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Nothing funny here (par for the website's course). Thankfully, I think these folks are outnumbered. |
But its sobering nonetheless (h/t to Talking Points Memo). |
Friday, October 17, 2008 |
Here At The Office |
It's Friday and it just so happens we're all in the office today... |
Bashir is researching the holiday of Kwanzaa. Because he is a Kwanzaan. |
Craig stopped by. |
"Michelle Malkin is the worst..." |
Banging out a killer sketch with Bashir.... |
All in a day's work. |
Flashback Friday: Hip-House Edition |
I was going to kick some hardcore isht today but I figured this was one of the lightest weeks we'll have up until the election. |
So let's celebrate with some tunes to dance to. |
First up, I really enjoy the remix to this joint. Regardless, it's some classic Chicago hip-house. |
And we couldn't have hip-house without the JBs. |
Ahhh...Enjoy it while you can. Things are going to get hellish quick. |
Happy Belated Birthday, Fela |
He would've been 70 this week. In 1997, he died of AIDS-related complications. |
I have to credit Common's Like Water For Chocolate for putting me up on Fela Kuti in 2000. Man, I'm glad iTunes didn't exist then because I may have never flipped through the liner notes to find out whose son was providing background vocals and what track was being reinterpreted for the Com's father's usual outro, thus... |
And dude had swagger like few others... |
I urge you to enter "Fela Kuti" for a YouTube search to check out the documentary on him, if you're interested. He was quite possibly one of the most dynamic characters in music during his time. |
Wish you were still here, Mr. Black President. |
Thursday, October 16, 2008 |
Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You |
Oliver Stone's "P." |
Find more videos like this on The Movie Community |
The New King Of The Castle |
If you're wondering why video games are slowly taking over from movies as sources of ridiculous amounts of revenue, look no further than here |
And here... |
or here... |
(Pavlovian...oh and BTW, Real war sucks...but fake war is the best thing in the universe) |
Or...maybe even here: |
Maybe...but really it's all about the great minds that foster this kind of innovation. |
....yes please. |
The Best Thing About The Internet Is The Pictures (p.1) |
This page is full of good "what if ads told the truth" pix. |
An Open Letter To Some Women |
Dear Some Women, |
Stop dating douchebags and then making songs... |
...about how much he's a douchebag. |
Jesus Christ. Date a good man or stay single. |
We're all bored by you and this constant fake sorrow. I know these songs make money ever since Gloria Gaynor sang about surviving her brush with a douchebag in 1978... |
Don't listen to Bashir, ladies. Return my damned text. |
In closing: You have every right to date a douchebag. But when you do so, you lose the right to expect us to care about your complaints about his douche-osity. |
Grow up. |
The REAL truth about "Joe the Plumber" |
From ABC News: |
"Wurzelbacher conceded today that he is not in danger of being hit with the higher tax rate. He acknowledged that he wants to buy a plumbing company for $250,000 to $280,000. That wouldn't be how much profit he would make from the firm. He would make much less, he said. That would seem to indicate that Wurzelbacher wou... |
So here is a man that would actually be HELPED by Obama's tax plan (if he actually owned the company, which he does not) and in spite of this, is still pro-McCain. But what's more interesting is what this whole thing says about Americans that CONSISTENTLY vote against their own self-interests. Read this quote from "Joe... |
"Nevertheless, the plumber said people shouldn't be "punished' for success even if you become a billionaire. 'I don't like it,' said Wurzelbacher. 'You know, me or -- you know, Bill Gates, I don't care who you are. If you worked for it, if it was your idea, and you implemented it, it's not right for someone to decide y... |
So a guy that is not rich. Will NEVER be rich. Is thinking about how he would feel if he was worth BILLIONS and then basing his vote on his financial FANTASY but not his financial REALITY. |
Dear Joe: |
There is a two-fold reason why don't hear billionaires (with the exception of Bob Johnson) complain about taxes: |
1. They're RICH. |
2. They know that if you can't afford to buy their products, they will not make lots of money. Therefore, they understand that the more money you have, the more money you'll blow on their products. |
Grow-up Joe! |
An Amazing Piece Of Work |
I love this picture of Barack. |
This man is accomplishing one of the most impeccable balancing acts in all of history. Having to appear both black and not black, both passionate and steady, both American and cosmopolitan, both elite and grounded... and he's pulling it off. He has to have a professor's understanding of the issues and a communicators a... |
Win or lose, this is a man worth knowing, and an American original. |
He has my respect. |
Chocolate News Open Thread |
You can let us know what you thought. Praise or scorn. |
But please remember, honesty is the best policy. |
Wednesday, October 15, 2008 |
Please Take Me To Nov. 5th Right Now |
I don't do this often, but I went to Fox News' web site and was greeted by this headline... |
Hip-Hop-Dancing Colin Powell Fuels Speculation He'll Endorse Obama |
I shit you not. |
Just put a comma in between "Dancing" and "Colin" and the headline takes on a whole new dimension. Gotta love Fox. |
That said, there was a really interesting quote attibuted to Powell: |
"I stand before you as an African-American. Many people have said to me you became secretary of state of the USA, is it still necessary to say that you are an African American or that you are black? And I say yes, so that we can remind our children." |
I've admired Colin Powell since the 1996 Republican Convention when he spoke before the crowd about his support for affirmative action, a declaration that got noticably booed. And he even made what was then just an allusion to war in Iraq more palpable for me while he was Secretary of State. |
With the above quote, though, I just had to say to myself, "Dang, he's going all out". Given his previous statements on Obama, I had a sense he would make an endorsement of him (though it's still unofficial). |
But I just have to wonder if this will have any effect on anyone or could this just be seen as another (black) celebrity backing Obama. |
What say you? |
Pretty Damn Funny |
Palin As President |
(hint, don't click the red phone 'til the end) |
Support This Or Else |
Diallo, Craig and I have had the good please of being acquainted with Phonte of Little Brother. (Raleigh/Durham stand up!) |
Well, his collaborative project Foreign Exchange with Nicolay has produced the best album of the year so far: Leave It All Behind. |
Even BET agrees. |
Diallo already told you to go buy but I wanna second it. |
It's great. My personal fave is "Sweeter Than You". |
So...go buy it right now. |
No pressure or anything but if you don't buy it today you must hate America and Black people. |
That is all. |
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
So Far... |
...So Good. |
Guys, the show airs tomorrow night. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on it. We'll do a post on it tomorrow for all the things you think. |
Monday, October 13, 2008 |
Hot Music Monday |
In case you were wondering what I was bumping all weekend: |
"Take Off the Blues" (that fire) |
Friday, October 10, 2008 |
I'm Not A Fan |
When comedy website Stuff White People Like first debuted, tons if imitation sites sprang up, like "Stuff Asian People Like" and "Stuff Indian People Like".... |
....and, sadly, Stuff Educated Black People Like. |
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