Lynch (1988-2002), only Lynch was married to Ridgway during his 16 year killing spree

Randall Woodfield - married three times, once whilst in prison to Jennifer Lyn Coria

Donald Henry Gaskins - married five times, one who was 13 years old, has two children

John Allen Muhammad - married and divorced twice, once to Mildred Muhammad

Arthur Shawcross - married four times; to Sarah Chatterton with one son, Linda Neary, Penny Sherbino and had an affair with Clara D. Neal

Glen Edward Rogers - married Deborah Ann Nix aged 14 years old (1978-83)

Charles Manson - married and divorced twice to Rosalie Willis (1955-58) and Leona Stevens (1959-63)

John Reginald Christie - married to Ethel Simpson (1920-52), who he murdered

John George Haigh - married to Beatrice 'Betty' Hamer (1934), annulled, with one child who was given up for adoption

Donald Neilson - married to Irene Tate with one daughter Kathryn, jailed as an accessory

Fred West - married to Catherine “Rena” Costello (1962-71)

Harold Shipman - married to Primrose Shipman (1966-2004, his death)

Peter Sutcliffe - married to Sonia Szurma in 1974, separated in 1982, divorced in 1994

Anthony Hardy - married to Judith Dwight (1972-86) with four kids, all prior to murders

Colin Ireland - married twice to paraplegic athlete Virginia Zammit (1982-87) and Janet Young (1989-91) but claimed he "pretended to be gay" to lure his homosexual victims in

Levi Bellfield - unmarried but fathered five children with three women, the final three children with Emma Mills (1995-2004)

Raymond Morris - married twice, second wife was called Carol Morris

George Joseph Smith - married bigamously seven times between 1908 and 1914; Caroline Beatrice Thornhill, Florence Wilson, Edith Peglar, Sarah Freeman, Bessie Munday, Alice Burnham and Alice Reid, two of whom he murdered... to name but a few

Peter Tobin - married and divorced three times; Margaret Mountney / MacKintosh (1969-71), Sylvia Jefferies (1973-76) and Cathy Wilson (1989-93)

Steve Wright - married Angela O'Donovan (1978-87) and Diane Cassell/Cole (1987-88)

Married (after) Murders/Crimes

Richard Ramirez - married in prison to Doreen Lioy, up to his death (1996-2013)

Ted Bundy - engaged to Diane Edwards known as Stephanie Brooks in 1973, and later married Carole Ann Boone whilst on trial and had a daughter with him

Arthur Shawcross - Clara D. Neal who he later married whilst in prison for murder

Henry Lee Lucas  - married Betty Crawford after his conviction for kidnapping three girls

Charles Manson - engaged in prison to Afton Elaine "Star" Burton, never married

Myra Hindley - engaged to Ronnie Sinclair on her 17th birthday for six months

Killers Couples

Ray & Faye Copeland - the killer couple of Missouri (1940-93)

Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka - "The Ken & Barbie Killers"

Ray Fernandez & Martha Beck - "The Lonely Hearts Killers"

Carol M. Bundy & Doug Clark - "The Sunset Strip Killers"

Cynthia Coffman & James Gregory Marlow - another killer couple

David Ray Parker "The ToyBox Killer" & his girlfriend / accomplice Cindy Lee Hendy

Ian Brady & Myra Hindley - "The Moors Murderers"

David and Catherine Birnie – “The Moorhouse Murderers”

Fred West & Rose West - "The Gloucester Killers"​

Single / Dated Only: (or unmarried owing to a lack of equal rights for gay couples)

Dennis NIlsen - single, homosexual, lived with David "Twinkle" Gallichan

David Berkowitz - single, no wives or known girlfriends

Edmund Kemper - single, troubled upbringing, unable to maintain a normal relationship, but was briefly engaged to a 16-year-old Turlock High School student

Jeffrey Dahmer - single, a homosexual loner, one brief relationship with a boy at school

Joel Rifkin - single, with learning difficulties, no known girlfriends

Ed Gein - single, no girlfriends, his only true love was his mother

Ted Kaczynski - single, but "dated" Joy Richards whilst in prison (1998-2006)

