Posts Tagged ‘former’
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]
Karen Freeman-Wilson Wins Gary, Indian Mayoral Race – First African-American Female
Karen Freeman-Wilson Wins Gary, Indian Mayoral Race - First Black Woman After two previous attempts, the former Indiana Attorney General Karen Freeman-Wilson was finally elected as Gary’s first female mayor. Freeman-Wilson got 86 percent of the vote, defeating Charles [Read More]
Herman Cain – The Koch Brothers’ Brother from another Mother
Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain speaks at the Defending the American Dream Summit in Washington. (Haraz N. Ghanbari / Associated Press / November 4, 2011) On Friday the African-American/Black Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain addressed a gathering [Read More]
Gadhafi had a crush on former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Two days after the dictator's compound was overrun by rebel in Tripoli, they found a photo album containing photos of Condoleezza Rice in Gadhafi's room. During a 2007 interview, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi told a reporter regarding former Secretary of State Condoleezza [Read More]
Happy 93rd Birthday to Nelson Mandela from ChocolateCity.cc
Happy 93rd Birthday to Nelson Mandela from ChocolateCity.cc Today a steady stream of family members, friends and members of the African National Congress (ANC) gathered at Madiba's house in Houghton, Johannesburg to celebrate the 93rd birthday of one of the world's [Read More]
Republican candidates Bachmann and Santorum say slavery was good for the black child
What was good about a “child born into slavery in 1860,” when his parents were auction and sold separately? Auctioning of another human was one of the most barbaric practices of the harsh system of slavery. The slave trade within the United States destroyed families and [Read More]
Gary Foster, former Citigroup Accountant accused of embezzling $19.2 Million
Gary Foster, former Citigroup Accountant accused of embezzling .2 Million Photo: Reuters Gary Foster, a former Citigroup Accountant is accused of embezzling $19.2 Million. on Sunday, immediately after his plane from Bangkok at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in [Read More]
Former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich found guilty on 17 out of 20 counts
former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old,.After 10 days of deliberations of his retrial, jurors in Chicago today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, 54-year-old, of 17 out of 20 counts against him. The jury also announced it was deadlocked on [Read More]
Blagojevich Jurors in Chicago have reached a verdict on 18 counts deadlock on 2
former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old,. Jurors in the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, 54-year-old, have reached a verdict. The jurors reached an 18 of 20 criminal counts against Mr. Blagojevich, but were deadlocked on two counts. [Read More]
Former Chicago Bear Dave Duerson Found Dead
Former Chicago Bear, Dave Duerson, 50-year-old was found dead on Thursday in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Duerson is a native of Muncie, Indiana.Former Chicago Bear, Dave Duerson, 50-year-old was found dead on Thursday in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. Duerson is a native of [Read More]
10 former African-American Presidents and Heads of State
President Barack Obama is not the only African-American to become the president of a country. Below are 10 African-Americans who have presided as head of state of a country. The following presidents of Liberia were all America-Americans: President Joseph Jenkins [Read More]
Should Bill Clinton stay the hell out of Chicago politics?
Don't blame Danny Davis for saying former President Clinton should stay the hell out of the upcoming Chicago mayoral election. Davis, one of the 5 want-to-be mayoral candidates of Chicago was reacting to an announcement that former President Bill Clinton will be in the [Read More]
Obama most admire in America says USA Today-Gallup poll
The GOP, their surrogate tea party, Rush Limbaugh, the birthers and Glenn Beck probably will not be reading the USA Today newspaper any time soon. The magazine on Monday released their annual “USA Today-Gallup poll” in which they asked respondents what man and [Read More]
N.K. Gutiérrez named Beauty and Fashion Editor for Chocolate City
High-profile stylist, fashion consultant, wedding planner, actress, model, and motivational speaker. N.K was recently announced as the newest fashion editor for ChocolateCity.cc; an online magazine featuring social and economic issues, urban concerns, urban [Read More]
Presenting Chicago’s First Latino Mayor
By Charles Mombo If there ever was a right time for a Latino to become the mayor of Chicago, the time is now! Filing of nominating petitions for the February 22, 2010 Municipal General Election for Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, and Aldermen begins at 9 a.m. on Mon., Nov. 15th, [Read More]
Oakland Uh, what’s happening Oaktown?
Oscar Grant and familyAt a recent news conference at the Oakland’s Emergency Operation Center, Police Chief Anthony Batts explained that unruly marchers were "tearing up the city" as they protested a two-year sentence for Johannes Mehserle, a white man and a [Read More]
Thanks Prez Carter but why was Aijalon Gomes in North Korea?
