Are you interested in those foldable smartphones? I think they're kinda cool and more screen is always a plus in my opinion, but I also hear they aren't as reliable as traditional smartphones. They break easier because the screens are made more of plastic, and there are parts that are prone to damage from dirt and other debris. But I'm still tempted to pick one up one of these days. I'm going to wait a bit longer before buying one though. Make sure all the bugs and issues are ironed out first.

Does anyone here own a folding smartphone? Do you like it?

Remember when that Andrew Yang ran for president back in 2020? One of his promises was to give all Americans a universal basic income of $1000 a month. He of course didn't get elected and his idea didn't come to light. But, with the recent inflation and possible recession, do you think it would be a good idea to give all Americans a universal basic income? Or will it just result in more people not working?

I'm all for a little extra money. For me $1000 wouldn't go very far, but hell, I'd take it. I could use it for food, bills, or even just spending money. I have a fairly good job, so I don't really need it. But I could then save that $1000 per month, and then invest that into other things. But I could see a lot of people deciding not to work because of it.

What country was it that tried universal income? I think it was Norway. I heard that experiment didn't work out so well, as it resulted in some people half-assing it at work or outright quitting their job.

What do you think about Universal Basic Income of $1000 a month? Do you think it'll result in abuse? Will it help or hurt?

I saw a video of this kid go, and I could see him repeating what his pops is doing currently. Do you think he could potentially be the next best thing when he inevitably enters the NBA? He's currently still playing high school ball, but I see him jumping into college or even right into the NBA. The fact he has already received scholarship offers as way back as a kid, he could land anywhere he wants potentially.

I know the rules are different these days, but he could be in the NBA within one-two years after he graduates high school. But I believe he also needs at least a year of college before he is eligible.

What do you think will happen? Drafted into the NBA without having to go to college? Or will he play some college ball before he makes the jump?

I've been hearing news of people getting the monkeypox virus as of late. I don't know if it's been a lot, but it seems to be making the news more often. The news is probably just trying to scare people who are still afraid of Covid. Do you think monkeypox could become a pandemic like situation similar to what we got with Covid?

I don't think we'll end up dealing with another pandemic. If anything Covid could make a comeback before monkeypox becomes a worldwide problem. But, what are your thoughts. Is monkepox just another fear tactic to scare us? Or is it going to be a bigger problem than we think?

One other reason I don't see it being on the level of Covid, is due to us knowing more about it and so I imagine doctors/scientists have a way to combat it.

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S/O to everybody who pulled up and put their foot on that coon's neck. I hope he can't even enjoy a dinner at Applebee's without hearing Breonna Taylor's name.

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They've allowed the unmitigated murders of black people and now the violence is knocking at their front door. I'm still sitting this one out, but I stay on alert!

Yet more egregious scenarios of all that's wrong with THEIR white world. This system has no respect for parental rights or moral authority.

A multitude of troublesome questions spring to mind but primarily, where's the evidence that there's a market for this???
Like there's no obvious agenda in Disney promoting this. Why aren't parents calling this sickening?

What do you call those seeking to normalise this sickening form of degeneracy . . . WHITES!
One can't even imagine conspiring with fellow perverts to kidnap and force your own 7 year old daughter into pornography then feign transgenderism to evade prosecution -depths of depravity!
The alphabet society will cause its own demise and the sooner the better. Society needs to stop accepting the immorality of this debased group if it wants children to be protected.

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Get your affairs in order.

She came to fame a while back and she earned that nickname from what is said. People on social media commenting can do the most...lol. Were I in that space, I wouldn't even read the comments. People with nothing going on are going to make the most vicious comments so they get a false sense of power in a life where they have no power.

She looks good at 44. I'm not a fan of hers, but lets keep it one buck. The issue is her personality, etc. She does too much kissing and telling and the fact is black celebs ain't tryna eff with her like that anymore. She won't be able to get a producer to wifey that anymore. Guys with money scared to even smash her because after she gets dumped they either a. got a small dick or b. gay. That's her usual come back.

