Archive for September, 2009
• September 30, 2009 •
Comments Off on Please Help Derrion Albert’s Family Cover His Burial Expenses
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Education, Gang Violence, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Obama Administration, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: 2016 Summer Olympics, Anjanette Albert, Bow Wow, Burial, Chicago, Chicago IL, Christian Fenger High School, Denmark, Derrion Albert, FBI, Funeral, Funeral Expenses, Gangs, Global Grind, Hip Hop, Hip Hop Generation, Joseph Walker, Michael Skolnik, Nas, No Snitching, Norman Golliday, Police Supt. Jody Weis, Reward, The No Snitching Rule, The Secret Service, U.S. Olympic Committee, U.S. Secret Service
• September 29, 2009 •
Comments Off on One Suspect in Derrion Albert’s Killing ‘Fesses Up
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Education, Gang Violence, Murder/Manslaughter, Race, Television
Tags: 2016 Summer Olympics, African Americans, Ameena Matthews, Anjanette Albert, Barack Obama, Beating Death, Blacks, Chicago IL, Christian Fenger High School, Cook County, Derrion Albert, Eunice Cross, Extended Family, Fenger High School, Gang Violence, Gangbangers, Gangs, Growing Up, Michelle Obama, Murder, Oprah Winfrey, Roseland, Silvanus Shannon, Southside Chicago, Thugs
• September 29, 2009 •
6 Comments
Posted in Class, Crime, Education, Gang Violence, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Agape Community Center, Anjanette Albert, Blacks, Chicago, Chicago IL, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Public Schools, Constables on Patrol, Derrion Albert, Eric Carson, Eugene Bailey, Eugene Riley, Fenger High School, Gang Violence, Gangs, Honor Student, Joseph Walker, Murder, Murder of Derrion Albert, Railroad Ties, Roseland, Sherry Smith, Silvanus Shannon, Two by Fours, Video
• September 28, 2009 •
3 Comments
Posted in Animals, Black People, History, Love, Public Television, Science
Tags: "Gloryland", "The National Parks: America's Best Idea", African Americans, Blacks, Conservation, Ken Burns, Love, National Parks, Nature, Park Service Ranger, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, Ranger Johnson, Ranger Shelton Johnson, Shelton Johnson, The Buffalo Soldiers, The Grand Canyon, The Park Service, Yellowstone, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park
• September 27, 2009 •
Comments Off on LSD: Back in the Lab Again
Posted in Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Science
Tags: Acid, Addiction, Brownies, California, CIA, Dolores Park, Drugs, Experimentation, George Harrison, Ken Kesey, LaHonda, LSD, LSD Studies, Lysergic Acid Diethylamide, Marijuana, Munchies, Palo Alto, The Grateful Dead, The Merry Pranksters, Timothy Leary, University of California San Francisco
• September 26, 2009 •
3 Comments
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Dudley Moore, Health, Music
Tags: "10", "Bedazzled", "Lillian Lust", Blake Edwards, Composer, Dame Edna Everage, Drimble Wedge, Dudley Moore, Erroll Garner, Jazz, Lust, Magdalen College, Michael Tilson-Thomas, Music, Oscar Peterson, Oxford, Peter Cook, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Raquel Welch, Sir George Solti, Stanley Moon
• September 26, 2009 •
Comments Off on Update: Troy Dale West Indicted for Beating Tasha Hill
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Women
Tags: "The Atlanta Journal-Constitution", Clayton County District Attorney's Office, District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson', Hate Crime, NAACP, Pam's House Blend, Racism, Racist, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale Hill
• September 26, 2009 •
9 Comments
Posted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Drug Culture/Industry, Education, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Today Show", Black Women, California State University, Cold Canyon Road, Constables on Patrol, Electronic Urban Report, Fullerton, Geoffrey's Restaurant, Highway 101, KTLA 2, Latice Sutton, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Malibu, Malibu CA, Malibu-Lost Hills Station, Michael Richardson, Middle Class Black Women, Middle-Class, Mitrice Richardson, Police Misconduct, Santa Monica Freeway, Single Black Women, The Field Negro, Ventura County
