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Now you accuse me of "switching" by producing THIS quote "Again, that freedom must be qualified" As with the others, I stand by THIS quote 100%! What does THIS quote....of me saying that freedom must be qualified....have to do with YOUR claim, that I said we are free??? Because that's what you accused me of. I said we're NOT free. Then you produce my quote saying: "Sometimes a person's ability is restricted by an outside force. Sometimes a person never HAD the ability in the past, to begin with." Again, stand by this one too. Where in THIS quote did I say that we were free??? 1. You have NOT proven your accusation of me at some point claiming that we were generally free. Something I haven't said at any point in our discussion OR on this site! 2. You've seem to be attempting to show me contradicting myself by saying freedom is unlimited while it also saying it needs to be qualified...as if those two statements contradict eachother. They don't. Let me see if I can make it plainer or clearer for you...... Freedom means no limits or restrictions. Yes "qualifying" something restricts and limits....but not necessary the subject itself but the DESCRIPTION of the subject or the STATEMENT you made ON the subject. It narrows the statement or NUMBER of the subjects we're talking about down to to the SPECIFIC subject or subjects we're talking about and focuses us on it! For example..... You can make the claim: BIRDS HAVE FREEDOM But this isn't necessarily true until you QUALIFY it! How do you do that? By saying BIRDS IN THE WILD HAVE FREEDOM .....because caged birds don't. Now you've taking that statement and qualified it to make it true. Now, did my qualifying OR limiting the statement of WHICH birds I was talking about limit the ability of those wild birds to fly??? I hope you understand the point I'm making.....lol.

My well-known contemporary, Gloria Steinam, has checked out at the ripe old age of 92. This famous activist and I go waaay back. I've always liked her even if her Feminist credo was more geared to white women than sistas - who yearned for capable black men to take the lead and at least share the burdens thrust upon their women. No such luck. Gloria was cool, very adept at weaponizing words. One of her most famous zingers was her observation that "a woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle". Amen. She and Maya Angelou were partners in crime, when it came to cutting men down to size. Thanks to Steinam advancing the cause of women, many barriers and glass ceilings were circumvented. It's hard to believe that back in the 1960s when banks came up with the idea of credit cards, single woman weren't eligible to get one nor could a married one, unless her husband co-signed for her. Neither did women get equal pay for doing the same job as a man. The feminist movement helped rectify all those restrictions. Gloria wasn't a big fan of marriage, believing it was a contract wherein a woman signed away her independence. She never stopped fighting for her cause, and in spite of what bruthas say or perhaps because of what they say about white feminists, l dug Gloria and couldn't care less about chauvinistic black men.) Hail and farewell, Girlfriend. Rest in Power.

frankster Oh boy....... Here you go playing games again. You and your word salads....lol. Now let's put this in perspective............. I asked you: frankster....when did I EVER say that we were free generally speaking??? You said: You said both... I'm not sure what "both" means, but I asked you to SHOW with context where I said WE WERE FREE GENERALLY SPEAKING That's what I asked you to do. Your response??? First you produce this quote of mine: "That's because it's a zero sum status. Either you're free or you're not. There is no "degree" or "amount" of freedom that can be negotiated or restricted." ....which I stand by. Now, where in it do I declare that we are free???? Next, you produce THIS quote of mine: "Freedom is simply the state of being free. It's not a measurement or level of HOW free somebody is. Again, there are no limitations to actual freedom." ....again, I stand by it 100%. And WHERE in it do I say that we are free????? Because that's the question I asked you. Then you ran back through the thread and pulled THIS quote of mine: "There is no such thing as "limited freedom". That's an oxymoron. If it's limited, it's not free." Again, I stand by this quote! And again, where in it do I say that we are free???? I asked you to produce the quote where you accused me of saying that we were free!

