I walked by Mt. Vernon Park in Baltimore the other day and I saw this construction site: For all of you not in the know, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney was the judge who presided over the infamous Dred Scott case, yes Justice Taney made the “Dred Scott Decision”. As much as I despise Ronald [...]
I swear if someone brings this up during election time I’m going to smack somebody. Despite legal limit, Russia weighs 3rd term for Putin To run, he would need change in constitution By Erika Niedowski Sun Foreign Staff Originally published September 12, 2005 MOSCOW – The governor of Russia’s Novgorod region, northwest of Moscow, cites [...]
So the guy on the tape threatening to blow up Austrailia and California is a white dude from California? Okie Dokie Opie Australia, L.A. targeted on videotape Suspected al-Qaida figure from U.S. issues threats Associated Press Originally published September 12, 2005 NEW YORK — A tape delivered to ABC News in Pakistan over the weekend [...]
The Gospel, a contemporary drama about love and redemption set in the world of gospel music and the African-American church. Live it; as Boris Kodjoe, Idris Elba, Nona Gaye, Tamyra, Clifton Powell, Omar Gooding, Keisha Knight Pulliam, Donnie McClurkin, Hezekiah Walker, Kirk Franklin, Yolanda Adams, Martha Munizzi and Mom Winans light up the screen. Got [...]
COURT DOCUMENTS: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Vowed to “KILL” Google News Published: September 2, 2005, 1:07 PM PDT Reprinted From CNET News.com – Written by Ina Fried —– —- — — – – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer vowed to “kill” Google in an expletitive-laced, chair-throwing tirade when a senior engineer told him he was leaving [...]
I don’t even want to speak on this, shit I’m Muslim and that entire treason, Patriot Act shit, I’m just gonna repost. From the Humanity Critic The other day, as Barbara Bush, mother of George W. Bush, visited Houston where many evacuees are in the Superdome, she said the following: “Everyone is so overwhelmed by [...]
From: DirectNIC’s blog The Real News The following is the result of an interview I just conducted via cell phone with a New Orleans citizen stranded at the Convention Center. I don’t know what you’re hearing in the mainstream media or in the press conferences from the city and state officials, but here is the [...]
I got this at the Doan Mind Me blog and I have to share his sentiment. “Well I think we’re all going to hell in a handbasket now.” http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/2250831734 Students Allowed To Curse At Their Teachers August 30, 2005 12:00 p.m. EST Hector Duarte Jr. – All Headline News Staff Reporter London, England (AHN) – [...]
Baltimore City Western District Aggravated assault: A woman was struck on the head with a piece of lumber Sunday evening by a man who lost $1,500 to her in a dice game in the 1000 block of N. Gilmor St. She was treated at Maryland Shock Trauma Center for a large cut to the left [...]
Stern on bench, with warm sense of humor Justice lauded as great boss with ‘trophies’ to prove By GINA HOLLAND Associated Press Rehnquist, who died Saturday night, was known to snap at lawyers who exceeded their time. Behind large glasses he peered down at attorneys, sometimes raising his eyebrows to an exaggerated arch at their [...]
Allhiphop.com News Kanye West Rips President Bush On Live Television By Nolan Strong Date: 9/3/2005 9:30 am Kanye West criticized United States President George W. Bush and the government’s reaction to Hurricane Katrina last night during “A Concert for Hurricane Relief” a live benefit concert that aired on NBC. West had sharp words for President [...]
This is just sad and outrageous. The unexpected can be so unexpected sometimes. ‘A scene of anarchy’ Editor’s Note: CNN correspondents report back on what they are seeing in New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities hit by Hurricane Katrina. Chaos at the convention center The New Orleans Convention Center has become a major gathering [...]
So G.W. called the hurricane “Hurricane Trina” last night (8/30). So is he so intimate with the hurricane that he has pet names for it, more intimate than the people of Louisiana who had to vacate their homes, or is he just ignorant and flippant on what the hell is going on in his country? [...]
Fat Joe, 50 Cent Beef, Other VMA Highlights By Clover Hope Date: 8/29/2005 2:00 am The 50 Cent, Fat Joe beef came to a head Sunday night after words were exchanged between the two rappers during MTV’s Diddy-hosted Video Music Awards. While onstage announcing reggaeton artists Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, and Tego Calderon, Fat Joe [...]
Suge Knight shot in leg BY BEN WIDDICOMBE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER MIAMI BEACH – Rap mogul Marion (Suge) Knight was shot in the leg at a glittering party hosted by Grammy-winning hip hop artist Kanye West early today, police said. The Death Row Records founder, who has been in and out of jail, was [...]
Rapper’s Expulsion Overturned Source: AP by Joe Mandak 08/25/2005 PITTSBURGH – A judge on Wednesday ordered a school district to readmit a 14-year-old student expelled for writing violent, profane rap lyrics, finding that his songs didn’t amount to “true threats” against the school and so were protected by the First Amendment. The Riverside Beaver County [...]
We’re flying Northwest next week for my best friend’s wedding, they better get their act together. Two deflated tires found in check of Northwest jet 2nd tire-related incident since beginning of strike By William Wan and Richard Irwin Sun StaffOriginally published August 25, 2005 Employees of Northwest Airlines reported finding two deflated landing gear tires [...]
I wonder if it already hasn’t happened when they will put an innocent person to death. Condemned woman asks Texas parole board to commute her sentence Investigation is faulted after 2nd gun mentioned Los Angeles Times Originally published August 25, 2005 HOUSTON – A lawyer for Frances Newton, who is scheduled to be executed Sept. [...]
