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Rational Black Thought Episode #65 JAN 01, 2021 - Give your life and invariably they leave you with nothing

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Send us Fan Mail What’s on my mind: People have crossed over to the Twilight Zone: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/09/technology/birds-arent-real-gen-z-misinformation.html News: Court rules New York Times can temporarily keep Project Veritas documents: https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/28/appeals-court-says-new-york-times-can-temporarily-keep-project-veritas-documents-526229Florida Youth Pastor Charged With 408 Counts of Child Porn: https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-youth-pastor-shawn-fitzgerald-charged-with-408-counts-of-child-pornCOVID-19 Update, The U.S. hits a record number of new COVID cases: https://www.npr.org/2021/12/29/1068802576/us-record-new-covid-casesHigh Unemployment Rates for Black Men Cost Communities $50 Billion A Year: https://www.binnews.com/content/2021-12-29-high-unemployment-rates-for-black-men-cost-communities-50-billion-a-year/ Man arrested on his way to DC with a “Hit List”: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/30/us/white-house-hit-list-kuachua-brillion-xiong.htmlThis shit is for us: The History of Black atheism: https://religionnews.com/2012/02/22/blacks-say-atheists-were-unseen-civil-rights-heroes/ Bible Study with Atheist Mike: What, exactly, is Faith? https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/episteme/article/faith-and-epistemology/B1B65CA54F07B3767BCC3D9029D1D946 God Vs. Science: How Old is the Universe? https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasas-webb-telescope-launches-to-see-first-galaxies-distant-worlds Closing: Memoriam: Bishop Desmond Tutu: https://goodblacknews.org/ Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...

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