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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. Guest Colossill

    http://colossill.com/chemist-annie-dookhan-only-gets-3-years-in-prison-for-manipulating-40000-black-people-drug-tests-i-thought-i-was-doing-a-good-thing/

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  2. Many black people online tend to have media where they are knockers. It is the way of the internet in itself. But while this post has a title and I began my prose referring to the culture of communication. M agenda is other. My agenda is the following, a question. If you had the ability to place a tool to improve communication online, online only, what will it be? The video below is abou a case between two black entertainers, mostly for entertainment but a warning to any of you who may one day be truly large epersonalities, if you are not already

  3. Started by richardmurray,

    To any black woman - can you say you have been massaged by any Black man like the black women in the vidoes at the following link? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2154&type=status

  4. Started by Waterstar,

    I can absolutely respect this.

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  5. Started by Troy,

    Being a police officer, especially, in New York City is a difficult job. The work is stressful, your see the worst humanity has to offer on a regular basis. The job can be thankless. A role that is needed, desperately in some locations, but if a mistake is make the general public is all over you. That said I can not fathom a single justification for the senseless murder of a 51 years old Black man in broad daylight on a crowded NY City street. 12 shots fired by 2 officers, hitting the Brother 7 times (or so I've heard). I don't get it. They decided to execute kill this man. The police commissioner said the actions of the officers were justified. I don't see it.

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  6. Guest harry brown
    Started by Guest harry brown,

    RACIST DONALD TRUMP AGAIN MEETS WITH BLACK PREACHERS,FOR VOTES/PREACHERS WORSHIP MONEY //DONALD TRUMP IS RACIST,/THE BLACK,CONGREGATION WILL VOTE THE WAY THEY ARE TOLD TO/THE CONGREGATION FEARS PREACHERS MORE THAN GOD/CHURCH USED TO BE A PLACE OF BLACK STRATEGY AND UNITY/PREACHERS ARE PIMPS AND BLACK SLAVE HOLDERS////

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  7. White Police Talked About Lynching,Black People,San Francisco,White Police In Los Angeles Organized A Neo Nazi Gang,Often Terrorized Black People.Fort Lauderdale,Florida,White Police ,Fantasized About Killing Black People,Chicago White Police Was A ,Neo Nazi Recruiter,Why Black Police Will Not Speak About This.They Talk Police Brotherhood.How Often Do Black Police Arrest White People,Have They Ever Shot A White Criminal?The FBI Has Said White Police Are,Involved In Racist White Groups,FBI Not On The News Saying White Police Are Involved,With Racist Groups,when They Know They Are..Neo Nazi,Talking Race War,After Police Killings In Dallas..

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  8. Started by Delano,

    From time to time i make this offer. You can have a peek into the future, a magic day or conflict resolution. No guarantees

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  9. Guest EA Luetkemeyer
    Started by Guest EA Luetkemeyer,

    REVIEW REQUEST Thank you for considering my request for a review. I am a white writer whose recently released novel is peopled with characters from the African American community. Reviewed favorably by numerous white critics, it lacks the balanced point of view that only a critical assessment by a literate African American community can give. Therefore my appeal to you. Called “an insightful and at times darkly disturbing glimpse into an institution rarely entered by most readers” (Dr. John M. Coggeshall, Clemson University) Penitentiary Tales: a Love Story recounts the escapades of Dean Davis, a thirty-something, educated, straight white male from the affluent community …

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  10. Started by Cynique,

    Not since O.J. Simpson was aquitted has there been an uproar like this one following the "not guilty" verdict rendered in the Casey Anthony trial. And none are more outraged than the lynch mob of TV legal experts who have been trying this case in the media. Also calling for the head of Casey are the nation’s community of loving mothers who can’t imagine how any woman could harm her own toddler. Emotions have compounded the indignation because the public just can’t deal with how this case assaults the idea that parenthood is a privilege not a burden. To add insult to injury, party girl Casey Anthony was not only a bad mother, but she has been deemed a psychopath a…

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  11. BLACK POLITICIAN/FORMER FLORIDA LIEUTENANT GOVENOR , JENNIFER CARROLL SUPPORTS STAND YOUR GROUND DEFENSE BEFORE AND AFTER THE MURDER OF TRAYVON MARTIN..FORMER FLORIDA LIEUTENANT GOVENOR JENNIFER CARROLL DOES NOT CARE ABOUT TRAYVON MARTIN BEING KILLED AT ALL///BLACK REPUBLICANS AE AMAZING//.BLACK PEOPLE IN FLORIDA SHOULD PROTEST THIS IDIOT.///SHE IS THE FORMER FLORIDA LIEUTENANT GOVENOR BECAUSE SHE HAD TO RESIGN AMIDST CRIMINAL THINGS../////

