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So with 2012 fast approaching, of course there’s going to be much unnecessary hype. The greatest hype comes from none other than the Institute for Human Continuity, or the IHC. This viral marketing campaign site is promoting German filmmaker Roland Emmerich’s upcoming flick “2012”, due to hit theaters late 2009. You may recall that he directed Independence Day, Godzilla, and the 2008 flop “10,000 B.C.”….but I digress……
The IHC, supposedly in existence since the 1970’s, has been doing “extensive research” on the year 2012. Their website includes multiple scenarios in which the world is supposed to end, including shifts in the Earths crust and amplified solar activity that causes the world’s end.
So what’s the best way to get out of imminent death on 12/21/12? WHY A LOTTERY OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They have a spot on their page where you can register yourself for a ticket to a post-apocalyptical hideaway—either a floating city or an underground fall-out shelter. IHC informs you that “the lottery will not save everyone. It will, however, give each individual an equal chance at survival”…..hmmm that must be some Jackpot…who wouldn’t want to get in on furthering the human race? *side eye*






But I’ll leave you with my top 10 thoughts, in no particular order:

1. If you’re a scared sucker, register for your lottery ticket here: http://archive.bigspaceship.com/ihc/#/lottery

2. The underground shelter, called the Octoprism, has enough amenities to sustain human lives for UP TO one year….what happens next?

3. The Shelter will be underground in Antarctica and the Flying Cities will be dispersed around the globe above different continents….hmmm if the world is supposed to end, I don’t think you can fly Delta to get to any of these

4. IHC has its very own Facebook page. The IHC Lotto as of June 21, 2009 3:30PM has 8,907,283 registered people but only 198 fans on Facebook…

5. Now I’m no scientist but I know a little something about time zones. If I paid a little attention in 7th grade, the Eastern world will reach 12/21/12 12AM before the U.S. So whose Dec 21st are we talking about?

6. The Mayan calendar does indeed end on Dec. 21, 2012. However, it mentions nothing about the end of the world. Their “apocalypse” is supposed to be nothing more than a shift into another age of reasoning. So has anyone stopped to think that maybe the ancient Mayans that composed the calendar died off during the process of making their calendar OR that in 2012, the last of the existing traces of Mayan culture will cease to be?

7. So you’ve registered yourself in the lottery, now what? You think you’re guaranteed a spot? Think again! For one, if only a handful of people are going to be able to carry on the human race, the “facilitators” of these cities and shelters are going to want the best of the best minds and “Beauty Babies”. Secondly, you might die from something else before you can cash in that ticket in 2012

8. This website is only listed in the English language. So how are non-English speaking people from around the world finding this site and registering for the lotto?

9. The Institute for Human Continuity website is registered to Sony ENTERTAINMENT!

10. SONY is Sodom and Hollywood is Gomorrah. Anyone who bases their faith in any #, date, or prediction of the end of time by self-proclaimed “prophets” is not really confident in their own faith at all.

-Cynical Jubilee, 6/21/09

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I present a story of an extraordinary young man who demonstrates brilliance on and off the football field. Myron Rolle, the All-American safety for Florida State University's football team, decided to forgo the NFL Draft in order to pursue a medical degree at Oxford University. This brilliant young brother is no ordinary collegiate football player; he is considered one of the top safety's in the country, and he is considered to be a second or third round draft pick, meaning if he had entered the Draft, he would most likely have been offered a multimillion dollar contract.

Mr Rolle's remarkable athletic ability is surpassed by his scholastic achievements. Rolle was awarded as one of thirty four Rhodes Scholars that will be studying at Oxford University,a highly prestigious school in England. Being a Rhodes Scholar is nothing to take lightly, the selection process is intense and students are picked from fourteen specified geographic locations. The most notable American Rhodes Scholars are Former President Bill Clinton and former mayor of Baltimore Kurt Schmoke.

Most student athletes will tell you that it is extremely difficult to balance the rigors of being a full-time student and collegiate athlete;with a "school come first" attitude and supportive parents, the Academic All American was able to graduate in 2 1/2 years with a degree in Exercise Science. Along with support from his family and peers, Rolle credits his coach, Bobby Bowden as an influence. Bowden allowed Rolle to miss several practices and other team related events in order to satisfy labs for his science classes.

