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If the NYC mayoral race were a novel, I'd deconstruct its architecture. From one election to the next, the narrative appears to shift away from focused policy debates, instead centering on the influence of religious groups. The major religious factions—Christian nationalists, Muslims, and Jews—each appear to compete for cultural and political dominance within the city. Amid this religious competition, the African diaspora in the U.S.—a powerful and often underestimated voting bloc—continues to be overlooked and taken for granted by both the candidates and the dominant religious groups. It sometimes seems as though these competing religious groups neglect the African diaspora’s influence. Ironically, the roots of these religions trace back to African science-based spirituality, yet this connection receives little attention in political or religious discourse. This dynamic played out in Election 2024: Christian nationalists—including evangelists, southern Baptists, and likely Catholics—rallied strongly behind DJT. Media and external influencers shifted the conversation away from local policy and toward polarizing international issues, like the U.S. stance on Israel and Palestine, further affecting how voters chose among domestic candidates. When reviewing 2025 election results, I noticed Mamdani was not the only Muslim elected, which raises the question of whether heightened coverage of Gaza led to greater sympathy and increased Muslim representation—a trend potentially extending into the midterms. Don’t misunderstand—I bear a grudge against all religions. Religious study should bring wisdom, spirituality, and growth, yet it often has the opposite effect. Religions lead to violence instead of joy and peace. Add patriarchy, and it’s chaos. Returning to the story's structure: Is this a narrative of democratic socialism rising in the heart of Wall Street? Consider Manhattan—the FINANCIAL CAPITAL OF THE WORLD—and its boroughs. Is the city that never sleeps really ready to move from capitalism to social ownership? Notably, NYC is the largest property owner according to Curbed.com, and the mayor administers these assets. Perhaps social ownership is the underlying story arc behind recent shifts. So, in this story—call it Project 2025 (S)—the central figure is a young millennial poised to challenge the reigning power and reclaim Manhattan for the people. Behind the scenes, religious struggle, human trafficking disguised as immigration reform, and pervasive surveillance set the chaotic stage for change in the city. Meet the Muslim and Arab Americans who won in US local elections Jews vote for Andrew Cuomo over Zohran Mamdani in NYC mayoral race | The Jerusalem Post "In addition to the Jewish vote, Mamdani lost the Catholic vote by a significant margin: 53% supported Cuomo and 14% backed Sliwa, against 33% for Mamdani. A decisive 75% of voters with no religious affiliation supported Mamdani." Here's a past look at Manhattan when DJT began buying up NY property in the early 70s(?) a look back at Palestinians, Israel, Libya, etc.

Well, today is the American holiday where folks gather with family and friends in food, fun and fellowship. Eat, drink and enjoy however you so choose. I know the history behind *holidays* but I do not skip them for the aforementioned reasons. I use holidays as a time to further build and connect with my tribe. Every several years, my birthday happens to fall on Thanksgiving Day. When that happens, I don't have to cook anything for the family dinner. I'll pull up, eat, enjoy my folks and watch football games. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Nature putting on a show via the northern lights, reminding Earth to not sweat the small stuff.

Talking to ProfD about the ratchet behavior of some of the people we knew and saw growing up brought back memories of Cooley High and scenes like this: I don't care what city you grew up in, we all knew a "Damon"....literally. Either somebody NAMED "Damon" or somebody who ACTED LIKE Damon. Mostly likely MULTIPLE....lol.

lol! Yes the name speaks for itself. Braggadocio is unnecessary. Dude, the only erect penis I’ve ever seen is mine. Besides an locker room I’m not trying to look at another brother’s joint. were you that guy peeping over the urinal checking out my package the last time I was in Detroit? It is impossible for it to be a scientific fact. Just repeating it doesn’t make it so even the report you shared indicated this. This was not a peer reviewed study that you shared if you look at some of the peer reviewed studies they reflect how problematic it is collecting the data and drawing meaningful conclusions. One interesting thing I read is that folks with high BMI’s tend to have shorter penises because of the pad of fat at the base in their pelvis.

No I'd gently "tap" it so as not to cause unnecessary trauma....lol. When it comes to sex with women of ANY age, there are considerations. With a 24 year old, you have to consider unwanted pregnancy. With an 84 year old, you have to consider who's going to pay if she ends up needing a hip replacement.

That's it! Thank you. I appreciate this. Thank you so much. lol @aka Contrarian I was too busy and missed this, but hope to see more wonders in the skies.