Rodney Alcala - dated Beth Kelleher for a few months before his arrest in 1979

Robert Pickton - habitual user/murderer of prostitutes, he once dated Connie Anderson

Ronald Dominique - single, homosexual serial killer, no known boyfriends or partners

Larry Eyler - single, homosexual serial killer, no known boyfriends or partners

Dean Arnold Corll - a homosexual "relationship" with 12 year old David Brooks

Lee Boyd Malvo - single, a few girlfriends, once was referred in the press as "Kaitlin"

Orville Lynn Majors - unmarried, single

Herbert Mullin - had a steady girlfriend but expressed worries to her that he was gay

Richard Chase - single, hospitalised, no known girlfriends

Graham Young - single, no known girlfriends, convicted / hospitalised

Michael Lupo - homosexual, claimed to have had over 3000 lovers

Patrick MacKay - single, institutionalised from his early teens

Robert Maudsley - single, rent-boy / drug-addict, sexually-abused and incarcerated

Robert Black - single, occasional girlfriends, nothing long-term

Kenneth Erskine - unknown

Steven Grieveson - unknown

Stephen Griffiths - dated Kathy Hancock for 12 months, stalked her for 10 years

Trevor Hardy - his partner Sheilagh Farrow provided his alibi, which meant he was released from prison, and went on to murder Sharon Mosoph

Stephen Port - homosexual, numerous former boyfriends but names unknown

Robert Napper - Single, sexually-abused, unknown of any long-term relationships​

Beverley Allitt - boyfriend Stephen Biggs, the only real love in her life

Source Michael J Buchanan-Dunne

[freenervousstarfishartisan]

'Islam is a little different from Christianity , TAYLOR; MUHAMMAD had a country, afterwhile , an empire to run / nor do we love , forgive , & accept everything. You really have to take a look at the QURAN. Now, you take what's happening in MNYAMAR, right now/ if they were CHRISTIANS, they would just turn the other cheek to the general , who stole the election , and submit ; but what are they doing ? Apparently , they are going to fight for democracy. I didn't feel that way , when I was drafted for VIETNAM / but supported COMMUNISM / like muhammad , I favored the poor . I felt that everything BOURGEOIS was artifical / fake / & corrupt . CAPITALISM , at that point in my life meant a A N AWESOME PERSONA OR WAY OF ACTING. It was kind of fun believing that . I bought a camera , and the last year at LEHIGH , I ran around 'CONFRONTING PEOPLE WITH THE CAMERA" which really meant , pure objectivity , by popping up , sticking it in their face , and snaping a picture of them , before they could assume a pose . I thought my photography was so meaningful , and I showed it to some of the people who had been in my fraternity, and they liked it . I had a really great time that year , reading whatever I wanted, like ERIC FROMM , HERBERT MARCUSE, SIGMUND FREUD & WILHELM REICH. You probably don't know REICH. he wrote " THE MASS PSYCHOLOGY OF FACISM " , " CHARACTER ANALYSIS"& " LISTEN , LITTLE MAN" ,. I had met a girl named KATHY, KIND OF THE "DARK WOMAN" in American literature , not racially, but culturally; meaning someone EXCEPTIONAL/ " DEVIANT" / OR SENSUAL, MYSTERIOUS, SUBTLE. I was totally taken by her, because I thought she grasped non- linguistic signs , cues & suggestions, the same way I did from a drug, peyote , but when I finally pinned her down & asked her point blank ; she had no idea that they occurred or what they might mean. Then I remembered DEBBIE, AND RAN TO HER ROOM . SHE KNEW EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT , THE FIRST NIGHT I TALKED TO HER; BUT , AND I COULD NEVER FIGURE THIS OUT, BUT EVERY TIME I ASKED HER FOR SEX , she said no, not until she married !

[potomacdebateacademy]

NADC Opal Cup & October Intramural Results!

This past weekend our students competed at the online North American Debate Circuit Opal Cup with a prize pool of $2,500 and our very own October Potomac Intramural! See the results below :) 

NADC Opal Cup

Middle School Varsity:

Finals (Top 2):

Amber W. & Natalie Z. 

