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Pitchforked Mob Hits Capitol Hill, AIG Boss
Five months into his tenure, embattled American Insurance Group CEO Edward M. Liddy—who has become a public pinata in the wake of news that multimillion dollar bonuses will be paid to executives of his flailing, bailed-out corporation—had the misfortune of being scheduled to testify before the House Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored…
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He Deserved It?
I’ve probably read and written enough about people’s domestic foibles lately to last me a while. But Mary Mitchell wrote that she’s glad that Eni Skoien got a few licks in on her husband when allegedly she came home to find him hugged up on two hookers in the kid’s playroom, and it just sounds…
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Obama Finger-licking Good
We’ve been down this racist stereotyping road a thousands times. You know, blacks don’t swim, blacks like watermelons, blacks don’t tan, blacks blacks blacks. The world prides itself on knowing the ins and outs of black life and consciousness. Most of the time the world is wrong, but hey, the effort to pigeonhole black folks…
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German "Obama Fingers" Come with Curry!
A friend living in Hamburg, Germany passes on this tasty item from national magazine DER SPIEGEL ONLINE, without comment: TENDER JUICY, OBAMA FINGERS HIT THE SHELVES Many sales executives have drawn the same conclusion: What better poster child for hope than US President Barack Obama? There are Obama dolls, Obama T-shirts, Obama soap-on-a-rope. There is…
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Lou Dobbs Wants a St. Racist's Day
Somehow Lou Dobbs managed to turned St. Patrick’s Day into an excuse to make racist Asian jokes. Media Matters’ County Fair blog flagged his rant today against “ethnic holidays” and in favor of “an American day, a we’re all the same kind of day.” But Dobbs gave the lie to his call for unity before he…
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'Obama Women' Take Hold in Washington Politics
Like two old girlfriends catching up, they ignored onlookers, hugged and laughed. Donna Brazile, the political strategist and Washington veteran, peppered Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson with questions. “How are the kids?” “Have you contacted the church? I don’t go every Sunday but they know me.” Before she left, Jackson had an open invitation…
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The Expectant Yogi
Pregnancy can be a wonderful time in a woman’s life. There is the excitement of starting or adding to your family, picking out potential names for the new baby, decorating his or her room and experiencing the physical changes that come with preparing the body for birth. But some of those physical changes are decidedly…
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Shemekia's Blues
Call the blues passé if you like, but there’s no denying that it is a fitting soundtrack for today’s scary economy. America is singing the blues about foreclosure and job loss, a broken health care system and dwindling retirement funds. Blues superstar Shemekia Copeland rolls all that anxiety into her latest disc, Never Going Back…
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Wednesday's Headlines
WP: Sisterhood of Powerful Black Women Coming to Fore in DC; Some Wear Sleeves, Others Don’t BBC: Can Catholicism Help Africa? The Buzz Is Gonna Take the Under on That The Job: Yep, We’re in a Recession* J&J: Women’s History Month Blurb on Angela Davis; Yes, It’s Women’s History Month The Hill: AIG Employees—’We Deserve…
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Defeat That Debt
With all due respect to Dr. Phil, when I read his advice to those drowning in debt, I wanted his money back. I thought his shtick was that he’s tough – a real straight shooter who drills the point into the heads of people. While I do understand the emotional problems associated with some shopaholics,…