There's another super moon brightening up the skies, this one being referred to as the "Beaver Moon", the last and largest one of 2025. This picture was taken from my back porch. All the other images that the camera reflected in the photo are weird. Like an astral Rorscharch ink blot test. Not to mention what looks like a second smaller moon. Hummm. zzzzzzzzzzzz

Because we are not animals and many of us have some modicum of self-control. It seems your expectations of humans is pretty low. Perhaps I'm naive but, I would not be worried about my son banging my wife, or my wife cutting my head off -- I don't have that kind of mental energy. Virtually all the women I interact with are classy enough not to raise me suspicion of sleeping with my son -- especially if I'm dating them. I don't have a son, but I would hope they would also respect the code implicitly. Now you raise an issue with "class." Clearly everyone in this story were of a lower class. Perhaps in these social circles one need to worry about children hooking up with stepparents. I call this "ghetto mentality." That you @Pioneer1 you might be watching too much step-mom porn

Exactly. Unfortunately, that thing has turned a bunch of folks into lemmings and sheep.

Easy to overlook and take for granted. Black folks could be a more powerful voting bloc If we were actually demanding tangibles. We have not put forth an agenda to which politicians can be held accountable. Otherwise, we're just exercising our right to vote. We get nothing return. Again, Black folks are easy marks. Other groups of people have zero respect for us. We haven't done anything to correct it. The biggest *problem* is there are too many operatives among Black folks selling us out.

They Are Many levels to the Answer to each of the Question below... Who Am I Why Am I What Am I

@Pioneer1 I told KEmi hopefully she adjusts her list https://aalbc.com/bookstore/Nandi%26rsquo%3Bs+Knowledge+Cafe

What Troy just posted is on point. And, the demograph for the "Wicked" franchise is not black people. Young black girls are not flocking to theaters to see this latest film fantasy. Nor is there any great interest in it by the black population in general.To them, it's just another Disneyesque Hollywood fantasy like "Sleeping Beauty" or "Shrek". They ain't paying no money to go see it. Pioneer overestimates the gullibilty of black folks as well as the deviousness of Hollywood whose primary goal is profit; not promoting racism. Attributing racial overtones to this movie's subliminal message is a stretch saturated with paranoia. Cynthia and Ariana have admitted they have an affectionate, gender based, non binary relationship. So what else is new? In today's social climate this is not an eyebrow raiser. Who cares if this is their "thing"? Hollywood has always been a freak show. But, as usual, the Strawman has to manufacture a hysterical scenario in an attempt to substantiate his far-fetched argument characterizing some bald headed green skin character as a racist surrogate for a black person. For the person with a hammer, every issue is a nail. Much ado about nothing.

Sure they do and they will naturally draw false conclusions about the book. This is exactly why they say don’t judge a book by its cover or judge people by the color of their skin. How do you know this? I thought you didn’t watch the film. So even fictional, green characters are now lump in with Black people? What is the next pioneer saying that the Incredible Hulk just reinforces the black male brute stereotype? I’ll grant you that the majority culture will promote their ideas of beauty; fair skin, blonde, hair, blue eyes, fine features, etc — even though most of them don’t look like that. Obviously Black people, despite straightening their hair and dying it blonde and using cream lighters will never achieve that standard. but suggesting that the producers of the movie, wicked crafted the green character simply to reinforce negative black stereotypes is an extreme leap to make based upon a movie poster of a film you purportedly have not seen.

Are Cynthia and Ariana queer? That might explain the off screen “relationship.” As far as the movie poster, if you don’t know anything about the movie and haven’t seen it how can you comment about the poster? I have not seen the movie, but I’ve seen the play and I’ve seem to remember the green witch being a sympathetic character and ultimately a positive one. Yeah, I do think you’re making too much of the poster. For one the character is green with straight hair. So unless you’re going to bat for our green brother and sisters, I don’t understand what you’re complaining about. This movie, the least of our worries. And Cynthia Evio is a net positive for the black community in my opinion.

I don't believe peer pressure has millions pf folks traveling all over the country to eat and drink. Most folks know how to keep the ratchet at bay. NF jr. would have said something along those line. Most American families are adjusted above dysfunction. They are relatively intact too. Gotta look beyond the ghettos and trailer parks.

A lot of people do not celebrate holidays foe different reasons. It's all good. I'm one of those men who loves to eat and cook. A woman will never be able to starve me. In fact, most women don't want any parts of the kitchen once they have eaten whatever I cook. Absolutely. Time spent with family and friends and celebrating folks should happen whenever time permits. Holidays just give folks a date to make plans for their gatherings especially when travel is involved.

I don't hassle it...I HUSTLE it.....lol. And the money's good! For most men, a big butt is a big butt whether it's been around 24 years or 84 years. Besides a little cellulite, the only difference is the smell....lol. One smells like Axe and baby powder, the other smells like cocobutter and Noxzema....lol.

