Jamie Foxx Hosts SNL: Obama Back in the White House Asks “How Black is That?”

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Jamie Foxx Hosts SNL: Obama Back in the White House Asks “How Black is That?” (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Jamie Foxx is hosting Saturday Night Live and the right wing is sure to be upset with his reference to President Obama being back in the White House, “how black is that?” He said “my president, President Obama is back in the White House for four more years” and he will be “extra black these next four years.”

“…Now the first four years was the white side of him, because I don’t know if you saw him on Ellen when he was dancing and everything. I don’t know what this is. That wasn’t President Obama, that was President Barry Gibb Obama. But the next four years he’s even changing his name from to President Barack Dikembe Mutombo Tupac Mandela Hussein Obama X.”

Here’s Jamie Foxx “How Black is That” monologue:

I knew right wing blogger Noel Sheppard from News Busters would throw a hissy-fit over the comedian’s comments. The Drudge Report is also running with this as the first link on its page. Here’s what Sheppard wrote today:

How does it help race relations in this country when a black actor jokes on national television about killing white people? One has to believe that his opening monologue was approved by SNL’s writers, meaning they were in on it.

Imagine the uproar if a white actor joked about killing all the black people in a new film he was starring in. That would probably be the end of his career. By contrast, for Foxx, this will probably win him another Oscar.

Jamie Foxx also mocked Tyler Perry as Alex Cross, playing two characters — Alex Cross and Madea — in Alex Cross 2. It was funny, though I think his performance so far is pretty flat, particularly during the game show skit. The use of the b-word was just a bit too much for me.

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Jamie Foxx hosts SNL, mocks Tyler Perry playing Alex Cross and Madea in split personality.

One thing was evident during SNL, is that Jamie Foxx is a decent singer and dancer, a good actor and a mostly funny comedian, who will certainly ruffle some feathers during his performance. He was promoting his Christmas blockbuster, “Django Unchained,” starring Foxx, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kerry Washington, set to open December 25.

Watch Jamie Foxx Tyler Perry as Alex Cross and Madea in ‘Alex Cross 2:’

 Jamie Foxx Hosts SNL: Obama Back in the White House Asks How Black is That?

Conservative Windbag Ann Coulter Insults Latinos as “Lazy Underclass Looking for a Government Handout”

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Conservative Windbag Ann Coulter Insults Latinos as “Lazy Underclass Looking for a Government Handout”. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

I knew it was a matter of time before Ann Coulter resumed spewing her usual venom and stinking up the place like Pe Pe Le Pew. This time, she described Latinos as a “lazy underclass.” In a screed entitled “America Reaches El Tipping Pointo,” she ranted that Latinos were the cause for the nation’s plight and placed Mitt Romney’s loss to President Obama largely on their backs. As usual, her screed is devoid of any trace of reality. Hey Ann, President Obama is here to stay until 2017. You and Sean Hannity should get used to that.

That’s a lot of government dependents coming down the pike. No amount of “reaching out” to the Hispanic community, effective “messaging” or Reagan’s “optimism” is going to turn Mexico’s underclass into Republicans.  Any election analysis that doesn’t deal with the implacable fact of America’s changing demographics is bound to be wrong.

Perhaps the reason elections maven Michael Barone was so shockingly off in his election prediction this year was that, in the biggest mistake of his career, Barone has been assuring us for years that most of these Third World immigrants pouring into the country would go the way of Italian immigrants and become Republicans. They’re hardworking! They have family values!

Maybe at first, but not after coming here, having illegitimate children and going on welfare.

Charles Murray recently pointed out that — contrary to stereotype — Hispanics are less likely to be married, less likely to go to church, more supportive of gay marriage and less likely to call themselves “conservative” than other Americans.

Rather than being more hardworking than Americans, Hispanics actually work about the same as others, or, in the case of Hispanic women, less. Source

Of course, truth is never on Ann Coulter’s side. Just empty and insulting rhetoric sprinkled with a vile hatred of President Obama and the Democrats. Lost on Ann Coulter is the fact that non-Hispanic whites account for 64 percent of the U.S. population and received 69 percent of entitlement benefits, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. That’s compared to Hispanics, who make up 16 percent of the population in 2010, but received just 12 percent of entitlement benefits. Um, who is the lazy underclass? Lost on Ann Coulter is the fact that Mitt Romney won just 27 percent of the Latino vote, which was the lowest number of any presidential candidate since Bob Dole in 1996. His failure to attract Hispanic voters was largely due to his hardline stance on immigration, such as his suggestion that illegal immigrants “self-deport.” Clearly the Republican Party has a bigger problem than they care to admit. Demographics will continue to be their enemy if a flamethrower like Ann Coulter continues to insult the very groups they need to target to stop the bleeding at the polls.

