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Hillary Sent Me!
Hillary Clinton, HillPac ChairThe political action committee of Sen. Hillary Clinton, HillPAC, is launching a new grassroots movement on Saturday morning that will help mobilize volunteers to phone-bank, blog and canvass for Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats in tough [Read More]
Why is McCain lying about Obama’s records?
George Bush and John McCainAt a campaign stop in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Friday September 19, 2008, Sen. John McCain made the following statement about Sen. Barack Obama: "He said he won’t raise taxes for most people, but he’s voted 94 times in his short [Read More]
Deeply embedded racism could cost Obama
AP-Yahoo News pollAccording to a recent AP-Yahoo News poll, about one-third of white Democrats harbor racist, bias, negative and ignorant views toward blacks. Many are calling blacks "lazy," "violent," and responsible for their own troubles. Experts [Read More]
Obama’s Florida rally was disrupted by African-American protesters
CORAL GABLES, Florida — Today Senator Barack Obama’s campaign rally in Coral Gables, Florida was disrupted by about 10 African-American protesters holding signs that called themselves, "Blacks Against Obama." The protesters looked like students from a [Read More]
Sgt. Rafael Peralta family may reject military’s medal
The mother of the late Sgt. Rafael Peralta, Rosa Peralta, said she may reject the new medal, the military plans to award to her son for valor. The office of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates downgraded the award after a special investigation involving medical experts, a [Read More]
Sen. Chuck Hagel: Its a streatch to say Palin’s qualified
GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska said the GOP vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, lacks foreign policy experience and called it a "stretch" to say she’s qualified to be president. In an interview published Thursday by the Omaha [Read More]
Lynn Forester de Rothschild: I don’t Like Obama
Lynn Forester de RothschildLynn Forester de Rothschild, a former Hillary Clinton supporter and member of the Democratic National Committee’s Platform Committee, is expected to endorse the Republican presidential candidate, John McCain, for president today. Forester [Read More]
Surgeon General – leg pain signals deadly blood clot
Source: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/ Deep vein thrombosisActing Surgeon General Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H., today issued a Call to Action to reduce the number of cases of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the United States. Galson urged all Americans to [Read More]
FFRW: Leave Oprah the Hell Alone!
O MagazineThe Florida Federation of Republican Women (FFRW) is boycotting the Oprah Winfery show because Oprah refused to allow any political candidate as a guest this season. The 58-yr-old organization with 4,500 members has called for a boycott of "O" magazine [Read More]
Women group rallied against Palin in Alaska
Alaska Women Against Palin (AKWAP) rallied at the Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska yesterday. (Addendum: Official name is Alaska Women Rejecting Palin – AKWRP). Another group, the Alliance for Reproductive Justice said that attendees at a “women’s [Read More]
Focus on the Family and racist Obama waffles
Obama WafflesThe so-called socially conservative public policy groups American Values and Focus on the Family Action co-sponsored what they termed a conservative political forum summit in Washington today. From ever indication, it appears as if the political forum summit [Read More]
Did McCain campaign lied about Palin Iraq visit?
Gov. Sarah PalinA Palin aide in Alaska had previously reported that the Republican vice presidential nominee visited Iraq as one of her military stops. The campaign is now retracting the statement by saying that Gov. Palin was never in Iraq. Sarah Palin did not visit [Read More]
Cheap and effective pixel ads for limousine services
Burnedbrass Technologies, Inc., a Chicago-based management and information technology firm launched a pixel ad site: http://www.citylimo.us. for limousine businesses that are looking to cut cost, reach more customers and reduce their advertising budget. Pixel ads are [Read More]
Simpson goes to trial without Cochran or Black Juriors
O. J. SimpsonThe O.J. Simpson murder case was a highly publicized U.S. criminal trial in which O.J. Simpson, former NFL star and actor, was accused of killing his white ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her white friend Ronald Goldman. The County believed it had a solid [Read More]
Sarah Palin Interview with Charlie Gibson – your opinion
Here are excerpts from the interview with ABC’s Charlie Gibson and Gov. Sarah Palin. It was her first substantial interview she has given since she was nominated as McCain’s vice president. GIBSON: Governor, let me start by asking you a question that I asked [Read More]
Former GOP Sen. Chafee calls Palin a cocky wacko
Former GOP Sen. Lincoln ChafeeLincoln Chafee, the former Republican Senator from Rhode Island referred to the McCain’s vice presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, as "cocky wacko." He told a Washington think tank earlier this week. Chafee, the lone Senate [Read More]
Wellesley College tracks 2010 graduates for success