After earning his medical degree from Oxford, Rolle plans to enter the NFL Daft in 2010, After playing 7 or 8 seasons in the league,he will practice neurosurgery and open a free health clinic in his native country the Bahamas. Rolle is very interested in the anthropology and cultural aspects of medicine; an interests that he hopes will allow him to to spread the message about satisfying the increasing demand for more health centers in underdeveloped countries.

Of all the possessions that we can attain, only knowledge and wisdom are irrevocable. Myron Rolle's story shows us that nothing is as priceless as an education. Within recent months there have been an influx of negative stories about black athletes( most notably of Plaxico Burress and Adam "PacMan" Jones); it feels refreshing to hear stories about black athletes choosing education and community activism over money and fame. In a generation where there is an over saturation of aspiring athletes and entertainers, it is extremely important that we show younger children that there are other options to pursue; they should be taught that its okay to put down that basketball or microphone to pick up a calculator and textbook. To Mr Rolle, his family and the FSU football coaching staff: I commend you for reminding us why the term is "student athlete" and not "athlete student''.

~Quintin Wallace 1/26/2009

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Yesterday was beautiful day to be an American.

Those who know me well, or well enough know that I almost always have something to say about something. But yesterday my mouth was, for the most part, shut. I was terribly moved by this inauguration and this moment in history. A dream not just for black people but also for the American people was realized today, at least in part. I don't know, there's just something ever so eerie about a black man finally living in the house black hands built. Even more gratifying is the thought of a black man finally leading a country that black hands largely built. . .


But while there are those of us who would cherish this moment with the utmost reverence, it troubles me that there are some who find historic time something to merely gloat about.

I'm talking about African-Americans mesmerized by this "My President Is Black" craze.

Now, while there is a recent song by Yung Jeezy of the same name, I say 'craze' because this whole thing is bigger than one song. Even before I really sat down and listened to the song I noticed that dozens of blacks around me were lost in Barack Obama's being black rather than his being a man of change and integrity and hope. The notion of a black president of these United States of America had suddenly become something to brag about rather than exalt.

Now, I'd be lying if it doesn't bring me some consolation that a black person can finally sit in the oval office because on inauguration day, while I celebrated the occasion I was also somber when I thought of the many, many black people who died for such a day, even if they never thought it might come. Yesterday I thought about not only the more popular civil rights leaders, but as well the slew of unsung heroes who decided to run away from their plantation or learn to read or sit in a 'whites only' restaurant. I've gotta' say it's bittersweet but still, we have to appreciate this point in time, not depreciate it.

How should I feel when Yung Jeezy, who bases the essence his career off of drugs and materialism, can insert two or three lines about Barack Obama into a song and magically be apart of the "struggle"?

How should I feel when Ludacris spits lyrics calling Hillary Clinton a 'bitch' and proclaiming that John McCain shouldn't be "in any chair unless he's paralyzed"?

Neither has fought for civil and human rights or spent time in a prisoner of war camp which is precisiely my point- these ignorant black folk of whom I speak fail to see the bigger picture.

They would rather follow their hip-hop idols who sell them short on their facts than open a history book. Some black people know the details about every rap artist beef and yet their knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement is limited to Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and segregation. Ask 'em about slavery and all they know about is that there were slave ships, plantations, whips, and a woman named Harriet Tubman.

This current political situation is no different than money or women or drugs- it's just another item for some artists to take advantage of. They are making it into a fad. It's cool to mention politics but not to understand it.

The president is black but he's also an American. He didn't run for black people- he ran for Americans. You obviously didn't receive the memo; Obama's vision isn't for a white America or a black America, or a Hispanic, Asian, or Arab one- it's simply for America.

This man is out and about trying to unify us and in your ignorance, you've made it your prerogative to only further divide us. . .

. . . I guess other than those few small things, I'm loving this time in history right now! Cool beans.

-Prodigy Maestro 1/21/2009

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The Black Salvage would like to introduce to you the inagural article from the newest addition to our team, Cynical Jubilee. Below is a brief introduction: "I'm a Religious Studies Philosophy major at MSU. I enjoy studying Religion for the sole purpose of tracing a HISTORICAL outline of religious origins and moral codes instead of bashing other's beliefs with the Tomfoolery they tried to brainwash me with in Sunday School. I'm here to present you all with historical FACTS, but I respect everyone's beliefs and opinions."



