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Some Monday Love: “Doc Martin Theme,” Brit TV and “Doc Martin,” and Being Multiregion

• January 16, 2012 • Comments Off

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Tags: "Midsomer Murders", Bill Maher, Biracial Children, Biracials, Blacks, Colin Towns, Countryside, Doc Martin, Downton Abbey, DVD, eBay, Gillan, Ian Gillan, Ian Gillan Band, Julie Graham, London, Love, Madison WI, Martin Clunes, Middle England, Milwaukee Public Television, MSNBC, Racism, Reggie Perrin, Region 1, Region 2, Robert Vaughn, Television, The Country, United States, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Public Television

Since I’ve Been Gone…

• January 22, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in Health, Memoir, The Heart, Weight Gain/Lack/Loss, Who I Am
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There’s Jim Crow in Silicon Valley

• March 12, 2010 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, History, India, People of Color, Race, Science, The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "The San Jose Mercury-News", AMD, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Apple, Applied Materials, Caroline Simard, Chicanos, Cisco Systems, Diversity, eBay, Electrical Engineering, Freedom of Information Act, Gender, Google, Henry Alford, Hewlett-Packard, Hispanics, India, Indians, Information Technology, Intel, La Raza Unida, Latinos, Lawsuits, Mark Dean, Midwest, NAACP, Oracle, Pacific Rim, Race, Richard Ford, Roy Clay, Sanmina, Silicon Valley, Silly Con Valley, Sun Microsystems, The Department of Labor, The Great Recession, The Pacific Rim, Urban League, West Coast, Women, Yahoo

This Is What a Black Barbie Looks Like

• October 27, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Fashion, Health, History, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Afrocentric, Afrocentricity, Anne Geddes, Barbie, Biracial, Black, Christmas, Crafts, Doll, Dollmaking, Dolls, eBay, Japan, Japanese, Mattel, Painted, Self Image, Self-Worth, Shopping, Tabloach Productions, The Borg, War, Whiteness

It Won’t Stop After the Funeral Tomorrow

• July 6, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Gossip, History, Journalism and Ethics, Michael Jackson, Music, Race, Sexuality
Tags: Biography, Commodity, Cops, Custody, Doctors, eBay, Funeral, Gay Lovers, J. Randy Taraborelli, L.A.P.D., Memorial, Michael Jackson, Neverland Ranch, Self Image, Sexuality, Suicides, Toxicology Report, Will

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Officials said they still hoped to rescue survivors. June 24, 2021
Why Police Have Been Quitting in Droves in the Last Year June 24, 2021
Asheville, N.C., has been among the hardest hit by police departures in the wake of last year’s George Floyd protests. About a third of the force quit or retired.
The Murdaugh Murder Mystery Deepens in South Carolina June 24, 2021
The authorities are opening a new investigation into an unsolved 2015 death as a result of information gleaned after two members of a prominent family were killed.
Black Campus Police Officers Say They Suffered ‘Unbearable’ Racism June 22, 2021
Police officers at the University of Washington in Seattle, regarded as one of the nation’s most progressive cities, said they were the target of racist insults and harassment.
What is in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan? June 24, 2021
And some key elements that didn’t make the cut.
Residents Who Survived the Surfside Collapse Describe Being Inside June 24, 2021
Surviving residents of the 12-story building that collapsed near Miami Beach explain what happened.
Pelosi to Create Select Committee to Investigate Jan. 6 Assault on Capitol June 24, 2021
“It is imperative that we seek the truth,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday.
C.D.C. Extends National Eviction Moratorium Through July 31 June 24, 2021
Administration officials said this will be the final time they push back the deadline.