ProfD Right. I reject the belief that white supremacists are thr smartest people on the planet. A willingness to gain power & control by any means necessary doesn't make a person smarter. True. However if you can't come up with an idea or plan to resist it or defeat them, what does that make you? If a person is constantly cheating you out of your money....over and over again...that says a lot about both them AND you, lol. Most old people aren't producing much of anything. I'm not sure how true that is.....lol....however the fact that they even MADE it to an advanced age in this world is worthy of some respect. There were so many things that could have took them out, from violence to disease. There were so many things they could have killed themselves over from loss of love ones to extreme physical distress. .....but they're still here and made it to be "old"....lol. They're still in the race and didn't give up. If they don't do anything else...that in and of itself is commendable. In my opinion, unless you were institutionalized all of your life...if you made it past 50 in THIS world...you deserve to be cared for by the government for the rest of your life while you live a life of comfort and ease. Focus on your health and having fun. This falls under the ridiculous & absurd. This is because you probably don't know the history of zombies in both Africa and Haiti and what a zombie really is. I suggest you get the movie/television version of what zombies are out of your mind and research the TRUE history of zombies in Haiti to have a better understanding of it. They went to war just fine without it. Same objective. Killing people. The objective of most wars isn't JUST to kill people...but to WIN the war and protect one's interests. Like Tom Hanks said in Saving Private Ryan....our objective is to win the war.

Terminology, and not having a background in astrology make a lot of these explanations Greek to me. I understand the question but the explanations go above my head. My mind is too tired to grasp and retain this data overload. To be honest, I am also hampered by what has always been a stumbling block for me when it came to this entire subject, in that it has no practical application. It's just a toy for you to play with. Like me and my AI tableaus.

What's the first bit that'sconfusing?

I dont know. That's why I'm confused. Awestruck.

Maybe she didnt have people around her, or they didnt recognize how dangerous she had become.There are alot of extenuating circumstances involved. I think your reaction is a rush to judgement with emotional overtones, as indicated by your call for arbitrary punishment. After listening to the case presented by the defense lawyers, 11 jurors voted in the defendant's favor, and one male apparently felt like you do, his dissent resulting in a mistrial. A lot of women related to the defendant and sided with her, just like Blacks flock to the defense of black victims they empathize with in controversial cases where they believe race is a factor.

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frankster Were you or were you not qualifying the subject? Again, to qualify is to limit the DESCRIPTION of the subject....not the subject itself The more Ability the more freedom Not necessarily. A person in prison can be wounded to the point of being disabled then completely healed of their wounds and able bodied again all WHILE still incarcerated. They are intimately Related if not co-joined You cannot exercise a freedom with the ability to do it Correct, you can't EXERCISE it....but you still have it. Just because you don't have the ability to EXERCISE something...doesn't mean you don't have it in your possession. Sex is biology and biology is genetics.... Gender is Social.....Role or Behavior I wouldn't say that biology IS genetics. I would say that genetics IS A FORM OF biology; one of the many components of it. But I agree. Sex is biological where as gender is social. My understanding is that both Spirit and Soul Transcends Sex....but not necessarily Gender. I used to believe that Spirits/Souls didn't have a sex assigned to Them, but now I'm not sure. Plenty of Spiritual Beings have been known to engage in sexual acts. Like the Incubus and Succubus. This suggests that THEY are of a particular sex Themselves. When I use the word sex...I am not referring to the Act I know, neither was I. When I have the time...I will I don't think you HAVE enough time to find that which doesn't exist...lol. Using a stick shift one must shift the gear stick and some it is back and forth....only the stick shifts - the car is always going forward and accelerating according to how much gas it is being given. Between gears the car is not going backwards....it is no longer accelerating - it maintains the momentum before the shift was initiated if left out of gear long enough...it will eventually decelerated - at no time during the shifting is the car going backwards. For it to go backwards the driver must stop the car and shift it into reverse and then it will only go backwards Hence your example makes no sense You're missing the point by being too technical...lol. The point is for someone who does NOT understand how a stick shift works, the driver constantly changing gears doesn't make sense to THEM. They don't understand...so they can't make sense of it. That was the point of that analogy. No need to explain how clutches work...lol. Yes...and that precisely why you are - brainwashed or duped by the constant propaganda I'm talking about what I've seen IN THE UNITED STATES....not what I heard or saw on the internet about what happened elsewhere. It's hard to brainwash somebody on what they've actually seen and witnessed repeatedly. If you want to go into this start another thread..... Well....YOU the one who brought up that scenario in the first place. I was just responding to it. Don't START no distractions - won't BE no distractions, lol.

