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So you think 45 going bankrupt is a problem for him? I think he went bankrupt 4 times before becoming president. Whether the public cares or not DOES actually matter. It informs how people choose their elected officials, and is why 45 is the President of the United States today. @Kalexander2 you appear to be emotionally tied to this issue and it is preventing you from thinking about this rationally. Do you understand that a republican controlled congress will not move to impeach 45? Can you see that at least? Remember suicide, assignation, heart attack, alien abduction, don't count in our wager.

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@Kalexander2, impeachment may come but not this year. Actually, if you read the Times article, none of the allegations are going to land 45 in jail, because either the statute of limitations have expired or a the activities were simply questionable. 45, worse case, is looking at civil penalties. Besides I doubt much of the public really cares very much. One of the crimes 45 is accused of is failing to pay 55% of a 1/2 billion dollar transfer of wealth from his dad. He only paid 5%. Not while this is tax fraud, most people would agree, I'm sure, that but 55% come is confiscatory -- robbery. So the the family did their best to shield their wealth -- big deal. And 45 grossly exaggerated about how he acquired his wealth -- not exactly a news flash... So while I commend the Times for their journalism, it is a bit late in the process. Where was the NY Times in 2016? Oh, I remember, they were busy providing 45 a tremendous platform to the exclusion of all the other candidates.

@Valjeanne Jeffers, For my purposes I just need a list of ISBN13s

Yeah as soon I put words you your mouth i knew you would object (understandably). Of course my position has evolved as more information becomes available, but as more time elapses that just gets me closer to being a $100 richer and to have the privilege of saying, "I told you so!" which is almost worth as much

Hey @Valjeanne Jeffers yes your aalbc page: https://aalbc.com/authors/author.php?author_name=Valjeanne+Jeffers what category (#Horror #Steamfunk #Afrofuturism ) best fits the book you posted. @Mel Hopkins which category listed above best fits your book or should I create a new one, "urban fantasy?"

Yeah that actually works as long as you don't don't care what kind if attention you get... and many people don't. Indeed some seem to enjoy it... Stormy Daniel's, Omarosa, 45, and of course your classic trolls.

Your social footprint has been a factor in how you are assessed and has been for a longtime. Do you remember Klout? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klout Still the number of "likes" and "shares" is the same thing, no likes you feel worthless; more likes you are happy. Both moods are hollow and fleeting, so people get caught up in sharing to the point of even lying.

Hey @Valjeanne Jeffers please share the link to you page.

Therein lies the problem. This is magical thinking and repeating it, however vehemently, will not make it any more likely.

@Kalexander2 Absolutely. Man, just concede it it already October. Nobody is impeaching 45 before the midterms and the the Republicans hold the house it wont happen this term. Even I'd the dems get control of the house, 45 can't be removed before the end of the year. Even Del has come to grips with this reality, and has moved on from trying to support this scenario. You should too.

Hi @Valjeanne Jeffers, anything that helps booksellers helps book sales. The most common comment I get about this list is from people who were unaware of the stores that support black writers in their city.

Hey @Valjeanne Jeffers please visit your page on AALBC and let me know if I'm missing any titles. Of the three categories let me know which one would be best to put your book in.

This book just came in and we will be publishing a review next month. It is exactly the the of book I'm talking about. Material Witness: The Drew Smith Series (Book 3) by Norwood Holand Publication Date: Sep 17, 2018 List Price: $15.99 (store prices may vary) Format: Paperback Classification: Fiction Page Count: 336 ISBN13: 9780983165699 Imprint: Windmill Books

Hey Milton, I'll looking for more titles to highlight in the "Top 10" lists I'm compiling. You mentioned the following categories: Sword and Soul, Steamfunk, Afrofuturism, Africanfuturism, African Fantasy, Science Fiction, Paranormal, Urban Fantasy, Horror You or anyone is welcome to post prospective titles for the lists. Also, share some of your Horor titles on the Lipstick Alley book forum where there was recent conversation on horror books. I posted about Sumiko Saulson, you'll find some additional potential readers there. Happy Black Speculative Fiction Month!

