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ChocolateBrownGal
Comment: Quote of the day -- "There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained." --W.E.B. Dubois --- Elevate your minds and rise! Happy Wednesday!
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GHank
Comment: The song of the day is "Inner City Blues" by Marvin Gaye.
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bigheadbull2
Comment: Morning all have agreat day
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leeneepoo
Comment: Good morning FAM.>>it's hump day Wednesday and we made it. I got to mention this does not Lil' Kim look like Zsa Zsa Gabor and Latoya Jackson..scary although it's an old picture
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YLawdY
Comment: Good morning, family. "Make me wanna holler, throw up both of my hands." Great song, GHank.
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MDhornet
Comment: Morning y'all. Great quote CBG. Did anyone watch the new lyrics game show on NBC last night. I forget the name. I tested myself along with the contestants. I was horrible.
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FiveMore
Comment: Good Morning People!Hope you guys have a wonderful Wednesday!Oh, some of the news articles are so horrible that I am unable to post/read on the subject.We are living in a troubled filled world today!Okay,You guys take it easy!*WALKING OUT hollering and throwing up my hands **lol
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bigchassie
Comment: good morning my peeples!MDHORN>i was watching the pop culture tournament on VH1 last night. i gave myself a C+ last night. QUESTION YALL: okay, i have my birth certificate and my cousin is taking me to the post office to turn in my passport form. now do i bring in the orginal birth certificate or do i make a copy of it?
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MDhornet
Comment: Original. I caught a piece of the pop culture tournament. I sucked at that too.
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YLawdY
Comment: Original
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slenda
Comment: Good morning everyone.
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: MD-- if you forgot the name of the show, OF COURSE you would be horrible in remembering the next lines! CTFU Chassie>> Take EVERYTHING original (and have a couple of copies just in case). Its better to have too much than to wait in line (I waited almost 4 hours in Charlotte), only to find out you don't have everything... Shooo, next time Imma bring my momma AND the doctor who birthed me to prove myself to those folks! lol OK yall, just wanted to peek in. BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL--(flurkers, too)!
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Wait a minute-- before I go, am I the only one who is watching Making the Band 4?
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Caribbean_Queen
Comment: Mornin mi familia! It's nice to be in the U.S!
LawdHvMrcy, I caught an episode of MTB4 yesterday. Why did P-Diddy bring in the second group? What was wrong wiff da furst?
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MDhornet
Comment: Lawd, yep you're alone with that.
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Hey CQ-- are you still in Charlotte? Did you get married yet? Anyway, Diddy just wanted to switch it up a little bit-- keep those in the house on their toes. I think he did it with the other shows, too. He was speaking the truth when he said that there is always somebody wanting your spot... And that mantra applies to many things in life.
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: CTFU>> MD, I'll take something as mundane and senseless as MTB4 over those karaoke shows!CTFU A couple of those dudes are from Houston, so they talk about it on the radio sometimes.
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bigchassie
Comment: LAWDHAVMERC>WHAT?? FOUR HOURS!! Dang! okay, i'll bring the orginal then. was it crowded when you got yours? my goodness!
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flytetime
Comment: Hey LawdHv. Long time no hear from. Hope things are going well. I emailed you a while back but never heard from you. My message was probably quarantined or something.
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bigchassie
Comment: LAWDHAVMERC>LOL!! chile i know that's right! lol! bring ya mamma and the doctor! for real!! i wish i could do that.
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Flyte-- HEY NAMESAKE!!!!!! I hope all is well with you. I didn't see anything from you. Send me a quick note at bs11221972@yahoo.com so that I can follow up with you... TTYS Wait a minute, after I read that 'ttys', it looked kinda vulgar. It actually meant 'Talk To You Soon'
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Caribbean_Queen
Comment: Hey LawdHvMrcy, Right now I am in NY dealing with getting a new tenant for my house. Then imma head to Charlotte.
I have been in the caribbean for the past few months on a test drive to see if i can adjust to life there since that is where i will live with my hubby. It was not as bad as i feared (everyone kept sayin i would hate it cause i left when i was 10yrs old). So we found out that our love is strong, not just a vacation long distance romance, so i am picking up the wedding dress etc while in ny. Now that we will prolly (lol) do it in the caribbean, the dress i bought is not appropriate....since we wanted a winter wedding. Hopefully the store will allow me to exchange it since it is fully paid for and being held at the store for me.
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Chassie, you can have MY momma if you want. Just don't be trying to bring her back after she starts working on your nerves! Just kidding. I love my momma. From afar. lol Ok yall, I really gotta run this time. I'll check back at during lunchtime.
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MDhornet
Comment: MTB is such crap. Mainly because Diddy is full of crap.
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slenda
Comment: JK: Of Birds and Bees
Bird and Bees
A father asked his 10-year old son if he knew about the birds and the bees.
"I don't want to know," the boy said, bursting into tears. Promise me you won't tell me."
Confused, the father asked what was wrong.
The boy sobbed, "When I was six, I got the 'There's no Easter Bunny speech.' At seven, I got the 'There's no Tooth Fairy' speech. When I was eight, you Hit me with the 'There's no Santa' speech. If you're going to tell me that Grown-ups don't really get laid, I'll have nothing left to live for."
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Caribbean_Queen
Comment: For those who been on the board a long time, here is a flashback roll call for ya:
Nappy_Edges,Phillymom,Trini2,LA2ATL, Phillygirl109,2n2me,Teal,OSUN,niclethal,Jeny,Zydecodiv a,Debonaire,SpecialK,YlawdY,Stormymonday,LawdHvMercy,T azbaby,Letmein,Imjustasking,MM76,MsSuga,lilmocc,Jacque ,Positive,bigchassie,oldschoolbrother,Bootanebootus,ho neychile,fragrance,Priceless,Tenacious,RyTay27, KayWeezy, DEA, Pauly Pants, Tjthemilitant, Caribbean_Queen, Moodring100, lovinlife dayum, Beboyz , bighead2, sigmascribe,TheQuietGuy,SanDiego, MOTHERSHIP, Lizzie, naturalsista, RealGAPeach, gr8st8, MidwestMan1, My2Pennies, Sactown, OaktownDiva, ECRep, WhoStoleTheSoul, beautyb123, DarkChild, 10piece, TEECHINA, ProsperityJoy, Prubin40, Stephanie, AquaBoogie, SweetP, LastMinuteLagger, awareinga, ICUH8N, Solei, ProsperityJoy, FineBrown, Tazmania, phenomenal_woman2, shala, SweetieDarlin, SYRPIPC, realuvbaby, mickipoo, star, Ilikeplumprumps, SweetieDarlin, Grace, melonseed , mickidee, MiMiLove, alexillytom, PhillyCheeseSteak
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bigchassie
Comment: *comming in like Robby the Robot* WARNING!WARNING!WARNING WILL ROBINSON!!! ANDRE LEON TALLEY MUST BE STOPPED!!!...NOW!...FOREVER!! please comrades! go to the YBF.Blogspot and you will see what i mean. talk about a H.G.M. he needs to be eliminated! Jennifer Hudson needs to run away quickly! Now! Forever! MOMMY! MAKE HIM STOP!!!
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Lawdhv, I'm watching Making the Band and I love it.
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Mornin' y'allz! Damn, Carib Queen, a throwback to the days when we used to have conversations up in this piece! Where the hell is Sistah?? I watch Makin' the Band 4. I be rollin' how Diddy sets up his entrances each time he comes into the house to visit the fellas. I mean, it's nothing short of a coronation!! Diddy brought the 2nd group of guys to keep the new guys on their toes, and for them to fight to keep their beds. I know one thing, on Hells Kitchen, those incompetents ar going to give the Chef a stroke!!
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: Goodmorning to the family out there! How is everyone? >>>>YELLEY,MDHORNET: did y'all hear Rev. Motown and Deacon Def Jam this morning? I had another eyelash moment. And it wasn't the time 'cause it's too damn hot and humid to be cracking up and applying at the same time. Tears and sweat don't mix! Even Shirley said she had to leave the booth. And then the Strawberry Letter about the 12 year old whose moother took her for an abortion after becoming pregnated by her father. She told her friend and swore her to secrecy. Her friend's mom figured something wrong and approched the child. She wanted to know if she should tell someone in authority because the girl is regressing and one time urinated in class. The mother doesn't speak to the little girl as if it's her fault. It happens so many times, sad to say. So many that we don't know of.
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: Listening to HARVEY lEVINSON vs. SHARPTON last night, I didn't know "ho" was an 'american' speak. This is how he justified describing Bey's outfit as "robo-ho".
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OSUN
Comment: good Morning. Blackdiamond we just got the Steve Harvey show this Monday. I turned on the radio expecting to hear the Doug Banks show, but I hear Steve. I like it. More grown up. Fortunately I missed that letter, b/c it would have caused me to have a wreck. I think the woman should alert the authorities and both the mama and daddy need to go to jail. I wish I knew the young girl, she could come stay with me. I would personally kill that daddy with no reservations.
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YLawdY
Comment: Tameka Foster and Usher are all set to get married in the Hamptons by the end of the month. Via NY Post:
USHER’S walk down the aisle with his pregnant stylist-turned-fiancée, Tameka Foster, is going to happen soon. We hear they plan to wed at a private house in the Hamptons by the end of this month, not in the fall as they’ve said in the past. “They want to get married before she gives birth,” our source said. A rep for Usher didn’t return calls.
Poor thang, he is marrying someone who could be mistaken as his security guard and mother, all in one.
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TAZBABY
Comment: Good Morning Family! Hope all is well on this wonderful Hump day! CQ why you go and leave my name off, I have been on the board for a trillion years LOL :O) well it seems like it anyway. I remember so many of those names that don't show up anymore.
