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Let me ask a provocative question..... What's wrong with a man being jealous and insecure? Not in a timid and scared way to the point that he doesn't take risks or chances. But in a protective and territorial way where he's generally on alert when other men come around and suspicious that they may try to push up on his woma(e)n or take his money. If a man should NOT think like this, WHY shouldn't he?

They should stop calling it a "shut down" because the government clearly didn't shut down. They just stopped funding targeted programs, plain and simple. That term misleads people. ProfD The shutdown was an example of them going by the rules. No appropriations...no money. Perhaps. But the rules are so confusing and contradictory it's hard to say. Congress passed a law agreeing to provide stimulus checks. Right. A smart citizen would ask where did they get the money if the nation is supposedly "in debt"? An even smarter citizen would ask why couldn't Congress pass a law to keep SNAP going and funded during the alleged "shut down" until they agreed on a bill? And and even smarter citizen than that would already KNOW why...lol. Those funds were already appropriated for foreign aid. Yeah, I know how this "game" works...lol Having been a social activist for years and having to deal with governments on a city and sometimes county level I know that certain funds...especially funds granted by the state or feds...are appropriated SPECFICIALLY for certain projects and programs and can ONLY BE USED for those projects and programs. It's really a way of cutting one's own throat because a city should be free to use it's available revenue where ever it's NEEDED instead of being forced to use it for only one specific project and then have to give it back if not completely used up. The definition above says it all. The government has already defined essential and non-essential services and functions as well. Not really. It looks to me like these federal agencies that rely on the funding get to decide for themselves what is essential and what is not, but perhaps I'm mistaken.

I thought TikTok was supposedly owned by China? Where did all of this talk about TikTok being a source of Chinese propaganda come from that these Republicans were crying about a little while back? Although we do need to own our own social media platforms, I don't think we should ignore the grass while focusing on the flowers. We need to make sure we own national television stations, radios, and news papers! Social media is a good way to reach SOME people, but a lot of people....older and a surprising number of younger people....still love to sit back on the couch and relax and WATCH television or LISTEN to the radio. The Civil Rights and Black Power Movements were carried largely by Black owned news papers and radio stations and later on in the 70s and 80s we started buying television stations. We should have kept them.

ProfD Do they even matter? Since when does the Federal Government go by the rules or laws when it comes to spending money on what they WANT to spend money on? For example...... Although the nation was and still is TRILLIONS of dollars in debt, which one of these laws prevented Trump from issuing "stimulus checks" to everybody during his first term? Did any of these appropriations laws prevent Congress from coming up with extra funds from "nowhere" and appropriating them to those who were laid off from the pandemic "surplus" money on top of their regular unemployment checks? And as mentioned before, nations are still getting foreign aid by the billions while they CLAIM there is no money for SNAP benefits. These so-called "rules" and "laws" about how the federal government appropriates money mean absolutely NOTHING. They are only there to CONFUSE those who actually take them seriously. Here's an article that defines a "government shut down"....... "Under the Antideficiency Act (initially passed in 1884 and amended in 1950), federal agencies cannot spend or obligate any money without an appropriation (or other approval) from Congress. When Congress fails to enact the 12 annual appropriation bills, federal agencies must cease all non-essential functions until Congress acts. This is known as a government shutdown." Government Shutdowns: Causes and Effects Notice how it says all "non-essential functions" must stop. That's the kicker right there; because words like "essential" and "non-essential" are highly subjective which means they get to pick and choose which services they'll fund.

ProfD We cannot rule out that possibility as asexual is included in LGBTQIA+. Facts. But remember people used to call Tavis Smiley gay and it turned out he was nailing half the women who was working for him....lol.

ProfD Ofcourse, we know those type of women exist. And a man should know his son well enough to know if he can leave his girlfriend or wife around him. But at the end of the day, if you're son is old enough ATTRACT the same woman you're banging....one may have to ask why is he still living in the same household as you? This reminds me of those Mother-Daughter teams where both women are in one house working jobs and helping to support eachother. It looks so nice and cool....until one ends up taking the others man...lol. And you haven't seen "nasty" until you've seen a mother and daughter get into it with eachother over a man.

