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On Saturday 16 October 2010, Complete Sports magazine did a poll to its readers titled: “Is Dr. Amos Adamu A Curse Or A Blessing To Nigerian Football?” I took my time to trawl through all the comments and feedback left by Nigerians.

The result? The overwhelming majority of respondents concluded that, Dr Amos Adamu, erstwhile
(now suspended) Nigerian representative on the Board of FIFA, world football’s ruling body, was not only a curse to Nigerian football, but was also a disaster waiting to happe

Next Issue, Poetry, Journal of Pan African Studies

Dr. Nigger

Dr. Nigger
Can you cure me without
touching me with nigga hands
Can you save my life
without changing my life
Can you dance soft-shoe while
humming those negro tunes
when my white life codes blue
Can you reach inside yourself
beyond the shit we put in you…
past painful moments we put in you…
past despair and hopelessness
we’ve put in you and
find that old black magic in you
to save my life without changing
all the shit we put in you
Dr. Nigger
Can you b

Bill Bachmann:

The only legal options that were considered by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, a federal court immediately below the US Supreme Court, at the November 9 hearing were whether Mumia Abu-Jamal is to be executed or get life in prison without parole. The question of Mumia?s guilt or innocence and the opportunity of a new trial was not part of this hearing. The Third Circuit decided that issue in March 2008 in a decision made by the same three judges who conducted this hearing.

To g

Just when you thought rock outfit Paramore couldn't release yet another single off last fall's "Brand New Eyes," the band does just that -- and makes a telling music video to match.

"Brand New Eyes," the band's third studio release, thematically exposed a heated conflict that developed between band members Josh Farro, Zac Farro, Taylor York, Jeremy Davis and front woman Hayley Williams.

It was a brawl that centered on growing up and growing apart -- and threatened to destroy the band for good.

"Pla

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Hypocrisy of Neo-liberial, pseudo leftist KPFA

Hypocrisy of Neo-liberial, pseudo leftist KPFA Radio

In his letter from a Birmingham Jail, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said hewould rather be with the KKK than phony white liberals. The OJay’s toldus “They smile in your face but all the time they want to take yourplace….”—or shall we say keep you in your place!

The arrogance of KPFA’s addiction to white supremacy or the intention tomaintain a Jim Crow media is evident in the

November 18, 2010

Raynard Jackson

In the immortal words of civil rights legend, Fannie Lou Hamer, when will Blacks become “sick and tired of being sick and tired?”

Once again the Democratic Party has shown its disdain for the Black community and Black Democrats, as usual, just sit back and continue to allow it to happen.

Blacks vote Democratic upwards of 92% during presidential elections and about 90 % during congressional elections. Can Blacks actually say they have received a sufficient return on

The Beatles are finally coming to iTunes.

Apple Inc. said Tuesday its iTunes service will start selling music from the Fab Four, in an agreement with the Beatles' recording label, EMI, and its management company, Apple Corps Ltd.

As of Tuesday, Apple will sell 13 remastered Beatles studio albums, the two-volume "Past Masters" set and the classic "Red" and "Blue" collections. People can buy individual songs for $1.29 apiece or download entire albums, at $12.99 for a single album and $19.99 for a do

Do you have some properties that are not in use? You can put them on rent and earn the profit. There are manytenants that need space for their different needs. Even small properties can berented and you can draw the profit. So, do not underestimate your small pieceof property. Go and find the tenant. Even small property will let you earn goodsums of money every month.

However, putting properties on rent is not an easy task. You have to find the tenants who can pay genuine rentto your property. In

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Final Preview, Poetry Issue, Journal of Pan African Studies, December 2010

Preview #21, Poetry Issue, Journal of Pan African Studies, Marvin X, Guest Editor

Deadline 15 November, 2010

Ptah Allah El, Richmond CA

photo Kamau Amen Ra

BLACK STUDIES WENT TO COLLEGE

AND NEVER CAME HOME

Black Studies went to college and I miss her

And when she comes home, I will hug and kiss her.

Black went to college and started a strike

Then the Third World Liberation fronted the mic.

Black Studies went

Phoenix Suns point guard Steve Nash said the he and his wife, Alejandra, who gave birth to their son on Friday, are in the process of a divorce.

Nash said in a statement to Life and Style Magazine that he and his wife have lived separately for several months but remain committed to bringing up their children "in the most positive, nurturing way possible."

The couple, who had been together for several years when they married in 2005, also have 6-year-old twin daughters, Lola and Bella.

"I want only

The former child star who played boy werewolf Eddie Munster on TV has entered a drug and alcohol treatment facility.

Butch Patrick's agent said Thursday that the 57-year-old is in a private facility in New Jersey.

Agent Jodi Ritzen says Patrick is in rehab "to deal with a lifetime problem of substance abuse." Ritzen wouldn't disclose the name of the facility where he's being treated.

Patrick moved to the Philadelphia area earlier this year after being contacted by a West Chester woman who was a fan

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Oakland's New Mayor, Jean Quan;OPD Killing Continues

November 12, 2010

Raynard Jackson

With a lame duck session of Congress convening next week, everyone is talking about whether the Bush tax cuts should be extended or allowed to expire at the end of this year.

Republicans argue that if the cuts are allowed to expire, that amounts to a tax increase. Democrats want to continue the cuts for those making less than $ 250,000 per year and let expire the cuts for those making more than that.

Once again, Democrats are proving why they are viewed as weak on e

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Obama Drama: When in trouble at home, go abroad--Onward Christian Soldiers

John Anthony:

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." MLK.

QUESTION : WHY DID MARTIN LUTHER KING STRESS FOCUS ON CONTENT OF CHARACTER INSTEAD OF ON SKIN COLOR??

Here is the answer: in this society the color black is synonymous with numerous negative stereotypes which strangely African Americans themselves believe in:
1. Black monday
2. Black cat
3. Black cloud
4. As bl

I have spent a total of nine months in Nigeria since my relocation experiment started and everyday I wake up to see what those ruling us have done and are still doing to Nigeria, I become despondent, desperate and disillusioned. I sometimes want to give up and when I reflect, despite my long-held belief that Nigeria will change for the better, in the face of all the evidence I see and hear and feel and experience everyday, I privately think, “No, Nigeria will not change, at least not in my lifet