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  2. I haven't been to Dubai to label it a paradise....lol. I've heard a lot of nice things about it, but I'm probably going to have to visit it myself one day to see how great it really is. Many societies can put up a good front.....for a while. I also wonder how many people LIVING in Dubai have actually made their wealth IN Dubai. It may seem next to ridiculous to compare Dubai with Detroit; however Detroit used to be the city where poor Black folks from the South could come up and actually MAKE a lot of money and improve their standard of living and live nicely in the very same city. Compare that to a city where things are very expensive, manufactures very little, but features a lot of millionaires who made their money ELSEWHERE and have just decided to flock to the city like a flock of flamingos to enjoy eachother's company.
  3. Right-wingers are good at making strawman arguments and subversive tactics to push their agendas. I mentioned this before, on this very site...years ago....so I'm not sure if you remember or were here. I said that certain Republicans had went on a convert operation to join and sabotage the Democratic Party. When Black folks dominated the Party..... or atleast had more power in it than we have today. ...like say the 60s, 70s, 80s, and early 90s..... For the most part the agenda of the Democrats were pro Civil Rights, pro Abortion rights, weapons control, and workers rights as well as an increase in wages. Sometime in the late 80s and early 90s a new breed of Democrats began pushing an LGBTQIA agenda and equating it to the Civil Rights movement and also introducing a lot of other weird ass extremist views like open borders into the agenda that most people would obviously find repulsive and lacking in common sense. I believe this was done on purpose.
  4. In our lifetime, we have not seen a Black leader or country with complete autonomy over their resources and the wealth that comes from it. That insures a higher standard of living for the entire population in that country. Look no further than oil-rich countries in the Middle East especially the United Arab Emirates. The city Dubai with a population of 3 million people is a great example of paradise on Earth.
  5. Would you say much of your happiness and success was a result of "luck" or because of good decisions you've made? BTW, you don't exactly see and hear the SAME shit around you. Things change....maybe not as drastically at times...but they change every moment. Your body at 50 isn't like it was at 20. Your home isn't exactly like it was yesterday....even if your car keys are laying in a different spot.
  6. DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) is the latest buzzword in attacking the *woke* movement that conservatives has manufactured. As you know from teachings, all of this sh8t is an attack on Black folks. Any opportunity that enables Black folks to advance is labelled (affirmative action, race-based hiring, Rooney Rule, etc.). DEI falls into that continuum of anti-Black rhetoric.
  7. Maybe so. For over a half-century and counting, it's felt like the same mono-reality. Every time I wake up, I see and hear the same sh8t in the world around me. Surely, if I had jumped into a reality where for the most part, I could just cook and eat; poke that soft and wet and play piano all day, I would have stayed there. Really, I cannot complain about my mono-reality because I'm in good health and I'm well off and there's no shortage of people who love me unconditionally. I have a great life all things considered.
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  9. frankster That maybe true in the case of some.....but the individuals incarcerated by DEA agents and ICE border Guards may disagree If this is the case for ANY...then it proves my point that illegal immigration and the drug trafficking are CONTROLLED and ALLOWED instead of aggressively and sincerely prosecuted. Please share those reasons? Among many others...... 1. To destabilize the AfroAmerican population. 2. To PARTIALLY and STRATEGICALLY replace the AfroAmerican population in certain areas of the nation and economy. 3. To replace much of the cheap labor force decimated by Covid. I have to admit, I DO like the idea that they want to invent their own currency. This is a step in the right direction. It really doesn't have to be recognized on the international market as long as it will buy goods and services on the African continent.
  10. Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger to Launch a New Single Super Currency stronger than the US$ and Euro!
  11. Problems are the constituents of Issues. That maybe true in the case of some.....but the individuals incarcerated by DEA agents and ICE border Guards may disagree Please share those reasons? It is not a matter of agreeing or disagreeing....Bill Clinton himself admitted to doing it and we see its effect.
  12. I've been going to college campuses for decades. I've lived in a huge university town for years. I've been around the internet for over 20 years ....and I PROMISE you, I hadn't even heard of this acronym or term "DEI" until this year. Now all of a sudden it's all over the internet. Every other article is featuring this acronym. Every political argument involves it. Diversity Equity Inclusion This reminds me of "CRT" or Critical Race Theory of a few years ago. Where is this shit coming from? Who's making up these terms and tossing them out for people to wrestle over? And more importantly, what do they have to do with AfroAmericans? We need to be careful and monitor new words and catch phrases being put out in society that we don't know the origins or meanings of.
