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Sep 6, 2008 02:38 AM
See, I've always said the Rev. Jesse Jackson was full of it, and his recent trip to the hospital can leave no doubt. All jokes aside, best wishes to The Good Rev for a speedy recovery....
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Sep 2, 2008 03:03 PM
A new survey reveals that black people don’t invest the way our white counterpoints do, but I didn’t need a study to know that: I’m broke, and not soliquid these days. I’m invested in groceries, utilities, and school clothes, and most of the people I...
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Sep 1, 2008 12:44 AM
Mayor Ray Nagin is right on point , making sure his people evacuate the Big Easy before they are besieged by Hurricane Gustav, but there’s a bigger question that needs an answer. Gustav is a category 3 storm that looks to hit American soil at a category...
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izraelj
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Aug 24, 2008 11:23 PM
Supporters of Sen. Hillary Clinton are planning to voice their discontent outside the Democratic National Convention , as if anyone was surprised. Me? I think it’s important that the Clintonites get their say, but I don’t know if the convention is the...
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Aug 23, 2008 09:28 PM
Sex education, as public policy goes, is always a slippery slope, and Planned Parenthood has a group up in arms, but not for the reasons you think. The Life Education And Resource Network (LEARN ) is demanding that Planned Parenthood remove a video vignette...
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Aug 23, 2008 02:02 AM
Percy Miller, aka Master P, is launching his own family-oriented black TV portal. Calling it Better Black TV, Miller rejects his past as a raunchy, graphic rap artist in favor of providing something more wholesome for the public to consume. Part of me...
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Aug 21, 2008 01:55 AM
Actor Julius Carry III has passed on, his death brought on by pancreatic cancer, according to a Wikipedia entry . Carry was a prolific actor with a resume that included over 50 television and movie roles . He was a member of the Chicago Repertory Company...
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Aug 20, 2008 06:03 PM
Gary Coleman got divorced?! Whutchu talkin' bout, Cupid??!! As it turns out, Coleman re-joins the ranks of eligible bachelors, after getting papers from his wife of eight months Shannon Price some time ago. After rejoicing on the occasion of his nuptials...
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Aug 10, 2008 07:43 PM
Word around the campfire is that there is a reality show called Real Housewives of Atlanta in the offing, maybe to get to air before the end of the summer, and I can’t wait. I’m a big fan of Bravo’s Real Housewives of… series. It reminds me of classic...
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Aug 10, 2008 04:10 PM
The Atlantic has good piece on conspicuous consumption , and it got me to thinking about one of my favorite topics: the poor elite, who we invariably associate with hip-hop culture. Broke people who front rich. As I mention on my personal blog, Bill's...
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Aug 10, 2008 03:18 PM
Comedian Bernie Mac is dead from complications from pneumonia we're told, and as the world mourns and we send our condolences to his family, I can’t help but wonder…. what is to become of the Ocean’s Eleven franchise? Sure, it’s been reported that Ocean’s...
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Aug 8, 2008 03:33 AM
When a sex-tape debutante has the best, smartest energy plan in the country , over our candidates for the highest office of the land, well, it’s really time for them to just run for office or for all patriotic Americans to seriously consider Canadian...
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Jul 31, 2008 06:42 PM
I long ago came out against any apology for slavery , mainly because it would serve no useful purpose. But I’ve come up with Ten Useful Ways America Could Apologize For Slavery. 1. 1. Danish: Nothing says “I’m sorry” like a sweet-roll. Or a fresh crueller....
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Jul 29, 2008 10:19 PM
Rapper Rick Ross’ street creds are on blast, and Nelson George , (my personal blueprint and a rock-star in this verb game) could not have known when he, Robert Locash and Chris Rock sat down to pen CB4 exactly how much art would imitate life. Seems that...
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Jul 25, 2008 03:55 PM
Disney is set to release an animated feature with its first black heroine, called The Frog Princess , sometime near Christmas of 2009, and there are apparent snags holding up production . Not everyone is happy with the storyline, because it’s set in New...
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