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YLawdY
Comment: The NAACP is holding their 98th annual convention this week and NAACP Chairman Julian Bond took the time to ride against Jay-Z yesterday:
“I heard somebody say that when Jay-Z talks about ho’s, he gets a gold record. When Don Imus talks about ho’s, he gets fired. We believe in equal justice and equal justice for everyone.”
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flytetime
Comment: Mothership, thought about you recently regarding Charleston and the Gullah people. I'm trying to come up with a topic for a paper to present at a conference in Charleston next year concerning the bicentennial of the abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade in the US. Should be a very interesting conference.
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Caribbean_Queen
Comment: MOTHERSHIP, remember da good ol days? yep, good times, good times. Not that things aren't good now, but things sure do change, I wonder where some of those F4all family members are?
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naturalsista
Comment: God gave Black people 500 billion talents.
He gave Hispanic people 35 billion talents.
He gave Asian people 225 billion talents.
He left us alone for one year, and then returned to see what we had done with our talents.
God asked the Asian people, 'What have you done with your resources.
'The Asians replied, 'We created many businesses and purchased many franchises. We used our resources to assist our families and our Asian friends, helping them to get into business as well.'
The Asians continued, 'Lord, we knew that with 225 billion talents we could generate even more talents by pooling what we had and working together toward a common economic goal. We have doubled the amount you awarded us. We now have 550 billion talents. And to top it all off, our restaurants are going strong; everybody loves our food!'
The Lord said, 'Well done, my good and faithful servants. I will make you rulers over many things.'
God then asked the Hispanic people what they had done with their inheritance.
They gleefully replied, 'Lord, You are really going to be proud of us. Upon receipt of our talents, we went to work right away and formed our own bank. We have one in Florida that ranks among the largest in all the land. And you know what else?
The interest we are making, will more than double the amount of talents You gave us.'
As God nodded approvingly, the Hispanic people couldn't wait to continue.
'We opened fast food shops and sidewalk stands.
We sold fruit, enchiladas, and tacos.
We supported Hispanic doctors, lawyers, accountants, and all the
Hispanic businesses we could find.
If a certain business did not exist in our community, we pooled our resources and started new ones.
We have done very well, Lord, especially considering the short time we have been in this land.'
And God said, 'Well done, my good and faithful servants. I will make you rulers over many things.'
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naturalsista
Comment: Since God had given the most talents to His chosen people - Black people, He couldn't wait to hear what they had done with their 500 billion talents.
Like a doting father, He proudly asked them, 'What have you done with your inheritance?'
After turning their music down in order to hear what God was saying, the Black people waved their hands in the air (like they just didn't care) and shouted, 'Lord, we just threw the party of the century, and it was all good!
Look at those bad rides parked outside...
We bought them from the German people and the Japanese people.
Wouldn't You agree, Lord, that we did good deeds by helping to make them wealthy?'
Even God looked perplexed. He asked if there was anything else the Black people wanted to report.
'Oh yeah' You haven't heard the half of it, Lord. We're the most charitable people on earth.
We spent 95% of all You gave us with businesses other than our own.
We helped everyone. We didn't discriminate and we didn't playa-hate.'
Then one of the Black leaders spoke up. 'You know how we like nice clothes, Lord. So, after the party, we went out and bought all of the latest styles with all of the right labels. You know what I'm saying? We just had to have it; we couldn't wait. Check us out.'
Now, the Lord was quite concerned about His people, and their attitude regarding their talents...
Continuing to probe, and expecting to hear something that would make Him proud, God pleaded, 'Surely you have done something with your inheritance to generate more talents for yourselves?'
The Black people looked around at one another, and one of their 'leaders' stepped forward to sum things up.
'Lord we have the finest cars, we eat and drink only top shelf, and we meet in only the most elaborate hotels. Our children have several pairs of the latest gym shoes, we make the Baddest videos and we can throw down -- I mean dance -- with the best of them.
Even better than that, we have good jobs to earn back our 500 billion talents next year, so we will again be able to help all the other inhabitants of this land.'
Sadly, God looked at His people and said, 'With what you have done with your talents, you may as well have buried them in the ground. Because of your slothfulness and lack of good stewardship, I will give your future talents to those who have the least. You have gravely disappointed me by not adhering to one of my most important admonishments: To whom much is given, much is expected.'
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Caribbean_Queen
Comment: TAZBABY, my bad!
Actually after I post it I noticed a few names missing. my bad!
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Name:
GHank
Comment: For those who are interested, the documentary, "Revolution 67" came on PBS last night. If you want to read more about the events of the 1967 Newark Rebellion, go to www.nj.com. The song of the day was inspired by the documentary.
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OSUN
Comment: has anyone tried dual cleanse from the informercial.
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amethyst
Comment: Good morn-ting. Made it to hump day; two more days before vacation. GHANK, I definitely have the Inner City Blues. One of Atlanta's finest residents busted out my car window this past weekend. The only thing taken was my Bible. Perhaps he/she will read the part that says "Thou shalt not steal". It was in a Bible cover, so the crook probably thought it was a CD case or purse. Lesson learned: I won't ever leave anything in the car again.
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yelleyw
Comment: Morning All! BLACKDIA>> No I missed it this mornig dangit. I was running late. RE: MAKING THE BAND 4 I'm watching it just because not much else is on anyway. Diddy was shady bringing in 11 more guys instead of 4 to audition. Doesn't matter regardless NONE of them are gonna have a career being on Bad Boys label. I think next week is the blow up where he throws the chair at Laurie Ann "allegedly". I hear she is tryin to get her own show for her singing career or something. I like her but a singing career? She needs to stick with the Boom-Boom Kats. Anyone watch Big Brother last nite?
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amethyst
Comment: Big Chassie - Don't forget to take your passport photos with you, also. You can take them at Walgreens, CVS or at the post office when you get there. Call ahead, I had to go to two post offices and two drugstores before I found one with a working camera. Talk about aggravation! Still cracking up about LawdHvMrcy taking her mama and the doctor with her.
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OSUN
Comment: Amethyst I am so sorry that you were robbed. I think theifs are one of the worst. You work hard for your stuff so that his/her lazy azz can just come take it. But I am sorry I chuckled at little bit envisioning that person grabbing what they thought were Cds and after fleeing the scene examining his booty only to learn he stole a bible. Heeelarious. I wonder if he was moved to go to bible study today.
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YLawdY
Comment: TAZ...put on your reading glasses. You were in the shoutout after cuzzin Lawd.
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Hey, Flyte, that's a good piece. Try tying that in with the Reconstructionist period. You'd have hella conference with that one! Carib Queen, I speak with some of the past members. They said they don't have time for the foolishness! Naturalsista! Whaddup girl?
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arkansasgirl
Comment: blackdiamond, I was flipping through channels and say Sharpton on Hannity and Colmes on the Fox News Channel. I only caught the tail end when one of the reporters told Sharpton "well I'm on my way to find some robohos" and then giggled. Boy I thought Sharpton was going to jump through the camera at ole boy.
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: GHank, also, on OVATION - they're doing pieces on Revolutinaries. They did Paul Robeson last night. Paul was the one who actually started the Civil Rights movement. He refused to bend or break.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: LONDON, England (AP) -- Female genital mutilation, commonly associated with parts of Africa and the Middle East, is becoming a growing problem in Britain despite authorities' efforts to stamp it out.
The Metropolitan Police, Britain's largest police force, hopes a campaign beginning Wednesday will highlight that the practice is a crime here.
To make their point, police are offering a 20,000-pound (euro29,500; US$40,000) reward for information leading to Britain's first prosecution for female genital mutilation, Detective Chief Superintendent Alastair Jeffrey said.
In Britain, the problem mostly involves first-generation immigrants from Africa and the Middle East.
Police say they do not have comprehensive statistics about the number of victims. But midwife Comfort Momoh, who specializes in treating them at London hospitals and clinics and who works with police, told the news conference she treats 400-500 victims every year.
Arranging or carrying out the procedure -- in Britain or abroad -- is a criminal offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison, but no one has been prosecuted since it was banned under British law in 2003, Jeffrey said. Police estimate up to 66,000 girls in Britain face the risk of genital mutilation.
"The timing of this campaign is for one good reason: so we can get in before the summer holidays, a time when young girls are taken abroad and subjected to genital mutilation," he told a news conference on Tuesday.
Mutilated infants, girls and women face irreversible lifelong health risks -- both physically and mentally, according to UNICEF and other charity groups.
Authorities believe the number of genital mutilation cases peaks in the summer, because the extended holiday gives girls more time to recover -- thereby making it easier for those responsible to cover up their actions.
Female genital mutilation usually involves the removal of the clitoris and other parts of female genitalia. Those who practice it say it tames a girl's sexual desire and maintains her honor.
It is practiced by Muslims and Christians alike, deeply rooted in the Nile Valley region and parts of sub-Saharan African, and is also done in Yemen and Oman. Through migration, the practice has spread to Western countries like Britain.
Between 100 million and 140 million women are believed to have been subjected to the practice in Africa and an additional 3 million girls face the threat of female genital mutilation every year, according to UNICEF.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: His salary, though, could take a team out of the potential sweepstakes after the 2009-10 season when LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade can become free agents.
Sure, there have been troubled players who have succeeded, like Rasheed Wallace with the Pistons and Dennis Rodman with the Bulls.
But this, according to newspaper reports over the years, is what you also get with Randolph:
•1995. Thirty days in juvenile detention for shoplifting.
•High school years: Thirty days of house arrest for battery.
•Thirty days in juvenile detention for receiving stolen property, a gun.
•2002. Underage drinking arrest in Marion, Ind., his hometown.
•2003. Team suspension by the Trail Blazers for sucker-punching teammate Ruben Patterson in practice and breaking his eye socket.
•2003. Arrested in Portland for driving under the influence of intoxicants and marijuana.
•2004. Accused by police of lying in an investigation of his brother shooting three men in an Indiana nightclub.
•2006. Suspended by the Trail Blazers for making obscene gestures to fans after a game in Indiana.
