People are getting all worked up over Eminem’s recent “freestyling” rant against President Trump. Why? Why, all of a sudden, do Eminem’s irrelevant opinions matter so much? Red Flag 1 – How the media is pushing this ridiculous display to the top of all their trending topics for optimal viewing; spoon-feeding the masses in order
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New Legislation to Ban Fast Food in America
While this headline is completely false, it would actually make more sense than the gun control narrative being pushed in the United States because the number one cause of death in America, according to the CDC, is Heart Disease. I don’t care to get down into the weeds of the
Continue readingDo Ethics and Service Exist Anymore?
ethical adj. pertaining to or dealing with morals or the principles of morality; pertaining to ethics. being in accordance with the rules or standards for right conduct or practice, esp. the standards of a profession. Whatever happened to the importance of this word in relation to providing a service in
Continue readingA Black White Supremacist?
“Charles Barkley Is a Great Example of a Black White Supremacist” This was a headline that came across my newsfeed this morning. Feel free to read the article here, but if you do, try and take it in with a new perspective; don’t let it rile you up emotionally and
Continue readingWhose Race War Is This, Anyway?
Who benefits from the race war being waged in America? It’s certainly not us, the American people. We are all currently under attack and have been tricked into fighting a false enemy. We’ve been duped into believing that the enemy is each other (our sisters and brothers of another color)
Continue readingFinding Your Passion
“A goal is not always meant to be reached; it often serves simply as something to aim at.” – Bruce Lee When I first read the Bruce Lee quote above, I actually felt an odd sense of relief. Like, wow, seems even Bruce Lee fell short of certain goals in
Continue readingDivorce in America
What if the government forced you to turn over a generous portion of your paycheck to someone else? What if this money that has been taken away from you and forcefully given to this other person left them with little need to ever work; even if they were perfectly capable
Continue readingTraditional vs. Modern (Social Justice) Definitions
My, how times have changed; or have they really? Maybe it’s just because there is so much more media attention these days with, not only the traditional media sources (i.e. newspapers, magazines, radio and television), but now with the vast reaches of the internet where these same media sources have
Continue readingSurviving Panic Attacks
Panic Attacks won’t kill you, but sometimes they are bad enough that you might wish you were dead. I was eighteen, happy and optimistic about the life ahead of me. I was an otherwise normal and healthy young man with no history of any physical, mental or emotional issues up to
Continue readingOh, My Sore Muscles
So, my legs are killing me today. Makes sense, since I hit them really hard a couple of days ago. I’ve always been fascinated by delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) by where the muscles become exceedingly sore a couple of days after a very intense (and sometimes altered) workout. I
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