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This film is gonna be the shit! I like exciting science fiction. I plan to see Oblivion even though the reviews are mixed. I'm not sure what the draw is, maybe I'm a little geeky, maybe I like the imagining a future where one can roam the universe with where unmimaginable discovers lie ahead.

OK, Troy, here's your lunch!. Social media is all "a-twitter" over the latest flavor of the week, an uproar stemming from NFL bi-racial quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s choosing to sulk on the bench instead of standing up during the traditional flag raising ceremony that accompanied a rendition of the national anthem at a preseason football game last week The explanation he gave to avid reporters crowding the San Francisco 49er's locker room after the incident, was something to the effect that America is mistreating its citizens of color and this is his way of protesting injustice. Kaepernick is the offspring of a single white mother and an absentee black father and was …

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State Of Black .America Summit Was On Last Week. Saw,Some -Of It..Wonder Did They .Talk About Black Police Being -Silent,Knowing White Police Have Been Fired For Being -KKK,Klan Members? Black Preachers Stealing Church -Money,To Buy Mansions And Rich .Cars,Instead Of Uplifting -,Poor Communities. Church Money Should Be For Taking Care, Of,The Church,Charitable In Communities,Help -.Start,Black,Businesses ,Scholarships In Poor -Communities..Corrupt Preachers Worship Money...Black -Men,Having Multiple Children With Multiple Women Black -Women,Having .Children With Irresponsible Men. Street -Gangs,Genociding Their Own People. Hundreds Dead In -.Chicago,Because Of Gangs,…

Help get this guy out of Central Park and into a medical school where he can be a horrific reminder of the continuing problem of informed consent. And thank East Harlem Preservation for warning us for years -- without being heard. BYP 100Like Page August 19 at 1:37pm · J. Marion Sims was a gynecologist in the 1800s who purchased Black women slaves and used them as guinea pigs for his untested surgical experiments. He repeated...

For one thing he actually signed up and joined the site. Perhaps Troy found that slightly commendable since most so-called conscious Black folks won't even make that commitment and would rather just drop a few posts as guest before dropping off the scene and not even bothering to stick around for the response! But another sad fact is........ Racist or not, there are so few of OUR OWN people who are willing to (or capable of) engage in intelligent discussions on boards like this that sometimes even dialog with a TROLL is welcomed...lol. It's an extreme analogy but, think of a person who has been in solitary confinement for years. There only contact is with …

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Stephanie Mills born 1957 Happy Belated Birthday to the songstress. Do you have a favorite performance of hers?

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…

BBC News London Stephen Lawrence: Murdered teen's father forgives killers The father of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence says he has forgiven his son's killers, nearly 25 years after the attack. Dr Neville Lawrence the decision had been "one of the hardest things", but he still wanted justice. The murder "opened the country's eyes" to racism, he added. Stephen, 18, was stabbed in an attack by five white youths on 22 April 1993, at a bus stop in south-east London. Two White men were jailed [20 years later]. Not just in America, Blacks are being targeted everywhere.

(Any familiar with the Stephen Lawrence case? So many parallels in the cases of Stephen Lawrence and Trayvon Martin. So many similarities in these cases being symptoms of a much larger, institutional/systemic problem. The Lawrence and Martin families recently met.) Source: The Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4307008/Stephen-Lawrences-mum-welcomes-shot-Trayvon-Martins-parents.html Stephen Lawrence's mum welcomes shot Trayvon Martin's parents By NEIL MILLARD Last Updated: 11th May 2012 THE mother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence yesterday showed his London memorial to the parents of a black boy shot dead in the US, tell…

...So I was watching Divorce Court the other day. Interracial couple, bm/ww. They were having a dispute about his infidelity, her stabbing him in the foot and owing him 3 stacks for the emergency room visit...and her "ghetto" behavior in which this this samborific step-n-fechit remarks (TO JUDGE LYNN..who is a beautiful sista) "If i wanted ghetto, I would have married a black woman!" Of course Judge Lynn schooled this spearchucking bandicoot and read him like a damn book, lol. What amused me about his words is that this fool was neck rolling, using broken english and behaving just like a "ghetto black woman" he vehemently despises. So I ask....the standard fo…

