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Mark Riley: The Intersection of Politics and Culture


Jan 31, 2022

America, tell me who are you afraid of winning the most… as all roads lead to the appointment of one of three uber-qualified Black women to the Supreme Court? For my friends who like a wager, is your money on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Harvard), California Supreme Court Justice Leondra Kruger (Yale), or Judge J. Michelle Childs (USC)…my bet says with any one of these choices y’all need to listen out for the sound of a very large glass ceiling being shattered.

 

Spotify, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell and Anti-Vaxxer Joe Rogan, battle it out over…well… money. It’s a twisted plot involving Spotify paying Rogan $100m for his podcast, while artists have to get 315 downloads to make one dollar from their music.

There’s a chess game going at the Russia/Ukraine border with 100k Russian troops sprouted seemingly overnight. Putin (chess piece, King), maintains “What me? Invade? Surely you jest…” The US (chess piece, Queen), has countered by sending troops and rallying the UK and other Bishops, Knights and Castles to join their team and defend the greater cause. Meanwhile, after 10 years of check- and stalemates, the Pawns (Ukraine citizens) see it as same sh*t, different day.