Right. I reject the belief that white supremacists are thr smartest people on the planet. A willingness to gain power & control by any means necessary doesn't make a person smarter. Most old people aren't producing much of anything. True dat. Plenty younger folks who aren't worth a d8mn.🤣 This falls under the ridiculous & absurd.🤣 They went to war just fine without it. Same objective. Killing people. Many technological advances have come & gone over time. The basic needs of human beings remains unchanged.😎

ProfD I've heard the greed & corruption in under-developed countries is the reason wages are low & high-ranking government officials & contractors work together stealing money while doing the bare minimum to build the country &/or sustain it. That and brain-drain. A lot of the best talent and intelligent people....especially the youth...often LEAVE these nations and come to places like the United States where they feel their intelligence and talent will pay off best and get them the most benefits. The people would have to overthrown the corrupt government & put folks in place who are working for the greater good of their country. Captain Ibrahim Traore is a good example of a leader who appears to be working to make his country...Burkina Faso better. We'll have to see..... I need to see more than just armed men with big football shoulders walking around in military uniforms with masks over their faces talking about how they kicked out the French. I need to see how the infrastructure and buildings are improving. I need to see paved streets and roads. I need to see farms with crops being produced. I need to see how they're building new better hospitals for the people.

@aka Contrarian What is the confusion?

ProfD Not laziness on my part. Many people wouldn't know what I was referring to if I typed cedis instead of dollars. I wasn't referring to you....lol. I misread your post and thought you were referring to African nations using U.S. currency because it was easier FOR THEM. I meant it was lazy on THEIR PART to use foreign currency as opposed to their own. If the government or company chooses to use human labor instead of heavy machinery or robots, the workers can protest but it may not change anything other than put them out of work. True. But shame on a government that would rather wear down and wear out it's own citizens rather than provide them with a more comfortable life. People have to organize themselves & force the government to work for & take care of them. I agree.

ProfD According to the late NF Jr., human activity should be constructive & solving problems. 😁 He also said that the "white supremacists" were the smartest people on the planet. But you seem to reject that idea of his...lol. Hopefully those believers are using that information or knowledge constructively. Not just sitting around talking about it. I agree. Information that is true should be used for constructive purposes. Thr current life expectancy of human beings in the USA is about 79 years on average. IMO, that average is perfect. Most people aren't producing too much of anything after they reach 55 years old. The other 24+ years they're just alive & taking up space on the planet. In my opinion, it's not so much about chronological age but condition of the body and mind that determines a person's usefulness in society. There are some people who are only 20 years old and ain't worth a damn...lol. On the other end you have Cynique who CLAIMS she's 93...lol. I'm not sure what condition her body is in but her mind seems to be pretty sharp even at that advanced age and if put to proper use....instead of figuring out ways to insult me....could be quite constructive. Zombies would have to be tamed. Unlike their Hollywood depictions, zombies....the real ones...generally ARE tamed because they are under the control of a master and/or Sorcerer There's a lot of ridiculous & absurd sh8t that people actually believe & defend. Again, you're equating ridiculous and absurd to falsehood and lies. Just because something is too ridiculous to be believed....doesn't necessarily mean it's false. Just because something is apparently unbelievable....doesn't necessarily mean it's false. BEING UNTRUE...makes it false. True. They had no use for such technology either. Lol....the militaries at the time certainly could have used it. Things should be rejected for which there is no proof or evidence & especially if it does not produce constructive results &/or solve problems. I personally prefer a more neutral position. If someone comes to me with a claim but provides no proof or even evidence....I neither accept nor reject it. I neither believe it no actively "disbelieve" it. I just file it as "information" and later on if evidence comes to support it or to the contrary....I'll deal with it appropriately.

Greed & corruption definitely aren't unique to Africa. It's a universal thing. Not laziness on my part. Many people wouldn't know what I was referring to if I typed cedis instead of dollars. 😁 If the government or company chooses to use human labor instead of heavy machinery or robots, the workers can protest but it may not change anything other than put them out of work. People have to organize themselves & force the government to work for & take care of them.😎

According to the late NF Jr., human activity should be constructive & solving problems. 😁 Hopefully those believers are using that information or knowledge constructively. Not just sitting around talking about it. The current life expectancy of human beings in the USA is about 79 years on average. IMO, that average is perfect. Most people aren't producing too much of anything after they reach 55 years old. The other 24+ years they're just alive & taking up space on the planet. Zombies would have to be tamed. There's no shortage of perfectly normal human beings capable of providing labor. There's a lot of ridiculous & absurd sh8t that people actually believe & defend. True. They had no use for such technology either. Things should be rejected for which there is no proof or evidence & especially if it does not produce constructive results &/or solve problems.😎

