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James Lipton of “Inside The Actors’ Studio”: I Was a Pimp in Paris

• May 29, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Acting, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, France, Late Night TV, Memoir, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women, World War II
Tags: Actors Studio, Barber, Black Panthers, Bordello, Hair Dye, Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton, Lipton, Paris, Paris FRANCE, Pimp, Pimps, Post-World War II France, Prostitutes, Richard Pryor, Rite of Passage, Seine, Self-Respect, Self-Worth, Sex, Snoop Dogg, The Beats, Tom Selleck, Virility

Those Pictures from Facebook: The Olympics

• July 29, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, European History, Facebook, Jews, Love, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sports, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, Women, World War II
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Amateur Sports, Avalon, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Britain, British History, Children, Danny Boyle, Elizabeth II, Facebook, Glastonbury Tor, Global Secular Humanist Movement, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Growing Up, Hair, Highlights, Industrial Revolution, Lolo Jones, London, Lord Voldemort, Love, Mitt Romney, Mixed, Mr. Bean, National Health Service, Olympic Games, People of Color, Prince Philip, Queen, Queen Victoria, Racism, Rowan Atkinson, Slumdog Millionaire, Sport, Sports, The 2012 Summer Olympics, The Olympics, Track and Field, United States, World War II

New Year’s Songs: ABBA, “Happy New Year” 1980

• December 29, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Love, Music, Sweden, World War II
Tags: "Chess", "Like An Angel Passing Through My Room", "Momma Mia!", "The Visitor", ABBA, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Benny Andersson, Benny Andersson Orkester, Björn Ulvaeus, Fawlty Towers, Holiday Song, John Cleese, Lasse Hallström, Norway, Regrouping, Reunion, Studio Album, Super Trouper, Sweden, The Seventies

Proving That “Hogan’s Heroes” Lied to You: An Op-Ed + Video Regarding Blacks in Germany, Past, Present and Future

• October 24, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Africans, American History, Belgium, Black People, Books, Cameroon, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Film, France, Germany, Haiti, Mental Health/Psychology, Namibia, People of Color, Race, The Rest of the World, War Crimes, World War II
Tags: "Black Survivors of the Holocaust", "Hitler's Forgotten Victims", "Hogan's Heroes, African Americans, Belgian, Biracials, Black, Black Women, Blacks, Cameroon, Colonization, Dachau, Dora-Mittelbau, Genetic Experiments, Geneva Convention, German, Germany, Gestapo, Growing Up, Haitian Creole, Hans Hauck, Holocaust, Ivan Dixon, Jean Marcel Nicolas, Jean Voste, Jews, Josephine Baker, Kalamu ya Salaam, Lari Gilges, Mein Kampf, MeTV, Namibia, Nazi, Nazi Germany, Nazism, NeoGriot, Racial Purity, Racism, Rhineland Bastards, Staff Sgt. Kinchloe, Sterilized, Tanzania, Togo

Why Should Black People Care About What Happens To Japan? Because Black People Live and Work in Japan, That’s Why

• March 16, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black Expatriates, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Education, Film, Health, Homelessness, Japan, Joblessness, Love, Music, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Travel, Who I Am, World History, World War II
Tags: "The African American Experience in Japan", "The Japan Times", 50 Cent, Aid, Ainu, Akafia, Alexandra Wallace, Assistance, Black Tokyo, Bush II, City, Country, Daimoku, Dear Life Japan, Dobashi's, Earthquake, Eric L. Robinson, Expatriates, Foreigners, Fulbright Fellow, Gai-jin, Gaijin, Gongyo, Gunjin, Homogeneity, Jackson Street, Japan Earthquake, Japanese, Jero, Jerome White, Jerome White Jr., Kokujin, Living in Japan, Meltdown, Miyagi Prefecture, New Orleans, Nichi Bei Bussan, Nichiren Buddhism, Nichiren Daishonin's Buddhism, Nuclear Reactors, Nuclear Weapons, Okinawans, Outsiders, Payback, Pearl Harbor, Pioneers, Purity, Rastafarianism, Reggie Life, Sendai, SGI Buddhism, Takara in Tokyo, Takara Swoopes Bullock, The Katrina Diaspora, Tofu Factory, Tremors, Tsunami, UCLA, Working in Japan, 東北地方太平洋沖地震

