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cap28:
isale - how's it going ?  have you heard of this african american guy Dr Lee Warren? He's a social commentator, here's a link on his views on libya:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a--NEEU60uI&feature=related

i think he's very very on point:

Cap,
Checked it. Thanks.  His look (but not his idealogy) reminded me of the guy that used to be on PBS, TB of Tony Brown's Journal fame. 

Jesoul,
Will catch you later.  You're a challenge. 

naijababe:
^ Olohun fun awon alagbara ni suuru, abegi sir make una no do as una reach o

Anyway, it's cool.  Just messing with him.  He doesn't scare me one bit.  Se ore yin gbo Yo'oba?  I want a story idea about the thread.  A movie sounds awesome. 

naijababe:
Ajanlekoko is as cool as they come ( _{I hope he no get garri head like somebody)}

Oh yeah!

AjanleKoko:
hehehehe,
Na members-only thread? For dis our Nairaland?
make I consult the alagbaras, make dem lock dis thread plus your username briefly, for weekend.
Then you go find something for the boiz

Fail!

Man, that was quick!

Another one bites the dust.

OP,
I'm not sure about the conclusion, but I wouldn't be surprised if Yorubas are politically savvy. It's all that palace intrigue of yesteryear, you know.

[quote author=Ms. Potato link=topic=640537.msg8080933#msg8080933 date=1302270386]Oh No its not about jelousy of other people or not about them causing wahala for hia.

This thread is about me wondering why these people have different personality on nairaland and another different personality with me outside Nairaland and I dont like it when they treat me very nice outside Nairaland but tend to ignore me on NL Thats what Im confuse and I dont understand why such behaviour [/quote]hmmm.  This is getting tricky.  But I can't help myself.    Gbeborun!

What do you talk about outside of NL?  Maybe they just want to keep it separate.  Who is LordReed?  Is he the same (reallife boyfriend) man you were upset about losing?  You have a lot of drama, Mrs.Potatohead.    A specialist is needed.

I'll just reiterate my earlier post about just hanging in there and keeping you and your friends happy.  Life is short. 

What have we here?  hmmm.  "Ajanlekoko"?  What kind of moniker is that?  And what sort of nutjob poster are we dealing with?

naijababe, I checked out a few of his past posts.  So far so good. 

1) Please do Due Dilligence
2) Get his stats
3) Give him the Soul Test
4) Crunch the numbers
5) Report back to me the thread

[quote author=Ms. Potato link=topic=640537.msg8076882#msg8076882 date=1302222005]U do? So u think these guys are nice and not being two faced?[/quote]Yes, don't worry about a thing.  Maybe they're too shy to show their real selves on NL.  If you get along with them, don't listen to all the naysayers (jealous people).   Just do your thing.   

Sometimes people just come along to throw sand in your garri.    Ignore it and listen to your heart. 

[quote author=Ms. Potato link=topic=641483.msg8078536#msg8078536 date=1302249199]Oh great! Now the sun will evolve around his face!  [/quote]You said it!  Dude still hasn't evolved from humanoid. 

ifyalways:
@Isale gan,please are u male or female ?

I'm a handsome strapping ultimate specimen of alpha male perfection, and Dayokanu still can't stop sweating me! 

@Topic,Im a fan.

Dude is just a badas.s clown,serious ashi and easygoing pal. 

I'm sure you want to take it back now.

naijababe:
Thank you jare Ify, somebody isale counting ?

Yes, sis.  A sorry-a.s.s fan club of two - back to ONE LONELY FAN - when the other chick reads the thread updates. 

[quote author=Mr, Cork link=topic=637336.msg8044735#msg8044735 date=1301859748]***Ladies, a simple 'Thank u Mr Cork' will not  hurt!!    ****[/quote] Thank you, Mr. Cork.  You're one of the best things on NL.   Top 3 for sure!

Why's he "proud" of me?  Sounds ominous.  Or he's just happy.  Did Bayern Munchkins win lately?

Anyway, just tell him to watch his language.    

naijababe:
katsuo gini? Abeg jo! this lil' shindig here is for DK!

He has to make up to me for all his bad behaviour.

I'm actually thinking maybe I will stick around here.   To get him back for all the times he tried to ruin my thread.    I even tried to help him with his tax stuff and what thanks did I get.  

I'm scared now.  Not the response I expected.

naijababe, please translate!

naijababe,

Are you proud of your star?

btw, I refuse to click on any links provided by him.

P.S. My work here is done.  Off to go start my (AnybodyElse) Fan Club thread. 

