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Hey Fam! I shared my heartbreak with all of you; now here is my joy! Mom, my twin daughters' father, my oldest daughter, Cheyenne's (my daughter who passed away) childhood bestie, is in the family photo with us. I love her so much, and me sitting next to my oldest twin daughter! My daughter married the love of her life in August, and we all got to share in their transformative weekend celebration. Here's me getting ready for the wedding and checking my rearview . Yes, this is a very current photo!! And that's my gorgeous mom!!! Yep, she's in her 80s!!!

Yes. I voted. Dystopian executioner. For me, it's not about skin color, I just appreciate beautiful men, spiritually and physically, no matter what color or culture. However, as a Black women, I cannot help but to be drawn to beautiful men of African descent especially.

Computed by whom? NASA? Or the aliens who launched it and subsequently turned it green for "GO"!

@Delano: Read Mel's "essay" that proceeded pioneer's comments. She had some interesting things to say!

I knew the Black Panthers were a powerful movement when I learned they took care of the community in ways that embarrassed the government. Today, we need more of that ingenuity. Protesting in the age of smartphones and surveillance will only work against the protestors and aid those who control surveillance equipment. We have to create programs like the Black Panthers did and follow through with them. One of the many ways ICE could enter these dwellings is because the residents are renters, and impoverished renters at that. The first thing we need to do is develop cooperative housing where residents have ownership, even if it's in small shares that come with affordable payments.

Thank you for sharing. Lovely photos, I really like the last one. You have a really naughty elf look, and your Moms has that no you didn't look.

Every group of people on the planet seems to have folks who do whatever it takes to blend into the dominant society here in the US. European white folks put their ethnicity aside in order to reinforce the white population here in the US. White folks no longer identify themselves as [insert ethnicity here]-Americans. They are just Americans. Black folks from Africa and the Caribbean also lighten themselves with make-up. If they're too dark to hide it...they'll just conform to whiteness. Begs the question is it considered self-hatred when folks deny their ethnicity.

Nobody's saying it's in our blood not to marry. Just pointing out that neither Common nor Drake put a ring on Serena's finger. As we're pointing out...neither of them married her for whatever reason. The white dude came along and did it. Janet Jackson dated Jermaine Leprechaun Dupri for years. No wedding bells. The rich sand n8gglet married and gave her a child. Penny, er, Janet was walking around in the Middle East for a few years wearing a burka before they divorced and she came back to America richer than before she left. False equivalence bro. Regardless of color, humans belong to the same species. That's why they can procreate. If/when a Black woman runs to the jungle looking for a real ape and not a n8gglet who looks like one...that's a problem.

@Mel HopkinsGlad to get your input on this subject. I wish Chevdov would also contribute her opinions. Of course arguing with pioneer is an exercise in futility. Meglo-maniac that he is, he wants to make the world over in his image, and he views things through a warped lens. Tsk-tsk.

@Mel HopkinsI apologize for not being more verbal in my response to your latest post. It really is gratifying to see you happy again and I wish you and the newyweds all the best! Everybody looks great!

....yes, nice pictures. Your 80-something year old mother isn't bad looking either! Hey Mel, I have an idea If she's not seeing anybody..... Why don't you, me, ProfD, and Mama-Mel Hopkins....all meet up and go on a double date! I'm sure Mama Mel would find ProfD interesting! I'm sure he's a GREAT conversationalist.....LOL. PS....tell your White ex to take his hand off of her shoulder! We don't play that around here.

NO!

Now we know what kind of person "begrudges Serena her happiness". The usual opinionated blather and imagined scenarios, and obsessive, insecure attacks on white males and condescending assumptions about women. Put a sock in it! @Serena: kudos to you for getting your life in order. You go, Girl! Serena and her handsome 6'5" millionaire husband.

I know @aka Contrarian is not 100 yet, but this video made me think of her. Older people especially the ones with all their marbles really fascinate me. I met a woman, a sister, last week who is 96. She still drives and looks great! She graduated from Hampton in the early 50s. I think longevity like anything else is a combination of genes, environment, and good or bad luck. Out living all your friends is bittersweet.

Apparently, after a series of failed relationships, Serena Willians has finally found happiness. What does it say about a person who begrudges her this, and tries to steal her joy? Venus Williams just recently got engaged to the successful millionaire she is pictured with below.

'Just finished watching the local news to get the latest on the ICE demonstration rockin my town. Things have really escalated. Police from all the surrounding towns on the scene as well as state troopers. iCE agents clubbing and dragging demonstrators who are growing in numbers. Traffic tied up and being re-directed, the Mayor fumimg and saying she wants these goons gone! It's unclear why and how they just showed up and opened a facility and started arresting people! The latest casuality is a fast food Tamale place that has been raided and closed down, its owners taken into custody. UNBELIEVABLE! Oh, well. At least Illinois beat USC in a close game. 24 to 21 Let's go BEARS.

Yep. That's her dude. If it is any consolation to the brothas, Serena's husband was already rich before she married him. Made his bread in the tech industry. Serena is not being fleeced out of her fortune. My question is when is he going to hit the gym with her.

