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    Ahmaud Arbery's parents blast 'unauthorized backroom 
    plea deal' that will allow Travis McMichael and Greg 
    McMichael to serve time for killing their son in 'preferred'

    federal prison instead of state penitentiary. 

     

    Arbery's parents came out against the plea deal, which

    they called an 'unauthorized backroom deal' that 'is a

    huge accommodation to the men who hunted down

    and murdered' their son.

     

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10458759/Ahmaud-Arberys-parents-slam-McMichaels-plea-deal-federal-prosecutors-hate-crime-trial.html

     

     

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    5 hours ago, ProfD said:

    @Mzuri, the black women being considered for SCOTUS are extremely qualified in terms of education and experience. 😎

     

     

     

    @ProfD

     

    I'm not sure whether Biden has provided his list, 

    only what I've seen in the news and that would 

    be speculation, unless his administration has 

    confirmed his picks.

     

    Today I saw a news article that says over 70% 

    of voters do not approve of Biden's declaration 

    of only considering Black women, even Black

    people don't like it, so it looks like another

    failure on his part.

     


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    7 hours ago, Troy said:

     

    Why do you always cite The Daily Mail as a source? 

     

     

     

    This is a discussion forum, not a court of law.

     

    I cite The Daily Mail because that is where I 

    get my news.  They are just as reliable as 

    any other source.

     

    I notice you don't ever question links from 

    fake news CNN.  Why is that?

     

    If you have an issue with The Daily Mail, or any 

    other source or links that people can post here, 

    then put it in your FORUM RULES.

     

    Thank you.

     

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/01/27/willie-brown-kamala-harris-san-francisco-chronicle-letter/2695143002/

     


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    4 hours ago, Stefan said:

     

    Armageddon has come for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who rent their apartments and who lost their jobs during this Pandemic. This is horrible and a human tragedy. 

     

     

     

    I agree that it would be awful for all those people to 

    be evicted from their homes.

     

    If they didn't have the money to pay the rent where 

    they're at, then how are they going to afford to move 

    and rent a new place.  

     

    Besides that, wouldn't all this show up on their credit 

    report, barring them from a new rental?

     

    I have been a homeowner for twenty years, so I am 

    not familiar with the process of renting an apartment

    these days.

     

    Anyway, maybe Mayor Adams can do something about 

    it, and avoid a major disaster.

     

    Or maybe some of the world's richest people could setup 

    a fund for the arrears.  I wonder how much rent is past 

    due.

     


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    1 hour ago, Stefan said:


    I am still waiting for Mzuri's proof about the B.S. she claimed about Vice President Kamala Harris. You talk about purveyors of falsehoods? Unless she can validate her allegation from an unimpeachable source, then she is one.
     

     

     

    @Stefan

     

    You must really be slow if you're still waiting on 

    some proof that I already provided. 

     

    Or are you of the opinion that Kamala's affair

    with Willie Brown, and her subsequent promotion 

    because of it, is not proof that she slept her way

    up the career ladder?

     

    And BTW, I didn't go nuts with rage.  

     

    That is more of your fake news.

     

    Talk about delusional. 

     

    Get it together.

     

     

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    7 hours ago, Cynique said:

     

    This from a person who uses the derogatory term "whitey". So, did you apply the same perfect world criteria to Trump's supreme court appointees? I doubt it because you have no standards where right wing scum bags are concerned. 

     

    Biden is looking to replace a Liberal presence to maintain some semblance of balance on the Supreme court bench, and if that choice happens to be a qualified black woman, of which there are many, then  why are you bristling? You act as though the Supreme Court has never been about politics. And if you're so desirous of  a color blind society, stop being so fixated on what you consider Biden's white racism. Call him what he is.  A product of the environment in which he was raised.

     

     

     

    @Cynique

     

    Why do you always make everything about Trump?  

     

    As a Conservative, I agreed with Trump's choices,

    but I didn't care for the woman because she seems

    weird to me, like a Stepford wife.  

     

    I have not considered that the term "whitey" is 
    derogatory, I just use it to refer to white people. 

     

    I have other terms for them like crackers, honkeys, 
    and peckerwoods. 

     

    Whitey sounds so much nicer to me.  

