Archive for January, 2011
Acid Attack Victim Derri Dias Velarde Appears on CBS’ “Early Show”
• January 31, 2011 • 6 CommentsPosted in Chemical/Acid/Fire Burns, Class, Crime, Derri Dias Velarde, Domestic Violence, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Early Show", Acid Attack, Apartment, Arizona, Bethany Storro, Burns, California, CBS, Convalescence, Derri Dias Velarde, Derri Velarde, Early Show, Erica Hill, Five Children, HLN, Jane Velez Mitchell, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Mesa AZ, Mother, People of Color, Police, Recovery, Second Acid Attack, Second Degree Burns, Sulphuric Acid
Al Jazeera English: Live Stream – Watch The Egyptian Uprising Now
• January 31, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Class, Egypt, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English, Aljazeera, Allies, Ally, American Foreign Policy, Broadcasting, Cairo, Canadian Broadcasting Company, CBC, Dr. Zahi Hawass, Egypt, Gamal Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Islamic Republic, Israel, Jalipo, Militants, Mohamed ElBaradei, Oil, Political Prisoners, Prisoners, Prisons, The Arab Street, The Palestine Papers, The Prophet, The Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), Tony Burman, Tunisia, U.S. Ally, United States, VDC, WikiLeaks, Youth, Zahi Hawass
Saturday Night Music, January 29, 2011: The Marvelettes, “Too Many Fish in The Sea,” and The Ancestors Call Its First Lead Singer, Gladys Horton, 66
• January 29, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Music, The Marvelettes, Women
Tags: "Please Mr. Postman", "The Hunter Gets Captured By The Game", "Too Many Fish in The Sea", 45s, African Americans, Berry Gordy, Billboard Top 100, Black Women, Blacks, California, Detroit, Detroit MI, Georgeanna Tillman, Gladys Horton, Inkster, Larry Marshak, Marketing, Marvelettes, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wilson, Money, Motown, R & B, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sherman Oaks CA, Singles, Southern California, The Marvelettes, The Sixties, The Supremes, Wanda Young
The Old Spice Guy Returns…
• January 28, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Advertising, Advertising Campaign, African Americans, After Shave, Blacks, Commercials, Isaiah Mustafa, Men, Men's Toiletries, Old Spice, Old Spice After Shave, Proctor & Gamble, Sex, Sexy, Television Commercials, The Old Spice Guy, Tongue-in-Cheek, Women
Bishop Eddie Long Grants First Media Interview Since The Suits Filed by Those Four Young Men
• January 28, 2011 • 7 CommentsPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Cultural History, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anthony Flagg, Atlanta, B.J. Bernstein, Baptist, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Gary Hawkins, Chuck Grassley, Corey "Coco Brother" Condrey, Craig Gillen, Creflo Dollar, DeKalb County, Eddie Long, Georgia, Jamal Parris, Judge Johnny Panos, Kenneth Copeland, Lace Fronts, Lithonia Georgia, Maurice Robinson, Megachurch, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Senator Charles Grassley, Spencer LeGrande, State Court, WSB
Former South African President Nelson Mandela, 92, Hospitalized for a Second Day
• January 27, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Africans, Black People, Class, Health, Love, Race, South Africa, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: African National Congress, Albertina Sisulu, ANC, Archbishop Tutu, Desmond Tutu, Graça Machel, Jeff Radebe, Johannesburg, Madiba, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela Foundation, Netcare Milpark Hospital, Nobel Peace Prize, Richard Maponya, Soccer City, South Africa, Soweto, The World Cup, Zenani Mandela
Climbing Those Dreaded Stairs
• January 27, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Health, The Heart, The Rest of the World, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss
Tags: Changing Behavior, Climbing, Health, Indoor, Recreation, Scandinavia, Staircase, Stairway, Sweden, The Fun Theory, Volkswagon
The President in Manitowoc, WI
• January 26, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Class, Education, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: Barack Obama, Democrats, Manitowoc, Manitowoc WI, Medicaid, Medicare, National Public Radio, NPR, Orion Energy Systems, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Social Security, SOTU, State of the Union Address, The President, United States, White House, Wisconsin, Word Cloud Generator
Actor-Activist Danny Glover Presents “The Black Power Mixtape” at the Sundance Festival
• January 26, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Angela Davis, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Love, National Issues, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Sweden, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Democracy Now!", Abiodun Oyewole, African Americans, Amy Goodman, Angela Davis, Black Panther Party, Black Students Union, Black Women, Blacks, BSU, California, Children, COINTELPRO, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Danny Glover, Documentary, Drama, Erykah Badu, Film Documentary, Fred Hampton, Goran Olsson, Historians, History, Huey Newton, Martin Luther King Jr., Racism, Robin D.G. Kelley, San Francisco State, Stokely Carmichael, Sundance Film Festival, Sweden, Swedish, Talib Kweli, The Black Power Movement, The Last Poets, The Seventies, The Sixties, United States, WikiLeaks
You “Quiero” Taco Bell Now?