The Ancestors Take Home Jazz Saxophonist and Flautist James Moody, 85

• December 11, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Ba'hais, Black People, Cancer, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Differently-Abled, Education, European History, France, Health, Italy, James Moody, Love, Music, People of Color, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Travel, World War II
Tags: Aretha Franklin, Be-Bop, Be-Bop Jazz, Bill Cosby, Dizzy Gillespie, Eddie Jefferson, Flautist, Flute, Funeral Services, George Wein, James Moody, James Moody Jazz Scholarship for Newark Youth Fund, Jazz, King Pleasure, Lou Watters, Moody's Mood for Love, Pancreatic Cancer, Quincy Jones, San Diego, San Diego CA, San Diego County, San Diego Union-Tribune, Saxophone, Saxophonist, The Grammys, The Visionary Project, Van Morrison, Wynton Marsalis

Well, We’re Not Going to Claim THIS Ancestor: DNA Study of Adolf Hitler Shows He Had Jewish and African Roots

• August 25, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Africans, Cultural History, European History, Germany, Hate Crimes, Race, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), War Crimes, Women, World War II
Tags: Adolf Hitler, African, Alexander Stuart-Houston, Alois Hitler, Alois Schickelgruber, Ancestors, Anti-Semite, Anti-Semitism, Arab, Austria, Brigitte Hamann, Der Fuhrer, DNA, Dollersheim, Eva Braun, Forebears, Genocide, Goebbels, Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Ian Kershaw, Jean-Paul Mulders, Jewish, Josef Stalin, KGB, Leopold Frankenberger, Marc Vermeeren, Maria Schickelgruber, Origins, Race, Racism, Russia, Self-Hating Jew, SMERSH, Systematic Murder, The Anschluss, The Gestapo, The Wehrmacht

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Intelligence Whistle-Blower Law, Explained September 22, 2019
Congress and the Trump administration are in a standoff over a secret complaint related to President Trump and Ukraine.
Poor Schools Keep Getting Crushed in Football. Is It Time to Level the Playing Field? September 22, 2019
A growing number of states are considering whether economic status should help determine which opponents schools play.
Officer Under Investigation After Arresting Children, 6 and 8, Chief Says September 23, 2019
A 6-year-old girl was arrested and handcuffed after having a tantrum at an Orlando, Fla., school, her grandmother said.
She Quit Her Job. He Got Night Goggles. They Searched 57 Days for Their Dog. September 22, 2019
A couple combed a rural Montana community for their Border collie, Katie.
3 Are Dead and 4 Hospitalized in Pittsburgh From Overdoses, Officials Say September 22, 2019
All the victims were wearing orange wristbands and had been at the same event on Saturday night, but overdosed together at a private residence, the authorities said.
Refugee Cutbacks Could Isolate Rohingya Children in the U.S. September 22, 2019
Thousands of Rohingya have quietly settled in America, but for children who fled violence in Myanmar, having their parents join them is becoming a distant hope.
Americans Trust Police More Than Congress, Study Finds September 22, 2019
The most trusted leader of them all? The public school principal, according to a Pew Research Center study on Americans’ faith in powerful people and institutions.
Carl Ruiz, Celebrity Chef and Restaurateur, Dies at 44 September 23, 2019
He made frequent appearances on the Food Network as a competitive chef and celebrity judge.

The Guardian, UK

Thomas Cook to collapse, stranding 150,000 UK holidaymakers September 22, 2019
About 9,000 British jobs at risk after last-minute rescue talks fail to keep firm afloatThomas Cook was heading into insolvency on Sunday night as the world’s oldest holiday company faced a collapse that will strand 150,000 UK holidaymakers overseas and put 9,000 British jobs at risk.Flights were pulled from booking websites at around 10pm after all-day talk […]
Iran to lay out Gulf security proposal at UN general assembly September 22, 2019
Announcement comes as Iran and US fight for diplomatic advantage after Saudi oil attackIran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, has said he will present a plan for Gulf security at this week’s UN general assembly, as Washington and Tehran fight for diplomatic advantage in the wake of the devastating attack on the Saudi oil industry.Rouhani made clear the Iranian pr […]
Emmys 2019: the winners, the speeches, the surprises – live! September 23, 2019
The biggest night in TV sees Game of Thrones aiming for victory with a record 32 nominations but can a divisive final season dominate the night? 2.03am BST Two nominations for Arquette tonight and she’s won her first for a role in Hulu’s fact-based crime drama. Many, including myself, predicted Patricia Clarkson to win this for Sharp Objects but there has be […]
Countries must triple climate emissions targets to limit global heating to 2C September 22, 2019
United in Science report ahead of UN summit says climate is changing faster than forecast, and current plans would lead to ‘catastrophic’ global temperature rise An assessment backed by the world’s major climate science bodies has found commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions must be at least tripled and increased by up to fivefold if the world is to mee […]
No-deal Brexit will have 'seismic' impact, says European car industry September 22, 2019
Carmakers fear disorderly exit would cripple the just-in-time supply chain, investment and lead to tariff barriersThe European car industry has warned of catastrophic effects of a no-deal Brexit, saying it would have a “seismic” impact on making cars in Europe.In a rare joint statement, chiefs from 23 automotive business associations across Europe joined for […]
Trump goes on offensive over Biden and Ukraine as Schiff ponders impeachment September 22, 2019
Whistleblower scandal swirls over WashingtonQ&A: What is the Trump-Ukraine scandal about?Donald Trump, his aides and allies went on the offensive on Sunday, over what the president claims is un-investigated corruption involving Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine. Related: Ukraine furore confirms Giuliani as Trump's most off-kilter advocate Continue re […]
Boris Johnson urged to justify 'awarding public funds to close friend' September 22, 2019
Sir Alastair Graham, former standards watchdog chief, says there is prima facie case of PM having broken code of conductBoris Johnson is under growing pressure to explain why he allegedly failed to declare an interest in the allocation of public money to a close friend while he was mayor of London.The Sunday Times reported that a company run by Jennifer Arcu […]
Hong Kong police and demonstrators clash as tensions escalate September 22, 2019
Confrontations come in run-up to 70th anniversary of People’s Republic of ChinaProtesters and police have clashed in Hong Kong in another weekend of unrest as tensions escalate in the run-up to a significant political anniversary for Beijing.Riot police fired teargas, pepper spray and bean bag rounds on protesters who vandalised metro stations and set improv […]

The BBC

Climate change: Impacts 'accelerating' as leaders gather for UN talks September 22, 2019
A snapshot of the latest science, published as politicians gather in New York, says climate change is speeding up.
‘Howdy, Modi!’: Trump hails Indian PM at ‘historic’ Texas rally September 22, 2019
The US president hails India's prime minister as "exceptional", firing up a 50,000-strong crowd.
Israeli elections: Arab parties back Gantz to oust Netanyahu September 22, 2019
The endorsement is the first of its kind by an Arab political group in Israel in more than 25 years.
Rio violence: Protests as girl, eight, 'killed by police' September 22, 2019
The eight-year-old Brazilian girl was with her mother in a van when she was hit in the back.
Italian son shoots father dead during boar hunt September 22, 2019
Police charge the 34-year-old with culpable homicide after he shot his 55-year-old father.
Pizol glacier: Swiss hold funeral for ice lost to global warming September 22, 2019
Dozens of people, some dressed in black, paid their respects to the Pizol glacier in the Swiss Alps.
Emmy Awards 2019: Countdown to ceremony begins September 23, 2019
Game of Thrones and Veep have a final chance of glory at Sunday's hostless ceremony in Los Angeles.
Iran warns foreign forces to stay out of Gulf, amid new US deployment September 22, 2019
Do not create an arms race, President Rouhani says, as the US deploys more troops to Saudi Arabia.