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        <title><![CDATA[Feds subpeona Kilpatrick Congressional Staffer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Skeptical Brotha Hat Tip: Detroit News, Associated Press 
Detroit &#8212; A high-ranking aide to U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick says she was called to appear before a federal grand jury in Detroit.
Kilpatrick office manager Andrea Bragg disclosed the subpoena to House officials March 1. The notice was published Tuesday in the Congressional Record. There&#8217;s no indication when [...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[New Documentary: Behind Taliban Lines]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Mirror On America New documentary from PBS Frontline "Behind Taliban Lines"   shows the challenges faced by the U.S. in Afghanistan. Najibullah Quraishi, an Afghan journalist, was able to infiltrate the Taliban and get a glimpse of life in Afghanistan in areas outside of the control of U.S. troops. The U.S. is losing the battle for hearts in minds in some parts of the Country, although the West has tribal support in others... but in many areas not physically held by U.S. troops & where the Taliban has found shelter, such as in Southern Afghanistan, the U.S. faces an almost impossible situation. There is a reason why they call Karzi the Mayor of Kabul... because that is the only place where the Afghan government has effective control. The central leadership is poor due to corruption, tribalism, the lack of resources, and the ongoing insurgency. Outside of the Capital, the federal governments presence is spotty. Even in areas where the Karzi government has a presence... officials have been either comprom]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ward, that is not June.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: the field negro I guess we have to add white women to the list of people that the TSA people will be giving the fuzzy eyeball this summer. What is the world coming to? You can't even tell your garden variety terrorist from your neighbor anymore. Great. And here I thought that it was only Arab men (and the occasional Negro) that I had to keep my eyes on when I got on the plane. Now I have to be worried about soccer mom in the aisle seat as well. Then, to make matters worse, Jihad Jane (I love that name) was right here in my back yard, and the feds didn't even warn a brotha. What if her al-Qaeda friends decided to break her out of the federal detention center and blow up a few city blocks while I was on my lunch break? Not cool Uncle Sam, not cool.Colleen LaRose literally lived on Main Street in a very Norman Rockwellesque[made up word] area outside of Philly. - "Bye bye American pie". - And she is being accused of doing some crazy things online in the name of Jihad. Thankfully,- contrary to what the wi]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[SCLC faces uncertain future, Who stole the money?]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: African American Political Pundit Well look at this... As reported by many news sources, including 11 Alive news, When she was elected President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference last October 30th, Bernice King promised...

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        <title><![CDATA[Milestone Demographic Shift Poses New Challenge to U.S. Institutions]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Black On Campus The Associated Press has reported that 2010 will likely mark the point at which the percentage of non-white babies born in the U.S. surpasses 50%. AP writer Hope Yen reports,
[D]emographers say this year could be the &#8220;tipping point&#8221; when the number of babies born to minorities outnumbers that of babies born to whites.
