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  • The First Mother-In-Law

    izraelj | Nov 19, 2008 06:23 PM
    I know Michelle Obama’s mother Marian is supposed to come along and help with transition for the children , and there are rumors she may stay in the White House. Mark my words: Nothing will bring the White House down quicker than having First Mother-In-Law... More
  • Prince disses gays

    izraelj | Nov 17, 2008 09:31 PM
    When I was coming up in the 80’s, it was pretty much accepted wisdom that singer Prince Roger Nelson was the King Of All Gays. This, even given the fact that a lot of straight cats—including yours truly—were rocking elf boots, eyeliner, lace gloves and... More
  • No Love from Russia

    izraelj | Nov 14, 2008 06:34 PM
    Not only did Russian president Dmitry Medvedev refuse to acknowledge president-elect Barack Obama by name, but he's trying to Deebo-up early in the game, threatening to deploy missiles on Poland if the United States builds an anti-missile system in Europe.... More
  • Obama's Gun Control

    izraelj | Nov 13, 2008 01:40 PM
    Chris Rock has this great routine about gun control. "We don't need more gun control," he says, face sweaty and contorted. "What we need is bullet control! If you charge $500 per bullet, there is no such thing as an 'innocent bystander." There's something... More
  • Mariam Makeba -RIP

    izraelj | Nov 11, 2008 09:39 PM
    Singing songs that captured the emotions of an entire continent, Mariam Makeba was like the African Aretha Franklin and Patti Labelle all rolled into one. Her voice seeped from her soul like sweet honey with a rare power and quality, and she shall be... More
  • Good Morning, America

    izraelj | Nov 10, 2008 03:42 PM
    When America voted Obama in, I’m betting that they weren’t anticipating another kind of change—the disintegration of white privilege and the emergence of a new Black Powe r. Not that either will happen overnight, but now like no other time in history,... More
  • Ralph Nader: Will Obama be an Uncle Tom?

    izraelj | Nov 5, 2008 09:11 PM
    Dung-roach Ralph “The Hater” Nader told Fox News that President-elect Barack Obama has to decide whether he’s going to be Uncle Sam or Uncle Tom . Holy Jesus on The John.There's context, yes, but that was the best literary allusion he cold muster? Already,... More
  • Cleveland's Eastside Voters--Video

    izraelj | Nov 5, 2008 04:33 AM
    There is video from the day of voters at the polling places in Cleveland's Eastside. There is defintely a different mood than there was in 2004. Check it out.... More
  • Toledo Braces for Race Riots

    izraelj | Nov 5, 2008 02:19 AM
    Toledo police are preparing for a riot just in case --WTF? Outfitting themselves in gear they wore in the race riot (?) of 2005 and are at the ready. There was a race riot? Really? I wasn’t in Ohio, but what happened? I call BS on that…. Anybody from... More
  • Voter Problem in Ohio: First-Person Account

    izraelj | Nov 5, 2008 01:26 AM
    Mostly everyone I talk to has had no problem voting. Curiously, I spoke with one young man with a tattoo around his eye Mike Tyson-stylee who thought he voted through ACORN. he was confused as to what that was all about. I asked a couple of people, and... More
  • Joe The Plumber gets in a scuffle

    izraelj | Nov 4, 2008 11:19 PM
    In more Joe the Plumber news, the Ohio-dwelling media meatball almost got his toilet flushed as another plumber tried to clog his pie-hole with a plunger . I guess dude was thinking that Joe is giving real, licensed plumbers a bad name. Joe give plumbers,... More
  • How was your voting experience?

    izraelj | Nov 4, 2008 08:38 PM
    The Plain Dealer is collecting voting experiences , and there are 200+ poll watchers in the streets monitoring the election. Voters in Ohio are having different experiences at the polls, depending on where they live. Some are reporting long lines and... More
  • Joe The Plumber BUSTED

    izraelj | Nov 4, 2008 05:23 PM
    Republican wonder-fart Joe "The Plumber" Wurzelbacher was pulled over for speeding . Cops let him go for fear of retribution of some sort, proving once again that it's not who you know, but who knows the people that you know. That's too deep for me.... More
  • The Early Vote In Ohio

    izraelj | Nov 4, 2008 02:13 PM
    According to published reports, in Northeast Ohio at least 25 percent of the electorate voted early ,and the votes are skewing Democrat. What I find most interesting is the face of the early voters—the suburbs didn’t come out en masse to vote early. I... More
  • Leave kids off Reality TV

    izraelj | Oct 28, 2008 04:40 PM
    According to Essence .com, singer Keith Sweat won’t let his kids participate in a reality show, and that sounds about right to me. His ex-wife, Lisa Hartell, is one of t he Real Housewives of Atlanta , which is turning out to be a chicken-fried mess of... More