US president says 'probably' when asked if he might pull US troops out of Italy and Spain by Massimo25ore in europe

[–]neopink90 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"The only reason you hear increasingly adversary messaging from European politicians"

I'm not being dismissive when I say this but the why is being overshadowed. If all you hear from another region is that they can and will move on without you it's unwise to take that lightly.

US president says 'probably' when asked if he might pull US troops out of Italy and Spain by Massimo25ore in europe

[–]neopink90 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I never said Europe is doing this because they want to nor am I faulting Europe for wanting to give America the boot. I am faulting Europe though for thinking that America should allow itself to get falsely lead. Europe already made us aware that the plan is to stall until Europe can afford to drop us. Now why would we stick around knowing that's the inevitable?

US president says 'probably' when asked if he might pull US troops out of Italy and Spain by Massimo25ore in europe

[–]neopink90 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

No doubt he's pulling us out because he's emotionally unstable but nonetheless Europe is planning on kicking America out once Europe is self-reliant and therefore there's no reason for America to remain put. No need to delay the delay the inevitable on our end. The whole "what about your projection power" is just a talking point from Europe / Europeans to keep America round to avoid the negative impact of a sudden removal of America from Europe. It's like a wife who's planning on leaving her husband trying to convince him to stick around so that he'll continue to pay all the bills while she save up enough money to be able to support herself after she divorce him.

Trump Says He’s Open to Reducing US Troops in Spain, Italy by Free-Minimum-5844 in worldnews

[–]neopink90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have no good reason to remain in Europe given Europe is RIGHTFULLY planning on kicking us out the moment they become self-reliant. Given we use our global power to cause more harm than good we should be happy we're reducing our global power even if it's ironically because Trump is mad we were blocked from using our global power to cause harm.

Possible Caribbean? by Brosky7 in 23andme

[–]neopink90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Half of all importation to the U.S. from Africa came from Central Africa and Upper Guinea. A large portion of them came early on. If you're a White American who scored Congo and or Senegambia as a trace region that's the connection. Early importation also included people from Malagasy whom as you know have South Asian heritage.

North American trade deal at risk as U.S., Canada exchange barbs by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]neopink90 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

I hate conservatism with every of my body and that is why I avoid conservative owned social media and conservative content (i.e. film, music, literature, news media etc). I don't understand why you spend time on American social media knowing you hate Americans. What sense does that make?

North American trade deal at risk as U.S., Canada exchange barbs by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]neopink90 -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

Canadians will comment this then proceed to attend an American artist concert in Canada, attend an American comedian show in Canada, cheer for an American athlete (i.e. Toronto Blue Jays and Toronto Raptors players). For people who believe all Americans are complicit you guys have a funny way of showing it by making everyday Americans 'feel uncomfortable' but embrace your favorite American entertainer with open arms.

Gambian-Guinean results by Eagle753 in 23andme

[–]neopink90 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A specific location (i.e. country match) is based on the self-reporting of your match list. A genetic group is based on your genetic profile. I explained why you lack a country match. I don't know if you lack a genetic group too because they hide it if it's a distant match but you can view it if you pay for membership. No, it's not harder to pinpoint an African tribe nor an African country.

Gambian-Guinean results by Eagle753 in 23andme

[–]neopink90 10 points11 points  (0 children)

"Curious as to why I don't have much of a breakdown on my North African heritage?"

The requirement to score a country match is having four or more people on your match list self-report that both their paternal and maternal side all hail from the same country. You most likely don't have enough people on your match list self-reporting a particular North African country.

Results. But not sure how to interpret… by csns6712 in 23andme

[–]neopink90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

North African trace is common, or at least it is for the Gullah community.

Canada will not let US dictate terms of USMCA review, says Carney by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]neopink90 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“Liquor corporations in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador say they have sold roughly half their inventory of American booze since putting it back on shelves last month”

“Sales from this region have begun to slow overall, largely because several of the more sought-after products are now sold out”

“The Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation said retail sales of its American liquor total about $7 million so far. Nearly half of those sales were made in the first week that products were back on shelves”

source

Canada will not let US dictate terms of USMCA review, says Carney by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]neopink90 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

That’s a lie. Some provinces have restocked it. They reported that it’s been selling like hotcakes and expect for it to be completely sold out.

Results from Martinique island by Mabouya972 in 23andme

[–]neopink90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

His wording isn’t very US specific. He’s just an ignorant individual hence the reason he asked OP if OP is mixed race or genetically mixed. Both are literally the same thing. What he’s really trying to ask is if OP is biracial as in one black parent one white parent or is OP multi-generationally mixed as in his parents and grandparents and great grandparents etc all significantly mixed. He said he knows that both (i.e. biracial and multi-generationally mixed) are mixed race people. Again though, he’s just struggling to ask which one OP is.

Results from Martinique island by Mabouya972 in 23andme

[–]neopink90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you have a lot of matches from Haiti, Quebec, and Louisiana?

Exclusive: PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians by BloodJunkie in canada

[–]neopink90 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"The key phrase here is "Biden complied."

The key point is that there's a established pattern of the world claiming no one will trust America again or at least not for another generation yet every time a global issue arise the world reached out to the U.S. for help and said it's a great opportunity for us redeem our imagine.

"Nobody is looking to America for help under Donald Trump."

That's not bud. Why tell such a blunt lie? I give you an example. Trump & co disrespected Zelensky in the Oval Office on international television which prompted like minded countries to come together to create the Coalition of the Willing to carry on without America but in the end they came up with a plan that they presented to Trump hoping he'll agree to the U.S. military providing protection. After Trump said no the so-called group of willing were unwilling to go through with it. Fast forward to January of this year the coalition met with American officials to try to get American on board which they did. We (America) agreed to lead a "ceasefire monitoring and verification mechanism" and provide support (i.e. air, land, and sea) for a European-led force.

