September 22, 2020 Tidbits

Ready for another thunderstorm?



Cheers,



R-

Ageism, Racism & Elitism

This vlog focuses on Chaz Joseph whom I knew from Frederick, Maryland. He engaged in racism, ageism and elitism. It is too bad that people would buy his victim card and turn on me.  For a long time, whenever a Deaf gay guy offended me, I learned how to lick my own wounds. Chaz runs to the community to create the mob mentality and turn on me. Then so be it. It is reminiscent of what old Deaf gay men did with me at RAD Conference in DC. Some old things never change.



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R-

Ruth Bader Ginsburg is Tzaddik.

 Ruth Bader Ginsburg died.

That means what?  She's now part of Tzaddik 

Tzaddik ... 1 : a righteous and saintly person by Jewish religious standards. 2 : the spiritual leader of a modern Hasidic community.

In other words, the famous Notorious RBG aka Ruth Bader Ginsburg is now ... a legend.  She is now known as a legend among American *and* Jewish folklore.  And that is good thing to embrace.  

I did not want her to die. 

That's the truth.  When I learned that she died, I was devastated. But friends has to tell me that she died on the weekend of Rosh Hashanah. That's when I felt relieved.  I know .. we will win.

Cheers,

R-

Why Did I Create "Krona Duncan" For Myself On Facebook?

Not to brag about this but due to my well-known status in the Deaf Community, it also brought a target on myself by others who wanted to silence me on Facebook by reporting anything to Facebook to suspend me repeatedly.  

I cannot tell you how many times I got tossed in Facebook jail due to the so-called violations of Facebook's so-called Community Standards.

That led me to create a secondary account by the name of ... Krona Duncan. Krona is the only one that I have with Facebook other than Ricky Taylor. I attempted to create the third one in Mordru Taylor but Facebook prevented me from doing that. And ever since, I sticked with only two accounts. So whenever I get suspended on Ricky Taylor, I go to Krona for the time being.

Why Krona Duncan? 

Let's start with the last name. My middle name is Duncan. Duncan is one of these names that is associated with a long line of my Deaf family generations dating back to 1833. Among the names in my lineage is Norris, Poole, Taylor, Wynn, Wilkinson, Montoney and Carver.

All right, what about Krona?

Krona is a famous supervillain in DC Comics. Krona was a genius scientist on Planet Maltus billions of years ago. Krona was the one who created the machine to peek into the origins of the universe. When he did peek, his machine exploded and fractured the universe into multiverses. In addition, he also unleashed evil into the multiverses. Because of his actions, it also forced the folks on Planet Maltus to create the group known as the Guardians of the Universe trying to fix and eradicate the evil that exists in many universes. 

The Guardians punished Krona by banishing him from Planet Maltus and turned him into an energy. So that's where Krona repeatedly came back to wage the war against the Guardians repeatedly in the last 50 years. 

For a long time, I was never a fan of Krona because I find him to be corny as fuck.  I hate the fact that Krona used to be 6'8 tall despite the fact that he came from the same race that the Guardians were and yet, the Guardians are all midgets! 

That is, until Geoff Johns came along to revamp the Green Lantern mythology. He also recreated Krona as a pure bad-ass supervillain and not only that, Geoff downsized Krona's height to the same ones like the Guardians. 

Geoff also made Krona the vicious supervillain through his actions *and* his words. Geoff's ability to create the words for Krona to utter against the others is what made me in love with Krona.

Now you know why I chose Krona as my secondary name on Facebook.  

Cheers,

R-

Lesson Learned

 Never deal with any Deaf straight men - if they said they like you, you must run away. 

Basically, I was conned by this dude named Dylan. He was also accused of several rapes and assaults on women in 3 different cities - Washington, Rochester and Austin.  I believed him over others. And that is my regret. 

Never again.

