Maybe justice will be served in this case. Excerpt from San Francisco Chronicle… Johannes Mehserle, 27, of Lafayette was taken into custody in Douglas County, Nev., said Deputy Steve Velez of the Douglas County sheriff’s office. The arrest was also confirmed by David Chai, chief of staff to Oakland Mayor …
Not that this is super surprising, but it’s interesting that someone did the research to find that all forms of the name Mohammed went from being the 2nd most popular name in the UK in 2007 to not even making the list a year later. Read full post on USA …
Commentary on Ron Clark and Ron Clark Academy sparked by recent donation of $365,000 from Oprah Winfrey.
Excerpt from The San Jose Mercury’s Opinion section… OPINION: BART POLICE CAN’T SPIN WAY OUT OF A FATAL SHOOTING IN A WEB 2.0 ERA From the eye of a cell phone, an outraged and shocked public witnessed the shooting death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant at a BART station in Oakland, …
DC area folks hope to cash in on inauguration, but are people willing to pay?
Did the title of my post get your attention? Nothing like some journalistic sensationalism to grab your attention. 😎 Here’s the scoop from an article I read on BlackVoices.com… ‘Jena Six’ Teen Pulls A Plaxico, Shoots Himself Posted Dec 30th 2008 12:00PM by Jeff Douglas This one is comes from …
I’ve tried out the old and new iPhones but opted for the LG Dare to keep my service with Verizon. Prior to that I had the Motorolla Q. The Q was great in concept but steps 15-20 years backwards (slight exaggeration, but very slight) when it came to battery life. …
Drew Peterson engaged to 24 year old Christina Raines. If it happens, this will be wife number 5.
(image above from huffington post) News of this attack came just as I was leaving for a Thanksgiving trip so this post originally had re-posts of news reports and asked for firsthand accounts. Now that I’m back with access to the internet and a chance to catch up on the …
Today we say farewell to Mama Africa, Miriam Makeba. She was both a singer and activist originating from South Africa. When Miriam testified against apartheid, her South African citizenship was revoked and she fled to the United States. During that time, she met and married Black Panther member Stokely Carmichael (aka “Kwame Toure”) and also continued her singing career that including moments like performing for the late President Kennedy. Her duets with another legend, Harry Belafonte, produced some of her most popular classics “The Click Song” and “Pata Pata.” Miriam collapsed after performing in Italy and later died from cardiac arrest. Still a singer and activist until her dying moments, the concert was to support author Roberto Saviano who received death threats after publishing a book about the Italian mafia.
This was a topic of dinner discussion this weekend. I couldn’t believe it and asked aw to send me her reference. I’m re-posting the article below. Read through it and tell me what you think… And you thought it was rough enough as a women in the States? (source Telegraph.co.uk) …
I will post more on this later, but I want to throw out some links for you to peruse about Halloween. NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF STAFFORD- THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN (PART 1) NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF STAFFORD- THE HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN (PART 2) WIKIPEDIA ON HALLOWEEN So as …
Look at that adorable face! I am tearing up reading the latest news. What an incredibly sad story. There are some crazy ass people out there. Who could kill a child? I just hope the suspect is alive so that he can be brought to justice. I see that they …
Dreamgirl, Sex and the City, The Secret Life of Bees, American Idol contestant, Oscar-winner, songstress, shall I go on? Just when things seem to be going in all the right directions, Jennifer Hudson received the news today that no one ever would want to hear- her mother and brother were …
Did I Tell You How Beautiful You Are Within? Sweet Georgia Lady of such grace. Did I tell you how beautiful you are within? Your hair as silk as satin let me take this day to tell you how beautiful you are within. I am chocolate, of many flavors and …
