"Sinners" Oscars amid Racism, Rihanna's House Shot At, Bomb at Gracie Mansion

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Yeah, I mean, honestly, we do things for love and labor, but we still have to. Livet no argument there. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, But I had a fulfilling day. It was very informative. We had amazing people today on a panel talking about what a lot of people talking about artificial intelligence something an event you actually kind of put together as a one man as a one man team, like we all came to help, you know, with the baby. However, you did a lot of that pushing and pulling by yourself. Look, somebody just jone. That's minicause she jumped on, how was how was the workshop? Tell her how the workshop was? Listen, Monica, it was a mazin. Okay, I'm gonna tell y'all. If you just using chat, you behind the eight ball, because you gotta use chet, you gotta use perplexity, you gotta use claw. I learned about was it l l m's n LMS. Yeah, I know you're the guru, but I'm just you know, as the student, I'm letting you know what I learned today. And it was amazing. It was amazing. They talked about how the US is pretty much a lot we're kind of like at the back of the line. A lot of places outside of the US are. Actually, you know, way forward, more forward than we are within innovation and everything else. Is that true? Say that's true? Man, that's the problem you know, I think America has, and rightfully so. Right when it gets to the US, the US is usually. Scared of new things, right, and it's a history of you know, the US you know, praying on people so to speak, you know, misleading people, and you know, using people, experimenting on people. So when certain things come up, especially big ideas you have a lot of people are extremely skeptical, right, and this whole a I think, you know, people are very nervous about what AI can do. But one thing that I do, especially when I teach and do the lectures and travel around the country, you know, I talk, I tell people, well, if you don't use it, the chances are you being misled is greater than you not right, And so it's very important for you to at least have an understanding the background or what AI is some of the things that it can do, you know, especially with organizations, understanding what their current workflows is and being solutions for them. You know, this is how you can utilize AI to enhance or you know, do your business. You know, and a lot of healthcare professionals are utilizing AI. And when it comes to the field, right, it's just what are. You using it for? How are you using it and how is it supporting your current business? And what are the guardrails? Right, And one thing that I always preaches, it's called human and the loop right. People tend to just say I want AI to do everything for me. Well, when you do that, that's what the problems happening, because AI can't think for you. But when you let it do that, it starts to fill in the blanks, right, that you didn't put in there. And so it's very important to stay connected to any AI models, any lms. You know, Monica mentioned managed that's an extremely powerful LLLM. Monica, this is something that I mentioned in the workshop today and the lecture today. Man, this is big, So it's a deep seek. So all of these are. Dynamic workflows, dynamic you know, language models that perform a job pretty good. One thing that I said in the workshop is, you know, use it, have the intention on what you want to use it for, and use it for that intention. Some are better than others, but depending on what you use it for, you can get the most out of it. Minica always say so if the issues are the environment and its impact on water in particular some of the issues, yes, you know, and that has been that's a legitimate argument. Right, two things can be true. You know, it can be a I can be helpful and it can be damaging as well. Right, you know, they as far as the environment, you know, when we talk about you know, they said that about Crypto, they say it about fast fashion, they say that about you know, farms, you know, they say that about Kyle's, they say that about everything. You know. Just we just have to be more responsible with the things that we do and be again intentional. And I think it's important for people like Monica or some of the people who were in the workshop to that our skeptics to have these committees to make sure that they put up those guard wells, right, because if you don't have people that are skeptics, that are holding people accountable for using such dynamic tools, then you will have the wild wild West, right, And so. It's very important for that. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, And they. We talked about that Monica. With the issues on the environment, some of the questions that the audience posed were, how do we help our elderly people who don't really know, you know. What this has become with the AI. You know, they may know it on a smaller scale, but on a bigger scale, like you know what, like Charles just said basically about the guardrails and things that they need to protect themselves. But I'll say this, and you mentioned healthcare, which is my. Wheelhouse, Charles. People don't realize that if you say, oh, I don't like AI. AI has become part of the world where it has helped Laparoscopic surgery has now become a higher for preventive measures of either chronic conditions or debilitating diseases. They have different. Types of machines like proton radiation therapy where if you're getting radiation, this AI model has allowed it where the radiation could go in just where the tumor is and give radiation and then exit without irritating any of the healthy tissues. So I just mentioned that to say that AI as a person no use that people may abuse it for may not be all that good, but there are a lot of times where AI can be helpful in you know, innovative therapy. Monica said, we are seasoned, not elderly, Yes, seasoned. And to that Monica, what I also mentioned is that one of the audience members, which is my sister, is Karen. She had said about the seasoned people not really knowing about how to operate the things with artificial intelligence. And what I mentioned is even though there are people in the community, sometimes libraries can do workshops. You have family members those that village of your nieces, nephew's grandchildren who are able to come in to say, hey, let me show Auntie how to use this, let me show unk you know this is TikTok or the different scams that can be prevented and talked about the deep fate videos. Laurences Will just joined and it was an amazing video that she educated the people on. So I mean, it could definitely be anything. If it's put in the wrong hands, can be manipulated. But if you have it and you you have an understanding about it, it can definitely be beneficial as well. And while you're on that topic, it looks like our guess is here, Lauren, I want you to since she brought up your video, I want you to give a perspective on kind of like you as a journalist and deep fakes and the video specifically that you you released that's going around and making the rounds in terms of people watching. What's your thoughts. Yeah, I think it's so important that you know the especially when it comes to the general public, that they are educated on a lot of the deep fakes and the misinformation and disinformation that's put out there when it comes to artificial intelligence, because particularly in that video and when I saw that, I was just thinking, like to the untrained eye, like somebody that's just sitting there watching this, that they're thinking that this is real. And then this stuff is shared, and once it's shared, that's the that's the when the misinformation happens, because you're not intentionally share trying to cause harm. You know, if you're sharing it and you're trying to cause harm, that's disinformation. But if you're just sharing it, you know, like oh my gosh, look what happened, and you send it to a friend or somebody and that person sends it to someone else, or you're spreading misinformation. But at the same. Time too, you have to think, you know, you know me just looking at at at both sides of the spectrum. When it comes to the images that are portrayed in the video, you have law enforcement and then you have you know, people of color. So when you think about the history of those, you know, different dynamics and when they come together and stuff like that. And I won't get all into that part when it comes to police brutality and and and stuff like that, but you know, certain people or you know, it can it can lead to just you know, incidents being things being incited that shouldn't be. You know, somebody may now all of a sudden want to you know, target law enforcement because they think that this is real and that they you know, harmed a young black kid or you know, vice versa or something else. So you really want to be trying to you know, as we talk weekly, is you know, doing and continuing to do just educating the general public about the you know, the importance of you know, debunking a lot of this stuff that's out here. You know, of course it's great things, yeah, exactly, Yeah, there's great things when it comes to AI, but then you know, there's a lot of people out here that are using it to deceive people. All right, let's jump right into it. What's spark You ready for me? Yeah, I'm ready? All right, Well, why don't you give it to me early? All right, Well, we're talking about good news and bad news, and one of this is good news. Right now, we are in Ramadan. And the Philadelphia Department of Prison is understanding the different religions. So now Philadelphia Department of Prison is now allowing Muslim correctional office to wear jebs while on duty. The new policy took effect on February the eighteenth, and the approval they approved apps must be black. They also must be close fitting, easy to remove, and to allow the entire face to remain visible for security reasons, so staff members that are wearing the hedjaft must also pass through the department's electronic body scanner before entering the secure prison areas. Prison Commission Prisons Commissioner Michael Resident said safety and security are paramount, but when we can responsibly accommodate religious freedom, it should not be repressed. Philadelphia joins a growing number of correctional and law enforcement agencies nationwide updating uniform policies to allow religious head coverings while maintaining safety standards. So if you believe your workplace is denying you religious accommodations, you can contact the US Equal Opportunity Commission or the EEOC. Their number is eight hundred sixty six y nine four thousand again one eight hundred sixty six four thousand, or you can visit them web at ee OC dot gov for more guiance. Yeah, I think that's crazy that they weren't allowed to wear it before. Yeah, I