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Wanting to Avoid the One-Time, Bashir Avoids Uganda Conference
From Al Jazeera: “Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s president, has decided not to travel to Uganda for an economic conference after he was warned he could be arrested on war crimes charges, officials in Kampala have said. “The understanding is that he will not be coming,” James Mugume, the permanent secretary of Uganda’s foreign affairs ministry, said on Friday. The…
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Obama Says: Those Indonesian Attacks Were Extremely Lame
From Breibart: “President Barack Obama is condemning a pair of suicide bombings at American hotels in Indonesia on Friday. Investigators say the attacks at two hotels in Jakarta killed eight people and wounded more than 50. Obama says the U.S. government “stands ready” as a friend and partner to help its ally in the effort…
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VIDEO: Pat Buchanan Reminds Us "White Men Built This Country"
Next week, Maddow will be sitting down with some Black Israelites from Philly who plan to call her the devil.
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VIDEO: Barbara Boxer Makes Some Black Folks Mad
Come on, Babs. You should have at least thrown in a few more groups to throw off the scent.
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Steve McNair's Wife to Oversee Estate
From ESPN: “The widow of slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair says in court documents that her husband left no will and a judge in Nashville has ruled that she will oversee his estate. Davidson County Probate Judge Randy Kennedy granted Mechelle McNair’s request to administer the estate and gave her 60 days to file…
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…And So Began the Health Care War…
From The AP: “House Democrats are preparing to advance legislation that would deliver on President Barack Obama’s promise to remake the nation’s costly health care system and cover some 50 million uninsured. On the heels of the Senate health committee’s approval Wednesday of a plan to revamp U.S. health care, three House committees with jurisdiction…
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VIDEO: Michael Jackson Pepsi Accident Footage
People have often joked about this incident and when you hear the story it is kind of funny. A famous singer’s Jheri curl going up in flames. That’s sketch-worthy. When you see the footage, it’s decidedly less funny. The Pepsi commercial
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Now I'm Pissed
I am not easily angered. But as I watched the second day of confirmation hearings for Judge Sonia Sotomayor, I grew closer and closer to the stereotype. Angry-black-woman syndrome—hard to get along with, excitable, overly aggressive, difficult, a bully and a badgerer—began to set in. The subject of my ire? The unbelievably condescending questioning by…
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168 Feared Dead in Iran Plane Crash
From CNN: “A plane crashed Wednesday in northwestern Iran, state television reported. All 168 aboard were believed to be dead. The passenger plane is thought to have crashed near the Iranian city of Qazvin, Iranian Press TV reported. The Russian-made Tupolev plane went down near Jannat-abad village near Qazvin at 11:33 a.m. on Wednesday, the…
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