  13. frankster At Present the US is having Border Issue.....Drugs and Migrants Yes...."issue" is the right word because they aren't problems for the government. Both the drugs and immigrants are being ALLOWED to come in in controlled measures. The U.S. is MORE than capable of not only stopping the drugs but the immigrants pouring across the border as well, if they wanted to. They don't want to for reasons that are obvious to you and me. As far as the food situation in Haiti..... I'm not educated enough on it to agree or disagree with what you wrote. I've been hearing for years about the Clinton's involvement in Haiti.
  14. Troy Several times you've mentioned "this omniscient being". Should I take that to mean you don't believe in God? Where did you learn about the NDE experiences of these people a book, YouTube? Both. I've been studying them for years. All you have to do is ASK some of the people you know who've been in traumatic situations where they've been unconscious for an extended period of time and some of them may have some experiences to share with you too! Did they also explain why people would come back to be beheaded starve to death, die in infancy, and be raped and tortured? Did they explain what these experiences would provide them? Yes. According to many of them, every experience has a reason behind it. ProfD Now I'm wondering if I should feel slighted that I've not been able to participate in the near death experience and jumping around in different realities games. How do you know you haven't? One Multi-Reality theory claims that every single move is part of a different Reality. Their theory claims you're constantly moving through BILLIONS of Realities each moment.
  15. ProfD Gaddafi was definitely on code in how he tried to set Libya up to win. That country hasn't been right since they assassinated him. True. And actually, the same could be said about Iraq after Saddam Hussein was executed. He was called the "butcher of Baghdad" however his iron fist rulership kept down a lot of bloodshed in that nation. After he was taken out, gangs of armed factions been running that nation and warring with each other since. As mentioned in the other thread, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Togo seem to be moving in that direction under young Black leadership Time will have to tell. There are a whole lot of young Black leaders all over the world...but where are they leading the people? I'm not impressed with young brothers picking up arms and talking tough and giving speeches. I've seen it so much it doesn't impress me anymore. I want to see the FOLLOW UP. Once you THINK you've kicked the White folks out, now what are your plans to make the nation BETTER than the way they had it? Will the busses and trains run on time...or will there BE NO busses or trains anymore?
  16. Hummmm. I dont know why I'm a "Johnny-come-lately" to this thread because I grew up during the golden era of Hollywood, and musicals were a major part of what was shown on the "silver screen" aka the movie theaters which brought the land of dreams right into neighborhoods all over Amrica. I go waaaay back with this subject and I literally had a front row seat to what was being shown back in the day for public entertainment at the cost of a 10-cent admission fee. Only, I didn't even have to pay that because my mother worked as a ladies' room attendent at the local movie theater in my idyllic little midwestern home town located 20-something miles west of Chicago. So, I was able to do what we called "going to the show" for free. As a mere child, before TV was ever heard of, I was a regular movie-goer and the first musical film I remember seeing in 1939 was "The Wizard of Oz", which was made even more spectacular because it was in technicolor, a new technology in the movie industry! From then on, I was hooked on musicals and whenever I accompanied my mother to do her chores in the mornings before the theater opened, I would tap dance up and down the winding marble stair case that was a center piece in this beautiful palace that featured the classical architecture style of movie houses back then. All that was missing was a chocolate Fred Astaire to complete my impression of Ginger Rogers! A few years later in the mid 1940s, I was thrilled to view one of the first full length motion pictures with an all black cast; a musical entitled "A Cabin in the Sky" starring the legendary Lena Horne! It was full of mugging black stereotypes but enjoyable nonetheless. When TV came on the scene during the early '50s, black folks became more visible in the public eye, doing what they were deemed to be best at doing; grinnin and singin' and dancin'. Nat Cole even had his own TV show but it didn't last long because his being black made it difficult to attract sponsors. Yes, Flip Wilson was successful in captivating audiences during the '60s, and it suffices to say that a lot of this was due to the "Geraldine" character he played in drag. What really fostered an appreciation for musical theater back then was the long running Don Cornelius' Soul Train TV show, featuring Motown, R&B, and Pop recording artists performing their hits and, of course, the legendary soul train line that provided a mini-musical show case for a parade of all the latest steps and improvised dance moves. Over the years my taste for musicals did, as the poster Steinsman suggested, change. The music I eventually came to prefer was JAZZ which I wanted to hear played by small combos, or sung by sultry songtresses in dim, intimate, little venues charging a 2-drink minimum cover charge. And so it goes... I liked the original "Color Purple" movie and the musical version of it on stage also. When the remake of it debuted, I had little interest in seeing it. It's now available on cable TV but I'd much prefer to watch the movie about Bayard Rustin who I remember from his role in organizing the March on Washington during the Civil Rights era which I also lived through... Nowadays, black folks are almost over represented in the entertainment industry. There they were recently, as they have been for the past few years, on stage at all the award shows, clutching their trophies, fighting back tears, blubbering about how, as a child watching movies and TV, they had yearned to see people "who looked like them" on camera and now, here they were, being recognized for their talent, bringing their testimonies to a close by urging all the young black kids out there to hold on to their dreams, blah, blah, blah, (and not to worry about losing weight because being fat is now "in" ) . I do feel guilty because, as a child, all I cared about was a good story and if white folks were striving to impress me and everybody else with their talent, so be it. If these expectations were fulfilled in an all-black movie, that was even better. But I never cared about seeing a black James Bond any more than I wanted to watch a white guy playing John Shaft. Now I'm a crazy old lady who can't half see or hear, hobbling around, only bothering to watch the news, and documentaries and true crime prorams and listen to music from by gone days with strong melodies and exquisite lyrics, still cheering on the local sports teams, but not really looking forward to what the future holds. C'est la vie. Well, I've rambled and reminisced long enough. The ol night owl is ready to pack it in. Good Evening. zzzzzzzzz
  17. Now I'm wondering if I should feel slighted that I've not been able to participate in the near death experience and jumping around in different realities games. Then again, the omniscient has good reason not to pick me.
