Art & Culture

Send this article to Twitter!I was watching a tv show last night where the musician Sting was promoting his new album. He has a new song/duet out with Sam Moore, the 60′s soul singer who was formerly associated with the group sam and dave (they wrote the hit song “I’m a soul man” —...
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Send this article to Twitter!This is a back-up piece to the idiotic judgment that the high court in Kenya just passed. I’m trying to figure out their idiotic thinking. It wasn’t based on legal dogma. It was based on their personal moral underpinnings about women’s sexuality. These old men in Kenya come from a...
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Send this article to Twitter!I was in the mood for some fast food yesterday and I was thinking about getting something quick from Mcdonalds. Anyway, I’ve heard stuff about their chicken not being “real” chicken and I decided to do a google search and find out just what they were putting in their “white...
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Send this article to Twitter!I was listening to a BBC report where a group of scientists just completed a study in South Africa on the links between circumcision and lower HIV rates. The doctors were trying to determine whether circumcision reduced one’s chances of becoming infected with the virus. According to the study, circumcised...
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Send this article to Twitter!I saw her on CNN last night. Looks like she’s been promoted — she’s the new state department correspondent for CNN. She looked nervous. It’s her first day at this new gig. I’m sure many people have no idea she’s Kenyan — just because she sounds so totally British. Hopefully...
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Send this article to Twitter!It’s everywhere, I can’t escape it and I’m getting sick of it. I’m sick of watching big hollywood production movies that feature the same stars over and over again (Denzel Washington, Leonardo di Caprio, Brad Pitt..over & over & over) I’m not going to watch that stupid Borat movie (Ali...
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Send this article to Twitter!There’s a new documentary out about American Pilots who flew cocaine into Miami in the 70′s & 80′s — they were making $1.2 million dollars a flight! and they transformed the drug trade in America. They talk about their experiences in this new documentary (watch the trailer below) –Showtimes/Theater Listings...
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Send this article to Twitter!I’ve finally figured out why Somali’s are so crazy. It’s the miraa. From the bbc: “The khat users reported significant health problems associated with their habit. These included sleep problems, weight loss, appetite loss, mood swings, irritability, paranoid ideas, nightmares and hallucinations. Khat is a stimulant, producing a high when...
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Send this article to Twitter!I turned on NPR yesterday and wanted to listen to it on the way home, but they were talking about bass fishing. I quickly turned it off. Who wants to listen to a discussion on bass fishing for a whole hour? If NPR was forced to become a totally commercial...
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