Professor of sociology Lee CubaSuccess, it is said, leaves footprints in the sand that you can follow. If you can’t follow the footprints you may be on the wrong beach. Wellesley College’s sociologist Lee Cuba seems to subscribe to this principle. A member of [Read More]
Usher expecting baby no.2, wife baby no.5
Tameka Foster and Usher RaymondIt is being reported by People that R&B singer superstar Usher Raymond, 29-year-old, and his wife Tameka Foster,37-year-old, are expecting their second child together. This will be Foster’s fifth child. The couple already has a son, [Read More]
High Army suicide rate, another negative effect of Bush’s war
High Army Suicide RateCNN’s Pentagon producer, Mike Mount, reported today that the rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers is on pace to surpass both last year’s numbers and the rate of suicide in the general U.S. population for the first time since the [Read More]
Allen Iverson reduces home price to $3.999M
It has been a year now since Denver Nuggets guard Allen Iverson put his Villanova, Pennsylvania home on the market. At that time the 14,000 square foot home located at 800 Chateau Ln, Villanov, PA 19085-2070 was on sale for $5 million. Today, the home is being [Read More]
Former NY Mayor Ed Koch: Sarah Palin scares me
Former NY Mayor, Ed KochFormer New York Mayor Ed Koch, who endorsed and worked for George W. Bush in 2004, announced today that he is endorsing Barack Obama. Regarding the Republican vice presidential candidate, he said “Sarah Palin is a plucky, exciting candidate, [Read More]
An apparent racist culture at the U.S. State Department
Condoleezza RiceAlthough the United States State Department is headed by an African American or Black woman, Condoleezza Rice, it appears that the department perfers hiring only White employees. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Monday that there are too few [Read More]
National Enquirer claims Sarah Palin had an affair
Sarah PalinThe John McCain camp has threatened legal action against the National Enquirer for reporting that his vice presidential running mate, Sarah Palin, had an affair while married to her husband, Todd. In a statement responding to John McCain’s threat to [Read More]
Report: 2007 United States Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage
Source: http://www.census.gov The U.S. Census Bureau held a news conference today, August 26, 2008, to release two reports: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2007, containing findings from the Current Population Survey (CPS); and Income, [Read More]
Duke Rape Accuser’s Questionable Last Dance
Crystal Gayle MangumSince three former Duke Lacrosse players; David Evans, Collin Finnerty and Reade Seligmann, were declared innocent of rape and assault charges, the alleged victim in the highly publicized Duke Lacrosse case, Crystal Gayle Mangum, has remained out of [Read More]
Rapper Da Brat gets three years for assault
Da BratDa Brat was assigned a new zip code, Dekalb County Prison, for three years on Friday for assault. The recordings artist was sentenced to three years in Dekalb County prison for hitting a hostess in the head with a rum bottle during an altercation at a suburban [Read More]
African American Freestylist Cullen Jones Wins Gold
Cullen Jones, 24-year-old, African American Bronx native is only the second African American swimmer to win a gold medal. He won the 400-meter freestyle relay at the Beijing Games. Anthony Ervin In 2000, was the first African American swimmer to make the US Olympic team. At [Read More]
FREE “must have” portable software programs
Through societal programming, we all at one time or another have subscribed to the belief that nothing in life is free. As I contemplated this article, I discussed with a friend, my intent to write an article that would talk about some of the outstanding, [Read More]
Tyra Banks pays homage by dressing as Michelle Obama
Tyra Banks as Michelle Obama Tyra Banks covers and is featured in the September 2008 issue of the Harper’s Bazaar Magazine. In this issue Tyra poses as Michelle Obama and talks about how she has been inspired by the future first lady. Tyra also pays homage to Michelle [Read More]
Soul Singer Legend Isaac Hayes Dies
Isaac HayesIsaac Hayes, 65, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on Sunday. Relatives found Hayes unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department. Paramedics attempted to revive him and [Read More]
Sharon Brown versus Victoria Osteen in Houston’s court
Flight attendant Sharon BrownVictoria Osteen, the wife of TV evangelist and mega-church pastor Joel Osteen was in a Houston, Texas court on Friday regarding a lawsuit brought against her by Sharon Brown. Brown, a Continental Airlines flight attendant is accusing Victoria [Read More]
Bill and Hillary : All the world’s a democratic stage
Bill and Hillary ClintonA video recently surfaced of New York Senator Hilliary Clinton telling backers that her delegates should have a role in Denver. Despite the video, Barack Obama said he doesn’t anticipate any problems with Hillary Clinton supporters at the [Read More]
Bernie Mac, an original king of comedy dies at 50
Bernie MacChicago Comedian Bernie Mac (real name: Bernard Jeffery McCullough), 50-year-old, died early Saturday at the Northwestern Hospital in Chicago from complications due to pneumonia, his publicist told the Chicago Tribune. Just couple of days ago, it was [Read More]
