May 24, 2013

Candice Glover Set for DC’s ‘Memorial Day Concert’

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*“American Idol” season 12 champ Candice Glover will perform at “The National Memorial Day Concert 2013,” broadcast live on PBS from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on May 26 beginning at 8 p.m. ET. The 90-minute program will be co-hosted for the eighth year by actors Joe Mantegna and Gary Sinise. The evening [...]




Rand Paul Speaks at Howard U, and Gets Schooled (Watch)

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*Sen. Rand Paul faced a skeptical audience at Howard University in Washington on Wednesday, as he tried to sell students at the HBCU on the positive history between the Republican Party and the African-American community. Paul (R-Ky.) insisted under questioning that he “has never wavered” in his support of the 1964 Civil Rights Act — [...]




Colin Powell Rips Sarah Palin, Others for Racism Within GOP (Watch)

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*Colin Powell went in on his own Republican Party during an interview on “Meet the Press” Sunday, calling out some “former governors” as using racist statements to describe President Obama and noting that there is a “dark vein of intolerance in some parts of the party.” “What do I mean by that?,” he explained. “What [...]




Colin Powell Endorses Obama Because He’s Black …Says Top Romney Surrogate Sununu (Video)

John Sununu, co-chair for Mitt Romney campaign, charges Colin Powell with endorsing President Obama because he's of the "same race" on Piers Morgan Tonight, Thursday, October, 25, 2012.

*The elections are getting close and all kind of wack jobs are making last ditch efforts to save Romney’s campaign against the president. But to no avail, the lack of understanding and/or disconnected rich dummy antics are not doing the trick. It just goes to show that all the money in the world can’t buy [...]




Colin Powell Approves of Gay Marriage [Video]

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*President Obama has another ally in the gay marriage debate — Colin Powell. In a sit-down with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, the former Secretary of State said that he has “no problem with gay marriage.” [GET BREAKING NEWS DIRECT - SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] He was being interviewed about his new book and various foreign [...]




Colin Powell Reluctant to Endorse Barack Obama 2nd Time Around

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*(Via theGrio) – Former Secretary of State Colin Powell declined Tuesday to renew the presidential endorsement he gave Barack Obama four years ago, saying he wasn’t ready “to throw my weight behind someone” at this time. The former chairman of the military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff and Cabinet member under President George W. Bush demurred [...]




‘Finding Your Roots’: Marsalis Reflects; Why Alicia Keys Pulled Out

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*New Orleans-born musician Branford Marsalis was hit with a one-two punch in Sunday’s season premiere of the PBS series “Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.” (Are you a fan of EURweb? Like us on Facebook or Follow us on Twitter.) First, the Grammy winning saxophonist had always figured that he had white, European [...]




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Singer Billy Paul turns 77 today

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE If you are going to achieve excellence in [...]




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Actor Robert Guillaume turns 84 today

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE If you are going to achieve excellence in [...]




Aretha: Accepts ‘Monk’ Award; Talks Obama, Still Wants Halle

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*Aretha Franklin came to Washington D.C. Tuesday night to receive the Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Founder’s Award. Herbie Hancock, Jennifer Hudson, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright were among the mix of D.C. and Hollywood A-listers on hand to pay homage to Franklin and to the Institute, now in its 25th year, according to The [...]




Condoleezza Rice Fires Back at Dick Cheney Over Book

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*Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Wednesday she resented what she viewed as an attack on her integrity by former Vice President Dick Cheney in his just-published memoir. Speaking in an interview with Reuters, Rice rejected Cheney’s contention that she misled President George W. Bush about nuclear diplomacy with North Korea. “I kept the [...]




Video: Colin Powell Trashes Cheney’s ‘Cheap Shots’; Cools on Obama

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*Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned heads will “explode” in Washington with tomorrow’s release of his new memoir “In My Time” – and so it began on Sunday, with former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who dismissed as “cheap shots” the criticism leveled at him, Condoleezza Rice and others in the book It was the [...]




Colin Powell: Obama ‘Blew Away Donald Trump and the Birthers’

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*Colin Powell told graduates of South Carolina’s premier historically black university that they were graduating during a tumultuous week that saw a royal wedding, a pope’s beatification and a U.S. military assault that killed Osama bin Laden, “the worst person on earth.” But the former secretary of state and Joint Chiefs chairman told South Carolina [...]




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Actress Lisa Gay Hamilton turns 47 today

*Just like the headline says, this page/board is where you can discuss the stuff that we didn’t cover in today’s issue. (It’s sort of like feedback with a twist) Remember, NO name calling, racial taunting, graphic sex talk and vulgarity in general, PLEASE. ——– EUR MOTIVATIONAL NOTE “Success is the result of perfection, hard work, [...]




Former FCC Chair Michael K. Powell to Lead Cable Trade Group

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*Former FCC chairman Michael K. Powell has just been named the new president and CEO of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. The son of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who ran the FCC from 2001until 2005, replaces Kyle McSlarrow, whose departure was announced last week. “Michael Powell is one of the most well [...]