What Have They Done for Us Lately?

 WHAT HAVE THE REPUBLICANS DONE FOR YOU?    I'LL WAIT!

Merry Christmas

 

What Makes Us Americans

 

Be A Colorado

 They voted Trump off the Ballot there for next year. They used the 14th Amendment.. Let's hope this spreads to more states.

"No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. "

As a result of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln wanted to prevent anyone who ever tried to overthrow the U.S. government from running for federal office. 

 The 14th Amendment Section Three of the U. S. Constitution was passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868. 

Yesterday the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that former U.S. President Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s Republican presidential primary ballot next year because he is disqualified by engaging in an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol.

What I've Learned

 

1 What Goes Around, Does Come Around

2. Everybody is not happy for your success.

3. You'll know who your true haters are when you make a mis-step.

4. When you make a mis-step, they'll all come crawling out of the woodwork like roaches.

5. These type of people were never your friends.

6. The Truth will take a month to be known, while a lie will travel in seconds.

7. It's not true that certain people have NO REASON TO LIE.

8. Everybody has a reason to lie if you search hard enough!

9.Sometimes people hate you just because other people love you.

10. Did I say, What Goes Around really does come around?

Peace!

Our Grand-daughter's futures!

 My Granddaughters, (2013)

23 Charges

 

Crickets

 

A Vote Is Not A Valentine

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

 

Guess Who was Voted Most Dangerous?

 It's Not Chi, It's Not Putin and Certainly Not Biden.......Take one guess!

The Curious Case Of Dexter Wade

 We are past the protests of Black Lives Matter over the deaths of George Floyd and Tawanna Bailey and others and that magnificent summer of  racial enlightenment of 2020 is long over...or at least out of the news...but Black people are still dying at the hands of the police... whether the press wants to talk about it or not..

Trumps trials and war in Israel and Gaza and Ukraine take up all of the news now of days and lost in it all is this curious story down in that great state of Mississippi.

Bettersten Wade Robinson searched for her son, Dexter Wade, for more than five months before she learned that he was killed on March 5 and buried in a potter's field after he was struck by an off-duty Jackson police officer in a police cruiser. 

 Wade Robinson, who is accusing the county and police of an alleged "cover-up," spoke with ABC News Live's Linsey Davis in an interview that aired on Prime Wednesday night and demanded "accountability." 

 "Right now I'm hoping I can get to some kind of answer as to why it happened and what was the reason that it happened. But right now I'm still not satisfied," she said. "It's a steady cover-up," she added.

After finding out from police that her son was buried in a potter's field, Wade Robinson sought to recover his body and give him a proper burial. But when she arrived for her son's exhumation on Monday morning, she soon learned that his body had been exhumed hours earlier without her presence and for the grieving mother, this added insult to injury.

"They put him in the ground without my permission. They dug him up without my permission," an outraged Wade Robinson said as she stood near the empty gravesite outside the Raymond Detention Center on Monday morning. 

 "Now I asked, can I exhume my child and try to get some peace … now y'all take that from me," a tearful Wade Robinson said as she stood near her son's burial place outside the Raymond Detention Center. "I couldn't even see him come out the ground. Yall didn't give me the time to see him before he took his last breath. I didn't get to see him come from the ground. Cover up!"

Family attorney Ben Crump told reporters on Monday that the family had reached an arrangement with the Hinds County Board of Supervisors that the exhumation would take place at 11:30 local time that day, but when they arrived they learned that Wade's body had been exhumed at 8:00 a.m. without his family's presence.

"Nobody got permission from the family to take Dexter out the ground in the early morning hours. It was an agreed upon position with the county that Ms. Bettersten Wade will be here at 11:30 to commence the exhumation of her son and they disrespected her," Crump said. "And like a thief in the night, they went and pulled the body out the ground."

Crump shared a letter with ABC News that the family received from the Hinds County Board of Supervisors indicating that the exhumation would take place at 11:30 a.m. 

 ABC News reached out to all five members of the Hinds County Board of Supervisors to inquire about the letter and the timing of the exhumation but requests for comments were not returned. 