The numbers are [...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Black Americans More Optimistic on Issues of Race, Racism]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Black On Campus From The Boston Globe:
Thirty-nine percent of blacks - nearly twice as many as in 2007 - say that the “situation of black people in this country’’ is better than it was five years earlier. That view holds among blacks of all age groups and income levels. Similarly, 56 percent of blacks and nearly two-thirds of [...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Blogging Lost: Season 6, Ep. 7 – “Dr. Linus.”]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: PostBourgie In last night&#8217;s Ben-centric episode, we got a chance to see the character at his lowest, as he literally dug his own grave at gunpoint, and at his best, in ParalleLA, where he passed on an opportunity to follow through on a &#8220;Machiavellian plan&#8221; in order to secure a bright and winning future for Alex [...]]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. First gay marriages in District performed &#8211; washingtonpost.com
(tags: marriage dc marriage-equality)


&#039;&#039;My Rock, My Life, My Love&#039;&#039;: Marriage equality arrives with a string of same-sex weddings, the first to be performed in and legally recognized by D.C.: News section: Metro Weekly magazine, Washington, DC newspaper
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Same-Sex Weddings Begin in D.C. &#124; NBC Washington
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. First gay marriages in District performed &#8211; washingtonpost.com
(tags: marriage dc marriage-equality)


&#039;&#039;My Rock, My Life, My Love&#039;&#039;: Marriage equality arrives with a string of same-sex weddings, the first to be performed in and legally recognized by D.C.: News section: Metro Weekly magazine, Washington, DC newspaper
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Same-Sex Weddings Begin in D.C. &#124; NBC Washington
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. Looking forward to: The hubby and I will be part of a 1pm online chat @ marriage equality c/o WaPo. Come join in! ( http://bit.ly/byX0XH ) #]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. Looking forward to: The hubby and I will be part of a 1pm online chat @ marriage equality c/o WaPo. Come join in! ( http://bit.ly/byX0XH ) #]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. Looking forward to: The hubby and I will be part of a 1pm online chat @ marriage equality c/o WaPo. Come join in! ( http://bit.ly/byX0XH ) #]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. Looking forward to: The hubby and I will be part of a 1pm online chat @ marriage equality c/o WaPo. Come join in! ( http://bit.ly/byX0XH ) #]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Anon says.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Nudemuse...daily nattering. Anon had this to say about yesterdays entry.So when other people talk to you about the dangers of being fat, it's unwanted concern trolling.But when you talk to others about the dangers of dieting, it's "hey why so offended? I'm just trying to be helpful!"lol, hypocrite. Game, set, match. Frankly Anon yes and no. There is the issue of approach. If I walk up to someone who I believe is on a diet and start screaming at them or berating them about possible issues with their dieting, I am being an asshole. If I am talking to someone I care for and express genuine concern in a manner that is not condescending or rude it is not concern trolling.If someone comes to me with genuine concern (you see what I did there with the italics?) about what effect my weight may or may not have on my body I have no issues discussing it.What I do take issue with is that my weight is somehow the sole signification of my health status.What I take issue with is when so called concern is presented in a disingenu]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[T.I.'s clothing line 'Akoo' proves fashion isn't for the prudish at heart]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - New Jersey's been taking a hit in the media in terms of its public image. The new MTV show Jersey Shore depicts Jersey teens&nbsp; at their worst (even though people love the show) and now, according to the mayor of Newark Cory Booker, the show plus a suggestive billboard for T.I.'s new clothing line Akoo was just too much.
So much in fact that the billboard is gone. The surrounding community where the billboard was placed was up in arms and well, I guess it was just the last straw in the showcase of misogyny that broke the camel's back.
The naughty billboard, features a Black woman on her knees in front of a man, pulling on his pants. His hand is on top of her head. The image immediately makes you think of oral sex&mdash;and it was intended to. The fashion industry, just like every other consumer industry in America, often displays imagery with the common knowledge in mind that yes, sex sells.

Billboards and magazine spreads for Calvin Klein, Abercrombie &amp; Fitch, Joe Jeans, Louis]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Listening to Dialect.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: PostBourgie Henrietta Lacks, photo via WikiCommons.
I just finished listening to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks on audiobook (though I really wish I&#8217;d read it) and I can&#8217;t overstate how fabulous it was. Ta-Nehisi Coates has already noted that the author, Rebecca Skloot,* seemed to equivocate on the question of race, but her reporting doesn&#8217;t. [...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Anonymous...and a correction.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Nudemuse...daily nattering. Anon had this to say about yesterdays entry.So when other people talk to you about the dangers of being fat, it's unwanted concern trolling.But when you talk to others about the dangers of dieting, it's "hey why so offended? I'm just trying to be helpful!"lol, hypocrite. Game, set, match. Frankly Anon yes and no. There is the issue of approach. If I walk up to someone who I believe is on a diet and start screaming at them or berating them about possible issues with their dieting, I am being an asshole. If I am talking to someone I care for and express genuine concern in a manner that is not condescending or rude it is not concern trolling.If someone comes to me with genuine concern (you see what I did there with the italics?) about what effect my weight may or may not have on my body I have no issues discussing it.What I do take issue with is that my weight is somehow the sole signification of my health status.What I take issue with is when so called concern is presented in a disingenu]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bank Of America To Soon Rid Overdrafts On Debit Cards]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to The Associated Press, as new regulations intended to place limitations on overdraft fees approach, Bank of America will soon eliminate debit card overdrafts altogether.
