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3, Apr 2009

Politico.com
STANFORD, Calif. — New York Times executive editor Bill Keller spoke at Stanford Thursday to mark the opening of a new building for The Stanford Daily — an event he acknowledged might feel a little like a “ribbon-cutting” for “a new Pontiac dealership.”
Among Keller’s observations about the “unnerving future” of newspapers:
On the NYT: Keller predicted [...]

Don Cheadle Goes Into TV Production

16, Jan 2009

Don Cheadle signs TV production deal
By Nellie Andreeva
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Don Cheadle is making a big push into television production with a two-year deal at Universal Media Studios.
Under the pact, expected to be announced Thursday during NBC’s portion of the winter Television Critics Assn. press tour, Cheadle’s Crescendo Prods. will develop series projects [...]

Something You Probably Didn’t Know

27, Aug 2008

SUDANESE SLAVE ‘CRUCIFIED’ BY HIS MASTER NOT UNUSUAL IN CENTRAL AFRICAN NATION

88 Face Death by Crucifixion or Hanging in Sudan
Here’s a line from the second article:

“Ali Mohammed Osman Yasin, the Minister of Justice, said the sentences are in “accord with stipulations in the Koran.”

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21, Apr 2008

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France’s ongoing war in Africa

12, Oct 2007

Interesting read!
Inside France’s secret war
By Johann Hari in Birao, Central African Republic
For 40 years, the French government has been fighting a secret war in Africa, hidden not only from its people, but from the world. It has led the French to slaughter democrats, install dictator after dictator – and to fund and fuel the most [...]

Awww, just come on!

18, Jun 2007

(breitbart.com) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the slaughter in Darfur was triggered by global climate change and that more such conflicts may be on the horizon, in an article published Saturday.
“The Darfur conflict began as an ecological crisis, arising at least in part from climate change,” Ban said in a Washington Post opinion [...]

A Black Republican…in Oakland????

20, Apr 2007

I didn’t know it was possible.

(nsidebayarea.com) An African-American, Republican home-ownership consultant says he’ll unseat Rep. Barbara Lee next year in part by mobilizing support from minority communities.
“Barbara Lee is going to be hard to beat, but I believe I have a platform, I have a plan and if I carry out that plan correctly I [...]

Does the world need an “American role model”?

20, Apr 2007

According to Thomas L. Friedman of the New York Times—”Yes!”
(dispatch.com) While in Kenya last week, my wife, Ann, a teacher, visited Mukuru-Kayaba Primary School in a Nairobi slum, where the U.S. helps finance a lunch program that keeps kids coming to class. When she returned from the school visit, she remarked to me that there [...]

So did the people of Darfur “visualize” mass killings in their country?

15, Apr 2007

This is the question I have regarding the latest craze in the world of positive thinking (or should I say profiting thinking).
As many of you may know by now, Oprah has become the latest evangelist for The Secret gospel. Here is an excerpt from her site:
“On February 8, 2007, millions tuned in to The Oprah [...]

“…humanitarian situation is far worse than it had initially estimated”

11, Apr 2007

(allafrica.com/UN news service) Following last month’s brutal attacks in south-eastern Chad, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today that the humanitarian situation is far worse than it had initially estimated, with between 200 and 400 killed and thousands displaced during the offensive possibly carried out by Janjaweed militias from Sudan’s neighbouring Darfur [...]

Keeping Islam on the DL

26, Sep 2006

Yesterday on this site, I was part of conversation regarding my post entitled: “Islam is a religion of peace…in the west.” (click on this link read the post and comments). Because religion can encompass so much, I decided to hover around the issue of domestic abuse within the Muslim community and why is it not [...]

Islam is a religion of peace…in the west

21, Sep 2006

Anytime I hear someone state that “Islam is a peaceful religion”, something in me just does not get it. I mean, I think that it is safe to say here that most of the terrorist activity that is currently taking place today around the globe (intentional activity against civilians) is being committed by the hands [...]

More villages get bombed in Sudan

11, Sep 2006

(UN Integrated Regional Information Networks/AllAfrica.com) In an apparent widening of its military offensive against rebels in North Darfur State, the Sudanese military have used Antonov planes to bomb another seven villages in the volatile region, sources in the region say.
“On Saturday, Antonov planes were bombing seven villages south of Tawilla town, focusing on Tabarat and [...]


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