     

    As to Biden, that old cracker is a segregationist. 

     

    If he had his way we'd still be at the back of the bus.  

     

    I don't know why he announced that he would pick 
    a Black woman, but hopefully it will be someone 
    competent, unlike his other prominent Black woman 
    choice - Kamala Harris - who has proven to be an 
    embarrassing, incompetent do-nothing.

     

    But I'm sure you think she's fantastic, since any 

    lackey that Biden chooses is agreeable to you,

    including the trannies.

     

     

     

    3 hours ago, ProfD said:

     

    So, there's an obvious lack of representation when out of nine Justices, there's no black woman.

     

     

     

    @ProfD

     

    Black women are supposedly 10% of the population.

     

    So, honestly, it doesn't matter to me whether there's 
    a Black woman on the Supreme Court or not.  

     

    When is the last time there was a high court case

    that affected Black women, specifically.

     

    Besides Brown and Loving, there haven't been any.  

     

    Decisions that affect women, affect Black women, and

    for this reason, I don't see why a Black woman is needed

    on the Court any more than any other type of person.

     

    But that's just what I think about it.  

     

    If you are happy about it, that is fine with me.

     

     

     

     

    2 hours ago, Troy said:

     

    You can appreciate the criteria for identifying the that "top person" is subjective.  A diverse court is a criteria that should be applied as well.  For FAR to long the "top" candidate has been white men.  Do you believe in the history of the court no Black woman has ever been qualified.

     

    But to your point, we don't want to appoint an unqualified Black woman just to get a Black woman in there, and no one is suggesting that we do that.

     

     

     

    @Troy

     

    Top person means best qualified and I don't think 

    it's subjective at all.  That decision should be based 

    on facts, not feelings.

     

    Do I believe in the history of the court no Black woman

    has ever been qualified.

     

    It's my understanding that people who served on the

    Supreme Court were lawyers and judges.

     

    Since there was a time when Black women weren't in

    those career fields, they would not have been qualified

    based on that criterion alone.

     

    Do I think that Black women in general could be a judge

    without a legal background?

     

    The answer to that would be "yes" since most Black

    women that I have known have vast life experience, 

    are great thinkers, and practical decision makers, but

    those factors are not the prerequisites of a SCOTUS

    justice.

     

    Obviously we would expect the Black woman that 

    Biden appoints to be qualified, but based on the

    dopes he has appointed to various positions so

    far, I'm not too optimistic that his SCOTUS pick

    will be a good one.  
     

    But we shall see.

     


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    10 hours ago, ProfD said:

     

    Another historic milestone for our people here in America. 

     

     

     

    I don't know what Biden's motives are, whether he is trying

    to appease people like Clyburn or whether he just wants the

    Black vote, but I would prefer if he would choose from a pool

    of best qualified people in the nation, vet them, and appoint

    the top person based on their merits. 

     

    And if that person happens to be a Black woman, that would

    be fantastic.

     

    It seems to me that he is trying to meet some quota or place a

    token Black on the Court, like we're all so bereft we need help

    and pity.

     

    I also feel that his announcement causes hate and resentment

    towards us from the other ethnic groups such as the American

    Indians, Asian-Americans, and others because their people are

    just as qualified to serve on the Supreme Court as anybody else.

     

    Now, regardless of whoever is appointed, there's always going

    to be a question of whether that person is truly qualified, or if

    Blacks will always require handouts because whitey thinks that

    we are incapable of attaining a position on the high courts on 

    our own, through our own education, skills, and experience.

     

    As I have stated before, I will be glad when we stop denoting

    firsts for Blacks, and stop focusing only on race. 

     

    That would be a wonderful progress.

     

     

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    15 minutes ago, daniellegfny said:

    Let me get your feedback and share it with others.

     

     

    This is GREAT!!!

     

    Congratulations!!!

     

    I was wondering what you've been up to.

     


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    4 hours ago, Cynique said:

     

    LMAO i knew I'd get a rise out of you.

     

     

     

    @Cynique

     

     

    It's official.  You are a TROLL.

     

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Troll

     

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/troll

     

    Congratulations!!!

     

     

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    @Troy

     

    How are you doing???

     

    No, they are not like The National Enquirer although 

    they do have a gossip section.

