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Re: Nidal Malik Hasan: The Madness Time

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:25:45 -0000

Lawd ha' mercy. I didn't hear about THAT one. Dressed as Santa.

DAMN.

Re: Evening Open Thread

GreenLadyHere — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:05:38 -0000

isonprize: LOL!! :>) TA-RUE dat!! :>)

2 SHARP!! :>)

Re: Evening Open Thread

GreenLadyHere — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:15:35 -0000

isonprize: LOL! @ the CONGOLENE - - - aka "CONKALINE". :>)

I hadta do 2 much RESEARCH to get 2 the "bottom" of this "NATURAL" Hair Product - - "fixer-upper!" :>) :>)

Sooooo, Ima SHARE it with U! :>)

Think Ima keep all this VALUABLE- - HAIR-raisin' [welllll, flattening] info 2 m'self?? Ohhhhhhhh! Nooooo!! :>)

What is congolene?

It's a form of hair straightener. People of African descent tend to have "kinkier" hair1. In the 1940s, it was common for some African Americans to emulate the straighter style as seen on European or "white" people.

In order to do this, some African Americans used congolene - a gel-like substance that contained lye - to "cook" their hair until it was limp. This style was known as the "conk2". Congolene could be made at home from potatoes, eggs and lye3 and was applied to the hair like shampoo. Since lye is a very corrosive substance, it was washed off very quickly after being applied and the hairdresser would wear protective gloves. The resulting hairstyle would be limp, straight hair which could then be styled further.

Congolene and Conk hairstyling started to die out in the 1960s/70s with the advent of "natural" Afro hairstyles being embraced by African Americans, as well as the mainstream cultural acceptance of these styles. Hair straightening products for less-extreme "straight" styles such as the Jheri curl4 were also a lot more safer.

References:

1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_hair
2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conk
3: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29978/My-First-Conk
4: http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=826118

Annnnnd, NOW, the EDUCATIONAL/ARTISTIC side of the matter:

Hair
from The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X with Alex Haley :>)

Shorty soon decided that my hair was finally long enough to be conked. He had promised to school me in how to beat the barbershops’ three- and four-dollar price by making up congolene and then conking ourselves.

I took the little list of ingredients he had printed out for me and went to a grocery store, where I got a can of Red Devil lye, two eggs, and two medium-sized white potatoes. Then at a drugstore near the poolroom, I asked for a large jar of Vaseline, a large bar of soap, a large-toothed comb and a fine-toothed comb, one of those rubber hoses with a metal sprayhead, a rubber apron, and a pair of gloves.

“Going to lay on that first conk?” the drugstore man asked me. I proudly told him, grinning,“Right!”
Shorty paid six dollars a week for a room in his cousin’s shabby apartment. His cousin wasn’t at home. “It’s like the pad’s mine, he spends so much time with his woman,” Shorty said. “Now, you watch me—”

2

He peeled the potatoes and thin-sliced them into a quart-sized Mason fruit jar, then started stirring them with a wooden spoon as he gradually poured in a little over half the can of lye. “Never use a metal spoon; the lye will turn it black,” he told me.

A jellylike, starchy-looking glop resulted from the lye and potatoes, and Shorty broke in the two eggs, stirring real fast—his own conk and dark face bent down close. The congolene turned pale yellowish. “Feel the jar,” Shorty said. I cupped my hand against the outside and snatched it away. “Damn right, it’s hot, that’s the lye,” he said. “So you know it’s going to burn when I comb it in—it burns bad. But the longer you can stand it, the straighter the hair.”
THERE IS MORE! :>) :>)

ENJOY! :>)

Re: President Obama Comments on Fort Hood

texascowgirl — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:19 -0000

Here you go.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/iwndis...

Well, if you were wondering what paranoiac smear artist would be the first to step out and attempt to name President Barack Obama as the man who guided Nidal Malik Hasan to his murderous rampage at Fort Hood yesterday, the answer -- naturally! -- is Jerome Corsi. Corsi has a long history of lunatic, fact-averse ravings and he fails to disappoint on that regard on the pages of World Net Daily, today, in a piece entitled "Shooter advised Obama transition." Except, of course, he didn't do any such thing.

Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/06/iwndis...

Re: Nidal Malik Hasan: The Madness Time

Guns3000 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:37:58 -0000

I'm amazed at how many women defend CB and RK? They use the ,"she hit him first or she provoked him" line. With RK they use the,"She knew what she was doing line." Yeah, people will continue to move on with their lives and forget about it. I think RiRi's timing of this interview is interesting considering her album is about to drop.

Re: Nidal Malik Hasan: The Madness Time

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:00:20 -0000

NEVA!

Re: Nidal Malik Hasan: The Madness Time

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:59:06 -0000

Guns, Oh, how I wish that were true.

But there are, and will continue to be, apologists for the likes of Chris Brown, R. Kelly and others who devalue women. And, unfortunately, some (dare I say, most) of those apologists will be women.

That Chris Brown still hasn't really apologized for his treatment of Rihanna is testament to how much of a punk he really is. And R. Kelly? Don't even get me started... People will still step in the name of love, run it (run it!) and believe they can fly.