@Troy I found the video interesting and pretty much typical of what 100-year-old- people have to say. As far as age is concerned, I adhere to the old cliche about it being just a number. 92 - 29, whatever. Let's hear it for your 96- year-old acquaintence who's still driving! On August 18th, 1951, at the age of 18, I celebrated my "golden" birthday! And golden I was. Just graduated from high school and was poised to enter my first year at the University of Illinois where a whole new world awaited me. The most enduring lessons I learned there, however, were not in the books. I learned who I was, and basicsally I'm still that same person. I've never stopped being that 18-year-old who viewed the world through skeptical eyes, and preferred to do this from a place of comfort in a situation where I didn't have to exert myself too much. Hence, my 30-year job as a "flexible" clerk at the Post Office, - where I completed my lessons in life, penning a weekly newspaper column along the way. I married a guy who understood me, and who made me laugh. We shared a love of jazz and movie trivia and - each other. One month after our 50th wedding anniversary, he passed. I miss him every day. Every time I smell a particular cologne I think of him. Certain songs tug at my heart. A widow's pension is part of my monthly income. In addition to giving birth to 5 kids, after retiring from my job, I self-published 5 books - which obviously were not best-sellers. I am neither religious nor nurturing. No baking brownies for me, but Nana is still referred to as being "cool". I do miss my siblings and all my krazy friends who've passed on. They contributed so much to what was fun and unique about my life. I do not consider myself an inspiration, and I have no advice to offer any one, nor have I yet discovered what my purpose for being here is. I agree that longevity does have a lot to do with luck. I've never watched my diet, never given up sugar, red meat and have a heavy hand with the salt shaker. 'Smoked and drank up into my 70s. But here I am, - until I'm not...

@TroyOK. I forgot that things changed when FaceBook became META - and Zuckerburg dispensed with fact checkers after the last election. And, presumably "Facebook Jail" no longer exists My post was mostly in response to your saying you doubted if the average person would say bad things using their real name. Right now FaceBook posters in great numbers are saying bad things about Charlie Kirk - and each other and they are not doing it anonymously. The same goes for a lot of well known people. Kirk's death has sparked a great outcry btw, i'm not responsible for what I post here after midnight

Of course, our perspectives are shaped by a number of factors. The biggest factor is time. The people who are thriving would claim the world is a great place and these are the best of times. I'm non-religious but I believe what people consider heaven and h8ll are co-located right here on the planet. Again, just a matter of one's existence and experiences resulting in their perspective. @aka Contrarian, hang in there. Depending on your beliefs, there's really no other choice. Gotta ride it out.

One comment struck Troy as being on the money. I'm still waiting for more feedback. Yes I i have neen diving deeper into my understanding the quality of time. My energy is shifting. I have caught people's eye. Sometimes we smile at each other, say hello or have a chat. I also seem to he running onto more people and having conversations. Even in brief interactions a few people told me i was wise. My goal this year is to expand my social circle. Two people that were a major part of my life have returned. By the end of the month. I will have gone to three birthday parties. However I am finding it challenging to find deep thinkers. I have noticed that some people seem to not be able to focus or have a balanced conversation. My deeper dive into Astrology has resulted in more detail and crisp timely predictions. In one I was able to tell a Querent the date they had a doctor's appointment within a week. I have also fone back an found a chart within a month of when i met two significant partners. The planet in those charts had a relationship to my chart. In addition that planet described both partners fairly accurately . I have also been turning the lens inwards. I spent several hours looking at possible charts to forecast the next 8 years. If I'm correct the next the next year amd a half will be something of a rebirth. The other thing is that i shouldn't live with my next partner. The next paerner should be arriving in the next six months. However around the same time two attractive magnetic difficult women will be showing up around the same time. I have said it before you are an unconscious Magician. I feel that your hesitancy to reach into your magic bag is more due feat if your own power rayhe than something going awry. I practice Magic because it brings Wonder into my life. Which levens the banality of existence. Or I'm also doing aa magical Spell on the Solar Eclipse to march6the one i did on the Lunar Eclipse.

Many folks are born gifted and/or talented. White folks have the hardest time understanding or believing it. They want to associate hours or practice time and/or study to people being proficient. It works sometimes. That whole train of thought falls apart when a 7-year old prodigy sits down and plays a piano effortlessly by ear or a savant solves complex math problems without years or decades of education. Many Black folks regardless of the circumstances into which they were born seem to be *blessed* with talent and/or intelligence beyond their environment. Art is the best display of gifted and talented individuals.

Yep. Charlie Kirk said “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.” Kirk lived and died by his very own words. POTUS OJ has d8mn near hailed him a MAGA hero. Flags lowered to half staff. White folks won't be any more outraged about this killing as they are when it comes to mass shootings and conflicts where they kill each other. Thankfully, the shooter wasn't a Black man. This country would be on the brink of a race war. Let's see how long this situation keeps the news cycle busy before they go back to ICE chasing immigrants and the national guard occupying urban cities.

HAIR THEN HAIR NOW (What old ladies do when they have too much time on their hands.) ************* No National Guard troops have shown up in Chicago yet. Latest news reports a confrontation between 2 women in a black neighborhood ends with one shooting the other in the face, killing her. Three-year-old playing with gun, accidently shoots and kills himself. And Life goes on... Or does it??

You are a very kind and sweet person @Mel Hopkins with the ability to find the beauty in everyone. Thank YOU!

