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Deep. Do you know how highly contagious diseases like measles is spread? Washing your hands and balanced diet is not gonna cut it. before the vaccine 2.5MM people dies from it alone each year. I'm surprised you'd be against the morning after pill. I the implication is that you believe life begins at the instant the sperm fertilizes the egg. Still women who take that pill may not actually be pregnant. Opposition to that seems extreme to me. I think you know what I meant, but your response answered my question. Given what you've written is it fair to assume that you would compel all woman who became pregnant to carry a child to term if you had that power? If so, why don't you buy into the "woman's right to choose" argument?

Did he have a record of violence? Finding and getting squeaky clean people to do this dangerous work is difficult.

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Has anyone seen this: If it were not on Sky News I would have thought it was AI disinformation. It appears Sky News has been lambasting Kamala. They report like they are still owned by Rupert Murdoch

Absolutely. There was one routine was so bad -- I me, Troy Johnson, in 2024, could have done a better job. A COMPLETE joke! Now there were some amazing moves and tricks performed, but that activity does not belong in the Olympics, I did not know it would not be included in the next Olympics -- good riddance. There are few more sports that can lose too -- skate boarding and anything sport were men and women are on the same team. The decathlete used to be touted as the world greatest athlete, but since Jenner started wearing a dress no one talks about that sport any more. Bring back athletes like Rafer Johnson

Assuming he was actually offered $10K to do the interview -- he should have taken it. Disclosed it and interviewed Kalama. I was never 100% behind a candidate that I voted for and Kamala will be no exception. I wish they would offer me $10K to interview Kamala --- Sheeeeit I'd be on the first thing smoking.

He is the Republican nominee for President, so it is different. Yes, Trump is a creation of our media, social in particular, which the mainstream media then feed off. Trumps tactics would have gotten anyone, other than a white man dismissed as a fool, but in the context of a white racist culture histrionics and lies are embraced.

I'll need to understand the context of what I gave you flack over Pioneer. As our good @ProfD wrote, "Law enforcement is an integral part of maintaining the system of racism white supremacy." This is undeniable.

You were not forced; you could have home schooled your children. In any case, I'm glad you complied it was not very long ago where people died from diseases like smallpox, whooping cough and other maladies that have been irradiated thanks to vaccines. Humm... would you also be willing to carry the baby to term and be willing to deal with the baby's daddy for life? Some things are easier said than done. Would you make an exception for your daughter if the father was abusive or a rapist? Would you make an exception if tests showed that the child would be profoundly handicapped? Are you against the "morning after" pills? Are you against contraception?

OK the devil in this case was arrested and is in jail. But my question is what could have been done to prevent this attrocity.

It is usually Black Republicans who make this argument and it is intellectually dishonest. The people who have a platform should know better. This video fills in the gaps left out by the professor above. Again, this is common knowledge. The idea that a so-called college professor would agree to produce such a misleading video is ... just being a sell-out.

Word. Well, it is true. @Pioneer1 where do you find these pictures LOL!

What could anyone have done to protect this woman -- she called them.

Griner was clearly a pawn. I have no idea if her crying was performative, but I doubt it was.

Not all weed is the same, that is possible. Yeah, an elderly lady close to me in her late 80s smokes two packs a day. In NY city where a pack is $17+ that is about a band a month -- more than her rent! Most people I know who smoke are just trying to get high. The argument that cannabis increases creativity is not a completing case for use as there are many free ways to increase creativity working like taking a walk or meditating. Besides there appears to be some disagreement on whether cannabis does indeed increase creativity.

LOL! @frankster have you raised children? Did you give the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine? Have you traveled did you take the malaria, yellow fever, or tetnaus? Best thing anyone could be. Wow @Pioneer1, @nels and @frankster have found common ground 🙂 As far as "race" is concerned our oppressors and their henchmen care, so we have no choice but to care. So, when you see a sister with a blood wig and blue contacts don;t be so quick to judge. She may be making a fashion choice, but it is in the context of a white racist society. But keep in mind many so-called white women dye their hair blond and wear colored contacts too.

@Pioneer1 show me anything in 23 & Me that applies races to people or applies percentages of any race to people. @frankster don’t waste time trying to convince pioneer that race have no basis in genetics or science. He only operates on what can see or what he can wrap his brain around. Which is why he is also an antivaxer and can only see women in role defined by white men. I did not watch the film but you never have to look phonetically Black to be Black in America. Again it odd a social construct.

Thanks for sharing this book @Milton How did you discover it? It is not available in the States until January. I will add it to our store shorty.

@Pioneer1 do this but not directly. I was talking to a young woman yesterday and she did not like the fact that parents had to approve gender reassignment surgery for their children. I said I would not approve my son cutting off his penis at 13; he could make that decision once he was of legal age. She said she would approve the surgery at 13. I said "that is the 'woman' in you talking." But it was also generational differences as well. I do agree men and women are different to the extent that they feel differently about different things in general. These difference are of course not universal or strictly function of gender.

