Three Missing Boaters Say Prayer Helped Them Survive!!!!!

The power of prayer should really be the message taken from the story of the three missing boaters who were lost at sea for over a week!That is what kept hope alive for them.These men were strong spiritually & physically.After their boat capsized during a fishing expedition,the men had to survive.And with the help of God,they did.

Here's more on this inspirational story from CNN:

"They kept their bodies alive with rationed crackers, bubble gum, beer and three gallons of water. But spiritually, the three men lost at sea for eight days had something else to keep them going.

"We just kept praying, and we kept hope alive," rescued boater Tressel Hawkins told CNN on Monday. "Even though hope had managed to thread down to a little bitty string, I mean, that little bitty string could be just as strong as the rope you hung on to the first time you got started."

What was supposed to be a fishing expedition to catch swordfish and marlin became instead a test of survival.

Hawkins, 43, and his fellow boaters, Curtis Hall, 28, and James Phillips, 30, set out on August 21 from Matagorda Bay in Texas and went about 100 miles south. Their first night in the Gulf of Mexico almost proved fatal.

While Hawkins was sleeping, he said, he felt the bean bag he was resting on floating. He awoke to find water in the 23-foot catamaran knee-high. The water extractor had malfunctioned. He woke up Hall and Phillips and they tried to stop the flooding but it was too late, Hawkins said.

As Hall had the radio in his hand to call for help, the boat capsized, Phillips told CNN affiliate KHOU-TV. They were "shocked," Phillips said.

Hall was responsible for rationing the food they had on board and the fresh water that sat in a tank on the boat, Hawkins said. They didn't like it, but they had to follow his rules to survive, he said.

"And being that you don't really know when you're going to get rescued, you have to ration it down to the bare essentials, and he stuck to his guns on that," Hawkins said.

And with only those bare essentials, they waited and they prayed but they didn't give up."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Chris Brown Needs To Man Up Instead Of Claiming He Doesn't Remember What He Did!!!!!

Chris Brown went on Larry King Live to .....do what?!!!I thought he was going to own up to what he did instead of saying how shocked he was by what happened.Chris Brown talked about the beating of Rihanna as if he were an amnesiac.How is it that he doesn't remember everything that took place when he brutalized the woman he was supposed to love?!!!That is total B.S.!!!!!

Why not man up on national television & admit to being an immature coward? Let other woman beaters who might be watching the interview know that there was no excuse for what he did on that fateful night.

And this was not the first time. Chris Brown has a history of domestic violence.So,why is he trying to act bewildered about his own repetitive actions?!!

You know,Chris Brown says that he "doesn't know what to think" about the police reports & the details of the beating that he administered.Well,I sure do know what to think.

Chris Brown & his mother did not do anything to improve his image.After seeing that snippet of tonight's interview,Chris Brown appears to be more than just an abuser.He appears to be a liar as well.

DJ AM Survived A Plane Crash,But Not A Drug Overdose! R.I.P!

R.I.P DJ AM!!! One of the coolest cats to spin the wheels of a turntable has died of an apparent drug overdose.Sadly, the celebrity DJ was found with prescription pills as well as a crack pipe.

This is very sad news,indeed.And it's hard to believe that it is true.


Here's more from The NY Post:

" the celebrity club disc jockey known for dating starlets, collecting hundreds of sneakers and surviving a horrific plane crash -- was found dead an apparent overdose in his SoHo apartment today, police said.

Cops found prescription drug bottles inside DJ AM's residence at 210 Lafayette St. after the 36-year-old's lifeless body spotted face-down in his bed at around 5:23 p.m. by a friend, who was concerned he hadn't heard from the performer in several days, sources said.

Emergency medical workers responding to a 911 call from the friend declared DJ AM dead at the scene. No foul play is suspected.

DJ AM, whose real name is Adam Goldstein, had twittered recently that he had finished wrapping up an MTV reality show about drug addiction.

Prescription drugs and a crack pipe were found at the scene. Bottles of pills were found in both the bedroom and the kitchen. He was wearing sweatpants and no shirt.

Friends of the disc jockey gathered outside his apartment tonight, hugging each other. They declined to speak with reporters.

The Philadelphia native, whose real name was Adam Michael Goldstein, was a former member of the band Crazy Town, which scored the smash rap-rock hit "Butterfly" in 2001.

His work behind turntables in hotspots around the world paid him up to $25,000 or more per night -- helping fund what became a collection of more than 1,000 sneakers.

DJ AM had high-profile romances with Nicole Richie, to whom he was once engaged, as well as with actress Mandy Moore."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

"Pastor" Steven Anderson Is The Perfect Example Of An Anti-Christ!

I believe that the man who calls himself "Pastor" Steven Anderson fits the description of an Anti-Christ.Everything that he has espoused sounds like someone who is against Christ instead of standing with Christ.This guy is not a Christian.And I'm sure that he will wind up in the Hell that he wants President Barack Obama to "melt like a snail" in.This guy sounds so satanic that it's not even funny.

Anyone who goes to this man's church should question their own sanity.Because "Pastor" Steven Anderson is a religious nut & a conspiracy theorist.He recently sat down with fellow Barack Obama hater,Alex Jones(who made the conspiracy movie "The Obama Deception"),when he was beaten by border patrol agents.All of the nutcases are colluding together.

That's why Obama has received more death threats than any other president.Folks like Alex Jones,Rush Limbaugh,Glen Beck,& others are pushing the same dangerous message.I wonder if they all feel like "Pastor" Steven Anderson does.I should hope not.Because Steven Anderson wants President Barack Obama to die.He even says that he is praying for it.I'm sure his evil "prayers" have fallen on deaf ears.Unlike the personification of evil known as "Pastor" Steven Anderson,God loves everyone!

Here's more on this story from The Phoenix New Times:

"Remember the crazy Tempe pastor who was Tasered at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint *** back in April: Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church? The same fella that Christopher Broughton, the anti-Obama, anarchist AR-15-carrying activist, declared to be his pastor on conspiranut moonhowler Alex Jones' radio show?

Well, as has been reported on Crooks and Liars and MSNBC, the day before Broughton brought his loaded assault rifle to a demonstration outside where the President was speaking in downtown Phoenix, Pastor Anderson was preaching hate for President Obama, and praying for the Chief Executive's death.

And when I say, "preaching hate," I don't mean that as a figure of speech.

"God hates Barack Obama," the preacher told his congregation. "I hate Barack Obama."

In a rambling, hour-plus sermon that knocks "sodomites," disses Pentecostal Christians, and offers up a birther fantasy of Obama playing baseball in Kenya as a child with a stick and a mango, Anderson talked about how Obama would be in town the next day, and that some of his parishioners might be attending, although he couldn't personally make it due to previous plans.

