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Take a vote
Prometheus 6 recently posted a poll: “What is Black folks’ most pressing need?“. Intrigued, I checked it out and found a great discussion taking place that I want to think aloud about. Of the options, the one I most agree with is, “Develop or increase control of our lives”. Like Temple 3 suggests in his comment: I believe that economic freedom, physical safety and spiritual/cultural continuity requires discipline. I selected “Develop or Increase Control Over Our Lives.” I chose this option because self-control is the cornerstone of these three imperatives. He honestly hit the nail right on the head for me. It is discipline and self-control that lead to personal…
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Racially profile THIS | Prometheus 6 » I swear I just had a discussion that started with, "What if terrorists started threatening (for instance) [non-Arab] grandmothers’ families to get them to hijack planes."
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A List Apart: Articles: Everyware: Always Crashing in the Same Car » What’s the value-add of ubiquitous computing?
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Acknowledge your ignorance: an open letter
Dear doctor, If you are not a sports doctor/trainer and are not listening to my explanation of my pain, do not pass off my pain/discomfort as a mere “overuse injury”. Explain to me why my injury has the pattern it does if it is a mere overuse injury. Do not shrug helplessly at my limited alternatives for healing (no anti-inflamatories) and insist on using the old, so-in-the-box RICE method… with the anti-inflamatories I can’t take. If you refuse to think outside the box, at least admit your fucking ignorance and refer me to someone who might know more. Not an orthopedic surgeon, but maybe someone who can differentiate what kind…
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Ananova – Porn star’s offer to Bin Laden » …I got nothin’. Sunday Times: Have you got the definitive derriere? [ 09apr06 ] » Why the hell does this article exist? I’d love to see an equivalent on the perfect penis–cut or uncut, symmetry, angle when erect, etc. This is just silly. (From Mistress Krista.) The reality behind immigration reform | Prometheus 6 » I heart me some P6, and this brings to light some stats I’d never seen before.