think it may have been, like they said, you know, for safety reasons, or they can claim that those are the reasons, but it's for other reasons too. You know. So yeah, anymore insights so nasty as the. Muslim community, I'm happy about it. All about the men. Were they already able to wear the men or is. It for both? Well, men don't wear the jack well not. That, but like their religious god like. Oba, these are something I'm not sure for any religion. Oh maybe, I'm not sure. I think they still have to wear the clothes as far as the you know, far as their policy. But the head gear, I believe that would be the only thing that they could add to it. Yeah, Like were they not allowed to wear that before? No? Now, I can tell you one thing. It was like that in sports too. It was a challenges for some of the women athletes, the female athletes that wanted to wear he jabb as they played. They you know, they got a lot of pushback based on that while agoing in Philadelphia. And now they're you know, open to them wearing it because they understand it's a religious preferences. So I'm excited that there's a movement on that and they're not being so stuck on this is what it has to be, and that stack's. That's crazy because you made me remember something. And I played those basketball in high school and I remember there was a player on my team, and I believe she was able to wear her remember her having any issues then, But that was a long time ago when maybe like it just wasn't like people trying to ruckle feathers, you know, at that time, and it was respected. And then this now it is just like you get into this era where I don't know, I don't know that enough. About it, but somebody advocating for her. Yeah, I remember her playing and she had you know, the basketball shorts and she had her tights. Underneath and she had her Yeah. I don't if I can remember. I don't ever remember her being it was to take it off. But I'm glad that you know that's no longer instu you know what I mean, like to be able to. Thank you absolutely. All right, Well, Philly is getting some more money and they're putting places. Huh, that's what's up. Yeah, all right, So if you know Cobbs Creek in West Philly, you remember where parts of that area had a lot of dumping a lot of flooding, and it had. Some shady activity going on over there too. Well. Now the city is putting in over nine point one million dollars into restoring about twenty five acres of that wetland and that floodplain. It's going about a three mile stretch of the creek, and they're planning more than forty nine thousand trees in native plants. State Rep. Morgan Seefa said that the area once had serious challenges, but now the investment is making its destination for residents. And young people every single day. Here's the bigger picture. The project connects one hundred and fifty million dollars rebuilt of Cobbs Creek Golf Club, which is expected to become a world class community space in the hands on environmental class room. For Philly students. So what the what the city is asking if you see any illegal dumping around those areas, the parks, the waterways, they want you to call the Philadelphia Water Department at two one five six eight five six three zero zero, or you can report it on Philly or phil a dot gov to keep that area clean. What are your thoughts on that? That's great? I like I like the fact that they are, they're allowing, they're they're trying to keep certain spaces looking and being the way that it should, especially in neighborhoods where there's a lot of people who look like me, because traditionally they didn't take care of those spaces. And I'm not talking about the people who look like me didn't take care space. I'm talking about where the money people who were in busting money, they didn't care about those spaces, and so I'm happy to see that. But my question also is with that amount of money, get it, it's it's wet lands that just covered all of the things that makes it look despairingly bad. But can that go to the unhoused too. Like you know what I'm saying. Wait, we're doing greenery, which is understandable, we're breathing, it's. An environment if they have passed and all these insects people live in that area. But we're taking a lot of money to put it into something where it's a lot of people who could be utilizing that those funds. No, I agree. I mean I think two things can be true too. You know, I think that I think your position has merit, and I agree with that. I would have to ask, I would need to know the breakdown of the money. Is the money coming from the taxpayers? Are there grants? Are people specific? Because I know, say, for example, we're talking about the golf are you talking if you're talking about Morgan Cefa's area, you're talking about around the Overbrook area, you know, you're talking about like the part where I know for certain that Tiger was invested a lot of his own money because that's where he wanted that in that on that golf course. It wasn't like the taxpayers giving one hundred one hundred million dollars in the location, right, And so I would just say, well, where is the money coming from and who invested that money in those spaces? So that go ahead? Go ahead? No, No, I was going to say, if we use that as context, then we can argue all day about should certain moneies go to certain spaces? You know what I mean? Uh, Conica, just let me pull this up real quick. She's say, uh, we still had dumping their Mount Maria cemetery off with the avenue. I agreed. I would love to see more funding for housing me too. I mean, like hmm, I was talking about right there, yep. Yep, and that, and that's a problem, right because I think people have certain agendas and they focus on certain locations, and that particular location is literally right around the corner from where we're talking about, and so we need to talk about See. I hate point in Phineas because I always, I always blame certain leadership, and so I don't want to get on my soap box with that. But you know, there has to be there has to be some accountability, and there has to be some of the community leader's spearhead. And the charge to hold certain people accountable. Yeah, because it's funny that, you know, Monica mentioned it because I rode past there several. Times and I was just like remembering how I was wild. I used to see like people out there, you know, groups would be cleaning up in that area. And I don't know how long ago that. Was, but recently I was riding past. I was like, it looks terrible over here, and it's exactly there. He just back that. You know, It's just like I'm ring past it every time. Now I'm like, hmmm, clean agree. I'm like this is insane. It's like now it's becoming like an attacktion for other people to jump there. It's like you've seen these tires, these mountains of tires, and it's just terrible, and it's industries. Did you do something with your might sound you might sound muffled for some reason, right, it's just automatically. I don't. I don't have to, Okay, but no, I agree. I agree with you. We have to do and just just for sake of the story. Trust me, I think it's great. I think putting money into it's like I know the mayor or the you know, the cabin. Is saying, we can't please everybody. So trust me, doing that is definitely a great thing to make the evergreens look good. But also, you know, like Siszl was just saying too, it's one hundred and fifty dollars one hundred and fifty million. Dollars rebuild at cops. Great. So now it's like, oh, I gotta have a beautiful house and a pretty car because now, are you only doing this because of how it connects to that so that it all can. Look bace you know what I'm saying? Or are you only doing this because certain people look a certain way around here? So for me, no, I agree with you too, because you know that's one of the things that we need to No, it's unfortunate. But what I will say too is as long as certain people have. Access certain spaces, I'm art with that one hundred percent of art. The problem I have is when we talk about gentrification, right, and people who used to have access to certain places no longer have access because now the certain people who moved in are complaining that, oh, we don't want this area so loud. Now, like, what are you talking about. You moved in, it was always loud. Or why these people cooking outside? But what are you talking about? We always do just because you moved in. And I have a real problem. I mean, I love all you bikers out there. I have a real problem with these new bike lanes. And you know that's that's I'm sure that that's going to be part of it, right because that area they're starting to, you know, widen the bike lanes and make the traffic. A little bit more tighter, right. And so that's a problem for me too, you know, I you know, to get a bike. How about that, right, and stop driving all together. Maybe I get a motorized school or so. I've been thinking about that and way, but can't join them. But that's not okay sometime, right, that ain't okay sometime, you know, And so that has been I get your point those parts, but that has been that that idea is is an idea that has literally killed certain ideas because they're saying, don't fight, just deal with it, and it's okay, And sometime. We still have to continue to fight. They destroyed the treat Yeah, okay, let's put it up. They destroyed the trees, and it's because of Tiger was watch how many of us use it? But that's true. It's not a lot of us use that golf course right there. The one thing I will say, Monica, is that what that that location? Because I have. Been, uh, I've been following what they have been doing, and they have opened up free accessing programs for the community right around there, and so so it was kind of like six and one hand half a dudgeon and in the other I've been seeing like little kids walking to that location and getting free tutor and getting free lessons, getting free you know, things that they wouldn't normally have access to. So what I care about the trees versus my people? Probably I don't, you know, I can give it take some trees to make sure that little Robbie don't pull, you know, find me on the back block and take what I had, right, because now he have an outlet to. Do some good work. So yeah, I mean, you know that's it's definitely again two things can be true. Yeah, it's one of those things. Yeah. O great, all right, our final story and this ties into Pennsylvania because. This is international news. There are two young Pennsylvania men, eighteen year old Emir Ballot and nineteen year old Iprem Kayumi. They're being held without bail after the. Authorities say they threw all made explosive devices during a protest out of Gracie Mansion in New York City. Investigators say that the men admitted they were inspired by the extremist group Islamic State. According to court documents, one suspected allegedly told officers he wanted to do something even bigger