People are on a spectrum when it comes to emotional response, physicality, sexual orientation, and gender. People's reactions and beliefs are culturally defined. There is probably an environmental factor to all of this as well. As a result, you can't just put all women and all men into a simple well-defined buckets. I know you like black or white answers @Pioneer1, but the real world is much more complex and nuanced. There is no one way that all women think.

I heard about White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us on the radio this morning where the author Joe Moore was being interviewed. Joe infiltrated the KKK and thwarted an assignation attempt on then, Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama. The most striking think to me was Joe describing the KKK members who are part of the police force and using their positions to help the KKK!

If enough Black people share the media media including black media will not be able to ignore it so anyone reading this please share it.

An Open Letter from CEMOTAP THE COMMITTEE TO ELIMINATE MEDIA OFFENSIVE TO AFRICAN PEOPLE 135-05 ROCKAWAY BOULEVARD SOUTH OZONE PARK QUEENS NEW YORK 10022 Bashlefi@gmail.com 347-907-0629 Commissioner Adam Silver National Basketball Association 645 Fifth Avenue New York, NY, 10022 Greetings Mr. Silver, Most people who follow Zionist Affairs are familiar with the name Jonathan Greenblatt. He is the head of the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith and was prominent in the attack on Kyrie Ervin for tweeting a link to a movie based on a book that Greenblatt felt was antisemitic. When Kyrie Ervin initially refused to apologize for tweeting that link, you and Nets Owner Joseph Tsai denounced him. Joseph Tsai an Asian, owner of the NETS with a first name from the Torah voluntarily offered to donate $500,000 dollars of the New York Nets money to the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai Brith. This is 10 times the amount, you sir, fined a player by the name of Meyers Leonard for using the unholy grail of slurs among Jews, the word, “Kike.” Meyers said this word during a video game. Is the ADL monitoring the NBA players video games as well as tweets? No matter, lets suspend disbelief for a moment and say that in a world all too full of such offenses with people using the words Nigger and Bitch in the music, the literature and the American culture in general, as if those were the birth names of Black men and women, the word Kike is worth $50,000. THEN HOW DOES KYRIES TWEET MERIT $500,000 Dollars of the Fan’s Money. After you have processed that, perhaps, you are ready to look more carefully at this fine/donation the owner of the Nets imposed on the team of $500,000 for Kyries “TWEET.” His TWEET! In the same world where Justin Volpe now is free, was fined $525 and charged $267,000 in restitution for his role in the barbaric assault of Abner Louima. The question remains WHY half a million dollars for tweeting a link. At first glance you might say it does not make sense but when you believe in the maxim that everything makes sense and that if it seems not to make sense, you just don’t have enough information, then you will search for the sense that it makes. CONFLICT OR CONGRUENCE OF INTERESTS Let’s dig a little. Joseph Tsai and Jonathan Greenblatt are co-founders of the Asian American Foundation It was formed in 2021 with the help of the Anti-Defamation League. Greenblatt was just replaced on the board of the Asian American Foundation a few weeks ago by Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine. She is Asian but she is a member of Congregation Kehillath Israel of Brookline, a conservative synagogue just west of Boston. She is also a board member of the ADL. So, Joseph Tsai deciding to assess the cost of Black Tweeting at $500,000 sent the money for all intents and purposes to his fellow co-founder, (it’s too early to say co-conspirator). What was, or should have been, and what should not have been, your role in this, Sir? Why didn’t you say whoa, hold stop don’t for a tweet pay 10 times the rate that we have in the past charged for the worst anti-Jewish slur possible. WHAT ABOUTISM? Here is a better question why haven’t you or Joseph Lacob the owner of the Golden State Warriors assessed the value of a fine for another NBA player, Mr. Stephen Curry for producing, not tweeting, producing sir, the vile, violent, racist, disrespectful cartoon, Netflix’s Good Times Reboot. If a tweet of a link to a movie is worth $500,000. What’s the fine for NBA Player producing a movie which calls Black People NIGGERS, calls Black women, BITCHES, ridicules a Black girl’s first Menses with a dream sequence of her flicking menstrual blood at her class mates and features a Black Man Styled as an Ape having Sex with a Black Woman. Why haven’t you assessed the penalty for that. Unless you say you were unaware of these insults, the fact may be that you have assessed what should be the appropriate penalty. Maybe with your silence you are saying that although the hint of an insult to a Jew is worth $500,000 dollars, the gravest insult imaginable to every Black person in America is worth zero. Maybe you are saying that your only concern is insults to those of your own religion and Ethnicity. With respect to the apparent conflict of interest and transfer of wealth between associates, Mr. Tsai and Greenblatt, maybe that’s also not a concern of the Commissioners Office. Maybe the Justice Department will agree with you. After all its just money collected from the fans. If you choose to respond we can be reached at the address or the email address in the heading of this letter. Sincerely, James C. McIntosh, M.D. and Betty J. Dopson Co-Chairs CEMOTAP August 8, 2024

@Mel Hopkins there probably is not a lot of content on the filmmaker.

Because the government dies not let people run around with guns the way they do here. Maybe the algorithm on the platform you use has decided not to feed you this content. Or the people who would comment on this are doing this on other platforms. Viral disinformation spread in social media is what helped fuel these riots. i was not aware of these riots until just now.