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Oh do I love women! The older I get the more I'm still learning about them....lol. I never wanted to BE a woman, but I often wanted to understand how women "think" or what it feels like to be them. For example, why would someone go through so much pain and discomfort to bare children....MULTIPLE TIMES! It has been explained to me over and over again for decades....but still....just don't quite get how some women would voluntarily go through that with a SMILE on their faces....lol.

The older I get the more I've learned to analyze each circumstance to find out exactly what the causes and effects are for conditions and behaviors. To attribute the formation of and violent behavior of gangs to oppression and social injustice is a bit broad. Because most human beings, including males....don't form gangs under oppression to combat their oppressors. They usually go along with it or fight back in their own individual way. But like you said, some of them will form gangs to terrorize and bully EACHOTHER. I'm beginning to realize that many of these bullies/gangsters aren't the way they are because of oppression and injustice....many of them are just NO GOOD and would STILL be that way even if they grew up in decent conditions. The only thing being under oppression does is LIMIT their malevolent behavior and keep it roped in and bound in their own community and away from the oppressor. As a group, the Arabs were violent and tribalistic BEFORE the Israelis took that land and started oppressing them. They just continue that tradition under newwer and more oppressive circumstances.

Seems to me the mainstream media has been going OUT OF THEIR WAY to avoid talking about this. It should be one of the biggest stories of this year, considering the millions of people who have lost their lives from this pandemic along with the hundreds of millions more who have gotten sick from it. Chev I'm not sure where it started but the larger issue for me is that those who DID say it came from a lab were ridiculed and clowned on. They were called nutty and accused of promoting "conspiracy theories". The official story was that this pandemic started as a result of some people eating some "bat soup" made from a bat they bought at a wet market and that was the ONLY story people were allowed to accept as legitimate. Now all of a sudden they break out and just CASUALLY tell people, "Yeah....the virus was probably leaked from a laboratory and spread around the world" ....while they sip on a cappuccino and continue reading the paper. THEN they turn around and claim the FBI came to that conclusion also.....which was NEVER mentioned in the media until now! But hey......... There doesn't seem to be much of a demand for the truth now a days anyway because when I look on the internet where people are relatively free to voice their opinions and talk about what they want to talk about on their private webcasts and Youtube channels.....THEY aren't mentioning it either. I would have thought some of these right-wing pundits and others would be jumping all over this story but even THEY are nonchalant about it and don't seem to care. So my question is....what DO people care about? Besides smoking weed and getting high.

The U.S. has been holding drills with South Korea and Japan for years and years. Every so often they'll bluster up.....then calm down...then bluster up....then calm down. I'm waiting for the action to start.

If the winner is the same young brutha singing in the video....he looks and sounds much older than a teenager.

Wake me up when they actually exchange fire.....lol. They've been woofing back and forth for decades now. When o when will the time come for action?

Yes, I've heard a lot about the "DMV" area and all of the Black wealth there. I had a girlfriend from Silver Springs Maryland. A great deal of gratitude should be bestowed upon the late great Marion Barry because he's the main reason for most of the wealth that Black people in the D.C. and DMV area have! He was a strong and intelligent Alpha male from the old school who didn't pull punches or take shit from the racists. He knew them and what it took to get along with and defeat them if necessary. And like Coleman Young of Detroit....he also knew the White folks he needed to get along with and made sure NOT to piss them off while fighting for his people! Too many of the younger generation of Black politicians are so naive and fall for the ole "can't we all get along" okey-doke. They end up selling out much of the wealth and property the older generations fought for while the young Whites and Latinos and Asians move in to gobble it up. As far as they're concerned, any White man who sits down to smoke some weed with them MUST be a "cool" White man, and they'll sell that devil the family farm.

So do stupid people...lol. With all of the oppression and violence those Palestinians have been facing from Israel, now they want to turn around and gang-bang on eachother? But atleast this is proof and assurance that no race has a monopoly on stupid behavior. Chev I wonder if these gangs are stirred up because of the issue with the judiciary overhaul. I think the gangs over there are fighting for the same reason the gangs here in the U.S. are.....a lot of foolish young men with a lot of testosterone and not enough to do to keep them busy. As unjust as those conditions are....I'm not sure if oppression and being relocated and redlined and the other forms of discrimination the Arabs go through are the cause of the gangs fighting eachother. I think it stems from a violent "macho" type culture where violence is often used to solve disputes instead of reason and intelligence.

