Tag Archives: current events

Monday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2019

Posted on December 9, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

White Christmas” is an Irving Berlin song reminiscing about an old-fashioned Christmas setting. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the version sung by Bing Crosby is the best-selling single of all time, with estimated sales in excess of … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | Christmas Jams 2019

Posted on December 4, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958 on Decca9-30776. Although Decca released it in both 1958 and again in 1959, it did not sell well until Lee … Continue reading →

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Sunday Praise & Worship | Christmas Jams 2019

Posted on December 1, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

O come, O come, Emmanuel is a translation of the Latin text (“Veni, veni, Emmanuel“) by John Mason Neale and Henry Sloane Coffin in the mid-19th century. It is a metrical version of a collation of various Advent Antiphons (the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | Oliver N’Goma | Barre

Posted on August 17, 2019 by SouthernGirl2
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Friday Open Thread | White Arkansas woman arrested after pulling gun on black teens fundraising for football team

Posted on August 16, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

I drove my kids around to raise money for band trips, selling band calendars, cookie dough, raffle tickets. No way in hell I’d let my kids do this now….. the world has gone mad. A white Arkansas woman earlier this … Continue reading →

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Monday Open Thread | Kamala Harris: Trump Administration Is Running A “Campaign Of Terror” against minority communities

Posted on August 12, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

The thug pretending to be president IS running a campaign of terror. It is no different than the klan’s reign of racial terror against Black people. His hateful words are radicalizing people like #PatrickCrusius to target & kill folks in … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | Oliver N’Goma | Nge

Posted on July 27, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

Oliver N’Goma was a Gabonese afro-zouk and soukous singer and guitarist. Nicknamed “Noli,” he was born in Mayumba in south-west Gabon in 1959. He is best known for his 1989 song Bane, which was popularized by Radio Africa N.1 and … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread | Jeffrey Epstein found injured in federal jail cell

Posted on July 25, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

Jeffrey Epstein, the Palm Beach millionaire who was arrested earlier this month on child sex-trafficking charges, was found injured in his New York jail cell Wednesday, News 4 New York reported. The station said Epstein, 66, was found in the … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | Old School Weekend

Posted on July 6, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

Willie Hutch – I Choose You

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Julián Castro on reparations for slavery

Posted on July 5, 2019 by SouthernGirl2

If elected president, 2020 Democratic contender Julián Castro said he would create a commission to explore the possibility of reparations for slavery. During a stop Sunday at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Castro did not commit to paying … Continue reading →

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