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Listening to Alan Keyes or: Worst Mistake of Your Day
Danielle Belton, aka The Black Snob, goes in on your boy and explains why a Republican wiping up of Keyes isn’t worth the toilet tissue. Don’t look at us; we’ve known this guy was…”a real character.”
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The Purple City Comedy Gang
Cameron Giles, better known to (some of) the world as Cam’ron, Killa Cam or “that dude who told Anderson Cooper he wouldn’t even snitch on a serial killer,” will be adding to that litany: The Black Larry David, the mind behind Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Cam’ron’s Enthusiasm This is almost as good as The…
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Obama’s Super Smart Health Reform Play
The White House led today’s rollout of its $3.5 trillion budget by making a big splash on health care—creating a $634 billion fund for health care reform, which the president called a “very substantial down payment.” It’s a bold choice, to be sure, but it’s both smart and unavoidable. By starting with the money, instead…
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Blog Noir
Ta-Nehisi Coates of The Atlantic Monthly takes a little bit of time to explore the supposed rift between President Obama and the Congressional Black Caucus. Real or imagined, on the block or in the halls of Congress, black-on-black crime will always be big business. *sigh*
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Rooted
A nice bit of bloggage regarding Venus and Serena Williams, sport, and the perceptions of femininity and beauty from The Buzz’s sister-in-arms, Dayo Olopade, a Rootitian who moonlights over on The XX Factor at Slate. The Buzz says: Ladies, if you look like that, flaunt it and let the haters quake in fear.
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Why Do Black Men Wear Dresses?
Hollywood loves Black men, especially when they throw on a dress. From Flip Wilson to Eddie Murphy to Jamie Foxx to Martin Lawrence to Tyler Perry, black entertainers have a history of pulling off the slacks and pulling up the pantyhose. Over the last few weeks several of my intelligent, socially-savvy male friends have called…
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South African Exodus
Why are so many of the best and brightest leaving South Africa? Tune into NPR’s Tell Me More to find out. Right now, there are a lot of World Cup organizers who are sweating bullets. There’s certainly a lot of time left to turn certain logistical issues around, but they’ve got their work cut out…
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Roland Burris, You May Go Now
According to Chris Fusco, Tim Novak, and Dave McKinney of The Chicago Sun-Times, Roland Burris, Part Deux, doesn’t like to pay taxes and, for his trouble, landed a $75K per annum gig with the state of Illinois. How? Rod Blagojevich. This whole saga would amuse The Buzz if it wasn’t so shameful. Remember that scene in…
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Sister Soldiers
Avis Thomas-Lester of The Washington Post delivers a nice piece on Black female soldiers who made sure the brave souls on the front lines of Europe got their little pieces of home. Check out the video below. Sister Soldiers Thank you, ladies. Thank you.
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Piling On
You might think The Buzz is piling on Bobby Jindal, and while you’re correct in some regard, you’ll probably be equally fascinated by Max Blumenthal’s piece on the Louisiana governor’s past over on The Daily Beast. You can try to tell The Buzz that you weren’t fascinated by the article, but that would just be…