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Christmas Songs: “Christmas is All Around Me,” Sung by Bill Nighy as Billy Mack, From The Film, “Love Actually,” 2003

• December 9, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in Acting, Class, Cultural History, Film, Love, Music, Sexuality, Soundtracks, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women
Tags: "Christmas is All Around Me", "Love Actually", "The Atlantic", Atlantic, Bay City Rollers, Bill Nighy, Billy Mack, Christmas, Christmas Songs, Christopher Orr, Festering Turd, Grand Gesture, Looksism, Love is All Around, Movie Soundtrack, Music, Richard Curtis, Soundtrack, The Troggs, WetWetWet

Iman “Not a Great Beauty” Either, Especially Without Her Make-Up

• March 8, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Africans, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Gossip, Michelle Obama, People of Color, Women
Tags: "The National Enquirer", African Americans, Age, Ambush, Ambushed, Attractiveness, Beauty, Black Women, Bossip, David Bowie, Fashion, Fashion Model, Fashion Sense, First Lady Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States, FLOTUS, Iman, Looksism, Michelle Obama, New York, Older Black Women, Older Women, Self Image, Supermodel, The First Lady, United States

Jay Mohr is an A@*h#le for Dissing Michelle Obama: “She is a big, big dude…”

• May 25, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Fashion, Michelle Obama, Race, Sexuality, Television, Women
Tags: "Gary Unmarried", "Opie and Anthony", "The Jim Rome Show", "The New Adventures of Old Christine", Femininity, Jay Mohr, Looksism, Michelle Obama, Sexism, Smackdowns, The First Lady, Womanist Musings

Iman: Michelle Obama “Not a Great Beauty”

• May 17, 2009 • 18 Comments

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Michelle Obama, Race, Women
Tags: African, African American, African Americans, Aging, Barbara Smith, Beauty, Color, Eritrea, Eritreans, Ethiopia, Ethiopians, First Lady of the United States, Glamour, Harvard, Huffington Post, Iman, Internalized Racism, Jack and Jill Politics, Looksism, Parade Magazine, Princeton, Self Image, Somalia, Somalis, Style, Zuleikha Haywood

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Arizona's Election Review Inspires Copycat Efforts in Other States September 24, 2021
The inquiry into the 2020 vote, derided as a badly flawed partisan exercise, has already spawned imitators in other states.
Jim Justice's Basketball Dreams Are Blocked. And He Is Crying Foul. September 23, 2021
As his state was battered by Covid-19, Gov. Jim Justice of West Virginia applied to coach a boys’ team in his spare time. When the school board rejected him, he threatened to haul the members before a judge.
Lawsuits Filed Against Texas Doctor Could Be Best Tests of Abortion Law September 24, 2021
Legal experts said two lawsuits filed this week might test the constitutionality of the Texas law more than federal challenges by abortion providers and the Justice Department.
A Bitter Fight Over Fate of Surfside Condo Collapse Site September 21, 2021
What to do with the site of the collapsed condo in Surfside, Fla.? There is no easy way to both honor victims and compensate condo owners.
Republican Review of Arizona Vote Fails to Show Stolen Election September 24, 2021
The much criticized review showed much the same results as in November, with 99 more Biden votes and 261 fewer Trump ones.
Olivia King, Kroger Shooting Victim, Is Remembered as 'Selfless' September 24, 2021
Olivia King died in a hospital after the gunman shot her in the chest, one of her sons said.
Texas, Spurred By Trump, Announces Election Audit in 4 Counties September 24, 2021
The announcement came hours after the former president publicly pushed for an audit of the election results in Texas.
Voting Rights Groups Sue Ohio Over Redistricting Map September 24, 2021
“Ohio may be the canary in the coal mine from what we can expect from a partisan-dominated map-drawing process,” an official with the A.C.L.U. said.

