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Elon never struck me as someone who cared that much for addressing the need of the common man. Tesla's are nice but I can't afford one... I have wonder why does he care. All I can do is wonder because Twitter will never reveal that. Even at $4 per gallon for premium, in neck of the woods, gas is still pretty cheap relative to the other countries and relative to our own past. Unless I take a road trip I don't have to fill up my take for at least three weeks. I doubt I'm unusual. Honestly, I think gas should be more expensive for a variety of reasons but mostly to push down consumption. Most people around here drive gas guzzling trucks on their way to the convenience store to buy lottery tickets and beer. Meanwhile, Amazon trucks are driving around major metro areas, polluting the air, delivering things to people too lazy to go outside, walk across the street and buy at their corner store.

@daniellegfny, I'd argue that I'm more tech savvy than your typical person -- even the so called social media influencers people like to talk so much about, as I actually build with technology. In other words I'm not a luddite. That said, I'm in @ProfD's camp meaning that I will not be joining the Zuck's metaverse either. Now I will poke my head in from time to time to see what is going on, but the idea of going into a fully immerse environment controlled by someone solely interested in exploiting and manipulating me for profit is not something I'll be lining up to sign up for. You through people were being manipulated by social media now, wait until you we are in the clutches of the Metaverse 🙄

So now you want me to prove negatives You are incorrigible Danielle. "Snobbery" is an interesting way to describe a desire to seek reputable sources for news and information. Again, sources matter.

@nels sources matter. I too am not convinced you are what is known as a troll. Some trolls troll because they get their kicks riling others up. In the social media age trolls are even paid, as they help spread propaganda and misinformation to confuse the public. I'm not sure what your motivation is, but when someone demonstrates zero interest in intellectual honestly they are indistinguishable from a troll. Would you entertain the idea and consider Lifezette is a questionable source?

@Stefan the problem with comparing the Jewish Holocaust (as done in the article you shared) and the African Holocaust in terms of reparations is that we were talking about living survivors. The same goes for the Japanese-Americans who victimized during WWII. While there is at least one surviving child of an enslaved African (see video below) the vast majority of us are generations removed from slavery. As a result it is hard for people to see why we should be compensated. The other problem is that the American public is so poorly educated about American slavery most people think we were put in a better position by being brought here -- seriously! Then of course you have the population of white people, who despite their advantages compared to Black people, are struggling. They deserve help too, but Black people deserve so much more. This discrepancy leads to jealously and just plan hate. this will be virtually impossible to over come. Maybe instead of cash payments. How about a life time of not having to pay federal income taxes and a refund of taxes previously pad with interest 🙂

Sci-fi may be my favorite film genre. There are so many that I enjoyed. Generally the first film in the most popular franchises (The Matrix, Predator, Aliens, Star Wars, Star Trek, Terminator, etc) as well as one offs like Ex Machina are films I enjoyed I have never seen an alien, as far as I know. I do believe there is intelligent extraterrestrial life. I would absolutely pay to board a UFO and go to another planet especially one with superior technology (and hopefully behavior). From the link you provided @Stefan I discovered Son Of Ingagi (1940): the first all-Black horror film. I will watch this on my TV later -- Thanks! I watched most of the other films, most of them I did not care about very much. I did enjoy seeing Black Panther, but thought The Matrix was a far better film.

Yeah the problem is it caused money to produce journalism and the web has created the perception that this is produced for free. As a result many people consume "news" via instagram and uninformed. First is has not gone "well" for Black folks so far. But you indirectly bring up a good point. The money should come from a private fund. The government, technically, does not have money they can only levy taxes or borrow it. The vast majority of the wealth accrued from slavery went to "the 1%" and their wealth has increased generationally. Maybe they should pony up a small percentage of their slavery derived wealth and fund reparations for Black people. They are the only ones with the money to pay for it anyway. As of March 2021, the wealth of US Billionaires was 4.18 trillion it is surely more in 2022. Would the wealthiest give up just 10% of their wealth to make this problem go away? 😉 The truth cash money to individuals alone will not solve the problem. The structural problems also need to ne remedied.

Embedding @daniellegfny Instagram post (below). How do you vet the information you dig up on the web and chose to believe? BTW none of the information you posted above even suggests that Kapenick wants to kill police officers. Have you decided to back off and admit your assertion was false?

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One of my kids got a Con Ed (NYC Utility company) for over $400 -- for a small studio apt! She said there was an across the board hike. So it is not just rents.