This means the debit card users will no longer have the option of using more money than what is available in their accounts. On July 1, a new Federal Reserve rule will prevent banks from charging overdrafts fees without customer permission.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to BusinessWeek, weather service AccuWeather Inc. says the 2010 hurricane season will be an &quot;above-normal threat to Gulf and East coasts in the U.S.
The forecaster predicts about five hurricanes and two to three of them reaching shore. The service also foresees about 17 named storms forming in the Atlantic Ocean.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to The Associated Press, John Roberts described President Barack Obama's 'State Of The Union' address as a 'degenerated political pep rally' on Tuesday.
The U.S. Chief Justice said the political process has become 'very troubling' and that senators purposely ask questions for justice nominees to which they don't know the answer.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to BusinessWeek, Google Inc. has introduced its newest innovation in the technology industry, creating its own app market to compete with the popularity of Microsoft's pioneering service.
Google's approach will target developers  rather than the average consumer looking to buy apps. The market will serve as a forum for business software developers to promote their ideas.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to WebMD, a new national survey shows that varying sleep patterns according to ethnicity, although all groups seem to lack the recommended hours of sleep.
Blacks reported 6 hours and 14 minutes of sleep on workdays, as Hispanics reported 6 hours and 34 minutes. Asians showed 6 hours and 48 minutes while Whites had 6 hours and 52 minutes of sleep.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to BusinessWeek, last month the unemployment of nine states decreased as 30 states saw an increase in the rates.
Michigan showed the largest differential, with a 14.3 percent decrease in unemployment. The state is still among the highest in jobless rates despite the drop.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Hidden Social Costs of Bank Fees.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: PostBourgie via The Consumerist; used under Creative Commons. 
There are a few things in personal finance as aggravating as overdraft fees: you make a $55-dollar purchase with your debit card, and you only have $53 in your account. Your bank honors your charge anyway &#8212; for a $35 fee. In theory, customers willingly sign up [...]]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: Prometheus 6 - All respect and no restraint Roberts said anyone is free to criticize the court and that some have an obligation to do so because of their positions. 
 "So I have no problems with that," he said. "On the other hand, there is the issue of the setting, the circumstances and the decorum. The image of having the members of one branch of government standing up, literally surrounding the Supreme Court, cheering and hollering while the court - according the requirements of protocol - has to sit there expressionless, I think is very troubling." 
Breaking from tradition, Obama used the speech to criticize the court's decision that allows corporations and unions to freely spend money to run political ads for or against specific candidates. 
A Supreme Court that goes out of its way to change a case before it into something the Supreme Court actually has no jurisdiction over.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[By request, my thoughts on former Congressman Eric Massa…]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: AngryBlackBitch Morgan from Vancouver, Chris from Hot-lanta and Jaime from Chi-Town requested a bitch's thoughts on Eric Massa.You asked for it, so let’s jump right on in.I didn’t know who the fuck Eric Massa was…or that the House Ethics Committee was investigating him…or what the hell he was being investigated for…merciful heavens…until Eric Massa lost his damn mind and started talking and talking and talking and talking some more.This is one of those moments when a Congressperson involved in a shit storm within the Beltway fails to understand that his shit storm is contained to the Beltway and, as a result, takes to talking about that shit storm with national media and thus expands said storm of shit all across the nation and beyond.Sigh.My understanding is that last week then Congressman Massa was under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly groping male staffers and interns.  At some point, Massa said he was resigning because of a recurrence of cancer…but that quic]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. The hubby and I are participating in a Washington Post online chat about marriage in D.C. Come join in!
