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Hi @Kimberly S. Love is this the correct ISBN 9798218669324? If so, I can’t find the book in BookScan, Ingram, or even Amazon. How did you discover our site?

I forgot all about them. In fact, I would go to the least two or three times a month when I worked on Wall Street.

In the sciences, I believe the Nobel prizes are mostly earned as you actually have to do something. Nobel peace prize they gave to Obama was clearly not earned. He killed more people with drone attacks than the Bush. Cheney administration did and that saying a lot!

@Pioneer1 so I gather you do not consider yourself a biblical scholar. I provided bullet points on how I arrived at my conclusion. Reading your original passages and researching them took all of five minutes. You could have done that, indeed you should’ve done that before you posted the passage. The only reason I took the time to research, the meaning of the passage was that it was provocative. I wasn’t aware that there was any language like that in the Bible so I was curious to learn what it meant I won’t bother doing it for you because I already know there is nothing that I can say that will get you to think differently about what you posted. From your perspective, the Bible has provided proof that Black people have the biggest dicks.

No, it doesn’t make you gay, but it does make you odd regardless of your sexuality, as the behavior is completely inappropriate in our culture wouldn’t you agree? If you were in a locker room and noticed a dude sitting across from you, staring at your penis, wouldn’t that strike you as weird and make you wonder what the dude’s problem was? As far as the rest of your responses, my faith in you has been restored that last part was funny too. This statement is problematic because you have not provided evidence or proof. Your anecdotes are not proof either. I don’t recall ever reading any report, article. or data set that you shared that has proven a point you were trying to make. The fact that you believe you’ve previously provided proof for a genetic basis for race. Often I describe the reasons why but you either ignore or reject them — rather than addressing my points the way Frankster did, you just go back to calling it proof. After years of you doing this, I just put you in the “incorrigible” bucket. You have never ever written anything close to “Hey, I never thought of it that way” or “upon further reflection I’ve changed my viewpoint” or “you know I was wrong.” I would bet this is true, even in real life. Am I wrong Pioneer? That might be true for some people, but not everyone. Some people are lifelong learners and are open to new ideas and willing to challenge their existing ones. In fact, it’s the main reason I’m here. I like reading what y’all have to say some of it I might agree, disagree, or ignore it. I don’t respond to Richard’s post because they are generally too long for me to get into I don’t get into chevdove’s religious stuff because I’m not religious. But there is room for everybody. What should be the point? If I express opinion that you disagree with and you explain why I will definitely consider it — especially if my opinion is based upon something that’s factually incorrect — I wanna be checked. But we live in the information age where facts are increasingly more difficult to discern. AI will make it far more difficult if not impossible.

Well @frankster is intellectually honest. Let's give him a chance to review my comments, the data you shared and reply. It is interesting that you shared this quote. You might consider applying it to your assessment of @aka Contrarian.

@ProfD are you saying that Jews influence that awarding of Nobel Prizes with money? In the sciences that seems unlikely.

Sorry I was unclear; my plan increased by 500% but I was able to find another plan on healthcare.gov that was the same price as my original plan, so my health care costs did not go up.

Yeah that is probably why Jewish people punch over their weight when it comes to winning Noble Prizes and we dominate in basketball.

The best Can be excellent too, but inconsistent -- location matters. The one on Canal street in NOLA is the bomb the one around the corner from me sucks. Speaking wings, why is Wing Stop so damn expensive?! My wings are far better than there's shoot, I might make some tonight!

Of course, but I was taking about stereotypes and how buying into them leads to confusion.

@Pioneer1 you may be the only one on this site who shares your assessment of AKA. That alone should tell you something. Perhaps you should take a step back and reassess your position.

KFC is just a rebranding thing many copies of done this UPS, CVS, AALBC, etc. KFC may be selling hormone infused, genetically modified, frankenchickens, but I'm sure it is still "chicken." I don't eat not because I don't think it is chicken, it just does not taste as good as it used to -- virtually every other chicken including any ghetto chicken takeout joint is better than KFC.

I asked you about studying calculus in high school, because I did not study it either. I was too worried about fitting in with my boys on the block: gambling drinking, and chasing girls. Fortunately, I was an athlete and spent a great deal of time, off the block, working out or working my messenger job. The AP Calculus class was full of Asian kids, so they were FAR better at math than us, but that was because they studied it and we did not. They do not demonstrate greater ability cultural differences led them to be better at math. By the time I began studying engineering in college I was already behind -- not just with my lack of knowledge but my ghetto mindset. I believe all groups have the similar inherent ability in math the differences are to do with environment (ex. lead in the drinking water) and culture (ex. ghetto mentality). If you buy into the Chinese kids are better at math than Black kids stereotype, then you do our people a disservice.

