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I don't think I'm doing that. I'm making assessments on things that have actually happened. We know from the video that Diddy has no problem preying on weaker people. We also know that he is being held and denied bail, indicating that that there is enough evidence against him to take these actions. Will he be found not guilty, I don't know, only time will tell. There are plenty of reasons this happens. Let's say some major underworld gangster anally raped you with no witnesses. he was a childhood buddy and ya'll were seen hanging out together drinking reliving childhood memories. last thing you remember was him driving you home next thing you remember was a really sore rectum, blood semen stained sheets and in your mouth... How fast would you tell your boys what happened to you? Years later you learn the same thing has happened to others. After years of therapy and hearing about other victims you get the strength to come forward not so much for yourself, but to prevents other from living your nightmare. It does not smell funny to me. Of course there are some that would try to exploit the situation. But homegirl has the tapes now if you are saying it took 16 years for the tape to come out, that might explain the delay.

The same reason Jeff Bezos was allowed to buy the Washington Post -- the forbid them to endorse Kamala for President, which they were planning to do -- not that it would have made much of a difference... Our government serves as Capitalism's hand maiden. This is a subjective assessment; I'm sure there are people all over the world that would disagree. I prefer it because it is what I know best, but I'm under no illusion that it is the "greatest" nation. Unless you define "greatest" as have the largest military, or most billionaires... For who? Capitalism brought us hundreds of years of enslavement. Today we are still groveling for some form of recompense. Our people are locked up more than any other group on Earth. Man made climate change is off the rails and God only knows what that will men for future generations -- even white men are killing themselves at such a high rate our life expectancy is going down...

I think she was selected because she can sing her ass off. But to your point, I think it would have been a Genius move if Cynthia's and Ariana's roles were reversed, but you and I know why that would not have happened--unless there were Black people involved.

Maggie Thatcher ran the British Empire @Pioneer1 and there have been other women leaders of countries full of men. There are several female CEOs including Ursula Burns, a sister who ran Xerox. Women do and have always contributed more than just birthing babies. @ProfD. The problem is, as it is with Black people in general, is that the narrative is not crafted by women today. Just because the narrative tells a distorted story does not make it true. White boys would have you believe that aliens built the pyramids, and that God wants us to be good slaves for our masters.

Perhaps he pissed off his victims. She may have been, understandably scared to death to seek legal recourse. Now that he is locked up, he poses much less of a risk to her I thought the video was recent. I did not know it was 16 years old. I can only presume you do not believe he deserves jail time for the incident. I assumed that you were so pro Diddy because he was Black, but the women beaten in the hotel was Black too. Why not advocate for her just as vigorously? Do you feel she brought that punishment on herself, perhaps deserved it?

@ProfDI presume you saw the video of P. Diddy kicking that girl’s ass in the hotel hallway. Do you think he deserves time in jail for that? Do you think that was an isolated incident or reflective of a mentality and pattern of behavior? The comparison with Bill Cosby is apples and oranges. Perhaps some a more apt analogy would be with R. Kelly. I guess you believe R Kelly must’ve pissed off some Jews too huh? But then how do you explain how Jeffrey Epstein, Harvey Weinstein and other Jewish men have been treated? I think people engage in an egregiously illegal behavior and sometimes the criminal justice system treats them accordingly — even if they are rich, famous, even Jewish.

@richardmurray, the image that statement conjures is downright pornographic For most of the life of the Internet pornography was basically the purpose of the WWW as that was most of the traffic. Today, I believe collectively it is social media, but there’s a lot of porn on social media too. I mean, there are people who like to look at erotic images. It’s not exactly my thing; you’re not gonna see those images up on the walls in my home or catch me flipping through a book or magazine of naked women, no matter how tastefully done. @richardmurray you might recall that I asked you sometime ago to remove some erotic/pornographic images as not to run a foul of Google’s algorithm. That was the primary reason, but a secondary reason was I thought those images might turn people away from the site as well. There used to be a poster here who was always posting images of men full frontal nudity, erections. I deleted all that stuff so I guess on some level. I’m not just indifferent but truly not a fan, I guess I’m just a prude, huh?

Dude, the changes in female relative success over men is new. For the previous 300 years, men dominated schools and the behavior in the classroom was even more rigid. It is hard to have a successful career in school when you’re building a major drug operation. I’m not confident that is true or at least that it’s been true for most of human history. We know of many cultures that are matriarchal. We are also aware of cultures with female warriors, including our own.

Yes, that is what I was saying, but I wasn’t completely serious, which I hope the smiley face had indicated. It would’ve been great to see an Ali versus Tyson fight with each of them in their respective prime. I did not see the fight, not even a clip from the bout, so I have no idea what you’re talking about. That said Tyson always was known for unusual behavior…

nah, I think it’s due to living in a male dominated, patriarchal society. That said how do you explain the increasing rates of male suicide and particular black male suicide and recent years. How do you explain women, surpassing men and college admission and graduation rates?