ProfD Perhaps you're right, however in today's climate...why even keep that type of lifestyle under wraps? There's really not much of a benefit in doing so, especially if you're a Democrat. I think she's probably just one of those asexual sistaz. To be honest, I think Corey Booker is asexual himself. I don't think he's gay. I think he's just game-goofy...lol.

Since I know that's a rhetorical question, I won't waste your time or intelligence with an answer. But I sincerely thought that they were going to stay much longer. They aren't even TRYING to look sincere anymore. Like I said earlier, I'm not Trump's biggest fan....but I thought atleast the ONE benefit I would see with him would be a crack-down on crime and illegal immigrants...even if it were just for show.

There is NO SUCH THING as the federal government "running out of money". It's a red herring. They're constantly printing up money, expanding their credit, extending the debt ceiling, re-appropriating funds, and taking funds out of one account and putting in another or using funds designed for one program or department and appropriating it to another. Leaders around the globe are LAUGHING at Americans for believing this garbage about the federal government being on a "budget" or "running out of money" because they KNOW better. Because THEY'RE getting billions. That's like you taking all of the money out of your right pocket...putting it in your left...and then pulling out the lining of your right pocket and claiming you're broke, lol. See how asinine that sounds? That's the SAME thing the government is doing.

Now ProfD, I respect you and your intelligence...however...... This is what Obama would call a "fundamental disagreement".....lol. We don't misunderstand eachother; both of our positions are crystal clear....we just DISAGREE.....lol. Unless that woman is his BIOLOGICAL MOTHER (and even then shit can happen!).....a man would be a FOOL if his half-way decent looking woman and his adolescent/adult son are living in the same home together and it NEVER crosses his mind that they may be having a sexual relationship behind his back. I'm sorry, there is no other way for me to reason or explain this besides it simply being common sense that any man should have. He should just naturally think about this possibility! Now if the son is a baby or even 8 or 9 year old, ofcourse my lady having some sort of relationship with my son would be one of the last things I'd suspect her of. However if that boy is 14 or 15 or older. Now wait a minute...... That doesn't mean a man should be laying up in bed every night looking up at the ceiling all night long twiddling his thumbs and wondering, or installing cameras and shit in the house trying to catch them in some sort of act. It simply means that there is a CHANCE that it can happen and he needs to keep his eyes and ears open and be aware of how they conduct themselves around eachother.

They weren't deployed in Michigan. My handful of relatives in the DMV said...as you...they were only deployed in the tourist areas of the city. I imagine the same is in Chicago and Memphis. My relatives in Chicago said they haven't seen them. What I think happened was the GANGSTAS....who aren't very politically aware and don't focus on the news much...heard Trump was sending the troops in and assumed they were going to slide through the hood like an avalanche with automatic weapons crushing everything in sight...so they ran up in the house and hid, lol. Well.... Whatever the hell their intention and strategy was, it made a lot of these fools get some ACT RIGHT. And just like announcing their deployment made some of these clowns put the gats away and go into hiding....announcing their departure will probably have the OPPOSITE effect.

ProfD Beyond appropriations law and all that stuff taught in US Government classes...it is definitely a game. When I was in highschool I was too busy chasing coochie (and wondering why it was so hard to catch up with) to pay attention in class...lol. So don't pull a richardmurray on me and bless me out for know knowing all of the intricate details about how the government actually works. However if the government is still funding the FBI and other policing agencies and those agencies are still operating, surveilling, and arresting people, then the government is NOT shut down....despite whatever the hell it's being "called". If the government is still giving out BILLIONS of dollars to other nations in foreign aid DURING the alleged shut down, there is no excuse not to pay air traffic controllers and SNAP beneficiaries...except if they were INTENTIONALLY being targeted and denied payment for whatever reason. If the government "shut down" for 40 days....how were the post offices able to operate? What about the armed forces? There is no such thing as a "government shut down". It's just a MEME used to distract the public. It's really INTENTIONAL NEGLECT of TARGETED institutions as a way of disrupting people's live to the point that they'll put pressure on their Representatives to cave to the demands of the opposition.

