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	Replay! 2nd UFO hearing held by US congress, witnesses include fmr. miltary
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">11301</guid><pubDate>Wed, 13 Nov 2024 22:25:40 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>What lies ahead?</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12743-what-lies-ahead/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>I've come across several references to this book entitled " America's Expiration Date" by Cal Thomas, published in 2020, and it sounded like something I would be enlightened by, so I turned to my new best friend Gemini and requested a summary of the work which, according to Gemini, draws heavily on a historical thesis proposed by a Sir John Glubb who, back in the 1970s, concluded that the average lifespan of an empire is approximately 250 years (roughly ten generations).</p><p>Supposedly, such 250-year periods can be broken down into the specific stages that empires historically go through before they collapse, and these phases are as follows:⁰</p><p></p><p>The Age of Pioneers: Bold, determined individuals explore and settle new lands.</p><p></p><p>The Age of Conquests: The nation expands its borders and establishes military dominance.</p><p></p><p>The Age of Commerce: The focus shifts to wealth creation, trade, and economic prosperity.</p><p></p><p>The Age of Affluence: Success leads to the accumulation of great wealth and the rise of a "ruling class."</p><p></p><p>The Age of Intellect: A shift from action to debate and philosophy; the society becomes increasingly self-analytical and focused on education.</p><p></p><p>The Age of Decadence: The final stage, characterized by moral decay, internal division, excessive luxury, and a loss of the original pioneering spirit.</p><p></p><p>In comparing these eras with America's history, author Cal Thomas believes that the American Empire is on a collision course with extinction because  it is currently in alignment with this 250-year pattern. Using the timeline that dates back to this nation's birth in 1776, and adding 250 years to that number, amounts to 2026...</p><p>Thomas goes on to cite massive, mounting national debt as a primary symptom of the "Age of Decadence,"  along with the moral and cultural divisions that cause the loss of shared values and the extreme political polarization that causes unity to unravel. He mentions eight major empires (including the Roman, Ottoman, and British ones) noting that they all staggered and eventually lost their superpower status after reaching these similar cultural milestones.</p><p></p><p>Gemini's optimistic takeaway from this data is that while the 250-year pattern is historically consistent, it is not a death sentence and that America could potentially escape this fate through a cultural and spiritual renewal, rather than through political or economic policies or the waging of wars.</p><p>The book's author notes that in entering the final Age of Decadence, the financial overreach caused by unsustainable national debt and a devalued currency, and the moral and cultural shift causing a weakening of the family structure along with the obsession with entertainment and sports and sexuality are definitely hurdles, but not challenges that are impossible to overcome.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile Trump and company march on in lockstep, pursuing their version of what will make America great again.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12743</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 05:35:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>And the beat goes on...</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12746-and-the-beat-goes-on/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>🫩 Tired of hearing about the war in Iran? Disgusted by the Supreme Court's dismantling of the Voting Rights act? Mad because your team got eliminated from the NBA Playoffs?Unimpressed by the ridiculously extravagant garb of the celebrities at the annual Met Gala? Worried about the possibility of a new virus epidemic? Fed up with high gas and grocery prices? Broke because you blew $500 on 2 tickets to the upcoming Usher-Chris Brown concert tour coming to a theater near you? Saddened by the evening news reporting the shooting death of yet another inner city black teen?</p><p>How about something to take your mind off of these bummers?</p><p>Read on...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="8602" src="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/FB_IMG_1778558574366.jpg.904152bd7efa2605b531a0b03326fdaf.jpg" alt="FB_IMG_1778558574366.jpg" title="FB_IMG_1778558574366.jpg" width="600" height="600" loading="lazy"></p><p></p><p>Rule No. 1 is the foundation to lure an athlete with a pick-me mindset: “He’s the prize. Remember he can change your life; you can’t change his.”</p><p></p><p>Rule No. 2: “Dealing with cheating, DON’T LOOK FOR IT… if it’s just a fling, LET IT GO!” He’s the prize, remember he can change your life, you can’t change his …”</p><p></p><p>Rule No. 3: “Completely integrate yourself in his life to where he can’t function without you.”</p><p></p><p>Rule No. 4: “Don’t embarrass him. Don’t cheat, don’t text other men.”</p><p></p><p>Rule No. 5: “Go completely WILD ON HIM IN BED!”</p><p></p><p>Rule No. 6: “DO NOT tell his mom ANY personal information.”</p><p></p><p>Rule No. 7: “Always look good and appealing."</p><p></p><p>****************</p><p></p><p></p><p>OK, back to things worth caring about. <span class="ipsEmoji" title="">🥴</span></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12746</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 22:33:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>POTUS Insults ABC News Journalist over a Question</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12740-potus-insults-abc-news-journalist-over-a-question/</link><description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://www.al.com/politics/2026/05/trump-appears-to-call-reporter-a-b-after-she-asks-stupid-question-shes-a-horror-show.html">https://www.al.com/politics/2026/05/trump-appears-to-call-reporter-a-b-after-she-asks-stupid-question-shes-a-horror-show.html</a></p><p></p><p>Word spreading around the internet is that POTUS OJ called journalist Rachel Scott a b*tch after she asked him a few questions.  </p><p></p><p>Rachel Scott asked POTUS OJ why he was spending money on the Reflecting Pool &amp; White House ballroom renovations while gas prices are soaring.  </p><p></p><p>That is a legitimate questions considering the average American doesn't care about those things more than having their own money to afford basic necessities.</p><p></p><p>POTUS OJ never one to shy away from being petty as f8ck didn't appreciate the question(s).  So, he verbally attacked the reporter &amp; her employer (ABC News).</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12740</guid><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 19:04:57 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Is it just me or do you think aliens had anything to do with it?</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12721-is-it-just-me-or-do-you-think-aliens-had-anything-to-do-with-it/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Y'all know I'm not a conspiracy theorist; the Earth is an oblate spheroid; vaccinate save lives; and chemtrails are simply contrails...</p><p></p><p>But do you think man is <em>really </em>capable of the technological advances of the 60 years? Look at our leaders. look at the country's literacy rates -- we can't even stop murdering each other for 2 seconds! It is hard to believe a people so easily addicted to social media can also produce AI and Quantum computers. 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																										<strong>Leading Black Film Critics and Entertainment Reporters Rank the<br>
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																										<em>(KANSAS CITY, Mo. – August 5th, 2025)</em><span> </span>—Recently, several major outlets including<span> </span><em>The New York Times</em>,<span> </span><em>RollingStone</em>,<span> </span><em>Rotten Tomatoes</em><span> </span>and<span> </span><em>IMDB</em><span> </span>released lists celebrating the best films of the 21st century. One thing was missing from them all: the perspective of how Black people watch, celebrate, and create cinema.
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																										To address this gap, the<span> </span><strong>Black Movie Hall of Fame (BMHOF)</strong><span> </span>reached out to more than 40<strong><span> </span>of the world’s top Black film critics and entertainment reporters</strong><span> </span>to rank the most important and influential Black films ever made.
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																										<em>“Inspired by the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies list, this is our fresh take on some of the best movies ever made,” said<span> </span><strong>Shawn Edwards</strong>, executive director of the Black Movie Hall of Fame and longtime film critic at WDAF (Fox 4 News – Kansas City).“What sets this list apart from others is that every film on the list is about the Black experience and curated entirely by Black film critics andentertainment journalists. It’s a list from a completely different perspective than you usually see.”</em>
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																										This groundbreaking list was curated by a panel led by<span> </span><strong>Edwards<span> </span></strong>and included<span> </span><strong>Gil Robertson (African American Film Critics Association),</strong><span> </span><strong>Aramide Tinubu (Variety)</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Lee Thomas (WJBK-TV in Detroit)</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Destiny Jackson (Deadline)</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Emmanuel Noisette (E-Man’s Reviews)</strong>,<span> </span><strong>Jasmine Simpkins (KTLA-TV in Los Angeles), Wilson Morales (BlackFilmandTV.com)</strong><span> </span>and<span> </span><strong>Kevin Frazier (Entertainment Tonight)</strong>, along with dozens of other influential Black film critics and entertainment reporters from around the world.
