Lesbian Lovers Violent Attack

Toni Brown is paralyzed from her neck down, the result of a jealous ex-lover's bullet that severed her spine five months ago. She had just left work at a Safeway store in Northwest Washington when she was hit in the neck and left for dead, prosecutors said.

The shot was fired by Brown's former girlfriend, Raina L. Johnson, who surprised her on the street after Brown, 32, had obtained a civil protection order that was supposed to keep Johnson at a distance. Witnesses said they heard Johnson shout at Brown, "I said I was going to get you," before she hurled a crude epithet and ran away. Brown later told prosecutors how she had lain on the sidewalk watching her blood "pour out of me like water."

Johnson, 35, was sentenced yesterday to a 28-year prison term on a charge of assault with intent to kill, 12 years more than the maximum outlined in the voluntary sentencing guidelines for the charge.

In announcing the sentence, D.C. Superior Court Judge Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. called the shooting an "extraordinarily brutal, callous and despicable crime" and added that Johnson had to be punished severely. Prosecutor Opher Shweiki considered the shooting "an intended execution" and had asked Cushenberry to sentence Johnson as if Brown had been killed.

"'If anything good can come out of this tragedy, it is that it woke people up that extreme violence between women is possible,' said Morgan Lynn, a staff attorney with Women Empowered Against Violence, or WEAVE, a District-based advocacy group. 'There are a lot of myths in the lesbian community that women don't hurt each other.'

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Hillary And BIll A Marriage Of Lies

Hillary, Hillary, Hillary. Now she has become GI-Jane or maybe more like Private Benjamin with this recent blunder.
But first, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a wide-ranging interview with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reporters and editors, said she would have left her church if her pastor made the sort of inflammatory remarks Sen. Barack Obama's former pastor made.

"He would not have been my pastor," Clinton said. "You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend."

What was she thinking then when she learned that her own husband, former President Bill Clinton, lied to her and the American people when he said emphatically that he did not have sex with Monica Lewinsky? Couldn't she have "chosen" to not stay married to a womanizing liar?

And in the most recent expose of Hillary Clinton's deceptive campaign to convince people that she is the candidate who is most "ready on day one." Clinton has now been caught telling a lie so flagrant, so self-serving and so unnecessary that it takes your breath away. The media are on to her, and they're beginning to unload.

On March 17, at a speech at George Washington University, Clinton spoke about a terrifying mission to Tuzla, Bosnia that she had undertaken on behalf of her husband, the then-president, in March 1996.

"I remember landing under sniper fire," she said. "There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base." Wow. Now there's a woman you want answering that red phone at 3am.

Sounds compelling...but it never happened. Other foreign dignitaries are also challenging the validity of her accounts of other international experiences that Clinton is claiming as part of her resume. It was a lie.

Haven't we had enough of this same drama from this couple? CHANGE! CHANGE! CHANGE!

See video below of CBS's report on Hillary's "comprehensive lie".


CBS exposes Hillary Clinton (video below).

Bill Clinton's Lie To America (see video below)

PASTOR WRIGHT WHAT HAST THOU WROUGHT?

Now that I have had a chance to process the Reverend Wright - Barack Obama controversy, this is what I have to say.

You and I know that barring the 1977 network television premiere of ROOTS, most white people in America are either in the dark about black history or in serious denial about the many racist and discriminatory practices used against people of color here in the United States today. And after watching conservative talk shows like The O’ Reilly Factor, it is clear that many could care less.

Recently, while watching CNN conservative talk show host Glenn Beck ranting about why “it boggles the mind” as to why Barack Obama’s (now former) Pastor, Reverend Wright, would have a "conspiracy theorist mentality" about AIDS. I thought, this man is either an idiot, ignorant, or both. Glenn Beck obviously does not have any knowledge of the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment which took place between 1939 and 1972 conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS), during his (Beck's) lifetime.

Beck went on to talk about how black people continue to use the excuse that because of slavery, they can’t get ahead. He then used Oprah Winfrey as proof positive that black people can get ahead. And while I do agree that there are a lot of black people who are full of exscuses why they won’t work to improve the quality of their communities or their individual lives, there are a whole lot of African Americans who do very well in spite of racial descrimination and who do care about the black community and America at large. There are also a lot of white and other non black people who are full of excuses about why they are not doing enough to improve their communities or their individual lives as well. Glenn Beck’s oversimplification of the issue was dismissive of the fact that equal treatment of blacks and other people of color wasn't "a given" in America until recent history.

Mr. Beck also forgot that Black Americans had to ask the U.S. Government for fair and equal treatment and weren't fully protected under Federal Law until the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which was not that long ago, and is within the lifetimes of baby boomers including Reverend Wright and Senator Barack Obama.

