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  1. We do need more 'interesting' places to dine out! This post made me think about another thread I posted about a restaurant in Houston, Texas, I came across after I posted this thread; TURKEY LEG HUT!
  2. I think @ProfD's comment about human history is a great point. After thousands of years humans have gathered information and recorded and kept records and patterns can be seen to help us understand more truths. So then, I think, along with experiencing truths, other pathways combined also help at confirming some truths. I love to identify patterns and so, if we cannot confirm falsehoods by experiencing only then, by being able to recognize patterns may also be a pathway to getting at the truth. And as @Troy mentioned about 'what is rational to one person may not be to another', I do believe that truth can be relative too. However, I also believe that if we are able to live long enough, certain truths become evident. I believe that no one human knows all, so therefore, it is vital to expect that truth will become attainable if you believe that there will be someone else to come along one day and add to your own knowledge and experiences. Expand. Another important aspect that I also believe is that it is crucial to be both 'group oriented' but also confident as an individual and therefore, anchor yourself. I search for 'an origin', I call it 'a zero point'. I love to contemplate the field of 'Exact Science'; this for me is an incredible PATHWAY to getting at the truth; Things that can be measured helps me to see more truths beyond what I was streamlined to once believe, and this helps me not to get upset if I have to consider something that I thought was truth but then may not be. It feels good to me to already accept that I am NOT perfect because then, I become charged and more willing to fight for perfection. I believe that the pathway to truth is far, far, FAR beyond what I was once conditioned to believe in that my physical life expectancy is the end. No. I am giving myself an infinite timespan to learn more truths. Again though @Delano, this is a deep question and I am still exploring! This is interesting point!
  3. Okay, The rest of message, I will ignore it, because as you put it, this SISTA is wife material! Dr. Chi is married and has five children. She looks much younger than she really is!
  4. What a thought. My first thoughts are that, in general, you cannot recognize that you are wrong about something unless you are able to experience the truth (shown the truth) by some form of expression. As humans, we are born and come into awareness of our existence and surroundings gradually, and we are conditioned by others so, by the time we have formed opinions, thoughts and beliefs, therefore, in reality, these beliefs are NOT ours as individuals. So, it will come a time as we mature that SOME OF US will become aware that we need to contemplate why we believe as we do and may come to realize that our earlier 'teachers' and 'stimulants' may have been wrong and immature about certain issues; we have been misguided. I've come to this point where I came to realize that my 'teachers' were completely wrong about certain things. But in order for me to be sure that something was true, I WENT BACK TO THE SOURCE WHENEVER I COULD and questioned them and that became the confirmation! But again, I had to experience the truth before I even realized that I had been conditioned to belief in something that was wrong. Gong back to the source that led me on the wrong pathway is awesome when it can be done, but there are other pathways to getting the truth as well.
  5. Thank you! @richardmurray You really explained it so well and well enough for me to follow and understand much better! Okay, so in the recent past, I was surprised to learn and understand that long before UK gained much power, the central regions which included Germany and the Balkans was considered to be the power of Eurasia. I learned that Germany and Austria was like, the head. And somehow after the Crusades and later Hungary went through a decline, eventually, France, England and other countries in the west gained power. So now, you've made me so happy because I understand much better how the world wars came about! Germany and Italy began to compete! This makes so much sense! Oh! Thank you again! And yes, I did read about the mountains in the Horn of AFrica and about Eritrea being mountainous, but I did not realize that Ethiopia was also mountainous. LOL @Pioneer1 Mussolini did not have a problem being a supremacist! Later, he joined up with Hitler.
