Culture, Race & Economy

Here are three versions of my bio. Feedback is appreciated. Over the past two decades, my journey in the realm of astrology has been an ever-evolving exploration, marked by significant discoveries and innovations. It all began with my foray into Tarot and Numerology, seeking to unravel the mysteries of human character and fate. Tarot, with its vivid imagery, adeptly described situations, while Numerology provided swift character delineations. However, I felt a void in timing within these practices. Determined to bridge this gap, I delved into extensive research, encountering various techniques to pinpoint timing, albeit with limited practical succe…

NYC PREMIERE What does it mean to be an American revolutionary today? Grace Lee Boggs is a 98-year-old Chinese-American woman in Detroit whose vision of revolution may surprise you. A writer, activist, and philosopher rooted for more than 70 years in the African- American movement, she has devoted her life to an evolving revolution that encompasses the contradictions of America’s past and its potentially radical future.

I Think All Are Almost All This Country's Wars Black Soldiers Have Been In. Defending This Country , While Being Deprived,Of Freedom ,,Equality And The Pursuit Of Happiness... On Veterans Day ,We Should Honor Our Own ,With Reflecting ,Memories And Prayers.. Those Living And Those Dead, ...

SPORTS TALKER STEPHEN A SMITH WANTS BLACK PEOPLE TO VOTE REPUBLICAN.TO MAKE A POINT TO BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES.... POLITICS,RELIGION IS A BUISNESS.THERE ARE HOUSE NEGROES POLITICIANS AND RELIGIOUS PEOPLE//THERE WERE STRONG BLACK COMMNITIES, DESPITE SEGREGATION.../THERE IS NO BLACK UNITY THAT'S SOME OF THE PROBLEM....LATE KLAN DEMOCRAT ROBERT BYRD NOT THE ONLY KLAN ACTING DEOMCRAT, REPUBLICANS, EVERYONE OF THEM I THINK BURN CROSESS///////DEMOCRATS MARY FRANCIS BERRY LAST YEAR ON CSPAN NEWS SAID DEMOCRATS TAKE BLACK VOTES FOR GRANTED, WHICH DEMOCRATS, BLACK,WHITE,OR BOTH/////BLACK POLI…

The following article is printed with permission from the author. Putinism vs. The Global Obama, or Clash of the Titans Dinesh Sharma, Institute for Global Cultural Studies, SUNY-Binghamton When President Obama was elected in 2008, his approval ratings around the world were extremely high, in part due to the Bush-fatigue from the Iraq war, and his approval has remained relatively high through 2013, except in the Muslim majority nations in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia. President Obama clearly does not lack vision and audacity. “By his own account, Obama sought nothing less than to bend history’s arc in the direction of justice and a more pea…

This is gonna be a long next two years He should have declared victory and got the hell out the day after he was sworn in But he didn't want to appear "soft" http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/world/war-logs.html Well, how does he look now?

Those who have rarely been the target of organized police gangsterism are once again lecturing those who have about how best to respond to it. Be peaceful, they implore, as protesters rise up in Minneapolis and across the country in response to the killing of George Floyd. This, coming from the same people who melted down when Colin Kaepernick took a knee — a decidedly peaceful type of protest. Because apparently, when white folks say, “protest peacefully,” we mean “stop protesting.” Read the entire article by Tim Wise. https://medium.com/@timjwise/violence-never-works-really-e0af884c03b4

Today, because the whole world is caught in the same electronically produced, intercommunicating network, youth have an experience that their elders never had. They face a new era, one shaped by the Bomb, satellites, jet flight, free-wheeling technology, the population explosion, the breakdown of cities and the destruction of the natural environment. Until recently, our elders could say, "I have been young and you have never been old." Today, the young can reply, "You have never been young in the world I am young in ." From "Culture and Commitment: A Study of the Generation Gap" 1970 (<---- And just think of how VERY much has changed even since then.) Ch…

Woooooiiiii!! Sista bad, bad, bad! One of my favorite artists, Rachelle Ferrel performing "I Can Explain" live: (oh my GAWD, our sista is BAD)

