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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton – USA Today-Gallup Poll’s Most Admired Man and Woman

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton – USA Today-Gallup Poll’s Most Admired Man and Woman

Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - Gallup Poll’s Most Admired Man and Woman According to the latest USA Today-Gallup poll, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton are this year’s most admired man and woman. Mrs. Clinton has been the most [Read More]

Verizon has quashed the $2 Payment Fee Decision

Verizon has quashed the $2 Payment Fee Decision

Verizon’s announcement to charge a controversial fee had sparked uproar on the blogosphere from several websites, including ChocolateCity.cc, about the prospect of incurring further fees simply by paying existing ones. Thanks to the strong will of "People [Read More]

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls former superstar engages Yvette Prieto

Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls former superstar engages Yvette Prieto

Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto watch a basketball game Orlando Magic and the Charlotte Bobcats in Orlando, Fla. Photo: Phelan M. Ebenhack / AP Congratulations to former Chicago Bulls superstar Michael Jordan on his engagement to 32-year-old model Yvette Prieto. Jordan has [Read More]

Verizon to charge $2 fee for online payments – Jan. 15, is Dump Your Wireless Provider Day

Verizon to charge $2 fee for online payments – Jan. 15, is Dump Your Wireless Provider Day

By: Flomo Yarkpawolo Verizon Wireless announced today that starting January 15, they will make some customers pay for the privilege of paying their bills. They will be instituting a "convenience charge" for those customers who make one-time bill payments using a [Read More]

Why Black Market Entrepreneurs Matter to the World Economy

Why Black Market Entrepreneurs Matter to the World Economy

Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy by journalist Robert Neuwirth. In his latest book, Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy, journalist Robert Neuwirth, talked to Wired about illegal street vendors, and unlicensed roadside [Read More]

Flashmob B2C – Target and Nike Cleverly use Social Media Marketing

Flashmob B2C – Target and Nike Cleverly use Social Media Marketing

By: Charles S. Mombo #WWCLICK, #FlashmobB2C, #SeeMombo Article Source: Flashmob Business to Consumer (B2C) Flashmob B2C – Target (Missoni Collection) and Nike (Retro XI Concord Air Jordan Basketball Shoe) cleverly use Social Media Marketing. social media marketing [Read More]

Does Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Newsletters prove that he is a Racist?

Does Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Newsletters prove that he is a Racist?

Does Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Newsletters prove that he is a Racist? Republican presidential candidate and Congressman Ron Paul is trying to become the next president of the United States of America which includes 37 million African-Americans or Blacks. Despite [Read More]

Rep. James Sensenbrenner – The Non-apology Apology of an ASS

Rep. James Sensenbrenner – The Non-apology Apology of an ASS

Rep. James Sensenbrenner - The Non-apology Apology of an ASS   Republican Representative James Sensenbrenner, Jr., (Jim) who represents the Fifth Congressional District of Wisconsin was recently overhead referring to First Lady Michelle Obama, wife of the [Read More]

Obama Signs National Defense Authorization Act and Clarifies Misinformation Campaign

Obama Signs National Defense Authorization Act and Clarifies Misinformation Campaign

By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass Article Sponsors: SEO & Social Media Marketing Consultancy Flashmob Business to Consumer President Barack Obama signs National Defense Authorization Act and clarifies misinformation. Today President Barack Obama signed both the tax cut [Read More]

Note to George Will: Bull Connor Redux – Why “They” like Newt

Note to George Will: Bull Connor Redux – Why “They” like Newt

By: Yvonne Kendall A regular political contributor to ChocolateCity.cc, Yvonne Kendall earned her doctorate at Stanford University. She currently serves as a professor at a state university in Texas. The major pundits from both sane ends of the political spectrum find [Read More]

Boxer Floyd Mayweather to serve 3 months in jail for punching his children’s mother

Boxer Floyd Mayweather to serve 3 months in jail for punching his children’s mother

Boxing champion, Floyd Mayweather, is expected to serve 3 months jail term for punching his children’s mother. It seems like boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. will be spending some time in jail pretty soon; to be exact, three months. He was sentenced on Wednesday and [Read More]

Payroll Tax Cut Extension – The Final Straw to Voting those Bozos out of Congress

Payroll Tax Cut Extension – The Final Straw to Voting those Bozos out of Congress

By Charles S. Mombo #SeeMombo, #WWCLICK, #FlashmobB2C Today, while appearing as a “Good Cop,” House Speaker John Boehner suddenly gives a press conference in which he demanded the Senate to get rid of the two-month extension in favor of an immediate one-year [Read More]

Citizen for Tax Justice Reports that top 280 most profitable U.S. Companies are Tax Dodgers

Citizen for Tax Justice Reports that top 280 most profitable U.S. Companies are Tax Dodgers

By: Charles S. Mombo #SeeMombo, #FlashmobB2C, @Burnedbrass Protestors against "Tax Dodging" demonstrate at Bank of America. In a recent report by Citizen for Tax Justice (CTJ), the 280 most profitable corporations in the U.S. hide half their profits from taxes. [Read More]

An Interview with Jeff Fort, Leader of the El Rukn, regarding Chicago Bears Sam Hurd