  6. African Leaders Summit Hosted by the White House & Interview with Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao OH MY GOD! Dr. Chihombori-Quao [Dr. Chi] is a walking, breathing, and living miracle! The Al-Jeerza Host, Mr. Steve Clemons, interviewed her and she was on fire! She was the former Ambassador of the African Union to the United States for three (3) years, from 2017 to 2019. And I posted a recent interview. She spoke after about 49 African representatives met at the White House. The entire video had me, figuratively on the edge of my seat! Halfway into the interview she addresses the issue of ‘racism’ and the African American plight. Dr. Chi grew up in Zimbabwe and emigrated to the US where she earned a degree in Chemistry and a master’s degree in Organic Chemistry initially and eventually she studied and became a medical doctor. She graduated from Fisk University and Meharry Medical College, and they are both HBCU institutions. She practiced medicine for 29 years in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. One of her main positions about how the western world has negatively affected Africa revolves around the Berlin Conference in 1885 that led to the divisions of the African continent. She is the second African Union Permanent Representative to hold that position. As the chair of the African Union-African Diaspora Health Initiative (AU-ADHI) her works involves mobilizing Africans in the Diaspora health professionals in assisting with Africa’s continental healthcare crisis. She met and married the love of her life in 1980 and they has five children. The rest of her accolades are also outstanding but, I think that this brief video of her will prove that this woman is ‘a Balm in Gilead’! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arikana_Chihombori-Quao \
  7. I'VE SOME PICTURE REFERENCES. They are of the Ethiopian men during the Invasion of Italy. I've read and read and still do not understand the whole scheme of why the Italians invaded but I do believe it has something to do with the BERLIN CONFERENCE. I believe that this kind of history would be better understood if it was taught in a formal classroom environment by scholars, but thanks to this technological age, I can at least try to read and understand. Most of these Ethiopian men fled into the woods when they were invaded and a lot of them became 'BAREFOOT WARRIORS'. They were bushmen and fled their homes to protect their women and children and fought a guerilla-style, I think. It was an awful war. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ======================================================= Jagama Kello (pictured below) F2FAFRICA.COM HISTORY At age 15, this Ethiopian general with a powerful afro hair helped free his people from Italian fascists Mildred Europa TaylorMarch 24, 2019 Jagama Kello was only 15 when he took to the bush and the battlefield to defend his country, Ethiopia, from the Italian invasion of 1935. In October 1935, fascist Italian war leader, Benito Mussolini launched his invasion of Ethiopia. https://face2faceafrica.com/article/at-age-15-this-ethiopian-general-with-a-powerful-afro-hair-helped-free-his-people-from-italian-fascists Jagame Kello (Center) Jagama Kello (Some say he was 16, but this link says he was 15. His older brother is on the right and he had a gun. But Jagama fled into the woods with his brother and surprised the Italian military. He killed the enemy and they seized their guns and firepower. Jagama became very ill with malaria years later and because he refused to cut his afro, it was told that he would not get well. So Haile Selassie came to his home and ordered him to cut his afro. LOL. He got well and lived to be about 90 years old. He was a decorated military man with many metals. LINK STATES; ETHIOPIANS ON THEIR WAY TO THE NORTHERN FRONT HAILE SELASSIE in the front row, center Their afros are connected to their religious beliefs. The Lions of the Tribe of Judah, the longtime flag symbol of which goes all the way back to the Seljuk Turks. I think the Ottoman Turks of Eurasia is part of this present conflict that has led to the great civil war with Tygray. Ethiopia was called Tigray for a long time probably before the Berlin conference. I read that the Ethiopians were faced with Italians front line of military men of whom were Black men, Habesha men but many of the other Black African men on Italian front lines were foreigners from the east, somewhere in or near Central Asia or perhaps Turkey. They were known by a very common name for AFricans in northeast as LASKARIS. This term is still common today and describes Black African cartoon characters in certain countries like France, India, etc. So the Laskaris were used by the Italians as their first line of attack against the Habesha men of Ethiopia. Anyway, if they had hair, then they had afros. If they did not, and showed a pattern of baldness, then it is a genetic expression that shows they were intermixed with the Orginal Egyptians! The Egyptians, no matter if they are AFrican or not, were and will always be regarded as the 'firstborn' people of God if they chose to honor and worship the Creator and this is Biblical. The Creator judges governments and not on a genocidal level. Mankind is completely deceived by a White Supremacist concept. They commit genocide not the Supreme Being.
