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Seal and Heidi Have a “Secret”

• September 30, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Fashion, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Women
Tags: "Secret", Black Briton, Brazil, Erotic, Fashion, Fashion Model, German Americans, Germans, Heidi Klum Samuel, Interracial Celebrity Couples, Interracial Couples, Interracial Marriage, Interracial Relationships, Intimacy, Love, Marriage, Model, Music Video, Nigeria, Seal, Seal Samuel, Sex, Singer, Vocalist

UPDATE: Jamal Parris and Spencer LeGrande, Two of the Four Plaintiffs Against Bishop Eddie Long, Speak Out

• September 29, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted in African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Dime Wars", African Americans, Anti-Gay, Anti-Gay Remarks, Atlanta, B.J. Bernstein, Baptist, Baptists, Bisexual, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Evangelicals, Charlotte NC, Child Sexual Abuse, Civil Suit, Closet, Coercion, Cologne, Colorado, Cult, Daddy, Dale Russell, District Attorney, Eddie Long, Ephebophilia, Faux News, Faux Noise, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox News Channel, Gay, Grooming, Homosexual, Interview, Jamal Parris, LGBT, Maurice Robinson, Media Critics, Out of the Closet, Pastors, Pedophilia, Plaintiff, Preachers, Prosperity Gospel, Protestants, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misbehavior, Spencer LeGrande, United States, WAGA-TV

The President at the University of Wisconsin, Madison

• September 29, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, The Economy, Wisconsin
Tags: African Americans, Barack Obama, Blacks, Children, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Crush, Library Mall, Madison WI, Mayor Tom Barrett, Midterm Elections, Milwaukee WI, Organization, President Barack Obama, Rep. Tammy Baldwin, Ron Johnson, Senator Russ Feingold, Sick, Stampede, The Midterm Elections 2010, University of Wisconsin Madison, UW-Madison, Wisconsin

That American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning “Tongue” Ad Spot

• September 27, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Class, Comedy, Commercials, Cultural History, Natural Disasters, Television
Tags: Boilers, Business, Children, Cold, Construction and Maintenance, Earth Science, Floods, Furnaces, Ice, Indian Summer, Materials and Supplies, Mechanical, Mother, Natural Disasters and Hazards, Parents, Snow, Tongues, Wisconsin

Don Lemon Versus Bishop Eddie Long; My Feelings Lie with The Survivors

• September 27, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Education, Joblessness, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Black Voices", "Spiritual Sons", "Young Acting", Abusers, Anger, Anthony Flagg, Apostle Bill Anderson, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Masculinity, Black Mothers, Black Women, Cable TV, Charlotte NC, Chronological Age, CNN, Daddy, Deals with the Devil, Degradation, Don Lemon, Dr. Boyce Watkins, Exposure, Father, Favorites, Female Headed Families, Gay, Gay Marriage, Heterosexual, Homosexual, Hyper-Masculinity, Jamal Parris, Jury, Jury Trial, Legend in His Own Mind, Lithonia GA, Male Bordello, Marriage, Marriage Vows, Masculinity, Maurice Robinson, Mental Health, Mercenary, Myths, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Obsession, Omission, Parishioners, Pedophiles, Rage, Rape, Raped, Reputation, Reverend Bernice King, Settlement, Sex Predators, Sexual Abuse, Sissies, Spencer LeGrande, Spiritual Health, Stephen Brown, Subjugation, Survivors, Tammy Wynette, Television, The Black Community, The Great Recession, The Media, Tricks, Validity, Vanessa Long

UPDATE: Bishop Eddie Long Rumored To Be Stepping Down After Those Muscle Shots and A Fourth Litigant Surface

• September 24, 2010 • 10 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Kingdom Relationships", "Spiritual Sons", "Traditional Family Values", Abs, Age of Consent, ATL, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, B.J. Bernstein, Bisexual, Bishop Earl Paulk, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Gays, Bossip, Built, Charlotte NC, Child Molestation, Civil Suits, Conservative, Cut, Dating, Evangelical Christians, Gay, Gay Romeo, Gays, George Alan Rekers, Georgia, Heterosexual, Homophobe, Homophobia, Homophobia in the Black Church, Homophobia in the Black Community, Homosexuality, Jail, Jasmyne Cannick, Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Karma, Keith Boykin, Kenya, Lavalife, Lesbians, LGBT, Long Fellows Youth Academy, Married Clergy, Match.com, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, North Carolina, Parishioners, Professionalism, Republican, Rigid, San Francisco, Scripture, Sex, Sex Predator, Sexual Invitation, Sexual Relationship, Six Pack, Spencer LeGrande, Ted Haggard, The Bible, The Down Low, The Downlow, The Nineties, Tight, Traditional, Trinity Foundation, Yahoo Dating, Youth Ministers

UPDATE: President Obama Coming to UW Madison Tuesday, September 28

• September 22, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Education, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin
Tags: 'Bagger, African Americans, Barack Obama, Ben Harper, Blacks, Channel 3000, College Democrats, College Republicans, Dane County, Election Year, Harry S. Truman, Library Mall, Madison WI, Midterm Elections, Park and Bascom, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Presidents, State Street, The Fifties, The Kohl Center, The Midterm Elections 2010, The Secret Service, Wisconsin

