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Eddie Long: The Bishop Wants His Money Back After His Accusers Breach Confidentiality, But That’s Not As Easy As It Seems; Plus Some of His Parishioners Are Suing Him for Fraud and The Feds Are Now Involved

• October 24, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Books, Class, Consumer Fraud, Cultural History, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anthony Boyd, Anthony Flagg, Atlanta, B.J. Bernstein, Bishop, Bishop Eddie Long, Brenda Joy Bernstein, Burglary, Centino Kemp, Church Improprieties, Confidentiality Agreement, Downlow, Drama, Eddie, Eddie Long, Ephren Taylor, Fraud, Georgia, Investments, IRS, Jamal Parris, Jesus, Kemp, Lillian Wells, Lithonia GA, Maurice Robinson, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Non-disclosure agreement, Parishioners, Plaintiffs, Queen, Scandal, Secret Service, Sex, Sexual Abuse, Social Networking, Spencher LeGrande, State of Georgia, Taylor, The Down Low, The Treasury Department, Tweets, Twitter

More Bishop Long Chicanery? Long Asks Ephren Taylor to Return Investment Money to Beleaguered Parishioners, But May Have “Forgotten” That He Took a Cut From Taylor’s Profits

• February 3, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Consumerism, Cultural History, Protestant Denominations, Religion, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Wealth Tour 2009", African Americans, Atlanta, Atlanta GA, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Baptist, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Gary Hawkins, Blacks, Commissions, Common Sense, Drama, Eddie Long, Ephren Taylor, FBI, Financial Mismanagement, Harassment, Lithonia GA, Megachurches, Molestation, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Prosperity Gospel, Public Relations, Secret Service, Sexual Abuse, You Tube, YouTube

“Robbery” of Bishop Long’s Private Church Office Now Reappraised As a Hunt for Evidence Against Him; Sexual Abuse Investigation May Go Nationwide

• December 20, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Consumer Fraud, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Mental Health/Psychology, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, Subprime Loans-Foreclosures, Televangelists, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Age of Consent, Anthony Boyd, Anthony Flagg, Atlanta, Baptist, Bilking, Bishop Eddie Long, Bloomfield CT, Born again (Christianity), Brad Pitt, Break-In, Burglary, Cheating, Coercion, Consenting, Credibility, Crime, Dale Russell, Eddie Long, Faux Noise, Foreclosure Scam, Foreclosures, Fox News Atlanta, Fred Lee, Gary Hawkins, Grooming, Investigation, iPad, iPhone, Jamal Parris, Jewelry, Lithonia GA, Matrix, Matrix Capitol Mortgage Company, Maurice Robinson, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Parishioners, Prosperity Gospel, Secret Service, Security Breach, Security Camera, Security Cameras, Seduction, Sexual Abuse, Spencer LeGrande

Tancredo Speechwriter, Marcus Epstein, Found Guilty of a Hate Crime (with an Update)

• June 1, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Crime, Hate Crimes, People of Color, Race, Sonia Sotomayor, Women
Tags: "DC Indymedia", "The Washington Independent", Alcohol Treatment Profile, Anti-Immigration, Anti-Social, Bay Buchanan, Biracials, Blacks, Colorado, Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Drunkenness, Internalized Racism, Jason Wu Trujillo, Jewish, Karate, Korean, Latinos, Law Students, Marcus Epstein, Neo-Nazis, Racism, Restraining Order, Secret Service, Self-Hating, Tom Tancredo, United Negro College Fund, Universitiy of Virginia Law School

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How ICE Spread Coronavirus At Home And Abroad July 10, 2020
An investigation by The New York Times and The Marshall Project reveals how Immigration and Customs Enforcement became a spreader of the coronavirus.
A Reporter’s Lonely Mission When the Writing Is on the Wall July 10, 2020
His newspaper has withered under a hedge fund. His industry was in turmoil even before a pandemic. But Evan Brandt won’t stop chronicling his town.
Like ‘a Bus Accident a Day’: Hospitals Strain Under New Flood of Covid-19 Patients July 10, 2020
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Daily Virus Death Toll Rises in Some States July 10, 2020
In several states where the virus has surged in recent weeks, the death toll is edging up. That may end a long period in which the national toll has steadily declined.
Adrian Gomez, Who Cared for Migrant Youth, Is Dead at 52 July 10, 2020
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11 of Our Best Weekend Reads July 10, 2020
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Trump Says He ‘Aced’ Cognitive Test, but White House Won’t Release Details July 10, 2020
President Trump has repeatedly ridiculed Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s fitness to be president. Mr. Biden’s campaign has called it a smear that has backfired.
Trump Rally Postponed, Campaign Says, Citing Weather July 10, 2020
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The Guardian, UK

