Here is another review for the pile worth checking out. From engadget.com * The mobile version of OS X or whatever it is the iPhone runs takes up 700MB of the device’s capacity. * There’s no way to cut, copy, or paste text! WHOA! Big, big mistake. * No A2DP support. That, friends, is such […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
While listening to Steve Wonder’s “Songs In Key Of Life” and cleaning up, thoughts of me growing up in North Philly began to swell. Specifically, I was thinking about how kids would be out playing at night. While many of us had to be in the house when the street lights came on, parents oftentimes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Derrick Z. Jackson for The Boston Globe is hitting against something that has been on my mind for days, but just did not know the best way to put it together. I’ll let him do the lead-off and then I will chime in later in the post. Outrage comes too easy for the Democrats (boston.com) […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Terror Strike’ As Burning Jeep Hits Airport
Clyde Paschal, 35, a black man, was shot in the torso at 690 E. 50th St. in LAPD’s Newton Division. He died at 2:54 a.m. Friday, June 22. A suspect is in custody. Ashley Lunsford, 19, a young black woman, suffered multiple gunshot wounds at the intersection of Mills and Kingsley avenues in Pomona in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Random music from back in the day that is too painful to listen to today (sorry for the bad layout of this post). Rockwell Five Star Ready For The World (sorry, I just could not get past the curls, y’all!) Jermaine Stewart (Man, I did not know he was dead!) There are plenty others!!!
Juan Williams responds to yesterday’s Supreme Court decision regarding the use of race as a basis for school assignment. LET us now praise the Brown decision. Let us now bury the Brown decision. With yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling ending the use of voluntary schemes to create racial balance among students, it is time to acknowledge […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – The Legislative Black Caucus’s nonprofit foundation acknowledges it gave scholarship money to relatives of 5 lawmakers. The group’s leader says it will review the way it hands out educational grants. Democratic Representative Alma Adams chairs the 28-member black caucus. She says the foundation gave out $54,000 in scholarships in the 2005 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I did not watch it (I only watch debates when it is between the Democratic and Republican nominee). Based on these quotes, I did not miss much at all. Link to Associated Press article
The New York Beacon recently reported on a meeting between Microsoft and members of NNPA (National Newspapers Publishers Association). I thought that the article did a pretty good job representing both sides of this issue. Excerpt 1 Speaking heatedly in the large auditorium, Eubanks said that the Black Press gets the “crumbs†when it comes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(eurweb.com) The DUI arrest report for Vivica A. Fox, uncovered by TMZ.com, reveals an attempt by the actress to use the race card in playing one arresting cop against the other. The officer says in the report, after she was stopped, “Fox began to walk away, yelling at my partner, ‘Brother help a sister — […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
(news.bbc.co.uk) “Tooth whitening kits have been found to contain illegally high levels of the bleaching agent hydrogen peroxide. Trading Standards Institute (TSI) tests found hydrogen peroxide levels were higher than the legal limit in 18 out of 20 DIY products tested. In one case the legal limit was exceeded by a factor of 230 times. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Mike King of the Atlanta Journal Constitution wrote this interesting piece on some of the misconceptions and realities regarding immigration. I’ll just provide you with his first point here (click here for the rest of the article). Myth: Opposition to immigration reform is rooted in racism. Reality: Historically, Americans have resisted large-scale immigration movements even […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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