Steve Harvey, Monique & the Neflex Controversy A two-part video popped up yesterday on Bing about a heated conversation between Steve Harvey and Monique. Even though I did not follow this story about Monique that happened some time ago, I did hear about it. And so, now after the videos aired, I understand it better. It seems that Monique claimed that she had been Black-listed [ie Black balled] a few years back and she became upset and made some comments against, Steve Harvey, Ophrah Winfrey, Lee Daniels and Whoopi Goldberg. Prior to this incident, apparently Monique became angry because after some kind of performance, she was only paid half a million dolla…

Stewart Stevens Is A Interesting Man. He Had A Job At The Whitehouse Cleaning The Chandiers And Windows. He Was Doing That Over 30 Years. Under ,Presidents,Nixon,Ford,Carter,Reagan,Bush SR,Clinton,Bush. He Said When He Was Finished Cleaning ,Chandeliers,Windows,He Would Put On A Tuxedo,Attend People -Coats At State Dinners. He Met,Muhammed Ali,Gladys Knight,Sammy Davis Jr,Frank Sinatra And Sylvester Stallone.He Regret Not Being There For The First Black President. He Has Pictures,Letters And Artifacts.He Said His Collection Not Just Of History But Change. He Is 78, Interesting Interview On C-Span.His Book Called,Whitehouse Chandelier...

He is the master of everyman who has the power over the things which another person wishes, the power to confer them on him or take them away. Whoever then wishes to be free let him neither wish for anything nor avoid anything which depends on others: if he does not observe this rule, me must be a slave. Epictetus

A woman calls 911 to report that the country was stolen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ioq7U6S_ko

@ProfD As we talk about laws, judges, branches of government and what is legal and what is not....we both can agree that the U.S. Constitution is suppose to supersede ALL federal and local laws, right? The Constitutions makes it crystal clear in the 4th Amendment: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Unless you catch them in the actual commission of a crime, …

Earlier, a young African woman at work I often talk to about religion and other issues came around me while I was talking to some American Black folks. With a smile on her face, she kept looking over staring and twisting up her mouth and shaking her head obviously wanting me to see her displeasure. As we were breaking away, the African girl briskly walked up to me with a grin on her face and said: STOP CAROSING! Her accent was heavy so I didn't understand what she was saying and I kept asking her: What? Girl what are you saying??? "STOP CRUISING! STOP.....CAR...CARESSING! WHY DO YOU..... STOP...CUSSALING!!!" I was se…

Stop the Gun Violence Is this what Democracy looks like? I'm commenting on the recent school shooting in Florida as well as some of the trigger happy policeman too. I'm commenting on the wreckeless use of firearms in this country period.Not only do I comment on the lone terrorists who just try to slaughter as many people as they can at one time but by police who would break into the whom of an unarmed mother breast feeding her baby and shooting her. Do we need to rewrite the 2nd amendment?Because some people obviously think that owning a weapon means stockpiling arsenal and slaughtering innocent people. I don't see Cuban and Russian…

Here's a pastor in South Africa who plotted to overthrow the Black ruling government and poison thousands of innocent Black people. Harry Johannes Knoesen, 61, a leader of the National Christian Resistance Movement, on Monday, (June 6, 2022) was found guilty of high treason, incitement to carry out violent attacks and recruiting people to commit attacks, according to several news and wire reports. Knoesen’s group explored the possibility of using a biological weapon to infect and kill Black people, including the poisoning of water reservoirs supplying Black communities, according to the prosecution. South Africa was once ruled by the vicious Afrikaa…

What is wrong with these devils?! The videos is clearly computer generated, but works. I found this on TikTok, or later when I logged into TikTok the video just started playing. These socials media websites make it virtually impossible to go in with blinders on...