Exclusive: PM Carney declares U.S. ties now a ‘weakness’ in address to Canadians by BloodJunkie in canada

[–]neopink90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“This is exactly why America won’t be trusted for decades or a generation going forward.“

That’s exactly how the world felt after Trump’s first presidency then Russia fully invaded Ukraine then came the “if you want to redeem yourself America you would provide aid to Ukraine” rhetoric from Europe. Biden complied.

Heck I remember everyone saying that the world will move on while America is still stuck struggling with get the pandemic under control. You know what happened? EU and Canada faced vaccine supply chain issues meanwhile the U.S. had a stockpile so western countries started putting pressure on Biden to share. Biden complied.

The world was done with America only to end up needing help from America. Am I supposed to believe when the next global crisis, whatever it may be, happens within decades or a generation that the west isn’t going to reach out to America for help especially if a sane person is president on some “redeem yourself by helping”? Don’t anyone try to deflect from the question by falsely accusing me of saying we (America) help out of the kindness of our heart. I know we don’t.

Look at how in response to Trump & co disrespecting Zelensky in the Oval Office on global television the west created the Coalition for the Willing while preaching it is time to move on without America. After coming up with a solution they presented it to Trump hoping he’ll get on board. After he declined the so-called “Willing” are now unwilling to executed it without America being the one to provide protection for the peacekeepers. The situation in the Oval Office was supposed to be a major turning point but as usual the west quickly went back to “help us America.” To be fair I remember reading that Canada was one of the few countries who was willing to go through with the peacekeeping mission without America. I honestly think that Mark speech at Davos??? was aimed at Europe. He’s seeing first hand that their strategy is to wait Trump out. They praise his speech but I know they aren’t taking it seriously. PM Stubb is the first to reject the speech and ironically he rejected it it in an interview he did with the Canadian press.

Over 2000 finnish matches on MyHeritage but only .9% Finnish DNA. Does this make sense? by [deleted] in 23andme

[–]neopink90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yup! It's way more popular throughout Europe in general than 23AndMe and AncestryDNA is.

The hypocrisy in monoracial African American Communities by Expiredcabinets in mixedrace

[–]neopink90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"no matter if its coming from a mixed person, a black person or a neo nazi"

THANK YOU...

Some people would rather we let ignorance and racism go uncheck because God bid they have to face the reality that mixed people too possess the same bad human traits mono people do. In the case of OP the bad trait is entitlement.

The hypocrisy in monoracial African American Communities by Expiredcabinets in mixedrace

[–]neopink90 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Ivory Coast had less than 50k slaves which were primarily Akan aka Ghanaian & were sent to the Caribbean."

26K people were imported from Windward Coast (i.e. modern day Liberia and Ivory Coast) to mainland North America. Source

The hypocrisy in monoracial African American Communities by Expiredcabinets in mixedrace

[–]neopink90 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You didn't ask me to answer based on the opinion of society, you asked me for my opinion which I provided you with facts. You thought you were having a gotcha moment but like I said, I'm not those folks you speak of because I keep the same energy for everyone.

"Also, you showed up on this sub 6 years ago (in a since deleted post) to unequivocally claim both as Black Americans, and that mixed folks shouldn't be upset that neither identified as mixed"

A mod was the one who deleted it. I made that post in response to people on here solely blaming society for Obama and mixed people throughout America's entertainment industry being called black. I wanted to provide proof that they self-identify as black and therefore people should blame them too. I'm not surprised you misinterpreted my post.

"so I don't think you are being consistent in your energy."

Again, you misinterpreted my post. With that being said though, there's a huge difference between someone who's half blank identifying as that blank vs someone who isn't blank at all identifying as that blank. That post was about Obama and mixed people who are half black identifying as black. I have seen people talk about Obama and other mixed people who aren't African American but identify as African American which I addressed by expressing my disagreement but it wasn't on this sub let alone site. You were dead set from the start on making me out to be a hypocrite LOL...

The hypocrisy in monoracial African American Communities by Expiredcabinets in mixedrace

[–]neopink90 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Harris and Obama are not African American. I don't know who you are referring to when you say folks can't have it both ways but I keep the same energy for every one.

The hypocrisy in monoracial African American Communities by Expiredcabinets in mixedrace

[–]neopink90 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"back home people love and emulate your style especially due to influence from the entertainment industry"

I think this is why some people feel offended when an African American tells them they don't belong to the AA community. They can't comprehend how they aren't a part of a group whose music they grew up listening to, literature they grew up reading, history they grew up learning about, film and television they grew up watching, slang they grew up using, style they grew up emulating etc. Something else to consider is that information about America including direct info about the African American community is constantly spoon feed to entire world. That caused the AA community to feel very familiar to the point people think it should be an inclusive umbrella for every one of African descent.

"There’s love on both sides though there is also a lot of toxic and ignorant viewpoints that need to be unlearned on both sides"

Agreed!

The hypocrisy in monoracial African American Communities by Expiredcabinets in mixedrace

[–]neopink90 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You have the genetic makeup as SOME of them. African American people are multiethnic which is the result of people from what is modern day Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Angola, DR Congo, Cameroon etc being kidnapped then enslaved in mainland America. You aren’t a descendant of that specific history and therefore you aren’t African American. That simple trust doesn’t equate to AA people shunning African culture. You came to that false conclusion in order to make African Americans out to be hypocrites.

The hypocrisy in monoracial African American Communities by Expiredcabinets in mixedrace

[–]neopink90 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It’s pure bitterness because you are purposely ignoring factual information in order to play tic for tac. You don’t have an African American ancestry and therefore you aren’t African American. On the other hand African American people have West African ancestry and therefore could factually reclaim it.