ProfD A lot of information is presented as distractions to keep people from questioning that which they can see that actually affects their daily lives & existence. True. Sometimes you can't just look at the information itself but WHO it's coming from, to determine the purpose of it's presentation. Is it coming from an individual who is sane and has little to gain from lying to the public? Or is it coming from a government with a reputation for feeding the masses disinformation TO distract them? Conspiracies, Religion, politics, sports & music, etc., are forms of entertainment used to keep the masses in check. That's a pretty broad generalization....lol. I'd say this is so in some if not most cases, but again...after being dismissed as ridiculous we find out SOME conspiracies are actually true. If enough people from different backgrounds with different motives and interests are all saying the same or similar things, there must be SOME truth in what they're saying. Like the old folks used to say: Everybody can't be telling the same lie. How would people benefit from believing in such things? 2 major ways: 1. It helps them solve their problems 2. Even if it doesn't solve their problems immediately, it gives them HOPE that their problems will be solved. Let's say a person has the knowledge to physically live for hundreds of years...... That means they know how to regenerate the physical tissues of their body. This knowledge would help the person with debilitating diseases to heal their own bodies or give them hope of it. How would Zombies & trapping spirits in bottles benefit humanity? Zombies could benefit SOME human beings the same way clones and robots do, by providing a labor force. In my opinion, trapping spirits in bottles has little benefit outside of punitive measures for individuals who committed egregious offenses. But the knowledge of it is still appreciated. Distracting people with the ridiculous & absurd gives them less bandwidth to be constructive & solve real problems. I would replace the words "ridiculous" and "absurd" with LIES and FALSEHOOD. Ridiculous and absurd can be applied to things that are actually true but just not ACCEPTED as true or a possibility. 1000 years ago, the idea of a television or helicopter would be considered ridiculous and absurd to most people in society. Things should be rejected because they are false....not simply because they are hard to believe.

ProfD @Pioneer1 ...I think your last post is quoting mine. You're right, thanks. Although I know who I'm responding TO.....when I'm typing up the response I usually do it on a document editor so that I can edit it better before posting it on the little AALBC window where it may accidentally post before I'm finished. I try to delete the entire response from the document editor before typing up a new response to the next person but sometimes I don't scroll all the way up to erase the name of the last person...lol. Greed & corruption requires a certain amount of intelligence too. You're right. So does addictions like alcoholism and crack addiction....lol. What baffles me sometimes is how crafty and ingenious SOME crack addicts can be when drug supposedly destroys your brain and makes you unable to think. But a word about what we're calling "greed and corruption"...... We have to be careful not to allow Western propaganda to shape our thoughts and have TOO MUCH negative influence over how we see African governments. First of all, as I mentioned before GREED is a natural human desire and in my opinion not necessarily wrong. Secondly, what many Western propagandists call "corruption" in African politics is just the typical nature OF politics and can be found in nearly every government around the world. One hand washes the other. That's typical human relationships whether on a social OR political level. Politicians help those who helped them get in office. Politicians help those who give them the most money and benefits. That's found ALL OVER the world. So we shouldn't be shaking the finger at Africans when it's found on the continent. It becomes a problem only when it becomes TOO excessive and extreme and stifles growth. African countries do have their own currency. It's just easier for me to use the US equivalent. Ahh....laziness. The equipment already exists. Africans have access to it. Obviously those who are tasked to perform the labor, don't...lol. Mines are still collapsing and trapping people in southern Africa. Just a matter of the government & private industry using the equipment to build uo their countries instead of doing half-assed jobs & stealing the money. True.