Global report: Tokyo hits Covid-19 high as Australia limits arrivals July 10, 2020
Japan reels from resurgence of virus while Australia restricts admissions to 4,000 a weekCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageTokyo hit another record daily high number of new cases, Australia is to halve the number of citizens it allows to return each week and Hong Kong’s schools have closed early for the summer as countries around th […]
UK coronavirus live: Johnson signals stricter face mask rules and says people should 'go back to work if they can' July 10, 2020
News updates: PM says scientific advice on masks has shifted and moves away from ‘work at home’ message; Sage scientists say stars should be enlisted for public messages as public has lost trust in governmentBoris Johnson: we need to be stricter on face masksFirm linked to Gove and Cummings given Covid-19 contract without open tenderWales: pubs and restauran […]
WHO's Covid-19 inquiry is a shrewd move in a sea of disinformation July 10, 2020
Its findings should illuminate global responses amid conspiracy theories and Trump’s mudslinging In the world of epidemiology it’s sometimes said that pandemics are lived forwards and understood backwards.We encounter them head-on, chaotically, trying to fathom the disease in real time even while trying to mitigate its impact. Lessons generally come later as […]
Coronavirus live news: record 24-hour increase in global cases; Bogotá to re-enter strict lockdown July 10, 2020
WHO reports worrying rise; Idlib schools close after first case in province; new outbreak prompts Hong Kong to close all schoolsIdlib’s first Covid-19 case sparks fear of fresh disasterScott Morrison says Australia will halve rate of international arrivals WHO inquiry aims to ‘stop the world being blindsided again’Disney World set to reopen despite coronavir […]
Iran denies latest blast reports and accuses west of disinformation July 10, 2020
Tehran says incident in early hours in garrison town of Gamdareh was a power outageIran has denied reports that fresh mysterious explosions have rocked two towns close to Tehran, accusing the west of waging psychological warfare by spreading false messages on social media.Reports suggested that the blasts had occurred in the early hours of Friday in Gamdareh […]
Genocide denial gains ground 25 years after Srebrenica massacre July 10, 2020
Even as remains continue to be identified, denialism is moving from far-right fringe into mainstreamAt the genocide memorial centre outside Srebrenica, thousands of simple white gravestones stretch across the gently inclined hillside for as far as the eye can see.Nearby, over a number of days in July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces systematically murdered around 8 […]
Ghislaine Maxwell requests bail release due to 'unprecedented' Covid-19 risks July 10, 2020
Maxwell awaits trial over alleged involvement in Epstein crimesLawyers in court papers ask for Maxwell be released on bailGhislaine Maxwell should be released on bail while awaiting trial for her alleged involvement in Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring because of “the Covid-19 crisis and its impact on detained defendants”, the British socialite’s […]
Court ruling paves way for Istanbul's Hagia Sophia to revert to mosque July 10, 2020
Status of Unesco-listed 1,500-year-old building has been hotly debated for decadesTurkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has formally converted Istanbul’s crowning architectural jewel, the Hagia Sophia, from a museum into a mosque – a politically charged decision that has drawn international criticism but delighted his conservative base.Turkey’s highest a […]

The BBC

Hagia Sophia: Turkey turns iconic Istanbul museum into mosque July 10, 2020
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France: Bus driver dies after 'attack over face masks' in Bayonne July 10, 2020
The driver in south-western France was set upon by people who reportedly refused to wear face masks.
Biden challenges Trump with ‘Buy American’ economic plan July 10, 2020
The Democrat promises a jobs boom, savaging President Trump's record on the economy and Covid-19.
US Supreme Court rules half of Oklahoma is Native American land July 10, 2020
The justices decide an eastern swathe of the state should be recognised as part of a reservation.
Hushpuppi's lawyer says FBI 'kidnapped' Nigerian Instagrammer from Dubai July 10, 2020
"Hushpuppi", who posts about his extravagant lifestyle, is accused of multimillion-dollar fraud.
MH17 disaster: Dutch take Russia to European rights court July 10, 2020
The Dutch government says it wants justice for all 298 victims aboard the plane shot down in 2014.
Venice test brings up floodgates for first time July 10, 2020
The system of 78 mobile barriers has taken years to construct and its design goes back to the 1980s.