Cheers,

R-

As Expected, Nancy Hlibok-Amann Defended These Hogwash Racists

 CSDR Superintendent Nancy Hlibok-Amann, herself a member of Phi Kappa Zeta, has distributed this email to the campus community talking about the so-called investigation that exonerated 3 teachers who engaged in very obvious and blatant racism - Tim Hile, JJ Bailey and Kevin Hendrix.  All were seen in photographs using the Nazi Salute in 1989 (Bailey and Hendrix) and 2006 (Hile).

I happen to know Nancy Hlibok-Amann from Gallaudet days, she is one of these people who engaged heavily in elitism, if you're nobody, she won't acknowledge your existence. Names and labels are extremely important to her. I never saw her being close with any BIPOC individual at Gallaudet, though. 

Ever wonder why she married that serial cheater in Alan Amann, the answer is that everyone knows why - it is not out of love, it is to marry into the family name. That's all it is to her. 

So seeing her letter talking about these 3 members being valuable members of CSDR and that CSDR is going to address equity, diversity and inclusion - I just had to smirk and shake my head.  This silly Nancy fella said that she will always try to be transparent - Hahaha - where was her transparency when the first article came out in May or June? She stonewalled up to protect her friends in Hile, Bailey and Hendrix. So much for her so-called transparency. What a hogwash leader she is. 

That woman knows how to talk. That's all she does.

Oh, by the way, I have few messages out of Southern California talking about the staff members and the parents encouraging the students to bully the ones who was thinking about leaving CSDR for other schools. So much for so-called diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Cheers,

R-

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To our CSDR students, staff, families and community:

Our staff and families who are rejoining the CSDR community this school year may recall that, earlier this summer, we experienced considerable pain over allegations of racist and anti-Semitic activities, prompted by a concerning 2006 photo of a staff member on social media. As we begin a new school year, I’m reaching out to all of you personally with an update because you deserve to hear directly from us.

The California Department of Education (CDE) contracted with an outside law firm to thoroughly investigate this matter. While the details of the investigation, the findings, and appropriate corrective measures taken are confidential, the investigation did not find facts that would support claims of racist or anti-Semitic behavior. The matter is now closed, and this employee remains a valuable member of the CSDR team.

I understand many of you may still have many questions and concerns – especially those of you joining our school community for the first time - as we move forward and seek to heal from this episode. I encourage you to reach out to me personally, and I will be happy to make time to listen and dialogue. Please understand that while privacy laws may not allow me to answer every question you have or always provide the kinds of details you’re seeking, I will always strive to be as transparent as possible.

In the meantime, I will continue engaging every member of our CSDR team and school community in work that combats all forms of bias, hate, and bigotry. Each staff member at CSDR is a representative of CDE and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, with the expectation thno form of racism and/or anti-Semitic behavior will be tolerated by any team member of CDE.

And as I promised this summer, this year our school and CDE will expand its training on implicit bias, inequities, and systemic racism so that we can grow in ways that best serve each other and all of our learners. Our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) work plan includes strategies aninterventions to help the community heal and grow from these experiences

Thank you for your partnership and all that you do to ensure our school remains a welcoming, inclusive place for all.

With Cub pride,

Nancy Hlibok Amann, Superintendent

Tony Thurmond, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Kindra Britt, Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction

Robin Zane, Director of State Special Schools

I'm Always Fan of Virginia Cavaliers. Always. But I am now a fan of UC-Riverside! Why?

 The answer is easy.

His name is ... Kobe Jerome!

He is the younger brother of Ty Jerome, a former player at UVA who won the national championship and in the process is currently playing at Phoenix Suns.  I had talked with Mark Jerome several times - he's the father of Ty and Kobe - what can I say about him?  He's fucking cool dude.  We made a pact - since CSDR is in Riverside and that his son is going to play at UCR, I'm going to visit him down in Inland Empire and Mark said he'll find the time to get together with me.  And I believe him.  God ... I love the Jeromes.  They just fucking turned my Christmas lights on 24/7/365.  BUT ... as much as I love Ty, I don't wanna meet him.  I'm just afraid that if I met him, my negative outlook may influence on him ... I rather to keep away from him so I can enjoy his play ... from afar.