     

    And they also have a science, finance, sports, and 

    all sorts of news sections.

     

    They often have U.S. breaking news before anybody 

    else.  

     

    I usually check their Wires

     

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/index.html

     

    and if there's nothing major going on I check the front

    page, and I comment every now and then on topics

    that interest me.

     

    You should check it out.

     

     

     

     

     

     


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    54 minutes ago, Troy said:

     

    Stefan don't discount or overlook the purveyors of this garbage -- the platforms that encourage this are the true benefices and are apparently at little risk.  

     

    Cardi B, win is purely symbolic, as I doubt the woman posting lies about Cardi has the money to pay and the platform pushing this stuff has plenty of others willing to do that same thing.

     

    Your reaction and @Mzuri illustrates why this sort of thing is so profitable.  It creates controversy, and controversy drives engagement, and engagement drives revenue.  

     

    Nothing will change, for the better, until we start engaging on more important things than a Cardi B and her trolls.

     

     

     

    I am familiar with this news only because it was

    on The Daily Mail website, I do not follow Cardi,

    I'm not into the female rappers of today.

     

    My jaw dropped to see anyone even defending 

    her and saying that it was all unfounded.

     

    The lady blogger claims that she has the funds,

    and she says that she will fight this matter all

    the way up to the Supreme Court.

     

    From what I can tell she has credibility, but 

    we shall see.

     

     

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    1 hour ago, Dr Francis Welsin said:

     

    None of what you said is racism. NONE. If I grew up in a black neighborhood then how is only inviting black people to my party racism? 

    If a white cop who is notorious for driving around black neighborhoods to look for teen black girls to rape comes around my black child, why shouldnt I teach them to be suspicious of these people? Being angry that a child marries a white person has 0 effect on anything so how is that racism?

     

    Your response was idiotic and quite stupid

     

     

     

    And your argument is silly.

     

    Obviously, if you live in the 'hood with no access or 

    knowledge of any white people, or you don't have

    a job and therefore you have no white co-workers

    or friends, and every single person that you know

    on Planet Earth is Black, then you couldn't invite

    any white people to your party.

     

    But that's not what I meant, and you know it.  

     

    If you want to twist my responses into some inane 

    hypothesis to fit your narrative, that's fine, but that

    doesn't mean my replies are idiotic or stupid.

     

    Let's take your story about the white cop who 

    prowls the neighborhood looking for young 

    Black victims to rape, do you also teach your 

    daughters that rapists come in other races

    as well?

     

    You've made several comments about teaching 

    your children that whitey is bad, when a Black

    man is just as capable and likely of being a

    rapist as an asian, hispanic, or any admixture

    of humanity thereof.  

     

    It is this thinking that makes you seem racist.

     

    You should teach your children about ALL 

    dangers, not just the ones that might emanate

    from white people. 

     

    BTW, I am well aware that hispanic is not

    a race, so don't bother pointing that out.

     


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    1 hour ago, Stefan said:

     

    Mzuri, 

    I could care less about Cardi B. You are the one who seems to be apoplectic over her. Not me. I merely posted news and added an editorialized lede.  

    Now, where is your proof about our Vice President sleeping her way to the top? Got a link? You have no proof. 

    Seriously, you whine and complain about me attacking Donald Trump when it is widely known he is a liar, a racist and went to extraordinary lengths to stay in the White House.

    And you don't like any criticism of him?

    Then you do not want any open discussion. You want an Amen Corner. You want everyone who posts comments to only share your viewpoint. But I will never take the side of those who believe Black people are worthless or unaccomplished.

    Not all of us are perfect. But no one is.  And no one ethnic group is either. If you refuse to accept this, then you're a phony.

    I was a moderator of a couple of online forums that concerned Black thought. But I never stopped anyone with differing viewpoints from posting. If this is what you're about and this is what this discussion forum is about, then you're afraid of those who challenge your viewpoints. 

     

     


    It doesn't matter whether the topic was Cardi B. 
    or some other person of disrepute.

     

    You started a whole topic about Cardi having won 
    a slander/libel suit against a blogger who referred 
    to her as a prostitute, but your assertions about the 
    blogger's claims being unfounded were incorrect.

