Perpetually learning while escaping the mental Matrix...
Reflection - Why we need to Read and why I'm doing this.
Reading of The Finding of The Third Eye by Vera Stanley Alder. Also some reasonings as I went do the rabbit trail as usual .
Thoughts and Reasons - Callousness and Critical Thinking
Using AI to narrate an article I wrote about a decade ago about meeting “The Hurricane”: Dr Rubin “Hurricane” Carter. The recall also helped to summary remember my initial years in Canada as an Immigrant. ----------+ The first time Rubin “Hurricane” Carter crossed my radar was back in the year 2000. It was during one of my channel surfing finger exercises, when I came upon the Golden Globes awards, where actor Denzel Washington was accepting an award for Best Actor. I was just in time to see Denzel Washington, standing on the podium and acknowledging the real life person he had portrayed, who had served almost 20 years of a life sentence for a triple murder he was never justly proven guilty of committing.
[In Jamaica for this recording] Laurie Gunst pays a fitting memorial to Trevor Phillips (1948-1997)
In 1992 Jah-T, the son of the notorious Shower Posse leader Jim Brown, is shit off his motor cycled and killed. The ensuing war claims at least 20 more souls. Doctors and nurses at the Kingston Public hospital are threatened, and Hanna Town and Tivoli Gardens goes to war. PNP's Michael Manley relinquishes his leadership of nation to "a black man time now" PJ Patterson. Jim Brown's other sun Dudus has taken over leadership of Shower Posse a d Tivoli Gardens and declares war against PNP stronghold Rema in retaliation to Bob Marley's son Ziggy construction of the Tuff Gong studio on the border of the communities without giving the contract to Dudus.
Haunted by Nines killing, Laura ventures to meet with David D'Costa , the journalist that broke the Green Bay Killing. He shares a story with Laura about the killing of a Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) soldier/informant that haunts him. In a strange twist, it happens that Trevor " Bones " Philips knew the soldier and informs Laura that he was killed while trying to sell guns he had stolen from the army. Bones takes Laura to the legendary Judy Mowatt concert and briefly unites with his bredren, another legend, Robbie Shakespeare.
Despite the disappointing and heartbreaking pursuit of his American dream, Brambles decides against the humiliation of returning to Jamaica broken and sends the little he earns to his family in Jamaica. Shenda's crack habit has somewhat ebbed and she introduces Laura to a 'gun hawk" named Courtney. He arranges a meeting with a repentant old Shower Posse member named Nines, who is killed just after sending Laurie an illuminating letter about Jamaica's sufferas plight.
Close to " Sesame Street's" Paupers Graveyard on 1367 Sterling Place is the NY base of the notorious McGregor Gully gang and its leader Eric "Chinaman" Vassell. In this amazing chapter, Laurie introduces an elder soldier, Trevor "Bones" Phillips who had orchestrated a peace treaty. The Permanent Secretary in The Ministry Edward Ogilvie is killed as he heads up an audit into the infamous McGregor Gully project. Bones good friend the legendary Bob Marley is shot and recognizes Tivoli Gdns don Jim Brown as being the shooter. Bones foils Byah Mitchell's plans to kill him. Bob Marley's One Love concert is used as a cover by Seaga's activists to bring in guns in preparation for war that will destroy the peace treaty. Eddie Seaga, Michael Manley, Tony Welsh, Claudie Massop, Tony Brown, Trinity, Bucky Marshall, Chris Blackwell, Khadiffi, Copper, Bob Marley
After a police raid at the Paupers Graveyard on Rogers Ave aka Sesame Street, Shenda bonds with Laurie and shares her intriguing story. A good friend, drug dealer and former JDF soldier Luke is killed, denying him of his dream to return home to Jamaica.
Delroy "Uzi" Edwards blogs from ADX, the most secure prison in the US.
At the end of the 1989 trial Delroy Edwards is sentenced to 501 years without parole and fined USD1mil. Renkers Posse members are jailed or put in protective custody. Crack cocaine has gripped the community. Manley is now in power and making amends with the US government
Shower Posse setup operations in USA & Canada. Laurie introduces the leaders Jim Brown & Vivian Blake. With Seaga in power, and the JIS sidelining him, Brambles do what "sensible people do" and moved to "farin". Delroy "Uzi" Edwards is arrested by the ATF. He gets a visit from Laurie & Brambles and shares some secrets about a prominent Jamaican politician that funded his activities in Jamaica.
Entered into a rabbit trail reflecting on Paltrow trial and elderly abuse. Reflecting on how invincible we were at youths and Cool Yonders and the bicycle crew.