For Anderson, Obama cannot be "saved," and because Obama backs access to abortion for women, he deserves to die.

"You're gonna tell me that I'm supposed to pray for the socialist devil," asked Anderson, rhetorically, referring to Obama, "[this] murderer, infanticide, who wants to see young children, and he wants to see babies killed through abortion and partial birth -- and all these other things -- you're gonna tell me I'm supposed to pray for god to give him a good lunch tomorrow, while he's in Phoenix, Arizona. Nope. I'm not going to pray for his good. I'm going to pray that he dies and goes to hell. When I go to bed tonight, that's how I'm going to pray."

Obama's death, in Anderson's eyes, would be just punishment for advocating for a woman's right to choose. Calling Obama, "one of the rulers of the darkness of this world," and drawing upon fire and brimstone from the Old Testament, he gets wierdly graphic about what he'd like to see done to the POTUS.

"If someone's gonna twist my arm behind my back," he tells the sunday-go-to-meetin' crowd, "and tell me to pray for Barack Obama -- this is what I'm going to pray, because this is only prayer that applies to him: Break his teeth, oh God, in his mouth, as a snail which melteth, let him pass away, like an untimely birth of a woman -- that he thinks -- he calls it a woman's right to choose, you know, he thinks it's so wonderful, he ought to be aborted. It ought to be, `Abort Obama,' that ought to be the motto."

Anderson also makes clear that his message is political as well as religious:

"Obama is overturning the U.S. Constitution, overturning the Declaration of Independence, overturning everything we believe as a country, overturning 200 some years of history. He is the revolutionary. And it's a socialist, communist revolution. We are the counter-revolutionaries, saying, `No, we don't want change.'"

Was Christopher Broughton in the congregation that Sunday, August 16? Did he hear and absorb this message from the man he described as "my pastor" on Alex Jones' August 20 radio show?"(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

I Am So Glad That Jaycee Lee Dugard Has Finally Been Found!

I am really happy that one of the countless missing children in America has been found.Even though it took almost two decades,Jaycee Lee Dugard has finally emerged from captivity.It is unbelievable to me that her captor was a registered sex offender.How is it that Phillip Garrido never got caught?

I think that the parole agent who was in charge of his case dropped the ball.And the police really screwed up.His neighbors let them know that they had some suspicions about Phillip Garrido because they saw children on his property.But,the police did not investigate Garrido.And they have apologized for that today.

What was absolutely abhorrent to me is the fact Phillip Garrido had two children with Jaycee Lee Dugard.She says she feels guilty for "bonding" with Garrido.Nothing that happened was her fault.The only person who should be harboring feelings of guilt is Phillip Garrido & his wife.

But since Phillip Garrido thinks that this is such "a heartwarming story",it's obvious that he doesn't feel too bad about the "disgusting thing" that he did.

I want to know why Nancy Garrido helped her husband abduct an 11 yr. old Jaycee & assist in her captivity for 18 years? It's just mind-boggling to me!

Here's more from MSNBC:

"Phillip Garrido, 58, is being held for investigation of various kidnapping and sex charges. Authorities said his 54-year-old wife, Nancy Garrido, was with him during the 1991 kidnapping in South Lake Tahoe and she also has been arrested.

Garrido was expected to appear in court on Friday afternoon. Investigators said he did not yet have an attorney.

Garrido's father told The Associated Press on Friday his son is "absolutely out of his mind."

Manuel Garrido said his son fell into a bad crowd when he was younger and started taking LSD. The elder Garrido said the drugs changed him from a good boy, whom everybody loved, to a crazy person.

Speaking by phone from his house in Brentwood, Manuel Garrido said he hasn't seen his son in years and has never been to the house where Phillip Garrido allegedly held Dugard captive.

Backyard compound
Dugard was taken directly to Garrudo's house in suburban Antioch and sheltered from the world in a secret, leafy backyard, investigators said Thursday. Her abductor, investigators said, raped her and fathered two children with her, the first when Jaycee was about 14. Those girls, now 11 and 15, also were kept hidden away in the backyard compound behind the home.

"None of the children have ever been to school, they've never been to a doctor," El Dorado County Undersheriff Fred Kollar said. "They were kept in complete isolation in this compound."

Even a parole agent who visited Garrido's home didn't have an inkling about the hidden compound, Kollar said. Garrido is a registered sex offender on federal parole for rape and kidnapping convictions.

"The way the house is set up, the way the backyard is set up, you could walk through the backyard, walk through the house, and never know," Kollar said.

But neighbors said there were clues even before a parole agent on Wednesday noticed Dugard, now 29, who accompanied Garrido, his wife and the children to a parole office.

Neighbor Diane Doty said she could see the tents and often heard children playing in the backyard, the corner of which abuts her own backyard. She said she even suspected the children lived in the tents, but her husband said she should leave the family alone.

"I asked my husband, 'Why is he living in tents?'" she said. "And he said, 'Maybe that is how they like to live.'"

The Contra Costa County sheriff said Friday his department "missed an opportunity to intervene earlier" to capture the alleged kidnapper.

Sheriff Warren E. Rupf said a neighbor called police in November 2006 to report a backyard encampment at Garrido's home, but the investigating officer dismissed it as a routine code violation.

The deputy who inspected Garrido's yard did not know Garrido was a registered sex offender, even though the sheriff's department had the information.

Rupf said more suspicion and curiosity on the deputy's part could have uncovered the secret encampment where Dugard allegedly was held. There are "absolutely no excuses ... we should have had a better result," Rupf said."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

In South Africa,A Lesbian Was Killed For Playing Football!

Eudy Simelane is the South African woman whose love of football caused her to lose her life! She was the victim of the gay-bashing trend that is steadily increasing in South Africa!The poor woman died violently.Because of her sexual preference & career choice,Eudy Simelan was gang raped & stabbed 25 times!!!

Here's more on this horrific story from the Times Online:

"Eudy Simelane loved football. In other countries the 29-year-old who rose through the ranks to become captain of the women’s national football team would have been fêted as a star. In South Africa it cost her her life.

The top striker, who was gay, was set upon by a gang of thugs, gang-raped and stabbed 25 times. Her sexuality and supposedly butch looks were a death sentence in a country in which the sport is still considered a man’s game by many.

Today, the trial of three men accused of her murder in April 2008 goes ahead after being delayed last month when a fourth man who had agreed to be a witness for the prosecution withdrew his statements at the last moment. For the gay community it is a landmark moment.