Since it’s the New Year and I’m new to the team, I find it very fitting to share some insight on the story of Genesis and propose a question that many choose to look over- Adam and Eve were the first two humans and they had two sons- Cain and Abel. One son kills the other, so:
WHO GAVE BIRTH TO HUMANITY?????


Where did where did Cain find a wife to reproduce with if there were no other humans on earth? Well, there are two books that come to mind that you won’t find in your KJV Bible that attempts to answer these questions. The first is a book in the Old Testament Apocrypha called "Jubilees" and it explains the beginning of creation starting with Genesis and ending with the parting of the Red Sea. The author is unknown but he tries to answer every possible question that may arise. You might as well call this book “Genesis—1st Draft”. The author claims that Adam and Eve had 9 sons and daughters. The youngest daughter name is Awan and she becomes Cain's wife and bears a son named Enoch at the end of the 4th Jubilee (one Jubilee=49 years). Just take a look at this passage from the Book of Jubilees:

"And Cain took ’Âwân his sister to be his wife and she bare him Enoch at
the close of the fourth jubilee. And in the first year of the first week of the fifth jubilee, houses were built on the earth, and Cain built a city, and called its name after the name of his son Enoch. And Adam knew Eve his wife and she bare yet nine sons.
And in the fifth week of the fifth jubilee Seth took ’Azûrâ his sister to be his wife, and in the fourth (year of the sixth week) she bare him Enos."

Jubilees 4:9-11

Now I can understand why the ancient bishops wouldn’t favor this over Genesis when they were canonizing the Bible. If this book has any truth to it, scholars would gouge their eyes out at the mere thought of putting a story of incest in the Holy Book.

The second—and maybe even lesser known—book in a series of Old Testament Apocryphal books is the book of Enoch. At one hundred and eight chapters, it’s like a mini Revelations that predicts the end of the world through Noah’s flood. The book also contains visions of the fall of angels who impregnate earthly women and give birth to giants. Sounds like a twisted version of MTV’s The Real World, but think about this: How many of you would read more of your Bibles if there were page turns after page turns of sordid incest and mythical beasts? These two books attempt to provide insight to the unanswered questions that commonly arise to those reading the Bible but why then, would these—and many others—be excluded form the final draft? Could the answers to these burning questions about the birth of humanity be found in the pages of the books that are rarely read or are they just fanciful fiction compositions? You decide.

-Cynical Jubilee, 1/3/2009


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So, major fighting has erupted yet again between the Israelis and the Palestinians. And yet again, as the bloodshed and violence is brought into my home by every mainstream news outlet, I find myself wondering, why should I care?


Harsh- I know.

For one thing, the media doesn't give the Sudan half as much attention- but then again, the people of Sudan are only "crying out for help", right? My honesty is all I have to offer and with that said, I can confidently say that the situation is the Sudan is worse(obviously, in my eyes) than the one on the West Bank and if you give me 10-15 minutes, I could probably find you quite a few more dire situations around the globe. . . though I daresay none of them are tied in any kind of way to oil politics. . .

I don't want to come off as insensitive but I just don't find myself bursting with the same amount of sympathy the media and apparently the government have for the situation. Now, I do care for and more easily give my grievances to the Palestinian people- those folks have had their toes stepped on for some time now. My tears are few and far between for Israel, being that they consistently take one out the United States' playbook and carpet bomb entire areas of civilians hoping to kill a handful of terrorists. Anyone who knows anything knows that the Israel game plan is one of oppression, whether its propaganda or cutting off vital resources and infrastructure to the already destitute Palestinians.

But really though- fighting hasn't much solved anything, and for how long now? Until both sides start seriously talking and stop pretending like they want peace, this nonsense will never end. And as far as the United States government is concerned, I would like for them to get off that "Jews are God's chosen people" mandate that seems to be quietly influencing them from behind the scenes. Sorry, Jews- your not God's people. The whole idea that God would even select a certain group and value and protect and favor them more than the rest of us sounds inherently stupid. Let's not get into a religious debate on this post though. . .

I don't know. . . maybe I'm just mad because unlike most Americans, I do my research and know that Israel is not the innocent victim the media makes them out to be(and that's not to say the Palestinians are angels). Or maybe I just need someone to explain the situation to me a bit better.

