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Given that lower vibration energies have no sense of reverence, no connection with God, and no belief in the sacredness and holiness of life, it becomes easy to destroy, brutalize, maim and take life.  To honor life, is to honor the 4th Law of Maat: “I will not kill.” During mourning, it is most painful for the families of sons ...

It should come as no surprise that Calvin Broadus, better known as “Snoop Dogg”, was traveling with marijuana in his pocket. What is surprising is that he tried to walk through customs and immigration with it, undetected. Unfortunately for Snoop, it did not work out the way he thought. The rapper was detained by Norway customs officials after a “sniffer ...

Daniel Collins Jr has been arrested and charged because he threatened his neighbor with a gun. The unbelievable part of the story is that he threatened his neighbor with a gun because his neighbor passed gas by his door, outside his apartment. The 72 year old is said to have told his neighbor that he would put a hole in ...

Tyson appeared on ESPN’s Pardon the Interruption on Monday for the segment called “Five Good Minutes.” By the time he finished his short segment, discussing his one man show on Broadway, “Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth,” the two hosts had had a good laugh and one was ready to but his ticket to the show. Mike Tyson randomly shares a story ...

Snoop Dogg’s son, Cordell Broadus, has been offered a scholarship to play football at UCLA. This is particularly interesting because of the public reaction when Sean “P. Diddy” Combs’ son was awarded a $54,000 merit-based scholarship to UCLA, also to play football. Some argued that considering that his father could afford to pay for his college tuition he should have ...

By Ms. Chico C. Norwood The taunting and bullying of a 68 year-old grandmother, Karen Klein, by Greece, NY, middle school students has once again opened the eyes of the country to the lack of civility in our society. Sure, they’ve offered empty apologies and token gestures because they are embarrassed and hope and/or believe that by saying “I’m sorry” ...

By Antoinette McKesson In memory of Jasmine Thar, Khalil Leite, Dino Cannon, Remarley Graham, Trayvon Martin, Sean Bell, Bo Morrison, Jimma Reat, Amadou Diallo. R.I.P. To speak of the dead is to make them live again. William McKesson – My Native American Grandfather. It’s not what happens to us when we are mistreated or disrespected and want to get even; ...

One would think that if a Black man achieved a certain level of success, he would be exempt from racial profiling but Dr. Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., professor at Harvard Law School says it is actually quite the opposite. Ogltree who spoke at a reception for the National Summit on Black Male Achievement: Toward a Definition of Black Manhood, on ...

Condoleezza Rice is insisting that she will not run as Mitt Romney’s vice president on this year’s Republican presidential ticket. The former Secretary of State stopped by “CBS This Morning” and many were waiting to hear what her intentions were if tapped by presumptive  Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney. I’m saying there is no way that I will do this, ...

U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr is on medical leave and it is not clear when he will be back.  According to a short news release from Jackson’s office, he has been on medical leave since June 10 and is seeking treatment for exhaustion. In the release,  47 year old Jackson has requested that the public respect his family’s privacy. It ...