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July 3, 2009
STUDY COMING ON VITAMIN D AND BLACKS: Nearly all African Americans are deficient.
*Two dietary supplements — vitamin D and fish oil — will soon undergo a five-year test of their effectiveness in lowering the rates of several major diseases, reports Suzanne Bohan of the Contra Costa Times.
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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE.COM: Final Curtain Call
*Naked I came into this world, Naked I will return to it. (Job 1:21) “This is the final curtain call. This is it!” those were the words of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson at a press conference to announce his 50 show tour. Who knew those words would prove to be more prophetic than not.
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July 2, 2009
CYNTHIA MCKINNEY INTERCEPTED IN ISRAEL: Former congresswoman part of peace activist group trying to break Gaza blockade.
*Former U.S. Representative Cynthia McKinney was among foreign peace activists on a ship that was intercepted Tuesday by the Israeli navy for trying to break a blockade of Gaza.
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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Demonizing Joe Jackson
*Michael Jackson got his final revenge on his alleged, tyrannical, abusive, and unfeeling father, Joe. He didn’t leave him a red cent in his will. That of course is the party line about Joe Jackson.
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July 1, 2009
CONYERS' WIFE RESIGNS FROM DETROIT COUNCIL: Monica Conyers resigns without a fight after pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery.
*Detroit Councilwoman Monica Conyers, the wife of Democratic congressman John Conyers, resigned her seat Monday – three days after she pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery for her vote on a sludge hauling contract.
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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE: The Way You Make Me Feel
*I still loved him. I didn’t think of him often; he had confused and upset me, so I kept a distance from his regular comings and goings. I was hurt by the things he did to himself.
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June 30, 2009
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THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: The Terrible Plight of Dr. Conrad Murray
*Dr. Conrad Murray can’t win. The Michael Jackson family through their surrogate, Reverend Jesse Jackson, hints that the doctor may have done something terribly wrong in the death of Jackson. Jackson fans were brutal.
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PRYOR THOUGHTS: ‘Humanity’ Journalist on the Passing of Michael Jackson
*I join the world in being stunned and deeply saddened by the passing of Michael Jackson; the most brilliant and innovative entertainer I am sure we will ever know in this lifetime.
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CINEMA, CELEBRITIES, CLASSES: American Black Film Festival (ABFF) celebrates 13 successful years.
*South Beach, FL - The star studded celebration of the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) officially closed out on Saturday night, June 27, 2009, marking 13 years of success.
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June 29, 2009
'JENA 6' CASE ENDS WITH PLEA DEAL: Five of the six avoid jail by pleading no contest to simple battery.
*Five members of the Jena Six avoided jail time on Friday after pleading no contest to misdemeanor simple battery, ending a case that thrust the small Louisiana town into the national spotlight and sparked a massive civil rights demonstration.
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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE.COM: Online Dating Tips From The Man Tamer
*OK, so by now you may have heard that me and What's-His-Face are no longer wearing matching outfits. But what you haven't heard, because it surprised the heck out of me and all of my friends, is that I'm dating ONLINE. Yup. Me.
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June 26, 2009
BOOKMAN’S PERSPECTIVE: Michael Jackson: August 29, 1958 - June 25, 2009
*As a young soldier in 1969 stationed in Indianapolis Indiana, I continually heard this incredible buzz about a new singing group that was winning every talent contest they entered all over Indiana and Chicago.
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L'OREAL FOUND GUILTY OF RACISM IN FRANCE: Court rules company sought all-white team to sell Fructis in French supermarkets.
*London's Times Online is reporting that French cosmetics giant L'Oréal was found guilty this week of racial discrimination after the highest court in France heard that executives had sought an all-white team of sales staff to promote its shampoos.
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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE.COM: Headline on Fatherlessness
*The African Proverb that says, “It takes a village to raise a child” is true. Unfortunately the harsh reality of the State of the Village is that in so many communities, like the one where I live, South Los Angeles; a key element to the village is missing…Dad!
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June 25, 2009
THE HUTCHINSON POLITICAL REPORT: Clarence Thomas’s Continuing Payback
*You can say what you want about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and plenty has been said and little of it’s flattering. But you can’t say he’s not a man of his word.
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EUR OPINION POLL: Blacks Generally Oppose Gay Marriage Says LA Times & Other Surveys
When California voters passed Proposition 8 (which effectively outlawed homosexual marriages in the state) this past November, there was a lot of debate as to who was responsible.
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June 24, 2009
SUPREME COURT PRESERVES VOTING RIGHTS: 'Pre-clear' part of the law was challenged by Texas town as unfair and outdated.
*The Supreme Court narrowed, but did not overturn, the historic Voting Rights Act today, ruling that municipalities across the South that have had a clean record for the last decade can seek an exemption from the law, reports the Los Angeles Times.
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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE.COM: May The Best Man Win
*Hello UTC Family! It’s been a long time and I can’t believe I’ve been away so long ... but I’m back and I have a lot to say! First, I hit a bottom after my last trip from LA. I couldn’t move for two weeks after taking a studio meeting regarding my first feature film.
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June 23, 2009
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BOOKMAN'S PERSPECTIVE: Dr. Ewart Brown, Premier of Bermuda–Natural Born Leader.
*Martin Luther King, Jr. once said of truly great leaders, “ ... the time is always right to do what is right.” With the exception of President Barack Obama, perhaps no political leader in the world today better exemplifies that more than Dr. Ewart F. Brown, Premier of Bermuda.
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AFTER LOSING JOB WRITER GETS ‘NAKED WITH SOCKS ON’: Anslem Samuel chronicles his first 100 days in the unemployment office with blog
*When the term “naked with socks on” is used what images come to mind? Is it fair to say none of the visuals would make it to print? It’s actually the name for one of the most thought provoking and entertaining blogs to come along in awhile.
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June 22, 2009
CBC, NAACP AT ODDS OVER SLAVERY APOLOGY: Congressional Black Caucus has issue with disclaimer in the resolution; civil rights org doesn't.
*The Congressional Black Caucus may have some reservations about the U.S. Senate's support of a resolution offering a formal apology for slavery, but the NAACP is rather pleased with the effort.
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URBAN THOUGHT COLLECTIVE.COM: On Media Complicity
*To say that most of Oakland, CA and the rest of us breathed a collective sigh of relief June 4 after hearing that Johannes Mehserle, the former Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) cop who shot unarmed Oscar Grant in the back on New Year’s Day, would be bound over for trial on the charge of murder, is not a worn-out cliche.
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