Have you heard? Obamageddon is coming in 2012. At least that's what Gerald Celente is telling anyone who will listen. Valente is the man who is credited with predicting the 1987 stock market crash, the fall of the Soviet Union, the Dot.com bust, the Gold Bull Market, among others. This time, he has set his sights on America. He says that by 2012, the same year when the Mayan calendar ends, we will see food riots, tax protests, farmer rebellions, student revolts, squatter dig-ins, homeless upr... Read Full Story

Enrique Ortez Colindres, Chancellor of Honduras, during an interview on Honduran television last night, called President Barack Obama, "Ese negrito que no sabe nada de nada," which has been translated to mean "that little black man who knows nothing" or "that little black man who doesn't know anything." In any circles, the word "negrito" is derogatory and blatantly racist. Actually, the use of such a word in the United States by a political official would be considered racist and could possi... Read Full Story

It is high time former Washington D.C. mayor Marion Barry learns to stay out of the news. He was taken into custody last night by the U.S. Park Police and later charged with a misdemeanor. Barry, a current D.C. council member (D-Ward 8), was arrested after the woman flagged down an officer and complained that he was stalking her. He was reportedly picked up in the Anacostia Park area. He has since been released from jail.Barry served four terms as mayor. In his third, he was videotaped in 199... Read Full Story

Just when you thought the fallout from the death of King of Pop Michael Jackson couldn't get any worse, it did. According to Access Hollywood, the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is conducting an investigation into the welfare of his three children, due to the mystery surrounding his untimely death. The three children, Prince Michael I, Paris Michael Katherine and Prince Michael II, were in the singer’s rented Holmby Hills mansion when he reportedly collap... Read Full Story

Nashville police are confirming reports that former Tennessee Titans and Ravens QB Steve McNair has been shot and killed. McNair, 36, and a female were found shot to death, spokesman Don Aaron told reporters this afternoon. Police said that McNair was shot in the head and they have declined to release the name of the woman, who they have tentatively identified. Several people have been taken into custody, but no suspect has been named. Titans owner Bud Adams released the following statement: ... Read Full Story

Gorilla, well dressed black man found on desk at Boston's MBTA office (Andrea Gordon)Andrea Gordon, a supervisor at Boston's MBTA, said she walked into a district office in Brookline last month and got the shock of her life. She discovered a toy truck with plastic action figures of a gorilla and a well-dressed black man in sunglasses sitting together. I guess racism is alive and well in the transit agency. Ms. Gordon took a picture of this horrific display with her cellphone camera and report... Read Full Story

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has dropped a bombshell -- she's stepping down from her office effective July 25, 2009. Okay, my first inclination is to say thank God, but there has to be more to this than meets the eye. She has had a myriad of problems since she went back to Alaska after the McCain/Palin team was roundly trounced in the presidential elections. She will transfer power to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell.The announcement came on the same week that one of her top public health officials s... Read Full Story

Can't we all just learn to get along? Ken Hutcherson, the senior pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington, said that he is highly offended that President Obama would compare the plight of homosexuals to that of blacks during the Civil Rights Era. You will recall that the president told a gathering of homosexuals at the White House that he is aware that many of them "don't believe progress has come fast enough," and compared their struggles to those of blacks during the Civil Ri... Read Full Story

Cynthia McKinney was one politician who just got on my nerves as soon as she opened her mouth. The former U.S. lawmaker and Green Party presidential candidate may have just picked a fight with the wrong country. McKinney, along with several other human rights activists remain in an Israeli prison today after refusing to sign a deportation form they claim is self-incriminating. I understand her need to reach out and help people, but there are thousands, if not millions of people, in the Unite... Read Full Story

It is being reported by RadarOnline.com that fans who wish to attend Michael Jackson's star-studded memorial service at Staples Center will have to shell out $25 to sit in the stands. Family, friends and VIPS will have seats at no charge on the main floor for The Tuesday, July 7th Staples service, while the general public will be plucking down cash to sit in the stands, where they won't be able to see much of anything without giant television screens. Michael Jackson's close friend Elizabeth ... Read Full Story