One and a half fans at best. I dey laugh.

Don't mind me.  Just stopping by to check the membership roster of the Illustrious DK Fan Club. 

One. . . naijababe. . . hmm mmm mmm.  One!

So, still the one member then?  I should have put some greenbacks on this bet. 

I guess it's so sparse cos all his fans in the Arsenal Football Supporters Club are not logged on yet. 

Some years ago, during the heyday of Spike Lee, there developed a manufactured illusory contest between (the legend of) Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.  At the time, due to a reaction to the apathy in the American black community, X won out.  Now that things have settled down, and we have returned to the age of reason and comtemplation, is MLK back in favour?  He never lost it with me.  I am and always have been ambivalent towards the hype around Malcolm X.  You can think it blaspemy if you want.  You can even think it demagoguery.  I was never fully sold on this man.  Farrakhan I get; X I'm still not sure about.

So, it was truly auspicious that I happened upon this book review about a new biography of the life of Malcolm Little aka Malcolm X aka Malcolm Shabazz. 

A must read.  The review and the book.  I can't wait.  naijababe, can you buy it and mail it to me asap! 

BOOKS OF THE TIMES
Stripping Away Myth and Finding Multiple Masks
By MICHIKO KAKUTANI
Published: April 7, 2011

He was a master of reinvention who had as many names as he did identities: Malcolm Little, Homeboy, Jack Carlton, Detroit Red, Big Red, Satan, Malachi Shabazz, Malik Shabazz, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz and, most famously, Malcolm X. A country bumpkin who became a zoot-suited entertainer who became a petty criminal who became a self-taught intellectual who became a white-hating black nationalist who became a follower of orthodox Islam who became an international figure championing “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.”

In his revealing and prodigiously researched new biography, “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention,” Manning Marable — a professor at Columbia University and the director of its Center for Contemporary Black History, who died just last week — vividly chronicles these many incarnations of his subject, describing the “multiple masks” he donned over the years, while charting the complex and contradiction-filled evolution of his political and religious beliefs. The book draws from diaries, letters, F.B.I. files, Web resources and interviews with members of Malcolm X’s inner circle.

This volume does not provide much psychological insight into why Malcolm X became such a protean figure (or why he needed to distance “his inner self from the outside world”), and it lacks the urgency and fierce eloquence of Malcolm X’s own “Autobiography.” Still, Mr. Marable artfully strips away the layers and layers of myth that have been lacquered onto his subject’s life — first by Malcolm himself in that famous memoir, and later by both supporters and opponents after his assassination in 1965 at the age of 39.

Mr. Marable argues that Malcolm X was a gifted performer, adept at presenting himself to black audiences “as the embodiment of the two central figures of African-American folk culture, simultaneously the hustler/trickster and the preacher/minister.” He also suggests that Malcolm exaggerated his criminal youth in his “Autobiography” to create “an allegory documenting the destructive consequences of racism within the U.S. criminal justice and penal system,” and to underscore the transformative power that the Nation of Islam brought to his own life while in prison.

As Mr. Marable sees it, the “Autobiography,” which was written with Alex Haley (later of “Roots” fame), was in some respects “more Haley’s than its author’s.” Because Malcolm X died in February 1965, Mr. Marable writes, “he had no opportunity to revise major elements of what would become known as his political testament.” Haley, “a liberal Republican,” in Mr. Marable’s words, made the finished book read like a work in “the tradition of Benjamin Franklin’s autobiography” rather than “a manifesto for black insurrection” — which perhaps explains its widespread popularity and prominent place in high school and college curriculums.

One of the many achievements of this biography is that Mr. Marable manages to situate Malcolm X within the context of 20th-century racial politics in America without losing focus on his central character, as Taylor Branch sometimes did in his monumental, three-volume chronicle of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the civil rights movement. At the same time Mr. Marable provides a compelling account of Malcolm X’s split with the Nation of Islam as he moved away from that sect’s black nationalism and radical separatist politics, and as personal tensions between him and the Nation leader Elijah Muhammad escalated further after Muhammad impregnated a woman who had had a longtime romantic relationship with Malcolm X.

Along the way Mr. Marable lays out a harrowing picture of Nation members’ determination to do away with the charismatic Malcolm X, who after being exiled from the sect had struck out on his own, forming a new group and alliances with orthodox Islamic groups abroad. When surveillance records become fully available, Mr. Marable asserts, “it would not be entirely surprising if an F.B.I. transcript surfaced documenting a telephone call from Elijah Muhammad to a subordinate, authorizing Malcolm’s murder,” but he does not come up with a smoking gun on that count in these pages.