An Interview with Jeff Fort, Leader of the El Rukn, regarding Chicago Bears Sam Hurd

By: Charles S. Mombo An Interview with Jeff Fort, leader of the El Rukn, regarding Chicago Bears Sam Hurd Since the announcement of the arrest of 26-year-old, Chicago Bear’s wide receiver, Sam Hurd, on allege drug-dealing charges, I am trying to wrap my brain around [Read More]

Coach Lovie is Livid over Bears’ Wide Receiver Sam Hurd Drug-dealing Arrest

Coach Lovie is Livid over Bears’ Wide Receiver Sam Hurd Drug-dealing Arrest

By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass, #FlashMobB2C, #SeeMombo Coach Lovie is Livid over Bears’ Wide Receiver Sam Hurd Drug-dealing Arrest Chicago Bear’s coach Lovie Smith is angry, disappointed and total surprise over the arrest of the team’s Wide Receiver, Sam [Read More]

Chris Paul finally traded to the Los Angeles Clippers

Chris Paul finally traded to the Los Angeles Clippers

Chris Paul was finally traded - to the Los Angeles Clippers. Chris Paul’s trade deal is official and finally over with. On Wednesday evening, Paul was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers. Paul was traded by the New Orleans Hornets for guard Eric Gordon, forward [Read More]

National Defense Authorization Act – Unconstitutional and un-American

National Defense Authorization Act – Unconstitutional and un-American

By Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass The National Defense Authorization Act was recently passed by the Senate and places domestic terror investigations and interrogations into the hands of the military. Have you heard the news? Your freedom is being threatened by Congress! As a [Read More]

Fantasia Barrino Gives Birth to a Baby Boy, Dallas Xavier Barrino

Fantasia Barrino Gives Birth to a Baby Boy, Dallas Xavier Barrino

Fantasia Barrino Gives Birth to a Baby Boy, Dallas Xavier Barrino Fantasia Barrino, 27-year old, has given birth to a baby boy, Dallas Xavier Barrino, at a hospital in North Carolina. In a statement to People, she said, "I feel so blessed that my son, Dallas Xavier, [Read More]

NAACP challenges the Republican Party efforts to disenfranchise Black Voters

NAACP challenges the Republican Party efforts to disenfranchise Black Voters

By: Charles S. Mombo Article Sponsored by Flash Mob Business to Consumer NAACP challenges the Republican Party efforts to disenfranchise Black Voters In an effort to win the 2012 presidential election by “any means necessary,” the Republican Party is overly [Read More]

Axelrod on Gingrich: The higher a monkey climbs…the more you can see his butt.

Axelrod on Gingrich: The higher a monkey climbs…the more you can see his butt.

 Axelrod on Gingrich: The higher a monkey climbs...the more you can see his butt. While referring to Newt Gingrich, David Axelrod who is President Obama’s chief strategist said: "The higher a monkey climbs up a pole the more you see of his butt." [Read More]

Rick Perry referred to U.S. Company Solynda as a Country!

Rick Perry referred to U.S. Company Solynda as a Country!

Governor Rick Perry, “No greater example of it than this administration sending millions of dollars into the solar industry, and we lost that money,” Perry began. “I want to say it was over 0 million that went to the country Solynda.” Governor Rick Perry continues [Read More]

Online Gambling Website Purchased Michael Jackson’s Hair for Roulette Ball

Online Gambling Website Purchased Michael Jackson’s Hair for Roulette Ball

Online Gambling Website Purchased Michael Jackson’s Hair for Roulette Ball OnlineGamblingPal.com announced that they purchased Michael Jackson's hair at auction for $10,871 and they'll be using it in a one-off roulette ball. According to their website: [Read More]

James Earl Jones: My Grandmother was the most racist person I have ever known

James Earl Jones: My Grandmother was the most racist person I have ever known

James Earl Jones: My Grandmother was the most racist person I have ever known During an interview with on BBC News with reporter Stephen Sackur, James Earl Jones said, “I can live in the shoes of racists.” He also said that his grandmother was the most racist [Read More]

Robert Griffin III, Baylor University Quarterback Wins 2011 Heisman Trophy

Robert Griffin III, Baylor University Quarterback Wins 2011 Heisman Trophy

Robert Griffin III, Baylor University Quarterback wins 2011 Heisman Trophy. Chocolate City congratulates Robert Griffin III, Baylor University's Quarterback for winning the 2011 Heisman Trophy. Griffin, a junior and the first Baylor player to receive the honor for the [Read More]

Palestinians Condemn Newt Gingrich for Ignorant and Racist Remarks

Palestinians Condemn Newt Gingrich for Ignorant and Racist Remarks

Hanan Ashrawi, an executive committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) joined Palestinians worldwide in condemning Newt Gingrich for his ignorant and racist remarks. Hanan Ashrawi, an executive committee member of the Palestine Liberation Organization [Read More]

Rick Perry’s Multiple Brain Freezes – Time to Retire to Niggerhead?

Rick Perry’s Multiple Brain Freezes – Time to Retire to Niggerhead?