No, I’m not talking about crappy sex novels, I’m talking about drugs. There is no end with drugs, I’m not making any news here but heroin is a lethal drug. Heroin unlike other drugs is highly addictive, whereas the user needs the drug to live. Now how heroin is still a staple in cities like [...]
Two men are dead after gunfire in Hunting Park Police found two men fatally shot early yesterday after responding to reports of a shooting in the city’s Hunting Park section. Police said Robert Frazier, 33, of the 4100 block of North Darien Street, was found shot multiple times inside a black Chrysler about 1:20 a.m. [...]
I’m not big on international politics and found Micki’s take on the gaza strip situation interesting and more indept than I am willing to delve. All I know is what would you do if you woke up one day and the USA was called Canada ay? Furthermore I would like to add where I get [...]
Ima get a library card in my daughter’s name. They’re going to wonder why a 6 year old is reading Fanon. Pratt giving its youngest users carte blanche Library exempts borrowers age 6 and younger from overdue fines; ‘First Card’ goal is to foster reading at home By John Fritze Sun Staff Originally published August [...]
Now the family can have closure, whoever kills a pregnant woman should be castrated then killed. Pregnant woman’s remains found near Philadelphia Police arrest former boyfriend Saturday, August 20, 2005; Posted: 12:15 p.m. EDT (16:15 GMT) LaToyia Figueroa was five months pregnant. Remains of pregnant Philadelphia woman found (1:18) PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) — Police have [...]
Drug arrest: A Cecil County woman stopped Wednesday afternoon for speeding on southbound Interstate 95 near the Hazelwood Avenue overpass was also charged with possession of cocaine and marijuana. In her rented 2005 Chevrolet, Officer Gregory Day of the Maryland Transportation Authority Police found two purses containing a total of $14,400, and a partially smoked [...]
Our revolution has been diminished to a condiment. New realities take hold in once-frightening urban neighborhoods By Clarence Page Originally published August 19, 2005 WASHINGTON – Retired Black Panther leaders are trying to trademark the 1965 riot phrase “Burn, baby, burn” to use on a barbecue sauce. That, to me, is the most bizarre filing [...]
Coretta Scott King suffered a major stroke but is ‘completely aware’ Unable to speak, she has weakness on right side Associated Press Originally published August 19, 2005 ATLANTA – Coretta Scott King suffered a minor heart attack and a major stroke that impaired her ability to speak and affected her right side, but she is [...]
Religion, *sigh, i’ll get back to this later. Jews for Jesus brings campaign to city Religion: The Messianic group plans a three-week mission here, raising concerns among mainstream Jews. By Matthew Hay Brown Sun Staff Originally published August 18, 2005 The way David A. Finkelstein sees it, he’s only trying to share the good news [...]
I think it’s a good idea, but now I can’t use the excuse “I just clicked on something and she was there!”. Originally published August 18, 2005 IN THE Internet’s brief but astounding life, users have come up with only three “killer apps,” or breakthrough applications: e-mail, search engines and accessing pornography. The Internet is [...]
Oft times people’s pains pain me, and this is one of them times. The grieving grandmother of Ciara Jobes observes what would have been the slain girl’s 18th birthday. Remembering her granddaughter’s birthday yesterday, Iva Cruse bought a cake, made her way across the city and lit birthday candles in front of an abandoned rowhouse. [...]
We did a project concerning health disparities that didn’t garner the effect that it should have given bueracracy and other ailments of academia. People will continue to die while people continue to shuffle paper, signatures, and contracts. Those cited in this article headed up the project that failed to meet it’s full potential. By Julie [...]
Miss. challenges release of former Klansman Man appeals conviction in rights workers’ deaths Los Angeles Times Originally published August 17, 2005 ATLANTA – Mississippi’s attorney general has challenged a judge’s decision to grant bail to former Ku Klux Klan member Edgar Ray Killen, who was freed from prison Friday, less than two months into his [...]
Civil rights matriarch King, 78, suffers stroke in Atlanta She’s resting in hospital; condition listed as fair From Wire Reports Originally published August 17, 2005 ATLANTA – Coretta Scott King, the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., suffered a stroke yesterday and was admitted to Piedmont Hospital, people close to her said. King, [...]
By Jennifer Sullivan Seattle Times staff reporter (The Associated Press contributed to this report.) King County sheriff’s detectives are investigating the owners of an Enumclaw-area farm after a Seattle man died from injuries sustained while having sex with a horse boarded on the property. Investigators first learned of the farm after the man died at [...]
So what do these guys hang out at Supermarkets to off their booty? Postal Service offers reward in rash of post-office break-ins Hit by a rash of burglaries, the U.S. Postal Service is offering up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of those involved in a string of summertime thefts at nine post [...]
Sad story– promising young athlete from my alma mater Simon Gratz High dies. Other athletes who attended Gratz are boxers Ivan Robinson and Meldrick Taylor, and basketball players Aaron McKie of the Philadelphia 76ers and Rasheeed Wallace of the Detroit Pistons, 2004 NBA champs. Cheyney basketball player dies in Old City shooting By Thomas J. [...]
Now this has to be the dumbest thing I ever heard. The government is spending about a million dollars to make food stamp applications available online? So you’re telling me the needy are internet savvy– or even own a computer with internet access? Or do they want them to go wait in the long lines [...]