  8. Interesting. I never look at it this way but it makes sense.
  9. @Pioneer1 Yes, BUT it is as you say, A WORD GAME THAT THEY PLAY! This is absolutely NOT in scripture and therefore, it's NOT true Christians though, that pray to lessers gods or etc. The scriptures say that JESUS himself said to pray to HIS FATHER but that is the trick--the word game. The Anti-Christ. Well, maybe this is why Western scholars, some of them anyway, define African Americans as being Afro-Asiatic. Yes, the Arabs did intermix and so did other foreigners that came to North east Africa from the northeast and Central Asian world because it showed up in my son's DNA ancestry. And, well, I know my family oral history anyway, even before he took the DNA test. I was shocked when it came back to confirm, but I told him and he's heard it for years. The Coptic Africans though know their scriptures and their ancestral stories. They are plagued with issues of Colorism and it is obvious, just like the whole world. But they know better because their scripts attest that they are suppose to be defined by their African traits. They know that their leaders are suppose to be Dark skinned. THAT IS AN INHERITED POSITION THAT THE CREATOR GOD MADE CLEAR. The Bible makes it clear over and over again. It is redundant. But I believe that we do not see the whole truth and the western world controls media and therefore, we may not know the whole truth of what is happening over there, but times are changing fast! Those Hebrew Israelites know that God blessed Moses because of the women he chose to bare his generations. They know that God blessed David because of the woman he chose to bare his generations and David put his son Solomon on his throne. Then Jesus came and named Peter to set up the Church and changed his name from Simon to Peter, because that name defines Peter as being BLACK! ROCK OIL. PETROLEUM. Those Habesha people know that Moses detailed that in their 3rd and 4th generations, their ethnicity was suppose to be defined mostly by the African trait of EXPRESSING WOOLY HAIR! They know this. It is an inherited responsiblity. They are suppose to be 'an African people'. They are defined by the MOTHERLAND, meaning the BLACK AFRICAN WOMAN, the orginal human kind that carries that WOOLY HAIR to mark the AFrican world. Those Hebrews know this. God is not playing. And everytime they became obsessed with colorism, they/we were judged by God in their/our 3rd and 4th generations. COLOR IS NOT PRIMARY BUT THE AFRICAN HAIR IS A PRIMARY TRAIT and those Hebrews know this. But when it came to the prophets, they were chosen by God because they dealt with the issue of Colorism and embraced Black African women to correct the issues of colorism that they had been plaged with in times of captivity and oppression and so, God bless them for it. So, its not a big deal that the Habesha people express many different shades, but God INDIRECTLY made it clear that they are to be AN AFRICAN PEOPLE marked with NAPPY HAIR, the primary genetic mark of African people. Solomon wrote about it too. That's why he wrote about Abishag, the Black virgin with the thick 'combination-hair-type'. The TOP and 11th layer of the temple was made of LAMB'S WOOL and covered all of the other ten curtains to represent that JOSEPH was the FIRSTBORN [Ephraim] and all Ten Tribes were eventually intermixed and defined as the TEN TRIBES and as JOSHEPH. Those Eritreans and Ethiopians know this. The Egyptians depicted Joseph in his temple with his big afro. The FUZZY WUZZY Beja warriors were depicted on post cards during the ad 1800s and had the same hairstyle, TEFFA, that Joseph was also depicted with in ancient Egypt. The 12th layer of the temple was also sewn in one piece and it was RAM'S WOOL DYED IN RED to mark the prophecy of the coming of the lord. And the 13th layer was, I think, badger or beaver skin, the leather skin to represent the 'raincoat' or Holy Covering [Holy Comforter] of the temple and ark, the Word of God, and represented the covering of the 12 tribes by the coming of the Holy Spirit. So, some depictions of the priest in the cities of Ethiopia can be seen and a lot of them are very dark skinned men. But again, the skin color is not primary at all in the eyes of God but, due to Colorism and White Supremacy, it is a factor though. As for the firstborn though, many Israelite men, and Black AFrican men, and men all over the world that are also European, White, from India, etc. 'are bald' because that is also an inheritance, the MARK OF A FIRSTBORN. I actually meant to write about this GENETIC MIRACLE that the Creator God has done to Mark the human race in that it is an Egyptian origin, but I have not gotten around to it yet. There is much more to it on a genetic basis. But the Hebrew Israelite men are not tecnically FIRSTBORN males on this earth so, after thousands of years, they express other traits. Solomon wrote about the expression of all textures of hair-type that they would express but the WOOLY HAIR IS A DOMINANT TRAIT that is to define them with their African/Seth origins. The Creator God wanted them to intermix with other cultures in the Middle East, and etc. and African people since they migrated down into Egypt and AFrica. Their male origins are Shem, but Africa is their motherland. So they know that they are suppose to be defined by their original traits of Seth and, the FIRST ANATOMICALLY STRAIGHT YDNA HAPLOGROUP ON EARTH. They know this. This is redundant in the Bible. The PM of Eritrea, even though he is an older man, has his genetic marker and most of the figthing men in that region are definitely going to have their Afros.