•2006. Sued by a Portland woman for sexual %*$ault, though prosecutors didn't file criminal charges.
•2007. Left a strip club without paying the bill while he was on bereavement leave from the team and missed three games after the death of his girlfriend's cousin.
•2007. Earlier this month, police were called to the parking lot of a strip club where Randolph and teammate Darius Miles were part of a gathering and a gunshot was fired.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: So now Julian Bond wants to go against every rapper? Interesting.
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arkansasgirl
Comment: naturalsista, that is so true. I was watching something on CNN about black hair care. Do you know we spend more on hair care than anyone else....10 to 1. I think it was $10 billion a year. But what I found amazing is the majority companies that started out black-owned are now owned by white companies. There are only a few black-owned hair care companies. Basically the woman said we are being exploited by other cultures b/c most hair care stores are owned by asians. When need to stop selling our sh^t. Just a little fact: 80 percent of black companies formed in America since 1950 that became major movers sell out to white companies.
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TAZBABY
Comment: Thanks CQ.....Aah YLawdy I's getting old, I see it now the T is on on line and azbaby is on the other. *Big Wide Grin*
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: Scholarship offers were on the table from Valparaiso and other mid-major basketball programs, but Jeff Jordan had his eye on Illinois even before coach Bruce Weber expressed much interest in his athletic talent.
The university fit his academic needs. He had friends from high school heading to Champaign. And tuition probably wasn't going to be a problem.
"I was going to come mostly for academic reasons," he said, "and I wasn't interested in playing at first."
When Weber came around, the kid from Chicago jumped at the chance to become one of hundreds of players who will serve supposedly in obscurity — as walk-ons for Division I basketball programs next season.
The difference is that Jordan could become the country's most celebrated walk-on. News of his decision to attend Illinois and enroll this summer was published in Sports Illustrated and newspapers across Canada and was circulated worldwide by The Associated Press.
That kind of publicity comes with the territory when your father, whose first name is Michael, is regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time and was once estimated by Fortune magazine to have boosted the U.S. economy by $10 billion.
In time, Jeff Jordan's name might have as great an impact on Illinois as his skills.
"We've received very positive publicity and feedback," Weber said. "Hopefully he can have some success, and then when you have Michael's name attached ... I hope it ends up being a positive thing for him and for us."
At Valparaiso, Jordan immediately would have fit into the rotation as a freshman, said recruiting analyst Dave Telep of Scout.com. At Illinois, his role will be more tenuous.
He is taking two summer classes and spends many afternoons playing pick-up games with his future teammates. Although a walk-on, Jordan has "preferred" status, meaning he won't have to try out for the team.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: His playing time could be limited in the winter, but his presence might have a quick impact, Telep said.
"The biggest thing to come out of his commitment is from a recruiting perspective," he said. "Bruce has the ability to walk into someone's living room and explain that the greatest player on the planet entrusted him to advancing his son's career as a basketball player. I would think that can be a significant part of the conversation."
Jeff Jordan averaged 15 points as a senior at Loyola Academy and was named the Chicago Catholic League's MVP. He played on the team with his brother, Marcus, who will be a junior next season and is considered a better prospect.
Besides handling his psychology major with a minor in business, Jeff Jordan believes he can handle major college basketball. Many analysts have noted his recent improvement, but being stuck at 6 feet 1 inch won't help.
These days he's adjusting to more than the level of talent. Leaving Chicago has not helped ease the level of attention that he garnered at Loyola Academy.
"It's kind of the same because a lot of people here know who I am already," Jordan said. "It's probably more hectic because I don't have parents here to deflect it away. But I'm used to it. Being at Bulls games when I was young, I saw how my dad got mauled. Once my parents saw how the media was approaching me in high school, they gave me tips on how to deal with things."
Jeff Jordan does his best to discourage comparisons to his father. He wore No. 32 in high school, not because it transposed dad's No. 23 but because it was "the only choice I had left.' He opted for No. 13 at Illinois to honor his mother's birthday of June 13.
"He's out to prove to people he's been more than a kid with a last name," said Patrick Mahoney, athletics director at Loyola Academy. "He's more than Michael Jordan's son."
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: But it will be hard to separate himself if his father starts showing up for games at %*$embly Hall as he did regularly for Jeff's high school games.
Mahoney said the elder Jordan attended eight or nine home games a season.
"He has his own security people, and they worked with us," Mahoney said. "Sometimes we roped off a section, but he didn't want the attention. He liked the front row of the bleachers in a corner. He wanted to fit in with little distraction."
Loyola benefited from the Jordan effect. Jeff signed his first autograph in the eighth grade, and the spotlight has persisted. The school had six games televised, including one by ESPN, during his tenure on the team.
He has been around his father's business ventures his entire life, visiting the Nike corporate headquarters in Oregon and studying the operation. He would seem a potential bonanza for the Illinois sports marketing minds, but Jordan said he would be uncomfortable being publicized with his current status.
"They haven't approached me about it, but I'm sure it will arise in the future," he said. "I'll take it as it comes. It would depend on what they asked me to do. I don't want to overshadow the players if I'm not getting time. But if I'm playing and they feel I'm marketable, it's something I'd like to do."
Analysts agree that a school like Valparaiso in a mid-major conference would have enjoyed greater benefits from having Jordan on its roster.
Illinois already has numerous games televised each season. And the Illini have sold out every game in recent years, so his presence won't necessarily sell tickets.
But few deny that he'll be good for the program.
"I don't see how it would hurt a program to align itself with Michael Jordan," said national analyst Jerry Meyer of Rivals.com. "It's sort of a no-brainer. ... All great people, great programs, great corporations want to surround themselves with greatness."
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TAZBABY
Comment: Kool & the Gang says there's no age limit on cool- NEW YORK (Reuters) - In trademark shades and wide-collared open shirts, Kool & The Gang claim there is no age limit to being cool as the group returns with a new CD, its first studio album in 10 years.
Formed in New Jersey in 1964, the group has gone through several musical phases over the years, ranging from jazz to rhythm and blues, funk and disco. "Still Kool," from Universal's New Door Records, hit stores Tuesday (July 10).
Two of the four original band members, Robert "Kool" Bell, 56, and his 55-year-old brother Ronald (also known by his Muslim name, Khalis Bayyan), said the group has moved on since its 1980s hits like "Joanna," "Celebration," "Get Down On It" and "Jungle Boogie."
After falling off the public radar in the 1990s, the group is hoping a new generation of young musicians that has joined the band's 12-man lineup -- including Robert Bell's son Hakim and 23-year-old singer Jirmad Gordon -- will bring the group new success.
They spoke to Reuters about their long career and staying cool.
Q: Why a 10-year gap in albums?
A: RONALD - "The inspiration comes when it does. We've been touring and thinking about this, but you have to wait until the inspiration comes, and then comes the opportunities. The content, some of it, is very timely to the situation that is going on the world."
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khufu
Comment: LOL Beautiful Natural Sistah...unfortunately....these folks here are not Asian and not Hispanic.......LOL
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TAZBABY
Comment: Q: Is it hard to get known for new work, not just the old hits?
A: RONALD - "We have a couple of younger people in the band. We wanted to broaden our audience. People do get surprised as they expect us to be a dance band, but we are more than just that. If you follow the history of Kool & the Gang, we were an instrumental band, but when disco came along we needed to switch to that kind of music to stay involved and current. We did a rap album, but I don't think people want to hear their fathers rapping."
ROBERT - "We constantly have our ears on what is going on. We tour a lot, and we travel everywhere from Moscow to Australia. There is a lot of inspiration that comes from that and keeps us going. We have young guys in the band with new ideas."
Q: Is it hard to stay true to your name -- cool?
A: RONALD - "Everyone always want to be cool even when it is hot. Everyone loves those cool shades and everyone want to be cool. It is something of destiny. We picked a perfect name for it -- Kool was my brother's nickname -- and I think that helps. We try to stay level-headed."
ROBERT - "Cool is fashion. Cool is what is happening and what is hip. I think cool will be around when we are long gone. People who are 75 and 80 years old can still be cool, there is no limit to being cool."
Q: You've introduce a new generation to the band. Is this part of a handover plan?
A: ROBERT - "That could be part of the plan. We have our own record label now and the brand is there."
Q: But not thinking of retiring just yet?
A: RONALD - "We are not over yet, we have other things we want to do -- radio, TV shows and movies. When my legs won't run to those airports anymore, then I might give up."
ROBERT - "We have a few more years yet. I always say that Mick Jagger is about 65 right now, and he is still rock 'n' rolling."
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khufu
Comment: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1 1608140.....Eddie Levert on Fatherhood, Loss
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musbdherbs
Comment: AL and Harvey roboho debate: http://www.foxnews.com/hannityandcolmes/index.html
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moodring100
Comment: GOOD MORNING!Hey Caribbean Queen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SpecialK
Comment: CQ: Damn that flashback roll call brings back some good memories. I remember being on my other job and people would always ask me what I was laughing at. That was the reason I came to work most days. LOL!! blackdiamond: I heard Steve Harvey and all I can say is he is a fool! LOL! The character name Roscoe had me rolling this morning as I sat in traffic for over an hour. LOL!! I was kinda mad when they took of the morning show team on WHUR in DC and replaced it with Steve but now, I'm hooked!!
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khufu
Comment: NATSISTA...and the white folks werent given any....so they stole them from Africans, Hispanics and Asians......and God said, "Where did YOU people come from?"
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LA2ATL
Comment: Good morning everyone . . . Carrib Queen, how the heck you keep track of all of those names? You are bad. . .I can't 'member yesterday. . .
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khufu
Comment: BIGCHASSIE if youve never been to Bermuda--go. And another place to go to first: The Dominican Republic!
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YLawdY
Comment: khufu ....I am too Asian and Hispanic.
