Archive for April, 2010
• April 30, 2010 •
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Posted in American History, American Politics, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Oprah", "The Early Show", 2008 Presidential Campaign, Affair, Breakdown, Child, Daughter, Diane Dimond, Divorce, Elizabeth Edwards, Entertainment Tonight, Full Tilt Boogie, Haiti, Humanitarian Work, Illicitness, John Edwards, John Profumo, Jumpoff, Jumpoffs, Maggie Rodriguez, Marriage, Mistress, New Orleans, Oprah Winfrey, Public Identity, Recklessness, Rielle Hunter, Separation, Terminal Illness, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Youngs
• April 30, 2010 •
Comments Off on Harley Davidson May Have to Leave Wisconsin If Costs Don’t Go Down
Posted in American History, Class, Cultural History, Joblessness, The Economy, The Rest of the World, Wisconsin
Tags: "Milwaukee Iron", Arthur Davidson, Bill Harley, Cost Cutting, Cuts, Factories, Global Economy, Governor Jim Doyle, Harley-Davidson, Hogs, Jim Doyle, Job Posting, Mark Neumann, Menomonee Falls, Milwaukee, Motorbikes, Motorcycle Clubs, Motorcycles, Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, Tomahawk, Unions, Wisconsin
• April 30, 2010 •
Comments Off on Massey Energy Offers $3 Million Per Miner to Surviving Families: “Dad Didn’t Have a Price Tag on Him”
Posted in Accidental Death/Death by Misadventure, American History, Class, Health, Obama Administration
Tags: Benny Ray Willingham, Coal, Don Blankenship, Families, Massey Energy, Michelle McKinney, Miners, Mining Accident, Montcoal West Virginia, Price Tag, Survivors, Upper Big Branch Mine
• April 30, 2010 •
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Posted in American Politics, Class, Consumerism, Health, Joblessness, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, Obama Administration, Science, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Times-Picayune", Alternative Energy, Booms, British Petroleum, Burning Oil, Cementing, Depressed Economy, Drilling, Dubai, Environmental Disaster, Fisheries, Fishermen, Flora, Governor Bobby Jindal, Halliburton, Hydrofracking, Louisiana, Natalie Roshto, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, Odor, Offshore Drilling, Oil Spill, Oysters, Reduced Air Quality, Sarah Palin, Shane Roshto, Shrimpers, Shrimping, Smell, The Deepwater Horizon, The Gulf of Mexico, Transocean, Wildlife
• April 29, 2010 •
Comments Off on See Dorothy Height’s Funeral on C-Span 3 and at The Grio (w/Update)
Posted in African American History, American History, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Democrats, Dorothy Height, Education, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African American Women, African Americans, Baptist, Blacks, Dorothy Height, Dorothy Irene Height, Eminence Grise, Eulogy, Funerals, National Council of Negro Women, President Barack Obama, Single Black Women, The Black Church, The Black Club Movement
• April 29, 2010 •
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Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Crime, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Film, Hate Crimes, Political Malfeasance, Race, The Rest of the World
Tags: A Singular Voice, Abdur-Rahman Muhammad, African Americans, Agents Provocateurs, Assassination, Benjamin Thomas, Black Muslims, Blacks, El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, FBI Agent, John Ali, Leon Davis, Malcolm X, Mujahid Halim, Murder, Mustafa Shabazz, NOI, Racism, Sunni Islam, Talmadge X. Hayer, The Audubon Ballroom, The Nation of Islam, Thomas Hagan, Unfinished Business, Washington D.C., Wilber McKinley, William Bradley
• April 28, 2010 •
3 Comments
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Love, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "People Magazine", Adoption, Angelina Jolie, Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Pitt, Celebrity Adoptions, Divorce, Jesse James, Louis Armstrong, Louis Bardo Bullock, Maddox Jolie-Pitt, Mia Farrow, New Orleans, Post-Racial, Sandra Bullock, Satchmo, Woody Allen
• April 27, 2010 •
10 Comments
Posted in Class, Crime, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Bad Lieutenant" Types, College Town, Constables on Patrol, Cops, Crack, Crack House, FBI, FBI Informant, Informant, Kitchen, Michelle Salentine, Michelle V Salentine, Milwaukee WI, Pipe, Platteville Police Department, Platteville WI, Police Brutality, Wired
• April 27, 2010 •
Comments Off on Don’t Believe The “Frontline” Update, “The Quake,” about Haiti
Posted in American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Class, Documentaries, Documentary, Exploration and Colonization, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Television, Race, Television, The Clintons, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Frontline", "The Quake", Aristide, Ayiti, Corruption, Deals, Destinies, Distortion, Elites, Fanmi Lavalas, Haiti, Haitians, National Public Radio, Neo-Colonialism, Oil, PBS, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Self-Determination, The Black Republic, The Haitian Blogger
