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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

Kimberly Anyadike, 15, Becomes Youngest Af-Am Woman to Fly Across the U.S.

• July 13, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Black People, Education, History, Kimberly Anyadike, Women
Tags: African American, African Americans, Black Girl, Black Teen, Black Woman, California, Cessna, Compton CA, Kimberly Anyadike, Levi Thornhill, Magic Mountain, Newport News VA, Robin Petgrave, Self-Affirmation, Self-Expression, Self-Worth, Single Engine Airplane, Tomorrow's Aeronautical Museum, Tuskegee Airmen, Tuskegee Airmen Inc., U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II

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States Rush to Revamp Laws After Supreme Court’s Gun Ruling June 24, 2022
After some restrictions on gun permits were deemed unconstitutional, legislators announced plans to craft new laws that honor the ruling while still creating limits.
‘My Aching Heart Is Shattered Into Little Pieces’ June 24, 2022
A year ago, Champlain Towers South collapsed in Surfside, Fla. The lives of those who lost loved ones and homes have never been the same.
‘Ghost Flights’? The Facts Behind Transporting Migrant Children June 24, 2022
Government flights carrying undocumented children from the border to federally licensed shelters around the country are being criticized by conservative politicians in an election year.
6 People Killed in Helicopter Crash in West Virginia Mountains June 23, 2022
The helicopter that crashed in Logan County was used during the Vietnam War and was being flown this week by enthusiasts.
Yellowstone Flooding Is a Sign of What’s to Come for National Parks June 16, 2022
Record rainfall and mudslides forced closures just as tourism season ramped up. Virtually none of America’s national parks are untouched by extreme weather and climate change.
A Decade After DACA, a New Generation of Undocumented Students Rises June 16, 2022
A vast majority of undocumented teenagers are graduating high school this year without protection from deportation and the ability to legally work.
Photos of Flooding Damage in Yellowstone June 16, 2022
Flooding and mudslides from recent storms have collapsed bridges and washed away roads in the national park.
Southern Baptists, Battling Divisions, Elect Bart Barber as President June 15, 2022
The nation’s largest Protestant denomination, a bellwether for conservative Christianity, chose a rural Texas pastor and approved actions to address its sex abuse crisis.

The Guardian, UK

Charles tells Commonwealth leaders dropping Queen is ‘for each to decide’ June 24, 2022
Prince of Wales says at summit any move by members to become a republic can be ‘without rancour’The Prince of Wales has told Commonwealth leaders that keeping the Queen as head of state or becoming a republic is “a matter for each member country to decide”.Charles made the comments during the opening ceremony of a summit of Commonwealth prime ministers and p […]
Ukrainians who come to UK illegally could be sent to Rwanda, Johnson says June 23, 2022
PM had previously said deportations were ‘simply not going to happen’ but now admits in theory they couldUkrainian refugees face being sent to Rwanda if they travel to the UK without authorisation, Boris Johnson has said in an escalation of government plans to deport those who travel across the Channel seeking sanctuary.During a visit to the Rwandan capital, […]
Tanzania charges 20 Maasai with murder after police officer dies during protests June 23, 2022
Lawyers say government is attempting to intimidate pastoralists as thousands flee to Kenya amid escalating row over evictionsTwenty Maasai pastoralists from northern Tanzania have been charged with the murder of a police officer during protests over government plans to use their ancestral land for conservation and a luxury hunting reserve.The officer was all […]
Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul prepare for Mediterranean tsunami June 23, 2022
Risk of significant tsunami within next 30 years is nearly 100%, Unesco says, as it urges coastal cities to become ‘tsunami-ready’A tsunami could soon hit major cities on or near the Mediterranean Sea including Marseille, Alexandria and Istanbul, with a nearly 100% chance of a wave reaching more than a metre high in the next 30 years, according to Unesco.The […]
Boris Johnson and Prince Charles to hold Rwanda talks June 22, 2022
Pair are visiting for Commonwealth meeting, after Charles criticised government’s asylum policyBoris Johnson will have a potentially awkward meeting with the Prince of Wales in Rwanda after the heir to the throne criticised the government’s policy of sending asylum seekers to the east African state.The talks will take place at the Commonwealth heads of gover […]
Somalia: ‘The worst humanitarian crisis we’ve ever seen’ June 22, 2022
Children starving to death ‘before our eyes’ say aid workers as G7 leaders warned only ‘massive’ and urgent funding will avert famineOnly a “massive” and immediate scaling-up of funds and humanitarian relief can save Somalia from famine, a UN spokesperson has warned, as aid workers report children starving to death “before our eyes” amid rapidly escalating l […]
Banks and UK supermarkets accused of backing deforestation in Brazil June 24, 2022
By funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims Continue reading...
Bruno Pereira buried in his home state after ceremony led by Indigenous tribes June 24, 2022
Funeral held in Pernambuco of Indigenous expert who was killed in Amazon region with journalist Dom PhillipsThe murdered Indigenous advocate Bruno Pereira has been buried in his home state of Pernambuco in Brazil after a small ceremony attended by family members and local tribes.Dozens of Indigenous people from the Xukuru tribe paraded around his coffin chan […]

The BBC

Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court ends constitutional right to abortion June 24, 2022
States can decide to ban abortion after the Supreme Court overrules the landmark Roe v Wade case.
Roe v Wade: Why this is a seismic day in America June 24, 2022
The divide in America has become even deeper after this Supreme Court ruling, writes Sarah Smith.
Afghanistan earthquake: Survivors count horrific cost June 24, 2022
Near the epicentre of the quake that struck Afghanistan this week, houses lie in ruins.
USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered June 24, 2022
The US Navy ship "Sammy B" sank off the Philippines in a ferocious WWII battle with the Japanese.
Pompeii: Ancient pregnant tortoise surprises archaeologists June 24, 2022
The reptile's 2,000-year-old remains are discovered by archaeologists buried in volcanic ash and rock.
Ukraine war: Kyiv orders forces to withdraw from Severodonetsk June 24, 2022
Severodonetsk is the current focus of Russia as it tries to take control of eastern Ukraine.
Saudis free youngest prisoner who faced execution June 24, 2022
Murtaja Qureiris was held for eight years for alleged involvement in a protest when he was 10.
Shireen Abu Aqla: UN says an Israeli shot killed Al Jazeera journalist June 24, 2022
It is the first UN probe into the death of Shireen Abu Aqla, shot during an Israeli operation in May.