As the good Professor often points out, one of the biggest differences between AfroAmericans and White Americans is the fact that we don't have a habit of properly CODIFYING our intellectual and technological inventions. White people LOVE to write things down. The have a habit of document them, then pass along the information. But a lot of our people don't want the bother. Too many of our people look at recording and codifying our inventions and parts of our culture the same way some people look at slipping on a condom during the heat of sex.....taking time to do it breaks the momentum, lol. But failing to codify our inventions lead to a number of probl…

The porn industry has always been active or alive, the key is where is it legal or allowed to be legal. The financial beauty of onlyfans or similar, plus why the video porn industry diminished, is the privacy or intimacy of onlyfans or similar; they are alot more safe for women, are not on the street thus are safe from law enforcement of the street, or all the visual desires men have can be sated for a price. Someone asked an interesting question, cited below. The problem with the general video market and this goes to the larger issue with fiction , is humanity is in a cinema verite era. Life film. Yes, a person can watch a free film but seeing the live action is the thr…

Let's say Congress allows SCrhumpts $2000 a head plan , I will argue it is the begining of Universal Basic Income cause if SCrumpft does it once, each president going forward will be able to do it and thus it will grow into an expectancy and UBI will be implemented, even if the name is other. But anyway... If $2000 a head happens. Question, where is the place you have the greatest comradery offline with black people? or where offline are you part of the largest black group? The answer to the questions above is A. B= Number of people who get $2000( A) equivalent to how many people in A get $2000 C=B*financial sharing per head. Financial sharing p…

This should be their campaign slogan: You don't like the shape the country's in? The Republicans did it! If you want more, vote for them! They should hammer that in over and over. They should say it in reply to every question put to them. Unless they totally demonize them they don't stand a chance. I don't think they have the balls for it.

In light of the recent events, the question is raised in the black community often: "What has the Zimmerman trial taught you?" I am not trying to be funny here, yet to me, the previous question is comparable to the question "What has calculus taught you about subtraction?" The concept of subtraction was understood well before encountering calculus, so what exactly was calculus "supposed" to teach me about subtraction? At any rate, there are many of us to whom the concept of injustice seemed a bit unfamiliar until the Zimmerman verdict was announced. Perhaps in some cases this is because some of our people thought that we had "overcome". It is said that that i…

Official: Gang kills, burns former Haitian senator, nephew A Haitian official says a former senator who worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor has been killed in an upscale neighborhood near Haiti’s capital and his body set on fire along with his nephew ByEVENS SANON Associated Press August 07, 2022, 6:44 AM Share PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A former senator who worked for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor was killed in an upscale neighborhood near Haiti's capital and his body set on fire along with his nephew, Government Commissioner Jacques Lafontant told The Associated Pr…

DR. CARSON HATES MUSLIMS,HE A CHRISTIAN/,AMERICAN CHRISTIANS HATE MUSLIMS//DOES DR CARSON AND AMERICAN CHRISTIANS,HATE WHITE TERRORIST,IN AMERICA/REPUBLICAN STEVE SCALISE A NEO NAZI/LAST MARCH NEO NAZI SHOT 6 PEOPLE ,KILLING 1 IN ARIZONA LAST MARCH/NEO NAZI,WAS SHOOTING AT POLICE IN FLORIDA./WHITE SOLDIER A NEO NAZI ,TRAINING NEO NAZI FOR THE COMING RACE HOLY WAR,IN FLORIDA.IN, PENNSYLVANIA,REPUBLICANS ELECTED A NEO NAZI TO A LOCAL COMMITTEE./FLORIDA WHITE POLICE FIRED FOR BEING KKK MEMBERS//DR. CARSON HATES, MUSLIMS BUT LOVES CHRISTIAN NEO NAZI WHO WANT A ALL WHITE COUNTRY...WHY …

