Flashback Friday

“You’re Making Me High” - Toni Braxton. You know, Toni still looks good.

TSOtunes (Post Ed.)

I (rich) post this one on the main page because Thicke deserves a nod with this new one.  He’s still putting out some good grooves. He channels a 70’s type groove with strings and all that you can bob your head to. Rihanna’s not in the song but she’s in the photo.

And on a totally [...]

California Supreme Court Strikes Down Gay Marriage Ban

“Limiting the designation of marriage to a union ‘between a man and a woman’ is unconstitutional and must be stricken from the statute,” California Chief Justice Ron George said in the written opinion.”
TheStateOf . . . Marriage. My question is this: can a woman marry two men at the same time? How can polygamy [...]

50 Cuts Deal With Rupert Murdoch

This post is dedicated to Denmark Vesey.
“As the saying goes, the rich just get richer.
“50 Cent, the man who made a reported $200 million from his deal with Vitamin Water, is now said to be in negotiations with the Rupert Murdoch founded News Corp for a reported $300 million.
“According to ThisIs50.com, the deal would go [...]

Quote of the Day

We’re the most captive nation of slaves that ever came along.  The moral timidity of the average American is quite noticeable.  Everybody’s afraid to be thought in any way different from everyone else.
Gore Vidal

Obama As An Art Form

“Barack Obama’s face is throwing me into an existential tailspin. I’m talking about those red, cream and blue art posters all over town. If you don’t know what I mean, take one look around a Trader Joe’s parking lot, paying special attention to the rear windows of Priuses or bio-diesel vehicles, and I guarantee that [...]

Black Americans Who Move Back To Africa

“Shukura Sentwali is going home — to Ghana, West Africa.
“Sentwali, a Wichitan and longtime community activist, said she’s moving to Africa next year because two Ghanaian chiefs are offering free land to descendants of slaves.
“The gesture means to atone for Ghana’s participation in the African slave trade, but the land holds deeper meaning for Sentwali [...]

Haole - (Pronounced “How-Lee”)

If you have ever traveled to Hawaii, then perhaps you have come across the term “Haole,” a derogatory term used by native Hawaiians to describe white people. The word haole means “without breath, wind or spirit”; a colorless absence of spirit and feeling; an inability to appreciate beauty and dignity.
In native Hawaiian culture, hugging [...]

Edwards to Endorse Obama

Carolina boy John Edwards will endorse Barrack Obama tonight in Michigan.
Mr. Obama’s campaign is hoping it will be taken as the start of a partywide coalescence around Mr. Obama as the Democratic nominee.
The endorsement ended months of speculation over Mr. Edwards’s preference in the Democratic nominating contest, during which he mostly stayed silent and [...]

On the Naqba

From Daoud Kuttab (far right)
What Palestinians want is for Israel to admit its historic and moral role in creating the refugee problem and its moral responsibility to them. Such an admission by a courageous Israeli leader would satisfy, and neutralize, many Palestinians who hold their keys and demand the literal right of return. As part [...]