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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. Started by Pioneer1,

    Who among you have had DIRECT experience with and/or DIRECT communication with a Higher Power than human beings? Although The SUPREME BEING is the HIGHEST POWER.....I'm not limiting experiences or communications with The SUPREME BEING alone. It could be with Angels, Extraterrestrials, Ascended Masters, any Beings higher than humans. I'm not talking about something you read in a book, something you saw online, or even an experience or communication that is "questionable" where you were half drunk or high or aren't sure who said what but thought you saw something out the corner of your eyes back in 1987. I'm talking about an experience or communicatio…

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  2. Started by Pioneer1,

    Brother Rich asked an excellent question about the help from other more powerful Black Beings.......... If there is indeed a real life "Wakanda" type civilization somewhere on this planet or in our solar system, it doesn't SEEM like the White power structure feels threatened by Them.

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  3. Started by Pioneer1,

    Check out this clip. He clowned so much, atleast one of his jokes WILL take yo ass out.....lol My man Tariq needs to do his own comedy show. This clip is MM 50-1:08 for the comedy, but he does touch on other more serious subjects for the first hour or so.

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  4. Started by ProfD,

    Another mass shooting event in the US. 18 killed and 13 injured. The shooter is a marksman who just 2 weeks ago was in a mental health facility. Not only was this killer allowed to keep his weapons. He made a few statements on social media about killing folks. The FBI is at his house asking him to come out with his hands up. Considering what this killer has already done, the authorities should force their way into his home and take him down. The craziest part is whether it's an active war or shooting event or standoff...the media is reporting live from ground zero. 😎

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  5. Started by richardmurray,

    @aMhayes made a post about voting rights , linked at the bottom of this post, and as always I think of the history in all questions. The question is always, how do you get from there to here. How did the Black populace that was majority anti white in the british colonial form of the usa become majority pro -usa in modernity,multiple centuries? A long process, constant white opposition/suppression of black individuals/groups/leaders who oppose embracing whites or the USA in the black populace in the USA, a persistence among black individuals or groups who want to embrace whites or the usa, whether financed by whites or not. Now what does what was have to do with black…

  6. Just the tip of the iceberg. https://justthenews.com/government/congress/sheila-jackson-lee-says-shes-regretful-after-recording-leaks-profane-rant

  7. Started by Pioneer1,

    Notice how SPECIFIC he was in his criticism of BLM and didn't push the typical right-wing Republican narratives about the movement. Nor did he let the hosts trick him or trap him into focusing ONLY on BLM when it comes to political corruption when they come no where close to the most corrupt out there. He was SURGICAL in his words and critique. Pay attention to both what he said AND what he was careful not to say.....less he inadvertently send the wrong message that we should support one devil (Republican party) over the other (Democat Party). He said ALL of them do it.....not just BLM or the Democrat party. Hell, if you want to start exposing politica…

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  8. I've heard from many UFOlogists that said those who HAVE contacted some of these "extraterrestrials" said that one of their missions is to save human lives by preventing the use of nuclear weapons and preventing a nuclear war to break out. If that's true....and that's a major IF.....then some of my questions would be: 1. If they wanted to prevent nuclear weapons, why did they allow them to be invented in the first place? 2. If they wanted to prevent the USE of nuclear weapons, why did they allow the U.S. to drop them on Japan....twice? 3. Hell, even if you DON'T have nuclear weapons....millions upon millions of people have been killed by CONVENTIONAL w…

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  9. Started by Troy,

    https://blackfilmarchive.com/

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  10. Started by Pioneer1,

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  11. One pundit says they are about 10,000. Crops Circles spread over 15 countries with the most being in England around Holy sites.... Something or SomeOne is trying to communicate...is that Entity/Entities In or On the Earth? With some ancient text saying that they about 400,000. humanoid species in our Galaxy....which I think is Accurate - Not to mention Non-Humanoid. Current Western Science using the Drake hypothesis estimate a mere 13,000. in the Universe. Whilst Estimate over 5,000,000,000. Goldilocks (just right for life to occur) planets