In South Africa’s sprawling black townships Ms Simelane was the most famous victim of an increasing trend in anti-gay violence. There, lesbians live in fear. At least twenty women have been killed in the past five years. They are often victims of a phenomenon known as “corrective rape” — the rape of a lesbian by a man either to punish her or cure and correct her sexual orientation.

“Most survivors of these attacks do not report them. We believe there are hundreds of people who have been targeted,” Phumi Mtetna, 36, the director of the Lesbian and Gay Equality Project, told The Times.

“Men are unemployed and feel traditional male preserves — such as football or drinking in a bar — are under attack. That was Eudy’s crime. An aggravating factor was that she did not look like a typical female. People are just getting killed here because they are different, like HIV-positive people have been killed in the past. What is important is to get a verdict which includes murder,” she said."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Republican Congressman Herger Is Another Racist Who Called A Self-Proclaimed" Right-Wing Terrorist" A "Great American"!!!

Rep. Lynn Jenkins & Congressman Wally Herger have shown themselves to be racists!There is no defense for Rep. Lynn Jenkins search for "a great white hope" in the Republican party.And no reason at all for Congressman Wally Herger's praise for a self-proclaimed "right-wing terrorist".Congressman Herger believes that right-wing terrorists are "great Americans"!!!

Why would any minority ever want to be a Republican?!!Someone please tell me!!

Here's more from The Raw Story:

"US House Representative Wally Herger, of California’s 2nd congressional district, expressed “enthusiastic approval” of a town-hall attendee who described himself as a “proud right-wing terrorist,” newspapers in northern California report.

According to the Redding Record Searchlight, an incident broke out at a town hall at Simpson University in Redding on Tuesday when Herger signaled encouragement to a 67-year-old town hall attendee, Bert Stead, who called himself a “proud right-wing terrorist.”

“Amen, God bless you,” Herger reportedly replied to the comment. “There is a great American.”

That was enough for 50-year-old Marisa Hewitt, who called the largely anti-health reform crowd “a bunch of racist haters” and started “using the f-bomb” after the controversial comments.

That did not sit well with crowd. One individual grabbed Hewitt by the arm and ejected her from the hall with the words “you’re outta here.”(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Rep Jenkins Says That The Republican Party Needs "A Great White Hope" To Defeat Obama's Agenda!!!!

I do not believe for one second that U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins was misunderstood when she chose to use the phrase "a great white hope".The woman is a racist.Plain & simple!

She was talking about finding someone who could stop President Obama's agenda when she said that.Now, she has issued a statement saying that she didn't mean to "offend" anyone.Is that so?

Well,if you believe that you are one gullible fool!Rep. Lynn Jenkins has shown her true colors.And if I were a minority who was a member of the Republican party,like Michael Steele,I would truly be offended & appalled.Because she is telling folks like Bobby Jindal that their party needs "a great white hope." And we know that neither Jindal or Steele fits that description.

Here's more from Yahoo News:

"A freshman Kansas congresswoman said Thursday that her remark about fellow Republicans seeking a "great white hope" was not a reference to someone who could challenge President Barack Obama or his political agenda.

Rep. Lynn Jenkins said she was instead making a comment about GOP leaders in the House and was trying to reassure Republicans that the party has bright leaders there. She used the phrase during an Aug. 19 forum in Hiawatha and someone in the crowd recorded it and gave the video to the Kansas Democratic Party.

Both she and an aide apologized Thursday if the comment offended anyone. But when she was asked about the remark after a town hall meeting in Ottawa, Jenkins also suggested it had been taken out of context.

"Let's remember the context of this situation," she said. "I don't know how the president got injected into this debate."

Patrick Leopold, Jenkins' chief of staff, said her office in Pittsburg received a death threat Thursday, but he didn't know whether it was connected to any specific issue. He said the matter was being turned over to police.

The phrase "great white hope" often is associated with pre-civil rights-era racism and is widely believed to have entered usage in the U.S. when boxer Jack Johnson, who was black, captured the heavyweight title in the early 20th century. Many whites reacted to Johnson's achievement by trying to find white fighters — or a "great white hope" — who could beat him. The boxer's story inspired a play, then a movie, with that title, both starring James Earl Jones.

The Democratic National Committee in Washington declined to comment on Jenkins' remarks. Officials at the Washington offices of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People did not respond to a request for comment.

"I saw that report," White House spokesman Bill Burton said at a briefing on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, where Obama is vacationing. "I also saw that her spokesperson backpeddaled and said that was a poor choice of words. We obviously give congressman Jenkins the benefit of the doubt."

Jenkins said she wasn't aware that the phrase had a negative connotation. She noted that she used it when answering a question from an audience member who began by noting the GOP's success in taking control of Congress in 1994 after drafting a "Contract with America."

"I got a question one day from someone regarding the future House leadership. I made a reference to him not giving up hope, that we had some great bright leaders in our future," she said. "I apologize if anyone misunderstood my intent."

At the Hiawatha event, Jenkins mentioned three House colleagues as future party leaders: Eric Cantor of Virginia, Kevin McCarthy of California and Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. All are white, as is Jenkins; Obama is the nation's first black president.

"Republicans are struggling right now to find the great white hope," Jenkins said last week. "I suggest to any of you who are concerned about that, who are Republican, there are some great young Republican minds in Washington."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

A Florida Grandmother Goes Ballistic On Reporters With A Hoe!

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Damn,look at Grandma wildly swinging a garden hoe at reporters in Florida!The reason why she goes ballistic on this TV crew is because they asked questions about a police report that she filed.In that report,the grandmother complained that her underage granddaughters had been working at a strip club & not attending school.

No one can accuse Rosemary Lumpkin of seeking media attention.From the way she was wielding that hoe,it is quite clear that she cherishes her anonymity.Don't mess with grandma!

This kind of reminds me of a scene from a "Madea" movie.Crazy!!

Here's more from ABC11:

"Reporters wanted to ask Rosemary Lumpkin about a report she filed with police about her 15-year-old working at a Cocoa strip club.

The woman who answered the door at Lumpkin's home peppered reporters with a few choice words and then came after a cameraman with a garden hoe.

"I'm not Rosemary. Why are ya'll knocking on my door. Hey! Don't put that camera in my f**** face man. Get off my f**** porch right now! Get the... ****, ****," yelled the woman.

Neighbors later identified her as the teenager's grandmother.

Cocoa police say Rosemary Lumpkin called them Friday night saying she found out her daughter was dancing at a club called Playmates. Police found the 15-year-old and a 17-year-old dressed in something like swimsuit attire.

Police say the club owners could not provide any IDs on the teenagers who detectives say have been working at Playmates for months. New management has been in place for about two weeks.

You must be 18 to dance in the club."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Crazed Teen Sets Off Pipe Bombs At San Mateo High School!