  10. Sudan War, US & Russia Fighting Proxy War In Sudan To Set Naval Bases In Red Sea There are some new reports published recently that answers to some questions and viewpoints shared in this community about what is really going on with the conflict in Sudan! One viewpoint is that this conflict is about Russia being the instigator to abrupt outbreak of violence in Sudan but then another viewpoint is that it is not just Russia but a proxy war between America and Russia. Well, it seems like more and more reports support the latter viewpoint! Irish politician Calls Out Western Countries For Funding War In Africa Another major point-of-view in this community which really peaks my interest is how the AU can help in this conflict! This too is what I believe as well, in that the participation of the AU is pivotal. But, I also believe that the countries where the Habesha people concentrate are also being targeted. In fact, the headquarters of the AU is in Addis Ababa and so, I believe that these people are already dealing with a lot of foreign pressure and so, the conflict in Sudan may also spill over into their borders. Which brings up another viewpoint as to whether or not other AFricans will help Sudan. IMO, it may happen and I based my beliefs on what had occurred in the past during the Great Mahdi war in the late AD 1800s. I have done a little research and tried to piece together what really did lead up to this conflict but, how much information is avaliable? When it comes to AfroAmericans, I believe that we are not offered a clear pathway to really understand everything, but I believe that we should try to learn as much as possible. One major reason why this conflict in Sudan peaks my interest is because my ancestor was stolen from that region in the early 1800s when Mohammad Ali came from the north, the Ottoman Turkish government, and set up in Egypt. Decades later, the Ottomans were replaced by the Arab Egyptians and the British were in control. So, it was during this time that the Mahdi conflict occurred. Secular reports say that the British government were surprised at one point because the Muslims in Sudan joined with the Habesha people and a few 'heroes' miraculously travelled southwards over a great expanse of desert and then came back north and was able to gather a large force. power lines were cut and so, communication was thwarted to the point that the British force was caught off guard and the poor and starving African men somehow overwhelmed the enemies one night and captured a lot of fire power. But they eventually lost the war, nevertheless, I believe that there is a lot more to understand about that war and I believe that it may relate to what is going on right now. Just like the Madhi conflict, I believe that religion plays a big part in these conflicts as well as many Africans are outraged about being oppressed by foreignes from the west. And so, it should come as no surprise that I believe this because most people know my stance! So, I will briefly mentioned that this very conflict in Sudan began abruptly on April 14 and during this very day and week, there were a lot of celestial wonders that did occur in the skies! As a matter of fact, the volcano eruption going on right now near Mexico City, began on April 14, 2023! Even though this volcanoe has been active for years, this recent eruption is alarming sceintist! In addition, Mt. Etna is also erupting right now and there is a record setting flooding in Northern Italy as well. And, I believe that there is a connection with what is going on right now on our earth that correlates to what is also going in in the skies! History says that about 2000 years ago during this same week, a celestial occurrence eventually led to a violent edict in the Middle east. So I would not ignore the fact that those AFrican people over there do have conflicts based on a religious basis and have been attacked for this reason too.
  11. That's your opinion @Stefan I say it is. Black entertainment in the form of singing the blues may not have become part of Blak culture by choice but that form of entertainment became associated with Black culture just as certain sports.
  12. Ah Man! The queen has passed! May She RIP.
  13. You sure broke down the position of William Lloyd Garrison and Frederick Douglass very well! @richardmurray Thank you. I did not know WLG's position about the Jews, but I've heard other Black Americans during those times also did not completely agree with the Jewish contributions too. But no, I have not heard about the film Passing. But, I did a quick google and see that it seems like a good film to watch!
