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https://people.com/lauryn-hill-speaks-out-against-misconception-after-essence-festival-11768754
Both Stephanie Mills and Lauryn Hill performed at the Essence Festival this year amid technical difficulties.
The festival *organizers* took ownership in dropping the ball leading to technical issues and late start times for performers.
Lauryn Hill was supposed to start around 12:30 a.m. Delays through no fault or her own pushed start time to 2:30 a.m. She finished performing an hour later to a nearly empty audience.
In other Essence festival news, it's being reported that they didn't do any type of tribute to the recently departed Frankie Beverly.
The city of New Orleans and most every Black person who's ever attended the Essence festival knows Frankie Beverly and Maze were a permanent fixture there.
I have no idea of who owns and/or organizes the Essence festival nowadays. Reads like they need to tighten up or sell the brand to people who truly give a d8mn about it.
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For the 2nd time in several weeks, POTUS OJ has been reduced to using expletives in his foreign diplomacy.
1st, POTUS OJ exclaimed Israel and Iran have been fighting for so long, they don't know what the f8ck they're doing.
This week, POTUS OJ says Russian president Vladimir Putin has been throwing a lot of BS at him.
During the campaign, as a candidate, POTUS OJ claimed he could end the Russia-Ukraine war on his 1st day back in office.
Well, after a number of meetings with both sides and 6 months later, Russsia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine.
Just the other day, Russia attacked Ukraine with close to 700 drones and a few dozen missiles.
It doesn't take a political genius to realize Russian president Vladimir Putin serves BS to every US president going back to former POTUS Bush.
Maybe POTUS OJ thinks he has a special relationship with the Russian president. Nevermind that the latter could be a borderline psychopath.
Next week, POTUS OJ will probably threaten sanctions against Russia. I'd be curious to see 1) how long sanctions last and 2) when the war ends.
Of course, even if they asked for it, I would not leave the comfort of my easy chair to give those clowns any advice or guidance.
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24 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:
You know how the media loves to politicize everything.
Yep. They are in the business of *selling* news. Big bucks roll in from sponsors.
24 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:During a Democrat Administration....Republicans blame the response to natural disasters on them.
During a Republican Administration....vice versa.These two sides of the same coin are raking in money while sowing division among the people willing to believe in them.
In the meantime, humans are being killed by wars and natural disasters while these silly azz people play games.
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11 hours ago, Troy said:
…and Trump is the culmination of our hubris and greed.
He is definitely an avatar for white power and supremacy.
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https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5462812/biden-white-house-physician-gop-investigation
Former POTUS Joe Biden's doctor has been summoned to testify before a congressional committee to address the mental acuity of POTUS PJB.
Of course, the doctor invoked physician-patience confidentiality and his 5th amendment right too.
Rhetorically, the question is why is the GOP wasting time and money investigating former POTUS PJB. There's nothing to be gained.
The current administration won convincingly. Yet, they choose to attack and blame the previous administration for every issue.
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1 hour ago, Troy said:
Humanity is largely responsible for a loss of about 50% of all the biomatter on Earth since in the last century -- that is a pheromonal stat. It seems like every living creature would be better off without the presence of humans. As far as I can tell, we do nothing to benefit the plaent's ecology.
Yet, humans believe they are the greatest creation and highest form of intelligence on the planet. *Lesser* creatures have survived longer.
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13 hours ago, richardmurray said:
@ProfD yeah and to be blunt, more black people are getting opportunities today than in the past and many of those opportunities come from black wealth as well...
Undoubtedly, Black folks have generated enough wealth especially within the entertainment industry leading to broader creative opportunities.
As a result, Black filmmakers have the resources and latitude to make non-stereotypical films to the benefit of Spike Lee, Hudlin Brothers, Antoine Fuqua, F. Gary Gray, Jordan Peele, Ryan Coogler, etc.
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https://www.cnn.com/weather/live-news/texas-flooding-camp-mystic-07-08-25-hnk
Over 100+ people lost their lives including at least 30 childen and more than 160 people are still missing.
Kerr County TX was flooded when 4 months of rainfall fell in a matter of hours.
Folks want to point fingers and blame someone else for a natural disaster. They refuse to believe in the power of Mother Nature.