News. Says .Viola. Fletcher.... A. Survivor. Of. The. Tulsa. Race. ,Massacre. Has. Died. At. Age. 111. .. Dead. At. Age. 111. ..This. Racist. Evil. Country. Has. Sympathy. For Israel. And The. , ,Holocaust. .But. No. Sympathy. Respect. For. The. Descendants. Of. Slavery. No. Respect. For. The. Descendants. Of Tulsa. Race. Massacre. , And. Lynchings. Hangings. ..Black. ,Holocaust. Has. Never. Stopped. ..

A federal judge on Monday dismissed the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James after finding the prosecutor who brought the cases, former Trump attorney Lindsey Halligan, was not lawfully appointed. Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed It's about TIME these federal judges start pulling strings in favor of our people!

Obviously you love it, because it seems to be an object of your affection and attention. However to be precise..... It wasn't the statement itself that was incomplete, I just didn't quote it in it's entirety. I quoted the part I wanted to comment on....not being able to figure out HOW to break free from the oppressor. The second part of her statement....needing or wanting help to get us out of our oppression....most of us acknowledge and accept. Most of our people would GLADLY welcome somebody else to come in and do for them what we SHOULD be doing for ourselves, which is one of the reasons why so many call on Jesus. However the FIRST part.....not being able to figure out HOW to overpower your oppressor and break free from them.....is one very few of our people would ever admit to and have a very hard time accepting.

ProfD One of those dudes looks like he could be the VPOTUS son. Lol, maybe from a PREVIOUS relationship with a White woman. Cuz' none of them look like they could have came out of brown skinned Usha....lol.

Troy Hummm that doesn’t sound right there are many ways to benefit a person than directly giving the money which has a high likelihood of being spent on crack. While that's true, why would I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure that out without knowing the person's background? It's much easier and more efficient (on my end) to simply give them some money and not judge or assume the worst in them. Why should you get Karmic credit for that? Why "shouldn't" you??? Even human beings have figured out that rewarding good deeds incentivizes MORE good deeds; do you think the Divine doesn't know this already? Why am I even arguing the point of this? As if there is some type of cosmic justice Are you atheist or agnostic? Now THAT'S an understatement.....lol.

Agreed. True, but for now, we are still stuck in the very system that conquered us, so we need help to stop the dysfunction from an outside source. I completely disagree. Humans exist in a social world and for this reason, we are dependent on each other to survive in some way form or fashion, and so for this reason, people cannot be successful in providing for their own family units without getting help from a larger organizational government that forms. If that government is fair, then from that perspective people in smaller groups should be able to provide for themselves. WOW. Thank you for this reply. Again, thanks for your input and your genius. The term 'bends historical reality' is an amazing insight! I do agree that some of our perspective about the plight of us, African Americans in America can be a confusion and distorts what may really be true!

@Chevdove they always have, if you look at black people complaining about other black people it started in the 1800s from the most well off black people complaining that black people not well off had some erroneous behavior. This is why MLK jr for all of his nonviolence, for his nepobaby upbringing, was never made head of the southern black leadership conference, because he comprehended that black fiscal poor majority in the black populace in the usa have a financially inequal situation in the usa, built over centuries, that financially can not be deemed irrelevant. People talk about money but then want to disregard financial advantage whites have. https://aalbc.com/tc/events/event/356-mlk-jr-day-good-news-calendar/ @ProfD question, do you think our enslaved forebears should had children? based on your words, they shouldn't have wanted to bring children into this world far more than any other black people. And I do think it is a convenience if you suggest they were not able to choose to do so. My question is about their intent not ability. no a war between usa and china will have many boots on the ground, many boots. Remember, the wars the usa has fought since the end of the russian/usa armistice wars were never against a nuclear power. this is why , the usa will not put boots on the ground for ukraine. it isn't because the usa can't but the inevitable clash on the ground will swallow ukraine and lead to a true war, not these larg skirmishes the usa has with iraq/afghanistan/kosovo and company do you honestly think the usa which has mostly white people in it, will have most black people not working for white firms thank you for this quote. Pioneer at times speaks about black people with such a disdain, it bends historical reality. If a homeless black child with only the clothes on their back reads pioneers words they will think they can walk into a town where no blacks exist, or a town of mostly whites like nyc, and through their intelligence own every business , own all the land, in the town and non blacks will simply have succumbed to the intellectual powers of themselves just some clearly brilliant strategy. thank you again. I have said it before, Black History throughout humanity from the late 1400s to today is not simple. It isn't something for a financial ledger, this is complicated. It isn't failure and your wrong or failure and your stupid. I can speak for my bloodline and say, I had multiple business owners in my bloodline and things were not and are not a simple matter of out chessing non blacks. @Pioneer1 It is interesting you don't use the word powerful, you use smart, like a chessboard game, not power, which is why Black descended of enslaved are here. war is why, war is about power. intelligence has value but it is a bloody mess. A bullet can come from anyone. What makes you think intelligence can stop a bullet from a fool ? 7/11 is a japanese firm, it isn't indian, anyone can open up 7/11 s and from my eyes, 7/11s aren't the most popular convenience stores among black people. did you know black people in the usa were still enslaved to whites in the 1970s? Alice wasn't alone. you make black history in the usa like a fantasy. for the record, war is the way whites europeans did it and it worked pretty well from them everywhere in humanity. Cause those other ways you talk about don't get the same results as war based on current human history. I know people in many non black immigrant communities. I have not heard them speak of themselves as powerful. If anything I have heard of them pleading for whites to be nice to them. White jews are white people, they do not count. They are part of the white collective that enslaved black people , which is war. White asians did use war, Japan was the only non white european imperial power during the first two imperial white european wars yes? china is a nuclear power, the tides of immigration into the usa that occured after they became a nuclear power is based on that. India is a nuclear power, the indian government never signed the non proliferation treaty, and their immigration into the usa has only strengthened since then. Why do you think north korea/iran are doing it? why do you think israel already did it ? you think gaining a nuclear weapon isn't about war. And yes, once a country has a nuclear weapon it changes the status of that country and their citizens all over the world. that is why Iran wants one so bad, you would call iran stupid and they should focus on tricking the usa.

