Archive for November, 2009
Tiger: It’s Getting Worse
• November 29, 2009 • Comments Off on Tiger: It’s Getting WorsePosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Gossip, People of Color, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The National Enquirer", Adultery, CBS, CBS Sports, Constables on Patrol, Diamond Ring, Diamonds, Elin Woods, Explanations, Gloria Allred, Golf, Hospitalization, Infidelity, Kobe Bryant Special, Money, Rachel Uchitel, Serial Adultress, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com, Web Site, Zales
Bradley Lockhart Appearing on Nancy Grace’s HLN Show Monday Night; Break Out the Popcorn and the Scrutiny About His Daughter, Shaniya Davis
• November 29, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: 1-877-626-2901, Antoinette Davis, Bradley Lockhart, Cheyenne Lockhart, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Neglect, Child Sex Slave, CNN, Crime, Exclusive Interview, Grace, Headline News Network, HLN, Kidnapping, Michigan, Minor Children, Missing Children, Murder, Nancy Grace, Pimping, Prostitution, Rape, Sex Crimes, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Strangulation
‘Queen’ Michelle, The Google Images Photo, and the Party Crashers for Sale
• November 29, 2009 • Comments Off on ‘Queen’ Michelle, The Google Images Photo, and the Party Crashers for SalePosted in American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Democrats, Education, Fashion, History, India, Journalism and Ethics, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Reality Shows, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Barack and Michelle Obama, Checkbook Journalism, Chimp in Pearls, CNN, Conspiracy Theories, Dane County, Facebook, First Lady Michelle Obama, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Google, Hindus, Larry King, Lawrence Summers, Madame Gursharan Kaur, Madison WI, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, Michelle Obama, Mount Horeb, Naeem Khan, Nancy Reagan, Neo-Clintonesque, Noam Chomsky, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Reality TV, Spanx, Sweat Shop Labor, The Dress, The First Couple, The First Lady, The Inaugural Ball, The Media, The Nobel Peace Prize, The Rich, The Right Wing, The Secret Service, The Stunner, Timothy Geithner, Wingnuts
Tiger Woods is Creeping–That’s the Reason for the Car Crash
• November 28, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Domestic Violence, Love, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "People Magazine", "The Globe and Mail", "The National Enquirer", Adultery, Billionaire, Celebrity, Creeping, Divorce, Florida Highway Patrol, Golf, Husband, Infidelity, Lorne Rubenstein, Marital Problems, Marriage Counseling, Screwing Around, Sponsors, Stepping Out, The Australian Masters, The Hong Kong Open, The PGA Tour, Tiger Woods, TMZ.com, Wife
It Was Shaq Who Paid for Shaniya’s Funeral
• November 27, 2009 • Comments Off on It Was Shaq Who Paid for Shaniya’s FuneralPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion
Tags: "The Cleveland Plain-Dealer", Antoinette Davis, Art Spander, Bradley Lockhart, Carey Lockhart-Davis, Fayetteville NC, North Carolina, Real Clear Sports, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Shaq, Shaquille O'Neal, The Cleveland Cavalier
Judy Shepard Weighs In on the Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado Hate Murder
• November 26, 2009 • Comments Off on Judy Shepard Weighs In on the Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado Hate MurderPosted in American Politics, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Boy from Bushwick", "El Nuevo Dia", "Pink News", "Queerty", "The Edge", Ángel Rodríguez Colón, FBI, Federal Bureau of Investigation, First Degree Murder, Funeral, Jorge Steven Lopez, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, Jose Alicea, Juan A. Martinez Matos, Judge Madeline Vega, Judy Shepard, Killings, Laramie WY, LGBT, Luis Rivera, Matthew Shepard, Matthew Shepard -James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, President Barack Obama, Puerto Rico, Rape, San Juan, The ACLU of Puerto Rico, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Toa Alta, University of Puerto Rico Legal Clinic, William Ramirez
The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About Thanksgiving
• November 25, 2009 • Comments Off on The History That They’re Not Teaching Us or Our Children About ThanksgivingPosted in Class, Education, History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, The Economy
Tags: Afghanistan, Alternative History, Broken Families, Death, Eddie Izzard, First Nations, Homelessness, Iraq, King Philip's War, Massasoit, Mother Earth, Myth Making, Native Americans, Propaganda, Recovering Addiction, Scott Berkun, Settlers, Smallpox, Squanto, Thanksgiving, The Atlantic Ocean, The Civil War, The Great Recession, The Holidays, The Mayflower, The Pilgrims, The Puritans
Tina Turner: What Chanting Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo Feels Like for Me
• November 23, 2009 • 6 CommentsPosted in Love, Religion, Who I Am
Tags: "Beyond: Buddhist and Christian Prayers", African Americans, Bad News, Blacks, Buddhism, Chanting, Common Sense, Daily Life, Daimoku, Gongyo, Human Life, Human Revolution, Inner Peace, Life, Life Affirming, Lotus Sutra, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nichiren, Nichiren Buddhism, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Self-Affirmation, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Soka Gakkai International, Tina, Tina Turner
