May 18, 2013

Fox News Guest Receives Death Threats After Saying Guns Won’t Solve Rape of Women (Video)

zerlina maxwell

*The Fox News channel is regularly under fire for their ultra conservative views, incendiary statements, and racist viewpoints. Even when it appears that they are making a step in the right direction, their viewers step in to say the things they cannot. Zerlina Maxwell is a Griot contributor and regular guest on Fox News. But [...]




Victims’ Families are ‘Disgusted’ by Colorado Theater Re-Opening

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*The massacre that occurred in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, resulted in 12 families losing their loved ones and forever changing their lives. As the families struggle to rebuild their lives, the theater has also been rebuilding and now invites them to a re-opening event? According to NBC, the families of the victims aren’t [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: Puff Puff Pass a New Law

Trevor Brookins

*In the aftermath of President Obama’s reelection last month perhaps a more important ballot decision was swept under the rug. The legalization of marijuana in Washington and Colorado. There is still a federal law prohibiting the possession, manufacture, sale and usage of the drug but most people who are arrested and/or incarcerated are being prosecuted [...]




Same Murder Cases by Black and White Murderers; Two Different Controversial Murder Charges (Video)

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*Children are being victimized every day all over the country. They are being kidnapped, murdered, sold, and defiled in ways that keep us up at night. Some of these children are never found, thus their families never find closure. But closure by way of a horrific crime committed against a child is probably equally heartbreaking [...]




Skateboarder Gets Hit by Deer During Race (Video)

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It’s a regular occurrence when people hit deer with their cars, but depending on how they collide, everyone comes out unscathed. The car is banged up, but the person is fine. But let’s say you were on a skateboard going downhill. A major race for skateboarders occurs on Lookout Mountain Road during the Buffalo Bill [...]




Teenage Hero Saves Mother and Two Daughters in Colorado Shootings (Video)

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*The shootings in Colorado were horrific. Can you imagine someone stepping out on stage during your movie or just before it starts and opening fire on you? Unbelievable, right? But there are some that didn’t hesitate to spring into action once the gunman started shooting. Jarrell Brooks, 19, was sitting about six rows from the [...]




Rick Santorum Upsets Mitt Romney and Wins 3 GOP Races

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*(Via Yahoo News) – No delegates were at stake on Tuesday night, but Rick Santorum still scored three important–and surprisingly large–victories in the race for the Republican presidential nomination by winning caucuses in Colorado and Minnesota and a primary in Missouri. “Conservatism is alive and well in Missouri and Minnesota,” Santorum said when he took the stage, [...]




Seal Loses (Cold) Bet to Wife Heidi Klum

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*Singer Seal and his wife, Heidi Klum, co-host f Lifetime’s “Project Runway,” may be on a family vacation in Aspen, Colorado, but they still took time out to indulge in a bit of fun betting. No one knows what the wager was, but after losing a bet to his wife Heidi, Seal stripped off his [...]




Boy Finally Accepted by Girl Scouts?

bobby_montoya(2011-wide-upper)

*The world is complicated when merely contemplating issues between men and women. So, when you blur the line between the two with transgender and/or transvestite  issues, complicated becomes incredibly complicated. For instance, what do you do when your child feels like he’s a girl trapped in a  boy’s body? AND he wants to be a Girl Scout? (more…)




Video: East Coast and Colorado Hit with Strong Earthquakes

Office workers react to earthquake in Wash, DC

*Earthquakes on the East coast don’t happen very often, but things got a little shaky today. Also, last night a strong shaker hit Colorado. Around 2pm Eastern a 5.9-magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as New York City and Rhode Island, reports the [...]




Day Cares in Colorado Required to Have Dolls of All Shades

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*Colorado is planning for more diversity by proactively introducing the state’s babies to other ethnicities via their baby dolls. Somehow it has become a requirement that all baby dolls in Colorado’s day cares represent every culture by using three different shades of color for their dolls.  Something for every child, right? According to The Root, it [...]




Lauryn Hill Adds Concert Dates to Honor Bob Marley

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*Lauryn Hill is still on the road and recently added 12 more dates to her “Moving Target: Extended Intimate Playdate” tour. The long missed artist and recovering songstress has added performance dates to her coming-back-out trek in addition to the recent festivals she appeared at, including Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. “I’ve never shied away from [...]




VH1 Reality Show to Follow Carmelo and La La’s Move to NYC

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*Well that was quick. Just one day after Carmelo Anthony’s announced trade from the Denver Nuggets to the New York Knicks, VH1 is announcing a new reality series surrounding the NBA star and his TV host wife, La La Vazquez, as they make the transition from Colorado to the Big Apple. According to the New [...]




Video: Colorado DJ Accused of Racism in MLK Jr. Controversy

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*In Greeley Colorado, near Denver, a DJ, who is also a local school board member seems a little mystified that some folks don’t exactly appreciate his commentaries about Martin Luther King jr. Brett Reese (pictured) has been reading a viewer’s letter critical of Dr. King twice a day on Greeley’s 104.7 Pirate Radio station. He [...]




The Socialist’s Journal: Going Green

Trevor Brookins

*There are numerous reasons why marijuana should be legal throughout the United States. The fact that it has never been proven to be habit forming. The fact that more addictive substances (nicotine) are legal. The fact that it was criminalized because of its reputation as a drug for African-Americans during a time in American history [...]