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I see this from time to time. There is something about you IP address that GoDaddy's firewall found fishy. Did you make the failed blog post from a different location? If you can post a screen shot of the error from location that would be helpful.

@Pioneer1 if I told you I had a direct conversation with God (or green little man), choppin; it up the way I would with one of my homeboys, would you really believe me?

@Stefan unfortunately Google has decided to rank Wikipedia very high in search, so it has become the default for the source of information. The content is demonstrably biased against Black people -- Black women in particular.

@Chevdove that photo was taken a few years ago before I could have conceived of being a new father @Pioneer1 it would have cool if you popped in and asked a question without me knowing who you were. I don't self-promote very much and am trying to get better at it. I'm from a generation where modesty was considered a virtue, and I still think it is--even if social media incentives tell us something different. Besides you can ask me anything anytime

Yeah, I heard of them I just had no idea how many there were I find it hard to believe such patterns, could be carved in fields, all over the world, for hundreds of years, and no one has done a serious study to understand how they were created. Where is 60 minutes? this is the stuff for the national inquirer used to cover. Where is The New York Times on this subject? what is serious journalistic entity covers this I’ll pay attention.

I don’t see the difference; if something is unattractive it’s not beautiful and if something is beautiful it is attractive. Right?

Who is behind all the laws? Do you know what a lobbyist does? your understanding of how businesses operate is surprisingly parochial. Who is this using @Pioneer1’s account and where did you hide him?

I don’t think Israel is evil, or stupid, enough to look a nuke into Gaza this situation.

Until this conversation, I had no idea crop circles or so detailed and plentiful. I don’t believe it. It could all be CGI. I would really prefer to have a reputable source report on this phenomenon, because if people are claiming they have no idea how they appear that is pretty remarkable.

I’ll share it here and you can let me know what you think

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There are different intelligences and they don't always transfer... For real! Not for me, a foul woman will lose all her sex appeal. A smart, nice, kind, funny woman will become more attractive in my eyes. I think this is true for any mature adult. Keep in mind, we ALL eventually decline physically, but the personality traits can improve over time and usually for life.

Well, those gorilla NFTs was a tell Block chain may provide some utility down the road. I'm glad that SBF guy went to jail.... there are probably others that should be joining him.

@Pioneer1 I suspect most flat-earthers are white too put then in them same buckets as those who have been anally probed by ETs. That does not mean they aliens don't exist. Consider why you are so predisposed to believing conspiracy theories. It is a societal trend, so you are no unique. BWT are you an antivaxxer?

This question is in reaction to @Pioneer1's conversation where he asked the question, "Who among you have had DIRECT experience with and/or DIRECT communication with a Higher Power than human beings?" Speaking directly to a higher power would also be considered miraculous. Do you believe in miracles? I think many of us do. I was talking to a someone who related the story of how they prayed over a friend who was at death's door and the person survived -- a miracle to everyone involved. Some would say that survival of any ADOS in this country is a miracle. A great many people have prayed for our survival indeed it is a cliche to say, "I'm my ancestors' wildest dream." What is a miracle anyway? Are they doled out by some higher powered based upon the most impassioned prayers, do we create our own miracles, or are miracles simply a way to explain favorable occurrences we can't otherwise explain?

I know, you've never changed your mind -- that is a characteristic you should look into Bustin' out laughing! Dude relatively speaking the government comes down much harder on small business than they do the likes of an Amazon. You don't have to look any farther than our tax code. You so worried about protecting Amazon's freedom to create monopolies, and how, in some alternative reality, that protects small business tells me you have never run a business, particularly one dominated by a monopoly

Thanks @Dee Miller and @richardmurray!

OK we can’t have a serious discussion. Maybe you weren’t paying anybody’s telephone bill in the 70s or 80s.

@frankster I’ve heard the testimony many times. That is why I asked @Pioneer1 if he’d been to a church lately. In sure this will not count his book. MLK’s use of the phrase “inner voice” will likely disqualify it.

For those who don't understand why monopolies are bad for people, this article in Publishers Weekly, might help. https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/bookselling/article/93662-taking-a-closer-look-at-the-ftc-lawsuit-against-amazon.html?oly_enc_id=6133D7773501B8Z Again, Amazon's monopoly has resulted in higher prices for consumers and lower profits for producers. @Pioneer1let me know what you think.

Maybe for blue-collar jobs, but in the corporate world, I have never seen evidence of this at least not in my entire career. Then you may have been too young to appreciate the implications of their monopoly. If they were not broken we would still be paying $100 for a 20 minute long distance phone call and be using corded phones with rotary dial’s. As a result of the break up, telephone calls are FAR less expensive and technological advances took off overnight. I’ve never encountered anyone who thought monopolies were a societal good.

would you believe Bill Maher cited the same thing on his TV program last night! well, they were off your people and you can only play so much waste with slingshots and clubs. that is European propaganda. Seriously, to suggest that is on the same scale is hyperbolic. I’m not saying Africans and the indigenous peoples globally were living in Nirvana but it’s nothing like what we see all the last hundred years all across Europe unless you want it that way the crusades when was the last time you were in a Black church?

Yeah. I hear you @Pioneer1 clearly the U.S. has taken sides. Another benefit to the Trump candidacy as I’m sure he’ll have no interest in getting involved in that tragic mess.

Man, that rarely happens, LOL! When it does your credentials have to be impeccable. Calling Google a search engine is like calling Amazon an online bookstore. If that is your understanding of Google there is too much that you don't know to have a meaningful conversation on the subject... Let try this: Are you old enough to remember Ma Bell's monopoly? What do you think the consequence of it was? Should the government broken it up? Both. The enemy is more organized and Black people are less organized. Don't discount unity, without it all the other stuff is of no consequence.

So which wars are you talkin about? Yeah I heard Genghis Khan was running around raping and plundering to the extent that most Asians are directly descended from him, but in general this most or the death and mayhem inflicted on humans by other humans too place in the last millennium and most of that in the past couple hundred years. Western wealthy countries. For most of humanity existence on earth we struggled and lived hard short lives by today's standards. We did not jump off the nearest cliff because were probably healthier psychologically, more centered, and in tune with nature -- we wern;t worried about how many people liked our last tweet or wondering why we have so much less than the next guy. I think you are looking at it the wrong way. Some people wouldn't look at as "suffering." There are people concentration camps, imprisoned, POWs, enslaved, or very poor some maintained their humanity and others lost their minds... Our current cultures leads more of us to lose our minds given just a little adversity. Think about how easily "triggered" people are today, LOL Violence is not a long-term solution. It is a short-term tactic, at best. Look at Israel and Palestine each one would blow the other one to smithereens if they could what will that solve? Unless genocide is considered an acceptable solution.