BlackInformant.com Podcast:Interview with Christopher Cruise

As promised here is the very first blackinformant.com podcast. This is an interview that I had last week with mortgage industry expert Christopher Cruise (click here for related post that features his bio). Show notes and link will also appear under the “Podcasts” link in the above menu (for some of you it may be [...]

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America isn’t the only fat part fattest part of the world

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The number of overweight people in Europe is rising and there is an especially worrying trend of increasing childhood obesity and in the number of people who are grossly obese, according to recent studies.
Europe is facing major health and social burdens and the rise in obesity is reaching “epidemic” proportions, the 15th [...]

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Nagin’s foot in mouth disease

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin criticized the cleanliness of Philadelphia after a visit to the city last week. On Sunday, he apologized for his remarks.
“Let me tell you something. You ought to go to Philly and you will appreciate how clean New Orleans is,” Nagin said Saturday to a crowd of New [...]

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Check, Check and Check!

The following was the first post I did for 2007. You will see that quite a few of my predictions have already come to pass.
Taken from “Will the circle be broken?“

Racism and all of its variations
[CHECK]
Politicians/movie stars that have “sold out” or are too uppity.
The endless tagging of Blacks who live in the suburbs [...]

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“Culture of corruption” revisited

(blogs.abcnews.com) The campaign coffers of the new Democratic House committee chairmen have seen a big jump in contributions from lobbyists and special interests since the Democratic takeover of Congress, according to new campaign finance filings available on PoliticalMoneyLine.com.
In some cases, Democrats in powerful posts are raising more money from special interest groups than the Republicans [...]

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