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What a long and crazy week. The President is not black enough, he’s scared of white people, he needs a lesson on civil rights, he’s sexist; and to end the week some folks are creating drama with Snooki-gate and mongrel-gate. Whew! With all this lunacy going on and on, the Lounge brings out the Jack Daniels tonight. Enjoy it with coke, on the rocks, neat or however you prefer. Salud!

Please feel free to add a music video about the president’s week, the soul patrol, cable news hacks or anything else on your mind.

By The Time I Get To Arizona News: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is asking legislators to consider whether they should change the state’s immigration law in response to a judge’s ruling blocking parts of it. Brewer spokesman Paul Senseman confirms that the governor called top legislative leaders to broach the possibility of changing provisions of the law on Thursday, a day after U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton issued a preliminary injunction. Read more here.

Oil Spill News: BP’s incoming CEO said Friday it is time for a “scaleback” of the effort to clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but added there is no “pullback” in the energy giant’s commitment to the disaster, the Associated Press reports. Bob Dudley, who heads BP’s oil spill recovery, told reporters in Biloxi, Miss., it’s “not too soon for a scaleback” and in areas where there is no oil, “you probably don’t need to see people in hazmat suits on the beach.” Read more here.

Economic News: The recession was clearly worse than originally estimated (we suspected this already using Gross Domestic Income). In fact real GDP in Q2 2010 was lower than originally reported for Q1 2010. And annualized real GDP is still 0.85% below the pre-recession peak. This means that real GDP would have to grow at a 3.4% rate in Q3 to reach the recession peak by the end of Q2 2011. Read more here.

The US Dollar Is Worth Less Than The Paper They Print It On News: The dollar hit its lowest since November against the Japanese yen on Friday as data showed growth in the world’s largest economy is slowing, reinforcing expectations for low U.S. interest rates into 2011. Read more here.

Happy Friday WSY family!! Check out the links and come back to discuss. I don’t have a Friday Funny for today, so feel free to share some of your own!

(sigh) Couldn’t tell the truth if their lives depended on it.

Yesterday, the President signed the Tribal Law and Order Act, giving Native Americans more authority to combat crime in Native communities.

According to a Department of Justice report, Native American women suffer from violent crime at a rate three and a half times greater than the national average. Astoundingly, one in three Native American women will be raped in their lifetimes.

The Act includes a strong emphasis on decreasing violence against women in Native communities. Focusing not only on prosecution, however, the Act includes important provisions aimed at prevention. It reauthorizes and improves programs to prevent and treat alcohol and substance abuse, as well as programs that improve opportunities for at-risk Indian youth.

This is not to make light of the seriousness of mental illness…..but it is to make light of the mental illness of the rightwing, the teabaggers, the fauxgressives, the lamestream media, the soul patrol, and all others that are suffering from ODS (Obama Derangement Syndrome).

THIS IS FOR YOU!

Geto Boys – Mind Playin Tricks On Me

Geto Boys – Mind Of A Lunatic


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It’s Friday WSY Family and lurkers! It’s time for the weekend. I hope you are enjoying the theme and music of the open threads this week.

Mos Def was born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973. He is an American actor and MC.  Mos Def started his hip hop career in a group called Urban Thermo Dynamics, after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees andDe La Soul. With Talib Kweli, he formed the duo Black Star, who released the album Black Star in 1998. He was a major force in the late 1990s underground hip hop explosion spearheaded by Rawkus Records. As a solo artist he has released the albums Black on Both Sides in 1999, The New Danger in 2004, True Magic in 2006, and The Ecstatic in 2009.

Initially recognized for his musical output, Mos Def’s screen work since the early 2000s has established him as one of only a handful of rappers who have garnered critical approval for their acting work. Mos Def has also been active on several social and political issues and was particularly vocal in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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POTUS News: President Barack Obama on Thursday defended his administration’s efforts to spur an overhaul of education, calling it a pressing economic issue that can’t be ignored. “Education is an economic issue, if not the economic issue of our time,” Mr. Obama said while speaking before the National Urban League, a civil-rights organization. “It’s an economic issue when countries that out-educate us today are going to out-compete us tomorrow.” Read more here.