HUSH yo' mouth! Are you sure about that? You probably know more about her than I do. I already knew she never got married and I just did a quick search on her and it says nothing about her being LGBTQIA although she is a "supporter". It also mentions something about her kicking it with a brutha named "Jason Turner" back in the day. I know you have "femmes" who act just like docile little ladies, but she just doesn't give off any kind of lesbian vibe at all. I can actually see her being A-sexual, like a lot of professional sistaz. Just focused on her career and don't even think about a love life. But as fine as she is I'm sure she's had so many men hitting on her, so I am kinda curious as to why she hasn't settled on one openly.

@ProfD & @frankster Ya know... I'm actually LEARNING something as I read this exchange between you two. Funny what you can find out when you actually shut up and LISTEN to (read) other people.....lol.

Man yall got a FINE ass Mayor........lol. On a scale of 1-10....she's a certified 10.75.

"We're going to make America great again! We're going to send federal officers around America to round up the illegal immigrants! We're going to send in the actual military itself to major cities around this nation to round up Black criminals and lock them up and out of our society! That'll make these liberals and these blue city mayors squirm and cry....but we don't care!" After sending them in................ "Uh....wait a minute. You mean Black resident were actually HAPPY to see a reduction in crime and violence? We were hoping for riots and rebellions against this....not "thank you" notes and fucking love letters. STOP THE OPERATIONS! STOP THEM NOW! STOP THE ICE RAIDS AND PULL THE TROOPS OUT OF THE CITIES! And guys.... The next time we come up with plans to institute draconian laws and policies to oppress people....make sure they don't fucking BENEFIT them at the same time....jeez!"

Trump is going to STAY THE COURSE. He's going to do the same thing Biden was doing....which was the same thing Obama was doing...which was the same thing Bush and Clinton were doing. Push the Globalist Agenda. They aren't going to bring in immigrants to "train" American workers, they're bringing them in to REPLACE American workers. Which is why now there's talk of pulling ICE out f the cities to snatch up immigrants Just like there's talk of pulling the National Guard out of the cities to fight crime and violence. I even read an article earlier today where some "judge" is ordering hundreds of immigrants that ICE actually rounded up and detained NOW must be let go and released back into the public! Sure is funny how Trump can do whatever he wants to do without opposition but when it comes to doing something that looks like it may be having any type of POSITIVE impact....all of a sudden some "federal judge" out of nowhere and steps in. When Biden sent all of those feds on horseback down to the border with actual whips to drive Haitian immigrants back across to Mexico...funny how no "federal judges" stepped in to stop that.

First of all, the fact that a national government can actually "shut down" or "close down" should make people suspicious that this is all just one big game. The United States government isn't a McDonalds or Jiffy Car Wash franchise designed to lock it's doors and "close down". It's a GOVERMENT which means it operates 24/7 365. That's like you telling your children the home is "shutting down" and you refuse to feed them. It makes no sense. You're just refusing to feed them because you're REFUSING TO FEED THEM. You don't read anything about a "government shut down" in the U.S. Constitution. Because it didn't exist. Any services that were stopped were INTENTIONALLY STOPPED with the desired effect of causing chaos. The police were still arresting people. The prisoners in Federal prisons were still kept. The payments of foreign aid continued to get issued out to other countries. So what's with air traffic controllers not being paid and there not being enough money for food stamps? It's all MADE UP. They didn't "run out" of funds, they arbitrarily DENIED payments to these people for a desired effect and used Congressional disagreement as an EXCUSE. I personally think they designed this situation to cause chaos and instability in society. Kind of like how traffic lights and street lights will go out in an entire half of a major city and they'll blame it on a "solar flare". Like you said and like we discussed in another thread, Democrats are just CONTROLLED opposition. They're working right along with Republicans to get the same Agenda pushed and passed but just PRETENDING to oppose it and PRETENDING to put up a little resistance so that their supporters will continue to have a little more faith in them and not replace them with REAL opposition.