@Chevdove @Franchesca ((but obviously anyone can chime in)) Why did God allow it? Both of you seem to love quoting the Bible and the prophecies of the Bible and how it relates to the plight and destiny of Black people here in the United States. An often favorite prophecy pointed to is the one in Genesis where "Abraham's seed" is supposed to be oppressed for over 400 years and then rescued. But my question to you two is why did God ALLOW our people to go through that in the first place? I know it's prophecied in scripture, however did it HAVE TO go down that way? What was the purpose of allowing our people to suffer for hundreds …

No, this isn't a thread about our late and beloved brother D'Angelo; may he find peace and happiness.... I hope some of yall didn't bring yall asses up in here expecting to see a brother with a 6 pack and corn-rows grinning at you and licking his lips....lol. I have questions for our brothers @ProfD and @umbrarchist and any others who consider themselves agnostic. I often wonder what goes through the minds of people who live in this world without acknowledging a Higher power. How do they feel as they go through this life? When you are met with tragedy in your life....tragedy so serious you don't see a solution for....how do you deal with it? …

ON JOE MADISON WEBSITE,JOE MADISON SAID HE HEARD A AUDIO TAPE,HE HEARD GEORGE ZIMMERMAN CALL TRAYVON MARTIN A FU--KING COON BFORE HE SHOT HIM.I BELIEVE ZIMMERMAN WAS ON FOX NEWS SAYING GOD WANTED TRAYVON MARTIN DEAD.......ZIMMERMAN HATES BLACK PEOPLE AND HE WAS GING TO KILL A BLACK MALE THAT NIGHT.////..

READ ON NEWS WEBSITE, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SCALIA SAYS THE DEVIL IS A REAL PERSON/IS HE WATHING THE REPUBLICANS// I THINK HE IS A CONSERVATIVE-REPUBLICAN......IF THE DEVIL LIKE DEMONIC CHAOS AMIDST POLITICS , HE LOVES THE REPUBLICANS-TEA PARTY///REPUBLICANS ARE DEMONIC CHRISTIANS, , THEY COULD CHALLENGE THE DEVIL AT VILENESS...HELLISH BEHAVIOR.////IF THERE IS A HELL,THE DEMONS WOULD SUPPORT WHITE MEN OVER SATAN, WHITE MEN ARE WORST THAN SATAN....DEVIL,LUCIFER, THINKING THIS COUNTRY, PLANET EARTH,, BELONGS TO THEM, , THE RICH, RICH WHITE....//.

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This cartoon was apparently in Michael Moore's 2010 movie Bowling for Columbine. It would be hilarious if it were not so sad.

The Only One Chapter 10 Troy Briggs looked down at his plate, at the juicy meat loaf, the buttered string beans, and the fluffy mashed potatoes puddled with a scoop of gravy. Then he glanced up at Carole Everly who sat across from him, trying to hold his gaze, wishing she stimulated his appetite as much as the food seemed to. “If you hadn’t gloated so much about the Knicks getting their butts kicked, I wouldn’t have held you to our bet,” he said, “A loyal Bull’s fan is allowed to gloat,” she smirked, “thanks to D. Rose.” “Yeah. And thanks to you for buying my lunch. That’s what I call taking a charge.” “Don’t mention it," she said. "Lucky Chicago didn’t…

ON THE NEWS KANSAS CITY CHIEFS FOOTBALL PLAYER KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND THEN HIMSELF..IN BLACK COMMUNITIES AMONG THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREACHERS BEATING THEIR WIVES AND NOBODY CARES,BISHOP EDDIE LONGS EX WIFE SAID HE BEAT HER WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT.. HENRY LYONS WHO WAS LOCKED UP 5 YEARS FOR STEALING 4 MILLION CHEATED AND BEAT HIS 3 EX WIVES..3 BLACK PREACHERS BEHIND BARS FOR KILLING THEIR WIVES..WHY IS THIS CONDONED.////

Thomas Drake, a former top NSA official, went from being considered an American patriot to being considered an Enemy of the State when he became a whistleblower about the violation of citizens' privacy and other civil liberties as well as govn't wasteful spending. Though Drake considered his actions to be in accordance with integrity as well as in the defense of the American people and the Constitution, both which he says, that he had been sworn in to protect. He and others were targeted, harassed, had their homes raided, and were brought up on charges via The Espionage Act. The message from the govn't, to him and to any such whistleblower Drake says, was "Do no…

