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Outside the Operation Push headquarters, Chicagoans assembled by the hundreds, the lines blocks long, beginning at 10 am this Thursday morning, all gathered to pay homage to one of their favorite adopted sons, Jesse Louis Jackson, who lie in state inside the building that was his domain for over 50 years. Dignitaries like Al Sharpton and commoners, old and young, mostly black, a smattering of whites including Chicago's Catholic cardinal made up the growing crowd expected to stream pass Jesse's casket for the rest of the day until 10 pm, the first of several ceremonies at various locations including Washington DC, and South Carolina, his birthplace. A few states have even ordered their flags to be flown at half mast. Jesse Jackson leaves behind a noteworthy legacy as a diligent civil rights warrior who twice ran for President, and who in 2008 stood in tears among the huge Chicago crowd gathered to celebrate Barack Obama's election victory. Jesse had his critics but few could deny his love for his people. He fought the good fight before passing at age 84. May he rest in power.

I watched the "Hunger Games" TV series and I don't remember them eatin' any niggas. It's been reported that Epstein's girlfriend who did the recruiting of the female nymphets to be served up to the perverts, was instructed to bypass black girls. They were not the object of fantasies. Racism reared its ugly head (pun intended) even in this sordid area. The men only wanted innocent-looking goldilock types to molest and rape. I doubt if black meat was considered a gourmet meal...but there is no accounting for taste.

ProfD I don't know WHAT Cynique was talking about. You were posting messages a day or 2 before she made the thread. It wasn't like you were gone for a week or a month....lol. Dang...... Any playa is entitled to a break from playing every ONCE in a while.....lol. People got business to 'tend to. But like Troy, if you DO go for an extended period of time your presence would be truly missed around here. However we're used to Troy dipping out for weeks at a time and so it doesn't hit as hard....lol. Besides being one of the few people who agree with me from time to time......lol...your wit, intelligence, and insight is invaluable. Play on playa.

@ProfDWell, everybody knows I'm fading away, but you're the one constant - the nucleus, always unphased and on point, tongue-in-cheek, as regular as clockwork dispensing your updates on what's current. The sporadic coming and going of others isn't really as impactful; they haven't taken a leadership role, and I've come to know their patterns.

I don't believe we have to worry too much about people stealing Black identity. Who or what will define Black power? White folks are going to fight reparations with every fiber in their being & every bullet they can load into a chamber. Everybody won't be able to identify as Black for several reasons. Racial discrimination is committed by those who have power over other races. The majority of people do not want to be Black. That includes many Black folks.

I guess it would be helpful to know the changes you are referring to which Black folks were forced to adapt.

I didn't make that up. I've definitely seen more than my fair share of them.

Clapback to Trump's racist post.

@DelanoA very astute observation. Pioneer is simply an inert jerk, marching in place.

