Archive for June 2008
Black presidents in Hollywood
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 29, 2008
Earlier this year I blogged about an article that appeared in the Los Angeles Times about how Hollywood has already introduced the American public to black presidents. Well the Times has another article, this one written by Greg Braxton titled Blacks in Hollywood’s White House. This article also talks about how Hollywood has already beaten [...]
RiseUP
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 29, 2008
There’s a new weekly magazine available in various newspapers across the country called RiseUp. RiseUP, which publishes weekly and available online, addresses important issues relating to race relations in the United States. The magazine made it’s debut last week. I saw the first issue in last Sunday’s Washington Post.
New magazine RiseUp to cover racial and [...]
Secret Service agent thwarts carjacking
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 29, 2008
A group of young thugs attempted a carjacking at The Boulevard in Largo last night. And who was the victim? A Secret Service agent who was armed. The agent fired at one of the thugs and they all hightailed it outta there.
Secret Service Officer Thwarts Armed Robbers
By Clarence Williams and Martin WeilWashington Post [...]
Amazon Kindle
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 29, 2008
Have you heard of Amazon.com’s Kindle? If you have would you want to own one? For those who aren’t familiar with the latest high tech gadget Kindle is an electronic book device sold by Amazon.com that currently sells for $359.00. The Kindle made it’s debut last November and sold for $400.00.
According to [...]
Catalytic converter thieves
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 29, 2008
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Most folks work hard for everything they own. But no matter how hard we work there will always be some trifling thieves who want to steal from hard working folks. The latest rage in thefts involves stealing catalytic converters from cars. In Maryland there is a crime wave going in which thieving elves [...]
Why is tv so white?
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 27, 2008
Entertainment Weekly had a very interesting article a couple of weeks ago titled Diversity in Entertainment: Why Is TV So White? The article talks about how of all the new network tv shows for the 2008/2009 fall season, none have any non white leading characters. As EW states the 14 new fall scripted shows look [...]
Silk Stalkings
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 25, 2008
While checking out the tv on dvd section of Amazon.com a few weeks ago I ran across a tv show that had me as a faithful viewer back in the day. Ever heard of Silk Stalkings?
It ran on CBS’s Crimetime After Primetime back in 1991. After a couple of years it ran exclusively [...]
Is fashion racist?
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 24, 2008
Is the sky blue? American Vogue won’t be featuring an all black model issue in my lifetime, lol, but they do have an article about the lack of diversity in the fashion industry.
This magazine exists to inspire women. How do fashion editors get inspired by watching the same procession of anonymous, blandly pretty, very [...]
Italian Vogue featuring black models
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 24, 2008
The July issue of Italian Vogue will feature all black models. The New York Times has an article about this ground breaking event. I read about this a month ago. Models featured include Iman, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Jourdan Dunn, Liya Kebede, Alek Wek, Sessilee Lopez, Pat Cleveland, Karen Alexander and Toccara [...]
Ready to Attack Obama, if Some Money Arrives
Posted by: ladyrayne on: June 24, 2008
The New York Times has an interesting article about Floyd Brown, the same man who was involved in the Willie Horton ads during the 1988 election season. He’s ready to go after Senator Barack Obama, if only he can get some funds.
Ready to Attack Obama, if Some Money ArrivesBy MICHAEL LUO
UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. [...]
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