  14. LOL! @Stefan Wait-a-minute. Can you read between the lines? I don't believe that any other people have been so watched as the slaves during American slavery times when they had to shout in Church to show the Master that they were preaching and conforming to the 'obey you master' hype to avoid being killed. Whether some of us jump off too deeply in our obssession with celebrities and the NBA or not, there is a reason why they both become a vital aspect of being invited to the White House! This is part of our culture.
  15. Ah! @Stefan Thank you. So it seems that both of them turned to the Arab gulf states for help! Maybe not, but at any rate, they may be even if they don't want to be. Well, after doing more research and trying to understand better, I can definitely understand what you say about the geographical aspect. I recently came to understand that during one of the World Wars, one faction attempted to march their forces through the desert from the region near Alexandria in hopes of reaching the nile and failed. I believe that the AU has been involved. I think that they are being pressed. However, I don't think the intentions are good to involve them though.
  16. True! But maybe part of this problem is that they've invited these 'devil's' thousands of years ago especially during the time of the rise of Alexander-the-Great and the Ptolemies and they've never left. Oh wait, they've invited them much earlier than that!
  17. I feel stuck in a continual trap when I hear stories like this. I cannot even help myself let alone be of any help to anyone else. We need a group effort but sadly, there are too many well-to-do Blacks that become the wall... until they get hurt.
  18. LOL @Stefan Okay. But nevertheless, this comet did come so close to our planet that it was able to be seen with the naked eye!
  19. This is probably true, the sad truth. However, it effort is put into these situations, the financial return will come eventually and in various ways, I believe @richardmurray When I think about this, I also think about the CRM and how it took off. I was told by older men who had been in the military that the CRM actually started due to Black men coming back from the Korean War and this completely surprised me. I had never heard of that before! I even graduated from an HBCU and never heard of that until after I joined a book club and was invited to sit at the table with AfroAmerican Islamic men. I was also told at this time that the song TAPS became famous due to the many Black men that had been killed. Man! And so, I reseached and found out that the brother was right! I said this because, I believe that even though there might be little financial return in having a good media source right now, eventually, there should be a decent return. As a result of the CRM, many Black people who had been oppressed were able to get jobs, better education, and etc. AND ON THIS SAME NOTE: Did anyone read and here about a Black man named RASHEED CARTER!!! My heart ache's for what he endured. He was murdered last year, but nevetheless, I feel that the media is watering it down and providing mild phrases like, 'He was allegedly killed' and such like. He was murdered! Apparently, he was a cook and had beef with his supervisor and this led to him being pursued for days. He went to his mother and told her and then she told him to go to the police. He went to the police and told them that he was being chased by three (3) truck loads of White men. He then told his mother if anything happens to me, you know who did it. Then, he went missing. After a month, the remains of his body was found in pieces in certain areas in Mississippi. Deer camera footage captured a shirtless Rasheem Carter in the Mississippi woods on October 2, 2022 — the day his mother reported him missing. Rasheem Carter family handout Rasheem Carter was seen on a trail camera shirtless on the day he was reported missing. The Black man's mother told Insider she believes the image shows Carter was "running for his life." A local sheriff says no one else was with Carter in the footage and that there's no evidence yet he was murdered. The mother of the 25-year-old man whose remains were found a month after he disappeared told Insider on Wednesday that the wildlife camera image of her son shows that "something was wrong" and that he was "running for his life." "You could see there are bruises on him," Carter's mother, Tiffany Carter, told Insider of the October 2, 2022 image with a time stamp of 4:32 p.m. "When I see that picture, I know my son was somewhere struggling, somewhere running for his life." https://www.insider.com/rasheem-carter-trail-camera-photo-before-missing-death-mother-2023-3
  20. Yes @ProfD I think it would be ridiculous to believe that mankind has had anything to do with the formation of this planet or the universe. No one today, no matter how smart they are has been able to explain how the solar system has formed or how humans began. Scientist can clone but that means they can only use what is here. They cannot create any new human and that to me is amazing. Human beings are not credited for creating humans or a solar system and therefore, they have no ultimate power to destroy the planet or save the planet from any sort of massive castastrophe. Some people believe that the earth has been damaged by mankind, and I do believe this to an extent. I can understand why some people believe that Climate Change may be part of mankinds actions, but I also believe that there are other factors to also consider. You say, the Earth has a way of taking care of itself, well, that may be true but, I surely don't want to have to flee to a cave and live like that due to the Earth purging violently to take care of itself! I do not want to be reduced to living like a cave woman. Most of humans are on the bottom of the class system and we are already struggling while a minority life wealthy. That bothers me a lot.
