January 2012
52 posts
Polifacts Rated One of Obama's SOTU Remarks As... →
The 2012 Republican Campaign as a Horse Race →
Great Story
Herbert Carter and Mildred Hemmons had no time for dating in the early months of 1942.
He was training to become a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first military program for African-American pilots.
She was the bold, daring woman who caught his eye. At 18, she’d become the first black woman in Alabama to earn a pilot’s license. She had hopes of becoming a...
Obama Looks Better After Each GOP Debate
President Obama has been taking a real beating in the GOP’s presidential debates. And when you hear the enthusiastic reaction of the debate audiences to calls to make ‘Obama a one-term president,’ you understandably get concerned that it reflects a broader sentiment among voters nationwide. But as I watch these debates I see the GOP hopefuls struggling so hard to get to the...
The Captain of The Costa Concordia Now Heads That...
“Carnival offers survivors of doomed cruise Costa Concordia 30% off future cruise”
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/carnival-offers-survivors-doomed-cruise-costa-concordia-30-future-cruise-outraged-passengers-prepare-lawsuit-article-1.1010066#ixzz1kIiY3tQb
Stephen Colbert is Making a Well-Deserved Mockery... →
Johnny Otis, ‘Godfather of Rhythm and Blues,’ Dies... →
Admission: For many years I thought Johnny was Black! May he rest in peace anyway.
The Best Defense of Obama I've Heard Recently! →
Stephen Colbert's Super Pac Ad Against Romney →
Your Tax Dollars at Work...
Buried deep in the archives of America’s intelligence services are a series of memos, written during the last years of President George W. Bush’s administration, that describe how Israeli Mossad officers recruited operatives belonging to the terrorist group Jundallah by passing themselves off as American agents. According to two U.S. intelligence officials, the Israelis, flush with...
Amos & Andy: Anatomy of a Controversy →
He’s 5’7”. And the next big thing? →
Black Celebrities Who Died And Almost Nobody... →
The 'Great Cutting' Myth
A teenage Michael Jordan plays around with his high school basketball coach “Pop” Herring at Laney HS in Wilmington, N.C.
The most infamous roster decision in high school basketball history came down 33 years ago on the edge of tobacco country, between the Cape Fear River and the Atlantic Ocean, in an old town full of white wooden rocking chairs. The decision took physical form in...
At Last! Find Out What They're Really Saying →
Good News For All You Meat-eaters!
WASHINGTON — McDonald’s and two other fast-food chains have stopped using an ammonia-treated burger ingredient that meat industry critics deride as “pink slime.”*
http://www.argusleader.com/article/20111225/NEWS/312250011/Questions-perception-prompt-burger-chains-ditch-product
*Pink slime: boneless lean beef trimmings or similar products, which are considered “unfit for human...
The More Things Change The More They Remain The...
Click here to see what I mean:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/317572/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-george-lucas
Don't Mess With Michelle!
“Michelle Obama was privately fuming, not only at the president’s team, but also at her husband…”
That’s the opening line on a NY Times article adapted from a new book “The Obamas,” to be released next week. I’ve read that many consider that book to be a ‘hit’ piece on Michelle. But reading this Times article only raised my respect for her....
Almost As Funny As The Real GOP Debates →
Don’t miss the part starting at 11:40!
Iowa GOP: "Get The Govmt Off Our Backs, But Keep...
For the last several weeks you couldn’t turn on the TV without hearing some GOP presidential hopeful promising a group of Iowans that he or she would cut govmt spending and reduce taxes. And all across the state of Iowa, Tea Party types and religious fundamentalists embraced these ideas and applauded candidates who pledged to reduce both the size of the federal govmt and and the federal...
White House Denies CIA Teleported Obama to Mars →
What will the wing-nuts think of next?
