I saw this AWESOME news today and I had to post! I can only imagine the amount of pride this family has with ALL four of their children getting accepted to Yale. I would be doing backflips or something lol. Please, everyone, spread this story! I want as much media coverage on this as possible. I know tuition is a main concern for the quadruplets and their parents, so let’s make sure their needs are being heard.

Congrats to the Crouch family! I’m sure they will have a wonderful Christmas!

The full NY Times article —-> here

What would you do?

Some black players won’t play for Rush Limbaugh if he buys Rams
By Mark Miller

Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh has some Americans that love him and plenty that hate him. And the fact that he spouts such right-wing opinions doing his day job may hurt Limbaugh’s chances of getting some players if he manages to buy the St. Louis Rams, according to the New York Daily News.

New York Giants defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka(notes) would love to play again under Rams head coach Steve Spagnuolo, who was his defensive coordinator in New York, but Kiwanuka is saying that there is no way he would go play for St. Louis if Limbaugh takes over. New York Jets linebacker Bart Scott(notes) told the paper the same thing yesterday and it seems that it may be a general sentiment for a lot of black NFL players.

“All I know is from the last comment I heard, he said in (President) Obama’s America, white kids are getting beat up on the bus while black kids are chanting ‘right on,’” Kiwanuka told the paper. “He can do whatever he wants; it is a free country. But if it goes through, I can tell you where I am not going to play.”

At this point, Limbaugh and St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts, who is in on the bid with Limbaugh, aren’t thought to be the frontrunners for the Rams.

Source: New York Daily News

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/p…urn=nfl,195041

Anyone remember this ’stimulus package’ cartoon? Well I saw this on hiphopwired and had to repost. This is a very questionable move by the New York Post. Story below…

The New York Post, known for its bold headlines and outrageous stories is making headlines of its own, this time for firing one of the paper’s top editors. Sandra Guzman is an Emmy Award winning Journalist who edited the paper’s Black History Month section and the Harlem Week Section for years. Guzman is also the same woman that criticized the infamous racist “stimulus package” cartoon that appeared in its pages. Her removal from her position is raising eyebrows especially from people who claim the paper’s track record with minority employees is shaky.
Many people questioned the judgment of editors at the paper after the cartoon hit newsstands depicting the “unnamed” author of the economic stimulus bill as a rabid chimpanzee shot by two police men saying:

“They’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.”

Guzman was the most high-profile Post employee to publicly speak out against the cartoon and had no qualms expressing her disdain. She wrote to her fellow colleagues saying:

“I neither commissioned or approved it. I saw it in the paper yesterday with the rest of the world. And, I have raised my objections to management.”

An employee at The New York Post that wished to remain anonymous told The Huffington Post that the former editor’s comments surely contributed to her firing saying:

“I think ever since then, she has been on their shit list and they were trying to look for a reason to get rid of her. The problem at The Post is a revenue problem. My whole thing is, she is not in charge of advertising. She is an associate editor. Whoever is in accounting or advertising should have been held accountable.”

It should also be noted that Guzman was the only woman of color on the paper’s management staff and according to Post employees there has been only one African-American editor at the paper in the last decade.

Tiger Woods is laughing all the way to the bank. He has officially become the first athlete to top $1 billion in career earnings. It was initially projected that he would reach BILLIONAIRE status in the year 2010, but as we can see he just smashed that theory! (lol)

Forbes writer Kurt Badenhausen breaks down all of Tiger’s earnings…

“Tiger’s earnings power is really unprecedented. It’s an extremely wealthy demographic that is going out and wants to spend money on equipment, on golf balls, on apparel. Woods is or has been in ad campaigns for cars, golf clubs, even razors. He is a walking, talking money-making machine. You might as well call him ‘Tiger, Inc.’ He makes more than $100 million a year. The next wealthiest athletes make in the neighborhood of $40, $45 million a year.”

Forbes also says Woods has racked up $125 million in prize money and some $890 million from endorsements. Nike is by far his biggest sponsor, paying Woods more than $30 million dollars a year.

Um…nothing more to say here but Congrats and CHING CHING!

So apparently this woman miscarried while she was at work and decided to tell the twitter world how happy she was about it. I have a video clip below of her FERVENTLY DEFENDING her actions, even going as far as saying her critics should be offended that she was going “to have to drive all the way to Chicago to get an abortion.”

*blink*blink*

Ummm….if you want to hear for yourself…the video is below. I’m all for freedom of speech but…WOOOOOOOOOW

Well Well Well…this should be interesting.

The new dolls have more ‘ethnic’ features…i.e. fuller lips, more distinct cheek bones, and curlier hair. The current dolls in the line are Kara (left), Trichelle (middle), and Grace (right). Each doll will have their own little mini-me with them. Mattel says they are aiming for a babymama mentoring theme in hopes to inspire not only the black community, but all communities. Hmm…Well…I’ll buy one, or all of them…but I’ll be waiting for the day they release one with natural hair. I would love that! Anywho, what do you think…better late than never?

So back story…apparently this young male used the ‘n’ word in class. This sparks the response out of the teacher, which you can view below. Please…let me know what you think. Me, personally, I don’t think his ‘method’ is working to good…

below.

Although this is the biggest baby in the country’s history, it is not in the world. In 1879, an American infant weighed in at 23 pounds *blink*, sadly he died soon after birth. ABC News reports the heaviest new born to live was only a pound lighter at 22 pounds.

Wow…we can only imagine, with technology not like it is today, how the 23 pound baby was born in 1879. *shudders* Below is the clip of the story on the Today Show.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” at 9 a.m. est

ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” at 10:30 a.m. est

CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” at 11:35 p.m. est (airs tomorrow)

He will also sit down with interviews on CNN and Univision in between the big tapings. Seems like Fox news was left out *Ha*