Archive for June, 2011
Jamal Parris, One of Bishop Long’s Accusers, Busted in Florida for Pot Distribution and Possessing a Firearm (w/Update)
• June 30, 2011 • 12 CommentsPosted in Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, Black People, Class, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Spirituality
Tags: Accusers, Arrest, Atlanta, Bishop Eddie Long, Busted, Cannabis, Dale Russell, Dope Dealer, Drug Bust, Eddie Long, Florida, Florida Highway Patrol, Georgia, Living Large, Marijuana, Miami Beach, Miami Dade College, MyFoxAtlanta, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Pot, Psychological, Sex Scandal, Spiritual, State Trooper
The Fire is Still Going Strong Next Door
• June 30, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Uncategorized, Who I Am
Tags: Capitol Square, Charitable Organization, Firefighters, Firemen, Firepeople, Firewomen, Hair Salon, James Madison Park, Madison Metro, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Police, Restaurant, Salvation Army, State Journal, Underground Kitchen, United States, YWCA Madison
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: Waking Up to a Fire Next Door
• June 30, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: Apartment, Apartment Fire, Fire, Madison WI, Madison Wisconsin, Mifflin Street, Pinckney Street, Richard Pryor, Smoke Inhalation, United States, Walgreens, Webster Street, Wisconsin, YWCA
Meanwhile, Back in Wisconsin: No State Supreme Court Justice Should Be Putting Their Hands Around Anyone’s Throat
• June 27, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in American History, American Politics, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Drama, California, Guns, Murder, Republicans, Wisconsin, Death, President Barack Obama, United States, Republican, Threats, Death Threats, The Civil War, Assassinations, Physical Abuse, Governor Scott Walker, David Prosser, Wisconsin Supreme Court, State Supreme Court, Supreme Court Justices, Ann Walsh Bradley, Shirley Abrahamson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Neil Postman, Chavez Ravine, Dodger Stadium, Gabrielle Giffords, Jared Lee Loughner, Recall, Weapons, Attack, Workplace Issues, Violence in the Workplace, Justices, Concealed Weapons, Concealed Guns, Secession, Senator Charles Sumner, Croup, Radical Republicans, Maiming
Beyoncé at Glastonbury Music Festival
• June 27, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Beyoncé Knowles, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, People of Color, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Crazy in Love", "Single Ladies, African Americans, Alanis Morissette, Bey, Beyoncé Knowles, Black Women, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury Music Festival, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jay Z, KIngs of Leon, Love, Performance, Queen Guinevere, Sex, Song Set, Songs, The Eurythmics
James Arthur Ray, Leader of Deadly Sweat Lodge Retreat, Found Guilty of Three Counts of Negligent Homicide
• June 23, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Success, Oprah Winfrey, Larry King, Death, United States, Psychology, Manslaughter, Arizona, Sedona, James Arthur Ray, "Spiritual Warrior", Rituals, New Age, Sweat Lodge, Kirby Brown, James Shore, Liz Neuman, Sedona AZ, Food, Water, Peru, Verdict, Hawaii, Sedona Arizona, Law of Attraction, Indigenous People, Stanislav Grof, Huna, Q'eros, Samurai Game, Sweat Box, Negligent Homicide, Mind Control, Thinking, Self-Help Gurus, United Indians of All Tribes, Altered States, The Samurai Game, Yavapai County Arizona, Ray
President Obama: Baby Whisperer
• June 22, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Love, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Baby, Barack Obama, Blacks, Child, Children, Constituents, Fatherhood, First Lady, Humor, Infant, Love, Malia Obama, Michelle, Michelle Obama, Nelson Mandela, Obama, Photo, Photo Opportunity, President, President Barack Obama, Sasha Obama, The American Public, United States
Keith Olbermann Returns Tonight With “Countdown” at Current TV, But Many Cable Companies Don’t Carry It. Why Not? (w/Update)
• June 20, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Keith Olbermann, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sports, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Common Sense, African Americans, Daily Kos, Blacks, Latinos, Ed Schultz, Madison WI, Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Air America, MSNBC, John Dean, Barack Obama, People of Color, Women, President Barack Obama, United States, Television, Black Women, Michael Moore, Ego, Matt Taibbi, DirecTV, Cable Industry, Jealousy, Hollywood Reporter, Lawrence O'Donnell, AT&T U-Verse, DISH Network, CurrentTV, Michael Steele, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, Charter Communications, Cablevision, Mashable, Mediaite, Digital, Markos Moulitsas, Markos, Mics, Jealousies, CBS Evening News
Murder Indictments Against Shaniya Davis’ Mother and Her Accused Assailant Coming Up This Summer. Finally.