With the issuing of the first  marriage licenses to same-sex couples  Tuesday, the District  follows five states &#8212; from Iowa to Massachusetts &#8212; in allowing gay  couples to marry. Same-sex couples were first [...]]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. The hubby and I are participating in a Washington Post online chat about marriage in D.C., a1 t 1 p.m. today.  Come join in!


With the issuing of the first  marriage licenses to same-sex couples  Tuesday, the District  follows five states &#8212; from Iowa to Massachusetts &#8212; in allowing gay  couples to [...]]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[How Truth Killed a Friendship (and I’m okay with it)]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Black 'n Bougie I was "de-friended" by an actual friend of mine on Facebook last week. We'll call her Angela. Now truthfully, I don't follow my updates on Facebook but I decided to check on Angela's status updates because we had exchanged "words" with a few weeks ago. So it wasn't until I went to find her Facebook page I was told she was no longer my friend. Hmm. I felt some kinda way about that. I could have picked up the phone or fired off an email but in reality, I was okay with it. We have been friends for over ten years but talked to each other less and less in the past few.
Long story short, a few years ago Angela called to tell me she was worried that her young daughter was becoming sexually promiscuous. I bit my tongue (darn near in half) but she kept asking and asking my opinion. "Do you really want to know what I think?" I asked her. She assured me she did. I told her it was not going to be pleasant but she said she really wanted to know. Finally, I just said it. I told her that perhaps (jus]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[In Search of Intelligence in the Multiverse--Not anywhere where Glenn Beck just happens to be]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Monroe Anderson During yesterday's fleeting hour, while he was interviewing the very troubled former New York congressman, Eric Massa, Glenn Beck was out of his mind. This was the first time the whining, weeping conservative talk show host sounded, sounded, sounded, well.....thoughtful...]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Black Author Wins Matrix Copyright Infringement Case]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - &nbsp;Sophia Stewart, the African American author of The Matrix will finally receive her just due from the copyright infringement of her original work, several websites are reporting today.
A six-year dispute has ended involving Sophia Stewart, the Wachowski Brothers, Joel Silver and Warner Brothers. Stewart&rsquo;s allegations, involving copyright infringement and racketeering, were received and acknowledged by the Central District of California, Judge Margaret Morrow presiding.
Stewart, a New Yorker who has resided in Salt Lake City for the past five years, will recover damages from the films, The Matrix I, II and III, as well as The Terminator and its sequels.
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She will soon receive one of the biggest payoffs in the history of Hollywood, as the gross receipts of both films and their sequels total over 2.5 billion dollars. Stewart filed her case in 1999, after viewing the Matrix, which she felt had been based on her manuscript, &lsquo;The Third Eye,&rsquo; copyrighted in 1981.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A Consumer Bill Gives Exemption on Payday Loans]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - &nbsp;Senator Bob Corker, the Tennessee Republican who is playing a crucial role in bipartisan negotiations over financial regulation, pressed to remove a provision from draft legislation that would have empowered federal authorities to crack down on payday lenders, people involved in the talks said. The industry is politically influential in his home state and a significant contributor to his campaigns, the New York Times reports.
The Senate Banking Committee&rsquo;s chairman, Christopher J. Dodd, Democrat of Connecticut, proposed legislation in November that would give a new consumer protection agency the power to write and enforce rules governing payday lenders, debt collectors and other financial companies that are not part of banks.
Late last month, Mr. Corker pressed Mr. Dodd to scale back substantially the power that the consumer protection agency would have over such companies, according to three people involved in the talks.
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        <title><![CDATA[Jihad Jane: Pa. Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - A Pennsylvania woman who called herself JihadJane was tied Tuesday to an alleged assassination plot against a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the prophet Muhammad atop the body of a dog, the New York Times reports.
In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, federal prosecutors accused Colleen R. LaRose, an American from the Philadelphia suburbs, of linking up through the Internet with militants overseas and plotting to carry out a murder.
