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Sending Etta James Home

• January 29, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: "At Last", "Shelter in the Rain", "Tell Mama", "The Lord's Prayer", A Time to Love, African Americans, Al Sharpton, Artis Mills, Barack Obama, Billiards, Black Women, Blacks, California, Child Abuse, Children, Christina Aguilera, Common Sense, Donto James, Drama, Drugs, Etta James, First Lady, Growing Up, Harmonica, James, Janis Joplin, LGBT, Los Angeles, Lower Haight, Marriage, Memorial Service, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Sametto James, San Francisco, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Stevie, Stevie Wonder, Street Culture, Streets, The Creolettes, The Fillmore, The Harlem of the West, Tribute, United States

Some Saturday Love: Prestia, Garibaldi, Pickett, and Tamalier of “Tower of Power” Do “Squib Cakes/What Is Hip?” Without the Horn Section, 1998

• January 28, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Music, The Rest of the World, Tower of Power
Tags: "Back to Oakland", "Can't You See?", Bass, Bass Guitar, David Garibaldi, Francis "Rocco" Prestia, Guitar, Horn Section, Ken Shane, Lenny Pickett, Music, Oakland, Rocco Prestia, Sax, Soul Serenade, Tower of Power

Etta “Miss Peaches” James’ Viewing and Funeral Plans Announced

• January 25, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted in African American History, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Etta James, Love, Music, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Al Sharpton, Black Women, Blacks, California, CNN, Donto James, Etta James, Friday, Funeral, Inglewood, Inglewood California, James, Johnny Otis, Los Angeles, Love, Rachel Noerdlinger, Rhythm & Blues Foundation, Sametto James, San Fernando Valley, Saturday, Singer, Tributes, Viewing, Wake

Those Posters From Facebook, “One Love, One Marriage” and “Family Values”

• January 22, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Michelle Obama, National Issues, Obama Administration, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "Traditional Family Values", African Americans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Cain, Callista, Callista Gingrich, Catholic, Catholicism, Cheaters, Clinton, Family Values, First Lady Michelle Obama, FLOTUS, Grandiosity, Hypocrisy, Infidelity, Jackie Gingrich, Marianne Gingrich, Marriage, Newt Gingrich, Philandering, POTUS, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Public Policy, Republican, Retrograde, South Carolina, Spitzer, Texas, The Church, The Keith Olbermann Fan Page

Louis and “Louis”

• January 22, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, African American History, American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Louis Armstrong, Love, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: African Americans, Anthony Coleman, Anthony Isaiah Coleman, Blacks, Boy, Documentary, Educational TV, Fictionalized, Film Documentary, Flushing Cemetery, Growing Up, Homage, Idiom, Kalamu, Kalamu ya Salaam, London Jazz Festival, Louis, Louis Armstrong, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Louisiana, Love, Lucille Armstrong, Melodrama, NeoGriot, New Orleans, Satchmo, Silent Film, Street Urchin, United States, Wynton Marsalis, YouTube

A Million Signatures to Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

• January 22, 2012 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Budget Cuts, Class, Democrats, Joblessness, Labor History, Labor Relations, National Issues, The Economy, Unions/Union Busting, Wisconsin
Tags: "The Isthmus", BadgerCare, California, David Obey, Faux Noise, Fraud, Governor Walker, High Speed Train, Kathleen Vinehout, Madison WI, Mahlon Mitchell, Peter Barca, Rebecca Kleefisch, Recall, Republicans, Russ Feingold, Ryan Lawler, Scott and Jeff Fitzgerald, Scott Fitzgerald, Scott Walker, Signatures, State Senator Jon Erpenbach, State Street, Steve Kagan, The February Uprising, The Koch Brothers, The Orpheum Theatre, United States, United Wisconsin, Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsinites

That Cartoon from Facebook: “Who Increased the National Debt?” (w/Update)

• January 21, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in American History, American Politics, Democrats, Education, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, The Economy
Tags: Barack Obama, Chart, Data, Facebook, Nancy Pelosi, National Debt, PolitiFact, President Barack Obama, Republicans, Scam, Snopes.com, Social Media, Statistics, Treasury Department, Twitter, United States, United States Department of the Treasury

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Giuliani Pushed Trump to Deport Cleric Sought by Turkey, Ex-White House Officials Said October 16, 2019
The president’s personal lawyer called Fethullah Gulen an extremist, but his repeated demands raised eyebrows.
British Family Says One Wrong Turn Led to ICE Detention Nightmare October 16, 2019
Two couples and three young children have been in custody since crossing the Canada-U.S. border, which they say was unintended consequence of swerving to avoid hitting an animal.
‘No Excuse’: Fellow Officers Condemn Police Shooting of Fort Worth Woman October 16, 2019
Atatiana Jefferson pointed a gun at her window before being shot from outside by a police officer, her young nephew said. But the police chief said she was entitled to defend herself.
Supreme Court Case Could Have Huge Effect on Puerto Rican Debt Crisis October 15, 2019
The justices are considering a constitutional challenge to an unusual oversight board created by Congress to sort out the island’s debt.
Thief Walks Out of Gallery With a $20,000 Salvador Dalí Etching October 16, 2019
An employee of the San Francisco gallery turned his back for a moment. When he looked again, the work had vanished.
What We Know About the Fort Worth Police Shooting of Atatiana Jefferson October 15, 2019
Aaron Dean, the officer who shot Ms. Jefferson in her own home, resigned hours before he was charged with murder.
U.A.W. Announces Tentative Contract Deal With G.M. October 16, 2019
The accord, which needs ratification by a majority of the company’s 49,000 union workers, could end a strike that has idled plants for a month.
The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest Updates October 16, 2019
Two top diplomatic hands — the former top aide to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the former envoy to Ukraine — are on Capitol Hill as the House’s impeachment inquiry gathers steam.