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  12. Started by RoyalJMills133,

    In this video, spoken word poet TOO BLACK and "THE BLACKS" (saxophonist Jared Thompson and drummer Clint Breeze) brings into question the subject of Black Identity and its relevance in today’s society. Throughout the years, the “Black Card” has taken on many different names in the African American community, the “Negro Membership Card,” “The Hood Pass,” The Ghetto Pass,” etc. but rarely do we ever question the requirements for obtaining this card nor do we wrestle with its significance. What is the “Black Card” and who deserves to have it? Is it even necessary to project the narrative and ideology surrounding the coveted “Black Card”? How do we use it? Can we use it? As A…

  13. Started by Propg247,

    How about a thread about economic empowerment. I'll start. I am a real estate flipper, wholesaler and landlord and it is my passion to bring more of my people into real estate to create financial freedom for themselves. For those of you interested, I’ve put together a FREE weekly newsletter to help people get started. You can sign up now and get a a FREE copy of my WHOLESALING CHECKLIST: 8 Steps to Closing your 1st Deal: https://www.rocktherealestate.com. Or reach out to me via the site if you have any questions about real estate. Look forward to connecting with you.

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  14. IS THIS CRUEL!? But Some May Think It Is Funny She snatched the bag like, somethin ain't right! Oh! She is so cute!!! She looks like a perfect doll baby. Just can't get enough of this cute little baby girl!

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  15. Started by Troy,

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  16. Started by harry brown,

    Black. Soldiers. Have. And. -Continue. To. Protect. And. -Defend. This. Racist. Evil. ,Country. . . Revolutionary. War,Civil. War, WW1_WW2. Wars,Korean. Vietnam. Middle-East. .As. Neo. Nazi. Are. In. The-Military. And. The. U. S. Coast-Guard. With. A. Racist. Lunatic. In-The. White. House..

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  17. I admit I love the graphic simply because it shows how in germany you have people who drop out of school or not vaccinated. Merely because media in the usa tends to suggest that the only children who drop out of school in all of humanity is black kids in the usa, which some black people actually repeat. Second , us media has made it seem like people in the usa who didn't get vaccinated endangered the whole world, like everyone else on earth got vaccinated. The lies of usa media, which get resounded by so many, made me enjoy this post visuality.

  18. Started by Asar Imhotep,

    Recent discussion in regards to African-Americans having the agency to define themselves is something near and dear to me and has been focus of my research for several years now. Not to seem self-promoting, but my latest book The Bakala of North America: The Living Suns of Vitality speaks to this very notion. I have provided a sample chapter (Appendix for the community to read in regards to this ancient African concept of Simultaneous Validity that speaks of the divine right for man to define himself in relation to the challenges of his environment. I think that if we understand this philosophy that has sustained humanity for over 4.2 million years, I think we can …

  19. Started by harry brown,

    20 YEARS, AGO, THIS WEEK,NEWS SAYS O.J. SIMPSON ,HIS SLOW WHITE BRONCO CHASE, THAT SEEM TO CAPTIVATE THE COUNTRY.....HOPE THEY SPEND TIME ON KLAN POLICE MARK FURMAN,AND HIS POLICE FRIENDS.../ CNN NEWS, INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY CHANNEL WANTS TO RELIVE THE TIME........THEY WILL NOT GET OVER SIMPSON BEING FOUND NOT GUILTY,THEY EXPECT US TO GET OVER GEORGE ZIMMERMAN MURDERING, TRAYVON MARTIN/////THEY NEED TO TALK ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE REACTION TO THE WHITE POLICE THAT GOT AWAY WITH ALMOST BEATING RODNEY KING TO DEATH, WHICH WAS VIDEO TAPED.WHEN THEY SHOW THE REACTION…

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  20. Started by harry brown,

    Black Women In Mississippi ,Plan To Sue The State Of --,Mississippi Because Of Poor School. Conditions .Think -The,School Their Children Go To Is Majority Black. They,Need --,Toilet Paper ,Paper Towels,Among Other Things,Also --.Experienced Teachers. Also In Mississippi, 3 Black. Male _-,Teenagers Murder A 6 Year Old Black Boy .I Said Black -People Help Racist White With Black Genocide .. The -Idiot,Speaks Again. Dr. Ben Carson Says Poverty Is A State Of -Mind. Has The Housing Secretary Done Anything Yet?Visiting,Poor Communities And Poor Schools?No..