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																																																																						1. “Malcolm X” (1992)
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																																																																						2. “Black Panther” (2018)
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																																																																						3. “Do The Right Thing” (1989)
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																																																																						4. "The Color Purple” (1985)
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																																																																						5. “Moonlight” (2016)
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																																																																						6. “Claudine” (1974)
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																																																																						7. “12 Years a Slave” (2013)
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																																																																						8. “Get Out” (2017)
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																																																																						9. “Sinners” (2025)
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																																																																						10. “Carmen Jones” (1954)
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																																																																						11. “Coming to America” (1988)
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																																																																						12. “Cooley High” (1975)
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																																																																						13. “Sounder” (1972)
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																																																																						14. “Hoop Dreams” (1995)
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																																																																						15. “Super Fly” (1972)
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																																																																						16. “Ray” (2005)
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																																																																						17. “OJ: Made in America” (2016)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						18. “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” TV (1974)
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																																																																						19. “American Fiction” (2023)
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																																																																						20. “Boyz n the Hood” (1991)
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																																																																						21. “Richard Pryor: Live in Concert” (1979)
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																																																																						22.  “Shaft” (1971)
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																																																																						23.  “Hidden Figures” (2016)
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																																																																						24.  “Friday” (1995)
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																																																																						25.  “Dreamgirls” (2006)
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																																																																						26.  “A Raisin in the Sun” (1961)
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																																																																						27.  “The Five Heartbeats” (1991)
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																																																																						28.  “I Am Not Your Negro” (2016)
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																																																																						29.  “Watermelon Man” (1970)
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																																																																						30.  “City of God” (2002)
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																																																																						31.  “Glory” (1989)
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																																																																						32.  “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (2018)
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																																																																						33.  “Menace II Society” (1993)
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																																																																						34.  “Tsotsi” (2005)
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																																																																						35.  “The Emperor Jones” (1933)
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																																																																						36.  “Eve’s Bayou” (1997)
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																																																																						37.  “Lilies of the Field” (1963)
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																																																																						38.  “Soul Food” (1997)
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																																																																						39.  “Black Caesar” (1973)
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																																																																						40. "Selma” (2014)
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																																																																						41.  “She’s Gotta Have It” (1986)
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																																																																						42.  “Island in the Sun” (1957)
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																																																																						43.  “In the Heat of the Night” (1967)
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																																																																						44.  “Lady Sings the Blues” (1972)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						45.  “When We Were Kings” (1996)
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																																																																						46.  “Love &amp; Basketball” (2000)
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																																																																						47.  “What’s Love Got to Do With It” (1993)
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																																																																						48.  “The Mack” (1973)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						49.  “To Sleep With Anger” (1990)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						50. “Within Our Gates” (1920)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						51.  “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song” (1971)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						52.  “Set It Off” (1997)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						53.  “Waiting to Exhale” (1995)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						54.  “Straight Outta Compton” (2015)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						55.  “Blade” (1998)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						56.  “Devil in a Blue Dress” (1995)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						57.  “Sonkofa” (1993)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						58.  “Love Jones” (1997)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						59.  “A Rage in Harlem” (1991)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						60.  “A Soldier’s Story” (1984)
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																																																																						61.  “A Dry White Season” (1989)
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																																																																						62.  “Hollywood Shuffle” (1987)
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																																																																						63.  “Black Orpheus” (1959)
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																																																																						64.  “Stormy Weather” (1943)
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																																																																						65.  “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” (1988)
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																																																																						66.  “Cabin in the Sky” (1943)
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																																																																						67.  “The Exile” (1931)
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																																																																						68.  “Rosewood” (1997)
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																																																																						69.  “To Sir, With Love” (1967)
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																																																																						70.  “New Jack City” (1991)
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																																																																						71.  “House Party” (1990)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						72.  “The Green Pastures” (1936)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						73.  “Hotel Rwanda” (2004)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						74.  “Home of the Brave” (1949)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						75.  “Hallelujah!” (1929)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						76.  “Nothing But a Man” (1964)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						77.  “Purple Rain” (1984)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						78.  “Introducing Dorothy Dandridge” (1999)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						79.  “Krush Groove” (1985)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						80.  “La haine” (1995)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						81.  “Sugar Cane Alley” (1983)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																						82.  “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Parts” (2006)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						83.  “Touki Bouki” (1974)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						84.  “Juice” (1992)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						85.  “Uptown Saturday Night” (1974)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						86.  “Bamboozled” (2000)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						87.  “Killer of Sheep” (1977)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						88.  “Cotton Comes to Harlem” (1970)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						89.  “Paris is Burning” (1991)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						90.  “Daughters of the Dust” (1991)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						91.  “The Spook Who Sat by the Door” (1973)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						92.  “Battle of Algiers” (1966)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						93.  “Precious” (2009)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						94.  “Miracle in Harlem” (1948)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						95.  “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1967)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						96.  “Burning an Illusion” (1981).
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						97.  “The Learning Tree” (1969)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						98.  “Wild Style” (1982)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						99.  “Black Girl” (1966)
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						 
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																																																																					<p style="color:#000000; font-size:16px; padding:0px; text-align:left">
																																																																						100. “The Princess and the Frog” (2009)
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																										<strong>To view the full list of all 100 films</strong>, visit:<span> </span><a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="2" href="https://blackmoviehalloffame.us22.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f84226e3568cc9862cbcd422f&amp;id=102afb6d0e&amp;e=35ecc30fa8" style="border:0px; color:#000000; font-size:inherit; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline" title="https://blackmoviehalloffame.us22.list-manage.com/track/click?u=f84226e3568cc9862cbcd422f&amp;id=102afb6d0e&amp;e=35ecc30fa8" rel="external nofollow">https://blackmoviehalloffame.org/top100/</a><span style="border:0px; color:#080809; padding:0px; vertical-align:baseline">.</span>
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																										<strong>Fun Facts:</strong>
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																												The oldest movie on the list is “Within Our Gates” (1920).
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																												The newest movie on the list is “Sinners”(2025).
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																												Filmmaker Spike Lee directs the most titles on the list, with five films.
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																												Sidney Poitier stars in six titles—more than any other actor or actress.
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																												Denzel Washington appears in four titles, the second most of any actor.
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																												There are nine titles directed by women on the list.
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																												The list includes six documentaries.
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																												There are two animated films on the list.
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																												There are two made-for-television movies on the list.
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																												Euzhan Palcy is the only woman director with multiple titles (two) on the list.
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																												Melvin Van Peebles and Marion Van Peebles are the only father-son director duo with titles on the list.
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																										The Black Movie Hall of Fame was created to honor the pioneers of Black cinema, both in front of and behind the camera. The BMHOFwill feature interactive and traditional exhibits detailing the global history and impact of Black film. Its mission is to preserve and elevate the cultural significance of Black cinema and celebrate the storytellers who have shaped generations. The BMHOF will officially open on Saturday, February 28, 2026 with a star-studded gala.
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																										Shawn Edwards is the longest running Black film critic on television. As a nationally recognized film and television reviewer for Fox 4 News in Kansas City, Missouri for the past 25 years he has won numerous national awards including Best TV Film Critic twice by the LA Press Club's National Entertainment Journalism Awards.
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																										Edwards co-founded the African American Film Critics Association in 2003. He is also currently serving his fourth term on the Board of the Critics Choice Association. Edwards created and executive produces "Celebration of Black Cinema and Television' in conjunction with the Critics Choice Association which premiered in 2014 in Los Angeles. The annual awards show airs nationally each February.
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																										Edwards began his producing career producing numerous TV shows and documentaries for FGW Productions and BlackTree TV, both based in Los Angeles in 2008. Edwards worked for Hidden Empire Film Group (“Traffik,” “Black and Blue,” “The Intruder” and “Fatale”), based in Los Angeles, as a Senior Marketing Specialist from 2016 to 2021. Currently Edwards is overseeing the creation of the Black Movie Hall of Fame which will be based in the Historic 18th and Vine Jazz District in Kansas City, Missouri. The Hall of Fame, an idea Edwards created, will open in 2026 in the Boone Theater with Edwards functioning as its executive director.
