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Barney Frank and Newt “The Racial Profiler” Gingrich - Black Talk Radio News

Representative Barney Frank appeared on the Consumer Advocacy with Harold Cameron online radio program on Dec 29, 2009, which broadcasts through the Black Talk Radio Network. Some of the issues Representative Frank said would be addressed if his bill "The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009” remains intact through the Senate were new rules that would apply to pay day lending businesses that prey upon minorities w… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 30, 2009 at 1:49pm — No Comments

Vince Warren of the Center for Constitutional Rights Discusses ACORN

WNYC.org reports: Congressional Study Clears ACORN

NEW YORK, NY December 24, 2009 —A Congressional study released this week finds the anti-poverty group ACORN has not violated any federal regulations in the last five years. ACORN has been plagued by scandal after allegations of voter fraud and videos showing workers advising a man and woman posing as a pimp and prostitute on how to evade laws and… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 25, 2009 at 1:36am — No Comments

Racism and Discrimination News From Around The World 12-18-2009

Health reform's true colors The real racial issue in this debate is not about Obama. It's about inequality. The "tea party" protests that started last spring sparked a debate over whether racism was motivating the opposition to President Obama's health-care reform proposals. The issue was revived by a recent Internet advertisement depicting regular folks who oppose health-care reform saying facetiously, "I guess I'm racist."… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 18, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Republicans Still Trying To Single Out Acorn In Latest Assault on Poor and Working Class Minority Families

BY Scotty Reid In the latest assault on poor to middle class working families, Republicans are seeking to deny Acorn consideration for a position on a proposed Consumer Financial Protection Oversight Board. It is a violation of the Constitution to pass bills of attainder, or to single out one entity in a piece of legislation that would not apply to all. Lets get one thing straight. ACORN, a group that works on the behalf of poor and working class communities has not been charged with any crimes… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 14, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

Racism and Discrimination News From Around the World #racism

Arab MKs: Bill approving admission committees racist A decision made by the Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs to allow admission committees in the Galilee and Negev to filter candidates seeking to live in their communities has evoked angry responses from Arab Knesset Members and the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, who say the resolution is directed against the Arab population. Read More… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 8, 2009 at 10:02am — No Comments

5 Indicted for Their Alleged Participation in Foreign Bribery Scheme Involving Hati

Justice Department Press Release: Two Florida executives of a Miami-Dade County-based telecommunications company, the president of Florida-based Telecom Consulting Services Corp., and two former Haitian government officials were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their alleged roles in a foreign bribery, wire fraud and money laundering scheme. According to the indictment, the defendants a… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 8, 2009 at 9:35am — No Comments

Former NY Republican Senate Leader Guilty As Charged

In a case involving former republican senate leader Joseph Bruno, influence peddling sounds like par for course in storied New York politics. The AP reports: A jury convicted former New York Senate leader Joseph Bruno of two corruption counts Monday, determining that he illegally traded on his position as one of the state's most powerful politicians to enrich himself. Mr. Bruno, 80 years old, faced eight fraud charges in a corruption trial that exposed Albany's practice of influence-pe… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 7, 2009 at 10:36pm — No Comments

Investigation Turns Up No Illegal Action By ACORN Employees

In fact the only action that may be illegal if not more unconstitutional, is how Republican and Democratic legislators reacted to a propaganda film made by admitted racist and rabid right wing hatchet man James O'Keefe by passing legislation to defund the organization while ignoring serious crimes committed by long time defense contractors who have also been found to have cheated the American government out of hundreds of millions of dollars. The internal report issued by former Massachusetts… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 7, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Government Employee Busted With Coke In The Car

A employee of Florida's Juvenile Justice Department was allegedly found with a big bag of cocaine in his car after being stopped for a traffic violation. Police are calling it a significant bust. Juvenile Justice employee charged with cocaine trafficking Cocaine valued at up to $1,700 was allegedly found in the car of a reported Department of Juvenile Justice employee during a routine traffic stop, Crestview police said. Reginald A. Jackson, 27, is in custody at the Okaloosa Cou… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 4, 2009 at 1:50pm — No Comments