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  12. KUSA-TV in Colorado reports: The Tattered Cover bookstore chain has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, three years after the iconic local business was sold to an investment group, and plans to close three of its stores over the next two weeks. The bankruptcy filing on Monday said Tattered Cover owes its creditors, numbering in the hundreds, between $1 million and $10 million. The company listed its assets in the same broad range. Why do I care? Well, I always considered the Tatter Cover a great indie store. I visited two of the chains, one as recently as 2021. The stores were just a great space for book lovers.…

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  13. Started by harry brown,

    Democrat. Corey. Booker. More. Concerned. About. Israel. Than. His,,Own. People. That. Voted. ,Elected. Him.....These. Black., ,Christians. Get. Own. My. Nerves....Black Democrats. Support. ,Billions. Of. U. S. Money. Going. To. The. Ukraine. ,And. No., Money,,Going. To. Poor. Inner. City. Communities.. And. Schools.......They. Will. Be. Coming. To. These. Black. Communities. ,,To. Get. Votes. .Time. For a. Black. Independent. Political. Party....Black. Democrats. Are. As. Idiot. Moron. As. The. Black. ,People. For. Trump. .........Black. Christians. Are. Disgusting. .......Black. Politicians. That. Do. Not. Care. About. Black. People.......Corey. Booker. Is. A. …

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  14. War in the Middle East Nuclear War with Russia Contact with Extraterrestrials. Solar Eclipses Major Earthquakes and Hurricanes There use to be a time when a spectacular solar event or global event like an eclipse or stellular alignment or major Earthquake or something on a cosmic level would get me all hyped up ready for something big and great to come and change humanity! Back in the day when I was a Bible thumping Church goer, the events going on in Israel right now would REALLY have my hyped up! I probably would have QUIT my job and waited on the sky to break apart and Angels to start flying down snatching up people or destroying the wicked. …

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  15. The answer is: NEITHER ONE Both the Jews and Palestinians are descendants of invaders who came to that land to displace the former inhabitants. Most of the Jews of today are White and of European descent who took the land from the Palestinians after WWII. Most of the Palestinians are mixed raced descendants of Arab and Greeks who invaded and took the land thousands of years ago from the Original owners. If you believe the Bible, the Israelites who USED to live on the land for hundreds of years before becoming dispossessed a couple times themselves took it from the Original owners. Well, who are these "original owners" that I speak of? The Kena'ani…

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  16. So with all of these White men and women who've been calling the cops lying on innocent Black citizens, falsely accusing them of assault, falsely accusing them of having guns, swatting their homes with 911 calls, filing false police reports on Black folks and in so many of these cases innocent Black folks end up being killed or seriously injured because of LIES told on them -yet the LIARS don't get so much as time in the county jail. Not even a sentence to do community service and pick up some damn trash on the side of the highway. But look who DOES end up getting prison time for a silly attention-grabbing stunt in which NO ONE even got hurt: Woman who faked h…

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  17. OCTOBER 14-Upcoming Solar Eclipse! Ancient Halloween & Black Themes Coming Soon: A “Ring of Fire” in the Sky On Oct. 14, 2023, an annular total solar eclipse will be visible to millions across the globe as it sweeps through the skies of the northwestern United States through Mexico and Central America and into South America, exiting the continent in Brazil. Even if you are not in the path of annularity, you will still be able to see a partial solar eclipse if weather conditions are right. https://blogs.nasa.gov/Watch_the_Skies/2023/09/14/coming-soon-a-ring-of-fire-in-the-sky/ …

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  18. Too see some movies not present in the image https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2492&type=status

  19. Troy, you should know that just as you don't stop thinking of ways to improve AALBC and make it better, there are those of us who feel the same about your site. Obviously not as intensely and with not as much dedication, however from time to time as I'm out and about or surfing the web for something I'll see something that I feel would be great for AALBC to consider. After being here for over a decade and counting, there are a few things I've noticed about this site............ 1. Most of the literature being presented is that of a fictional nature. Not a lot of scientific or financial books. Not too many political books. Some....but not the majority…