@ProfD And all the middle easterners black gold has the blood of middle easterners on it shed by other middle easterners. I support all your points to nonviolent financial growth. but I have to say, whites whether they be arab/asian/latino/african/male/female/christian/muslim/ or others have intentionally killed each other for financial gain. The gold rush, the oil rush, the manifest destiny land grabs, prohibition era liquor fortunes, first stock market era, all had mostly white people killing white people while total complicity by law enforcement, once the first people/native americans were eliminated for the land if needed. One thing I rarely read or hear black people say, especially in the american continent, is that we in modernity don't have that strong a heritage of murder for financial gain. I argue with no true proof, only personal experience or views that most black on black financial crimes happen today than ever before. Whereas for whites they killed each other in the near past way more than today for fiscal wealth. Black people in the usa at the least were enslaved and financially penniless permanently while whites were killing each other for land or oil or gold or liquor. So Black people have started our internal wars over money in the 1900s. Consider madam cj walker was the wealthiest black person in the usa, lived in Urban harlem, think on that. She was blocks from poor black people. She wasn't in a scenario like downtown manhattan's gilded age where rich people had houses lined up next to each other. If you consider black people in the usa started to be attested by whites as financially wealthy in the 1900s then based on usa history with the european colonies, the first phase of usa history, starting in the 1500s whites [european/asian/latin/male/female/arab/muslim/christian/ or other] had four hundred years to become financially wealthy by any means necessary while blacks have only been allowed to become financially wealthy within the law from in the 1900s. That is a variance. And, to @Pioneer1 initial point, the culture of white latin americans trying to become pure white stems from the simple fact that unlike the english european colonies that brought white women along, the spanish/french/portuguese colonies were overhwhelmingly male, so latin american whiteness is primarily mestizo, the spawn of a white european and an indios female , indios being first people/native american. It is minority mulatto, the spawn of a white european and a black african woman. Mestizo or mulatto children were and are taught in the castas of latin america or its modern derivatives that whiteness could be achieved through a mating structure. Even though genetic lineage doesn't matter how many matings are forced, a human beings lineage is never deleted. so, the mating concept is perpetual because it's goal can never be achieved, but its goal is always emphasized. Now that the neutral truth or history is out of the way, to the positive I like your nonviolent financial calls. They each have positive value. I will mention warnings alongside the positives. 1) owning our talents and abilities, intellectual property In modernity with the internet, owning your creativity is huge. I don't know the numbers but any artists knows , intellectual property theft in various fashions is rampant today, rampant. So I concur to this as a modern importance. It was important in the past, but with the modern internet, the ability to make profit off of intellectual property theft is much quicker than the past. My warning is, the law around intellectual property is really messy. It isn't an accident that the fiscal wealthiest media firms spend so much money or effort redesigning characters so that they can gain copyright on a newer version. Or that many of said firms don't release media that has public domain characters , cause the ability to legally deny others to profit is... a task, and since most court cases end up settling out of court, well, the expense is to high. 2) using a Black bank I want to be more specific, not a black bank. but a Black Credit Union. I have nothing against Black Banks but credit unions are easier to start and more focused in their design. Credit Unions will allow financially applicable segments of the black community to have a bank for themselves. When I look at the fiscal wealthiest black community in any city in the usa, that being los angeles, they should have a credit union for themselves and to my knowledge they do not. I assume similar for the atlanta black fiscal elite. The black fiscal elite in new york city to be blunt, should have it as well. But, I rather black people of wealth in small regions make credit unions and then new black money can join whenever they can. Financially poor black people can't afford the extra fees or limitations of small banks, especially in context with pensions or similar financial tools. 3) supporting Black businesses As someone whose household members have always supported black owned businesses, I do support, buying black. But, I do think black people need to imagine how to own their own businesses moreso. From Jacobs to Famous to Lighthouse to Make My Cake to Jumbo to Charlie's to King Barka to various laundromats or hair salons , multiple Black businesses exist in Harlem that have thrived for decades to recently opened. But New York City proves starting a firm requires more thought. I have witnessed multiple chinese owned restaurants fall in recent years, but I also recognized one chinese restaurant survive and thrive well. why? The one that thrived well is near columbia universty and was getting tons of asian customers even when i was a kid. My point is,the black dance school , liquor gallery, all failed. The black architect seems to be stable. But NYC is hard. Some business will never honestly work in NYC unless the average wealth increases at a rate above the average in the usa or the cost of living decreases at a rate below the average in the usa. So support black businesses but I rather hope black businesses focus on being efficient. instead of a dance school maybe you can operate in a school. instead of a gallery maybe you can get a church to be the host of a gallery and your wine, harlem has many black churches that do nothing most of every day, that are locked up or gated. I know churches members have issues with certain activities but be a business person and make it work. Contracts, figure it out. Jacobs https://www.jacobrestaurant.com/jacob-soulfood-restaurant-locations.php Famous https://www.famousfishmarketnyc.com/ Lighthouse https://www.lighthousefishmarket.com/ Makemycake https://www.makemycake.com/ Jumbo https://www.sugarhilljumbos.com/ Charlie's https://www.charlespanfriedchicken.com/locations King Barka - don't hate, websites cost money https://www.restaurantji.com/ny/new-york/king-barka-/ 4) buying sports franchises Not for me. In a soccer community elsewhere members were talking about owning a sports team and if I was a multi billionaire (meaning I have three hundred billion dollars in a bank account, not including stock evaluations/bonds/partial investments in firms or dividends from investments or stock) I wouldn't invest one penny in sports clubs. I have said it in this forum before. I am not sold on sports franchises. The business model for