     

    Your initial post is full of misguided falsehoods and

    I simply pointed out that you missed the part about

    Cardi being an admitted thief who drugged people.  

     

    Instead of admitting that you were wrong, you went 
    on to defend her by saying that just because she

    was a stripper, that didn't make her a prostitute.  

     

    Except she's even worse than a prostitute.

     

    I also don't care whether you or anybody else

    agrees with me about anything.  

     

    Because right is right, and wrong is wrong,

    and in this instance, you missed the mark. 

     

    How many more times are you going to ask

    for proof that Kamala Harris slept her way

    up the career ladder.  


    What is it that you don't comprehend?  

     

    The woman lacks morals, scruples, or integrity.

     

    I don't care if she slept with Willie Brown, or the

    San Francisco 49ers.  When a person accepts 
    a promotion based on an affair, that is WRONG.  

     

    If Kamala Harris had any decency about herself, 
    she would have declined those promotions and

    made her own way based on her own hard work.  

     

    That is what an honorable woman does.

     

    But instead she's gone through her entire career 
    with that funky Willie Brown cloud hanging over

    her head.

     

    She is a HORRIBLE example for women and girls 

    and she should NOT be the vice president of this 

    great nation.

     

    As to Donald Trump, you posted a rant that he lied 
    that his apartment was three times bigger than it

    actually was.  
     
    He was trying to pay the correct amount of property 
    tax so what is your argument here?

     

    https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/8382-from-this-perspective-black-america-get-your-own-house-in-order-before-you-burn-everyone-elses-down/?do=findComment&comment=49563

     

    Find something else to argue about.  

     

    You seem to take pleasure in fighting for lost causes.

     


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    2 hours ago, Stefan said:


    The bottom line is this: Jurors decided the blogger lied when she claimed Cardi B was a prostitute and backed it up with millions in directed damages. No amount of hate from you is going to change that.

    Now, for the third time, where is your proof that our Vice President "slept her way to the top?

     

     

     

    Look.  I don't mind if you edit your posts for punctuation or 

    because you made a typographical error.  But don't be adding 

    more of your nonsense after I have already responded to your 

    pansy thoughts.

     

    Obviously that jury didn't get the memo about Cardi INVITING

    strange men to her HOTEL room so that she could DRUG and

    ROB them.  Which, BTW, is MUCH WORSE than being just a 

    PROSTITUTE.

     

    This fact may have been inadmissible because people's prior

    CRIMES aren't usually held against them in trial. 

     

    Juries are often kept in the dark on people's CRIMINAL

    CONDUCT so as not to taint their judgement about

    the case at hand.

     

    This does not mean that people in the general public,

    meaning us, cannot have a different opinion.

     

    If you want to live in lalaland and pretend that this HOE was  

    not a PROSTITUTE, that is fine with me.  Just don't come on

    here expecting the rest of us to agree with you and your

    silly comments that it was egregious for somebody to insult

    Cardi, as if she is a virtuous woman, because she is not, and 

    everybody knows it.

     

    As to your defense of Kamala Harris, you need to get a grip. 

     

    I wouldn't mind her humping people for promotions if she was

    actually competent at her job, but the majority of the people

    have caught on that she is a total fraud.  

     

    Cardi and Kamala are birds of a feather. 

     

    And I'm sorry if that hurts your little feelings. 

     

    But those are the facts.

     


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    10 minutes ago, Stefan said:

     

    Being a stripper does not make one a prostitute. Do you understand the difference, Mzuri?

    You accused our Vice President of "sleeping her way to the top." Without any proof.

    You are no different than the racial bomb throwers on Fox News.

     

     

     

    Cardi B was a stripper who DRUGGED and ROBBED men.

    After she invited them to her hotel room.

     

    But you want to split hairs as to whether or not she was

    a PROSTITUTE.

     

    Odds are that a woman who dances in the nude has a 

    higher propensity towards PROSTITUTION than one 

    who does not.  Especially when she admitted to 

    DRUGGING and ROBBING men.  But a nerd like you 

    probably could not draw that simple conclusion.

     

    Cardi B explains why she drugged and robbed men

     

    Kamala Harris slept with Willie Brown whilst he was a 

    married man, and he promoted her and that advanced

    her career, and you want me to prove that she slept

    her way up the career ladder.  

