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Friday's Daily Brief: JP Morgan Chase Losses, Norway Killer Trial Interrupted, George Clooney Fundraises, Plus Alec Baldwin, James Franco, Marlo Thomas

Friday, May 11, 2012 JPMorgan Chase Loses $2 Billion On 'Egregious' Credit Trades POLITICS George Clooney Fundraiser Brings In Huge Haul For Obama Campaign MEDIA LISTEN: Rush Limbaugh Goes After Shep Smith WORLD Spectator Tells Norway Killer: 'Go To Hell' POLITICS House Passes Bombs-Not-Bread Bill To Spare Military, Cut Food Aid UK POLITICS Brooks Did Receive Texts From Politicians BLOG POSTS Alec Baldwin: Rest in Peace, Maurice Sendak Around four years ago, I met a broker at a Greenwich Village building to see an apartment. The owner was Maurice Sendak. I could tell that whether I got the apartment or not, I was going to enjoy this conversation. Just from his voice, his timing, you could tell Sendak was funny, wise, sensitive. Marlo Thomas: A Letter to the President Before midday, Wednesday, May 8th, America was a different place. Millions of our people in all states were living in torment. They'd not only spent their young lives hiding who they were, they'd grown up to discover they had to hide who they loved. James Franco: Gimme Some Shelter What had started as a concert film about the Rolling Stones, a follow-up of sorts to the Maysles' The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit, turned into a Zapruder-like document that sounded the death knell for the flower power of the 1960s. Robert Reich: How J.P. Morgan Chase Has Made the Case for Breaking Up the Big Banks and Resurrecting Glass-Steagall What just happened at J.P. Morgan reveals how fragile and opaque the banking system continues to be, why Glass-Steagall must be resurrected, and why the Dallas Fed's recent recommendation that Wall Street's giant banks be broken up should be heeded. Lisa Belkin: No. I Am Not Mom Enough. Breastfeeding is not a macho test of motherhood, with the winner being the one who nurses the longest. In fact there ARE no macho tests of motherhood.

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Ten Worst Cities in America for Black Men Not Working; Prevent Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Concerned Christian Men's Annual Dinner; Justice Slower for Young Black Woman than for Dog; In California, Brother II Brother Mentors Young Males

