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India's gays celebrate too soon

This changes the whole situation. The high court appears to be taking this appeal seriously and it is possible that they could reverse the decision.  If they do then the law will again criminalize gay sex. "...

Sarah Palin Signs Deal to Write a Memoir

This book should beinteresting and willbe a best seller. Itcould also help her ifshe runs for president in2012." HarperCollins Publishers says the book is scheduled to be released next spring. Ms. Palin could not...

Happy Birthday Twitter! It's three years old today

The latest social media craze, Twitter, is turning three years old today. According to CEO Jack Dorsey, Twitter turns three at exactly 1:02PM California time. The social media platform, that allows you to 'tweet'...

Why Black Media Houses Aren't Getting More Mainstream Advertisers

From my blog on Pamoja Media: "The excerpt below was published in a recent issue of Black Enterprise magazine and it speaks to the growing difficulty that black owned media companies have faced when presenting their offerings to mainstream advertisers. "“…the challenges...

The World Protests Israel Genocide on Gaza

.This is the opinion of one paper in Uganda.  It is posted to show the extremes to which propaganda goes in this war." In spite of Mainstream media biased reporting of Gaza,thousands of people all over the...

Intel brings new CPUs

" According to the latest reports on the Web, Intel added a few more CPUs to its mainstream and value lineups, all based on previous architectures from the company, and not on the newly released Nehalem. The additions include the Core 2 Quad Q8300, the Pentium Dual...

BNP Membership List Contains 30 Convicted Criminals

THE leaked British Nationalist Party (BNP) membership list "contains at least thirty convicted criminals" THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH has revealed today.   The list was leaked earlier this week to widespread...

Extreme assessments and paranoid conclusions

These are my thoughts after giving the New York Times article a little bit more time to settle there are three points that I wanted to review further.  http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/fashion/13psych.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin The first was how the...

'I can see dinosaurs from my back porch'

"'I can see dinosaurs from my back porch' * Track this topic * Print story * Post comment Palin-tology and the threat to science teaching By George Smith, Dick Destiny • Get more from this author Posted in Government, 26th September 2008 12:29 GMT GOP Veep...

Better than Lipstick on a Pig [FreePress - Citizen Media Debate Scorecard]

Sick of the questions the corporate talking heads ask and don't ask at the US Presidential debates, but watching them anyway? Rate the moderators with a mouse-click while you do; Free Press has created a Citizens Media Scorecard and is requesting public participation. Results...

Clegg targets mainstream appeal

In the UK, the ruling Labour government has seen its public approval ratings take a dramatic slide in the past year. At the same time, the rival Conservative party remains unpopular with voters. UK voters seem to think they have no good option, which frustrates the third...

Actor, comedian and exasperated dad Mac dies at 50

"Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor...

Where are the Conservative Journalists?

Where are the Conservative Journalists? Over at the Politico, Jonathan Martin writes, "GOP losing the new-media war." The article is generating some thoughtful discussion from conservative tech folks inside...

'The Bollywood Burner: World's Hottest Curry' claims Virgin Media

"Richard Branson's Virgin Media beat BBC and Rupert Murdoch's Sky Networks to become the first mainstream broadcaster in offering 'Bollywood Movies On Demand,' a dedicated digital channel to Bollywood for its...

Indonesian homemakers turn trash into fashion frills

Interesting way to do a business... " Used detergent labels and toothpaste tubes from Indonesia are going from landfills to fashion frills on bags and wallets sold in Singapore, Australia and the United States. ...

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