A lot of information is presented as distractions to keep people from questioning that which they can see that actually affects their daily lives & existence. Conspiracies, Religion, politics, sports & music, etc., are forms of entertainment used to keep the masses in check. How would people benefit from believing in such things? How would Zombies & trapping spirits in bottles benefit humanity? Distracting people with the ridiculous & absurd gives them less bandwidth to be constructive & solve real problems.😎

@Pioneer1 ...I think your last post is quoting mine. Right. Some folks gotta pay UP. Greed & corruption requires a certain amount of intelligence too. Greed & corruption is a higher level of stealing. They are using their knowledge to get over on people African countries do have their own currency. It's just easier for me to use the US equivalent. That's where the greed & corruption comes into play. The equipment already exists. Africans have access to it. Just a matter of the government & private industry using the equipment to build uo their countries instead of doing half-assed jobs & stealing the money.😎

Actually, one of the BIGGEST ways to keep a secret is to convince the masses that the claim is to ridiculous to even consider. The Christians say that one of the Devil's biggest tricks on humanity is convincing people that he does NOT exist....lol. Whether that's true or not is besides the point though. The point is...... Like UFOs, secret Cabals, and other mysteries that most of the public seem to be skeptical about, it would seem that one of the greatest ways to keep the information secret and secure from the masses is to put it out IN THE OPEN freely for people to believe and accept or reject....knowing most people would find it too ridiculous to believe and reject it. Kind of like when we were talking about the other week about Zombies and spirits being trapped in bottles and you and Troy rejected it. If it is true, they don't have to worry about you trying to steal that knowledge because you find it too ridiculous to even consider in the first place. So those WITH that ability remain secure and comfortable in that elite position. Remember, people rejected the idea of Epstein Island for a long time because they thought it was conspiratorial and too ridiculous to even consider.

Being hundreds of years old would be one helluva secret to keep.😁😎

ProfD There is no shortage of engineers, architects, scientists, construction workers & tradespeople, etc., in African countries. Not to mention those living abroad could take their knowledge back home. They don't have to depend on non-Black foreigners. You're absolutely right. I haven't been to Africa yet so I don't know who is there, but I've MET enough Africans in the United States alone with the skills to rebuild the entire continent of Africa and make it a safe and prosperous place to be! Of the thousands of Africans I've met....most of them are intelligent and educated as well as industrious. I used to ask...like you still do...why couldn't they use those skills and energy they have here to build up Africa??? I stopped asking that question because I think I KNOW why now...lol. Those charitable donations sent home is the main thing keeping the people afloat in the face of greed & corruption. Yes, and I think also much of those donations sent back home are helping to FUND greed and corruption. Don't think the mayor, chief, leader of a territory or even president of the nation doesn't know WHO is getting large amounts of money from family abroad and how much they're getting. And don't think they aren't trying to get THEIR cut of it! I'm sure many families are put on notice that if the government officials don't get THEIR cut of the money Mbuke is sending back to the village....then nobody will. They'll cut off the flow. Everybody in the village or province....from the governor on down to the kids in school....is relying on the money Mbuke is sending back from his Uber job. There is a deeper issue that makes people greedy & corrupt. Yes...lack of intelligence is the other issue besides laziness. The Nation of Islam used to teach us why we shouldn't lie or steal. They taught that stealing takes away from the creativity of the individual. Although I understood what they were saying I didn't realize HOW deep it was until living longer and maturing more into a BETTER understanding. When you rely on stealing and hand-outs for your sustenance, you not only get lazy but your mind stops working on coming up with innovative ways to generate wealth. That part starts to atrophy from lack of use. It is harder motivating people to work a back-breaking job that only pays $10-20 dollars per day. Like a Nigerian woman I argue with often likes to do, I'll hold up 3 fingers and say "3 points to make"..........lol. First, I know you are just giving an example but the question is why are Africans getting paid in DOLLARS anyway instead of their national currencies??? Second, the GOVERNMENT should ensure that it's citizens are getting decent wages for their work so that the compensation is worth the effort, whether they are working directly for the government or for private firms charged with paying them a decent wage. Surely they can accomplish this. Third, that's one of the times where having a BRAIN comes in handy....lol. Why are people performing back breaking labor in such a great age of technology? Eli Whitney saw Black folks performing hard work and invented the cotton gin! Surely as a people we've become far more advanced and have far more tools at our disposal in 2026! Africans themselves need to invent technology where the work isn't so hard....instead of waiting on White folks or Asians to do it. ....ofcourse you'll say that White folks will steal it from them if they do, lol.

Post-Partum Depression (PPD) is a very real condition. This should have been evident to the people around her. The children should have been removed from her care as soon as she started taking meds. Interestingly, the defense was not based on PPD. They were claiming the woman had a psychotic espisode. Along the lines of Andrea Yates who drove her children into the water. These things do not happen out of the blue. Plenty warning signs. Especially if mental health professionals are already involved.😎