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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has spent the past couple decades warning the general public about ominous issues, from upcoming “climate disasters” to devastating cyberattacks. Two potential catastrophes evoke the most concern from Gates. “A lot of unrest” in today’s world could spark “a major war,” he tells CNBC Make It. And even “if we avoid a big war ... then, yes, there will be another pandemic, most likely in the next 25 years.” Scientists typically view pandemics as likely, even inevitable, occurrences over time. They are indeed becoming more common, due to factors like climate change and population growth, research...

Holy Smokes. Kavanaugh just dropped a MOAB on George Soros. SCOTUS ruled orgs affiliated w Soros’ Open Society lose the protection of 1A & can be treated as international threats as this impacts supporters in the US & abroad.

Nick Cannon on Wednesday apologized on Twitter for the "hurtful and divisive words" he said last month on his podcast "Cannon's Class," which resulted in his termination from ViacomCBS for "perpetuating anti-Semitism." "First and foremost I extend my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers for the hurtful and divisive words that came out of my mouth during my interview with Richard Griffin," Cannon, the host of the popular MTV show "Wild 'N Out," tweeted late Wednesday evening. "They reinforced the worst stereotypes of a proud and magnificent people and I feel ashamed of the uninformed...

The 39-year-old actor made the remarks during a discussion on racial bias with former Public Enemy member Richard 'Professor Griff' Griffin The two argued that black people are the true Hebrews and that Jews have usurped their identity Cannon claimed white people of the past feared black people over their 'melanin' and acted like the 'true savages' out of fear In a statement on Facebook, the TV producer said he did not condone hate speech but refuse to apologize He later doubled down in a subsequent statement accusing ViacomCBS of being 'on the wrong side of history' and demanding full...

.@MrChuckD are you kidding me right now???,,,over Bernie Sanders??? You wanna destroy something we've built over 35 years OVER POLITICS???,,,all because I don't wanna endorse a candidate,,,I'm very disappointed in you and your decisions right now Chuck,,,— FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav) March 2, 2020 Also .@MrChuckD,,,i'm not on drugs like you're saying and have been clean for 10 years,,,i have battled addiction before and like millions of other Americans I know the massive toll it takes,,,Chuck you know better than to lie about shit like that,,,,— FLAVOR FLAV (@FlavorFlav) March 2, 2020 And .@MrChuckD,,,i didn't sue you on Friday,,,i asked...

Hip-hop legend Flavor Flav was fired from Public Enemy on Sunday night after he slapped Bernie Sanders with a cease-and-desist letter for claiming the group would perform at a rally in Los Angeles. “Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav,” the group said in a statement to Rolling Stone. “We thank him for his years of service and wish him well.”

Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders will be hosting a rally in Los Angeles on Sunday (Mar. 1), and Public Enemy is set to perform. Comedian Sarah Silverman and beloved actor Dick Van Dyke will also take part in the event. The rally comes just two days before Super Tuesday (March 3), during which the greatest number of U.S. states (California included) will hold primary elections and caucuses. Sanders has already won the New Hampshire and Nevada primaries. Public Enemy's performance comes as no surprise, as in their decades-long career, the group has often focused on political commentary and African American...

The man who died in a confrontation with police after he carried out an attack that left five law enforcement officers in Dallas dead and several others wounded was an Army veteran and a reported “loner,” and he was found to have kept bomb-making materials, ballistic vests, rifles, ammunition and a personal journal of combat tactics in his home, according to police and records made public Friday. Micah X. Johnson, 25, a reservist working in carpentry and masonry who deployed to Afghanistan once in 2013, was a former member of an Army engineering company and served in the Individual Ready...

YANGON, Myanmar — President Barack Obama on Friday defended his plans to use executive power to bypass Congress, signaling that he’s determined to move on issues like immigration and climate change, especially when lawmakers have failed to act. “They have the ability to fix the system. What they don’t have is the ability to do is expect me to stand by with a broken system in perpetuity,” Obama said on immigration reform at a joint news conference here with Myanmar dissident leader Aung San Suu Kyi. “It’s way overdue. We’ve been talking about it for 10 years now and it’s...

I guess this should be filed in the "Washington Politics" thread ... I'm an African American registered Democrat. I don't mind giving conservative Republicans hell when they deserve it. But unlike many conservative, I don't mind speaking out against my Party when I think they are wrong and encouraging them to do the right thing. Anyway, white liberals are having fits about the article posted below, which was written by me and published on my blog, in Black newspapers across the country, and at the liberal Daily Kos blog. I'm posting the article here because I'd like to have some...

October 18, 2013 BILL AYERS BOMBS: APPEARANCE CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF INTEREST Nathan Harden, Editor Former Weather Underground terrorist and Obama associate Bill Ayers is having trouble with his book tour, it seems. Local news sources in Wisconsin report that his latest public appearance has been canceled due to a lack of public interest.The Madison Public Library, which had organized the hour-long event, said they “didn’t have the kind of interest” they had anticipated.Ayers has been touring the country in support of his new book, Public Enemy: Confessions of an American Dissident.On the cover of his book Ayers has...

Are you a woman who does not understand her place? Do you have your values and your own opinions? Does anyone consider you attractive? Well, watch out for the Democrat Party. They're out to destroy you. I watched a documentary on the Soviet-era illegal biological warfare factories. An author who visited one of the plants after it was shut down, after commenting that it was two football fields long and produced enough biological death to wipe out every human being on the planet, said, "I finally thought I understood the meaning of evil." I understood the meaning of evil as...

Chuck D (of "Public Enemy") on Barack Obama, Jesse Jackson and Black Politics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9tFyTBlyFc "Barack is so brilliant, I wonder if everyone else is stupid!" -- minute 1:22..... Then he goes off on President Bush..... also, he talks about the 1988 "Dukakis Regime" (?).... also says that Obama will roll up his sleeves and work very hard.... FIGHT THE POWER, BROTHA!

On This Day In History July 22, 1934 John Dillinger Gunned Down By FBI During the 1930s Depression, many Americans, nearly helpless against forces they didn't understand, made heroes of outlaws who took what they wanted at gunpoint. Of all the lurid desperadoes, one man, John Herbert Dillinger, came to evoke this Gangster Era, and stirred mass emotion to a degree rarely seen in this country. Dillinger, whose name once dominated the headlines, was a notorious and vicious thief. From September, 1933, until July, 1934, he and his violent gang terrorized the Midwest, killing 10 men, wounding 7 others, robbing...

Voter apathy being what it is in America, voter registration drives are often lauded for their altruistic goal of engaging more people in the democratic process. Among such efforts are those of Rock the Vote, which aims to get more young people involved in voting and politics. Promoted heavily on the rock music video cable channel MTV, Rock the Vote's very first introductory line is simple and straight forward: "Rock the Vote is a non-profit, non-partisan organization, founded in 1990." Given this up front pronouncement of being non-partisan, people who know absolutely anything at all about the American political landscape...

MTV Decides to Censor Public Enemy Monday - September 16, 2002 Deniece Mason When Public Enemy released their new video for “Gotta Give The People What they Need”, they didn’t expect it to cause a huge uproar. Chuck D says that MTV says they will not play the video until audio and visual references to Mumia Abu-Jamal are taken out of the video. In a statement to Daveyd.com Chuck D says, “The new power elite in America the selection board of MTV. The new power breed of selectors who govern images to feed to the world youth, invisibly anonymous...

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