Ms. LaRose, 46, was arrested in Philadelphia in October, but her case was kept under seal. Although the indictment does not identify the target, a law enforcement official said her case was linked to the arrests Tuesday of seven Muslims in Ireland in connection with a scheme to kill the cartoonist, Lars Vilks. A group linked to Al Qaeda had put a $100,000 bounty on his head for the cartoon, which the group perceived as an insult to Islam.&nbsp;]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - The latest from The Loop

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Progressives need to come back home, support Obama
I can already imagine the onslaught of criticism: Obama is no different than Bush. Obama has buckled under even the slightest pressure from the right. Just look at the case of civilian trials for terror suspects. Just lo...
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Ridiculousness of the week: Ben Roethlisberger, &#039;Kanye&#039;d&#039; at the Oscars
The last week or so has been such a whirlwind that I don&rsquo;t even know where to start.
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has had better days since he is facing a second allegation of sexual assault...
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The Black president trap
&ldquo;For every factual attack, there are a thousand possibilities&hellip;and all of them strike down together.&rdquo;
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Why are conservatives embracing disgraced Rep. Eric Massa?
Here's a little tidbit I just]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: Nat Turner's Revenge Keisha Parks schools all of you fanboys, app junkies, geeks, gamers and assorted miscreant who feel the written word, and the book, is dead. Many squealed when that 21st Century Tarzan flick, Avatar, lost Best Picture. But hell, it was one of the few movies nominated that wasn't based on the printed page. Even Twilight...damn, even The Blind Side!!!Computer games are based on works of literature/epic poetry, short stories, seminal mythology. And indeed the geek wet dream, The Watchmen flick, is based of course on The Watchmen graphic novel which in itself, is a work of literature. G'won Keisha. Review the piece here.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - I can already imagine the onslaught of criticism: Obama is no different than Bush. Obama has buckled under even the slightest pressure from the right. Just look at the case of civilian trials for terror suspects. Just look at his administration's unwillingness to prosecute Bush-era officials. Just look at his failure to close Guantanamo Bay. 
His efforts to appease the Republicans has weakened his agenda. He has not addressed comprehensive immigration reform. He abandoned the progressive agenda long before they ever abandoned him. Where&rsquo;s the public option?
The French writer Voltaire made this observation, nearly three hundred years ago: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t let the perfect be the enemy of the good.&rdquo;
Today, as progressives lull and the right mobilizes, as Congressional district after Congressional district changes from blue to red, as Democrats retire, as Liz and Dick Cheney and Karl Rove emerge to remake history without any substantial dissent, I think it&rsquo;s time for li]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - The last week or so has been such a whirlwind that I don&rsquo;t even know where to start. 
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has had better days since he is facing a second allegation of sexual assault. Like many people, I was skeptical the first time around since the alleged victim filed a civil suit against Big Ben nearly two years after the alleged assault without ever going to the authorities or a hospital. Now, since Ben thought it was a good idea to go barhopping, it looks like where there is smoke there is fire. 
Now that there's actually a crime in question, it will be interesting to see how the media scrutinizes Roethlisberger and if it will bear any similarity to that of Tiger Woods or Kobe Bryant. Inquiring minds want to know.
Who was that crazy woman who stormed the stage and completely stole the thunder from winning short documentary director Roger Ross Williams at the Academy Awards? It was Kanye at the VMAs and Old Dirty Bastard at the Grammys all over]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Black president trap]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - &ldquo;For every factual attack, there are a thousand possibilities&hellip;and all of them strike down together.&rdquo; 
 It&rsquo;s a line from China Mieville&rsquo;s speculative fiction novel The Scar, but it could easily describe today&rsquo;s politics.  President Obama has been described as a socialist and tool of banks and big business; a &ldquo;racist&hellip;who has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture&rdquo; and someone who &ldquo;hasn&rsquo;t done much for their [i.e., African-Americans&rsquo;] bottom line&rdquo; because &ldquo;so-called Black leaders are much more interested in invitations to the White House&quot;&hellip;than in raising any kind of ruckus that might benefit people in real trouble.