     

    I posted this already on the other thread, the one 

    that you are trying to pretend you did not see.

     

    Kamala Harris had an affair with powerful Willie Brown

     

    Grow the fuck up and stop being so lame.

     

     

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    2 hours ago, Stefan said:

     

    Congratulations, Cardi B.

    As a journalist who eventually up training and mentoring reporters and taught writing for five years in business colleges, I despise liars and cretins who spew untruths and unsubstantiated drivel simply because they are jealous or don’t like someone.

    Just tell the damn truth.

     

     

     

    Right, because Cardi B has such a stellar and impeccable

    reputation that she needed to sue somebody for calling

    her a prostitute.  

     

    Which, BTW, she was.

     

    Cardi B explains why she drugged and robbed men

     

    Why don't you get your facts straight before you post 

    a bunch of stupid nonsense.

     

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    18 minutes ago, Stefan said:

     

    Donald Trump, man so insecure that he lied in tax returns about the size of his apartment in Trump Tower.

     

     

     

    Trump's penthouse apartment is a tri-plex.

     

    If each level is 10,000 square feet, then wouldn't 

    that equal 30,000 square feet of living space?

     

     

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    Why in the world would I need to provide proof 

    of something that is common knowledge, and 

    something that Kamala Harris admitted to her 

    own self?

     

    KAMALA HARRIS HAD AN AFFAIR WITH A MARRIED MAN

     

     

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    1 hour ago, Stefan said:


    White people are NOT superior to Blacks. And Trump is a rank idiot and a racist. You simply gaze at him in wonderment because you wish him to be your Führer. 

     

     

     

    @Stefan

     

    You seem to have a very serious case of TDS.  Every time 

    you post you inject some derogatory comment about him.

     

    Honestly, I don't think about Trump any more than I think

    about anything else.  And I don't speak for others but I 

    doubt that Nels is thinking about Trump either.

     

    What is it with you and Trump.

     

    Are you jonesing for him or what???

     

     

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    7 hours ago, Stefan said:

     

    I refuse to castigate my entire race of people because a relatively few Black men do not dress the way others want them. I will also not condemn Black women for the way they dress. Every person is an individual.

     

     

     

    This is not about a few Black men not dressing how others  

    want them to.  I was making the observation that when Black

    people dress inappropriately, it makes it difficult for them to 

    become successful, financially independent, contributing

    members of society. 

     

    I seriously doubt that someone who can't even be bothered

    to pull their own pants up, is anybody's role model.

     

    Besides that, we must take into account the one bad apple 

    effect.  This sort of behaviour reflects poorly on all Black

    people, whether we admit it, deny it, or attempt to ignore it.

     

    When another Black woman goes to the grocery store, or

    wherever, with her breasts and/or derriere exposed, it

    signals to the other races that Black women have no

    self-respect, and that we are easy lays.   

     

    People can be individuals without engaging in conduct 

    that reflects poorly upon the rest of us.

     


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    I.  Think. 

     

    It.  Is. 

     

    FANTASTIC. 

     

    To.  Have. 

     

    A.  Woman. 

     

    Police.  Commissioner.

     

    She. 

     

    Is. 

     

    Going. 

     

    To. 

     

    Kick.

     

    Some.  

     

    Serious.

     

    ASS!!!

     


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    6 minutes ago, daniellegfny said:

     

    @Mzuripart of the backlash against mixed marriage is the rape by White Slave masters.

     

     

     

    @daniellegfny

     

    That is a very valid point that hadn't occurred to me before.

     

    Thank you for your wisdom(s). 

     


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    10 hours ago, Chevdove said:

     

    Oh! I threw my head back, jerked the door open and said, "I can't believe you! Pull your pants up!" I was so mad! 

     

     

     

    I don't like to tell other grown people what to do about their 

    offsprings, but obviously all your "talks" didn't have an impact 

    on him.  When I first started reading your post I was thinking 

    that they were doing that the whole time, sagging.  I didn't 

    even know there was a word for that.  I just call it pants 

    hanging down. 

     

    Anyway, I have a son, my only child.  He is in his forties now. 

    I been through it with that boy so I have some first-hand 

    experience.  I won't even go into what all happened with

    him because I would be here all day telling that story.

