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He hired his lover for a $160K NYC gig. DHTPHTG. The New York Times covered the story otherwise I would never heard about this book. It was self published. I don’t see very many sales despite the coverage by the Times

Is this an original poem @harry brown?

@Delano yeah I get that, but it does not explain the appeal. @ProfD I remember the song, but don’t recall that particular line. I wouldn’t have recognized the brother in the video as being a member of the rap group.

Sure, I meant there is no good reason. I've encountered souls like this the worst (most dangerous) ones are those that have deluded themselves into believing that they would NOT will say and/or do anything to get what they want. Wow. I'm not sure the endorsement helps. It is not like any remaining Adams supporters will vote for Cuomo. I would probably vote for Curtis Sliwa if I was still in NYC. I remember back in the 70's when the city was dangerous Sliwa he and his Guardian Angels patrolled. I saw this with my own eyes and he earned my respect back then. I think the guy is the only one actually sincere about improving the city and more of a true New Yorker than any of the remaining candidates. The buses are already "free." Very few people pay for the bus in my neighborhood (east Harlem). ...and NOBODY pays for the bus from LGA airport to NYC LOL!

Why y'all watch these videos?

Yeah, if the information is not public. "Insider trading" is illegal. Yeah, if the player knows you are going use the information to place a bet. If the someone in a regulated casino stacking a deck, loading dice, rigging slot machines they need to go to jail. It is larceny. Yeah, welcome to America. Extending a game to 6 or 7 games is not like throwing a boxing match -- which takes just one person to "go down in the 2nd." Extending a basketball series requires a lot more coordination with more people. The only possible out comes are a sweep (win in 4) win in 5, 6, or 7. Now wouldn't it make sense that a sweep is actually far less likely than winning in 7 -- given any playoff caliber can beat any other other playoff caliber team on any given night. Does that make sense? The most likely outcome of a series is 5, 6 or 7 assuming a standard distribution around the mean of 6 tell me 6 games series is very likely the most common outcome on conspiracy needed. Occam’s Razor Brother...

I imagine most Black men care more about their favorite sports team than they do about another Black country. They have deep knowledge about their team and their opponents and are happy when they win and are bummed out when they lose. But it is human nature I guess. We are tribal by nature and have evolved to follow "our" team. There is no evolutionary advantage to caring about some country 1,000s of miles away. There is an actual genocide in Dafur "where is that" but we don't really care.... Who's got the roundest butt around here

I assumed the cheating at poker was during a private non-regulated game -- not one in a public casino. Casino and lotteries extract a great deal of money from the Black community. Sure people "win" from time to time, but the impact a great net loss for the community. Is the Lottery "cheating?" On some level I think they are, as the prey on people giving them a false sense of winning; never quantifying how much money they take every da from seniors, gambling addicts, people desperate for a way out of poverty...

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I don’t have enough information on Billips and the player to judge their intellect or motivation for getting involved with the mob and jeopardizing their livelihoods, indeed their lives I consider myself a gambler, but I don’t bet over my head and nowadays my gambling is confined to playing poker with my buddies. Anything outside of that is at risk of being fixed or rigged which is one reason I don’t understand why people play slot machines… I mean, I do know why they play… at any rate… I don’t think these are the only players that are doing Shiesty stuff in professional sports. It’s just known you’re not gonna catch everybody. It’s like insider trading it clearly done people benefit, from it, and you’re not gonna catch everybody — especially if you’re not looking. Of course, black players are gonna be caught at higher rate. Than white players they are the majority of players so… that’s everyone’s point you know they gotta look extra hard at the Brothers I think the NBA players should be banned for life, being sent to prison is a bit much. I don’t know how they’re gonna prosecute the mob for rigging poker games. That’s like coming in my house and the arresting me for cheating at my poker game… And somebody who doesn’t pay what they owe on gambling debt needs to catch a beat down. The adage: “That god-damn credit? Dead it.” applies.

Stephen A Smith is not talking to black men or Black people. I don’t know a single brother who appreciates anything He is saying as it relates to politics. as far as Blackman are concerned Stephen needed to stay in his lane — sports. But again, he has been paid extremely well, not by Black people, but by white people. Those are the people he is beholden too and whose bidding he does. This is the American way. Don’t hate the player. Hate the game.

Sara did level of vicious ad hominem attack, which in my view crossed the line. I would not put pioneer in the same category.

No again, you may write what you want. I know. I was just saying I extend the same "benefit" to Pioneer. I rarely ban people. The last one was Sara -- way back when. In hindsight, I probably should not have banned her (on your advice). I could have redacted her post.

