Mzuri

************************************************************************************ @Cynique and @Mel Hopkins I have had some glitchy experiences as well. On my iPhone, there are ads that have to be turned off before I can proceed. I think it's the same thing that Mel described. And on my desktop, sometimes when I click on a topic, the page is fogged over and the web address turns to something about google, but it doesn't happen that often. I also don't see the point in displaying ads for things like tractors. Troy was asking why there isn't more participation and I wonder if the ads are having an impact, since some people don't like ads at all. You Ladies should probably contact him directly since he might not read all these comments. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ I'm no expert on race but, in my opinion, being 1/16th Indian from India does not make you "Blindian." She seems like one of those Black people that isn't proud of their heritage, who wants to deny their Blackness, so she's claiming to be something different, as if that makes her special somehow. Why can't certain celebrities just be satisfied with their acclaim and accomplishments, why do they need additional attention for something that's not even valid. She is just Black. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ Don Lemon is unable to report on this topic objectively. It’s always about his feelings and he might break down and snot cry at any moment. I agree with whatever Dave Chappelle thinks about it. People have the right to their opinion without being cancelled for it. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 I believe that China released that virus on purpose to interfere with our elections and weaken our defenses. There are several Congress people with China ties and I just don’t trust our leadership anymore. I am in a hot spot and I haven’t gone to the store since this started in February 2020. Everything we need has been delivered from Walmart, Sam’s, Costco, Schwans and wherever else. Some people I know insist that they need to see the tomato before they can buy it; NO they don’t. Just buy a bag of tomatoes and when they bring it to your door it will be fine. If you don’t need to leave your home, don’t take any chances. Whether you have been vaxxed or not. This pandemic is far from being over. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops have not yet complied with vaccine mandate as deadlines near U.S. Troops Have Not Complied With Vaccine Mandate ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 That's the thing to do, isn't it? Even the vaccinated need to continue trying to isolate themselves as much as possible, especially now that it seems the vaccine isn't as effective against COVID and its variations as was previously thought. I have so many questions. Another reason to be skeptical, I was listening to somebody on RAV or NewsMax asking why so many health professionals are refusing to get vaccinated. Do they know something that the rest of us do not? I am retired but I still dabble in domaining and website development, also am on an MMO forum to keep up with what's going on in the industry. I will PM you, I have some tips that are proprietary. It will be later on this evening. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Cynique This particular vaccination is different from the others we've had in the past because it was a rush job and it did not undergo the normal trials that vaccines must routinely endure. Then there are all the rumors surrounding the COVID vaccine, and the negative comments that influential people have made about it, all of this has caused people to be reluctant about getting vaccinated. What @Pioneer1 and other employees are going through is so much more than being punished for not being vaccinated. Citizens do not even have the right to their medical privacy anymore. This used to be sacred and it should be unlawful to violate people's privacy. Our rights are gradually being stripped away from us until we'll have nothing left, and then it will be too late to do anything about it. Right now, I'm just worried about Pioneer1, this is not a good time to be out of a job, or without an income. People have enough things to worry about. I just hope he will be alright. Where are you Pioneer1??? ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 Good Morning! I am so sorry to hear that this happened to you. What are you going to do? Do you have a plan B? I don't want to give you advice if you don't need it. Let me know. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @ProfD How are you this evening? I'm not going to debate about what he deserved, people need to stop fighting the police and pulling knives and guns on them. He's lucky they didn't shoot his head off. We need to return to the days where if we have a police encounter, we are talking about "Yes, Sir." I don't know what these people are thinking about these days. I saw a video a few months ago where the Black woman talked back to the cop, resisted arrest, jumped in her car, pulled a gun and fired, and she's the one that ended up dead. Lady Resists Arrest and Shoots a Cop You are NOT going to win a fight with the POLICE. