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Good Spending cuts.  The President proposes reducing or eliminating funding for 141 programs, saving $12 billion over five years.  CAGW’s Prime Cuts 2007 will offer 602 recommendations for saving $1.7 trillion over five years.  The Government Accountability Office just released its report on “high-risk” programs.  With so many resources at its disposal, Congress has no excuse for failing to identify and eliminate wasteful spending. Tax cuts.  The budget includes plans to make ...More

"Bill" over at the blog "Jewels in the Jungle" (based in Germany) will be doing a series of posts on Black history in Germany. As a history buff myself, I will be closely following this series. Go check him out! More

(greatfallstribune.com) "In the archives of the Cascade County Historical Society are tens of thousands of black-and-white photographs of Great Falls' early citizens ... Black and white — and Native American — but mostly white. In fact, local historian Ken Robison could find only a handful of images depicting what was a vibrant African-American community in Great Falls in the early 20th century. "That's one area where we're pretty desperate," said Robison, who points ...More

According to this article, talking about sex within the Black community is just horrifying...yikes! ======= "...the silence is still loud and the numbers are worse. Blacks now account for nearly half of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses and contract AIDS at a rate 10 times that of whites. Sixty-four percent of all American women living with HIV/AIDS are black. AIDS is the leading cause of death for black women, 25 to 34. And eight ...More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers on a safari for microbes have found that human skin is populated by a veritable menagerie of bacteria -- 182 species -- some apparently living there permanently and others just dropping by for a visit. There's no need for alarm, said microbiologist Dr. Martin Blaser of New York University School of Medicine: the bacteria have been with us for quite a while and some are helpful. In research ...More

(worldnetdaily.com) "Super Bowl XLI had been hyped as a major social milestone in U.S. history, since for the time, the head coaches of both teams were black. But when the game was over and the Indianapolis Colts had defeated the Chicago Bears 29-17, the winning coach said Jesus Christ was more important than any racial moment During the nationally televised post-game show on CBS, coach Tony Dungy was asked specifically about the ...More

The is from Newsweek: Six years ago, Brian Lavelle moved out of the city of Cleveland to the nearby suburb of Lakewood for what he thought would be a better life. Back then, Lavelle, 38, was a forklift operator in a steel mill making $14 an hour. He had a house, a car and was saving for his retirement. Then, three years ago, the steel mill closed and Lavelle found that ...More

(AP) "Singer Billy Henderson, a member of the band the Spinners who sang "I'll Be Around" and other hits, has died. He was 67. Henderson died Friday of complications from diabetes at a Daytona Beach health care facility, his wife, Barbara, said. The 1972 song "I'll Be Around" was part of a string of Top 20 Spinners hits that included "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love," "Then Came You" and "The ...More

SHACARD ANDERSON Case Type: Lost, Injured, Missing DOB: Apr 17, 1996 Sex: Male Missing Date: Jan 27, 2007 Race: Black Age Now: 10 Height: 4'8" (142 cm) Missing City: NEW SMYRNA BEACH Weight: 89 lbs (40 kg) Missing State : FL Hair Color: Black Missing Country: United States Eye Color: Brown Case Number: NCMC1063145 Circumstances: Shacard was last seen on January 27, 2007. He may still be in the local area, or he may have traveled to Daytona Beach, Florida. ANYONE HAVING INFORMATION SHOULD ...More

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPGKnDkH2HM] Man, this is what makes blogging worth while for me. Below is a press release that gives a brief overview of this rising star. === New York, NY (PRWEB) February 2, 2007 -- (OTCBB: CCCN) The CNBC interview of America’s youngest African American CEO of any public company, City Capital Corporation’s CEO Ephren W. Taylor II, is rapidly becoming the hottest video for online viewers online. Taylor was a featured guest on ...More

Anybody who is familiar with Atlanta knows Dekalb county. For the years we lived on the north side of town, it was so nice to see all the new construction with Blacks from around the country filling those homes. If you either live in that area now or used to, share your thoughts on the transformation of this county (both good and bad). This is another one of those counties I ...More

(miningweekly.co.za) South Africa's Aids epidemic, often regarded by health workers as a disease of the poor, is in fact spreading quickly among the country's richest and best educated people, researchers said on Tuesday. The study by the Markinor polling firm and the University of South Africa (Unisa) showed a rapid increase in HIV infections in professional people and those with full-time employment - both key to South Africa's hopes to spur ...More

Thank you for reminding us that both coaches in this year's superbowl and Barack Obama are Black. (yes, I am being cynical) More