Who said they were so "innocent"? For all we know, butterflies are just caterpillars who were slick enough to disguise themselves in wings and antenna to get out of paying credit card debts and car notes...lol. "Man...... This plan better work. Or I'm moving to Guatamala"

Troy has a sense of humor. But Admin is his straight-laced no-nonsense Brooks Brothers suit wearing alter-ego....lol

Well, when they TOLD you that, were Black folk 1st class citizens? ....case closed. Ok, and now that Latinos, Arabs, Asians, and other groups are here what class has Black folks "settled" for? .....case closed. Lol...how many times do we need to "close" this case????

ProfD And remember, the word "failure" implies that a person actually TRIED to do something...lol. He TRIED to "do this" or "get that" but he FAILED to do so. But if a nigga ain't even TRYING.......damn. Ain't even TRYING to start his own business. Ain't even TRYING to grow his own food. Ain't even TRYING to save enough wealth to leave to his children. Ain't even TRYING to keep the property and wealth his parents left for him.

When the dust settles, these politicians will have accomplished nothing. D8mn shame that they get paid while not doing their jobs. Nevermind that most of them are already rich. Ridiculous.

You will be around to witness whether or not Da Bears make the playoffs. Of course, as a diehard football fan, it's my pleasure even if your team beats mine.

Loser has become a derogatory term to demean someone who doesn't amount to much in the eyes of the person using the word. For example, someone could feel that anyone with a net worth of less than $1 million dollars is a loser. Of course, that doesn't make it true. There's no shortage of real losers running around. Otherwise, the term is used as an insult.

Great idea. Businesses can either scale products to be more affordable and/or EBT/SNAP benefits can be increased to more adequately cover costs of products and goods. There is no good reason for the wealthiest country on the planet for any of its citizens to be poor, hungry or homeless. Especially when it comes to women, children and senior citizens. Human greed and the willingness to let a relative few people control wealth is the only reason billions of people have to struggle and suffer.

"Wait a minute..... You mean I get to live in this big ole house and do whatever I want and all I got to do is pretend to be your son while you dress up like an old lady? Say word! Can I bring my girl (Left Eye...lol) and her kids to stay here during your little undercover operation?"

I was thinking the same thing for half a second....lol....then it occurred to me that some people INHERIT their homes also. Picture THIS script: Some dumbass half-retarded boy who spent most of his life in and out of jail; but because his MAMA was smart and industrious enough to save money and purchase a home, he became heir to it after she passed away. He didn't have to do anything....but be born....and not die before she did. I'm not saying people shouldn't be able to inherit property. He can have it, as long as he keeps his troubled ass in the house and minds his own business. Just don't give that fool a weapon....lol.

Agree! I think this is why you, I, and the rest of the AALBC fam meet up here. We freaking READ! We read our history and study our lessons! We don't let anyone feed us what they want us to know. You can't be sold on anything when you Know Thyself! But without that knowledge, somebody can sell folks an Easy button.