Breaking procrastination I reflect on recent trip to Jamaica and an eventful trip from Mobay Airport to Geejam Studio Resort in Portland and an amazing stay at Cocosan. Then focusing on the read, Laurie Gunst takes us on the journey to "farin". As the gangs migrate to the USA and the coagulation of Spranglers and Shower Posses around the crack cocaine drug trade.
Laurie is leaving Jamaica, she meets with some key figures like legendary police officer Keith "Trinity" Gardener. Laurie loses her cool on a former gunman sharing how he and Claudie Massop earned their Donmanship and is reprimanded by Brambles in a phenomenal recording that should be taught in every Jamaican School.
In the previous episode I was trying to remember the name of a bredren that was killed during a drink up sponsored by a political during an election. I finally remembered... his name was "Champy"
In Born Fi Dead - End Game As the sufferas from both side of the political tribes started to entertain an awareness of being used by their Political masters, they began to flirt with the notion of PEACE. A notion that went against the political objectives and as such the politicians consipred with the army and the result is one of Jamaica's most shameful & deadly event, the Green Bay Massacre.
Born Fi Dead - Blood For Blood, Fire For Fire. GUNST uncovers the reality of the deceptive manipulative opportunist oppressive nepotistic birth of Jamaica's two political parties and in particular the demigodic "national hero" Alexander Clarke (Bustamante)
As American "shows love" for Jamaica via PM Eddie Seaga, Laura observes the Politricks leveled against the rural "sufferas" traveling with former health minister Neville Gallimore and gets close and personal with Ghetto living in a Central Kingston Tenament Yaad
Laurie Gunst recall the IMF austerity measures under Prime Minister Edward Seaga. The rapid raise in basic goods, the increase in has prices which lead to Jamaica's 1985 Gas Riots.
Born Fi Dead - Ch2 Pt3 - Groundation was recorded in Oct or Nov 2022. Procrastinated till Jan 5 2023 to upload. Fulljoy.
Born Fi Dead - Alexander Bedward - Commentary
Born Fi Dead Ch2 Pt2 Groundation (commentary)
Born Fi Dead by Laurie Gunst ' Ch2 Pt1 Groundation
Born Fi Dead - Ch1 - Babylon to Brooklyn - Laurie Gunst
Born Fi Dead - Laurie Gunst -Intro2
Rabbit trail on indifference to story being told. Immigrant soldiers.
"Born Fi Dead" - Laurie Gunst Pt1 Intro1
Book Read: Ch11 My Father Sun-Sun Johnson - end
Book Read: Ch 10 - Christmas - My Father Sun-Sun Johnson
Book Read: Ch 9 - Building - My Father Sun-Sun Johnson
Book Read - Chapter 8 - A Pyrrhic Victory - My Father Sun Sun Johnson
Book Read1: Ch4 "Growing" - "My Father Sun-Sun Johnson" Low Energy dayz
Book Read1: Ch3 "Neighbours" - Reflect on School Days with bully" Fish Eyes" and "Monster Baby" aka "Mumbo"
A divergent memory recall off my younger soccer (football) days and playing soccer/ scrimmage in the streets the night before category 5 Hurricane Gilbert devastated the island of Jamaica in 1988
Book Read1: "My Father Sun-Sun Johnson" Chapter 2 "Reflections"
I read "My Father Sun-Sun Johnson" in what I think was 1st form (7th grade) in high school in Jamaica. Somehow of all the books read, this one I needed to revisit the experience. So during my recent 4 month hiatus in Jamaica I drove from the North coast to the Kingston in the south to purchase this book at a store in HalfWayTree . Started reading but again being a champion procrastinator, I stopped. So this "podcast" is an attempt to start reading again and importantly, to finish even ONE book this year. Respect the support.
Reflections on the Pandemic madness... Travel during the Pandemic and the divine encounter with an Italian Canadian developer that moved to Jamaica 26 years ago.
A look at a Covert, Effective use of the it's education system to indoctrinate children into its covert and insidious form of racial discrimination, whose main goal is the dehumanization of people of colour.
Reflections on the times. Mental Enslavement, Meeting Challenges as a Nubian Outlier. We Pharoahs, Inventors. Manipulative tenant.
Woke up from 3Am. Can't sleep so decided to document thoughts in podcast. Corona Virus Lockdown. Black Americans dying at "alarming rate"
Reflections on the new world reality with Corona Virus (and a likkle Buju in the Title)
Episode 1 - Niagara Falls Canada says Yes to legal Ganja Stores
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