The Guardian, UK

House committee on Capitol attack subpoenas Trump’s ex-chief of staff and other top aides September 23, 2021
Mark Meadows, Steve Bannon and Dan Scavino among advisers called to testify over president’s connection to 6 January eventsThe House select committee scrutinizing the Capitol attack on Thursday sent subpoenas to Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and a cadre of top Trump aides, demanding their testimony to shed light on the former president’s co […]
‘Necessary for security’: veteran Taliban enforcer says amputations will resume September 24, 2021
Nooruddin Turabi, prisons minister in the new Afghan government, says executions and removal of hands will restart, but possibly not in publicOne of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan has said the hardline movement will once again carry out executions and amputations […]
Furious French defence contractor to seek compensation over Aukus deal September 23, 2021
Head of Naval Group attacks Australia’s ‘political’ decision to cancel €56bn contract with his firmAustralia has signed up to an empty promise by agreeing to a US nuclear powered submarine deal for which there is no clear delivery date or technology transfer agreement, the furious head of the French defence contractor Naval Group has warned.Pierre Eric Pomme […]
Canary Islands ‘miracle home’ stands alone against volcano’s lava flow September 24, 2021
Eruption on La Palma has destroyed hundreds of homes, but one escaped the devastation all aroundLike a cartoon house with its own raincloud, a Canary Islands home has survived rivers of lava flowing from the volcanic eruption on La Palma, with images showing the untouched residence and nearby landscape surrounded by charred black landscape.Social media users […]
EU fears citizens will be barred from flights to UK due to rules confusion September 23, 2021
Airlines may turn away EU nationals with settled status due to complex residency rules, says BrusselsConcerns have been raised that EU citizens living in the UK may not be allowed to board flights into the country because of confusion created by new government rules over ID cards and passports.From 1 October, EU citizens who do not have the post-Brexit right […]
‘Catastrophic pathway’: UN secretary general urges action to save Pacific lives September 24, 2021
Antonio Guterres said ‘more ambition from every country’ was required and that current emissions rates threatened the ‘very survival of Pacific communities’The secretary general of the United Nations has told Pacific nations that a 45% cut in emissions by 2030 was needed globally to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, adding that continuing on the current traje […]
China sends jets and bombers near Taiwan as Beijing opposes island’s trade deal bid September 24, 2021
Nuclear-capable bombers entered air defence zone, says Taipei, amid simmering row over competing bids to join regional trade agreementChina has voiced opposition to Taiwan joining a major trans-Pacific trade deal as it flew 24 planes – including two nuclear-capable bombers – into the self-ruled island’s air defence zone, the biggest incursion in weeks, Taiwa […]
Young global climate strikers vow change is coming – from the streets September 24, 2021
Mass youth protests to hit more than 1,400 locations weeks before Cop26 climate summitA global climate strike by youth protesters on Friday will hit more than 1,400 locations with a message that “change is coming – from the streets”.The strike is the first such worldwide action since the coronavirus pandemic hit, and is taking place just weeks before the vit […]

The BBC

US Haiti envoy quits over 'inhumane' deportations September 23, 2021
Daniel Foote says US policy on Haiti is "flawed" and sending migrants back is "counterproductive".
Migrants freezing to death on Belarus-Poland border September 23, 2021
The BBC finds stranded migrants facing sub-zero temperatures amid a row between Poland and Belarus.
Capitol riot committee to investigate Trump allies September 24, 2021
The committee investigating the 6 January riot has issued the first subpoenas of the Trump team.
Catalan separatist Carles Puigdemont arrested in Italy September 24, 2021
Spain accuses the former president of the Catalonia region of sedition, and wants him extradited.
Gabby Petito case: FBI issues arrest warrant for boyfriend Brian Laundrie September 23, 2021
The indictment says Brian Laundrie used a debit card that did not belong to him after her death.
UK payout to bereaved Afghan family was $143 September 23, 2021
The compensation payment is one of hundreds by the Ministry of Defence, revealed for the first time.
R Kelly lawyer compares him to Martin Luther King September 23, 2021
The defence makes its final arguments in the singer's sex-abuse trial.
Earliest definitive evidence of people in Americas September 23, 2021
Scientists have found evidence that humans reached the Americas earlier than previously thought.