This Is Great News For General Motors!! News: Another Toyota recall targets Avalon sedans. The automaker cites a steering system problem in 373,000 cars from the 2000-2004 model years. The action brings the total of recalled Toyota vehicles in the last year to about 9 million. Read more here.

J-O-B-S, We Need Jobs B!tches!! News: The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell to 457,000 last week, a figure that signals the labor market will be slow to improve even as the economy grows. Initial jobless claims dropped by 11,000 in the week ended July 24 from a revised 468,000, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. Read more here.

Can You Bet On Spades And Bid Whist? How About Uno? News: A House panel has approved a measure that would legalize online gambling and put the increasingly popular Internet-based activity under federal regulation, Dow Jones reported Thursday. The House Financial Services Committee voted 41-22 to approve the legislation, which now could be brought to the floor by the House Democratic leadership. Read more here.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….HA!! News: District Judge Susan Bolton brought key parts of Arizona’s controversial immigration law to a slamming halt yesterday, but the practical and political fallout from her decision is just now unfolding. Read more here.

Another Brother On The Come Up News: Isaiah Mustafa smells like a man — and soon, Jennifer Aniston will be getting a big whiff of the budding star. Mustafa — aka TV’s Old Spice Guy — has been tapped to join the cast of the film “Horrible Bosses,” starring Aniston, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Jason Sudeikis and Jason Bateman, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Read more here.

Happy Thursday WSY family! Check out the links and come back to discuss. Here’s your Thursday throwback…

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(This is what they’re afraid of y’all………….this right here)

President Obama explains HealthCare.gov, the new consumer website that helps you take control of your health care coverage. This first-of-its-kind website makes it easier to find health care coverage and clearly explains how the Affordable Care Act will benefit you, your family, or your business.

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Transcript:

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat. Have a seat. Take a load off. (Applause.) Thank you.

Good morning, Urban Leaguers.

AUDIENCE: Good morning.

THE PRESIDENT: Yes. It is wonderful to be here with all of you. It is wonderful to be here. And let me begin by congratulating Marc Morial for his outstanding leadership, his great friendship. (Applause.) I want to thank the entire National Urban League on your centennial. From your founding, amid the great migration, to the struggles of the civil rights movement, to the battles of today, the Urban League has been on the ground, in our communities, working quietly -– day in, day out -– without fanfare; opening up opportunity, rolling back inequality, making our union just a little more perfect. America is a better place because of the Urban League. And I’m grateful to all of you for the outstanding contributions that you’ve made. (Applause.)

The last time I spoke with you was during your Orlando conference in August — (applause) — got Orlando in the house. (laughter) — Orlando conference back in August of 2008. I didn’t have any gray hair back then. (Laughter.) Say that’s all right? (Laughter and applause.) But I want to remind you what things were like in August of 2008. Our economy was in freefall. We had just seen seven straight months of job loss. Foreclosures were sweeping the nation. And we were on the verge of a financial crisis that threatened to plunge our economy into a second Great Depression.

So, from the moment I took office, we had to act immediately to prevent an even greater catastrophe. And I knew that not everything we did would be popular. Sometimes when we do things, the scribes, the pundits here in Washington, they act surprised. They say, why would you do such a thing, it doesn’t poll well. And I have to explain to them I’ve got my own pollsters. (Laughter and applause.) But I wasn’t elected just to do what’s popular; I was elected do what was right. That’s what you supported me for. (Applause.)

And because of what we did, America, as a whole, is in a different place today. Our economy is growing, instead of shrinking. Our private sector has been adding jobs for six straight months, instead of losing them. (Applause.)

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Thursday is here! It’s almost the weekend! This week WEE have been highlighting intelligent rap and eloquent MCs.

The Roots is an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals. Malik B., Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, and Josh Abrams were added to the band, originally called The Square Roots. They have collaborated with a wide range of artists from different genres, including Roy Ayers and Cody Chesnutt. The Roots have generated a great deal of critical acclaim and influenced numerous rap and R&B acts. On March 2, 2009, The Roots became the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

You Got Me -1999

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