Underlying much of the recent rhetoric is the race issue&hellip;yeah, that one, the one the president doesn&rsquo;t seem to want to talk about. Some of the president&rsquo;s opponents have not only asserted that he is a &ldquo;racist,&rdquo; but even proclai]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - First lady Michelle Obama donates her inaugural gown to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - The Obama administration is devising a new formula to describe poverty. In this video, people on the street say what they think a family of four has to make to fall below the poverty line.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Howard Stern has crush on Gabourey Sidibe]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: African American Political Pundit Howard Stern is a rich yet, stupid, bigoted, sorry, idiotic, cowardly,&nbsp;bastard! He does not know how to say his freaky ass has a sexual crush on Gabourey Sidibe. What is it about white men and...

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        <description><![CDATA[From: the field negro WTF is going on in A-merry-ca? Are you telling me that even if you are a black doll you can't get equal treatment with your white counterpart? Barbie, if you need a good civil- rights lawyer, call me, I can refer you to somebody. Wal-Mart knows they are wrong for that.  Shame on you Wal-Mart! But I am not going to stress about Black Barbie tonight. There is too much other stuff going on.For instance, I see that folks have caught yet another old white guy in a racial faux pas. This time it's the venerable television journalist, Dan Rather:" Rather spoke about how he feels Republicans will regard Democrats, especially Obama, in the fall election.Rather said the GOP would say, 'Listen, he's a nice person, he's very articulate. This is what's going to be used against him. But, he [President Obama] couldn't sell watermelons if you gave him the state troopers to flag down the traffic."' OUCH! Dan I think it's the watermelon part that got you in trouble. You know the stereotypes about us Negr]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. We did it. 

The broom has been jumped. We are married.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: The Republic of T. We did it. 

The broom has been jumped. We are married.]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: PostBourgie 17 yr. old Biggie on Fulton St. in NY, via Talib Kweli via twitter.
Similar Posts:

Random Midday Hotness: Back Again.
Friday Random Ten
The Friday Random/Genius Ten]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: DarkStar Spouts Off Dan Rather hit a double double: said Obama was articulate AND mentioned watermelon by saying now, Obama can't sell watermelons off the back of a truck. Isn't it interesting how when people get older, they lose the ability to censor...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: DarkStar Spouts Off Dan Rather hit a double double: said Obama was articulate AND mentioned watermelon by saying now, Obama can't sell watermelons off the back of a truck. Isn't it interesting how when people get older, they lose the ability to censor...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: Prometheus 6 - All respect and no restraint Let's Help Rush Limbaugh Pack His BagsBy Brian DockstaderMarch 9, 2010 - 11:46am ET
Did you hear the big news? Yesterday on his show, Rush Limbaugh vowed that he would leave the country if health care reform passes!
LIMBAUGH: I’ll just tell you this, if this passes and it’s five years from now and all that stuff gets implemented — I am leaving the country. I’ll go to Costa Rica.
As if we needed any more reason to want health care reform passed as soon as humanly possible!
And sure, why wouldn't Rush Limbaugh want to move to Costa Rica? They have a higher life expectancy than we do, and they don't spend nearly as much on health care as we do. Of course that might be because they already have a public health care system:]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: DALLAS SOUTH From the Wire - Office of the First Lady
The Office of the First Lady announced today that First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to deliver three commencement addresses in the months ahead.