There's A Blood Red Moon About to Appear-- March 3, 2026 The total lunar eclipse on March 3 will be the last until New Year's Eve 2028 https://www.space.com/stargazing/lunar-eclipses/the-total-lunar-eclipse-on-march-3-will-be-the-last-until-new-years-eve-2028 What time is the blood moon total lunar eclipse on March 3? News By Daisy Dobrijevic published 3 hours ago A total lunar eclipse will turn the moon blood red for billions across North America, Australia and East Asia. https://www.space.com/stargazing/lunar-eclipses/what-time-is-the-blood-moon-total-lunar-eclipse-on-march-3 ___________________________________________________________ I asked the internet: Can you see the Lunar Eclipse from Washington DC? Yes, you can see the total lunar eclipse ("blood moon") from Washington, D.C., early in the morning on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. The eclipse will be visible as the moon sets in the west, with maximum totality occurring around 6:04 a.m. ET. A clear, unobstructed view of the western horizon is required. Secret DC +3 Key 2026 Eclipse Viewing Details: Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Best Time: Totality (when the moon turns red) begins around 6:04 a.m. ET. ... ***** My Note: Although I am still in the learning phase when it comes to Astronomy, this is always fascinating for me to be able to understand ancient script. From that perspective I have come to learn that it is always a scientific fact that after a solar Eclipse there will always be a lunar eclipse that follows it. Usually, the cycle will start with a solar alignment then afterwards a lunar alignment and the terminology varies as to what kind of eclipse occurs. One prophet wrote it in this way; [12] And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; ... REVELATION 6:12. So no matter, thousands of years ago, or even today, Astronomy becomes an exact method in order to determine dates and times and to confirm and mark history. Always after 'the sun becomes 'as black as sackcloth' meaning, some type of a Solar Eclipse, then exactly 14 days later, the moon will become 'as blood' meaning, some type of a lunar eclipse. Therefore, 14 days before this lunar eclipse, and on this past February 17, 2026, there was a Solar Eclipse. This type of eclipse would be an annular one, meaning, it appeared to have a ring around the sun. This Solar Eclipse was not visible from America, however, it was a very rare event. It was only reached totality at the bottom of the earth! It was viewable as a partial eclipse, I think, from the southern parts of our planet in countries such as South Africa and Australia. And so, within the past 14 days as the the two spheres moved, our earth and the moon, we are now able to view the lunar eclipse from America. So then, the moon, moved from being directly in between the sun and the earth to form a solar eclipse in the 'new moon' phase and then in 14 days, it moved to the back of our earth and now, our earth is in between the sun and the moon and will form 'a lunar eclipse'. How fascinating! So then, because of the alignment of the solar eclipse, the alignment can still hold for 14 days and forms a lunar eclipse as the moon moves behind the earth and due to a shadow, the moon appears to be 'blood red'. I recall that at some rare times, this alignment can still hold even longer as the moon continues to move around the earth, although rare and perhaps may even form another kind of eclipse again. Again, though, I am still in the learning phase and astronomy is a challenge for me. Nevertheless, the Biblical script becomes my anchor and has helped me to have a better understanding of time and history and helps me to better understand my secular education. But here would be another amazing event that has captured this incredible celestial event. On the day of the Annular Solar Eclipse, a great man's spirit was laid to rest! Born Jesse Louis Burns October 8, 1941 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. Died February 17, 2026 (aged 84) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Jesse Jackson, civil rights leader, dies aged 84 A trailblazer in the civil rights movement and Democratic politics, Jackson championed the rights of Black, poor and working-class people with his ‘rainbow coalition’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/17/jesse-jackson-civil-rights-icon-dies

I see that I have mellowed a bit, which is a a good IMHO.

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Interesting. Can't help but wonder if any of this astrological activity coincides with Israel and America's violent assault on Iran and what it portends for the future of the great American Empire and the orange tyrant who has crowned himself king of it.

@Pioneer1It figures that after your inept attempt to discredit and ridicule everything richardmurray had to say, you would then stupidly seek his advice on having me "put out of your tribe". Not to worry. As a seeker of the absolute truth, I am automatically disqualified from belonging to any tribe made up of lying, assisinine, windbags like you. Feel better now?

Chicago and the nation are mourning the passing of legendary civil rights activist, Jesse Jackson. Although the family's request for him to lie in state at the Capitol rotunda was denied, his casket will be trotted out at 4 different venues in Chi-Town and DC, and his South Carolina birthplace. In embellishing his acquaintance with Jesse, Trump called him "a piece of work". Take's one to know one... RIP Jesse.

I'm not really sure nor do I even care what tribe I belong to anymore. I can't even keep it straight what the letters stand for. I would simply say that when it comes to black folks, my first loyalty is to the unadulterated truth, and let the chips fall where they may. The only way I would currently distinguish myself is to declare that my dislike for Trump and everything he represents is so intense that it's palpable, and I have nothing but utter contempt for black Conservative MAGAs. If whatever this reveals about me is true, then - so be it. zzzzzz

There are still stories about love and life.

