sentenced to death by a jury of his peers in redwood city; scott peterson may have filed an appeal to delay the penalty, but he’s on his way to san quentin anyway. several news channels have picked up the hue and cry, talking to lifers in prison, who are quick to say “he’s not welcome [...]

More news on low power FM (aka pirate radio!). Interestingly enough, NPR is against low-power FM, while Christian churches are for it. Ultimately, it’s all about who has control of the airwaves.
“A bill introduced this month by Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona and Democratic Sens. Maria Cantwell of Washington and Patrick Leahy of Vermont [...]

The newest HIV and AIDS stats show that while the AIDS rates among whites has pretty much stayed the same, the infection rate among Blacks in America has doubled. That’s right -
DOUBLED
Check out the article.

This Black History Month, we celebrate the contributions of great African Americans activists like Malcom X and Martin Luther King and the contributions of literary legends Zora Neal Hurston and Langston Hughes. But Black History Month isn’t just about these folks, it is also about the people in our families, neighborhoods, and circle of friends. [...]

Okay, now that’s been said here’s what’s been happening:
The ever prescient Frank Rich, one of the few journalists not afraid to mention post modernism is his column, sums up beautifully the Jeff Gannon/Jim Guckert saga, which is all the talk in media circles here in DC.
So apparently a fakeo reporter for this web site, [...]

I must have been dozing in the early 1990’s when Saddam Hussein drained the 8,000 square miles of Iraqi wetlands considered by many to be the cradle of Western civilization. Thought by Biblical scholars to be the site of the Garden of Eden, the legendary marshland was twice the size of the Everglades and teeming [...]

In honor of black history month, Gregory Chess , an African American who resides in Half Moon Bay and owns HMB Environmental had this to say about his grandmother’s hands.
Grandma’s Hands, Lord they really came in handy!
As a young man born and primarily raised in the deep south,I have come to understand but never [...]

A new strain of HIV has been found in New York City that causes AIDS incredibly rapidly and is resistent to almost all known HIV treatment drugs. This story has caused a scare in many communities, but one small bit of information should scare people even more. One of the New York man’s sexual partners [...]

According to a NY Times article, the future of our Armed Forces is with robots. Well, I guess that solves the draft problem.
A New Model Army Soldier Rolls Closer to the Battlefield:
The American military is working on a new generation of soldiers, far different from the army it has.
“They don’t get hungry,” said Gordon [...]

This was in the NY Times:
“Reggie Fowler, a former professional linebacker who made millions as the founder of a company selling plastic cups and containers, agreed in principle yesterday to purchase the Minnesota Vikings, putting him in line to be the league’s first African-American club owner.”
Has it really taken this long for a black [...]

I was talking to a friend over the weekend and he was saying how Corey Feldman pretty much admitted that Michael Jackson had shown him porn when he was a kid. I think Jacko is toast and he’ll be going to jail.
But as was pointed out by my friend, he won’t be in jail [...]

This is just wrong. What have we gotten ourselves into??
“President Bush is asking Congress for $82 billion to cover the costs of ongoing military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and a myriad of other internationally related expenses, such as training Iraqi security forces, aiding tsunami victims and helping military forces in other nations.”
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If this strain makes it’s way across the pond to Africa or SE Asia we may be looking at a new, real holocaust.
Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — New York City doctors have discovered a man with a previously unseen strain of HIV that is resistant to three of the four types of anti-viral drugs that combat [...]

Here’s the understatement of the year: “I don’t think it is appropriate that under these conditions, that I represent my department.” This was pseudo-American Indian Ward Churchill’s statement after he was forced to resign the chairmanship of Colorado University’s Ethnic Studies program. The leftist professor was canned Monday for comparing the victims of the WTC [...]

Oh I so hope he does run in 2008. Then Minnesota can boast of having a wrestler as both Mayor of Brooklyn Park and Governor as well as former drug addict and comedian Al Franken as Senator. Hot Dog! Democracy in action!
Mind you, Franken did say in 1995, “I did my share [...]