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In this latest round of Not Helping ,  Cornel West decided to celebrate Black History Month by kicking a few other black people in the teeth in his continued quixotic quest do what  ... I'm not too sure. Keep it real? West  gave an interview to Diverse Magazine  where he defended his oddly personal past critiques on President Barack Obama , but to also attacked fellow professor and MSNBC regular Melissa Harris Perry , calling the Tulane professor a "liar," "fake" and a "fraud." (He also... Read Full Story

First Lady Michelle Obama participates in a tug of war with Jimmy Fallon in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House during a “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” taping for the second anniversary of the "Let’s Move!" initiative, Jan. 25, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy) If you're the kind of person who still gets a kick out of seeing the First Lady out and about, it's been a Michelle Obama footage bonanza the last few days. Mrs. O seems to be strategically (and adorably... Read Full Story

Live by the tweet. Die by the tweet. Nothing is private on the Internet. Except sometimes it's easy to get a false security of it. Like you share photos with your Facebook friends or friends on Twitter. Maybe only your closest friends actually comment or care. But maybe you have more than just your "personal" friends following you on Facebook or Twitter. And maybe some of those people wouldn't think all that much of sharing your "private" messages and photos with the very "public" world... Read Full Story

Adding to the bizarreness of an already bizarre GOP race for a presidential nominee, Rick Santorum won three non-binding Republican contests in Minnesota, Missouri and Colorado . No one gets any delegates. (Missouri's contest was a "beauty pageant" the other 76 ethereal delegates up for grabs between Minnesota and Colorado are mired in some procedural gobbly-gook .) But more valuable than that, the winner gets an extended media narrative! Yes! Today is Rick Santorum's day to demand that... Read Full Story

Pulpy book of reality and literary fiction, " Game Change " is getting a film adaptation of HBO . But rather than focusing on the history-making drama that was the Obama and Clinton campaigns for the Democratic ticket OR the high drama that was John and Elizabeth Edwards' -- her cancer and his cheating -- the film chooses to take us back to the moment when a desperate John McCain shouted "release the Kraken" and the Kraken shouted back, "You betcha!" Looks like they have Sarah "Kraken" Palin... Read Full Story

In things that make you go "Wait? What now?" gay and lesbian activist organization  GLAAD is calling for CNN to fire Apha Phi Alpha  member and ascot-aficionado Roland Martin  due to some insensitive tweets he made on his very well-retweeted Twitter page. As we all know, Twitter is a constant causation of any and all drama these days. Rappers used to put out entire albums beefing with each other. Now folks just spit their insults over Twitter. It's fascinating. Just makes me want to run up... Read Full Story

M.I.A. is my favorite radically hardcore, international hipster masquerading as a ruthless Southeast Asian revolutionary married to a billionaire heir trust fund baby rapper ever. EVER. And her filing her nails while riding on a car tilted on two wheels is by far the most bad assed looking thing I've seen done involving dangerous car stunts in some time.  The song ain't too bad either. I'm just going to ignore the fact that she performed as part of a relatively trite song by Madonna with... Read Full Story

Howdy all! Snob here. Things are a-going in Snob World. And all the things are good, making me insanely busy. I took on a new writing project this winter that I'm hoping to finish up this week, but that's the main reason for the lack of posting, along with a new focus on my physical health, new social networking clients, helping my friend Rodney get his blog situation together , preparing for a site redesign here at The Snob and all the other hustle, hustle, hustle that has become my daily... Read Full Story

The Snob returned to PBS' To The Contrary with Bonnie Erbe last Friday, discussing the fiasco that was Komen Foundation's defunding then refunding of Planned Parenthood as politics once again worked its way into women's health issues. Also discussed: a new documentary looking at sexual assault in the military and honoring Vernice Armour , female African American fighter pilot. Also on the panel: National Council of Negro Women Executive Director Avis Jones-DeWeever , The Heritage Foundation's... Read Full Story

Why are you doing this to me, man?* Why are you doing this to yourself? Mitt Romney won't stop singing/ruining "America, the Beautiful," one of the best and most beloved songs from the Great American Songbook. I think he thinks singing it constantly looks patriotic rather than pandering and pathetic. But if you're going to turn every campaign stop into Country Bear Jamboree you need to actually be competent in carrying a tune. While "The Star-Spangled Banner" is the National Anthem, my... Read Full Story