Category Archives: Politics

President Obama-Charlie Rose Interview

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Sunday Open Thread | Bay Area Chapter Choir | Praise & Worship

Prayers to Trayvon Martin Family Edwin Hawkins (born 18 August 1943, Oakland, California) is a Grammy Award-winning American gospel and R&B musician, pianist, choir master, composer and arranger. He is one of the originators of the urban contemporary gospel sound. … Continue reading

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Saturday Open Thread | Snoop Dogg | Throwback Week

Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. (born October 20, 1971) is an American rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor, well known by his stage names Snoop Doggy Dogg, Snoop Dogg, and Snoop Lion. He has sold over 30 million albums worldwide. His music career … Continue reading

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Friday Open Thread | Tony! Toni! Tone! | Throwback Week

Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American soul/R&B group from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s. During the band’s heyday, it was composed of Dwayne Wiggins on lead vocals and guitar, his brother Raphael Saadiq (born … Continue reading

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Video/Audio | John F. Kennedy’s Civil Rights Speech | June 11,1963 – 50 Years & The Co-opting by White Liberals

NEVER FORGET We’re still not THERE. NOT EVEN CLOSE. Your boys actually broke the laws and rules, and they are TRAITORS. So no, we’re not going to forget what happen pre or post Civil Rights Movement, Chris Hayes, because it’s … Continue reading

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Wednesday Open Thread | TLC | Throwback Week

TLC is an American girl group whose repertoire spanned R&B, hip hop, soul, funk, and new jack swing. Originally consisting of singer Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins, rapper Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes and singer Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas, the group found unprecedented success … Continue reading

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Tuesday Open Thread | Salt-N-Pepa | Throwback Week

Salt-n-Pepa is an American hip hop trio from Queens and Brooklyn, New York,[1] that was formed in 1985.[2] The group, consisting of Cheryl James (“Salt”), Sandra Denton (“Pepa”) and Deidra Roper (“DJ Spinderella”), was one of the first all-female rap … Continue reading

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Monday Open Thread | Arrested Development | Throwback Week

Arrested Development is an American alternative hip hop group, founded by Speech and his then best friend Headliner as a positive, Afrocentric alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s. The group won two Grammy Awards in 1993 … Continue reading

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Serendipity SOUL | Sunday Open Thread

Happy Sunday, Everyone! For a SPECIAL Friend, and you KNOW who you are too.

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President Obama Speaks on the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare)

President Barack Obama gestures during a statment about the Affordable Care Act, Friday, June 7, 2013, in San Jose, Calif. Speaking about the NSA collecting of phone records, the president said`Nobody is listening to your telephone calls,’ just numbers and … Continue reading

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