Harry Reid Invokes Nuclear Option: No Filibuster for you!!!
As Vito Corleone realized, sometimes you have to deal with people who simply aren't reasonable. When such people persist in their foolishness, even after you have swallowed insult after insult, turned...
View ArticleFriday, November 22nd, 1963
  Friday, November 22nd, 1963 - 11:40AM (Central Standard Time)President and Mrs. Kennedy land aboard Air Force One at Love Field in Dallas, Texas at 11:40am Local Time. Preparing to seek reelection in...
View ArticleWhy ObamaCare Won't Work As Designed
The PPACA (ObamaCare) launch, has been an unmitigated disaster. The infamous Healthcare.gov website does not currently work anything close to specifications. Anyone who initially worked on its design,...
View ArticleMovie Reviews-Man of Steel
Man of Steeldirected by Zack SnyderThis was a reboot. The movie became a little cold in its latter half and flirted with video game like, albeit impressive special effects during interminable knock...
View ArticleThat's What's UP - The Urban Politico Radio Hour
That's What's UP - The Urban Politico Radio HourJoin us Sunday, November 24 at 5pm (ET).Listen Live Online HERE Or Call In to join our discussion (424) 675-6844
View ArticleThe Black Bernie Madoff - Ebony's "Top 30 Under 30" Fredrick Douglas Scott...
Fredrick D. Scott, arrested by the FBI for investment fraudThere's an old saying that goes something like this: "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."Â Nowhere is this saying more...
View ArticleHBO Boardwalk Empire Season 4 Finale-Farewell Daddy Blues
It's something of a conceit to talk about themes for an entire season of a show but for Season Four of HBO's Boardwalk Empire, trust seemed to come up over and over again. No one could trust anyone....
View ArticleIran Sanctions Deal: Good for US or not?
First off just to state the obvious. No one can see the future. One can make informed guesses about it and presume that most states will act in what they perceive to be in their best interest but...
View ArticleDance-Off at Pistons Game
Apropos of nothing it's good to be alive and sometimes the best way to express that joy is to have a dance-off. 11 year old Pistons fan Antwain Alexander and Palace usher Shannon Sailes certainly...
View ArticleSupreme Court Will Hear Corporate Challenge to ObamaCare's Contraception...
On January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission that corporations have a 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech and the Court further ruled...
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving from the Urban Politico!
Happy Thanksgiving from The Urban Politico.GodSonThe JanitorShady GradyFed UPThe StoryTellerGrand CentralOld Guru
View ArticleRecession? What Recession?
Black Friday in America has traditionally been pretty ridiculous over there years. People have literally trampled over each other -- even killing one another -- to get the latest sale on [insert...
View ArticleBook Reviews-Havana Nocturne, Locke and Key Vol 1-3
Havana Nocturneby T.J. EnglishThis is not just another mob story though the mob's dominance and loss of Cuba is the book's primary subject matter. Havana Nocturne tells the amazing story of how lowlife...
View ArticleRosa Parks Ended Racism?
On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks made history when she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. We all know this story and understand that Ms. Parks' refusal to...
View ArticlePublic Sector vs. Private Sector: Daily Show Examines Obamacare and Wal-Mart...
ObamaCare Website:The Wal-Mart Website:"So if a website crashes trying to give people healthcare, that's a national travesty. But if Wal-Mart's website crashes while their store is filled with people...
View ArticleMichigan: Detroit Bankruptcy, Pensions, and Abortion Insurance Coverage
There's a lot happening in Michigan. Recently a federal bankruptcy judge ruled that yes indeed Detroit was bankrupt.This shouldn't have surprised anyone. However the judge didn't stop there. Among...
View ArticleThe Landry Thompson Incident: Where are you going with that white girl?
I never had an official version of "the talk" which some black parents allegedly give to their children, especially their boys, somewhere around puberty about how white racist expectations can place...
View ArticleLosing an Icon - Nelson Mandela Dies at Age 95
NELSON MANDELAJuly 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013
View ArticleThe Lord's Prayer in Old English
Because of dynastic disputes, broken promises and outright greed, the Norman Duke William The Bastard (afterwards known as The Conqueror-it was a VERY BAD idea to refer to his illegitimate status or...
View ArticleMovie Reviews-2 Guns, Price Check
2 Gunsdirected by Baltasar KomarkurI was expecting a little more from this film because of the leading actors but I didn't think too badly of it once it was done. I'm not sure if it was just a paint by...
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