Church Discovers History in Forgotten Graveyard

Growing up in the area – this community was always referred to as “Hall’s Hill” even though it’s official name was High View Park. It is one of several hills overlooking the city of Washington DC from the Virginia side of the river. It was the first free-black community in Northern Virginia, and today maintains some of [...]

Woman Burns Oldest Tree in Florida to Light Crack Pipe

Unbelievable! “The Senator”, Fire Destroys Historic Tree A woman on Tuesday was charged with setting a fire that burned The Senator, one of the world’s oldest cypress trees — and she told authorities she did it because she was wanted light to see the drugs she was doing, investigators said. Two witnesses identified Sara Barnes, [...]

Thicke Sisters Happier

Keeping a positive self image with all the isht that has been unloaded on black women over the centuries in America is indeed a miracle of resilience. There is a difference between “Thicke” and “fat” though… Black women heavier and happier with their bodies than white women, poll finds In the pre-dawn darkness, the gym [...]

13 Syrians Killed Rescuing British Journalist

This sounds like something out of an Action and Adventure movie – but it is real life. In an effort to save foreign journalists targeted by government forces, the Syrian rebels lost 13 of their own. The Revolution will not be televised… Wounded British journalist smuggled safely out of besieged Syrian city of Homs A wounded British photographer who had [...]

No Nookie for the Bedroom Gestapo

Dayam! This should have the effect of clearing a lot of right wing minds. This Republican even relates his experience in proverbially “sleeping on the couch” as a result of the recent Virginia anti-abortion bill which would require women to undergo vaginal ultrasound before getting an abortion. Virginia Lawmaker: Ultrasound Flap Cost Me Nookie We’ll hope this is the [...]

Who’s Your Daddy? About Black Folks and Charity

That Christian spirit… Don’t believe it? Check this out. Charitable Donations: Blacks Outpace Whites Reuters is reporting today on a study showing that African American donors give higher percentages of their incomes to charity than their white counterparts, with nearly two-thirds of black households make charitable donations, worth a total of about $11 billion a year. And [...]

A Vaccine for Heroin Addiction?

Wow – this could be  major game changer. Mexican scientists successfully test vaccine that could cut heroin addiction A group of Mexican scientists is working on a vaccine that could reduce addiction to one of the world’s most notorious narcotics: heroin. Researchers at the country’s National Institute of Psychiatry say they have successfully tested the [...]

What Happens When You Skip the Oil Change and 60k Mile Maintenance

Another postcard for preventative maintenance…Or why you shouldn’t let conservatives be in charge of your country. This “rescue” helicopter in Brazil fell apart on landing.

Priceless Tubman Artifact Donation to Museum of African American History

This one is simply stunning. Who would believe such priceless artifacts still existed – much less were in private hands? Black history museum gets special opening gift Black History Month was marked in a very special way Wednesday. The president and the first lady attended the ground breaking for the National Museum of African-American History [...]

SCUMUS 5 to Re-segregate Schools

Looks like a setup to take down that level playing field…

President Obama Sings ‘Sweet Home Chicago” at Blues Jam

The Prez gets the Blues on – with the opening bars of Sweet Home Chicago -

Maya Angelou’s “Note to self”

Maya wrote this when she was about 15… Dear me, myself then… first I know that you know how to listen. When I was 8 years old I became a mute and was a mute until I was 13, and I thought of my whole body as an ear, so I can go into a [...]

Lighting a Fire – Personhood Bills

The newest group legislation pushed by Republicans across the state legislatures is called Personhood. It is a direct attack on Abortion, by declaring a fetus a person at the moment of conception. The pushback against this legislation nationwide is just beginning to gain steam… But in Virginia it seems to have gone from zero to [...]

Booty Call on the Prez?

And why is this lady happy? Yeah – You  know you did it!    

Jeremy Lin – Race Matters

Growing up in the 60′s I was pretty comfortable in my ignorance about Asian people. They were short, small folks weren’t they? During segregation black folks didn’t much socialize with Asians, as the few Asian kids that were here went to the white schools. That comfortable ignorance was shattered my freshman year of college when [...]