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Delano

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  1. Unlike yourself I have been around power. Your thinking can only be as big as your world.
  2. Not everyone who shares your colour shares your values.
  3. If it were profitable to elevate blacks and denigrate whites. That would happen immediately. Its important not to confuse the effect with the cause. Power used racism to keep it's status in tact. King and X were killed because the expanded from race to justice for all. Feudalism whites enslaved others whites. Equality wilk arrive when feudalism returns ti America. In order to understand power yiu have to i recognise the different aspects ir rather manifestations of power. Do you want to be in power or change the system so it favours your constituency. Leaderless movements are the wave if the future. If you are going to build a nation you need: a strategist, an economist, scientist, psychologist, sociologist, logistician, artist, a figure head, a facilitator, a mediator, a marketer, a historian et al.. Or one charismatic visionary. Who attracts eveeythng that's needed.
  4. From time to time i make this offer. You can have a peek into the future, a magic day or conflict resolution. No guarantees
  5. You are behind in points you wanna go some more, Cabeza de Piedra.
  6. @Chevdove from time to time i get some insights.
  7. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VUvtlmlBbDg
  8. https://theculturetrip.com/north-america/usa/articles/50-unique-independent-bookstores-you-need-to-visit-in-every-u-s-state/
  9. They are our first hope we are the last hope.
  10. I don't believe I made a comment.
  11. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2019/03/06/why-the-trump-organization-now-risks-being-charged-as-a-criminal-enterprise/?
  12. They ate our first hope we are the last line. Stay optimistic.
  13. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/hawaii.html Yes I am looking at subjectivity objectively. @Mel Hopkins I am looking at the narratives mythology stories and histories that are told.
  14. Up until about February 25 my argument style was combative. My partner and a literal handful of people enjoy? it. So I decided to switch gears and be more evocative than provocative. I LOVE your mind Cynique. One of the things I most enjoy us that you, Mel and Troy have a first hand experience with the esoteric. Troy used to study astrology so we have that link. Mel is like my psychic twin there's a really special link there. Cynique you are an unconscious wizard. Who is at times more Lunar and other more solar. What you say and how you feel matters to me. @Cynique
  15. I will consider your words. And respond in a few days
  16. That's true I have changed. jj I used to be seeking answers people and experiences
  17. I used to feel the same way about art. Yet I still see fresh art. And I try different styles of communication.
  18. I feel that Troy is more likely to think about something and change his mind. Whereas Mel and Cynique will hear something that opens the door to a new idea. Pioneer sounds sensible when he's developing an argument. I just feel he stops a little early. Then fossilises his idea. Kalexander is like Coyote. Life has been about the hustle and decision. Now it's about the now. So he isn't a liar . He has the butterfly mind that has moved on to the next idea. Chevdove I feel has the strongest ideals. The statements she is making is the distillation of life. However if the idea has enough gravitas she will incorporate it into her world view . Nubian is the interplay between the personal and the universal . Once you find a friendly critic. You will develope your impenetrable Castle Hill @Troy @Pioneer1 @Cynique @Mel Hopkins @Chevdove @Kalexander2 @NubianFellow Thoughts
  19. Yeah Karen Finley would smear herself with Yams. I never saw her perform though. Pioneer takes disparate things connects them. Describes them in a fairly logical manner. Then takes his truth to be self evident. Cynique starts with a question. That is compared against her experience. However her analysis also includes the lives of others. Most notably her children and grandchildren. Since their experiences yields better representation then using her contemporaries. Troy's past positions are very firm. But his current position is mutable. So Troy presents the solid side of his argument. And keeps the questions closer to the vest. His final position is the new standard until it is not Del starts with a position that invokes a strong response. There appears two be two differing dynamics. So the position is the snapshot of the resolution of a question. That Del doesn't resolve or prefers to leave open. Mel is continually testing herself. and asking questions. However her values or what she values is always clear. So Mel has a constantly evolving position.
  20. Thank you for noticing. I am trying out a different manner of communication. The idea being to present two views. Which need not be opposite. Rather the contrast illuminates both it and its pair. Although I try to start with a central idea. So there's more cohesion and linearity to my statement .
  21. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/books/bell-hooks-min-jin-lee-aint-i-a-woman.html
  22. One of the bartenders brought in a movie he worked on that was made by Candida Royale. In a performance art piece I stood on a line and saw Annie Sprinkle's cervix. Both women were adult film actresses. Would you be okay if your Mother was a porn star. This is debated amongst feminist. Pat Califia writes porn. Susie Bright writes erotica. Both consider themselves feminist and both are considered sex positive.
  23. You may recall that I said there will be large geopolitical shifts. Congress is the most diverse and crooked it has ever been. Time will tell. Troy
  24. With a the hope that I will ultimately be right about his removal. And the subsequent clean up. However perhaps it's easier to be cynical than risk disappointment and appear foolish. I believe Trump is necessary for the upcoming purge change. Whether it's the environment, economy, ecology or society. There has to be fundamental changes. The question becomes for recognition of differences and more equitable distribution of resources . Or destructive self interest. A gambler has to have a feel for timing as well. Without sentimentality and unchecked emotion. That's my position.
  25. You are right Troy

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