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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Watch Out Buyers Shopping Over The Internet!

The newest wave of consumer rip-off has come by the way of "stripped" retail packaging (buy camera or computer laptop, but- without the normal retail package accessories; battery and case are not included (however they'll be happy to sell them to you at over-inflated prices). Any time a company selling over the internet makes you call to confirm your order, beware... they are probably selling "stripped" packaging and trying to add additional products to your order.  Companies advertising ridiculously low prices may be guilty of this practice so beware. Try to use Paypal if possible to avoid giving anyone your credit card information over the telephone. If you don't like the deal, walk away! FAST! If told that a product is out of stock for 6-8 weeks, then you should cancel the order and hang up. Then call your credit card company to cancel and re-issue a new card. Be nervous about your credit card number being in the hands of a company you have no previous business experience.

It's not just a bait and switch scam, it's, "I got all your credit card info recorded on my server and there's not a damn thing you can do about it now.