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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.…

Summer is Rotating Away & Autumn is Coming--Wondering About the Upcoming Styles Let's Check Out the Catwalk! Well, I think these are some trying times. Sometimes I don't even want to watch the news, but with the way technology today is, it's hard to ignore it. I many times check my smartphone with one focus and then get distracted and then I'm watching crazy stuff that I never intended. Just today, I read that President Biden gave a serious warning for Americans to get out of Belarus! It seems that the Russians have moved in some nuclear weapons into that region. At any rate, sometimes, I feel that we humans should enjoy our existenc…

Chris Rock slaps Back Hard at Will and Jada Pinkett Smith in the Netflix special; Selective Outrage I have not been able to see the Neflix special. But there has been quite a buzz about it. So yes, the Oscars is today, March 12, 2023, and I heard that Chris Rock declined. I also heard that the host this year, Jimmy Kimmel, will speak about that infamous slap that Will Smith delivered to Chris Rock last year. I don’t think I would be this curious about the Academy Awards show had it not been for so much propaganda this year about what happened last year and also because of the snub that the movie Women King has gotten as well as the h…

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. …

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.😎

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)

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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 …

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 …

**********A GREEN COMET********** IN THE SKY THIS WEEK! Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) This comet that was first detected last year is said to be visible with binoculars this week. I am intrigued! I remember the comet of 2020 that was supposedly visible for months, however, no matter how much I tried to view it through a telescope to see the 'tail', I just could not operate my telescope to see it. I did see it with though, position below the Big Dipper however, I just wanted to see the actual 'tail'. But, A GREEN COMET!? That's interesting! This particular comet discovered March of last year inside the orbit of Jupiter. In a…

#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

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.🤣😎

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…

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

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…

Not just listening but watching too.

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…

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.”

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......

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…

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.

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. 😎

Statistics clearly show that Blacks commit about 60% of all violent crime in America despite them being 14% of the population. Why is this? No family structure and a community that condones young girls having babies. Other minorities that come to this country without money and without speaking our language still surpass blacks. Its amazing !!!! Maybe black women need to find a moral compass and black men have to stop committing violent crime and serious drug offenses?? I think so ! Lets stop making excuses and start acting like mature adults. By the way, using some big words doesnt do anything either. We need to take personal responsibility. Lets stop blaming w…

Here are 3 thugs, or Black Karen’s aka ,” Sheniqua’s“. Look at the deplorable behavior by 3 black women against a defensless Asian in New York, its disgusting. After they destroy his business by breaking and throwing stuff and using very profane language, they then start to do some very strange tribal like dance. The one girl stands on a table and starts doing a strange dance and shaking her fat backside. This seems to be a growing problem with black women getting violent and extremely rude and beligerent. This is actually very disturbing behavior. https://sports.yahoo.com/wild-video-shows-three-women-120942928.html There is also another video from F…

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

I don't know how the Ukrainian President Zelensky was on the frontlines of the battlefield yesterday and jumped on a train to Poland and a plane to the US. Pictured above, President Zelensky is addressing the U.S. Congress. Of course, he thanked the US for billion of dollars and weapons. This war is interesting especially considering the number of journalists and camera crews running around in Ukraine. Then, the Ukrainian president can make TikTok videos and visit other countries in the middle of a conflict. I refuse to believe the Russians can't catch president Zelensky. They don't want him. That's not the goal of t…

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.

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

928 people in NYC have been recorded or known to ride outside trains. In a local news report , the words viral/kids/teens/social media was used but no one used the words: money/profit. People don't seem to comprehend popularity is money. The most popular person online, Cristiano Ronaldo, CR7, has more followers than anyone. He gets money for his quantity of followers. Does he need it? no he has multiples of millions in sponsorship money. Multiples of millions in wage from any club he played on since he became a mature player. BUT Could Rich do with his revenue from followings? You damn skippy. Being followed is money. It isn't worthless. media ma…

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…

Kamala Harris is actually the first Indian Vice President. Although she will go down as the most incompetent VP in history. I actually had this discussion yesterday with a black woman who correctly stated Kamala is basically Indian who masquerade’s as a black for her personal benefit. Kamala’s mother is all Indian and so were the grandparents that helped raise her. She grew up Indian ! Where was Kamala’s black dad ? He took off and bailed out on his personal responsibilities when she was very young. Same with Obama who was raised by a white mom and white grandparents. Obama’s black father also left and bailed on his responsibilities when Obama was very young. Th…