Heroic Hillsdale High School faculty members tackled a teenager who was intent on setting off 10 pipe bombs on campus.Before he was detained,17 yr. old Alexander Youshock of San Mateo detonated two pipe bombs & he was carrying a chainsaw and two-foot long sword!!! Good grief!

It is unclear why the former student committed these crimes.Here's more on this story from Kron4:

"San Mateo police are praising the teachers and students at Hillsdale High School for their safe and calm response after a former student allegedly set off two pipe bombs on campus.

San Mateo Police Chief Susan E. Manheimer says a 17-year old former student arrived on the Hillsdale campus at about 8:00 a.m. Monday. She says he wore a tactical vest with ten pipebombs. He also carried a chainsaw and two-foot long sword.

KRON 4 has confirmed the suspect is Alexander Youshock, a San Mateo resident. KRON 4's Maureen Kelly was at the Youshock home when police and the bomb squad evacuated six units in the apartment complex where Youshock lives.

Chief Manheimer says the suspect entered the northwest hallway of the main academic building near the library where he immediate detonated two pipe bombs. The resulting smoke from the explosions set off the school's fire alarms.

Investigators say two teachers then confronted Youshock in the hallway. When the young man tried to flee, police say the teachers chased him. Later a third teacher reportedly tackled the suspect while the principal helped to subdue him.

The chief says police officers arriving on the scene cut off the tactical vests while the suspect still had the live bombs. The eight remaining devices were rendered safe and detonated at the scene.

"I think it's very important to note at this time that without any due regard for the safety of the school staff, the administrator, the teachers, and the responding officers, they tackled the suspect, took him down, restrained him while he was armed with live pipe bombs," Chief Manheimer said. "It is duly worth noting that this was so there would not be any injuries to the students or the other people in the school."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Michael Jackson's Death Has Been Ruled A Homicide!!!!

Michael Jackson's death has been ruled a homicide & Dr. Conrad Murray is definitely not the only doctor that should go down for Michael Jackson's demise.There are more physicians involved in doping Michael Jackson up than Dr. Murray.I hope that they will charge every last one of them with some sort of crime.

Here's more from MSNBC:

"The Los Angeles County coroner ruled Michael Jackson's death a homicide Monday after a search warrant affidavit revealed that Jackson had lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol in his system when he died.

The document unsealed Monday allowed officials to raid the Houston offices and storage facility of Dr. Conrad Murray last month.

According to the warrant, Murray, Jackson's personal physician, had been treating the singer for insomnia with the sedative for six weeks. According to the document, Murray said he had been trying to wean Jackson off the powerful sedative by using smaller doses in combination with the sedatives lorazepam and midazolam.

On the morning Jackson died, Murray said he tried to induce sleep without using propofol, starting first with valium at 1:30 a.m. When Jackson was still awake at 2 a.m., Murray injected Jackson with lorazepam, then injected him with midazolam at 3 a.m. Murray told police he administered several other drugs over the next few hours.

By 10:40 a.m., Jackson, still unable to sleep, urged Murray to give him propofol. Murray said in court documents that he administered 25 milligrams of the drug at that time, then left Jackson alone under the influence of the drug to make phone calls to his Houston office. When he returned, Jackson was not breathing. He performed CPR while a member of Jackson's staff called 911. The singer was rushed to UCLA Medical Center where he was declared dead sometime later.

The affidavit says, while Murray acknowledged to police that he administered propofol, authorities find no evidence that he had purchased, ordered or obtained the medication under his medical license or Drug Enforcement Administration tracking number. Police detectives found about eight bottles of the anesthetic in Jackson's house along with other vials and pills that had been prescribed to Jackson by Dr. Murray, Dr. Arnold Klein and Dr. Allan Metzger."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

The Reality Star Who Murdered His Girlfriend Has Now Killed Himself!

It's too bad that they couldn't bring Ryan Jenkins to justice for killing his ex-wife,Jasmine Fiore.The swimsuit model was the victim of a gruesome murder at his hands.Mr. Jenkins went on the run & he has been found in a motel.The reality show contestant apparently hung himself.Only God can judge him now.

Here's more from MSNBC:

"A reality show contestant wanted for murder in the gruesome death and mutilation of his ex-wife was found dead Sunday of an apparent suicide after hanging himself in a secluded Canadian motel, authorities said.

Sgt. Duncan Pound of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police border integrity unit says police responded to a call about a dead person in Hope, east of Vancouver, and then called investigators who were part of the massive manhunt for Jenkins.

The real estate developer and investor was wanted in California on first-degree murder charges after the mutilated body of his ex-wife was found in a trash bin in Buena Park, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles.

Jenkins had apparently hanged himself, said Farrah Emami, spokeswoman for the Orange County District Attorney's Office in California, which is contact with Canadian police.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are "now able to confirm that a deceased person that was found in a motel in Hope, British Columbia is, in fact, Ryan Jenkins," Pound said.

"At this present time, the investigation into the circumstances of his death is continuing, but preliminary evidence suggests that he took his own life. Any further details will not be released at this time as this investigation remains in its infancy." (END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Ryan Alexander Jenkins Must Have Murdered Jasmine Fiore Because He Fled!

A reality TV contestant is the subject of a manhunt that has extended into Canada because he may have brutally murdered his girlfriend. Since Ryan Alexander Jenkins was the last one seen with Jasmine Fiore,the police want to talk to him.After reporting her missing,he has disappeared from sight.

As the search for Mr. Jenkins continues,the details of Ms. Fiore's murder are getting gorier by the minute!Her body was stuffed in a trunk & found in a dumpster.Now,we learn that her teeth & fingers were forcibly removed.How gross it that?!!Catch this monster!!!

Here's more from The NY Daily News:

"A reality TV contestant being sought for questioning in the grisly murder of his swimsuit model ex-wife was accused of beating her before, court records revealed Wednesday.

Ryan Alexander Jenkins was charged in June with battery on Jasmine Fiore, who was found dead in a Dumpster on Saturday near Los Angeles.

Jenkins was charged with domestic abuse after he allegedly hit Fiore in the arm, Nevada court records say. He is awaiting a nonjury trial in December on the charges.

A contestant on the VH1 reality show "Megan Wants a Millionaire," Jenkins married the slain stunner in a quickie Las Vegas wedding in March, records show.

Fiore's mother pleaded for cops to track down Jenkins, who has been on the run since reporting Fiore missing over the weekend.

"I want to find this guy," said Lisa Lepore, Fiore's mom.

The heartbroken mom blasted Jenkins as a controlling type who was "insanely jealous."