The melodic love ballads of my 1950s era, particularly the lyrics which were so exquisite in telling the stories of love lost, - and sometimes found, are something I still hold near and dear. Whether it's Frank Sinatra lying awake in the wee small hours of the morning, being "there if only she would call,", or Sarah Vaughn confessing to being "Misty, just holding you near" or the Platters assuring that they "only have eyes for you", this music never fails to bring a wistful smile to my face. Yeah, those were the days. How could you not be entranced by a husky voice caressing poignant lyrics like:"I get along without you very well...Of course I do...Except when soft rains fall...and drift from leaves then I recall...the thrill of being sheltered in your arms...Of course, I do...But I get along without you very well..." or - "Your lips were like a red and ruby chalice, warmer than a summer night. The moon was like an alabaster palace rising to its snowy heights. Each star its own aurora borealis, suddenly the sky turned bright. I could see the midnight sun!", - a melodic tribute to a love connection... Later, of course, there were plenty of R&B story tellers in the person of male groups like The Temptations singing about "Papa" being a "Rollin Stone", or Marvin Gaye, asking "What's Goin' On?" or Prince relating the "Sign of the Times". But even they are now relegated to "oldies but goodies" broadcasts that are few and far between. None the less, the Blues are still holding forth, thanks to every hoarse ol hoot who ever picked up a guitar to strum his mournful tale about "dat low down woman who done me wrong". Sigh. I agree, however, with ProfD that all these classic mini-operas will sadly fade into the dusty archives of bygone music. Gone. But, hopefully, not totally forgotten.

It was not my intention to discard your comments. True. Corrections can be made but it requires a ton of vision, effort & action.

Correct. There are pics of former POTUS Clinton chilling with Epstein. He doesn't deny any of it. Only that he didn't see or do anything criminal. POTUS OJ actually doesn't feel that former POTUS Clinton should have been put through deposition. Probably because OJ knows being brought in for deposition sets a precendent for if/when he becomes a former POTUS. The arrested folks in other countries is a smoke screen. They're trying to throw people off the scent of others who are guilty of far worse.

Here you go again...... Now what do you mean by "that particular" hot seat? Is there ANOTHER "hot seat" you're suggesting he may be in? Man, it's hard to believe it's been 13 years since I made those posts....lol. When I read those comments and the format they're in, I'm rather proud of myself because of my consistency. Some may look at their words or deeds from 13 years ago and lament if they don't see any change or "improvement". They look at being consistent as a sign of lack of growth. However I look at it as stability. I'm also glad I'm not a liar. I've said so much on this site over these past 13 or 14 years or so, if somebody were to dig around and compare my statements would they find any consistencies or how many....lol.

Does the Black populace in the United States of America today, 2026, need an organization like what Malcolm suggested, the OAAU? If brother Malcolm was still leading it.....we absolutely need one. What lessons would Malcolm learn from the Organization of African Unity that he didn't witness after his murder? Many lessons. Among them......... 1. How deep and fully law enforcement can infiltrate Black organizations. 2. How petty and jealous AfroAmericans can be with eachother, even when it comes to important issues and situations. 3. The need to properly vet his security.

My point is the Rastafarian culture & music has traveled around the planet. Not too many minorities can stake that claim.

Garvey was correct in prophecy that a king would ne crowned somewhere in Africa. Yet, inspired by that king, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Salassie, the Rastafarians started their movement in Jamaica & spread it beyond the island nation. Rastafarians have their own tribe, culture & music.

True. It is in full sway already and I have a love-hate relationship with it.

Glad I can contribute to the forum. Appreciate & enjoy chopping it up with each & every one of you too.

Looks to me like YOUR TRIBE needs YOUR OWN land. Any plans to get it?

I very rarely say someone is wrong. This is one of those times. In Deed

As does your absence

@Pioneer1Your approval is the least of my concerns. That should've been obvious when I declined your olive branch which was nothing more than a sprig of poison ivy, befitting your rancid toxicity.

