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Making Money with #POTUS45, feat. CJ Thompson of Capital Connoisseur Group
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/making-money-w-potus-45-feat-cj-thompson-of-capital
2017-07-24T17:30:00.000Z
2017-07-24T17:30:00.000Z
LeShelle, host of MinorityReport
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/LeShellehostofMinorityReport
<div><p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828596968,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828596968,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-full" alt="3828596968?profile=original" /></a>[<a href="https://www.facebook.com/capitalconnoisseur,%20https://twitter.com/CapitalConnois,%20and%20https://www.linkedin.com/in/capital-connoisseur-76ab7992!" target="_blank">click to watch the interview</a>]</p><p>CJ Thompson founded Capital Connoisseur Group to provide exceptional financial services to those specifically in under served areas. CJ combines is professionalism and personal touch to help you prosper. Full Service Financial Planning is available. Do not delay; contact CJ at 202-656-0306, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/capitalconnoisseur">https://www.facebook.com/capitalconnoisseur</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CapitalConnois">https://twitter.com/CapitalConnois</a>, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/capital-connoisseur-76ab7992">https://www.linkedin.com/in/capital-connoisseur-76ab7992</a>!</p><p></p></div>
Beyond the Prom - What You Need to Know About Money
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/blog-post-beyond-the-prom-what-you-need-to-know-about-money
2017-06-14T16:30:00.000Z
2017-06-14T16:30:00.000Z
LeShelle, host of MinorityReport
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/LeShellehostofMinorityReport
<div><p></p><blockquote><p><span><span class="color_10"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828595385,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-center" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828595385,original{{/staticFileLink}}" width="246" alt="3828595385?profile=original" /></a><em><strong>For a basic introduction to a proactive approach to personal finance, I highly</strong></em></span></span><em><strong> <span><span class="color_10">recommend 10 Things College Students Need to Know About Money by Shay Olivarria.</span></span></strong></em></p></blockquote><div id="comp-ifac6jel2_SinglePostMediaTop_MediaPost__0_0_def_16" class="flex_vbox"><div class="label s_usaAWRichTextClickableSkin" id="comp-ifac6jel2_SinglePostMediaTop_MediaPost__0_0_author"><div id="comp-ifac6jel2_SinglePostMediaTop_MediaPost__0_0_authorrichTextContainer" class="s_usaAWRichTextClickableSkin_richTextContainer s_usaAWRichTextClickableSkinrichTextContainer"><div class="label s_usaAWRichTextClickableSkin"><div class="s_usaAWRichTextClickableSkin_richTextContainer s_usaAWRichTextClickableSkinrichTextContainer"><p class="font_9"><a href="http://www.minorityreporttvshow.com/blog/author/LeShelle-A.Smith" target="_blank">LeShelle A.Smith</a> | <span>I have been sitting on this book, waiting for the right time to post my book review and after seeing the extravagance my people exercise during prom season, this seemed like the perfect opportunity to reign some folks back into reality.</span> </p></div></div></div></div></div><p></p><p class="font_8"><span><span class="color_10"><span>Stuntin’ on social media is not what’s hot. Real rap. My vernacular may be dated, so let me say this another way. </span><span><span>Renting, borrowing, leasing, pretending and spending money you don’t have to take photographs of material possessions that you can’t afford to impress other people, hoping to go viral on the internet for 4 seconds of “fame” is not wisdom. </span></span><span>Flat out.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p class="font_8"><span>Allow me to give you a disclaimer: I have been a self-sufficiency program facilitator for 6 years. I advocate for entrepreneurship and against poverty, assisting individuals as they acquire resources on their path towards building wealth. Before I became a facilitator, I was a program participant… living 120% below the poverty line, in college as an adult learner, working two part-time jobs and three – yes – 3 internships, with a child at home (or in class with me).</span></p><p></p><p class="font_8"><span>I personally know about being broke and broken, chasing the American dream that begins with a college education. I finally got my BA in Corporate Communication (yay, me) in 2014 and it cost: Blood. Sweat. Tears. And. Money. I may not be a millennial but I paid millennial college tuition so I feel their/y’all’s plight.</span></p><p></p><p class="font_8"><span>What I see coming behind the millennials are lot of young people (individuals in high school, born after 1998) whose mindsets are on being rich, but not being wealthy. So let me spell it out for them if no one put them on to game – Wealthy is quiet; Rich is loud; Broke is flashy.<br /> <br /></span></p><p class="font_8"><strong><span class="font-size-6"><span><span><a href="http://www.minorityreporttvshow.com/single-post/2017/05/22/Beyond-the-Prom---What-You-Need-to-Know-About-Money" target="_blank">Read the full blog post!</a></span></span></span></strong></p></div>
Financial Revolution???