  18. Agreed. Gaddafi was definitely on code in how he tried to set Libya up to win. That country hasn't been right since they assassinated him. If African leaders could control their resources and kick foreigners out, that would be building blocks to sovereignty. As mentioned in the other thread, Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali and Togo seem to be moving in that direction under young Black leadership.
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  21. It's fascinating how our preferences change as we grow older, isn't it? Musicals, especially those on film, might not have been your thing when you were younger, and that's totally understandable. It's all about personal taste! Have you had a chance to see what movies are out right now?
  22. @aka Contrarian, excellent weekly news wrap. As a correspondent, I'll add... Former POTUS Orange Julius (POJ) had his $464 million bond reduced to $175 million. NY AG Letitia James is still holding on to it as a win. Meanwhile, POJ's Truth Social hits stock market valued at $3.6 billion. IOW, there was reason to reduce the bond above. As mentioned above, POJ puts sprinkles on his fortune cake hawking a Bible. Also resurfaced is the infamous picture of him standing in front of a church during the Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of George Floyd's murder. Robert Kennedy Jr. doesn't stand a chance of being elected POTUS. Due to a condition that affects his speaking voice, if RFK Jr. leader, his public addresses would be a painful listen. CNN caught up with Fani Willis at an event in Atlanta. She was looking good and defiantly said the train is still coming in the case against POJ. Puffy aka Diddy is definitely in a tub of hot water as the Feds hink he's involved in sex trafficking. It makes no sense to me that a billionaire would pick that as a side hustle. These raids coincide with other allegations against the music mogul. He's been skating on thin ice for decades. The Baltimore bridge collapse was an unfortunate catastrophe. It happened about 40 minutes driving from my hood.
  23. SENEGAL New President Demands and END to France Neo-Colonialism And Collaboration among African States France Left SHOCKED By Viral Speech Of Senegal's New 44 Year Old President.
  24. Where did you learn about the NDE experiences of these people a book, YouTube? Did they also explain why people would come back to be beheaded starve to death, die in infancy, and be raped and tortured? Did they explain what these experiences would provide them?