Are Your Little Girls Going Wild? Simulated Oral Sex Not Involving Adam Lambert

Panama City's News Herald is reporting that four girls exposed themselves and simulated oral sex on a Girls Gone Wild video and are now suing the owner of the production company because they claimed they were underaged when filmed performing the acts. Judge wants all GGW video footage Video footage of underage plaintiffs exposing themselves and performing sex acts on one another could be the deciding factor in whether or not a civil suit against Joe Francis moves forward. On Wed… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 4, 2009 at 1:43pm — No Comments

Senate Passes Two Health Care Amendments Promises Bill Passed By Christmas

The Baltimore Sun reports: After days of delay, Senate Democrats pushed ahead Thursday with their drive to pass a healthcare bill by Christmas, approving the first amendment to their giant health bill: a measure designed to expand women's access to preventive services such as mammograms. The proposal by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) which passed 61-39 on a largely party-line vote - would authorize the federal government to require all insurers to cover women's preventive care and screenings… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 3, 2009 at 11:52pm — No Comments

Jewish Organizations Back Muslims Against The Swiss Right Wing's Religous Intolerance

The Jerusalem Post reports: Swiss voters this week approved by a strong majority a referendum outlawing the construction of minarets. The measure, pushed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), was supported by 57 percent of the population. However, Jewish organizations, realizing that a crackdown on Islam could have repercussions for Jews as well, have come to the defense of Muslim worshipers, arguing that the Swiss's move was unjustifiable. Rabbi Pinchas Dunner, executive director of… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 3, 2009 at 10:15pm — No Comments

John McCain Supports President Obama's Afghanistan Decision But Brings Up Old Campaign Attack

John McCain: I support it but.....

Flashback to Senator Obama responding to McCain's attacks on timetables:… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 2, 2009 at 10:33am — No Comments

Youth, Social Networks, Television and the Latest "Kick A Ginger Day" Attacks

By Scotty Reid Let's first start off by acknowledging that the animated cartoon series South Park airs on a cable station and the reruns that air on network television come on after 10pm Est which is within the FCC guidelines for obscene or other material considered not appropriate for young viewers. Anyone who has watched South Park should know it is not suitable viewing for children. However, programs like Jerry Springer and Family Guy can reasonably be described as programming not suitable f… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 2, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Social Networking Surveillance: Do You Expect Any Privacy?

Recently the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and several other organizations filed suit against government agencies for not making their policies concerning data mining, information gathering and surveillance public. Can users really expect any kind of privacy on these platforms where millions of people post information about themselves and others? It has long been the practice of these platforms to gather data on their users for waging targeted advertising campaigns and the Pentagon has… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 2, 2009 at 9:20am — No Comments

Streaming President Obama's Live Address From West Point at 8pm Est

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Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 1, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

2009 American Music Awards: 17 Rapes, 400 Assaults and 4 Murders, Oh My!

By Scotty Reid

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In an attempt to excuse his inappropriate performance on the 2009 American Music Awards, which was broadcast on ABC that is licensed by the FCC on the public airwaves, Adam Lambert… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on December 1, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Senate Report Says Bin Laden Was Allowed To Escape

An AFP article is reporting that a new U.S Senate report finds that then Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and General Tommy Franks allowed Osama Bin Laden to escape by refusing requests by commanders on the ground for more support troops and ordered them not to pursue Bin Laden who was trapped in the Tora Bora mountainous region. It is not known at this time if President Bush who vowed to get Bin Laden was consulted on this decision. AFP reports: Osama bin Laden was within the grasp of… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on November 29, 2009 at 12:44pm — 1 Comment

Why The Black Vote Mattered In 2008 and Will Play An Important Role in the 2010 and 2012 Elections

By Scotty Reid One-hundred and thirty-one million people reported voting in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. This was an increase of five million more people turning out to vote than in the 2004 U.S. presidential election. The increases by population included "2 million more black voters, 2 million more Hispanic voters and about 600,000 more Asian voters, while the number of non-Hispanic white voters remained statistically unchanged" according to Census Bureau data. That means in the upcom… Continue

Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on November 29, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Open Letter To All Adam Lambert and AMA Apologists #adamlambert @BarackObama

By Scotty Reid

To all the apologists for Adam Lambert's performance and the American Music Awards, you must be desensitized from watching too much Internet porn. How can anyone with any kind of decency, with any kind of moral compass defend Adam's performance? What Janet Jackson did was just as bad by grabbing the guy's genitals from behind but more on Janet later.

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Added by Black Talk Radio Network™ on November 27, 2009 at 7:00am — 1 Comment