Posted on January 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
“Rice appeared before the Senate in defense of President Bush’s tactical change in Iraq, and quickly encountered Boxer.
“Who pays the price? I’m not going to pay a personal price,” Boxer said. “My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young.”
“Then, to Rice: “You’re not going to pay a particular price, as I [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
Ejaj Alam - a small-time civil contractor in his mid-30s - provides the answer: he has decided to re-name his three-year-old son.
Instead of being called Majhar Alam, Mr Alam has opted to call the boy Saddam Hussein in honour of the former Iraqi leader who was executed on 30 December.
What [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
Dr. Keith Black, the nation’s leading neurosurgeon.
“African Americans have a hard time trusting doctors and other medical practitioners. This distrust arose even before the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study began in the 1930s, and, according to a recent University of Pennsylvania report, little has changed.
“What we found was that there were significant differences between blacks and [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2007 by thestateofblog
One of the largest selling forms of porn in the world is porn that depicts black men and white women. Usually, the movie is entitled something like “Black Buck Slams Innocent White Virgin.” Obviously, most of the purchasers of this type of porn are white men. Why? That’s pretty funky. Makes [...]
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