HAPPY MONDAY!!!

I Forgive Myself and All Others with Compassion.
~Jonathan-Lockwood Huie


WASSUP FAMILY!!!

DEAR DIARY:

Over the last few days, I've been posting nothing but pretty little pictures about my travels in LA during the last few weekends, and I'm still gonna do that.

But first, there's a couple of things I wanna get off my chest.

There's this "Ice bucket Challenge" going around, where people a bucket of ice water on their heads to promote awareness of the disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and encourage donations to research. It's going viral throughout social media right now.

In the United Kingdom, people also participate in the challenge for the Motor Neurone Disease Association.

The challenge dares nominated participants to be filmed having a bucket of ice water poured on their heads and challenging others to do the same. A common stipulation is that nominated people have 24 hours to comply or forfeit by way of a charitable financial donation

Anyway, while surfing the internet checking it out, I came across this challenge...



Now in case you're living under a rock and don't know what's been going on, in a city called ferguson Mi., close to St. Louis, for over a wee now, there has been protesting and rioting because a white police officer named Darren Wilson, shot and killed a young unarmed black man named Mike Brown.

Now I usually don't post about things like this on my blog, for several reasons.

Buit I felt compelled to write a little bit about this because frankly, I'm sick and tired of this shit!

Anyway, I'll be talking more about this subject in the future, but for now, nI found this video which I think describes pretty accurately what is going on over there:



Published on Aug 18, 2014
Looting, chanting, tear gas, rubber bullets – these are the images from Ferguson, Mo. entering American homes. But some protesters are armed with little more than chalk and paper signs, hoping simply to create a simple memorial for Michael Brown, the teenager killed by a police officer in the St Louis suburb on Aug. 9.

TIME followed Shane Flowers as he weaved through the largely peaceful protests, attempting to let his voice be heard with darkness slowly falling on Florissant Avenue.

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And now, to the people of Ferguson Missouri, and every other city, town, or village in this fine land, I have this message for you.

Now this came up on my Facebook newsfeed a couple of days ago, so these are NOT my words.

But I DO feel them.

"If I could send a message to my people in Ferguson, MO it would be this: GO HOME. You are currently being used & participating in a social experiment that was written long before many of you were born. It is being played out, like a Hollywood stage show, in front of the world... Further desensitizing humanity to our struggle. "The King Alfred Plan" is a military contingency plan that was created... To implement Martial Law in our communities & rid this nation of the very people who built it in the first place. Every Urban City in America is being prepared... Even as I type this message.

Mike Brown is not coming back. We are angry, frustrated, & hurting... YES. But strategy & calm is our truest guide in this hour. You are calling for justice from a people who have no justice in them. You are looking for equality & fairness from a system that was built on your destruction. Let's rise above our emotion & into the mind of God for a moment, & reflect... In the past week, we watched a young unarmed brother laid out in his blood in the hot sun for over 4 hrs. They left him uncovered, they wanted the world to see. They sent in tanks & heavily armed war mongers... They used acoustic sound weapons... Like this is Iran. They sprayed you with tear gas & shot rubber bullets at you... And made sure the media was front & center to broadcast it to the world. The FAA proclaimed the city a "No Fly Zone" & monitored your movement via drones to keep you in check. They are telling you where to go & when to move. You cannot stand still. There are agent provocateurs in your midst & negros who may or may not have your best interest at hand... You've made your point. We honor & SALUTE you. Your courageousness & bravado is what we need in this hour - Organized & Focused. GO HOME, please. Wait for the cameras to leave & the fire to die down. Then get together & start planning. Put $ together to make sure the family has the best legal defense. Prep the community for disaster preparedness & organize the men to be ready for what's ahead. Teach the women, boys & girls self defense. There are no leaders coming to save you - Save Yourself. We keep waiting on saviors & the saviors never come. Let's be wise in how we move from here on out, bcz what's in Ferguson today will be in Cali tomorrow, Texas next week, & NY real soon... This is 2014 not 1960... You do not appeal to the morality of a devil. I don't have all the answers but I DO KNOW what I see & it is NOT what any of us think it is. Pentagon 1033 plan is in full effect. We are being socialized to be attacked. ‪#‎WAKEUP‬" ----Repost from sis ZaZa Ali

LISTEN WITHOUT PREJUDICE.
LOVE WITHOUT LIMITS.
REVERSE THE HATE.

So, are any of you gonna take this challenge?



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A young monk began the Protestant reformation, a young general extended an empire from Macedonia to the borders of the earth, and a young woman reclaimed the territory of France. It was a young Italian explorer who discovered the new World, and 32 year old Thomas Jefferson who proclaimed that all men are created equal.

'Give me a place to stand,' said Archimedes, 'and I will move the world.' These men moved the world, and so can we all."

Robert F. Kennedy
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O.K., now back to pretty little pictures.

Here's some photos I took all over LA a couple of weeks ago...

O.K., Last Saturday while walking down the Venice Beach Ocean Walk, I ran into this lady.

Family, say hello to Meegan.

Now if you read this blog, you might recall that I saw her and her buisness partner Alex Grimmer at the last Artwalk in Downtown L.A. (OK, you probably won't recall since I didn't take her picture that day)

-----CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT-----

Well, like I said before, they sell beautifully designed wallets made entirely from Duct Tape for $15.00.

If would like to check out their wallets and purchase some, go down to the Venice Bordwalk, or check out the website at www.freakywallet.com

And now, I'm gonna end this blog with this song sung in tribute of ERIC GARNER, another black man who's life was cut short by police brutality.

Post by I Love Being Black.

Looking at everyday human interactions, imagine how many times we cast spells on each other with our word. Over time this interaction has become the worst form of black magic, and we call it gossip.
~don Miguel Ruiz