• September 23, 2009 •
Comments Off on Mackenzie Phillips’ Disclosures: Believable Until Proven Wrong
Posted in Anais Nin, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Health, History, Kathryn Harrison, Love, Mackenzie Phillips, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "One Day at a Time", "Oprah", "The Kiss A Memoir", Anais Nin, Cass, Cass Elliot, Children, Chynna Phillips, Denial, Dr. Otto Rank, Drama, Freudian, Genevieve Waite, Incest, Joaquin Nin, John Phillips, Kathryn Harrison, Mackenzie Phillips, Michelle Phillips, Oprah Winfrey, Psychology, Robert Downey Jr., Sadi Ranson-Polizotti, Sex, The Eighties, The Mamas and The Papas, The Seventies, The Sixties, Women
• September 23, 2009 •
Comments Off on What James Rucker of Color of Change Thinks About Van Jones’ Resignation, Glenn Beck, Voter Rights, and Redistricting
Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race
Tags: "The Glenn Beck Show", 2010, Civics, Color of Change, Democrats, Elections, Glenn Beck, James Rucker, Midterm Elections, Poor People, Redistricting, Republicans, Van Jones, Voter Registration, Voter Rights
• September 21, 2009 •
5 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, Love, Memoir, Michael Jackson, Music, Music Videos, Religion, Sexuality, Television, The Kennedys
Tags: "Fingertips", Academe, Business, Capitol Building, Desire, Gay, Job Hunting, Job Search, Laptop, London, Loss, Madison Central Public Library, Michael Jackson, New Orleans, Stevie Wonder, Straight, Ted Kennedy, Television, ThisBlksistasPage, Time Out, UI, Unemployed, Unemployment Check, Willy Street Co-op, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Capitol Building
• September 21, 2009 •
Comments Off on Diet Mountain Dew Ferret Chainsaw Murderer Commercial, Uncut
Posted in Commercials, Film, Television
Tags: "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Cats, Diet Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Drama, Ferrets, Hermit Crabs, Horror, Murder, Played for Laughs, Root Beer, Television, Turtles, TV Commercial
• September 19, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anti-Racism, Barack Obama, Bill Cosby, Bill O'Reilly, Congress, Dr. William Cosby, Facebook, Faux Noise, Fox News, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, NBC, President Carter, President Obama, Racism
• September 19, 2009 •
6 Comments
Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, CNN, Constables on Patrol, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, Georgia, Homophobia, Homophobic, Jesus' General, Misogynist, Misogyny, Morrow GA, Morrow Police Department, Pam's House Blend, Poulan GA, Racist, Rick Sanchez, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale West, West's Cousin
• September 17, 2009 •
4 Comments
Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Health Care/The Public Option, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate
Tags: "Newsweek", African Americans, Army Reservist, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, CNN, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, FBI, Kip Jones, Morrow GA, Morrow Police Department, NAACP, Pam's House Blend, Physical Assault, Post-Racial, President Jimmy Carter, Racism, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale West, Veterans, White Supremacist, White Supremacy, Whites
• September 17, 2009 •
2 Comments
Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Love
Tags: "Esquire", "OhHellNawl!", Barack Obama, Beatdowns, Black Women, Cheating, Common Sense, Drama, Fidelity, Heterosexual Love, Home Wreckers, Infidelity, Lust, Malin Akerman, Marriage, Powerful Men, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Sex, Sex Appeal, Slaus
• September 16, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Journalism and Ethics, Music Videos, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: ABC News, African Americans, Barack Obama, CNBC, Kanye West, President Barack Obama, Taylor Swift, Terry Moran, The Huffington Post, TMZ.com, Video Music Awards, VMA
• September 15, 2009 •
Comments Off on Tony Award Winner Zakes Mokae, South African-Born Actor, Dies at 75
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Film, Race, South Africa, Television, The Rest of the World