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/financial-revolution
2016-04-13T19:49:09.000Z
2016-04-13T19:49:09.000Z
Dr. Kinaya C. Sokoya
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/DrKinayaCSokoya
<div><p><font size="3">Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders is calling for a political revolution. Part of his proposed revolution is breaking up the big financial institutions on Wall Street. </font> <font size="3">His call has touched the hearts and minds of many progressive Democrats between the ages of 18 – 35. Let’s delve a little deeper into this proposal.</font></p><p><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">First of all, we understand (somewhat) how this change would affect Wall Street, but what about us on Main Street?</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Not much.</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">We who live on Main Street are struggling with low and/or stagnant wages, and high debt, including student loans.</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">There is talk to address these issues but, in the meantime, there is another huge problem that no one is talking about – the credit bureaus that track our income and expenditures.</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">First of all…why are there</font> <u><font size="3">three</font></u> <font size="3">of them with differing information? How is it they can post anything they want on our records without our prior knowledge, consent, or confirmation?</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Why do we have the responsibility of monitoring their records and correcting errors when we see them, or have to hire another company (and spend money we don’t have) to do the work for us?</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Why do they have more information on us than we have on ourselves?</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Why are we considered guilty of negative information they post, instead of being innocent until proven guilty?</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Minimally, this practice causes unnecessary purchase and credit denials, and STRESS. How did we become so complacent in accepting this blatant violation of our Constitutional rights? Doesn’t the 4</font><sup><font size="2">th</font></sup><font size="3">amendment of the Constitution protect us from unreasonable search and seizure? Well, let’s see.</font></p><p><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Remember COINTELPRO, the counterintelligence program of the FBI that spied on many Americans, particularly African Americans?</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">COINTELPRO was found illegal in the 1970s; however, after September 11</font><sup><font size="2">th</font></sup><font size="3">, the spying program was resurrected and called the Patriot Act.</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Fortunately, this Act expired a few years ago after we found out that the National Security Administration was reading all of our e-mail.</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">I don’t remember (and I’m old) voting on or agreeing to corporations tracking my finances.</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Some folks might say, “Well, that’s just the way it is.”</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Really? Since when?</font></p><p><font size="3">Just because corporations have the technology to track people this way, does not give them the right to do it. We should be able to control our own information, and share information we choose when we are negotiating a deal. Corporations should not have more information on us than we agree to share with them. </font> <font size="3">They should not be able to call an unknown database and approve or disapprove a negotiation, saying they will send a written explanation later in the mail.</font> <font size="3"> </font><font size="3">The current practice has created a financial caste system that disproportionately affects people of color, given America’s history of redlining and structural racism. It is obscene. While we are considering a political revolution, we need to focus on one of the major infringements that directly affect us – credit bureaus.</font><font size="3"> </font> <font size="3">Let us raise our voices to end this system of undue surveillance and oppression. Eradicate the system.</font></p><p><font size="3">© Sokoya Enterprises</font></p><p></p></div>
Republicans Exaggerate Alexi Giannouilias Role In Bank Takeover while Feds Made It Clear that employees and depsitors were safe.