Mark, you keep that promise and I'll see you in Riverside.

Cheers,

R-

https://dailyprogress.com/sports/blue-ridges-kobe-jerome-verbally-commits-to-uc-riverside/article_bb1c324f-b321-57d0-b61c-90931e451a99.html

When Will We See Mordru The Terrible On Any Motion Picture?

 

So far, I'm enjoying the first season of Cobra Kai. It is quite refreshing to focus on the character that was once a hated figure in 1980s rather than to focus on the beloved one. 

Many of you knew that I'm a diehard fan of Amethyst and Green Lantern - these are superheroes but I'm also a huge fan of one particular, powerful supervillain named Mordru the Terrible (Or Mordru the Merciless). 

I always felt that there should be a motion picture focusing only on one figure: Mordru.  He is a simple yet so complicated character.  It is quite frustrating that he only made four brief appearances on television - in 1979, 2004 and 2006 - while DC Comics chose to focus on Zod, Doomsday, Poison Ivy, Darkseid, Joker, Penguin ... these characters, Mordru would have killed them all in one move. 

Hell, they made a movie about the life of Joker. Mordru would have snuff his life just like that. Harley Quinn?  How cute, Mordru would have her as a personal slave.

Mordru is immortal being, he was never born nor will ever die. He's some sort of energy, a being that belongs to the Lords of Chaos. The background on the Lords of Chaos, due to many reboots, is not clear at this point.  So you can see the potential to explore and identify Mordru's history and background is absolutely open for anyone to seize and create.

Give me the film that will focus on Mordru and his conquests, DC Comics & Warner Brothers - and don't fuck it up. I know WB has a long history of fucking the characters up but don't fuck my Mordru.

Cheers,

R-

About HandSync

Show the support for BIPOC-created performance group called HandSync presenting its first performance tomorrow night via online.

HandSync was founded by LiLou Covvarios.

For further information on buying the ticket and watch the event, visit this link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/3272190199469904

Cheers,

R-

Today is 9/11. It Is Time To Honor Nicholas P. Pietrunti

Nicholas P. Pietrunti was Deaf fellow who worked at Cantor Fitzgerald at World Trade Center, working at 105th floors when the plane crashed and he perished.  He was a member of Staten Island Club of the Deaf and beloved fellow of Deaf friends in New York City.

When I visited New York last year, I made it clear that I must pay the respects to this fellow at World Trade Center.  

Today is 9/11/20.  That means what?  it has been 19 years since his death.  Please post and mention his name.  He does not deserve to have his name slip into the great void and be forgotten.  We need to remember him as well.

His name was and still is Nicholas P. Pietrunti.  

Cheers,

R-

All About Bay Area, California

I was in Bay Area.  I have to say one thing:  Bay Area is fucked up.  And you can thank Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel for that.  They totally destroyed the region.  I absolutely cannot see how anyone can fix it up.

As for me, I'd prefer to stay put in Pocatello to ensure that no "little" Silicon Valley will fuck this town up. And you need to make sure that your town(s) does not allow these companies do the same thing.  Let San Francisco be an example to you all.

Cheers,

R-

Thyst Bar on Zoom

After watching /the social dilemma_ on Netflix, I have decided to back away from Facebook for a long time.  Its algorithms are nothing but a troubling part of what is wrong with me, Silicon Valley and the Bay Area.

It is true that I went to Bay Area last weekend for 6 days.  What I have observed is quite horrifying thing to see. More on that later.  

But first things first, I want to re-start the blogging that will focus on my thoughts, interests and aspirations.

Every Wednesday, I host Thyst Bar on Zoom and it is primarily for LGBTIQA+ and its allies.  Feel free to join on Wednesdays.  Sometimes I get inebriated with friends on Wednesdays but that's alright, right?

Sometimes, upon request only by Mikey Krajnak, Thyst Bar would and did take over Deaf Bears on Thursdays if needed.

Cheers,

R-