richardmurray

@Pioneer1good points, i think many groups in the gnostic movement, the original and the second thought as you do, they didn't feel logical thinking was areligious .

@ProfD you succeeded in being provocative and this fish took the bait like a shark to a bloody piece of meat. 

 

 

@ProfD your title is incorrect. California has not provided reparations. The Black Caucus of California in suggesting bills to be made into laws has not placed money in them.

@Pioneer1 I am no lawyer but I oppose your position on states. States do not have the money that their actions in the past garnered from black people in them, in the past. But, States do owe reparations to the black populaces in them. I can use New York State easily. The federal government never legalized slavery, never. and the usa is a federal system which means that which the federal government doesn't put into law is states providence and all states old enough enacted  slavery laws. the 1799 law of ny state.So I argue states role in enslavement is larger because the federal government never made slavery legal. And your position on federalism is misplaced. Modern USA is a federalist but before the war between the states, 1865, the usa was more a collection of states than a strong federal goverment. Remember the reason why the confederacy had advantages in the beginning was how small + unprepared+ impotent the federal army was. I asked all members in this group about federalism and only one  answered.. 

https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10616-black-federalism-in-the-usa/

You like so many blacks in the usa are federalist. But the usa wasn't built that way and modern federalism was non existent in any form before the 1900s. And the reason being that the states didn't want the federal government that powerful but the war between the states was a watershed moment for federalism.

@Troy  + all others

I have in my posts below a reasoning for black elected officials disinterest in giving money.  The black family that black elected officials + black communal advocates fought for, in the end, sold all the land back to whites. Were they free to ? yes. But the advocate flat out admitted he was unhappy with the black clan for that and I think that goes into the black elected representatives bills or proposals. 

But as I asked in this very online community , many times, Do you realize your view of reparations isn't the same as another black person. 

The problem is one that transcends all issues with the black populace in the usa. The problem is destination. 

Most Black people, yes including clarence thomas, want a better black populace, a stronger black community, their black individual life bettered. 

BUT, but the problem is the consensus from the black populace in the usa to what the destination is , is not the same in vital ways, in ways that make planning very difficult. 

If you have three black people and they have to make a plan on reparations and

one say, black people in the usa don't need reparations (which millions of black peopel say)

one say, black people need money to leave the usa(which millions of black people say)

one say, black people need government programs with no money (which millions of black people say)

what plan can be made between the three?  The answer is none. 

My point is the answer is for black groups in florida to be given a choice. The federalism desire by some blacks suggests plans that are bound to fail because they assume a universalism in the black populace in the usa that has never existed. I repeat most free black when the usa was founded fought against the USA's creation. Does anybody black living today not realize what that means. Many black people today still despise the usa, they don't want to be part of the place. I didn't say all, I didn't say all, but many, and many meaning millions. 

The answer to everything is in parts. 

To that what does the black populace of AALBC want with AALBC, what do we want to see with this website in the future. 

 

EXAMPLES OF MODERN REPEARATIONS- read them all  top to bottom to get the temporal flow

Black leaders and reparations
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10327-most-black-leaders-didnt-advocate-for-reparations-even-though-most-black-people-wanted-and-that-made-the-usa-but-it-came-with-a-negative-price-for-black-people/

San Francisco Reparations 
Round one
https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2216&type=status
Round two
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10155-san-francisco-reparations-round-three/

Round three
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/10148-san-francisco-reparations-another-round/data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==

The Bruce Family and Reparations
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/9989-congratulations-to-the-bruce-family-of-california-who-can-now-begin-reparations

I quote the following post in bold

After her work getting the Bruces their land back, this is not the outcome community activist Kavon Ward wanted.

Kavon Ward:

I wanted to see strong, young Black entrepreneurs like Charles and Willa Bruce take up space here and be able to build and develop here, like the Bruces once we're able to do.

Community is what got the land back. So, yes, the family won, but the community did not.

 https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2349&type=status

In conclusion

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=1738&type=status
 

 

enjoy

 

I am glad I can say in my lifetime i saw none of the above win, cause many people chide that as a false option and i don't think it is.

https://news.yahoo.com/nevada-hold-presidential-primaries-caucuses-050306654.html

NONE OF THE ABOVE!

 

Now the communal question is why are so many black people opposed to the concept of none of the above? 

