Beyoncé To Sing National Anthem At Barack Obama’s Inauguration
People reports that Jay-Z’s wife will be singing the national anthem at the ceremony that marks the start of Obama’s second term in office. The event will take place January 21 at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol, according to the Presidential Inaugural Committee. Bey and Hova have been staunch supporters of the President. Four years [...]
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens & Sammy Sosa Denied Entrance Into Baseball Hall Of Fame
No living players will be inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame this year. Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa were all denied the honor (likely due to their reported steroid use), the Hall and the Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced today. Voters were unable to decide on a host of athletes to enter into the [...]
Judge in Usher vs.Tameka Custody Case Steps Down
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Bensonetta Tipton Lane, who was widely criticized for her handling of Usher’s custody case, has recused herself from the case. Lane’s decision to grant custody to Usher Raymond raised eyebrows, and brought into question Lane’s connection to Usher’s attorney, John Mayoue. Lane’s recusal comes after Tameka Raymond’s attorney, Lisa West, filed a [...]
Why Did McDonald’s Fly Flag Upside Down The Day After President Obama Was Re-Elected?
Why was a West Virginia McDonald’s flag flying upside-down at half-mast? The flag appeared this way right after Tuesday’s election. The store owner says it was a simple mistake. However, many people are not buying it. The day after the election, drivers on route two in Follansbee were surprised to see what was flying outside [...]
Kenyan mother names new-born twins Barack Obama and Mitt Romney
A Kenyan mother who gave birth to twin boys on Wednesday named her new-born children after the president re-elect and his defeated Republican rival. Millicent Owuor, gave birth to her twins, Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, at a hospital in the town of Siaya in southwest Kenya. Owuor told the local newspaper that she had [...]
Considering Obama’s Indifference To Black People, Should He Get a Second Term?
President Obama made history when he was elected as the first African American to ever win a presidential election (sort of ). That he made history is indisputable. By taking his Black wife and two beautiful, Black daughters, to the White House, he instantly lifted the ceiling that had always seemed to sit on black [...]
GOP Lawmaker Says America Was Better Off During Slavery
The conservative yearning for the days of the Confederacy has no end. Speaking on a conference call for the ’40 Days to Save America” plan, Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert decided to inject slavery into the conversation: We strayed away at different times, Andrew Jackson’s time was not a great time, at different times slavery was [...]
Sarah Palin Said She ‘Felt Sorry’ For President Obama
Former Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, eagerly declared GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney the winner of Wednesday’s presidential debate. Palin, who is arguably the primary reason for John McCain’s failure to win the presidential election in 2008, was interviewed on the Fox Business Network to provide her feedback about the debate. “It was a struggle to [...]
Absence of Jesse Jackson, Jr. Making Constituency Increasingly Impatient
It has been over three months since Jesse Jackson, Jr. mysteriously disappeared. It was later reported that he was suffering from severe depression and then later still, that he also suffered from gastrointestinal problems. Lately, the mystery seems to be whether or not he has recovered and when he will return to his job in [...]
Alicia Keys Reveals That Jay-Z Rejected First Recording For “Empire State of Mind”
Jay-Z’s “Empire State of Mind” is arguably New York City’s anthem. The song, which features R&B songstress Alicia Keys, soared at the top of the Billboard charts and was heard on virtually any and everything that was relative to the ‘concrete jungle’ that is New York City. One could argue that if it were not [...]
Retrial In Child Custody Battle Denied For Usher’s Ex-Wife
According to TMZ, Tameka Foster-Raymond was denied a retrial in her child custody battle with her ex-husband Usher. But, sources say Foster-Raymond is not giving up. She plans to appeal the judge’s ruling. Foster filed documents earlier this month appealing a ruling that granted Usher primary custody because she felt the judge was biased because she received campaign [...]
Usher Fires Back At Ex-Wife’s Motion For New Trial In Custody Battle
R&B star, Usher Raymond, is asking a court to deny a request made by his ex-wife, Tameka Foster-Raymond, to arrange a new trial for custody of their two children. As recently reported, Foster-Raymond’s legal team submitted a motion for a new trial in a Fulton County court in Georgia. The court documents contain evidence that could [...]
Will Smith backs Obama on gay marriages
Will Smith says he supports U.S. President Barack Obama’s position on gay marriage. The Hollywood actor says the question of whether gay people should be allowed to legally marry is “about semantics.” He told reporters in Berlin today that “if anybody can find someone to love them and to help them through this difficult thing [...]
Bribery? Did The 2008 Obama Campaign Really Pay Rev. Wright To Shut Up?
Reverend Jeremiah Wright caused problems for President Barack Obama’s campaign in 2008, and new details have emerged alleging that the then-candidate tried to convince his former pastor to keep quiet. The retired pastor, who came under fire after an old sermon where he said that the September 11 terrorist attacks were ‘America’s chickens coming home [...]
‘Forward’ is Obama’s new campaign slogan
President Barack Obama has revealed his new campaign slogan: ‘Forward.’ Obama’s re-election team unveiled its new motto in a video released Monday morning. The seven-minute video begins by recalling the grim state of the nation’s economy when Obama took office, then ticks through what the campaign says are the president’s accomplishments, both on the economy [...]