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Those Pictures from Facebook: The Olympics

• July 29, 2012 • Comments Off

Posted in African American History, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Democrats, European History, Facebook, Jews, Love, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Race, Sports, Television, The Beatles, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, The Summer Olympics 2012, Women, World War II
Tags: Academy Award, African Americans, Amateur Sports, Avalon, Biracial Children, Biracials, Black Hair, Britain, British History, Children, Danny Boyle, Elizabeth II, Facebook, Glastonbury Tor, Global Secular Humanist Movement, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Growing Up, Hair, Highlights, Industrial Revolution, Lolo Jones, London, Lord Voldemort, Love, Mitt Romney, Mixed, Mr. Bean, National Health Service, Olympic Games, People of Color, Prince Philip, Queen, Queen Victoria, Racism, Rowan Atkinson, Slumdog Millionaire, Sport, Sports, The 2012 Summer Olympics, The Olympics, Track and Field, United States, World War II

How Come Haiti Can Stand With Japan, But The Rest of The World Doesn’t?

• March 19, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Japan, Natural Disasters, New Orleans, People of Color, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, World History
Tags: Akihito, Black Tokyo, Economy, George Clooney, Gilbert Gottfried, Haiti, Hirohito, Hollywood, Hurricane Katrina, Japan, Leadership, Looting, New Orleans, Scavengers, Scavenging, Telethon, The Tohoku Earthquake, Tsunami, United States, World Economy, World War II

The Power of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo

• January 2, 2011 • Comments Off

Posted in Class, Health, Music, Religion, SGI Nichiren Buddhism, The Rest of the World
Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist Practice, Chanting, Daimoku, Daisaku Ikeda, Devotion to the Mystic Law of Cause and Effect, Gautama Buddha, Josei Toda, Lineages, Lotus, Mahayana Buddhism, Nam-myoho-renge-kyo, Nichiren, Religion and Spirituality, SGI Buddhism, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, Soka Gakkai, Soka Gakkai International, The Mystic Law, The Three Founding Presidents, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, World War II

That Godiva Chocolate “Bar” Commercial with The Voice of Hercule Poirot

• December 9, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Fashion, Uncategorized
Tags: "Amélie", Acme Idea Co., Advertising Campaign, Agatha Christie, Audrey Tautou, Belgian, Belgium, Commercials, Costa del Sol, David Suchet, Godiva Chocolatier, Hercule Poirot, Madison WI, Marbella Spain, New York, New York Times, PBS, Public Broadcasting System, South Norwalk, Spain, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Television Commercials, The New York Times, Voiceover, Willy Street Coop, World War II

“Small Island” Concludes on PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre Sunday

• April 22, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Fiction Writing, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Women, World War II
Tags: "Masterpiece Theater", "Small Island", Afro-British, Afro-Caribbean, Andrea Levy, Belonging, Bernard, Black British, Black Britons, Blacks, Britain, Colin Firth, Cotswolds, Drama, Gilbert, Great Britain, Hortense, Interracial Couples, Interracial Love, Interracial Relationships, Jamaica, King and Country, Love, Naivety, PBS, Queenie, Racism, Sade, Sex, World War II, WW II

UPDATE: Der Fuhrer Don’t Like iPad and Other “Downfall” Parodies Removed by YouTube for Copyright Infringement

• April 21, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Commercials, Film, Germany, History, Memoir, Race, Sexuality, The Rest of the World, World War II
Tags: "Hogan's Heroes, "Inglourious Basterds", Adolf Hitler, Apple, Der Fuhrer, Humanizing Hitler, iPad, iPod, Jews, Kindle, Mel Brooks, Perfection, Perfectionism, Technology, The Allies, The Fuhrer, The Germans, The Nazis, The Resistance, Viral Commercials, World War II, You Tube

It Was Sixty Four Years Ago Today

• August 6, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Crime, Health, History, Japan, The Rest of the World, War Crimes
Tags: August 6, August 8, Hiroshima, Japan, Nagasaki, The Atomic Bomb, The Big One, The Pacific War, The United States, World War II

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Pope Francis Replaces Conservative Archbishop of Philadelphia January 23, 2020
Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011, has long been known as a theological and political conservative, often at odds with Pope Francis.
Ousted From Washington, Ex-Spy Valerie Plame Asks Voters to Send Her Back January 24, 2020
Ms. Plame is celebrating her C.I.A. past in a race for a congressional seat. But as she finds herself cast as an outsider, she’s running into trouble.
Texas A&M Student Is Examined for Suspected Case of Wuhan Coronavirus January 23, 2020
Health officials said they were investigating the case and keeping the patient isolated at home in Brazos County, Texas.
A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the ‘Base’ January 23, 2020
A secret domestic terrorism investigation revealed that the violent neo-Nazi group was recruiting cells across the United States.
Graham says he’ll resist calls for the Bidens to testify. January 24, 2020
The senator quickly shot down the idea that President Trump should attend the trial, a possibility the president floated this week.
Jeff Bezos, Tabloid Man January 24, 2020
Just a year ago, the world’s richest man seemed to have a pretty low-key life. Times sure have changed.
The trial breaks for dinner. January 23, 2020
The recess gave senators a chance to eat, use the restroom and do what they do best — run to the cameras and talk to reporters
Trump Tries to Walk Back Entitlement Comments as Democrats Pounce January 23, 2020
A day after President Trump suggested he was open to cutting entitlement programs in a second term, he insisted he would protect Social Security.

