Archive for November 27th, 2006

In-house traditions

27, Nov 2006

About 6 years ago or so, me, my wife and our first child (who was an infant at the time) traveled to the Carolinas to attend my grandfather’s funeral. With people coming from all over and with very limited space in my grandparent’s house, we had already made plans to get a hotel room in [...]

Katrina victims
Katrina survivors
or Americans?
They (mainstream media) report, you decide.

(2theadvocate.com) Leaders of the Hip Hop Caucus Institute of Washington, D.C., said Wednesday it is time to “stop the violence’’ that has claimed 140 lives in Orleans Parish so far this year and a record-setting 54 in adjoining Jefferson Parish, the majority of them young people.
“We will not have a 22nd century if we do [...]

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(mirror.co.uk) TORY MP Bob Spink was last night at the centre of a race row after insisting the majority of criminals are black.
Mr Spink made his claim in an exchange of emails with a constituent.
He was asked: “Are you saying that a lot more criminals are black than white – or that there are more [...]

(HealthNewsDigest.com).. Like many diseases, vision problems disproportionately affect African-Americans. Glaucoma, a condition where the fluid pressure inside the eye is too high, is one of the leading causes of blindness for Americans. However, glaucoma is five times more common in African-Americans than Caucasians and four times more likely to cause blindness.
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According to a new survey, [...]

(myrtlebeachonline.com) “In general, eating less salt is a good idea. The average American consumes about 1.5 teaspoons of salt, or 3,400 milligrams (mg) of sodium, every day. That’s a lot more than we actually need. But it turns out that salt affects people differently. How salt affects your blood pressure and health depends on your [...]

(The Jawa Report) It’s official: war between Ethiopia and the African Taliban of the Islamic Courts Union of Somalia. The Somalian Islamists have declared jihad against Ethiopia and Ethiopia has sent troops into Somalia.
We have been warning the world about the rise of the Islamic Courts Union for some time now. The dhimmis of the [...]

New Orleans, LA (BlackNews.com) – New Orleans’ Alden J. McDonald, Jr. is one of two African Americans named to Fortune Magazine’s highly regarded “Portraits of Power” list for 2006. Fortune Magazine profiles some of the most powerful people in business for 2006 and their impact on the global market.
President and CEO of Liberty Bank and [...]

(SABCnews.com) Prime Minister Tony Blair will express “deep sorrow” for Britain’s role in the slave trade nearly 200 years after the legislation that led to its abolition, the Observer newspaper reported.
However Blair’s statement will stop short of a full apology despite pressure from some black campaigners and community leaders, the newspaper said.
“I believe the bicentenary [...]



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