Entries from October 2008

October 31, 2008

IN PRAISE OF VOTING: YOU CAN VOTE HOWEVER YOU LIKE!

These smart energetic students may be too young to vote, but, that does not stop them from having their say on the issues, and candidates, of this year’s election.

October 30, 2008

TINA TURNER GIVES A SOLD-OUT PERFORMANCE IN HOUSTON

Yeah, yeah, I didn’t get to go. But, at least some people were able to enjoy the rockin’, rollin’ Proud Mary legend of Ms. Tina Turner. Here are some photos of her working the stage:

TINA TURNER ROCKS OUT TOYOTA CENTER
The legendary singer electrified a sold-out crowd in Houston on Oct. 27.

Mayra Beltran: Chronicle

 
 

Mayra Beltran: Chronicle

 

Mayra [...]

October 30, 2008

THE VERY BEST OF ‘HOWL-O-WEEN’

Here in Houston, the Citizens for Animal Protection (CAPS) held its own Howl-o-ween dog costume contest. There were so many that were great costumes. Even though Angel, a chocolate Labrador won First Place dressed as a pirate:

HOWL-O-WEEN COSTUMES
Seensters dropped by Citizens for Animal Protection’s
Howl-o-ween dog costume contest at La Centerra shopping center Saturday.

Melissa Phillip: Chronicle
Pirate Patty [...]

October 30, 2008

HATEWATCH: SKINHEAD GANG LEADER PROMOTES KINDER, GENTLER IMAGE

Posted on Wed, Oct. 29, 2008
 
 
UNBLURRED FACE OF ‘NEW’ SKINHEADS
 
 
By STEPHANIE FARR
Philadelphia Daily News
farrs@phillynews.com 215-854-4225
 
 
Unlike other members of the Keystone State Skinheads, Keith Carney’s face isn’t blurred in online photographs and his name isn’t concealed to hide his identity.
 
He is, in many cases, the face of the KSS – this man of just 26 who [...]

October 30, 2008

HALLOWEEN!

Lisa Poole: AP
Little, a Chihuahua, owned by Liz Newton, of Salem, Mass., waits during the second annual “howl-oween,” a dog costume contest, at Faneuil Hall in Boston. Little won best of show

 
PHOTO COURTESY OF CHRON.COM
The caption reads: Little, a Chihuahua owned by Liz Newton, of Salem, Mass., waits during the second annual “howl-oween”, a dog [...]

October 29, 2008

SAVE THE DATE: SCREEENING OF THE FILM ‘THE BLACK CANDLE’, NOVEMBER 29, 2008

 

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The Black Candle:
A feature film about Kwanzaa screened in Richmond
Community strength, love and unity are reality in the realm of Kwanzaa.  On Saturday, November 29, 2008 at the Baptist General Convention of Virginia, the Richmond Kwanzaa Kollective will [...]

October 29, 2008

OBAMA ASSASSINATION PLOT UPDATE

Over the past few days, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been requested for their assistance by law enforcement agencies for their expertise on hate groups. With a black man running for the highest office of the land, the forces of racist hate have been coming out like pus from a ruptured running sore. Because [...]

October 29, 2008

AUTHORS, PUBLISHERS SETTLE SUIT AGAINST GOOGLE ONLINE BOOKS

Yea! Good news for Google, authors, publishers and book lovers everywhere. The settlement against Google over copyright infringement on written literary works, ends the legal action that was taken against Google over two years ago, and settles a lawsuit that had been followed closely by the publishing industry in how copyrighted written materials should be handled [...]

October 29, 2008

BAREFOOT BAY, FLORIDA MAN’S IGNORANCE: MUSLIM OR MUSLIN?

It is one thing to make a fool of yourself in front of your family/community/town. To do it before the whole world, well, that’s just priceless:
VIDEO:   http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/09/30/pallone.obama.sign.cf13 
And the correct term is “Muslim”, not muslin.
Learn the difference:
-Muslim: a follower/adherent of Islam
-muslin:  a plain-woven sheer to coarse cotton fabric
For the umpteenth time. . . .Obama is not [...]

October 29, 2008

‘MAMA’ SARAH ONYANGO OBAMA

You often hear about Obama’s maternal white grandmother, Madelyn Dunham.
How often do you hear about his other grandmother? The black Kenyan grandmother?
Then again, if Obama spoke more of his paternal Kenyan grandmother, there would probably be caterwauling from malcontents that he cares more for black Africans in Kenya than he does American citizens.
“Last August, Italian [...]