These are men for whom women have no value. Until other men, REAL MEN, stand up and stop punks like this from punching, choking, biting and urinating on women, Chris Brown, R. Kelly and males like them will continue to degrade women.

Re: Evening Open Thread

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:50 -0000

Lawd Ha' Mercy. What in the world did they have to do to that hair to get it to shine like that? LOLOLOL Man, there had to be some conk and doo rags in THAT dressing room..

And I thought women went thru changes with their hair! WHEEeeeeew!!!

Re: Evening Open Thread

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:34:10 -0000

The pleats (PLEATS!) in the pants where cuffs are supposed to be. Whhhewww!! Now, THAT'S what blew my mind. LOLOL

Re: Evening Open Thread

GreenLadyHere — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:38:06 -0000

isonprize: LOL!!

GREAT! :>)

"Back-In-The-Day!!" :>)

Re: President Obama Comments on Fort Hood

AxelFoley — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:20:07 -0000

Just remember, anything bad that happens is a referendum on Obama.

Re: Evening Open Thread

RobM — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:53:56 -0000

You and GLH really got on the way back machine. Since you all are down in the basement I know this is what's playing.

Re: Evening Open Thread

BlackAmericanPrincess — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:05:42 -0000

I was born and raised in the deep south, NEVER have I seen a city as virulently racist as Boston. You couldn't PAY ME to live there. A bunch of racist neanderthals, and that's real talk....

Re: Evening Open Thread

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:55:19 -0000

DING DING DING DING!!! THAT'S IT. WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!

Re: Evening Open Thread

GreenLadyHere — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:58:19 -0000

isonprize: AWWWWW - - SHOOT!! :>)

This was the LABEL!
Tijuana Black Velvet Painting of a Nude African-American Couple with Giant Afros Hugging and Kissing on Their Knees in Orange by L. Zamora for Indignico Inc. (Dimensions: 18" x 24") by Indignico.

OH!!! TRY THIS!

+NUDE VELVET PAINTING: Afro Hairdo-Sportin' Naked Couple :>)

Let me know. O.K? :>)

Re: Evening Open Thread

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:36:15 -0000

I tried looking at this before. and for some reason I can't get to flicker anymore. I have no idea what my yahoo ID is and can't seem to get the system to recognize me.

Regardless, if I've described it right, you probably fount the right one...

GLH, you are too cool!!!

Re: Evening Open Thread

GreenLadyHere — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:12:52 -0000

isonprize: LOL!! :>)

DING! DING! DING! We have a WINNER!!

+HERE IT IS!! :>) :>)

Loved the "TUNES!!" :>)

+Heartbeats - A Thousand Miles Away (Acappella) :>)

I WAS in the DOO-WOP Era! :>)

SAME SLOW-DRAGGIN' [THEY called it "GRINDIN'] :>) :>)

Re: President Obama Comments on Fort Hood

blksista — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:58:43 -0000

One thing I have learned about shrinks: (1) many of them didn't get into the game because they had a calling, but because (2) they had some problems themselves.

It's going to be an interesting trial. No doubt.

Obama had better make up his mind about Afghanistan...or is this an incident designed to force his hand?

We've all gotta stay tuned on this.

Re: Evening Open Thread

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:45:00 -0000

Yeah, but I still ain't fount the black afro couple on the knees in an embrace on black velvet.

THAT was the JAM, back in the day. Had it on the wall in the basement with the black/blue lightbulb. Whhheeeewwwww! Slowdraggin' to
Blue Magic or
the Stylistics or
the Main Ingredient.

Wheeeeewwwww!! How did we ever get away with the stuff we THOUGHT we were doing.... LOLOLOLOL

Re: President Obama Comments on Fort Hood

isonprize — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:30:27 -0000

But..but.. but. Don't want to be deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan -- check.
Need a woman in my life -- Got it.

SHOOT UP THE JOINT, KILL WHOEVER IS WALKING BY??? Um, no. That's more than just going crazy. And he knew crazy. He's a psychiatrist.

Damn.

Re: President Obama Comments on Fort Hood

rikyrah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:04:12 -0000

i would ask how, but all we gotta do is keep watching...they'll find SOME WAY.

Re: Evening Open Thread

rikyrah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:02:44 -0000

I knew it was racist, but damn, it's 2009

Re: Evening Open Thread

GreenLadyHere — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:58:07 -0000

isonprize: OOPS!! IT moved! There was an ad in the "SPONSORS" spot in the MIDDLE from "OS.com." It had "statues" from Africa- - - "ENTWINED LOVERS!"

SORRY!! It was replaced. But, I have seen it B4. sooooo, it may return! :>)

Nevamind. HERE IT IS! :>) :>)

Re: Evening Open Thread

isonprize — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:34 -0000

GLH -- clue me in. What am I missing? Overstock.com? Is there a link?

Re: Evening Open Thread

GreenLadyHere — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:49:39 -0000

isonprize: LOL!! :>)

Still loved me some Daddy though!!!

U BETCHA!! :>) ***WINK!***