Hummm. I wish Tesa had ended her above quote attributed to "aka Contrarian" at the word "mediocre", because I didn't say any of what followed that word, which was a commentary that amounted to observations which were not my mine, and an opinion that I do not hold about a subject I have no knowledge of. Is she an AI creation??

Look as bad a guys as Epstein surely was, the idea that Epstein Hunted Niggers Like in the Hunger Games is just crazy on it's face. Now if you have some proof, first had accounts -- I'm all ears. But don't be making up shit to feed an algorithms to garner views. Again, creators are rewarded for creating this shit because it makes the social media platform owners billionaires. One of 100 reasons to avoid the platforms that do this.

Wow! These dissertations so enlightened me when it came to the existence of the different sects of Blackness whose existence I have, heretofore, been completely ignorant about! Finding a niche with those whose opinions I share on many issues was exhilarating, leaving me, at age 92, astounded to learn of the actual existence of an official movement I could identify with in many areas of thought, like slave descendants having their own unique culture and immigrant Blacks being my personal idea of black carpetbaggers - and a cynicism about the pseudo African affectations of certain black zealots who make claim to everything African and attribute everything everywhere as beimg black in origin, citing skewed history as their source. Not to mention exposing the dysfunctional compensation that takes the form of a black male machismo that is laced with misogny and homophobia. Still, I'm not totally captivated by the siren song of the ADOs, having never been an enthusiast of Reparations, and any taint of this group being "MAGA lite" inhibits my formal commitment to their doctrine. My gut always instinctively recoils at any hint of Conservative right wing white supremacy. In any case, at this stage of my existence, I don't have to make a decision or a choice about such matters, and I remain a spectator, ever aware of how Society evolves, inevitably subjected to the changes that Time brings - changes that I, in all probability, won't be around to witness...

@ProfD the promised land hilarious

Point taken. Immigration doesn't happen if rich white folks don't want it. However, US warships were filled with Vietnamese refugees as they were leaving Vietnam. All expenses paid cruise to the promised land.

Black. Economics. - Where. Is. Black. Lives. Matter. With. All. The. Millions. Of. Money. They. Got. ? Is. Black. Lives. Matters. ,,Helping....Black. Farmers. Are They. Creating. Black. Businesses ?..Preachers. Steal. All. The. Church money. To. Buy. Cars. And. Houses ...Black. Unity. Is. Needed. For. Black. Economics. ..

Food shortages should be one of the issues voters put to politicians. NYC mayor Mamdani mentioned government-owned grocery stores & white folks nearly lost their minds. The people most under-served & suffering food shortages need to find a way to put it on the ballot.

Same reason very few white female millionaires & billionaires have high profile sports investments. Men enjoy sports more than women do. Fortunes are built on inheritances, products, goods & services. Entertainment is further down the line.

I believe Black farmers are surviving by selling their produce in the same market as white farmers. It takes all hands on deck to feed a country with 340 million people running around in it. Obesity is a very real problem here. Folks are eating...a LOT.

Michael Jordan was majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats NBA team for 13 years. Jordan's $275 million dollar investment turned into $3 billion dollars when he sold his majority stake. He still has a minority ownership in the team. Magic Johnson is a minority owner of the Washington Commanders NFL team. A few Black folks do invest in sports teams. I'm hoping to see a Black investment group start a sports league &/or own a major league team. Ice Cube has a nice situation with his Big 3 basketball league. There are possibilities.

I tried moving the conversation, but It does not look like I can move all of them. I think I moved to start, but the rest of them will have to be cut and pasted To the new one and then delete it here by the users… That is the best I can do

Time flies. That dialog is 1 year old already. Nothing much has changed. There is not mega-Black-owned website. Apparently, there's no real incentive to create such a website when Black folks are comfortable using the white-owned sites i.e. F*c*b**k, X, Inst*gr*m, T*kT*k, G**gle, etc. I still think the Black church tribe is large enough to warrant creating their own internet platform.

No problem. @Troy....is it possible to move posts from this thread into another one? If not...I'll delete my posts in this thread. Definitely wasn't intended to take this one off the rails. Let me know what works best. Thanks.