• January 26, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Cultural History, Food, Health, Love, Memoir
Tags: African Americans, Beef, Blacks, Chicken McNuggets, Fake Food, Fast Food, Garlic, Growing Up, Homemade Fast Food, Ingredients, Meat Truck, Onion, PepsiCo, Redevelopment, San Francisco, Soy Products, Steve Raichlen, Taco Bell, The Fillmore, The Sixties, United States Department of Agriculture, What's In It?, Yeast Extract
Herbie Hancock and Corinne Bailey Rae Do Joni Mitchell
• January 26, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Canada, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Love, Music
Tags: "For the Roses", "River", Abbey Road, Corinne Bailey Rae, Folk, Folkie, Grammy Award, Herbie Hancock, Jazz, Joni Mitchell, L.A. Express, Love, Lyrics, Mad City, Music, Prince, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, The Seventies, The Sixties
The President’s 2011 State of the Union Address
• January 25, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Education, Fashion, Health Care/The Public Option, Joblessness, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Tea Party Movement, Women
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, C-Span, Children, Executive Office of the President of the United States, Hulu, PBS, President Barack Obama, Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize, SOTU, State of the Union, State of the Union Address, Tucson Arizona, United States, United States Marine Corps, West Philadelphia High School, White House, You Tube
Comedian Joan Rivers Calls The First Lady “Blackie O”
• January 25, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American History, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Love, Michelle Obama, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Joan and Melissa Know Best", African Americans, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Executive Mansion, Faux Noise, FLOTUS, Fox News Channel, Howard Stern, Huffington Post, Iman, Insult, Joan Rivers, Michelle Obama, Michelle Obama Watch, Mrs. O, Oscar de la Renta, POTUS, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Racial Slur, Robin Quivers, Sarah Palin, Schwartze, Second Thoughts, Slur, The First Lady, The President, The White House, United States, White House, Womanist Musings
No Big Whoop: Oprah Has a Half Sister, But What Does It Really Mean?
• January 24, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Drug Overdoses, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Oprah Winfrey, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "It's a Hard Knock Life", "Katherine the Great", "The National Enquirer", "Tricky Dick", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Beauty Queen, Black Women, Blacks, Brand, Brand Name, Branding, Celebrities, Child Out of Wedlock, Children, Deborah Davis, DNA Analysis, DNA profiling, Drama, Drugs, Gayle King, Harcourt, Harcourt Brace & Jovanovich, Health, John Tesh, Katherine Graham, Kitty Kelley, Middle-Class, Milwaukee WI, Narrative, National Enquirer, Non-Disclosure Statements, Oprah Winfrey, Outside Child, Pancreatic Cancer, Patricia, Ray Charles, Rich, Richard M. Nixon, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Grio, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Rich, The Seventies, TMZ.com, Vernita Lee, Vernon Winfrey, WaPo, Washington Post, Watergate, Wisconsin, Woodward and Bernstein
Shaniya Davis Update: Antoinette Davis Due in Court February 2, But No Trial Date Set
• January 24, 2011 • 17 CommentsPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Shaniya Davis, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Antoinette, Antoinette Davis, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abduction, Child Abuse, Child Protective Services, Child Sex Slave, Child Sex Slavery, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Counties, Court, Crime, Cumberland County, Cumberland County Department of Social Services, Exploitation, Fayetteville, Fayetteville North Carolina, Human Trafficking, Kidnapping, Lawyer, Mario Andrette McNeill, Motherhood, Murder, North Carolina, Sex, Shaniya Davis, Supreme Court of the United States, Trial, United States
Well, I’m Not a Packer Fan, But I’m Rooting for Them
• January 23, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Brett Favre, Class, Sports, Television, The Green Bay Packers, The San Francisco 49ers, The Super Bowl, Wisconsin
Tags: 'Niners, Aaron Rodgers, Badger State, Badgers, Bears, Brett Favre, Butte County, Championship Game, Cheeseheads, Chicago Bears, Chico California, Football, Forty Niner Faithful, Green Bay Packers, Green Bay WI, Herb Caen, Mad City, Madison WI, Market Street, Morabito Family, National Football League, President Barack Obama, Rose Bowl, San Francisco, San Francisco 49ers, Sweetness, Texas Christian University, UW, UW-Madison, Velveeta, Velveeta Cheese, Walter Payton, Wisconsin
Saturday Night Music, January 22, 2011: The Dramatics, “Whatcha See is Whatcha Get” 1971
• January 22, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Film, Documentary, African American History, Cultural History, The Dramatics
Tags: The Sixties, California, The Seventies, United States, "Soul Train", Music, Los Angeles, Arts, WattStax, Flip Wilson, Billy Paul, WYSIWYG, Top Ten, Rowan & Martin's Laugh In, Geraldine Jones, Tony Hester, Ron Banks, William Howard, Elbert Wilkins, Willie Ford, Larry Demps, James Mack Brown, The Dramatics
Since I’ve Been Gone…
• January 22, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Health, Memoir, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am
Tags: African Americans, Artery, Badger Care, Black Women, Blacks, Blocked Arteries, Computer Keyboard, Computer Repair, Conditions and Diseases, Crumbs, Eating, eBay, Health, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Hospital, Laptop, Laptop Computer, Medicine, Occlusion, Prescription Drugs, Women
