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Michael Steele: I'll Bring Blacks to GOP with Fried Chicken
African american GOP member Michael Steele aka Lil Stee has just had a fabulouuuuuuus idea" in order to lure black folks we need to feed them with fried chicken and patato salad". As a black man , i know exactly what New York times columnist Paul Krugman...
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Roberto Saviano :" I aint anti-mafia kingpin"
Since "Gomorra" Roberto Saviano, writer is threatened with death by the Neapolitan Camorra. Rue89 has met yesterday in Paris. "I will always continue to write. This is the only aspect where I feel alive and free, "Saviano said during the interview. Saviano...
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News Alert :Obama Obama publishes op-ed in 30+ newspapers around the world
A time for global action By Barack Obama Monday, March 23, 2009 More than 30 papers around the world ran an op-ed today by President Obama arguing for "the urgent need for global economic cooperation." According to the White House, the op-ed ran in the...
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Kanye's Gemini
Dj Hyphen twittered me with the name " Fire" a link which itself appeared to be a youtube music video named" Lust for life" sang by the canadian rap artist Drake. "Lust for life " beginning plays some mellow tones covered by bass rumbles which might recall...
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Don Cusack in High Fidelity - Laura's Song
Tanya Morgan's Moonlighting was one of 2006's most important releases, what does that have to do with Donwill? Everything. As a member of this oddly named trio, Donwill not only helped in crafting one of the years most timeless releases but found his...
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The Hollywood Portfolio
RON HOWARD and TOM HANKS, The Classicists Four films together: Splash (1984), Apollo 13 (1995) The Da Vinci Code (2006), and the upcoming Angels & Demons (2009). It’s hard to remember how much we underestimated Howard and Hanks when Splash came out. The...
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'Nationalize' the Banks
Nouriel Roubini Dr. Doom says a takeover and resale is the market-friendly solution. By TUNKU VARADARAJAN New York Nouriel Roubini is always dressed in black-and-white. I have known him for nearly two years, and have seen him in a variety of situations...
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Lake Manyara Tree Lodge -Tanzania
Difficult to imagine a more magical retreat from the everyday than these ten swish stilt houses cradled in the boughts of majestic mahogany tree houses.A far cry from from your childhood tree house, this sumptuous safari lodge, designed to exert minimal...
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Media Business ⇒ A Revolutionary Opportunity
It's perfect time, the newspaper industry is in real trouble - a bunch are up for sale or miring chap 11 (bankruptcy). While Wall Street is remotely eyeing Washington for a cash deal, the medias business’ catastrophe is alone with nothing left but creative...
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Roberto is back !
The man behind the critically-lauded 1997 Nazi concentration camp tragicomedy "Life is Beautiful" is preparing to conquer America yet again, this time with a one-man stage show called TuttoDante, a semi-improvisational tribute to Dante Alighieri's epic...
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Dumped ? Dont worry just listen
My homie just got dumped and I need an uplifting mix of songs which trash ex-lovers.being sick of the usual stuff - "I Will Survive" and "Under My Skin" etc. I needed some real "you're an asshole for breaking up with me" and "stop bothering me - you broke...
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Pro-Gay Marriage Muslim State Legislator
He was interviewed today on NPR's "Tell Me More". "In some ways Saqib Ali has had a normal life for a local politician. After earning his bachelors degree from the University of Maryland, he ran for political office in 2006. His victory won him a seat...
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Joe's Album: "Signature" [HOT!]
On july 14th, while the french were celebrating "Bastille Day, RnB chocolate -soothing -goddess Joe released his latest baby :"Signature".Basically, it's all about Existential Despair, Heartbreak and Fireworks : The Emotional Arson of your own God Damn...
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Top 5 men's designers : Milanese Fashion Week SS10
As i watched the italian's version of the men's wardrobe for the next summer - 2010 - i cant help the fact that albeit talented designers there are only a few truly inspiring collections which hands down for sure transcanded the milanese week. Etro spring...
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hipsterland- Fall 09
Irrestisible fall 09 collection by Kean Etro giving the nowadays prep-wardrobe a hispter-soul-touch as if saville row gentlemen meet countercultural mini-hippies.Kean Etro's fall collection is more of a homey and warmed bourgeois bohemian executive sophisticately...
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Rolland Garos -Round Up
Juan Monaco- Us Open 2008 Amélie Mauresmo has inherited an interesting draw Friday at Roland Garros but for the other leaders of the french tennis, like Gilles Simon and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the task looks complicated. A top notch in the French ladies,...
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Must Read :The world's best banks- A short list
As the dust starts to settle, which banks deserve the most plaudits? TRYING to work out which banks are the world’s best is a bit like awarding the prize for prettiest war-torn village. It is a title that carries little kudos. It is also likely to prompt...
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Rejuvanate on Memorial WE -Palm Springs
A romantic retreat unlike any other. Korakia Pensione offers a unique and relaxing getaway from day to day reality. Crafted after a Mediterranean-style pensione, Korakia blends the silhouette of Tangier with a whisper of the Mediterranean. Soothe your...
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"Dont Ask, Dont Tell", he did !
Iraqi Veteran Anthony Woods " Woods said his personal belief system prompted him to disclose that he is gay to his commanding officer last summer, during his sixth year in the military and shortly after he completed his studies at the Kennedy School under...
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Music / Soul / Darrius : "CAN'T GET ENOUGH"
Seattle’s soul-singer-songwriter Darrius Willrich drips a sensuous interplay of soul, jazz, and inner city longings. Sure to engage your all your senses, with the look, sound and feel of yesterday’s soul-today. The spirit of Stevie Wonder, D’Angelo, and...
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BBlessing New York- Saturday, May 16 2009
BBlessing New York invites you to a night of drinks and post-punk music at B.East, the private lounge underneath Broadway East, 171 E. Broadway near Rutgers from 10pm - 4am with your hosts Daniel Jackson, Sean Shuter, Michael Cohen, and Nicholas Kratochvil....
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Björk & Dirty Projectors @ Housing Works Bookstore, NYC 5/8/09
The Dirty Projectors, the polyrhythmic arty New York, continues to attract the favor of prestigious sponsors. After David Byrne earlier this year, Björk joined the group last week to participate in a charity concert in a SoHo bookstore.She perfomed a...
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Celebrity Breakdowns,Suicide Watch,Kanye West [Dramas Queens Part 2]
Word has been said on the street that pompous egomaniacal rapper- Kanye West has since fallen into a deep depression and friends and family are starting to worry.According to reports, while Kanye West is on suicide watch following his onstage outburst...
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Ceal Flover,one step left of centre.
Installation view at 303 Gallery, New York , 2009 303 , a new york based contemporary art gallery presents from April 18 - July 2009 their second exhibition of New York by Ceal Flover. An artist whose aimed to explore the semiotics of everyday signals,...
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The Family Behind Bars
The harsh reality of prison rape is examined in this shocking and sobering documentary from filmmaker Jonathan Schwartz. Inside Alabama's Limestone Correctional Facility, five inmates talk candidly.It's interesting how folks left alone with no one to...