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Monday, September 07, 2026
Labor Day 2026 News.
On this Labor Day weekend, we should have joy, relax, have fun, and have camaraderie with family and friends. Also, we should realize that we should use this time to recognize why we have this holiday in the first place. We have this holiday in celebration of workers, past and present, who sacrificed their lives to make our lives better. There are unsung people in health care, education, construction, tourism, business, legal places, social activism circles, and other endeavors worldwide. We, who are workers, have a powerful work ethic that has transformed society. That is why labor unions were created to help workers have a fair wage, health care benefits, and pensions. Back in the day, there was no Social Security or Medicare, so workers had to fight to make sure that Social Security existed since 1933 and Medicare existed since 1965. Many agents want to promote division based upon ethnicity (as found in the ADOS and FBA movements), sexism, xenophobia, and bigotry in general. This agent activity is not new. We know of the FBI's COINTELPRO program that tried to destroy black liberation groups and progressive activism in general. Such programs from the CIA, FBI, NSA, etc. exist today, and these surveillance acts have been documented by Snowden and other whistleblowers for years and decades. We must reject that evil of divisiveness and adhere to the truth of unity, love, morality, integrity, and human dignity. The journey for justice is not yet complete, but we are in favor of being part of that august journey so that justice for all human beings becomes a concrete reality.
Recently, my cousin Albert Thomas Peeples passed away on August 28, 2026. He was born on September 8, 1934, in Southampton County, Virginia, to Mack Peeples (1881-1939) and Josephine Cousins Peeples (1912-2011). During the early part of his life, Albert accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. He became a member of Shiloh Baptist Church in Boykins, Virginia. I have been to Shiloh Baptist Church before on many occasions as that church is a very historic church in Virginia. He married his wife, Nadine Avens, and the couple moved to Richmond, Virginia (which is also the capital city of my state of Virginia). In Richmond, he joined the Trinity Baptist Church and was a long-standing and faithful member. Albert and Nadine had three children who are Mack Peeples, Stephanie Peeples, and Stacey Peeples. Albert was a very hard worker being a machinist at General Electric. H was always diligent, strong in his work ethic, and had a commitment to excellence. He built an excellent career and took great love to provide for his family. He served his church as a great deacon and was member of the church choir. Albert was involved in the church's ministry to help the sick, and give comfort, encouragement, and prayer to who weren't able to attend worship services. He graciously served God and cared for others throughout his life. His siblings are George Peeples, Wallace Peeples, John Ralph Peeples, Arthur Lee Peeples (1932-1973), Mary Johnson, and Jestine Kindred (1936-2013). He has three living sisters who are Lillian Jean Warren (b.1943), Gladys Ivey (b. 1943), and Lucinda Greene (her husband is Emory). He had two brothers in law, and six grandchildren. His six grandchildren are Jaired Epps, Jeremy Epps (Keturah), Shartek Woodson Jr., JaNiece Woodson, Stpehon Woodson, and Jamil Crump. He had four great-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends. Albert Thomas Peeples was my 1st cousin whose grandparents were my 2nd great grandparents of Charles Peeples (1855-1922) and Fannie Fronianna Susanna Virginia Brown Peeples (1857-1946).
