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Glenn Beck Goes in on Malia Obama
Glenn Beck: Classy as ever Glenn Beck, who repeatedly and angrily tells his alleged persecutors to “leave the families alone,” spent a good chunk of his radio program this morning mocking and attacking the intelligence of President Obama’s 11-year-old daughter, Malia. Obama remarked yesterday during his press conference that Malia asked him of the Gulf…
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NEWS STAND: Why Does Obama Apologize, Mortgage Rates Dip, LA's Killing Fields, and more..
Self-Sabotage: Obama claims responsibility for oil crisis http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100527/ap_on_bi_ge/us_obama_15 We’ll have two eggs, coffee and a side of self-sabotage please. Clearly President Barack Obama is not reading the Root.com. We’re not sure why he’s coming out now to claim responsibility for the BP Oil disaster – you know the one that dwarfs the amount of damage…
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Today in The Obvious: BP Exec Calls Spill 'Environmental Catastrophe'
Apparently, BP wasn’t exactly aware that leaking several Exxon Valdezes has the ability to create something more than modest damage. Now, apparently, they know BP’s top official, who had previously said the environmental impact on Gulf of Mexico would be modest, upgraded his assessment Friday to an “environmental catastrophe.” Also Friday, engineers in the Gulf…
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Senate Committee, House Approve DADT Repeal*
The Senate Armed Services Committee and the House have agreed on a DADT compromise plan that will allow gay troops to serve openly after some conditions are met The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 16-12 to approve compromise language on the repeal in an amendment to the military policy bill. The panel then voted 18-10…
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Alicia Keys Pregnant
Alicia Keys has a bun in the oven The Grammy Award-winning R&B singer has been dating producer Swizz Beatz, who has written hits for Beyonce (bee-AHN’-say), Jay-Z and others. They’re engaged to be married at a private ceremony later this year. Representatives for the couple confirmed the news Thursday night. Keys last year teamed up…
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O'Reilly Says Marc Lamont Hill Looks Like a Coke Dealer. Hill, Inexplicably, Doesn't Slap Him
O’Reilly and Hill are discussing what to do to stem the flow of drugs across the border and things quickly get awkward
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Is the Gulf Spill 'Obama's Katrina'?
In Thursday’s press conference on the federal government response to the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama was asked what he thought of criticism that his administration has reacted slowly to the crisis. His response was, “I’ll leave it to you guys to make those comparisons.” Why? Leave it to anyone…
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Meatless Mondays? Sounds like a Great Idea
I’ve been reading a lot lately about the Meatless Monday movement, an international campaign to get everyone to reduce their meat consumption by 15 percent for not only our own health, but the health of the planet. Works for me. The most recent story I read about the movement was in The Huffington Post. It…
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Quick Clips: The Most Influential Blacks in Punk
If you thought punk was an all white genre, you’re sadly mistaken. Black Voices has highlighted some of the very best in Black punk. Below is just one example 1. DeathUntil they saw an Alice Cooper show in 1973, the Hackney brothers, Bobby, David and Dannis, were just another aspiring R&B group in Detroit. But…
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Sex and the City 2: A Tired Romp
Since 1998, the seminal HBO series Sex and the City has held a certain segment of the American population — a mainly female segment of the American population—in its cosmopolitan thrall. (Present company included.) It has spawned city tours, cocktails, quizzes (apparently I’m Carrie, with a touch of Miranda and Charlotte), a clothing line, a…