Chev The only reason I kind of doubted it and thought those two may have been serious is because of how she fell. She fell dead on her face. Most average people can't do those type of moves without the risk of getting hurt. To fall face first in the water and dirt like that with both arms stretched is REALLY risky and a bit stupid.....just for a video and a few giggles. You said they've done this before? Unless they are professionally trained, I doubt they did THAT move more than three times....lol

I just have a hard time believing how nonchalant the mainstream media is reporting this as if it's some "the more you know" tidbit of information you ponder over on your way to brush your teeth in the morning after the "main news" is delivered. Millions of people have died from this and hundreds of million have gotten sick.....all from a lab leak? You're telling me this is the BACK story....while the snow storm in L.A. takes the headlines? And then, look at WHEN this story was broken. On a Sunday afternoon where most people aren't paying attention to the news; not during the standard week day. What I DON'T want.....is for Trump and his supporters to take credit for this. I said it a couple years back that they're gonna release the TRUTH about this virus which they've been sitting on all along, and they're gonna give Trump and his minions the credit for calling it.

richardmurray Man you be asking some good and interesting questions....lol. 1)in the usa, are black populaces in cities better off when the black populace is not the majority populace in a city? This may seem a little strange but I've noticed that Black people tend to do better in cities that either have a VERY HIGH Black majority....like over 70%.....or a VERY SMALL Black minority....like under 10%. In cities like Detroit, Atlanta, Memphis.....where we make up a clear dominant majority. There may be a lot of crime and some poverty, but COLLECTIVELY we tend to do quite well. Most Black folks in these cities have money and are either working class, professional class, or rich. The reason being, we tend to be CLEARLY incharge politically, socially, legally, etc....so we can protect ourselves and our wealth better. I also notice that where we make up less than 10% of the population, I notice we collectively do well also though I'm not completely sure why. One guess is that White folks don't see us as much of a threat because of the small population, so they leave us alone. But when we make up the mid-range of say 15%-65%.....conditions for Black folks in most of those cities aren't ideal. A lot of crime, gangs, incarceration, high unemployment, etc.... Black self-hatred is also high in many of those areas. If you look at Washington D.C. for example.....and maybe @ProfD can attest to this..... Although problems did exist, collectively speaking Black people did GREAT in Washington D.C. when it was 80% and even 70% Black and we were clearly in charge. Once gentrification took hold and they started shipping more Latinos and Whites in and the Black population went down to 60% and close to 50%.....regardless as to how well the city itself may be doing....things got much worse for the Black population. Same with cities like St.Louis and New Orleans. 2)in the usa, in cities, are black communities better off with a DOS/FBA majority or with a plurality between DOS/FBA plus Caribbeans<many islands> plus Continentals< many countries>? Hmmmmm.......I can't really say. I want to say that the diversity of Black people makes us better because it broadens our horizons and makes us stronger. However given how Black people get along with eachother, having more Black folks from different backgrounds just gives them another reason to mistrust and fight amongst eachother.

Either this is purely a joke or the lady is a little on the slow side. Like bruh man said, she was supposed to fall BACK.....not forward. She even looked back to see his armed reached out to catch her....so what made her think to fall face first?

You may have grown up in the city with the most Black people but they were still a minority in that city. I grew up in America's BLACKEST major city with a healthy diversity of FBA population along with some Africans and Caribbeans though admittedly not on the scale of New York's. And I've witnessed OVER FOUR DECADES of AfroAmerican culture and the various changes that have occurred within it. Some for the worse...others for the better. I've witnessed how on my block MOST Black families had a father and with each decade the number of families with Black fathers started disappearing. I've also witnessed how the number of fist fights among Black boys started declining drastically as the number of shootings rose. Concerning those doing illegal things to feed themselves............ I didn't grow up in the ghetto or around poverty, but I grew up seeing quite a few brothers (and sisters) selling dope. They didn't do it to feed themselves. They came from families with "some" money (though not wealthy) and weren't hungry. But they wanted nice clothes, nice cars, and money to party and waste so they started selling dope and stealing to get it. Gangsta rap and peer pressure influenced them to do this.....not poverty.

Ok NOW the Wall Street Journal is reporting it: A Lab Leak in China Most Likely Origin of Covid Pandemic, Energy Department Says - WSJ So this is how the truth comes out...huh.

Oooh so noooooooooow they decide to tell the truth and admit that this Pandemic started from a lab leak? After all of that denial and ridiculing of people who were saying it and claiming it was just some "baseless conspiracy theory"...now they admit it. My question is, how long has the main stream media been sitting on this? And how long has the FBI believed that it was a lab leak? I hadn't even HEARD anyone say this about the agency until I read this article, now they're reporting on it as if it's old news. Man...these people are something else. 🤣

I see a similarity between Israel and the United States in how the Arabs form gangs and attack eachother overthere.....despite the racism and oppression they face; like the Black people and Latinos form gangs and attack eachother here despite the racism and oppression we face.

