STEVIE WONDER • God Bless The Child • 1968

In my opinion, the best version of this song next to Billie Holiday's original...

New York's Planned Parenthood will remove founder's name over her views on eugenics

Allison Gordon | CNN

If Margaret Sanger sounds familiar, it's because you might have encountered her in history class.

A nurse and educator, Sanger opened in 1916 the first birth control clinic in the United States, which was illegal at the time. Her arrest and conviction led to a court ruling said that physicians could prescribe contraceptives to women for medical reasons. In 1923, Sanger opened a new clinic staffed by female doctors which eventually became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

📺 WATCH: Why Did China hack the Vatican?

Being as it is that I have little respect and great distrust of both of these entities - I find it fascinating (and admittedly, pretty damn amusing) to see how little they respect and trust each other (despite all the grand plans they've laid together)...

And some food for thought to keep in mind here: bishops can become cardinals... cardinals can become Popes...

Whosoever hath ears, let them hear...

The Court Jester

Google working on smart tattoos that turn skin into living touchpad; Elon Musk pushing new brain microchip that will supposedly 'cure depression and addiction'

Google is working on smart tattoos that, when applied to skin, will transform the human body into a living touchpad via embedded sensors

IANS | BUSINESS STANDARD

Google is working on smart tattoos that, when applied to skin, will transform the human body into a living touchpad via embedded sensors.

Part of Google Research, the wearable project is called "SkinMarks" that uses rub-on tattoos.

The project is an effort to create the next generation of wearable technology devices, the CNET reported citing white papers and demo videos.

THE CLARK SISTERS • Ha Yah • 1980

@:30... "How many y'all ever heard one a them mothers shout out, HA YAH!!!? That is a HE-BREW tongue..."

The JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET • Wish I Knew • 1962

...but I'm just a man too...

📺 WATCH: How CHINA is weaponising water and causing social and environmental chaos

According to a report in 2016, China has built 87,000 dams. Why does China need so many dams? Read MUCH more here and here...

JOE HENDERSON • Lazy Afternoon • 1997

Sometimes you just need one...

TOMMY ELLISON and the SINGING STARS • Wait On Jesus • 1976

One of THE hardest things to do! But SO worth it when He comes through!

📺 WATCH: Tracing the link between your phone and the next pandemic

Between just the recent story on E-waste and now this☝️...I gotta say ~ it's really not looking too good lately for the 'technology is going to save us' crowd, is it? And you may notice once again how AFRICA is at the center of the exploitation...

Viruses can jump from animals to humans mining minerals that are used to make smartphones

Justine Calma | THE VERGE

When humans cut their way through forests to dig up gold and other minerals that go into phones, computers, and other devices, they run the risk of being a catalyst for a phenomenon called “spillover.” That’s what happens when a virus makes the leap from one species to another. It’s how two-thirds of new infectious diseases, like COVID-19, emerge.

🇯🇲 BOB MARLEY • Rumors • LIVE solo acoustic • 1976 🇯🇲

A lot of the same old ones too... maybe it's time to get educated?

KAREEM ABDUL JABBAR: Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Semitism in Sports and Hollywood?

The Hollywood Reporter columnist calls out the hateful outbursts against Jews by Ice Cube, DeSean Jackson and others and explains how the muted response "perpetuates racism" and contributes to an overall "Apatholypse."

By KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR | The Hollywood Reporter

Recent incidents of anti-Semitic tweets and posts from sports and entertainment celebrities are a very troubling omen for the future of the Black Lives Matter movement, but so too is the shocking lack of massive indignation. Given the New Woke-fulness in Hollywood and the sports world, we expected more passionate public outrage.

What we got was a shrug of meh-rage.

DUKE ELLINGTON and his ORCHESTRA • Solitude • 1934

You don't need to think of it as "social distancing"... just a bit more time for some good old solitude works for me... (and a little (more) Ellington don't hurt, neither!) 😉 ...

📺 WATCH: How humans are making pandemics more likely

It’s never been easier for animal pathogens to spill over into humans.

By Danush Parvaneh | VOX

Over the past 40 years, disease outbreaks among humans have become more frequent. The majority of those diseases are zoonoses, or diseases that originated in animals, like Ebola, West Nile virus, and probably Covid-19. But what makes zoonotic outbreaks likelier than ever is actually something humans are doing.

