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CNN International’s Questionably Innocuous Headline About Biden and Israel

In Crime, History, Internet, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Racism, Twitter, citizenship, fame on 9 March 2010 tagged @CNNi, CNN, CNN International, East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Joe Biden, Settlement, Settlements with Comments

The article about Israel’s announcement to continue building illegal settlements in East Jerusalem, this Twitter update refers to is in fact entitled, U.S. condemns Israel‘s decision to build in disputed territory.
Yet, CNN International’s Twitter status makes it seems as if U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, who according to the article, emphasized America‘s close ties with [...]

BNW Calls Out Bossip’s Double Standards of Race?

In History, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, Twitter, ali, fame on 7 March 2010 tagged 2010 Academy Awards, 82nd Academy Awards, @alibomaye, Academy Awards, Best Supporting Actress, Bossip, Mo'Nique, Oscar, Oscars, Precious, Twitter with Comments

Earlier in the evening Bossip retweeted this:

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When Mo’nique won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Bossip posted this:

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Noticing the double standard I posed this question to Bossip:

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Bossip’s Response:

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My response:

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Me:

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Matt Damon on Obama ‘I’m Disappointed,’ André Leon Talley and Grace Coddington on Twitter ‘Outdated in 10 Minutes’ ‘

In Afghanistan, Art, Film, History, Internet, Iraq, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, War, fame, fashion on 2 March 2010 tagged @OfficialALT, Barack Hussein Obama, Barnes & Noble, Facebook, Grace Coddington, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Iraq, Iraq War, Matt Damon, New York Daily News, R.j. Cutler, Saddam Hussein, The Cut, The Green Zone, The September Issue, Twitter, Vogue, Vogue Magazine, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD with Comments

Speaking to the New York Daily News, Matt Damon comments on President Barack Hussein Obama’s ability to deliver on his rhetoric of ‘hope’ and ‘change,’ and meet the public’s inflated expectations of his Administration.
Damon, like many others realizes that the American public put far too much trust and hope in Barack Hussein Obama, but in [...]

Dishonor in the Global Community

In Crime, Internet, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, religion on 8 February 2010 tagged @aplusk, Ashton Kutcher, Chrianna, Chris Brown, Dr. Sylvia Maier, homicide, honor killings, iPad, Kahta, rihanna, Turkey with Comments

Last week a 16 year old girl from Kahta, Turkey was buried alive for allegedly talking to boys.
Stories like this have become all too common to desensitized ears. In our world, the announcement of the Apple iPad takes precedence over the millions of honor killings which take place everyday all over the world. 
The murder [...]

mE TaLkk PrEtTiE 1 dAy : The Stupidification of Adolescents Everywhere

In Internet, Opinion, Twitter on 8 February 2010 tagged 140-character, ali, Ca$hI3R, Facebook, LYk dIs-ers, millennials, post-millennials, SMS, text message, Twitter, vernacular with Comments

“Status Updates”: the stupidification of adolescents everywhere.

In a world where nothing is as it seems… well nothing is as it seems. This blog is designed to give normal people everywhere an understanding of the language of status updates.
Step 1. mAke SurE tO TAkE sOme uNeCeSSary TiMe TyPiNg LYke dIs.
The text message, Facebook, and Twitter are [...]