http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/24210 Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who served as co-chairman of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, compared Democratic President Barack Obama’s economic agenda to that of Republican President Ronald Reagan on Friday.
http://www.eurweb.com/?p=69828 *Floyd Mayweather has been charged with criminal battery in Nevada for allegedly poking a man in the cheekbone with his finger, TMZ reports. According to the criminal complaint, police claim a private security officer named Shayne Smith told officers Mayweather became irate outside of his Las Vegas home on Nov. 15 after Smith placed […]
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/24070 NBC News announced Tuesday that Jeff Johnson, a commentator on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show,” has been named a contributor to MSNBC, as well as a senior correspondent for TheGrio.com.
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/24072 Two days before he is scheduled to report to prison, actor Wesley Snipes said he wanted to “clear the air” about what he described as inaccuracies concerning his conviction on misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to file tax documents for three years.
http://www.eurweb.com/?p=69502 *Well that was quick. Not that he has the support of progressives, but President Obama said today that he has reached an agreement with Republicans on how to extend expiring tax cuts.
http://www.eurweb.com/?p=69109 *Saturday, President Obama told Democratic leaders that he plans to block any extension of Bush-era tax cuts-even a temporary one-unless it’s accompanied by an extension of benefits for unemployed Americans, which expired this week.
*Barbara Walters’s interview with the president and first lady did well on Friday night, early viewing figures indicate. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=68354
The faith-based publication Gospel Today is getting some negative feedback from its readers for the controversial cover subject for its Nov./Dec. edition. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/23826
*For those not familiar with his views about President Obama, it may come as a shock that world renown scholar and book writer, Cornel West called Obama’s policies racist and that they neglect African Americans and the poor. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=67342
A man has filed a police report in Las Vegas accusing boxer Floyd Mayweather of assault with a deadly weapon – the deadly weapon being a vehicle. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/23765
*Just one day after an Indonesian minister had expressed reluctance to shake her hand [scroll down to watch], First Lady Michelle Obama visited Southeast Asia’s biggest mosque with her husband on Wednesday as part of the president’s 10-day swing through Asia. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=64334
*For President Obama the hits (as in bad things) just keep on coming. Of course we’re all aware of the drubbing that he and the Democrats just took in last week’s mid-term elections. Now comes and article from Forbes magazine touting its ranking of the world’s most powerful persons. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=63718