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It has to run its course. People with healthy immune systems recover. Compromised folks may have a harder time.</p><p></p><p>The World Health Organization and other medical professionals are telling folks not to worry too much about the spread of Hantavirus. Guess they don't want the pandemic panic attacks. </p><p></p><p>In the meantime, passengers are being quarantined &amp; traced. The media is running with scissors. <span class="ipsEmoji" title="">😁</span><span class="ipsEmoji" title="">😎</span></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12745</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:26:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>When Doves Cry</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12724-when-doves-cry/</link><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="ipsEmoji">💜</span><span class="ipsEmoji">😟</span><span class="ipsEmoji">💜</span></p><p></p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="8579" src="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_04/FB_IMG_1776803871206.jpg.1f0bd6c816896a342b7cbf07af5dc72f.jpg" alt="FB_IMG_1776803871206.jpg" title="" width="512" height="620" loading="lazy"></p><p></p><p></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12724</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:03:09 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Government Plans to Release UFO/UAP Files</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12741-government-plans-to-release-ufouap-files/</link><description><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/11439-frankster/" class="ipsMention" data-mentionid="11439" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/11439-frankster/?do=hovercard" rel="">@frankster</a> ...the government is threatening to release UFO/UAP files &amp; audio transcripts.<span class="ipsEmoji">😁</span></p><p></p><p>Don't get too excited though. Same old grainy pictures &amp; videos. No alien bodies.</p><p></p><p>Former POTUS Obama nailed it when he comically said this country cannot secrets. Anything significant &amp;/or substantial would've been leaked a long time ago.<span class="ipsEmoji">🤣</span><span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12741</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 03:07:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Predicting the future using divination</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/3012-predicting-the-future-using-divination/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Doing a presentation on October. So I need some charts to present. You ask a question or just day you like some general info. Send three numbers. I post the prediction here and you give feedback. The prediction will involve dates</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">3012</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2015 21:14:30 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Favourite Black Intellectuals</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12742-favourite-black-intellectuals/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>For me it's James Baldwin, Audrey Lorde and Samuel Delaney. Interestingly all are homosexuals and have been in interracial relationships.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12742</guid><pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 03:17:53 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Shattering an Icon</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12737-shattering-an-icon/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>As I've previously mentioned, I'm still in touch with several members of the old crowd who used to post here, and who are now my FB friends. One if these is a good ol sista named Linda Chavez and below is an article by someone named <strong>Tdka Maat Kilamanjaro which </strong>she posted and which I found very compelling because it takes to task a famous black pundit, revered by many. Below is the article.</p><p></p><p>"Thomas Sowell---he is 95+ years old, he'll be dead soon, so I am making sure I analyze the mess he has made for over 65 years of slick ruling class capitalist propaganda...before he passes away. Out of Maatian respect for an elder.</p><p>He like Clarence Thomas, has done his share of dirt for the White far right wing Heritage Foundation and other far right-wing Nazi organizations that paid him. He was but a bird paid to sing, yet another Black empty wagon rattling down an empty dirt road making noise by say nothing of substance. Once you peel things back, these are elementary school lightweight hired negroes just trying to pay their bills from the very Nazi Whites systematically impoverishing Blacks since slavery. Intellectual arsonists for these parasitic Whites, starting fires and blaming the Black populations they burned up in the the flames.</p><p>Our problem as a people is our overall low level of capacity to think critically. So lightweight Black stoolpigeons like these two, Sowell and Thomas, can essentially run rings around most of our people by just talking mess with big words amplified with the Whiteman's international mass media. The moment you hear these windbag negroes of the far right wing Heritage Foundation are speaking on something or publishing something, you should automatically know the White Nazi garbage that will come out of their mouths. They are on the payroll. They are ignorant slick-talking mindless tools, effectively bought and paid for. They have zero independence of thought. If they deviate fundamentally from the Whiteman's right-wing script, their jobs and pay ends. But why fault them for being the degenerate enslavers mouth pieces they have been since these enslavers used chattel slavery to build the White capitalist system in the beginning?</p><p>Even in the progressive community of Blacks the standards are just too damn low because most opposition Blacks are trying to be capitalists to get wealthy just like the Whiteman. So they, in their usual infantile way, just straddle the fence, tap-dancing around thinking they are going unnoticed. Foolishly deluded that they are some how independent. Playing both sides. As a result, these Black miscreants serving the far right Whites should have been intellectually crushed years ago. For decades these Black propagandists for Nazi Whites have had free road to just slander our poorest for their poverty when they were systematically made impoverished by this parasitic capitalist economy these Whites created for their own benefit.</p><p>We explained this in detail in our newest research Fundamentals of Economics (2027, 900 pages). Below is a summary of the infantile right-wing rhetoric Thomas Sowell has propagated for over a half century.</p><p>ANALYSIS</p><p>The central error in the conservative economic interpretation associated with Thomas Sowell is that it treats social outcomes primarily as the cumulative result of culture, incentives, and individual behavioral patterns while systematically underestimating the historical construction of unequal material conditions. This framework often abstracts present-day economic behavior from the long development of murderous White genocidal conquest, 300+ years of enslavement, land theft and dispossession, deliberate labor stratification, imperialist colonial extraction and outright theft, 100 years of direct segregation, deindustrialization, and state-directed capital accumulation that shaped modern racial class structures. As a result, disparities are frequently interpreted as evidence of dysfunctional values or dependency rather than as the predictable outcome of historically produced differences in ownership, infrastructure, political power, education access, labor-market positioning, and wealth transmission.</p><p>A major weakness in Sowell's approach is its tendency to isolate “free market” outcomes from the state structures that created and maintained them. The modern capitalist economy in the United States was never a neutral competitive field. Northern industrialization, railroad expansion, suburbanization, banking growth, agricultural development, and university formation were all heavily subsidized through state intervention, land grants, military expansion, exclusionary labor laws, racially restrictive housing policy, and infrastructure spending. And before that genocidal chattel slavery of Blacks by these rotten Whites and their predatory economic and land stealing government.</p><p>Black populations were historically excluded from many of these state-supported wealth accumulation systems---of which Whites overwhelmingly benefited from. Therefore, arguing that contemporary inequality merely reflects differences in "decision-making" ignores the fact that entire racial populations entered the modern economy with radically unequal access to capital, land, credit, and protected labor markets. These rotten Whites monopolized wealth accumulation solely for Whites. They still do, by and large.</p><p>Sowell's childish and silly interpretation of Black unemployment particularly suffers from this narrow causal lens. The argument that welfare programs or minimum wage laws produced Black unemployment reduces a complex structural process to a simplistic incentive hypothesis. Black unemployment expanded dramatically during periods of automation, deindustrialization, union decline, suburban capital flight, urban disinvestment, discriminatory hiring, and the relocation of manufacturing overseas. Entire Black working-class urban communities had been integrated into industrial labor markets during the mid-20th century, only to be devastated when industrial capital abandoned cities in search of cheaper labor and higher profit margins. The destruction of manufacturing employment removed stable wage structures that had previously absorbed semi-skilled labor. This collapse cannot be adequately explained by welfare incentives alone because the disappearance of jobs preceded or outweighed many behavioral explanations.</p><p>Furthermore, the conservative claim that government assistance weakened Black work ethic often reverses causality, inverting logic in an essentially infantileattempt to blame the victims. Welfare expansion was itself a response to structural unemployment, low wages, urban poverty, housing segregation, and labor exclusion. Assistance programs did not create mass poverty; rather, mass poverty created pressure for social assistance. Even where dependency effects existed, they operated within an economic environment already characterized by insufficient employment opportunities, weak public investment, unequal schools, and racialized labor segmentation. The deeper issue was not merely whether aid existed, but why 10s of millions of Black and other people required aid in the wealthiest capitalist economy in history. Simply asking Sowell this question would have forced him out of his lazy childish mess.</p><p>The treatment of food stamps and social programs also tends to ignore how capitalism structurally produces surplus populations during technological change and labor restructuring. Modern economies continuously generate underemployment through mechanization/AI/robotization, productivity increases, and capital concentration---the wealth for a few increase and poverty for many increases. Social welfare systems emerged partly to stabilize consumption, sell goods that could not be sould profitably, prevent resulting unrest, and preserve market order under conditions where the labor market alone could not guarantee survival. To portray welfare recipients as the primary source of economic dysfunction ignores the far larger structural processes of speculative finance, monopolization, wage suppression, tax policy favoring capital, and declining labor bargaining power. Our dumbest negroes calling themselves conservative fall for this elementary school argument all of the time.</p><p>The critique of civil rights legislation similarly contains serious contradictions. Here the stupid Sowell argument that anti-discrimination laws interfered with voluntary exchange assumes markets naturally punish irrational discrimination. Historically, however, racial exclusion was not merely individual prejudice but an organized White predatory economic system enforced through law, violence, custom, labor unions, banks, real estate markets, insurance systems, and state institutions. Segregation persisted for generations precisely because markets often accommodated profitable discrimination rather than eliminating it. In many regions, employers, landlords, and businesses collectively benefited from maintaining a cheap and politically weak racial labor force. Without state intervention, these systems had little internal incentive to disappear.</p><p>The criticism of affirmative action also often treats competition as occurring on a historically level playing field. Yet access to wealth, educational quality, inheritance, professional networks, neighborhood safety, and political influence are cumulative and intergenerational. A society cannot legally exclude Black populations from asset accumulation for centuries and then expect “meritocratic” equality immediately after a few formal barriers are removed. Economic inequality reproduces itself materially across generations through property ownership, social capital, school funding, and access to investment. Ignoring these inherited structural inequalities leads to an overly individualistic reading of success and failure.</p><p>Another major flaw is the tendency to selectively interpret immigrant success stories as proof that systemic barriers are insignificant. These immigrants were purposely/deliberately set up in Black communities---liquor stores, gas stations, hair and weave shops, pawn shops. Tax friendly profit enterprise zones are set up for them throughout the country.</p><p>Different groups entered the United States under radically different historical conditions. Many immigrant populations arrived voluntarily, often after exclusionary immigration systems filtered for education, skills, or capital. Descendants of enslaved populations emerged from centuries of uncompensated labor, racial terror, political exclusion, educational suppression, land theft, and targeted segregation within the same national economy. These are materially distinct historical trajectories---and as slick as Sowell and others are, they know this. Comparing groups without accounting for these structural differences obscures the specific economic legacy of racial slavery and segregation.</p><p>The conservative framework also tends to underestimate the role of wealth versus income. Even when Black incomes rose substantially after the civil rights era, wealth inequality remained extreme because wealth accumulates intergenerationally through property, inheritance, business ownership, and investment access. Housing discrimination, redlining, exclusion from New Deal programs, unequal GI Bill implementation, and banking discrimination severely limited Black asset accumulation during the very decades when white middle-class wealth expanded most rapidly.</p><p>Thus, focusing narrowly on behavior or income statistics without examining wealth structures produces incomplete conclusions.</p><p>His treatment of Black business development similarly overlooks structural barriers in credit markets, procurement access, insurance, transportation, commercial zoning, and capital formation. Historically, Black businesses often operated within segregated economies lacking access to mainstream banking and investment networks. Integration alone did not automatically create equal market power because large corporations possessed economies of scale, distribution networks, advertising advantages, and access to finance that smaller Black-owned enterprises often lacked. Government assistance programs sometimes failed, but the deeper issue was that Black enterprise existed within an uneven capitalist structure shaped by concentrated capital ownership.</p><p>Finally, the broader ideological limitation of this conservative analysis is that it often treats capitalism as fundamentally neutral and self-correcting while locating dysfunction primarily in state intervention or culture. Yet modern capitalist development has repeatedly depended on coercion, imperial expansion, racial stratification, cheap labor systems, land seizure, and uneven development. Racial inequality in the United States was not external to capitalism; it was historically integrated into its labor organization, agricultural expansion, industrialization, housing markets, and financial systems.</p><p>Therefore, many of the social crises affecting Black communities—unemployment, homelessness, underfunded schools, mass incarceration, unstable housing, and concentrated poverty—cannot be fully understood as moral or behavioral failures detached from the material organization of the economy itself.</p><p>Again. Get up to speed...Sowell is now just another senile has-been tool of the lowest element of White Nazi ideological thought. Soon to be buried literally and figuratively."</p><p>                 End of article.</p><p></p><p></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12737</guid><pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 19:41:39 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Sport Betting Problems in the USA</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12447-sport-betting-problems-in-the-usa/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Sport Betting Problems in the USA<br>
	Another superbowl, another day of big sports betting.  Where is the snake man in the public service announcement for legal gambling + drinking alcohol +  smoking cigarettes? I never seen him, why?
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	Relatively speaking this is a mere flash in the pan. Sure, a ton of damage can be done in a short period of time, but I believe America will recover an emerge a stronger, more resilient, and unified nation than ever. That is if AI does not get us first.
