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Murder Indictments Against Shaniya Davis’ Mother and Her Accused Assailant Coming Up This Summer. Finally. - I tried to pick up the embed code on this video regarding Shaniya Davis from a North Carolina local station, Channel 14, but it’s not to be found. So I l...44 minutes ago
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He lives precariously by the Sword…everybody else gets the shaft - Clarence Thomas, forever connected to one's privates.1 hour ago
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Identity Vs. Philosophy Among Obama Supporters and the GOP - A great video by the Southern Avenger on the identity versus policy elements within Democrats and Republicans.2 hours ago
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On the Power of Willful Denial: Jewish Germans Who were Not Initially Opposed to the Nazis - Something with which to start Monday (and the week) off. I bristle at the overuse of the phrase, "they are like Nazis." Nazis are Nazis. Nothing less. No...
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"Americanizing" The Bible! - I'm kinda of late on this one but I hope I'm not the only one who find this Bible disturbing. The idea that the American Patriot's Bible intersects the teac...
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Monday Open Thread - Along with West Wing Week, some official White House pics, mostly from Pete Souza. Good Morning. As you begin a new week, don’t forget JJP. Drop those link...5 hours ago
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The Root.com Remembers Lynching And The Rappers Who Died Too Soon But Never Calls Out The High Percentage Of Them Murdered - - Without Sanctuary: Mementos of Lynching - In the decades after the Civil War, segregationists practiced a uniquely American form of t...5 hours ago
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VIDEO: NH GOP Chairman Says U.S. Military Deaths Will Be ‘Completely In Vain’ If Obama Is Reelected - New Hampshire Republicans caused a stir earlier this year when they elected Jack Kimball, a far right Tea Party politician, as the new party chairman. Sinc...6 hours ago
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In praise of AMC and Father's Day. And a phony Obama gets the boot. - I am having* **"The Killing"* withdrawals already. Now what am I supposed to do at 10:00PM on Sunday nights? With all due respect to HBO, AMC is fast beco...
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Open Thread - Rest in peace, Clarence Clemons, 69. "The Big Man" with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band:6 hours ago
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Brew Quotes: Tiki Barber Depressed, “Needs” Football - "The game never needs you because there's always someone else to come and take your place. But right now, I need the game." -Tiki Barber7 hours ago
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IC 254: Father’s Day Controversy - Topics: Why is Father’s Day so complicated? Can men get 1 day please? PETA goes overboard…again Amy Winehouse is on drugs…again…why are we shocked? Weiner ...9 hours ago
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Westboro Baptist Church wimps out in Seattle - Fred Phelps's Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) totally wimped out on the big picket they had planned during today's Seattle Pride Picnic. WBC ar...10 hours ago
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Union Supporters Surround Sarah Palin’s Tea Party Rally - At a Tea Party tax day rally today sponsored by Americans for Prosperity, a Conservative front group, Sarah Palin attended, leaving behind any semblance of...11 hours ago
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Sunday Afternoon Thread - On Father’s Day weekend, President Obama reflects on his experience as a parent and discusses the challenges and necessity of being a good father. Also rea...13 hours ago
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Sunday Getaways: 10 Secret Islands You Didn’t Know Existed - This week, we want to introduce you to 10 remote islands you may not have known about, but will definitely want to visit.
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What All Dads Should Know - Being a dad is no easy task. There are so many things to do and so many things to know. Unfortunately, there is no training manual. All of our experience c...14 hours ago
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Same Sex Marriage Is Destroying Marriage…… - Same Sex Marriage Is Destroying Marriage… NOT spastasmagoria: Yup. Same Sex Marriage Is Destroying Marriage…… -- Originally posted at The Angry Black Woman15 hours ago
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Putting On The New Man: Successful Black fatherhood is possible - Kevin Green, whom I met via Twitter, with his daughter Aquinicia In the recent edition of *The Final Call *newspaper, I was honored to pen a story that app...
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Fake POTUS Pwns RLC! - He was cut short but DAMN he was HILARIOUS! Reggie Brown, President Obama impersonator, takes the stage that the Republican Leadership Convention ... See a...18 hours ago
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Is Radio Talkshow Host Neil Boortz Saying That Blacks Should be Killed? - *Post-racial America?* Not hardly. You never have to go very far to find some vile and racist incident in our nation. Today, it is the radio stylings of N...
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Happy Father’s Day - I want to send best wishes to fathers and father figures everywhere. A special shoutout to my brother Steve and nephews, Darryl and Kenny: Happy Father’s Day.21 hours ago
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The Last Dad on the Block - In a neighborhood where all the grown men had fled their posts, having a father was a mixed blessing [image: Email this Article] [image: Add to digg] [ima...
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Happy Father’s day!!!! - Maaaan nothing i love in this world than a good man being a great father ass father. I don’t care what anyone says, a positive male role model, especially ...1 day ago
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The Minstrel Show At The Republican Leadership Conference - Reggie Brown, an Obama impersonator, stood on stage and did a shuck and jive for the 2011 Republican Leadership Conference. They, of course, enjoyed it. Bu...1 day ago
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Happy Juneteenth from UP - Many of you may know that tomorrow June 19th is Juneteenth and as a gesture of celebration we have decided to share with you some of the history of this ...
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Leftovers. - "I think it could be declared with near certainty, monsieur, that you are not up on that." French postcards from 1910 imagining the year 2000. Sarah Pal...1 day ago
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Drop It Like It's Hot - Thanks again for a marvelous week of conversations everyone. It has long been a goal of mine to make Womanist Musings a truly inclusive and intersectio...1 day ago
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My Dillemma - I hate white people. Yup, I said it. I really hate them. They are ugly, stupid and obnoxious. And they are a bunch of narrow minded privileged bigots. I se...1 day ago
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Pupdate: Ralphie finds a home - Give the dog a bone. Good news! Our little foster dog Ralphie has found a home! He’ll be living in the nearby city of Belo Horizonte with a good family tha...1 day ago
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The Snob On PBS's "To The Contrary" Talkin' Weiner, Sexism - This week on PBS's "To The Contrary," *Bonnie Erbe* was off and the incredible *Dr. Avis Jones-Deweever*, executive director of the National Council o...1 day ago
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Bay Area Peacekeepers Fight City Violence With Love - Gonzalo Rucobo takes an hands on approach in creating alternatives to violence in Richmond, CA.2 days ago
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Saudi Women Drive Cars In Protest (Video) - via New York Times: Saudi Woman’s Driving Video Preserved Online Liberal Politics Feminist News Gender [image: Bookmark and Share]
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PFAW Exposes Bryan Fischer With Lawrence O'Donnell - Last night, People For the American Way senior fellow Peter Montgomery went on MSNBC's *The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell *to discuss the American Fa...2 days ago
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The Friday Sex Blog [Transmutation] - ¡Hola! Everybody… Well, if you’ve been itching to meet yours truly or to kick my ass (or try, motherfucker) I will be hanging out tomorrow at New Jersey’s *...
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When did Dwyane Wade become The Teflon Don of the NBA? - Sometimes life isn't about what's fair. It is what it is, I got a few friends I can think of off the top of my head that just have a way of escaping ridi...
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The Most Racist Campaign Ad, Evar?!? - Uhhhhmmm, yeah. This one's right up there with Willie Horton and "The Hands". And in case you're wondering, yes, this isn't an old MadTV skit, it is inde...
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He Touched My Heart - Jeremiah 29:13 says You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. Around 2 o' clock last Thursday morning (June 9th) I was jolted awa...
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The Death of Life - This following sermonette was brought about by a story I stumbled across on the web about a mother in Chicago receiving the high school diploma of her slai...4 days ago
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Dinner with President Obama: You Too Can Win! - The President of the United States of America is holding a raffle. I received in my email today a fundraiser promotion from President Barack Obama's re-elect...4 days ago
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A Room Of Your Own? - Black women have Clutch, Madame Noire, Essence, Hello Beautiful and a handful of other popular “lifestyle sites” that cater to us*, and while they are read...4 days ago
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June. Even More Amazing. - I know; after such an amazing Mayo, after the wonderful experiences and all the love, how could June be *more* amazing a mere 11 days in? After going on my...
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Wonder if Anthony Weiner was Inspired by the Ying Yang Twins? - With all the madness surrounding the salacious antics of NY Congressman Anthony Weiner, very few people are addressing the ‘real issue’ at hand. What would...1 week ago
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Representative Anthony Weiner ain’t thru catching Hell yet!!! - Poor @RepWeiner!!! I’m personally not shocked about his photos!!! The pictures that he sent aren’t that shocking. It would be the same if Bishop Eddie Lon...