"I never had good vibe with him," Lepore said. "They didn't get along. He's really cheap and just weird."

The mom said Fiore had the marriage annulled in May.

Jenkins, who previously served 15 months' probation for a 2007 assault on a woman in Canada, took off after reporting Fiore missing on Saturday - the same day she was found dead."(END OF EXCERPT)Read more here.

Urban Farmer's Markets Should Definitely Be A Part Of Health Care Reform!!!

I have heard about as much as I can take from these elitist Republicans that get on television & talk about the pork that is in the proposed health care reform bill.They take issue with having government-subsidized farmer's markets in urban areas.Why is that needed you ask?

Well,if you have ever lived in the ghetto or "urban area",you know that finding fresh fruits & vegetables in the neighborhood is like finding buried treasure.It really is that elusive.You have to trek to suburban areas to get the edible goods.Having a farmer's market that is accessible to those in the poorest areas around the country is an excellent idea.And it is direly needed!

But,we also need to make these necessary food items affordable to everyone.And that's why I like this great article on the part sustainable food should play in this health care reform debate.Here's more from Jack & Jill Politics:

"A lot of African American obesity problems come from traditional diets and lack of knowledge about what a good diet is. Another problem for African Americans is lack of options for healthy food.

In many urban African American neighborhoods, there are plenty of options for fast food, but not that many options for healthy food. A study from the University of Pittsburgh came to the conclusion:

Without access to supermarkets, which offer a wide variety of foods at lower prices, poor and minority communities may not have equal access to the variety of healthy food choices available to non-minority and wealthy communities.

While health food trends like, fruit smoothies, turkey burgers, and tossed salads and healthy supermarkets, like Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods have been popping up in upper class, trendy neighborhoods, they are hard to find in the working class, minority neighborhoods. Many minority neighborhoods are filled with corner stores that offer snacks, candy and very few options for health food. Soda and drinks with high fructose corn syrup are in abundance in many of these stores, while natural juices are hard to find and expensive.

A recent study by Horowitz found that only 18% of bodegas, or small grocery stores, in a minority neighborhood carried a selection of healthy foods compared with 58% of similar stores in a predominantly white area.

Fast food and junk food companies are constantly marketing themselves directly to Black people. Chains like Popeye’s, KFC and McDonalds spend a lot of advertising money to make sure Black people keep on buying their unhealthy products.

If we are truly to fix health care, we cannot just focus on treating diseases, we also must prevent them. Making sure every citizen has the opportunity to maintain a balanced, healthy diet should be a priority in whatever health care bill that the government passes. Tax breaks should be given to businesses that offer healthy alternatives and chains that only sell fatty, unhealthy foods should be taxed for revenue to fund health care.

We also need to educate children about the importance of having a healthy diet. PSA’s like The Truth anti-smoking campaign should be used to keep people away from eating unhealthy foods. Students should be given culinary classes and home economics classes that encourage a healthy, balanced diet.

There are a lot of options for healthy, nutritious, tasty foods out there. Unfortunately a lot of these foods are limited to the rich, and are far out of reach for many people in Black neighborhoods. If these options were given to all people, our health care system would have less of a burden and all people would be happier and healthier. The fast food system in America is in need of an overhaul, not unlike the auto industry. Just like health care should be right for every American, access to health food should be too."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the article in its entirety here.

A Law Firm That Bart Hired Says Much Went Wrong Before & After Oscar Grant's Murder!

Remember the murder of an innocent black man named Oscar Grant on New Year's Eve? It took place during a melee at the Fruitvale Bart Station in Oakland,CA.The person who killed Oscar Grant was a Bart police officer & most people were outraged when they found out the circumstances of his death.It simply did not have to happen!

For the naysayers out there who immediately took the cop's side in this unwarranted tragedy,a law firm that Bart officials hired to look into what went wrong has issued a report stating that the cops bungled the whole incident.It is not even clear whether or not Oscar Grant was ever involved in the fight that the police were responding to.The cold truth is that this bright young man's life was snuffed out for no reason.

Here's more from The Mercury News:

"The BART-commissioned report that found grave errors in how the agency's Police Department reacted before and after Oscar Grant III was killed will have little to no impact on the murder case against former Officer Johannes Mehserle, legal experts and his attorney said.

The report, released Tuesday, details numerous mistakes made by officers and department brass before and after Mehserle shot Grant in the back while the Hayward resident lay facedown Jan. 1 on the platform of BART's Fruitvale station in Oakland.

The report's findings mirror arguments made by Mehserle's attorney, Michael Rains, during a preliminary hearing at which Rains argued his client made a mistake shooting his gun at Grant instead of his Taser.

Rains has attempted to prove that BART officers responding to a call about a fight on a train were overwhelmed by rowdy passengers and that the officers had not been properly trained in the use of Tasers.

David Sklansky, a UC Berkeley law professor, said the report could help Mehserle with his central argument that he was, in part, a victim of organizational mismanagement and made a mistake during a chaotic situation.

"On the one hand, it makes what happened look even more horrible," Sklansky said. "On the other hand, it strengthens the argument by the officer that it was not entirely his fault."

Sklansky said the report could bolster testimony from defense experts who will be brought to the trial to describe the lack of training BART officers receive in using Tasers and dealing with large crowds. The report's findings, however, cannot be used as evidence in Mehserle's murder case, legal experts and Rains said.

The criminal justice system prohibits such reports from being introduced during criminal trials in an effort to encourage the corrections of mistakes that lead to tragic outcomes, said Michael Cardoza, a criminal attorney who has followed the Mehserle case. If such reports were allowed as evidence, Cardoza said, many agencies never would conduct investigations for fear the outcomes later could be used against them during criminal trials."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

A South African Track Star Took A Gender Test To Prove That She Was A Female!

Caster Semenya is the South African track star that clocked the fastest women's 800m time in the world this year at the Africa Junior Championships.She easily obtained a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin.But,Caster Semenya's great accomplishments have been eclipsed by a debate over her true gender.Is she really a woman or a man? Some believe that it's a case of gender variance.I think that it is just an extreme case of jealousy.
Here's more on that from The Daily Mail UK :

"Controversial runner Caster Semenya's mother has hit out at claims that her daughter's 800m at the World Athletics Championships was invalid - because she is actually a man.

Caster Semenya, 18, stunned a crowd of thousands in Berlin last night by storming to success in the 800 metres final in which Britain's Jennifer Meadows won a bronze.

It was the South African's first major international sporting competition. She won in one minute and 55.45 seconds - beating defending champion Janeth Jepkosgei, a Kenyan, by a massive 2.45 seconds.

But the athlete's triumph has been overshadowed by growing accusations that she is in fact a man.