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	AI is a more pressing challenge. Optimistically, it will create large swaths of young people who will not want to do the jobs left for them to do. White collar jobs will be greatly diminished. It will be virtually impossible to justify the overpriced liberal arts degrees people are getting at our universities. When this counter ends, we have a pretty good indication if I'm right or wrong...  then if course there is climate change.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">11696</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 20:13:11 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Black Panther 3 Plot Idea - Is it ok to Share Here Family - Feeling Hopeless/no Idea Where to Share Otherwise &#x1F64F;</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12736-black-panther-3-plot-idea-is-it-ok-to-share-here-family-feeling-hopelessno-idea-where-to-share-otherwise-%F0%9F%99%8F/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>Hi Family, please hoping it's ok to share a storlyine for Black Panther 3 I felt as a calling from God, to heal and resolve ancient Trauma. Based on real history, that has been lost, involving Humans &amp; Reptilians. Represented In Marvel as "Skrull" &amp; "Chitouri" represented in the Bible as the snake, in the story of Adam and Eve, "Adam" in Arabic means human, and the first humans were African. So this ancient war between reptilians and humans, especially with all that's on the news today with E.T.'s, I really feel is important to be shared in Black Panther 3, to bring peace, and help prepare the Earth for a greater unity, so we can all heal this ancient trauma and finally move forward together.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is the plot idea - and if you believe it can help please comment or share ideas how can we share this with Black Panther 3 creators, how can we share together. Please I beg any admin to ok this post I promise it's for the benefit of us all. Both me &amp; my partner that lives in Zambia, are literally dying sharing alot of media to uplift that few are seeing, and we are working with our all to heal this ancient trauma that few see how much it is actually impacting us today. So I please pray for patience and not quick reactions/judgments family please<span class="ipsEmoji" title="">🙏</span>(I can try adding links if post is approved <span class="ipsEmoji" title="">🙏</span>)</p><p></p><p></p><p>So the plot idea for the already released title of Black Panther 3, “Shadows of Wakanda” called from the collective to heal ancient trauma - is that the future movie should be centered around an ancient &amp; current battle for resources between Skrull and Humans - the real reason Wakanda is shielded from the world - to prevent Skrull from easily stealing Vibranium.</p><p><br></p><p>For anyone unfamiliar, Skrull are Marvel's representation of shapeshifting reptilians, a concept well known and represented in ancient African culture. Credo Mutwa+David Icke describe in great detail, and call Chitahooli/Chitahoori. Marvel also has another reptilian form called Chitouri-right from real African culture. It can be described Skrull &amp; Chitouri are closely related reptilians.</p><p><br></p><p>And as Skrull are becoming more prevalent &amp; present in Marvel, via Secret Invasion, they should be more prevalent in Black Panther 3. Especially as the Skrull/reptilians were driven further underground at the end of “Secret Invasion,” and tensions between Skrull and Humanity rose for territory. It can be said, Wakandans that knew secret ancient history, were suspicious and preparing for the Skrull, from Captain Marvel times - seeing the re-population occur. Especially in ancient African history passed down to Credo Mutwa, there were ancient wars with reptilians. Religious texts also highlight this with the first humans &amp; the “snake,”(Adam means human in Arabic) followed by a flood, historically saying “demons” are underground, and also Ancient Indian texts record many similar battles followed by a flood.</p><p><br></p><p>Imagine the plot going like this - the opening scene completes the story of Wakanda presented in the first movie - starting just like the first movie started - asking a parent for the story of Wakanda. Except this time it completes the story of Wakanda by fully answering the question left open in the first telling of the Story of Wakanda - “Why is Wakanda Hidden?” </p><p><br></p><p>Lupita starts sharing the story “For long Vibranium has been protected by Wakandans and the ancient spirits that watch over this Earth,” suddenly the new Black Panther adopted by Lupita described in the new 2025 comic “The World To Come,” asks Mom Lupita mid-story “Mom with all our strength &amp; all this Vibranium to protect ourselves with - Why Is Wakanda Still Hidden?” Mom dives into a story not told to many, to keep everyone at ease, and not worried about the threats that lie beyond the safety of Wakanda's shield. </p><p><br></p><p>Mom reveals that most are told the shield is to protect from humans, when that is not the case. As the technology created from Vibranium can easily defend against humans. But what most are not told is that long ago, another life form, Skrull aka reptilians could shape shift and trick other humans into thinking they are well known Wakandan officials, so that they can steal vibranium to power weapons &amp; ships.</p><p><br></p><p>And because of this trickery, an ancient war happened, and so much Vibranium was stolen, that a mass scale war that could destroy both Humans and Reptilians almost occurred. Until ancient spirits flooded the Earth &amp; created the shield that protected Wakanda and the Vibranium. Vibranium in this case can parallel the actual story of an energy/resource war between Humans and Reptilians, as well as the actual flood &amp; societies still hinted to be hidden today.</p><p><br></p><p>She explains that because of that flood there was a lot of erasure of the ancient history of Africa. That much of the world today does not know the ancient history of Africa and is very racist towards Africa &amp; dark skin because of it, even in Africa. And covers up a lot of ancient leaders like Buddha, like Krishna as well as ancient Egypt/Kemet &amp; Sudan.</p><p><br></p><p>That much of the world does not try to understand what the ancient history is before the flood, and doesn't even try to see where all this hatred towards Africa is coming from. But she concludes because of this ancient War, we are still hidden today. To make sure that no Skrull/reptilians come in to steal the vibranium or hurt any of our citizens, to make sure no mass scale war for resources happens again. She states - “The ancient spirits guide us, to protect the Vibranium, until the world awakens to who we are beyond these bodies, so all the devision ends and we can finally all see that we are One and Live in peace together. But until those days, Wakanda must remain hidden, only temporarily open to those that see.”</p><p><br></p><p>Then the movie starts.</p><p><br></p><p>The movie dives deeper into the external threats that the Black Panther is supposed to train to face. Lupita explains to her adopted son that is of the age to understand, she searched the world and was guided by the ancient spirits, to a human, that lived a peaceful past life in a reptilian body with the first Black Panther(played by Kanye West) &amp; together created the Vadoma tribe, to bridge the divide, bring awareness, and end all drama &amp; war. She searched especially because she was shown that the Skrull had been looking for Wakanda - and with re-growing populations/technology they would soon find it.</p><p><br></p><p>She explained in the ancient past, Black Panthers would not only work to channel energy given from the herb. But would work at mastering the energy within themselves, to move the elements, something still maintained by few in Wakanda. Hinted by the first movie, as in the first movie - women on boats moved water and focused it to cause underwater gears to shift. And moving the water when welcoming T’challa in song. Also similar to the just recently groundbreaking African comic filled with Black Panthers, Ancestor glowing blue eyes &amp; super powers, announced 2024(same exact year Kanche and I met in person-also Kanche &amp; I’s bodies look like fully grown Iyanu&amp;Avatar) based on Ancient African Stories - Iyanu. </p><p><br></p><p>She explains many Black Panthers stopped practicing that ancient art, as the shield made Black Panthers face less and less threats that caused for there to be such a need. And many masters in Wakanda stopped practicing as well, so it became practiced for only minimal things. But with the growing threat, she explains she searched the globe for masters of the elements that still existed to teach the Black Panther.</p><p> <br></p><p>She also explains that the Black Panther she adopted because of their past life as a Skrull, could learn to shapeshift, and could transform into a literal Black Panther protector of Wakanda.</p><p> <br></p><p>And that the day the masters help this new Black Panther master those shapeshifting abilities, by unlocking past life memories stored deep in the spirit world, they would walk into Wakanda, Mom - Lupita, and literal Black Panther.</p><p> <br></p><p>Note also - Reptilian eyes and cats eyes are shaped one and the same -</p><p><br></p><p>She presents the masters and they start training outside of Wakanda, until she is ready to introduce the adopted son to Wakanda. As well as the history with Skrull. <br>And unlike the 2025 comic, instead of it being a hostile takeover, it is a presentation to all Wakandans before the sacred waterfall. An explanation before the current Black Panther as to why this new representative and protector of Wakanda can help. Revealing the ancient history with the Skrull, with the Vadoma tribe, bringing some members of the 2 toed hybrid tribe before the Wakandans. As well as bringing the reborn first Black Panther-Kanye West, before the Wakandans to explain why a strange hybrid face that lived a past life in a Reptilian body can help, bridge the devide, bring awakening to who we are, and prevent massive scale wars worldwide.</p><p><br></p><p>The rest of the movie is meant to be talked about with actual cast and directors, and is meant have some drama and confrontation with Skrull/reptilians, spotting Skrull spies, finding their plans, fighting leaders and taking away their powers if need be, until all see we are One. And the ultimate goal and resolution of this conflict in the movie will result in Peace, and the awakening of all Skrull and Humans, all to the nature of the cellf* beyond these bodies. No hostile takeover, it can be a huge moment and example, not just in the movie, but for this planet, and the awful devisions, racism, and hostile wars happening today, if we allow it to be. - <em>written cellf purposefully as without connecting outside the cellf &amp; choosing Love, the cellf is a cell</em> - </p><p><br></p><p>Especially with all that's happening in the world, and how lost many are from really seeing each other.</p><p><br></p><p>Now here is the part I know many might think sounds a bit much, but if you believe all of this is possible maybe it's possible that this world is ready to see beyond body type to who we are! I didn't think about it before, but after representing lost African History and the nature of the cellf, 10 plus years, then hearing about a new Black Panther, 2025, with a light skinned body. I now feel more called than ever, that if allowed I would fight with my all to do this role. I would represent everyone and bridge all divides. It feels like a calling and destiny, and I will explain why.</p><p><br></p><p>I could not imagine all the pieces coming together like this, it was all guided by God &amp; guardian angels. For years I've been working to reveal the nature of the cellf, at the same time wearing Wakanda hoodies to represent, heal and reveal, ancient lost history of this planet.