West Virginia election

  • May. 13th, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Dear Hillary,

If one gets Ds and Fs all through a class, but gets an A+ on the final, you're still not passing the class.

Signed,

[info]mizcrank
Out of ‘Hiding’
Former MTV entertainment executive opens the door to hip hop’s gay underground
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By RYAN LEE
May. 09, 2008

Hip hop isn’t known for fostering romance and love, and for gay men and lesbians who are part of one of the world’s most popular music genres, finding a significant other can feel impossible.

It’s hard to have gay relationships in a world where there are no gay people, at least outside the bedroom. Of course, there are gay people throughout the hip-hop industry, and next week the public gets an insider’s look into some of the bedrooms in which they exist.

“It’s very difficult to date someone in this industry who is living on the down low because you have to become second or third in their life,” says Terrance Dean, a former MTV entertainment executive and author of the new book “Hiding in Hip Hop: On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry — From Music to Hollywood.”

Read more... )

No more prison wedding

  • May. 13th, 2008 at 1:35 PM

Rapper Remy Ma Gets 8 Years In Prison

Grammy Nominee Sentenced For Assault, Weapon Possession

POSTED: 11:29 am PDT May 13, 2008



Remy Ma's wedding plans are up in the air. But a judge has made definite plans for the Grammy-nominated rapper: eight years in prison for shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.

The New York state Supreme Court sentence was handed Tuesday to the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.

Remy Ma, who could have faced up to 25 years in prison, was teary-eyed as she heard the sentence.

The rapper said that the shooting last summer was an accident; an appeal is planned.

Correction officials said that they called off her weekend wedding at the Rikers Island jail after the groom -- fellow rapper Papoose -- showed up with a handcuff key.

May. 13th, 2008

  • 1:30 PM
 

LeBron yells at mom to sit down after hard foul
Okay, honestly...I can kinda relate.

Have YOU ever had a moment when your Momma went a LIIIIITTTLLLEEE too far in defending you, her BABY???


Mulligan's selling shirts with 'Curious George' picture


The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 05/13/08

Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he's peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with "Obama in '08" scrolled underneath, are "cute." But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past.

 


We're almost there

  • May. 13th, 2008 at 7:39 AM

Yes we can!

A child listens as Democratic presidential candidate Senator ...

Indiana Congressman Joe Donnelly Endorses Barack Obama; Delegate Countdown - 149 To Go

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Endorses Barack Obama; Delegate Countdown - 148 To Go

147 to go, former CO gov Roy Romer just endorsed :)


istockphoto.com

 

Today’s tally: Obama 4, Clinton 0

Backing the Land of Lincolner:

–Former Colorado governor, DNC chair Roy Romer.

Says on morning conference call: “The math is controlling… This race, I believe, is over.”

–DC Democratic Party Chair Anita Bonds.

–New Orleans Mayor Nagin. Read release.

–Indiana Rep. Donnelly. Read release.

Stay cool mothafuckas y'all know the rules!

Barack Obama made a brief campaign stop in West Virginia yesterday, which included a game of pool in a South Charleston bar and a speech in Charleston.

May. 13th, 2008

  • 9:31 AM
I'm hosting this month's POC in Sci-Fi Carnival. The topic? POC representation in YA fiction. I hope to have the carnival post up by the 26th, so get cracking folks. Please link all submissions in this post.

Literati primary

  • May. 13th, 2008 at 9:39 AM
So you know how when you play literati and you are trouncing your opponent? I mean you have the game of your life. Dropping 7 letter words on triple word spaces three times in the game, having a lead that is insurmountable. You know it, they know it but they hold out hope that somehow in those last 11 tiles they will find the magic elixir for what ails them. They dont do the honorable thing and resign from the game and let someone more capable play, or even speed up so that the game can end. They even accuse you of cheating, being lucky and make every excuse possible as to why you won and they lost except for the fact that you are a better player than them. Reluctantly as the very last tile is played and you win 1869 - 1697 they give you a GGTY and bounce...

Hillary, you have two U's a Q and an I left, its time to say GGTY and leave the table

Question Of The Day

  • May. 13th, 2008 at 6:52 AM
When was the last time you said or did something stupid or goofy and realized someone overheard or saw you?

lmao

  • May. 12th, 2008 at 3:21 PM
 Look who's about to walk into the diner

Democratic presidential hopeful, sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, ... 

I am dying to see a video of this meeting

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, ...

New polls Monday predicted landslide wins for Hillary Clinton, ...

ATTENTION! ATTENTION!

  • May. 12th, 2008 at 3:14 PM


What do these groups/ artists have in common besides legendary lyrical prowess?