Trailers from “Tradition is a Temple,” New 90 Minute Documentary About New Orleans Music
• January 9, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Arts, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Hurricanes, Love, Music, New Orleans, New Orleans Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, The Ninth Ward
Tags: "Tradition is a Temple", African Americans, American Music, Benny Jones, Blacks, Children, Danny Barker, Darren Hoffman, Doc Cheatham, DVDs, Elliot Callier, Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band, Fan Base, Frederick Sheppard, Fusion, Growing Up, Harry Connick Jr., Hurricane Katrina, James Andrews, Jason Marsalis, Jazz, Jazz Musicians, Kermit Ruffins, Kickstarter.com, Kirk Joseph, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Love, Lucien Barbarin, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Onward Brass Band, Preservation Hall Jazz, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Quiet Storm, Shannon Powell, Traditional Jazz
The Ancestors Claim Glenda Cleveland, The Woman Who Tried to Stop Jeffrey Dahmer
• January 9, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Cultural History, Glenda Cleveland, Hate Crimes, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Police Misconduct/Killings, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Thailand, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 25th and Kilbourn, 911, African American Men, African Americans, Asian American Men, Asian Americans, Background Check, Black Poor, Black Women, Blacks, Boyfriend, Child Molester, Christopher Scarver, Cigarettes, Cleveland, Constables on Patrol, Crime, Death, FBI, Gays, Glenda Cleveland, HBP, Heart Disease, Human Flesh, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jury, Konerak Sinthasomphone, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee WI, Mississippi, Molesters, Motherhood, Murder, Murder Spree, Nicole Childress, Ohio, Oxford Apartments, Poor, Poor People, Rape, Rescue, Rescuer, Sandra Smith, Serial Killer, Sex, Skull, South Side, Southeast Asians, Souvenir, Tony Hughes, Unemployed, Wisconsin, Working Poor
A Deterrent to Criminal Behavior? Uncle Beats Nephew For Posting on Facebook That He’s a Thug; Then Puts Video on You Tube For Everyone to See
• January 7, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Film, Gang Violence, Love, Race
Tags: "House Party", African Americans, Anti-Social Behavior, AOL, AOL Black Voices, Beatings, Belt, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Deterrent, Facebook, Gang, Growing Up, Humiliation, Kid & Play, Killer?, Love, New School, Old School, Online Communities, Responsibility, Robin Harris, Social Networking, Talking Smack, Teenager, Teenagers, Twitter, United States, Video, Video Classic, Young-Uns, YouTube
Dr. Conrad Murray: Preliminary Hearings to Lay Out Defense Theory That Michael Jackson Medicated Himself to Death with Propofol
• January 5, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Celebrity Children, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, People of Color, Race, The Heart, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Milk of Amnesia", "This is It", 50 Concerts, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, CPR, Death of Michael Jackson, Defense, Dr. Conrad Murray, Dr. Conrad Robert Murray, Ed Chernoff, Faux News, Faux Noise, Fifty Concerts, Fox News Channel, Insomnia, Involuntary Manslaughter, Jackie Jackson, Katherine Jackson, Kenny Ortega, LaToya Jackson, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Manslaughter, Michael Jackson, Naloxone, Prince Michael Jackson I, Propofol, Prosecution, Quack, The Jackson Family
Three Clips from Upcoming Halle Berry Film, “Frankie and Alice,” Where She Plays One Personality Who is White and Racist
• January 4, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Acting, African American History, American History, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chandra Wilson, Class, Cultural History, Film, Halle Berry, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Phylicia Rashad, Race, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Black Swan", "Frankie and Alice", Academy Award, Best Actress, Black Women, British Columbia, Chandra Wilson, Exotic Dancer, Frankie & Alice, Golden Globes, Halle Berry, Limited Release, Los Angeles, Multiple Personalities, Natalie Portman, Phylicia Rashad, Psychological Drama, Psychologists, Stellan Skarsgård, Stripper, The Seventies, Vancouver
The Power of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo
• January 2, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Class, Health, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Rest of the World
Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist Practice, Chanting, Daimoku, Daisaku Ikeda, Devotion to the Mystic Law of Cause and Effect, Gautama Buddha, Josei Toda, Lineages, Lotus, Mahayana Buddhism, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nichiren, Religion and Spirituality, SGI Buddhism, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, Soka Gakkai, Soka Gakkai International, The Mystic Law, The Three Founding Presidents, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, World War II
Saturday Night Music, January 1, 2011: Steve Miller Band, “Fly Like An Eagle” 1976
• January 1, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Memoir, Music, The Steve Miller Band
Tags: "Fly Like An Eagle", 33 rpm, 45 Record, 45 rpm, Albert King, Arts, California, Dave Mason, Eddie Money, Joachim Young, Les Paul, Lonnie Turner, Love, Maurice, Milwaukee, Milwaukee WI, Music, Party, Pompatus of Love, Popular Music, Rock, Rock and Roll, Steve Miller, Steve Miller Band, The Seventies, The Space Cowboy, Turntable, USC, USC Thornton School of Music, Wisconsin
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