@Pioneer1 no, Tariq's own behavior illustrates why his point is impossible to implement. If Tari himself demonstrates no ability or desire to adhere to it himself? I remember the video of Tariq going in on Dr. Umar. I actually agreed with much of what Tariq said but I completely disagreed with how he said it. It was actually childish. I lost a lot of respect for Tariq as a result of watching tha video. So while you or I would not disrespect another Black man for a white audience. Many successful Brothers will and do; Tariq is a perfect example. No one ever gave me a code... This is just self respect and respect for one's people, which should come somewhat naturally. No code is needed. Maybe all we need is solidarity to each other rather than to personal gain.

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I see now Google is feeding me pro Cosby stuff. I'm 40 minutes into this video and I believe I've agreed with everything thing this Brother said.

Cosby was clearly far from perfect but he was always supportive of Black people

@Pioneer1 I just listened to the entire Tariq Nasheed video you posted the other day. The code of Black men never speaking against another Black man in public sounds good. But Tariq, made it sound like no other culture does this. When the reality is they do. I defy anyone to think of some heinous thing that a white people has done -- even to a Black person -- where another white person has not condemned the action. White people trash each other in the media all day long indeed this is quite a lucrative activity. In fact, I'd argue that it is Black people who have adopted this code of not speaking against another Black person. Look how little criticism Barack Obama got. In fact, he got so little criticism many people people think he walks on water. Barack got very little criticism from Black folks because he shut down folks like Cornel West and as far as I know Barack did not give a single interview to a Black-owned newspaper (I know he went at least the first 6 years in office without doing it). Still, how many Black men openly condemned Cosby when the news broke -- virtually none. Speaking personally, I called anyone who would not vote for Obama a "self-hating negro," including @Cynique (sorry I was wrong). I shared evidence supportive of Bill Cosby's innocence (I still would do this even given the benefit of hindsight). But here is the kicker Pioneer; Tariq, IN THE VERY SAME VIDEO, was critical of people like Don Lemon. How do you square his calling for a code that he himself violates in the same interview?! Did you listen to what the man was saying? Man, we have to be more critical of ourselves not less.

These young men live in a completely different world than the vast majority of Americans. I got a glimpse of this world as my kids went to one of these elite NYC prep schools and I worked at Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street firms for 15 years, and attended a top business school.. Most people have no clue just how privileged these white boys. Some Black people strive to be like them, the ones that look down on other Black people who can not be in this "class" turn my stomach -- literally, they disgust me. That said if it is not Kavanaugh is not hired would be another clone. Obama loved these people and used them through his administration. The whole system is fu*ked. On a related subject John Oliver did a segment lambasting florida and it's oppressive voter suppression laws. There was an article in the paper where Florida discovered a guy 30 years later and took aways his right to vote. He attempted to cash a bad check for less than $300 got a felony conviction did not server time, he has no realistic chance at appeal as the video below will explain. Privileged white men created these laws to enhance their wealth. There is a opportunity to change this law, Florida, but since so many of the people who would vote for this have been disenfranchised there is no guarantee that the law will be changed, especially sInce poor white folks show no lack of willingness to vote against their own self-interests.

LOL! I looked it up OTP but could not figure out what it meant. I gather the perimeter is the boundary created by I 285, and that Six Flags over Georgia would be considered OTP West; is that right? As far a spiritual meccas how about Sedona Az. It is a lovely place and there are nothing but crystal gazing hemp users out there.

@Cynique well I'm sure you KNOW I was just joking and you understand why a casual observer might draw the conclusion, which was perhaps why I thought it would be funny Now while @Pioneer1 may have an inflated ego and will certainly never admit he is wrong, the notion that he is smarter than educated individuals (a notion bolstered by @Delano in the recent past) is not something I'd question Pioneer relative to a college graduate. You just don't need to be genius to get a college degree and there are many bright individuals who don't earn a degree for a variety of reasons. What I would question is Pioneer's information and how he uses it. As he continues to state that Black men were on Earth for millions of years is a comment I just simply ignore, as well as everything that flows from it. Pioneers "bestilaity" comment made me chuckle though I would definitely stop short of comparing Pioneer to 45. 45 strikes me as sociopath -- having no empathy for the people he hurts. Indeed exhibiting a willingness to hurt someone when he stands to benefit simply because he has no conscious to bother him like a normal person. I would not put Pioneer in that bucket. Yeah I miss a lot of the regular posters too, ABM, Thumper, etc, etc.

