A Peek Inside Travis Hunter’s New Jacksonville Mansion
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Glenn Beck Discovers Black History
Gasp and swoon — Glenn Beck discovers that blacks have been all but removed from American history during the founding of this great nation. He gives his viewers a history lesson. Gee, thanks. SOURCE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgPsdPfGJsU&feature=player_embedded
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The Black Citizen's Guide to Police Confrontation
After the punch seen around the world involving a “rebellious” teenager and an “angry” cop, Smokey Fontaine has developed the Black Citizen’s Guide to Police Confontation. Read on and find out the first six suggestions for ways to protect ya’ neck when dealing with the police. 1. Think carefully about your words, movement, body language…
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Relationship Expert Blames Church for Black Women's Relationship Woes
Relationship expert and advice columnist Deborrah Cooper has called out the black church in conspiring to keep black women single. In her manifesto, which tells it like it t-i-is, Cooper says that black male preachers use the church to communicate to black women that someone will magically appear. Cooper believes that black women put too…
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Garry 'Diaperman' Shider of Parliament Funkadelic Dies
Gary “Diaperman” Shider, also know as Starchild and Doo Wop Gary, has passed away. Shider, who fought a long battle with brain and lung cancer, succumbed in his Upper Marlboro, Md., home. Shider was the musical director for legendary band Parliament Funkadelic. He was known for his funk guitar work and tremendous songwriting skills. A…
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Obama's Summer Homework
President Barack Obama did the most CEO-like thing he’s ever done on Tuesday: He under-promised and over-delivered. And if he plans to get reelected in 2012, that’s what he’ll keep doing. Having lowered the bar for himself by first taking a by-the-numbers overnight visit to the Gulf Coast and then delivering a hum-drum national address…
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Colbert I. King Calls Out Limbaugh and Gingrich on Fatherhood
Colbert I. King was feeling froggy on Father’s Day. He pointed out the contradictory behavior of GOP darlings Rush Limbaugh and Newt Gingrich, who have taken President Obama to task for being from a “broken home.” Some of his critiques include their serial marriages, i.e. “broken homes,” and their propensity for younger women and affairs.…
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Memo to BP: You Can Run, but You Can't Hide
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis could easily have been describing our moment many years ago when he famously warned his opponents, ”You can run, but you can’t hide.” In the context of covered-up child abuse by the Vatican, an environmental disaster of epic proportions created by British Petroleum, and the destructive motion through the room of…
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Turmoil Erupts on French and English World Cup Teams
All is not well on the World Cup front for two European soccer teams whose fans have been deeply disappointed by their performances in South Africa. France’s team, which came in second at the 2006 event and won it all in 1998, went into open revolt Sunday. The team refused to practice in protest against…
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My Two Dads
”He wants to talk to me.” ”Who?” ”My sperm donor.” I was telling my dad this as we sat across from each other in a deli in New York City, waiting on lunch. It was this past March and the day was cool, calm and collected. But I couldn’t say the same for myself. For…
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Remembering Pappy
During the summer before I went to high school, my father, Pappy — by this time an older man with bad knees, a thick salt-and-pepper beard, and a powerful-looking bald head — took off from work, packed up our sedan and drove me down Interstate 95 to Fredericksburg, Md., same as he did every year.…