If you listen to the right-wing radio you'll easily get it. Try streaming 77 WABC out of New York for a dose. Then try stream any southern radio station that is not an NPR affiliate. The protests by themselves will accomplish nothing. That is not how laws and legislators are changed. Politicians are motivated by money. It takes less physical effort to hurt Meta than it does to march in the street. we probably can get more productive legislation passed by leveraging Meta than we can hollering in the streets. But since we are mentally incapable of staying off Instagram or Facebook for 5 minutes this will never happen. The only thing that will force change it the system imploding on itself after Elon, Mark, Sam and other become multi-trillionaires and 90% of the Earth's population is living in abject poverty.

Yeah, we had that too! That guy selling food cleaned up too. I was too boogie to even think about buying anything to eat from that setup LOL! This spot was just two blocks from the original location of Mosque #7 (where Malcolm X preached). That area is changing. I do miss it sometimes, but what I miss is long gone.

@aka Contrarian as far as I'm concerned, you've earned the right to write anything you want here. I'm sure most people here enjoy your insights. You are that combination I referenced as "Gold" in a recent exchange with Profd. Now as far as your exchanges with Pioneer coming "out a post office bag" (is funny twist on a term I have not heard in a long time), he has the liberty, in all fairness, to dish out the same

Pretty much your whole body of expression here LOL. Case in point.

Yeah, I was reacting to your statement; "Most of it takes very little effort." I would say some 40% of it requires more than a "little effort," like hitting the gym. For example, do you think the majority of brothers (or sistas) hit the gym regularly and are in good physical condition? I listened to a couple of Samuels videos on the urging of one of my boys. Do you have a favorite that you can share here? Maybe start a new conversation.

Sorry, I have not been following this conversation. I feel behind during my brief absence. I did, just now, skim the comments; I did not see anything to warrant a warning

I don't believe it -- seriously. This can't be true. I've been in some hood spots, but I have never seen anything like this. I'd agree the barber professions has changed. It would be nice to treat myself to a professional shave -- you know with the oils hot towel, warm lather, reclined in a proper chair, but those were the old days. Perhaps things have declined. The barbershop I described also has a masseuse. It really was a men's salon. My barber was a sister -- the only woman to ever cut my hair she was cute with a mice personality. This business did not survive it was in Harlem, but I guess the demographic could not support an upscale men's salon -- I guarantee it would have made it in the DMV or ATL. Now the barbershop I went to was not nearly as bad as you described. They had ghetto tendencies selling bootleg DVD's, Viagra, and God knows what else. Cuts there were 20 bucks $20 with the tip this was for the early aughts. Getting a shave was out of the questions unless you wanted a brother to run the clippers over your face. That business did not survive either. I think the younger cats started going to the "celebrity" barbers rather than the old-school neighborhood shops

No. I Black overseer then and today is part of the problem. Marcus Garvey. I tend to agree with this statement. Humans have evolved to preserve themselves most strive to do. If every African were not ignorant to the fact that they were being transported to a foreign land to be worked to death and that their descendants would suffer the same fate for generations -- I doubt many of those ships would have made it across Atlantic.

They would simply get a different judge to preside over the case. OK then, I could care less. They don't I was just providing a scenario to make a point. I could have said loving couple. If a woman wants to be a stripper, I'm fine with that. Now whether or not it is a "bad" thing is a different question, to that I say it depends. When it comes to humans everything is not Black and white as you like to think about it. I've been to the DMV a lot and I would put those sistas up against any in the US The question is not nearly as provocative as you are making it seem. It is simply a variation on "Do onto others..." Of that list of 10, I'd agree about 1/2 if it is easy and should be done whether you are trying to attract a woman of not. "Having a great conversation" is a skill. The same with "being knowledgeable." Many people are surface thinking deeply requires effort. Both go hand-in-hand. If you find yourself someone with those to two characteristics and a sense of humor, you have gold my friend

@Pioneer1 also related is that I reread that press release recently and thought to myself that Pristina is perhaps the only person's name I read connected to the organization that I do not know. I'm pretty sure Pristina is "Black," though I'm not interested enough to do additional research. I think is does matter on some level if the person sending the press release is Black, so I'd bet she is.

If the Borther or sista is useless what difference does it make. If the overseer is another enslaved Black man does that help? Does having Clarence Thomas on the Supreme court help?

Man, when I was getting my hair cut 15 years ago in NYC that is what it cost then. But they sanitized their products. T he last place I went they gave out drinks -- whisky. Freddy Jackson sat in the chair next to me once that was back in 2007 around the time, I decided to go bald. I have no idea what my hair would look like today. I assume I'm mostly gray. I thought about letting it grow out, out of curiosity.