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Amazing! They should be studying you in a lab Cynique … I mean @aka Contrarian! What a mind! “Groveling minion” however is a complement. 🙂 Man is a fascinating animal capable of great things and at the same time capable of unbelievable stupidity, violence, and greed. 45 being elected president again is the least of our worries.

I think people mean “missing” from the Bible’s commonly used bibles like the KJV. Since these books are not included in that Bible many Christian’s, unless they are biblical scholars, would not know about them.

Funny, I did not take note of ask the X’s in the names of the coauthors until I finished the article. Had I taken note of that before reading the article I would not have been caught off guard.

@Jeromex you never did reveal you minister’s name did you? what do you have against dreadlocks?

Bingo.

This guy has a church around the corner form where I lived in my old neighborhood. He is most known for the outrageous messages his posted on his church's marquee. My guess is that this guy is a latent homosexual.

A customer was interested in purchasing the article, "VOODOO OR IQ: AN INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN PSYCHOLOGY" by Cedric X (Clark), D. Phillip McGee, Wade Nobles, and Luther X (Weems) which they discovered on the Karen Hunter and Greg Carr show I found the article for free online and am sharing it here ▶. I decided to read it myself. It starts; "African Psychology is the recognition and practice of a body of knowledge which is fundamentally different in origin, content, and direction than that recognized and practiced by Euro-American psychologists. The differences between African Psychology and Euro-American Psychology reflect the differences between Black people and white people or, in terms of basic culture, between Africans and Europeans." It starts off with a reasonable thesis, by then loses me with one statement midway though. I finish it but...

more than half a million views on this YouTube channel in 6 months, pretty good. @Pioneer1, how did you find this?

I was speaking to a customer yesterday and you purchased the book, Enoch the Ethiopian: Greater Than Abraham Holier Than Moses. I asked her how she discovered the site and she found it through Google looking for the missing books of the Bible. She told me she read that there were 16 missing books and asked if I were aware of the others. While I was aware that missing books from the bible have been published, I could not recall the details, then I thought about ya'll. What are some books I should recommend?

I just read the article which quoted Majors as saying; “She’s an angel. She’s held me down like a Coretta. I’m so blessed to have her.” Please, there is absolutely nothing wrong with Major's statement. @ProfD do you really believe that remark deserves the ire of Black people? NBC's headline, "...Jonathan Majors compares Meagan Good to Coretta Scott King" is a click bait. NBC then bolstered their sad story with unattributed quotes from people on Twitter -- pathetic! “Reducing Coretta Scott King to a ‘ride or die chick’ is pathetic,” one person wrote in a post on X. Another added: “Coretta Scott King was not a sidekick. She was an activist before and after MLK’s death, mobilized Black voters & was a political force for decades. She was not a silent trophy wife. Don’t say you ‘want a Coretta’ if you don’t want a Black woman who will hold you accountable.” This is not news just gossip. Majors' will be fine. Speaking of Meagan it was just a few years ago she pubbed a book about the virtues of waiting to have sex until after marriage. Maybe that is why Majors is going around beating up people LOL!

I think BLM was largely a figment, or a creation of social media without any real substance. But I really don’t know. my only experience with them has been to promote a book written by one of the founders, only took a ghosted by everyone involved on that BLM side. The video production company I was working at the time managed to pull together a decent video, despite no participation by the author it was very frustrating and embarrassing for people supported me promoting the fact that Black Lives Matter. Here is the kicker, they chose not to work with me, because they took offense with a book review I published. it was the reviewers opinion and I gave him 100% of my support. Take a look at the book review and let me know what you think the video created below. So I left, I’m a little biased by my personal experience with the Black Lives Matter crew…

LOL!

you know, I was just thinking at myself. But I am no longer on social media, so I may just be out of the loop still, I do watch the news from time to time and read a newspaper. No one here has mentioned black, lives matter recently and by recently, I mean a couple years. Were they just merely social media phenomenon that the public has grown weary of? Maybe they are still doing grassroots work affecting change in local communities? I agree with @harry brown Kwanzaa won’t be practice widely. The principles of Kwanzaa are actually antithetical to American principles. Just think about the idea Ujama, or cooperative economics, that is laughable in an American context. america’s dog eat dog, every man for himself, rugged, individualism, and get as much wealth as you can at all cost. No amount of money is too much to acquire. Indeed, that is the goal of every company’s financial manager. It is perfectly acceptable to strive be a multi billionaire, while your neighbor, your brother or sister is homeless. The principles of Kwanzaa are honorable and worthy to strive for, however one would be completely delusional to believe that those principles would be adopted by people indoctrinated in America.