Modern Racism Scale, fMRI, and Mental privacy
By: http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog In scan 1, a subject is asked to remember a face. In scan 2, the subject is asked to "think about this face.", In scans 3 and 4, the subject was asked to compare another face to the remembered face. A man’s [Read More]
CDC: African Americans hardest hit with HIV/AIDS
49% of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS were Blacks According to the CDC, of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, HIV and AIDS have hit African Americans the hardest. The reasons are not directly related to race or ethnicity, but rather to some of the barriers [Read More]
Montauk’s mysterious creature
Montauk MonsterNo one seems to be disputing that some strange creature washed ashore on Montauk in July. But not many agree on the identity of the strange creature which looks like nothing that man have ever seen before. The "Montauk Monster" reportedly washed up [Read More]
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Guilty of the freedom to choose
By: Tolbert Yarkpawolo Ayaan Hirsi Ali, 38-year-old, was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. She was raised a Muslim and spent her childhood and young adulthood in Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia and Kenya. In 1992, Hirsi Ali moved to the Netherlands as a refugee escaping a forced marriage [Read More]
Obama: Ludacris should be ashame of his lyrics
Obama and LudacrisYesterday Senator Obama sharply condemned rapper Ludacris over his new song celebrating the U.S. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama presidential bid while referring to Hillary Clinton as an "irrelevant bitch." The song, called [Read More]
Donaghy: I brought shame on myself and family
Folding his arms but showing no other emotion, the 41-year-old Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy apologized to the court by saying "I brought shame on myself and my family," during his sentencing today in Brooklyn federal court. Tim Donaghy pleaded guilty in [Read More]
Bush gives the OK to execute Black Army Private
Ronald A. Gray, 42President Bush on Monday approved the execution of Ronald A. Gray, 42, a former army cook and an Army private. Ronald A. Gray is an African American. President George W. Bush will be the first president in over a half-century to affirmed a death sentence [Read More]
Obama’s Prayer: Lord, protect my family and me
Obama's PrayerFor over two thousand years, since the destruction of the Holy Temple, the Kotel HaMaaravi, Western Wall, had been the Jewish focal point for prayer. It is a centuries-old tradition to place a note with a prayer or request in the Western Wall. When Jews pray, [Read More]
Is Obama the trigger of McCain’s irritability and temper outbursts?
By: http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog John McCainJohn McCain is not only a scary individual but an angry man who cannot be pleased. I could never imagine McCain as president of the United States. First, Mr. McCain begs Obama to travel abroad with him, then he [Read More]
FDA in spicy hot pursuit of salmonella source
Raw jalapeño peppersThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers that jalapeño and serrano peppers grown in the United States are not connected with the current Salmonella St. Paul outbreak and consumers may feel free to eat them without [Read More]
Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture, a genius and a force of nature
Jai and Randy Pausch, and their children Logan, front left, Dylan and Chloe. Dr. Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008), a Carnegie Mellon University computer-science and human-computer interaction and design professor best known for his inspiring "Last [Read More]
Rapper DMX raps in court after denying charges
Rapper DMXRapper DMX raps in court after denying charges The 37-year-old, Rapper DMX, a.k.a (Earl Simmons) appeared in Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix yesterday and pleaded not guilty to a pair of felony theft charges. He also treated reporters to an off-the-cuff [Read More]
Body Language: What Does George W. Bush Reveal
I recently read an article by Jeremy Hsu, Staff Writer at LiveScience.com title “Body Language: What McCain and Obama Reveal.” Hsu article states that “Body movement analysts say that McCain represents stability in how he stands firmly and holds onto the sides of a [Read More]
Barack Obama’s historic Berlin speech
By: http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog Barack Obama in Berlin, GermanyWhether you are a fan or Barack Obama, the Democratic Party candidate or not, the reality is that he delivered an outstanding and historic making speech compare to none that we have ever seen. It is [Read More]
Soledad O’Brien’s Black in America Series: Your Thoughts
Soledad O'BrienSoledad O’Brien, an anchor and special correspondent for CNN is currently presently a CNN’s Black in America series. Soledad examines the successes, struggles of African American and complex issues faced by black men, women and families and issues [Read More]
Jeniel Smith – A Star in the Making
Jeniel SmithIt has long been debated as to who leaves the more lasting impression, the creative artist or the performing artist. I suspect that Jeniel Smith does not concern herself with that debate simply because she is naturally gifted in both arenas. She sings, and [Read More]