@Stefan I followed the link you posted above It illustrates the problem with the web and how it adversely effects Black Enterprise. The article, "If your credit score ever falls under 700..." is embedded placed in BE's site just like any other article. I clicked the link. which send me here: https://partners.thepennyhoarder.com/700-credit-score-prt/ The article included the text: "James Cooper. He didn’t know anything about credit, but Credit Sesame showed him the exact steps he needed to take to improve his score — from a 524 to 801.*" On it's face this is highly unlikely extreme, only then did I question what I was reading. I trusted Black Enterprise. The article sends people to Credit Sesame. The asterisk at the end of the statement provided the following disclaimer (assuming the reader noticed and bothered scroll to the end of the page). "Credit Sesame does not guarantee any of these results, and some may even see a decrease in their credit score." The also indicate that less than 50% will see an increase of 10 points (which is a negligible increase for someone to pay to achieve). Black Enterprise was paid to link to The Penny Horder and the Penny Horder was paid to link to Credit Sesame. All of this is done through deceptive tactics and the reader is just misled and ultimately ripped off. This is what Black Enterprise has become.

Embedding Danielle instagram post (above) I'm sure you have insulted me more times I have insulted all the other combined. Again you are just making things up again. @Pioneer1, tell Mzuri how often have I insulted you. @Mzuri you conflate disagreement, and a challenge of your ideas, as insulting.

Amen.

Well I'm super glad that you all have refuted the propaganda and outright lies that Daniellegfny and others relentlessly to post. @daniellegfny it is crystal clear from this post that you are not interested in advancing your knowledge. When you first posted that Biden was giving away crack pipes it was clear that you did not read the grant. Your posts about Colin Kaepernick and Critical Race theory were similar: you make an false statement, you are shown the truth, then you react by bring in more erroneous information while never addressing the original false statement. A reasonable person would acknowledge the error and move on -- but you continue to push the lie (it is a lie now because you know the truth). The question one is forced to ask is, why? Why do you continue to push something that is clearly a lie, like saying Colin Kaepernick called for the killing of police? (Did you remove that comment Danillegfny?) What are you trying to accomplish? Why continue to push the idea that Biden is handing out crack pipes? What is in it for you? There is plenty one can critique Biden on without making stuff up. Honestly, what is your motivation?

"Ambigram" that is a new one on me. What does "92\11\2" mean? The Brits would write the date as 22022022 I always thought that was a better way of writing dates (going to smaller to high scale. Happy 2/22/22!

thanks Del. I have to combine that passion and commitment with working smarter. Which means utilizing technology and the talents of other people. That has been my biggest realization while here in Tulsa. That happened because i was working in co/working space for a year rather than my home office 🙂

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Hey @Delano does that mean anything? I guess I could have asked the question the day before when it was 2/20/2022 on on the on the 2nd, 2/2/2022 😉

I'm also considering how artificial intelligence (AI) can, or should, be brought to bear in this conversation. There are just so many technologies available today it is min boggling. We should also keep tabs on the emerging metaverse and what that means as well. But back to 5G and IoT, these technologies have the potential to put control back into the hands of the the masses -- in exactly the same way the WWW did before if feel under the control of massive corporations.

Agreed, but until doing so is no longer profitable it will never happen in our current system. @Delano it is not so much the leader that matters it is the followers. If the masses are uninformed or worse brain washed they can be easily manipulated by anyone with charm and a way with words. Charisma and the gift of gab are the requisite tools to lead people. This is not will likely change this -- it is in our DNA. If you add either narcissism or celebrity to the mix it is a wrap! Trump has all four as does Oprah. I don't think anyone would argue that Oprah has a least a touch of narcissism, given she is on the cover of every issue of her magazine and always manages to make interviews she does with folks as much about her as the person she is interviewing. People in the community doing the work are usually not narcissists or celebrities, so they work in obscurity. Now they can certainly have an impact, but no one is going to give them a platform without getting something in return ... consider an Al Sharpton or Candice Owens. There appear to be bright spots. I think celebrities like Lebron James will break the mold, and become impactful leaders beholden to no one.

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@Delano I may taker you up on that... @Pioneer1 and @Stefan you make good points. All you have to do is appeal to people's emotions and fears, then truth, reason, and compassion for other becomes irrelevant. So what can be done about it besides running away to Australia?

The book is on backorder from my distributor. but apparently still in print: Black No More: Being An Account Of The Strange And Wonderful Working Of Science In The Land Of The Free, A.D. 1933-1940 by George S. Schuyler ADD TO CART Selected for 1 Book Club’s Reading List Publication Date: Nov 07, 1989 List Price: $19.95 Format: Paperback, 222 pages Classification: Nonfiction ISBN13: 9781555530631 Imprint: Northeastern

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