Oh, and I left off @aka Contrarian great sense of humor and wit. I have no way od assessing Jim Jone's intellect, but we know he was nuts. AKA is not crazy. You also missed one important characteristic of mine: I'm not a follower. When I was a kid I could fall prey to peer pressure, like many kids, but as an adult I do my own thing

Because I can read @Pioneer1! I also know much of the bible, including what you shared, is not meant to be taken literally. I also went back and read the parts of the passages you did not post the additional context was helpful I also did a little research on those passages (since I have never read them before) Again, it does not take a biblical scholar to see that using the passage as you have distored the true meaning. But again, we think very differently. Do you consider yourself a biblical scholar Pioneer?

When I went to college and met people from Chicago for the first time, I thought they were from the south. LOL! You need help my friend. Some red bone sister must have broken your heart or laughed at your penis size when you was a teenager. I'm from Harlem, I'd guess I'm close to a decade older, I'd also assume more educated. As far as socioeconomic background. I assume it was similar, but I suspect your family had a car and lived in a home they owned. We did not. Nor did we go on vacations, travel (other than visiting family in the south). But I never went hungry or needed clothing. If anything, I suspect our different level of education explains the bulk of our differing opinons. You buy more into conspiracy theories and stereotypes, are more rigid in your thinking, and interpret information very differently -- looking to it to support a belief rather than learning something new. We both love Black people and go out our way to support them -- that is usually where we find common ground. As far as @aka Contrarian she is simply a very smart person. She also has a lot of life experience which she has been generous enough to share with us over the years -- a blessing. I tend to agree with her more often because she does not buy into all the stereotypes and conspiracy theories you do.

@Pioneer1! I'm no biblical scholar, but I'm astonished that you would take these passages literally, completely out of context, and distorting the intended meaning.

You are looking at it the wrong way. What I'm knocking your use of stereotypes -- particularly as they related to race. Another stereotype is that Asian men are inherently better at math than Black men. Do you think this is true? Now you can look up test scores to support the stereotype, but it could also be Black boys spend more time playing basketball and boasting about penis size than studying math. @Pioneer1 did you study calculus in high school?

My Obama care plan went up by 500% so I’ll have to switch plans. I found another one that was roughly the same price and the hospital network I currently use take the insurance so I believe I’ll be good…. I don’t like the idea of shutting down the government, not paying folks reducing services and all that. Next year is midterm elections will give the Democrats a bit more leverage. And I know it’s early, but I can’t see another republican taking over when Trump leaves. If Trump starts heading out checks again, all bets are off.

ROTFLMBAO! Whenever I read that first line you seem to have influenced for I laughed out loud! Dude are you serious? If so, I think you’re being overly sensitive. Have you considered that my disagreement with you are based upon the nature of your comments I guess at the most basic level is your use of stereotypes particularly as they relate to the social constructive race. The fact of the matter is there would be no discussion forum without @Pioneer1 or @aka Contrarian period. “Da Bears” always reminds me of best Saturday Night Live skit it has been 40 years since Chicago has won a championship. They got a good chance to make the Super Bowl this year. My Giants suck this year so I can’t say anything. Good luck to the Bears.

Hey @frankster on that YouTube video you shared. What information was you attempting to relate? Was it that Kentucky Fried chicken stop selling chicken in 1991 and had to change their name to KFC? Is that what you were telling us?

LOL Yeah right! I just never knew someone who admitted to looking at other men’s penises in the locker room. Did you have a clipboard with you? @frankster i’m actually surprised by you. I do not comment on posts or information that I have not actually read. I suspect you did not read the information @Pioneer1 shared. If you did, it doesn’t look like you understood it. I’ll explain. First, you have to recognize that Pioneer often shares information that does not support his conclusions; on more than one occasion, information pioneer shared actually conflicted with the point he was trying to make. Back to the information pioneer shared; first, it does not rise to the level of a “study” It is just information that has been cobbled together indeed, the people who published it said to take the information with the grain of salt. It is not proof nor do the people who published the information assert as such. Second, and most importantly, it is not a report of penis size by race! Nowhere in the report they even mention this. That is a conclusion that Pioneer has incorrectly drawn and is now an asserting as proof. What is surprising Frankster is that you have cosigning this nonsense. When you are fixated on the relative penis size of people with different skin color you will be profoundly confused about a wide variety of things. Pioneer is incorrigible. I don’t expect him to understand this one iota. But I saw something different in you, Frankster perhaps I was wrong.

I only saw the film Glory once. For some reason I wasn’t that moved by it, definitely not. a fave Maybe I’ll check it out again; it will be a different movie to me almost 40 years later.

I have spent time with a variety of different family groups in-laws, baby mama‘s, father family mother‘s family my nuclear family all been good always. My experience simply doesn’t align with that statement. If it is not your experience seek out your friends