Hello Hypocrisy, Nice to See You Again…

So the Obamas had another date night this weekend. They flew to New York City to see a play on Broadway. Obama, in a statement issued through a spokesman, said: “I am taking my wife to New York City because I promised her during the campaign that I would take her to a Broadway show [...]

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Do Better: Open Message to Those Who Should Understand How This Thing Called 911 Works – But Clearly Do Not

When the woman in Florida called 911 three times over some McDonald’s nuggets in March, I chalked that up to an isolated incident. I mean if you look at Latreasa Goodman’s picture, you can tell that something’s a little off.   And the response from the Florida operations manager just added to the story’s foolishness factor: “We [...]

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Guest Post: JUST WATCHED ‘Dance Flick’

By Issa Rae *Sigh* Clearly I’m a glutton for punishment. I don’t know why I doubted my gut instincts about this film, as the Wayans Brothers have not come with anything fresh for a long time. Watching this film has OFFICIALLY confirmed to me that the spoof genre is absolutely PLAYED OUT. How many gay [...]

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If Black Gays Are Still On ‘The Down Low’ It’s Probably The Black Community’s Fault

Update: This post was on The Black Snob as part of her Uncoventional Wisdom series. Yay! This article is not an argument about whether homosexuality is right or wrong. Or an excuse for DL brothers who date women. And I don’t understand DL guys who really don’t believe they’re gay. AT ALL.   But moving on [...]

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What the Fudge … Is This Really What’s Left of Black TV?

Tyler Perry’s second series – “Meet the Browns” will begin airing new episodes this week. It’s so sad that there are so few black shows. Between Tyler Perry shows, black people on reality shows a la VH1-style, and BET – black television is pretty much gasping for its last breath. The cast of the Cosby [...]

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Yup, YouTube is the Devil

I’ve heard this sentiment before, and I usually said, YouTube isn’t that bad. Sure a lot of craziness is on there, but where else can you go to see the latest music video or catch an old news clip? I usually treat YouTube like WalMart – I get in, get what I need and get out. [...]

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Just My Opinion In 5 Minutes or Less: Pharmaceutical Companies Profit Off Bird Flu

  The World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) on influenza A vaccines estimated that if the current outbreak turns into a full-fledged global pandemic, 4.9 billion doses of a vaccine would be needed. Under this initiative, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and WHO Director-General Margaret Chan sponsored an agreement with executives [...]

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My Opinion in 5 Minutes or Less: T.I.’s Farewell Tour Finally Comes to an End

Is it just me, or does it feel like T.I. has been talking about going to prison forever? Well, he finally goes to prison for a year and a day today. I generally like T.I., but I am glad the go away parties/concerts have finally come to a close. I mean if he wasn’t a [...]

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Who Is This Drake Person?

Am I just late? I’ve been hearing a lot lately about this person. I know he’s a rapper and was rumored to date Rihanna recently. Other than that I got nothing. For a minute there I didn’t like feeling out of the loop, so I was going to find out who he was. Then I [...]

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Just My Opinion In 5 Minutes or Less: “Always Strapped”

I have no idea why I like this song so much. Maybe it’s just the beat. As much as I hate how bad the radio is these days and mainstream hip hop, for some reason this song always makes me dance in my car. From time to time there’s always a song that I have [...]

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