The Winter Olympics have dealt with adventure, the power of Nature, athleticism, records being broken, and a profound love of sports competition. The teams with the most medals are from Norway and America. It is also important to mention that nations globally (including nations from diverse places of the world) have outlined outstanding performances in their own right. We have witnessed exciting results, as both the Men's and Women's American Ice Hockey teams won gold in a historic fashion. Like many games, politics is involved. This is not new, as we know about the story of 2 black men (who are gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos. Both people were members of the Olympic Project for Human Rights) showing the fist up in the air during the 1968 Mexico City Olympics to stand up for black freedom and human rights, too. We know of Jesse Owens winning four gold medals in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany (when that evil, wicked, racist, and anti-Semitic fascist Hitler was in power in Germany). Jesse Owens' performances refuted the lie of white supremacy. Many athletes in 2026 opposed the excessive occupation of Minneapolis and other places in America, because human rights is a precise principle that must be honored by all. Also, diversity is a positive attribute of true American society. America is never some homogeneous society consisting of just one culture or one race.
America is like a quilt that brings together humanity among different cultures, ethnicities, races, sexes, nationalities, creeds, and backgrounds into one national framework (filled with diversity, equality, and cultural greatness). Our cultural greatness is by We the People being filled with multifaceted origins (as all Americans are either descendants of slaves or descendants of immigrants plus migrants) and a dedication to one God-given principle of liberty for all in the fulfillment of the Golden Rule. Lindsay Vann was one brave person to compete in the Games despite being injured twice. Other competitors won gold, silver, and bronze. Yet, all athletes in Italy gained a priceless experience in seeing the wonder of Milan, the grand nature of human expression, and the commitment to solve global problems honorably. The 2026 Winter Olympics Games taking place in February make us aware to celebrate the black athletes who competed too in Black History Month. Laila Edwards is the first black U.S. women's hockey player who won gold in the women's ice hockey finals. Elana Meyers Taylor won gold, being the most decorated black Winter Olympian in bobsled. Other competitors who participated who are black people and people of color are Kayshsa Love, Aazaria Hill, Jasmine Jones, Mystique Ro, Darryl Payne Jr. (who is the first African American man to compete in the Olympic skeleton), Bryan Sosoo, Sarah Nurse (who won silver from Canade), Sophie Jaques (who won silver form Canada), Erin Jackson, Samuel Ikpefan, Nathan Tchibozo, and Issa Laborde. Additionally, showing compassion is always a vital feature of life. The Paralympic Winter Olympic Games in 2026 have inspired the global community with its magnanimous performances.
Noam Chomsky is certainly wrong to have been a friend of Jeffery Epstein, especially since Chomsky claims to be a leftist critique of American imperialism. There is no evidence that Chomsky was involved in sexual abuse. Yet, during the period leading to Epstein's July 2019 arrest on federal sex trafficking charges, Chomsky gave Epstein public relations counsel. Chomsky, in a February 2019 email, he expressed empathy for Chomsky. Chomsky called investigative journalists "vultures" and he wanted Epstein to ignore it. Chomsky have been tied to the political networks of the ruling class. For example, Chomsky sought out meeting with the fascist extremist Steve Bannon and Israeli war criminal Ehud Barak. This correspondence between Chomsky and Esptein represents the corruption found in bourgeois society. Back in 1967, Chomsky wrote his essay called "The Responsibility of Intellectuals" and he is known to have opposed the Vietnam War. Noam Chomsky laughing with an extremist like Steve Bannon in a picture proves once again that Chomsky is compromised. Bannon is a known Trump supporter and a member of the bigoted alt-right movement. Bannon supports the Muslim ban, family separation policy, and Trump's xenophobic agenda. Banon has worked with far-right extremists overseas like the French National Rally, Italy's Lega, German AfD, and Hungary's Viktor Orban. There, Chomsky is disappointing but his compromise is not shocking.
There is new information about my distant cousins from the Peeples family. Here it is: My first cousin James W. Peeples (1924-1979) married Mary Hannah Lampley (1924-2001) on April 24, 1947, in Norfolk, Virginia. Their children are Jaami A. Bilal (formerly James Eugene Peeples Jr.) (1952-2008), Shukriyyah Muslimah Ali (formerly Janis Peeples) (b. 1952), Khariyyah Tauheedah Peeples Mahdi Azeez (formerly Janette Peeples) (b. 1953) and Wilbur Lawrence Peeples (b. 1955). Shukriyyah Muslimah Ali married Herman Leroy Harris (1953-1979) on August 7, 1975 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Their daughter is Zakiyyah Ali (b. 1976). Shukriyyah Muslimah Ali has another daughter, who is Labeebah Ali Burrell (b. 1970). Khariyyah Tauheedah Peeples Mahdi Azeez first married Abbas Fatih Mahdi on June 30, 1975, and their daughters are Rasheedah Tauheedah Mahdi (b. 1976) and Fareedah Zarinah Moore (b. 1978). She later married Usman Muhammad Kolo Garba on August 7, 1983, in Norfolk, Virginia. She married Karim Lawrence Azeez until December 7, 2006, at Norfolk, Virginia. The daughter of Khariyyah Tauheedah Peeples Mahdi Azeez and Karime Lawrence Azeez is Nabeehah Arifah Azeez (b. 1987), and their son is U.S. Navy veteran Kalib Azeez (b. 1989). My 3rd cousin, Nabeehah Arifah Azeez married Abdul Azeez in 2026. Khariyyah Tauheedah Peeples Mahdi Azeez and Shukriyyah Muslimah Ali are twins. Rasheedah Tauheedah Mahdi married Chad Mensah on August 17, 2002, in Hanover, Virginia. This family has lived in Virginia, Brooklyn, New York City, and Alabama. The parents of my 1st cousin James W. Peeples were Glaster W. Peeples (1904-1956) and Irene Lashley Peeples (1905-1988). The parents of my great-granduncle, Glaster W. Peeples, were my 2nd great-grandparents, Charles Peeples (1855-1922) and Fannie Fronianna Susanna Virginia Brown (1857-1946).
My 2nd cousin Dorothy Jean Pittman Vance (b. 1944) is related to the Peeples family, too. Dorothy Pittman Vance was born on August 10, 1944, in Enfield, Halifax, North Carolina. She married Adock Vance (1943-1978) on April 9, 1967, in Alexandria, Virginia. Their daughter is the religious Christian Adriane Martelle Vance (b. 1971). She was married to Melvin Smith (b. 1972), and their daughter is Heaven Destiny Smith Wells (b. 1998). Adriane Martelle Vance lives in Lynchburg, Virginia. Heaven is my 3rd cousin who is married to O'Tario Wells, and their children are Azriel Wells and Lennox Wells. Heaven lives in Roanoke, Virginia. Dorothy Jean Pittman Vance's parents were John D. Pittman (1921-1994) and Annie Lee Pittman (1925-1992). The parents of my 1st cousin Annie Lee Pittman were Glaster W. Peeples (1904-1956) and Irene Lashley Peeples (1905-1988). The parents of my great-granduncle, Glaster W. Peeples, were my 2nd great-grandparents, Charles Peeples (1855-1922) and Fannie Fronianna Susanna Virginia Brown (1857-1946).
By Timothy
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