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YLawdY
Comment: LA2ATL ....it's called cut and paste. lol
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MOTHERSHIP
Comment: Y'all want to somethin' to laugh at and about, peep Langston Hughes's Jesse B. Semple series. Everytime I read one of those in the series it's appropo to today and he'll have your sides splittin'!
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YLawdY
Comment: July 10, 2007. A few months ago Wesley Snipes surrendered to authorities charging him with federal tax evasion. But it now looks like he may have more trouble ahead of him than just the law.
One of Wesley's pals reached out to MediaTakeOut.com with concerns that the Blade star may be on the verge of harming himself. The friend, who's known Wesley for many years, claims that Snipes has been acting strangely lately - and the behavior is worrisome.
The pal told MediaTakeOut.com, "Wesley has been really depressed over the [tax evasion] case. I've never seen him this way." The concerned friend added, "One time when we were talking about one thing or another and, all of a sudden, he started talking about prison. What struck me about the conversation was that he said something to the effect of 'I can't go to jail if I'm not alive' ... It's that kind of talk that frightens me."
And there's more. Wesley's buddy claims that a few weeks ago, the actor spent days hauled up in a hotel room - all by himself. The friend explained to MediaTakeOut.com, "He claimed he was meditating in there, but no one meditates for days. His wife is worried, his friends are worried, and I really want him to get some help."
Wesley Snipes is scheduled to stand trial for tax evasion charges this fall. If convicted he faces up to 16 years in prison.
Developing...
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GHank
Comment: Talk about revolutionaries, check out a guy by the name of Vernon Johns. They did a TV movie after him.
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YLawdY
Comment: MO'Kelly.....need to do another piece about him. Give him something to live for.
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moodring100
Comment: Black>i heard the Strawberry letter this morning, very sickening
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bigchassie
Comment: KHUFU>OOh i know that's right! i would love to go to Burmuda. wanna come with me and eat my stawberries? it's sweet and ripe! lol! *batting eyes*
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YLawdY
Comment: Is Ne-Yo nervous about Karrine Steffans? Not really.
At the Essence Music Festival on Saturday, the singer/songwriter shrugged off any romantic affiliation with the infamous model-turned-author, who is planning a second book, "The Vixen Diaries." Last week we reported that Steffans told King magazine about a night in which Ne-Yo rubbed and bit her feet before telling her, "I don't care what happened before, but your life didn't start until the day you met me, and no matter what happens if we just stay friends, we end up together, it doesn't matter" (see "Ne-Yo And Lil Wayne, Look Out — Video Vixen Karrine Steffans Ready To Kiss And Tell Again").
Ne-Yo told the media backstage at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans that there was no validity to her claims.
"You know what, when the whole gay rumor [surfaced,] people were telling me, 'You're nobody till they think you're gay,' " he began, explaining another rumor that he subsequently denied. "I'm adding this to that. Now that Karrine Steffans has claimed me, I guess I've officially arrived. I've made the second book, cool."
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Caribbean_Queen
Comment: lol at T azbaby, Hey there moodring! Special K, I still read and laugh...you guys are a trip! LA2ATL, I have a brain that memorizes so many things. Everyone is the family calls me for random phone numbers and for some reason they are stored in my brain...(p.s I loved school). This is like being in class, some of y'all can remember most of the kids that were in your class growing up...or at least those in your neighborhood or block i bet.
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bigchassie
Comment: AMETHEST>well whoever done it probally needed the Lord very badly. so they will surely get an eyefull when they see what they stolen. There is a CVS around the corner from where i live that takes passport pics so i'll go there.
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bigchassie
Comment: LA2ATL>*cybersisterhug*HEYY SWEETIE!!
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YLawdY
Comment: Rapper Busta Rhymes once proposed to Hot-97 FM radio host Tarsha Jones in the sack.
"With Busta, it was only sex," Jones writes in her tell-all "Have You Met Miss Jones? The Life and Loves of Radio's Most Controversial Diva" (Ballantine). "I learned not to trust a proposal of marriage made in bed."
The rapper gets one great big compliment in the motor-mouthed memoir. "Busta was as gentle as he could be, because he was packing," Jones writes. "Busta's lovemaking was not for the timid or faint of heart."
But, Jones adds, "The fact that our lovemaking never lasted too long didn't bother me, because I didn't enjoy his drops of sweat raining down on me."
Afterward, "Busta would stroll around the apartment butt-naked, then shower and go into the kitchen and fry an egg sandwich - for himself. I guess I should be grateful. It's not like he didn't offer me a bite." Of the sandwich.
Jones goes on to call Beyoncé "barrel-a-d" and says her "acting leaves something to be desired." She then claims that when she first met Beyoncé's fiancé, Jay-Z, "he turns and stares at my %*$" and made a sexual remark.
There's plenty of drama, too. When Jones lived in the same apartment building as the Notorious B.I.G., his lover Lil' Kim begged Jones to let her in to confront the rapper's wife, Faith Evans, she claims.
When Russell Simmons comes on her radio show, she writes, "he launches into a blistering 10-minute promotion of 26 products he's created in the last two days."
Rival deejay Wendy Williams is, of course, not spared. "After all of her years in radio, [she] has not elevated above curb level in terms of paving the way for other women in radio. Disappointing."
And when Mary J. Blige fell onstage during Hot-97's Summer Jam last year, Jones was glad, because Blige forgot to thank her at the mike. "Karma is a %*$!(," Jones writes in the book, which she'll sign at Borders on Columbus Circle next Wednesday night.
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YLawdY
Comment: Los Angeles, California) For the first time the leading candidates for the presidency will hold a televised debate devoted solely to LGBT issues. The one-hour event will be held on August 9 and broadcast on gay network LOGO at 9:00 pm ET (6:00 pm PT) and through live streaming video at LOGOonline.com. Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards and Chris Dodd have confirmed they will participate. Several other Democratic candidates also may join the debate. The debate will be conducted with a live audience in Los Angeles. On the panel questioning the two Democrats will be Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese and singer Melissa Etheridge. The debate was put together by LOGO and HRC.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: Apple Inc. may introduce a model of its iPhone this year that is 50 percent cheaper than the handsets that went on sale in the U.S. last month, JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Kevin Chang said.
The new model, based on Apple's thin iPod Nano, may cost less than $300, Chang said today by telephone from Taipei, citing a patent Apple filed in the U.S. and components suppliers he declined to identify. Apple began sales of two iPhone models priced at $499 and $599 on June 29.
A lower-priced iPhone may win customers away from rivals Nokia Oyj and Motorola Inc., with Chang estimating Apple may ship as many as 40 million units of the new handset in the fiscal year ending September 2008. Cupertino, California-based Apple will probably sell the new phone with several wireless carriers, unlike the five-year exclusive agreement it has with AT&T Inc. for the current iPhone, Chang said.
"We'll see this new iPhone having a noticeable impact on the handset market," Chang said. The new model may be introduced as early as the fourth quarter, he said.
Jill Tan, a Hong Kong-based spokeswoman for Apple, declined to comment on the report.
JPMorgan analyst Bill Shope in New York, who covers Apple, cautioned investors about Chang's predictions.
"The potential for a low-end, subsidized phone from Apple seems unlikely in the near term," Shope wrote in a separate report today. "Perhaps Apple will choose to eventually replace its iPod family with phones over time, but it could be premature to assume this will happen in volume any time soon."
Apple may release the next version of the iPhone in the first half of next year, Shope said. It will still be "high- priced" and support so-called third-generation networks for connecting to the Internet at faster speeds.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Wayans brothers could soon be headed back to the bargaining table to build a movie studio and theme park after an earlier agreement with the city ended with little progress on the project.
An Oakland City Council committee planned Tuesday to consider an exclusive four-month negotiating agreement with a team led by Keenen Ivory Wayans to develop 70 acres on a run-down former Army base.
An earlier 18-month agreement with brothers Keenen Ivory, Damon, Shawn and Marlon Wayans expired in May after the team failed to meet most deadlines. City officials said the new agreement will require the developers to meet a series of tight deadlines to ensure the project moves forward.
"The biggest concern I have is that it's been a couple of years now," City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente said. "The longer we take, the longer we don't have jobs or tax revenues for the city."
Keenen Ivory Wayans met with Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums last month to pitch the project, which would include a movie production studio, business park, retail village and luxury hotel. Developers said it would create more than 1,500 jobs in one of the city's poorest neighborhoods.
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naturalsista
Comment: GHanks - I saw the movie with James Earl Jones and Mary Alice several years ago. Very good movie. Vernon Johns is considered the father of the Civil Rights movement and he was the pastor at Dexter Ave Church before Dr. King. He tried to get the people to do for themselves. The scene in the cafe where he demanded to be served his sandwich and drink was priceless.
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bigchassie
Comment: YLAWDY>dayum! the music biz is ruthless!
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arkansasgirl
Comment: No James "JT" Taylor. I always thought he was nice to the eyes.
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naturalsista
Comment: are people so hungry for money that they have no self-respect? what is up with all these so-called 'tell all' books.
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khufu
Comment: BIGCHASSIE no, but thanks.. used to live there...too many strawberries eaten there already LOL
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HoneyMack
Comment: Lawdhv, I'm watching MTB4, my homeboy Devin made it into the house on this past episode w/his cute young self!!
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: Flytetime>>>Ever since I saw the movie with Angelina J's father (can't think of his name and I like him) where he played the teacher sent to the island to teach the children who had never been to the mainland, I've been interested in the history there. I still read articles when I can.>>>>>AKG>>>>>Believe me, Sharpton did want to bust azz.>>>OSUN>>>Steve ended the show regarding the little girl's plight. He was messed up overr the letter. They are going to try and find out what town the girl lives in and contact authorities to intervene. He said his Cleveland boys can take care of moms and pops. He was being funny , but NOT funny at the same time.
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YLawdY
Comment: Jon Voight
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: ATLANTA - A state lawmaker on Tuesday asked the Georgia attorney general to investigate a prosecutor's release of an amateur video showing a man who has spent years in prison for child molestation having consensual sex with two teenage girls.