By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry eats corn dog. It’s your choice to use whatever euphemism you want to describe Rick Perry’s knowledge, or lack of, of basic United States civics. The media embellishing, sugarcoating or [Read More]

Rep. Keith Ellison Introduces Constitutional Amendment ‘Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

Rep. Keith Ellison Introduces Constitutional Amendment ‘Get Corporate Money Out of Politics

By: Charles S. Mombo @burnedbrass Rep. Keith Ellison introduces Constitutional Amendment - Get Corporate Money Out of Politics. Overruling two important precedents about the First Amendment rights of corporations (The ruling, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission), [Read More]

Rick Santorum attacked Gay Marriage and Obama over going public about Bin Laden’s death

Rick Santorum attacked Gay Marriage and Obama over going public about Bin Laden’s death

Rick Santorum attacked Gay Marriage and Obama over going public about Bin Laden’s death. While speaking at the Republican Jewish Coalition on Wednesday, Republican presidential want-to-be candidate, Rick Santorum attacked President Obama again, this time; he is attacking [Read More]

Presidential Pardon – Appears to be reserved for Whites with friends in high places.

Presidential Pardon – Appears to be reserved for Whites with friends in high places.

Presidential Pardon appears to be reserve for Whites with friends in high placess.Presidential Pardon – Appears to be reserved for Whites with friends in high places. A recent investigation by ProPublica, Presidential Pardons Heavily Favor Whites, found that white [Read More]

U.S. Navy’s Newest Ship Named After, Medgar Evers, Slain Civil Rights Leader

U.S. Navy’s Newest Ship Named After, Medgar Evers, Slain Civil Rights Leader

By: Charles S. Mombo U.S. Navy's Newest Ship - USNS Medgar Evers after Medgar Evers, the slain civil rights leader . I never thought I would have had the opportunity to see an African-American president of the United States of America, nor, the commissioning of a navy ship [Read More]

Republican Presidential Hopeful Jon Huntsman says Donald Trump’s Talks Pure Bullshit

Republican Presidential Hopeful Jon Huntsman says Donald Trump’s Talks Pure Bullshit

Republican Presidential Hopeful Jon Huntsman says Donald Trump's Talks Pure Bullshit! While speaking with CNN’s Mary Snow, Republican presidential hopeful, Jon Huntsman, dismissed Donald Trump’s Republican Presidential candidate version of "The [Read More]

Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church takes time off

Bishop Eddie Long of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church takes time off

Bishop Eddie Long, head of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church said, "I'm going to take a little time off to work with my family." Long said the situation is "not because of allegations" of sexual relationships last year and instead blamed the pressures [Read More]

Nicole Hoopz Alexander carries Shaquille O’neal on her back

Nicole Hoopz Alexander carries Shaquille O’neal on her back

Nicole Hoopz Alexander carries Shaquille O'neal on her back. Image Source: Youtube Screen Grab While appearing on a recent Jimmy Kimmel Live Show, Shaquille O'neal, 325-pound, 7.1’’ was carried on the back of his 120-pound, 5.2’’ girlfriend [Read More]

They’re Just Mean: The Tea Party Tosses their Cookies . . . AT US!

They’re Just Mean:  The Tea Party Tosses their Cookies . . . AT US!

By: Yvonne Kendall Yvonne Kendall earned her doctorate at Stanford University. She currently serves as a professor at a state university in Texas. She is a regular contributor to ChocolateCity.cc. When I was growing up, it was not acceptable to be mean.  Making fun of [Read More]

Vanessa Long, Bishop Eddie Long’s Wife, files for divorce and withdraws petition within hours

Vanessa Long, Bishop Eddie Long’s Wife, files for divorce and withdraws petition within hours

Vanessa Long, Bishop Eddie Long’s Wife, files for divorce and withdraws petition within hours. Few hours ago, this site received the news that Vanessa Long, the wife of Bishop Eddie Long, had filed for divorce. While in the process of preparing this post, we received a [Read More]

Oprah’s Letter to Wendy Addresses Rumors about Gayle Leaving OWN for CBS

Oprah’s Letter to Wendy Addresses Rumors about Gayle Leaving OWN for CBS

During a recent Wendy Williams Show, the host, Wendy Williams said that she did not approve of Oprah Winfrey’s best friend Gayle King abandoning OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network) to co-host The Early Show on CBS. During a recent Wendy Williams Show, the host, Wendy Williams [Read More]

Jah Cure – The High Priest of Reggae?

Jah Cure – The High Priest of Reggae?

On August 7th at a ceremony held in the Beach Hall of the Tryall Club in Hanover, Jamaica, Cure married his longtime girlfriend and media personality, Kamila McDonald. Image Source: Jahcure.net It seems as if it is almost a crime to compare the late and great Robert Nesta [Read More]

December 1 is World AIDS Day

December 1 is World AIDS Day

December 1 is World AIDS Day Since December 1, 1988, the first ever global health day, World AIDS Day, was held for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate those who have died of it. While [Read More]

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Is Arizona Governor Jan Brewer an Angry White Woman?

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Tim Gunn, Project Runway designer, mentor and judge had no sex in 29 years?

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