The history of the jetpack has a long history from the 20th century to the present. It relates to modern turbine-powered and jet suited flight systems. In 1919, Russian inventor Alexander Andreev filed the first design concept for a rocket-motor backpack powered by oxygen and methane. It is never built. In 1928, the concept explodes into popular culture through pulp comic strips like Buck Rogers, promising a future of personal flight. During World War 2, the Nazi enemy experimented with the Himmelstürmer (Sky Stormer), a pulse-jet propulsion device designed to help soldiers leap over minefields and obstacles. By 1952, Thomas T. Moore develops the "Jetvest" using hydrogen peroxide. Funded briefly by the U.S. Army, it successfully lifts a human but is abandoned due to instability. In 1958, Engineers Garry Burdett and Alexander Bohr create the "Jump Belt", which utilizes compressed nitrogen to propel a runner 7 meters into the air. In 1961, Engineer Wendell F. Moore at Bell Aerosystems builds the legendary Bell Rocket Belt. Pilot Harold Graham completes the first successful untethered flight, flying for 21 seconds. In 1965, The Bell Rocket Belt achieves global fame in popular culture when it is featured in the James Bond film Thunderball. In 1969, Bell develops a "Jet Belt" using a miniature turbojet engine. It extends flight times to 5 minutes, but the military cancels funding because the machine is heavy, complex, and highly dangerous. In 1984, Pilot Bill Suitor flies the Bell Rocket Belt in front of 100,000 live spectators at the Los Angeles Olympic Games opening ceremony, cementing the device in aviation history.
By 1984, NASA introduces the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), an untethered, nitrogen-propelled backpack that allows astronauts to perform spacewalks completely free of the Space Shuttle. In 2000, Inventor Raymond Li introduces a new concept: the water jetpack. Instead of dangerous rocket fuel, a trailing hose pumps high-pressure water from a boat unit to propel a tourist-friendly backpack. In 2006, Swiss pilot Yves Rossy builds the "Jetman" wing—a rigid carbon-fiber wing equipped with four micro-turbine jet engines. While it requires a high-altitude drop from a plane, it reaches speeds exceeding 125 mph. In 2015, Jetpack Aviation introduces the JB9, a compact, kerosene-burning turbojet backpack. CEO David Mayman flies it around the Statue of Liberty, proving a true personal jetpack can be practical and maneuverable. In 2017, Richard Browning foundable Gravity Industries and reveals the Daedalus Jet Suit. This design distributes micro-jet engines across the pilot's back and arms, utilizing human body English for hyper-precise steering. In the 2020s, Modern tactical, paramedic, and competitive sports programs take off. The UK Royal Marines and paramedic units test Gravity jet suits for rapid response terrain navigation. In 2024, there was world's first Jetpack Racing Competition is held in Dubai. Pilots using Gravity Industries technology compete in an all-air obstacle course over water, reaching speeds of 128 km/h.
Some of the biggest heresies now in our generation are the Prosperity Gospel movement and the Word Faith movement. The Prosperity Gospel believes in the old lie that wealth defines moral and spiritual character. We know that to be false as loving money is the root of all evil. For example, during the British imperialist invasion of China back in the 19th century, imperialists wanted money and wealth in a lustful, wicked fashion. We have many corporations have record profits while having disdain or an askance attitude towards the poor and working-class people. Diddy is one of the richest people in the world, but he is in prison for abusing innocent human beings multiple times. Jeffrey Epstein was one of the rich people who allied with other rich people, but he committed massive sexual abuse against little girls. He wasn't the only one guilty. Therefore, wicked people can be rich, poor, or middle class. Money is a tool that can be used for good or evil. Money should never be used as a false god to promote materialism, covetousness, and greed. For example, Jesus Christ never owned a mansion on Earth, but he healed the sick, got souls saved, and preached the Gospel without seeking payment from other human beings. The prophets Elijah, Isaiah, Ezekiel, the Apostle John, and others were never super wealthy, but their prophecies and inspirational teachings remain relevant in our time of late 2026. Therefore, the Lord wants us to have resources to live, but we shouldn't live by bread alone. We live by the words that proceeds from the mouth of God alone. Some former Prosperity Gospel leaders have renounced that false Gospel like even Benny Hinn. Being truly rich in spirit is about giving the wisdom and insights of the Lord to bless another person. That act doesn't cost any form of money. The World Faith Movement has massive heresies like some members believing that humans were created as exact duplicates of God and possess a divine nature. God alone is divine while human beings are wonderfully made in the image of God. World Faith adherents view faith as a mechanical force or law that operates independents. They believe that spoken words can control reality, force God to act, nad command health or wealth. This is heresies as God is not a slot machine and words can't control all forms of reality. Some World Faith people teach that Jesus lost his divinity on the cross and was tortured by demons in hell which is blasphemy. Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ's sacrifice on the cross was fully sufficient and complete. The World Faith movement also believes in the old lie that poverty or physical sickness is ultimately a sign of a weak faith or sin and that financial prosperity is a guaranteed right for believers. The Bible teaches humility and wealth is not definitive of salvation. That is why saved people include the rich, poor, and middle class as God is no respector of persons.