Some say the tape is child pornography, while others contend the faces of the girls should have been blocked out to protect their privacy.
State Sen. Emanuel Jones, a Democrat, called it "an absolute and utter disgrace" that the tape was being distributed and asked Attorney General Thurbert Baker to investigate.
Jones' request had been received, a spokesman for Baker said, declining to comment further.
Douglas County District Attorney David McDade contends that under the state's open records law he had no choice but to release the tape, because it was used as evidence in the trial against Genarlow Wilson, who was 17 when it was made. He provided a July 5 letter from the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia backing up his claim.
"The law is very clear," McDade said Tuesday.
McDade said his office gave copies of the tape to some 35 parties that requested it, including The Associated Press, which received the tape late last month after making an open records request. Seven state lawmakers, several members of the public and numerous members of the media also received the tape.
Jones said he never asked for or received the video.
The video shows a 2003 New Year's Eve Party at a hotel room. On it, Wilson can be seen receiving oral sex from a 15-year-old girl and having intercourse with a 17-year-old girl.
The tape helped put Wilson behind bars, where he is serving a mandatory 10-year sentence on a charge of aggravated child molestation. Although the oral sex with the 15-year-old was consensual, it was a felony under Georgia law at the time. The law has since been changed. Wilson was acquitted of raping the 17-year-old.
Portions of the videotape, made by another male partygoer, have been played on television news shows. And it surfaced at the state Capitol during the legislative session this year as the lawmakers considered a bill that would have helped Wilson.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: State Senate President pro tem Eric Johnson was one of the lawmakers who viewed the tape and emerged as a staunch opponent of Wilson's release after doing so.
"It kind of makes your skin crawl," Johnson said. "Watching it changed my mind."
Karen Baynes, a former juvenile court judge who oversees the child and family policy initiative at the University of Georgia's Carl Vinson Institute of Government, said the distribution could "re-victimize" the girls depicted in the tape all over again.
"It concerns me greatly, both for the precedent it sets and for the girls involved," Baynes said.
Although the law may permit McDade to release the tape, it is still a crime in some cases to possess it, said Karen Worthington, interim director of Emory University's Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory Law School.
"I think the law is clear that it is a violation of the Georgia statute," Worthington said.
Georgia law makes it a crime to possess or distribute child pornography unless there is a legitimate medical, scientific or educational purpose.
Whether news reporters or average citizens fall under that protective shield is unclear, Worthington said.
Georgia's top court is set to hear an appeal in the Wilson case July 20. A Monroe County judge last month called Wilson's sentence "a grave miscarriage of justice" and ordered him released. Baker appealed, arguing the decision could free some 1,300 child molesters in Georgia prisons.
The Georgia Supreme Court rejected an earlier appeal from Wilson, saying that although the law Wilson was convicted under had been changed, it could not be applied retroactively.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: After 10 years of marriage, Arthur Friedman told his wife they needed to spice things up a bit -- that their sex life was too boring, she said.
The Northbrook man wanted to begin having sex with other couples and wanted to watch his wife, Natalie, have sex with other men and women, she said.
But along the way, Natalie Friedman, 35, wound up falling for one of the men she had sex with in her effort to please her husband, also 35.
Arthur Friedman decided that was crossing the line.
Friedman sued German Blinov under the state's alienation-of-affection law, claiming the Glenview man stole his wife's love away.
Illinois is one of only eight states where such a case can still be filed. They are rarely filed, and when they are, they are usually thrown out.
But last week, a Cook County jury heard Friedman's case and awarded him $4,802.87, derived from a formula that considered, in part, her contributions to the household for a period of time. The Friedmans are divorcing. German and his wife, Inessa, have divorced.
'This is stupid'
"This guy ruined my life -- he backstabbed me," Friedman said in an interview. "What he did was wrong. And I did what I had to do to get my point across."
Arthur Friedman denies he had sex with anyone else, though Natalie Friedman described their trysts in detail -- including four-way sex in a hot tub with Blinov and another woman.
"That's what he said would keep our marriage going," she said in an interview. "That was exciting to him. Then he cries about losing his love? When I'm having sex with another person?"
Blinov doesn't deny having a relationship with Natalie while she was married but was stunned to learn he could be sued for doing that.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: Natalie Friedman, meanwhile, says it wasn't Blinov who caused her to stop loving her husband -- it was Arthur Friedman himself and the humiliating things he made her do in the name of love.
"German was not the cause of this," she said. "I stopped loving Arthur. He made me do all these things. How could he say he loved me? If he'd been such a great husband, wouldn't he protect me instead of making me do these things?"
But Friedman convinced jurors Blinov was the cause, though jury foreman Eric Heisig, of Palatine, said "way more than once," the jurors said "this is stupid."
"The statute is ridiculous," he said.
'Never about the money'
Katharine K. Baker, an associate dean at Chicago Kent School of Law who has written extensively about family law, said few states allow these cases because the laws they're based on are archaic.
But even where it's allowed, they're rare because "they assume the main focus of the suit has no decision-making ability. And that's pretty insulting."
Friedman had to prove there was love between him and his wife until Blinov took it away.
Yet even his own attorney, David Shults, conceded "it's kind of remarkable" that the case wasn't thrown out earlier, as most are.
"Oftentimes, it's both people's fault when there's a breakdown in a marriage," Shults said. "There often isn't that one catalyst that we had here."
Blinov was no catalyst, said his attorney, Enrico Mirabelli, and "this type of lawsuit is not designed to be a vehicle for vengeance or vindication. Sadly, in this case, it was used for both."
But Arthur Friedman said he had no idea his wife was unhappy in their relationship. And when Natalie began working out at the gym owned by Blinov and his now-ex-wife, Arthur says they all quickly became friends.
"German was not a pirate of her affections," Mirabelli countered. "Her affections were already adrift."
Jurors disagreed, even though Heisig said many of them wanted to give Arthur Friedman nothing -- or just $17.20, the amount they got for each day served.
"This case was never about the money," said another of his attorneys, David Nemeroff. "This was about vindicating Arthur for what German did to him and to his family."
But Natalie Friedman said hearing dollar values tossed about was "humiliating."
"This law allowed him to put a price tag on me," she said. "That hurts more than anything."
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bigchassie
Comment: KHUFU>*Pouting* no strawberries??? oh poo. well guess i'll eat this big ripe very juicy mango allll byyyy myyy self then! *sits under big palm tree and commences to eat mango*
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letmein
Comment: How to know you've been redeemed: When you've just opened a pymnt from a patient and it is a BLANK CHECK!!! Man!!!! 15 years ago I would be telling my boss that I was sick and I would be gone shopping!!! Now, let me type this letter to this foolish lady and send her check back.....
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arkansasgirl
Comment: I went to the website musbdherbs posted with Sharpton on fox news. I fell out when Al said "the problem yall have with me is I learn how to listen so I can out debate you". I may not agree with everything Al does but I like him.
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khufu
Comment: Georgia is backwards az hell...klan crackers....hooterville hillibillies...and Black folks who seem not to know dey izz REALLY free......:-)
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blackdiamondleo
Comment: I kept WOW 2007 in my CD player forever. Now it's NE-YO! That cd is hot. It reminds me of MJ and one side is like a Prince sound. #6 with Jennifer Hudson is really nice. I love the background harmony. Waiting for Fiddy to hit. Heard this one is ON! NE-YO is a young master.
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arkansasgirl
Comment: letmein, she better be glad Pookie didn't open that payment
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Honeymack, which one was Devin? The 2nd group had some cuties.
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Good midmorning, family. QUESTION: How can I tactfully send a message to all of the women on this floor about keeping our communal restrooms clean? The pressure is really low on this floor, so sometimes you have to flush twice or hold the handle down. If I walk into the bathroom and see chunks of booboo ONE MORE TIME, it is going to be ON!
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rayne
Comment: Thinking about hair care. Remember that line of hair care that Debbie Allen & her daughter was promoting where there were no chemicals it was all natural? It used to air on infomercials. I can't remember the name. Was it blacked owned & what happen to it? I HATE PERMS!
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whatdat
Comment: Khufu, i just got to read your comment about George Bridgetower on the Cornel West & Our Music thread from yesterday. Joseph Boulogne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges is a different person and i had never heard of Bridgetower. I am so glad you introduced him to me. I did a quick look up on the web and discovered that another brotha, Beethoven, not only composed a piece for him but also played with him. Great stuff! We are just the most amazing people. Seems like every day i hear about another great Black person whose story was buried in time because whites, not only don't want us to know what a genius people we are, but also they hide stuff because they envy us. Heck, not only did we have much to do with the development of European classical music, but ballet--to a large extent--was 'copied' from a Black dance called the Morisco! No wonder whites have such animus towards us. What's the song, "God bless the children that's got his own". Well heck, they aint hardly got nothin that's why they always trying to take ours. Anyway, thanks again. I am going to put George Bridgetower down on my list to read up on.
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yelleyw
Comment: Lawd>> You just made me holler out loud! Even though its gross chunks of boo-boo I could at least handle all I gotta do is push the button with my toe. Its when they piddle all ova the dayum seat that pizzes me off. Nasty heffas
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Yellowgirl>>I never sit on public toilet seats, but I always check to make sure my aim was on point. They also leave paper napkins on the countertop, miss the toilet with their toilet paper, etc. I honestly think I am going to make up some signs to put in the bathroom... The only thing that comes to mind is: "Stop PI$$ING me off by PI$$ING on the toilet. And while you're at it, start giving a sh*t by not forgetting to FLUSH your sh*t!" Is that too subtle?
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Going to get my hair cut. I'll check back with the board to see if you guys have any better suggestions!
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naturalsista
Comment: please enuf of the graphic posts. it is morning here on the left coast and i'm eating my breakfast while reading ;-D.
