The depths of lunacy

Those who are of the belief that what drives a person to kill is poverty should take a look at this story:
Terrorists used a disabled child as a suicide bomber on election day, Iraqi interior minister Falah al-Naqib said today. (more…)
Man, a DISABLED CHILD!!!
If you still believe the poverty theory, then with all do [...]

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National Buffalo Soldiers Museum (pics)

April over at the blog krisandapril.blogs.com just recently visited the Buffalo soldiers museum and has quite of few pics from this experience. Click here to visit the photo gallery.
Click here for some more history on these unsung heroes.

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The silent screams of the modern slave trade movement (part III: America isn’t the only oil-thirsty country)

Throughout much of our media, you will find widespread criticism of the United States and its large oil consumption. The one fact that is rarely mentioned is that while the US consumes roughly 19.65 million bbl/day (according the CIA World Factbook, 2001), the European Union consumes roughly 14.48 million bbl/day (again, using the CIA World [...]

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The silent screams of the modern slave trade movement (part III: America isn’t the only oil-thirsty country)

Throughout much of our media, you will find widespread criticism of the United States and its large oil consumption. The one fact that is rarely mentioned is that while the US consumes roughly 19.65 million bbl/day (according the CIA World Factbook, 2001), the European Union consumes roughly 14.48 million bbl/day (again, using the CIA World [...]

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Weekend Health Clinic: Natural Black Hair (Links)

Not trying to suggest anything here, because black women are beautiful regardless of what kind of hair (or whose hair ) they have. Here are just some links that I came across that I think you will find helpful!
Enjoy!!
Khamit Kinks (http://www.khamitkinks.com)
Nappyhair (http://www.nappyhair.com)
Nappturality (http://www.nappturality.com)
Our Hair (http://www.ourhair.net)
Black Hair Media (http://www.blackhairmedia.com)
Cornrows & Co. (http://www.cornrowsandco.com)

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Weekend Health Clinic: Hair Perms and its effects

What is this?
“Of the common cosmetic procedures, permanent waving, bleaching and dyeing all damage the hair to some extent. Permanent waving, by its nature, disrupts the structure of the hair: indeed, it has to do so for the perm to be successful. In order to change the shape of the hair, permanent waving agents [...]

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Weekend Health Clinic: Black Hair Care–Going Natural

Natural Hair Care
by Ms SNIPS (ourhair.net)
Do you remember seeing your first Afro? Where you impressed, jealous, disgusted or shocked? Nothing gains a second look faster than a person of African or Ethnic descent wearing what God gave them naturally.. Whether you are on one side of the fence or the other about natural styles, their [...]

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Final thoughts before I turn off my computer

In my latest commentary “Don’t trust ‘whitey”, I made the suggestion that “…affirmative action can be seen as institutionalized distrust” of both white people and the United States government.
With that being said, how then do we as people of color obtain the superiority that determines when these two entities (whites and government) have reached the [...]

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Black businessman in the hunt to buy the Minnesota Vikings, but…(www.blackathlete.net)

“McCombs wants between $500 - $600 million and he wants the deal done in the next couple of weeks. Well that may be a huge problem considering the finance committee in the league needs the vetting that. You are talking about getting 31 owners to approve a deal from someone who is not really well [...]

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Missing child for week of 1-28-05

Missing Child: HAFIZ ABDUS-SALAAM
DOB: Jun 28, 2000
Missing: Oct 4, 2004
Age Now: 4
Sex: Male
Race: Black/Hisp
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
Height: 3′0″ (91 cm)
Weight: 45 lbs (20 kg)
Missing From:
CHARLOTTE
NC
United States
Last seen with: KARIMAH ABDUS-SALAAM (Abductor)
Abductor
DOB: Nov 19, 1951
Sex: Female
Race: Black
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5′2″ (157 cm)
Weight: [...]

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