Religion has been influenced by technology and vice versa. For example, back in ancient times, it would take weeks and months to record and duplicate long writings that were found in paper. That would change by the 1400s when Johannes Gutenberg would develop his movable type printing press that would allow the written text to be copies in a massive scale. By the mid-1450s, Gutenberg printed his famous 42-line Bible in Latin, the first book printed on a movable type of press in the West. By 1500, there were almost 20 million books in Western Europe, including Bibles. Today, we live in a new spiritual age. The spiritual paradox is that information is more available now in 2026 than in any other time in human history. The problem is that there is an increasing lack of reading among the human population. There are tons of benefits for reading, including mental development, concentration, and spiritual growth. It is so bad that a survey established by the National Endowment for the Arts found that fewer than half of all adults in America read a book in 2022. Another American Time Use Survey, which analyzed 236,000 responses, found that only 16 percent of Americans reported reading anything for pleasure on a given day, down from 28 percent in 2004. There are many younger people who struggle to understand the concepts of words in a story. Researchers at the American Bible Society (ABS) found in their 2026 State of the Bible report that 55 percent of Americans are Bible-disengaged and only 17 percent are Bible-engaged. The Bible is clear that people have the right to examine the Scriptures, as stated in John 5:39: "Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." The Apostle Paul said the same thing in II Timothy 2:15, "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." We have to be committed to serve the Lord. That means to show love to our neighbors, build in our communities, and be righteous. We all should spiritually and emotionally reject unnecessary anger, division, and other wickedness as found clearly in Colossian 3:8, "But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth." We should promote forgiveness. We, as human beings, will disagree on certain issues. That's normal, but we should never let our disagreements grow into anger, hatred, and wickedness. Also, we have to expose and reject false doctrines. The myth is that the status quo is enough. That is not the case as souls should be saved from the false doctrines and heresies of Freemasonry, Jehovah Witnesses, Mormonism, adultery, gender war nonsense, the MAGA cult, Scientology, Christian Science, witchcraft, etc. Repentance is free of charge. You only need an open heart and do it. That is why we all need to repent of our sins, do the right thing, save souls, and grow in our spiritual walk completely.
We have a real problem of millions of Americans being purged from U.S. food stamp rolls as Wall Street interests disgracefully demand more cuts. The budget reconciliation law was signed by Trump on July 4, 2025, or H.R. 1, OBBBA. This law created the largest reduction in the history of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also known as food stamps. By cutting $187 billion from the program for over 10 years- a cut of about 20 percent- the legislation has harmed the social safety net in America in destructive ways. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) puts the decline at about 5 million people or 12 percent since the law has been enacted. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers, 36.6 million people are now receiving benefits. That is down 5.7 million from May 2025, below the pre-pandemic level and the lowest number enrolled in 17 years. Children are suffering massively too in the heaviest share of the cuts. In the 25 states that report data on children, 1.2 million have been cut off since July 20025. U.S. citizens and others who are authorized to be in America (like refugees, people granted asylum, survivors of trafficking, and victims of domestic violence) have been stripped of eligibility completely. This attack is about cutting resources from the poor and working class to be used to fund the war and other interests of the oligarchy. Some in the Wall Street Journal are celebrating this cruelty as they are more in love with laissez-faire capitalism than economic justice. One Gallup poll said that Democrats outnumber the GOP ahead of the midterms. Regardless of your ideological views, please vote, as the MAGA movement is trying to suppress voting rights with their attacks on mail-in voting and other matters. Affordability of health care, childcare, housing, education, and other areas of our lives matter, and these issues must be addressed to improve American society indeed. We have to fight to strengthen Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security without privatization. People want a government to address the needs of the people as the purpose of government subsequently is to improve the lives of the people progressively.