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khufu
Comment: WHATDAT no problem..Im glad you read through my other stuff LOL and get the good stuff....why dont we see more stories about US? There are som many people..so many of us...where are the books and the films and the TV shows...when we gon' wake up and do for ourselves and tell our stories?
DO you know of Ira Aldridge? How about the African Grove Theatre?
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HoneyMack
Comment: akg, devin is the one that wore the grey page boy cap when he performed and he also wears the red or beige skully. he was the one that said "going, going gone" or sumpthing to that effect. www.myspace.com/mtvmtb4
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OSUN
Comment: Rayne I remember that and I recall that there was a scandal about that. I think it turned out to be hazardous to your hair.
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naturalsista
Comment: oldschoolbrother - they showed a portion of the video last night on hdnet. they blocked out the girls faces. that eric johnson is an azz. he said after viewing the tape it was rape and the reporter said it was not rape. this azz said in his mind it is. it is frightening that azzes like him are in positions that create laws that affect us...
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cuteleggs
Comment: Lawdhvmercy--we must work in the same building. DC?
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lilmocc
Comment: Good Afternoon All- Long time no visit. I hope all are well and staying out of this dayum HEAT! GHANK> Do you know when that documenatary will play again on PBS? I would like to check it out. I love those programs. Thanks in advance.
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khufu
Comment: in the south, a lot of the Klan are now elected officials...well, they always were..we forget this
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khufu
Comment: hmmm I want to applaud the Wayans for the studio and then I dont know If I should.......
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MidwestMan1
Comment: cuteleggs, why don't ya introduce yourself to MWM.... OSUN and TAZBABY I got that email, and I'm forever in your debt!
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HoneyMack
Comment: MWM, hey big daddy how you doing *wink*. I see the cat is away and you want to play trying to introduce urself to cuteleggs
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letmein
Comment: What in the hell happened to my post!!! Anyway family y'all slipping. Uh, cuteleggs...nice to meet you **extends hand out to cuteleggs....snatches him/her and start feeling on pockets**....who are you and where's the initiation fee?!?!? You know the drill!!
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ChocolateBrownGal
Comment: Hello WHATDAT! How are you?
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MidwestMan1
Comment: Hey HoneyMack, you know me, somebody needs to watch me, I can't help myself!
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lilmocc
Comment: khufu> your comment about the Klan as elected officials reminded me of last night when I was watching Roots: The Next Generations on TV One. They are getting into the time period where Jim Crow started taking over the South and Klansmen were being elected as governement officials b/c they had removed the black vote with poll, reading taxes, etc. Yes, we do forget this, but I was quickly reminded with that episode.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: LONDON (July 11) -- Omar bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader's fourth son, has married a British woman he met in Egypt last fall, British media and colleagues said Wednesday.
Jane Felix-Browne, 51, of northwest England, was in Egypt for medical treatment of multiple sclerosis, the Times and Sun newspapers reported. She told the newspapers she met the younger bin Laden while riding a horse near Egypt's Great Pyramid. She has three children by a previous marriage.
Felix-Browne is hoping to arrange a visa for her 27-year-old husband to visit Britain, but acknowledged it would be difficult.
"Because my husband's name is bin Laden he finds it very difficult to travel anywhere," she told The Sun.
"I just married the man I fell in love with -- to me he is just Omar," she told The Times. "I hope people will take a step back and think what it is like when they fell in love."
"He last saw his father in 2000 when they were both in Afghanistan," she said. "He left his father because he did not feel it was right to fight or to be in an army. Omar was training to be a soldier and he was only 19."
Felix-Browne said she has become Omar bin Laden's second wife, and is hoping to arrange a visa for her new husband to visit Britain, but acknowledged it would be difficult.
"Because my husband's name is bin Laden he finds it very difficult to travel anywhere," she told The Sun.
She divides her time between her homes in northern England and Jedda, Saudi Arabia.
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leeneepoo
Comment: A THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: The object of life is not to be "happy." The object of life is to make society a better place in which to live. Every one of us has something to offer. In the words of G.B. Stern: "Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute."
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khufu
Comment: - Health Canada warns consumers that ongoing tests on
counterfeit toothpaste have resulted in preliminary evidence of a
more harmful bacterial contamination than first suspected.
The report follows a June 29 warning in which the agency said that
counterfeit toothpaste products, labelled as Colgate Fluoride
Toothpaste Herbal and Colgate Fluoride Toothpaste Maximum Cavity
Protection, contained high levels of harmful bacteria.
The agency warns in a new release issued today that if confirmed
through further testing, the presence of this bacterium could pose a
serious health risk.
Health Canada advises all those who have the phoney toothpaste to
immediately stop using it and keep it out of the reach of children.
The counterfeit product falsely labelled as Colgate Fluoride
Toothpaste Maximum Cavity Protection is marked as 100 ml, and is
labelled as "Manufactured in South Africa."
It contains misspellings including "isclinically" "SOUTH AFRLCA"
and "South African Dental Assoxiation. "
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khufu
Comment: we have got to stop relegating the past to days gone by...the crackers then are the same crackers now..the same strategies used then by them to enslave and oppress us, they still use them.....
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Osun and Rayne, it was called Rio. That sh^t was taking out people's hair. Granted it did wonders to some people hair. My friend's mother used it and her hair was so bouncy.
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khufu
Comment: LIL...the period of Reconstruction.......
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Name:
khufu
Comment: Unfortunately most Black folks have been lead to believe that the purpose of life is to accumulate things, seek fame and fortune, and party all the time...
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cuteleggs
Comment: Strut'n and wav'n. Hey, MWM, Osun, Tazbaby etc. A sista been here for years, just laying in the cut. Initiation fee paid long time. I've been here everyday for the past 3-4 years. Barely post though. I know most of you by post, bigchassie, khufu, and my all time favorite Bootanbuttus (spl.)LOL! I'll try and post more often---opps just popped a garter strap. Till we meet again.....
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bigchassie
Comment: HEY ALL YOU DC FOLKS HERE!!...tell me, do any of you remember DJ Petey Greene? is he still alive? how was his show on the radio? i even heard he had a TV show that was quite funny.
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bigchassie
Comment: CUTELEGS>*waving divastyle* hayy gurl! how ya doin? why is the left palm of my hand is itching?
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YLawdY
Comment: Yogi! SMH Aint heard from you all day and the moniker "cutelegs" pops up and there you are.
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cuteleggs
Comment: Bigchassie> It's your lucky day. Forget 7-7-07, 711 is play'n today. Go put 5 on it. Hurry up for you miss it.
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MDhornet
Comment: I forget who posted about us spending millions of dollars on haircare and hair products. I think about that a lot as I'm sitting on the train seeing the vast array of black hairstyles. Even on a crowded train it always fascinates me that hardly any of the woman are wearing their own hair. I'm not talking natural or permed. I mean I'm amazed by the amount of weaves, extenxions etc. that I see.
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MidwestMan1
Comment: cuteleggs, tell me more! Boo-Boo if you don't watch me who will?
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naturalsista
Comment: hotep mothership - asante sana for sharing the info about langston hughes. i'm picking up 2 jesse b semple books from the library tonight.
peace and blessings
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sigmascribe
Comment: Just getting to the board today:-( {MDHornet}I was just talking about the weave, wig, extention thing with some friends yesterday...{Cuteleggs}I think I saw you post about 2 years ago..anyway Hello *waving*...Chassie what's going on? {Ylawd}Do we have a hot topic?
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OSUN
Comment: Hey Cuteleggs.
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bigchassie
Comment: CUTELEGS>oooh you can say that again! comeon 711!!
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TAZBABY
Comment: Whats up Cuteleggs!! Hows it going? Good to see you here. Oh Lawd why am I working so hard?? Oh I bemember, for that check! LOL ;o)
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: SIGMA>hey soror! i tried to call you sunday but you were out.
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Sorry for being so gross, folks. I hope I didn't spoil your lunch. Carry on... Hey MWM!
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sigmascribe
Comment: Chassie}You did?...Who knows where I was;-) What's up?
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: Speaking of hair, I would love to see a movie about Madam CJ Walker, what happened to that sister was terrible, if she were allowed to run her company correctly, she would have been the first billionaire period, let alone black one.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: The hoochies are headed to Orlando for sure :)
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Rashard Lewis formally joined the Orlando Magic on Wednesday, leaving the Seattle SuperSonics after nine seasons when the teams completed a sign-and-trade deal for the high-scoring forward.
The Magic sent Seattle a conditional second-round pick, while the SuperSonics earned a trade exception believed to be in the $9 million range.
Lewis agreed to terms with the Magic earlier this month, yet no deal could be closed until Wednesday, the first day that the league's free agent moratorium was lifted. The six-year deal - Lewis agreed to a five-year pact, but the sign-and-trade allows an extra year to be worked into the contract - is expected to be worth at least $110 million.
"Rashard is a young, athletic forward and a proven scorer in this league," Orlando general manager Otis Smith said. "We feel his skills will be a tremendous addition to our team and we are very excited to have him join the Magic family."
Lewis averaged a career-best 22.4 points last season for Seattle, where he spent his first nine years after jumping straight to the NBA from high school and going early in the second round of the 1998 draft. He's averaged more than 20 points in each of the last three seasons, and is the SuperSonics' all-time leader in 3-point field goals with 973.
Lewis' acquisition is the first formal move in what could be a busy week for the Magic, who reportedly plan to announce an $85 million, five-year extension with All-Star center Dwight Howard on Thursday.
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sigmascribe
Comment: OSB}I love Madam CJ Walker but I don't know if she would have been the first billionaire over the Duponts and thieving Rockafellers.
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ChocolateBrownGal
Comment: Good afternoon all. I guess I'll say hello too! Hi Cuteleggs! *in my most sexy voice* Hellooo Most Wanted Man! LOL >>> MD....speaking of spending habits i read a while back that black people on avg. spend about $900/ year/person on lottery tix, more than any other race. I forget the amount spent on malt liquor and Colt 45. I don't know if I should be surprised by this, but I was.