sports franchises is simple. You buy a franchise and over time the speculators, the people who see, continually state the value of the franchise is worth more, based on the increased ad revenue and real estate value of the club. It is the NFL model, which is applied to all sports today. But here is the problem. In the EPL, english premier league, the pandemic caused a catastrophic stop of the epl, where franchises had to take out ten million dollars a week or more, let alone the financial money pit of other teams. The problem with sports franchises is any investment in them has to assume, a financially positive environment, where sponsors will be able to pay increasing fees, fans will be able to buy increasingly expensive content, the real estate value with grow. But I can't assume a financially positive environment will exist for any firm all the time, and sports franchises in negative financial environments are some of the worst properties to own. If anything, the best time to buy or start a sports franchise is when the economy is at its lowest, because you are buying or starting on the cheap and you should be able to ride the bad times. The example is the NY Giants, the white family who owns them were bookkeepers, they bought the giants for a hundred dollars or thousand dollars in bad times. so... buy sports franchise , not for me, not now , maybe if the shutdown continues for three years, all the unpaid rents of federal workers and utility bills and etcetera may shake the market enough to cause problems. Al the most profitable sports teams have situations that matter. The yankees, Real madrid have a legacy that requires time + success. The New York Knicks or rangers have an excellent location far better than most including the yankees. Like every NFL team, MAnchester United and every other epl team have a sponsorship deal that is totally disconnected to athletic merit. But is a closed system to new clubs for the most part. Yes, the saudis now own newcastle united, the qataris own paris saint germain, the emirates own manchester city and nyfc, redbull own various sporting enterprises. But the oil lords invest because they want to keep their currency low. If the oil lords don't spend they accumulate so much wealth their currency will have to rise in value which will only help the usa as most countries currencies are pegged to the dollar. This is why during the covid 19 they were the only set of countries looking to spend, they had the money to spend and didn't want their currencies to skyrocket as other economies were falling during the covid 19. As for redbull, well, they have basically found a way to use the NFL model in all sports. They use specualtion and marketing to get an advertising industry to finance their ventures which allows them to skim off the top and market manipulate. 5) investing in land and real estate rough, as someone who was born and raised in NEw York City, land and real estate seem very wise long term BUT during the covid 19, many small business failed which meant many offices struggled. It is only because the city/state/federal government provided a bunch of financial crutches that the real estate industry didn't implode. But, again, that is bad fiscal capitalism. Based on revenue in my lifetime, all the banks in the usa should had closed permanently, all the investment houses in the usa should had closed permanently, all but the ford motor company should be around as car manufacturers (I will never forget how ford wanted to not get the government aid but the government demanded they get aid, ), all the airlines in the usa should had closed permanently,most food production firms should had closed permanently, most real estate properties in nyc should had been bought by the city government way under market value for inability to pay debts. Too often in the usa, the federal/state/city governments provide welfare to failing businesses, which is dysfunctional. People complain about unemployed people getting welfare but welfare to the unemployed serves the function of maintaining a certain quality of life for the unemployed, which helps peace amongst the masses. But welfare to firms spits at the important function of being able to fail in free market capitalism. When a firm fails that means it was mismanaged. Every firm in the usa in my lifetime who was given welfare to survive did it to itself. AT&T sold Warner bros under market value to the discovery channel because it was unprofitable. It was a failure. AT&T demanded discovery channel accept all the warner bros debt, so AT&T had clean books with all of its profitable branches. The mergers of firms isn't because firms are making money, they merge because they are failing. The banks who take all races of peoples homes every day or treat Blacks or First peoples/native americans negatively compared to white customers crawled and begged in washington d.c. in their tailored suits far more sinfully in my mind than any "shaniqua" in an urban black neighborhood to the welfare office. So not for me. If you want to invest in land or real estate go ahead, but if you don't have a wise way to turn that land or real estate into revenue then your playing the common game today in the usa of tax breaks and tax liens and false speculations and overall market gambles that... not for me. 6) buying stocks and bonds I always think of that white man standing with the car. The stock market craches don't include the bitcoin crashes, which they should cause it is the same situation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_crash When anyone invest in a trading environment the key isn't their investment, the key is when they pull out. I recall in New York city, many bitcoin billionaires who professed in local media, NY Times and Wall Street Journal, how they don't need money, they have bits, they are living it up... and then some time later, they looked like a modern variant of the man above or below:) in their case, holding a mop or holding a sign by themselves. Black people invested in the freedman's bank, that frederick douglass spoke for... black people of the late 1800s in the usa , most of DOSers who had any money lost all their money in the implosion of the freedman bank. So invest? yeah ok. But.. people look at some pension funds and say you see, invest. but many and i argue most pension funds in the usa went belly up. If you are so inclined only invest in stocks or bonds, perishable revenue or income. bitcoin crashes https://www.webopedia.com/crypto/learn/biggest-bitcoin-crashes/ someone assessed the grey scale and made a color version. ahh chrysler, internals are worthless, but the cabin, nice:) IN CONCLUSION Of the six, I think 2 with adjustment +3 with focus have the best value overall. 1 has legal issues which are mighty. 4+5+6 are all true gambles. They each require a situation or environment which is not certain. Black Credit Union, yeah, I like that idea. focused, small, relies on true financial quality. gives great leeway once you pay the legal fees, protects from operations of other or larger banks. More black people own business in the usa today than ever before , holistically. But, too many black businesses fail in the usa as well, you have to think more on the financial reality of the industry you are in. It can't be village save me.

