Jezza – “The USA has been spoiling for a war for many months since supposedly withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan. The plan to bomb Iran has still not reached fruition, the plan to bomb Syria was abandoned/postponed, the plan to remove Qaddafi using contractors worked but at the expense of the same old, same old mess following thereafter.”

First of all, where do you get you news? You claim USA is spoiling for war yet all “planned” attacks haven’t reached fruition. If such need for war existed, why would the plans be abandoned?
As for Ukraine, you’re simply wrong. You need to expand your news base to include at least SOME news from people ACTUALLY FROM OR IN UKRAINE. I happen to have very close friends and loved ones in Ukraine, have extensive experience in Ukraine and Russia and Crimea, and believe it is people like you who spread anti-Ukraine Propaganda, that prolongs the bloodshed and emboldens Putin to invade directly, which would serve only to make your dream of USA needing a war, closer to reality. What the hell is wrong with you people that you make such idiotic statements believing that you are somehow helping the understanding for people who have none. YOU have none. Stop with the anti-Ukraine propaganda BS. They are fighting to save their nation and against an invading enemy which wants to divide it. And why not learn about asymmetrical warfare before spouting stupid BS about “if Russia wanted to invade.. ” The fact is THEY DID and they now control and occupy part of what is Ukraine, or haven’t you heard? sheez

"They should do a DNA test on Beethoven's hair to find out for sure."

only way. Should be sent as an anonymous. Any "evidence" I've seen so far is unconvincing; and there is nothing less sub-Saharan African than Beethoven on a concert stage in early 19th century central Europe. Any black ancestry (if true) would be about as meaningful as any white ancestry in Louis Armstrong. The black — actually Ethiopian — ancestry of Pushkin is undisputed. I don't know about Arabic literature, but I do known that they did not take blacks seriously in any intellectual endeavor, so the achievements of some partially black writers, was never enough to change their minds on the subject. In general.

However, the achievements of persons of partially black ancestry are nothing to sneeze at. Once the genetic contribution skews towards non-Subsaharan black, the potential increases simply because the average intelligence increaes, and intelligence is necessary for high level achievements. Again, speaking in large scale statistics.

I swallowed that "African ancestry" of Beethoven after a Jewish guy told me so back in the 70s. I then read an account of the ways & means that rumor got to be, that so thoroughly debunked it, I gave it no more thought. The guy also told me that Atlanteans didn't look European, as if he knew. Interesting and early encounter with the desire of (some, not all) Jewish persons to diminish the European achievement and assign as many high-achievers as possible perhaps, to a non-Euro background; even if the African ancestry were true, he was so overwhelmingly European genetically and culturally, that he wouldn't make it into the black history month series, because it is just too European achievements are just too uncomfortably titanic (in more ways than one) for most non-Euros to deal with. Even whites are embarrassed by their own accomplishments and turn white geniuses into blacks for the purpose of stroking black egos, I guess, which they seem to think are fragile. To wit: Morgan Freeeman playing two white scientists rolled into one black man. Great example of people shrinking in embarrassment at what whites achieve in most areas compared to blacks.
The musical achievements of blacks are considered impressive by most people, but they are using instruments and and a forum entirely European. African music sounds nothing like what black Americans have done. Actually, African music, esp in Mali is infinitely better, often extraordinarily melodious and lovely.
Back to Beethoven. I saw the death mask of Beethoven and there was nothing negroid about the features at all. Olive complexions are pretty common among central and southern Europeans, even southern Germans.

Sorry to get off topic but I think the readers will appreciate this story:

“My husband was a British Paid Agent” – Litvinenko widow
http://rt.com/news/litvinenko-british-intelligence-lugovoy-979/

It appears Litvinenko was working for British Intelligence.

Is this fatal to Cochran’s gay germ theory?