 

 Conservative Windbag Ann Coulter Insults Latinos as Lazy Underclass Looking for a Government Handout

LisaRaye’s Ex-Husband, Michael Misick, Former Turks & Caicos Premier, Arrested in Brazil

LisaRaye McCoy‘s ex-husband Michael Misick, former Turks & Caicos premier, was arrested in Brazil on an international warrant. He fled the British territory in 2009 after a report exposed widespread corruption.

Michael Misick was detained by Brazil’s federal police in Rio de Janeiro as he was about to board a plane for Sao Paulo Friday. He will be extradited back to Turks & Caicos to stand trial.

Misick, who amassed a fortune of $180 million and lived lavishly, is suspected of corruption, misusing public money and profiting from the sale of government land to developers.

White House Unveils “Bo-Themed” Holiday Card Designed by Larassa Kabel

The White House unveiled a “Bo-themed” holiday card that spotlights the First Family’s beloved dog.

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White House Unveils “Bo-Themed” Holiday Card Designed by Larassa Kabel (Photo credit: White House Blog)

White House Blog:  The card was designed by Larassa Kabel, a professional artist from Des Moines, Iowa. Ms. Kabel has been creating photorealistic prints, paintings and drawings for the past 8 years and was featured as a solo artist in the Des Moines Art Center’s Iowa Artist Show in 2009, the Iowa Artist 2010 group show and many other solo and group shows in Iowa, Michigan, Texas, Florida and New York. Her work is in several private and corporate collections including Aviva, Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, and the World Food Prize headquarters. She also has a much-loved dog at home, which is why she chose to feature Bo in this year’s White House Holiday card.

7 Year Old Craig Allen Loughrey Killed in Accidental Shooting by Dad Outside PA Gunshop

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7 Year Old Craig Allen Loughrey Killed in Accidental Shooting by Dad Outside PA Gun Shop. (Photo credit: Woodbury Outfitters)

Craig Allen Loughrey, 7, was accidentally killed by his father, Joseph V. Loughrey, outside a Mercer County, PA, gun shop Saturday. The fatal shooting occurred when the elder Loughrey was getting into his truck holding a .9mm Taurus handgun when it discharged. The bullet struck Craig Allen Loughrey in the chest, state police said. He died at the scene.

State police said Loughrey told them he had emptied the magazine of the gun, but had no idea a bullet was still in the chamber.

“This happens all too often where people think the gun was empty,” said state police Lt. Eric Hermick.

State police questioned Loughrey at the Mercer barracks, describing him as very cooperative and very distraught. Leaving the barracks about 2:30 p.m., he declined comment to a reporter.

Officers are reviewing surveillance video from the gunshop. While authorities are investigating the shooting as an accident, Loughrey could face charges, including manslaughter and negligence, Hermick said.

The shooting occurred at 10:54 a.m. outside Twigs Reloading Den, 8388 Sharon-Mercer Rd. in East Lackawanna, officials said. Source

Dallas Cowboys Tackle Josh Brent Arrested in Connection with Death of Jerry Brown

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Dallas Cowboys Tackle Josh Brent Arrested in Connection with Death of Jerry Brown

Another NFL player in the news. Dallas Cowboys nose tackle Josh Brent has been arrested on suspicion of intoxication manslaughter after flipping his car in Irving, Texas, in an accident that left fellow Cowboys player Jerry Brown dead, police said Saturday.

Brent’s car was allegedly traveling at high speeds when it hit a curb, flipped and caught fire, according to Irving police, who said officers on the scene “believed alcohol was a contributing factor in the crash.”

The car traveled about 900 feet after hitting the curb, said police spokesman John Argumaniz.

When officers came upon the scene, Brent was dragging Brown, 25, from the car, officials told reporters. Brown was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Brent, 24, in his third season with the team, was booked into the Irving City Jail on one count of intoxication manslaughter, police said. It’s considered a second-degree felony, which carries a potential two- to 20-year prison sentence with a maximum $10,000 fine. The police report lists him as Joshua Price-Brent. Source

This comes one week after Kansas City Chiefs lineback Jovan Belcher killed his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins and then turned the gun on himself in an apparent murder-suicide.

