If you watched the original play, chances are you didn’t see all this. Tyler Perry, ah… I mean Medea, known for her tough love approach to relationships and everything else for that matter, offers some sound advice to the audience.
Month: September 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and Arab League foreign ministers have agreed that the Syrian president’s alleged use of chemical weapons had crossed a “global red line“.
Mr Kerry, speaking in Paris, is in Europe to muster support for action against President Bashar al-Assad.
“Assad’s deplorable use of chemical weapons crosses an international, global red line,” he said.
The Arab countries are divided on the question of military strikes on Syria.
The BBC’s Hugh Schofield reports from Paris that some like Saudi Arabia and Qatar are in favour while others like Syria’s neighbours Jordan and Lebanon are far more cautious, worried about the conflict spreading across their borders.
The US accuses Mr Assad’s forces of killing 1,429 people in a sarin gas attack on 21 August.
Mr Assad’s government blames the attack on rebels fighting to overthrow him in the country’s two-and-a-half-year civil war, which has claimed some 100,000 lives, according to UN estimates.
There are reports that rebel forces have taken control of the historic Christian town of Maalula, north of Damascus.
Apparently, this girl did not read Miley Cyrus’ Twerking for Dummies handbook. If she had, she would have realized that there are rules to this thing.
Rule #1 – Do not next to candles.
Rule #2 – If you Twerk next to candles, you may get burn
Rule #3 – If you get burn, drop, roll and twerk some more.
In other words, do not do what this girl did.
It is either a horrible joke and a sick plea for business, or a marvelous idea that is sure to bring business. What ever the reason, this image at the back of a pickup truck has everyone talking.
Even the owner of the sign company seems shocked by the different responses to his ad.
“I wasn’t expecting the reactions that we got,” said Hornet Signs owner Brad Kolb. “Nor was it anything we condone or anything else, but it was just something more or less that we just had to put out there and see who notices it.”
Some people even called the police, thinking they were witnessing a crime in progress.
President Obama used this week’s address to call in Congress and the American people to authorize military action in Syria.
Joan Rivers tells TMZ … she doesn’t believe Anthony Weiner is fit to hold public office … ’cause he’s a total “piece of garbage.”
Joan was in NY yesterday — and wished us a happy Rosh Hashanah — when the topic turned to the most famous Jew vs. Jew battle since Cain and Abel … Anthony Weiner vs. The Jewish guy in the deli.
“[Weiner] was like, ‘Don’t judge me!'” Joan said … adding, “No, we don’t, we just judge your penis.”
There’s a pretty good “pulling out” joke in the clip too.
The winner of last season’s Sixth Man Award J.R Smith, will miss the first five games of the season for alledegedly testing positive for Marijuana, according to this tweet from Adrian Wojnarowski and Yahoo Sports.
Since the crisis began with the alleged chemical weapons being used on the Syrian people by their government and the military, it seems as though the only two nations willing to stand up for the Syrian people are France and the United States. But the United States seems to always intervene against atrocities in other nations.
This one, however, seems to have more division amongst the people of this country than any other prior international conflict. At the cusp of the argument, potential troops being called upon to invade Syria. After exiting Iraq and troops coming home from Afghanistan, Americans are not in the mood for another conflict with another nation which could cause yet another long occupation on foreign soil.
This ‘potential war’ with the Syrian military poses more of a problem unilaterally that parallels that of the Afghanistan war, with rogue groups of Al-Qaeda lirking. With neighboring Iran and Russia being a strong Ally to the Syrian government, President Obama and the American Military has to weigh every strategic option. The How, What, Where, When and Why questions have to be debated thoroughly before this nation jumps back into the fray of yet another country’s conflict and another long war and occupation in another land with countless lives lost.
The How: How will this Military action proceed? Troops on the ground? Strategic Bombings? Drones attacks? Navy SEALS?
The What: What is the ultimate goal (searching for chemical weapons or just bombing targets? Ousting Assad)? What are the casualty potentials – foreign friendly and our troops? What will this cost the United States financially? What will neighboring countries do if/when we strike?
The Where: Where are the ally countries to Syria? Where will this intervention lead us in the long term?
The When: When will the United Nations intervene? When will other Arab nations like Saudi Arabia speak out and show military support?
The Why: Why is the United States always policing the planet? Why don’t we intervene in other conflicts like in Africa where atrocities of mass killings from militant tribes rape, mame and kill women and children daily? Why are we willing to place our troops in harms way in other countries when the fight is clearly not ours? Why won’t the United States leaders put more pressure on other world leaders to intervene lest we sanction some of their services here?
Many questions need to be answered before we risk 1 soldiers life in another possible conflict in another country.
Just like millions of Americans here today, I have tremendous empathy and sympathy for the Syrian people losing their lives due to a ruthless dictator like Assad. I’m just tired of War. Especially war that could lead to a Greater conflict globally. One question that those wanting America to get involved in this conflict is, have you counted the cost? Not the financial cost, but the human cost and the global outlook.
