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Tina Turner is Becoming a Swiss Citizen for Love, Not for Evading American Taxes

• March 7, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American History, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Emmys/Grammys/Oscars/Globes, Facebook, Fashion, Film, Love, Music, Religion, Sexuality, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, Spirituality, Switzerland, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tina Turner, Travel, Women
Tags: American Citizenship, Armani, Capitol Records, Carl Jung, Chateau Algonquin, Craig Hill, Eduardo Saverin, EMI, EMI Germany, Erwin Bach, Europe, French Riviera, German, Germany, Ike Turner, Küsnacht, Kuesnacht, Long Term Relationship, Love, Millionaires, Nina Simone, Papparazzi, Phil Spector, Ronnie Turner, Soka Gakkai International - Switzerland, Swiss Bank Accounts, Switzerland, Taxes, Tina, Tina Turner, U.S. Citizenship, United States, Zurich

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

EXPLOSIVE: The Pope is Directly Implicated in the Cover-Up of a Wisconsin Sexual Abuse Case (w/Update)

• March 24, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, Crime, Education, Mental Health/Psychology, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, The Catholic Church, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Vatican City
Tags: "H", "L'Osservatore Romano", Archbishop Rembert Weakland, Archbishop Weakland, Bavaria, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Catholics, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Molesters, Children, Faith, Father Peter Hullermann, Germany, Pedophilia, Peter Isely, Pope Benedict, Pope Benedict XVI, Priests, Religious, Reverend Federico Lombardi, SNAP, St. John's School for the Deaf, St. Peter's Square, Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests, The Catholic Church, The Fifties, The New York Times, The Seventies, The Sixties, The Vatican, Wisconsin, Youths

Bobby McFerrin is Back

• March 17, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Bobby McFerrin, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Documentary, Film, Germany, Love, Music, Music Videos, Race, Spirituality, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom
Tags: "The Power of the Pentatonic Scale", African Americans, Blacks, Bobby McFerrin, Britain, Cabaret, California, Choral Blend, Germany, Janis Siegel, Jazz, Jr., Linda Goldstein, Lisa Fischer, Luciana Souza, Musical Collaboration, New Album, Opera, Performance Art, R&B, Robert McFerrin, Rock, San Francisco, The Barbican, The Masonic Center, Touring, Tribal Chants, UK, VOCAbuLarieS, Voices, Voicestra, World Science Festival

As Newly Enfranchised D.C. Gays Rush for Marriage Licenses, The Vatican is Rocked By Yet Another Gay Sex Scandal

• March 5, 2010 • 6 Comments

Posted in Africans, Black People, Crime, Documentaries, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Nigeria, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Gentlemen of His Holiness", "Traditional Family Values", Angelisa Young, Angelo Balducci, Bakersfield, Bishop Harry Jackson, California, Cardinal Angelo Comastri, Catholics, Chorister, Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, D.C., D.C. Clergy United for Marriage Equality, Escort, Fat, Gay Bar, Gay Marriage, Germany, Guilia Choir, Lorenzo Renzi, Monsignor Georg Ratzinger, Mormons, Pedophilia, Pope Benedict, Priesthood, Regensburg, Regensburger Domspatzen, Reggie Stanley, Rocky Galloway, Seminarians, Sinjoyla Townsend, Sistine Choir, Southern California, St. Peter's Basilica, State Senator Roy Ashburn, Supreme Court Chief Justic John Roberts, Telephone Wiretaps, The Pope, The Roman Catholic Church, Thomas Chenidu Ehiem, Washington

Tying Tiger’s Tail to Doping

• December 20, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Performance-Enhancing Drugs (PEDs), Race, Sexuality, Sports, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
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Covid Tests and Quarantines: Colleges Brace for an Uncertain Fall August 2, 2020
Colleges are racing to reconfigure dorms, expand testing programs and establish detailed social distancing rules. And then, what to do about sex?
Florida’s Summer of Dread August 3, 2020
The coronavirus had entrenched itself in communities from Pensacola to Key West, killing more than 7,000 Floridians. Then came Tropical Storm Isaias.
Tropical Storm Isaias, Grazing Florida, Takes Aim at Carolinas August 3, 2020
The Florida coast was spared severe damage on Sunday, but much of the Eastern Seaboard is threatened with flooding rains.
As Federal Agents Retreat in Portland, Protesters Return to Original Foe: Local Police August 2, 2020
While protests around the federal courthouse have remained calm for three consecutive nights, Portland police officers chased demonstrators through the streets near a local precinct.
John Eric Swing, a Filipino-American Community Builder, Dies at 48. August 3, 2020
Mr. Swing was a catalyst in the Historic Filipinotown neighborhood of Los Angeles, a new center of food start-ups. He died of complications of the coronavirus.
Isaias Live Updates: Storm Could Regain Hurricane Strength August 3, 2020
Tropical Storm Isaias is forecast to become a Category 1 hurricane again and make landfall in the Carolinas on Monday. Flash flooding and tornadoes are possible.
The 1918 Flu, Masks and Lessons for the Coronavirus Pandemic August 3, 2020
As the influenza pandemic swept across the United States in 1918 and 1919, masks took a role in political and cultural wars.
Coronavirus in California: Confirmed Cases in Modoc County August 3, 2020
Monday: The virus found its way into tiny, remote Modoc County. Also: The Apple Fire prompted evacuations, and a successful astronaut return.

