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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.

There are already good people working for Google, they just hold little sway when the company's prime directive is to maximize shareholder wealth. besides Goolg is already know for hiring very few Black people. I guess that depends on how you define "harm." How many people have to die or become impoverished first. How long did it take for the government to deal with the tabacco industry, the NRA, the Sackler family, or financial institutions? Yeah, we pretty much are. We don't, not really. The Montgomery bus boycott took place almost 70 years ago. Those strategies are no longer effective. What tools do we have at our disposal today?

I think if you looked at war and poverty anywhere on Earth you will find a direct line to Western culture or "modern culture" Given our country's wealth, productivity, and resources we should be the happiest place ever. Dude white men are killing themselves in record numbers! That presumes that remaining on earth, bound in this meat sack, of ours is more desirable than the next stage. Maybe I don't know. That presumes violence is the answer to the problem.

Careful @Pioneer1 this is the Black excellence forum! Mutton busting is when toddlers ride sheep, the way adults "bust" broncos. It is the cutest thing 🙂

No, I wouldn't @Pioneer1. He IMHO has distorted, perhaps permanently, his natural beauty. I also believe beauty comes from within. Haven't you ever met a sista that once you got to know her appears far more attractive, than when assessed based solely upon her looks? Similar really attractive people can become very "ugly," repulsive even, based upon their behavior. I don't know Jay-Z but what little I know of him, oputs him on par with Idris ... now that Little Wayne is a 'hole 'nother story 😮

The 22nd Annual Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Show Troy Johnson, accepting the Madam “CJ” Walker Award for Merit from the Hurston/Wright Foundation Is it too self-serving to put yourself in The Black Excellence Showcase? 😉

sure you are, this is just what you’ve been doing with regard to Jay-Z. Now I’m no judge of what women think of men looks, and I won’t make believe that I am. But, in my book Hova is on par with Idris Elba. if I had to pick a son-in-law, I would pick Jay-Z every day of the week 😉

😆 III seems most non western cultures are more spiritually in tune than our western one. There is a keen desire to be in tune, but we thrash about ignorant on how to accomplish it. There are plenty of scam artists willing to separate us from our money to reach the goal but most are just ripped off and remain unfulfilled. Some seek spirituality, or to communicate, with a higher power through the use of drugs, but the man-made ones generally bring overdoses and dependency doing more harm than good. Indigenous cultures, use natural plant-based things to achieve an altered state of reality, which I understand helps one transcend their own individuality, and enter some type of universal plane which I imagine is comparable to communicating with God. others meditate. I do believe when it comes to spirituality. Most of us are very superficial or entirely misled. Perhaps this is our culture’s biggest problem….