Streeeeetching and yaaaaaawning, snuggled in my woman cave, still immersed in the allegorical mode that grants me poetic license and inspires me to characterize myself as a bear in hibernation, and my cliché-spouting detractor as a pesky rodent skulking outside my den. . I wasn’t moved to bestir myself enough to watch the last Republican debate sans Donald Trump. The GOP presidential candidates fill me with so much disgust that I refuse to subject myself to their lies and racism and evangelical zealotry. Unfortunately, it looks like Trump's hot air balloon is not going to be deflated but - maybe the surreptitious Hiliary will win by default because her experience c…

“Outsiders” have often dictated the trends of African American Culture, sometimes doing the job themselves, sometimes using what authors John A. Williams called “surrogates.” Both W.E.B. DuBois and Booker T. Washington accused each other of being manipulated by outsiders With the introduction of cyberspace, younger writers have the ability to reach audiences unheard of during the sixties when African American writers produced broadsides and saddle-stitched chapbook. As access to cyberspace becomes less expensive, more voices will be heard and this period, the most prolific in the history of African American Literature, will rise to worldwide prominence, no long…

Body of missing Florida 2-year-old found in alligator's mouth The boy’s father is being charged with murder. The 2-year-old was discovered missing after police found his mother slain in her apartment. A missing Florida 2-year-old whose mother was discovered slain in her apartment was found Friday in the jaws of an alligator, St. Petersburg police said. The child’s father has been charged with murder. A detective shot and killed the alligator, Police Chief Anthony Holloway said. “We didn’t want to find him …

With their 3rd straight win of the new NFL season, the Chicago Bears are doing their part to deflect the negative vibrations emanating from Chicago. With its high homicide rate, "Chi-town", also known as "Chiraq", has had its image bemirched by being named the most dangerous city in America. A recent drive-by shooting that sprayed a crowded gathering of players and spectators at an outdoor basketball game, injuring 13 people including a 3 -year old toddler, did nothing to dispel this misleading designation - which is based on questionable statistics. Anyway, the aftermath of the shooting was a familiar one, complete with the obligatory interviews with bystanders an…

HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY. LIVE LONG AND PROSPER! MAY 2015 BE THE START OF BETTER THINGS TO COME! CYNIQUE

From what I can see so far, a Trump Administration would be a lose/lose situation for not only Black America but for Latinos, women, and the poor of all races. If the country does poorly under his Presidency, the conditions obviously get worse. However if the country manages to actually improve under his Presidency, you'll never be able to accuse a bigotted White man of racism or sexism again. No one will want to hear it. They'll all point to Trump and say, "Well, they called HIM racist and sexist but look how great he was for our country...so just shut up!" Instead of being condemned for their intolerance, every bigot who seeks a position of leadership wil…

From the Gary Hardwick files

Fred Mwangaguhunga's gossip site Mediatakeout.com is the 2nd most popular Black owned web site of any kind Mr. Mwangaguhunga cited another metric, however, that he thinks is more telling: 46 percent of his visitors, about 7.5 million people, are black women, a number that represents broad penetration into that market. Read a New York Times article about his fantastic success

Background: My entire family is of Afro-Latino origins (I'm 100% Puerto Rican with most of my ancestors coming to the island from Africa) however, due to a rare genetic condition, despite my family being entirely black or brown, my skin is incredibly pale and I'm constantly, and frustratingly, mistaken for someone of European lineage. When I was a small child, when I first started dealing with this, my mother gave me a bracelet with my rather unique Hispanic name on it so I wouldn't forget where I came from. I've since more than outgrown that small bracelet and, since now I don't really like wearing bracelets, it sits tucked away in my closet. But, now that I'm going…