</p><p><br></p><p>Sharing at first in 2022 then 2023 publically that I lived a past life in a reptilian body with Kanye West(then 2024 meeting Kanche details further ahead), together starting the hybrid reptilian/human two toed Vadoma tribe researchable on Google. Literally in the Kanyemba region of Zimbabwe. That Credo Mutwa literally calls “children of Mars.” The tribe also stating their traits originate from extra terrestrial reptilian bird like beings - not random genetic mutations - traits that have been passed down for generations, that the tribe has protected for generations by not mingling with others, only recently mingling with others. Kanye also several times talks about a past life with a lot of trauma, and is sometimes seen wearing alien eyed contacts.</p><p><br></p><p>Then after sharing that, in the year 2024 - meeting my partner Kanche on the Facebook Group “Awakened Souls Dating.” Who was literally in the Kanyama West region of Zambia at the time, and no not everything in Africa is named Kanye! Kanche is the only one that replied to me, and aligned with me to God and bringing Heaven into this world. I share screenshots of all these events on Facebook in an album I will try link(too paranoid of algorithms removing this post to link but if you put sani.nassif.3 after facebook the album is there in the first few posts) as God and Guardians aligned, her Facebook name was even Grae, and I didn't share any of this with her until she shared her name in Bemba was Kanche.</p><p><br></p><p>So she told me these things, before I even shared with her the past life story with Kanye West. But when she said she was in the Kanyama West region of Zambia, surname Kanche, so close to the Vadoma tribe, in the Kanyemba region of Zimbabwe. I felt sharing with her would be ok, and that she wouldn't find it weird at all. And she didn't find it weird at all!!!! And even I shared I felt spiritually she lived a past life in a grey alien body. Then we both realized she originally felt to put her Facebook name as Grae!! Her full name is Gracious Kanche.</p><p><br></p><p>I even said Kanche perfectly the first time! Without her ever saying how to say it! And many souls growing up in Zambia don't even say Kanche right, as it's uncommon(same as Sani in Arabic which Kanche also nailed without me saying!) and many doubted how I said it. Then they asked Kanche, heard Kanche say it the same, then laughed nervously that I said it right!</p><p></p><p><br>And the Vadoma 2 toed hybrid tribe is far more easily accessible through Zambia, where Kanche is through Luangwa, then through Zimbabwe. Literally it is only few kilometers traveling from Zambia main roads, vs hundreds of kilometers on the Zimbabwe side. Also you can see from the pictures goldish blonde arm hair, mixed blonde facial hair, blonde tipped eye lashes, and blonde mixed leg hair. I have mixed Lebanese Middle Eastern genetics, which is just world DNA. Mom shared I was born with blonde hair and highly green eyes, there's still a lot of blonde hairs on my body and sometimes the hair color randomly changes a lot. It's not blue eyes like the comic, but green is also much more suitable for reptilians. My eye color you can see shape shifts :) from black to brown, yellow/gold to green! And I promise no one will represent this story with as much fight and struggle as I. It's my mission to bridge divides. Please check the Facebook album, my body is so mixed genetically it is made for this role! Feel really sad if I shared the idea and wouldn't be able to put my all, body, heart and soul into it!! I would die for us all family! And wish I could serve that purpose if you all allow it and share. And believe it is the most helpful storyline for either Black Panther 3 or 4. Production begins literally in few months!!!</p><p><br></p><p>My body is currently age 33 and the perfect age &amp; shape for this role! </p><p><br></p><p>Even I've been wearing all black, cat eye shaped glasses for the past 10 years without even thinking about it!!</p><p><br></p><p>And so in lot of ways I feel meant for this role, and very much would work hard towards it just as you see any of the media I share. but I don't know how to share, or what to do, or how I feel called and meant to share this role, and my body really also feels called to play this part. I just felt called to everyone here after the Buddha post, and how nice everyone was.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I pray somehow this post will reach who it is meant to ensure the awareness that is meant to about a greater unity, and who we are beyond these bodies reaches us all. Whether for Black Panther 3, 4 or otherwise, but after “Secret Invasion” it really would be the best plot right here right now!!<br>I just pray anyone can share or help. Don't know how else the storyline can reach.</p><p><br><br></p><p>P.S. Also another really similar thing that happened in high school is, that I shared the idea of doing the Thriller dance, for the 2010 International Assembly. The teacher Loved it so much she took the idea, and almost didn't want to let me do it. But then when she saw how enthusiastic I was to do it. She was like you do that dance! And I did that dance with so much practice, Love and motivation, everyone Loved it so much! I can share a link for that on FB too but what is amazing about that, I can share in the pictures there, is that Michael Jackson at the end of the video had reptilian eyes and the outfit is the same exact outfit for the 1983 television show V, where It's about reptilians taking over. <br></p><p></p><p>Also the new Michael Jackson movie just came out!!!! Reminds me of Ye’s “Praise God!”</p><p><br></p><p>“Thriller” actually represents a peaceful unity between humans and reptilians. You can see Thriller has the same exact outfit - shape/color and is released the same exact year as the 1983 television show V! And again with reptilian/cat eyes! But that show was released first, just before Thriller!! Please everyone I feel it is destiny and I don't know how else to do it without your help any ideas or thoughts <span class="ipsEmoji" title="">🙏</span></p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="8584" src="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/1000050973.jpg.c7e03a6fbf80d0d11b85ebfefd9451d1.jpg" alt="1000050973.jpg" title="1000050973.jpg" width="600" height="200" data-full-image="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/1000050973.jpg.c7e03a6fbf80d0d11b85ebfefd9451d1.jpg" loading="lazy"></p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="8585" src="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/BlackpantherForVideoExact-00_00_07.882-00_00_18_862.thumb.jpg.8381c6936e73c2bc4c9bdb34211e673f.jpg" alt="Blackpanther For Video Exact-00.00.07.882-00.00.18.862.jpg" title="Blackpanther For Video Exact-00.00.07.882-00.00.18.862.jpg" width="1000" height="434" data-full-image="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/BlackpantherForVideoExact-00_00_07.882-00_00_18_862.jpg.0d9663bcd70bc0cd549232f6c6a791d1.jpg" loading="lazy"></p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="8586" src="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/BlackpantherForVideoExact-00_00_58.975-00_01_08_228.thumb.jpg.3e8e1bdbb54abb79003fadf19f614b32.jpg" alt="Blackpanther For Video Exact-00.00.58.975-00.01.08.228.jpg" title="Blackpanther For Video Exact-00.00.58.975-00.01.08.228.jpg" width="1000" height="433" data-full-image="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/BlackpantherForVideoExact-00_00_58.975-00_01_08_228.jpg.470a5909d60a9d42a9cc3e9bf872e59a.jpg" loading="lazy"></p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="8587" src="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/2.3.thumb.jpg.45e9e6facb6676c9429a47b0f694a894.jpg" alt="2.3.jpg" title="2.3.jpg" width="487" height="750" data-full-image="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/2.3.jpg.1a21367c8bb9ff779c9141323caab30f.jpg" loading="lazy"></p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="8588" src="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_05/3.MeaningofLifeProvedScience.thumb.jpg.5ab7a060d49565144fdf92cf12c28d16.jpg" alt="3. 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Nobody else was shot or hurt.</p><p></p><p>Don't know how far the 31-year-old gunman from California expected to get &amp;/or who were his targets. Since he's still alive maybe a debrief will provide more details.</p><p></p><p>They claim POTUS OJ wanted to return &amp; finish the dinner event. Secret Service felt otherwise.</p><p></p><p>An alternate dinmer will be scheduled for a later date. Surely, security will be on another level.</p><p></p><p>The nation's 250th birthday celebration events will bring a ridiculous amount of security too.<span class="ipsEmoji" title="">😎</span></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12729</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:55:31 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Where the heck is Pioneer?</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12731-where-the-heck-is-pioneer/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>No messages saying he could not login (I know <a href="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/5770-harry-brown/" class="ipsMention" data-mentionid="5770" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/5770-harry-brown/?do=hovercard" rel="">@harry brown</a> has been having difficulty)<br><br>Did <a href="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/12516-aka-contrarian/" class="ipsMention" data-mentionid="12516" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/12516-aka-contrarian/?do=hovercard" rel="">@aka Contrarian</a> finally run him off?</p><p></p><p>Did <a href="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/5568-pioneer1/" class="ipsMention" data-mentionid="5568" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/5568-pioneer1/?do=hovercard" rel="">@Pioneer1</a> find a better Black forum with women willing to tolerate "real" men?</p><p></p><p>Well your absence is felt. i hope to read your still-believing-in-the-concept-of-race posts soon.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12731</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:00:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Under Attack from US & Israel Again]]></title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12569-iran-under-attack-from-us-israel-again/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Thought brotha <a contenteditable="false" data-ipshover="" data-ipshover-target="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/5568-pioneer1/?do=hovercard" data-mentionid="5568" href="https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/5568-pioneer1/" rel="">@Pioneer1</a> started a thread regarding this latest dust-up in the Middle East.
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	Back in June, Israel launched a 12 day war against Iran. The USA dropped operation Midnight Hammer to supposedly destroy Iranian nuclear capabilities. 
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	Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei &amp; 40 members of his leadership group were killed in an airstrike on his compound.
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	Intel from The Mossad &amp; CIA was used to help military forces strategically hit Iranian targets while minimizing civilian casualties.
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	We'll probably never know how many innocent women &amp; children were killed as a result of these military operations. 
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	Remains to be seen who will emerge as Iranian leadership. More than likely they will be friendly towards the west &amp; its allies.