than the twenty thirteen Boston Marathon bombing. The explosive devices contained TATP, which is a powerful chemical explosive, along with nuts and bolts. Design called serious injury. But fortunately neither device, neither device detonated. US Attorney General Pambonding responding, and we will not allow isis poisonous anti American ideology to threaten this nation. Authority say that the suspects drove from Pennsylvania through New Jersey into New York, and investigators later recovered explosive materials and instructions inside their vehicle. One of the young men had with a vehicle. It was actually registered to a Pennsylvania resident. Which was one of the young men's uncle. So if you see suspicious activity or materials that could be dangerous, please report tips directly to the FBI by calling one eight hundred C A L L F B I. That's one eight hundred two two five five two four, or. You can always go online and submit your tips online to tips T I P S dot FBI dot com. No doubt, no doubt, that's funny, no doubt. Absolutely example, Yep, that's funny. Yeah, he's talking about he wanted to do something bigger than they in there without bail. But did you hear the ages last year? Won't They were just in high school eighteen and nineteen years old. By lawyer kid. And that's still a kid that's still teen on that number eighteen nineteen. You're from the lobe, isn't even developed. Yet, especially as especially as a male like males, you know, they they matured well, I think it's like three years slower than women, like you know, maybe more than that, three to five yeah, three to five years yep, slower than women. And so yeah, and. They thinking that go ahead, sim no, go ahead, finish with team. I was just saying, like they probably play all these games and so desensitized that they sitting there trying to make a bomb with bolts and nails and it didn't even detonate, Like whatever they was trying to do didn't not even hit the mark. They probably don't even have a record, and now who knows what their future holds with this. Mm hmm. My thing is, my thing is just like that energy like bald with somewhere else, like go to college or something like or a tech school or the chemistry or whatever, those skills are somewhere else. Like it's just it's insane. But like my other thinking too is just like will this encourage other. Means their age should do something crazy? Yeah, And what they did say, it's almost like they wanted to be bigger than the Boston bombing. You can hear by their names what their ethnicity is and you saw their pictures. It's it's sad. And what were what were their ages the Boston bombings from Balsdony, I can't remember him. Yeah, they were young too, but there was one that was like really young. This movie. Yeah, it's like even with the United Healthcare CEO killing, like they they usually make a manifesto or something and then so like that they need to go and create this craziness that they can't get out of years later. Yeah. Yes, wow, So. That was your good news. Bang your bad dudes on. Your girl classic Lady Sparkle a bad a classic late spark on Charles Gregor with the beautiful. Beautiful classic Lady Sparkle. Sous, are you ready for me? You got something for me? Yeah, we might as well breeze right on through me early. All right, So before I jumped right on into this good old entertain minizzle news, make sure you support independent journalism with We Talk Weekly News by subscribing on all major podcast platforms. To follow us on social media so you can stay informed and stay connected and just be in the know. You can help us expand our. Community centers solutions based reporting. Make a donation, be a cash ad to dollars time we talk weekly, or you can do it securely through PayPal at we talkdeply dot com. And every contribution makes an impact. All right. So this Oscars showdown, you know, it's about to go down, and I'm super super excited for Sinners, but it's kind of like bittersweet because this is happening just weeks after the Back to Film Awards ceremony Racist Blunder, which the BBC see is under fire for. But before I. Get right into, you know, putting BBC on the hot seat, Centers, directed by Ryan Coogler, starring Michael B. Jordan, is up for sixteen Academy Award nominations. Get those applause ready, see get those clause ready. They don't have the claws on here. We don't have this, all right. And then. When we're done, if we could, you know, respond to Monica's question because you had a question. I would love to kind of pat on that. But yeah, any guesses on how many awards are gonna take home tomorrow night, because the Oscars are tomorrow night, right, how many awards are going to take home out of that sixteen? Anybody any numbers? Any numbers? I'm a say nine. I'll make it an even ten. Anybody saying anybody, anybody over ten, I'm at nine, you're at nine. See now, all right? Okay? Well, Sinners is now rumored to have an edge at nabbing more oscars after this Baptist Awards show catastrophe. Well Michael B. Jordan fellow and fellow Sinners actor del Warri Lindo, they were presenting the first award. Of the night well when as soon as Michael B. Jordan began to speak, he was interrupted by a racial slur yelled out from the audience by John Davidson, who has severe Turetts syndrome. So John Davidson is also a Turet syndrome activist and his life was inspired by the bath To nominated film I Swear, which is why he was there. When John Davidson did say that he was deeply mortified of his outburst due to an involuntary, involuntary. Vocal tick and stay that three times. So he shouted out other offensive words throughout the evening of the Bafter Awards, So this wasn't the only thing that he said. He was saying other things, but when the racial slur was yelled out right mid sentenced. You know, Michael B. Jordan talking shout out to Michael B. Jordan and Dell row Bell Roy Lindo. They were able to do their composure and keep presenting the award, which I thought was also awesome. And during the show, hosts Alan coming both and said you may have heard some strong and offensive language tonight. Then he proceeded to explain John Davis this condition and then he apologized and said, you know, if anybody was offended. So Michael B. Jordan he was understanding, saying, you know, you gotta take things one day at a time. But Delroy Lindo, he said, you would have. Preferred a more personal, formal apology directly after it happened. But the BBC came under fire because they had the opportunity to edit it out and this is what a lot of people were also mad at. Yet they edited out a lot. Of the other tips that came from John Davidson that night. But now the BBC, and that's you know, them being under fire because BBC won. They allowed it to air not only on BBC, but they didn't remove it from eye Player where it remained on there for a whole other a whole another day, so BBC said the broadcast of a racial slur shouted at af the Film Awards ceremony was the result of a genuine mistake. Other initial evidence gathered has found that no one in the on TIGHTE broadcast truck heard this when they were watching the live So is this even acceptable? I'm gonna tell you my thoughts. Hold on one second. I'm just the story is following. You people must be idiots. What are you doing? Are you people out of your mind? Are you just yo? Listen, listen, listen. Ain't no way in this world, right, this is BBC. This is the quote unquote respected cream that a crumb of. Media, publication and production. Ain't no way that they didn't hear that, or maybe they just didn't want to hear it. And the fact that they had the opportunity to edit and remove after because remember even if they didn't hear it the first time, the outrage they heard that, so they had the opportunity to fix that and edit. The second part of that is shout out to my folks who handle that so classy, you know, And unfortunately that's something that we always have to do. We always have to take the higher road right. Sometimes some people need to be punched in them off right metaphorically. And I have an issue that the fact that you have to rets and that's something that you have. To deal with as you know, a you know, how can I put it? So I'm trying to be as political as I can. Right. So that's something that you suffer from turets, right, and you are on the stage. You want to advocate for it, and you want to say that that's you know, a quote unquote disability and you want us to be open to that. And I even heard people of our are descent, you know, try to. Advocate for it. The problem that I have with that is if that was the case, why didn't you apologize right after that? Oh I'm sorry, I shouldn't have did that. You know, it was just by way of my turets. I'm sure the world people would have understood that, right, But you waited, and you waited until the backlash came for you to say something, and then you gave a sorry apology after that. And my question was, well, you didn't say use that. Word term until they got on stage. What happened to all the other outbursts? You didn't use any slurs like that about somebody race with your trests. Now, I don't have tourets, so I don't know too much, you know, so I don't want to I don't want. To speak too much. But the fact that you have a disability don't take away, uh that you hurt somebody else. And uh look, look so Monica said it's a disability, but it must have been in his heart. That's that's exactly the point that I'm making, Like, you can't you understand how hurtful that word is. People who have to retch blurred out words that they normally are used to saying, or around or familiar with hearing. You don't just automatically invent a word, which when you have threats. I know this one young lady whistles when she had you know, when she has her outbursts. I know a few people with tourets. Is not as bad. Some are uh more violent response than others. But this right here, it's no excuse for the follow up. Him doing it is one thing. The follow up is the problem. And that's what I have a problem with the follow up because if you want to say, oh, it's my threats and. I use the word are cool, but it's just no excuse for that. And the BBC just through the gas. On the fire because they know better than that, right And so remember we always talk about fake news, trust the news, and BBC is probably one that stood very high with that. Now I'm questioning the trust that I had for you for allowing something like that because the BBC are no certified quote unquote journalists. So you mean to tell me as photo journalists, video journalists, you know, reporters that you didn't think that that was an issue and give you have an accountability, you have ethics to uphold you. You just it's no I have in my head. I try my best of fat because you know, I'm for the people I've been fighting in my head to to try to find a reason to allow, not not even use the word allowed, but to be okay with the fact that that's the