Sure, allegedly. I seriously doubt they would’ve brought the case, and locked homeboy up, unless they had strong evidence. What do you think, they have flimsy evidence and a weak case against Diddy? Do you think he’s being railroaded, a victim of racism?

I believe I gave you my definitions for porn and erotica. Porn is for jerking off and erotica is for the mind. Porn is NSFW, while erotica may be… depending in the job. … then again the same could be said for porn—depends on the job

Physique wise, Ali was nothing like Tyson at 58in his prime

Y’all giving 50 Cent Greif? Diddy was on some Jeffrey Epstein level sh@t. Man, that is the weakest defense against going after Diddy that I ever heard. YOU don’t ever remember what Eminem supposedly did 15 years ago. What did he do call someone a name?! I guess when Eminem or vanilla ice (who is that ) start running under age sex trafficking rings or kicking women while they’re on the ground then denying it until a video they paid to suppress is released. Look Diddy was denied a $50 million bail, I’m sure he did some really bad things and probably told a bunch of Black people. Well, I’m not sure if they’re building websites anymore, but they’re definitely using social media for this purpose. I can’t even go on YouTube to upload a video without seeing something about Puff Daddy. I watched a few of the videos that woman Jaguar, Katt Williams, 50 Cent and a veritable potpourri of miscellaneous others Talking about P. Diddy. Who knows maybe Trump will pardon him.

Hey @richardmurray I don’t answer your questions because I often don’t understand them. What does “NSFW” mean? Porn, is probably best suited for masturbation which is a private matter typically. Erotica like good foreplay starts with mental stimulation and the photos aren’t necessary if it’s any good. While I have no idea, what an NSFW is, I would not mix porn and erotica together in the same question,, as I (and I believe most ) consider them two different things. This is something else that makes this question difficult to answer (at least for me).

Remember, I live in Tampa. It’s not the same as being out in the country. When I travel within the state, I’m going to Miami or Orlando or Daytona, or some other “relatively” cosmopolitan place—Places where plastering obscenities on your vehicle would be considered poor form and generally frowned upon. so while I’m a accustomed seeing pro Trump paraphernalia (even in NYC), what I’m not accustomed seeing the vulgarity. I saw another truck with similar signs, but not so blatantly displayed. I don’t normally walk around taking pictures of stuff like this, but it was just so prevalent. It seemed surreal. Hey @Khadijah! Yeah I’m not really on social so I don’t see the racist stuff at all. Maybe it being so prevalent there people think it’s cool to sport the rebel Battle flag on your bumper… Racist memes used to be posted here all the time, but I delete the vast majority of them — And I consider myself pretty hands off. I guess there’s no moderation on Meta. I hear on Twitter not only is there no moderation, the racist stuff is encouraged. I’m not heated, just surprised. When there is a Klan march going down Main Street in 2025 I won’t be surprised.

…Tennessee made me lose my rest and everybody knows about Mississippi goddamn! They say racist Trump supporters are a very small minority. I’m not so sure; this was a truck in Mississippi, and not at all unusual. I have to believe anyone who would adorn their car in such a fashion, reflects the tip of the iceberg, as there must be more people who feel the same way, but are just not inclined to deface their vehicle in this manner.

Being from New York it’s hard for me to use the New York Post as a source of information other than sports and celebrity gossip which don’t interest me They used to also carry Thomas Sowell and Armstrong Williams’ columns. That’s when I discovered the “Black people are not a monolith” trope.

Well @harry brown, most scholars believe Jesus existed. Now his being borne of a virgin, walking on water, and raised from the dead is another matter… strictly a matter of faith.

I think he’s being outed as a power bottom will accomplish that. Absolutely; there’s no better story to relate to generate that long green.

Well, I hope he gets better

They can seek the guidance of an adult, librarian, teacher, friend, etc. Besides at 10, I had no problem finding books I enjoyed reading. This is not difficult or. complicated. Did you look at any of the list? If so, you will say bye buttons for all the books on all the lists I shared. this bio has been on the website for sometime https://aalbc.com/authors/Mack+Reynolds oh I’m not sure why there are no books associated with it…

Sorry, I was unclear. meaning take the average professional boxer who is 20 Tyson when stand a chance, same for the average man. And you can’t just go by looks. I would hate to imagine what the impact of the solid blow to Tyson‘s head would do to him today and I doubt he has the same level of stamina he did in his 20s. Yes, and they’re very few professional boxes who could’ve attracted the box office the way Tyson can. I still haven’t seen the “fight.”

Because the average 20 year can handle the average 50 year old. It is why you never see 50 year olds engaged in professional combat sports.

Maybe next year...