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Deploying National guide troops and one of the safest areas in the country blocks away from the White House is a waste of time money and human resources. sadly the guys were critically injured for no good reason. Those two guys should’ve been doing whatever the heck they were doing before they were unnecessarily deployed to DC.

This is a stereotype. Who has measured penis girth and length and categorized this by so called race across a statistically significant number of men for you to justify making this statement. Similar issue with your proclamations for women’s butts.

It is not a matter of what I think. It is a simple fact; the government takes money from some people and distributes it to others

@richardmurray don't worry about those brothers just are projecting what they would do with the money 🙂 That, or you, as @ProfD said, you are misinterpreting what he wrote. Clearly you left @Pioneer1 speechless -- no small feat. I think UBI is the last thing on his mind. It is not a pillar of the Republican party. They are motivated by the acquisition of wealth not distributing it. They are about exploitation period. Back to the $2K there are people who need work on their car, would like to zero out a credit card balance to improve their credit, or maybe take a little vacation for their mental health and if they buy an ounce of weed -- so what. The real problem is one-time payment is a short-term measure, not a solution. If the US somehow decided to pay a UBI you can forget about reparations forever.

That is an understatement. Hummm that doesn’t sound right there are many ways to benefit a person than directly giving the money which has a high likelihood of being spent on crack. Why should you get Karmic credit for that? Why am I even arguing the point of this? As if there is some type of cosmic justice 🤨 @richardmurray do you type all of your responses from a computer keyboard? They are very long. I was just curious I dictate most of mine, including this one. it’s far from perfect.

Of course, brother, I’m not suggesting you pull a bunch of flies off some horse shit and make a soup. 😉

I’m sure McDonald’s is trash food. I go maybe once or twice a year always during a road trip for a fast hot breakfast I can eat in the car. I imagine eating there every day as bad as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. I know a lot of people who swear pork is so bad but they eat cows and chickens. My only real aversion to eating pork is that pigs are relatively intelligent animals if I had to slaughter one myself I probably wouldn’t bother and fry up some fish instead. As far as eating bugs, I don’t see a problem with it. Brother Rizza is talking like eating insects is crazy. I don’t understand — it is probably healthier than eating a goat or chicken. Many African cultures consume insects He sounds childish on the subject.

Excuse my ignorance but does tether I to all nonFBAs here or just the ones who talk dot about us. I’m afraid unless the owners of new Black Media are more mission driven than financially driven. It Will ultimately not serve us.

That is certainty a factor give the midterms are a full year away. But that is also ample time for the current administration to create more havoc. Eyes will be in NYC too.

The reason that technology reaches people quickly (goes viral) is that it is designed to do just that. I argue that content used to do that does not serve us. If you do not use the technology the way they do no one besides you and me will use it. Think BET. It is not just us man. Most of the country is in this predicament. Of course, when American catches a cold... always applies.

I watched this TV series called The OA on Netfix it dealt with the subject of traveling through different dimensions. It held my attention but I would not string recommend it unless this subject really appeals to you. I see a fetus.

@aka Contrarian the death of the penny was lok overdue. When I was kid you could buy all sorts of candy for a penny. Can you buy anything for even a nickel today? Get rid of those too. Who still carries currency anyway? The only time I carry currency is when I play poker and spend the winnings

Right, I actively avoid consuming content on social for reasons I can go on with all day long. So it does not matter to me who owns it as I don't use it. If Black folks owned it, and it operated the same way, I still would not use it. The move for Black people is not to embrace the same f'ed systems greedy white boys use to exploit the populace (winking at Richard). We desperately need to do things that will serve us. This is true to the nation in general.

The democrats will, I believe, make gains in the midterms. I'm glad the government shut down ended. The only people being hurt were the poor. I don't hold this against the democrats either. MANY people lost a month and half of pay and will not get it back. If you've never lived paycheck-to-paycheck or were so food insecure you needed food stamps, you simply can or don't want to relate. As far as the republicans using the shut down as a tactic, DHTPHTG. Another reason the Dems will prevail in the midterms...

