From OaklandLocal.com
June 30, 2010
Reader, upon reading this blog, you will understand why I hope never to be driven to write something of the sort again . . .
One of the fiery excerpts from Malcolm X’s Message to Grassroots (October 10, 1963 ...
Posted Saturday, July 31st 2010 at 5:57PM
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The following article contains excerpts from an address the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered on July 11, 2010 titled “Who Are The Real Children of Israel? Part 2: The Proof.”
THE HONORABLE MINISTER LOUIS FARRAKHAN:
I want us to see ...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 8:53PM
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The following quote from Cicely J. is based on her research for her book, Black Men vs. White Men: A Black Woman’s Choice. Apparently she went down to Atlanta and discovered it was the black gay man’s Mecca. (just kidding about that last part?)
M ...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 10:03AM
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CHICAGO--The blasts, heard blocks away, interrupted a warm summer evening that had drawn children out onto their neighborhood blocks Wednesday.
In the 11500 block of South Perry Avenue in West Pullman, neighbors said they watched in horror as a gu ...
Posted Friday, July 30th 2010 at 9:56AM
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A research study on the cause of the rise in cancer and birth defect cases in Iraq shows traces of chemical and radioactive ammunition used by US-led troops in the war-torn country.
A study by Iraq's Environment Ministry indicates that cities tar ...
Posted Tuesday, July 27th 2010 at 12:32PM
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It's always something,
One day the Pope came to Washington for a visit. President Obama took the Pope for a cruise down the Potomac on the Presidential yacht. While they were sitting and chatting on deck, the wind blew the Pope’s high hat off and ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 6:11PM
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CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Cherokee County man found a hidden treasure in a painting he bought at an auction: four pounds of marijuana.
Gordon Clement, 80, discovered the pot stashed inside of the painting, which he bought at a post office auction about ...
Posted Monday, July 26th 2010 at 5:52PM
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Remember that No Phone Zone thing that Oprah started in an effort to get celebs & us regular folks to stop texting and driving? Well, it looks like Beyonce might’ve missed that memo. Oooh, you do NOT shade the queen of media!
Looks like Beyoncé ig ...
Posted Sunday, July 25th 2010 at 3:38PM
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CHICAGO- Recent calls by Jewish organizational leaders for public denunciations of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan are part of a long history of avoiding honest discussion of their historical involvement in the slave trade and misdeeds involvi ...
Posted Sunday, July 25th 2010 at 2:50PM
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Gulf Coast fishermen and others with lost income claims against BP are outraged by a recent announcement that the $20 billion government-administered claim fund will subtract money they earn by working on the cleanup effort from any future damage cla ...
Posted Thursday, July 22nd 2010 at 10:49AM
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July 19, 2010
To the Spiritual, Political, Educational, and Economic Leaders and to our Sports and Entertainment Giants:
May this open letter find you well and in good spirit as we search for a solution to the many problems that we face as a pe ...
Posted Tuesday, July 20th 2010 at 9:11PM
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The Education Department is investigating an employee who allegedly used the N-word repeatedly during a PTA meeting - and doled out advice on how to keep parents from getting involved.
Ron Barfield, an African-American who is the district's paid ...
Posted Monday, July 19th 2010 at 12:30PM
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From Newsweek.com
July 17, 2010
The Republicans have a set of dirty little (actually not so little) secrets they don't what you to know -- and certainly don't want you to think about when you go to the polls in November.
And the fact is that ...
Posted Sunday, July 18th 2010 at 2:06PM
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CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan continued his message “Who Are The Real Children of Israel?” with part two subtitled, “The Proof” at the Nation of Islam's international headquarters, Mosque Maryam.
With the main ...
Posted Wednesday, July 14th 2010 at 12:46PM
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The Los Angeles-based Mexican American Legal Defense Fund this week filed a class-action discrimination suit against 24 Hour Fitness gyms, alleging that some qualified minorities and women who worked at the chain were passed over for promotions in fa ...
Posted Wednesday, July 14th 2010 at 12:13PM
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Martin Lawrence and his longtime girlfriend, Shamicka Gibbs, were married in an intimate wedding on Saturday at the actor’s home in Beverly Hills, PEOPLE confirms.
Lawrence, 45, and Gibbs, 35, exchanged Christian vows in the backyard in front of 1 ...
Posted Monday, July 12th 2010 at 12:52PM
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To anyone’s knowledge, Harper Lee wrote only one book.
This is the 50th anniversary year of the publication of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” which has never gone out of print, has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, and was once consistently ...
Posted Sunday, July 11th 2010 at 5:21PM
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A lawyer and a Jamaican are sitting next to each other on a long flight.
The lawyer is thinking that Jamaicans are so dumb that he can fool them easy...
So the lawyer asks if the Jamaican would like to play a fun game.
The Jamaican is tired a ...
Posted Sunday, July 11th 2010 at 5:04PM
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