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Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:39:22 -0000

I agree with you Craig. Although I am not gay, it is obvious that being gay is worse than being Black in today's society.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

IWordsmith — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:54:39 -0000

Happy Birthday, Rikrah (belated).

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:11:46 -0000

Happy Birthday!

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:45:44 -0000

I doubt that this one talks.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

rikyrah — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:33:41 -0000

i had already weakened and bought it the other week..

UNLESS....this is the one that talks for $8?

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:24:57 -0000

Rikyrah,
Target now has the Princess Tiana doll on sale for $8!

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

rikyrah — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:09:30 -0000

it's challenging, because I wonder what I would do in the same situation....would I begin to live life, as folks are doing here, based upon what they THINK is the future?

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:03:14 -0000

I watched.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:40:12 -0000

Unfortunately, it doesn't start here until Nov 20th. I was looking forward to seeing it today.

Re: Evening Open Thread

jelana — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:42:04 -0000

I saw This Is It today. MJ was amazing and mesmerizing. Those concerts would have been phenomenal!

Re: Amazing and disturbing tweet from Fort Hood area. Now with ebonics translation

jelana — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:32:51 -0000

They should have known not to deploy him since his ethnicity seems to be Middle Eastern. This is not the first problem the military has had with this.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:15:44 -0000

That is certainly the truth. My 27 year old nephew has it and he has to have a whole body blood transfer every 5 weeks. It is unbelievable what he has to endure. My sister and her husband were both tested for the trait, but her husband was misdiagnosed.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

southernbelle — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:39:15 -0000

they test african americans automatically now. in the past this wasn't the case. so it is very rare that one wouldn't know if they have the trait. but to your point about prevention, you would be surprised at the amount of people who know they have the trait & still have children. if they saw someone in a crisis they would rethink that decision long & hard.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:46:40 -0000

We also need to be tested for the trait before we have children--males & females. When both parents have the trait, a sickle cell child will most likely be born. Prevention is a necessity.

Re: Wednesday Open Thread

morphusBfly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:26:13 -0000

They are out there but it appears there are more here in U.S.:

From How Serial Killers Work

According to a recent FBI study, there have been approximately 400 serial killers in the United States in the past century, with anywhere from 2,526 to 3,860 victims [source: Hickey]. However, there's no way to really know how many serial killers are active at any point in time -- experts have suggested numbers ranging from 50 to 300, but there's no evidence to support them.

Serial murders also appear to have increased over the past 30 years. Eighty percent of the 400 serial killers of the past century have emerged since 1950 [source: Vronsky]. Why this is happening is a question of some debate; there is no answer, just as there is no simple answer as to why some people become serial killers.

Re: Wednesday Open Thread

jelana — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:10:47 -0000

I once read that there are usually 100 serial killers operating worldwide and that
they only occur in industrialized countries.

Re: Roy DeCarava dies at 89; art photographer depicted the African American experience

jelana — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:59:01 -0000

Same here. I am going to check and see if there are any books of his photographs.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

rikyrah — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:02:10 -0000

but, THE WHOLE TEAM...including the chick in Los Angeles?

that's what surprised me

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:57:27 -0000

This recant was nothing more than an attorney trying to get FREE publicity!
It is obvious to everyone that Megan has mental health issues.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:52:05 -0000

I watched. I wasn't shocked though. The president said he had a problem which needed to be taken care of. That always leads to murder or attempted murder.

Re: Saturday Open Thread

jelana — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:08:52 -0000

I watched it as well and I enjoyed the 1st episode!

Re: CNN’s ‘Latino in America’ -Day 1 Open Thread

texascowgirl — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:46:04 -0000

Wow that's cool. I knew Brazil was #1.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

rikyrah — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:45:06 -0000

LOL

I was looking at the packaging and couldn't figure out why there was a difference in price between the two.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

jelana — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:39:45 -0000

The more expensive one---you know how grandmas are.

Re: Afternoon Open Thread

rikyrah — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:46:17 -0000

did you get the cheaper or the more expensive one?