• June 20, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Shaniya Davis, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Antoinette Davis, Biracial Children, Bradley Lockhart, Brenda Reid Jackson, Child Abuse, Child Murder, Child Rape, Choking, DSS, Fayetteville, Fayetteville NC, Fayetteville Observer, Halloween, Human Trafficking, Indictment, Indictments, Law Enforcement, Mario Andrette McNeill, Murder, North Carolina, Police, Rape, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Strangulation, United States
It’s Father’s Day, and Daughters Need Their Dads Just As Sons Need Their Dads
• June 19, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Cultural History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Adoptive Fathers, Adults, African Americans, Black Daddies, Black Dads, Black Fatherhood, Black Fathers, Blacks, Child, Children, Daddies, Dads, Family, Father, Fatherhood, Fathers, Fathers Day, Growing Up, Holidays, Home, Love, Mother, Papas, Parent, Parenthood, Raising Children, Raising Kids, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Single Fatherhood, Stepfathers, Teens, United States, You Tube
BREAKING: The Ancestors Welcome Clarence Clemons, 69, of The E Street Band
• June 18, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Clarence Clemons, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Religion, Spirituality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Amnesty International, Be-Bop Jazz, Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales, Black Rock, Black Rocker, Blacks, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, Death, E Street Band, Florida, Health, Jungleland, King Curtis, Lady Gaga, Love, New York Times, Peter Gabriel, Rock, Rock and Roll, Saxophone, Saxophonist, Star Spangled Banner, Sting, Stroke, Stroke Complications, The Eighties, The Fifties, Thunder Road, Tracy Chapman, United States, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Anthony Boyd, Charged With Helping to Burgle Bishop Long’s Office With Two of His Accusers, Speaks Out
• June 18, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Anthony Boyd, Anthony Flagg, B.J. Bernstein, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Blacks, Burglary, Crime, Dale Russell, DeKalb County, District Attorney, Eddie Long, Exoneration, Faux Noise, Fox 5 I-Team, Livelihood, Maurice Robinson, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Reputation, Self-Respect, Settlements, WSB-TV
New Birth Spokesperson Denies That Vanessa Long Has Left Her Husband
• June 16, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Kennedys, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Andrew Breitbart, Anthony Weiner, Art Franklin, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Eddie Long, Elder, Four Young Men, God, Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, Love, Marriage, Morris O'Kelly, Mrs. Eddie Long, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Public Figure, Public Relations, Semantics, Settlement, Sex, Spokesman, Spokesperson, The Mo' Kelly Report, United States, Vanessa Griffin Long
That Meriter Health Services “Teresa’s Knee” Commercial
• June 15, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in Class, Commercials, Health, Love, Television, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "We Like You Better", Ads, Advertising, Advertising Campaign, BBDO, Cheese Curds, DISH Network, Green Bay Packers, Harley-Davidson, Knees, Knupp & Watson & Wallman, KW2, Lava Lamp, Local Ad Firm, Madison, Meriter Health Services, Oscar Mayer, Rayovac, Romance, Southern Wisconsin, Teresa, Victory Dance, WI, Wisconsin
“Go The F*ck to Sleep” As Read by Actor Samuel L. Jackson
• June 15, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Books, Class, Cultural History, Love, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Go The Fuck to Sleep", "Nightline, Adam Mansbach, Adults, Arts, Audiobook, Books, Boys, Children, Curse Words, Daddies, Expletives Deleted, Fatherhood, Four-Letter Words, Frustrations, Girls, Growing Up, Literature, Love, Mommies, Motherhood, Not for Kids, Not for Work, Parody, Profanity, Raising Children, Raising Kids, Ricardo Cortes, Samuel L Jackson, Sleepy, Tired, United States, Viral
Leith Mullings, Cornel West, and Gary Younge Discussing Manning Marable’s “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention”