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	With full US backing &amp; support, between razing Palestinian &amp; toppling the Iranian theocratic regime, maybe the side piece, Israel will sleep better at night.
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	Iran saber-rattled death to America for almost a half-century. In less than 48 hours, their leadership was reduced to charcoal. 
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	These whites are sending a message to non-whites around the world. They will do whatever ot takes to maintain power.<span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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	So, I know y'all are dyin to hear about TLC's Chilli and prolific baby maker Nick Cannon catching hell on social media for pro Trump remarks. 
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	Nick Cannon, throwing his support to Trump ala Nikki Minaj, declared that the Democrat party founded the KKK and Republican  Abe Lincoln freed the slaves. Statements that a swarm of black history put him to dame about. 
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	Chilli, meanwhile, is in hot water with Salt 'N Pepper and her TLC partner,T-Boz, for contributing to a Trump fund and posting an unflattering rumor on FB about Michelle Obama's sexuality, causing a fan backlash that's affecting ticket sales for the upcoming tour the 2 acts are about to launch.  tsk-tsk
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	There's been a lot of back-tracking and excuses but fans are furious with these 2 sell-outs.
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	What's up with these black celebs suddenly consorting with the enemy???
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	Oh  well. Good thing my State University is filling the void in my life left by the end of the football season. The U.of I  basket ball team has made it all the way to the Final 4 in the NCAA March Madness tournament.
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	Let's hear it for the Fighting Illini! 
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	Incidentally, the face of college basketball has really changed. Nothing but a spate of second generation pale giants with wild black hair, the off-spring of pro basket ball players who married white gurls, not to mention an influx of  hulks from Europe finding spots in the USA  hoop circuit.
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	Speaking of tall guys, I was impressed to hear that Tyler Perry was spotted at the Atlanta Airport passing out 100 dollar gift cards to the unpaid workers. Nice gesture,
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	Madea.
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	Bored yet? Too bad.
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	I'm sure  you know that Michael B. Jordan won the Oscar for his role in "Sinners" . But did you know he's hookin' up with Eddie Murphy for a remake (or sequel) to "Harlem Nights".  WooWoo
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	OK. I'm done. Gonna go play a little cards with AI players before I retire. These bots may be impressive in some areas, but they aren’t good Bridge partners. In Bridge the bidding is what the game is all about because once that's out of the way it's pretty much like Whist so it's very important to have rapport with your partner even to the point of invoking ESP. You are literally communicating in card language and there is simply no substitute for intuitive good judgment, of knowing when to circumvent standard strategy and go with your gut feeling. 
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	Buh-Bye <span class="ipsEmoji">👋</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12634</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:50:33 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>The Forums Are Back! (but they need some work...)</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12717-the-forums-are-back-but-they-need-some-work/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>There are a bunch of thing I need to work through, but the most important thing is that one.<br></p><p>Resetting your password does not work yet (did it ever?). I hope to have that working sometime this evening.</p><p></p><p>If you can login you are free to use the forum. After I get the password reset working I'm begin making some esthetic changes.<br><br><strong>Fun facts:</strong></p><ul><li><p>We have been using this software since Sunday, September 13, 2009!</p></li><li><p>The last time I upgraded to a new server was in 2019 and the forum was down for 10 days (at least)!</p></li></ul>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12717</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 21:24:28 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Congress Resignations & Facing Expulsion]]></title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12719-congress-resignations-facing-expulsion/</link><description><![CDATA[<p><a rel="external nofollow" href="https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-04-13/lawmakers-behaving-badly-house-considers-historic-expulsion-spree">https://www.usnews.com/news/u-s-news-decision-points/articles/2026-04-13/lawmakers-behaving-badly-house-considers-historic-expulsion-spree</a></p><p></p><p>Rep. Eric Swallwell  (D-CA) &amp; Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) have resigned from Congress amid s8xual allegations.</p><p></p><p> Swallwell, who was a serious Democratic contender running for Governor, of California, has been accused of raping several women. Of couse, he denies it.</p><p></p><p> Rep. Gonzalez has admitted to having an affair with a staffer who committed suicide by immolation (setting herself on fire).</p><p></p><p>Two (2) Congress-folks facing expulsion:</p><p></p><p>Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) who has been accused of stealing millions of dollars. </p><p></p><p>Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) has been accused of threatening to release explicit photos of a former girlfriend. A judge has granted her a protective order against him.</p><p></p><p>Both political parties are equally represented by these people.</p><p></p><p>Guess politicians are trying to shake the boring persona. Some have gone too far.<span class="ipsEmoji">🤣</span><span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12719</guid><pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:19:39 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[POTUS Insults Pope Leo XIV & Cosplays Son of God]]></title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12718-potus-insults-pope-leo-xiv-cosplays-son-of-god/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>This week, as a distraction to the dust-up in Iran &amp; stalled negotiations, POTUS OJ decided to disagree with Pope Leo XIV &amp; depict himself as Jesus.</p><p></p><p><img class="ipsImage ipsRichText__align--block" data-fileid="8577" src="https://aalbc.com/tc/uploads/monthly_2026_04/17763020534817357569629711267948.jpg.577e5541e8ed85563f305fae68ffd992.jpg" alt="17763020534817357569629711267948.jpg" title="" width="446" height="687" loading="lazy"></p><p></p><p>Of course, neither Catholics nor Evangelical Christians condemned the actions to any significant degree.</p><p></p><p>I love the phrase as it relates to people in general...<strong>"moral relativism &amp; situational ethics"</strong>. <span class="ipsEmoji" title="beaming face with smiling eyes">😁</span></p><p></p><p>On a daily basis, the actions of POTUS OJ reinforce what people think, believe &amp;/or are willing to accept.<span class="ipsEmoji" title="smiling face with sunglasses">😎</span></p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12718</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:26:38 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Colorism And Reversing The Anti-Black Programming</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12592-colorism-and-reversing-the-anti-black-programming/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<br />
	In a conversation with <strong>richardmurray</strong> over so many Black women dying their hair blonde THINKING that this somehow makes them more beautiful or attractive, the issue of their freedom to do so....to dye their hair whatever color they please....came up.<br />
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	While I wouldn't take that right away from them.<br />
	I do think that one of the major key elements for improving our community and repairing the psychological damage that has been done to our community over the centuries is promoting true Black love and Black pride.<br />
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	White society.....through it's media, educational system, and even religious art.....has taught AfroAmericans both directly and indirectly to hate themselves and the way they look and associate dark skin, kinky hair, and dark hair with being ugly and demonic.<br />
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	Instead of ignoring this and letting our community randomly evolve or devolve in any direction, we should have been more pro-active in REVERSING THE HYPNOSIS...as Lauryn Hill would say...and directly countered that racist brainwashing and programing by promoting dark skin and dark hair in OUR entertainment, media publications, and educational curriculum.<br />
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	The only half-way effort we made in this regard was occasionally painting Jesus and some of the other religious figures as Black.<br />
	However that was only one step in a long journey.<br />
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	The Afros and "naturals" of the late 60s and 70s should have only been the beginning of a self-love campaign....not just a fad to be mocked.
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	Dark skinned AfroAmerican celebrities with strong African features should be celebrated above and beyond White or even light AfroAmericans celebrities in our community.<br />
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	Is this colorism?<br />
	Perhaps....but it's the type of colorism that is needed to again...reverse the hypnosis.<br />
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	In 2026 I should see not just White people....but Black people in tanning booths trying to get DARKER.<br />
	In 2026 I should see Black people dying their hair.....not blonde or red...but BLACK.
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	We should have had programs in place to counter the racist conditioning decades ago.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12592</guid><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:45:42 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Artificial Intelligence Continues to Amaze (and Scare) Me</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11225-artificial-intelligence-continues-to-amaze-and-scare-me/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	I use some AI tool almost every working day and am constantly amazed by how damn good it is.  Check out the following discussion on a book I published earlier this year.
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	The ENTIRE conversation was generated by AI.  I added the subtitles and progress bar with another AI tool.  Even the person holding the book is artificial a mockup in photoshop.
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	AI is scary because it will change things in ways that I can't image. Given how greedy some people are these changes may not bee good for us.
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	<strong>I'm going to stick with this software</strong>.  As I plow through all the problems on the rest of the site. I don't think the trade off of moving to new software is worth the the learning curve.  Besides this forum's posting capabilities are better than most other solutions I reviewed.
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	This software has a major upgrade available.  I think I will use it.  I also want to better integrate this forum with the design of aalbc I also want to use the same login for the forum as well as the rest of the site. I'll try to get all of that working with the new version of the forums software.
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	I'm also getting rid of the Google Analytics code and Google ads (they don't generate enough revenue to be worth the headache and it made using the forums on a phone more difficult. 
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	 Sooo, what happened to Pioneer's post registering a protest over my posts responding to his attacks  - push-backs that he attributed to my being so enamoured of his charms that I couldn't refrain from harassing  him, daring to have the gall to deflate his ego and render him unable to take what he dished out.
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	Maybe Pioneer took this post down after ProdD, our resident voice of reason, defused his ire.
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	Or perhaps, as Troy warned could happen, Pioneer's "ultimatum" got lost in the shuffle of this forum being re-vamped. 
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	Whatever, since Trump has become his new role model, <span class="ipsEmoji">🤡</span> maybe Pioneer will just declare a victory and move on to his next fiasco. 
