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Zimmerman Released On Bail; Ex-Girlfriend Alleges That He Has Contemplated Suicide and Has Choked Her

• November 19, 2013 • 1 Comment

Posted in "Stand Your Ground" Laws, African American History, American History, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Gun Violence, Health, History, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, National Issues, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: Allegations, Choking, Debt, Divorce, Divorce Papers, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Fear, Florida, Gaming The System, George Zimmerman, Girlfriend, Guns, Murder, Public Defenders, Racism, Samantha Scheibe, Sarah Jones, Scheibe, Seminole County, Seminole County Judge Fred Schott, Seminole County Sheriff's Department, Shooting of Trayvon Martin, State Attorney Lymary Munoz, Suicidal, Threats, TMZ, Trayvon Martin, Wife, Women, Working The System, Wrong!

Some Monday Love: “Thinking About Your Body (For Debs)” Bobby McFerrin, 1986

• March 11, 2013 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Bobby McFerrin, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Facebook, Film, Love, Public Television, Sexuality, Television
Tags: "Thinking About Your Body", Arts, Blue Note, BobbyMcFerrin, Debbie Green, Don't Worry Be Happy, Facebook, Joy, Live Album, Love, McFerrin, Music, Spontaneous Inventions, Wife

Why Vanessa Long, The Bishop’s Soon-to-Be Ex-Wife, May Be Seeking a Jury Trial and Why a Reconciliation Might Be Difficult, If Not Impossible

• December 6, 2011 • 4 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Televangelists, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Adrienne Hunter-Strothers, AIDS, Alimony, Assets, Attorneys, Bishop Eddie Long, Black Woman Attorney, Custody, Discovery, Dissolution of Marriage, Divorce, Eddie Long, Ex-Wife, Failure, Four Young Men, Heterosexual Black Women, Investments, Lawyers, Marriage, Michael W. Tyler, Ministry, No-Fault, Pastor, Property, Repentance, Separation, Spouse, Spouses, STDs, Ted Haggard, Therapist, Therapy, Upper Hand, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Wife, Woman

The Other Shoe Drops: “The First Lady” Vanessa Griffin Long Files For Divorce From Bishop Eddie Long (w/Update)

• December 2, 2011 • 7 Comments

Posted in African American History, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Love, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Preachers/Ministers, Protestant Denominations, Rape/Sex Crimes, Religion, Sexual Harassment, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: African Americans, Atlanta, Bishop Dale Bronner, Bishop Eddie Long, Bishop Long, Black Women, Boys, Bronner Bros., Children, Constables on Patrol, Dabara Houson, Divorce, Eddie Long, Famous, Four Young Men, Grooming, Infamous, Lithonia GA, Long, Ministry, New Birth, New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, Rape, Settlement, Sex, Sexual Predator, The First Lady, The Nineties, United States, Vanessa Griffin Long, Vanessa Long, Wife

Clearing Up What Has Happened to Bin Laden’s Wives (Concubines?) and Children in the Aftermath of His Death

• May 3, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Class, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Amal al-Sadeh, Arabs, Barack Obama, Bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, Children, CIA, Concubines, Counterintelligence, Daily Telegraph, Fake, Family, Fighting Back, Hamza bin Laden, Islam, John Brennan, Khalid bin Laden, Last Will and Testament, Marriage, Motherhood, Muslims, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Resistance, Sa'ad bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, Saudis, Syria, Tora Bora, Ultra-Orthodox Islam, United States, United States Department of Defense, United States Navy SEALs, Usama bin Laden, Wahhabism, White House, Wife, Will, Wives, Women, Yemen

Tiki Barber: It’s All About The Benjamins and Not About The Sport

• March 9, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Love, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Tiger Woods, Tiki Barber, Women
Tags: Affair, Antonio Pierce, Asian American Women, Broke, Claudia Barber, Donovan McNabb, Ex-Wife, Fans, Filipina, Football, Ginny Barber, Girlfriend, Karma, LeGarrette Blount, Manhattan, NBC, New York Giants, Payback, Pregnant, Reputation, Retirement, Ronde Barber, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Tiki Barber, Traci Lynn Johnson, Trifecta, Twin, Twins, Wife

Speaking of Psychos: Cops May Have Found Body of Drew Peterson’s Missing Fourth Wife (w/Update)

• June 5, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Class, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Violence, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Chicago Sun-Times", "The Galesburg Regiser-Mail", Aruba, Chicago IL, Constables on Patrol, Disappearance, DNA, Domestic Violence, Drew Peterson, Illinois, Joran van der Sloot, Jubilee State Park, Love, Marriage, Mitrice Richardson, Murder, Natalie Holloway, Peoria, Peoria IL, Peru, Private Hunting Grounds, Sex, Stacy Peterson, TMZ.com, Trial Delay, True Crime, Twitter, Unsolved Mystery, Wife, Will County, Wives

