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From Newsweek: When did everybody start hating on Black History Month? I have yet to find a person, black or white or anything else, looking forward to the February festivities.
Every February, people throughout the country take 28 days to learn about, remember, and celebrate the contributions of Black people in American society.
via: the sun The fattest man in the world has had a life-saving operation in the U.K. and lost more than 280 lbs., The Sun reported on Monday. Paul Mason now weighs 685 lbs. – but is believed to still be the heaviest man on the planet. The ex-postman, 48, spent the weekend in intensive […]
From the Washington Post: PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — International relief organizations backed by American soldiers delivered hundreds of tons of rice to homeless residents of the Haitian capital Sunday, laboring to ease a food shortage that has left countless thousands struggling to find enough to eat.
via: chron.com WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is unveiling a $3.83 trillion federal budget today that contains a double dose of bad news for the Houston area: cancellation of NASA’s Constellation mission to the moon and an end to tax breaks for energy exploration. Ending the Constellation program is one of hundreds of spending reductions […]
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sent Congress a $3.83 trillion budget on Monday that would pour more money into the fight against high unemployment, boost taxes on the wealthy and freeze spending for a wide swath of government programs.
Thou shalt not get into a fight behind FOOD!
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Relief workers began handing out women-only food coupons, launching a new phase of what they hope will be less cutthroat aid distribution to ensure that families and the weak get supplies following Haiti’s devastating earthquake.