White folks definitely care. They think the immigrant apocalypse is coming to the Big Apple. As if it hasn't been there for a long time already. It would be awesome if he actually had enough power to make their lives better. That way, we could look at every Black politician side-eye for what they have failed to do for their own people. Right. Black and white folks might continue getting whatever they asked for and/or have been receiving.

Even when I don't use emoticons in my posts, read them with a sense of humor. The voters didn't demand anything from Mayor-Elect Mamdani. Those who voted seemed to be fine with Mayor-Elect Mamdani telling them what he's going to do. i mentioned the list of things Mamdani claims he'll do. I'm not stating or suggesting he can successfully do any of it. Again, take the too serious cap off when reading my posts. As usual, you don't concur with much of what I've typed because you're reading it through a prism of your own design steeped in seriousness. Lighten up. You want to turn threads into a scholastic exercise. That's not my reason for engaging in the dialog. I enjoy hanging out at the AALBC coffeeshop and I contribute accordingly. Otherwise, your threads would have zero participation.

I wonder is there a FEMALE version of the Drop Squad ? I think "Set It Off" is about as close as Hollywood has come to one.....lol.

Yowza! That woman is BURSTING with flavor....lol. Mayor Adams sho' has good taste. She staring at me like she wants me to yank on that zipper and see what pops out....lol.

Oh.... Another tether trying to cozy up to "massa". It's funny how a lot of these tethers don't want anything to do with Black Americans, yet they sit up and watch television, movies, and internet videos trying to EMULATE Black Americans.

This is noteworthy report. "Sean Grayson, a former Sangamon County sheriff's deputy, was found guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who had called 911 for help. The incident occurred on July 6, 2024 - Massey called 911 to report a suspected prowler outside her home. - Grayson and another deputy responded to the call. - Inside her home, Grayson ordered Massey to put down a pot of hot water on the stove. - Grayson claimed he believed Massey might throw the water at him and feared for his life, leading him to shoot her. - Body-camera footage showed Grayson drawing his gun, ordering Massey to drop the pot, and then firing three shots, one of which struck her in the face. - The jury deliberated for about two days before reaching a verdict. - Grayson was found guilty of second-degree murder, a charge that carries a potential sentence of 4 to 20 years in prison. - The jury could have convicted Grayson of first-degree murder, which could have resulted in a life sentence." The partner of the defendent testified against him, saying he didn't thinknthe victim posed a threat. There was one black male in the jury. The victim's family has filed a multi.million dollar wrongful death suit against law enforcement authorities in Peoria. Illinois, which is where the crime occurred. -

@Chevdovethe Orionid meteor shower is currently visible in the sky according to astronomers. Best viewing time to watch is between midnight and dawn. I may venture out one night to watch. It supposedly takes 15 minutes of staring before your eyes focus. The moon is new so the sky is dark, making for better visibility.

Little by little all the judges are caving in and, not surprising, the corrupt Supreme Court is accommodating Trump's running rough shod over the Constitution. The Project 2025 agenda is right on schedule, with the element of public apathy as its enabler. Maybe this is the way it's supposed to be. Or perhaps the American Empire, like others before it, will inevitably collapse and its population will go their separate ways. I never took the Black Muslims very seriously but Retrumpicans are blue eyed devils. I think they are descended from Neanderthals who had a different root from Homo Sapiens. Oh, well.

That's the same thing that happened to me. The information comes from your DNA! You know what you know! I believe with all my heart that we have all the information, but we're afraid to know how we know, so we dismiss it. But try this -(don't believe everything you think. just let the thoughts flow.) For example, for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how my grandpups understood what I was saying. Or any other non-human species for that matter, but today, I watched my grandpup Scott nose wiggle while I was speaking to him -- and do you know that little furbaby sniffs to understand my message? He can smell me, tell what I mean, and actually acts on it. So, there is intelligence in "knowing." through all our senses! Most of the time, I feel the message or I put my finger on the answer. I'm not special! We can all do this! Trust what you're feeling and be fluid with iit. The last part means to let the information flow in and out - don't be wedded to it. Just use it as you would when reporting a story. Don't fear correcting yourself later - information is fluid. The more open you are open to letting the information flow, the more the answers you need will come, and as they come, you can build on them and build your knowledge in any discipline.

I think its called hidden colors. I have to communicate better. If something isn't clear let me know. Iml either rephrase it or use an analogy. It's a problem I have had often. Irs like as a kid i would do the math problem in my head. And not show all the steps. Hmmm i am still doing that in conversations. I had a sister on Facebook say i like what you write byt can you break it down . So she was like my English to English interpreter. Its also found In the five rings by Mushashi.

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