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China coronavirus: US investigates suspected case as first death confirmed outside Hubei province – live news January 24, 2020
Patient in Hebei has died; possible cases in Scotland and Belfast come as World Health Organisation committee says ‘too early’ to declare emergencyFive people tested in Scotland amid reports of possible Belfast case China: five cities in lockdown as lunar new year festivities scrappedWhat is the Wuhan coronavirus and how worried should we be? 12.14am GMT As […]
Sopranos actor re-enacts alleged rape at Weinstein trial: 'I was trying to fight' January 23, 2020
Annabella Sciorra’s shocking testimony marks first time the Weinstein sex crimes trial directly heard from one of his accusersWeinstein trial opens with shocking details of alleged attacks on six womenIn a packed courtroom in the New York supreme court in Manhattan on Thursday, the former Sopranos actor Annabella Sciorra held her arms above her head, wrists […]
Impeachment: Democrats say conduct is 'not America first, but Trump first' January 23, 2020
House managers make case for president’s removal from office So far, all the signs are that Republicans are unmovedDonald Trump put his personal political interests ahead of his country’s national security and free and fair elections, prosecutors at his impeachment trial on Capitol Hill said on Thursday, telling US senators: “This conduct is not ‘America fir […]
Talk like an Egyptian: mummy's voice heard 3,000 years after death January 23, 2020
Researchers in UK recreate Nesyamun’s sound using 3D version of his vocal tractThe “voice” of an ancient Egyptian priest has been heard for the first time since he died and was mummified 3,000 years ago, researchers have said.Nesyamun lived under the pharaoh Rameses XI, who reigned around the beginning of the 11th century BC. Continue reading...
Johnson met Murdoch on day he signalled general election bid January 23, 2020
News Corp owner was the only media baron the prime minister saw in his first three monthsBoris Johnson saw Rupert Murdoch for a “social meeting” on the day he signalled his intention to seek a general election last year, according to new transparency disclosures.Johnson saw the media billionaire on 2 September, the day when Downing Street briefed that he wou […]
Doomsday clock lurches to 100 seconds to midnight – closest to catastrophe yet January 23, 2020
Nuclear and climate threats create ‘profoundly unstable’ worldRobinson: climate inaction is ‘death sentence for humanity’The risk of civil collapse from nuclear weapons and the climate crisis is at a record high, according to US scientists and former officials, calling the current environment “profoundly unstable”. Related: Trump's impeachment lawyers […]
Harry Dunn: US rejects extradition request for Anne Sacoolas January 23, 2020
Home Office ‘urgently considering options’ after decision by secretary of state Mike PompeoAn extradition request for the US woman charged with causing the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn has been turned down by secretary of state Mike Pompeo, the family spokesman has said.The 19-year-old’s parents were informed of Pompeo’s decision in a phone call […]
Soros gives $1bn to fund universities 'and stop drift towards authoritarianism' January 23, 2020
Philanthropist unveils plan for global network of institutions at Davos and attacks Trump as ‘ultimate narcissist’The philanthropist and former financier George Soros has announced that he is to donate $1bn to fund a new global network of universities designed to promote liberal values and his vision of an open society.In what he hailed as the “most importan […]

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China coronavirus: Fears infections will rise as hundreds of millions travel January 24, 2020
China tries to corral the deadly virus in Hubei province as the number of deaths continues to rise.
Democrats lay out abuse of power case against Trump January 23, 2020
Third day of Senate impeachment trial continues with arguments that Trump sought foreign election help
'Birth tourism': US steps up scrutiny of pregnant visa applicants January 23, 2020
Pregnant women will be banned from visiting the US if they cannot prove they will not give birth there.
Annabella Sciorra says Harvey Weinstein brutally raped her January 23, 2020
"I couldn't fight anymore because he had my hands locked," the Sopranos actress tells the trial.
Storm Gloria: Spain death toll rises to 13 with four missing January 23, 2020
Spain's government is to meet in emergency session after the storm carved a swathe of destruction.
Doomsday Clock nears apocalypse over climate and nuclear fears January 23, 2020
The symbolic timepiece ticks to 100 seconds from midnight amid climate and nuclear concerns.
Isabel dos Santos: Banker found dead in Lisbon January 23, 2020
He managed the account of Angola's state oil firm Sonangol, once chaired by Africa's richest woman.
Poland judges: Parliament and Supreme Court issue rival rulings January 23, 2020
The top court says new judges are not independent, while lawmakers vote to fire those who are critical.