Archive for the ‘Entertainment’ Category
Turning the Page: “Rollin’ With Dre:
The Unauthorized Account”
Sure, there are plenty of anecdotes in “Rollin’ With Dre” certain to please any gangsta rap fan - from the early days of N.W.A. and Snoop’s close call with a posse of Bloods to Suge Knight’s beatdown of one of Puffy’s pals and Dre’s fondness for group sex.
But the most illuminating tale in Bruce Williams’ [...]
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The Ultimate Villains on ‘The Wire’:
Shameless Journalists, Of Course
Sure, the cops cook the numbers and cover up scandals in the ranks, the politicians make back-room deals just to win elections and the drug dealers double-cross each other and kill anyone who gets in the way of selling product to addicts.
But the journalists are the only one of Baltimore’s tribes shameless enough to succeed as [...]
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Pentagon Played Politics With Gitmo;
IRS Probes Obama’s Church
War on Terror
The Pentagon’s #2 official, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, wanted convictions of Guantanamo detainees including 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed timed to the 2006 midterm elections. That’s according to former Gitmo chief prosecutor Morris Davis.
The ‘08 Race
The IRS is investigating Barack Obama’s church, the United Church of Christ, over a speech he gave [...]
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The Wake-Up Call
Iraq War
The must-read story of the day: Although the Bush administration condemns the Sudanese regime for its actions in Darfur, it has been collaborating with the country to spy on the insurgency in Iraq. Sudan also helps spy on militias in Somalia and those who pass through Khartoum. In return for its efforts, the regime [...]
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The Wake-Up Call
Scandal Sheet
OK, so I was off in my prediction that Gonzales would resign last Friday (and that Bloomberg would marry his longtime girlfriend Diana Taylor in preparation for a presidential run). For now, I’ll just pass along the speculation that embattled Congressman Rick Renzi will step down today in the wake of a federal investigation [...]
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The Wake-Up Call
War on Terror
- Freed Iranian diplomat claims he was tortured by the CIA at a base near Baghdad airport.
- Contractors who commit crimes in Iraq or elsewhere are off the hook: They’re beyond the reach of law enforcement because the Pentagon hasn’t updated its regulations.
- Professor Walter F. Murphy, a Korean war hero, gets stopped [...]
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The News Sieve
- Another great use of Wiki-technology: Wikileaks.org was launched today, which is dedicated to posting leaked documents from oppressive regimes like China, Russia, the Middle East and Africa.
- Who’s Watching Us: East Asian and Middle Eastern countries increased by 8 percent their efforts to collect information about U.S. defense technology last year, while Europe and [...]
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The News Sieve
- 81: the number of journalists killed worldwide in 2006, the highest toll since 1994.
- The era of the professional politician: Of the 224 members of Congress who served at least 30 years in the House and Senate, about 215 of them did it during the 20th century. (Hang in there, Robert Byrd! You’ve [...]
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The News Sieve
- Two weeks: After a “mad cow” scare, that’s how long it takes people to go back to buying beef.
- To honor your father, who makes a pass at your girlfriend, you might have to kill him. That’s the tribal code among Pushtuns.
- A tourist map of Gotham, including Blackgate Isle, Amusement Mile and [...]
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Doin’ It to Death
I’ll always remember an afternoon in the late spring of ‘92 or ‘93 when I was walking home from my teaching job in Harlem, heading down 5th Ave and passing a barbershop just up from 125th Street.
There were a few people standing outside, talking and joking.
I looked inside and there was James Brown in a bright red suit, standing [...]
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