It is Mr. Marable’s contention that while two of the three men convicted of the murder had alibis, the man who actually fired “the kill shot, the blow that executed Malcolm X” went free, only to serve prison time later for other crimes. He says this man is one Willie Bradley, who was later inducted into the Newark Athletic Hall of Fame for his high school baseball achievements and briefly appeared in a campaign video, promoting the re-election of Newark’s mayor, Cory A. Booker. (The Star-Ledger of Newark published an article about a man it says is Mr. Bradley, but his family denies any connection to the shooting.)

Mr. Marable speculates that Mr. Bradley “and possibly other Newark mosque members may have actively collaborated on the shooting with local law enforcement and/or the F.B.I.,” but fails to provide any hard evidence concerning this allegation either. In addition he argues that law enforcement agencies did not actively investigate threats on Malcolm X’s life, but instead “stood back, almost waiting for a crime to happen.”

In the course of this volume Mr. Marable corrects some popular assumptions: for instance, Malcolm X was introduced to the Nation of Islam not by a fellow prisoner — as depicted in Spike Lee’s 1992 movie “Malcolm X” — but by family members. Somewhat more enigmatic and sharper-elbowed than the man in the movie, Mr. Marable’s Malcolm is a passionate, conflicted and guarded man, filled with contradictions — charming and charismatic with audiences and the press but detached, even chilly with his wife, Betty, whom he frequently treated with misogynistic disdain. Some people quoted in this volume depict Malcolm X as being fatalistic in the last days of his life, telling one former associate that “the males in his family didn’t die a natural death.”

As a young man in prison Malcolm steeped himself not just in black history, Mr. Marable writes, but in “Herodotus, Kant, Nietzsche, and other historians and philosophers of Western civilization.” His hungry intellect and gift for oratory would make him a magnetic proselytizer for the Nation of Islam, and later, after his split from the Nation, for his own more pluralistic vision, which would align him more closely with the civil rights movement and Dr. King, whom he had once denounced as an Uncle Tom. (cont.)

Full article here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/books/malcolm-x-a-life-of-reinvention-by-manning-marable-review.html?_r=1&hp

JeSoul:
Isale my sister wassup now?

you wan put me for budweiser hot seat abi? lol. If you were braiding my hair like I had hoped we could've had a nice girl conversation where I could answer your questions properly away from all these strangers . I'll answer the last two since I've previously divulged that information on NL.

-I live in surburb of Boston, Mass.
-My husband is not Nigerian. My parents are.

Oya over to you . . .

Well, "sis."  The first thing you can do is, remove that reference to MLK in your location.    The second thing is, you can apologise to our bro Cap for all the hours he spent tryna learn ya! 

Seriously though, I have no option but to conclude, amongst other things, that your husband is not a black man.  So I will leave you alone.  For now.   

P.S.: If I braid ya hair, it will hurt like a mother!    And it will come loose overnight.  I suck at it.

A PATHETIC fan club of one!

DK?  You do mean Dayokanu, right?  smh 

hahahahaha.   Every one has his limit.  Even the saintly Kilode?!

[quote author=Ms. Potato link=topic=640537.msg8070053#msg8070053 date=1302154417]For where he is shy? That guy (Dayokanu) is a No 1 fan of sex I can bet my life with that but here, most of the time he makes as if he dont know me. ANother meaner in the making[/quote]

I guess all these guys are doing it perhpas maybe Im yellow skin colour 

Just hang in there.  I'm sure its all a misunderstanding. 

Change of subject for a moment.

WTH is the status of the election at home? What have you heard? I am so confused. I won't lie. Some votes were started and will need to be restarted; some were postponed completely? I really hate that we can't vote absentee ballot.

I've called and talked to various family members but never enough time to go over the whole shenanigan. With all the rumoured chaos, I'm not even sure my mom wants to go to the trouble of voting this time around. That'll be a shame.

If you've never watched Boondocks, you gotta watch the episode "The Block is Hot" on the link I provided. It's awesome. Towards the end the little girl squeals: "Poniiiiiiieeeeeesss. Oh My God! Ponies. Look at the mane." Too cute.

A link to some of the best lines from the series:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/The_Boondocks_(TV_series)

Well, maybe I'll post some more later. I don't think we can make headway on any discussion unless we identify our signs.

We need a brave soul to come in here and tell us his sign, agree to have the chart posted and open up the floor for analyses.