By Timothy
Friday, September 04, 2026
Early September 2026 News.
We haven't forgotten about Cuba. Cuba has a humanitarian crisis in part because of U.S. sanctions and embargoes. Some of its leaders are using measures to open the country to the "free market." In Cuba, many people make withdrawals before cash reserves run out. Elderly people are trying to get food to stop hunger. Mothers and kids beg for pesos in rich areas. Crime is on the rise, along with domestic violence, drug abuse, and corruption. Transportation and public services have halted. There are days-long water shortages and massive blackouts. There are fuel and electricity shortages. Cuba has been harmed by recent Trump and Rubio's military petroleum blockade. Only 2 oil tankers came to Cuba in 2026. Cuba has been a nation filled with periods of economic prosperity and economic recession. Fidel Castro was right to oppose imperialism and capitalistic exploitation (as we know that Batista was a dictator who was funded by Western corporate interests and the Mafia), but he made the error of promoting anti-civil liberty measures at times. We don't need imperialism or the status quo. We need Cuba to be given the opportunities to have its own political, economic, and social independence. Cuba has the right to its sovereignty without the embargo and without U.S. aggression. Many hotels and industries stopped investing in Cuba to avoid Trump's criticism. Cuba is fighting for its survival. Either Cuba will be a puppet state of Trump and Rubio or an independent progressive nation.
Recently, Gloria Steinem passed away at the age of 92 years on September 2, 2026. She was one of the most prominent journalists and social activists of the 20th and 21st centuries. She helped to be one of the major leaders of second-wave feminism. Back before 1970, tons of women couldn't have a bank account without a husband's or father's permission. Back in the day, all women couldn't vote until the 1920s. Back then, many women were readily fired from certain jobs because of their sex. This was real and horrendous at the same time. Gloria Steinem worked hard to promote women's equality and women's liberation. We have made progress in laws and awareness to combat misogyny and discrimination against women. Yet, we have a long way to go when women's rights are being massively stripped, especially since 2016. She was a columnist for New York magazine and co-founder of Ms. Magazine. She co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus and the Take Our Daughters to Work Day in order to allow young girls to learn about various future career opportunities. She, in my opinion, was wrong to work in a CIA-backed group of the Independent Research Service. She called the CIA liberal, nonviolent, and honorable. You can Google the CIA's real history in Operation Phoenix, Operation Mockingbird, and other wicked actions to witness that the CIA is not progressive, far from nonviolent, and many of their members were dishonorable. Nevertheless, Gloria Steinem, despite her imperfections, was a strong advocate for the rights of all women and sought equality among men, women, and the rest of the human family. At the very end of her life, Gloria Steinem fought against the racist, sexist, xenophobic, and imperialistic movement of MAGA. So, we remember Gloria Steinem's life and legacy as a continued call to make sure that women have all of the opportunities, equality, and liberty in the world to fulfill their aspirations and dreams on their own terms. I send my condolences to Gloria Steinem's friends and family.
One major lesson in life is to always embrace your human compassion. Many of us may not notice this, but tons of people in this world see us and realize what we do. That compassion is related to the Golden Rule, which is about treating people how you want to be treated (which is dignity and respect). Believing in altruism, treating your neighbors right, and standing up for justice refutes the old prejudices of racism, sexism, xenophobia, and other forms of bigotry that have plagued us human beings for millennia. You can't have altruism without moral principles. It is true that all of humanity is created equal and has unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (as found in the Declaration of Independence). Now, the person who wrote the Declaration of Independence didn't live up to the precept that he wrote, but we should live up to the ideals of equality and freedom for all people, though. Human beings, with our own intellectual ingenuity, have every right to responsibly improve our society, to develop legitimate inventions to help people, and to improve the environment. God gave us the right to help humanity in their material needs while rejecting excessive materialism, imperialism, and selfish individualism. The role of government has always been to be empowered by the people to regulate the economy, promote industry, grow infrastructure, and defend justice. That is precisely why we need a strong social safety net, voter rights protections, health care meant for all, an end to police brutality, and making sure that people are allowed to live out their dreams filled with joy and happiness. Also, life is both social and individual. We encounter humor, joy, pain, anger, and the wide spectrum of human emotions. Yet, we need to be better and do better since physical life is very temporary, but our legacies will last for all eternity.