 County Administrator Kenny Wayne Jones told ABC News affiliate in Jackson, WAPT, that the incident was "very unfortunate," but said there was "no cover-up or anything like that. Just miscommunication." ABC News reached out to Jones for further comment.

 Wade Robinson told Davis she is "disappointed" that no one is "willing to take responsibility" for her burying her son and then exhuming him -- both without the family's knowledge or permission. "How many mistakes you can have before you take responsibility," she said. "Nobody has came to me and said that they are sorry," she added. Wade Robinson said that she reported her son missing on March 14, nine days after she had last heard from him on March 5. She didn't learn until Aug. 24 -- more than five months after his death – that her son had been struck and killed by an off-duty Jackson police officer the night of March 5, when he was walking across a local highway. 

 Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba previously acknowledged during his State of the City address on Oct. 26 that there was a "lack of communication" that led to the months-long delay in letting Wade's family know what had happened to him. According to Lumumba, Wade had no ID on his person when he was killed but he did have a prescription drug bottle that eventually allowed the medical examiner's office to identify him. "The failure was that ultimately, there was a lack of communication with the missing person's division, the coroner's office and accident investigation," Lumumba said. 

 Lumumba said that "at no point have we identified, nor did any investigation reveal that there was any police misconduct in this process." "The accident was investigated and it was determined that it was, in fact, an accident and that there was no malicious intent," he added. 

 ABC News reached out to the Jackson Police Department but a spokesperson declined to comment. Crump told Davis in an interview that aired on Wednesday it is "unbelievable" that it took police more than five months to inform his family of his death, especially when "they know who Ms. Bettersten was" because she filed a missing person report with the Jackson Police Department and provided her name and address to police. "They knew where he lived because he had medication in his pocket that had his doctor and the doctor told them that Ms. Bettersten was his next of kin," Crump said.

 Following the exhumation, the Jackson Police Chief deferred ABC News' questions regarding allegations of a "cover-up" to the city of Jackson. 

 Melissa Payne, a spokeswoman for the city of Jackson, told ABC News that it would be "inappropriate" for the city to comment because "the City had no part in either his burial or exhumation. That was entirely with the county." 

 Crump, along with family attorney Dennis Sweet, are now calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the circumstances surrounding Wade's death, burial and exhumation. "Attorney Sweet and I will absolutely make the case for transparency that continues to be denied to Ms. Bettersten. Just a low down dirty shame what happened here today – lowdown dirty shame," Crump said on Monday. "And as Ms. Bettersten said when she first called us … it was a cover." 

 ABC News has reached out to the Department of Justice for comment. The office of Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens said in a statement on Oct. 27 that his office working with the Jackson Police Department, Hinds County Coroner's Office, and other relevant agencies to investigate Wade's death, the failure to notify his next of kin in a timely manner and the "irregularities surrounding the disposition of Mr. Wade's body." "We ask for the public's patience as this important work is undertaken," Owens added. 

Something is very very fishy about all of this!

All In On Stopping Him!

 

Shut Down The Hate

 

Keith's Favorite Quotes

 

Congratulations Cherelle

 

Bamboozle

 

The Issue of Colin Kaepernick

 My very first post on this blog was about sports...About my Eagles...This post...I'm not sure what number it is concerns my fraternity brother , Colin Kaepernick and is not so much about sports as it is social justice and fairness..

For Colin Kaepernick to be exiled from Football for seven years in his prime because of a symbolic kneel during the national anthem is clearly the height of absurdity and unfairness. He should have been brought back long ago. For this serious injustice, I would support his reinstatement along with generous back pay by the NFL.

My thoery has been that most of the owners are  wealthy white males , who tend to lean Republican and who were scared of Former President Trump's criticism during that time when Kaepernick was protesting.

He's no longer President... He's not even on Twitter and he's about to go to jail.... What is the excuse now?  Several teams could use at least a good back up quarterback...What's the excuse now for continuing to blackball this man?

How In The World?

