R.I.P. Rodney King ( April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012)
Rodney King was found dead today in the pool of his backyard! Rodney Glen King was the victim in a police brutality case involving the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) on March 3, 1991. A bystander, George Holliday, videotaped much of the incident from a distance. The footage showed seven officers surrounding the solitary King, […]
R.I.P. Donna Summer (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012)
LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948 – May 17, 2012), known by the stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She had a mezzo-soprano vocal range, and was a five-time Grammy Award winner. Summer was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums […]
The Covert Campaign To Rig Our Tax System to Benefit The Super Rich–And Cheat Everybody Else
This was pretty interesting I will have to do more research on this. http://www.democracynow.org/2004/5/18/the_covert_campaign_to_rig_our We speak with Pulitizer Prize-winning New York Times reporter David Cay Johnston about his new book Perfectly Legal. Johnston argues that most Americans are “being duped into supplementing the incomes and extravagant lifestyles of the rich and powerful.” [includes rush transcript] […]