The Interstellar Star, 3I/Atlas, Has Suddenly Turned into A GREEN STAR New York Post: Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS now turning green as something is ‘switched on’ as it nears Sun By Shane Galvin Published Sep. 11, 2025, 11:29 p.m. ET The Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is now turning green as it rockets closer to the Sun — with experts stating it appears something “switched on” to inspire the “anomalous evolution.” https://nypost.com/2025/09/11/world-news/manhattan-sized-interstellar-object-3i-atlas-turning-green-as-something-is-switched-on-as-it-nears-sun/ Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS could be turning bright green, surprising new photos reveal News By Harry Baker published September 11, 2025 New photos captured during the recent "blood moon" total lunar eclipse show that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be turning green as it gets closer to the sun. https://www.livescience.com/space/comets/interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-could-be-turning-bright-green-surprising-new-photos-reveal ____________________________________________________________________________________ I still have not finished sharing past research about the other three green stars [comet stars] that showed up in our skies! But now, it has just been reported that this new star from another solar system, 3I/ATLAS, has just turned green! The reason why I believe that this star is important for people of African descent to regard stems from ancient prophecies and ancient history. More importantly, I think that the western world deliberately suppresses information that would be a benefit to know. One major hidden issue about this insane new star that has entered our skies revolves around a prediction of when it will come its closest of which is said to be October 29, and October 30, 2025. I believe that Black people should think about a significant historical aspect of this star coming close to our solar system during that time for a very important reason. The fact that this star has suddenly turned green correlates to ancient prophecy. The prophet Daniel, too, wrote about a parent star from which a prophetical star would break off and move into our solar system. Our scholars today report that this 3I/Atlas star that was first seen on July 1, 2025, this year will not harm us and will not come close to earth. But while we read this good and reassuring news, however, for many decades western scholars have also reported that it would not be possible for any star to be green in our solar system. So now though, will they correct their error? Could we have been given a false sense of security? Hopefully, this 3I-Atlas star will stay far away and not bring us any harm and hopefully it will continue to do as the other recent comets and keep moving on out of our inner solar system. But why would these stars come into our solar system just for show? If this star has moved past Jupiter, then would it not be close enough to possibly affect our solar system in some manner? Our solar system planet-stars, no matter how far they are away from the sun, do to affect our earth from time to time as history reveals. So we are made to believe that this fast moving green comet-star moves through our solar system only for show? May be it will not affect our planet or may be it will, who knows for sure? However, for our scholars to ignore the fact that ancient scriptures do reveal that at times, certain stars do affect our planet and therefore hints that there may be a deliberate attempt to hide truth. This interstellar star has been the third star detected to come from another solar system with our technological instruments today, and happens to be much larger than the others. It has been reported that this star measurements are 100 times larger than the other two interstellar stars detected. So far and for thousands of years, there has been no star that has affected our earth to the point that all life has ceased to exist! But for our western scholars to tell us that these recent comets do not affect our planet, seems to NOT be completely truth. For each of the recent three green comets that came from what has said to be 'the Oort Cloud' and that have come closest to our earth, there has been major catastrophes that have happened. Coincidence? At any rate, it seems to be very interesting too, that this new star will come its closest at the time of the most important holiday of all time; Halloween. Halloween would be an ancient 'October Festival' however, due to the earth's tilt, it may begin at the end of September and run up to October, or it may begin in October and run up to the early part of November. Nevertheless, this festival, A DUAL THEMED FESTIVAL, which last for days, would be soundly based on the month of October and has been called by many, many other descriptive terms. But out of all of the terms that define this festival, ultimately, this festival revolves around the theme of HUMAN SACRIFICE; the human sacrifice of Black African men. Thousands of years prior to the downfall of the Egyptian government of the 18th Dynasty and the institution of the Passover Festival, this ancient Festival occurred whereby, a dual [duel] occurred between two black males and in which one was sacrificed. Even after the Exodus, this festival continued to be observed all over the ancient world and up until now. For this reason, the Passover Festival was instituted. And so, more than a thousand years after the Exodus, and due to the earth's tilt and the leap year, Jesus Christ was Crucified on the eve of Halloween when this Saturnalia ritual was set to occur on a LUNAR CALENDAR First Day of the Lunar Month which would have been during the middle of the month of October. At that time too, there was a Total Solar Eclipse of which marks that event in which a new moon occurred. Therefore, the Jews' Passover of which occurred on October 15 and even, or 6:00 P.M., a Thursday evening, coincided with the ancient Hallowed Owen's festival [Saturnalia festival]. For the Jews, it was now October 16, Thursday, but scientifically and for the Romans, it was still 'Woden's Day' or 'Wednesday', October 13 until sunrise. Jesus was made to wear the symbolic royal robe of 'the god Hercules/Mercury' and don a crown for the festival and then sacrificed at the end of the march. In Central Italy, after the overthrow of the Etruscans, the wooden 'brown' or 'bronze' statue of 'the god Saturn' [i.e. Seth] was at times used for the festival and parade and then stored in the Temple of Mercury. In ancient Egypt, the dual was between the god Osiris versus the god Seth. Later after the Fall of the First Roman Empire and in other parts of the world, a blue-black effigy was burned at the end of the festival march. But after the Crucifixion, the time of this ancient festival was changed to revolve around the solar Calendar and moved to be observed at the end of October. Nevertheless, at the time of the Crucifixion, this was also 'the First Resurrection', hence the theme of skeletons coming up out of the graves. Three days after the Crucifixion, on October 19, the First Day of the Week, Sunday, Jesus Christ rose from the Dead. Again, although today, Halloween, continues to be observed as 'a summer's end' festival and incorporates the Harvest Festival, a Daytime theme, however, during the rise of the Roman Empire times and long before, this holiday was a nighttime festival, 'a lunar festival', as the major symbols and themes should reveal. Halloween's dark themes revolve around nighttime hence the moon themes and not the solar disc. Halloween symbols such as 'a crescent moon', bats, cemeteries, skulls, the decapitated pumpkin head, skeletons, and witches, etc. are all lunar themes Also, the major time of year clearly depicts the end of summer, but specifically, the theme revolves around the autumn season of 'death' and of fall leaves, and the color of orange, red, brown, and black. After the Crucifixion, the Passover festival was moved to be observed during the springtime in either March or April in Rome, and the Saturnalia ritual was moved to be observed during the Winter Solstice week in December. If this ancient festival would have been based on 'a solar theme', it would have symbols of daytime and harvest, but it does not. Therefore a harvest festival would be a separate festival apart from a very ancient Halloween festival. As I have shared in the past, throughout times, more and more about this festival has been revealed over the course of thousands of years. So even though scholars today do not mention that around the time of this Halloween, howbeit, we will have this amazing 3I-Atlas star move close and become hidden from earth behind our sun. Will there be another star like this green interstellar comet to come into our solar system as well? 3I/ATLAS has Suddenly Turned Green as It Closes in on Mars