https://www.theblacklist.net/profiles/blogs/republicans-exaggerate-alexi
2010-04-24T23:43:34.000Z
2010-04-24T23:43:34.000Z
Mark S. Allen
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/MarkSAllen
<div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', 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class="yshortcuts"><strong><font size="5">Republican Mark Kirk and his aides STRETCH the truth regarding Alexi Giannouilias and Bank employees and depositors</font></strong></span></em></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;" align="center"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div align="center"><div style="display:block;float:left;margin-left:0px;" id="share-tools-wrapper" class="pkg horizontal-share"><h3 id="share-tools-title"><em><span class="yshortcuts"><span id="tweetmeme-share"></span> <a class="smedia stumbleupon" title="Stumble this entry" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.chicagonow.com%2Fblogs%2Fand-the-ordinary-people-said%2F2010%2F04%2Frepublican-mark-kirk-and-his-aides-stretch-the-truth-regarding-alexi-giannouilias-and-bank-employees-and-depositors.html&title=Republican%20Mark%20Kirk%20and%20his%20aides%20STRETCH%20the%20truth%20regarding%20Alexi%20Giannouilias%20and%20Bank%20employees%20and%20depositors" target="_blank"><span id="stumbleupon-share"></span></a></span></em></h3></div><div class="entry-content"><div class="pkg vertical-share"><h3><em>Why during the midst of the federal takeover of The Broadway Bank did we not see bank employees on Tv crying about the jobs they lost or a rush on the bank by bank depositors withdrawing their accounts in fear of their money being lost by the takeover?</em></h3><h3><em>Maybe its because federal regulators publicy assured Bank employees that their current jobs were safe, and that ALL bank accounts were safe to use as usual. As a matter of fact, many media outlets were reporting that in the midst of the well publicized bank takeover, that NEW customers were coming into the bank and signing up for new accounts!!</em></h3></div><p><em><font size="3"><strong>Despite what the feds were telling bank staff and existing and new customers that it was still safe to do business with the bank, there was Republican candidate <span style="border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;" id="lw_1272152352_7" class="yshortcuts">Mark Kirk</span> and his spinsters constantly saying things to the opposite that bank employees jobs were in jeapordy, etc. There are some banks that the feds have taken over that were in even mnuch worse shape at its fed takeover than the Broadway Bank but this one involves candidate Ginnouilias and so his role as an individual senior bank official is being exaggerated by Republican Kirk and staff and some major media for sheer political purposes!</strong></font></em></p><p></p><p><em><font size="3"><strong>Thank goodness for the bank employees and existing and new customers the new MB Financial Bank believed in the words of the <span style="border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;background:transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%;" id="lw_1272152352_8" class="yshortcuts">federal regulators</span> and not Republican Kirk and his staff. Now it relains to be seen what the rest of Illinois voters think going into November as I am sure that the negative and exaggerated spin of Kirk and his operatives are going to keep beating their issues in, and maybe Giannoulias only defense is to keep replaying the quotes of the feds saying that the staff and customers of the former Broadway bank was secured the very next business day after the name change.</strong></font></em></p><p><em><font size="3"><strong>*****************************************************************8</strong></font></em></p><p></p><p><em><strong>37 years in public service</strong></em></p><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new 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style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;" align="center"></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;" align="center"><em><strong><span id="lw_1272057296_0" class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1272151122_0" class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1272152352_0" class="yshortcuts">Rev. Al Sharpton</span></span></span> calls <span id="lw_1272057296_1" class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1272151122_1" class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1272152352_1" class="yshortcuts">Mark Allen</span></span></span> "One of Chicago's legendary political activists," and Mark was recently honored as one of "Who's Who In Black Chicago!"</strong></em></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;" align="center"></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;" align="center"><font size="4"><em><strong><font size="5">MARK S. ALLEN</font></strong></em></font></div><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;" align="center"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:18pt;"><div align="center"><em><font size="3"><strong>Associate Editor</strong></font></em></div><div align="center"><em><font size="3"><strong>The South Street Journal Newspaper</strong></font></em></div><div align="center"><em><font size="3"><strong>Board Member</strong></font></em></div><div align="center"><em><font size="3"><strong>The <span id="lw_1272152352_2" class="yshortcuts">Chicago <span id="lw_1271880222_2" class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1272055883_3" class="yshortcuts">Black Wall Street Project</span></span></span></strong></font></em></div><div align="center"><em><font size="3"><strong>Founder/Director</strong></font></em></div><div align="center"><em><font size="3"><strong>The <span id="lw_1272152352_3" class="yshortcuts">Black Leadership Development Institute</span>, BLDI</strong></font></em></div><span id="lw_1272151122_4" class="yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;" id="lw_1272152352_4" class="yshortcuts"></span></span><div align="center"><span class="yshortcuts"><em><font size="3"><strong>449 East 35th Street, 1st Floor</strong></font></em></span></div><div align="center"><span class="yshortcuts"><em><font size="3"><strong>Chicago, Illinois 60616</strong></font></em></span></div><div align="center"><em><font size="3"><strong><span id="lw_1272057296_4" class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1272151122_5" class="yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;" id="lw_1272152352_5" class="yshortcuts">312-624-8351</span></span></span> or cell <span id="lw_1272057296_5" class="yshortcuts"><span id="lw_1272151122_6" class="yshortcuts"><span style="border-bottom:#0066cc 1px dashed;" id="lw_1272152352_6" class="yshortcuts">773-392-0165</span></span></span></strong></font></em></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><em><span class="yshortcuts"><strong>BREAKING NEWS BRIEFS</strong></span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span class="yshortcuts"><strong>SATURDAY, APRIL 24th, 2010</strong></span></em></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>