Take a look at the How, What, Where, When and Why’s. Really think on it and without emotion, come up with a rational conclusion for yourself. It’s easy to get caught up in the emotions of lives being taken ruthlessly by the Syrian dictatorial regime, but how do we justify sending our troops to another nation that has not engaged us?
Tough questions. Serious deliberations needed. I’m certainly glad I’m not the ones making THESE decisions. Either way, I’ll always Support the Troops, President Obama and the United States of America.
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My Gripe With College
I can’t believe I’m actually writing something negative about college only three days into my second attempt at college but, I guess there’s odder things to believe. This is going to sound like just another lazy college student moaning and groaning to some but, to others I hope to understand what I’m getting at.
So I started this semester off this past Tuesday with a total of five classes: Writing Comp. 101, Algebra 035, Public Speaking, Intro to Visual Art and Art History, and Intro to Mass Media and Communications. I planned to be out in two years and transfer to a four-year university to continue my studies so I needed to take five classes per semester; I was going to be very busy…or so I thought. I quickly dropped my Math class because, and I do admit this is my fault, I cannot mentally sit through a two-hour math class without wanting to go berserk and I’ve already completed a Basic Algebra class last Fall at William Paterson. Today I decided to drop my Intro to Visual Art and Art History because it’s not a class I have any form of interest in and just would do horribly in. Now after reading that I know I defiantly sound like a total underachiever but bare with me here.
If you go to any University/College you’ll always be made to take these “core” classes along with other required classes just because they say so really. I’ve never understood why I need to take classes under “Natural Science” or “Mathematics” when what I plan to major in, journalism, has nothing to do with either. The same has to be said for my time at William Paterson, I mean they put me in “Gender Lives and Studies” and the only writing related class I could really take was a basic Writing Composition class. I will never understand why I’m made to take classes that will not benefit me or my major even on the smallest sense; on top of it all, I doubt that once I walk out the door of any class I deem as “useless”, I won’t remember a thing past the times I need to be there and when I leave. Shouldn’t any College help me pursue my future and major instead of charging me an arm, leg, and first not even born yet child to take classes I don’t need?
Sigh…I think I’ve ranted enough. Now if you don’t mind me I need to go hunt for a class or two to fill my schedule back up a little.
President Barack Obama isn’t likely to launch a military strike on Syria if Congress votes against doing so, a top national security official said Friday.
During an interview on NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Tony Blinken, Obama’s deputy national security adviser, said “the president of course has the authority” to take limited military action in Syria with or without the approval of lawmakers, but “it’s neither his desire nor intention to use that authority absent Congress backing him.”
While some White House officials have previously, and anonymously, suggested it would be “unthinkable” for Obama to strike Syria without the support of Congress, Blinken’s comments are the most direct confirmation to date that how Congress votes on Syria is more than just political posturing. Thus far, the overriding message coming out of the White House is that Obama doesn’t need Congress to proceed, but he’d sure appreciate their support.
A White House official said Blinken’s comments are consistent with what the president has been saying all along.
“There is no change in our position. As the president has said, he has the authority to act, but his intention is to do so with the approval of the Congress,” said the official. “He believes they will vote to authorize the use of military force.”
The official added, “I’m not going to speculate on the president’s decision-making if they don’t approve; we think they will.”
Shellie finally realized that she was married to a loser.
George Zimmerman’s wife Shellie has filed for divorce less than two months after he was acquitted of murder in the death of teenager Trayvon Martin.
She filed the paperwork just days after she said in an interview aired exclusively on ABC News that the ordeal of the trial had put a strain on their marriage.
The petition says the couple, married in 2007, “separated on Aug. 13, 2013 and are not presently cohabiting as husband and wife. The marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken.” They have no children.
Shellie Zimmerman, 26, has asked for “equitable distribution” of their assets as well as their debts. She also seeks sole custody of their two dogs, a Rottweiler named Oso and a smaller dog named Leroy.
She filed for divorce Thursday in Seminole County, Fla.
According to the financial disclosure form, she said she is unemployed. She listed her monthly expenses as $755. The couple owes $3,700.20 on their 2011 taxes, according to the form.
h/t ABC News
A Missouri man has been arrested and charged with “reckless exposure to HIV” after he admitted to having unprotected sex with up to 300 people without disclosing his HIV status, triggering alarm among health officials.
David Lee Mangum, 36, was arrested in Dexter, Mo., on Aug. 27 after his former live-in lover came forward to Dexter police to file a complaint that Mangum had knowingly infected him with HIV. The alleged victim, 28, identified in the complaint as D.B., said that he tested positive for HIV in July of this year, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in Stoddard County court by Det. Cory Mills.
Mangum was arraigned today, but did not enter a plea. A preliminary hearing was set for Sept. 26, a representative for Stoddard County court told ABCNews.com. Bond was set by Judge Stephen Mitchell at $250,000.
Mangum could face a life sentence if convicted. A public defender appointed to Mangum’s case did not immediately return calls placed by ABCNews.com.