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Day: January 18, 2013

Kirk & Uhura (Chris Pine, Zoe Saldana) To MC Academy Tech Awards

This is a great, tongue-in-cheek presentation note sent by the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Take a look at the press release for the Academy’s Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards: BEVERLY HILLS, CA – Actors Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical […]

West Oakland Urban Farm and Park Groundbreaking Jan 31st

Just got this email from Oakland’s City Slicker Farms: Groundbreaking Ceremony for Innovative West Oakland Urban Farm and Park 1.4 Acre Farm and Park Will Provide Food and Community Resources as Vacant Industrial Lot Is Transformed into Nourishing Community Space On January 31, 2013, City Slicker Farms will present a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the […]

Oakland Mayor Quan Supports William Bratton OPD Contract

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan issued a letter than may or may not bee seen or cared about as Oakland ponders Lance Armstrong and Manti T’eo. Mayor Quan is making public her support for the contract to hire the controversial William Bratton. This blogger has to say that spending $200,000 to buy back guns in Oakland […]

Oakland Blogger Zennie62 Off To Cover Presidential Inauguration

The credentials were sent, and the sponsors secured: Oakland / Atlanta blogger Zennie Abraham aka “Zennie62” is set to leave for Washington DC to cover the swearing-in ceremony at the 57th Presidential Inauguration. The credentials arrived on January 9th, leaving just a few days to get ready to attend an event that it took so […]

NFL Hammers Owners For Lack Of Diversity In Hiring

OK, the NFL issued a statement in the wake of its most terrible record of diversity in hiring in some years. In doing so, the National Football League placed a wedge between itself and team owners, in effect pointing to the race problem without including the league office itself. Here’s the statement just sent to […]

Lance Armstrong Confesses To Oprah, Pisses Off America

Lance Armstrong appeared on Oprah to say that he was sorry for lying about doping. This blogger’s not upset with Ms. Armstrong because it was expected. There’s no way a person can beat cancer as he did and on the way to the stunning number of cycling victories he’s had. But the bottom line is […]

Yahoo!’s Mike Silver Sheds Light On NFL, Coaching, And Racism

Yahoo! Sports Mike Silver’s taken the covers off the problem of black coaches not being hired for open NFL head coaching jobs. In the space of a week, Sliver has written about the problem twice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y82LvbJiuzU Mike Silver’s latest work is something of a frank blockbuster, where he openly points to most of the people […]

House GOP, CNN Commentator, Meet At Old Slave Plantation To Talk About Black People

You read that correctly. According to Gawker, House Republicans (you know, the GOP), are meeting at a former slave plantation, and with a CNN Commentator as one of their participants, to talk about how to reach more blacks and Latinos. As one person tweeted on Twitter, “this party is beyond stupid.” They’re meeting at a […]

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