Saturday, December 10, 2005

King Kong Oscar Campaign Ads

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The Ads are out already. Peter Jackson for Best Director, Jack Black for Best Supporting Actor, Naomi Watts for Best Actress, and so on..

More Evidence Racism is A Sickness: "Psychiatry Ponders Whether Extreme Bias Can Be an Illness" - Wash Post

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Friday night at The Balboa Cafe in San Francisco, I ran into a woman who I have seen many times in public. She said "I see you all the...
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Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, 89, Dies

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(12-10) 13:16 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) -- Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968...

London's Double-Decker "Routemaster" Buses Retired - I Never Got to Ride One!

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After 53 years of services, the famous London "Routemaster" Buses are being retired. I'm unhappy, because I never got to ride...

Richard Pryor Passes at 65 - A True American Icon

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I just walked in the house, turned on my TV set, and learned that Richard Pryor passed away at 65. CNN's interviewing his wife Jennifer...
Thursday, December 08, 2005

First the SF 49ers "Videogate", then The Racist Stanford Video Before "The Big Game" , Now The SF Police Video - All This Year. What's Going On?

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At the start of 2005 the San Francisco Bay area was rocked by the revelation that the San Francisco 49ers created a racist and sexist "...

Oakland Creates Another White Elephant - The Case of The Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center

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You know, with so many Oakland-related posts, I may create another blog on Oakland-related matters. I just don't know what to call it. ...

New Orleans East Side "A Wasteland" According to M. Barnett at www.mgno.com

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Post by: Michael Barnett at www.mgno.com: I made it back to New Orleans on Thursday afternoon and here were my initial thoughts: I started ...

New Orleans Police Misused Federal Funds - From "The Dead Pelican"

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Police Commissioner Kevin Riley shown According to the Dead Pelican website, the controversial New Orleans Police department deliberately ov...

Sometimes I Think People Reserve Their Worst Behavior For You When You're Black and Male

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Tonight, I just went down to The Alley, a local bar and piano establishment I visit, to have a good, basic chicken dinner. I didn't fe...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

President Bush' Holiday Cards Rile Conservatives- Only Say "Happy Holidays" - Wash Post

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Perhaps the better text to write should have been "Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays." I'm not a conservative, but I do beli...
Monday, December 05, 2005

Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown Angers Members of Oakland's Black Political Community

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This article from the Oakland Tribune appeared today and sheds light on only part of the real problem. In 2000, I accused Jerry of having p...
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