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  21. Started by Delano,

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  22. Some folks are in a tizzy because POTUS PJB fist bumped the Saudi crown prince MBS. Those people are still salty because MBS ordered the execution of a journalist. It's a business trip for POTUS PJB. Saudi Arabia can open the spigot (OPEC) and flood the market with oil. I believe US national average gas prices will drop below $4 per gallon this fall right before the midterm elections. When gas is cheaper Americans will be wishing POTUS PJB hugged MBS. 🤣 Politcs is a dirty business. Then, there is a darker side. 😎

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  23. Started by richardmurray,

    Good news:) It will make its money. Regardless of what you think of wakanda forever, all the black people employed, in my view, means its financial success is important for black people getting more work.:)

  24. Started by boitumelo,

    ON CNN NANCY GRACE NEWS, SHOWED A BLACK MAN WHO HAS 30 CHIDREN IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE..HE IS IN JAIL.DOES NOT PAY CHILD SUPPORT.WHY ARE BLACK WOMEN SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH IRRESPONSIBLE STUPID BLACK MEN//WHY DO BLACK MEN HAVE MORE CHILDREN ,WHEN THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT CHILDREN THEY ALREADY HAVE...SEXUALLY DISCIPLINE SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN CHURCH/BUT PREACHERS CHEAT ON THEIR WIVES AND BLACK PEOPLE SUPPORT IT.....AT A LAUNDROMAT A BLACK MAN PUT A BABY IN THE WASHER AND DRIER , BABY IS FINE AMAZINGLY...MORE BLACK MORONS..PUTTING A BABY IN THE WASHER AND DRIER.......BLACK MAN HAS 30 CHILDREN WITH 11 WOMEN.. .FEAR OF AIDS DOES NOT EXIST IN BLACK COMMUNITIES...…

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  25. Started by Troy,

    The following is Kam's review of Ex Machina. I'm sharing it here, rather than the film review section, because the film does not involve Black people, or culture (I think there was one Black extra in the flick), but it is a really good flick. It was though provoking and one of the most interesting films I've seen in a long time. I've spoken to a few people about the film, most never heard of it and not every one agreed with me, still I highly recommend Ex Machina. I'd give it ★★★★★ (out of 5). Ex Machina In Theaters: Apr 24, 2015 Wide On DVD: Jul 14, 2015 Rating: R (for graphic nudity, language, sexual references and some violence) Runtime: 1 hr. 48 min. Genre: Dram…

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  26. Title: Who IZ the Boulé?: The History of America's First Black Fraternity and the Derailment Toward Afrikan Self-Reliance Written by M'Bwebe Ishangi January 2019 Paperback, 6 x 9 inches 282 pages ISBN: 978-0-578-21516-7 This book is a cumulation of over 20 years research that started with the question, "how far back does systemic global white supremacy go and more importantly, how have they been able to sustain it?" These two loaded questions sparked the origin of my journey that hit home when I zeroed in on “how” they sustained it. I learned to succeed, there had to be a vigilant effort to contro…

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  27. If Denzel Washington joins the Disney/MArvel superhero universe, what character do you see him as? My thoughts are below https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1779&type=status

  28. Was King Tut Black? Did He Look African? This video showed up on my channel and whenever these topics about ancient Egypt are featured, as they usually are consistently today, I always tune in. I strongly believe that this aspect of ancient history about Africa and Ancient Egypt, would be a crucial aspect in understanding our human plight today. I remember about twenty years ago, when the subject of what King Tut really looked like came up and was featured in the National Geographic, how many Black people became outraged that the scientist at this time, revealed their findings in that King Tut was anything but Black. Oh! Black people …

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  29. Guest Do you speak African?
    Started by Guest Do you speak African?,

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  30. Started by harry brown,