Do you care?

-Prodigy Maestro

(All photos from Associated Press)

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Happy Holidays! This one's going to be a quickie. . .

The term "house negro" is a pretty harsh way to reference any black person. I want go into the history of it, you can do that yourself.

That said, I present to you Alan Keyes.

Keyes is one of several individuals at the moment apparently challenging Barack Obama's citizenhip and as well, his presidency. There are theories claiming that Obama was born in Kenya and others alleging he's really an Indonesian citizen. Another cedes that because Obama held dual citizenship at birth from the U.S. and Great Britain, he is ineligible to hold our nation's highest office.

Here's the good news- no court is taking this matter seriously and the Supreme Court of the U.S. has declined to even hear the case three times already. For the moment, it seems the only place this nonsense is even catching steam is on Faux News.

Now, back to Mr. Keyes. . .

Some folk are calling the man a house negro. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. Or maybe he's just salty that he lost the 2004 Illinois Senatorial race to Obama with a dismal 27% of the vote. I say, let any man who can get he job done be president. Clearly, natural born citizens can't get the job done, and that's not me conceding that I doubt Obama's citizenship. Maybe I'm taking Keyes a little too seriously, after all, this is the clown who said "Jesus would not vote for Barack Obama".

You be the judge.

"To understand this, you have to go back to what [the] young brother here referred to as the house Negro and the field Negro -- back during slavery. There was two kinds of slaves. There was the house Negro and the field Negro. The house Negroes - they lived in the house with master, they dressed pretty good, they ate good 'cause they ate his food -- what he left. They lived in the attic or the basement, but still they lived near the master; and they loved their master more than the master loved himself. They would give their life to save the master's house quicker than the master would. The house Negro, if the master said, "We got a good house here," the house Negro would say, "Yeah, we got a good house here." Whenever the master said "we," he said "we." That's how you can tell a house Negro." -Malcolm X

-Prodigy Maestro

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Calm down, calm down. . . no, this isn't a real football team's name. But at the same time, this ain't no practical joke either. I was trying to prove a point about an issue that has long been debated- sports teams with culturally offensive names.

I'll use the most prominent example; The Washington Redskins. Now, you've got a ton of folks who say that the name ain't offensive. Okay. . . your certainly entitled to your opinion but the above image wouldn't fly with black people, would it? You don't go to the Superdome to see the Lousiana Colored's or to the Staples Center to watch the Los Angeles Jiggaboos.

Now, there are those unknowledgable(i.e. ignorant) individuals who will tell you the term "redskins" didn't come into use until the football team came into being. Let them stand corrected; "redskin is a racial descriptor for Native Americans and one of the color metaphors for race used in North America and Europe since European colonization of America". (wikipedia)

Believe it or not, there are people in the United States who actually believe the name "Redskins" and other similar names for athletic teams is a compliment and a tribute to the Native American. Now I'm going to play devil's advocate for a moment and ask you to consider terrorists as the mascot of a major U.S. sports team. Are they not like Americans once were not so long ago, fighting against imperialism and oppression? (and no, I don't sympathize with their methods, I need to prove this point!) But really, are they so different? We've got the New England Patriots, is the New York Mujahideen really that far a stretch? See how easily the tables have turned. . .

Another arguement people have is that racial epithets only have meaning when we give it to them. That's bullshit. When I hear the 'n' word I think about slavery and the oppression of my people everytime, seriously. It doesn't matter what color the person saying it is, that just how I am. I have made it my business to douse myself with what little black history there is and I'm to the point now where it is an unintentionally automated response to think of the struggle when I hear the 'n' word. Words don't have power because we give it to them. Words can have power simply because they have a history. But maybe I'm overacting. . . I apologize for not getting over that slavery incident a few years back. . .

But I digress. . .

I guess what I'm trying to say is that everyone should be deeply offended by a sports team with a name like "redskins". Seriously, we only just apologized to them last year for the* holocaust.

Exaggerating a bit? Maybe. Am I beating a dead horse? Maybe. . . maybe not. . .


*I said "the holocaust" because I get offended that history calls the genocide of 6 million Jews a holocaust but refuses to do the same for the 50-100 million Africans who perished via slavery or the 50-100 million Native Americans slaughtered by European imperialism and conquest. What a joke.

-Prodigy Maestro


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