Jealously and insecurity are human emotions nothing is inherently wrong with them, but like all negative emotions including hate, fear, envy, etc we should try to moderate then. If a brother greets your woman with a smile while you are standing there, do you fly into a rage or are your pleased that she was greeted in a friendly manner? Do you later give her grief, or slap her around, for encouraging the brother or do you think homie was a friendly guy? The emotions are natural what provokes them and how we react to them is what matters.

Because we are not animals and many of us have some modicum of self-control. It seems your expectations of humans is pretty low. Perhaps I'm naive but, I would not be worried about my son banging my wife, or my wife cutting my head off -- I don't have that kind of mental energy. Virtually all the women I interact with are classy enough not to raise me suspicion of sleeping with my son -- especially if I'm dating them. I don't have a son, but I would hope they would also respect the code implicitly. Now you raise an issue with "class." Clearly everyone in this story were of a lower class. Perhaps in these social circles one need to worry about children hooking up with stepparents. I call this "ghetto mentality." That you @Pioneer1 you might be watching too much step-mom porn 🫣

The accused, a porn star, married, a man who already had children, one of whom she ultimately started banging and eventually married. Making that man both her stepson and husband. At some point, she apparently cut off the first dude’s head. Well, it makes for a funky looking family trees, People get into relationships with their stepchildren all the time. The missing head is unusual, but probably not a first.

He hired his lover for a $160K NYC gig. DHTPHTG. The New York Times covered the story otherwise I would never heard about this book. It was self published. I don’t see very many sales despite the coverage by the Times

Is this an original poem @harry brown?

@Delano yeah I get that, but it does not explain the appeal. @ProfD I remember the song, but don’t recall that particular line. I wouldn’t have recognized the brother in the video as being a member of the rap group.

Sure, I meant there is no good reason. I've encountered souls like this the worst (most dangerous) ones are those that have deluded themselves into believing that they would NOT will say and/or do anything to get what they want. Wow. I'm not sure the endorsement helps. It is not like any remaining Adams supporters will vote for Cuomo. I would probably vote for Curtis Sliwa if I was still in NYC. I remember back in the 70's when the city was dangerous Sliwa he and his Guardian Angels patrolled. I saw this with my own eyes and he earned my respect back then. I think the guy is the only one actually sincere about improving the city and more of a true New Yorker than any of the remaining candidates. The buses are already "free." Very few people pay for the bus in my neighborhood (east Harlem). ...and NOBODY pays for the bus from LGA airport to NYC LOL!

Why y'all watch these videos? 🥱

Yeah, if the information is not public. "Insider trading" is illegal. Yeah, if the player knows you are going use the information to place a bet. If the someone in a regulated casino stacking a deck, loading dice, rigging slot machines they need to go to jail. It is larceny. Yeah, welcome to America. Extending a game to 6 or 7 games is not like throwing a boxing match -- which takes just one person to "go down in the 2nd." Extending a basketball series requires a lot more coordination with more people. The only possible out comes are a sweep (win in 4) win in 5, 6, or 7. Now wouldn't it make sense that a sweep is actually far less likely than winning in 7 -- given any playoff caliber can beat any other other playoff caliber team on any given night. Does that make sense? The most likely outcome of a series is 5, 6 or 7 assuming a standard distribution around the mean of 6 tell me 6 games series is very likely the most common outcome on conspiracy needed. Occam’s Razor Brother...

I imagine most Black men care more about their favorite sports team than they do about another Black country. They have deep knowledge about their team and their opponents and are happy when they win and are bummed out when they lose. But it is human nature I guess. We are tribal by nature and have evolved to follow "our" team. There is no evolutionary advantage to caring about some country 1,000s of miles away. There is an actual genocide in Dafur "where is that" but we don't really care.... Who's got the roundest butt around here 🫣