• June 15, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American Politics, Black People, Books, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Islam/Sufism, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Sexuality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African American Studies, African Americans, Amiri Baraka, Bio, Biography, Black Liberation, Black Men, Black Women, Blacks, City University of New York, Columnist, Cornel West, Culture, Gary Younge, Guardian, History, Leftist, Leith, Leith Mullings, Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, Manning Marable, Princeton University, Progressive, Racism, Stanley Aronowitz, The Sixties, United States, Writer
Clarence “Big Man” Clemons, 69, The Boss’ Saxophonist, Rallies After Stroke
• June 14, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Music, Music Videos, Religion, Spirituality, Sports, Women
Tags: "Freeway of Love, "Rolling Stone", African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Associated Press, Blacks, Bruce Springsteen, Clarence Clemons, E Street Band, Lady Gaga, Love, Miami Heat, Narada Michael Walden, Saxophone, Saxophonist, Sri Chinmoy, The E Street Band, The Eighties, The Seventies, United States
Vanessa Long Has Left Both Bishop Long and His Church
• June 14, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Atlanta, Bishop Dale Bronner, Born again (Christianity), Bronner Bros., Bronner Brothers, Capitalism, Christianity, Christianity and Capitalism, Divinity School, Eddie Long, Jesus, Mo' Kelly Reports, Morehouse College, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Religion Spirituality, Sunday Service, Television, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral
A Stunt? Bishop Eddie Long Gets a Huge Wad of Green from An Unidentified Female Parishioner
• June 13, 2011 • 5 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Women
Tags: African Americans, Baptist, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Women, Blacks, Cash, Eddie Long, Jesus, Jim Jones, Money, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Offerings, Pastor, Religion Spirituality, Staged, Stunt, Tactics, United States
Tracy Morgan: It Wasn’t Humor or Free Speech, It Was Hate and An Apology Is Too Little Too Late
• June 13, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "30 Rock", "Bossypants", Aberration, African Americans, Anus, Barack Obama, Black Women, Blacks, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, Child Abuse, Chris Rock, Comedians, Comedy, Common Sense, Drug Culture, Emmy Award, Gays, Hate Speech, Heterosexual, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Kevin Rogers, Lenny Bruce, LGBT, Lorne Michaels, Love, Murder, Penis, Prison Behavior, Racism, Rape, Richard Pryor, Ryman Auditorium, Saturday Night Live, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sin, SNL, SNL Alumni, Street Culture, Subjective, The Eighties, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan, United States, Vaginas, Whiteness
A Little Marvin and Tammi on a Sunday: “You’re All I Need to Get By”
• June 12, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Love, Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "You're All I Need to Get By", African Americans, Berry Gordy, Black Women, Blacks, Brain Tumor, California, Domestic Violence, Drama, Growing Up, Love, Marvin Gaye, Memoir, Motown, Rape, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Tammi Terrell, The Funk Brothers, The Sixties, United States, Wikipedia
Posting New Articles This Weekend
• June 10, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Race, Journalism and Ethics, Women, American Politics, Sexuality, Religion, Film, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Class, Wisconsin, People of Color, Mental Health/Psychology, Rape/Sex Crimes, Spirituality, Protestant Denominations, African American History, Cultural History, National Issues, Sexual Harassment, Labor History, Labor Relations
Tags: Louisiana, United States, New Orleans, Eddie Long, Eman al-Obeidi, Eman al Obaidi, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Weiner's, Anthony Weiner, Mrs. Eddie Long, The Black Men of Labor, Walkerville, Minimum wage, Eman al Obeidy
Creflo Dollar Defends, Sherri Shepherd Derides Bishop Eddie Long As New Reports Surface Regarding How Much The Four Young Men Were Really Paid
• June 9, 2011 • 6 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Baptists, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Women, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Christianity, Common Sense, Creflo Dollar, Eddie Long, Gays, Grooming, Jesus, Lawsuits, LGBT, Long, Ministers, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Preachers, Prosperity Gospel, Religion, Religious Shysters, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Sherri Shepherd, Taking Sides, United States, Veronica Roberts, YouTube
It’s Going To Be HOT in Madison Today
• June 7, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, Black People, Cooking, Food, Health, Stroke, The Heart, Travel, Weather, Wisconsin