And let’s be real, we all know that history shows that since the end of slavery and the beginning of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, many white Americans have evolved overtly racist practices into a behavioral system that employs subtle tactics used to keep people of color out and is based on white skin priviledge. And although many white people have refused to adopt these racist and discriminatory practices, they are very aware that they exist.

Another truth is that "Black" people have traditionally used African American churches as outlets for political activism and to air our grievances against our U.S. government. The black church has also been used as the place of community sanctioned anti-homosexual hateful rhetoric. And if the Reverand Wright debacle is red flag for future potential black presidential candidates, I think that they will think twice about what is being said in the pulpit of their church of choice.

I would bet everything that if the good reverend was admonishing homosexuals (which I am not sure that he has not), most black people (who are not gay) and most white non-gay folks (liberal or conservative) would not have even batted an eye, primarily because in church, you can preach negatively about certain groups, just not white people who aren't gay.

I hope that Barack Obama has learned a lesson from this, a lesson that says that everything said in the darkness (church or behind closed doors) will come to light. We all deserve a place at the table of American society and not just the public table for political purposes.

See Barack Obama's video speech below.
Joe

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Remy Ma's Lawyer: "She Did Shoot Friend"

Remy Ma's attorney admitted in the closing arguments of rapper's case today that the former Terror Squad star did, in fact, shoot her friend during disagreement in July last year.

Lawyer Ivan Fisher called the shooting, which left Makeda Barnes-Joseph hospitalized, an accident. Fisher claimed Remy Ma (real name: Reminisce Smith) and Barnes-Joseph struggled over the latter's bag when the two argued over missing money after leaving a birthday celebration for a mutual acquaintance. The former Terror Squad star accused Barnes-Joseph of pocketing upward of $3,000 in cash.

Fisher told the jury the women's hands hit the rearview mirror of Barnes-Joseph's car during the tussle and the gun then went off, according to AP.

"There is no other explanation for why Remy Smith would have chosen that unique moment in time to shoot her," Fisher said.

The surprising admission was a far cry from Fisher's opening remarks when he attempted to characterize Barnes-Joseph as a celebrity groupie who was misrepresenting the nature of the events in order to win money from the "Lean Back" rapper. In December, Barnes-Joseph filed a multimillion-dollar civil lawsuit against Remy Ma.

In July, Remy vehemently denied shooting Barnes-Joseph. When reporters gathered around the rapper's New Jersey home, she maintained her innocence.

"I didn't shoot my friend!" she yelled.

Jury deliberation in the case begins Tuesday. If convicted, Remy Ma could face up to 25 years in prison.

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TIGER TYSON INDUCTED INTO GAYVN HALL OF FAME

I feel bad about this Tiger but I was so busy that I thought that I already blogged this event... but congratulations for being inducted into the GAYVN Hall Of Fame in Febuary in San Francisco.
Keep doing it big (literally) and see you soon.

Joe

Flash Back - WE ARE ONE - Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly

Barack Obama's message of hope and unity may be falling on many deaf ears since the fallout of his recent controversy, but his message is so clear to me and I think that the R&B band Maze sang about this truth very eloquently in the words of their 1983 song that I have added below, "WE ARE ONE." Whether you are a Woman or a Man, Gay or Straight, Black, White, Latino, Asian, Christian, Jewish, Catholic or Muslim, we are all one human race. Some people never experience what it feels like to know this truth. This doesn't mean that you have a pollyanna view of the world or that racism, sexism, homophobia or any of the many other "isms" don't exist, it just means that you have seen another reality and once you have seen it, you can't deny it. Many refuse to open their minds to experiencing this truth because they are so invested in their pain or so full of anger, hate, and fear that they are blind to the fact. I believe that the ultimate transformation of mankind will be when we all learn how to not pass down to our children the practice of division through discrimination. WE ARE ONE.

Joe

Anderson Cooper Grills Barack Obama

With Elton John using his star power to throw a big fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and Anderson Cooper's grilling of Barack (see below), it looks like white gay power players are sending a message that says; Hey gay (white) folks, we are supporting Hillary, so should you!

ELTON JOHN THROWS HIS STAR POWER BEHIND HILLARY CLINTON

(CNN)–Sir Elton John is set to perform a solo concert at New York’s Radio City Music Hall next month to help fundraise for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
“I’m not a politician but I believe in the work that Hillary Clinton does,” said John in a statement released by the Clinton campaign Monday. “I’m excited to support Hillary by performing at what will be a truly memorable night.”

