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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Who’s that next to Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.)? The purple shirt is a HUGE hint! Awww…..some Silver Age comic continuity here? I guess this scene picks up right where the post-credits “epilogue” scene of “Captain America” left off…… I hope Samuel L. Jackson is thinking here, “I am giving this white boy some serious 21st [...]
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
…..for keepin’ it real with “Red Tails.” Yep, we saw the same movie—the one with the *%$#$%-up script! (Enjoyed reading the “Letters To The Editor.”) Folks, this film made me want to run out and buy the HBO ’90s joint on DVD! LOL!
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
Sheesh! I was just getting used to this, and now I gotta deal with this and this! (And, of course, I [happily] used Google to find these images! AUUGGGHHHHH!!!!! LOL! )
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Saturday, February 4th, 2012
PHOTO AND CAPTION FROM NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD: SCI Mahanoy, February 2, 2012. Mumia Abu-Jamal celebrates his move off of death row with Heidi Boghosian and Professor Johanna Fernandez. This was Mumia’s second contact visit in 30 years. His transfer to general population comes after a federal court ruled that instructions to jurors during his trial influenced them to choose death. [...]
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
……for standing by Muhammad Ali. When I think of him, I always chuckle. Because the first time I ever heard of him he said a line I never forgot: “I didn’t know what a Muslim was, really, because I thought it was a piece of cloth!” LOL!
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
……….my friends from Morgan State University, Denise Doldron and LaFontaine Oliver, who recently announced their engagement! I saw them on their second date, and it was clear for all to see! LOL! And she told me that he got his radio station to declare his love! Cue Minnie Riperton or…..
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Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Abu-Jamal moved into general prison population for first time by Frank Kummer Philly.com Staff Mumia Abu-Jamal has been moved into the general prison population for the first time since going on death row for the killing of Officer Daniel Faulkner. Susan McNaughton, a spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, said Abu-Jamal was moved yesterday [...]
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Dear White America: Letter To A New Minority. City Lights Books. 190 pp. $14.95. The South Carolina crowd jumped up, giving Newt Gingrich a standing ovation for beating down Juan Williams. On radio, it sounded like just a reporter being assertive, and an interview subject giving strong pushback in front of an audience. But in [...]
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Thursday, January 26th, 2012
Dumping below some stuff I turned in to BAR as possible sidebars to this article. George Jackson ( © Copyright 1971 Bob Dylan) I woke up this morning There were tears in my bed They killed a man I really loved Shot him through the head Lord, Lord, they cut George Jackson down Lord, Lord, [...]
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