Former Colin Powell Chief of Staff, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson confirms Republican “party is full of racists”
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, Colin Powell’s chief of staff during his time as Secretary of State, speaks in response to former New Hampshire Republican governor and Mitt Romney campaign co-chair John Sununu’s comments about General Powell’s endorsement of President Obama being race based. “My party, unfortunately, is the bastion of those people, not all of them, [...]
Gabrielle Douglas’ Hair Is Beautiful
Source: keepingscore.blogs.time.com via Joanna on Pinterest Gabrielle Douglas is now a two-time Olympic gold medalist and the first Black woman to win gold in an all-around event. First and foremost, congratulations to you Gabby. Regardless of those amazing feats, some in the African-American community, mainly black women, took to social media to display their ridiculousness. On [...]
Chris Rock: Happy White People’s Independence Day
Comedian Chris Rock stirred up the dander of the Internet on July 4th with an Independence Day tweet. “Happy white peoples independence day the slaves weren’t free but I’m sure they enjoyed fireworks,” – Chris Rock As can be imagined, people had things to say regarding Chris’ comment. Some took it as a joke from [...]
Writer’s Inappropriate Jab At Steve Jobs’ Alternative Medicine Use
The headline that attracted my attention on Yahoo News was “Did Alternative Medicine Kill Steve Jobs? Well with that type of title you expect some sort of adverse reaction from an alternative treatment or a direct action resulting in Steve Jobs death. The article contains none of that. The article, seemingly aggregated from LiveScience.com which [...]
Hip Hop Emcee And Activist Immortal Technique Speaks To Occupy Wall Street Protestors
Last night at abotu 2 am EST, Hip Hop Emcee and activist Immortal Technique entered the Occupy Wall Street territory. He spoke to members of the protest about the need for change, the barriers to organization, true democracy and independence. Immortal Technique has long been active in speaking out on sociopolitical issues through his music [...]
Tea Partier’s Applaud Letting The Uninsured Die
Ron Paul was asked a hypothetical question by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer during the Tea Party debates regarding whether or not a 30-year-old man who had a terrible accident should be left to die if he had no medical insurance. There was a brief burst, from a few members of the audience, of applause and a [...]
Do You Feel Safer In The 10 Years Since 9/11?
An interactive poll using Google Maps technology asks the question “Do you feel safer in the 10 years since 9/11?” The responses are shown on the map with the answer and the location of the person who responded. Of the total votes taken so far, most say they do not feel safer. Even more interesting [...]
Gaga Goes Au Natural
Lady Gaga covers the upcoming Harper’s Bazaar Magazine without makeup. That in itself isn’t really post worthy. Many celebrities have done something similar. It may be eye-catching that the always heavily and outrageously made up Gaga is doing it too but then again not really. It’s not even prompted by the irony of them making [...]
Why You Shouldn’t Care If Google+ Deletes Your Profile
In the last few days Google has deleted a massive amount of Google+ accounts, the newest hotshot social network on the block from the search giant, for a violation of their Community Standards Policy. Google+ only wants your real name, no pseudonym accounts. In this mass removal of umm what, month old accounts at [...]
