First, the news…
“Are cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad as a terrorist the moral equivalent of using the n-word when speaking to an African-American?
Ihsan Bagby, a University of Kentucky professor of Arabic and Islamic studies, says a deep racism is behind the cartoons that have sparked riots and deaths throughout the Muslim world.
“This is simply another [...]
Merrill Lynch & Co. (MER ) CEO E. Stanley O’Neal had barely resigned from the General Motors Corp. (GM ) board on Feb. 6 before GM began thinking about recruiting another African American to fill his slot.
Typically, a corporation like GM would look to replace him with another marquee African American name. Someone like Time [...]
As if all the other “discoveries” of the contents of McDonald’s food wasn’t bad enough, I come across this article:
“At least three U.S. lawsuits have been filed against McDonald’s Corp. after it revealed last week that its french fries contain wheat and dairy products.
The company acknowledged last week that wheat and dairy ingredients are used [...]
Protestors during the 1960′s and early seventies were correct to protest against the intentional killing of innocent civilians during the Vietnam war. Since that time, anti-war activists aided by the Hollywood machine have not grown tired of reminding us of these unfortunate events in our history.
What you will not hear is a comparison of the [...]
The below is taken from Larkins’ website:
Jamail Larkins started flying at age 12.
Jamail Larkins performed his first airshow season in 2003. At the age of 12, Jamail flew his first flight with the EAA Young Eagles Program. Shortly after, at age 14 he became one of the youngest American pilots when he soloed a powered [...]
From: Citizens Against Public Waste
(Washington, D.C.) – Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today had a mixed reaction to President Bush’s $2.8 trillion fiscal 2007 budget request. Although the President has proposed $65 billion in savings over five years through a combination of program reforms and spending cuts, the fiscal 2006 projected deficit is $423 billion, [...]
Greetings,
We are pleased to extend an invitation to submit work for an upcoming anthology on Black women photographers.
This anthology seeks to compile the works of Black Women photographers born 1965 and beyond. These are dynamic, young women who have an evident freedom in their vision. Their work aims at expanding the conversation on the medium [...]
This Day (Lagos)
NEWS
February 18, 2006
Posted to the web February 19, 2006
By Segun James
Warri
{Excerpted}
Barely 10 hours after helicopter gunship of the Nigeria Air Force launched the second in the series of planned raids on oil bunkerers in the Niger Delta at the Ijaw community of Okerenkoko, Ijaw militants in retaliation yesterday hit four oil industry facilities [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif.–Motor vehicle agencies must link their databases together, and perhaps implant chips in driver’s licenses, as necessary steps to ease the way for a national ID card, the head of a group of motor vehicle officials said Thursday.
Technology that may be used for a national ID card could take the form of a [...]
“Does Immortality need the aid of Mortality?”
I ask this question because as a non-Muslim, I am wondering why do these individuals feel the need to express Allah’s displeasure with these cartoons. If he was offended, wouldn’t he defend himself?
The following is a timeline of events surrounding the publication of cartoons depicting Allah:
Muslim cartoon row timeline
The [...]
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Taken from the ethnicelderscare.net website:
“…a site designed specifcally for people who are currently or will be caregivers to ethnic elders with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Ethnic Elders is dedicated to promoting research, prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders and to providing education, support, and assistance to ethnic minority elderly patients, their [...]
In case you didn’t know, the Apple website has a movie trailer section where you can view all the latest trailers of new and upcoming movies.
Check it out. (must have quicktime installed–you can get it on the link)
Quick tip: Keep refreshing the browser to see other movie title posters (all movies are still listed below)
Sphere: [...]
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