I'm tryna be balanced. She's been abused when she was younger. Too naive to know better and that, I think, led her to continue a lifestyle that wasn't gonna do her any good. Now she is seeing the ramifications and instead of tryna live out a quiet life of means, she is still tryna be relevant as some 'experienced sage' who peeps game on her platform. In reality she's just a sista that was ran through with no real advice to give and seemingly hasn't learned any lessons from that. I recall hearing her say Lori Harvey played it right with Michael B. Jordan. WTF? Everyone, and quiet as kept, sisters saying to themselves 'Gurrl, if that was me, I'd have made sure Michael wifeyed me'. Publicly sisters try to defend her like she got time and bla bla...but y'all know. Michael B. Johnson is pretty much as good as it gets and the signal it tells brothers is more than good enough, still isn't good enough.

Anyway, this is sad to me. I don't think she will ever work it out, she's too angry and bitter. Understandably. But no man of means is gonna want to wifey that attitude. NONE.

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. Have you heard about the issues about the growing concern of immigrants being bused to Washington and to NY? both mayors have contacted the government asking for help and have been turned down.
These tethers and qoons thought they were going to parlay by offering us (FBA) up as the sacrificial lamb. Now their jobs and way of life is on the line. Oh well.

EW NEWS? Maybe
Same-old-same old story-400 years and counting
This is how MLK really died? Watch
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Dr King was Assassinated by more ppl than you think. #drking #fbi #mafia #smothered #murdered #police marksmen
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WHAT YEAR WERE YOU BORN? (Rhetorically speaking)
Spring -Summer was an inflection point w/MLK-RFK-CHICAGO-INTERNATIONAL events
Of course a conspiracy! It's ALL a conspiracy!
Docile sheep in ignorance of their default 3-Monkey status..
30-55 years later revelations are confirmations of 'the obvious'.
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[Reply]Okay. Was all that necessary, really? Damn. If my post/tweet wasn't of interest, u didn't have to comment. Everyone may not agree with you, think like you or share your knowledge. I respect your opinions & I like my opinions to be respected also, pls stop with the scolding tactic
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Rhetorically asked your age,
Why THIS comment, after You commenting as if BREAKING NEWS??
Details R insignifocant-to irrelevant, back then, and particularly now.
Just changing the approach from direct violence [KKK], to paid-patsy violence [James Earl Ray], to dog whistle and trope issues of politicians [Trump-DeSantis, etal], now-RACISM,THEN and NOW

White media just loving this.

Seems the more financially successful they become they veer off on a self destructive drive that just continues to fuel white anti black racial stereotypes that negatively impacts the black community.

As with everything else in this opaque world there has to be racial discrimination otherwise it's just not white.
This is great news and the right result for these players.
I'm sure there are lessons to be learned here.

This might seem facetious but ought we to, discreetly, start putting out feelers for under the counter excess supplies of iodine . . . ?
Whilst in thought mode, given the gravity of the insinuation, might be a good time too to undertake some serious research into what survivalist resources one would need in preparedness of such an incendiary nuclear fallout. Anyone watched the true account Chernobyl movie last year?
These fanatic leaders have tit for tat mindsets and after the scamdemic plandemic we should not underestimate anything these bastards say!

Not sure what will happen with the economy as of now. I just try to learn from my own life experiences.
Back in 2012/13 I had a pretty decent job. The only thing that sucked about it was it was a federal government contract position. The benefits weren't great but the pay was good. The thing is contract positions are very unstable. They may lose the contract and lay everyone off with little to no notice.

I ended up in a situation where the company was being real hush as to whether their contract got renewed or not. We were all beginning to assume that they had lost out on the contract. Once a new company came in it would be up in the air as to whether they hired us back and how many and which people would be hired back.


I didn't want to wait around and leave things to chance. So I started looking for another job. Back then I was a new nurse and didn't have much experience so landing another job wasn't a guarantee. Luckily I found something. It resulted in a pretty severe pay cut but I would have a job. It had better benefits too. Catch was those benefits were coming out of a much smaller check.