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @ProfD He fought with the police plus pulled a knife on the one that shot him. DOJ Says No Charges Against Cop In Shooting of Jacob Blake ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 Well one thing is for certain - if you can't even take care of your own self and you have to worry that you might be living on the street like an animal, then you need to take my advice that I already posted. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 and @ProfD I don't know about any code. I only had one child in my lifetime, I was very young and I was married at the time, but I knew that one was all that I could handle during that phase of my life. After that I had a career and no time for more babies. Marriage and men are fickle. There are too many variables that can happen in relationships - People quit/terminated from their jobs, become disabled, die, they come out of the closet, run off with whoever, and leave you behind to raise their children alone. Oftentimes they start new families with somebody else. I have seen it happen countless times both in the real world and on television. Women with three or more children have been abandoned, for whatever reason, to fend for themselves and all those children. Common sense would dictate that you don't end up in that awful predicament by planning your life as much as possible and controlling your reproduction. That goes for women as well as men. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************ Biden Gaslights America!!! Biden insists the worst jobs report is a 'significant improvement' and a sign America is 'moving forward' before he walks away without taking questions BIDEN CALLS WORST JOB REPORT "PROGRESS" ************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 Women should not have more children than they can take care of on their own. In other words, by themselves. Do you see how simple the solution to that problem is? ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ According to NBC, Black workers were the only racial or ethnic group whose unemployment rate increased overall in August. The nation’s economic recovery is still unequal for Black workers ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 No. They don't deserve anything. People need to stop having children they can't afford and this way everybody won't keep trying to get things for free. Do you see how simple the solution to that whole problem is. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************ Did you all see this phony mess? 'Why did they build Biden a game show set with fake windows' Republicans and critics mock Joe for his fake set with photos of the Rose Garden Critics Mock Joe For His Fake Set With Photos Of The Rose Garden ************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 So when I praise the Veteran's Administration and the U.S. Army for the excellent medical care they provide to us, I am a SOCIALIST. The medical care that my Husband risked his life for thirty years to receive that benefit. BTW, he's a 100% disabled Vietnam veteran with diseases and ailments from being exposed to Agent Orange, among other things, so he's more than entitled to those benefits and this is the last time I will be posting on this topic, because you have no idea what we are dealing with and it's not some joke. But then when you demand medical benefits and free housing for everybody that ever bought a bag of potato chips, you are NOT a SOCIALIST? You're the one that needs to lay off the Kool-Aid. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************ @nels The brainwashed and gaslit don’t know what has happened to them so you should not scold and berate them. They actually believe that Biden is legit and nothing you say will change their perception of this. I posted about a friend of mine who says he only watches CNN. He thinks he’s the hippest, coolest dude in town. And I just look at him with pity and SMH. Don’t let these people frustrate you. ************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Chevdove Who knows? I know that he wasn’t a good citizen. His injuries are so severe, he will never make a full recovery and that is unfortunate. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 I’m going to snag your formatting except I am on my iPhone and can’t get the colors. Pioneer1: You brought up your husbands decades of service in the military as justification for him receiving quality health-care...suggesting that those who DIDN'T put in service to this nation didn't deserve it. Mzuri: I wasn’t SUGGESTING anything. People who didn’t serve this Nation don't deserve what my Husband and all the other honorable Veterans receive. Sorry. Pioneer1: So I offered Donald Trump...who DODGED the draft and didn't serve at all in the military....but still received top notch healthcare as an example to see if you thought it was fair or not. Mzuri: Trump didn’t dodge the draft, he received a medical exemption, by you repeating your lies is not going to change anything, just keep losing your own credibility. Of course he received top notch health care, he’s the President of the United States of America. You didn’t expect him to come to your local hole in the wall urgent care facility, did you? Pioneer1: If you don't think it's fair that a person who bought a bag of cheetos should get the same right to good health as a person who served in the military...then what about someone who actually DODGED the military? Mzuri: See my respose above and stop being childish. Pioneer 1: Also, along that point...... If you are suggesting that a person who