Pastor. Gregory. Hawkins. -Got. 7-,Life. Sentences. For. Having. Sex. With. A. 14- Year. Old. Girl-Getting. Her. Pregnant. . Pastor-Hawkins. Told. The. Girl. To. Have -A. Abortion. Don't. Tell. Police. -He. Told. Her. He. Would. Buy. Her. A. House. ,A. Car. ,Send. Her-To. College. In. The. Court Room-He. Begged. For. Mercy. Judge -Have. Him. 7-Life. Sentences ..-Where. Is. The. Moral. Voice. -John. Lewis. ,NAACP,Black. -,Political ,Black. Life. Matters -???-If. It. Has. To. Do. With. Black -Harming. Black. ,Black. Genocide -Black. Political,NAACP ,Church -Mouths. Are. Shut. Silent. -Those-Halos. Shine. Bright. Above. -These. Pimp. Demon. Preachers.The. Girl. Is. O…

New. -Orleans. Black. Voodoo. Priest. Was. Arrest. By. The. F. B. I ! -I-Read. He. Paid. Thousands. Of. Dollars. For. Strands. Of Trump's-Hair- He. Bought. On. Craigslist. Online. They. Think. The. Voodoo-Priest. Was. Going To. Use. Trump. Hair. To. Bring. Harm. To. Trump -Or. Use. Trump. Hair. With. A. Voodoo .Doll- The. F. B. I. Do. Not. Believe -In. Voodoo. But. It. Could. Be. A. Federal. Crime. 😄😃😃😃😃😃😃-The. Racist. White. Police. Who. Murdered. Breanna Taylor. Walk. -Around. Free. So. Many. Racist. White. Police. Caught. On Tape. -Saying. Nigger .. Do. Not. See. This. In. The. News..... Trump. Has-Coronavirus,,. Who. Cares. Maybe. The. Voodoo. Priest. Made. It. -…

The following videos are but a few of the hundreds of thousands that highlight the same sad message and state of affairs for America's youth and its future. Yes, there are and may be times when videos can be manipulated, but at this rate and juncture, that probably is 'not' the case here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs9ZpZJPgSA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEbWm9Wh-kE

The question that resonated throughout the country on this day is what were you doing on November 22, l963, when you got the news that President John F Kennedy was assassinated? I was 30 years old at the time, married with 3 kids, ages 5, 3, and 8 months and around noon of that day I was just kinda rambling around the house. My two oldest children were seated on the floor in front of our 24 inch black and white TV, eating peanut butter and jelly sandwichs while watching Bozo's Circus, a local kitty show. Still stewing over what I considered a case of racial bias after I was rejected for a part time job in the office of an envelope factory located in the …

"The African Renaissance is the concept that African people and nations shall overcome the current challenges confronting the continent and achieve cultural, scientific, and economic renewal." Wikipedia The African Renaissance concept was first articulated by Cheikh Anta Diop in a series of essays beginning in 1946, which are collected in his book Towards the African Renaissance: Essays in Culture and Development, 1946-1960. This concept seems to be in full force with the emergence of African authors and projects as The Kindness of Enemies by Leila Abouela (Grove Atlantic), The Happy Marriabe by Tahar Ben Jelloun (Translated byAndre' Naffis-Sahely- Melvill…

...so says the New York Times. I guess there is nothing we can do about it, huh? The article mentions as if it is some form of consolation; "The emergence of Black Twitter has also given African-Americans a powerful voice on social media." Black Twitter?! Please it is just Twitter; we don't own it, we don't control it, and it damn sure ain't benefiting Black people.

RACIST IDIOT DONALD TRUMP WANTS TO KEEP MUSLIMS FROM COMING TO AMERICA,WANTS TO ROUND UP HISPANICS,SEND THEM BACK TO MEXICO,WHO IS NEXT SENDING BLACK PEOPLE BACK TO AFRICA,NATIVE AMERICANS KEPT ON RESERVATIONS///DONALD TRUMP IS A WHITE SUPREMACIST,WITH BLACK BAFOON PASTORS CHEERING HIM,,BEN CARSON AS BAD AS TRUMP/,PRESIDENT OBAMA SAID SLAVERY ENDED 150 YEARS AGO,1865,AS RACISM GOES ON, RACIST HITLER WHITE POLICE MURDER BLACK PEOPLE,BLACK PEOPLE FIND WAYS TO ENSLAVE THEMSELVES//////NO UNITY,CHICAGO ,PROTEST FOR THE MAYOR TO RESIGN,SAW POLICE VIDEO,OF BLACK MALE MURDERED,BY WHITE ,POLICE,…