Yesterday the world athletics body, the IAAF, confirmed it asked South Africa to test their star 18-year-old's gender three weeks ago.

The complex series of tests were prompted after her muscular physique and extraordinary performances sparked speculation over whether she really was female.

If the tests prove she is in fact male, she will lose her medal.

But her mother Dorcus Semenya today defended her athlete daughter.

'I am not even worried about that because I know who and what my child is,' she said defiantly.

'Mokgadi Caster is a girl and no one can change that.'


Read more here.

Octomom Asks Herself A Question That The World Has Pondered!

Nadya Suleman asked herself this question tonight during a televison interview:

"What was I thinking?"

That is the question that has been asked repetitively since Nadya Suleman was pegged with the moniker "octomom." What the hell was she thinking?!! Well,at least she is finally owning up to the fact that she sure as hell wasn't thinking about tomorrow when she had 8 kids.

Here's more from The Telegraph:

""I screwed myself, I screwed up my life, I screwed up my kids' lives...What was I thinking?" Miss Suleman said in an interview in "Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage", which will be aired on the Fox network on Wednesday.

Miss Suleman, who gave birth to the octuplets in a Los Angeles hospital in January, is shown in the documentary sitting on her bed, surrounded by the eight screaming babies, as she attempts to feed them.

A British production company has also filmed a fly-on-the-wall documentary that could earn $250,000 (£150,000) for her children over the next three years and the same amount for her, prompting allegations that she is cashing in on her offspring.

The divorced 33-year-old Californian's life was turned upside-down when she gave birth to the world's longest-surviving octuplets. She already had six other children, aged two to seven.

Miss Suleman was also revealed to be an unemployed single mother, living on food stamps, who conceived all her 14 children through in vitro fertilisation."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

I'm Glad That Michael Vick Got Signed With The Eagles!

Everyone deserves a second chance in life.And Michael Vick is no exception to that.He paid his debt to society & I am glad that the Philadelphia Eagles recognized that fact.

Now,I took this comment from YouTube because it reflects the vitriol some people feel towards Michael Vick.This person even went so far as to compare Vick to OJ Simpson.Now,that's just crazy!Here's the comment from:

"ShogaNinja (16 minutes ago)

"The Eagles are thinking...we can save some money here by hiring Vick. We can get talent on the cheap. Well, after a crapload of people boycott the Eagles I think sagging merchandise sales will counteract the initial saving and eventually cost them money.

Bad move. Vick is the new O.J.

CNN Brings National Attention To The Rocky Mount Murders!

Since 2005,five black women with similar backgrounds have been found murdered & abandoned in remote locations near Rocky Mount,NC.A lot of people feel like there was not enough local or national attention being paid to their deaths because of their economic,social,& ethnic background.All of the women were poor,black & they may have been sex workers.Many feel that for those reasons their story was not receiving the national attention that it deserved.

Here's more on that from The Rocky Mount Telegram:

"Pepita Hargrove wept last week when funeral officials pulled a cover from the decomposing remains of her sister, Jarniece Hargrove.

It’s hard, she said, to shake the image of her sister struggling against a strange man, before ultimately being strangled to death and dumped in the woods.

“My sister was so loving,” Pepita said after authorities told her family Jarniece was dead. “She was into some stuff — she always struggled with drugs — but she had a very loving heart.”

In some parts of Rocky Mount, Latonia Taylor said, the string of murders is all anyone talks about. In other parts, nobody seems to care, she said.

“Everyone in my neighborhood is scared, and we want justice,” said Taylor, who knew three of the victims. “But most of my friends who live across town didn’t even know anything about it until I told them. I mean, women are dying.”

Rocky Mount Councilman and local NAACP President Andre Knight said he wonders if the murders would garner more local and national attention if the victims came from different backgrounds. Either way, he’s challenging federal investigators to launch a probe into the case.

A group of East Rocky Mount residents, many of whom knew the victims, has launched a campaign to raise awareness about the murders and create a team to canvass the areas where women have been found.

Willette Battle stood under the hot afternoon sun Friday on Fairview Road holding a sign that read: “Their lifestyles shouldn’t mean they get a death sentence.” Battle, who knew three of the victims and at least one of the missing women, worked to flag down motorists, hoping to sell plates of food to raise money and awareness.

“Nobody is paying attention, it seems like,” Battle said. “These women were fun to be around and they loved to laugh. They lived tough lives, but they were all beautiful. Nobody cares about that, seems like.”

If the women had different names or were of a different race from a different part of town, Battle said, the outcry would be national, and it would be relentless.

“That’s not the case, but we’re working to change that,” Battle said.

Regardless of media or community attention, Pepita Hargrove said she prays authorities catch whoever might be responsible for the killings and, more than anything, hopes her sister and the other victims will be remembered as more than drug-addicted prostitutes.

“These girls are all someone’s sister or someone’s daughter or someone’s mother,” Pepita said. “It doesn’t seem like anybody cares about that. My sister was a good person.

“I want justice to be brought to whoever’s doing this.” (END OF EXCERPT)Read the entire story here.

Now,someone in the national media has finally brought this story to the forefront.Hopefully,CNN's reports on the Rocky Mount killings will help catch the serial killer who is still out there looking for more victims.

Why is it that CNN is the only one that finds this story to be newsworthy? Is it because this black serial killer has only claimed the lives of black prostitutes?

Anyone with information about this case is asked to contact the Rocky Mount Police Department at 252-972-1411.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver: A Strong Advocate For The Mentally Impaired!

Eunice Kennedy Shriver has left the world at the age of 88.And I am sure there is a special place in heaven for a woman who has done so much to help improve the lives of the mentally disabled.

She founded the Special Olympics & helped to establish numerous health-care facilities.Her work on behalf of those suffering from mental retardation led to her receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1984.As you can see,her life was filled with showing compassion for her fellow human beings.She was truly an admirable woman.

Here's the statement that the Shriver family released after her death:

"It's hard for us to believe: the amazing Eunice Kennedy Shriver went home to God this morning at 2 a.m. She was the light of our lives, a mother, wife, grandmother, sister and aunt who taught us by example and with passion what it means to live a faith-driven life of love and service to others. For each of us, she often seemed to stop time itself - to run another Special Olympics games, to visit us in our homes, to attend to her own mother, her sisters and brothers, and to sail, tell stories, and laugh and serve her friends. How did she do it all?

Inspired by her love of God, her devotion to her family, and her relentless belief in the dignity and worth of every human life, she worked without ceasing - searching, pushing, demanding, hoping for change. She was a living prayer, a living advocate, a living center of power. She set out to change the world and to change us, and she did that and more. She founded the movement that became Special Olympics, the largest movement for acceptance and inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities in the history of the world. Her work transformed the lives of hundreds of millions of people across the globe, and they in turn are her living legacy.