The event, called “Elton and Hillary: One Night Only,” will take place April 9, and marks the superstar's first solo public concert since October 2000.
Throughout his career, John has supported many charities helping to raise millions for his AIDS foundation, breast cancer awareness and New York’s food banks. Last October John helped Clinton celebrate her 60th birthday with a star-studded fundraiser at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

Tickets for next month’s performance go on sale Wednesday starting at $125 for Mezzanine seats and $250 for Orchestra seats. With 5,933 seats available at the historic venue, a sold-out show could raise upwards of $800,000 for Clinton’s campaign.

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Barack Explains

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama in a speech Tuesday addressed the controversy surrounding his former minister, using it as an opportunity to challenge Americans to take a closer look at race relations.

Constitution Center, the Democratic presidential candidate said he rejected racially charged comments made by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, but he tried to explain the root of those remarks.
Wright formerly preached at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where the senator from Illinois worships.

Some of Wright's old sermons came under fire after an ABC News report last week, becoming a YouTube phenomenon.

In one, Wright said America had brought the September 11 attacks upon itself. In another, he said Sen. Hillary Clinton had an advantage over Obama because she is white.
Obama on Tuesday said his belief that all people want to move in the same direction comes from his "unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. But it also comes from my own American story."

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New Governor Admits Getting Busy...And Wife Did Too

Gov. David Paterson tried to come clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging a years-old affair.

Paterson was sworn in almost exactly a week after allegations first surfaced that former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was "Client 9" of a high-priced call girl service. Responding to rumors circulating in Albany, Paterson and his wife, Michelle, told the Daily News of New York City that both had affairs during a rough patch in their marriage several years ago.

"This was a marriage that appeared to be going sour at one point," Paterson told the Daily News. "But I went to counseling and we decided we wanted to make it work. Michelle is well aware of what went on."
Paterson told the newspaper that he maintained a relationship with another woman from 1999 until 2001. He and his wife, Michelle, eventually sought counseling and repaired their relationship. The couple did not go into details.

Paterson and the other woman sometimes stayed at a Days Inn on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the governor said, adding that his Albany staff sometimes stayed there as well when they were in the city. Paterson said he did not use government or campaign funds to pay for the romantic encounters.

A spokesman for the governor did not immediately reply to requests for comment about Paterson's interview, which came hours after the governor assumed office with a message of unity. He became the state's first black chief executive and the nation's second legally blind governor.
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Ex-Aide Claims 3-Way Affair With McGreeveys

If the divorce between former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey and his estranged wife isn't ugly enough now the governor's former aide and driver, Teddy Pedersen, says in a published report Dina Matos McGreevey must have known her husband was gay.

Pedersen tells The New York Post he had weekly ménage-a-trois with the couple inside their Woodbridge Condo before and after they got married.

In a statement, McGreevey confirms Pedersen's story, saying, "This happened, this happened in the past, and now we need to move on with our lives.

For all of our sakes, particularly our daughter, we need to close this chapter and look toward the future." The owner of a health club says Pedersen met the McGreevy's at his gym while working the front desk. "When Jim was in the mayor's office, I saw teddy around but nothing out of the ordinary," Ray Zirpolo said. "There was nothing in the relationship you would have seen here that you would have known."Matos McGreevey has insisted she had no idea her husband was gay. No one answered the door at her home Monday.

She told The Associated Press Pedersen's story is untrue. Pedersen reportedly dubbed the encounters "Friday Night Specials" because they started after drinks at a TGI Fridays. Published reports say he had contact with Dina as the former governor watched and that trysts ended once McGreevey became governor. "He said I assume it's true at face value," Zirpolo said. "It's kind of sad I guess."Matos McGreevey and her estranged husband are due back in court on Thursday. Pedersen says he didn't even want to talk about this whole thing until Matos McGreevey subpoenaed him and began commenting on the Eliot Spitzer scandal. McGreevey says her estranged husband put Pederson up to this.
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TRANNIES ARE NOT TO BE FUCKED WITH

ATLANTA HIT WITH TORNADO

My friend who lives in Atlanta sent me a text message tonight stating that something wierd just passed his car. I am trying to call him. I now know it was a tornado.

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A tornado swept through downtown Atlanta Friday night, slamming trees into cars and homes, disrupting a college basketball game and damaging the building that houses CNN.

Atlanta Fire Department spokesman Capt. Bill May said there were numerous injuries and widespread damage reported in downtown Atlanta, with roofs ripped off and trees torn down.
The storm tracked from the northwest side of the city to the southeast, demolishing buildings and downing trees that crushed cars and ripped through the roofs of homes.
The National Weather Service had issued a tornado warning for the area, in effect until 10 p.m. The storm came through at about 9:45 p.m.

Inside CNN Center, water poured through damage in the ceiling into the building's atrium. Glass shattered, and parts of the building filled with dust.