IMO, as a melting pot, the USA warts & all is the composite nation Frederick Douglass envisioned.

@Pioneer1 I didn't comprehend how much a supporter you are of regulation till the following i see so a private card game has to be taxed, not easy to implement that, unless invasion of privacy becomes legally acceptable. The federal government has tools to do it, but those tools don't allow the kind of flagrant use needed to tax card games and craps. you miss the financial reality of scale. Black people have always gambled as whites but the scales are far different and that matters, numerically, financially, it is not the same scale and thus can't have the same penalty of scale if numerically proportional. Cause if not, then support every single business being to big to fail. the rational behind too big too fail is that the major banks in the banking industry can't fail because of their scale, so scale is accepted by whites in the usa, so blacks, even statian blacks like yourself, should be able to comprehend scale in penalization.and thus white gambling is a higher scale than black gambling in the usa. the black church was not the main numbers agents ever in nyc, maybe outside nyc, even enough, but in nyc the black churches/black church was never the main agent. Many black people who went to church played numbers cause many black people did, it was a chance to make a dollar. But black churches were not the main agents in nyc. In nyc you can see the odds for each game on a lotto ticket. They are worse odds than the numbers. A little arithmetic three digits each have ten possibilities, zero to nine three times, so the odds is ten to the third power, ten times ten time ten, that is one out of a thousand, that is far better than any legal lotto system. Come on.. if you want to hate the village just say so. But here, don't take my word for it. https://www.lotteryusa.com/news/history-of-new-york-illegal-lottery awwwww The numbers are different... you just love knocking the village, or maybe you love upsetting me. The gambling debt your talking about isn't numbers, or playing cards or dice because you can't play any of them without money upfront. you can't have a gambling debt with cards/dice/numbers... the slot machine, playing the horses, cause you need money to play upfront. The only way you can have a gambling debt playing numbers is if you went to a loan shark to get money to play numbers, but you talk about libertarianism, who told you to go to a loan shark? You just championed libertarianism but then when it extends to actions you don't think people should be free to do , you cite crime ahhhh Know so much? In my own mind I don't know anything. But field hand, you haven't figured out anything. Pioneer porgy, how was church this morning field hand? @ProfD yes, but I amended my point by saying the following I don't mind bills not getting passed, but bills aren't even sent to the floor? why? why not? black elected officials are not busy. They do not work for a living based on the legislature they get passed or put forward so... regardless of not having enough black elected representatives to be a voting black in legislatures, in modernity, each can propose laws. By law, of the country you hold so dear, every single elected officials can put bills to the floor. The reparations bill has not been passed, or turned into a law. but a black elected official, a black woman, [pardon me for forgetting her name] person put it forward. No excuse existed in the past. I didn't suggest laws had to be made. And each black member of congress... any member of congress has the power to put a bill to the floor. No one is stopping any of them. From women members of congress putting equal pay bills to the floor. from paraplegic members of congress putting equal worker protections bills to the floor. If they don't want to work, ok, but power has nothing to do with it. Many bills die on the floor. why not more?

I have definitely incorporated your idea of Black tribes into my thoughts regarding our people.

I don't think so. I don't think said date should be honored either. I'm fine with Juneteenth being the celebration date among FBA/AfroAmericans.

The thing about it is..... Niggaz live all over Georgia, not just the ATL. That's just the biggest CONCENTRATION of Black people but I've been around Georgia enough to know there's a sizable Black population in every region of that state. Down in Albany, and especially in Savanna along the coast. A lot of the Black population are transplants and aren't inclined to be politically active in the state. They come from California, New York, the Midwest....and don't care about the local politics because they don't see Georgia as their natural born home. PROFESSOR GRIFF lives in Georgia....lol. How the hell you gonna have a racist Republican governor in the same state Professor Griff lives????

Stacey Abrams would be governor of Georgia right if she could have pulled more white folks from that 58%. I believe she didn't pursue voter fraud because of the demographics of the state. She needed more than Fulton County.