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These 10 people were arrested for attacking ICE agents:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/ice-agents-targeted-2-ambush-attacks-recent-days
I'm overjoyed that FBA/ADOS are sitting on the sidelines throughout these dust-ups from protests to wars.
None of this is our bizness. We should be not be guilted or pulled into it one way or another.
Other than the Diddy trial, it's refeshing to watch the news and not see FB/ADOS being victimized and/or paraded as the poster group of social dysfunction.
Continue letting other groups of people resolve their own issues and settle differences among themselves. Leave those capes in the closet.
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1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:
We continue to produce greatness from our ranks
There's no shortage of talented folks within our ranks. They just need an opportunity and/or a platform to shine.
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1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:
Even in the past????
I'd imagine I've had a pizza delivered in the past but it would have been at least 3 decades ago.
Definitely not on a regular basis. Mainly because it's rare that I eat pizza.
1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:I see keep their asses OUT of Africa.
No amount of money in the world should be enough for them to start accepting non-African refugees and deportees into the land.
Infact, they need to start DEPORTING some of the non-Africans they already DO have over there.Unfortunately, Africans do not have that kind of power in their own countries. Many of the politicians are major sellouts. They welcome anybody including governments that brings a bag of money.
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Finally got around to watching Sinners. Very well done movie. Enjoyed it.
While I can see how and why folks could dive into deeper meanings, I'll wait for Ryan Coogler to spill the tea if it exists.
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23 minutes ago, Chevdove said:
US ports?
I'm not sure what you mean.
Now, I wonder if you are not referencing the US ports, meaning that the Americans sailed steamships to West Africa?
I was referencing slave ships sailing from US ports to Africa.
23 minutes ago, Chevdove said:When I speak about the British slave ships, I absolutely do not mean that the British brought the slaves to Britain.
I believe that the British bought the slaves from the Arabs in some secret mode and then they brought the slaves from
East Africa to places like Barbados and docked there for awhile.
I also believe the British were still involved in the slave trade even after it was declared illegal.
23 minutes ago, Chevdove said:I think at that late time in the 1830s, the major slave ports in America was Baltimore and then they used the intercoastal waterways. And the end point
was Louisiana, I think.
Rhode Island was a slave port too.
Needless to type, to buy, sell, trade Black folks was huge business. Built this country and enriched others.
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5 hours ago, Chevdove said:
[1] How did my Great Grandmother get over here to American Slavery so late, if the British did not engage in the Transatlantic Slave Ship Trade?
Slave ships out of US ports brought enslaved Africans to America too.
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2 hours ago, Chevdove said:
Yes, I understand what you are saying and I believe you.
That is the feeling that seemed to be the theme in this recent festival.
But, the reality that bothers me is that these kind of cultural hypes are also extremely false too and it seems that America is deliberately
inviting these kind of events to try and erase the real truth.
Let me give an example of why this is really bad;
When it comes to some of the Mexican festivals, Americans know that the Mayans and other Black-Negro natives are the beginning of these cultural
practices and that the Mayans were violently attacked on a genocidal scale and that the Mexicans were given credit for such things as
Mexican food and Corn festivals, etc. But in these modern times, America is continuing with this kind of movement of erasing the history
of the Mayans. I am not saying though, that the Mayans were peaceful Indians and I am not talking about their culture, whether good or evil, but I
am only addressing the issue that the Europeans came over here, tricked the Mayans into accepting them and then they secretly conspired with
the Mexcans to genocide the Mayans and redefine ancient American history by images of Mayans looking like Mexican people today. That is what I am saying and this is true for other immigrant cultural identities too. It's insane.
Mexican people didn't even come over hear to America until after the Bubonic Plague in Eurasia; that late in time.
The Aztecas were immigrants themselves and came over here from Europe in the AD 1300s after the Black Death Plague occurred and they migrated down from Wisconsin into Mexico and then the Mayans and so many other 'Negro' American Indians were attacked their history wiped out.
Oh Wow. This is depressing.
That's seems to be a Pipe dream though.
I am not saying that there should NOT be a solid effort though to combat it.
I think that Black people should support Black Love and Respect always.
Black fathers handling their childen through love and discipline early in life will make 1) sons less violent towards each and redirected towards the real enemy, 2) teach daughters how they should be treated by men and 3) foster fewer single-patent households.
It only seems like a pipe dream because over the past half-century and counting, Black families have become more fractured.