disability and that happened. Then I'm just like no, because it's still a. Problem with who are using that word that you around that made you blurt that out right or let's take that out. How come you didn't say why didn't you give an apology? And the apology that it gave, like I said, it was lame and you said you wanted he said something along the line if I don't have it in front of me, But he wanted to let the dust clear it. No, that's when you're supposed to jump in and be like, yo, that's that's my bad. I'm working on it. And he just tried to say, I wanted. To you know, this is something to you know, uh, you know, make the world understand that this is what's going on. No, no, no, no, no. The world knows that black people have been slaughtered for fifty sixty seventy years, four hundred years. The world knows that too, y'all trying to hide that. So I don't have any I don't have any I don't feel bad. No, he needs all the smoke. That's where I'm at with it. I don't feel bad at all. That was That was horrible. We are a media outlet, you know, we are not looked at as being. To a degree, we're not legacy news. Right, we're building a legacy, but we're not legacy news, and so we're not looked at as we get gate kept from organizations like that, and so we need to hold them accountable too, right, And so I don't have no problem with it. He could have looked here we go. He could have avoided the backlash had he said something that's what I said. Had he said something immediately like I said, if he would have waited until after they got off stage, you have access. You could have just been like, look, I'm I apologize for that, this, that and the other. He didn't do that, he didn't do that. And again we have to stop saying like, okay, acknowledging quote unquote an apology over here, but not acknowledging that even though you apologize, that still hurt the community. And no one is talking about that part of it. And so that's the problem that I have. Yeah, everything, Yeah, everything, see said the only thing I I wish if time could reverse, if we could you go back in time. I feel like. They should have addressed it. I'm done with beeing nice. I'm done with oh, invite him to the cookout while we were up there on that stage. Just as classic as they omitted it by not speaking about it, they could have spoke about it. This is classy in that moment. Hey, everybody, I just want everyone to recognize that that just happened, and we are old in apology right now, right now, while everything while the cameras are still moving right now. And to Rett syndrome, neuro divergent, it's neurological, add o CD, all of these things that people still have. Are we you attention deficit disorder, hyperdeficit disorder? Okay, So if I do something, I'm gonna go straight to my disorder. Am I gonna be able to be able to be excused because. I have a neuro divergent you know, mindset? Oh no, oh no. And I've dealt with Tourette's people because I you know, I had my cannabis store. It was sometimes they use kratom to help with the tics and things like that. It is something planted there. You can you can only speak a cuss word if you heard it. You can only speak of color if you heard it. You can only speak a gender if you heard it. He didn't say women, he didn't say hum. He said the N word any hard r. And if those were two white people up there, it wouldn't have been that word. So why do we have to sugarcoat? Why do we have to play around it? It is what it is. The only thing is is that I wish del Roy I thought he was gonna say something because he'd be telling me like it is he seasoned. But I wish that they would have said something in the moment to identify it. You know, everybody's like hiding in playing sight. That's that's hiding in playing side. You're gonna say something and act like you don't hear it, and then we're gonna. Talk about it afterwards. Guess what. Afterwards the narrative changes. Everybody got a moment or beat the thing, or beat it for pr to. Come in and try to make things better. Know, we'll handle this right now in this very moment as it's taking place, and and. You and you spoke about. The one thing about that gentleman is he is very vocal when it comes to the usage of the world. He'll be like, say it what you like, say it and tell me why you want. To say yeah and so and so the position that I hope with that is he probably would have said something live on National TV. But I think he took the high road because who he was next to and who was getting honored and things like that, and so that shows even more class, which goes to the point that Monica said, and I've been saying, so this is the issue for us as well, because we always take the high. Road even when we shouldn't. We are the only race that does that and feels like we need to, and we are that's burnt in our souls that we should always take the high road. Turn face right, get smacked in the face. That's all right, you know. Uh they say, you know you have to forgive the abuser. You know, we we are the only ones who's taught that. And yes, I get the idea of, you know, forgiveness, so you can get over it, right, because that's that's it's on you. It laates have you on you. But look, I'm for forgiveness, but I don't forget. I don't forget that. And I'm also for you know, having consequences for things that you do. There's no question. James mentioned it earlier at the AI. He was on the panel talking about how we're brainwashed that if you're saying it's religion reasons, because the Bible says be as concious as a serpent, but be as innocent as a dove. I'm not going to a gunfight with a knife, and I'm not fighting a gorilla with a broom you know I'm coming just okay. You want to you want that, you want to mirror. I'm gonna marry you, you know. But I think that it should have been addressed, and I think that we're in the yester years of saying we're always going to keep taking the high road. The high road is to be successful in the outcome. That's the high road. To me. The high road is handling it. With dignity, which still could have been done, but not being to be almost like omitting something, And that's taking the high road because something in me always has Silence is sometimes giving granted of okay and acceptance. Silence is not always golden to make it you're taking. The high road. A true apology would have been him not blaming it on Turets and just saying I apologize everyone on the planet. No, he has threats. They already gave him a pass to say he has threats. We get it, So you don't have to keep mentioning that to me. But what you do need to mention is that you heard a particular community it was not okay saying that, and you apologize, don't jump back into it. And this is why I'm advocating to spread. More with no no, no, no, because now you're just blame it on Toorets again. Stop blaming it on Torest's blame. It doesn't matter if you know you you you're unhoused. It doesn't matter if you know you're you know, you can't speak, you don't have the vocal course to speak, or you can't hear, you can't see. You still could do F boy stuff. You can do F boy stuff on. One leg the dinner table. Yes, it's like, no wrong, So I don't I don't accept the apology. You're not apologizing to mean per se, but I don't accept it. I feel like it was in poor taste. I think his apology was impoor taste. And he has enough money at this point from his documentaries and all the movies that was based around this, to have enough people around him to say, like, yo, this PR team needs. Need to do damage can and damage control. For someone who's smart enough would say like, a true apology wouldn't be talking about you. A true apology is acknowledging that you hurt the person that you did something to period full stop. Yeah, or or you know, apologize monetarily you can donate, you know, you know minority you know black organizations N double A CP or something like that. You know, if you really want to apologize, because it's like what what's more, you know, causeworthy you saying like, you know, I'm sorry my threats and then people are like, oh, it's torets. Let me go watch this movie, or like, oh, I'm sorry, it's my tourets. I'll make a donation to N double AC. Great, great suggestion, and you know, not. Taking anything away from the those who suffer from Tourette syndrome and you know, any disease or sickness that they can't control. But yeah, you know, I totally agree, and it is with everything. You know, It's just it's a shame. I felt terrible just watching, like I wanted to crawl under my desk watching Michael B. Jordan and del Roy Lindo after they had to proceed. It was the most humiliating thing them. Yeah, to watch them have to proceed with this after that racial slur was yelled out, and then you had other people that were like somebody said, like why did they even sit him in the front to be yelling at people? And you know, if he had that, you know. Then he was nominated for an award or something like. That, and he was there because he was nominated. But like you know, and I'll just say, like it was joy from joy from the views she said, and he was sitting right in the front. Yeah, you can't marginalize. He'll neither because of that, Like I mean, I get it, like you can't. And so went back on that's what you do when you when you stay silent, it only bounces on you. When you say something, it goes back on him. M hm yeah sure. But no, I think he he didn't approach it or he didn't speak on it because I mean, it was a lot of black excellence in there and they needed their time. It's kind of like the whole Will Smith smacks, Yeah, yeah, when he uh, when it was a couple of black Like I think it was a black thought somebody was getting an award and they wasn't able to kind of appreciate the war because of that happened. So it took away from X, Y and Z. And so I think it was that mentality that he didn't you know, talk too much about. He just was like, all right, that was foul. But you know, Sinners was really getting like you know, it's just one of those things. I kind of get it. I don't want to think for him because he didn't say anything. I would love to hear his his you know, his take on it on why he didn't say anything, but he didn't really need to. I think that. You know, again, you see how we just put it back on him, just indirectly put it back on him, like maybe you should have said no, the god shouldn't have. Said it in the first place, so he didn't have anything to say. That's the point that I'm saying. We generally put certain things on our own community for us to take the high road, and it's just not okay. It's not okay, even with the whole stop and fristing and I'll leave it at here, but we have to always take the high road because we targeted, so we have to. Shut up and comply. Meanwhile, they can call us the N word, they can beat us up and trample on us, and we had to just let him do it because, oh, well, you better comply because you might get hurt. Meanwhile, they're