David Bowie donates $10,000 to Jena 6 defense fund
By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer
David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena.
The British rocker’s donation to the Jena Six Legal Defense [...]
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Posted in Politics/Social Issues on September 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Awhile back we posted a video called “Read A Book.” It’s a video you probably already know about. The video was created by BET to get its audience to read more books and to take better care of themselves. While I’m still not a fan of the video I thought we’d post follow up [...]
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Apparently Larry Craig isn’t going to resign after all. Instead he is only willing to resign IF the charges against him aren’t overturned. Who knew Craig and Clinton have more in common than being a “dirty, naughty boy.”
Well, I don’t care. He’s not running my state. Good luck Idaho!
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After a week of scandal resulting from a men’s room sting, in which he propositioned a undercover cop, Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has resigned. The entire week Craig has been adamant that he is not gay and the rumors, which go back as far as the 1980’s, of his homosexuality [...]
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UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie makes a pit stop at Camp Waleed, Iraq to visit with American troops serving in the region while on a visit to the country on Tuesday
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Conservative Senator Larry Craig was busted for soliciting sex in an airport men’s room to an undercover cop, he pleaded guilty. Now he says that he regrets pleading guilty and that he did nothing wrong.
I am not gay, I’ve never been gay, I love my wife and family
He has voted against every gay issue. Gay [...]
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This picture, released by the UNHCR, shows UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and US actress Angelina Jolie speaking with Red Crescent volunteers taking care of refugee children while their parents wait to register as refugees at a UNHCR registration center, in Damascus. Jolie met Tuesday with some of the 1,200 Iraqis stranded on the border between Iraq [...]
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As you already know US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales finally resigned from his job after displaying the lying skills of a two year old. Well I should be fair, two year old do a better job at lying.
Here’s a video of Mr. Gonzales greats hits. Judging from this tape I think he needs to have [...]
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Over the weekend I read an article about the controversy surrounding a sculpture of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Lei Yixin, the man chosen to carve a three-story monument of Dr. King Jr. on the National Mall is Chinese and some feel a black American should have been given the job. Gilbert Young, a black [...]
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Angelina Jolie is in Iraq to witness firsthand the humanitarian crisis there, the United Nations Refugee Agency UNHCR has announced.
The actress and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador, 32, flew from New York to Syria on Monday. In Damascus, she visited a UNHCR registration center and spend hours talking to Iraqi refugees in their homes.
Tuesday’s journey had [...]
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