A Word On Street Harassment - Actually, Quite A Few
No sooner than my newest/latest post hit the Internet on my personal blog The Obsidian Files, about the importance of the Brothas to put their cars in "park" and stretch their legs on walkabout, did...
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Movie Reviews-Pain & Gain, The Colony, Three Extremes
Pain & Gaindirected by Michael BayBack in the day there was a late night infomercial get rich quick scheme promulgated by Tom Vu. Like all good pimps salesmen Vu played on his audience's fears to...
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Book of the Month - Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove
Per NY Times:“Mo’ Meta Blues” is the title of a new memoir from Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, the thoughtful and charismatic drummer for the hip-hop/neo-soul band the Roots. He’s also the...
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Guest Post: This is about Worth Not Wages!
You may have noticed the recent agitation for a higher minimum wage. The real value of the minimum wage has eroded greatly over time. People opposed to raising the minimum wage point out that it's...
View ArticlePlaying The "Misogyny" Card
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life."-Winston ChurchillWhen you've been hard at the blogging game as long as yours truly has - four years next month...
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George Zimmerman: How Many Breaks Can You Get?
When I was a young kid I was constantly getting busted in elementary school. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't a bad kid (at least not by today's standards). In fact I was a nerd in school. I studied...
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Primary Day in New York City - Who Will Run the Big Apple for the Next Four...
L-R; Anthony Weiner, Sal Albanese, John Liu, Christine Quinn, Bill Thompson, Erick Salgado, Bill deBlasioPrimary Day in New York City Today is primary day in New York City! Voters will head to the...
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POTUS Speech on Syria
Speech Highlights:1. President agrees that the United States is not the world police2. President will not entertain putting troops on the ground in Syria3. Russian President Putin has asked Syrian...
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Possible Presidential Pardon for Wife of Jesse Jackson, Jr.
As the head of the Executive Branch, it is within the President's constitutional powers to pardon or commute the sentences of people who were prosecuted by the federal prosecutors (the U.S. Attorneys'...
View ArticleBlack Men Don’t Know How To Protect Black Women: An Open Letter To Lincoln...
"Of all our studies, history is best qualified to reward our research."-Malcolm XI was cruising the Black Interwebs last week when suddenly, I happened across the following piece by one Mr. Lincoln...
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Movie Reviews-The Iceman, Now You See Me
The Icemandirected by Ariel VromanThere are some actors who either through their looks or their skill at their chosen craft bring an unique intensity to all of their roles. Michael Shannon is such an...
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Does Your Parachute Work?
Things are finally looking up for me financially. Nevertheless I still operate on a thinner margin than I would like. It's taken hard work to get where I am and will take more hard work to get where I...
View ArticleAttack Of The She-Creeper
"Marrrrrcus - I don't have any panties on."-Eartha Kitt/Lady Eloise, "Boomerang"2013 will go down as the Year of the Creeper, given all the attention the topic has received in so many venues online:...
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Floyd Mayweather and the State of Boxing Today
Boxing has always held a special place in American sports. Aside from the occasional spat in Hockey, it's the one time where you actually get to see two grown men slugging it out like savage...
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What does it mean to be an "American" again?
What is America? Better question: What does it mean to be American? I’ve asked before so perhaps it is a purely academic question like, “What is love” or, “What is the meaning of life?”Recently, with...
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Blood Sacrifice to the God of War
The God of War and Guns (GWG) received his bi-monthly offering of blood and death earlier thisweek in the Nation’s capital city. The 2nd%ers, the loyal servants of the GWG and blind followers of the...
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Movie Review: Lee Daniels' The Butler
I'm a sucker for historical drama: novel, documentary, made for TV movie, or a film that is preceded by Academy Award buzz. If the phrase "based on a true story" or some smattering of words similar...
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Timeline: Government Shutdown....AGAIN
From the Government Executive: The threat of a government shutdown became a lot more real this week. The House Republican leadership was forced to delay a vote to fund federal agencies after fiscal...
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Worried about Obamacare? Fear Not
With implementation upon us and Republicans in the House of Representatives threatening to destroy the country and the entire global financial community, I thought it was a good time to reinforce the...
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