You have to be delusional TO A CERTAIN DEGREE in order to really achieve Success in this world. You can't be too stuck in the current "here and now" or focus only on what you THINK is likely or probable. You have to be a dreamer and dream big and actually believe those dreams can and will be accomplished. This is important for intelligent and righteous Black people to understand and accept.

BLACK REPUBLICAN PREACHER JESE LEE PETERSON SAYS TRAYVON MARTIN WAS A POT SMOKING THUG,RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN DEATH/BEYOND SICK OF THESE BLACK REPUBLICANS///AFTER CELEBRATING DR. KING ,THE 50 YEAR CELEBRATION OF MARCH ON WASHINGTON,LAST WEEK/WHY DO BLACK DEMOCRATS, NAACP SO AFRAID TO CONFRONT THESE FAKE PREACHERS,/IF BLACK DEMOCRATS ,NAACP CAN PROTEST CLARENCE BEING NOMINATED IN 1991 BEING ON SUPREME COURT WHERE THE GREAT THURGOOD MARSHALL,JUSTICE MARSHALL ONCE WAS, WHY NOT PROTEST FAKE PREACHERS,..///FIRST DR. BEN CARSON RAMBLING ,DIS RESPECTING THE PRESIDENT,…

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As soon as I got busted for the robbery, I immediately went to work piecing together an alibi since I knew that I had not robbed the place, but let me give you the back story. After getting out of the feds for bank robbery, I got a gig at a Pizza Hut where the wife of my co-defendant on the bank robberies work. I was cool with working and I worked every day, and since I was trying to stack up a lil paper, I worked any time anyone wanted to take a day off. I eagerly filled in. I was still in the federal Halfway House and though I could come and go pretty much as I pleased, I had a 10:00 curfew. During the spring, a white regional manager from VA came down to Ch…

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-woman-working-to-open-the-bronxs-only-bookstore Hey Troy I just saw this

POTUS OJ has gone from claiming he could end Russia-Ukraine war on his 1st day in office to insulting President Zelensky to being strung a long by President Putin. A couple weeks ago, POTUS OJ gave Putin 50 days to cease-fire. Russia kicked up attacks on Ukraine. Killed more people. POTUS OJ reduced cease-fire down to 10 days. Putin still taking shots. Killling more people. POTUS OJ threatened that if Russia didn't cease-fire today (Aug 8th), sanctions would be levied against countries that buy oil from Russia. Wait a minute... Iran got the worst end of Operation Midnight Hammer which consisted of 14 bunker bu…

PREACHER DEMETRIOUS MCFARLAND HAS AIDS..HE TOLD HIS SHILOH MISIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH,IN MONTGOMERY ALABAMA.. HE WAS HAVING SEX WITH HIS CHURCH CONGREGATION.WHY IS A CHURCH PREACHER WITH AIDS HAVING SEX WITH WOMEN, /WHY DO BLACK PEOPLE CONDONE FALSE PROPHETS/AIDS,HIV VIRUSES I READ LAST YEAR, , , WAS INCREASING IN THE BLACK COMMUNITIES. .I HAVE SAID THE BLACK CHURCH IS AS BAD AS DRUG DEALERS, PIMPS,STREET GANGS.BLACK CHURCH INVOVED IN BLACK DESTRUCTION,SELF DESTRUCTION..//DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING IS NOT INSIDE BLACK CHURCHES,OR BLACK PREACHERS../AMAZING.///

Whaddup AALBC Family! I'm in the building. I've been busy with some things going on at work as well as some personal issues in my neighborhood that I'm in the process of straightening out so not a lot of leisure time to spend online. I actually was going to post a thread here Thursday night after Trump's guilty verdict but messed around and forgot about it until this morning when I checked in and saw Troy's thread.