Agency Sides With Theory That Lab Leak Sparked Pandemic Energy Department agrees with FBI's conclusion, for a different reason The COVID-19 pandemic probably began with a laboratory leak, the Energy Department has decided. The agency, which had not expressed a view on the origin of the coronavirus, added its finding to a previous classified intelligence report sent to the White House and certain members of Congress, the Wall Street Journal reports. The conclusion, which is based on new intelligence, is far from being the last word: US agencies are divided on the issue, and the Energy Department said in the document that its assessment was reached with "low confidence." The report says the virus was circulating in Wuhan, China, by November 2019. The FBI also says a lab leak is to blame, rating the strength of its conviction at "moderate confidence." But US officials told the Journal that the Energy Department and FBI reached the same conclusion for different reasons. Four other agencies, plus the National Intelligence Council, attribute the origins of the outbreak, with "low confidence," to natural transmission from an infected animal. The CIA hasn't decided between the two leading theories. A Stanford University microbiologist praised the willingness to reconsider the issue. "My plea is that we not accept an incomplete answer or give up because of political expediency," David Relman said. Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser, said Sunday on CNN's State of the Union that there are a "variety of views" on the origin among intelligence agencies, adding that President Biden has told intelligence officials to get "to the bottom of this question," per the Hill. As is, Sullivan said, there's "no definitive answer." The Energy Department would not comment on its finding. (Studies last year traced the virus to a Wuhan market.) Agency Sides With Theory That Lab Leak Sparked Pandemic (newser.com) 🤔

2 shot dead in suspected gangland killing in north Story by ToI Staff • 5h ago 95Comments Two residents were shot dead Sunday in the northern Arab town of Dir Al Assad, in a slaying believed tied to an ongoing feud in the criminal underworld. Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)© Provided by The Times of Israel The deaths bring to 17 the number of Arab Israelis killed in violent incidents since the beginning of the month, making it one of the deadliest periods in recent years. The Magen David Adom emergency service reported its medics attended to two men, one of whom, age 60, was declared dead at the scene. The second man, 57, was taken to the hospital in serious condition but doctors were unable to save his life. Shortly after the shooting, police, with the assistance of a helicopter, detained two suspects. According to police, the shooting was related to a dispute between criminal organizations, Ynet reported. The long-running feud has already cost the lives of 16 people over the years. 2 shot dead in suspected gangland killing in north (msn.com)

A good example to drive my point home is Vice President Kamala Harris' husband. He's a White man and you barely hear about him in the news....but he's confident in his role as 2nd husband. Nor do you hear White men jumping up and down about him playing second fiddle to his Black AfroAmerican wife. Too many images of White men who are IN power to trip over something so trivial.

Well first of all if Rihanna HAD a husband....it would probably be a White man, because Rocky is merely her BOYFRIEND. They haven't even jumped the broom yet....having all these babies...lol. A White man would probably demand that their relationship be more "official". Having said that............. I would say that if Rihanna's husband was a White man standing in the background like that holding a baby....except for a handful of ultra-conservatives....White society probably wouldn't have a problem with it one bit simply because there are ENOUGH IMAGES of masculine White men taking care of business and being Alpha males that that one picture wouldn't pose a threat at all. May get a few laughs at the most, but certainly no insults and charges of emasculation. The position of White manhood is pretty secure in the White community today. If this were the 60s or 70s.....there would have been an uproar probably because the White Feminist movement threatened White Patriarchy......but not today. Black Feminism is much stronger and more vocal in the Black community than White Feminism is in the White community.

It makes me wonder why do they keep building more buildings and populations keep regenerating in areas so prone to Earthquakes? Turkey and Syria and Iran constantly get Earthquakes....not just once every few hundred years but almost every year! I guess it's easier said that done, but to constantly rebuild over and over again only to have your work destroyed makes little sense to me.

"If"??? So, should I take that statement to mean you DON'T believe the U.S. is spying on it's own citizens??????

I wonder will there be another slap, punch or planned assault THIS year......lol. With all that's going on in the world, I'm surprised people are still interested in the Oscars. Just a couple years ago between the Covid-19 and people rioting in the streets....people thought the world was coming to an end and were only interested in survival. Now it's back to business as usual. But then again....things have been going on around the world for DECADES and yet life goes on and new generations are born. It's all new to young people, so they don't care.

"Gitcho' hair.....gitcho' hair!!!!" 🤣

Just like there are many innocent people in prison; there are a LOT of cats on the street who need to be locked the hell up for the safety of the community....but they are allowed to walk free. The criminal mindset and criminal world is chaotic and confusing because just because someone got pinched for a non-violent crime, doesn't necessarily mean they ARE non violent. Many of them just didn't get caught for the dirt they did. Now a days....when you're on the streets you're expected to do "whatever"......no boundaries to the crimes you commit. If you sell dope, you're expected to be a killer too. If you a robber, you might turn around and rape the people you're robbing too. No rules. The problem is....there is a VAST negative element in Black society today that has gotten bigger and bigger since the late 60s after the riots. It's gotten so big and lasted for so long that instead of being rejected and fought against....many in our community has begun to EMBRACE it and make excuses for it. The sad part is, there doesn't seem to be enough good brothers willing to stand up together and clean up the communities right now. They exist....certainly enough good brothers do exist....but many of them aren't interested in uniting to clean things up. They don't see much incentive or reward in it. Most men....especially most young men...are motivated by women and money. And most people in THIS society don't think a "good man" should seek much of either. Their idea is that a "good man" should volunteer his efforts and not seek pay and if he gets ANY pussy....it should be from his ONE wife, lol. Until the "good bruthaz" are seen with more beautiful women and money than the thugs and gangstas....you probably won't see a change for the better anytime soon.