ProfD The unalived dude clearly didn't think his wife would turn around and marry his son. I'm not sure why he wouldn't. She was an attractive woman and his son wasn't gay, so why WOULDN'T the idea that a sexual relationship between them cross his mind? Most men do not think the woman they are taking care of and/or married to will hook up with their offspring regardless of age. Most fools or stupid men wouldn't...no. However I think most men with good sense SUBCONSCIOUSLY suspect this, which is why they usually are hostile to other adult men living in the same household as them; even their own sons. Most men will tolerate a house full of women. Their daughters can live with them for as long as they need or want. They can even leave home, get married, and then turn around and come running back if they have trouble with their husbands. They will always be "daddy's little girl". Men on the other hand..... Mamma will always love them and take them back in, but if DADDY is in the house...they think twice about coming back because pops isn't as welcoming. " He wanna come back??? For what? Where is the nigga gonna stay, in the backyard? We done rented out his room.....shit!" ....lol. Family or not, most men with good sense know that if other straight MAN is living with them, there's a possibility of them boning their woman.

But what was the father even THINKING? Why would you bringing a woman that young and attractive (and one doesn't necessarily equate to the other because I've seen a lot of beautiful old women and ugly young women) around your grown ass children and NOT expect something to happen between them?

So now all of a sudden the United States NEEDS immigrants? Left Wing Right Wing Two different wings.....on the same damn bird.

ProfD And remember, the word "failure" implies that a person actually TRIED to do something...lol. He TRIED to "do this" or "get that" but he FAILED to do so. But if a nigga ain't even TRYING.......damn. Ain't even TRYING to start his own business. Ain't even TRYING to grow his own food. Ain't even TRYING to save enough wealth to leave to his children. Ain't even TRYING to keep the property and wealth his parents left for him.

ProfD I don't understand the thinking of some of these people who wanted this, especially after the announcing the departure of the troops. You and I both know it was a stunt, but it was initially done with so much hype that it looked sincere. They even claimed there was a reduction in crime! Again, I knew it was a stunt but I actually thought Trump would send far more troops into these cities to atleast make it LOOK like he was trying to make them safe. I thought they were going to send in troops to assist with the local police in places like D.C. and Chicago and other cities for YEARS....not a few fucking weeks, lol. Forgive me for sounding disappointed, but although I was against him sending in the military to use against it's own citizens....if anything good could come out of this ATLEAST it would lead to a reduction in crime and violence. But damn..... Just send a bunch of guys in fatigues to just march around the city for a few weeks then LEAVE, only for the gangsters and killers to go right back to business as usual???

They did their job for hundreds of years, but you know how our people are......too much infighting among themselves. Just like the Black people who took over southern Europe and ruled for hundreds of years but because of internal fighting became weaker and this allowed Whites to eventually get the upper hand and take back Europe.....too much warring and infighting among the Original Black nations took the focus away from watching a bunch of hairy savages crawling around in caves eating raw meat and wearing moose heads....lol. "Ahh....ugah....ugah...shee!" They were so savage they didn't really need anyone to keep them contained....until Moses was sent up there to civilize them and organize them.

ProfD And what they're calling "Progressive" is usually far off the mark from actual REAL Progress. Especially as it relates to AfroAmericans. Back in the day, what it meant to be "liberal" was pretty clear. You were against war. You were for AfroAmerican Rights. You were for Women's Rights. You were for programs that helped the poor. Then in the 80s they muddied it up with abortion, homosexuality, and illegal immigration. Not that these things aren't important and shouldn't be discussed....but they should stand on their own merit and not be tethered to other movements.