President Jimmy Carter and released prisoner Aijalon Gomes.Since Jesse L. Brown plane was shot down during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir in North Korea in October 1948, I am not aware of any other African American entering the most mysterious, most elusive, most isolated [Read More]
Prosecutors dismissed all charges against Robert Blagojevich
Jurors were unable to reach a verdict on any of the four counts against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s older brother, Robert. Prosecutors today dismissed all four charges against Robert Blagojevich. Robert was accused along with his brother, former Illinois Gov. [Read More]
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich Guilty of only one count
After two weeks of deliberations, Chicago jurors today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of only one of the 24 counts against him.After two weeks of deliberations, Chicago jurors today convicted Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich of only one of the 24 [Read More]
Body found to be that of Missing former NBA player Lorenzen Wright
Memphis police is awaiting dental records to determine if body found in Memphis is that of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright. Memphis police is awaiting dental records to positively determine if a body found in the woods southeast of Memphis is that of former NBA player [Read More]
NBA player Lorenzen Wright Family Filed Missing Person Report
The family of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has reported him missingThe family of former NBA player Lorenzen Wright has reported him missing after disappearing last Sunday. Wright was reportedly last seen in the Memphis area before he was to board a flight out of town. [Read More]
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Goes To Prison
Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images North America By: Charles S. Mombo /Kwame KilpatrickOn the issue of Detroit's former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick sentencing today – whether he had been wrong, why he had been wrong or whether he was sorry is not my call to make. To [Read More]
Obama Should Go Back Home to Kenya?
Former Republican Representative Tom Tancredo doing what he does best - railing against the 'scourge' of illegal immigration. A white man and former Republican Representative Tom Tancredo of Colorado is one of the few people out there that are still having problems [Read More]
Condoleezza Rice Still Doesn’t Get It On Iraq
By Charles S. Mombo Former Secretary of State Condoleezza RiceGeorge Orwell wrote that “Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.” While speaking at the Chinese [Read More]
Pleasure P leads Google’s Today’s Hot Trends
Pleasure P Photo Source: pleasurepmusic.comAs a daily routine, I browse Google’s USA “Today’s Hot Trends,” to see what people in the United States and the world are searching for on a daily basis. Basically, With Google Trends, one can compare the [Read More]
Why Plaxico Burress and not Dick Cheney?
Former New York Giants star Plaxico Burress, 31-year-oldThey say Lady Justice is blindfolded, but I am starting to believe that she occasionally peeps through her blindfold with with one eye open. There is a perception that low tolerance, lack of patience and lack of [Read More]
Nas to pay Kelis $44,000 for spousal and child support
Nas and Kelis during the good timesL.A. Superior Court Judge Louis Meisinger ruled Thursday in favor of Kelis Rogers, 29 year-old, spousal and child support case against her former husband, Nasir Jones, 35 year-old. SeeMombo.com Bookmark ChocolateCity.cc Hide Sites [Read More]
Mandela’s 46664 Birthday Celebration Concert
Happy Birthday Madiba!Yesterday, July 18, a steady stream of family members, friends and members of the African National Congress (ANC) gathered at Madiba’s house in Houghton, Johannesburg to celebrate the 91st birthday of one of the world’s most respected [Read More]
Wayman Tisdale, musician and former NBA Star is dead
Wayman Tisdale, former NBA star and jazz musician Photo Source:WaymanTisdale.comWayman Tisdale, 44-year-old, former NBA star and one of today’s baddest jazz musician died on Friday after coping with cancer. Tisdale, died in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital, after having [Read More]
Former Bulls Randy Brown Ordered to Auction NBA Ring
Bulls Championship Ring Source: www.westauction.comFormer Bulls guard Randy Brown was ordered by a judge to auction his three championship rings. Also as part of the bankruptcy filing, Brown is surrendering the million-dollar home he owns in Naperville, Illinois and a pair [Read More]
Roland Burris a proven and honorable public servant
By: Frank Scruggs Roland W. Burris, the former attorney general of IllinoisRoland Burris has proven himself to be an honest and honorable public servant. He meets the Constitutional Requirements for the Senate and to deprive him the opportunity to serve is to deny the [Read More]
An out-of-touch RNC to elect a Chairman
by: Tolbert Yarkpawolo The Republican National Committee (RNC) is expected to hold its election for chairman in January. The 168 RNC committee members will decide the next chairman at their winter meeting in January. The meeting on January 28, is expected to showcase [Read More]
VP Cheney Indicted for Organized Criminal Activity
Willacy County CourthouseKRGV-TV, News Channel 5 of Weslaco, Texas is reporting that Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on state charges involving federal prisons in Willacy County, a South Texas county. The seven [Read More]