    Forgotten. Murder,17. Year. Old. Kendrick. Johnson. Body. Was,Found. Rolled. Up. In. A. Wrestling. Mat. In. The. Gym,In,A. High. School. In. Valdosta,Georgia...Homicide,Suicide,Accident...Family. Believes,Homicide, So. Do I. There. Will. Be. A. Third. Autopsy,His. Body. To. Be. Exhumed... Where. Is. The. Protesting. For. This. 17, Year. Old. Black. Male? This. Happened,In, 2013. In. Pittsburgh,Police. Shot. And. Killed,A,,17. Black. Boy,Antwon Rose. People. Protesting...Why,Is. Black. Police. Silent,The. Boy. Was. Unarmed.. What. Would. White. People. Do. If. Black. Police,Start. Shooting. At. Neo. Nazi. Walking. Down. The. Street,With. Guns. And. Nazi. Flag,Neo.…

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  31. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: amberbks@aol.com TONY ROSE, NAACP IMAGE AWARD-WINNING PUBLISHER AND PIONEERING MUSIC EXECUTIVE, PASSES AWAY AT 74 Phoenix —Tony Rose, acclaimed book publisher, pioneering music executive, Vietnam War veteran, and co-founder of the influential Boston Black music scene, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, May 30, 2025, following a courageous battle with cancer. Born Conant Burleigh Rose in Boston, Massachusetts, “Tony” Rose was raised in the Whittier Street Housing Projects in Roxbury. After serving in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Air Force, Rose studied at the University of Massachusetts, the University of Califo…

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  32. Started by boitumelo,

    ATLANTA SCHOOL CHEATING SCANDAL SOME ARE BLACK THAT ARE INVOLVED...FIND ON CNN NEWS...PROFESSOR ERIC DYSON UPSET OVER REPUBLICAN COMMENT THAT DURING THE BLACK FAMILY HAD THE MOTHER AND THE FATHER, A NICE FAMILY IMAGE..SLAVERY MOTHER ,FATHER AND CHILDREN WERE SOLD AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.....MAURY POVICH, IT IS AMAZING THE BLACK PEOPLE ON THEIR, WOMEN WHO DO NOT KNOW MOST OF THE TIME THE FATHER OF THEIR CHILD IS, BLACK MEN WHO DENIES BEING INVOLVED WITH WOMEN ON THE SHOW, MOST OF THE TIME IS THE FATHER OF A CHILD.. BLACK UNITY FUTURE IS GLOOMY TO ME...AIDS DOES NOT BRING FEAR TO SEXUALLY ACTIVE BLACK FOLKS...

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  33. ON CNN NEWS, BLACK TEA PARTY HERMAN CAIN SAYS AGAIN, ANY OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WILL BE BETTER THAN PRESIDENT OBAMA..HERMAN CAIN SAYS AFTER THE PRESIDENT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH THE TEA PARTY WANTS HIM TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PRESIDENT..THE SAME TEA PARTY THAT DID NOT WANT HIM ,HERMAN CAIN,TO BE THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CHOICE........./.

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  34. On December 7,1941, Pearl Harbor Was Attacked By Japan. Black Soldiers Were There. Doris Miller Receive Awards For Bravery. 2013, Website, Said Nelson Mitchell.Was The Oldest, Living African American,Soldier At 92 ,That Was At Pearl Harbor.. Will Try To.Find Out If He Still Alive. When The News Talks About Pearl.Harbor 1941 Attack December 7,Documentaries,Or Movies ,Remember The Black Soldiers That Were There..

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  35. Started by Gibran,

    The ongoing relationship between writers and readers is age old and has been called one of the greatest social experiments of humanity since it is this bonded sense of communication that has forged empires and invented religions. There is little argument about the passion and range of our oral traditions that pre-dated slavery, but much of what was passed on from one generation to the other as folklore and traditional stories was invariably lost as we transitioned to English from the tongues in which our history was recited. On this side of the Atlantic, due to the constructs of our forced labors and the need of the slave-masters to craft a new b…

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  36. September 13, 2022 https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2064&type=status I stated that the Black community was incorrect to itself concerning education. In this very same forum, how often have Black folk complained about a so called lack of education among our own. A demand for this and that in terms of goals in the education system in the USA which black people never controlled or administered in majority. And yes, it matters when someone not black is governing Black people. Said someone is a fellow human but that includes their human dislikes or desires that don't go alongside other humans. Recently I used simple proof th…

  37. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2530358,59hours-chicago-shooting-072410.article And, all those who scream about lack of community cooperation with the police, first answer these questions. 1) do the police snitch on each other? 2) do politicians snitch on each other? 3) do white folks call out white racism? 4) do Italians snitch on the Mafia? And so it goes.