Tags: "A Dry White Season", "A Lesson from Aloes", "Boesman and Lena", "Master Harold...and The Boys", "Oz", "The Blood Knot", "The Comedians", "The Serpent and The Rainbow", "The X-Files", Alzheimer's Disease, Athol Fugard, Bill Pullman, Blood Knot, Cathy Tyson, Fugard, Johannesburg, Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV, Madelyn Mokae, Nevada Shakespeare Company, Parkinson's Disease, South Africa, Stroke, Zakes Makgona Mokae, Zakes Mokae
• September 15, 2009 •
2 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Music, Music Videos, Race, Television
Tags: "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)", "The Jay Leno Show", "You Belong With Me", African Americans, Barack Obama, Beyonce, Chris Brown, Donda West, Growing Up, Jay Leno, JayZ, Kanye, Kanye West, Lack of Common Sense, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Rihanna, Rihanna Fenty, Taylor Swift, Video Music Awards, VMA
• September 13, 2009 •
4 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Crime, Gossip, Michael Jackson, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Religion, The View
Tags: 20/20, African Americans, Barbara Walters, Blacks, Cedric the Entertainer, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories, Diana Ross, Gods, Grown (Ass) Man, Grown Man, J. Randy Taraborrelli, Jehovah's Witnesses, Joe Jackson, Katherine Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Schonbrunn Palace, The Jacksons, The View, Vienna, Witnesses, You Tube
• September 13, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Caster Semenya, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, Science, Sexuality, South Africa, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Australia, Caster Semenya, Corrective Rape, Dean Peacock, Eudy Simelane, Gender Difference, Hermaphrodite, Hottentot Venus, IAAF, Jacob Zuma, Lesbianism, Lesbians, LGBT, Limpopo Province, Makhenkesi Stofile, Michael Seme, Pretoria, Rupert Murdoch, Saartjie Baartman, Sonke Gender Justice Project, South Africa, South African Cross Country Championships, South African Press Association
• September 12, 2009 •
Comments Off on It’s the Pride: Derek Jeter Surpasses Lou Gehrig’s Hits Record
Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: "The Iron Horse", "The Pride of the Yankees", ALS, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Asians, Biracials, Blacks, Bossip.com, Cal Ripken Jr., Derek Jeter, Gary Cooper, Gone Hollywood, Josh Gibson, Juan Marichal, Latinos, Lou Gehrig, Mariah Carey, Satchel Paige, The Los Angeles Dodgers, The New York Yankees, The San Francisco Giants, The Sixties, Willie Mays, Willie McCovey
• September 12, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Music, Queen Latifah, Television, Women
Tags: "Cue the Rain", African Americans, Blacks, Dana Owens, Kelly Ripa, Morning Talk Shows, Queen Latifah, R & B, Rapper, Regis & Kelly, Regis Philbin, Singer
• September 6, 2009 •
Comments Off on Sista Maxine Waters Asks Repug Health Care Panelists “Where is YOUR Bill?”
Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Maxine Waters, Obama Administration, Race and the Health Care Debate, Television
Tags: "This Week", ABC News, Congressman Mike Pence, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Former Senator Robert Dole, Former Vice-President Spiro Agnew, George Stephanopoulos, Glenn Beck, Health Care, Maxine Waters, The Public Option, Van Jones
• September 6, 2009 •
2 Comments
Posted in Black People, Class, Fashion, Film, Health, Love, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Race, The Rest of the World, Who I Am
Tags: "Essence Editor-in-Chief Syndrome", "Good Hair", 125th Street, 1B, African Americans, Black Hair, Blacks, Braids, Catholic School, Chicago, Chris Rock, Curly Natural, Da Folks, Daily Cream Moisturizer, Dandruff, Glasses, Grades of Hair, Growing Up, Hairdressers, Harlem, Hysterectomy, Jheri Curl, Layaway, Nichiren Buddhism, Nuns, Pantene for Women of Color, Pantene Relaxed & Natural for Women of Color, Perms, Premature Baldness, Redken Smooth Down Butter Treat, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, The Brush, The Eighties, The Hot Comb, The Lena Horne, The Seventies, Weaves, Wigs
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