     

    If he disrespected me the way yours did to you, when he 

    got out of the car to pump the gas, I would have drove off 

    and left his Black sagging pants hanging down sorry ass 

    standing there trying to figure out how to get back home. 

     

    And then I would have cancelled all my funding for his

    education since that seems to have been a waste, then

    I would have put his ass out of my house.  That way he 

    could see how far he gets in life sagging his pants and 

    all the other juvenile delinquent things they do.

     

    Because they don't understand talking to.  Sometimes

    you have to demonstrate through actions, even if it

    hurts and breaks your own heart.

     

    Years ago I drove my Husband to the Veteran's hospital

    for a doctor's appointment, and he was arguing with me

    about something or the other, I don't even remember what

    it was. 

     

    We hadn't been married that long at the time, probably 

    less than a year.  We had known each other for a long time,

    over twenty years before we got married. But just as friends.

     

    After he got out of the car I drove back home without him.

    He made his way home and I promise you, he didn't argue

    or talk back to me nearly as much after that because he got

    the point that I don't allow people to disrespect me.  

     

     

    11 hours ago, Chevdove said:

     

    I am embarrassed to say, but you touched a nerve[!], that I had to learn how to dress appropriately! When I was young, sometimes, I dressed cheaply, not because I didn't have the means to buy classy and appropriate clothes, but I was vain, and was not taught that it was bad taste. Later, I came to realize that too, a lot of clothes in certain stores that seem to cater to ethnic 'more rounded' women were of very cheap quality! I soon stopped going to these stores and learned to look at the actual thread of material. 

     

     

     

    We were all young once and didn't know better.  That is 

    part of life and maturing.  And it is different from grown

    women who have the means to do better, to be out here

    dressed like common trash.

     

    I was fortunate, from an early age my Mother dressed 

    me well.  I got to order things from the catalogs as well 

    as shopping in person at nice clothing stores. 

     

    Not upscale dress shops, but regular shops at the mall

    like Lerner's.  If you remember that.

     

    I also learned to sew from my Aunt, who was a master

    seamstress, I can make my own clothes from patterns

    and finished clothes, as well as tailoring store bought

    items.  Sewing is an important skill that more women

    should practice.  Most women don't own a sewing

    machine these days and that's too bad.

     

    Early in my adulthood, someone gave me several silk 

    dresses, and that began my collection of silk outfits 

    that I'm still working on today.  Silk pieces will last a

    lifetime if cared for properly and if you maintain your

    size.

     

    Once I was on my own and started my career working 

    for the federal government, at the age of 22, I began

    curating my professional wardrobe. 

     

    I typically wore dresses and skirt suits to the office.  

    Sometimes I wore pant suits, but not that much.

     

    I bought some things that were "trendy" when I first 

    started buying my own clothes, but I quickly caught

    on that trends change and read a couple of book on

    how to select and purchase quality clothes in classic

    styles.

     

    You choose natural fabrics like silk, cotton, wool, 

    cashmere, linen, and blends.  Some manmade and 

    natural blends are acceptable if it makes the item  

    easier to care for, wrinkle resistant, etc.

     

    You should ensure that the seams are straight, fabric 

    patterns line up, buttons and button holes are good

    quality, and obviously you want the clothes to fit

    correct and hang properly. 

     

    And of course you want your clothes to be

    comfortable and suit your style.

     

    The other thing that I have learned over the years is

    that you don't have to spend a ton of money to have

    a nice wardrobe. 

     

    You can find things on clearance, on sale, you can

    find nice things at consignment shops, eBay, etc.

     

    Most of my clothes I bought brand new, but I did 

    get some designer outfits from consignment shops

    and I got some really good deals.  In case you are 

    not familiar with consignment shops, that is where 

    rich people take their gently worn clothes, some 

    things they never even wore at all still has the tags,

    and that way they can get a few dollars from it as

    opposed to just throwing it in the trash.

     

    I would take that stuff to the dry cleaners and it 

    would be good as brand new.

     

    Once you decide how you want to present yourself, 

    it's not that hard to find quality clothes that you can 

    be proud to wear, and that attract attention and

    admiration for the right reasons.

     

     

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