  21. So true @Pioneer1. I think this has happened to all of Africa even before the Berlin Conference, as you obviously know. It is amazing to me in how this was able to happen. I am still in the learning process though but, it is amazing. I guess at some point after the prophet Mohammad conflicted with his own people, he fled to Africa from Saudi Arabia and found refuge. Soon, he went back to his country and started a conflict and used the platform of slavery which led to a division. Then I think history says that he went to Syria and married a rich Syrian widow. At this point, I think eventually, Arab people developed their religion and script, and from what hear from African American Islamic men, their is division because their books, although based on the Hebrew Israelites and Moses, has been interpreted in a unique way. Somehow, the ancient MONOTHEISTIC RELIGION of Black AFrican kings has been erased and they are defined as worshiping idols and somehow, the Arabs religion is become supreme. But historically, it was the Black kings that were monotheistic because that is what 'A KING' means anyway. Black AFrican people eventually became inundated with Arab people intertwining their version of ancient history into the Black AFrican scripts and this kind of religion is now part of Africa especially in Sudan. I believe that the Arab presence is a vital aspect of what is going on right now in Sudan and the Ethiopians, Eritreans, Tygrayans, etc. are being stalked. The Arab people's religion is not the same everywhere, IMO, but again, I am still trying to understand. But everyone over there for the most part anyway lives by religion and that will never change as it has over hear with the Greek idea of democracy. That is just not going to happen. The Greeks brought their form of government into AFrica hundreds of years even before Rome formed and tried to get all of those AFrican men to drop monotheism and that is a failed mission eventhough they still constantly bagger those Black African men about it and about homosexuality. It's just not going to happen. Homosexuality and idolatry has caused a lot of problems in Africa, but it will never be completely accepted. Those Black men are getting more and more defensive against White domination. Yes, @ProfD it seems like the tieds are starting to change on that very score! I don't know if they will ever be able to kick everybody out though, but it sure does make me feel good to see some of those beautiful men overthere speak up--and women too. There are some very vocal and amazing women overthere too. And, I think too though, that it is not a bad thing to have some outside partners though. But they are getting a lot of kick back about China, Russia, and the west.
  22. Of course you know, I am NOT going to let this slide!!! You laugh @ProfD! It's funny to me too, at times. @Stefan, you can take your tin foil hat off FOR NOW, because it's not everyday that 'heavenly bodies' interact with earth to cause catastrophe. So digging underground homes and shooting rockets into the sky to knock out little rocks and big rocks may seem like a waste of time, but there is a reason why the White House would fund NASA and other organizations and spend millions of dollars developing powerful telescopes and satellites. We may be okay for now but I'll be back in a few, to drop some more comments about how comets, meteors and asteroids, of which come from comets, I might add[!] have definitely gotten past our atmosphere and impacted earth. According to ancient scripture, this earth will always remain but it also is stated redundantly that one-third of this planet will be destroyed. So human life will continue but that doesn't mean that we will all be okay and live in a pleasant atmosphere enjoying the daylight warmth or a cool summers night. I have learned a lot in the recent past about an amazing term; A Volcanic Winter and other phenomena that led to an ice age and hopefully, I will return to make some more comments about this amazing green comet that came into our orbit and got past the suns heat. I think you may already know what I will be posting about perhaps. But I will give a hint; The extinction of the dinosaurs.
  23. Yes! @richardmurrayI understand this! Maybe we need Tokyo Rose up in this crisis, or maybe WION! Maybe we need some hardcore reporters in the African Diaspora forum or something. Black Americans need to get a better voice outside of America on a continuing basis, I suppose.
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