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I like him in everything. I liked him in Westworld, Broadwalk Empire, Shaft, you name it

I'm actually involved with the Black Book Accelerator project (side #5)

What?! That is unbelievable, maybe it was just really horrendous gas... It is unbelievable, but Elon has gotten what he paid for.

Unfortunately, this is why actors and entertainers (celebrities) are often treated as intellectuals to society's detriment. This is also why some intellectuals strain to become celebrities at the expense of the scholarship.

I know, but obviously genes play significant role in longevity. Plus imagine how long he would have lived if he did not drink... You are amazingly fortunate -- your lifestyle would have killed the average Black man before the age of 50. Everyone is different. Last night I spend the evening in a cigar bar. I did not smoke or drink whisky like I normally would, but I did drink some wine to no apparent ill effect. Perhaps for me moderation is the key. I had an uncle who died in his 30s from a heart attack. He lived fast and died very young. As far as I know he did not have any regrets. My ole man died a few years later and has now been dead longer than he lived. I wished he would have lived long enough to see me grown up. LOL! No dude ethyl alcohol would do a LOT more harm than good by drinking it to kill viruses inside the body. it is good for topical treatment or for surfaces, but not for drinking -- you starting to sound like Kennedy

So Trump actually shit himself? I’m surprised I had not heard that before.

you don’t drink viricide

Yeah, I hear you... But I also don't want to experience that flittering heart sensation. If it happened every time I drank any alcohol, I would stop it all immediately.

As a consequence of judgement, sure, but it depends upon the situation and person where the caution is applied.

When you strike out text what does that intended to communicate, that you don't cosign the information?

Yes, I was curious too as there was nothing on the label to distinguish it from any other wine I had in the house. Yes, but you don't drink it, which is why I considered your example extreme. Well Judgement is human nature -- a necessary part of survival.

I saw a handful of these films and none of them impressed me and most were simply awful. The top grossing films are seemingly made for children. I watched the movie The Conclave the other night it was excellent. It probably will not be a top grossing film, but I'd be surprised if it is not nominated for an Oscar.

Here is one. Interestingly, all of the images depicted "thick" Black women in the application I used Pixlr. This image features a sista with two legs and three feet

That is crazy. With the ready availability of DNA testing people can't get away with that crap now. What possible "Advantage" did a Black man have in American during the first half of the 20th century?

You wrote, "The Drones are belonging to US Reasearch companies....what they are researching is what was once called "Balled Lightening" - thought to be responsible for "crop circles"" Your statement implies that crop circles warrant and are indeed being investigated by the US military. Crop Circles are the post child for conspiracy theories. Besides if the military were investigating "balled lightening," seem that can just tell us that -- don't you think? Tying Balled Lightening to crop circles is firmly in the realm of a conspiracy theories. Yes, that was what the video reported. I guess this answers your question. This entire thing is very strange.

The WHO, AHA, or CDC does not issue the report for individuals nor was my question for individuals, so I'll leave it as is, though I don't quite understand why you can answer it. Can you explain? @frankster, cutting someone open with a knife is not go for you, but in the context of surgery it is. Why go off the deep end with your examples? I specifically mentioned red wine. If you mentioned beer or spirits, I could see it, but "Viricide fungicide and bactericide..." Come on man does anyone even drink that stuff. I brought some cheap wine-in-a-box at Costco and every time I drink this particular wine -- no exception it triggers AFib. So I stopped drinking it. I'm also considering cutting alcohol out altogether. This would be a major change to my life-style, but not worth having a stoke or heart attack to continue. Today when I look older videos and movies and see people smoking everywhere it just seems crazy. Looking back it is hard to believe we did that to ourselves. I think in the future when we look back at these times seeing people drinking so much we will look just as crazy.

@richardmurray I'm asking if drinking wine, in moderation, is good you; not "you" specifically, buy "you" in the in general case.

That is a plausible explanation... Starting to sound less plausible more conspiracy theoryish. Look if the American people can deal with learning about 45K dead civilians in Gaza without batting an eye we can handle a few aliens running around. Maybe it will help unify us.

@frankster that runs counter to the science: From the WHO: “We cannot talk about a so-called safe level of alcohol use. It doesn’t matter how much you drink – the risk to the drinker’s health starts from the first drop of any alcoholic beverage. The only thing that we can say for sure is that the more you drink, the more harmful it is – or, in other words, the less you drink, the safer it is,” —Dr Carina Ferreira-Borges, acting Unit Lead for Noncommunicable Disease Management and Regional Advisor for Alcohol and Illicit Drugs in the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

I was of the same opinion as you guys. Someone recently told me our thinking is antiquated, and that the new science says that no amount of alcohol is good for you. I pushed back saying, with everything there are trade-offs and that the benefits of moderate red wine consumption outweighs any negatives. That sentiment was rejected. They pushed back and cited the World Health Organization (WHO) report. I cited the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). I conceded that the CDC and AHA may be less biased than WHO due to the influence of government lobbyists. People often say they "do your own research" unless you have a lab, staff, and money, you can't "do you own research." So now I'm not sure what I believe. I guess I'll fund a lab and do my own research I just added an additional option to the poll, "I dunno."

What do you think?

It makes no sense to me that the planet's most powerful military doesn't where these thing are coming from. It seems to me that they have the potential to cause problems with commercial flights. I heard they are the size of refrigerators!? What is the problem? Scramble some jets.

Yes, who is in charge of this (serious question)? Good also implies wiliness to cooperate with others and supportive of the rules, laws, social norms, and cultural values -- even if you don't always agree with them. You work within the system to change them -- all for the greater good. There will aways be "bad" people who live outside or above the law. Again, if there are too many of these people it is worse for everyone else. The world wide web is very much like this today, it only promises to get worse...

Oh, that ship sailed long ago. True, but striving to be "good" and having that goal as a core value is the only way society with millions of people can function. While those who cheat, lie and steal can get ahead, if it were a core value our society would collapse. We may be reaching a tipping point in the regard.

I doubt that is done many schools spend a tremendous amount on athletic programs football coached can make more than school presidents. Again, this goes directly back my argument -- valuing athletics over intellect.