by Dr. Boyce Watkins, Your Black World – Scholarship in Action
Most of us know all about “Black Friday.” That’s the commercially-conceived holiday when we act a fool in order to get a few discounts on things that we probably don’t even need. I’ve never quite understood the fascination with waking up at 3 am on a cold winter day and fighting with people to break into a building so I could just give away all of my money; it’s kinda like begging someone to rob you.
"We're being evicted!" the text message went out to Occupy Wall Street supporters around 1 am.
"The park has been cleared," the fourth text message read a few hours later, as bedragged, pepper-sprayed protesters, having lost their home in the park, reconvened for a GA in Foley Square and vowed to keep the occupation going. Over 200 had been arrested, including city council member Ydanis Rodriguez. Blocks away, Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference at which he declared that police would be now able to search all people entering the park. Read his press release, which contains the memorable phrase "no right is absolute," here.
"We're being evicted!" the text message went out to Occupy Wall Street supporters around 1 am.
"The park has been cleared," the fourth text message read a few hours later, as bedragged, pepper-sprayed protesters, having lost their home in the park, reconvened for a GA in Foley Square and vowed to keep the occupation going. Over 200 had been arrested, including city council member Ydanis Rodriguez. Blocks away, Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference at which he declared that police would be now able to search all people entering the park. Read his press release, which contains the memorable phrase "no right is absolute," here.
The truth is viral
Bob Powell on AboveTopSecret.com’s The Truth Is Viral show claims that, under orders from a cabal of international bankers, the CIA trained and equipped al-Qaeda terrorists and set them on a path of revolution that ended with a new Libyan Central Bank and the black flag of al-Qaeda flying over the Benghazi courthouse. Assisted by NATO forces and Qatari Army Soldiers and supplied with weapons by the Qataris, these al-Qaeda terrorists succeeded in removing the Libyan leader from power before brutally murdering him. Now, as the “legitimate” government of Libya, the NTC is waging a genocide against black Libyans, African guest workers, members of Gadaffi’s tribe, and his supporters.
Just when you thought the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal couldn't possibly get any worse, we may have just scratched the surface. Joe Paterno being fired could be just the start of arguably the biggest downfall in the history of college athletics.
New Orleans police are looking for a missing 17-year-old boy who was last seen on Bourbon Street.
Bryan Coleman was last seen by friends, police said, on Sunday night about 11 p.m. in the 200 block of Bourbon Street.
Coleman’s friends told police they became concerned when he didn’t return home and they couldn’t contact him.
They told police this is the first time he has gone missing.
Coleman was described by police as an African-American with dreadlocks. He was last seen wearing light gray jeans, a white shirt with a black pullover vest, black tennis shoes and a tattoo with the words “uptown veteran” on his forearm.
Zero-Tolerance No-Hugging Policy
PALM BAY, Fla. � A 14-year-old Florida student who hugged his friend was suspended as a result of his middle school's zero-tolerance no-hugging policy, myFOXorlando.com reported.
