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Kamala BY T YRONE M., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR OK first of all, congratulations are in order. Kamala Harris is the first Afro-American woman nominated for vice president on a major ticket. Joe Biden picked a good one, born to an Indian mom and a Jamaican dad, Kamala came into this world Oct. 20, 1964. Her full name is Kamala Devi Harris. Her father’s name is Don Harris. Her mother’s name is Shyamala Harris. Her husband’s name is Douglas. He has two children by a previous marriage. Her mother and her father met at a rally in Oakland, Calif. As soon as Joe Biden picked her, this fake ass president Trump started name-calling, calling her nasty. He can’t talk about nobody nasty, because everybody know about the peepee tapes. We are now seeing a broad range of stupid ass junk coming out of the this racist ass president’s mouth. I’m not going to let this racist president talk about an Afro-American female nominee like this, because she’s smart and intelligent and she’s the first female vice president nominee. But only small-minded racist
ass people with feeble minds would even think to say something this stupid. Donald Trump, we already know who you are. David Duke said it, and he’s the leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Donald Trump, we know what you do. You stoke fires. You create all of this chaos because you know you can benefit from it. We seen what you done at the convention. You showed a picture of the riots in Spain and tried to play like it was in America. You’re a deceiver, a liar and you’re demonic. Kamala Harris would make a very good vice president, unlike Mikey Pence, who can’t say Black Lives Matter. We know you have trouble with strong women. That’s why you always try to lash out at them. What you need to do, Donald Trump, is get on your knees and pray to God that he will forgive you for the things you said and done in the past. And maybe only then, after you repent heavily, will God forgive you. Congratulations Kamala Harris. We love you, America loves you, and so does the entire Democratic Party.
Mind Your Own Business? BY VICK Y B., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR
THEME: 1980S LY R ICS ACROSS 1. Lascaux and Mammoth, e.g. 6. At the stern 9. Eyeball rudely 13. Inuit boat 14. And not 15. Sing like Sinatra 16. Manicurist’s file 17. Old-fashioned “before” 18. *”If you ____, I won’t cry. I won’t waste one single day” 19. *”Steve walks warily down the street with the brim pulled way ____ ____” 21. *”She’s just a girl who claims I am ____ ____” 23. “Play it, ____,” from “Casablanca” 24. Boris Godunov, e.g. 25. *”All right stop collaborate and listen, ____ is back...” 28. Between Phi and Kappa 30. Restriction limiting use of lights during air raid 35. J.D. Power awards competitors 37. *”Oh, back on the chain ____” 39. Ann Patchett’s novel “Bel ____”
40. Slightly 41. Algorithmic language 43. French “place” 44. Kind of potato masher 46. Brickowski’s brick 47. Cleopatra’s necklace 48. Canine’s coat 50. Sol or fa 52. National Institutes of Health 53. *”____ Christmas, I gave you my heart” 55. Trinitrotoluene 57. *”You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when I ____ ____” 60. *”I wanna dance with somebody, with somebody who ____ ____” 64. Lithograph, for short 65. Holstein sound 67. Radio sign 68. Killed, like dragon 69. Commotion 70. Yiddish shrew 71. Sleep in rough accommodations 72. Gourmet mushroom 73. Cancel an edit, pl. DOWN 1. Whispered from a prompting booth 2. Shells and such
3. *”Meeting you with a ____ to a kill” 4. Brings home the bacon 5. First U.S. space station 6. Again 7. *”Hello, is it me you’re looking ____?” 8. Weight of refuse and chaff, pl. 9. Black and white cookie 10. One from Goa 11. *”And I’m never gonna make it like you do, making ____ out of nothing at all” 12. Compass reading 15. One of religious orders 20. Last letter of Greek alphabet 22. Experienced 24. Sine over cosine 25. *”I long to see the sunlight in your hair and tell you time and time again how much ____ ____” 26. Northwoods dwelling? 27. The Goldbergs sibling 29. *”Cuase I’m your ____ cool one, and I’m built to please” 31. Scotch ingredient 32. Kitchen tear-jerker 33. Wombs 34. *”Ooh, what’s the matter with the crowd I’m seeing? Don’t you know that they’re out of ____?” 36. Petals holder 38. *”Wake me up before you ____” 42. It creates instant millionaires 45. Count on, two words 49. One from Laos 51. Emissaries 54. Poison ivy or Poison oak 56. Religious doctrine 57. Venus de ____ 58. Greek Hs 59. Not that 60. Pilot’s stunt 61. Not loony 62. Catcher’s gear 63. Geological time periods 64. Psychedelic acronym 66. Lyric poem
My neighbor Curly and myself had our dogs out by the basement door talking while the dogs played. Another resident from our building came by, from what I guessed was the quick mart next door by the looks of his bag, and made a comment about what Curly and I were talking about. He spouted out, “the key is to mind your own business when you live here.” He went on to say, “I’ve been living here 20 years so; I have seniority and can do as I please.” The downstairs security guard feels that no one respects her, and I can now understand why. If everyone turned a blind eye life would never change. I’m told for years residents would ignore the happenings in the back of the building: illegal acts, drugs, etc. I also think a very influential friend had something to do with that also. Thank you, Linda. The Black Lives Matter movement has made an impact in my life. I used to be the one sitting on the couch watching the news clips where officers shot a black man the whole time thinking, “There has to
be more to the story.” After all the investigations the officers would receive a reprimand and that’s it. Because of the BLM movements more of these officers are brought to justice. It’s in the headlines and more and more people are becoming aware of the bad officers, the rotten apples. Unfortunately, the good officers are having to pay for the rotten ones. The same for businesses destroyed and looted because of a few bad apples. Recently we saw yet another case of injustice when a police officer shot a black man in the back seven times in Wisconsin. The man survived, but is paralyzed from the waist down. A long time ago while I was living in Florida, a cop shouted STOP to me and I kept on going. No shots fired. Was it because my skin color was white? We all have to continue the conversation and pick our battles. Choose the issues that mean the most to you homelessness, BLM, injustice. Stand up, carry a sign or simply keep the faith.
Take a walk with God JOHN H., CONTRIBUTOR VENDOR One thing I enjoy, being a Christian, is that close walk I take with God each day. There’s nothing better than getting up in the morning having a conversation with your creator. You talking to him through the day, and surely he’s speaking to your heart throughout the day, too. If you’re one of them who shares his word every day, he speaks to your heart about the events that are in the making, but not yet hit the surface. Ya see, just the other day I had a lady come to me in tears about the murder of George Floyd. And at the moment of her mourning, she had just picked up a paper from me and the article, “Love ‘em Anyway” just made her go into tears. At a time when you need God to help you cope with something, God has already beat you to the point, to comfort you in mourning. That’s why we
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walk with him each and every day. Amazing how all those young people stand on the front line protesting. Knowing and risking their life, (no telling what a racist president’s orders will be). A president who takes a walk across the park to a church, who before turning on American citizens holds up a Bible when no words in that bible are in his heart. Upsetting! More upsetting when I see people here in Nashville (racist and prejudiced) come from God’s house on Sunday — display the exact same attitude. I encourage people of this nature to take a walk with God each day. He will heal you. He’ll take that hate away from your heart. But first you’ll have to ask, and put forth an effort to change. Trust and believe God will do this for you. (Done deal.) Start taking a walk today.
