Bassist and youngest member of The Isley Brothers, Marvin Isley, died on Sunday morning, June 6 at the age of 56.
The New York Times reported that Marvin's death was caused by diabetes, the disease he has fought for more than 20 years.
Marvin passed away at the Seasons Hospice within Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, according to representatives at both facilities. The late musician stopped performing five years after The Isley Brothers were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.
Joanna said...
I think there is room to protest both the killing of unarmed men by pigs AND to address the inequities in the medical system, as well as the corruption of the food supply.
But if you really want to get people worked up about diabetes... tell them how it makes it so their dick don't work.... yes, diabetes is one of the leading cause of erectile dysfunction, and it can even effect men in their 20s and 30s.
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Ain't that the truth! Thank you, DV.
Whooo! That's why I come to this site! Tell it!
The fact THAT a Black man was killed in Oakland is not what they are protesting. This is commonplace as about 125 die at the hands of a gun each year.
http://www.sfgate.com/maps/oaklandhomicides/
These protests are almost exclusively over WHO killed Oscar Grant and the ideological associations have to this authority.
Its not that I dismiss the reasonable expectations that the police should act more responsible than a street criminal. It is when the GAP of expectations put upon the police versus the Street Pirates is so large that the HUMANITY of both figures are lost in the cloud of ideological disconnection with the real world on the street.
Our community will continue to squirt masses of blood from stab or bullet wounds unto this basic disruption in rationality is addressed.
I think there is room to protest both the killing of unarmed men by pigs AND to address the inequities in the medical system, as well as the corruption of the food supply. But if you really want to get people worked up about diabetes... tell them how it makes it so their dick don't work.... yes, diabetes is one of the leading cause of erectile dysfunction, and it can even effect men in their 20s and 30s
True, DV, but people would still prefer the bullet in their fast food bag to the one by hater cop.
Plantation Negros Protesting The Wrong Thing—DV
So what would we have if everyone followed DV’s diet and passivity—a mass of vegetarian slaves.
In other words since we’re not eating a diet of horseradish and eggplants we should ignore travesties of justice.
[After wrestling Oscar Grant to the ground, BART cop Tony Pirone helps Mehserle turn Grant over onto his stomach. Pirone kneels on top of Grant and presses Grant's face into the BART platform as Mehserle moves to handcuff him. Mehserle gets a hold of Grant's left hand, but can't get Grant's right hand out of his pocket. Mehserle reaches and fumbles, but eventually pulls out his gun, stands up and shoots Grant--"execution-style," as many have called Mehserle's fatal act that night.
Merhserle maintained throughout his trial that the shooting was a tragic accident, and that he meant to pull and fire his Taser, rather than his gun. Mehserle claimed that he confused the two weapons and that Grant and several friends who were also detained with him that night presented a dangerous threat to the police as they resisted arrest.]-- Jilianne Hing
Since Living While Black is a crime in America, how can a white cop be convicted of murdering a Black man? It had to be an accident, and obviously not worthy of protest.
Surely there is no reason for us to even think about the recent dragging deaths in Texas ( Theresa Adell Ardoin), and South Carolina (Anthony Hill).
http://www.midlandsconnect.com/news/story.aspx?id=479349
"In other words since we’re not eating a diet of horseradish and eggplants we should ignore travesties of justice." Mak B
"ignore"
"travesties"
"to justice".
You are arguing my point Makheru.
We ABSOLUTELY should not "ignore travesties of justice".
Let us compare what you consider a "travesty of justice" to what DV considers a "travesty of justice".
A) Makheru
The bumbling idiocy of a slightly retarded $11.50 hour BART security guard that results in the death of one (1) unarmed and innocent young black man ...
Cool.
B) DV
The slow ... intentional poisoning of 30 million black men women and children by a pharmaceutical, chemical and banking industrial complex as evidenced by Negros dropping dead of Plantation related diets like laboratory mice.
Fuck a police car Negros.
Set a motherfucking Popeyes on fire.
No! Not Popeyes!
*chuckling*
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