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  • Check It Out: Gucci Mane Levels Woman with Haymaker

    Was it that serious? Davey D wants to know what, if anything, came of Gucci Mane slugging a former partner in rhyme, Mac Breezy, at a party. Gucci’s doing short time for a parole violation and, on with a much-anticipated album set for release, Davey D of Hip Hop and Politics wonders what all of…

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  • Obama and Jintao: The Newest Planeteers

    Greenhouse gases aren’t tight. Even less tight? The fact that the US and China have the dubious honor of being the world’s largest producers of greenhouse gases. Figuring there won’t be much to govern and control if the earth goes kaput, Presidents Obama and Hu Jintao have decide to take action in climate change. From…

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  • The Supreme Court Doesn't Care About Native American People

    Redskins is just not a nice name and while the Supreme Court justice might concede as much in private, they’ve decided that the Native American activists’ suit to have the Washington Redskins change their name is not worth their time. From the Washington Post: “The court without comment refused to get involved in the long-running…

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  • Charlie Last Name Wilson Says: Get Your Prostate Checked

    In the midst of a career comeback, Charlie Wilson, famed Gap Band frontman, was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He battled back and is now a spokesperson for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Sitting down with Mark Anthony Neal of NewBlackMan, he discussed his experience and what men need to do with regard to prostate health: “NBM:…

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  • Obama To Chinese: Get On Your Human Rights (Please)!

    President Obama is in China on a diplomatic excursion and today had a Town Hall meeting with students to chit chat about America’s core principles and the glory of freedom. From The Washington Post: “Meeting with a carefully screened group of students at the marquee event of his Asia trip, President Obama on Monday sought…

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  • Check It Out: You're Off-Base, Chairman Steele

    Allow the Daily Show to explain…

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  • So, About Gay Marriage in DC…

    It’s power-play time for the Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, DC. They announced Wednesday that if DC passes a same-sex marriage law, they’ll pull their social programs. From The Washington Post: “The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington said Wednesday that it will be unable to continue the social service programs it runs for the District if the…

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  • The Confab — Nov. 13, 2009

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  • Tennessee Vols Football Players Arrested for Armed Robbery

    Why play football on scholarship when you can try to stick people up with a pellet gun? Thursday, Janzen Jackson, Nu’Keese Richardson and Mike Edwards of the University of Tennessee’s football team were arrested for attempting the latter in a Knoxville convenience store parking lot. From ESPN: “According to a Knoxville City Police report, the…

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  • 9/11 Mastermind, Other Sets to Go on Trial in NYC

    A military tribunal won’t get its hands on Khalid Sheik Mohammed. But a New York federal court will get the opportunity to try the man who claims to be the mastermind of the of the 9/11 attacks along with four others. From The Washington Post “The long-awaited decisions on prosecution, part of President Obama’s quest…

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