We have always been honored to share our mother with people of good will the world over who believe, as she did, that there is no limit to the human spirit. At this time of loss, we feel overwhelmed by the gifts of prayer and support poured out to us from so many who loved her. We are together in our belief that she is now in heaven, rejoicing with her family, enjoying the fruits of her faith, and still urging us onward to the challenges ahead. Her love will inspire us to faith and service always.

She was forever devoted to the Blessed Mother. May she be welcomed now by Mary to the joy and love of life everlasting, in the certain truth that her love and spirit will live forever."

May she rest in peace.

Glenn Beck Needs To Lose More Than Just Advertisers!

Glenn Beck is the ultimate far right propagandist who has made an art out of presenting paranoia as actual information that people can use.He called President Obama a racist because he is quite knowledgeable in that area,being that Beck actually is a bigot!

That's why I'm glad that Glenn Beck has lost some advertisers because of his insane rhetoric.Kudos to them!It's just too bad that he hasn't lost his show yet.But since he is over at Fox News,they won't pull his show until the ratings sink.

Here's more on this story from Reuters:

"Some of the nation's biggest advertisers are distancing themselves from Fox News host Glenn Beck after he called President Obama a racist during a July 28 broadcast.

Geico has pulled its ads from Fox News Channel's "The Glenn Beck Program." Lawyers.com, which is owned by LexisNexis, also has vowed not to advertise during the program, according to Color of Change, an African-American online political organization that has been urging advertisers to stop supporting the show.

Additionally, Procter & Gamble, Progressive Insurance and SC Johnson all said their ad placements during the broadcast were made in error and that they would correct the mistake.

The controversy stems from Beck's comment that President Obama is a "racist" with "a deep-seated hatred for white people."

Geico spent more than a half-billion dollars on ads last year, according to the Nielsen Co. It spent more than a quarter-billion dollars in the first half of 2009.

A Fox representative noted that Geico is dropping its ads from the show but was quick to note that it was shifting dollars to other programs. "The advertisers referenced have all moved their spots from Beck to other programs on the network, so there has been no revenue lost," the rep said.

Beck's show pulled in an average of slightly more than 2 million viewers for each of its 19 telecasts in July, according to Nielsen."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Children Suffering From Swine Flu Should Not Be Given Tamiflu!

British researchers have conducted a study on the effectiveness of Tamiflu & its side effects.They reached the conclusion that giving Tamiflu to children who are stricken with the swine flu can actually do more harm than good.Because it leaves them sick to their stomach.

Why would anyone want to give their child a drug that will make them feel even worse? So,those researchers shared the results of their study with health officials so that they can come up with a better way to treat the swine flu.Here's more from The Telegraph:

"Children should not be given the anti-viral drug Tamiflu for swine flu because its harms outweigh any benefits, Oxford researchers have said.

They called on the Department of Health to have an urgent rethink of its current policy in the swine flu pandemic.

Their study found that Tamiflu caused vomiting in some children, which can lead to dehydration and complications.

And the drug had little or no effect on asthma flare-ups, ear infections or the likelihood of a youngster needing antibiotics.

Dr Carl Henegan, a GP and expert from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, said the current policy of giving Tamiflu for mild illness was an "inappropriate strategy".

He added: "The downside of the harms outweigh the one-day reduction in symptomatic benefits."

The study comes little over a week after other research found that children given Tamiflu preventatively reported side-effects including nausea and nightmares.

Researchers analysed four studies involving children aged one to 12 taking Tamiflu or another anti-viral, Relenza.

The children were being treated for normal seasonal flu but the experts behind the research said their findings would extend to the current swine flu pandemic.

Dr Matthew Thompson, a GP and researcher at Oxford University, said: "I don't think we have got any reason to think our results would be any different."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

Miley Cyrus Gave A Controversial Performance At The Teen Choice Awards

I thought that Miley Cyrus put on a much raunchier show than she really did because of all the ruckus that's being made over her performance at the Teen Choice Awards.Once I saw the "stripper pole" that she was holding onto,it was much ado about nothing in my humble opinion.At least we didn't get a glimpse of Hannah Montana's nipple or vagina,like we have with Britney Spears.

What I found to be far more disturbing is the fact that Miley Cyrus called Britney Spears her hero! Really?!! I hope that Miley Cyrus was just trying to give Ms. Spears a boost in the confidence department.Because selling a lot of records is not heroic.I'm not sure what Miley Cyrus was talking about.Let's hope for her sake that she is not trying to pattern herself after Britney Spears.

Jennifer Hudson Gave Birth To A Boy This Past Monday!

I am glad that after suffering through the tragic deaths of her closest family members Jennifer Hudson really has a cause to celebrate.She brought a wonderful new life into this world yesterday.The talented singing marvel gave birth to a boy named David Daniel Otunga Jr. The father is David Otunga who is also known as "Punk" from "I Love New York".

Congratulations & best wishes to the happy couple.

Doctors Will Not Euthanize People When Obama Reforms The Health Care System!

Doctors will not euthanize people as if they were sick cats or dogs if President Obama gets the chance to reform health care.Sarah Palin should never claim that she is not just another lying politician.Because she knows good & damn well that there will be no "death panel"!And for her to suggest such a thing is "downright evil".

In this heated atmosphere,people like Glen Beck & Newt Gingrich have no regard for the facts.Additionally,I think that they could care less about contributing to the confusion & anger that some folks have over this issue.These commentators & political opportunists just want their side to win.Even if they have to use fabrications to obtain their ultimate goal.

Although Glen Beck claims that his audience can depend on him for the honest to goodness truth,he has demonstrated his dishonesty on a regular basis.And he was quick to push this idea that people will be put down like cats & dogs if Obama passes his "evil" health care reform.


Well,here's an excerpt from a fact check The AP did:

"Former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin says the health care overhaul bill would set up a "death panel." Federal bureaucrats would play God, ruling on whether ailing seniors are worth enough to society to deserve life-sustaining medical care. Palin and other critics are wrong.

Nothing in the legislation would carry out such a bleak vision. The provision that has caused the uproar would instead authorize Medicare to pay doctors for counseling patients about end-of-life care, if the patient wishes. Here are some questions and answers on the controversy:

Q: Does the health care legislation bill promote "mercy killing," or euthanasia?

A: No.

Q: Then what's all the fuss about?

A: A provision in the House bill written by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., would allow Medicare to pay doctors for voluntary counseling sessions that address end-of-life issues. The conversations between doctor and patient would include living wills, making a close relative or a trusted friend your health care proxy, learning about hospice as an option for the terminally ill, and information about pain medications for people suffering chronic discomfort.