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Look Who’s One!! - That’s right…a year ago today a little corner of the internet called The Mind of the Last Atlanta Native came into being after a little coercing from my bu...2 weeks ago
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Quick Notes 201106 - Wednesday, May 18, 2011 The Factually Inaccurate The factually inaccurate’s coming! The factually inaccurate’s coming!2 weeks ago
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Post Calls Single Ladies “Embarrassing”; I Comment on Giving Bad Black Shows Ratings - Like a lot of people, when VH1′s basketball wives ended on Sunday night I was prepared to make the transition in to LisaRay McCoy and Stacy Dash’s new show...2 weeks ago
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INTERVIEW: C.O.W.S. Program 5/29/2011 - This is one of my first feature interviews....ever. And we got it in. Two hours worth of getting it in. Many thanks to the C.O.W.S. (Context of White Supre...3 weeks ago
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Today At Big Think: Sean Hannity's Sucker MC Obsession With Common - Today's topic at my blog "Resurgence" on *BigThink.com*: Sean Hannity's Sucker MC Obsession With Common * This fake controversy about the rapper Comm...
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Jumping the Broom Celebrates Love - Black love on the big screen has been hard to come by in the past decade. Our classic love films like "Boomerang" and "Love and Basketball" cannot be dupli...5 weeks ago
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Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann: Playa Haters of the Year - After the killing of OBL, everybody was as united as can be. President Barack Obama got praises from everybody, even some of his nemesis like Donald Trum...
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Manic Monday - This Manic Monday offering is a catchy little ditty. A serious oldie but goody. You can find many references to it in pop culture. One of my favorites i...
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Kobe Bryant, Anti-Gay Slurs, & the Fans who Defend Homophobia & “Rape Culture” - NBA superstar and all around superhuman wannabe-rapper, Shaquille O’Neal, dissed Kobe Bryant by kicking a fresh sixteen onetime with the hook, “Kobe, tel...2 months ago
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Monday Open Thread - War (originally called Eric Burdon and War) is an American funk band from California, known for the hit songs “Low Rider“, “Spill the Wine“, “The Cisco Kid...1 hour ago
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The Hives Are On Tour!! - The Hives are on tour :-) – in Europe :-( But lucky for those who are obsessed with all things The Hives, there’s YouTube! Check out some footage from thei...2 hours ago
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Father’s Day is NOT Baby-Daddy Day! - Artist/Blogger Lance Scurvin thanks everyone for all of their Father's Day wishes and then goes on to explain what we should do if we truly loved our child...3 hours ago
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Daddy Issues Much? - Graduation 2005. Crazy how I don't have a picture with me and my dad alone. Yesterday was Father's Day. Due to the busyness of the day, I wasn't able to pos...
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The Pretty Pragmatist: A breakdown of A Belle In Brooklyn’s “Man Manual” - Full disclosure: I dig Demetria Lucas. Not in the “if we were in 4th grade, I totally throw paper at her in homeroom” way, but I appreciate her voice, admi...5 hours ago
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Video Overnight Thread- Stephen Colbert commencement to NU grads: ‘So be great, no pressure’ - We love doing what we do, and your help is always appreciated. You can make a donation through the PayPal button to the right to help us out or choose to...6 hours ago
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Masturbation - *I must admit that I was more than a little amused and even confused over the controversy surrounding Congressman Weiner over the last couple of weeks. ...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham: Congress Should “Shut Up” On Libya - War Powers Act “unconstitutional, not worth the paper it’s written on”9 hours ago
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Naturopathic Cures for Constipation, Hemorrhoids, Ear Itch and Ear Ache - *Raw, Unsalted, Unprocessed Peanuts as an Inexpensive, Natural and Effective Cure for Constipation and Hemorrhoids* Like many people, I use my body as a la...10 hours ago
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A FATHER, HIS FATHER AND THEIR GRANDSON. IT'S FATHER'S DAY! - Oh what a tangled web we weave. Listen, I don't know about anyone else, but Father's Day always gives me a smile and something to reflect on. This year w...