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  20. Started by ProfD,

    Rep. Matt Gaetz was instrumental in getting Rep. Kevin McCarthy booted as House Speaker. While Rep. Gaetz has more baggage than an airport, he could possibly run for Governor of Florida in 2026. Amazing that the state of Florida could be run by consecutive clowns. DeStupid should be an easy act to follow. Good thing oranges are the major export of Florida. Disney is the major attraction. It's the biggest retirement community in the US too. Yhe US doesn't rely on Florida for too much of anything. Another clown governor wouldn't break the state.🤣😎

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  21. This is a 50 sec clip from an hour-long interview from with Dr. Claud Anderson and The Breakfast Club, that I uploaded to YouTube in January of 2020. I'm sharing it here, because it has been watched 33K times -- virtually all of those view have been within that past 30 days -- more than 1,000 views a day! There is always a reason for when something goes low-key viral. I don't know what it is, but if you have any theories please share.

  22. Started by Troy,

    It is really hard to craft a good short story. I though this one was fascinating.

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  23. California Governor Gavin Newsome has selected Democrat Laphonza Butler to temporarily fill Senator Diane Feinstein's former seat: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/01/newsom-senate-pick-butler-00119360 Laphonza Butler will be the 1st Black LBGTQ+ US senator. She's the 3rd Black female senator in US History.😎

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  24. I ain't mad at Cube for that. Kanye better hold is OWN nuts and stop name dropping putting other folks in the mix....lol

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  25. The. 1996. Murder. Of. Rapper. Tupac Shakur .News. Says. There. Has. Been. An. Arrest. ..Duane Davis. ..Arrested. By the. Police. ...There. Has. Been. Opinions. Of. Who. Murdered. Both. Tupac And,,Biggie. ..On. YouTube. Some. People. Saying. That. Rapper. ,,,Puffy. Combs. Was. Involved. .......You. Can't. Trust. White. Police......White. Police. Hitler's. Gestapo. ..On you. Tube. Puffy. Combs. Ex. Body. Guard. Talking. Like. Puffy Combs. Wanted. Both,Tupac And. Biggie. Gone......

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  26. Started by Pioneer1,

    Hey @Troy, For some reason I was thinking about @richardmurray earlier this week and how he posts threads about movies and music. Not sure how easy it is to program but maybe you should think about having a "Movie Night" forum where say....richardmurray or any poster can post a movie we can watch and have a little chat-room next to it so that members can watch it together and comment on it together in real time. Kind of like live videos on Youtube. For example, Somebody post the movie Three The Hard Way. When you first post it....you post it LIVE at a particular time for most of us regular members can log in and watch it together and comment …

  27. Started by ProfD,

    From the moment this old dumb azz nigglet started running his mouth, I knew it was only a matter of time before he would get arrested: https://apnews.com/article/tupac-shakur-killing-duane-keefe-davis-vegas-3f7050c2a68813d86a96b96fbb3f1d1a The million dollar question is will he start singing like a bird and point fingers at everyone else involved to include solving the Notorious BIG murder too. It's been almost 30 years since Tupac and Biggie were murdered. There's no statute of limitations on convicting murderers and accomplices. 😎

  28. Senator Tim Scott is another one of those self-hating Black men: This bootlick will do anything to cozy up to white folks. He's only been doing it his entire political career. A snowball stands a better chance of survival in an active volcano than Scott has of becoming POTUS. Sen. Scott is clearly auditioning for a VP or cabinet level position if Orange Julius gets re-elected. Sen. Scott should be Secretary of Interior. He's got his nose so far up white folks azz he can smell their breath. Of course, like Uncle Clarence Thomas, Ben Carson, Herschel Walker, Herman Cain (RIP) and every other wannabe GO…

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  29. Started by frankster,

    Mexico Alien X-Ray - Full Video (historic broadcast - scientific analysis) UFO Proof? “Non-Human” Alien Corpses Retrieved From Peru Displayed At Mexico Congressional Hearing are these bodies being real....In my Opinion they are. but it makes me wonder if Spielberg knew something about these being as the do resemble "ET". I am convinced that there is intelligent life in this existence with us humans...we are not alone Are you convinced of ET life and do you think these bodies are real?

