the hardline
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Harry Allen vs. Kirstie Alley
No reasonable person could possibly dispute that Harry Allen is the media assassin up in this joint, but I was a little perplexed by his most recent choice of targets on a recent Twitter hit. It seems Fat Actress Kirstie Alley is a fan of the Fat Boys (ironic, right?) and Black people in general…
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Losing "Vibe"
When I heard about the shuttering of Vibe Magazine, it took me back to my time at Vibe Magazine, in its heyday. It wasn’t long after the magazine got started that it captured the imagination and other black people like me not easily categorized or filed away. The kind of people who had to buy…
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Debbie Rowe wants her kids back
You know, I hate being right so much of the time. Actually I don’t, but as regular readers of this blog and my own personal joint know, I have a talent for clairvoyance. So, not long after I told CNN’s Kiran Chetry that Debbie Rowe would almost certainly throw her hat into the ring ……
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Jackson Family Values
Katherine Jackson has filed for guardianship of Michael Jackson’s three children, which would be fine if at least two of them didn’t have a biological mother. Debbie Rowe, his ex-wife and the mother of the children, just recently revealed that she was inseminated with someone else’s sperm—-which black people have long suspected—-so there isn’t even…
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Transformers: No Racism or Plot
I went to go check out Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen not just because I’m a geek, but all the talk about racist sambo robots really piqued my curiosity. Seems that there was this meme going around some circles about The Twins, two characters written into the script—most likely by the white man!—to undermine and…
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The Curious Case of Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is dead, and if there was ever any doubt, we know now that the 80s are over. There will be a generation of music lovers who will never know what it was to see an artist at the top of his game battling for spots in the Top 40 with other incredible talents,…
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Top Ten Cover Stories Sanford Should Have Used
You look at South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s situation, and it’s hard to know where to start. For a politician, Sanford is the worst liar ever. Six-year-olds make up better stories about missing cookies — dude really should have hired someone to write him a cover story. His staff unraveled a tale Ripley wouldn’t believe.…
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The Ten Laws of Blog Beef
To the extent that I care, I have to ride with Perez Hilton on the recent punching incident involving him and the Black Eye Peas. Of course you know, any brother who dresses like Peter Pan is going to be sensitive to any questions about his manhood. So Perez was wrong for calling Will. I…
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Me and Spike Lee Do the Right Thing
I didn’t know June 30 was the 20th anniversary of Do The Right Thing when I ran into Spike Lee at the Root’s Inauguration Ball, but I knew it had to be coming up, right? Not for nothing, the sneaker-freaks went bonkers a few years ago for the Jordan Spiz’ikes, paying up to $1000 for…
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Obama Doesn't Care About Black Fathers
President Obama didn’t grow up with a father, so he can be forgiven for grinding the ever-popular “irresponsible black father” axe. “”If we are honest with ourselves,” he said, “we’ll admit that… too many fathers also are missing—missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead…