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How Do I Feel About Flori-DUH After The Zimmerman Trial?

• July 15, 2013 • 5 Comments

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Willow Smith on “Ellen”: This Little Girl Is For Real, and Yet…

• November 3, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Daily AM/PM Talk Shows, Education, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Music, Music Videos, Sexuality, Television, Willow Smith, Women
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That GEICO Commercial Featuring Elmer Fudd

• December 31, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Art, Commercials, Film, History, Television, Warner Bros. Cartoons
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U.S. Accuses Steve Wynn of Lobbying Trump on Behalf of China May 18, 2022
The Justice Department said that by serving as a middleman for the Chinese government, Mr. Wynn acted as a foreign agent and must register as one.
Michigan Judge Suspends an Abortion Ban From 1931 May 17, 2022
The law is obsolete because of Roe v. Wade but still on the books. Abortion rights advocates are worried that a potential Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe will revive it.
2 Children Have Been Hospitalized Because of Formula Shortage May 17, 2022
A Memphis hospital has treated two children who can’t absorb nutrients properly because of a medical condition and don’t have access to the specific formula they need.
California Church Shooting Was ‘Hate Incident,’ Sheriff Says May 17, 2022
The man who opened fire on a Taiwanese congregation in Laguna Woods, Calif., killing one and injuring five, was motivated by political hatred, the Orange County Sheriff said.
With Plunging Enrollment, a ‘Seismic Hit’ to Public Schools May 17, 2022
The pandemic has supercharged the decline in the nation’s public school system in ways that experts say will not easily be reversed.
Dallas Police Arrest Suspect in Attack on 3 Korean American Women May 18, 2022
The authorities said that the suspect had a history of anti-Asian bigotry and that they were investigating possible links to a series of attacks against other Asian businesses.
One Man’s Choice to Be Cremated Under the Open Sky May 18, 2022
A small Colorado town maintains the country’s only public outdoor funeral pyre. Philip Incao saw it as his own perfect ending.
Congress Is Paralyzed on Guns. Here’s Why Chris Murphy Is Still Hopeful. May 18, 2022
The Democrat from Connecticut, who has spent his decade in the Senate trying and failing to enact gun safety bills, says his party should make the issue the core of its 2022 midterm message.

The Guardian, UK

US supreme court abortion reversal would be global ‘catastrophe’ for women May 18, 2022
If Roe v Wade is overturned, it will encourage anti-choice groups – particularly in the developing world, activists warnThe probable demise of abortion as a federal right in the US will be a “catastrophe” for women in low and middle-income countries, with an emboldened anti-choice movement likely to raise renewed pressure on hard-won gains, doctors and activ […]
Clashes in Tripoli as would-be prime minister attempts to claim power May 17, 2022
Fathi Bashagha forced to withdraw in the face of opposition from Libya’s militaryFighting broke out in Tripoli after one of the two rival Libyan prime ministers entered the capital to claim the role only to flee hours later when he realised he had misjudged the scale of military opposition.Fathi Bashagha said he had retreated to prevent further bloodshed, an […]
The ‘Spider-Man’ of Sudan: masked activist becomes symbol of resistance May 17, 2022
Dressed in red and blue, ‘Spidey’ is a fixture at protests against the military regime – and the subject of a new Guardian documentaryViolence and arrests will not deter Sudan’s young activists from resisting the military who “stole our revolution”, says one man who faces down the teargas and bullets in a blue and red superhero costume.Featured in a new Guar […]
Biden reverses Trump withdrawal of US army trainers from Somalia May 16, 2022
Up to 500 special forces advisers will train Somali forces to combat growing threat of al-Shabaab militants, says White HouseThe US will send up to 500 soldiers back on full-time deployment to Somalia, to train the country’s army to combat the increasing threat posed by al-Shabaab militants.The White House insisted that the move, deepening the US long-term m […]
Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal May 16, 2022
Exclusive: Comments raise concerns UK will find it difficult to refuse requests from Kigali on sensitive issuesPaul Kagame, the president of Rwanda, has suggested the UK extradite suspects wanted in the east African country for alleged roles in the 1994 genocide, after a controversial deal with the Home Office to process asylum seekers there.Speaking less th […]
Zimbabwe denies harbouring deceased Rwandan genocide fugitive May 15, 2022
DNA shows body exhumed in the country was Protais Mpiranya, Rwanda’s most wanted fugitiveZimbabwe has denied harbouring the Rwandan genocide fugitive Protais Mpiranya after it emerged that he died in 2006 and was buried in the country after living there for four years.The 20-year manhunt for one of the world’s most brutal killers came to a decisive end in an […]
Canada: trial of white men who killed two Indigenous hunters in 2020 begins May 17, 2022
Roger Bilodeau and his son Anthony Bilodeau believed that Jacob Sansom and Maurice Cardinal were thieves, court hearsTwo white Canadian men followed and then shot dead two Indigenous hunters because they believed they were thieves, prosecutors have told a court at the start of a murder trial in Alberta.Roger Bilodeau, 58, and his son Anthony Bilodeau, 33, ha […]
Mexican farmers demand redress for illegal mining and violence on their land May 17, 2022
Owners of community land bought shares to join annual meeting of Fresnillo, a Mexican FTSE 100 companyMexican farmers have travelled to London to demand that a FTSE 100 company compensates them for illegal mining on their land and explain violence against anti-mining activists.Penmont mining, a subsidiary of Fresnillo, was ordered by an agrarian court in Mex […]

The BBC

China Eastern plane crash likely intentional, US reports say May 18, 2022
Flight data reportedly indicates someone in the cockpit made the China Eastern Airlines jet crash.
Pennsylvania primary: Trump-backed TV doctor in cliffhanger vote count May 18, 2022
Celebrity surgeon Mehmet Oz's bid to become the next Republican senator from Pennsylvania is in jeopardy.
Ivan Kuliak: Russian gymnast given one-year ban for wearing pro-war symbol on podium next to Ukrainian May 17, 2022
Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak is given a one-year ban for wearing a national war symbol on the podium at an event in Qatar in March.
Retired colonel speaks out on Russian TV May 17, 2022
Mikhail Khodarenok gives a rare insight saying the military operation in Ukraine can only get worse.
Amber Heard denies striking Johnny Depp and doctoring photos May 17, 2022
Johnny Depp's lawyer has accused Ms Heard of being "the jealous one" in the ex-couple's marriage.
Sweden and Finland formally submit Nato applications May 18, 2022
The alliance's secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says it is "a historic moment, which we must seize".
Climate change swells odds of record India, Pakistan heatwaves May 17, 2022
A UK study says record-breaking temperatures in NW India and Pakistan are now 100 times more likely.
Madison Cawthorn: Trump-backed Gen Z congressman ousted amid scandal May 18, 2022
Madison Cawthorn loses a bid to renew his title as America's youngest congressman.