I think that was a regular pastime for people, following all that stuff. Wasn't
there a radio personality whose whole program was reporting Hollywood gossip?
Today's substitute is the terrible sniping that goes on, on Twitter. I read
about it in articles and hear about it on podcasts. The journalists are
constantly putting each other down. Of course, part of it is politics and
censorship. I just read about how all of the corporate journalists are wanting
Substack to censor people like Greenwald and Taibi. Substack is where people
go now to do independent journalism. Your Heather Cox is there. People try to
destroy each other's reputations on Twitter. That reminds me, in the old days,
Amy Goodman would have had Greenwald on her program this morning to talk about
LuLu in Brazil. No more! He's become toxic since he resigned from The Intercept.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 1:25 PM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Nobody Told Us That Oprah Was Going to Air a
Special on White Supremacy
Miriam,
I had a secretary many years ago who kept four or five Scandal Magazines in her
desk drawer. She would pull the drawer out and read her Smut. If anyone came
in the office she would slide some work folders over and look like she was
reading them. She never learned to spell, but she sure knew all the gossipy
little details going on in the entertainment field. I tried to explain that
she didn't really know these people, but she'd have none of that!
Now don't get me wrong, I still enjoy a little gossip. But I try to tell
myself that I know gossip from information.
Carl Jarvis
On 3/11/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Or, what about the millions of Americans who worshipped Hollywood
stars and followed their romances, marriages, divorces, and extra
marital affairs with such avidity. It was the American version of worshipping
royalty.
Miriam
-----Original Message-----
From: blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<blind-democracy-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2021 11:15 AM
To: blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: Nobody Told Us That Oprah Was Going to
Air a Special on White Supremacy
I've never understood how royal blood is so special. I do have to
give the Royal Family a coodo for being able to maintain their
prominence while doing nothing to earn it.
Or perhaps I should wonder why the British People worship the Royal
Family in the first place. But then, I can't figure out why countless
millions of Americans worship the likes of Donald Trump.
Carl Jarvis, just glad I'm not a King.
On 3/10/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't follow stories about the Royal Family so I had no idea that a
member of that family married an American Black woman. I've been
seeing headlines referring to her name, but never investigated the
reason for the headlines.
Miriam
Nobody Told Us That Oprah Was Going to Air a Special on White
Supremacy By Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page
09 March 21
A withering, devastating interview with Harry & Meghan via Oprah. The
Kingdom which first brought slaves here 400 years ago had their
current Royal racism outed in all its glorious brutality last night -
just how black will her kids be? The Palace refused to provide
security for her baby or her husband. Meghan, crushed, depressed,
asked to seek help. The Palace - "The Firm" - blocked her from
getting mental health services. Meghan, in despair, considered
suicide. Harry frightfully saw the deja of this - it was the
treatment of his dead mother all over again. So it was time to get
out. His father wouldn't return his calls. This airs today in the UK
on Commonwealth Day - yes, that British Commonwealth, in which 40% to
60% of its inhabitants are people of color. None of this comes as a
surprise those of color in the Commonwealth. The British press, when
referring to Meghan, uses words like monkey, demon seed, straight
outta Compton. It's good to see where our original White Supremacy
came from and how the Mother country embraces it to this day.
Nobody told us that Oprah was going to air a special on White
Supremacy yesterday on the anniversary of the Selma March. Powerful.
And the mental health/suicide discussion was so intense and so
helpful, I'm certain it will save lives.
Meghan - observing your wedding in 2018, I remember thinking, oh god,
she'll pay for this. You and Harry conducted what racists saw as a
"Black" wedding
- complete with an incredible Black American firery preacher giving
the sermon and a black gospel choir rockin' it out. The Royals and
the rich sat there stone-faced in the church through it all. I
thought, she's cooked.
The
press immediately went after you. I'm so sorry. Thank you for the
good works you continue to do. Welcome home. It ain't perfect here.
Today the murder trial of the cop who killed George Floyd begins in
Minneapolis. There is much for us all to do.
And on this International Women's Day, congrats on the new baby girl
you'll soon be bringing into this crazy world.