When you ask Google Home's Smart Assistant to “name some African American websites,” Google pulls the information from AALBC. While Google cite's AALBC as the source, I would be much happier if they compensated me for my research. If AALBC's information is good enough to reference on a service for which people pay them, shouldn't AALBC.com be compensated? Honesty I don't mind Google or anyone sharing the information -- indeed I encourage it. This is why I researched the information and maintain it on AALBC, but if a multi billion dollar corporation is using it to enhance their services, why shouldn't the underlying sources, like AALBC, be compensated? I'm not talking about a lot of money, a buck a query, 10 cents, a penny -- something! Google presents the same information information on their search engine results page (see screenshot below). Google calls these “Rich Snippets,” and encourages developers to markup their HTML to make it easier for Google to pull this information from their webpages to create these rich snippets. The problem with these rich snippets, on the web, is that they discourage searchers from visiting the underlying websites. As these Rich Snippets often provide the answers searcher are seeking right on the search engine results page (SERP). Google argues this provides the best search experience for their visitors, this may be true, but the reality is that it this is killing the underlying websites by robbing them of traffic they would have received if Google did not put the website's content right on the SERP. I've argued for years that Google putting their own bookstore on the SERP page has all but killed Black book websites. I just read an article on the New York Times, “The Big Secret of Celebrity Wealth: (Is That No One Knows Anything) Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pine and Chris Pratt are cumulatively worth $150 million, according to your Google results. Are they really?” This article was interesting because it informed me that Google is using these rich snippets on the Home devices. I was already aware that query above generated a Rich Snippet in on the Google SERP and I was able to quickly confirm that Google was using the same information in their Home devices which is depicted in the video I created above. The Times article goes on to explain that the site Celebrity Net Worth's information is used by Google as well. I was already aware that Google are using their data because earlier in the year I read an article on The Outline last year, “How Google eats a business whole: Google’s Featured Snippets are not only often wrong, they’re also damaging to small businesses that depend on search traffic.” The Times articles focused on the inaccuracy of the information provided by Celebrity Net Worth, that Google is sharing, while The Outline's article focused on how Google destroyed Celebrity Net Worth's traffic. Google asked Celebrity Net Worth for a sample for their data for potential use on Rich Snippets. Celebrity Net Worth declined, not seeing and benefit, and Google took the data anyway -- causing an immediate 65% drop in Celebrity Net Worth's traffic. I actually reached out to the owner of Celebrity Net Worth and explained that the same exact thing happened to my website thanks to Google's bookstore. There are not too many people who "get this" and it was refreshing to talk to someone who does. He encouraged me to reach out to The Outline, who ultimately ran a similar story about AALBC, “Google is jeopardizing African-American literature sites.” While the article made some important points, it also provided an unusually harsh and factually inaccurate critique of the website. After some back and forth I was able to get some of the inaccurate information about the AALBC removed. Despite that experience, I'm still glad the article was published, because people can judge AALBC for themselves. Speaking about Google sharing inaccurate information, Google exploits Wikipedia to the hilt. I wrote about this over 5 years ago in an article, “The Pimping of Wikipedia: Contributing to the Decline of the World Wide Web.” Google makes liberal use of Wikipedia's information not just in the Rich Snippets, but Google also uses Wikipedia's images and biographies for the author information in their own book store! Now if I copied Wikipedia's information directly, as Google does, Google would bury AALBC in search results -- rendering it undiscoverable. Since Google is monetizing Wikipedia, why is Wikipedia always begging for contributions?! I will never give Wikipedia a dime. Google needs to pay Wikipedia, and Wikipedia needs to pay the people who create Wikipedia's content -- end of story! This is just one reason wealth inequality has greatly increased. The writers who contribute content to Wikipedia are expected to volunteer their services while Google gets rich off the content. Don't for one second think that because users get answers from Google for "free" that there is some societal benefit here: There isn't. As websites are weakened by Google using their content without compensation, the ability of these websites to provide continue to produce quality content is diminished. Google still relies on their information and quality of Google's answers suffers -- often with comical results (or tragic depending upon you perspective).