The View feuds again – over the word nigger
The View Few day ago, co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Hasselbeck of The View, got into another argument regarding the usage of the word Nigger. Whoopi Golberg, an African-American co-host on The View, appeared to defend the usage of the word Nigger only among African [Read More]
China bans dog from Olympic menu
China's Dog MeatWith less than a month before the Olympic Games in Beijing, China has ordered dog meat to be taken off the menu at its 112 official Olympic restaurants in order to avoid offending foreign visitors. Restaurant workers are advised to [Read More]
Beijing bars ordered to ban Blacks during Olympics
Chinese SoldiersWith less than a month before the Olympic Games in Beijing, China’s Olympic dream has come true after waiting for a hundred years. Hong Kong, as a co-host city, is most joyful sharing the happiness. The Chinese government has implemented extraordinary [Read More]
Rapper DMX arrested again, this time for false id
Rapper DMX mug shotDMX, 37-year-old, has been arrested again. He was arrested at a shopping center in Phoenix on Saturday. This time, he is arrested on suspicion he gave a false name and false social security number to get out of paying for hospital medical expenses, US [Read More]
CDC data shows more Americans are fat
Obesity in AmericaWhether you sugarcoat by using the terminology fat, obesity, proportional or healthy, it is up to you. The reality is American are eating themselves to death by injecting their bodies with junk. According to the CDC, the proportion of U.S. adults who self [Read More]
Is George W. Bush a total failure?
Nancy Pelosi and George W. BushSpeaking recently in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called President George W. Bush a “total failure”. This statement is one of the California Democrat’s harshest assessments [Read More]
In error, WH released al-Maliki’s support for Obama’s plan
Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki Yes, it is true that the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said: “U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight [Read More]
Nora Musu Art
Ms. Nora MusuBorn in Madison, Wisconsin to Liberian parents, Nora Musu’s art and life experience epitomize a multiculturalism that transcends boundaries or specific styles. Nora was always surrounded by art and influential artists and trained under Cietta David [Read More]
Bush pardons himself against possible war crime
President George W. Bush U.S. President George W. Bush has given himself and members of his administration immunity against possible war crimes. Why would George W. Bush grant himself immunity if he did not do any thing wrong, one might ask? Well, the American-led [Read More]
Disney’s first African-American princess
Disney Black PrincessThe Walt Disney Co. has started production and is schedule to release its latest animated film The Princess and the Frog: An American Fairy Tale, in Dec. 25, 2009. This will be Disney’s 48th animated movie and their first to feature an [Read More]
James Brown’s estate mess and messes
Godfather James BrownJudge Jasper Cureton, a South Carolina Court of Appeals on Monday lifted a temporary stay that threatened to halt the sale of the late soul singer,James Brown, belongings by the auction house Christie’s in New York. Among the 320 items for sale [Read More]
Jesse Jackson: Barack telling niggers how to behave
Barack Obama & Rev. JackosnFox News confirmed Wednesday that Rev. Jesse Jackson also used the word nigger during his recent off-air gaffe where he criticized presidential candidate Barack Obama for talking down to Blacks. Fox News held back the nigger portion of the [Read More]
Rep. McKinney, the Second Black Presidential Candidate
Cynthia McKinneyGeorgia’s former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney is the presidential nominee for the Green Party of the United States and will appear on the ballot in as many as 36 states as the extreme long-shot rival to Democratic candidate Barack Obama and [Read More]
Obama: Blacks must show greater responsibility
Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic party, spoke at the 99th Annual Convention of the NAACP, held in the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio last night. "If I have the privilege of serving as your next president, 100 years after the [Read More]
Alpha Kappa Alpha celebrates 100-year anniversary
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority emblemThe oldest Greek letter sorority in America, Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), is celebrating its 100-year anniversary. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority is America's first Greek-letter organized at Howard University in Washington, D.C., in [Read More]
Rev. Jackson wants to cut Obama’s nuts off
By: http://www.chocolatecity.cc/blog Barack Obama and Jesse JacksonOn Sunday as Jackson was talking to a fellow interviewee, Dr. Reed V. Tuckson, UnitedHealth Group executive, an open microphone picked up Jackson whispering, "See, Barack’s been talking down [Read More]
AMA to apologize to Black doctors for racist past
American Medical Association (AMA) is expected to issue an apology to Black and African American doctors for past practices of discrimination and exclusionism. Blacks and African American doctors eventually founded the National Medical Association (NMA). [Read More]