 

Thanks for accepting my viewing on Edelweiss I made a review  but it needs to be refined before getting on aalbc. Sorry it wasn't ready before the book came out.

Flickr has a 20th anniversary and they are inviting photographers to present photographs honoring their blue and pink. 

THE DETAILS
How do I participate in the contest?
To enter, join this group by clicking the Join button next to the group's name and adding a single photo that best captures Flickr's logo colors, blue and hot pink together in one photo. The photo can be taken and uploaded anytime. The contest runs from Feb 1st to Feb 29th. There is no tag/keyword requirement to enter in this contest.

EXAMPLES OF WORK

https://flic.kr/p/wCgmTX

What are the requirements in order for the photo to be eligible for winning?
How do I add a photo to the group?
1. Join the group.
2. From your Photostream, go to the page of the photo you want to add.
3. Below the image, click “Add to group.”
4. Select this group.
5. Select Done.

If you're looking for the steps specific to our mobile app, check out this article

How many photos can I submit to Flickr's 20th Birthday Photo Contest?
Only one (1) safe photo taken by you should be submitted.

I changed my mind about my submitted, can I submit a second photo?
We know this can happen. While you cannot submit a second photo, you can remove your first submission and replace it with your new selection. Please be mindful when doing this. Repeatedly adding and removing your image with the sole purpose of increasing views may get you banned.

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Where can I find my photos that I’ve submitted to the pool?
Use the following link: www.flickr.com/groups/flickrs20thbirthday/pool/me

What are the prizes this year?
10 winners will receive a 16x20 print of one of their images of their choice, a year of Flickr Pro on us AND a year of Flickr Pro for a friend!

I want some additional exposure for my favorite photo. Will you show it anywhere outside of the group?
We will be publishing a Flickr gallery highlighting some of our favorite submissions giving your photos some great exposure. As noted in the rules, we may select lower-resolution versions of some of the images to promote them on our social media channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.), always with attribution crediting you.

***Please note: you must add your image to the photo pool for it to qualify as an official submission for the contest. Images embedded in threads but not in the photo pool won't be eligible for prizes.***

Winners are solely responsible for all federal, state and/or local taxes, and the reporting consequences thereof, and for any other fees (customs) or costs associated with the applicable prize.

Referral
https://blog.flickr.net/en/2024/02/01/flickrs-20th-birthday-celebration-begins-with-a-photo-contest/

Rules
https://www.flickr.com/groups/flickrs20thbirthday/discuss/72157721919874052/

 

 

MY ANSWER TO COMMENT

 

Who is your favorite black photographer you follow on social media <comment name and profile>?
I will use two, neither is my favorite , for I do not have a favorite. I have artist whose work I like, the GOAT, Greatest, Best is something I detest. 
I will choose 
Belinda Vick, a female photographer

side Andrew Clifton
 

 

I went through my favorites on flickr to see if i  had a black and white there. This is aida overton some call the queen of the cakewalk

https://www.flickr.com/photos/39049999@N00/4626175542/in/faves-68148455@N00/

 

exactly @Chevdove the issue is because all peoples, individuals or groups, want to make the culture of tomorrow reflecting their own culture. Which in a multiracial populace like the usa creates natural friction.

 

topics

The 37th entry in the Cento poetry series - a cento poem is a poem made from the lines of another poem.
Jiausiku theatrical play series:  The Hotel, Dawanga, The Former Employee
Jiausiku shadowworld theatrical play series: Journey to a first time
Wierd Fashion -a comparison of my version and a computer's simulated version of a textual prompt turned into a graphic
Dark Soul Manipulation- introducing Mistress Eliza Machina
Dark Academia- illustration to a story of a student witch later

IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR: the black south need a black party of governance,  Taraji P Henson tears, listen to an ice concert, music from every day telepathy 

URL
https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/2023/09/02/04/2024-rmnewsletter.html

 

Well the problem with the term missing is how the bible was determined in the first place. First, why did Christians need a bible when a bible was not a mandatory part of christian life from the time of jesus, who never used a bible to the Nicean creed? Notice I used the word mandatory. Chrsitian groups used books but none were deemed officials outside the group. In the same way, Mohammed didn't have a quran initially. It was the persians that made the quran mandatory. 