  25. At Present the US is having Border Issue.....Drugs and Migrants Over 50 million Americans use TikTok as their main source of News(information) and entertainment(influence)....TikTok is owned by a Chinese Company with heavy Governmental Oversight. You would be right to call them.....Militias. Also none of the above is proof of truth. It was The Clintons who destroyed Haitian Agriculture and Bill took responsibility for it....but has yet to commit to a remediation plan of action instead the situation is being exasperated. Since the Market for local Goods is destroyed...Nothing will sell that is locally grown - Making locally grown food unprofitable as cheap mass produced and heavily subsidize food is flooding the local market from Arkansas/USA. How you going to build hospital/schools or infrastructures when you Starving and if you do how are to pay workers teachers /nurses/doctors and buy medicine/supplies...with the enemy/US only too happy to destroy all your good effort. Since his invasion in 1994, Clinton has completely destroyed the structure of Haitian agriculture. In 1995 he forced the nation to drop tariffs on rice imported from America. Haiti dropped its import tariffs on rice from 50% to 3%. Clinton claimed this move would help Haiti jump into the "Industrial Era." Yet even before Clinton took this action, experts were well aware of the consequences: “An export-driven trade and investment policy has the potential to relentlessly squeeze the domestic rice farmer. This farmer will be forced to adapt, or (s)he will disappear.” –quoted in Lisa McGowan, [January 1997] REPORT HERE (PDF) After adopting Clinton's policies, Haiti became the fourth-largest importer of rice from the U.S, even though they were the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Most of the imported rice came from Clinton's home state in Arkansas. Today, Haiti is the fifth largest importer of American rice in the world, even though their population is just 10 million. Back in the 1970's Haiti imported only 19% of its food. When Haiti shut out the global markets, they were self sufficient and managed to feed a majority of their population while producing trade surpluses. Yet now Haiti imports over 80% of its rice from the U.S. Due to the new trade agreements, one ton of Haitian rice is now $300 more expensive than American rice on the Haitian market. This has devastated Haiti's ability to feed itself and be self sufficient. Haiti has 700,000 hectares of underutilized arable land, but still suffers from chronic trade deficits and food insecurity as a result of Clinton's policies. BILL CLINTON: Since 1981, the United States has followed a policy, until the last year or so when we started rethinking it, that we rich countries that produce a lot of food should sell it to poor countries and relieve them of the burden of producing their own food, so, thank goodness, they can leap directly into the industrial era. It has not worked. It may have been good for some of my farmers in Arkansas, but it has not worked. It was a mistake. It was a mistake that I was a party to. I am not pointing the finger at anybody. I did that. I have to live every day with the consequences of the lost capacity to produce a rice crop in Haiti to feed those people, because of what I did. Nobody else. https://www.worldfuturefund.org/reports/haiti/clintonhaiti.html Yes and Yes
  26. Close on the heels of the ads featuring gold garnished sneakers bearing the Re-elect Trump brand, is a TV commercial featuring Donald tRump hawking for the modest price of $59.00, a "patriotic" Bible guaranteed to inspire God to Bless America. Holding the leather bound holy book in his raised little pudgy hand, flanked by two gigantic American flags, a salivating Donnie gives his spiel, hardly able to keep a straight face as he anticipates a flood of orders from his faithful following. What a perfect embodiment of the dire warning political pundit, Sinclair Lewis, predicted years ago. to wit: "When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in a flag, and carrying a bible." Elsewhere in the news, Robert Kennedy has selected a female Asian Progressive as his presidential running mate. Nobody seemed more stunned than she was in her deer-in-the-headlights TV sound byte. And NBC will have to pay out a ton of money to rescind its hiring of a 2016 election denier, January 6th defender, and former Republican National Committee head. They hired her to give more balance to their news reporting, but they got so much flack from their liberal Talking Heads who thought she'd be more at home on Fox News, that NBC execs backtracked and broke her contract. She gone. Since Fani fired her stud muffin, she's back on the case. Puffy's mansion ransacked and wrecked by a crew of Feds, looking for a weapons stash. Conspiracy rumors already circulating about the Baltimore bridge collapse being a terrorist attack. 10-4, your night owl news reporter signing off...zzzzzzzzz
  27. Troy no I do not think most meaning more than 50% of Black people know how to farm Exactly. So where is the argument? As far as fishing, I would be willing to bet 51% of Black people have some experience fishing. even if they don’t they can learn in 30 minutes or so. I'm not sure about that. Are you including all Black women and all Black folks born and raised in major cities in this demographic? But you never needed “most” people to know how to farm or fish you just need enough people to support the rest. Ok. You're right. Now....do we have THAT? Do we have enough AfroAmericans who know how to farm and fish to feed our community here in the U.S.? I was surprised that you would reject that statement and supported by saying that most Black people don’t know how to fish. I'd agree that we don't need WHITE folks to teach us, but we need SOMEBODY to teach us...even if it's other AfroAmericans who know how. As we've already agreed upon, most of our people DO NOT know how to properly farm or fish to generate enough food to feed our entire community, let alone enough to actually sell food to other communities to help support them and make money for ourselves. The question isn't whether or not we can learn. Most of us were farmers and knew how to grow our own food, build our own houses, and sew our own clothes when we were living down South over 100 years ago. My GrandFather actually built the house my Mother and her siblings were raised in and my Grandmother sewed their clothes. We're not talking about then, we're talking about NOW.
  28. Because it doesn't make sense to you, does that discount it as a possibility? If you study Near Death Experiences and those who come back with messages, one of their explanations as to why people come into THIS Reality and go through some of the hardships they go through is to gain EXPERIENCE. Kind of like how a person appreciates wealth more if they've experienced poverty, as opposed to one born and raised in the lap of luxury and may be easily bored with it.
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