• April 26, 2010 •
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Posted in Black People, Comedy, Commercials, Consumerism, Love, Music, Sexuality, Television, The Isley Brothers, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: "That Lady", "Who's That Lady?", Broom, City of Madison, Competition, Faithlessness, Jealousy, Love, Mad City, Madison WI, Mop, Official Bird of the City of Madison, Pink Bowling Balls, Plastic Pink Flamingos, Retaliation, Swiffer, Swiffer Mop, Swiffer Sweeper, Swiffer Vac, The Isley Brothers, The Seventies
• April 25, 2010 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Dorothy Height, Education, Health, Love, Race, The Economy, Women
Tags: African American History, African American Women, African Americans, Black Single Women, Black Soror, Black Sororities, Black Sorority, Black Women, Blacks, Community Service, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Dorothy Height, Dorothy I. Height Building, Fort Lincoln Cemetery, Howard University, NCNW, Self-Affirmation, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Service, Service to the Race, The Black Club Movement, The National Council of Negro Women, Washington National Cathedral
• April 25, 2010 •
9 Comments
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, The Tea Party Movement
Tags: "Between Barack and a Hard Place", AmericaBlog, Anne Coulter, Anti-Racism, Armed Protesters, Brian and Sara Brandsmeier, Malia Obama, Michael Savage, Neo-Confederate, Pastor Stan Craig, Pat Buchanan, Racism, Rush Limbaugh, Teabagging, Ted Nugent, The Right Wing, The Tea Party Movement, Tim Wise, Washington D.C., White Privilege, White Supremacy
• April 24, 2010 •
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Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Music, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Brothers Johnson
Tags: African Americans, Blacks, George Johnson, Jazz Funk, Louis Johnson, Music, Musicians, Quincy Jones, The Brothers Johnson, The Eighties, The Seventies
• April 24, 2010 •
Comments Off on Until May 1, Watch the Documentary “Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun”
Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Race, Sexuality, Womanism, Women, Zora Neale Hurston
Tags: African Americans, Anthropologist, Biography, Black Woman, Blacks, California, Common Sense, Cultural History, Documentary, Folklorist, Growing Up, Jump at the Sun", Literature, Novelist, Scholar, Self Image, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Single Black Woman, Southern, Womanist, Writer, Zora Neale Hurston
• April 24, 2010 •
Comments Off on Memo to Henry Louis “Skip” Gates About Slavery and Reparations: With Friends Like You, Who Needs Enemies?
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African American History, African History, African Kings, Aggression, American History, Americans, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., European Americans, Europeans, Guns, Henry Louis Gates Jr., History, Homeowners, Instigated Wars, Neo-Confederate, Op-Ed Contributor, Redlining, Reparations, Right Wing, Skip Gates, Slave Trading, Slavery, Sugar Cane, Teabaggers, The Akan, The Caribbean, The Fon, The Kongo, The Mbundu, The Middle Passage, The New York Times, The Slave Trade, Tobacco, Voters' Rights, Wars, White Supremacist, Whites
• April 24, 2010 •
Comments Off on Friday Night Music Doubleheader, April 23, 2010: “If I Ever Lose This Heaven” 1974, and “Love, I Never Had It So Good” 1978, Quincy Jones and Company
Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Music, Women
Tags: "Body Heat", "Sounds...And Stuff Like That", "You've Got It Bad Girl", African Americans, Al Jarreau, Arranger, Blacks, Danceable Jazz, Fusion, Jazz Funk, Jazz Fusion, Jazz Musicians, Leon Ware, Mercury Records, Mikell's, Minnie Riperton, New York, Pam Sawyer, Patti Austin, Producer, Quincy Jones, Richard Tee, Session Musicians, Smooth Jazz, Songwriter, Soul, Studio Musicians, Tom Bahler, Wynton Marsalis
• April 23, 2010 •
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Posted in Acting, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Film, Italy, Love, Memoir, Native Americans/First Nations, Pam Grier, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Philippines, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Foxy Brown", "Foxy: My Life in Three Acts", "Jackie Brown", "L.A. Times Festival of Books", "The Arena", African American Women, African Americans, Blaxsploitation Films, Denver CO, Frederico Fellini, Italy, John Lennon, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Lew Alcindor, Living Legends, Los Angeles CA, Native American Ancestry, Pam Grier, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Pryor, Roger Corman, Sexy, Single Black Women, The Eighties, The Seventies, Womanly