Interesting conversation. @frankster did you profess to be a Christian? You don’t sound like one, God created the heavens and the earth, as pioneer wrote. But the religious dogma that was handed to us by our slave masters, has been perverted, perhaps beyond recognition. Maybe you are practicing one of the religions that Christianity was derived from. pantheism is incompatible with Christianity. @Pioneer1 theories are always being tested. the theory of relativity, for example, has withstood many tests and proven many different ways, but that does not mean it can’t be modified, or completely abandoned as we learn more.

I agree 100% @ProfD, but would add one thing. Grass roots Black leadership is very easily marginalized for a variety of reasons. Sadly, I can't think of anything we can do about it. Of course, those of us working at a grassroots level will do what we do, but we must appreciate unless something changes in how we collectively behave, there will be no true Black leaders, except those people whose primary function is to provide white folks with their entertainment #cantgetmorecynicalthanthat

Every bookstore owned is not conscious; this bookstore owner is.

All jokes aside this guy absolutely could be @Jeromex’s pastor. Their perspectives are identical. Jeromex well then who is who is your pastor? what do you have to hide? you can reveal their name a key you anonymity.

@Jeromex WWW was 80 years ago… that is your response?! Did you even read what pioneer wrote? As far as that book… I can’t man, I just can’t…

Happy New year @Chevdove!

Yeah pot heads tell me the weed from the dispensary is much stronger. The guy who told me that also buys books from me. I have no way of know what the impact of legal weed has on reading, but all the people I know who buy weed from dispensaries or have a medical marijuana card was smoking before it was legal. I still think the Facebook, tiktok, and youtube have had a much greater impact in reading, but people who always have their phone in the hand constantly scrolling were probably not readers anyway. The truth is there are probably a wide variety of reasons reading is down. Weed, social media, lower quality education, fewer stores, fewer platforms talking about books so it is harder to find something good to read, the increase in the price of books, along with everything else etc, etc

Were the employees all white?

I was not "offended." Maybe if Tariq was not so confrontational it would have been a more productive conversation, one I would have been more interested in listening to. I suspect Traiq does that because he understands that it draw more attention. Some one can now create another video and entitle it "Tariq Nahseed Destroys Dr. Colon." and get even more track attention. I think Eminem is an excellent rapper, he past muster with Dr. Dre. Whether he is the GOAT of a purely subjective assessment, if someone wanted to say that Eminem was the Goat would not quarrel about someone's opinion. IMHO he is not better than Rakim or Biggie or Chuck D or Gil Scott Heron. No one in their right mind would say Justin Timberlake the best "soul" singer, come on man LOL!

Are you reading anything this year? yes If Yes, what genre? Literary Fiction and Mystery/Suspense Fiction or Nonfiction? Fiction Is the format Digital, Audio, or Print (Paperback, Hardcover)? Paperback Are you consuming the material with a digital device such as an iPhone, Android, or electronic reader (kindle, PC, etc)? No. Are you reading the traditional way, such as an actual book in hand where you turn the pages? Yes Which is your favorite way to read now? Physical book followed by audio book. What is your preferred way to consume media content if you no longer read books?

I know. it is counterintuitive. There are many things I like to do but don't do as much as I like. Hopefully in a year or so I make more time for myself 🙂

Of course -- it should be the reason we all read. I understand what the romance writer was saying, but there is nothing necessarily wrong with this. I enjoy sci-fic I can't get the future in my real life so i read about it. It is escapism. Sometimes I real about things I would never want to experience I guess that is voyeurism... As far was Black women reading more this is definitely for genre fiction. I can not put my figure on a source... sorry I'll keep looking