hurting us while they're doing that. It's like, you know, black folk always have to and I hate to sound like you know, the black folk, you know thing, the narrative, you know, but it's it is what it is, and it's just we shouldn't have to always take the horror when it comes to something. I'm petty, right, so it's. Certain things that I want my get back, and you know, but you know, I do believe that when it comes to cops, like you want to get back home to your family, and so. Just comply eat it. The more you strugg like you can't get away, you struggle what you're doing, Like, just just comply. Don't talk to him. I look, comply, be quiet. And the first thing you say is I want a lord. Period. Don't say nothing else to me. I want to look go ahead, lock me up. Cool. I want a lawyer, period. I ain't say nothing. I want a lord, you know. And thankfully we got you know, a counselor on our team. You know what I'm saying. But really I want a lawyer, period. Absolutely. Look I said this, I just said this. Yeah, I was talking to the attorney earlier, Monica, and I said, you know the atturney you know, they say stop at fris but our mayor called it terry stops. Uh. That was the name of the person that brought the lawsuit. Woman, Yeah, but. Whatever, you know, Yeah, sometimes it's a it's a it's a cool way if you say tiary stops versus stop in Chris, you know what I mean, like you know, when you say it publicly for those who are not as informed about you know, And we. Asked the mayor when she came on, you know, what's the difference in what it consists of? So we can find that that clip just to say what what she meant? What the terry? Yeah, because me, are you gonna are you gonna vote for me if I say I'm for stopping for No, But if I say I'm for Terry stopped, you just might because you might you may not know exactly what I'm talking about. Yeah, that's what the man said. She she stands by Terry stopping. But again, if we if we addressed it, let's a. Certain way gets goes over some people's heads. Yeah, she said that she feels as though why she you know, instituted again. Yeah, all right, all right. So a recent interview with music executive Matthew Knowles took a took an unexpected turn after question about his former wife in the nose came up. So Matthew appeared on New York's Picks eleven and while promoting Destiny. Child's tribute concert. So during the interview, the host mentioned Teama Knows's contributions to the group's early success. So Matthew Knows said, what contribution? So the host mentioned, you know, styling the members and designing their stage costudents and all that, and Matthew Knows was like, you contribution, Oh, okay, yeah, I guess. So the host basically had to reiterate you know, her behind the scenes work and helping to shape. The group's imagery and it's. And you know when the first you know, throughout their years and all that. So after that, Matthew Knows just got up and he ended the interview, and you know, kind of stepped off set. But this clip, after a while kind of quickly spread across social media and it reignited this debate among fans about the many people who helped build one of the most successful. Girl groups of all times, arguably. So, you know, Matthew Knows did say later that the interview had gotten all to a rough start, and he kind of clarified that Tina did make contributions to the girls, you know, name their image, their style and all that. But you know how like people just were not having it. They were just like how you know, people just outraged, like how dare you not give me her flowers? So we wasn't there, So. I don't know, only him and her and the kids now, not even the kids because they was kids. You got grown people talk about grown stuff, grown bills. So only him and her really no sacrificial the whole bit. Well, yeah, I mean you do have some people that were like, well, what about when when Matthew didn't have his job and Tina was you know kind of I guess doing everything, and like, you know, basically like it was a partnership. How for her not to. That's what I'm saying. Yeah, like only them too, now, No no one else can really input as people as we know with children and mates, really only them two can really give. In what that's not that he's right and not that she's wrong. That's not Yeah, and I know it's kind of hard, like you know, when somebody brings up an ax or something like that, and you know he might not be on good terms, but. I don't know, like it really publicly. It wasn't a good look at all, even though he's kind of staying like he didn't he mean it like that, like she did make contributions, but it just didn't come off that didn't come off that well. You think Beyonce called him that night and was like, why you say that, dad? You know her dad? Just like. Here he go, I mean, regular huh, what'd you say? Now? I was just gonna say, you got this in regular degular relationships where you got people be like I did more as a parent. You stepped off and I did this and everybody you know, you wasn't a good father, You wasn't a good mother. That's why I said. You got two people where even Beyonce, Solange, Kelly whatever, they can't even weigh in until later, you know. But as far as the initial time, only them two grown adults. Now, yeah, yeah, I guess he's not gonna say nothing. He just hear her and the. Look, see, can you please give a few words towards it. I just say, it's a it's a finesse to do certain interviews right, and I think sometimes certain questions have to be finessed in the way that it doesn't look like you're. Giving one more than the other. And it's on record how much work that gentleman did to make Destiny Child Destiny Child. And I'll just leave it at that. But who would they be without Sea? I mean, you need both of. Them, Yeah, you need. But that's but that's that's that. That wasn't the point I just made, right, I said, you have to finess sometimes questions where it doesn't look like one is doing more than the other, so equally equally, I would say that there needs to be there needs to be an understanding that one did. A lot of work, a lot of work, you. Know, standing outside records, outside in the trunk and hitting the streets. And that's something that that gentleman did do. And Monica said, Monica said, they would literally just be a badly dressed group and and uh, Monica said that I didn't. But you know, you have somebody that truly put in the work. And and you know my Mama, Mama Beyonce Mama Now's as they call her. They did, they did some great work. Can you compare it to it's like a stay at home mom versus somebody go to work. Do you minimize a stay at home mom? When she's raising the kids and somebody's at work every day. You know, you can't. I don't. Yeah, how do you measure it? So I don't want to measure That's why I say there needs to be there needs to be a nuance when when trying to unless somebody just totally wasn't there when I was shooting in the gym. Mama knows happened to be there when they were shooting in the gym, you know, so you can't rule her out. So I think the backlash is unwarranted, honestly, But I do think that that the interview. I haven't watched it, so I need to see it to get the full context. But like I said, when interviewing, it's certain ways that sometimes you just need to frame a question where it doesn't look like you're given more one props over the oven. He was trying to be messy. To be honest, I think. Oh, yeah, I saw it, because yeah, he left, you saw he left? Yeah? Can I add one last thing and then I'll be quiet. Joe Jackson and Catherine Jackson. That money I was I was just thinking. I was just thinking that, Hi, what happened? Oh how did you just miss that was like that was so good. That was that was like I was just missed catch him up for me, sizzle. Yeah, he said, dude, Jackson and Catherine would never. He still don't get it. You mean the Jackson farm, yes, the mother and the father, Like. I mean I would. I ain't pay that no more because I'm like, what, like we wouldn't even be talking about them because they won. We wouldn't even be talking about. Them, like you know, it's funny because I wanted to say it, like you know, like that movie White Chicks, like you said. It when you were thinking it, I wonder. I was like, all right, so last story. Quick before you go there. I want to pull this up because this is this is exactly my point. When you're talking about the person who interviewed. Everyone knows the dynamics between those two. Why like I just I mean, if. You know the the relationship you oh so see I didn't I have to watch it, but like you already know somebody's. Because I mean, even if he didn't need it that way, the way he said it was. Messy, messy. Yeah, it's so yeah, it's that n Williams. Yeah, it's that. How you doing Like it's just trying to get clicks and. Chol that's what you do. That's that's that explains it. Yeah, I mean I can understand. I can I get it because it's like if I'm doing fifty interviews and like every time on the forty ninth one and somebody gonna ask me about my act or you know, and that might be the one where I'm just like, look what. I don't That's how he came off. He was like, yeah, you know, asking him about his contributions, that's the child, and then say, well what about me? Her? What about her contributions? I guess it. What. I don't think the host was. I don't think the host was being like kind of messy because I heard reports that he's done interviews with this host before and like after the show or whatever. He didn't necessarily storm out because he said that they sitd there and took pictures. And all that. So this is my thing, this is my thing. Right, did did did did mister Knowle's lead with lead a conversation with oh, Tina don't do anything? Did he lead with that? No? He had right, right, So that's my point. So if he didn't lead with that or that wasn't the conversation. Why would you bring it up as if I'm not giving somebody proud? And the thing is, you can't be mad at I mean, we can't be mad at at at at Picks eleven, New York's Picks eleven because there was an agreement to keep that portion of it out of the interview. So the interview aired, but someone leaked that part and that's when it went viral. So it wasn't the radio station or there wasn't Picks eleven and messy. And who how much did they get? What do you mean? Right? That's what I'm saying, that's there for. M hm. Especially we have an inside job. Do you because it might not even been a host, right, it could have been somebody like from the production team, like you know, so I don't even want to blame the whole you know, I'm still a little you know, funny about the question. But he probably like I should probably shouldn't asked that question, you know, like we won't leave that out somebody like. But and that's the thing, it's like, you know, legally do do you? Oh? Because we've we've done interviews with people before. And we've had people webset things, and it's