Semifinals (Top 4):

Diya B. & Cady W. (also major props for having an undefeated preliminary record!)

Middle School Novice: 

Wow! In the first elimination round: semifinals, Potomac completely closed out!! 

Champion:

Emma B. & Josh K. 

Finals (Top 2):

Noelle K. & Rainger Y. 

Semifinals (Top 4):

Muhammad S. & Rachel Z.

Jonah K. & Rebecca L. 

Speaker Awards:

Diya B: 1st out of ~40

Cady W: 3rd

Rachel Z: 4th

Aahana G: 8th 

Noelle K: 10th 

October Intramural

Congress 

Representatives:

1st: Rep. Vivian Y. 

2nd: Rep. Alvin L. 

3rd: Rep. Alvin L.

4th: Rep. Emma L.

Speakers:  

Top ES Novice Debater: Anton S. 

Top MS Novice Debater: Aashna U. 

Top MS JV Debater: Adam G. 

Top HS JV Debater: Vivian Y. 

Elementary Novice: 

Teams:

1st: Yaalini P. & Kavin L. 

2nd: Ariyan P. & John P.  

3rd: Hoshi V. & Kavya S.  

4th: Rihan S. & Siddhant S.

Speakers:

1st: Hoshi V. 

2nd: Kavin L.

3rd: Ariyan P. 

4th: Kavya S.

5th: Mira B. 

Elementary Open:

Teams:

1st: Ethan C. & Sanah R. 

2nd: Saveinya J. & Iris A.

3rd: Chloe P. & Krishang P. 

4th: Aditya M. & Nandini B. 

Speakers:

1st: Iris A. 

2nd: Aditya M.

3rd: Sanah R. 

4th: Ivy W. 

5th: Saveinya J. 

Middle School Novice:

Teams:

1st: Aaron W. & Kathy F. 

2nd: Kaia P. & Andrew N. 

3rd: Leah M. & Jessica G. 

4th: Aryan J. & Enoch Z.  

Speakers:

1st: Kevin X.  

2nd: Kaia P. 

3rd: Kathy F.

4th: Chloe Y. 

5th: Sridhanvi P.  

Middle School JV:

Teams:

1st: Christine Z. & Belgutei N. 

2nd: Avinab D. & Deven B. 

3rd: Emma M. & Jason Z. 

4th: Aliya S. & Chloe L.  

Speakers:

1st: Christine Z. 

2nd: Aliya S.  

3rd: Maya B.  

4th: Orin D.  

5th: Belgutei N.  

Middle School Open/High School Novice:

Teams:

1st: Kamran S. & Nina G. 

2nd: Shona K. & Nathaniel D. 

3rd: Aaron Z. & Colin Z. 

4th: Michelle P. & Rhea F. 

Speakers:

1st: Nina G. 

2nd: Rhea F. 

3rd:  Yusuf G. 

4th:  Kamran S. 

5th: Colin Z. 

[xtruss]

Islamic World Pitches Ways to Aid Desperately Poor Afghans

Pakistan Prime Minster IMRAN KHAN, center, speaks during the 17th extraordinary session of Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Council of Foreign Ministers, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, December 19, 2021. The economic collapse of Afghanistan, already teetering dangerously on the edge, would have a “Horrendous” impact on the region and the World, successive speakers warned Sunday at the start of a one-day summit of Foreign Ministers. (AP Photo/Rehmat Gul)

— By Kathy Gannon | December 19, 2021 | Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Islamic countries scrambled on Sunday to find ways to help Afghanistan avert an imminent economic collapse they say would have a “horrendous” global impact.

The hastily called meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Islamabad ended with a promise to set up a fund to provide humanitarian aid through the Islamic Development Bank, which would provide a cover for countries to donate without dealing directly with the country’s Taliban rulers.

In a press conference at the end of the summit, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also described what he called good news from the United States, whose special representative on Afghanistan, Tom West, attended the summit.