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Tyrese’s Father’s Day Poem: “I Am More Than Just A Man, I Am A Father” - Tyrese is known around the world as an author, a singer and for his work in films such as Baby Boy and the Fast and the Furious series, but his self-procla...12 hours ago
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Movie Review Of The Day - Green Lantern was my favorite DC hero as a child (Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., my favorite Marvel hero). Cory and I saw Green Lantern in 3D Friday nig...13 hours ago
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Jon Stewart Appears on FOX News; Calls FOX News Viewers Misinformed - Chris Wallace doesn’t argue. Jon Stewart is the business, whether it’s calling Tucker Carlson a bow-tie-wearing dick, or calling Fox News insane and stupid...14 hours ago
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Happy Juneteenth - [from the RR archive] This is an African American holiday started in Texas, for obvious reasons. Wikipedia has a nice summary of key info: Juneteenth, also...14 hours ago
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Heads up to our Readers - We have added a new feature that will allow Readers to “like” comments and sort them by popularity. It’s going to be fun! But it means *one of the next t...15 hours ago
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links for 2011-06-19 - - Sarkozy and Africa: A Matter of (Dis)Respect | Ceasefire Magazine "Diplomatic crises between nations may come and go. Yet no president has d...15 hours ago
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Wisconsin Republican Put 6 Impersonators In Recall Elections - And so the games in Wisconsin continues. It’s amazing that elected officials are allowed to act so immature, but this is politics, and unfortunately, these...18 hours ago
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Sunday Social Commentary: Father’s day, cheese graters, and deeze nuts! - Its Father’s Day fvckers. Now if you’re a father… Good for you. That’s what you supposed to do, so a motherfvcker ain’t got to celebrate you doing shyt tha...19 hours ago
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Christianity’s African Roots – Kingdom of Axum Ethiopia - The times we live in today are so much more evil for the Christian, and it’s very important for us to know what it is that we believe because we are called...1 day ago
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No more apologies for being a Daddy's girl - Last year, I ran a heartfelt tribute to my father on Father's Day. Then I was kinda taken aback by people that had real issues with Father's Day and di...
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Comedy, equality, "political correctness" and crossing the line - Everyone's talking about Tracy Morgan's hateful performance at a Tennessee club, plus Chris Rock, Wanda Sykes and Louis C.K.'s responses to the controversy...1 day ago
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Seriously, Get the F*ck Outta Here! - So I’m finishing up my workout at the gym and feeling all good about life when my phone vibrates. I look and see that there’s a new comment on TRSJ so I cl...1 day ago
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Reading Is Fundamental - I have MASSIVE amounts of reading to catch up with! I feel as if I haven't read for pleasure in forever due to being busy. I'm looking to resolve this today!...
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MAN PULLS GUN AT PARTY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MORE CAKE - A Memphis, Tenn. man is behind bars after allegedly pulling a gun on the hostess of a child's birthday party after he and his children arrived late and fou...1 day ago
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Happy Friday! - Happy Friday ya'll!!! It's going to be a great weekend ya'll. For me, it will begin promptly at 3pm this afternoon, when I will exit the workplace and ente...2 days ago
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Ask a Sista at Netroots Nation! - Dr. Goddess is speaking at Netroots Nation on the panel, "Ask a Sista: Black Women Muse on Politics, Policy, Pop Culture and Scholarship", L100 AB, Minneap...2 days ago
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8 Reasons Why Formenism Can Ruin Your Love Life - Despite the fact that “How Feminism is Ruining Your Love Life” traffics in the worst kind of stereotypes around black feminism, we want to respond in the s...2 days ago
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Political Ad as Metaphor for History of the Last 20 years of Hip Hop - Chickens Coming Home to Rooost! - From the Department of Chickens Coming Home to ROOOOST - This intentionally inflammatory video targeting Janice Hahn, a congressional candidate from Califo...2 days ago
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How Do You Accept a Relationship That is Not Going The Way You Want It To? - Before I get into today’s post I have to shout it loud over a bullhorn–> Today is the LAST DAY to get your vote on for the 2011 Black Weblog Awards. Goddes...2 days ago
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Rihanna’s Concert Hits Chicago! - Bellas, I’m still on a high from Rihanna’s concert in Chicago on Wednesday! Thanks to my friends at Roc Nation, I came back from the Bali Style Summit in N...3 days ago
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Mitt Romney got jokes: The Unemployed - Multi-millionaire, Former Massachusetts governor *Mitt Romney* got jokes: The Unemployed After listening to a group of out-of-work Floridians tell their st...3 days ago
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Momma Said There'd Be Days Like This. - [image: dark-days.jpg] First let me say this, I am surprised that blogger has finally let me post on my own blog today. Lately, for the last past months, i...3 days ago
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So I Went to Rihanna’s Chicago Concert - So last night, I went to Rihanna‘s concert at the United Center with my girl Patrice (aka Afrobella). We got hooked up with some VIP tickets so we got dres...3 days ago
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The Economy, the Government, and The Sound Over The Horizon - The Economy's Headed For a Cliff, and There's Nothing We Can Do About It - Except Smile As We Go Over. In spite of the best efforts of Ben Bernacke, the F...