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With activists mobilized and dug in on the left and right, there is increasing pressure on people in the middle to choose sides.
These Are the 3 American Firefighters Who Died in the Australia Plane Crash January 24, 2020
The three men were all former service members who had traveled to Australia to battle the bush fires charring the country.
Pope Francis Replaces Conservative Archbishop of Philadelphia January 23, 2020
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011, has long been known as a theological and political conservative, often at odds with Pope Francis.
Ousted From Washington, Ex-Spy Valerie Plame Asks Voters to Send Her Back January 24, 2020
Ms. Plame is celebrating her C.I.A. past in a race for a congressional seat. But as she finds herself cast as an outsider, she’s running into trouble.
The Haves of Iowa and the Have-Nots Across the Border January 25, 2020
South Dakota has four dead presidents carved in stone on Mount Rushmore. But good luck getting real, live presidential hopefuls to come visit.
Impeachment Briefing: ‘Take Her Out’ January 25, 2020
After a tape of President Trump talking about the ambassador to Ukraine emerged, the secretary of state lashed out at a reporter’s question.
Managers wrap up their opening arguments. January 25, 2020
Representative Adam B. Schiff, whose stirring speech on Thursday night gained grudging plaudits from some Republicans, appeared to lose ground on Friday.
Pompeo Lashes Out at Reporter and Challenges Her to Find Ukraine on a Map January 25, 2020
“He shouted at me for about the same amount of time as the interview itself had lasted,” said Mary Louise Kelly of NPR.

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Coronavirus outbreak: Wuhan hospital doctor dies from virus as toll hits 41 – updates January 25, 2020
More than 1,280 infected and 18 cities in lockdown as authorities scramble to stem the spread infection, which has now reached Europe, the US and Australia. Follow the latest liveAnalysis: Spread of virus shakes people’s belief in governmentFull report: doctor dies after treating infected patients 9.41am GMT Chinese state media are reporting that a second ho […]
Pentagon says 34 US soldiers suffered traumatic brain injury in Iran strike January 24, 2020
Trump downplayed injuries: ‘I heard they had headaches’Expert calls president’s comment ‘insulting and disrespectful’Thirty-four US soldiers have been diagnosed with concussion or traumatic brain injury from an 8 January Iranian missile attack on their base in Iraq, the Pentagon has revealed.The Pentagon spokesman, Jonathan Hoffman, said on Friday that eight […]
Democrats focus on Ukraine 'cover-up' as marathon impeachment case wraps January 25, 2020
White House tried to hide records of Trump’s call with Ukrainian president and block whistleblower complaint, say DemocratsDemocrats concluded the presentation of their case against Donald Trump at his impeachment trial on Friday, with the lead prosecutor Adam Schiff calling on Republicans to exercise “moral courage” and vote in favor of calling witnesses at […]
Outrage at whites-only image as Uganda climate activist cropped from photo January 24, 2020
Associated Press says Vanessa Nakate was excised from image, which also featured Greta Thunberg, ‘purely on composition grounds’Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has called out racism in media after she was cropped out of a photo featuring prominent climate activists including Greta Thunberg, Loukina Tille, Luisa Neubauer and Isabelle Axelsson.Nakate m […]
Trump speaks with Boris Johnson about security as Britain nears Huawei decision January 25, 2020
Trump discusses concerns over Chinese telecoms giant’s role in Britain’s future 5G network Donald Trump discussed the security of telecommunications networks with Boris Johnson, the White House said, as Britain closes in on a decision on Huawei’s role in the country’s future 5G network.“The two leaders discussed important regional and bilateral issues, inclu […]
NPR host says Pompeo had a meltdown when she asked him about Ukraine January 25, 2020
Secretary of state used the F-word and demanded host Mary Louise Kelly find Ukraine on a map, journalist saysMike Pompeo is said to have unleashed a foul-mouth tirade at a well known US radio host after she asked him questions about Ukraine in an interview.Mary Louise Kelly, a respected broadcaster on National Public Radio (NPR), sat down for a pre-arranged […]
Actor Rosie Perez testifies friend told her she was raped by Harvey Weinstein January 24, 2020
Actor recalls conversation with Annabella Sciorra in 1993 or 94Sciorra called as witness to mogul’s alleged pattern of behaviorUS actor Rosie Perez testified in New York on the third day of the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein on Friday, describing phone calls she had with Annabella Sciorra where she learned Sciorra was allegedly raped.Perez said she called Sc […]
Multiple fatalities after earthquake hits eastern Turkey January 25, 2020
Officials confirm 20 people killed as rescue teams works to free trapped survivorsAn earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has killed at least 20 people in eastern Turkey.More than 500 have been left injured and several are trapped in the wreckage of toppled buildings. Rescue teams from neighbouring provinces were dispatched to the affected areas, working in th […]

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China coronavirus: Death toll rises as disease spreads January 25, 2020
Fifteen more people have died from the virus in China, as the country celebrates Lunar New Year.
Turkey earthquake: At least 21 dead as buildings collapse January 25, 2020
At least 21 people are killed with more trapped under collapsed buildings after the 6.8 quake.
Trump impeachment trial: What happened so far January 24, 2020
As prosecution gives way to defence, we look back at what you might have missed and what to expect.
Iran raid left '34 US troops with traumatic brain injuries' January 24, 2020
The Pentagon announcement comes after President Trump dismissed the injuries as "headaches".
Facebook and YouTube moderators sign PTSD disclosure January 25, 2020
Content moderators review hundreds of disturbing images each day for social media sites.
Russian bedroom camera in aircon 'spied on activist' January 24, 2020
Anastasia Shevchenko has been under house arrest for a year and has found a spy-camera in her flat.
Man uses warm coffee to rescue kittens frozen to ground January 24, 2020
An oil worker in Alberta, Canada, rescued the animals while inspecting wells.
German shooting: Man kills six of his family in small town January 24, 2020
Police believe the attack at a restaurant in Rot am See was related to a family dispute.