I've shed a little too much light on myself lately, so I'm all "confession'ed" out.

naijababe:
I'm spooked at how accurate some parts are

I know a couple with this combo 

lol.  You're welcome to delve into it.  I don't mind. 

I'll say I generally find it to be more than 50% accurate in terms of personality and motivation.   

Cancer Characteristics and Profile
(June 21 - July 22)

Crabs live in the inter-tidal zone of the oceans, where tides rise and fall twice every day. This is the most dynamic and changeful place on earth, but also the most nutrient rich. Because of the constant change, Cancer have developed a hard outer shell for protection. Cancer can use the hard outer shell of your home as your protection. But it's more than just that. Typically, your sensitive Cancer can hold your feelings quietly behind your own walls.

Crabs also have large pinching claws, and Cancer can hold onto things, especially from the past. Cancer are fiercely loyal and have a difficult time letting go. But Cancer are also quick to bring those you love inside the safety of your outer shell while you nurture them. Cancer love is protective, but unless tempered, can be smothering.

Cancer motto could be, "A good defense is the best offense." Like a Crab in its cave, your attack can consist of baiting your opponent into your territory. What appears to be a retreat to others can be your best aggressive tactic. As you feel your way through life, building your security by developing your home and family relationships, remember that unexpressed anger can turn into resentment and depression, so find someone you can trust and share your feelings.

Full profile here: http://horoscopes.mydaily.com/astrology/cancer/about/

Badass Awori Chick,

Let me know what you think.  Not my original work, of course, but I think the two sites I used provide enough detail for us to start a discussion.  I'll do some other combinations.

I'm still not sure this is anything other than entertainment.  What of the description of[b] character traits [/b]ascribed to each sign?  Any relevance to compatibility factor?

Capricorn Characteristics and Profile
(December 22 - January 19)

The sure-footed Mountain Goat can climb to higher altitudes than any other mammal. And you sure-footed Capricorns are also well-suited for climbing. Capricorn sets high goals for yourself and then you overcome whatever obstacles may appear between you and the top of your personal mountain. As Capricorn climbs the ladder of success, your ambition pushes you forward. Status can be important to Capricorn and often, at the top of your game, you gain personal satisfaction by knowing that others respect you for what you have accomplished.

Capricorn can dance out on the edge of a cliff, but will never fall. Why? Stability plays an important role, but so does practice. As a typical Capricorn, you may appear reckless, but chances are that your actions will have been very well planned, and probably also rehearsed. Capricorn is always calculating what will happen if you do something. You Capricorns are energetically conservative, only expending enough to get you to where you want to be. No silly impulsive actions for you. This is your best insurance to get to the top of the mountain. 

Full profile here: http://horoscopes.mydaily.com/astrology/capricorn/about/

Pisces & Capricorn Compatibility
When Capricorn and Pisces join together in a love match, on the surface, it may appear to be opposites attracting. Capricorn is down-to-earth and regimented, with a very strong work ethic, while Pisces tends to be more emotional and dreamy, and takes on the needs of those around them. This couple is honest, and can be devoted to one another. They admire one another: Capricorn appreciates Pisces's kind nature, and Pisces is drawn in by Capricorn's quick wit and tenacity.

This relationship may develop slowly, the two not necessarily recognizing its progression. But it will get stronger over time. The Capricorn-Pisces duo can really put their heads together and can be fulfilled by their partner. Difficulties can arise if Capricorn is too dominating for Pisces's sensitive side. Pisces needs to understand that this is Capricorn's style and not a personal attack. Pisces might not take too well to Capricorn's stubbornness, but can deal with it through patience and understanding. Pisces enjoys indulging Capricorn through their desire for domestic bliss, which combines well with Capricorn's need for a neat, tidy home and material goods.

Capricorn is ruled by Saturn and Pisces is ruled by a combination of Jupiter and Neptune. Saturn is the planet of dedication, authority and responsibility. Higher learning, ethics and standards are ruled by Jupiter, while Neptune influences Pisces's view of dreams and illusions. These three Planets complement one another because they have a good sense of compassionate justice and dedication.

Capricorn is an Earth Sign and Pisces is a Water Sign. Earth Signs are about possessions, and the Capricorn-Pisces partners like to surround themselves with material objects that show off their sophistication. The Water Sign relies on emotion and intuition, making the Pisces the fueling force behind the relationship, but in a passive way. Shared love of a comfortable, yet fancy, home life ensures that this couple will aspire to a higher ground.

