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When Santa Goes Green
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Check It Out: Palin Supporters Back Her for Reasons They Can't Identify
Stumbled across this on Insanity Report.
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Have Blacks Been Shafted By The Stimulus?
One issue that I’ve always taken throughout this entire ordeal with the economy that so much has been stressed on the plight of the middle class, but not enough about those with much lower earnings. Yes, the extension of unemployment benefits and other services like food stamps have been helpful, but that additional money comes…
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34.5% of Young Black Men Unemployed
34.5% of Black men between the ages of 16-24 are unemployed and, yes, those are Depression-level numbers. From the Washington Post: These days, 24-year-old Delonta Spriggs spends much of his time cooped up in his mother’s one-bedroom apartment in Southwest Washington, the TV blaring soap operas hour after hour, trying to stay out of the…
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Afghan Troop Decision Expected Next Week
President Obama is expected to make an announce concerning his Afghan troop decision next Tuesday. From the Washington Post: “After completing a rigorous final meeting, President Obama has the information he wants and needs to make his decision and he will announce that decision within days,” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said in an…
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Presenting Fela!
Bill T. Jones’ debut as a Broadway director, with his remarkable new musical, Fela!, is best described by one moment in his staging of Fela Kuti’s smash-hit song “Zombie.” Fela, played by Sahr Ngaujah, stands at one end of the stage—shirtless, sweaty, clad only in tight, pink pants—and hunkers down on a fire-engine-red saxophone trimmed…
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The Blackest Black Friday
It’s that time of year again. No, not Thanksgiving. Who cares? I’m talking about Black Friday! There’s a reason why the biggest shopping day of the year is called Black Friday. And it has nothing to with burnt turkey or Target’s bottom line. The annual discounts offered after Thanksgiving can be hell on the newbie…
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Casino to Build Shrine to MJ's Glove
The glove gets a home. From Reuters: “A casino in the Chinese gambling haven of Macau will open Asia’s first Michael Jackson shrine after its owners bought the late King of Pop’s iconic white rhinestone glove for $350,000 at a U.S. auction. The shrine will be located in the lobby of the casino-resort Ponte 16,…
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High Times: Support for Marijuana Legalization Growing
No stems, no seeds, no sticks, no penalty? Support for marijuana legalization grows around the country as more states approve it for medical use. From the Washington Post: The same day they rejected a gay marriage ballot measure, residents of Maine voted overwhelmingly to allow the sale of medical marijuana over the counter at state-licensed…
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Should We Send Aid?
Stumbled across this blurb over on the Atlantic (which stumbled across it on The Independent Gay Forum). Writer Jamie Kirchick doesn’t think aid money should be given to Uganda, a nation with an entirely contentious relationship with its homosexual citizenry, even going so far as to make homosexuality a crime punishable by death. “When a…