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From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonRandom Thougths About Current EventsThe last few days and weeks have been historic and quite memorable. Of course I have my thoughts and opinions about much of what has happened. For one day Back Obama was the rage. His acceptance speech in Denver was watched by thirty-eight million people on televison and seen in person by seventy some thousand people. I watched at a viewing party at the Philadelphia African-American Museum. The atmosphere was giddy and h
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Greetings Family,(Contact Information At The Bottom Of The Page)As a Digital Drummer, I'm always looking for something good to put on this virtual drum line...smileArlena Richardson, is a relatively new friend, I met on We Are Creative People (see www.wacptv.ning.com) I've watched this sister selfishly put out positive, proactive and empowering information for the last year.She exemplifies what social networking is all about; sharing, supporting, and encouraging those of us in the Black online D
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On Monday, I reported that the City of Philadelphia--for the moment, at least--had informed the Institute for the Study of Civic Values that the city contract that supports PhillyBlocks would not be renewed for the coming year.We asked everyone on our lists who values what we do to use the Hallwatch.org service to fax letters to City Councill and the Mayor telling them how PhillyBlocks benefits you and why the City should continue to support it. You can access that service easily from the home p
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On Monday, I reported that the City of Philadelphia--for the moment, at least--had informed the Institute for the Study of Civic Values that the city contract that supports PhillyBlocks would not be renewed for the coming year.We asked everyone on our lists who values what we do to use the Hallwatch.org service to fax letters to City Councill and the Mayor telling them how PhillyBlocks benefits you and why the City should continue to support it. You can access that service easily from the home p
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How To Read e-Mail Headers

Greetings Family,(Contact Information At The Bottom Of The Page)It's your friendly neighborhood "Digital Drummer" again...smileSpam is a consistent problem in our online world. Now personally, I believe everyone has a right to tell you about their business/products/service. It is called free speech or in this case "Business Speech", and protected by Constitutional law. But that does not change the fact the Unsolicited Commercial E-mail or UCE is more then just an inconvenience (like traditional
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AmeriKKKan Hypocrisy KNows No Bounds

From The Ramparts Junious Ricardo StantonAmeriKKKan Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds“The idea that the U.S. can, should and must be, more or less, in a state of permanent war, and can start wars in a whole host of circumstances having nothing to do with defending the country from an attack or imminent attack, is as close to an unchallengeable, bipartisan article of faith as it gets. We're a country that fights wars and uses military force in far more places and for far broader reasons than any other co
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From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonWhy Should We Care About What is Going On In Central Asia?On one of the Websites that carries my blog/column From The Ramparts , in the post a comment section, a Sistah inquired what the significance of my posting about the situation in South Ossetia was; and what did that situation have to do with the “black cause”? First of all, the essence of my article was, we (people of African ascent) were sleeping while a potential flashpoint for WWIII was being ign
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Isaac Hayes’ Memorial Service Is Announced

Isaac Hayes’ Memorial Service Is AnnouncedAugust 13th, 2008The R&B, soul icon passed away Sunday at the age of 65A celebration of the life of powerhouse composer-musician Isaac Hayes will be held on Monday at Hope Presbyterian Church in Cordova, Tenn. The Grammy-, Golden Globe and Academy-award-winning artist passed away Sunday in Memphis at the age of 65. We are overwhelmed with the outpouring of support and love from Isaac’s dear friends, colleagues and fans from every corner of the world, and
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From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonWe Slumber While WWIII Is In The Making“Last year, the Georgian president commissioned from private Israeli security firms several hundred military advisers, estimated at up to 1,000, to train the Georgian armed forces in commando, air, sea, armored and artillery combat tactics. They also offer instruction on military intelligence and security for the central regime. Tbilisi also purchased weapons, intelligence and electronic warfare systems from Israel. T
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"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."

"If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more."-Harriet TubmanMany of our people of color are in mental slavery. Most are victims and refuse to escape to the land of self sufficiency. I and many others work tirelessly to lay out the tools , but few grasp them immediately, trust and
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BadGal BadGal What Ya Gonna Do ? BadGals VideoBlog number 4 for you !

Detroit Mayor Jailed; Appeal Set For Friday

Judge Revokes Bond, Suspends Travel

POSTED: 10:09 am EDT August 7, 2008
UPDATED: 8:10 pm EDT August 7, 2008
Inmate No. 25330, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, will be treated the same as any other prisoner in the Wayne County Jail as he spends the night Thursday, said Wayne County Sheriff Warren Evans.Despite Kilpatrick's humble apologies to the court, Judge Ronald Giles sent Ki
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Greetings Family,(Contact Information At The Bottom Of The Page)It's your friendly neighborhood "Digital Drummer" again...smileAs a Digital Drummer, I pass messages of interest and concern from one website to another....like the drummers of old Africa. I picked up on the story below from the BDPA (www.bdpa.org) social networking group on CollectiveX (see http://bdpa.collectivex.com/)I like to write articles/posts on the opportunities created by, and barriers broken by the advent of technology (s
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Elections will be in less than 100 days! To help me reach my fundraising goals I am supplementing my online fundraising for Obama for America with offline activities, most recently at a produce and flea market. Many flea market goers are looking for necessities at the dirt cheap prices.But I thought it was still a good idea to get out and set up a table at rustic Lakeland Farmers & Flea Market to reach more people offline. Customers who made a donation received one of my handmade items created f
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Another One Bites the Dust

From the RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonAnother One Bites The Dust“As doubts arise about the government/media narrative, it is becoming all too clear that Ivins' suicide – likely brought about by the unrelenting pressure brought to bear on him over many months of constant harassment by the FBI, rather than actual guilt – is the occasion for the institutional whitewashing of the FBI's almost unbelievable incompetence, which seems more like a cover-up as events unfold. We are being treated to medi
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SPREADING THE PAIN

Spreading the pain and pocketing the gainAugust 03, 2008 By Lee SustarAFTER MONTHS of wrangling, Congress finally rushed through a housing bill--legislation, its Democratic sponsors say, that will provide some relief for people whose mortgage payments have increased while the value of their homes declined.But the real reason for the scramble to pass the long-delayed bill was a bailout for the shareholders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the so-called "government-sponsored enterprises" that own or
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Things That Make you Go Hmmm?

From The RampartsJunious Ricardo StantonMore Things That Make You Go Hmmm?On Tuesday evening, July 29, 2008, House Resolution 194 was passed by voice vote. This bill represents the first time the federal government has apologized for slavery or segregation.The bill was first introduced in Congress by Congressman Steve Cohen (D) of Tennessee on February 22, 2007.” http://www.nowpublic.com/world/u-s-congress-apologizes-slaveryYou would think with all the subtle and overt pandering to the race iss
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Black Agenda Report says support McKinney not ObamaWRITTEN BY ADMINISTRATORWEDNESDAY, 02 JULY 2008 02:53Black Agenda Report | 07.02.2008Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who seems poised to capture the Green Party presidential nomination, in Chicago, this month, "is at this juncture in historythe only vehicle through which progressives can both register their outrage at Barack Obama and begin the process of rebuilding a mass, Black-led movement for real social change." Meanwhile, th
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