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Rush Dumped from Consortium Seeking to Buy NFL St. Louis Rams

• October 15, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Race, Sports, Womanism, Women
Tags: "High-Tech Lynching", 70%, African Americans, Apologists, Blacks, Clarence Thomas, Dittoheads, Donovan McNabb, Liberals, Racism, Right Wing, Rush Limbaugh, Sportscasters, The Crips and The Bloods, The National Football League, The Philadelphia Eagles, The Reverend Al Sharpton, The Reverend Jesse Jackson, The Right Wing, The Supreme Court, Unca Clarence

President Obama in New Orleans Today

• October 15, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Gang Violence, Gentrification, Health, History, Hurricanes, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Ninth Ward
Tags: Barack Obama, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, Brangelina, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Malcolm X, New Orleans LA, New Orleans Police Department, NOPD, President Barack Obama, President Obama, The Gulf Coast, The United Nations, U.N. Declaration of Human Rights

GMAFB: Guru Connected with Sedona AZ Sweat Lodge Deaths Says He’s Being “Tested”

• October 15, 2009 • 4 Comments

Posted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, History, Memoir, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Womanism, Women
Tags: "Spiritual Warrior", Arizona, AZ, Blonde-White-Girl-in-Distress Meme, Citizen Potawatomi, Creation, Fasting, Grandfather, Grandmother, Investigation, James Arthur Ray, James Shore, Johnny Flynn, Kirby Brown, Marina del Ray CA, Marvin Coops, Milgram Experiment, Milwaukee WI, Mishomsinanek ewi Nokmisek, Money, Mother Earth, Native American Traditionalists, Native Americans, Northern Cheyenne, Oklahoma, Payment, Pima, Plastic Tarps, Prayer, Rachel Carroll-Pthers, Sandalwood Incense, Sedona, Stones, Sweat Lodge, The Creator, The Feminine, The Principle of the Feminine, Tom McFeeley, Womb

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States Rush to Revamp Laws After Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling June 24, 2022
After some restrictions on gun permits were deemed unconstitutional, legislators announced plans to craft new laws that honor the ruling while still creating limits.
‘My Aching Heart Is Shattered Into Little Pieces’ June 24, 2022
A year ago, Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, Fla. The lives of those who lost loved ones and homes have never been the same.
‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children June 24, 2022
Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.
6 People Killed in Helicopter Crash in West Virginia Mountains June 23, 2022
The helicopter that crashed in Logan County was used during the Vietnam War and was being flown this week by enthusiasts.
Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 16, 2022
Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022
Flooding and mudslides from recent storms have collapsed bridges and washed away roads in the national park.
Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.

The Guardian, UK

Rwanda making preparations to take children removed from UK June 24, 2022
Hostel in Kigali building football pitches and providing outdoor toys for any children flown to the countryA hostel that has been leased by the Rwandan government to house asylum seekers from the UK is making preparations to accept children.The Hope hostel in Kigali is building outdoor facilities that will include football pitches, basketball courts and outd […]
Charles tells Commonwealth leaders dropping Queen is ‘for each to decide’ June 24, 2022
Prince of Wales says at summit any move by members to become a republic can be ‘without rancour’The Prince of Wales has told Commonwealth leaders that keeping the Queen as head of state or becoming a republic is “a matter for each member country to decide”.Charles made the comments during the opening ceremony of a summit of Commonwealth prime ministers and p […]
Ukrainians who come to UK illegally could be sent to Rwanda, Johnson says June 23, 2022
PM had previously said deportations were ‘simply not going to happen’ but now admits in theory they couldUkrainian refugees face being sent to Rwanda if they travel to the UK without authorisation, Boris Johnson has said in an escalation of government plans to deport those who travel across the Channel seeking sanctuary.During a visit to the Rwandan capital, […]
Tanzania charges 20 Maasai with murder after police officer dies during protests June 23, 2022
Lawyers say government is attempting to intimidate pastoralists as thousands flee to Kenya amid escalating row over evictionsTwenty Maasai pastoralists from northern Tanzania have been charged with the murder of a police officer during protests over government plans to use their ancestral land for conservation and a luxury hunting reserve.The officer was all […]
Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul prepare for Mediterranean tsunami June 23, 2022
Risk of significant tsunami within next 30 years is nearly 100%, Unesco says, as it urges coastal cities to become ‘tsunami-ready’A tsunami could soon hit major cities on or near the Mediterranean Sea including Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul, with a nearly 100% chance of a wave reaching more than a metre high in the next 30 years, according to Unesco.The […]
Boris Johnson and Prince Charles to hold Rwanda talks June 22, 2022
Pair are visiting for Commonwealth meeting, after Charles criticised government’s asylum policyBoris Johnson will have a potentially awkward meeting with the Prince of Wales in Rwanda after the heir to the throne criticised the government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to the east African state.The talks will take place at the Commonwealth heads of gover […]
Banks and UK supermarkets accused of backing deforestation in Brazil June 24, 2022
By funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims Continue reading...
Bruno Pereira buried in his home state after ceremony led by Indigenous tribes June 24, 2022
Funeral held in Pernambuco of Indigenous expert who was killed in Amazon region with journalist Dom PhillipsThe murdered Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira has been buried in his home state of Pernambuco in Brazil after a small ceremony attended by family members and local tribes.Dozens of Indigenous people from the Xukuru tribe paraded around his coffin chan […]

The BBC

Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion June 24, 2022
States can decide to ban abortion after the Supreme Court overrules the landmark Roe v Wade case.
Roe v Wade: Why this is a seismic day in America June 24, 2022
The divide in America has become even deeper after this Supreme Court ruling, writes Sarah Smith.
Afghanistan earthquake: Survivors count horrific cost June 24, 2022
Near the epicentre of the quake that struck Afghanistan this week, houses lie in ruins.
USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered June 24, 2022
The US Navy ship "Sammy B" sank off the Philippines in a ferocious WWII battle with the Japanese.
Pompeii: Ancient pregnant tortoise surprises archaeologists June 24, 2022
The reptile's 2,000-year-old remains are discovered by archaeologists buried in volcanic ash and rock.
Ukraine war: Kyiv orders forces to withdraw from Severodonetsk June 24, 2022
Severodonetsk is the current focus of Russia as it tries to take control of eastern Ukraine.
Saudis free youngest prisoner who faced execution June 24, 2022
Murtaja Qureiris was held for eight years for alleged involvement in a protest when he was 10.
Shireen Abu Aqla: UN says an Israeli shot killed Al Jazeera journalist June 24, 2022
It is the first UN probe into the death of Shireen Abu Aqla, shot during an Israeli operation in May.