RUSSIA SMOKES HUGE ISIL OIL CONVOY — NO GAMES ATTACHED

What did the Russian fighter jets say to the massive Islamic State (ISIL) convoy of trucks transporting illegal oil from Syria to Turkey? KABOOM. Russia’s Ministry of Defense shared a video of the bombing raid it brought to what’s presumed to be ISIL trucks moving caliphate-stolen oil to Turkey for sale to the region — […]

AN ALBUM (OR TWO) IN MY HEAD (0061)

If you’re new to this series, be warned that my musical taste is all over the map, and many of the albums you’ll see here will not be covered by mainstream media. Kendrick Lamar, an artist whose album is featured this week, represents an exception. Linda Sharrock — unfairly remembered as only the wife of avant […]

HATE IS STRONGER THAN LATTE

I’m reminded of the time during my fourth or fifth year on this planet where my Brother and I thought we made a new friend, a white kid about my age, who soon after called both of us… … We had no reaction since we didn’t know what that word meant… … Which makes me […]

FERGUSON, PHILLY AND SOUTH AFRICA

You’re going to see something very predictable these days—the racial bias deniers who support the Ferguson, Missouri police department and the socially decrepit leadership of Police Chief Thomas Jackson, will scream Black-on-White racism allegations in response to US Attorney General Eric Holder’s statement about the need for “wholesale change” in that police agency. The Ferguson […]

REMEMBERING JIM KELLY

Actor and martial artist Jim Kelly left us last year on this day. It would’ve been massively cool to have Kelly around for the 40th anniversary of the film Three the Hard Way, which was three days ago. Complaints about the shortage of positive Black images in film have been around for […]

THE IRAQ MADNESS CONTINUES

Of course I laughed after I heard the US is upset about Syria President Bashar al-Assad ordering his air force to bomb ISIS positions in Iraq. This new development means the US and Syria are on different sides in the latter’s civil war, but are effectively on the same side in Iraq’s civil conflict. […]

SMALL BUSINESS DEATH MEANS DEATH OF MIDDLE CLASS

Many of you are STILL in denial and think America’s struggle is based on Blue vs Red, but the latest Brookings Institution report about the decades-long destruction of business creation and survival should make you see a bigger picture. And be very pissed. Look at this chart featured in the Brookings report, Declining Business Dynamism […]

UKRAINE, CRIMEA, RUSSIA AND US – BIZARRE LOVE RECTANGLE

With Russia’s endorsement and the curses of the European Union, Ukraine and America, Crimea will use the ballot box to decide whether or not it will be a part of Russia. And America is still running with the story of how Russia’s Crimea takeover is an illegal act worthy of sanctions! Yeah. Good luck […]

REPORT: US NAVY SEALS SHOT BIN LADEN HUNDREDS OF TIMES AFTER DEATH

Remember that dead serious White House Situation Room photo taken during the Bin Laden raid? We may now know why Team Obama looked so tense! Source: Daily Mail. song currently stuck in my head: “love the one you’re with (live)” – aretha franklin

AND THE 1 PERCENT CONTINUES TO TALK

Hearing the words “income inequality” spoken by members of the One Percent and their defenders – like economist Greg Mankiw, most recently – reminds me of the Julia Roberts movie Sleeping with the Enemy where the physically-abusive husband, played by Patrick Bergin, just finished smacking Roberts’ character around the house, and then refers to the […]