Tags: Babies, Cats, Channel 3000, Children, Conditions and Diseases, Dogs, Elderly, Gary Cannalte, Hard-headedness, Health, Heat Illness, Heat Stroke, High Blood Pressure, Hydration, Infants, Madison Metro, Pets, Severe weather terminology (United States), Southern Wisconsin, Stroke, Stubbornness, Sun, Sunblock, Sunshine, Temperature, The Heart, Water, Weather, Weather Report, Wisconsin
“The Way of All Flesh,” A Documentary About Henrietta Lacks, HeLa, The Immortal
• June 5, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Cancer, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Henrietta Lacks/HeLa, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Oprah", "Shadow and Act", African Americans, Black Women, Blacks, Cancer, Cell, Cell Line, Consent, Death, Disease, Exploitation, Feature Film, Harpo Productions, HBO, HeLa, Henrietta Lack, Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Informed Consent, Life, Medicine, Oprah Winfrey, Racism, Rebecca Skloot, Stealing, The Fifties, The Lack Family, United States
Eddie Long Opening Another New Birth Satellite Church in Denver, CO? (w/Update)
• June 4, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Bernice King, Birmingham AL, Bishop Eddie Long, Charlotte North Carolina, Church Expansion, Darius Wise, Denver CO, Easter, Eddie Long, Elder Darius Wise, Elder Wise, Financial Mismanagement, Financial Reverses, Multi-site church, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Reverend Bernice King, Sex, Sex Scandal, YouTube
Derrion Albert Case Concludes in Chicago with Four Defendants Tried and Convicted as Adults, One as Juvenile, But No One Really Wins
• June 3, 2011 • Comments OffPosted in African American History, American History, Anjanette Albert, Black People, Bullying/Juvenile Crimes, Class, Crime, Education, Gang Violence, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Motherhood, Common Sense, Growing Up, African American, African Americans, Blacks, Murder, Faux Noise, Fox News, Eric Holder, Chicago, United States, Self-Worth, Chicago IL, Cook County, Self-Respect, Black Women, Derrion Albert, Honor Student, Eugene Riley, Eric Carson, Silvonus Shannon, Arne Duncan, Lapoleon Colbert, Justice, Cartoons, Murder of Derrion Albert, Christian Fenger Academy High School, Anthony Dawson, Wild Wild West, Anjanette Alibert, Altgeld Gardens, The Ville, Human Being, End of Story, Convicted Felon, Convicted Murderer, Murderers, Plea, Growing Up The Hard Way, Kool Moe Dee, Wile E. Coyote, The Roadrunner, Honor Students
The Ancestors Take Home Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt, Former Black Panther Leader
• June 2, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Expatriates, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Health, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Tanzania, The Rest of the World
Tags: Africa, Amnesty International, Assata Shakur, Black Panther Party, Black Panthers, COINTELPRO, Death, Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt, Elmer Pratt, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Frame-Up, Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt, Geronimo Pratt, Johnnie Cochran, Los Angeles, Louisiana Born, Malaria, Murder Frame-Up, Pratt, Race, Stuart Hanlon, Tanzania, The Black Panther Party for Self Defense, The Sixties, United States, Village, Wrongfully Accused
Satoshi Kanazawa Ousted from “Psychology Today” Blog Line-Up
• June 2, 2011 • 3 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Mental Health/Psychology, Women
Tags: "American Psychologist", "Times Higher Education", Academic Freedom, African Americans, Black People, Black Women, Blackmail, Blacks, Change.org, Color of Change, Facebook, International, Letter, London School of Economics, Love, LSE, Petition, Physical attractiveness, Psychology Today, Racism, Red-baiting, Satoshi Kanazawa, Self Image, Self-Worth, Sex, Social Sciences, Twitter, United States
Funeral Services Announced for Gil Scott-Heron and More (w/Update)
• June 1, 2011 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, HIV Positive, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Art, Artists, Arts, BBC News, Blacks, Children, Crack, Creative People, Death, Drug Addiction, Drugs, E. Ethelbert Miller, Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home, Funeral Services, Ghostface Killah, Gia Scott-Heron, Gil Scott-Heron, Growing Up, I'm New Here, Kanye West, Love, Musician, New York City, New York Times, Novelist, Poet, Polymath, Riverside Church, Singer, Substance Abuse, Substance Dependence, Talib Kweli, The Fieldston School, The Hip Hop Nation, The Seventies, The Sixties, Washington D.C.
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