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1st Hour -Top News
MCS Radio Show – Saturday, July 23, 2016
Another horrific tragedy happened. This time in Munich, Germany. An 18 year old student who was born and raised in Munich reportedly lured his victims to a McDonald’s restaurant located outside the popular Olympia mall by posting on Facebook that those who show up will receive discounted meals. A total of 10 people died in the shooting (most were teenagers) including the gun man who took his own life. Munich authorities report that the shooter, in the past, received medical treatment for mental issues and had been the victim of a physical ” bullying” incident involving young people in 2012. This mass shooting was not tied to ISIS.
Another questionable police shooting happened here in the U.S. last Monday. Reportedly, North Miami police were dispatched to an address on 127th Street after a 911 call about a man walking around the street with a gun threatening suicide. Upon arrival they found a black behavior therapist, Charles Kinsey, who was attempting to return a 23 year old autistic man to the group home where he lives. Video footage shows Kinsey laid out in the street in complete submission to the police officers as he explained to them that there was no need to feel threatened and that the 23 year old was autistic and simply playing with a toy truck. Kinsey was still shot. He was hospitalized for non-life threatening injuries. The police officer who pulled trigger initially said that he didn’t know why he shot the behavior therapist. He later stated that he was trying to protect Kinsey from the autistic man but shot the wrong person. The level of distrust between police officers and people of color is out of control. I pray for divine intervention and enlightenment regarding how to fix this problem.
The Republican National Convention was filled with drama. From Melania’s plagerism of Michelle Obama’s speech to Donald Trump’s nomination acceptance speech. The U.S. media (political pundits, commentary) certainly shared their thoughts as they always do but I was surprised to read that the European media didn’t seem impressed at all with the RNC antics and rhetoric. Many believed that Trump’s speech was divisive, grandiose, dark and terrifying. Others reported that his speech was full of “half-truths and manipulated data”. The Russian dailies had no reports at all on Trump’s (Republican party’s presidential nominee) speech.
As the Democratic National Committee put the final touches on their big convention week, Hillary Clinton selected U.S. Senator, Tim Kaine of Virginia as her Vice President running mate. The DNC convention starts Monday, July 25th and will wrap up Thursday, July 28th, 2016. It’s going to be star-studded both politically and celebrity. POTUS and FLOTUS; U.S. Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, and Al Franken; Chelsea Clinton, former President of the U.S and husband to Hillary, Bill Clinton; NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio; and many others will speak. Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Tony Goldwyn, Lena Dunham and many other celebrities will be on deck to speak, sing, or to simply show support to the Democratic party presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton. By the way, since the radio show aired on Saturday, there’s been news of a shake-up at the DNC. Political Rock Star, Donna Brazile (of CNN & ABC), has been named the new leader for the Democratic National Committee. She replaces Debbie Wassermann Schultz who resigned Sunday (7/24/16) because of damaging emails that were leaked by WikiLeaks last week. The next day reports surfaced that now implicates, Donna Brazile in the email scandal. Brazile reported that she had reached out to the Sanders camp to personally apologize ahead of the latest developments. Stay tuned.
Again, it’s been said that “Societies or communities are often judged by how they treat their children.” We’re still raising awareness… July is National Make a Difference to Children Month! A couple of churches sent information about upcoming events that they are having to help children. We picked one to spotlight this week. St. Mark C.M.E Church in Joliet, Illinois is hosting their 11th Annual Back to School Community Fest on Saturday, August 13, 2016, 11am to 6pm. For food, fun, entertainment, and free back packs with school supplies join them at 338 S. Joliet Street. For more information, call 815-592-7810. Be sure to make a difference and share your story here or email me so that I can put you in the spotlight during the show next Saturday.
2nd Hour-Entertainment News
Outside of viewing parts of the RNC last week, I shared that I personally didn’t have much for TV Talk. Click here for the audio of TV Talk.
Eustacia Huen was the guest for the Passion for Fashion segment. She’s contributor to Forbes magazine and principal at Scripit Venustas LLC. She offered insight on a recent article about the Human Project and their quest to establish policy against the potential of human skin becoming the next best option in the handbag, jacket, leather goods industry. Unfortunately, the audio from the segment is not good so I’ll direct you to Forbes.com to read the full article “…Hand bags and Jackets Could Be Made from Human Skin…”. Also while you are there look for her piece on the Ice Cream Museum that she stumbled upon in NYC’s meatpacking district. Yes, they do offer real ice cream treats including a Chocolate tunnel. This will probably be the one thing that will finally get me to New York. Soul agrees. We better hurry because the Ice Cream Museum only has pop-up status and is set to melt away come August 31st, 2016. Beat you there!
Lastly, we all enjoyed the very first “SoulBalm Says” segment. Soul is an educator and marvelously talented poetress, inspiring professional speaker, and authentic motivational leader who offers up solutions to those who open themselves up to receive her messages. Take a listen here. Also, visit souliciouswordexperience.com for more of Soul.
Remember to tune in next week for the Christmas in July show! Also, follow me on Twitter @marilynscafesoc and http://www.Facebook.com/Marilyn’sCafeSociety.
Talk or blog with you again soon. Peace!
~Marilyn
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