Lotta green comets showing up lately. Wonder what kinda space gas or dust is changing the hue on these celestial bodies. Maybe the comets are bloated and/or have indigestion.

A Once-In-A-Lifetime Green Comet May Soon Be Visible, Scientists Say ByJamie Carter, Senior Contributor. After a quiet 2025 for comets, skywatchers may soon get a very special naked-eye spectacle in the shape of Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6). Discovered in January, the green comet has brightened faster than predicted in recent weeks and now looks set to be visible from dark rural skies during October 2025. ... It will get closest to Earth — and, therefore, shine brightest — on Oct. 21, getting closest to the sun on Nov. 8. Comet Lemmon may be visible during that entire time. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2025/09/10/a-once-in-a-lifetime-green-comet-may-soon-be-visible-scientists-say/ Steven Bellavia in Smithfield, Virginia, captured Comet Lemmon on October 2, 2025. Steven wrote: “C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), as it approaches perihelion, on November 8, 2025. I was easily able to see the head in my Celestron 15×70 SkyMaster Pro binoculars.” Thank you, Steven! The comet will be closest to Earth on October 21, 2025. It should become easier to see in our sky around that time. It will continue to brighten after that, likely reaching its brightest – and possibly visible with your eyes alone – around October 31 or November 1. https://earthsky.org/space/comet-lemmon-best-comet-of-2025-finder-maps/ ________________________________________________ WOW! So reports state that the interstellar comet will be hidden behind the sun around this time on October 30, 2025. But now, there are two other comets already in our inner solar system as well. And all three of them will be close to the sun and earth around these times. And all three of these comets are green! Interesting.

I tuned into this thread, and I feel a sense of sadness. I'll go back and read, and it just might be me, but from the few entries I've read, it feels as if each writer is in the phase of "slipping into nothingness" - that's not what is sad, though. It is as if the words written mean that no one wants to let go and venture into nothingness to see what lies on the other side. I know that feeling too, because for over three consecutive nights, I dreamed that I lost my identity and worked tirelessly to retrieve it to no avail. I kept asking everyone if they had it or had seen it. I think I was looking for certainty, for the people and signs to define me or my circumstances. In the dream, I didn't realize what I was looking for; I was actually manifesting. But that is the nature of this universe: "Seek ye shall find," or what you're seeking is seeking you." Still, I kept saying, "I lost my identity." ...Now, I'm on the other side of 'identity' loss, and I'm into the unknown, moving through with nothing but being present in the moment with "feeling." Before the dream, I think I was angry, feeling that it was rude for people to continue telling me, "Cheyenne is still with us." I was offended because I thought, "Let her be where she wants to be." It is selfish of us to believe that she'd want to spend eternity looking over us, while we are in this dimension living our lives... wtf. Then I reflected on that dream - and realized in that dream I wasn't here, I was with random people in some random place (s). Even now, I'm connecting with others spiritually, whether I know them or not. I'm also connecting and watching over all my daughters. Case in point, my oldest daughter left her phone in the car. A few weeks before, I kept feeling, "My daughter is going to lose her phone." She did, but it was in her friend's car. She was able to retrieve it. To see this, I had to be in the future —and in New York. The West has a term for this: déjà rêvé. I saw something similar with Cheyenne, but I got it confused with her actual life. I kept feeling that she was "under the gun." And I would check in on her, but I didn't mention it because she was an actual gun owner who went to the range for practice shooting. I rarely tell my daughters what I see in their lives, but Cheyenne always felt a physical presence of a spirit. Now I wonder if it was me hovering in her space. I say all this to share: "We exist everywhere and can step into any version of ourselves at any time." The only thing that keeps us anchored is "identity."

