A photostory and article from www.uruknet.info, a website for “Information from Occupied Iraq,” calls to question the weapons used by Israel’s military forces and also a first-person narrative from a Lebanese journalist coping with the casualities and life in these war-torn times.
I’d post more of the photos but they’re too gruesome. The picture of the [...]

OK, so these images have been running rampant on the web and in the blogosphere for the last few days but in case you missed it…

Aww, isn’t that sweet? Cute little Israeli girls writing “From Israel, with love” on tank shells…
I wonder, at what age do they get to fire rounds into Lebanese buildings?

Stephen Colbert’s brilliant way with politicians has attracted mainstream media attention again. This time it’s because Colbert got Congressman Robert Wexler to say, among other foolish things, “I enjoy cocaine because it’s a fun thing to do,” during his appearance on The Colbert Report last week. In response to Good Morning America and Today Show [...]

In his MySpace blog (reprinted on Davey D’s forum), Phonte of Little Brother details his experience performing at a southern hip hop festival alongside pop-rap stars Three Six Mafia, Rick Ross, Dem Franchize Boyz, and others. Now for those not familiar with Little Brother, they’re, well, in Phonte’s words: “three college educated niggas who ain’t [...]

Laila El-Haddad calls her blog “Raising Yousuf: a diary of a mother under occupation.” She’s Palestinian and lives in Gaza. She’s lately been to the US and has appeared on NPR. Her blog puts a face on the events we’ve grown used to reading about and watching on TV, including the events unfolding in Lebanon [...]

President Bush’s trip to Europe to attend the G8 Summit has done nothing to improve the cowboy’s image internationally. And thanks to the Internet (and Jon Stewart last night) we can all watch! During downtime at a G8 meeting he strolls over to German Chancellor Angela Merkel and gives her a neck massage. [...]

While many rappers talk big about toting guns and shooting people in the streets, they’d probably piss themselves if they had to go to war. Not these guys, they’ve already lived it. Here’s a video clip about a group of marines who wrote and recorded “Live from Iraq” in their barracks in the midst of [...]

The partly homophobe reggae AIDS-awareness concert to be held in New York next week and blogged about here (below) and elsewhere has been canceled. LIFEbeat, the concert sponsor, has conceded to criticism that anti-gay Beenie Man and TOK were perhaps inappropriate messengers for the cause but does so in an embittered, accusatory statement, harshing the [...]

This here Beenie Man reggae artist is part of the noble crowd of singers dedicating their time and talents to the LIFEbeat concert against AIDS in New York on July 18. Problem is he writes the occasional confusing lyric, like the one where he suggests lynching lesbians. In “Han Up Deh” he sings: “Hang chi [...]

I heard about this last week but couldn’t find much. Thanks YouTube for this incredible display of racism from ranking Democrat in the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator Joe Biden…
“In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian Americans, moving from India. You cannot go to a 7/11 [a chain store] or a Dunkin [...]

The lost episodes of Chappelle’s Show premieres tomorrow on Comedy Central, but should fans support it? Chappelle himself calls it a “bully move” by Comedy Central to run episodes not intended for public consumption. And yes, they even rub it in:
“An announcer at the beginning introduces the hosts, cast members Donnell Rawlings and Charlie [...]

In honor of Independence Day, this remix called “The Abuse of Power,” brilliantly mocks the Motion Picture Association of America’s “You wouldn’t steal a handbag…” anti-piracy campaign. If you have not seen the original MPAA campaign, check it out here.
Happy 4th!

Leonardo Dicaprio just finished up his latest movie, The Blood Diamond, about a smuggler who gets caught up with a diamond syndicate in Africa. The movie aims to shed light on the way the diamond industry funds civil wars in Africa and leads to the slaughter of thousands of men, women, and children.
But wait! The [...]

The U.S. justice system is hard at work again, putting real criminals behind bars. Three people convicted of looting during Hurricane Katrina were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Fifteen years? That’s it? I can see if they were taking candy bars, but they were taking liquor, beer, and wine! According to our court system, [...]