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Black On Black Is Back?

How many times have you watched television and heard your city named as the murder capital, yet you catch the bus and/or walk your neighborhood daily and things are generally the same as they’ve always been…dangerous.  But, when you hear it on national news, it gives the nation the impression that everyone is walking around brandishing guns and driving tanks to the grocery store.  This also presents a deeper problem in business.  The investors that would have helped the city flourish either turn to another viable source or present businesses divest.

Now it is being reported that young black males are killing one another at an alarming rate reminiscent of the late 80s and early 90s when crack hit the scene.  (more…)

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Dishin’ Dirt on Beyonce, Ciara, Buffy the Body and NFLer Byron Westbrook…

 What’s up y’all?!  Here is the dirt…

Y’all this economy is really suffering.  So much so, that “super” producers are recycling their own beats!  It seems that Ciara done re-made Beyonce’s “Diva” from her recent release, “I Am Sasha Fierce.”  This is wrong on so many levels that I don’t know where to begin.  Although, I am a fan of Ciara (LAWD knows I shouldn’t be because both of her CD’s SUCK), she will NEVER be Beyonce.  In fact, she needs to stand clear from anything Beyonce related.   That includes, dresses, shoes, hair, ex-boyfriends, choreography and yes…MUSIC!  Okay, I will give it to Ciara, the lil’ sista can dance and if you give her a pole and a red light, I am sure she would make a whole lot of money but sangin’ ain’t her forte’.  Y’all know I’m tellin’ the truth.  Check out the “re-mix” here… (more…)

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It’s Time For Informed New Year’s Resolutions

 Do you know that person who swears they’re healthy because they only drink diet Pepsi or diet Coke or some kind of energy drink and water?  Well, Men’s Health is here to bring reality to all of the mythical health regimens of the fakers and put the disciplined to the test.  Even some of the healthy foods have hit the list of worst foods to eat.  Just when you thought it was safe to pick up a Lean Cuisine too. (more…)

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The Mysteries Of The Orient…In Mexico?

 A japanese man that had taken up residency in a Mexican airport, recently decided that it was time to leave.  No one knows where he went, but he gathered his things and vanished.  The question on everyone’s mind is why?  Why was he there in the first place?  Why did he decide to leave?  What was so magical about Mexico?  Maybe he found some sort of solace or peace in their airport that could not be found in Japan.  Who knows?  The people, everywhere, are getting weirder by the day.  (more…)

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Is It Slavery Or An Opportunity?

This may be a hot button issue, but we have to discuss it at some point.  Some powerful African ancestors have not been held accountable for what appears to be repeating itself in the region…slavery.  Some historians have accounted that in times of war that prisoners of war had been sold into slavery to Europeans.  There is a controversy that is still alive today over what the idea of slavery was and is.  It is one belief that the kings of African ancestry believed that the slavery that prisoners of war were being bartered for was simply “civil” servitude, but nonetheless a “bound” situation between the enslaved and their owner.  Today, that isn’t even true. (more…)

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Does Christmas Have You In The Hole Again?

Some of us have a tendency to overspend when we look into the beautiful eyes of our children and see all their wants and desires…well, followed with a list of their demands.  The television is a powerful tool that has hoodwinked a nation of us into financial ruin.  The commercials are so inviting and entertaining though.  How can one resist?  Well, some of us will take a nice long review this year of our spending habits after, not checking the national debt, but our own.  (more…)

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