hasn't contributed much to this society doesn't deserve free healthcare or quality healthcare. Then what about children and adults who were born disabled and haven't worked AT ALL? Mzuri: That is what Welfare, Medicaid, and other social services are for. Pioneer1: Generally speaking children have contributed little to the taxes and production in this society...does that mean they don't deserve quality health care. Mzuri: That is their parents’ responsibility. Don’t you think? Pioneer1: I say ALL U.S. CITIZENS deserve free decent quality health care no matter their income level or social status. No favoritism when it comes to health and saving lives No one should sit in judgement and decides who deserves to have their cancer treated and who should deserves to die of cancer in an alley alone because they were "lazy" by someone else's standards. Mzuri: Of course that’s what you say, but if that is what you truly believed then you should have become a doctor so you could dispense FREE healthcare to everyone. Right now you just sound like a progressive socialist. ************************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @nels Thank you for this. I have seen the commercials for this show and it did not interest me, but I still had the feeling that I might have been missing out on something good. The latest promo looks like a couple of women are competing for the same man. How lame can you get. Lee Daniels and the rest of his ilk are just churning out garbage, trying to get paid, instead of giving Black people some much needed quality entertainment. All the Tyler Perry shows have storylines that have been done before, as well. Most of this stuff is a snooze fest. ************************************************************************************

********************************************************************************** @nels I have normally voted for the best candidate, which is usually a republican, but not always. I voted for Obama because I thought John McCain was a sorry individual, he ran a pathetic campaign, I was tired of hearing him talk about having been a P.O.W. in every speech. He was corrupt, the way he treated his first wife was cruel, and my Husband, who is an Army veteran, had the same criticisms about his military service as Donald Trump. We just did not like McCain. Obama was different, he brought something new, he had that charisma, and he promised to make a change. When McCain suspended his campaign because of a Congressional budget crisis, Obama drove on and said a president must have the ability to manage multiple priorities. That sealed the deal for me, and my Husband agreed. When Trump announced he was running for president, I preferred Hillary. But as the campaign season progressed, you could see that Hillary was just as corrupt as her husband. She was so bad that she didn’t even realize how terrible her image was to decent citizens. She lost all the debates to Trump but as soon as the debates were over, CNN and MESSNBC declared that Hillary had won, so people who did not even watch the debates thought that Hillary won the debate. Hillary made up that whole farce about Russia and Trump to win the election, and that lie lives on today even though it has been debunked. She had no room to talk when she called the public DEPLORABLES. I voted for Trump because he got things done. He didn’t just run his mouth, he made things happen. Looking back at his record, he did more for people than any other president, ever. People just prefer to ignore all that and bash him because that is what is expected and accepted. I don’t understand why Blacks vote against their own self-interest time and time again. They can always be counted on to vote for democrats to the point where the dems don’t even bother pandering to Blacks anymore. **********************************************************************************

********************************************************************************** Everyone is beginning to realize that Biden is a bad mistake. Biden's Approval Rating Craters to 38% **********************************************************************************

************************************************************************************ @Pioneer1 What does Donald Trump have to do with anything other than the fact that you lost your potato chip argument? But since you brought up Trump’s lack of military service, I will remind you that Biden and Obama did not serve in the military either. Trump was exempted for medical reasons, the others never even showed up. Trump also attended the prestigious New York Military Academy, which is more than Biden or Obama accomplished. As to the level of medical care we receive at the military facilities, whenever myself or a family member has had surgery or treatment, we all received world-class care. The last time my Husband was in their intensive care, he was assigned two dedicated nurses, a GS-11 and a Major during the day, and others at night. I was more familiar with what went on during the day since those were the hours that I went to be with my Husband. Did he have the same level of care as what POTUS would receive? Probably not and neither would anybody else. But I will never forget the excellent care we received and that they saved my Husband’s life. That means more to me than anything. ************************************************************************************