📺 NEW! Watch: DENZEL WASHINGTON Shares his "Encounter with the Holy Spirit"

"There's an old saying: you never see a U-Haul behind a hearse. You can't take it with you -- the Egyptians tried it and all they got was robbed. I mean - I tried everything else. It doesn't 'pay off', for lack of a better word. So, I don't put value in monetary - and all of those things. I just want to be in that number..."

KING JAMES VERSION • First Time We Met • 1974

If you haven't met Him yet, truth is - when you do - you can't seem to forget...

📽 WATCH: Saturday Night Classic Film • THE LEARNING TREE • 1969🍿

This is a great old movie that gets posted on YouTube but taken down every so often ~ while it's back up, I thought I'd post it again for anyone who has never seen it or for whom it has been a long time ~ semi-autobiographical from Gordon Parks the director of Shaft...

SARAH VAUGHAN • Dream • LIVE at Mr. Kelly's • 1957

 Just in case anyone forgets to still do it now and then...

The BROTHERS and SISTERS GOSPEL CHOIR • JIMI HENDRIX • BOB DYLAN • All Along The Watchtower (Suite) • 1969-71

By the way, that's Merry Clayton (of Rolling Stones Gimme Shelter vocal fame) on the first - one of my longtime favorite, extremely obscure versions of this classic song - plus the two better-known originals... the hour is getting late indeed, friends... bless UP!

📺 WATCH: STEVEN COLBERT nervously reminds BILL GATES he might not want to go around referring to the COVID VACCINE as "THE FINAL SOLUTION"

Pay close attention at the 2:30 mark. And by the way - is it just me - or does anyone else feel like he always looks wayyyy too excited about all of this when he's talking about it?

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION quietly CHANGES Coronavirus timeline

"Nothing to see here move along now, eh?!!!"   

The HOWARD LEMON SINGERS • You Are Somebody • 1977

"Just stand up and see that you're really free..."

DR. MATTIE MOSS CLARK and the CLARK SISTERS • My Cup Runneth Over • 1979

I've been asked before: "Out of all the members of 'The Clark Sisters', which one do you like the best?"

📺 WATCH: 🇪🇹 ETHIOPIAN Jewry • ISRAEL Phenomenology 🇮🇱

Today we're looking at one of Israel’s most distinctive communities - the Jews of Ethiopia. 

While the story of their rescue from Ethiopia has become a well-known tale of daring, bravery and sheer Israeli chutzpah, there’s far more to know about Ethiopian Jews than this event. 

🇪🇹 LEROY SMART • Ethiopia To Jamaica and BARRINGTON LEVY •Teach Me Culture 🇯🇲

Read MUCH more about ETHIOPIA, CULTURE and YOU here!

📺 WATCH: Climbing to Ethiopia’s Chapel in the Sky

Max Bearak | THE WASHINGTON POST

Abuna Yemata Guh is one of more than 100 rock-hewn churches in northern Ethiopia, but it’s the only one that requires climbing up a 1,000-foot cliff face to reach. Father Assefa, 64, has done it every day for 50 years.

📺 NOT KOSHER: Even as they celebrate their annual DOG MEAT FESTIVAL, a NEW strain of FLU found in CHINA has potential to become ANOTHER PANDEMIC, scientists warn

☝️ABOVE: Potential new swine flu pandemic & the barbaric Yulin dog meat festival has opened in defiance of supposed government restrictions in China. Allowing mass gathering in an unhygienic meat market is a public health risk. But, Chinese authorities have done nothing to stop the festival.

Holly Ellyatt | NBC NEWS

KEY POINTS

• The new strain has descended from the type of flu (“swine flu”) that emerged in 2009 causing the first global flu pandemic in 40 years.

• As with swine flu, however, the new strain has been identified as having “all the essential hallmarks of a candidate pandemic virus.”

• The new strain of flu should be monitored closely, scientists say.

The HEPTONES • Love Without Feeling • 1973

Far too many people are way too good at this... myself, I do my absolute best not to be one of them. However -- if you really can't understand these lyrics - this very well may be the perfect joint for where you're at...

📺 Watch: MICHAEL JORDAN and JOHN COLTRANE • The DOMINANT Duo 🏀

Both of these men completely dominated their arts ~ this is one of my all-time favorite videos on YouTube ~ an absolutely brilliant mashup masterpiece... AMEN!