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"Despite all the challenges that we face in this new century, what they offered over those three days was more often than not an agenda that was better suited for the last century. It was a rerun. We’d seen it before. You might as well have watched it on a black-and-white TV.

If you didn’t DVR it, let me recap it for you. Everything is bad, it’s Obama’s fault—and Governor Romney is the only one who knows the secret to creating jobs and growing the economy. That was the pitch. There was a lot of talk about hard truths and bold choices, but nobody ever actually bothered to tell you what they were."

President Obama this morning on the Republican National Convention

Yep.

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RIP Chris Lighty (he rhymes 4th on this joint)

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Because Dial M for Meh didn’t sound as good.

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So, where are we going to put THIS plate?

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georgenemeth:

Martin Yan at San Francisco Home and Flower Show 2012

The man, the legend…

onlinedatingfoolishness:

No black women allowed huh?

Obviously, this dude isn’t attracted to proper English either.  Sisters, he doesn’t deserve you.

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Thank you Jalen Rose.

allballsdontbounce:

ABDB Ep. 48 Footnote: When GPA»>PPG…

Skip Bayless… Meet The Voice OF The People, Jalen Rose!

Despite your In House Man Servant, Screamin’ A. Smith, trying to come to your rescue on what looked like the worst kind of set up to save face in sports telejournalistic history, Jalen coolly & calmly exposed your fraudulence on ESPN’s First Take even more.

But The Weapons Of Media Deconstruction want YOU to decide!

http://bit.ly/IhMqh6

http://bit.ly/HXgwav

allballsdontbounce:

ABDB Ep. 46 Footnote: Cheatin’

As noted on the show, Reebok is going thru some serious financial & PR flack for egregiously claiming their women’s fitness shoes can create a firm feminine butt as well as the “Cheating” campaign.

Being Fans of Help, Sweets & Wall $t. volunteered ABDB’s Clinical Research arm to ensure taut & tight female posteriors are formed as a result of wearing these shoes… or not… THE RESEARCH IS THE KEY. We promise to be extremely hands-on…

And for the “Cheating” campaign, well… we do have theme music!

Enjoy!

http://bit.ly/HwJMFo

Reminds me of a blog post I penned a little while back: 

http://blog.subsetofderek.com/2006/03/things-that-rhyme-with-fifteen-and-ghostface-killah/

dapperjones:

Bobbi Humphrey “Harlem River Drive” (1973)

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"The dehumanization of the young black male is not a liberal issue and it’s not a conservative issue. It’s a human rights issue. Human rights are the basis of any civilized nation, from capitalist America to socialist Sweden. It’s the first thing Thomas Jefferson mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, so important that it came before the “declaration” itself! If we can’t respect human life in this country, how can we claim to be an example to the world? It seems to me that Ronald Reagan’s “shining city upon a hill” has become a gated community, where certain “undesirable elements” are not welcome — and are not important."

D.L. Hughley (via azspot)

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unfolded-proteins:

2012 (75) - e x p l o r e 06/03/2012 - (by Enrico_C.)

I love me some kiwi…

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I agree with life. Brother’s still the baddest… even though this is the year he served the Indians…they haven’t been right since.

life:

Let’s get this discussion started: Who do you think was the greatest all-around baseball player? 

With all due respect to Aaron, Musial, and even Ruth, we think Willie Mays was the greatest all-around player baseball has ever seen. While you’re pondering on who you think is the greatest — look back at these stunning, unpublished photos of Willie Mays. (we may, or may not be trying to sway your decision here)

Pictured:  A Loomis Dean photo of 22-year-old Willie Mays at spring training in Arizona in 1954, the year the Giants won the World Series — the sole championship of Mays’ long career.

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demons:

Drafted into the US Army in 1942, Jackie Robinson was assigned to a segregated Army cavalry unit in Kansas. Having the qualifications, Robinson and several other black soldiers applied for Officer Candidate School (OCS) only to find their applications unexpected ‘delayed’ for several months. Although the Army’s July 1941 OCS guidelines had been written as ‘race-neutral’ few blacks were admitted until there was direct Army leadership intervention. By January 1943, Robinson was commissioned as a second lieutenant and reassigned to Fort Hood, Texas where he joined the 761st Tank Battalion.

However an event on 6 July 1944 stalled his military career. While leaving the hospital Robinson boarded an Army bus with a fellow officer’s wife; although the Army had unsegregated bus line, the driver ordered Robinson to move to the back of the bus. Robinson refused and the driver called the military police who took Robinson into custody. After a string of what Robinson later called “racist questioning,” the MP officer recommended a court-martial—something Robinson’s commanding officer refused to authorize. When that occurred, Robinson was transferred to the 758th Battalion—where the commander had no problem charging Robinson with multiple charges including (among other things) public drunkenness despite the fact that Robinson wasn’t a drinker.

By the time the court-martial rolled around in August 1944, the charges had been reduced to two counts of insubordination during questioning. Against all odds, Robinson was acquitted by his nine all-white officer panel. The court-martial proceedings had prohibited him from being deployed overseas—where his former unit, 761st Tank Battalion, became the first black unit to see combat—preventing Robinson from seeing combat.

After his acquittal Jackie Robinson was transferred to Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky, where he a met a man who persuaded Robinson to look into the minor league baseball. In November 1944 Robinson was honorably discharged from the US Army and the rest, as they say, is history.

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officialjdavis:

Enough said here…

 …and if you aren’t black, celebrate black history AND your own history.  You can never have too much understanding.

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