|
10 Responses
|
|
Did She Do What The DNC Wanted?
Do you think Hillary Clinton did her best to bring her supporters over to Barack Obama's side last night? Do you think it was her responsibility or duty to do so? |
|
J Alvin Wilbanks, a Gwinnett County, Georgia school superintendent, is at odds with the local chapter of the NAACP for a comment he made two weeks ago that many found offensive. Despite the civil rights organization's strong admonishment, Wilbanks refused to amend or apologize for his comments in a meeting Monday. The statement in question after the jump. |
|
|
|
|
|
Hey! Wouldja look at that! It's a "Katrina Relief" donation option below the tip line on a dining bill. This is a cool thing they're doing at otherwise so-so NYC restaurant Tabla. Making the charity even nicer is that it's not a three-year anniversary, limited-time-only addition; reportedly, Tabla's been doing this since December of '05. [Source] |
|
» Using New Method, CDC Says HIV Cases Increasing in NYC
Listen up New Yorkers. HIV is spreading in the city at nearly three times the national rate, according to the CDC. Gay men of color are the most vulnerable group. From the NY Times: "The findings, based on a new formula developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimated that 4,762 New Yorkers contracted H.I.V. in 2006, the most precise estimate the city had ever offered. But the city stressed that because the method of estimating infections was new, it could not be said definitively whether the number of new infections in the city had increased or decreased from previous years. Blacks, and men who have sex with other men, are particularly the groups at greatest risk of contracting H.I.V., the study found." |
|
|
|
Superman That Foe
Know what, unnamed 12-year-old who pitched a rock through Soulja Boy's bus window back in March? Things are cool between you and me, because I hate Soulja Boy, too. His music's awful and he's awful, and I wouldn't mind if that ho supermanner went mute tomorrow. And I felt this way even before the little jerk started creating his new YouTube series, Rich Nigga Shit. Kinda like R Kelly's Trapped in the Closet, but without the music or troubled brilliance, Rich Nigga Shit is basically just minutes and minutes of Soulja Boy braying like a jackass to the delight of his tittering, weak crew. Click through for episodes one and two of RNS—currently the entire oeuvre. The second is especially of note, as it features Soulja Boy using his particular brand of detestable bravado to completely ruin what could have been a good deed. |
|
» That Was Fast
The brand new Las Vegas outpost of Jay-Z's 40/40 Club is not in the rapper/mogul's long term business plan. He sold the 24,000 square foot club for an undisclosed amount. The 40/40 franchise has been nothing but trouble lately for Jay, who has fielded several lawsuits from disgruntled employees. [UPI] |
![]() Toni's Dancing Request
• Jacksonville Jaguar Dennis Northcutt is (allegedly) a rather awful person. [TMZ] • A Cuban Barack Obama impersonator isn't letting a little old language barrier stop him. Si, si puede. [BV] • Harvard University cops are known to profile black people. Who would have thought!?! [Gawker] • Lil Wayne missed an Arizona court date because of an oral emergency. Perhaps now he's learned the valuable lesson that too much syrup rots your teeth. Now, if he could just learn that it's inappropriate to ride around in a tour bus laden with large quantities of illegal drugs, we'd be good to go. [SR] |
|
[EUR] |
|
Juan Williams has surely known a handful of militant folks in his day, and I'm also sure not a single one of them acted like Michelle Obama. Maybe he's one of those people who didn't understand that New Yorker cover was supposed to be satire. [JJP] |
» Not Assassins, Just Racist Meth Heads
Good to know. From CNN: "There is not enough evidence to conclude that three people arrested with drugs and weapons posed a "true threat" to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Denver U.S. Attorney said Tuesday. Troy Eid called the suspects "meth heads" who, because of their drug addiction, were likely not capable of carrying out a plan to hurt Obama. Their alleged plot to harm Obama was apparently fueled by racism and was more "aspirational than operational," Eid said." |
|
Some Of Her Supporters Still Lose
Hillary Clinton brought the house down at the convention yesterday, giving a speech that has, predictably, been lauded and panned. More lauding than panning, I think, but I tend not to turn to Fox News after major Democratic speeches. If it matters, I thought it was great. She had me smiling ("Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuits"), nodding vigorously ("were you in it for me or were you in it for [insert marginalized group]?"), and she even gave me that familiar "Yes, We Can" tingle when she channeled Harriet Tubman at the end there. Some of the criticism I saw in the analysis after the speech had to do with how vigorously she pushed the Obama-For-President agenda, but I'm not sure how much more she could have done that without sounding disingenuous. Keith Olbermann reported that on her way to the podium before the speech and on her way out after, Obama staffers gave her a standing ovation. Also, when she asked who her supporters were in it for, that was clearly meant to directly shame the P.U.M.A.s and their ilk. CONTINUED » |