Archive for August, 2007
Friday, August 31st, 2007
Got this from my friend and mentor Don Rojas as we observe the Katrina anniversary.
NEW WEBSITE CALLS FOR EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN THE GULF COAST
On the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of communities in the Gulf Coast region, the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation (LDRF) in collaboration with many partners has launched […]
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
……because he got clemency.
Here’s some audio. It’s from here.
*WHEW*!
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
Just got the following email from Hans Bennett.
Hello Everyone,
I just got off the phone (this Wed. evening) with Walidah Imarisha, a
Philadelphia journalist/activist who is there in Texas where Kenneth Foster Jr. is set to be executed tomorrow. She told me that the Board of Pardons and Parole has put off the decision regarding […]
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
The following hit all the marks.
I’m certain you know about Dr. Pipher’s public stand.
AMY GOODMAN: Mary Pipher, clinical psychologist and acclaimed author. I asked her to talk about her latest book, Writing to Change the World.
MARY PIPHER: You know, how Pete Seeger always said about music: it isn’t whether or not it’s good, it’s what it’s good for. […]
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Monday, August 27th, 2007
…….., so this music video is a little bit hard to watch.
Here’s the story.
Here’s the interview.
Here’s the website.
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
The above—a Fantastic Four briefly led by T’Challa, with significant backup from Storm—was probably the only good thing to come out of Marvel Comics’ Civil War.
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BLACK PANTHER 24-29
WRITER: Reginald Hudlin
PENCILLERS: Marcus To and Koi Turbull (24); To (25); Francis Portela (26-27; pencils and inks on 28-29);
INKERS: Don Ho, Jeff de los Santos (24-25), Sal Regla […]
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
…………….that EVERYBODY has, or have had, crises of faith.
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
LOL!
Thanks to my friend Marc Hopkins for sending this to me.
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Friday, August 24th, 2007
On a good day online, you make a good friend. Pascal, from France, is one.
“Meeting” at the Black Panther Message Board at least three years ago, we have swapped comic trade paperbacks across the Atlantic. I have a complete set of Christopher J. Priest’s take on the Marvel Comics superhero the Black Panther (sans the Kasper Cole storyline ) […]
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
…………I’m sorry that you might go to that Great American Magazine Graveyard. It’s too full. And there had been good news, too, which makes it all the more sad.
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