The Guardian, UK

Coronavirus live news: world may never find 'silver bullet' Covid vaccine, says WHO August 3, 2020
Belgium sees ICU admissions double; Singapore to use electronic tags to monitor some travellers; global cases pass 18m; Belgium ICU admissions doubleIran death toll three times higher than admitted, says reportBerlin protests against coronavirus rules divide leadersRussia claims to be ahead of rivals in vaccine raceUS coronavirus live - latest updatesUK coro […]
Berlin protests against coronavirus rules divide German leaders August 3, 2020
Up to 20,000 demonstrated against restrictions, raising fears of a rise in infectionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageGerman leaders are divided over whether to restrict the rights of demonstrators, after tens of thousands of people who took to the streets of Berlin at the weekend failed to abide by hygiene and distancing rules.Acc […]
Manchester coronavirus outbreak 'a warning to complacent white middle class' August 3, 2020
Exclusive: health chief says declaration of major incident shows spread not just in BAME groupsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe declaration of a major incident in Greater Manchester should jolt a “complacent white middle class” into realising that Covid-19 is not just spreading in ethnic minority households, one of the region’s […]
Coronavirus US: bailout funding deadlocked as urgent talks resume in Washington - live August 3, 2020
US reported record 1.87m new Covid-19 cases in JulyAnti-abortion centers received at least $4m from bailout fundsJoin us for an online event with Eric Holder to discuss voter suppression in the 2020 election, Thursday at 5pm ET. Register nowSign up to our First Thing newsletter 4.22pm BST House Speaker Nancy Pelosi doubled down on her criticism of Dr Deborah […]
Iran's Covid death toll three times higher than admitted, says report August 3, 2020
BBC says government papers reveal total is more than 42,000 – far above official toll of 17,000Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageOne person is dying from Covid-19 every seven minutes in Iran, state television in the country has said, as a report claimed the overall toll from the virus was three times higher than authorities have adm […]
Genoa bridge collapse: relatives criticise inauguration 'celebration' August 3, 2020
New bridge, named Genoa San Giorgio, replaces Morandi bridge that collapsed in 2018Relatives of the 43 people killed when the Morandi bridge in Genoa collapsed in 2018 have criticised the “celebration” that will surround the inauguration of the replacement bridge.On Monday evening, planes creating colours of the Italian flag will fly above the new bridge, na […]
WhatsApp spyware attack: senior clergymen in Togo among activists targeted August 3, 2020
Bishop from Togo among 1,400 individuals alerted by WhatsApp to malware attackA prominent Catholic bishop and a priest in Togo have been told they were targeted by spyware made by the private surveillance firm NSO Group, in the first known case of its kind involving members of the clergy.A joint investigation by the Guardian and the French newspaper Le Monde […]
John Hume, former SDLP leader and Nobel peace prize winner, dies at 83 August 3, 2020
Hume won global acclaim for his efforts towards achieving Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland‘Hero and peacemaker’: John Hume rememberedJohn Hume, the former SDLP leader, Nobel peace prize winner and leading player in the Northern Ireland peace process, has died aged 83.His death marks the passing of one of the most important Irish political leaders of […]

The BBC

Coronavirus: Iran cover-up of deaths revealed by data leak August 3, 2020
Nearly three times more people died than Iran's government admitted, records seen by the BBC show.
Islamic State group claims deadly attack on Afghanistan prison August 3, 2020
The government says hundreds of prisoners tried to escape amid the chaos of the gun and bomb attack.
Coronavirus: Melbourne lockdown to keep a million workers at home August 3, 2020
The Australian city announces further business closures as it struggles to contain the coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Dozens test positive for Covid-19 on Norwegian cruise ship August 3, 2020
The outbreak on the MS Roald Amundsen comes just weeks after the cruise industry restarted.
Kaepernick shirt used as a target at Navy Seal event August 3, 2020
The US Navy Seals have launched an investigation after the footage from an event last year emerged.
Fyre Festival merchandise up for auction August 3, 2020
Branded clothing from the ill-fated festival is being sold, with money going to victims of the fraud.
Apple Fire: Firefighters battle massive blaze in California August 3, 2020
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate their homes to escape the fire east of Los Angeles.
Humpback whale 'crushes' tourist in Australia August 3, 2020
The woman is in a "serious but stable condition" after being hit by the whale during a group swim.