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OSUN
Comment: Lawd your comments are not as gross as what I see on this site. I wanted to read the dual cleanse website and I decided to read the complaints about this product. I am unsure what I am seeing. http://www.lohanbehold.com/dualactioncleansecn/
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TAZBABY
Comment: OSB, I would love to see a movie about her life. She was one smart big beautiful woman.
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: OSB-- I would love to see a movie about her, too. Yall, I am going to get my hair dyed next week. I put in a rinse a couple of weeks ago to hide the grey, but it didn't take! lol I want a cute color for the summer. The girl who cuts my hair suggested some burgundy foolishment, but that ain't me. I'd like a soft chestnut or a dark copper color. Would that be ghetto?
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CaliRedbone
Comment: wassup yall!!! living in the bay area....
Man Charged With Birthday Celebration Fatal Stabbing Of Wife
POSTED: 3:12 pm PDT July 10, 2007
OAKLAND -- A convicted murderer and rapist was charged Tuesday with special circumstances murder for allegedly celebrating his 55th birthday on Sunday by stabbing his wife to death and also stabbing her sister and her sister's son.
Jesus Jihad, 55, was scheduled to be arraigned in Alameda County Superior Court.
Assistant District Attorney Tom Rogers said Jihad is charged with one count of murder for allegedly stabbing his wife, 35-year-old Aisha Hendricks 10 times and two counts of %*$ault with a deadly weapon for allegedly stabbing her sister Emma Bowers, and Bowers' 17-year-old son DeAnthony.
Rogers said he also charged Jihad with the special circumstance of multiple murder because Jihad was convicted in 1974 of murdering a man in Alameda in 1973.
In addition, Jihad was convicted of rape and forcible oral copulation for a 1993 attack in Berkeley, Rogers said.
Jihad could face the death penalty if he's convicted of special circumstances murder.
Rogers said witnesses say that Jihad laughed and smiled as he stabbed Hendricks several times shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday at the apartment they shared in the 2300 block of 92nd Avenue.
The prosecutor said Jihad is accused of then going to a downstairs apartment where he stabbed Bowers at least three times.
When Hendricks yelled at him to stop stabbing Bowers, Jihad then stabbed Hendricks some more, Rogers said. He said Jihad stabbed Hendricks a total of 10 times.
Rogers said Bowers' son came back to the apartment complex when someone told him his mother was being attacked but Jihad then stabbed him in the face.
He said Bowers and her son have been treated for their wounds and are expected to survive.
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sigmascribe
Comment: Lawd}The burgundy would be...the chestnut sounds nice...but I don't know what you look like;-);-)
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OSUN
Comment: Soror chocolate, that is a shame b/c what percentage of lottery winners are black. Also numbers are illegal so no data is probably kept, but I know there is a helluva lot more money spent there.
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: Cali}Um you could have kept that story!!! WTF???..{OSUN}I was just telling a friend that I was going to go to an upscale neighborhood gas station and ask a white guy to buy my lottery tickets just so that I could win.
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TAZBABY
Comment: Osun, I went to that cleansing website you posted and looked at those pictures and clicked off. Ewwwwww That is scary what came out of that person if that really did. I can't even imagine.
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arkansasgirl
Comment: Mdhornet that was me who posted about haircare. I just did a post yesterday on my blog about weaves. http://thoughtsofablacksoutherngal.blogspot.com/2007/0 7/to-weave-or-not-to-weave.html If you pass 5 women on the street, 4 of them got weave. Then I see weave colors that should only stay in the crayola box not on your head.
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MDhornet
Comment: I work with some young women who make somewhere in the 30s and they buy the authentic guccis and luccis. That always fascinates me. I don't get that. How can you buy an item that you had to work 10 hours to earn the money for.
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rayne
Comment: Thanks arkansasgirl> I wish someone would produce something that is healthy for our hair. MDhornet > Black women looooove weeve & the funny thing is it doesn't look real. I just can't do it.
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rayne
Comment: cuteleggs > Welcome to the board.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: Lawdhv, if you would have seen bright pink, I would tell you to step away from the dye but chestnut and a copper color sounds cool. I had chestnut streaks in my hair.
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rayne
Comment: What %*$!es me off about the lottery- I'm at the gas station getting my $ 20.00 worth of gas & a man or woman is in front of me with a long azz list of lottery numbers. That just burns me up!
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rayne
Comment: OSUN > Oh my God! that web-site was horrible.
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Cuzzin Lawd...you mean copper like the latina lady at the corner bodega?
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YLawdY
Comment: sigmascribe...Hey! I don't think there's a hot topic today. Ionno cause I been rendering unto Ceasar today.
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OSUN
Comment: Rayne isn't it. As far as paying for your gas, I always pay at the pump using my check card. I never step foot inside a gas station unless it is tigermart and I want to get a 132 ounce drink for 50 cents.
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MDhornet
Comment: rayne, when I talk to people about working with their own hair, be it permed or natural, I get the "You can't talk. You got good hair."
speech. I haven't seen too many weaves that look natural or attractive, so I think if you can't afford to get the quality stuff, just learn to work with what you have. Some of these women spend as much as $400-$500 every 1 to 2 months just on their hair. That's $5-$10K every year on hair care alone. That's the downpayment for a house.
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OSUN
Comment: I will be getting a weave for the first time in my life the first week in September. I am getting this to grow my perm out. I have been investigating and I am willing to spend a nice penny so that my hair doesn't look ridiculous. I think one problem is that some women use synthetic hair and hair textures that could in no way be construed as their natural textures. I have seen some pretty bad quick weaves also.
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OSUN
Comment: Yelleyw I am assuming your mastercleanse is over. What are your thoughts. I am in a wedding the End of sept and of course I am dieting and exercising. I would like to maybe give this a try 14 days before the wedding. Is it worth it. I wonder if I just do the salt cleanse in the morning and ate fruit and veggies all day what the effect would be.
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oldschoolbrother
Comment: State lottery used to be the numbers racket and once YT saw how much money was it, it was legalized. A few years ago, at Ford Motor plant in Detroit, a illegal numbers racket was busted up there, the guy in charge was making millions a year. I used to play numbers for my grandmother. My math was good and I had photogenic memory, she did not want anything written down. I can still smell the cigar smoke and when the door opened and I would give the money to Lucky Leroy.
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sigmascribe
Comment: MD}LMAO...my beau says he doesn't understand why chics believe that hair has to hang down their back. He said a hot short cut is far more attractive than unkept weave. He makes me laugh about that.
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CaliRedbone
Comment: July 11 (7/11) is the official birthday of the 7-Eleven® convenience store chain.
In 1927, convenience retailing began simply enough when an employee of Southland Ice Company in Dallas started selling milk, eggs and bread from the ice dock. Soon, the convenience store was born and became known as 7-Eleven to reflect the 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. hours of operation.
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sigmascribe
Comment: OSB}That used to be some money there;-)
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OSUN
Comment: osb, my first car was the result of a numbers hit. I attended private schools for six years and that was paid by those winnings as well.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: Osun, weaves can look natural looking but you need a good stylist(not your little cousin during hair on the front porch) and some quality hair. jThose $10 bags of hair isn't going to work. My stylist wear weaves alot. She usually has sew-in weave. Her hair is always fly and it doesn't look fake. She uses natural hair. She always recommends a person on the type of hair to get and will quickly call you out if you bring some cheap azz hair to her. Quick weaves are cute too. You getting a quick weave?
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cuteleggs
Comment: I just recently took my weave out. I had worn braids for years (which had already ate up my edges)--yea, I see ya'll touch'n your hairlines right now. Well honey, one day I got on metro and this sista was on the train and her hairline started about 1/2 inch before her ears came into play. Tawk about receding hairline? Chile, I ran home, cut that weave out and at present I'm wawk'n around with my thin %*$ hair slick down real nice and I must say, with my cute face and fabulous legs, I'm bad mamma jamma!
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LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Cuzzin Lawd, heck nah! lol I don't want no darned copper color like the penny. I want a nice hue that looks dark brown/black when you are inside, but POPS when you are outside in the sun. My hair is VERY BLACK, which I absolutely love. But, with alla this grey in it, I look old.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: I know some people on this board wear wigs but I don't understand the fascination of those. When I think of someone with a wig, I'm thinking of a 85 yr old great grandmother now teenagers are wearing them.
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Name:
LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Hey cuteleggs. We used to say that folks with thinning hair on the sides had the 'eat out'. Did anybody else refer to it that way or as that a just a southcackalaky saying?
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OSUN
Comment: Arkansas, no I will not be getting a quick weave because I haven't seen any cute ones. I am getting some of that Indian remini or whatever that costs $75 a pack. Also it will not be hanging down my back, maybe just a tad bit longer than my hair is now. I am already a constant visitor to the salon and I want to make sure my hair doesn't get damaged or lock up. My hair is @ shoulder length but I am hoping it will take just a year then back to my natural hair. I have been anti weave most of my adult life, but I am crossing the weave line for the next year or so.
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yelleyw
Comment: OSUN>> Yea I'm done with the cleanse but why was I considering doing it again so I can be in a size 6 for Caribana? Umm yea if you do the salt water cleanse. I say get up 2 hours early just in case. It aint nothing nice trust me. I don't know if you can eat veggies and what not. If you want it to work and work fast I would suggest you do it exactly as it says. I didn't use the salt water until the last 2 days and I still lost weight so you may want to skip it. Let me know how this goes for you. RE: Weaves. I stay with a sew in and I think mine looks pretty natural. It matches what my own hair looks like with a perm. I don't get that riddiculous silky shiny hair and I can't believe anyone would put synthetic in their hair with the exception of teenagers cause they don't usually have the money for the good stuff. It looks sooo fake.