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AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NAMES STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON AS TOP FILM OF 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION NAMES STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON AS TOP FILM OF 2015 Will Smith, Teyonah Parris and Ryan Coogler Also Receive Wins from the Nation’s Premiere African American Critics Group The Danish Girl and Mad Max: Fury Road also take key honors Los Angeles, CA (December 7, 2015) – Movies that reflect the revolutionary undercurrent running through society dominated this year’s voting for the 7th AAFCA Awards. Straight Outta Compton, the surprise summer box …

Well, it finally came to pass. What folks being interviewed on the evening news lament about when describing whatever calamity they always figured happened to someone else had suddenly happened to them, has happened to me. .It all started on Memorial Day at a family cook-out. There I sat gnawing on a barbequed rib, licking my lips to savor the sauce when I was joined by my oldest granddaughter, the one I had christened my "golden girl" because she was so smart, accomplished, and pretty. A mischievous grin creased her face as she plopped down and promptly informed that she had something to tell me. Before I could wonder what, she made her 2-word announcemen…

Every time i get an external reply of quality to the following post i reposted elsewhere I will add, the reply is after the forum link below The reply I don't see leadership on a broad scale, as far as movements comparable to those of the past. As far as which movements have the most disciples in modern day, I don't think there's a right answer for that. People are likely influenced by a combination of theories or ideals from each. If we're talking activism, I think it has been resigned to social media. A lot of talk and outrage for the internet, but no mobility. my reply @MissArquay hmmm You pose four great questions in my mind. At least…

Suddenly I've drifted into a crazy zone. I have nothing but time on my hands, and I live around the clock, only sleeping when I'm sleepy, only eating when I'm hungry, suspended in limbo. My Samsung smart phone is my ever present companion and it's like there's a connection between my fingers and its keyboard and I have a compulsion to just write long dissertations or crazy vignettes, my words and thoughts feeding on each other like i'm overtaken by a rogue AI entity that compels me to write about things I didn't know I knew, - like my subconcious mind is on overdrive. Like now. Fortunately, I'm not immobile nor in dire health. But I do tire easily, and like to…

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Scientists Say They've Found The Driver of False Beliefs, And It's Not a Lack of Intelligence This is why some people are so confident in their "facts". DAVID NIELD 9 SEP 2018 Why is it sometimes so hard to convince someone that the world is indeed a globe, or that climate change is actually caused by human activity, despite the overwhelming evidence?

The company that everyone knows of and has probably used at least once to deliver packages was founded by a man who dropped out of school at 11 years old. At 19 years old, with a $100 dollar investment, James Casey started American Messenger Company in 1907. His company would later become United Parcel Service (UPS). The shipping industry catapulted another successful product...bubble wrap. UPS was used as one case study but there's no shortage of successful businesses past to present. To date, there is no Black-owned equivalent of Sam's Club or Am*zon or G**gle or F8cebook. In fact, there's no majority Black-…

ON THE NEWS , SUSPECT IN THE WHITE RICH FAMILY THAT WAS MURDERED IN WASHINGTON DC, A BLACK MAN, / IMAGE OF A MAN IN A HOODIE ,NOW IS A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE KILLED WHITE MAN//HERE A BLACK MAN THAT MAYBE GUILTY OF 4 MURDERS WEARING A HOODIE, TRAYVON MARTIN INNOCENT, KILLED,PICTURE OF HIM WEARING A HOODIE...IN NEBRASKA, WHITE FEMALE POLICE OFFICER KILLED, BY ANOTHER, STUPID BLACK MAN//IN MISSISSIPI, 2 POLICE KILED BY SEVERAL STUPID BLACK PEOPLE,IN MISSISSIPI//ALL THE INNOCENT BLACK MEN KILLED BY POLICE,TRAYVON MARTIN KILLED BY THE MURDERER ,LUNATIC GEORGE ZIMMERMAN, JORDAN DAV…

IN MISSISSIPPI, STUPID BLACK MEN AND A BLACK WOMAN KILL 2 POLICE IN HATTIESBURG,MISSISSIPPI..THEY WERE ARRESTED...AS BLACK PEOPLE ,IN THIS COUNTRY, PROTEST COMPLAIN ABOUT INNOCENT BLACK MEN KILLED BY POLICE, WHITE POLICE.THESE IDIOTS KILL 2 POLICE..THERE WILL BE WHITE PEOPLE, BLACK REPUBLICANS, HITLER POLICE, SAYING FREDDIE GRAY IN BALTIMORE, MICHEAL BROWN ,FERGUSON, MISSOURI,ERIC GARNER,NEW YORK ,WALTER SCOTT, SOUTH CAROLINA/ WERE LIKE THESE IDIOTS IN MISSISSIPPI,THEY DESERVED TO BE KILLED/I HOPE THEY GET DEATH ROW FOR THIS REASON.//////ONE OF THE POLICE KILLED IN MISSISIPPI WAS BLACK/…