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Bits & Pieces - I’ve been wanting to post but the energy & time just have not been here over the last week or so. This semester has been killing me softly but I’m hanging ...3 days ago
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At Netroots Nation! - Hi all, A bitch is at Netroots Nation in beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota! I don't feel like lugging Ms. Sister Girl Macbook Pro around, so follow me on T...3 days ago
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How the Corporate Right Divided Blacks from Teachers Unions and Each Other - [image: image/jpeg icon]naacp-rally.jpg *by BAR executive editor Glen Ford* Charter school supporters are denouncing the NAACP for filing suit, alon...4 days ago
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Monogamous Me? - I came across the following on BastardLife.com “No one addresses this aspect of monogamy: you have to earn it. I’m not referring to trust here. I’m referri...5 days ago
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Nourish Your Hair With Sénica Senk Shampoo Bar and Conditioner - * Please note this post is sponsored by Sénica* * * The quest for healthy hair can be long and unrewarding. Thankfully there's a new crop of independent ...
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Know thine Enemy so you can learn how to defeat them.... - I try to keep an open mind about different stuff. I try to understand why a person does whatever they do. I try to put myself in the other persons shoes and ...
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The Gas Face: Why You Hate Lebron James like he is an Ex-Girlfriend? - Sunday, the Dallas Mavericks won the NBA title against the maligned Miami Heat. It seems as if everyone is taking shots at Lebron losing in the NBA finals....
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#TWIBIU TV – Episode #8 – “Advocating Kidnapping.” - #TeamBlackness talks the idiocy that is Soulja Boy, the ridiculousness that is Bill O'Reilly, and more. Featuring L Joy Williams, Aaron Rand Freeman and El...1 week ago
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Catch a Tiger By His Toe - *Johnathan Cedano as Tiger Tyson during Confessions' premiere performance at the Downtown Urban Theater Festival (April 2010)* Gifted scholar and activist...
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Men Caught With Their Pants Down and Shirts Off - Let’s face it, people cheat. People are reckless and careless and feel they are invincible. For the record, the people I’m referring to right now, happen t...1 week ago
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Hey Breitbart — Libel is what you did to Shirley Sherrod and helped do to ACORN, NOT what I did to you… - WITH IMPORTANT UPDATE — SEE BELOW Andrew Breitbart — aka The Notorious P.I.G. — took time out of his important work tracking down pictures of Anthony Weine...1 week ago
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Substance Abuse - We need to stop the pimp game by requiring more substance from our leaders than just slogans and naming problems.3 weeks ago
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What are You Willing to Ride For? - I am an avid student of history. The love I have for learning about the human experience across generations was sparked by my 11th grade 20th Century Histo...
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SPD Detective Shandy Cobane: Oops, I Did it Again. My Bad. (Again) - Last week Seattle Police Chief John Diaz announced he would temporarily suspend detective Shandy Cobane as punishment for an incident that happened April 1...5 weeks ago
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The 50th Anniversary of Tennessee State University's Freedom Riders - The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Boynton v. Virginia (1960) gave travelers the legal right to disregard local segregation ordinances regarding inter...
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Them Who Shall Be Asked For Papers - WE BEGIN, but do not end, with the sensational incident where the Obama White House, under Trumpian pressure, produced for public inspection the President’...1 month ago
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Be Back Soon... Or... Later - Gotta focus on work for the next few days. Need to take a little time away from HK for a while. Be back soon—hopefully with some good news to share. Thanks &...1 month ago
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Branch VP Lavonta Williams elected Vice-Mayor of the City of Wichita!!! - This morning, Lavonta Williams, who currently serves as the City Councilwoman for Wichita District 1, the Vice President of the Wichita Branch NAACP, the S...
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Timeline: Ethiopia [del.icio.us] - The BBC provides information on the political events that have shaped the country's current political history.7 months ago
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I Knew There Was Something Off About Barbara Bush: Fetus in a Jar Affected Bush - I have not given a flying crap about George W. Bush's "memoir" *insert vomit face here* *Decision Points *because I knew that the guy had zero ability t...7 months ago
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