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	Me?  I'm fine. As they say, "laughter is the best medicine". <span class="ipsEmoji">🤣</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12643</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:28:27 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Society Becoming More Unnecessarily Complex ?</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12641-is-society-becoming-more-unnecessarily-complex/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
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	It appears that society is becoming more and more complex and complicated to the point that soon you'll need to be a high IQ genius or have some extra super human talent just to be able to make a decent living, let alone be very successful.<br />
	<br />
	Back when I was a kid, and especially before.....<br />
	All you had to be was of normal intelligence, normal looks, and pretty much no special talents.....and you could get a good job, build a loving family, and live a great middle class life.<br />
	<br />
	If you graduated from high school, were able bodied, and stayed out of jail....those were the ONLY qualifications needed to:<br />
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	-Get a good job.<br />
	-Buy a house.<br />
	-Buy a new car ever so many years.<br />
	-Support a family.<br />
	-Eat good with atleast 3 square meals a day<br />
	-Have good health insurance that paid for nearly everything.<br />
	-Retire with a social security that supported you and most likely a pension<br />
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	Ofcourse  EVERYBODY didn't have this, but the majority of people I saw were able to accomplish these things.<br />
	This was the case in Michigan atleast.<br />
	I can't speak for other parts of the United States and much less other parts of the world.<br />
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	Sometime in the early 90s it seems the bar started raising and the list of requirements started getting longer.<br />
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	A highschool diploma wasn't enough, now you need a college degree....first a Bachelors then a Masters.<br />
	Infact, when I was a kid, to be a Nurse all you needed was a highschool diploma and the rest of your education would be provided in nursing school.<br />
	Now they're require Master's Degrees in many programs.<br />
	<br />
	Where as having a solid work history was enough to qualify for a mortgage on a home, then they started going in extensively into your credit history.<br />
	<br />
	There was only one or 2 health insurance companies back in the day, and when you got health insurance it covered everything.<br />
	Now there are DOZENS of companies wanting you to pay hundreds of dollars a month in premiums but only cover this at 10% and that at 30% and this one doesn't cover vision while that one doesn't cover dental.<br />
	<br />
	You're having an issue with a bill or some other issue that requires customer service and you have to navigate your way around a maze of voice messaging systems before you can....IF you can....talk to a real live human being, who is usually from India or some other nation.<br />
	<br />
	They even require an extra fee in most communities just to pick up the garbage, where it used to be free!<br />
	<br />
	And wages have barely increased since the 90s.<br />
	I think the Federal minimum wage is still under $8 an hour.<br />
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	Does this sounds like society is "progressing" to any of you?<br />
	<br />
	How is making things more complicated so that only very smart and connected people with higher education can function in it, "progress"???<br />
	 
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	Despite a partial government shutdown where TSA agents aren't getting paid, that didn't stop Congress from going on Easter vacation.
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<p>
	Congress is responsible for passing the bills that would reopen the closed parts of government. The people responsible for their safely at the airport would get paid.
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	The most arrogant &amp; tone deaf aspect of this whole situation is Congress-folks who take advantage of being escorted through airports to avoid long lines caused by their own inaction. 
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	People have been encouraged to take pictures of these elected clowns who refuse to carry out their responsibilities.
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<p>
	Congress still gets paid during a government shutdown. Most of them are already rich too.
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<p>
	Like everything else, there's no public uproar as these elected officials go on vacation while leaving harder working people stranded.<span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12635</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:22:49 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Yet Another Example Of Why We (AfroAmericans) MUST Gate-Keep Our Identity</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12638-yet-another-example-of-why-we-afroamericans-must-gate-keep-our-identity/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	 
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	<span style="font-size:28px;"><strong>Avid Trumper Amber Rose believes white people should be able to say N-word</strong></span>
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	"White people should be able to say n***a," Rose said point-blank.
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	However, Rose expanded upon her controversial take. She reasoned that if white people were allowed to say the word, it would lessen its dark history and impact.
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	"Because when you really stop giving a f*** about stupid, dumbass words, we'll stop killing each other," she argued."
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	<a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/avid-trumper-amber-rose-believes-white-people-should-be-able-to-say-n-word/ar-AA1ZPEbf?ocid=msedgdhp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69cc3096bda845988feef3c90fefce9f&amp;ei=78" rel="external nofollow">Avid Trumper Amber Rose believes white people should be able to say N-word</a>
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<p>
	<br />
	See!<br />
	This is what happens when you let EVERY-fucking-body run around calling themselves "Black" and identify  as "Black".<br />
	<br />
	This <span style="color:#7f8c8d;"><em>mixed.....very light...nearly white...whatever background she is</em></span>....was allowed into our community and accepted as "Black" by most of us, and now she's wrecking shop from the inside out.<br />
	<br />
	Why am I NOT surprised that someone who looks nearly White herself not only supports Trump, but doesn't have a problem with White people saying <em>"nigger/nigga"</em>?<br />
	<br />
	 
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12638</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:44:26 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>OSCAR DEVEREAUX MICHEAUX BOOKS PLUS FILMS</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12596-oscar-devereaux-micheaux-books-plus-films/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	OSCAR DEVEREAUX MICHEAUX BOOKS PLUS FILMS
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	see many films
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12596</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 03:51:17 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>April 7th is National Black Bookstore Day</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12609-april-7th-is-national-black-bookstore-day/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<span style="color:#000000;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 16px; text-align: start;">Let’s make April 7 a nationwide celebration honoring and uplifting Black-owned bookstores across the country.</span></span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12609</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:02:46 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Immigration laws of the future</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12623-immigration-laws-of-the-future/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Let's imagine you are the president of the USA in the future and the congress has made a law concerning immigration, that you want to sign immediately after you see it. 
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	What will that law be? 
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12623</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 21:46:22 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Retired Air Force Major General Missing UFO/UAP</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12604-retired-air-force-major-general-missing-ufouap/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	A retired, Airforce Major General disappeared from his home a week or so ago. 
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<p>
	The retired, Maj-Gen left his electronic devices at the crib. However, he did take his gun.
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<p>
	The retired guy onced headed up an agency that oversaw UFOs/UAPs.
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	Of course, all types of speculation around his disappearance from abduction to deep state assassination.
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	He'll turn up one way or another. Maybe...<span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12604</guid><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:12:25 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>POTUS Fires Attorney General</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12640-potus-fires-attorney-general/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Attorney General Pam Bondi has been fired. POTUS OJ says she's going to a lucrative job in the private sector.
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<p>
	Deputy AG Todd Blanche will be acting until POTUS OJ selects another one. EPA Chief Lee Zeldin is rumored to be in consideration.
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<p>
	Former AG Bondi who remains a loyalist to POTUS OJ had a few hiccups:
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	1) didn't make Epstein files go away
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	2)  indict POTUS OJ's political enemies
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	3) embarassing Congressional hearings 
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<p>
	Surely, POTUS OJ will fire a few more folks before last 2 years 7 months play out.
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	*Reconstructed this post since last didn't migrate to new server.<span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12640</guid><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 00:48:01 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Golf Legend Tiger Woods Has Another Vehicle Crash</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12631-golf-legend-tiger-woods-has-another-vehicle-crash/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<a href="https://apnews.com/article/tiger-woods-car-crash-florida-10be5faefb91c86ce5da36a3590e86a1" rel="external nofollow">https://apnews.com/article/tiger-woods-car-crash-florida-10be5faefb91c86ce5da36a3590e86a1</a>
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<p>
	One of the greatest golfers the world has ever seen has bad luck when it comes to driving vehicles. 
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<p>
	 
</p>

<p>
	Several years ago, Tiger Woods was involved in a bad accident that nearly cost him a leg.  He recovered.
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	On Friday, March 27th, Tiger Woods hit another vehicle &amp; rolled over his Land Rover. 
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	The truck driver was not injured.  Tiger was able to crawl out of his vehicle unhurt as well.
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	Tiger blew a 000 on the breathalyzer but he refused to take a urine test.  
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<p>
	Florida law enforcement arrested him.  He bonded himself out a few hours later.
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	Since Tiger is dating POTUS OJ's former daughter-in-law, the clown-in-chief mentioned they are friends &amp; Tiger may need help.
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	Considering Tiger Woods' celebrity, fame &amp; fortune, they will probably make this situation go away. 
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<p>
	 
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<p>
	It is long overdue that Tiger Woods should have gotten a driver.  He can afford one.<span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12631</guid><pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 04:33:18 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>UN backs resolution calling slave trade &#x2018;gravest crime against humanity. The United States, Israel and Argentina opposed the measure.</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12632-un-backs-resolution-calling-slave-trade-%E2%80%98gravest-crime-against-humanity-the-united-states-israel-and-argentina-opposed-the-measure/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/un-backs-resolution-calling-slave-080851219.html?guccounter=1&amp;guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&amp;guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANkuEp62le2ixwTmZksFEppVS9t9JbEGOiaTUygutnV-qIpbFXgOdStAyMymr-vw_ajxVyF_JUJg1HB7J7j8TSAIirOqtl57FwFBseo8FQmhD46J1MI7leItyjqP7uC7mZankl7aQTqvE63LHWds1N3jbMwmp121ne14JHpn0ZbR" rel="external nofollow">UN backs resolution calling slave trade ‘gravest crime against humanity’</a><br />
	 
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					A memorial sculpture by Sandrine Plante-Rougeol in Bordeaux, a historic slave-trading port, where the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade remains central to debates on recognition and reparations.
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			The resolution – proposed by Ghana – was adopted to applause by a vote of 123 in favour.
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			The United States, Israel and Argentina opposed the measure. There were 52 abstentions, including the UK and all 27 members of the EU.
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			Ghana's President John Mahama, one of the African Union's most vocal supporters of slavery reparations, was at the UN headquarters in New York to support the vote.
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			"Today, we come together in solemn solidarity to affirm truth and pursue a route to healing and reparative justice," said Mahama. "The adoption of this resolution serves as a safeguard against forgetting."
