Friday Flashback

Year 2 A.K.

What has happened in the last two years. I (rich) moved from Philly to the Chi. J and his wife dropped a kid. TSO is still rolling along. And New Orleaneans are still suffering.

Call it “Katrina stress” or the “Katrina funk”, but it’s all too real — and it has real implications for [...]

Kobe & Vanessa

“In sickness and in health, in poverty or in wealth, ’til death do us part.”

Black People, Brainwashed?

Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson are the “leaders” selected by the media to enforce the mental subjugation of black people.

“With time however, and with the disintegration of the barriers to black equality, those common interests have faded. That’s the reality, despite the tired rhetoric of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson — the predictable ringleaders [...]

Early Friday Flashback

Hat tip to KP

Does Marriage Make You Happy? Or Does Keeping Your Options Open Make You Happy?

Gruntled Center discusses the findings of a Swiss study.

“Swiss economist Bruno Frey conducted a massive study of whether marriage makes people happy, or whether happier people get married. To his surprise, he found that marriage really does make people happier.What struck me in the news accounts of his lectures on this study was a side [...]

Oprah Raises Funds For Barack

By my main man George Alexander of Black Enterprise.

“Oprah Winfrey is hosting a star-filled gala for Barack Obama at her Santa Barbara mansion on September 6, and right on Winfrey’s heels is Ervin “Magic” Johnson. The former NBA star turned entrepreneur and his wife Cookie are welcoming Hillary Clinton supporters to their Beverly Hills [...]

Movie Review: "Rush Hour 3"

Over the weekend, the wifey and I slipped out of the house and caught Chris Tucker’s Rush Hour 3:

“Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker return for a third time as Inspector Lee and Carter. This time the Chinese ambassador has been shot by the worst criminal organization in the world, the triad. This during a council [...]

Katrina

Black Ministers React to Federal Hate Crimes Bill

Tempers flared and emotions erupted Tuesday at a meeting between U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, pictured above, and a group of black ministers, stemming from the freshman congressman’s support for a federal hate crimes bill.
“He’s not black and he can’t represent me, that’s just the bottom line,” said Rev. Robert Poindexter of Mt. Moriah [...]