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Tusk: 'foundations' of Brexit deal are ready but UK has late doubts October 16, 2019
European council president says Brussels is waiting on London after doubts on the British sideLatest Brexit news - live updatesDonald Tusk, the president of the European council, has said the “foundations” of a Brexit deal are ready for approval by EU leaders but that Brussels is waiting on London after late “doubts” in Downing Street.The deal due to be sign […]
Third Rudy Giuliani associate arrested at JFK airport – live October 16, 2019
David Correia was detained in a campaign finance case involving associates of Trump’s personal lawyer with Ukraine linksSign up to the US briefing and get a new perspective 4.17pm BST This just in from the Associated Press: A Florida man wanted in a campaign finance case involving associates of Rudy Giuliani is in federal custody.Federal authorities say they […]
Family found at Dutch farm 'could have been held against their will' October 16, 2019
Police say family was in space that could be locked and may have been there nine yearsDutch police are questioning an Austrian man after a family of six were found in a secret room at a remote farmhouse in the Netherlands where they are believed to have been living for nearly a decade.The five adult siblings, said to be aged between 18 and 25, and an ailing […]
French government resists calls to ban headscarves on school trips October 16, 2019
Outrage after far-right politician orders Muslim woman to remove headscarf on trip to parliamentThe French government has insisted it will not seek to ban Muslim women who wear headscarves from volunteering to help on school trips after an incident in which mothers accompanying pupils were told to remove them sparked outrage.One mother said pupils were distr […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to endorse Bernie Sanders for president October 16, 2019
The progressive New York congresswoman will join the presidential candidate at a New York rallyThe progressive congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is set to endorse Bernie Sanders in the race to be the Democratic party’s nominee for the White House next year.During the fourth Democratic debate on Tuesday night Sanders, 78, who had been recuperating since […]
Sandy Hook father awarded $450,000 after suing conspiracy theorist October 16, 2019
Father of boy killed in Newtown school shooting sued James Fetzer and Mike Palacek over their book Nobody Died at Sandy HookThe father of a boy killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting has been awarded $450,000 by a jury in Wisconsin after he sued a conspiracy theorist who claimed the massacre never happened. Leonard Pozner, whose six-year-old son Noah […]
Jailed Catalan leaders call for end to violent protests October 16, 2019
Plea comes as Madrid says violence will be met with ‘firm, proportional and united’ responseThe nine Catalan leaders jailed this week over their roles in the failed push for regional independence two years ago have appealed for peaceful protests following two consecutive nights of violent unrest.Their joint plea came as the Spanish government warned that the […]
Hong Kong leader forced to deliver key speech via video after protests October 16, 2019
Carrie Lam interrupted twice by angry pro-democracy politicians, who shouted her down during addressLawmakers shout ‘five demands, not one less’ during speech - liveHong Kong’s beleaguered leader, Carrie Lam, has condemned ongoing violent street protests for dampening the economy and ruining the image of the financial hub, in a key annual policy speech that […]

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Hong Kong's Carrie Lam abandons speech after protests October 16, 2019
City leader Carrie Lam's annual address is suspended as legislators project slogans and wave placards.
Dark web child abuse: Hundreds arrested across 38 countries October 16, 2019
The site, run from South Korea, had hundreds of thousands of videos containing child abuse.
Turkey-Syria offensive: Erdogan vows to press on with 'safe zone' plan October 16, 2019
Turkey's leader refuses to end military operations in northern Syria, despite ceasefire calls.
Pakistan royal visit: Kate's outfits draw Diana comparisons October 16, 2019
Is the Duchess of Cambridge putting a modern twist on what the Princess of Wales wore years ago?
Six Bulgarians arrested over football racist abuse October 16, 2019
Six Bulgarian football fans suspected of subjecting black England players to racist abuse are detained following police raids.
Egypt archaeologists find 20 ancient coffins near Luxor October 16, 2019
The coffins, whose decorations are still visible, were uncovered at a Theban necropolis near Luxor.
Why scientists are ‘listening’ to the Matterhorn October 16, 2019
Sparked by an unexpected rockfall, researchers placed sensors on the mountain to monitor the site.
Mexico: Army deployed after police killed in ambush October 16, 2019
Monday's attack in the western Michoacán state is blamed on a powerful drug cartel.