I ended up so in debt that I was on the verge of losing our home. I was having to get loans to pay on loans. I was at my wits end and was very unsure how I was going to get out of this hole. I was applying for better jobs but nothing was panning out. I wasn't getting any calls back. I was pretty much about 2 to 3 months from everything just falling apart. My credit was being ruined.

I kept on putting in applications though. I wasn't about to give up. I got a few offers from some local hospitals but based on my experience nothing that paid as high as I was making before. I was able to negotiate and get a bid of a bidding war started between 2 of them and they went a bit higher.

One night I was just sitting in my bedroom stressed as could be. I just felt beat. My wife came in and suggested I look online a bit more. She said worrying isn't going to fix anything and to helped me to look around online. I was searching the federal jobs website. She noticed I was only looking locally. She said why aren't you searching all of Texas instead of just here.

She was right. I was limiting my search to just local jobs when our situation would have us move if that would put us in a better situation.

I expanded the search. I ended up applying for a position out of town. They had also just posted a local position on base and I applied there also. Low and behold I ended up getting call backs and interviews for both. They both paid pretty well and had very good benefits as they were federal government jobs. The one out of town was the best offer though. It paid more and came with a very hefty sign on bonus.

I ended up getting conditional offers from both. I wasn't sure how long the hiring process would be though. The one that was out of town was expected to have a very lengthy hiring process. I ended up going to work at the local one. I hadn't been there two weeks when the out of town position called and said they were ready for me to start and with a $12k up front sign on bonus.

My oldest daughter was almost finished with school. She had 1 month left. So I told my wife to stay behind and I would go out and get things set up. I contacted an apartment complex near the facility I would be working at and paid a deposit. I packed a few items and took one of our cars and headed out.

When I got there there was a mix up and they had rented out the apartment I made the deposit on. Another apartment wasn't available until the end of the week. I had just enough money to make it and keep myself and my wife and kids afloat until the bonus came in and was not sure what to do now. I spun my wheels. I talked to the apartment complex staff and asked if they were sure that they would have the apartment ready. They gave me written guarantee that the apartment would be ready.

I pawned a 9mm gun I had for enough money to get a motel room for a week. I stayed there for the week and at the end of the week the apartment was ready. I got paid that same day. It was my first and only check from the local job. It was a decent amount. I paid the first months rent which was prorated.

After that I laid low. I had another 2 weeks until my first check would come in from the new job. Finally that day came and the bonus was included with the check. Of course tax had to come out of it but I still ended up pocketing a very large amount. I was able to pay off all our debts, pay the mortgage on our house, got my 9mm back from pawn and furnish the apartment.


About a week I went back over the weekend and picked up my wife and daughters and they came out. We decided to keep our house as we knew we would eventually like to go back to our home town. I was able to get a lot of overtime at the new job so I was able to afford to pay rent there and keep my mortgage paid back home. The mortgage was wasn't very high because I was just paying on a single wide mobile home. The work schedule there came to 15 days on shift and 15 days off shift. All I had to do was work 2 of my days off and that would take care of the mortgage.

Somehow miraculously things had worked out! I worked my way from that to getting a job back in home. I ended up selling the single-wide mobile home and upgraded to a double-wide. I ended up selling it and got a house in the city. Over the next few years I kept moving around and accepting every job transfer I could, each with a pay increase.

Since I was a federal government employee now my employment was much more stable. Even if you get laid off for any reason you get first pick for any federal job you applied for. Basically you were guaranteed a job at the same or higher pay in the event you get displaced. I networked and found some part time nursing gigs on the side also. I have pretty much always kept at least 1 part time job every since. Not only do I make more money but it serves as insurance in case of displacement which isn't likely or government shutdowns. Although my agency generally isn't affected by shutdowns, it's better safe than sorry.

Our economy is doing so great, businesses went from not being able to hire enough staff to laying people off!

Companies like Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon, Peloton, Google, Microsoft, Snap, TikTok, Buzzfeed, Groupon, and MORE!