Capricorn is a Cardinal Sign and Pisces is a Mutable Sign. While Capricorn tends to focus on one project at a time, Pisces floats from one thing to another as the feeling strikes them. Because of their flexibility, Pisces may become interested in Capricorn's projects. In turn, Capricorn needs to allow Pisces to enjoy many things at once and not take it personally when Pisces gets bored with something that Capricorn if focused on. Capricorn will stick with Pisces's pursuits even after they've moved on to something else. In return, Pisces can sometimes show Capricorn that flexibility is better than a strong determination to do things a specific way.

What's the best aspect of the Capricorn-Pisces relationship? It's their unique blend of temperaments. Both partners enjoy sharing their lives with someone else, and both like to help the other achieve their goals. Their difference in temperaments makes theirs a highly compatible relationship.

http://shine.yahoo.com/astrology/compatibility/love/?sign1=pisces&sign2=capricorn

Pisces Characteristics and Profile
(February 19 - March 20)
Fish appear to be individuals, but have you ever seen a school of them swimming together? They act as one. Each is part of a greater whole. And you Pisces Fish are more aware of your interdependency than any other sign. It's as if Pisces live in an ocean and the spirit that flows through you is like the one ocean that flows through all fishes. The symbol of the Fish is also the symbol of Christianity, the predominant religion during the past two thousand years -- also known to astrologers as the "Age of Pisces."

Pisces are spiritual in nature and emotional in expression. Pisces intuition and imagination are at once Pisces strengths and weakness. Pisces are attracted to the mystical side of things, and herein lay potential danger, for when pulled beneath the currents of everyday life, the realms of imagination and the subconscious offer little structure. Without the foundation of reality, it becomes easy to flounder and to lose direction. Pisces own salvation, however, can come from helping others less fortunate that yourself, especially those who have fallen into the misty realms of drugs, alcohol or spiritual confusion.

Full profile here: http://horoscopes.mydaily.com/astrology/pisces/about/

namfav:
when you send your daguthers to college [/b]you don't know what they are doing, they may even have sugar daddies but [b]one thing for certain they are having sex lol, so why not just allow them to marry and have a sense of responsibility, god rewards those that take responsiblity

Utter rubbish!  I don't know you and actually was gonna introduce myself when I saw a post of yourself yours a few minutes ago in another thread.  What you wrote above is utter ignorance and foolishness. If you lack self-discipline, do not assume others are equally weak.

Boondocks: The Block is Hot

[flash=480,360]http://www.youtube.com//v/xjMutF_jnrU[/flash]

[flash=480,360]http://www.youtube.com//v/lW5S2Wby4DM&NR=1[/flash]


Watch the full 22-min episode here: http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/1149753#pm_cmp=vid_OEV_P_P

[flash=480,360]http://www.youtube.com//v/6XKNWRD9Y7s[/flash]

JeSoul:
I'm not sure where or when you're living, but Cap its 2011.

 Blacks are NOT denied "equal  access to education, decent housing, health care and access to equal justice" . . . I mean where are you getting this stuff?     please show us some recent examples of this white supremacy cos maybe I'm too blind to see it.
And why Cap should the white man have 'our interest in heart'? Does any country go about doing good for other countries out of the goodness of their hearts? For the most part foreign policies are symbiotic relationships - not one-way streets. Do you have the white man's interest in your heart? why should he have yours?
 I actually agree with you on some points here. And it goes back to my last point - everyone/country does what is best for themselves. We as africans could not have been exploited without our own permission. Our leadership sold us out for a buck. See how we shame ourselves daily with corruption and tribalism. We cannot even respect ourselves or treat ourselves well - and we want others to respect us - did the white man do that too?

Its like a marriage where the man cheats with a mistress. The wife should first and above all focus her anger at the man who betrayed her, the mistress is a distant second. We have to look in the mirror Cap - there lies our problem.
 I agree with you that there is still racism - there will always be racism. But it is nowhere near as rampant as you're trying to suggest - at least not in the US or UK.
I labelled you without cause?

Remember I kindly asked you if you could explain why you believe what you believe. You quickly declared to me that I was not smart enough to hang with your brilliance and knowledge. To which I replied
That was when I labelled you, and not a second earlier.

JeSoul, If you choose to answer, I am curious about the following:
- Where did you grow up?
- Where do you live?
- Is your husband, and most of your family, Nigerian?

Who are these people? Actors? Don't care for the dude's haughty mein, sunglasses and white shoes. Wife is pretty though.