How beautiful that would have been! I guess you don't know how I long for a big family! @Cynique @aka Contrarian' has a big family that I could only envy! OMG, this is bringing me so much joy! I'm so thankful! This exchange feels like you all are celebrating with me! Not that you all are wedding crashers, but it reminds me - do you know we had actual wedding crashers at the celebration? I didn't think folks really did that Twin, that is me and my mom, BUT in reverse! My mom says what's on her mind, and I'm like, "OMG, please stop." I don't remember what we were chatting about, but I'm sure it was something that embarrassed me

I honestly am glad to hear (read...lol) this. This is what I call Black success. I'll also repeat that I'm glad your daughter chose to marry and spend her life with a Black man, especially a successful one. When people ask me do I consider mixed children "Black" or part of the AfroAmerican community, I say it often depends on who they choose to pro-create with or marry. You may not be able to help who your parents were (some believe you chose them but...that's a different topic...lol), but you can choose who you decide to align yourself with. I know you're from the New York area, not sure where you raised your daughters but was that downtown Chicago where that picture was taken? That looks like the Sears Tower in the background.

Sista @Mel Hopkins congrats to your daughter, son-in-law, you and your family on the milestone of a wedding. Both you and your mom are living proof that Black doesn't crack. I wish the newlyweds a great life together.

I will "go right ahead", using MY scenarios, not YOURS. Blah, Blah, BooHoo. Wipe your tears and stop blubbering because The "Kept" black woman and her white "Sugar Daddy" were not a dynamic of slavery times, Dummy! These mutually consenting liaisons, usually between a well-off older white man and "fancy" black female, ( the original side piece) came about in the years after slavery. Get your shit straight. Broaden your knowledge of black culture which you think you're such an expert on. The point is, we cannot assume, as you do, that all black women always hated all white men. It just depended on the circumstances then - as it does now, something your obstinate psyche is unable to process because you are in the throes of cognitive dissonance. Inasmuch as nobody appointed you arbitrator of how black people are supposed to look, unlike you, I will let people decide for themsleves who they find appealing and direct the women to check out "Beyond the Gates", the black soap opera on CBS, that daily serves up a smorgesborg of fine black men! I think movie star Michael B. Jordan is who a lot of young black women currently go for. Sterling K. Brown, Morris Chesnut, Tyrese, and LaKeith Stanfield are also "hot". You're welcome, Ladies.

I don't believe we have given them a misson to do and/or an agenda to fulfill. It's easy to sit around and do nothing when there are no assignments. Gotta have ideas, plans and blueprints before anything can be built.

Who. Watches. This. CRAP ?.. Black. Gospel. Singers. Will. Not. ,Sing. Songs. About. The. Bible. Violence. ..The. Bible. Supporting. ,Slavery. People Can. Be. Kidnapped. Forced. To. Be. Slaves. ,Slaves. Can. Be. Raped. Tortured. ,Bible. Supports. Genocide. ,,Ethnic. Cleansing. Children. Murdered. ,Girls. And. Women. Raped Should. Be. Stoned. To. Death. Or. Sold. To. The. Rapist. .The. Gospel. Singers. Do. Not. Sing. About. This. Because. Of Money. ..Preachers. Do. Not. Preach. This. Because. Of. Money. ...How. To. Make. A. Negro. Christian. Slave. Plantation. Owners. ,Used The. Bible. To. Justify. Slavery. .....Christianity. Put. In. Children. So. Christianity. Can. Be. In. Black. People. Generation. After. Generation. ..Black. People. Pay. For. Their. Enslavement ,, .In. Churches. ,Pimp Houses. Crack. Houses. ..

ProfD True. All men are created equal. However, there is something different about men who are willing to start world wars for power. Actually, 2 things can be said about them: 1. They're ahead of the game. 2. The men who start wars with other nations for power are on a higher level than the nigga in the doo-rag who starts wars with other neighborhoods over colors or perceived disrespect. Both men are violent, but one stands to gain far more benefit. But, successful people, institutions, businesses, corporations, etc. inspire people to do better too. Facts. That's why I can't get behind some of these so-called "Black leaders" who do nothing BUT look for incidents of racism to hold rallies and protests over....but do nothing else. The Panthers didn't JUST protest police brutality but tried to give the community political education and fed children in the schools. The Nation of Islam build institutions like schools, grocery stores, and media publications. We have to be more than just "reactive" but about the business of actually BUILDING something. True. Black men have to be willing to do the same things white men did in order to build this powerful nation. And those that have, have USUALLY been successful....lol. Part of the Black leadership *problem* is the lack of a succession plan. That self-hate/jealousy is manifested in that aspect too. This also comes out of Black people...even when they get up in age...not wanting to let go of power and prestige and pass it along to another. You not only see this in politics and business where a Black man who is clearly old and senile and can't run the day to day operations of the very business HE founded but REFUSES to step down and let others take over (and really didn't even train them to do so) Nigga so old he can't tell a 1 dollar bill from a 50 dollar bill...but he STILL wants to stand there and over-see all of the financial transactions of the barbershop because he don't trust anybody working for him, lol. ....but you also see in in SOCIAL situations where Black women often compete with their own daughters and grand daughters for men and attention! You can't go over some women's houses without their elderly mother strutting around in ill-fitting clothes grinning and flirting with any man her daughter brings home. "Gull you looks good won't you back that ass up... Call me big daddy when you back that ass up..."

