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Freedom,a parody commercial about #Blackexcellence, dunking on the patriarchy, and Beyoncé to help you all channel your inner Simones and close out two weeks of the Rio Games.
Kanye often speaks with his eyes closed, so not be influenced by what people are saying. He’s truly a Free thinker.
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Ghana at 59 in the eyes of Bright Ackwerh
Today marks the 59th year of Ghana’s independence from the colonial masters.
In 59 years, Ghana has gone through growth, challenges, disappointments, happy days, etc. Some choose to call her a place of love and hate.
Who was it that said that the artist is like a mirror to their society; reflecting, through their art, the exact image of their society, at all times.Whoever this was, the person was wise. Patriotic citizen Bright Ackwerh once again on our radar, highlights some of the scandals that have hit Ghana in recent times.
The artist presents a gift in the form of this metaphorical mirror. If President Mahama’s State of The Nation Address was followed by Nana Akuffo Addo’s ‘Real State of The Nation Address’, Bright Ackwerh’s gift could be named 'The Realer State of the Nation Address’- and this is a very worthy thing.
So among all the funfair and merrymaking, the recitation of perfumed speeches and the like, Bright’s mirror will be present, prodding and serving as a reminder of the unfortunate realities, the created and accumulated mess, and of the incredible amount of work that needs to be done to make this country a viable place of living for all its citizens.
Bright illustrates Kwame Nkrumah- the first president of Ghana, as a representation of the country celebrating his birthday. He is showered with gifts depicting some of the issues that went wild on the Ghanaian political scene recently.
1. The generator and the ECG hat - represent the recent power crisis
2. The helicopter - flying money to pay Ghana’s national team during the 2014 world cup
3. The branded Buses - branding buses with questionable huge amount of money
4. The goat - president Mahama’s speech, referring to himself as a dead goat who is not threatened by the knife anymore, a leitmotif in Bright’s work.
5. Sandals - in June 2015, Mahama donated 10 000 sandals to pupils, raising concerns and debates about lack of chalks, food and other basics needs in schools
6. 2 legos in a box labelled “GITMO” - echoing the recent decision of the government to host 2 former Guantanamo detainees with no compensation
7. Ameri - Ghana signing a deal with the Ameri energy group to provide power plants at a huge price and through a very questionable middle man
8. Structure - The power badges that failed to arrive on the said dates several times before it finally arrived.
9.Yellow Tricycle - Nicknamed “Mahama Camboo” the tricycle initiative to be used as taxi was protested against by taxi drivers, trotro drivers and the police in some regions.
After 59 years of independence, one may want to ask, is Ghana happy with her current sate ? or are her children not patient enough? can it also be that her people don’t question the people in power enough ? or should they just go with the words of spoken word artiste Kacey Moore ‘Ghana we dey’ and accept whatever direction the wind blows ?
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Summer Vibes + Demin short: ☀️
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@Regranned from @merlinablessing - Donde sea q’ Dios te haya plantado FLORECE !!! .
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Una foto así de bonita solo puede ser de mi amigo @jbphotographyve ♥ … .
( Ahh mi casco lo pinte yo ) . .
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He is the prison where I felt freer.
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“We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” - Cynthia Ozick
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Não faça do seu amor uma jaula: deixe sua amada livre para transar com quem ela tiver vontade.
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Did you know that over 25,000 Americans had their phones searched upon reentering the U.S. last year? Rand Paul is fighting back to protect our rights.
Written by Brandon Morse for The Blaze:
Ashocking statistic from the Department of Homeland Security has appeared recently shown that cell phone searches of U.S. citizens reentering the country has gone from 5,000 in 2015 to 25,000 in 2016.
This is something Kentucky Senator Rand Paul finds “obscene,” or so he puts it when he was questioning DHS Secretary John Kelly during a hearing for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
“We’ve gone from 5,000 people having their cell phones searched, to 25,000,” said Paul. “We are denying people entry who are citizens or green card holders who are coming back home, and your department is saying to them you cannot return to your home without giving us your fingerprint, and giving us all the data on your phone.”
Paul made it clear that he understands the difference between a citizen, and a visitor, and that sometimes safety measures are warranted, sometimes in the form of denying someone entry into the country, however this does not need to apply to citizens.
“I could travel abroad, and be told I cannot enter America unless I let you look at my phone. That’s obscene,” said Paul.
Regardless of the President or the political party in power, Sen. Rand Paul has always remained in support of a sensible foreign policy that always follows the Constitution.
Written by WBKO News Staff:
After President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike to hit the Syrian airbase that’s supposedly behind Tuesday’s gas attacks that killed over 80 people, the world reacted to the decisive action. …
Russia and Iran have strongly condemned the action. Russia even going as far as to say that the move ‘violated international law’, and has threatened to stop all military cooperation with the U.S.
