Pink Friday Protest Against Teacher Layoffs BURLINGAME, Calif. (KCBS) — As many as 26,000 teachers in California will be getting pink slips in the mail, and that has prompted teachers to organize a huge protest this Friday. The California Teachers Association has scheduled a “Pink Friday” day of action to protest mass layoffs and drastic […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Obama Gives Brown DVD Swag, British Tabloids Fume By Erik Gruenwedel homemediamagazine.com President Barack Obama caused an uproar in the British press when it was reported March 6 that visiting Prime Minister Gordon Brown received a set of classic DVD movies on his official visit to the White House during the week. Visiting dignitaries often […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I remember how both our end of the blogosphere and the media was just so tickled pink about the Obama girls going to a big, famous and mostly White private school. Ohh! Let’s talk about what they are going to wear on their first day. Awww! Look at them. They are sooooo cute. Now before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If this article was in the back of the latest edition of Creative Loafing, I could understand. This article comes to us via the New York Times. It was written by desperate columnist, Judith Warner Many women — not too surprisingly — were dreaming about sex with the president. In these dreams, the women replaced […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yeah, my Eagles didn’t win. Oh well .
Why Castro regime fears Obama administration BY CARLOS MOORE miamiherald.com Since Nov. 4, Cuba has been experiencing a bad case of the Obama Blues. The election of the United States’ first African-American president was conspicuously downplayed by the Cuban media. President-elect Barack Obama’s victory went unheralded in Granma, the official mouthpiece of both the government […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
‘Health’ Foods Often Higher in Sodium
I think the the NAACP has just sealed its fate of no relevancy. But what do I know? According to him there was a “flood” of support wanting him to stay. But check out who made up this flood–mostly board members. ===== BALTIMORE (AP) — Three weeks after announcing he would not seek another term […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Are Students Coddled? Schools Get Rid of ‘F’s By EMILY FRIEDMAN abcnews.com [...] Superintendent Bernard Taylor told ABCNews.com that the “H” stands for “held,” and is a system designed to give students a second chance on work that was not up to par. “I never see anyone doing anything but punishing kids,” said Taylor. “If […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yep. Now I am trying to confuse you. Sorry y’all. I’m going to go with the beta version of 2.7. So consider everything below now in play. UPDATE: Site has been transferred to new hosting company. Blackinformant.com is active (as you can now see). Blackinformant.wordpress.com will remain online for at least a week. However, all […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A few years ago, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin became the symbol of Federal government’s neglect on the local level (never supposed to work that way in the first place, but I digress). Today, both he and his city have become an afterthought to many of his supporters and haters during the days of Katrina. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I guess this what you do when the “tolerance” programs don’t work. White powder sent to Mormon temples in Utah, LA LOS ANGELES – (AP) Letters containing a suspicious white powder were sent Thursday to Mormon temples in Los Angeles and Salt Lake City that were the sites of protests against the church’s support of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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