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Why the Oscars being white doesn’t matter

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Taken from my blog, Chocolate Bites. I’m going to be honest. I really don't care that the ‘Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences’ decided to, once again, white out the Oscars. Truly, I don't care. The Oscars have never meant anything to me. Even when they gave black folks a bone with Denzel and Halle, it irked me because the roles both played in Training Day and … [Read more...] about Why the Oscars being white doesn’t matter

My daughters, my elders, my land, my tears

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GAN YAVNEH, Israel, Jan. 20–I had to “come home” to feel at home again in my own life. Change and renewal are nothing without sorrow—just as no song can be written without lyrics. The Holy Land is a place where tired gestures are converted into genuine responses. I have been looking for a place to alight and it turns out to be in the bosom of my family. It’s a heady, … [Read more...] about My daughters, my elders, my land, my tears

Clinton Library will release Donald Trump records

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This will be highly interesting -- but I'm betting noi matter what is in them, it won't make any difference to true believers: Former President Bill Clinton’s presidential library is set to make public nearly 500 pages of records pertaining to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to an official notice from the National Archives. The records will … [Read more...] about Clinton Library will release Donald Trump records

Rahm Emanuel ducks his demons (Guest Voice)

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Rahm Emanuel ducks his demons By Dana Milbank Washington Post Columnist WASHINGTON -- Embattled Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, grappling with a police shooting that could destroy his mayoralty, has lamented the "code of silence" around police brutality. But now the famously outspoken Emanuel seems to be adopting his own code of silence. The former … [Read more...] about Rahm Emanuel ducks his demons (Guest Voice)

British Inquiry: Putin had Alexander Litvinenko killed for calling him a “pedophile”

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The report by a British inquiry reads like something from a Hollywood thriller -- an opposition leader killed via nuclear poison because he was blowing the whistle on a top Russian official for being a pedophile. But it's indeed not the work of fiction, but a real British report. The victim: Alexander Litvinenko, whose image of him lying in bed has been dominating the … [Read more...] about British Inquiry: Putin had Alexander Litvinenko killed for calling him a “pedophile”

Letter From Inspector General To Congressional Leaders Indicates Clinton Had Highly Classified Email On Personal Server

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Intelligence Community Inspector General I. Charles McCullough III sent a letter to leaders on congressional intelligence committees last week indicating that the email on Hillary Clinton's private server contained classified information including some on "special access programs," which is classified above "top secret." The news report initially came from Fox in what was … [Read more...] about Letter From Inspector General To Congressional Leaders Indicates Clinton Had Highly Classified Email On Personal Server

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NY01eVjtyBU#action=share Seth Meyers took A Closer Look at the Bernie Sanders surge in the polls (video above). He pointed out how the media missed the story: “But here’s the huge part of the story: the media completely missed this. They ignored Bernie Sanders for months. And as a result, Hillary got a lopsided amount of coverage.” Out of 857 … [Read more...] about

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Brooks on the Implosion of the GOP

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Conservative columnist David Brooks reads the writing on the wall and offers a solution in The New York Times. Rarely has a party so passively accepted its own self-destruction. Sure, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are now riding high in some meaningless head-to-head polls against Hillary Clinton, but the odds are the nomination of either would lead to a party-decimating general … [Read more...] about Brooks on the Implosion of the GOP

The whole GOP goes rogue

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WASHINGTON -- The fixed smile on Donald Trump's face as Sarah Palin unleashed her free-association, who-knows-what-she'll-say-next harangue endorsing him on Tuesday sent its own message. "How long do I have to stand here?" it seemed to say. But of all the developments in the astonishing Republican presidential contest, this moment told us what we need to know about the state of … [Read more...] about The whole GOP goes rogue

How to Keep our Dignity While Ceding Human Preeminence

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If we think of brains as organic machines--albeit far more complex machines than the digital computers we've built to date--then it's clear that brain power has been limited by the stringent conditions of evolution, gestation in a uterus, and birth through a baby-sized aperture in the pelvis. Remove these constraints and there's every reason to expect that more advanced … [Read more...] about How to Keep our Dignity While Ceding Human Preeminence

Time to freak out: 4 reasons the global economy is screwed

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A fresh blast of cold air swept across global financial and commodity markets on Wednesday, raising fears that the world economy could be heading toward a recession — one perhaps even bigger than the last one. Further falls in crude oil prices were the catalyst for the widespread sell-off as investors from New York to London… … [Read more...] about Time to freak out: 4 reasons the global economy is screwed

EVERYONE is financially hurting: ISIS cuts fighter salaries in half

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Hey, biz isn't great for everyone these days. A leaked document finds that ISIS is facing a revenue shortfall in its business (creating a calphate, conquering terrority, seizing oil fields) despite its activity (battling the US and other countries, and keeping busy with beheadings and executions of innocent men, women and children). So, a leaked document says, it's cutting its … [Read more...] about EVERYONE is financially hurting: ISIS cuts fighter salaries in half

The unthinkable is now thinkable.

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"Any sane person could join. No sane person did." That is a line from an advertisement for the first Police Academy movie, which was released in 1984. That line could easily be the summary of the 2016 presidential contest. At the beginning of the contest, conventional wisdom indicated that neither Donald Trump nor Bernie Sanders stood a chance of making it to the general … [Read more...] about The unthinkable is now thinkable.

Jeb Bush is not getting an honest shake (Guest Voice)

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' Jeb Bush is not getting an honest shake by Joradn Cooper George W. Bush was seen as too dumb, even though he had a 1200SAT score. John McCain was seen as too old even though Reagan was much older than him when he was the commander-in-chief. Mitt Romney was seen as being too rich even though he has a small fraction of the wealth that Donald Trump has. Now Jeb … [Read more...] about Jeb Bush is not getting an honest shake (Guest Voice)

Cartoon: Palin Triump (UPDATED)

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See great cartoons by all the top political cartoonists at http://cagle.com. To license this cartoon for your own site, visit http://politicalcartoons.com OF RELATED INTEREST: ABC's Rick Klein: The Palin-Trump alliance marks the ultimate triumph of personality over policy in the Republican Party – at least for this very big campaign moment. Sarah Palin was Donald Trump … [Read more...] about Cartoon: Palin Triump (UPDATED)