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul had his say in a statement posted on his Facebook page last night.
“While we all condemn the atrocities in Syria, the United States was not attacked. The President needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the Constitution and I call on him to come to Congress for a proper debate. Our prior interventions in this region have done nothing to make us safer and Syria will be no different.”
The bill died largely because conservatives like Rand Paul and the House Freedom Caucus stuck to their guns and demanded a full repeal of Obamacare.
Written by Peter Suderman for Reason:
The House bill to partially repeal and replace Obamacare is officially dead.
The American Health Care Act (AHCA), which was scheduled for a vote this afternoon, has been pulled from consideration. …
The bill failed in part because… more conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus, who argued that the bill was too much like Obamacare, retaining its core scheme of subsidies and regulations.
But it also failed because Trump proved himself an ineffective negotiator and dealmaker—one whose preference for shallow political victories over substantive policy wins ultimately proved insufficient in a complex policy negotiation. …
The bill Trump backed made no attempt to balance either the policy or political interests of the legislators, influence groups, or stakeholders involved. Trump spent the week negotiating changes changes to the bill, but because he neither cared nor understood what was in it, and what lawmakers wanted from the bill, he couldn’t act as an effective negotiator. A handful of last minute updates to the bill intended to pick up holdout votes backfired: One reduced the bill’s projected deficit reduction, while another was so imprecisely drafted that it ran the risk of killing the individual insurance market entirely, while leaving the federal government in control of the regulations it was supposedly devolving to states. …
Trump repeatedly promised to repeal and replace Obamacare with “something terrific.” But he never described the policy mechanisms of the replacement he preferred. And the outcomes he described—coverage for everyone, lower premiums, no changes to Medicaid—had little or no connection to the bill that House Republicans eventually drew up.
That didn’t seem to matter to the president. As has always been the case with Trump, making a deal—any deal—was all that mattered.
In the end, though, the bill died. Trump couldn’t close the deal. And one of the biggest reasons that Trump couldn’t close the deal is that he didn’t understand or care about the details.
The sooner GOP leadership trashes Obamacare Lite, the sooner we can focus on completely repealing Obamacare, Rand Paul said.
Written by Neil McCabe for Breitbart:
The House Freedom Caucus announced after a Wednesday lunch meeting with Sen. Rand Paul (R.-KY) that it has 25 hard-no votes, enough to defeat the American Health Care Act crafted and promoted by Speaker Paul Ryan (R.-WI) as a rescue for insurance companies caught in the Obamacare “death spiral.”
Paul said the sooner the House Republican leadership disposes with the RyanCare bill, the sooner leadership can get together with Capitol Hill conservatives to draft a bill that repeals and replaces the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which created Obamacare.
There is no other way to go than for the speaker and his team to start over, Paul said. “They are going to have to, they don’t have the votes.” …
“This is really a defeat for Paul Ryan,” he said. “Ryan is going to have to come to conservatives now and ask for the votes he doesn’t have–if he has the votes, he doesn’t have to–but he is going to have to give conservatives a seat at the table.”
The chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Rep. Mark Meadows (R.-NC) said Ryan does not have the votes to pass RyanCare if House Republican leadership insists on bringing the bill to the floor Thursday.
Blue Colors
I started a series of drawings of police officers leading by example. You can find their stories on my IG account. Like Sergeant Murphy who told his men to stand back to give protesters room because ‘you have a right to be upset!’. Gay police chief Erika Shields who advocates new ways of policing. Captain David Dorn who was a big mentor to the youth in his community and shot by looters. Officer Krystle Smith who stood up against a colleague who pushed a protester to the ground. Sikh Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal who was passionate about building bridges, shot during a traffic stop. Officer CaTari Jackson, Shreveport PD’s first black female mounted patrol officer. Please support the work of good cops to wash out the bad.
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In honor of those in law enforcement who stand up and inspire. Krystle Smith, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, because good police officers are needed.
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A number everyone should know: With the shooting of 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta 100 black people have been killed by the police in 2020 out of a total of 427 all over the United States (Source: Washington Post). I support the black community in their struggle and I support every good law enforcement officer who does the right thing for a change.
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To all the people who suffer from terror and violence. To all who fight for freedom and justice. To all we have lost. To all good people who work, wish, and hope for a world in peace. Not only in America, all around the world! Because that’s what I believe our flag stands for: To reach out to those not strong enough to fight, to help those who need a hand, to build for those who need a home. #freedom#patriotsday#september11#wtc#worldtradecenter#hope#neverforget#america#starsandstripes#thepeople#usa
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