He said West met with the Taliban delegation led by the interim foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on the sidelines. Qureshi said West also said he was mandated to “engage ” with the Taliban, that U.S. humanitarian aid to Afghanistan would not carry preconditions and there could be as much as $1.2 billion available through the World Bank in money that could be released to Afghanistan.

There was no immediate response from the U.S. to Qureshi’s statements.

There has been a growing call for the U.S. and other countries to release upward of $10 billion in frozen Afghan assets. However, previously the U.S. has said at least some of that money is tied up in litigation involving the survivors and the families of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks carried out by al Qaida while being harbored in Afghanistan by the Taliban during their previous rule.

Sunday’s summit brought together dozens of foreign ministers as well as the special representatives on Afghanistan of major powers, including China, the U.S. and Russia. It also included the U.N. undersecretary general on humanitarian affairs, and the president of the Islamic Development Bank Muhammad Sulaiman Al Jasser, who offered several concrete financing proposals. He said the IDB can manage trusts that could be used to move money into Afghanistan, jumpstart businesses and help salvage the deeply troubled economy.

At the outset of the summit, several participating nations called for a quick opening of the country’s banking system and collectively, with the United Nations and international banking institutions, to provide assistance to Afghanistan. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan directed his remarks to the U.S., urging Washington to drop preconditions for releasing desperately needed funds and restarting Afghanistan’s banking systems.

Khan seemed to offer Taliban a pass on their limits on education for girls, urging the world to understand “cultural sensitivities” and saying human rights and women’s rights meant different things in different countries. Still other speakers, including the OIC chairman Hussain Ibrahim Taha, emphasized the need for the protection of human rights, particularly those of women and girls.

“This gathering is about the Afghan people,” said Qureshi, who warned that without immediate aid, Afghanistan was certain to collapse. The consequences would be “horrendous,” he said, not just in Afghan lives lost to starvation and disease — but also what would most certainly create a mass exodus of Afghans. He predicted chaos would spread, allowing terrorism and the drug trade to flourish.

Martin Griffiths, the U.N. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, warned that Afghanistan cannot survive on donations alone. He urged donor countries to show flexibility, allowing their money to pay salaries of public sector workers and support “basic services such as health, education, electricity, livelihoods, to allow the people of Afghanistan some chance to get through this winter and some encouragement to remain home with their families.”

Beyond that, Griffiths said, “we need constructive engagement with the de facto authorities to clarify what we expect from each other.”

Afghanistan’s teetering economy, he added, requires decisive and compassionate action, or “I fear that this fall will pull down the entire population.”

Griffiths said families simply do not have the cash for everyday purchases like food and fuel, as prices soar. The cost of fuel is up by around 40%, and most families spend 80% of their money just to buy food.

He rattled off a number of stark statistics.

“Universal poverty may reach 97% of the population of Afghanistan. That could be the next grim milestone,” he warned. “Within a year, 30% of Afghanistan’s GDP (gross domestic product) could be lost altogether, while male unemployment may double to 29%.”

Next year the U.N. would be asking for $4.5 billion in aid for Afghanistan — it’s single largest humanitarian aid request, he said.

In what appeared to be a message to the Taliban delegation, Qureshi and subsequent speakers, including Taha, emphasized the protection of human rights, particularly those of women and girls.

In an interview with The Associated Press last week, Muttaqi said that Afghanistan’s new rulers were committed to the education of girls and women in the workforce.

Yet four months into Taliban rule, girls are not allowed to attend high school in most provinces, and though women have returned to their jobs in much of the health care sector, many female civil servants have been barred from coming to work.

At the summit’s conclusion Qureshi said the OIC agreed to appoint a special representative on Afghanistan. The 20 foreign ministers and 10 deputy foreign ministers in attendance also agreed to establish a greater partnership with the United Nations to get help to desperate Afghans.

They participants also emphasized the critical need to open Afghanistan’s banking facilities, which have been largely closed since the Taliban takeover on Aug. 15. The Taliban has limited withdrawals from the country’s banks to $200 a month.

“We collectively feel that we have to unlock the financial and banking channels because the economy cannot function and people cannot be held without banking services,” Qureshi said.