Another Jeezus Take the Wheel Moment: Dad Strips and Shoots Son Execution-Style After Son Confesses to Mom That He Acted Inappropriately With His Three-Year-Old Sister
• November 22, 2009 • 7 CommentsPosted in Black People, Crime, Murder/Manslaughter, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Women
Tags: "Freep", "The Detroit Free Press", African Americans, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Common Sense, Detroit, Detroit MI, Execution-Style, Father, Growing Up, Highland Park MI, Jamar Pinkney Jr., Jamar Pinkney Sr., Lazette Cherry, Michigan, Motherhood, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Shooting, Slaying, Son, Wayne County
Well, I Have a Job For the Moment…
• November 22, 2009 • Comments Off on Well, I Have a Job For the Moment…Posted in Black People, Class, Education, Health, Homelessness, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, The Economy
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Career, Chanting, Christmas, Clerical Workers, Daimoku, Extensions, Freelancing, Job, Job Hunting, Job Search, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, New Year's, Survival, Teaching, Temporary Employment, Thanksgiving, The Holidays, The New Poor, The Poor, Unemployment Check, Unemployment Insurance, Work, Writing
Another View of Bradley Lockhart, Shaniya’s Father: He Was a Negligent Father (w/Update)
• November 21, 2009 • 25 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Byron Coleman, Cheyenne Lockhart, Child Abduction, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Sex Slave, Children, Cumberland Department of Social Services, Domestic Violence, Father-in-Law, Girlfriends, Half-Sister, Missing Children, Motherhood, Rape, Sex, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Tim Allen
Saturday Night Music, October 21: The O’Jays, “For The Love of Money,” 1973
• November 21, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Music, The O'Jays
Tags: "Bass Player Magazine", "For the Love of Money", "Rolling Stone", "Ship Ahoy", "The Apprentice", Anthony Jackson, Bassist, Bill Isles, Bobby Massey, Contrabass Guitar, Donald Trump, Eddie Levert, Electric Bass, Greed, Jack Casady, James Jamerson, Kenny Gamble, Leon Huff, Materialism, Money, New York City, Oliver Messaien, Sammy Strain, The O'Jays, The Philadelphia Sound, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Walter Williams, William Powell
Update: BART Cop Trial for Shooting of Oscar Grant Sent to Los Angeles, Not San Diego
• November 21, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Police, BART Train, Blacks, California, CBS, Cephus Johnson, Constables on Patrol, District Attorneys, East Bay, East Bay Express, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Judge Morris Jacobson, Los Angeles County, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Brutality, Racism, San Diego County, The Oakland Tribune
Friday Night Music, November 20: Shirley Bassey, “Diamonds Are Forever,” 1971
• November 20, 2009 • Comments Off on Friday Night Music, November 20: Shirley Bassey, “Diamonds Are Forever,” 1971Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Film, History, Music, People of Color, Shirley Bassey, Women
Tags: "Diamonds Are Forever", "The Performance", AM Radio, Biracials, Cardiff, Dame Commander of the British Empire, Dame Shirley Bassey, Entertainer, James Bond, James Bond Theme Songs, Motherhood, Shirley Bassey, Show Business, The Avon River, The Seventies, The Sixties, Tom Jones, Wales, Welsh
Shaniya Davis: The Details of Her Rape and Death Emerge
• November 20, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, History, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Respect", African Americans, American Apartheid, Antoinette, Antoinette Davis, Autobiography, Billie Holiday, Blacks, Child, Children, Crime, Deer, Disrespect, Domestic Violence, Dreadlocks, Drug Bust, Drugs, History, Josephine Baker, Labor, Mario Andrette McNeill, Maya Angelou, McNeill, Memoir, Minor Children, Missing Children, Motherhood, Murder, New York, Oppression and Intolerance, Pimped, Pimping, Rape, Rastas, Reconstruction, Released From Mental and Spiritual Bondage, Self-Worth, Sex, Sex Crimes, Sex Slaves, Shaniya, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Slavery, Wage Slavery, Zombified
Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing Right
• November 18, 2009 • Comments Off on Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing RightPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Cancer, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Memoir, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Women
Tags: "Dr. Oz", "The Doctors", Advocate, African American Women, Bedside Manner, Black Women, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Guidelines 2009, Canada, Cancer, Capitol Square, Family History, Healing, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Reform, Hippocratic Oath, Hormone Replacement Therapy, HRT, Mammogram, Mammograms, Mammography, Medical Rationing, Memoir, Niacin, Policosanol, Pumpkin Oil, Radiation Exposure, Self-Examination, The Nineties, The Seventies, Tumors, Vitamin D, Wisconsin
PBS Frontline Has a Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطان
• November 17, 2009 • Comments Off on PBS Frontline Has a Documentary on Neda Agha-Soltan ندا آقا سلطانPosted in American Foreign Policy, Class, Documentaries, Education, Film, History, Iran, Neda Soltani, Obama Administration, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "A Death in Tehran", "Frontline", Death, Demonstrations, Dictatorship, Documentary, Iran, Iran Election 2009, Islamic Republic, Killings, Neda Agha-Soltan, Neda Agha-Soltani, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltan, Neda Salehi Agha-Soltani, Neda Soltani, PBS, Protestors, Puiblic Broadcasting System, The Basij, The Twitter Revolt, The Twitter Revolution, Twitter, ندا آقا سلطان
A (Gay, Hate) Murder in Puerto Rico
• November 17, 2009 • Comments Off on A (Gay, Hate) Murder in Puerto RicoPosted in American Foreign Policy, Chicanos/Latinos, Cooking, Crime, Hate Crimes, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Obama Administration, People of Color, Puerto Rico, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Angel Rodriguez, Caguas PR, Christopher Pagan, Cidra, Cross-Dressing, Gay, Guavate, Homosexual Fear, Jorge Steven Lopez, Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, Jose Bermudez, LGBT, Pedro Julio Serrano, Self-Defense, Steven Lopez, The Black Dahlia, The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
At Last Night’s Vigil for Shaniya Davis
• November 17, 2009 • Comments Off on At Last Night’s Vigil for Shaniya DavisPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Respect", Biracial, Biracials, Bradley Lockhart, Daughter, Daughters, Family, Grief, Honorary Brother, Nancy Grace, Paying Respects, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Sorrow, The Associated Press, The South, Vigil, White Brother, White People
Shaniya Davis Has Been Found Dead (w/Updates)
• November 16, 2009 • 10 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Antoinette Davis, Blacks, Bradley Lockhart, Child Abuse, Child Sex Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Children, Domestic Violence, Fayetteville NC, Highway 87, Killed, Molestation, Motherhood, Mothers, Prostitution, Rape, Remains, Sanford NC, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, Walker Road
Shaniya Davis: It’s Official; The Cops are Looking For a Body
• November 16, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Violence, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Fayetteville Observer", Antoinette Davis, Body, Bradley Lockhart, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Cliffdale Road, Comfort Suites Hotel, Fayetteville NC, Lee County, Mario Andrette McNeil, Mario Andrette McNeill, Mario McNeill, Missing Children, Missing Person Flyer, Molestation, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Prostitution, Raeford Road, Rape, Sanford NC, Search, Shaniya Davis, Shaniya Nicole Davis, State Highway Patrol, Theresa Chance, Volunteers, Walker Road, Woods
Dane County Announces Two-Day Mass Flu Inoculations in Madison
• November 16, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, H1N1/Swine Flu, Health, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alliant Energy Center, Channel 3, Channel 3000, Children, Common Sense, Consent Forms, Dane County, Dr. Thomas Schlenker, English, Families, Flu, H1N1, Hmong, Immunization Clinics, Individuals, Influenza, Madison, Mass Inoculations, Milwaukee, Pandemic, Public Health, Public Health Madison, Spanish, Swine Flu, WISC-TV, Wisconsin
“Cold Cash” Jefferson Gets 13-Year Jail Term
• November 15, 2009 • Comments Off on “Cold Cash” Jefferson Gets 13-Year Jail TermPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, History, Hurricanes, New Orleans, People of Color, Political Malfeasance
Tags: "Cold Cash" Jefferson, "Dollar Bill" Jefferson, Adam Clayton Powell, Africa, Barack Obama, Bribery, Cameroon, Constituents, Corruption, Democrats, Ego, Ghana, Graft, Greed, Harlem, Illinois, Jr., Nigeria, Philip and John Burton, Politics, Reconstruction, Rep. Carolyn Kilpatrick, Rep. Charlie Rangel, Rep. Jane Harman, Rep. John Murtha, Rep. Maxine Waters, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Rep. William Jefferson, Republicans, Rod Blagojevich, Speaker of the House, Willie Brown
Blue Hippo Sued by FTC; Only One Computer Sent While $15 Million Was Pocketed in Layaway Fees
• November 15, 2009 • 3 CommentsPosted in Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Consumerism, Crime, Wisconsin
Tags: Best Buy Outlet Store on eBay, Blue Hippo, BlueHippo, Burlington Coat Factory, Business Model, Cheat, Computer Sales, Consumer Fraud, Credit, Credit Union, eLayaway, Federal Trade Commission, FTC, K-Mart, Layaway, Marshall's, Poor, Scam, Sears, Swindle, TJ Maxx, Toys-R-Us, TV Commercials, Working Poor
Sapphire Interviewed by Katie Couric About “Precious”
• November 15, 2009 • 2 CommentsPosted in Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, HIV Positive, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuff", "Monster's Ball", "Precious", "Push", "The CBS Evening News", Abuse Pornography, Abuser, African Americans, Alice Walker, Blacks, Child Abuse, Children, Claireese Jones, Composite Depiction, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Gabourey Sidibe, Growing Up, Katie Couric, Lee Daniels, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Mental Abuse, Motherhood, New York, New York City, Ntozake Shange, Precious Jones, Ramona Lofton, Rape, Sapphire, Self Image, Self-Expression, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sexual Abuse, Steven Spielberg, The Color Purple, The Eighties, Tyler Perry, WAOD, What About Our Daughters?
