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Reddit's ceo admitted what most, who know how many modern media or tech firms history are, already know. Reddit has been around for 20 years and never made a profit. Same as Netflix who only made a profit after seven years without, and has financial wobbles since. Same as Tesla motors that was not profitable for years , until it was, and has financial wobbles since. Twitter again, is highly used and has never been profitable. Netflix is trying to end sharing passwords. What is my point? Not the following Websites are costly, people for some reason don't think they are. But if you have a financial loaning network behind you , you can grow while unprofitable. What is my point? A question and I ask all of us regulars on this website , to aid @Troy who has posted about this website a number of times. What do you think can be done to aid AALBC financially ? It is clear that many larger websites are being pushed on the path to true fiscal capital profitability and in that journey the decades of cheap or free or financially dysfunctional actions in a fiscal capitalistic assessment have generated an online populace that has problems accepting an internet that pays for itself. What do you think can be done to aid AALBC financially?

It was a couple of white music producers in Germany who propelled Donna Summer into a star. Thankfully, they treated her fairly. She definitely made her money and got paid.😎

Donna Summer caught lightning in the bottle and was able to ride the Disco movement into stardom. Love to Love You is still a nice track.😎

I voted. I don't really have any thoughts on Michael Jordan selling his stake in an NBA franchise. Michael Jordan is a hall of fame basketball player. But, as an AfroAmerican, he has never used his platform or voice to champion social change.😎

AALBC's address is: African American Literature Book Club 15310 Amberly Dr Suite 250 Tampa, FL 33647 Financial assistance it greatly appreciated. As @richardmurray suggested AALBC has never had the luxury of operating at a deficit. I worked for a Wall Street firm called Bankers Trust there was analyst at the time Anthony Noto, I believe, who covered Amazon. Amazon was losing billions but this guy always recommended them. I figured it was just collusion between the analysts and the investment bankers. What I missed was the Noto knew Amazon was an emerging monopoly. I would be wealthy today if I held onto my Amazon stock... I simply could not Invision what Amazon would become. The would narrative that they were selling books out of a garage and grew from there was all BS obscuring the real plan. In the last few years, a lot more funding has opened up for Black-owned startups. So things have gotten better in a way but not nearly as it has been for the Jeff Bezoses of the world. The web is incredibly difficult to navigate if you are mission driven and want to make money. The web is optimized for "World Star" rather than "Emerge." I get over with your support, energy, hard work, luck, and little intelligence recently augmented by AI. AI is THE biggest threat right now. AI which can make websites, as we know them, obsolete. AI is the biggest thing I've seen on the web since it was opened to the public, and I've been on the web before it was available to the public. In the hands of greedy suits AI can become far more harmful than what we have seen from social media. I'm fairly certain this well happen, because this is what always happens. But after 27+ years of building website I know change and greed is part of the territory. Thanks for thinking about AALBC 🙂

Oh My GOODNESS! This brings back memories! I love so many of her songs!

@ProfD @Pioneer1 so you guys suggest donations , on the resources webpage tools to make revenue exist but not a direct donation. Resources for African American Writers, Authors and Readers (aalbc.com) do you guys think he should set up his own donation service on aalbc, restriccted to the usa or even the northeast of the usa? or use one of the others like kickstarter or indiegogo , gofundme, patreon, or similar? I wonder @Troy are you willing to do domainnames or website hosting for black entities not authors?

Just send the brutha some money.....lol. As soon as he posts the P.O. Box again so we can. Unless he has some sort of APP that I can send money directly through a credit card WITHOUT having to register my personal information on it.

I'll gladly make a donation to AALBC. Brotha @Troy just let me know a preferred payment method. However, I don't write paper checks anymore.🤣😎

Speak of the devil, look at THIS shit: The Daily Digest Follow The ‘Doomsday Clock’ closer to Armageddon than ever before Story by Zeleb.es • Jun 10, 2023 2 of 20 Photos in Gallery The group of scientists has been measuring real and existential threats to humankind through this symbol for more than 70 years. Auto Rotation Off Doomsday clock The group of scientists has been measuring real and existential threats to humankind through this symbol for more than 70 years. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-doomsday-clock-closer-to-armageddon-than-ever-before/ss-AA15SWFU?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d143cdb6114847c38b40c4f0286571bb&ei=13 They got some old dried up devil playing with clocks trying to scare the shit out of everybody silly enough to listen to them. Yet HE and the rest of these "scientists" probably have all kinds of trust funds and accounts tucked away for THEIR children and grand children and GREAT grand children....while telling YOU the world is going to end any minute!!! 😵‍💫 ....damn devils just playing GAMES with the people, lol. Done set up a damn "Armageddon Clock" they can wind forward or backward whenever they fell like it....lol. Laaaaawd....🤣....I'm telling you the truth, lol.

Well, what stood out for ME in the video is why the hell was the sista in the blue sweatshirt SMILING in the incident? Perhaps it was a nervous smile or just the embarassment of the situation, but something tells me if the drunk girl was Black she wouldn't have been smiling. You had two Black women trying to gently control this drunk racist ass White girl, but I'd bet two bits to a bucket of shit that if that was another BLACK GIRL out there acting a fool they wouldn't have been so gentle with her. They'd probably be both beating the hell out of her calling her all types of bitches while pounding and kicking her. ....and another thing. Who was holding the phone recording this?

As the resident agnostic around here, I don't *believe* too much of anything man has to say about anything. 🤣 As human beings, our knowledge is severely limited in the grand scheme of all things. Self-preservation is a primary concern of human beings. Very few people want to die. Yet, in one way or another, it is inevitable. No one escapes leaving this existence. Beyond saving the planet, think about everything human beings do on a daily basis that compromises lives. Again, natural disasters is the Earth's way of purging itself. Dinosaurs didn't leave voluntarily nor did they f8ck up the environment.😁😎

I understand that she was drunk, but still, it's really disgusting, and that's no excuse. There is no place in our society for people like that, and I think she really deserved to get expelled.

Yes....They wanted a larger share and role in the International Marketplace 1. Lingua Franca.....the Language of International Trade - English 2. Defacto Global Reserve Currency - All international Trade is and was done in - Dollars 3. More Land - Resources. Yes... In a Nutshell 1. Mugabe's ZANU-pf Defeated Ian Smith of Rhodesia....Rhodesian Bush war/The Second Chimurenga. 2.Lancaster House Accord Negotiated by the British was Ratified - willing buyer willing seller( white/europeans had 90% of the arable land) 3. Margaret Thatcher refused to honor the agreement sign by the previous British Government. 4. Former ZANU-pf Fighters began to take over white own land by Force. 5. Western Countries cried foul and employed sanctions against Zimbabwe. 6. Zimbabwe economy went into free fall and Foreign Interventionist Policies was set in motion for the removal of Mugabe. 7. AU/SADC stood with Mugabe (excluding two member nation of SADC) 8. Zimbabwe Triumph. Mugabe's Major Supporter outside of Africa was North Korea. A Type of Cuban Missile Crisis in Reverse....back then Russia was encroaching directly in the US Sphere of Influence.