Troy recently took the time to ask everyone to subscribe to his YouTube station. I'd like to ask everyone to do something similar but with a twist. I recently was selected to speak at an event called Ignite Memphis. The presenters were given 5 minutes to talk about something that was informative and could empower people in Memphis. Here is my speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qZgvh49IUo Check it out and if you think it can help someone please share the video with people you know. Then if you have a few minutes check out my YouTube channel where I discuss business at this link and subscribe and view one of the videos. http://www.youtube.co…

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I was looking for successful people to follow on Instagram and I stumbled upon this article. https://blackwealthrenaissance.com/2020/10/26/10-fast-growing-black-owned-companies-blazing-through-the-pandemic/ The next two years are going to be full of opportunities for those with the right mindset. Are you in any of the industries listed and what are your experiences? I wasn’t aware a Black Company bought GreenDot: The flood of customers forced OneUnited into expanding to 100,000 new locations and acquiring Green Dot, which allows people to deposit cash on the go in locations nationwide like Wal-Mart and CVS.

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 …

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Sudan War, US & Russia Fighting Proxy War In Sudan To Set Naval Bases In Red Sea There are some new reports published recently that answers to some questions and viewpoints shared in this community about what is really going on with the conflict in Sudan! One viewpoint is that this conflict is about Russia being the instigator to abrupt outbreak of violence in Sudan but then another viewpoint is that it is not just Russia but a proxy war between America and Russia. Well, it seems like more and more reports support the latter viewpoint! Irish politician Calls Out Western Countries For Funding War In Africa Anot…

Here's something you don't hear a lot of about. While I was working on a piece about the absurdity of life, I found out middle aged white males have the highest suicide rate of all groups here in the U.S. In fact out of the more than 42,000 suicides in 2013, 7 out of 10 were committed by white males. Next highest were American Indians/Alaska Natives who ranked up there at 11.7% out of every 100,000. Guess who is near last on this list with the fewest suicides per 100,000? You guessed it, at 5.4% per 100,000 suicides for African-Americans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage is less for African-American women. The repo…

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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…

Well, as the dog days of August approach, on the threshold of into the last month of the 2017 summer season, what hot topics have recently piqued our interest and inspired our indifference. Let's see. Power couple, Beyonce and JayZ, welcomed their twins, naming them "Sir" and "Rumi". Jesus! i'm beginning to think that nowadays celebs brand their newborns instead of naming them, looking upon them as merchandise and accessories, assuming the world is just awaiting to hail who will turn out to be spoiled brats reeking with entitlement, and deluded into thinking they are special. Word has it that Queen B is breastfeeding her babies, something which i find fu…

The 6th annual Summit of Americas will be held on Saturday and Sunday in Cartagena, Colombia. Barack Obama will be in attendance along with 29 other government leaders, including Colombia's president, Juan Manuel Santos. Santos recently called for the discussion of the legalization and decriminalization of certain drugs (such as marijuana). This discussion is sure to be a major topic in this weekend's dialogue and could possibly spark drastic changes in the North American led "War on Drugs", which has become increasingly militarized. The following is a link for the transcript as well as audio option of NPR's show "Tell Me More" . "Will Americas' Summit Signal Sh…

THE MURDERER OF 3 PEOPLE AT THE JEWISH BUILDINGS ,IS A NEO NAZI KKK LEADER.WHO WAS BEHIND BARS FOR HAVING HAND GRENADES AND OTHER WEAPONS PILED UP FOR WAR,/..THIS MURDERER SAID THAT ADOLF HITLER WAS GREAT AND WHITE PEOPLE ARE A 3RD WORLD RACE,JEWS ARE KILLING WHITE PEOPLE.I DONT THINK THESE WHITE PEOPLE HE KILLED WERE JEWISH...THIS IS A HATE CRIME..THE MURDERER OF JORDAN DAVIS WAS NOT CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME ,HIS MUSIC WAS LOUD, ,HE HATING BLACK PEOPLE.ZIMMERMAN HATE BLACK PEOPLE,BEFORE HE MURDERED TRAYVON MARTIN..PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE U. S. GOVERNMENT CONCER…