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  38. Started by richardmurray,

    Everyone in this community who wrote/drew/performed knows that in modernity control over one's art is a challenge. Here are some thoughts.

  39. Started by Chrishayden,

    What is Obama up to? Afrofuturism? http://www.africom.mil/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Africa_Command http://www.jpanafrican.com/docs/vol2no9/2.9_The_United_States_Africa_Command.pdf

  40. Started by Dee Miller,

    Yes, @Pioneer1 this, too, may fit under Poetree, but with all the discussions about my people and about me, I felt that this is also fitting in this forum as I express my obsession with black people. I agree that you love who you love. I LOVE black and I LOVE my Black Girl Magic, and I REFUSE to let stereo-types and misrepresentations about me and my people brought upon by the, " How to Make a Slave" brainwashing tactics, that were forced upon my ancestors, keep me in a place of acceptance that is not of my own free-thinking and knowing better. This is for you, Black Beauty. Dear Black Beauty, My love for you runs to the ends of the…

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  41. While surfing Youtube I happened upon these two White men engaged in a surprisingly interesting discussion on Creativity and how it is often fostered or crushed in our society. Something tells me Mel would enjoy this and Del would find this video delightful, lol. Not terribly impressive but a nice way to spend an hour. (6) Lectures: Exploring the Psychology of Creativity - YouTube

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  42. Started by Cynique,

    An ALTERNET article that gets specific about what we already know. "York City, the pot-bust capital of the Western world, is notorious for the racial skewing of its marijuana arrests. Over the last 15 years, more than 85 percent of the half-million-plus people charged with misdemeanor possession there have been black or Latino. But the racial ratios of reefer roundups are equally extreme—if not worse—in scores of other U.S. cities. In Atlanta, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, more than 80 percent of the people popped for pot possession are black. In Minneapolis and its Hennepin County suburbs, black people are 11 percent of the population and more tha…

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  43. Started by Gibran,

    To date, there are three primary reasons given for the black man’s tenure at the bottom of the social totem pole. I’m convinced there are more, but the three most commonly accepted ones, due to my studies, are that we are where we are because of (1.) Divine Decree. (2) Hereditary, or (3) Social Engineering/Laws Okay, let’s examine the trio of woes. Gonna start at the bottom and work my way up since the path is more objective. Let’s use 1865 as a start date for our freedoms here in this country, and take a look at some of the laws that were enacted to halt our forward momentum. I have already mentioned the infamous Pig Law of 1867 which initiated the pl…

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  44. Started by richardmurray,

    Wakanda- yes, do I have artistic issues... I have artistic issues with everything in art. But, I am overhjoyed of this financial news. Happy for all the Black folk involved first, but everybody else as well. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/black-panther-wakanda-forever-box-office-sequel-1235260713/

  45. Started by ProfD,

    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/04/trump-issues-new-multi-country-travel-ban-00388047 POTUS OJ just signed a travel ban on 12 countries and a partial ban on 7 other countries. The list of banned countries: Afghanistan Burma Chad Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Haiti Iran Libya Somalia Sudan Yemen Partial ban applies to the following countries: Burundi Cuba Laos Sierra Leone Togo Turkmenistan Venezuela The current administration wants these countries to do a better job in the vetting process of t…

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  46. Started by Delano,

    You'll need birth times for both charts. Your rising is the ascendant. The house their Sun is in your chart, shows how you see them. The house their Part of Fortune is in your chart, shows you their role in your life.

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  47. The Arts, Film Festivals, and Cultural Gathering by Caribbean Diaspora Professional & Business Association Information and path to FREE registration https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1985&type=status

  48. Started by Xeon,

    New Zealand woman sells souls to highest bidder Mon Mar 8, 11:33 pm ET WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The rare spirits that went under the gavel at a recent online auction in New Zealand weren't aged brandies or hard-to-find liqueurs. Instead, two glass vials purportedly containing the ghosts of two dead people sold for $2,830 New Zealand dollars ($1,983) at an auction that ended Monday night. The "ghosts" were put up for bidding by Avie Woodbury from the southern city of Christchurch. She said they were captured in her house and stored in glass vials with stoppers and dipped in holy water, which she says "dulls the spirits' energy." She said they were…

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  49. Started by BrandNu,

    The Book Look at NewsOne.com http://newsone.com/entertainment/books-entertainment/book-review-club/ccarneynunes/the-book-look-coming-to-a-web-near-you/

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