Now, James Talarico and Paxton are even in the Texas Senate race. Many years back, this was unthinkable in Texas. Now, we have this reality: because Paxton has so many scandals and hypocritical views, Talarico could win the Senate race. The bad news is that the key Texas county of Tarrant has voted to cut polling sites. This action will make it so much harder for human beings to vote. During our primaries of 2026, we see more voters embrace anti-establishment populism. It has nothing to do with age, but people just want power back to the people instead of mostly given to the oligarchy. For example, Massachusetts Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate resulted in 80-year-old incumbent Ed Markey defeating the 47-year-old Congressman Seth Moulton. The establishment is filled with radical centrists who desire the status quo. The problem is that the status quo is not working as we have an affordability crisis, an illegal Iranian war, data centers growing in America (with environmental issues that come along with their construction), we have high oil prices, and voter suppression laws (when Texans protest the vote to eliminate nearly 100 polling sites in Tarrant County, Texas). We have a massive inequality of wealth, income, and power never seen since the Gilded Age of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Therefore, we have to be for freedom, and that means we want racial justice, economic justice, and justice for all in general.
Evil consumes the Trump administration. During this week, Trump approved disaster relief requests for seven red states (I have no problem with this), but he repeatedly delayed and denied aid to blue states (which is wrong and evil). No other President in American history has politicized natural disasters the way that Trump has done. The reason is that no state that experiences a natural disaster ought to be denied legitimate aid because of the state's voting patterns. Natural disasters don't discriminate based upon political ideology, so all people (irrespective of a person's political beliefs) should have natural disaster assistance. Trump has fired hundreds of people from the NOAA, and these people work hard to warn people about hurricanes, tornadoes, and other dangerous weather occurrences. Trump cut so many employees from NOAA, that the agenda is desperately scrambling to try to hire some of them back. These cuts have led to few weather ballons to help meteorologists to track storms. Trump has gutted responses after disasters happen. Trump and DOGE gutted 20 percent of FEMA. When floods hit Texas in 2025, FEMA"s new contract review policies delayed rescue efforts by 72 hours plus left thousands of emergency calls unanswered. Trump has readily denied disaster funding from blue state which is sick. FEMA ended a grant program that spent billions to protect people from disasters. The government ought to help Americans and be there for us, but Trump believes in radical laissez faire capitalism that desires large corporations, not the people, to have the majority of the power in America.
By Timothy
Thursday, September 03, 2026
Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Updates in the World.
One of the most important events in our time is the conviction of Keefe D. It has been almost 30 years since Tupac Shakur was murdered by cowards, but Keffe D has been convicted in under 3 hours. The trial lasted for weeks, and the Tupac family became very emotional when the verdict was read. Duane "Keffe D" Davis was found guilty of first guilty degree murder. This verdict came on Monday. Davis's face was filled with anger and rage when the verdict was read. He was found guilty of plotting the 1996 killing of Tupac near the Las Vegas Strip. The prosecution called Davis a leader of the South Side Compton Crips who wanted to hunt for Shakur. Davis denies murdering Tupac and said that his memoir was fiction, and he said that the prosecution lacked direct evidence. In various interviews, Keffe D bragged about being involved in killing Tupac and mocking his shooting as Tupac breakdancing in the car. Keffe D plans to appeal the decision. Judge Carli Kierney is scheduled to sentence Davis on October 13, 2026. He could face life in prison without the possibility of parole. Tupac died when I was in the start of the 8th grade of middle school. I remembered that time just like yesterday. It was a tragic, surreal time. The lesson here is that murder is always wrong, and we should stand up for justice and accountability even if it takes years and decades.