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The New York Times

How the Eric Garner Decision Compares With Other Cases July 16, 2019
Despite increased attention on deaths involving the police, most officers involved in them are not charged. Among the few who are, most are not convicted.
MS-13 Gang Members Charged With Brutal Murders in Los Angeles July 16, 2019
A sweeping indictment of 22 members of the transnational criminal gang’s “Fulton Clique” lists a host of crimes ranging from racketeering to gruesome killings.
After Tumultuous Protests, Puerto Rico Governor Insists He Will Not Resign July 16, 2019
Puerto Rico’s embattled governor, Ricardo Rosselló, acknowledged widespread public anger but said he would “keep working for the people.”
‘Chance the Snapper,’ the Alligator That Mesmerized Chicago, Is Captured July 16, 2019
Officials had been searching for the alligator for almost a week. It took someone from a warmer clime — Florida — to nab him. The story had enthralled Chicago.
Beyond the Grave, the N.R.A.’s $56 Million Donor Lives On July 16, 2019
The National Rifle Association’s benefactors have been veiled in secrecy, but more than 1,000 emerged after a records review. One loomed above the rest.
The ‘Lady of the House’ Who Was Long Entangled With Jeffrey Epstein July 16, 2019
Ghislaine Maxwell’s yearslong involvement with Mr. Epstein, who faces charges of sex trafficking and abuse, has raised questions about what she may have known.
Daily Stormer Founder Should Pay ‘Troll Storm’ Victim $14 Million, Judge Says July 16, 2019
It would be the second multimillion-dollar judgment against the publisher of the neo-Nazi site, Andrew Anglin, whose location is unknown.
Ed Dwight Was Set to Be the First Black Astronaut. Here’s Why That Never Happened. July 16, 2019
For a brief moment, the civil rights movement and the space race came together.

The Guardian, UK

House passes resolution officially condemning Trump's racist attack on congresswomen – live July 16, 2019
Key adviser tries to deny Trump’s tweets were racistTrump responds: ‘I don’t have a racist bone in my body’Sign up for the US briefing and get a new perspective 12.33am BST Reporting on the House resolution that just passed, Sabrina Siddiqui writes:The measure, which formally rebuked the president’s comments as “racist”, was approved on a mostly partisan-lin […]
House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticks July 16, 2019
A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released themThe US House of Representatives has called for an investigation into whether the spread of Lyme disease had its roots in a Pentagon experiment in weaponising ticks.The House approved an amendment proposed by a Republican congressman from N […]
Ursula von der Leyen elected first female European commission president July 16, 2019
German minister wins narrow backing of MEPs to succeed Jean-Claude JunckerUrsula von der Leyen has been confirmed as the European commission’s first female president and the first German in the job for more than 50 years.In a secret ballot, MEPs voted narrowly to support the German defence minister as a replacement for Jean-Claude Juncker when he steps down […]
Police in Brazil shut down factory making fake Ferraris and Lamborghinis July 16, 2019
Father and son accused of offering the cars on social media for $45,000 to $60,000 – a fraction of the price of the real thingPolice in Brazil say they’ve shut down a clandestine factory that was producing fake Ferraris and sham Lamborghinis.A father and son who owned the workshop in the southern state of Santa Catarina have been arrested on industrial prope […]
Three formally charged in Malta for murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia July 16, 2019
Trial over anti-corruption journalist’s killing may not take place for years, say expertsThree men have been formally charged over the 2017 murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese anti-corruption journalist and blogger who was killed by a car bomb in November 2017.Brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, and Vincent Muscat, all in their fifties, were arrest […]
Johnny Clegg, South African singer and activist, dies aged 66 July 16, 2019
Grammy-nominated singer one of few white artists to openly confront apartheid regime The South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg, one of the few white artists to openly confront the apartheid government in the late 1970s and 1980s, has died aged 66, his agent has said.He had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015. Continue reading...
July on course to be hottest month ever, say climate scientists July 16, 2019
If global trends continue for another fortnight, it will beat previous two-year-old record Record temperatures across much of the world over the past two weeks could make July the hottest month ever measured on Earth, according to climate scientists.The past fortnight has seen freak heat in the Canadian Arctic, crippling droughts in Chennai and Harare and fo […]
Alejandro Toledo: Peru ex-president faces corruption charges after US arrest July 16, 2019
Toledo is a fugitive from Peru for allegedly receiving $20m from a Brazilian construction company Peru’s former president Alejandro Toledo has been arrested in the United States following an extradition request from his home country where he faces corruption charges.Toledo, who governed from 2001 to 2006, was arrested in northern California on Tuesday and or […]

The BBC

US House votes to condemn Trump's attacks on congresswomen July 16, 2019
The symbolic resolution denounces Mr Trump's comments about four congresswomen, branded as racist.
Von der Leyen elected EU Commission head after MEPs vote July 16, 2019
German Ursula von der Leyen will replace Jean-Claude Juncker on 1 November after a close vote.
Johnny Clegg, South African musician and activist, dies aged 66 July 16, 2019
One of South Africa's best-known musicians and anti-apartheid activist dies at the age of 66.
Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency attacked at Senate hearing July 16, 2019
The tech giant's Libra digital currency is attacked by senators who say the company is not trusted.
Inside Iran: Are Tehran's poorest paying the price? July 16, 2019
US imposed sanctions are crippling the economy, making food and medicines unaffordable.
Norway's spy Town: 'They took him and they have broken him' July 16, 2019
The wife of a Norwegian pensioner convicted of espionage in Russia has spoken to the BBC about her anger at the intelligence service.
Huge fire sweeps through Peru neighbourhood July 16, 2019
Eighty families have been affected by the fire, according to local media.
Daphne Caruana Galizia: Malta journalist's murder suspects to stand trial July 16, 2019
Prosecutors issue a bill of indictment against three men held in 2017 over Daphne Caruana Galizia's death.