Making Progress; Moving Forward! 10 Worst Cities in America for Black Men Not Working Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Concerned Christian Men's Annual Dinner Black Male Education Conference Justice Slower for Young Black Woman than for Dog Links: The Black Star Project's website: blackstarproject.org Black Star Jounral: blackstarjournal.org Become a Member: Click Here Event Calendar: Click Here Like us on Facebook:   Ten Worst Cities in America for Black Men Not Working; No Local or National Plan to Change This   Percentage of employed, working-age (16-64) black males in these cities:    Detroit     43.0 Buffalo     43.9 Milwaukee     44.7 Cleveland     47.7 Chicago     48.3 St. Louis     51.3 Philadelphia     51.7 Cincinnati     52.6 Richmond     52.7 Memphis     53.2 San Francisco     53.3    Information from Race and Male Employment in the Wake of the Great Recession by Marc Levine of the Center for Economic Development at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.      Massive unemployment among Black men and youth drives violence and murders, contributes to broken family structures, indirectly discourages educational achievement, and causes chaos and disfunctionality in the Black community.   The Black Star Plan for Black Men and Boys would include mentoring, educational support, job training, job connection, entrepreneurship, fathering support, strengthening families, spiritual development and community building.    ##  Listen to the pleas of an educated Black man crying out for a job. Read More... Click Here to Read Full Report Please call the Mayor's Office of Chicago at 312.744.3300 and ask him to support the Black Star Plan for Black Men and Boys or call the Mayor of any of the Top Ten Cities in America for Black Men Not Working.  Preventing Fetal Alcohol Syndrome    By Dr. Carl C. Bell April 12, 2012   When I was doing my pediatrics research in medical school at Meharry Medical College in 1969, I was struck by the finding that many poor African Americans were being diagnosed with mild mental retardation that was attributable to what some people in Nashville, Tenn., called "sociocultural mental retardation."   This disorder was purported to be caused by the reality that poor African American families did not have books in their homes. It also was of interest to me that the more severe forms of mental retardation such as phenylketonuria, Down syndrome, and so on, cut across all socioeconomic, racial, and cultural lines.   At the time, another commonly used label was "minimal brain dysfunction." This diagnosis captured speech and language disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and specific learning disorders.   Read More... Annual Dinner and Help Mentor Black Boys. Support the Concerned Christian Men's The Black Star Project presents the Second Annual Midwest Black Male Educational Achievement Conference Saturday, May 19, 2012 at the Ramada Inn 4900 Lake Shore Drive Chicago, Illinois  Featuring  Dr. Umar Abdullah Johnson, Philadelphia, PA Dr. Ivory A. Toldson, Washington, D.C.. Dr. Garrard O. McClendon, Chicago, IL Parents, educators and community activist from St. Louis, Missouri; Davenport, Iowa;  Detroit, Flint, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Benton Harbor, Lansing and Ann Arbor - Michigan; Milwaukee, Madison, Racine and Beloit - Wisconsin; Rockford, Peoria, Springfield, Rock Island, Kankakee, Waukegan, Joliet, Elgin, Decatur, East St. Louis, Danville, Quincy and Champaign - Illinois; Indianapolis, Gary, Fort Wayne, Hammond, East Chicago, Michigan City and South Bend - Indiana should attend this conference. ------------------------------------------------------ Join us for one of the best conferences in the United States on educating Black male students with workable ideas and concrete solutions.  The cost for this one day conference is $200.00.  This is one of the last chances for schools to use their parental involvement funds for this school year.  Please call 773.285.9600 for more information or to RSVP. Click Here for More Information Click Here to Register for Conference Click Here to Learn About Hotel Accommodations   Justice slower for young black woman than for dog    By Mary Mitchell, Columnist April 30. 2012    It has been 40 days since two men in white collared shirts knocked on Martinez Sutton's door and told him his 22-year-old sister, Rekia Boyd, had been shot.    Boyd and her friends were hanging out at Douglas Park near 15th and Albany when off-duty Police Officer Dante Servin, who lives in the area, allegedly drove up in a BMW and told the group to "shut up all that m-----f------ noise," Sutton said witnesses told him.   Also during that stretch of warm days, Willy, a Pomeranian Papillon mix, was fatally attacked at Montrose Beach Dog Park by a pit pull.   The pit bull owner refused to identify himself and left the scene, but witnesses snapped his photograph. After the photograph was circulated at other pet parks, the officer was identified as a Chicago Police officer. The officer was immediately suspended for not making notification within 24 hours after his dog mauled Willy, and for failing to foot the $5,700 veterinary bill.   Read More... Blacks and Hispanics Have Different Educational Needs In the United States, Latino Students Closed Racial Gap with White Students While Black Students Continue to Lag Behind Photo contributed by The Black Star Project By Richard Whitmire  MaY 5, 2012   Plenty of large urban school districts nationwide were making solid progress with Hispanic students closing achievement gaps with white students. But African-American students continued to lag.   Hispanic students in recent years have been making faster progress than black students.   At successful Hispanic schools, you are more likely to see a school culture based on connections to family with teachers employing an unstructured curriculum emphasizing visual instruction.   Read More... In Riverside, California, BIIB (Brother-to-Brother) Partners with Delta Sigma Theta At The University of California Riverside to Mentor Young Men   May 12, 2012 Brother II Brother will host another Mentoring Day at the University of California Riverside. This is a RSVP event ONLY.   Click Here to RSVP for this mentor day.  Click Here to view photo's of 2011 UCR Mentoring Day

Media Matters Daily Summary

Here are today's news items from Media Matters for America, click on the title or 'read more' to read the entirety of each story. Right-Wing Media Mock WH Adviser For Accurately Portraying Obesity As A National Security Threat Right-wing media are attacking Sam Kass, White House assistant chef and senior policy adviser on healthy food initiatives, for calling rising obesity rates a national security threat. But military experts have noted that high obesity rates threaten military enrollment and readiness. Read More Fox News Misrepresents EPA Climate Rule Fox News reporter Doug McKelway falsely reported that EPA's proposed greenhouse gas rule requires coal plants to install carbon capture and storage technology and could shut down up to 25 percent of coal-fired power. In fact, the rule applies only to future coal plants, which few companies planned to build anyway due to competition from natural gas. Read More Right-Wing Media Attempt To Deflect Attention From Obama's Pro-Marriage Equality Stand After President Obama's historic announcement that he is in favor of marriage equality, many in the right-wing media are refusing to debate the substance of same-sex marriage. Instead, they are casting about for ways to attack Obama's position on marriage that ignore the actual debate. Read More

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Spitting in the face of God

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Homosexuality and the bible (video)

This video highly informative. It is worth watching so you can better answer the questions your congregation may have on this subject. http://www.freedomsjournal.net/2012/05/11/homosexuality-and-the-bible/ Eric Rev. Eric M. Wallace, PhD Publisher/Editor in Chief Freedom's Journal Magazine P.O. Box 2281 Matteson, IL 60443 www.freedomsjournal.net ewallace@freedomsjournal.net (312) 985-7434 (o) (708) 675-9669 (c) This electronic message contains information from Wallace Multimedia Group,LLC and may be confidential or privileged. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual or entity named above. If you are not the intended individual recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and delete this email.