just like, oh, out of respect, we'll keep that part out of the interview, or for this person's reputation, we'll jump that out. We made a verbal agreement and it's between us and our respect for you is it's quote unquote legally binding, even though it's not legally official, officially illegal. But like they didn't really have I mean, I guess it must have been a verbal agreement, like oh, we're gonna take that out. We'll edit that out and that's not going to go in there. But we also have guests who asked us not to, Like they'll tell us pre prior and say, can you not ask me questions about this? And if we say no, then you might not be a good fit for us, or we'll say okay, out of respect, we'll go ahead and just focus on your book or your so. Yeah, you're right, but we'll do that before they even get on air, Like you. Know that's not right, No, this is yeah, yep, I'm. Not going to handle me with the questions. And we don't we ask hard questions sometimes, but we don't. We don't. We're not nessy, right, and so you know that's not our platform right, and so you know, we we will ask some hard probing questions sometimes, but we're gonna respect you, like I don't believe And it's some journalists that are a little different, but I don't believe in it. If I see a pushback against a question and I see that it might cause conflict. I'm not gonna keep asking that question. So I'm journalists like, no, they're digging their probe and I guess that's how they feel their journalistic integrity is lined up Mine isn't that way. I'll just ask a different question, and if you're really good at what you do, you phrase it in a different way. Well they'll answer it anyway, right, And so go ahead. Now, I was just gonna say, it's some journalists today that are like exactly what you said. And there's reason that some celebrities will not do. Interviews exactly exactly, which goes to one of our interviews that we had with I believe Jeff Brown, who said, like, this was the first time that uh idiot, a media company News allowed me to space to clarify my position. Yeah, and that was just to happen. We talk about trust the news, right, We talk about trust like in order to build trust, you have to at least share both sides of it. Right, It's not about click, It's about what's what's the real news, what's the real what really happened, not the part where we know that people want to hear, but it might be parts that people don't want to hear it because it might poke holes in everybody else's story, Right, And so you have to hear the full story and then make a decision or form a perspective based on that. Because even in. True research, right, because I always say I'm not a true journalist per se, but in true research, one of the things they say is you have to ask the full question and understand what the retort is. Right, you gotta know what the argument is, right, and know what was the reason or the impetus for the argument. So if you're really doing that, then you understand true discourse. So that's what you know. Well, I know Temple, that was research one university, and when I got my master's that's the first thing they would say, like, you have to do the research, understand what the argument is, know what the reason for or the impetus to whatever the situation is in the first place, because that's true discourse. You can't have discourse without that, right. So, like I said, I'm gonna get off my soul box. But I do say that I'm not a true journalist per se. You know, I give that tomorrow. But you know, when it comes to research and when it comes to understanding dynamics and formulating you know, a thesis or dissertation, I know that. I know. So yeah, well, I mean anybody can be a journalist. Is journalless where a different hat you be journalists? Well maybe I should say formal, formal jourams or credited journalist or whatever you want to say, you know, because you have a lot of journalists that get a you know, I mean, you know we're in these think tanks and these talks about journalists having an issue with the way that journalism is being defined now you know, which you know, to a degree, I get it. You know, you went to school for it, got a degree based on it. And then you have people that just walk up, shoot a camera and say that they are journalists. You know. So I get the argument, and I respect that because I always respect the work that people put in. You know, I wouldn't want anyone to take away my credit or you know what. I worked hard to attain, right, So I get it, you know. But yeah, yeah, and I guess that's true. Like you know, if you you're. Doing the the hard work, or if you went to school and you have you know, so many thousands of dollars of student loans and you still in them back and you doing. All the. The A to Z of the journalism work, and somebody just pulling up with I mean a one hundred thousand followers and they're just like an influencer. And the like. I could get that. I get that part, but it's a different type of work, all right. So last story, pop star Rihanna. She is safe after a frightening incident at her southern California home that investigators say was anything but random, very scary. Part your woman was arrested after allegedly firing multiple rounds at the Singers Beverly Holmes property with several members of her family. Rihanna's family inside. Police responded to re course of gunfire around one fifteen that afternoon on March eighth. According to investigators, witnesses required hearing roughly ten shots fired from a vehicle outside the park property. Rihanna. At that time, Rihanna was home with her partner. Rapper astat Rockey, their three children, her mother, and staff members. Fortunately, no one was injured in the shooting. The police say the suspect was identified as thirty five year old Ivana Lissett or Teams of Florida allegedly fired at the property using a semi automatic rifle before fleeing the scene in a white Tesla. Officers tracked the vehicle and arrested or Teams roughly thirty minutes later in a parking lot nearby Sherman Oak And. A weapon was recovered during the arrest and the criminal complaint. Investigators described this shooting as willful, delibered, and premeditated. Authorities alleged t He's traveled to the home with the intents that kill the singer to kill Rihanna and Orties now faces a series of serious felling charges, which include attempted murder, multiple council assault with a semi automatic firearm, and charges related to shoot to shooting at an inhabited dwelling. She remains in custody on bell said at roughly one point eight million dollars and is expected to return to court later this month. As they are still continuing to investigate this this this this crime, so authorities are trying to determine what the motive was. You know, understand that could be some you know, mental health issues involved. Although you know, Rihanna, asaid Rock and her family are safe, this case does raise concerns continue concerns for sty safety and targeted violence and residential neighborhoods due to how easy it is for people just to find out where celebrities live. And I don't go ahead, I'm saying, oh. No, I was just gonna say I was hearing some other reports where they were talking about because I think Lauren l Rossa was doing a report which he was talking about how the neighbors were saying how friendly Rihanna is, and you know, and over there. They have the. I can't I don't know the name of it or whatever the company they but they have like the celebrity house tours. You can get on the bus and just like the dough the tours and broadcast celebrity houses. Lauren Lrossa was explaining how. Like whenever they do the tour coming past Rihanna's house, she does come out, you know, she's there in Greece, people and show waved and all that was really friendly. And allegedly so now. That she has families, has children, and this is just scary, scary, And there's a video of this woman, you know, talking about how she was going. To get Rihanna and Rihanna was after her, which is was our. Yeah, what the you know? Rihanna my girl. So I'm like, what did Rihanna do? Rihanna, stay out the way, man, she everybody loves Leanna, that's my girl. We leave rihannalone. I don't know too much about the lady, but Monica said that was crazy putting her family in danger like that. The woman is a person with some challenges. She was threatening other folks as well, So it sounds like it's just not Rihanna, it's other people that she has a history of doing this with. Some people just had some mental health problems and that needs to be acknowledged too. But to your point, I don't think celebrities are exemptly. They just say people too, so they don't get no special privileges or you know, they need to they in a public eye, you know, they they're they're you know, so they need to make. They need to put safety. Measures, you know, on on They need to do it themselves. Like I don't think the citizens of the community need to. Like, oh, let's do something special for no, like we walk outside and get shot every day. I don't know. I mean yeah, as a as a public figure, that is pretty much quote unquote sign up for it is like you kind of sign away your rights to your privacy and. Like not people not having access see you. But it's it's it's when it rises to this level, it's just like. Yeah, that's crazy. That's Rianna, my girl. Man leave Rihanna loone. She exempt from all of that, so she gets special privileges because that's Rihanna. Just wait, he sounds like going paid what paid in full? People get shot every day. Be Like. I think that them taking people on the tour and just pointing out people's residents, I don't think that that's cool. Like you said, if they regular people don't point. Their house out, that's it, like do point the people's house house public record. But but they want to make money and they want to make it where these business and out of the you know. So with that being said, when you do become that status, you got to get higher gates, higher fences, more cameras, more detail of security. It costs to be the boss. And yeah, you got to put those measures in place. That's not you know, the society to do that. That's you have to do that. That's the that's what you signed up for, you know. And it's crazy to say hopefully will be in a position like that's crazy to say that, right, but it's kind of like. You you set up you you, this is what you this is what this is what you signed up for. You know. Oh, go ahead, sizel Oh No, I was just gonna say, like real quick, like you you really do have to protect yourself because it's like, you know, you saying like seeing you said like this, what like we will be and what were you saying, like will be in that? I said now, I was saying like hopefully one day It sounds crazy, but hopefully one day will be in a situation where we. Would need. Security to the kind of walk the street. And you know me, I'm proudly wouldn't I like people? But