Shelly Frey Killed by Walmart Security Guard as She Tried to Flee Scene After Allegedly Shoplifting

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Shelly Frey Killed by Walmart Security Guard as She Tried to Flee Scene After Allegedly Shoplifting (Photo credit: KHOU)

Louis Campbell fatally shot Shelly Frey as she and two friends, Tisa Andrews and Yolanda Craig, were shoplifting at a Houston Walmart. When he tried to stop them from leaving  by opening the car door in which they were fleeing the scene. Campbell, who is a Harris County deputy, but worked part-time at Walmart, was knocked off balance and his service revolver discharged, shooting Shelly Frey in the neck. Inside the car were two small children, who were not Frey’s kids, KHOU.com reports.

Despite the shooting, the women fled but eventually they stopped at The Worthington at the Beltway apartments in the 1300 block of Greens Parkway. Paramedics from the Houston Fire Department arrived to try and save Frey, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

‘Shelly was the perfect mom, perfect friend, perfect daughter,’ said her father, Shelton Frey.

He said that his daughter had moved to Houston after Hurricane Katrina to start a new life, but the amount of work she could do was limited by her two-year-old who has sickle cell anemia. Source

So, how does one explain a “good mother” shoplifting? Interesting. Earlier in the year Shelly Frey pleaded guilty to stealing shirts and a package of meat from another Walmart and as part of her plea arrangement she agreed to never enter Walmart stores again. Still, the deputy could have fired a shot to disable the vehicle and arrest them all.

President Obama to Push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform After Fiscal Cliff Fight

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President Obama to Push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform After Fiscal Cliff Fight (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

President Barack Obama to push for comprehensive immigration reform after the fiscal cliff matter is dealt with. That’s another key campaign issue he ran on, in stark contrast to GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s position that illegal immigrants should engage in “self-deportation.”

Los Angeles Times: “As soon as the confrontation over fiscal policy winds down, the Obama administration will begin an all-out drive for comprehensive immigration reform, including seeking a path to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants… Obama wants a catch-all bill that would also bolster border security measures, ratchet up penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants, and make it easier to bring in foreign workers under special visas.”

“Democratic strategists believe there is only a narrow window at the beginning of the year to get an initiative launched in Congress, before lawmakers begin to turn their attention to the next election cycle and are less likely to take a risky vote on a controversial bill.”

“White House officials have said the president would be ‘all in’ on the issue and would want to push for a broad bill… One of the key strategic moves still being decided is whether or not the White House sends Congress a piece of legislation or lets lawmakers take the lead.”

 President Obama to Push for Comprehensive Immigration Reform After Fiscal Cliff Fight

‘Catcher in the Rye’ and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Dropped from U.S. School Curriculum

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‘Catcher in the Rye’ and ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ Dropped from U.S. School Curriculum

J.D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” and Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” won’t be a part of the new school curriculum that will affect 46 out of 50 states, because it will now be compulsory for at least 70 percent of books studied to be non-fiction, approved by the Common Core State Standards in 2014.

Suggested non-fiction texts include Recommended Levels of Insulation by the the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Invasive Plant Inventory, by California’s Invasive Plant Council.

The new educational standards have the backing of the influential National Governors’ Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers, and are being part-funded by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Source

Mayan Apocalypse: Panic in Some Areas as End of Mayan Calendar Nears on Dec. 21

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Mayan Apocalypse: Panic in Some Areas as End of Mayan Calendar Nears on Dec. 21 (Photo attribution: Unknown)

Are you getting nervous the closer we inch towards December 21, 2012? That’s when the Mayan calendar reportedly ends and fears that the end of the world is near is spreading across the world. Doomsdayers are predicting a cataclysmic end of the Earth. Well, no use shopping until you drop for Christmas, right? Sorry, I scarcely believe this will be the end of the world. Just saying.

Ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year “Long Count” Mayan calendar, panic buying of candles and essentials has been reported in China and Russia, along with an explosion in sales of survival shelters in America. In France believers were preparing to converge on a mountain where they believe aliens will rescue them.

The precise manner of Armageddon remains vague, ranging from a catastrophic celestial collision between Earth and the mythical planet Nibiru, also known as Planet X, a disastrous crash with a comet, or the annihilation of civilisation by a giant solar storm.

In America Ron Hubbard, a manufacturer of hi-tech underground survival shelters, has seen his business explode.

“We’ve gone from one a month to one a day,” he said. “I don’t have an opinion on the Mayan calendar but, when astrophysicists come to me, buy my shelters and tell me to be prepared for solar flares, radiation, EMPs (electromagnetic pulses) … I’m going underground on the 19th and coming out on the 23rd. It’s just in case anybody’s right.”

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Mayans themselves reject any notion that the world will end. Pedro Celestino Yac Noj, a Mayan sage, burned seeds and fruits to mark the end of the old calender at a ceremony in Cuba. He said: “The 21st is for giving thanks and gratitude and the 22nd welcomes the new cycle, a new dawn.” Source

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