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No we are not Troy this issue comes Jo periodically. The zodiac and the constellations are different. Search Opichus and Shelly Ackerman. She's an astrologer I know personally who has responded to this in the media. She has also won two if three lotteries for some thousands if dollars.

Hi Cynique, Interestingly you are probably more like your moon sign. Sun sign astrology is different than the astrology I practice. However I do a monthly horoscope. At the risk if getting it wrong I try to be more specific. I prefer that a few or moved rather than entertain or baffle many

When Camille days she doesn't know the Bill Fishy the rapist, that's the only bit I believe to be true.

Waterstar I feel the same. I think in 4 months or so, this will be a hot topic again.

My parents told me as a kid if you fail you fail as a Black Person if you suceed you sou suceed as an individual. What they were talking about was outside perceptions.Eddie Murphy tells a story about when he went back to Roosevelt Island, He was in the parking lot at a mall. Was getting into his car and some white guy said hey nigger. He turned around then they white guy says he Eddie how's it going. Eddie Murphy said I went from being a nigger to a star.

I don't think he's a sex addict he seems more like a serial rapist. If they allegations are true

It's old new news. Saturn left Scorpio went to sag.

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What about the skit where he makes jokes about spiking a woman's drink. On the comedy album called it's true

Thanks for the birthday wishes Troy. You and CD are arguing different epochs. The corporations didn't make hip hpngkibal

I quit m job after listening to Public Enemy on the way to work. Hip Hop is relevant because it moves us. Clothing is a part of culture. And it can be signifiers for status. Location and sexual orientation. About five years ago I went to a hip hop event in Sydney. Met a brother from the Bromx. We are about the same age. He said did you think hop hop would go world wide when you were a teenager. Nope.

I think on a certain level rap has killed pop music. It's gotten to the point that the break is looped and you miss all the foreplay. So know we have bunch if orgasms but no foreplay and no after play. Rap has turned popular musc into porn. I criricise rap but I love what it was and can be a voice of the disposed or those who speak to the dispossed. Which explains why rap is popular with white suburban kids and black urban kids and lots of folk in between. Which rapper is better is ant of a pissing contest. I think Jay Z can flow but he is no longer hip hop he's a corporation. He's said so in his lyrics. I'd say Kool Moe Dee has it all over LL Cool J. Except LL had better beats and marketing. Rap still speaks to it's audience however I don't know how much of it is hip hop

Hip Hop could never be wack. Rap on the Radio is pop music. Hip came from the people not the corp. Liking your pedigree troy. Authentic what does that mean in this context.

Troy the net is giving people what they want. You will find more bars than bookstores in most neighborhoods. I consider myself well read, however there are lots of books I haven't read. Still I can name more celebrities than politicians.

A couple of. Hypothetical questions. What about a married couple and one partner fheata resulting in a mix race baby. Should the cheated on partner stay and be happy if they were trying to conceive anyway. imagine a black couple living in the hood and they end up with a biracial baby. When they wanted to use the husband's seed and implant it into the wife.

Are we confusing intellectual curioisty with apathy. Being contrary I think that things are actually getting better. Every generation appears to think the next are dullards or uninformed. Perhaps they are right.

The Bruce Lee video isn't Bruce Lee, I think it was a commercial, "There's a sucker born every minute., and two to take him." I don't know if my mother added that last bit or she heard it somewhere. Troy there are positive things on the net. But just like reality reality they require some effort to find. Check out this independent news site. https://www.indymedia.org/en/index.shtml There are several sites and Youtube videos where people are freely giving information. Even if this is a teaser. And the big one to me is the people that upload movies and songs for people they never meet. What's their motivation. Troy you sound like you are losing you optimism. Maybe it's time to unplug from the MAtrix and head over to Zion.

Oh okay I didn't get that you were being ironic. I don't think the pursuit of power is ignorance. I guess it depends on what you do with it. Now if you were to say manipulation or control, yeah I'd be with you. Would it be more palatable if we said strength instead of power.

I Think Sharpton is intelligent, but doesn't sound like an intellectual. I would make a distinction between an activist and a protester. Well there you have it, glad I prefaced, the party statement. What protest did West organize? When I was American Express as an intern, I ask Ken Chenault what his favorite book was, he said the autobiography of Malcolm X. Later I wonder if that was his favorite book or if it was said for effect. Clearly he's a really sharp guy. There were a few ads they showed the intern, and it should a funny biting side to him. However they weren't ads that would ever see the light of day. Unless they wanted to get sued. But they were edgy an funny. So again I don't how much of that was him or for our consumption. Are some celebrities nice because they are doing some one to one marketing. I have no idea. Or it could be a combination of the two.

Your comparing and activist to an intellectual. Activist do stuff intellectuals think about stuff. For what he does Sharpton needs to be in the media. Be was on couple episodes of Boston Legal as himself. Sharpton is unacceptable to the media because he is intelligent but street. Cornell West was in the Matrix and did the commentary. Does it matter if they court celebrity. What does that mean. Does it make than ineffective. Dont know. If it means they get a bigger cheque. Right on Baby. I would enjoy talking with both, but Al looks like more fun at a party. But that could be my own bias. Plus I love his James Brown story.

Troy if the news isn't working try books or journals. Is Utne Reader still published.You may also like Grand Street. I go through periods of not being watching the news to reading a few papaeds

I'm well Troy. The readings are going well. And the children are happy. Can you explain the power iw ignorance part. Cynique how is reading or watching the news informative. What is the benefit of being more informed. Or what is the befit of beinglwss informed. Other than having less knowledge or being more ignorant.

Ignorance is Bliss. But knowledge is power.