The sessions would be covered every five years, more frequently if someone is gravely ill.

Q: Is anything required?

Monsignor Charles Fahey, 76, a Catholic priest who is chairman of the board of the National Council on Aging, a nonprofit service and advocacy group, says no.

"We have to make decisions that are deliberative about our health care at every moment," Fahey said. "What I have said is that if I cannot say another prayer, if I cannot give or get another hug, and if I cannot have another martini — then let me go."

Q: Does the bill advocate assisted suicide?

A: No. It would block funds for counseling that presents suicide or assisted suicide as an option."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.

People Are Acting Like Hooligans At The Town Hall Meetings On Health Care Reform!

If the folks that are acting like hooligans at these health care reform discussions are examples of "real Americans",then please classify me as a fake American.There is nothing that can be gained by acting belligerent & ignorant in any discussion.We get that these people oppose health care reform.But,can anyone discern what their solution to the health care crisis in this country is?

I Know The Republican Sonia Sotomayor Haters Are Angry That She Will Be A Supreme Court Justice!

There were 37 naysayers in the Senate who didn't want Judge Sonia Sotomayor to serve as a Supreme Court Justice.Even the maverick known as John McCain went along with the party of no by saying that he could not support her nomination.Unlike Sarah Palin,she is at least qualified for the job that she was up for.

But since he obviously does not always make the right choices in life,I'm not surprised that McCain voted against Sonia Sotomayor.It did not matter though.Sonia Sotomayor has made history by becoming the first Hispanic justice to serve on the Supreme Court.McCain could not stop Obama or his pick for the Supreme Court.And neither could the rest of her naysayers.

Naomi Sims Was The World's First Black Supermodel!

Naomi Sims was a beautiful woman with chocolate skin that was velvety smooth & she had immaculate facial features.So,it's no wonder that she became the world's first black supermodel.I knew about her from the wig collection that bore her name.

This magnificent trailblazer has passed away at the age of 61.Naomi Sims was a model that overcame obstacles,such as racism.She should really be a role model for all young black women.We all can learn from her class,determination & winning attitude.

Here's more about her struggle from the Telegraph:

"The breakthrough came in 1968, when she was given the cover of the mainstream magazine Ladies' Home Journal. The following year she appeared on the cover of Life magazine. As the designer Halston told The New York Times in 1974: "Naomi was the first. She was the great ambassador for all black people. She broke down all the social barriers."

A handful of black girls had been successful models before her (Dorothea Towles Church, for example, had been a star of the Paris couture shows in the 1950s); but until Naomi Sims came along, none had managed to penetrate the public consciousness. That she did so was entirely due to her determination, forged during a difficult childhood in Pennsylvania.

Naomi Ruth Sims was born at Oxford, Mississippi, on March 30 1948. Her parents divorced soon after her birth, and she never knew her father, who worked as a porter (her mother, however, later confided that he had been "an absolute bum"). Mrs Sims took her three daughters to live in Pittsburgh, but Naomi was subsequently brought up by foster parents. At Westinghouse High School she towered over her fellow pupils, who responded by ostracising her.

Her resolution to make something of her life took Naomi, in 1966, on a scholarship to the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, which she combined with night classes in psychology at New York University.

When she decided to become a model, however, her early encounters with the agencies were not encouraging: all turned her down, some taking the trouble to explain that her skin was too dark. Deciding to bypass the agencies altogether, she went directly to fashion photographers – a tactic that paid off when Gosta Peterson, a photographer for The New York Times, agreed to do a shoot for the cover of the newspaper's August 1967 fashion supplement.

While this was a considerable coup, Naomi Sims still found it difficult to get work. Eventually she told Wilhelmina Cooper, a former model who was starting her own agency, that she would send out copies of the The Times's supplement to advertising agencies, attaching Ms Cooper's telephone number; the agency would get a commission if Naomi found any work.

Within a year she was earning $1,000 a week, and appearing in a national television campaign for AT&T wearing the creations of the American designer Bill Blass. "It helped me more than anything else because it showed my face," Naomi Sims told Ladies' Home Journal in 1968. "After it was aired, people wanted to find out about me and use me."

Soon she was also modelling for other eminent designers, such as Halston, Teal Traina, Fernando Sánchez and Giorgio di Sant'Angelo. Black women began to emulate her slicked-back hair style. Her acquaintances included Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol.

By 1972 Hollywood had begun to take an interest in her, and she was offered the title role in the film Cleopatra Jones (1973). She declined after reading the script, which she said was racist in its portrayal of blacks.

In 1969 Naomi Sims had told an interviewer: "There is nothing sadder than an old, broke model, and there are many models who have nothing at the end of their career."

Accordingly, she abandoned modelling after five years to launch a wig-making business for black women. At first she baked synthetic hairs in her oven at home to create the texture of straightened black hair; but within five years her designs, manufactured by the Metropa Company, had annual sales of $5 million."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the article in its entirety here.

The Gym Shooter Was A Whiny Sociopath!

The guy who is being branded as the "gym shooter" was looking for rationalizations for his sick feelings about women.But,there was nothing in his ramblings that could make me understand why he picked a group of random females to victimize in a shooting rampage last night in Pennsylvania.

George Sodini was full of rage & he directed it all at women.I guess that for a coward like him they were easy targets.On an online blog,he whined about his lack of sexual appeal & the rejection that he felt.His anger drove him to commit an atrociously violent act.

Here's more on what this sick puppy did from CNN:

"A Pennsylvania man who walked into a gym aerobics class and opened fire, killing three women and wounding nine before turning the gun on himself, "had a lot of hatred in him," police said Wednesday.

George Sodini, 48, brought four handguns into the LA Fitness gym outside Pittsburgh and used three of them, firing at least 36 times around 8 p.m. Tuesday, Allegheny County Police Superintendent Charles Moffatt said.

Sodini, a member of the gym, was found dead in the aerobics room, lying on top of one of his guns about seven feet from one of the victims.

Authorities believe Sodini targeted the aerobics class, because a schedule was found in his home with that class circled, Moffatt said.

But police do not believe he targeted anyone personally. An online diary, as well as notes at the scene and at his home, have led them to believe he was targeting women in general.

In the note found at the scene in Sodini's gym bag, he complains he had never spent a weekend with a woman, never vacationed with a woman and never lived with a woman, and that he had had limited sexual experiences, Moffatt said.

He makes similar complaints in his online blog, which also documents his growing rage at women for rejecting him and at the world he felt had abandoned him."(END OF EXCERPT)Read the rest here.