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  30. But I couldn't get one of the 13 versions because I'm not a NY resident! But my daughter is, and she got the "Hard Knock Life" card pictured below. I did get an eyeful of this beautiful "Book of HOV" two-story, 8-section exhibit. The exhibit has been extended twice and will end on December 4, 2023, coinciding with Jay-Z's birthday. The brilliance of the production lies in Jay-Z's storytelling ability. There will be no re-writing of his story. It is a fully interactive exhibit with artifacts, including signage from The Marcy Projects to a replica of the Baseline studio where Jay-Z recorded his multiplatinum albums. The beauty of this endeavor is that nothing stops…

  31. Started by Maurice,

    Watched a profile on Faith recently on the BBC. Haven't heard of her before but was a fascinating documentary. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006wh6/imagine-2019-faith-ringgold-tell-it-like-it-is

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  32. For those in the northern hemisphere, I hope they began Autumn surrounded by loving ones with a full plate of food. For those in the southern hemisphere, i hope they began spring, surrounde by loving ones and beautiful gardens

  33. Started by Pioneer1,

    Troy, so are you trying to tell me that THIS man- ....is the "leader" of Black America??????

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  34. Reparations. For. Slavery. In. California. .Discussions. About. Whether. Black. People in. California. Should. Get. Reparations. For. ,Slavery. In. That. State. What. Did. Black. Lives matters. Do. With. ,The. Millions. Of. Dollars. They. Got. ???.Churches. Takes. Up. ,,Millions. Of. Dollars. From. Black. People. And. Preachers ,, Buy. Mansions. And,,Cars.....If. There. We're. Billions. Of. Money. For. Slavery ,Reparations. Black. Politicians. NAACP. Will. Give. Millions. To. Preachers. So. Preachers. Could. Have ,Mega. Churches. Live. In Mansions ,,Drive. Rolls. Royce. ,Mercedes Benz. Cars. ,Poor. Communities. And. Schools. Would. Get. Zero. Nothing. ......Poor. Inn…

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  35. So my little toddler loves to have books read to her and as you might imagine she has a ton of books. Recently, she indicated she wanted me to read a specific book. So, she hopped off my lap and went to one of several stacks of and struggled to pull one from near the bottom of the stack. The book was Corduroy by Don Freeman. Corduroy was originally published in 1968 and features a young Black girl named Lisa, who has to empty her piggy bank to buy this less than perfect stuff bear. I did not learn about the book until recently, as it was present. I thought the book was well done given the year it was published. I figured more books had to have be…

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  36. Started by Troy,

    I just read about the March on an issue of The Afro American. i knew it was a big anniversary but for dinner train it was lost on me that there was an actual March. Not a commemoration, but a continuation. It was organized by the leader of black america, in so far as we have one, Al Sharpton. Editorial in the paper indicated turn it was low. I’m firmly convinced the days of a black leader are gone. We are off doing our own thing. Maybe that is the result of “progress.”

  37. These two are my two top choices..... for obvious reasons - The Politics of History Race and Religion. Michael Jackson - Remember The Time (Official Video) Madonna - Like A Prayer (Official Video)

  38. While the Black community is still overrepresented at 20% in the poverty category, Black people have reached a "new low"overall. This time, "low" is good because, according to the US Census Bureau, the official poverty rate for the Black Population reached a historic low of 17.1 %. The Black Community was the only group to experience a significant change in poverty between 2021 and 2022! (Say what?) For comparison, in 1959, more than half (55.1 %) of the Black population was beyond broke. I've attached the link to the study below. When you have time to review, you may conclude that COVID-19 programs helped the Black Community immensely because one measurement (Suppl…

  39. Started by Chevdove,

    Comet NISHIMURA--Another Green Comet! I saw this in the news last week! Apparently this Green Comet was identified by an amateur, a Japanese man named Nishimura a few weeks ago on August 12, 2023. So, for this reason the comet is named after him, however, scientist later realized that this comet has actually orbited our solar system before and is a LONG PERIOD COMET. So, Comet Nishimura has orbited our sun some 400 years ago during the A.D. 1500s and even before than, it orbited our planet in the A.D. 1100s during the historical time of the Crusades! What I find to be so fascinating about these recent Green comets is how it relates…

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  40. DC residents drive short distances, afraid to go out in daylight as crime crushes city https://americasvoice.news/justthenews/dc-residents-drive-short-distances-afraid-go-out-daylight-crime-crushes-city/ And by the way, looking well past this article (which is one of perhaps thousands on DC crime), the vast majority of the crime victims and perpetrators in D.C. are black, as in black and ain't never gonna be anything else but black, no matter how hard they try.