Recently, CIA Director Ratcliffe went to Moscow to tell Putin to not wage war on NATO countries. Yet, Putin is personally on a mission to conquer Ukraine illegally and possibly Eastern Europe. He allowed Russian military forces to attack Poland recently. Putin wants to test NATO’s unity because he wants Russia to expand its reach even beyond Ukraine. Putin from Russia has been involved in terrorism including war crimes against the Ukrainian people, airspace violations, cyber-attacks, and assassinations, even jailing Russian dissidents. Secret provocations by Russia exist in Europe. For example, a Russian warship used live-fire exercises in the English Channel, possible Russian drones with explosives were at the airport in Leipzig-Halle, Germany, and Russian forces have been caught in cyber-attacks worldwide. While this is going on, Iran’s judiciary chief Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejei threatened a more forceful crackdown on any renewed anti-government protests. Also, we know that Belarus is a client state of Putin.
I am glad that more black people are calling out Laura Loomer on her racist nonsense against Angie Nixon, Cori Bush, Ihan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. Loomer is the personification of the MAGA movement. Loomer is a MAGA follower filled with racism and obscene rhetoric. She is a far-right person who glorifies the white racist mediocrity found in Donald Trump. She is too ignorant to the reality that ghetto is a location, not a personality, a specific character, or a state of being. The hypocrite Loomer claims to support respectability politics, but she is very obscene, racist, vulgar, and bigoted, which is the opposite of the characteristics of honor and integrity. This racist Loomer said that maybe Angie must be on a leach. This is disgusting from Loomer. Now, Trump is targeting NBC's Welker over her accurate reporting, so Trump is anti-free speech against people who disagree with him.
The same deficit hawks who lecture others about how we supposedly can’t pay for single payer Medicare for all omit how we have record debt by tax cuts for the super wealthy (established by the Bush and Trump administrations), say nothing on administrative costs, and they say nothing on ending imperialistic, unjust wars. Ending such wars would save billions of dollars at least in revenues that can be used to invest in American society. Our ratio to debt to GDP would be better if progressive economic policies existed. 62 years ago today, the Food Stamp Act was signed into law. The program helped millions of people, especially children, access affordable food. This changed when Trump and the Republicans gutted it with their bill. The myth is that everyone using food stamps are freeloaders. The truth is that the vast majority of people on SNAP work hard. Many people who have SNAP are elderly, children, and those with severe disabilities (among numerous beings who can’t work). 15.7 million households work and need SNAP benefits to feed their families (including 1⁄4 of Amazon workers when Bezos is a billionaire. Many corporations pay workers so little that workers struggle to survive). Trump and Republican cut SNAP massively causing 4 million people including 1 million children being in risk of losing their benefits. This is cruelty and the richest one percent evade 160 billion dollars in taxes every year. You can increase the federal minimum wage, crack down on big corporations that pay CEOs hundreds of times more than workers, and deal with the affordability crisis (to invest in education, childcare, and fight poverty).
In the state of Texas, far-right Republican extremists want to cut polling sites in a major Texas county. It has caused protests as the Senate race continues. This plan has been opposed by Democrats who say that reductions could cause confusion in the November midterm elections. Texas Republicans want to cut polling locations in Tarrant County, which borders Dallas and includes Fort Worth. Tarrant County would have 92 fewer polling locations on Election Day than it did during the 2022 midterms. The NAACP, the ACLU, and voting rights groups signed a letter to call on the county to reject the proposal. This plan is nothing more than a slick plan of voter suppression, and it will increase the burden for people to vote. While this is going on, Trump approval rating is 32 percent, and prices are high in many arenas.
By Timothy
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