That has led to young people joining and forming gangs amd crews to feel like they belong to a family.
That life leads to all types of dysfunction in order to survive...selling drugs, robbery, prostitute and murder.
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Shootings in Chi-town left 12 dead and 65 injured.
In Philly, a shootout caught on a Ring cam left 3 dead and several injured.
Gun violence in Black communities cannot be solved by police or government.
This is a problem Black men need to solve. It starts with handling their offspring.
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4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
....and I'm almost sure you've had a PIZZA delivered to you on more than one occasion in your lifetime, lol.
Nope. I call in and pick up from the pizza joint.
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38 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:
I'm careful about saying what I'd never do because modern technology has a way of pulling people into it.
Should have completed my sentence with cannot imagine having food delivered to me.
I understand the convenience of food delivery. It's big business.
Younger people think nothing of paying extra money to have a $10 meal delivered.
Fast food places are already using kiosks for customers to place orders. Fewer cashiers.
Drones will be making deliveries. No more stealing fries.
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4 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
I'd RATHER a robot deliver "uber eats" meals, anyway......lol.
Atleast you don't have to worry about them digging into the food eating some of your fries or taking a bite out of a slice of your pizza while on their way to deliver it to you....lol.Bro, I cannot imagine having fast food delivered.
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14 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
My frustration is at them using that term WHILE continuing to claim that race "doesn't exist"; or "doesn't exist in science".
Calling something a "social construct" doesn't null or void it; which is what I feel they are attempting to do.
It's a form of gaslighting in my opinion trying to tell us that something we KNOW exists and that much of our society (including this very website!) is actually built around....doesn't.It's the equivalent of sticking fingers in one's ears to avoid hearing what they don't want to hear and/or closing their eyes to not see.
Again, people have all types of coping mechanisms to deal with this existence.
That's why I do not begrudge people who indulge in religion and other beliefs, practices and habits; smoke, drink, gamble, engage in freak-offs, etc.
As long as people are not bringing hurt, harm or danger to others...let them do their thing and believe whatever makes life more enjoyable.
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2 hours ago, richardmurray said:
Gotcha. Bloomberg opened the door for de Blasio.
2 hours ago, richardmurray said:I restate, MAmdani's campaign isn't about the issues that propelled de blasio. Mamdani's campaign is about a legacy of poor fiscal capitalistic management that has come to bite not only nyc but the greater usa...
Understood. Mamdani's candidacy definitely makes the mayoral race interesting.
2 hours ago, richardmurray said:so, Mamdani can win, but most of what he says he wants to do,he has no way. He has to adjust his goals...
I'd imagine Mamdani can remain in the NY State Assembly if he loses his mayoral bid.
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2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
We're close to the same age, and as you know they were saying this 30 years ago....lol.
Here we are 30 and 40 years later and there are still plenty of jobs in stores, factories AND farms.
Enough for Americans AND illegals....lol.I remember hearing these are "the last and evil days" too.
Technology has advanced to the point of putting humans out of work.
Many processes are already automated and require fewer people than 30-40 years ago.
AI and robots will make it different. Self-driving cars to handle Uber duties and drones delivering packages. That's just two areas of infiltration.
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11 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
In America in most public events...this isn't legally allowed.
Many immigrants know this and take advantage of the fact that they can attend nearly ANY public party or event...so they come in large crowds and essentially take over sections of it but then impose THEIR OWN forms of intolerance in those events blocking other nationalities and ethnicities from attending them.I haven't seen immigrants or foreigners show up and take over a Black event around these parts.
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2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:
Actually, in the long run....the OPPOSITE could be true in many cases.
If there were no illegal immigrants in America, more Americans would have jobs....either by choice OR by force.
Wages would increase out of demand.
Standards of living would increase to.There is certain types of work white folks are not willing to do regardless of the pay.
That's why slavery and other forms of indentured servitude existed.
Illegal immigrants and migrant workers do labor intensive work regardless of the working conditions.
AI and robots will be the final nail in the coffin of American employment.
A whole lot of folks will be out of jobs within the next 10 years or so.
Conspiracy Theories
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Any theory regarding UAP/UFO/ET visitations from outer space.
The truth isn't a conspiracy theory.
Nope.
I cannot think of a conspiracy theory that went from false to being proven true.