Timothy Wood, 30, of Cumming, Georgia, took refuge from rain at Philips Arena. "First thing I saw were cups then I saw larger objects -- like parts of Philips Arena were coming off and being blown into the street," Wood said.

"People were just running to the closest place of safety they could find. Me and another guy were struggling trying to close the door to Philips and we saw another guy across the way and we waved him over. It probably lasted about two minutes. We went back outside after it was over and there were trees that were actually broken," he said.

Virtually all of the windows facing Centennial Olympic Park on the Omni Hotel, which is attached to CNN Center, were shattered. One employee said visitors to the hotel were being evacuated.

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Erykah Badu - Honey

Universal Motown's multi-platinum-selling, Grammy award-winning singer/songwriter/actress Erykah Badu returns to the music limelight with New Amerykah (Part I). The album's first single, "Honey," has been steadily rising on radio charts, with tastemaker DJs declaring their love for the innovative track. Badu has enlisted some of the most talented, groundbreaking underground producers and engineers in the hip-hop game to support her breakthrough return, including Grammy Award-winning producer 9th Wonder (Jay-Z, Nas, Mary J. Blige), Madlib, Mike "Chav" Chavarria, R&B singer Bilal, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, and Shafiq Husayn.

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African American & Blind Person Makes History As Governor Of NYC

David Paterson made history when he was appointed the first African American to hold the post of Lieutenant Governor by Eliott Spitzer. He's also legally blind. Today 53-year Patterson, who has been legally blind since infancy, makes history again as he becomes the first African American Governor of NY State, as the now former Governor, Spitzer, resigns in disgrace.

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Gilligan's Island' star busted for pot

Perhaps they should have called her Mary Jane.

A surprise birthday party for Dawn Wells, the actress who played Mary Ann on "Gilligan's Island," ended with a nearly three-hour tour of the Teton County sheriff's office and jail when the 69-year-old was caught with marijuana in her vehicle while driving home.

Wells is now serving six months' unsupervised probation. She was sentenced Feb. 29 to five days in jail, fined $410.50 and placed on probation after pleading guilty to one count of reckless driving.

Prosecutors dropped misdemeanour counts of driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.
According to a sheriff's, Wells was pulled over after she swerved across the fog lines and centre lines of State Highway 33 and repeatedly speeded up and slowed down.
The officer who stopped her said he smelled burning marijuana.
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Joe Talks To The Head Of Relaxation Services For Blatino Oasis

Meet Amewoke Nunyakpe BA, CMT,CYT. Amewoke is the head of "Relaxation Services" for Blatino Oasis in Palm Springs, California, May 9-12. Check out the interview below and click here to book your massage so that when you arrive in Palm Springs, Amewoke and his team of massage therapist will be available to help you to release, relax, and enjoy. If you are not coming to Palm Springs, and you would like to book Amewoke for a massage, feel free to email him at anunyakpe@yahoo.com. Special thanks to Ron and Sonny from inside the lens for their wonderful videography support.

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Sexual Dysfunction, Sexual Repression And Sex Scandals

Sex scandals, they have been around since the beginning of time, and technology is simply exposing just how widespread our need is to express ourselves sexually and that for many of us this desire goes far beyond marriage and monogamy. And although women have also been guilty, statistically, men are the biggest offenders.

President Bill Clinton was impeached for getting caught with his pants down. Senator Larry Craig, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, former Governor Jim McGreevey, Mark Foley, Eliott Spitzer, even Oprah Winfrey is not immune after reports of sexual abuse at her South African school and the list goes on ad nauseam. And these are just the guys who got caught!

So many people go through life trying to live up to social and religious standards and expectations that are not rooted in the male genetic reality. Some men try to deny or control these sexual urges through religion. Last year alone, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles, the largest in America, paid $660 million USD — $1.3 million USD per child abuse claim — to settle lawsuits filed by 508 victims, not to mention the millions of other payouts made by the Catholic church due to sexual abuse lawsuits.

Sexual abuse and sexual repression leads to sexual dysfunction.

I believe that all mutually consenting adults (18 and over) must be afforded the opportunity to express the fullness of their sexuality in honest, responsible and respectful ways and without fear of retribution.

I created Blatino Oasis because I believe that although sex is all around us in our respective communities, on television and on the internet, most men of color who are gay or bisexual don't get to experience our sexuality in a safe supportive environment. Even some gay men are upset with how "out there" other gay men are with their sexuality.

I believe we all need time for self acceptance and sexual healing.

We also need to have honest conversations with youth under 18 about what it means to be a sexual being and how they can express themselves without violating the law and/or feeling like a freak.

Whether you are the President or a priest, straight or gay, single or in a relationship, your genetic male desire will manifests itself despite your religious beliefs or social status. How it manifest and how you feel about it is up to you.

Joe