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  41. Larry Fink https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/01/16/blackrocks-betrayal-woke-wall-street-pushes-leftist-agenda-on-corporate-america/ Doubt it? Just do your homework.

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  42. NYC to cut overtime pay for police despite being understaffed by 'thousands' (msn.com) New York City to Cut Overtime Pay for NYPD, Other Departments in Response to Migrant Crisis (msn.com) Cutting the overtime pay for your own POLICE FORCE in favor of illegal immigrants??? That's suicide....political suicide. Even if you DID have to make cuts, cutting the pay of your soldiers that you rely on to protect you and keep order under your authority is one of the LAST things you'd do . And Eric Adams was a cop HIMSELF. I'm no fan of the NYPD. What little I DID see of them when I was in New York didn't leave me with …

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  43. Started by Troy,

    Someone shared this with me this morning. It was unattributed, so I can't share the source, but I learn it I will. This reminds me of the HISTORIA AFRICANA DATES FOR MAJOR AFRICAN EVENTS @Mel Hopkins shared a few months ago. 1501 African Slaves in the New World Spanish settlers bring slaves from Africa to Santo Domingo (now the capital of the Dominican Republic). 1522 Slave Revolt: the Caribbean Slaves rebel on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, which now comprises Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 1562 Britain Joins Slave Trade. John Hawkins, the first Briton to take part in the slave trade, makes a huge profit hauling human cargo …

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  44. #Africa, a continent of 54 countries and a population of about one billion people, accounts for just 3% of global GDP and global trade. How important is #Africa in the #global scheme of things? Discuss… https://twitter.com/osasuo/status/1700500796813529458 Your Thoughts, please place in comments my answer https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2446&type=status

  45. A fake compassion liberal who wanted to sound “ down with the cause” and called for defunding tbe police recieved a healthy dose of her own medicine this week by getting carjacked and violently beaten by four Black Men with guns in front of her young children. So now she supports the police ?? I get it, she only supports them when her own life is affected. How selfish !!! Rather than call the police, she should of called BLM. She’s not so “ down with cause” now, thats for sure. A Democratic Party leader thanked the Minneapolis police and pushed to prosecute youths "running wild" after she was carjacked Tuesday, despite previous support for dismantling th…

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  46. Started by ProfD,

    VP Harris believes POTUS PJB will win re-election: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-biden-re-election-prepared-to-step-into-role-president-if-necessary/ VP Harris also believes POTUS PJB will be fine but she's prepared to lead of necessary. Based on her education and work experience as a public servant and politician, VP Harris has the qualifications to do the job. There's a few thinklgs I'd like for VP Harris to do in order to better prepare herself to be POTUS: 1) Blow her nose or get the surgery to fix her voice. Listening to her talk requires patience. 2) Collect her thoughts before sp…

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  47. If you are willing to share use the following link https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2439&type=status

  48. Started by Pioneer1,

    I posted an article about a week ago showing how they are putting Latino illegal immigrants up in hotel rooms while forcing Black illegal immigrants to sleep on the streets of New York, and it pretty much got ignored. Ok. Well now I see even MORE racist double standards in the U.S. immigration policy. While they're bussing illegal Latino immigrants around the nation putting them in Black neighborhoods and giving them hotel rooms and food vouchers, look who they ARE actually enforcing the laws on....... The US keeps deporting people to a country that it says is too dangerous for travel The Biden administration ha…

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  49. I have largely given up on TikTok. It is just not my thing. I logged on today to post a graphic of my bestselling books and saw this post of a woman, I don't know, recommending AALBC! At first, I actually had trouble reconciling what I was seeing. Was this lady actually promoting AALBC. I'm not sure if anyone has ever gone onto a social media platform and added a video explicitly recommending AALBC.

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