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So often, we don’t give credit to young people who do wrong, accept the consequence and try to better themselves. The term “penitentiary” has been replaced by “correctional facility” because it seems to imply that, rather than flagellation for their crimes, inmates are being “rehabilitated” to be better and more productive members of society. But…

CLASSIC. The Buzz would be outraged, but why? This is entirely too megalomaniacal to be anything but hilarious. Yeah, Kanye? That’s your greatest pain? Not your mom dying? Or the break up of your engagement? Not, by your own admission, stabbing Damon Dash in the back when he and Jay-Z had their falling out? With each…

Police brutality, manners and Bobby Jindal, oh my! Word to our bloggers Keith Josef Adkins, Karen Grigsby Bates and Jimi Izrael. They’re some bad mutha… Support Black bloggers.

RESOLVED: People are prepared to give Chris Brown a mulligan regarding the incident with Rihanna. Agree or Disagree in the Comments section. Loyal Buzzonians: Keep it civil. Stay on topic.

Steve Stoute and Jay-Z have teamed to launch Translation, an ad agency directed at what many hope is a recession-proof demographic: Educated, urban youth with earning potential. Branding, They Go Hard, They Go Hard While The Buzz can’t help but think of Steve Stoute in two regards—as the Stoute of “tell Stoute to holla at me…

The New York Times: Obama Sends Secret Letter to Russia, Possibly Accompanied By Decoder Ring TBT: Allegedly, a multi-flag match in the steel cage has been offered as a solution to hostilities. The Washington Post: Gunmen Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Pakistan TBT: When the sport of an unstsable region can’t remain beyond the reach…

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports a building at Morris Brown College is going up for auction today. Will it be saved from the chopping block? Building Auction While one could argue that her statements were meant to inspire vis a vis the “we will not be shaken” angle, the statements of Bunnie Jackson, a college spokeswoman,…

RNC Chairman Michael Steele gets a little froggy after D.L. Hughley tells him that Rush Limbaugh is the Republican Party’s daddy. Man of Steele Lost in the shuffle here is how poorly D.L. Hughley fielded Steele’s response. What he said was something of a shot across the bow and, if you watch the video, it was…

Anthony Taurus of The United States of Anthony likes the idea, but cautions that it won’t boost the economy and such thoughts would only lead to a legal undoing. Reality Check: Marijuana Won’t Help Boost Economy and he felt compelled to write a follow-up: Legalization: By Any Means Necessary Geez. Next thing you know, we’ll be…

This must be a day of stellar thought food. Christopher Buckley at The Daily Beast muses on whether disagreeing with the President’s course of action is unpatriotic. The Audacity of Nope An interesting query. The last eight years, to oppose the president was to be a seditious terrorist who hated America almost as much as…