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  • Politics Is Like Hiring A Hitman
    by Scott Woods inPolitical on2020-08-13

    For me, politics is like hiring a hitman. I have values and things I care about. I care enough about them to at least bother voting for 5 minutes every year for one issue or another. And because I care at least that much, I vote for people who align with the ability to realize the things I care about.

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  • Punching Above Our Weight
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-07-24

    I believe our vote is the punctuation of our voice. Without that resounding exclamation mark, I believe our voices are just incoherent noise.

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  • BLACK PROGRESS AMIDST SOCIAL CHAOS
    by Roger Madison Jr. inPolitical on2020-06-16

    Recent events have raised the profile of historical injustice and inequities here in the USA. The entire world has taken note of the fact that BLACK LIVES MATTER.   We invite all of our friends to engage in actions that result in the greatest movement for change in our history. It is imperative that we take advantage of this opportunity to affect a positive change by ACTING IN OUR SELF-INTERESTS.

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  • Living in a Black No-Man's Land
    by Roger Madison Jr. inOur Community on2019-10-28

    There are many narratives that define the Black experience in America in this 2nd decade of the 21st century. Our striving over the centuries of our sojourn in this nation is a tapestry of every human experience -- oppression, enslavement, forced assimilation, dehumanization, exclusion, segregation, isolation, struggle, perseverance, achievement, excellence, celebration, mourning, despair, progress, setbacks, lynching, assassination, genocide, terror, self-hatred, low esteem, pride,...

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  • Fighting Racism
    by Scott Woods inOur Community on2018-10-25

    I had a boss who was racist. Not an outright bigot, of course; her toolbox was more subtle than most. We bumped heads a lot over inconsequential things. She frequently couldn’t keep my name out her mouth. Lot of gaslighting. You know…2018 style. I tried a lot of ways to combat or navigate her issues. None of them worked, and that’s saying a lot because I’m really good at fighting racism. But at the end of the day – every day – she was my boss, I had to deal with her, and that was that. Finally I...

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Caribbean Black Rum Cakes

Caribbean Rum cakes is one of the Caribbean oldest form of cake baking. It started in the time of slavery when slaves and free blacks had no means to preserve their food. So rum was added to preserve the cakes. In Tortuga, the Tortuga rum is used to make the famous Tortuga Caribbean rum cakes.

In Jamaica, Appleton Rum Estate has been distilling rum from sugar can for over 200 years and is the island’s most popular drink. With a very sweet flavor rum is often used to make refreshing fruit punches and coconut cocktails. The drinks below are found anywhere in Jamaica and are a cooling treat to complement any meal and a warm welcome during the Christmas season or at wedding time. One of the famous rum cakes in Jamaica is the Buccanneer Caribbean rum cake

With a little patience and dedication Rum cakes can be easily prepared at home. There are a number of shops that supply different types of rum cakes. There is an almost endless variety including almond, apple rum bundt cake, apricot, autumn rum cake, Bacardi banana rum cake, banana rum cake, banana rum fudge cake, black rum cake, Canadian rum cake, chocolate chip rum cake and chocolate coconut rum cake.

However, in the Caribbean rum cakes are usually made during the Christmas season or on special occasions like weddings and Easter. These treats with a cool glass of seamoss drink or sorrel tea is a wonderful compliment to the lovely parang music that are played all over the Caribbean during the Christmas season.

So if you are looking for cakes that are healthy, fruity and with all the natural perservatives to last for over six month, try making some spirit cakes - just a pinch of rum