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sigmascribe
Comment: cuteleggs}I'm laughing with you
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Name:
YLawdY
Comment: Good night, family.
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Name:
LawdHvMrcy
Comment: yellow>> you will prolly gain that weight back after the cleanse. At least half of it. You are going from drinking 100-200 calories a day with that syrup/lemon/cayenne/water concoction to eating normal again, so it will come back. Trust me, I lost 9 lbs on it, and gained it back pretty quickly. OSUN> if you want a quick fix to losing weight in a pinch, go on and try it. But, since the wedding is in September, you can lose the same amount (or more) weight if you start cutting back now. And, in all likelihood, you will keep it off.
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sigmascribe
Comment: Folks talking about the Cleanse are making me feel lite headed and dehydrated:-(
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Name:
GHank
Comment: What's up folks? Rayne>>>>>you must be from New Jersey (Ha-ha). My cousin {QuietGuy} used to work a lottery machine and it was nothing to see people spend $80 on lottery tickets. Like you said, people would have a list of numbers a long as your arm.
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OSUN
Comment: Lawd, I am going to diet normally and then 1.5 days prior to the wedding I will purge myself with that cleanse.
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: I do have Dr. Ians Fat Smash so I may be doing that the month of August. I have also imposed a 6 month celebacy period on myself effective today.
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: OSUN}LMAO right now at you!!!!RIGHT NOW!!!!
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: OSUN>> Wouldn't you burn more calories IF you were effin?
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Name:
letmein
Comment: I just went to that website about the colon cleanser. You mean to tell me that if I do this, I will have things looking like those pictures coming out my butt?!?!? LOL!!!!
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Lawd>> So far I have continued to lose weight.
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Name:
POSITIVE
Comment: Afternoon all- I’ve been eavesdropping on the unbeweavable convo. I think that just because a person knows how to glue or sew in hair, doesn’t qualify as an acceptable weave person. You have to know the right folks. And I when black women wear wigs that has that lil faux scalp part, and the faux scalp is white, I hate that. Apparently that’s not the wig for you sista. And when they’re supa dupa shiny and look like small plastic strands… I hate those too.
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OSUN
Comment: I have a busy movie schedule this weekend, Harry Potter, Talk to me, and transformers.
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Name:
letmein
Comment: Transformers was the sh!t!
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: I NEED TO FIND OUT IF TALK TO ME IS GOING TO BE PLAYING AT MAJIC THEATRE THIS WEEKEND.
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Name:
SpecialK
Comment: Transformers was good.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: LETMEIN>yeah i heard the same thing about Transformers. i just can't get into those kind of movies.
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: Yelleyw probably but I think I will focus on my elliptical, pilates, Gilead, and hip hop abs and kegel exercises...get it right, get it right get it tight.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: YELLEY>i'm still on the SlimFast diet and doing really good. i've been on it for five months now. and i noticed my eating habits has changed a lot.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: OSUN>> Lawd help the poor brotha who meets you in 6 months. You gonna kill him. LOL
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POSITIVE
Comment: OSUN- Maybe you should try giving the weave a trail run before the actual event. Like maybe having it done Aug, and if you don’t like the look, or the stylist, go to some1 else in Sept. This is some lil advice that I got from one of those wedding shows in regards to the bride’s hair.
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arkansasgirl
Comment: bigchassie, you in ATl right? Talk to ME is only opening in LA and NY this weekend. It will open nationwide Aug 3
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: Positive I am getting the weave the first week in Sept. the wedding happens to be the last week in Sept. I am getting this weave b/c I am growing out the perm. I am confident in how it will look b.c my hair dresser does plenty of them and the hair that leaves her chair always looks good. My good freind got some kind of curly weave and it looks like a dried out jheri curl to me.
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: ARKANSAS>say what?? aww heyell that is some bull crap!!!!
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: ARKANSAS>they did the same dayum thing with Dreamgirls! make me sick!
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Name:
bigchassie
Comment: OSUN>i'm considering getting braids for my cruise.
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Name:
LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Yellowchile>> Girl, then you must be eating less than 200 calories a day or have stepped up your activity. lol Weightloss is such an easy thing when you break it down to the basics. Calories in vs. Calories out. The good thing is, the cleanse is supposed to clean out your colon, so maybe your body is able to digest things a little better and not absorb as much fat. This could contribute to your continued weight loss. Either way, YOU GO GIRL! The saltwater flush is the debbil.
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Name:
yelleyw
Comment: Lawd>> Yeah, No carbs or sugars for me and I'm workin out like the debbil. Goodnight family.
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OSUN
Comment: bigchassie, braids scare me. I have seen too many women with eaten up edges whose hair lines begin behind their ears.
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: arkansasgirl - I also wondered why the Kool & The Gang article didn't mention JT Taylor. I always thought he was "2 Hot". That is still my jam! I have his greatest hits CD.
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Name:
LawdHvMrcy
Comment: I hate curly weave. Reminds me of the yarn from this Raggedy Ann doll I had when I was a little girl. My little cousin (who may be lurking right now) is the QUEEN of weave. And, it never looks like she has it in her hair. Always natural looking. I agree with whomever said that it looks a mess when the texture of the persons hair is mixmatched with the Silky #54. And that SHINY hair is the worst. You know that Ultra Sheen don't make your hair shine like THAT!
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Name:
letmein
Comment: Chassie==I normally don't like those kinda movies either but hubby's big kid azz wanted to go see it so we took the kids. I was surprised that I liked it.
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Name:
POSITIVE
Comment: I just can’t bring myself to do the M/C again. You couldn’t pay me a million bucks. But I did it for disciplinary reasons against myself, since I have the worst eating habits. But I’ve changed my habits a lil since, but not enough to show much weight lose since I started running. So now I’m going to try to do a full 360 with my diet and stop combining exercise with cupcakes for lunch and chips for dinner and thinking I’m supposed to drop major lbs that way.
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Name:
letmein
Comment: I'ma print off all the comments about what weave is NOT supposed to look like and give it to my ex-friend. All the "no-no's" describe her to a T!!
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Name:
LawdHvMrcy
Comment: Speaking of dolls... Did any of you ever have an Adoption Dolls? These were the dolls made BEFORE Cabbage Patch Kids. The face/body was made of some stocking material, and the hair was made of yarn. That was a big craze when I was a little girl...
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rayne
Comment: No GHANK> I'm from the Chi, the lottery is crazy- twice a day those fools stand in line hoping to be the next winner.
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amethyst
Comment: The Atlanta newspaper (ajc.com) did a feature a while ago that showed there is an inverse relationship between the amount of money spent on lottery tickets and the number of kids who go to school on the free HOPE scholarship (which is funded by the lottery proceeds) in various Atlanta area zip codes. The wealthier areas (i.e. white) spent less on the lottery, and had more kids in college on HOPE. It was the opposite in the poorer areas (i.e. Black). So, poor Black folks are spending beaucous (sp?) money to send rich white children to college. This is soooo sad.
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POSITIVE
Comment: I thought Larissa’s weave from FOL charm school looked really cute when it was in the curly style. I never really knew if it was her real hair or not.
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rayne
Comment: I've never been excited about movies like Harry Potter & Pirates of the Caribbean. I have Black Snake Moan at home with Samuel Jackson, has anyone seen it?
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: Why do Black folks find money to buy lottery tickets every week, but can't pay $20/month for a life insurance policy or college fund? How many times does the church and community have to solicit donations to bury somebody?
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Name:
rayne
Comment: bigchassie > I'm going to get braids to the back for my trip to Jamaica in two weeks. I will not be doing any hair. Once I get home they will be coming out.
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: Amethyst, priorities, priorites. How is that someone needs to borrow money from you or this and that is about to be cutt off but they always have money to buy cigarettes. I dont loan money to smokers. They could probably pay for satellite or digital cable with that money
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: Rayne, cornrolls probably don't cause the eat out edges epidemic, it is probably the microbraids, dookey braids, letting africans give you tight azz braids.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: Osun, you have the hip hop abs video? I'm thinking about ordering it.
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Name:
CaliRedbone
Comment: rayne>> seen black snake moan... interesting is all I can say.... my man was like WTH ?? LOL, to each one...
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Name:
sigmascribe
Comment: OSUN/AKG}I'm out on that note...HipHop Abs;-)
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Name:
TAZBABY
Comment: Oh Heck I just came back and ya'll are talking about weaves and I know most are gone home now but I have to admit I wear a weave and my weave cost $300 and it last a year or longer. I get my hair done ever week by my hair stylist and every three months to take it down and redo it (sewn on) it flows when I flow. It looks just like my hair. I took my weave out in September 06 and my own hair was longer than my weave just thin. I went back to my weave in January and happy I did.
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Name:
arkansasgirl
Comment: Dookey braids,,LMAO! I haven't heard that in a minute. Are they still in style. I had microbraids once and never again. They made my hair thinner. That's when I decide to get it shorter. I had cornrolls too and they grew my hair out.
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Name:
amethyst
Comment: OSUN - I'm with you. My friend's mom says "Folks buy what they want, and beg for what they need." My ghetto family knows not to ask me for one cent. I don't support other people's habits. I tell them you shouldn't have a hobby you can't afford (smoking, drinking, etc.).
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Name:
OSUN
Comment: I second that Taz. Your hair is beautiful and looks just like real hair. Is the hair itself $300? Everything costs more out there. My hair will be $150.
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Name:
TAZBABY
Comment: Yes Osun the Hair cost $300 and my stylist charges me $250 to put it on
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Name:
TAZBABY
Comment: Thank you Osun! I'm getting my hair redone for my B-Day party and I can't wait for that fresh look, you will see.
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Name:
TAZBABY
Comment: I'm a Leo and My Mane means a lot to me so it always have to look good or I just feel bad.
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Name:
FiveMore
Comment: Taz>You are right,gurl!! Lions have the best dos{manes} on the Serengeti!lol
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