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			<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20241222-transatlantic-cruise-to-turn-spotlight-on-brazil-angola-slavery-past" rel="external nofollow" style="border-color:#e0e4e9;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;color:#0f69ff;">Transatlantic cruise to turn spotlight on Brazil-Angola slavery past</a>
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			Despite being non-binding, the resolution goes beyond simple acknowledgment and asks nations involved in the slave trade to engage in restorative justice.
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			It also highlights the legacy of slavery via "the persistence of racial discrimination and neo-colonialism" in today's society.
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			"The transatlantic slave trade was a crime against humanity that struck at the core of personhood, broke up families, and devastated communities," UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
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			"To justify the unjustifiable, slavery's proponents and beneficiaries constructed a racist ideology -- turning prejudice into a pseudoscience."
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			During discussions over the resolution, US ambassador Dan Negrea said the text was highly problematic.
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			"<strong>The US also does not recognise a legal right to reparations for historical wrongs that were not illegal under international law at the time they occurred."</strong>
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			<strong>He added: "The US also strongly objects to the resolution's attempt to rank crimes against humanity in any<span> </span><a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20240210-slavery-exhibition-pantheon-we-could-be-heroes-rapha%C3%ABl-barontini" rel="external nofollow" style="border-color:#e0e4e9;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;color:#0f69ff;">type of hierarchy.</a>"</strong>
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			The UK and EU countries put forth similar arguments while acknowledging the wrongs of slavery.
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			"The resolution risks pitting historical tragedies against each other that should not be compared, except at the expense of the memory of the victims," said<span> </span><a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20250417-issue-of-haitian-reparations-paid-to-france-back-on-the-table-200-years-on" rel="external nofollow" style="border-color:#e0e4e9;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;color:#0f69ff;">French representative</a><span> </span>Sylvain Fournel.
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			<a href="https://www.rfi.fr/en/culture/20231112-abolition-of-slavery-heroes-honoured-in-expo-at-paris-pantheon" rel="external nofollow" style="border-color:#e0e4e9;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;color:#0f69ff;">Heroes who fought to abolish slavery honoured in Paris Pantheon expo</a>
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			For African Union officials, the language of the resolution is central to its purpose.
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			Amma Adomaa Twum-Amoah, the<span> </span><a href="https://au.int/pt/speeches/20260317/statement-minister-uganda-au-high-level-side-event-csw-70" rel="external nofollow" style="border-color:#e0e4e9;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;color:#0f69ff;">AU’s Commissioner</a><span> </span>for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Development, said clearly naming these events removes any lingering ambiguity about their nature.
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			“It is to say that what was done to Africans was not a tragic accident of history, but the result of deliberate policies whose legacies structure today’s inequalities,” she said. “Justice begins with calling things by their proper names.”
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			Beyond recognition, the resolution encourages countries historically involved in the slave trade to engage in processes of restorative justice.
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			Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has been explicit about what that could entail.
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			“The perpetrators of the transatlantic slave trade are known – the Europeans, the United States of America,” he told reporters. “We expect all of them to<span> </span><a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/09/1165771" rel="external nofollow" style="border-color:#e0e4e9;border-style:solid;border-width:0px;color:#0f69ff;">formally apologise to Africa</a><span> </span>and to all people of African descent.”
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			He pointed to the return of looted cultural artefacts as one possible step, alongside continued efforts to dismantle structural racism and, potentially, financial compensation for affected communities.
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	Now Toure is giving White people a pass to say "nigger".<br />
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	And again, he's called "Black" but when I do research of him he's of questionable racial background.<br />
	Is wife doesn't look Black at all, to me.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12639</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:28:21 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>AALBC is Moving to a Bigger, Badder Webserver</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12637-aalbc-is-moving-to-a-bigger-badder-webserver/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<span style="font-size:16px;">As part of the AALBC upgrade, I have to move to a dedicated server. The shared environment I current run on is not allowing to add the features I'd like to add and to make aalbc.com a truly world class website.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">This discussion forum may experience a brief outage (hours not days). It is also possible some posts may be lost depending upon when you make them.  So please do not share anything you do not want to lose until I give the all-clear.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">Finally, I will probably migrate to newer discussion forum software (...ugh, I know).  The problem with this software is that they are pushing upgrades to a cloud-based solution which is much more expensive.  I'm basically broke; so, I (1) can't afford the software and (2) I don't think it is worth it.  There are better solutions that I can more easily integrate with aalbc.com and I will pursue one of those.  I'm open to suggestions.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">This software will remain in place, but I will probably lock down the discussion forums and encourage people to begin using whatever new platform I launch.</span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;">I believe this is the best chance for increasing the number of engaged active users of the site and ultimately building something that someone else or another team and actually maintain after I'm gone. (Sidebar: in the longer term I doubt websites will continue to be a thing, but there will always be a need for to Black-operated and owned platforms we Black people communicate and curate out culture we can't leave this up to Elon and Mark).</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12637</guid><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 18:48:52 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Netflix: The New Segregation In Entertainment?</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12614-netflix-the-new-segregation-in-entertainment/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
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	I've been noticing a trend over the past decade of how so many AfroAmerican movies and television shows debut on Netflix as opposed to the major theaters and broadcasting channels now.<br />
	<br />
	This reminds me of how as a kid all of the major television networks like NBC, ABC, and CBS featured Black television shows and movies not only through out the day but also in primetime.  Then starting around the mid-90s they started systematically taking Black television shows and movies and "relocating" them to networks like UPN and the CW channel.<br />
	And then moved  many of them off completely.<br />
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	It's getting to the point that every time I see an article about a new Black television show, I start skimming over the words until I see "Netflix" in the article because I know that's where I'll have to go if I want to see it.<br />
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	Yet at the same time Latinos have 2 major television networks (Univision and Telemundo) that Latinos from one end of the United States to the other can sit down and freely enjoy watching without passwords, fees, or subscriptions.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12614</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 08:56:58 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Fired Former Pentagon Joint Chiefs of Staff New Job</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12630-fired-former-pentagon-joint-chiefs-of-staff-new-job/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<a href="https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/aerospace-and-defense/powerus-appoints-general-cq-brown-jr.-former-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-1151124" rel="external nofollow">https://www.accessnewswire.com/newsroom/en/aerospace-and-defense/powerus-appoints-general-cq-brown-jr.-former-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-1151124</a>
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	General CQ Brown Jr., former Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, who was fired early on by the current administration has landed a new job with Powerus.
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	<a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5798488-retired-general-joins-powerus/" rel="external nofollow">https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5798488-retired-general-joins-powerus/</a>
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	Powerus is a company whose ownership includes the sons of POTUS OJ. The company bids on government defense contracts.
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	Of course, the sons would want to use General Brown's military experience &amp; contacts to grease the skids of getting money out of the government.
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	I hope General CQ brown Jr. is being paid millions of dollars to trade his service to a thieving clan.
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	The conflict of interest is that POTUS OJ presides over the federal government. More family grift in round 2 of his administration. 
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	It remains to be seen how many billions of dollars POTUS OJ &amp; his family, friends &amp; associates take from the USA before he leaves office. Unbelievable. <span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12630</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 01:31:29 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Pope Leo XIV Speaks Out Against War in Visit to Monaco</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12633-pope-leo-xiv-speaks-out-against-war-in-visit-to-monaco/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	<a href="https://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-leo-xiv-at-monaco-stadium-mass-wars-are-the-result-of-the-idolatry-of-power-and-money" rel="external nofollow">https://www.ncregister.com/cna/pope-leo-xiv-at-monaco-stadium-mass-wars-are-the-result-of-the-idolatry-of-power-and-money</a>
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	Some folks would like to believe religion justifies &amp; condones war. 
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	Leaders in the US especially POTUS OJ &amp; his Defense Secretary often say "pray for the safety of our troops".  Then, the military is sent in to kill a bunch of folks.
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	Pope Leo XIV mentioned in his Palm Sunday address that "Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war but rejects them".
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	Even as an agnostic, it is It is always interesting to see &amp; hear how people <strong>use</strong> their religion so differently.<span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12633</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 13:57:41 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Former FBI Director Robert Mueller Dies</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12611-former-fbi-director-robert-mueller-dies/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	2nd longest serving FBI Director in US history, Robert Mueller passed away @ 81 years old.
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	POTUS OJ posts on Truth Social..."Good. I'm glad he's dead".
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	It's no secret that POTUS OJ hated Mueller due to the Russia collusion investigation into the 2016 election.
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	However, a true statesman would have taken a higher road in this moment.
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	Of course, the USA isn't being led by a real leader of the people. 
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	The  sad &amp; funny part is that on cue MAGA folks are defending crass <span class="ipsEmoji">🤡</span> azz POTUS OJ. Somehow he deserves to feel this way because Mueller was an *enemy*. 
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	The country has 2.67 years left under POTUS OJ before the next election.<span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12611</guid><pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2026 20:47:44 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Stephanie Mills born 1957&#xA0;</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12619-stephanie-mills-born-1957%C2%A0/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	Stephanie Mills born 1957 <br>
	Happy Belated Birthday to the songstress. Do you have a favorite performance of hers? 
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">12619</guid><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 01:54:57 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>Soaring Gas Price--What's Your Limit?</title><link>https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/12617-soaring-gas-price-whats-your-limit/</link><description><![CDATA[<p>
	What is the most you're willing to pay for a gallon of gas?
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	Just curious to know at what point the family here would park the ride &amp; use another form of transportation. 
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	It's amusing the same USA that 1) seized control of Venezuelan oil &amp; 2) attacked Iran would pass higher gas prices to the same American people who are complaining about the price of groceries &amp; healthcare.
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	I doubt the price will hit $5 per gallon. However, jacking the price up by @ least $1 in less than a month doesn't show much concern for the economy &amp; struggling people either.<span class="ipsEmoji">😎</span>
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