I haven't watched ANY of those "Madea" movies. Purposely. Nor have I watched Martin Lawrence's "Big Mamma" movies. I think both franchise films disgrace and insult Black women by portraying them as masculine and ultra-violent, and really those movies make them easier targets for racist violence. While the older White woman is portrayed as a sweet, kind hearted, cookie baking grand ma....Tyler's Madea portrays the older Black woman as a foul mouthed, combative, violent, half-masculine, heathen who not only deserves heavy handed treatment but is strong enough to and built to tolerate as much abuse as you can inflict on her. So the next time a White or Latino cop pulls over a Black woman....with the images of a tough foul mouthed Madea or Big Mama in his head....maybe he won't treat her the same as he would the more "delicate" and "lady like" White woman who isn't portrayed in that manner. I know a lot of our sisters and even some silly brothers take "pride" in our women being portrayed as STRONG and TOUGH and SHARP TONGUED. How foolish. All that does is take away ANY sympathy a racist enemy may have in dealing with her, that's all. There is NO benefit in our women being portrayed as strong, masculine, foul mouthed, and violent.....none.

Charlie Kirk dead is more interesting than Charlie Kirk alive. I did not pay enough attention to him when he was alive to know how much I would have disliked him.

Black. Colleges. Have. Been. Threatened. After. Racist. Trash. ,Charlie. Kirk. Murder. ....Racist. Talking. White. Trash. Idiot. In. A. ,White. State. Utah. ,Murdered. By. A. White. Man. .....Racist. White. Threatening. Black. Colleges. ....Some. People. Think. This. Was. A. Inside. Job. ...This. Guy. They. Arrested. Was. Lucky. With. Only. One. Shot. Or. He. Was. A. Trained. Shooter. ...Some. People. Think. His. Own. People. Murdered. Him. ...From. Watching. The. Video. Of. This. Racist. Talking. Christian. Idiot. .. ..He. Hated. Black. People. ..A. White. Man. In. A All. White. State. Murdered. Him ......He. Is. What. Christianity. Is. In. This. Country. .Black. Christians. Amaze. Me. .........Trump. Epstein. Files. Pushed. Out. The. Way. For. This. Murder ?? ..

There's an old saying that some people don't appreciate heaven unless they've been through hell.

I'm late! WOW! That is an awesome picture!!! Absolutely agree.

Chev The Book of Revelations made things a little clearer when they called that Great nation "Sodom/Rome/Babylon/Egypt" all rolled up into one...lol. But, I was amazed once when a prominent Black preacher say that he had no idea why the American government was not mentioned in scripture and gave an explanation as to why even today, this major prophetical 'Babylonian empire' has not formed yet. LOL. It wasn't named in the Bible for a simple reason. If they HAD named it....the founders of the country wouldn't have CALLED it that, lol. They'd call it something else to try to "skirt" around that prophecy...lol. If there is a prophecy that a future nation named Canada will be ruled by devils and eventually collapse into destruction; after reading that prophecy....what fool would sit up there and choose "Canada" for the name of nation they just established? They'd be DOOMING it to failure. That's why it was called "Mystery" Babylon. So that no matter what the founders of that nation decided to call it, the nation would still fit the description of it's prophetic destination.

Funny how only me and another poster voted so far, but we both voted for the same thing....lol.

I'm so sorry this is happening in your family. I can't imagine what MAGA has to offer anyone, and especially your son. We come from a much stronger foundation than anything MAGA & Christian Nationalists ( Evangelicals) have to offer. They are literally capitalist on steroids - that have nothing to offer anyone, including themselves, but an unhealthy dose of self-destructive hate. I hope the rift between you and your son heals quickly.

9/11will soon be here. Maybe tomorrow we should all pause and observe a moment of silence for the dead end reached by Ubrachist in his ongoing search to explain why the Twin Towers collapsed.

Isn't a UFO that was recently discovered headed toward Earth currently being tracked and monitored? The viewpoint that, as Civilzations go, Earth is neither technically nor mentally advanced enough for Aliens to find it worth their scrutiny, is sobering to me. Like, we are to them what ants are to us. 🫨

Probably both!

Write your dream and hypnagogic or hypnopompic visions in a dream diary.... When you come back to then days weeks or months later.....you will be pleasantly surprise... To find many of then if not all.....very informative explanatory and predictive....jackpot lotto numbers

Mel Now here I was thinking this thread was dedicated to me personally, only to open it up and see a whole pack of OTHER names tagged in the OP...lol. Always a pleasure when you drop by and kick it with the fam, young lady. I'd come here to fight with @Pioneer1 - every time I do, I learn so much about myself, Maybe you learn more about yourself, but clearly you aren't learning much about ME or you wouldn't waste so much time arguing with me...lol. But hey.....lol....whatever it takes to get your attention.