Saturday, October 31, 2009

Charlie Rose - A conversation with basketball legends Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Julius Erving, and Bill Russell

When and how Kareem learned the skyhook, whether they could have went to NBA from high school, what they are doing now--- Oh my!

http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/952

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

'Audacity to Win': Excerpt by Plouffe on Obama Campaign - TIME

"It was chaos and, quite frankly, frightening. I felt as if the wheels could easily spin off our whole venture. Still, Obama was the pillar of reassurance."
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1932963-1,00.html

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Rachel Maddow:Easy to Understand comparision of various Public Option alternatives, Canada Health Care and English Health Care Systems

I admire President Obama but wish he would use his oratory skills to explain the various health care options, as plainly as Rachel. And state which one he is for, why, and what he's going to do to make it happen. 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#33486747

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As Time Goes By........



 
 
 

Seems like only yesterday...

BARBIE DOLL has her 50th birthday this year.......


Tweety Bird is 60 years old!

 

And what about all our other COMIC BOOK SUPERHEROES?

SUPERMAN

Thor

Wonder Woman
 

Batman and Robin

SPIDERMAN

"Life is short, forgive sooner, love with true love, laugh without control and always keep smiling.

Maybe life is not the party that we were expecting, but in the mean time, we're here and we can still dance..."

Growing old is not for wimps!!!

 

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Marriage Gone Bad Cartoons


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Windows 7: Review roundup | csmonitor.com

http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/10/22/windows-7-review-roundup/

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Cap-and-trade: “Green Jobs” or Job Killer? | FactCheck.org

http://factcheck.org/2009/10/cap-and-trade-green-jobs-or-job-killer/

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Masterpiece | Endgame | PBS

Little know story of how business helped negotiations that led to the end of apartheid in South Africa and the release of Nelson Mandela that, for me, points to ways social activists might partner with business to revitalize the inner city.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/endgame/index.html

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Tutor/Mentor Leadership and Networking Conference builds support for volunteer-based tutoring and mentoring programs reaching youth in high-poverty neighborhoods

Want to reduce violence and redevelop the hood? Start by helping youth develop their skills and find mentors.

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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Philadelphia, New York World Series

As a Chicago White Sox fan, I'm pulling for AL Champs... but still love my Philly friends & two great ballplayers Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins.

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Tyler Perry - 60 Minutes - CBS News

"Built career with black folks support; Hollywood told him to get lost; owns everything he makes; building multi-million $$$ business into multi-billion $$$; don't play him small"
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5419908n

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What Michelle Obama Must Do Now | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com

"I want to know how she feels about children killing children back in her hometown of Chicago."
Link: http://www.newsweek.com/id/219373?from=rss (via shareaholic)

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POLITICO 44: White House Adviser David Axelrod on “60 Minutes” to discuss daughter's battle with epilepsy

Way to go David and family for raising awareness and funds to combat this disease

http://www.politico.com/politico44/

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Anna Quindlen: Assessing Barack Obama's Progress | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com

"In an incremental system, Barack Obama is an incremental man... the presidents who have made real change have always done so in the same way: "Each of them had the country pushing the Congress to act, the people and the press both. The pressure has to come from outside."


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NFL Game Center: Chicago Bears at Cincinnati Bengals - 2009 Week 7

Maybe Bears can trade for Benson & Tank; cut our D-line- restart the game.

http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2009102500/2009/REG7/bears@bengals

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Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support

"Who knew that when it came down to crunch time, Harry Reid would be the one who stepped up to the plate and Barack Obama would shy away from the fight," emailed one progressive strategist.

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Friday, October 23, 2009

The End of Black Politics As We Knew It: Will Atlanta's Next Mayor Be White? Should We Even Care? | Black Agenda Report

A new black agenda based on the collective interests of a broader segment of the African American community must soon take the place of black business class political domination, along with some new forms of concerted, collective action to press that agenda home. 

http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/end-black-politics-we-knew-it-will-atlantas-next-mayor-be-white-should-we-even-care

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Obama Quietly Cozies Up to Health-Care Industry | Newsweek Voices - Howard Fineman | Newsweek.com

Is  "change we can believe in" an upfront deal with Big Pharma? 

http://www.newsweek.com/id/217458?from=rss

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FT.com / Columnists / Gideon Rachman - Obama must start punching harder

At least Mr Obama makes decisions with his head, rather than his gut.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/940c78c8-b763-11de-9812-00144feab49a.html?nclick_check=1

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Bob Herbert- Behind the Laughter - NYTimes.com

One in four of every young black male school dropout is locked up in jail or juvenile detention. 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/opinion/13herbert.html?ref=todayspaper

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Op-Ed Columnist - Behind the Laughter - NYTimes.com

Even as teachers by the tens of thousands are walking the plank to unemployment, we’re learning, as The Times reported last week, that one in every 10 young male dropouts is locked up in jail or juvenile detention. As if that weren’t gruesome enough, we find that the figure for blacks is one in four. What would it take to get the perpetual crisis facing these young people onto the radar screens of the rest of America?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/opinion/13herbert.html?ref=todayspaper

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Op-Ed Columnist - The Young and the Neuro - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/opinion/13brooks.html?ref=todayspaper

Many of the studies presented here concerned the way we divide people by in-group and out-group categories in as little as 170 milliseconds.

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Op-Ed Columnist - Behind the Laughter - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/opinion/13herbert.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper

Even as teachers by the tens of thousands are walking the plank to unemployment, we’re learning, as The Times reported last week, that one in every 10 young male dropouts is locked up in jail or juvenile detention. As if that weren’t gruesome enough, we find that the figure for blacks is one in four. What would it take to get the perpetual crisis facing these young people onto the radar screens of the rest of America?

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Joe Biden, White House Truth Teller | Newsweek Politics | Newsweek.com

http://www.newsweek.com/id/217090/page/4 
"[V]eep play[s] the devil's advocate.

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Off the Charts - The Divided States of Health Care Coverage - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/10/business/economy/10charts.html?em

Those who lack health insurance now are far more likely to live in states that usually vote Republican...in strongly Democratic Congressional districts [that] contain large minority populations with relatively low incomes.

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Unboxed - I.B.M Tries to Help Cities Work Smarter - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/business/11unboxed.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

“The mistake people make is to think that collecting the data is the endgame,” saidMichael R. Bloomberg, the mayor of New York. The real payoff, he said, takes another step. “We actually use the data,” he noted.

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PostPartisan - How a Democrat Loses in Virginia

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2009/09/how_a_democrat_loses_in_virgin.html?hpid=opinionsbox1

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In Today's Viral World, Who Keeps a Civil Tongue?


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McDonnell: A Razor-Sharp but Selective Memory


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