They will all be on tour this summer with the ROCK THE BELLS TOUR!

Also appearing will be:

Immortal Technique
Raekwon, NAS, Dead Prez, Method Man, Red Man, Pharcyde,
Rakim, and many others. And yep not a female in the bunch. Not a one.

I am willing to brave just about anything including August Miami heat to see Tribe and Dela on the same stage. It's an old school dream come true!

The site

http://www.guerillaunion.com/rockthebells/

check it peeps.

I want him to run for Gov in 2010!

  • May. 12th, 2008 at 9:51 AM

Remember this name: Steven Horsford

UNR graduate Horsford to lead state Senate Democrats

 

May 11, 2008

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- State Sen. Steven Horsford, D-Las Vegas, has been selected to replace State Sen. Dina Titus as Democratic caucus leader in the Nevada Senate.

Senate Democrats reached the decision after a three-hour discussion Friday in Las Vegas. The move was made necessary with longtime minority leader Titus' decision to run for Congress.

"The vote was unanimous," State Sen. Bob Coffin,

D-Las Vegas, told the Las Vegas

Review-Journal. "It was the product of a lot of discussion."

Horsford, who graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1997 with a bachelor's degree in political science, joined the Senate in 2004.

"I think (Horsford) has absolutely leadership potential," Titus said in a 2005 interview. "He's not shy, he's articulate (barf), he's educated, he does his homework."

Horsford's challenge will be to bring Democrats into the majority in the 21-member Senate, a position they have not held since 1991. Republicans hold an 11-10 edge in the upper house.

Five Senate Republican seats are up for grabs in the general election, and Democrats are targeting those held by first-term State Sens. Bob Beers, R-Las Vegas, and Joe Heck, R-Henderson.

Democrat Allison Copening, board president of an organization that serves children living in the state foster care system, is running against Beers. No Democrat has yet filed against Heck.

Titus, who joined the state Senate in 1989, had served as minority leader since 1993.

The position became vacant with her announcement that she is running for the 3rd Congressional District seat held by U.S. Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev.

Senate Democrats would have to pick up one seat and hold on to their own five seats up for re-election to become the majority.

Assemblyman David Parks, D-Las Vegas, has filed for Titus' Senate seat as has fellow Democrat Steve Nathan. Republican Lou Toomin also has filed.

The Black Superdelegates

  • May. 12th, 2008 at 12:42 PM
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/05/the-black-superdelegates-000555.php


The black superdelegates: A guide to the 100+ African Americans who may decide the election
Keith Boykin | Posted May 12, 2008 9:25 AM

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They are the talk of the town...whatever town you happen to live in. They are the most coveted players in the American political universe right now. They are the superdelegates: 796 elected officials and Democratic party leaders who will decide if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton will become the Democratic nominee for president.

But there is another subgroup we don't know as much about -- the black superdelegates. It's almost impossible to find a good list on the Internet of African American superdelegates. So we decided to create our own. It's a work in progress, and it will change rapidly, but we believe this is the most accurate and complete, publicly available list of black superdelegates.

Why is it so hard to find this information?

First, it's difficult to determine exactly who is or is not African American. We based our decisions on publicly available information. Using that approach, we were able to identify 109 black superdelegates.

Next, we had to figure out which superdelegates were supporting whom. That was even more challenging. We searched through multiple databases and sometimes came up with conflicting information. We tried to base our categorizations on information that was available in reliable public sources, such as newspapers and the candidates' own web sites.

Then we had to find contact information for everyone on our list. It was such a daunting task that we are still updating it as we publish this list. Our editorial board made the decision to publish the names, addresses and telephone numbers of all 109 African American superdelegates. In some cases, we made the decision to publish home telephone numbers, but only when those numbers were provided by the superdelegates themselves in a public forum.

We are also in the process of collecting email addresses for the 109 African American superdelegates on our list. We will be updating our list to include that information as we collect it.

Our purpose in publishing this information is not to harass the superdelegates or to violate their rights to privacy. Our purpose is to provide what we consider to be valuable public information to our readers.

We hope you will use this information responsibly and conscientiously.

*Eyeroll*

  • May. 12th, 2008 at 11:09 AM
Can we please just lay off?

Yet another reason to lose weight? It'll apparently save you on gas.

Give me a break!

May. 12th, 2008

  • 11:07 AM
Squirrel as haute cuisine. Hmph, my granddaddy hunted squirrel when money was tight. I can't believe people are actually paying good money for it. Well I can, but I find it utterly ridiculous. Would you pay for fancy squirrel meals?

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