The media keeps saying "Biden's economy is strong!" and "We have the best economy in recent years!" but the writing is all over the wall for anyone paying attention. Inflation is still over 8%, gas prices are still too damn high, we have food shortages all over and are expected to see them get worse going into the fall and winter, people are being laid off, the housing market is drying up, interest rates keep going up... SURE! BEST ECONOMY EVER!

Do they think we are stupid!?

Unless you're a paradigm creator or destroyer, You've relegated yourselves to the (over-)compensating indulgences of settling for mental comforts than the demanding imperatives of the unforgiving mental disciplines

TAKE NO PRIDE IN THE TEMPORAL STANDING-N-"ACHIEVEMENTS". THEY ARE THE FLOTSAM WAKE THE ESTABLISHING INITIATORS AND THE RUTHLESS NIHILIST DESTROYERS FOR WHOM THE TRAPPINGS OF THINGS ARE INSIGNIFICANT TO THE EXHIBITED AND AUDACIOUS DARING TO DO WHAT THE MIND'S IMPERATIVES IMPLORE

Teddy Ray has sadly passed away at age 32. Teddy Ray was an American comedian, internet personality, and actor who was best known for appearing on Russell Simmons’ comedy platform, All Def Digital and was one of the new cast members on Season 8 of Wild ‘N Out on MTV. Our thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of Teddy.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Teddy Ray is one of the hottest and upcoming stand-up comedians in Los Angeles and is considered by many to be an upcoming legend. In his first two years as a comedian, Teddy Ray broke enough stages to get his first TV booking on BET’s Comic View. He went on to make a name for himself through Russell Simmons’ All Def Digital, and not only was he a fan favorite, but his content helped the channel’s now 1.5 million YouTube subscribers. He recently joined the cast of MTV’s Wild ‘N Out Season 8 in a continued effort to be a comedy powerhouse, while he joins his best friend and co-star DoBoy, who has been on the show since Season 4. In just 6 years, Teddy has built a cult following on the internet and continues to make waves in the industry. For this LA West kid who just wanted a little joke, the sky was the limit.

He also starred with co-star DoBoy in a web series titled Teddy Ray & DoBoy: Blowin’ Up, which also airs on All Def Digital’s YouTube channel. He also appeared on ComicView. He is the second person on All Def Digital to be cast on the show, the first being his other co-star Doboy, who joined the show in season 5. He appeared in 2 episodes of season 8.

Being Black in Amerika isn't easy by any means, having to deal with white supremacists day in, and day out can have an effect on you. I find myself not giving a shit about things I usually did. I feel bad sometimes, but mostly not. here's an example. If I hear a story about a missing kid, an abused kid, or even one killed by accident or on purpose, I always try to find out if the kid was Black or not.
If it's a non-Black kid (or adult) I tend not to give a damn.
I tell myself "they were probably racist anyhow" or if its a kid I think "he would've grown up to be a racist anyhow"
30 years ago I never thought like this, I honestly believe the effects of having to live in a world with these people are eroding my humanity.
do you notice anything like this with yourself?

The Street Profits for me, have become one of the best tag teams in the WWE, even though the tag division has been quite lacking as of late, they have been rocking it. But, they've been kinda teasing breaking the team up, and I think it'll result in a much needed push for Montez Ford. He has become a standout in the WWE, for the way he sells, and how good in the ring he is overall. I have not seen anyone with this much energy & charisma in a long time. On top of that, he's also great on the mic. Plus he's got one of the best frog splashes in the game.

Seriously put a title on this guy already.
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Are any of you aware that college sports are going through a realignment? In that schools are peacing out of their conferences to jump to better ones. For example, the SEC and Big 10 are picking up teams like crazy, and it's leaving other conferences scrambling to fill up spots.

Pac-12 and the Big 12 are at each other's throats as well, as each side is trying to take from each other. It mostly stems from tv deals and money of course, but it's been a weird time in college sports. Are you worried your favorite teams are going to head to a different conference? Have any of your favorite teams moved to another conference?

Discuss your thoughts.