 

All Complicit

 

Just A Thought

 

Policy Changes And Accountability

 

Clown House

 REPUBLICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENATIVES -2023

Turns Out I'm Woke

 

The Judge Speaks

 

Math Lessons From Nancy

 

Never Trust Republicans Again

 

Praying For Peace In The Middle East

 

Five Shows I'll be Watching This Fall

 

1. The Irrational

2. Found

3. All Rise

4.So Help Me Todd

5.Will Trent.

Honorable Mention-Abbott Elementary.

I know that's actually six....Forgive me!

A Problem With Governing

 

How He Really Feels

 

Hey check this out-Former top advisor for Vice President Mike Pence spills the beans on what Donald Trump REALLY thinks about his MAGA supporters — and it turns out he absolutely despises them.

 During an appearance on The View, Pence's former Homeland Security Advisor Olivia Troye revealed that Trump regularly trashes the fools who ignorantly support him. 

Troye decried the "unfortunate state of the Republican Party" and said that it's "certainly not the party" she wants to be a part of. "I think [Trump] has done a great job of sort of marketing himself as the champion for all of these people who are behind him in this movement," said Troye. "But, like, we've sat in these meetings. What is so frustrating and angering to me is he has nothing in common with any of his supporters and I detest the way he speaks about them."

 She said that Trump mocks those who donate money to him, buy his sham products, and ultimately cast their votes for him. "Like when he would talk about them in meetings it was so disparaging to them," she said. "And I think about my own family members who, by the way, are very unhappy with me. I have a lot of family members who are still Trump supporters. They're very upset that I'm a Trump critic. I think about them and I'm like, I hate the way you speak about them sometimes behind closed doors."

 This development is far from surprising. Donald Trump's fabricated public persona is that he's a man of the people, but in truth he's an out of touch billionaire who fetishizes wealth and celebrity. Is it any surprise that a guy who uses golden toilets looks down on everyone else?

What About Joe Biden's Age?

 

Home Alone

 

What I've Learned

1.I've always loved my city (Philadelphia PA.) The Good and the Bad of it...I was born and raised here. after all.

2. Most of my family and close friends have left Philly...I'm like the last man satnding.

3. I like living in the city, it's very convenient.

4. The Blood in my veins and my DNA is made up of Cheese Steaks and Soft Pretzels...

5.Unlike other Philadelphians...It don't feel entitled to double park....That won't fly in other towns, especially the Philadelphia  suburbs...

6. Some Pennsylvanian's and even people from South Jersey go to other places and say they're from Philadelphia because they know, no one else has heard of their small town or township.

7.My sports teams, The Phillies, 76ers and Eagles have broken my heart most of my life...but in 2008, The Phillies won the World Series ,in 2009, they went back again, though the didn't win...in 2022 they went back to the world series..and my Eagles went to the Super Bowl...They didn't win...but they did win in 2018. My Sixers won in 1983, when I was 25....Still waiting for another championship.

8.Fun for me was hanging out  on South Street on a Saturday Afternoon...

9.I love all of my hometown artists, The Roots,Jill Scott, Boyz II Men, Will Smith et al.

10. I've been all through Europe and in Asia and through most of the United States, but at the end of the day...I'm Philly all day!

PEACE!

Rise Up For Justice!

 

He Conned You!

 

What I've Learned

 

1.You're not always going to get the closure or the explanation you think you deserve.

2. Sometimes you have to accept something for what it is and move on

3.Everything really does happen for a reason.

4.Sex is only dirty if you do it right!

5.The right person will never get bored, tired or unhappy with you.

6.Overplayng your part, trying to prove your loyalty will almost always lead you to disappoinyment.

7.Sometimes the more people you cut out of your life, the better you feel.

8.Adversity doesn't happen to you...it happens for you.

9.Life is too short  to live with regrest....Just move on!

10.People ask what you do for a living, so they can calculate the level of respect to give to you!

PEACE!

Democrats On A Roll

 

Do you See a Difference

 

Never Forget

 

On That Day, Americans of all races died together. It's a Shame we haven't learned to live together!