So when you say missing, I argue no book is missing and any christian is free to use whatever texts they want, including derived from themselves,  based on the fact that no literature was deemed associated to all christians initially. 

One of the tragedies of human history is how so often  when a culture grows its genesis doesn't get interpreted in its growth. 

Jesus at his death was not a jew , if for no other reason, the jewish community had exiled him and his movement. So the old testament which is a variation of the jewish torah, emphasized by jews who became early christian or influenced early christian communities is I argue invalid. Now, the new testament in my view is valid christian literature.  It has gospels,[not the gospels because the gospels selected by nicea were few of a much larger set] which as a form of literature is the oldest christian literature, various epistles or letters from early christian groups and lastly the book of revelation, which in my mind is the most fanciful book.  But, are any of these books mandatory even though all are christian? no. 

So I conclude with a simple argument. If anyone who is christian, which I am not, wants to use any literature, including one they wrote themselves,  as a basis something to base their religion, to read again, on then do so. 

The myth is the idea that a book is official in the first place. 

@Troy fair enough, what about my solution being starting off outside the usa you don't concur with or like or see ? 

good lluck!:) 

@Milton please add your coming event and any others to the following calendar

https://aalbc.com/tc/events/5-calendar/?view=month

@Troy which is your favorite jeffrey wright performance on camera?

I concur @Troy

but I want to say, like many industries the problem is the usa itself. The usa doesn't have a history of managing inudstries well. They let industries fly as long as they make money and can pay for government protection. Googe is part of the digital six. 

I argue the only answer is alternative networks outside the usa that will free populaces outside the usa. 

China shows the way as at least china has its own ecosystem. 

topic

Thirty-sixth of the Cento poetry series

If You Made It This Far : AI films, Empire State building photos through time, Robert Forte alps photos, TheWiz multiverse

URL
https://rmnewsletter.over-blog.com/2023/09/01/28/2024-rmnewsletter.html

 

 

The largest non food industry black owned business in harlem is Amsterdam news

the most well known black designed building in harlem for me is the Renaissance Ballroom, destroyed now, but financed and designed by black people, a black architecture firm and black money. 

 

 

lovely

oh no @Pioneer1

Google has a new software called Lumiere that does text to video, what are your thoughts?

you can read more about it here

 https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2582&type=status

good I used edelweiss for other reviews and for reviews I am working on so if you still need when the time comes this will be simple:) 

@Troy

change the link to the following

 

https://ourtimepress.com/viola-plummer-last-of-original-december-12th-movement-transitions/

@DeeSiwisa is your book on edelweiss?

@Pioneer1 

a black man who when a teenager  was accused of murdering the man who stole from his sister, is now out of prison.

 

https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2579&type=status

 

@ProfD  Fair enough, i just want to say for the record i have been supporting/advocating a black party of governance in the usa for  years to be made from black folk like you and pioneer who are determined americans

@ProfD you forgot to add the rest of my quote

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 that will fit the party of abraham lincoln + the desires of a majority of black people in the usa [not a minority but a majority, the majority of black people in the usa, live in poor black towns absent everything by the state governments machinations, poor urban communities suffocated by their city government]?

Reparations doesn't fit the party of abraham lincoln position. They feel the black ADOS population isn't on equal footing or empowered in the usa, while the black ados position doesn't need reparations to achieve said equal footing or empowerment. The arty of abraham lincoln believes the usa system is adequate for all  individuals in it, from native americans to the wealthiest whites. 

Second you can't find a consensus among a majority in the black ADOS populace in the usa to define reparations so legislation can't be introduced for something the people it is to be delivered to don't have a consensus on.  Plus, you can't find a consensus among a majority in the black populace on what exactly needs to be dismantled in the bureaucracy of the usa.

 

So to that end, ProfD if you live in a black town or live in a black district in a city, why don't you ask Black ados people in the street to explicitly define what reparations legislation will look like, for example 2 million dollars for each black person in the usa, and then also ask what needs to be dismantled in the usa government to lessen or end white supremacy, for example , delete all bequeathed positions in government like deputy mayor. 

 

In my mind profd the problem isn't that you don't know what you will like reparations or dismantling the tools of white power in government to look like but you are unwilling or able to get consensus among black people. The black elected officials don't seem interested. But you have the ability to communicate in your local community , so do it yourself and then present to your ocal officials: city council representative or house of representatives member or mayor.