the thing is you you would already be right now considered a public figure. As a public figure, you waive your right to price me so yeah, so it's kind of like, you know, just having to put those security measures in place and not just like as like you know, just like a celebrity or a public figure, like people should do that in general, because even in law enforcement, like working there, we had this training where they were talking about how the different things that law enforcement officers now have to do to protect themselves and their identities, like stop the Google reviews, stop putting your information on there, like oh, I went here and I had such a nice time. I'm there. This is my Monday spot, and I'm here every Monday. And then you're doing another view review and you're like, oh, this is where I get my nails done, and then you do another one and this is where I go to get my hair done. This is my favorite place. Now you've left grip breadcrumbs for somebody that if they want to find you or they want to contact you, they can make they can connect with you those ways. And just like going on different sites and removing your information, removing your address and your phone number and just all those things. And it's like you have to constantly do that because there's so many different companies that are trying to find out your information, and once you remove it from here, you got to go over there and removing it. And it's just a lot, and it's it's tedious to try to protect your personal information, even if it's like a private citizen. It's crazy. But like, yeah, you can't be friendly and be like all out, you know, But I. Was gonna just to what Rihanna, and rihannad of puts the house into a trust and where it's not public record, she can then sue the people because it's usually you know, regular schmagular type of you know, tour busing people. Because it's public record that she lives there, she can't deny it. But if she puts in the trust hides her name so it's no longer public record, she can now say do not say that I live here, or now I can put a lawsuit against you because now you're giving information that's not true. So she has a lated to stand on with what you know, I just described as putting it as a trust. But outside of that, and. As far as public figures, we got to start getting some security because we're public figures. And to that point too though, like we're not there to hurt nobody either, like it's a lot of people that's arrogant. It's a lot of people who don't care about you know. So I'll just say I'll just say, you know, just keep loving it. I love the people, man, I'm not worried about any of this stuff. I love people. You know, you got people. That's crazy that people already walk up to you, Charles, and that they've saw. You, and sadly, people want not what you had, but just. Who you are, or don't want you to succeed and just don't like you because of how you move and how you walk and all those things. So I mean, it's sad because you got it. You have these things on a local level, inner city level, then a eight, then the you know, countrywide and international. So a lot of people that's you know, they're not exempt, especially now with the social media platforms that they have. Yeah, well Monica, she just bought it up. Nipsey Hustle thought. He was a man of the people too, And it's sad. And it's sad because people still want to support their communities and connect with them and be a part and still be that same person that they were when they were a regular citizen. And it's just now the society that we live in, people are just some people are just evil, and then some people they really need help. And then the mintum when it comes to the mental health support and resources. That we have out here when in minority communities and. All that, which is a whole other discussion. It's just it's not here like it's just me. So it's just sad. It's just sad. I really hope that I'm almost certain that you want to put up like you know, those guardrails and all that to where nobody can get to her like that, especially since you got those babies. Shout out to Rihanna, Rihanna alone, please be. Yeah, all right, I'm your girl. Laurence sizzle and that was a sizzle, and that was a situ. Ladies and gentlemen. We talked weeks after the talking w PPM up Philadelphia one on six five in the film, we talked week these after talking. The beautiful Laurenceile, the beautiful classy Lady Sparkle. This is we talked weekly. One last thing. I guess that our next show or we'll have to come back to the Mayor's budget address because that was a question. We can talk about that you know. I mean, if you want to mention it, go ahead, because I feel like that's relevant, So you. Want to talk. It was a question asked. It was a comment that was made in the in the in our in our comments a little before I went into the sizzle. But we can talk about go ahead, go ahead, go ahead, talk about it. So it's fun. Well, I mean, it's it's it's a lot of people that are just pretty much like on the fence with the budget addressed. And I think it was supposed to be like six point seven or something like that or was it. I forget what. It was originally, but now more money and people ads just like they're not really agreeing with the budget and like the things that she's asking for. Some people are saying like, yeah, you you have this budget, but you really don't have like an economic plan or or like a real operating budget or something like that. So I heard a lot of complaints about it. I was on the Simple University did the mayoral budget address watch party, which was really cool because I had to be at work and I couldn't be there, so that was nice. It was a lot of comments and information about. That and. Yeah, but we can yeah, we can have another discussion about that. Yeah, we Yeah, because I definitely want to. Think, Oh yeah, you did mention the uber uber Remember you were talking about that rides and stuff like that. Yeah, I definitely have a problem with that too. Oh with here it go right here? What do y'all think about the man's budget dress? All right? Cool? I just found it. Yeah, I mean I. Did choose on our next show. Yeah, because I'm not I didn't dig deep into it lawering. Task for that. And I also think because of the sugar height that they did supposedly with school, I think because it was so when I say accept it, it was like people just say. What can we do about it? And they do nothing. And because that it and it stayed there, I think that they feel like there's a lot of things that. They can start to do in the sake. Of for the community when you don't see any move within the community. All of these but all of these budgets don't benefit the community. I'm tired of people saying like, like it's no budget, like even and I'm gonna leave it at this, but. The same that's the part. That's what I'm saying. So you talk about all this budget and then you still got minimum wage. Listen, how much sense does it make to say minimal wage isn't even fifteen dollars an hour, but you proposed a plan for affordable housing that people can't. Afford affordable housing for who? For who? That's what I'm saying. Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars isn't affordable. And a lot of these quote unquote time key. Because I've been following this, I was thinking about then I'm like, wait, you know, how can. Someone afford I wanna say. For example, if you want to talk about the reason why the workers went on strike and we've seen all the trash and garbage that was. On the streets and they was just you know, asking. For a couple dollars, how can they actually afford one of these affordable I want somebody to answer that, because you have a lot of people on like fighting. To defend to be us like come. Yeah, yeah. There was a lot of people that really weren't happy with the budget addressed. It was what almost was it over two hours? It was it was. Really long, and it was kind of giving the state of the union for me. And then you know, there was a lot of people that were I guess just kind. Of on the fence about like this. It just doesn't make sense, and they're they're like, what's being proposed. It doesn't even seem like it's easible. Like like number one being affordable housing, and then just. Oh, it's just it's separating. It's a classes like this. Philadelphia has become very classist. And if you are under a potential income bracket, you're in trouble, right, And if you are in the middle you don't benefit. So the middle class don't benefit. From any of this, right, And we know what's going on with the right. So if you got a couple of dollars, then you're good, so to speak. But it's separating, it's truly the you have. The interesting thing is you have the lower class right here, the middle class right here, and the upper class up here, and so upper class. Getting all the bricks. You know, you have some of the lower class with some of the benefits. But then people that just a little bit above the you know, that's not considered impoverished, they in trouble. They can't afford that, can't afford food, they're not getting any benefits, they can't do anything, and it's it's this is just you know, and and unfortunately, it looks like Philadelphia is leaning more towards a class system where that it only benefits the people the wealthy or the people with right. It's even taken, it's even taken away resources from the poor. You know, in this whole thing, you have predatory, you have predatory, Lenden predatory. You know, this this whole thing with PPA that no one just for some reason never want. To talk about. I don't understand, nobody want to touch this PPA thing. They promised, They promised money to the schools I've never seen they promised. I mean they they literally can take your car and sell it. And then you. Still like, none of this stuff makes sense, and it's like, yo, come on, you make it. And then it seems as our mayor still is okay with that, because when she was talking about when they tried to put the arena in Center City primarily destroying Chinatown. Her biggest uh uh. I guess her goal to for how we're gonna minimize it is befriending p p A. Are they're gonna have p p A. What can you the money they would amassed from the that being there and just like how much you can get for parking and how many pickets and oh man, yeah. We don't look exactly look all of this. My Camonica always been on on it because she in them streets. Man, she's listening to the people. She's she's active. We must show up in city hall and discussion and man, look and then and we still don't have a permanent bus terminal, see. Right, yeah, Dan Philbert. And it's supposed to be bringing it back just in time for what. Fifty right? Or the what's the football thing in soccer? The world Peace of World Cup? Mm hmmm. And not only that, guess what else is happening? Uh? The baseball baseball? Uh it's the. Hall of not the Hall of