• April 23, 2010 •
Comments Off on Queen-Sized Model in Banned Lane Bryant Ad: ABC Can’t Handle the Truth
Posted in Ashley Graham, Big Beautiful Women, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Commercials, Cultural History, Fashion, Health, Love, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Womanism, Women
Tags: "American Idol", "The New York Post", ABC, Advertisement, Ashley Graham, Banned, BBW, Big Beautiful Women, Commercials, Fifteen Minutes, Fox, Jiggle, Lane Bryant, Marilyn Monroe, Marketing, Mo'Nique, Plus Size Women, Queen Latifah, Queen Size Women, Rupert Murdoch, Self-Acceptance, Self-Respect, Size 14, Size 16, Viral, Viral Commercials
• April 22, 2010 •
Comments Off on Leonard Nimoy to Retire
Posted in Acting, Arts, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Drama, Film, Love, Memoir, Nonfiction/Essays, Race, Science, Sexuality, Space The Final Frontier, Television, Television Series
Tags: "El Shaddai", Children, Commander Spock, Growing Up, In An Alternate Universe Spock Kisses My Hand", Leonard Nimoy, Love, Retired, Retirement, Science Officer Spock, Spock, Star Trek, To Retire
• April 22, 2010 •
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Posted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Fiction Writing, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Women, World War II
Tags: "Masterpiece Theater", "Small Island", Afro-British, Afro-Caribbean, Andrea Levy, Belonging, Bernard, Black British, Black Britons, Blacks, Britain, Colin Firth, Cotswolds, Drama, Gilbert, Great Britain, Hortense, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Relationships, Jamaica, King and Country, Love, Naivety, PBS, Queenie, Racism, Sade, Sex, World War II, WW II
• April 22, 2010 •
Comments Off on UPDATE: Mo’Nique and Her Brother Gerald–It May Have Been About the Money
Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Film, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Mo'Nique, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The View, Women
Tags: African American Women, African Americans, Barbara Walters, Black Women, Blacks, Brother, Family, Gerald Imes, Incest, Incest Among Siblings, Middle-Class, Mo'Nique, Money, Monique Imes, Parents, Shakedown, Sidney Hicks, Support, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Oscars, The Smell Factor, The View, Women
• April 22, 2010 •
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Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Television Series, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Womanism, Women
Tags: "Nightline Faceoff", "What Can't a Successful Black Woman Find a Man?", Atlanta GA, Black Couples, Black Families, Black Heterosexuality, Black Relationships, Black Women, Chocolate City, Discussion, Divorce, Expectations, Hill Harper, Jacquie Reid, Jimi Izrael, Marriage, Sherri Shepherd, Single Black Women, Steve Harvey, Vicki Mabrey
• April 21, 2010 •
Comments Off on UPDATE: Der Fuhrer Don’t Like iPad and Other “Downfall” Parodies Removed by YouTube for Copyright Infringement
Posted in Commercials, Film, Germany, History, Memoir, Race, Sexuality, The Rest of the World, World War II
Tags: "Hogan's Heroes, "Inglourious Basterds", Adolf Hitler, Apple, Der Fuhrer, Humanizing Hitler, iPad, iPod, Jews, Kindle, Mel Brooks, Perfection, Perfectionism, Technology, The Allies, The Fuhrer, The Germans, The Nazis, The Resistance, Viral Commercials, World War II, You Tube
• April 21, 2010 •
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Posted in Big Beautiful Women, Class, Commercials, Consumerism, Cultural History, Fashion, Health, Love, Reality Shows, Television, Television Series, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Women
Tags: BBW, Beauty, Big Beautiful Women, Big Girls, Big Women, Cacique, Commercial, Fat, Healthy Women, Lane Bryant, Lingerie, Plus Size Women, Queen Size Women, The Stupid, TV Commercial, Underwear
• April 21, 2010 •
Comments Off on Chaz Ebert Steps Out on Her Own and with Roger
Posted in Acting, Awards, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Chaz Hammelsmith Ebert, Class, Cultural History, Film, Health, Race, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Sneak Previews", "The Chicago Sun-Times", 12th Annual Roger Ebert Film Festival, African Americans, Attorney, Blacks, Cancer, Champaign IL, Chaz, Chaz Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, Ebertfest, Ebertfest: Roger Ebert's Film Festival, Film Critic, Film Criticism, Husband, Interracial Celebrity Couples, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Lawyer, Love, Marriage, Roger Ebert, Television Program, The Virginia Theatre, Wife
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