Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 665

Baby In Back Of Pickup; Sitter Charged With Child Neglect (VIDEO)

A babysitter is charged after allegedly making a baby in a stroller ride in the back of a pickup truck. WESH reports. WATCH:

PFT: Vick, NFL Deny He Was Steered To Eagles

Source: Mike Florio / Pro Football Talk / MSNBC In an interview with Will Leitch and published by GQ, Vick said that he wanted to sign in 2009 with the Bills or the Bengals, and that he was steered by the league to Philadelphia. Here's the key passage from the article: "'I think I can say this now, because it's not going to hurt anybody's feelings, and it's the truth,' Vick tells me. . . . "I didn't want to [...]

HP Bows Out Of Tablet Wars, Plans To Discontinue TouchPad And webOS Phone Products

Source: CBS News Sounding a startling retreat from the consumer business, Hewlett-Packard announced on Thursday its intention to explore "strategic alternatives" for its PC unit while discontinuing its TouchPad and webOS phone products. The company also reduced its financial outlook for the next two quarters. In a statement, the company said it would also be discussing the rumored acquisition of the UK-based software company Autonomy on its conference call after the close of trading. HP had little to say about [...]

Georgetown Hoop Team Gets Into Fight In China (VIDEO)

Source: USA Today The Georgetown men's basketball team got into a brawl with a team from Beijing while on an exhibition trip in China. The Washington Post's Gene Wang first tweeted about the incident. Chairs were being thrown. Players and coaches had to dodge water bottles hurled from stands. Thompson pulled his team off the court after fans threw bottles at them. Wang, who attended the game, later wrote that after Hu Ke fouled Georgetown's Jason Clark the two got [...]

Tom Coburn Says 'Good Thing I Can't Pack A Gun On The Senate Floor' And Insults President Obama

Source: The Huffington Post Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) blasted Congress for America's financial troubles and predicted that the debt ceiling agreement would unravel this fall, calling his congressional colleagues "career elitists" and "cowards" at an event in Langley, Oklahoma on Tuesday. "It's just a good thing I can't pack a gun on the Senate floor," Coburn said, according to the Tulsa World. The remark comes just weeks after Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) returned to Congress to vote in favor of [...]

Black Lawmakers Afraid To Criticize POTUS In Fear Of African-American Voter Backlash (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and Terry Hold join Wolf Blitzer in the Situation Room to discuss Rep. Maxine Waters' comments about African-American lawmakers frustrations with President Obama. Many Black leaders seem to be afraid to criticize POTUS in fear of voter backlash.

Unapologetically Racist Nivea Ad Seeks To 'Re-Civilize' Black Men

Source: Justin Fenner / Styleite.com Black men have to deal with a lot of inextricable and damaging stereotypes, but the idea that we're savages who can't even be trusted to groom ourselves when the occasion calls for it is among the most offensive of them. And that's the very idea being supported in a new ad from Nivea, which encourages men of color to "re-civilize" themselves and "look like [they] give a damn." The ad, which we spotted on Good [...]

CNN: Rep. Michele Bachmann's $2-Gallon Gas Price Promise Is 'Completely Fact-Free'

Source: Frances Martel / Mediaite Rep. Michele Bachmann has made a number of promises on the campaign trail that have raised the eyebrows of her detractors, but tonight on The Situation Room one promise was torn apart for having what they contended to be no basis whatsoever. Rep. Bachmann told a crowd on the campaign trail she could promise $2/gallon gasoline as president– a claim that, according to Joe Johns, was "completely fact-free." Johns went through Bachmann's comments and followed [...]

Allen West: I Am The Modern-Day Harriet Tubman (VIDEO)

Source: The Huffington Post Washington – Freshman Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that he is "the modern-day Harriet Tubman" leading people away from the plantation, which is overseen by "perceived leaders in the black community" like Jesse Jackson who bow to the wishes of white liberals. During an appearance on Fox News' "The O'Reilly Factor," West said black Democrats have consistently failed to address high unemployment in the black community and, in the meantime, continue to take black votes [...]

NYU Pays Major Settlement In Racial Discrimination Suit

Source: Julie Cannold / CNN New York – New York University will pay $210,000 to settle a harassment lawsuit after an employee was subjected to racial slurs and insults, according to a statement from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). According to the EEOC, the supervisor of the mailroom at NYU's Bobst Library repeatedly referred to an African employee as a "monkey" and "gorilla," lodged insults such as "do you want a banana?" and "go back to your cage," [...]