Fame baseball, Oh gosh, I forgotten the name of it about but they're coming to all us is this summer man? And it just seemed like it's nothing but trying to generate money that's not going. Through, it's not going to community. And it's starting to be really frustrating. And it's harder for me to be quiet about it because the where are the people suffering from it? And everybody? It started when Nutthers started to make Philadelphia like you know, tourists attraction and like you know, wanting to bring people in the city and just started to be. Like all right, we're yeah, but we're but we're closing schools though you have students who are showing up to these meetings fighting to keep their schools open. Where's the children? Yes, the kids. And these are schools in areas where people are still thriving and living and saying, hey, we have enough students to go to this school, but they're. Housing. Yeah. Gosh, it was the All Star. It's not like a wrap up. This is this is frustrating, man. But you have people still advocating and supporting the nonsense. And like I said, if you like it, I love it. It's just not okay to doing. Somebody has a call it spade to spa and it's not all right man. There's a lot of money that's being spent, and it's a lot of money circulating. That we have nothing to do with. Uh. We have to start saying where is the money going and why certain communities being are being targeted? Right, we're spending a budget. Was anything in the budget about six in these streets? I think he did have something in there for. Us every other block. It's a sinkhole right on Waller Street. I don't know if y'all know. Right on Walnut like. Fifty maybe six, fifty fifty fifty six, no, fifty seven, fifty sixth and Walnut, like fifty eighth and fifty seventh in Walnut there's a huge sinkhole. But you can call three one one. Damn, that's what they said. His slow walk fixing that right. I have a I have a huge problem with PPA, man, I really do you know? Something has said look and they said, look, that's who will probably manage the people. Look, I believe sinkholes she talking about it. I believe they get a bonus every time there is another single. They probably do. PBA will manage the temporary terminal and collect that money. To see what what is the they needs some to give the background of the pp A because I want to know why they have so much power they there. I think they're their own government name like entity. Right, But so we're who has oversight over pp A. So this is the state I'm trying to remember. So if you if there's no oversight over pp A, then. Where is where PA? Wow, the police department got you know, eternal affairs. Who's their eternal affairs that's looking over them? And here's something else. And I don't know if y'all know this, but now when your car gets towed and the City of Philadelphia and you no longer just owe money on that vehicle, you owe money on your license, not that license plate, the license. So if you got a Car A and Car A had tickets on it, car A gets the bounded or to the you know they told it. You buy Car B, you're driving. Nothing is on Car B when you ark. If they run your license and it goes to your license, car B is getting impounded it because of the tickets. That was on Car A. This is. So Monica said, this is a six person pointed board. By I was just getting ready to say that. Yeah, so I need to be on that board. I need to be in so so we're talking governor now, right, So, so we need to be talking about why the p p A has it seems that there's no oversight and why it seems there because in every day, every other day, I'm seeing another street now that you have to pay for parking. How is this happening on public streets that people live on I don't. I don't. I'm not understanding. Well, here's the thing. They have regular board meetings. So we show up at the board meetings. Yes, they are held in person at PPA headquarters and virtually I guess, I mean we were on the board of directors or again, if they operate the same well as you know Sunshine laws, so then we should be able to like attend. It should be open to the public. You should be able to go. But I mean, like they do have regular board meetings and we should be able to scheme. Ladies and gentlemen, if you watch this and you know the information on I need to be on the boar. I need to be I need to start going to these board meetings. And somebody helped me out, let. Me know when, where and how, Like I need to be on there, like someone needs to be advocating for like it's getting worse. It's getting worse. It's getting worse because the members that are on here, the six members. Some of their terms end in twenty thirty, twenty thirty one, twenty thirty two. So whatever decisions they're making. If you're looking around at what's going on now, these these lights popping up, you know, these these the ticket lights, you know, and. The the costs going up for tickets, for the violations. And all that stuff and everything going on. If they're the ones making these decisions. They're gonna be on this board for twain thirty thirty one, thirty two. Is it gonna contain you? Like I'm just saying, oh, look see, this is why Monica I'm trying to tell you. Look it up. Shout out to Monica. Shout out to Monica. Shout out to Monica. I need to screenshot this, but there you have. Philadelphia Parker thar PBA host regular board meetings at ten am in the Executive Office board room on the fifth floor of their headquarters at seven oh one Market Street, Shoot fifty, I am going, I swear I'm going. And then they said fantastic, fantastic, fantastic. Shout out to Monica for this. This is why we love the people who when we talk weekly, they are true people of the community. They do the work. Only people who do this is do people who do the work. Monica does the work. She's been doing the work for long time. Shout out to Monica from the CDC. Like Monica has been doing the work for a long time and she needs see this is and I don't just partially get on my soap box. We should have ended the show a long time ago. But when someone say says, who do you. Who should get the credit or who should get the flowers for advocacy work or policy movement or things that's happening in the community, and so often the only people who we look at is, oh, the mayor or congress or city council. No, it's mss Johnson, it's Ms Johnson. It's people like Monica. It's people who are like you know, your your your leaders on the block that don't necessarily have titles. That's doing the work every day. But then you have people that get into leadership roles act like they have all the answers and remove these people who have been doing the work, and now they create a larger problem. I ain't gonna say no names, but yeah, because there's a lot of people doing the work, and kens shout out to Kensington, shout out to the Sunshine House, shout. Out to all those people's doing the work. Then Kensington, these are the people that I like. These are the people who I like to have on the show. You know how many times I was asked, how come we we should we have these people on the show. We should have more more celebrities, And I don't care about them. I do a little bit, but I care more about my folks because these are people that I see every day that can do exactly what Monica just did. And I said, can someone help me? I'm going I need. To make can somebody copy this for me? Because I need to start going to these meetings and it's real. So shout out to Monica for doing the work. And I appreciate you Allso Monica for tuning in and we talk weekly and supporting us, because I see that you've been hit on here more and more lately. But I just want to take this time to thank my community. Man, Thank all y'all for support We talk week. We thank all y'all for the hard work that y'all do. And know that you are being seen. You are recognized by us. You are recognized if no one ever told you that we talk weekly. Appreciate you the people. As somebody walk up to me not too long ago, returning citizens didn't know that he could even vote, and guess how he found out that he could vote? He watched the episode that we talked weekly. That's big for me. That makes me, That gives me the validation that what we're doing here every day is worth it. So I think that I think that all right, I'm off my soap box. Can we can we go down on Were still gonna talk about the budget a dress next time? But yeah, because that way, I'm sure you'll have a rundown and everything. I wonder if they got a do they got minutes of notes from that? I will share the the link because there was like the video was like old hours. But yeah, I know there's probably like nope. Yeah, we need to like break it down and get points of it. Yeah, but still pass. So we'll probably continue this discussion or. Hopefully don't pass. We don't need no more budgets for nothing. We don't need no more money for nothing else unless you're dumping it back in the community. Man, I don't want to see nothing else built. I don't want to see none of the streets blocked off anymore unless you fixing them. They still got dirty water pipes. Ain't nobody talking about that? Man, When the last time you drunk, if just pick it, what happened to the plastic. Remember there was this big thing on stop plastic. Like this, It's just none of this makes sense to me, man, Like what anyway? Yeah, that part I'll get on my soapbox again. So we need to end. All, right, y'all, So this is you, This is your boy Charles Gerty with the beautiful. Classic lad in, the beautiful Lawrence, And. This is We talked weekly after the talking wppmm P Philadelphia, one o six point five of them. We talked weekly, and we appreciate all y'all who've been watching following and if y'all have any comments, if y'all have anything that y'all want us to talk about, if you know somebody that needs to be interviewed, you know somebody that you know we need to advocate for, we need to be on a flock. And Monica, since you're here, you didn't give me the information or follow up with me. We were supposed to show up on one of those uh town halls. I think for the for the candidates. Keep sending me the information though, like anybody who's watching, you can send information that we talked weekly at gmail dot com if it's something you believe we need to show up for if you know something that you know, people are not getting the information. I don't remember, I didn't I don't remember seeing that, Monica, But yeah, just you got my number to make sure I get this information. You in them streets. Man, if it's something you feel like we talked weekly, need to show up on let us know we should we we yeah, we outside, catch us outside. We're gonna be there. We're gonna be at June teen. If we're gonna cover June team, you can watch it. When we talked weekly, they just act. Sonny Sunny actually came by the studio did an interview on what we talked. 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