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...I have a certain street smarts about me. I have a political savvy that is oriented in an aggressive manner. As a young man, I was drawn and attracted to the legacy and the story of Dr. King and tried throughout my political career to emulate that side and style of his personality that reached out and looked to draw people together. But I also relate to Malcolm X and that style and that side that says ‘by any means necessary’. I can work with the status quo up to a point. I can work with... Read Full Story

Call me what you will but there's something curiously uplifting and poetic about the (practically) all- male and (functionally) all- white character of the new Cameron-Clegg administration at No.10. For it bespeaks a post-PC era of white self-assurance and assertion that betrays no hint of anti-Otherness to it. Since an African-American now resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and our world would appear to have surmounted the snow-capped summit of the Kingian “mountaintop” the time may well... Read Full Story

...The Government (of Israel) finds itself obligated to explain to enlightened public opinion why it decided on this special operation. For a long time, we have followed with grave concern the construction of the Osirak nuclear reactor. Sources of unquestioned reliability told us that it was intended, despite statements to the contrary, for the production of atomic bombs. The goal for these bombs was Israel . This was explicitly stated by the Iraqi ruler. After the Iranians slightly damaged... Read Full Story

...We are announcing a new politics. A new politics where the national interest is more important than party interest. Where co-operation wins out over confrontation . Where compromise, give and take, reasonable, civilised, grown-up behaviour is not a sign of weakness but of strength... ~ Prime Minister David Cameron & Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AA, UNITED KINGDOM 12 May 2010 Read Full Story

"SUPER 8" Genre: Action and Adventure Director: J.J. Abrams Writer: J.J. Abrams Producer: Steven Spielberg Released by: Paramount Pictures Due: Summer 2011 My own guess is that it's a prequel to Cloverfield and provides the backstory to the Manhattan-mauling monster in Abram's 2008 blockbuster. What do YOU think? ~ XYBØRG 11 May 2010 Read Full Story

Conservative leader David Cameron is the new UK prime minister after the resignation of Gordon Brown. Mr Cameron, 43, is in Downing Street after traveling to Buckingham Palace to formally accept the Queen's request to form the next government. He said he aimed to form a "proper and full coalition" with the Lib Dems to provide "strong, stable government". His party won the most seats in the UK general election last week, but not an overall majority. In a speech at Downing Street , Mr Cameron... Read Full Story

It was the early 1940s and Lena Horne, the singer and rising Hollywood star, was making a morale-boosting appearance in front of the troops at Fort Riley in Kansas. As was the case in the days of segregation, she had to perform first in front of the white US soldiers , irrespective of the fact that she herself was black. She was only permitted to repeat her act on behalf of the African-American troops the following day, in a separate black mess hall. To her bemusement, she found them sitting... Read Full Story

Adolf Hitler - Speech (1933) from Pitthaya Buesai on Vimeo . Voters in the East London district of Barking have decisively rejected the British National Party, wiping out the far-right party's presence on the local council. The BNP's council defeat comes in the wake of leader Nick Griffin's distant third place in the national election-- a blow for the party in an area Mr Griffin had targeted for the BNP's Westminster breakthrough. The BNP, which advocates an immediate end to the "immigration... Read Full Story

...The British National Party "fully expect to push Labour close" in both Barking and Stoke-on-Trent Central . Stopping short of saying they expect to win either seat, the BNP said the response they had been getting on the doorsteps had been "very encouraging". The BNP said it expects to be the UK's fourth-largest party by votes cast. A spokesman for the party said that in the past three weeks their call centre "had received record numbers of enquiries, new members and donations". He added... Read Full Story