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Written by Sid Davis
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Sunday, 15 January 2012 16:58 |
 One day in the future, historians will publish a book—or transmit a digital file, more likely—about the decline and fall of the United States of America. This history might point to any number of fatal causes. It might talk about how the country fiscally starved as its richest citizens paid fewer and fewer taxes, or it might discuss the trillions spent on costly wars to seize oil from other nations. But most likely this future book or file, if it’s well researched, will conclude that the United States failed because of the corrupting power of corporate money.
Examples of this corruption will be plentiful, but if the future historians are asked to select a primary culprit, or at least a piece of the puzzle that encapsulates the misfortune of the fallen empire, they’ll probably point to the corruption of American courts that brought about rulings placing corporate rights above those of people. They’ll explain that via two-hundred-plus years of litigation—from Dartmouth College v. Woodward to Citizen’s United—corporations fought for and were finally bequeathed a fully human status that was known at the time as “corporate personhood.”
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Written by Shon Bella Gotti
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 17:05 |
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 With Lamar Odom being traded to Dallas, it’s no surprise why the Mavs vs. Lakers game was one of the most anticipated games of the season. Odom returned to Los Angeles to receive a standing ovation, a tribute video during a timeout and a scoreboard shout out that said "Thanks for the memories LAMAR". Talk about love! The Lakers pulled out a win 73-70 and Odom had 10 points with the Kardashian clan there to cheer him on.
Upon this well anticipated captivating game, we have to take into consideration of the factors that may have affected Odom. For one Odom took being traded pretty hard. After seven seasons and two title rings it is safe to say that the L.A fan favorite did not want to leave. Who would? L.A = DYNASTY, ok beside the point. But, the man cannot catch a break. It is also safe to say that he is still dealing with the emotional distress from a car accident this summer that killed a 15 year old pedestrian while he was in NYC for a funeral for his cousin. Not to mention earlier last year he also openly discussed his father being a heroin addict. Odom’s story is pretty lengthy with tragedies that include the deaths of both his mother and youngest son. I can only imagine being a part of the Kardashian’s isn’t always easy breezy either.
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Written by Doran Miller-Rosenberg
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Friday, 27 January 2012 01:18 |
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 Highline is a strange venue in that it allows, even encourages rampant blazing of the finest herbs throughout its space. The night's host, performers and patrons blow blunts as casually as children blow bubbles with their gum. The last time I was there Action Bronson threw an ounce of weed worth of gram bags out to the crowd. You've never seen stoners run so quickly and aggressively, and almost trample their fellow tokens for a dub sack.
So when the Highline bouncers started coming around and getting concert-goers to put out their kush and diesel, people started getting very dismayed. After all, Gramz was smoking a blunt on stage. And this was the Highline! Gramz had been unable to enthrall the crowd, but he noticed that something else was amiss. "They taking ya bud?" he asked. "Yes!" said at least 5 people. Gramz immediately passed his blunt into the crowd. Everyone loved him after that. Soon Freeway and a plethora of ASAP Mob members were in the building, and the tension was ratcheting up. |
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Written by Senea Moody
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Sunday, 15 January 2012 15:07 |
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 Immmmm Baaacckkkk!!! (In my T.I. voice) and to be quite honest Im happy that Mr. Kwesi has still allowed me access to blog for the website considering its been a very long time since my last blog. Okay now that I have gotten that out the way lets proceed to the moment you all have been waiting for. One of the hottest topics of 2011 was Beyonce's pregnancy, which was confirmed via the MTV Video Awards during pre-show and once she hit the stage for her performance later that night. It sent shockwaves through the entertainment world as well as Twitter which blew up with an unprecedented amounts of tweets per minute or whatever. You get it! Everybody was buzzing about Mr. and Mrs. Carter expecting their first child. January 7, 2012 Beyonce Carter gave birth to a baby girl; Blue Ivy Carter. Now in light of all the controversial stories I have read or been informed about surrouning Beyonce, Jay-Z ,and their new bundle of joy; Im simply taking a completely different route from those rather their true or false. There is no point in feeding into the ignorance and foolishness of people who are looking for nothing more than a overnight come up.
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