The Guardian, UK

Canada discovers 751 unmarked graves at former residential school June 24, 2021
Graves found at site of Marieval Indian school in SaskatchewanGrowing calls for Catholic church to confront historical role A First Nation in Canada’s Saskatchewan province is treating a now-defunct residential school as a “crime scene” following the discovery of 751 unmarked graves just weeks after a similar discovery in British Columbia prompted a fresh re […]
Coronavirus live: Macron joins Merkel in call for EU to coordinate quarantine for non-EU countries such as UK June 24, 2021
French president’s remarks come after German chancellor says all EU members should quarantine UK visitorsRich countries ‘deliberately’ keeping Covid jabs from Africa, says envoy Africans ‘dangerously exposed’ by lack of Covid jabs, says WHOJapan’s emperor voices concern about Covid spread during OlympicsPandemic probably caused biggest drop in US life expect […]
Scores killed in Ethiopian airstrike on Tigray market June 24, 2021
At least 64 people dead after strike on Tuesday that left at least 180 injured, say local officialsAt least 64 people have been killed and 180 injured in an Ethiopian airstrike on a market in the war-torn Tigray region, according to local health officers, doctors, local residents and witnesses. “The airstrike was in the market area, so many, many people were […]
Fossilised bones found in Israel could belong to mystery extinct humans June 24, 2021
Remains with combination of Neanderthal and early human features date back 100,000 yearsFossilised bones recovered from an ancient sinkhole in Israel may belong to a previously unknown group of extinct humans that lived in the Levant more than 100,000 years ago.Researchers unearthed the bones alongside stone tools and the remains of horses, fallow deer and w […]
Amnesty: ‘catalogue of violations’ by Israeli police against Palestinians June 24, 2021
Palestinians face repression from Israel and Palestinian Authority, human rights watchdog saysThe latest flare-up of violence in the Gaza Strip has been accompanied by a “catalogue of violations” committed by Israeli police against Palestinians in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem, according to research from Amnesty International.Arab citizens of Israel hav […]
Rudy Giuliani barred from practicing law in New York over election lies June 24, 2021
• Court: Trump lawyer made ‘false and misleading’ statements• License suspended pending possible disciplinary actionRudy Giuliani is suspended from practicing law in New York state following disciplinary proceedings over his misleading statements to courts and the public following the 2020 US presidential election.The New York supreme court issued its decisi […]
Britain acknowledges surprise at speed of Russian reaction to warship June 24, 2021
Kremlin summons UK ambassador as Boris Johnson says HMS Defender’s deployment ‘wholly appropriate’British officials acknowledged they were taken by surprise by the speed of the Russian reaction to HMS Defender’s 36-minute passage through Crimean waters on Wednesday as the British ambassador to Moscow was summoned to the Kremlin.Although a Russian response to […]
Stars and fans rally behind Britney Spears after shocking claims June 24, 2021
Justin Timberlake and Rose McGowan among those calling for end to singer’s conservatorshipThere was tentative anticipation surrounding Britney Spears’ address to an LA court during a hearing on Wednesday on the future of the conservatorship that has governed her life for 13 years.Would she affirm the theories of the #FreeBritney movement, which alleges she i […]

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Canada: 751 unmarked graves found at residential school June 24, 2021
It is the most significant such discovery to date, a First Nation group in Saskatchewan says.
Miami building collapse leaves 99 people unaccounted for June 24, 2021
The 12-storey residential complex in Florida came down overnight, with one person confirmed dead.
Covid-19: Europe braces for surge in Delta variant June 24, 2021
Germany says Europe is "on thin ice" amid warnings Delta could make up 90% of cases by late August.
Rudy Giuliani has New York law licence suspended June 24, 2021
The former New York mayor and lawyer to Donald Trump is reprimanded over US election allegations.
Mariam Thompson, love-struck US army linguist, jailed for 23 years June 24, 2021
Mariam Thompson, 62, shared the names of US informants in Iraq to a man linked to Hezbollah.
Dutch PM Rutte: No place in EU for Hungary with anti-LGBT law June 24, 2021
Mark Rutte's comments came at the start of an EU summit as several leaders criticised Hungary's law.
New type of ancient human discovered in Israel June 24, 2021
Researchers working in Israel have identified a previously unknown type of ancient human.
Microsoft unveils Windows 11 operating system June 24, 2021
The updated operating system has a new look and will let Android apps run on the Windows desktop.