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  1. These questions may never stop. However, consider this: Maybe, Aliens have already visited. I'm not talking about in the distance past. I'm talking about possibly, in the last few years - but we just did not know. I actually like this premise, especially since these guys speculate about the use of what we call AI to accomplish this. Astrophysicists say Aliens might have already landed on Earth Now, why did they visit? Probably to see Taylor Swift or Beyonce.
  2. Do anyone y'all folks know what's going to happen after the end of November regarding Israelis? No snide replies. If you do not know, then you do not know. When Chevdove asked for a explanation for the Civil War in Sudan. Nearly everyone who replied got it wrong. When it comes to Gays, they're pretty loose about this in Tel Aviv. Those of you hanging out in NYC, my usual admonition applies: Be aware of your surroundings.
  3. A monopoly keeps other businesses from getting off the ground. It runs counter to a free market system. Microsoft had become a monopoly until the government got involved. The government (state, local and federal) provides jobs and housing and other benefits but it doesn't start businesses. IOW, government doesn't produce and sell products, goods and services. It buys from the free market like everybody else. I try to keep the monopolies from using my posts to generate revenue. 😁 Black businesses face a number of hurdles in order to succeed. Black folks always have to better than their competitors. That's why it's important that Black folks become more self-sufficient and vertically integrate in order to lift each other especially in order to build generational wealth. 😎
  4. 1. We as Black people don't have a dog in this fight because BOTH the Israelis and Palestinians have shown themselves to be racists against Black people. Not all of them obviously, but collectively. Ask the Ethiopian Jews about the racism they've faced in Israel by the Ashkenazi Jews. Ask Black people in Palestine and other parts of the Middle East what "abeed" means and how they're treated by Arabs. I say let them handle that between themselves. 2. Going back to what I said earlier. You have Egypt, Iran, Syria, Iraq and other nations with militaries who COULD help out the Palestinians. But they aren't.........to any noticeable extent atleast. There's a reason. I don't want innocent people to be killed or even injured ANYWHERE on this planet. Not in Israel, not in Palestine, not in Congo, not in Nigeria, .....nowhere. All of this focus on Gaza and what's going on over there, where was the focus of the world while fighting goes on in Eretria and Congo and Ethiopia? Do not THOSE lives matter too?
  5. I don't think JayZ is "ugly" under any circumstances. My eye beholds him as an average looking black guy who is clean shaven and has all his teeth. His impressive resume enhances his aura and makes him attractive. Big eyes are not beauty markers on women, nor muscles handsome ones on men. It's all about the facial "golden triangle", and body proportions .
  6. Since my sight is failing because I haven gotten around to getting the minor cataract surgery that I need, what i currently read has a lot to with how large and how clear the print is. Nowadays, it's more convenient for me to utilize my Android phone rather than my old desk top computer to go on line, but the print on some of these threads and sites is really small and light and hard for me to read on my phone and unfortunately, for some reason, although I can access this board from my smart phone, I am unable to log into my account in order to post something. I have to go on my computer to do that. I say all this, to say that this tends to limit what I read when I do come here while on my phone. Just one of the many frustrations that vex me in my old age. Everything seems so much more complicated. Anyhoo, while catching up on things here, this post by Mel caught my interest because like, Chevdove, although he isn't my contemporary, I am intrigued by Jay Z's persona, his way with words, his back story and his phenomenal success. and I am a fan of his! ( Not surprising, I disagree with Pioneer who says JayZ is ugly. Like everything else about him, I think Jay's looks are unique.) I also got a charge out of other posters on this thread thwarting nels' feeble attempts to diminish JayZ. For somebody who often asks others if they know how they sound when they make observations that don't register with him, nels obviously doesn't know how he, himself, sounds much of the time. How? Like someone who isn't even an effective troll. Until next time...

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