On May 8th, the First Lady will address the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.  Established more than 130 years ago, the University [...]]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: DarkStar Spouts Off If I didn't know better, I'd say the Massa (HAH!!!!) scandal not only was a scandal for him, but a set up of Obama conserva-kook critics. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/03/09/massa-on-fox-tickle-fights-bullcrap-and-apology-to-rahm/ Fox News commentator Glenn Beck summed up his hour long interview with former...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: DarkStar Spouts Off If I didn't know better, I'd say the Massa (HAH!!!!) scandal not only was a scandal for him, but a set up of Obama conserva-kook critics. http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/03/09/massa-on-fox-tickle-fights-bullcrap-and-apology-to-rahm/ Fox News commentator Glenn Beck summed up his hour long interview with former...]]></description>
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        <description><![CDATA[From: African American Political Pundit It's time for afrospear political bloggers to step in the gap, and start calling these "cretin" low-life black politicians out. Start reporting on these politicians who could care less about the...

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        <title><![CDATA[Michelle Obama's Inaugural Gown Donated To Smithsonian]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to The Associated Press, Michelle Obama, keeping with White House tradition, announced her donation of the gown she wore during the presidential inauguration to the Smithsonian today.
The gown, designed by Jason Wu, will be featured in the institute's gallery for first lady's dating back to Mamie Eisenhower.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Number Of Millionaires In U.S. Increases In 2009]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to the Wall Street Journal, a recent report on U.S. industry showed that 2009 brought a higher number of millionaires living in the U.S. after a decline in 2008.
The report shows that in 2009, about 16 percent more households in the U.S. were valued at over $1 million than the previous year.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[John McCain Would Like To Deny You Your Rights -- For Funzies!]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Black Snob Feed It's all a slippery slope. Isn't that what we on the left have been saying all along? That if you deny the rights of non-Americans it's only a matter of time before people start thinking the Bill of Rights was printed in invisible ink. Right now Sens. John McCain and Joe Lieberman are floating a bill that would allow for American citizens to be detained without charge. Sure it's unconstitutional, but that's never stopped them before.﻿
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        <title><![CDATA[Patient Deaths Bring Select Medical Investigation By Senate]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to BusinessWeek, the Senate Finance Committee announced yesterday its investigation into claims that Select Medical Holding Corp. provides substandard treatment at some hospital locations.
Long-term care hospitals are being looked into as deaths of seriously ill patients are alleged over poor service by the provider. Recent shares in the company have reportedly dropped a day after the investigation was announced.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Bonuses For CEOs Dropped 22 Percent In 2009]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to Reuters, as companies are looking to cut losses during world recession, a 2009 financial report shows that major businesses cut executive bonuses last year.
In 2008, chief executive bonuses were at a median of about $882,000. In 2009, the amount decreased to about $689,000.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Obama Meets With Greek Leader, Discusses Financial Reform]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to CNN, as Greece stands at the forefront of Europe's financial crisis, President Barack Obama held a meeting with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Tuesday.
Obama and Papandreou made the global crisis a priority as Greece reported one of the worst budget deificits of any developed country in 2009.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[Earthquake Causes Chilean City To Move 10 Feet]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: The Loop - According to CNN, the city of Concepcion was moved at least 10 feet after the recent magnitude 8.8 earthquake in Chile.
Other parts of South America were also moved, including Chile's capital, Santiago, about 11 inches west-southwest. The measurements were taken by global positioning satellites from before and after the earthquake.]]></description>
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        <title><![CDATA[A few words for non-fat people.]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[From: Nudemuse...daily nattering. All too often there is a prevailing thought process in people who are not fat when they speak of or to fat people. Or even about fat people. For the record I'd like to give my home skillets who are not of the fat ass sort a few words of wisdom from the fat side of the force.(Now I am going to use generalities here that are based on personal experience, talking to other fat people and 32 years of observation. Do remember, I'm not a stats thrower so if you want statistics do your own damn research.)First thing.Fat people are fully aware most of the time that they yes fat.Yes there are people who are unaware for whatever reason as to the size of their body but a large percentage of us are fully aware.That being what it is, you (as in the at large populace) do not need to stop and point, walk up to people and say ZOMG FATASS etc.All that is is an excuse to be rude. Here's the thing.Bodies are not public property. My body is really none of your damn business. And if you feel perfectly withi]]></description>
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