A hate filled white boy executes 3 innocent Black folks at a Dollar General in Jacksonville FL. This latetst hate crime against Black folks happened on the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. The post-tragedy narrative remains the same. Thoughts and prayers to the victims. They mention mental health. The need for gun reform comes up. The FBI should have a drop on these folks especially if they're been flagged for mental health issues or post hate-filled manifestos online and oh by the way...purchase multiple firearms including assault rifles. The Baker Act FAILED to keep this event from happening. The shooter's…

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…

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 …

According to Al Sharpton on MSNBC this morning, tommorrow there will be a gathering on the Mall in D.C. commemorating the 1963 march on Washingon, D.C. With a NAACP presence and remanents of the SCLC, MLK Jr. as speakers. Hind sight is 20/20 as I have told my former Black and mulatto teachers from the 1960s, but with the loss of Black community and physical communities as time went forward, has it been worth it, especially to the Blacks who were adults in the 1950s and 1960s? Where will Blacks as a whole be, 100 years from now, with the intentional attempted destruction of the Black race by many Black miscegenationists, and Black o…

In today's super woke - hyper cancel culture - post-George Floyd era, blacks have suddenly and disproportionately been cast / inserted into nearly every facet of big and small screen entertainment, advertising, marketing and the like. Is this effort and push by probably mostly white paymasters a genuine pursuit of diversity, or is it just a deceptive feel-good moment? / / / Too Many African Americans in TV Ads? http://www.journal-isms.com/2017/11/too-many-african-americans-in-tv-ads/ - - - Why is it only black people in commercial any more? https://www.girlsaskguys.com/social-relationships/q4452611-why-is-it-only-black-people-in-com…

60. Years. Later. The. March. On. Washington. .The. March. Was,About. Ending. Segregation. ,Jobs. Fair. Wages. ,Education. ,,Economic. Justice... Unequal. Schools. Remain,Forms. Of. Segregation. Remains. Lack. Of. Jobs. In. Poor. Inner. Cities. ,Poor,Inner. City. Schools. Not. Improved . As. Billions. Of. U. S. Money. Keep ,Going. To. The. Ukraine. Democrats. Can. Explain ,,Why. Billions. If. U. S. Money. Keep. Going. To. The. Ukraine. But,,Poor. Inner. City. Communities. And. Schools. Get. Nothing ,,Before. The. Next. Elections ..... Amazing. A. Black. Trump. Supporter. Is. In. Jail. For. Trying. To. Help. Trump. Overturn. The,,2020. Election. ..He. Is. The. Lea…

Due to police negligence, a mistrial has been declared in two white men shooting at a Black FedEx driver: https://www.npr.org/2023/08/17/1194548408/mississippi-judge-declares-mistrial-in-shooting-attack-on-black-fedex-driver While it's no surprise especially in the state of Mississippi, it's indicative of the racism and white privilege that still exists all over this country. Clearly, the white folks in Mississippi are totally on code in protecting their own. The body language of the two white defendants (father & son) shows they never feared losing their freedom. This situation could have been another case of Ahmaud Ar…

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…

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…

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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Inc. used to be a reputable source of information for business news. Today they like many other platforms they have sold out and are now one of the "clickbaitiest" platforms on the web. I got a newsletter from Inc. this week. I do not know how I was added to their mailing list (I unsubscribed). Over the years when I've clicked links like the ones below the article NEVER delivered on the promise suggested by the article. Usually, you are just directed to an article spanning multiple pages with a ton of ads. Far too many sites on the web are like this now. They are SEO optimized to maximize advertisement delivery and crowd out better websites tha…

Many blacks have been called “ Uncle Tom’s” including myself. I actually wear that with a badge of honor. I noticed a common theme, almost every black that is called an Uncle Tom is a responsible law abiding citizen . An “Uncle Tom “ wakes up every morning and goes to work, takes care of his family, and leads a responsible lifestyle. You will rarely see an Uncle Tom in prison or having a bunch of out of wedlock children. An Uncle Tom supports family structure and 2 parent household’s which our black community so desperately needs. Its extremely troubling that a black man who is a hard working family man and lives a responsible lifestyle is frowned upon in our communit…

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After discussing the dangers of AI on here yesterday, I happened to listen to an interesting exchange on the need for our people to "ride the Artificial Intelligence wave", between Brother Rich and 19 Keys last night. It only lasts a few minutes out of the entire interview and can be found starting at the 2 hour and 24 minute mark: I must admit, when he said "You have to be aware of everything in order to control everything"....that was powerful. Whether we invented it or agree with it, we should atleast know about it and understand it as completely as possible in order to ascertain whatever benefits we can and use…