2017-04-13 02:15
*A few stories in the news got my attention today:It's still not safe to walk while black in America.*Ben Carson should take the escalator.Donald trump flip flops again. (Shocking)Our S… Read More
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2017-04-12 01:38
I like to joke that "I have never had a bad day in my life". I mean just waking up every day means that you have already had a good day, right… Read More
2017-04-11 01:28
I was going to post the images I am linking later on with this post as a caption, but they are way too graphic. I am not cool with just posting the images of little dead children to hig… Read More
2017-04-10 01:39
The following opinion piece was written for News One by Joshua Adams."Over the last year, it’s been astonishing to see how the bar for basic decorum has been lowered for U.S. Pres… Read More
2017-04-08 02:13
I love that tweet from Marcy McGowan. It describes, perfectly, the hypocrisy of one Donald J. trump.And it's not only Mr. trump, there are quite a few right wing politici… Read More
2017-04-07 01:03
"Until the philosophy which hold one race superiorAnd another Inferior Is finally And permanently Discredited And abandoned -Everywhere is war -Me say war."~Bob Marley~ [From a speech by Hai… Read More
2017-04-05 01:34
You have to give it to trump, at least he is consistent. He can always be counted on to do or say something really stupid and that leaves us all scratching our heads.The ma… Read More
2017-04-04 02:51
Even if you dislike the folks at FOX and what they represent, you have to respect their business model. For years they would show more legs than news, much to the delight of their old white… Read More
2017-04-03 01:17
The Los Angeles Times is not known to as a left leaning newspaper. They tend to be to the right of other leading papers such as the New York Times and the Washington Pos… Read More
2017-03-31 02:28
I personally don't have a stake in the abortion fight. I am, after all, a man. I suspect, though, that if men could get pregnant there would be drive through abortion clinics… Read More
2017-03-30 01:51
Hey field hands, it's hump day, and I am curious to know what's on your mind.There is so much for us to talk about. This Russia thing with Herr trump is not going away, and his daughter… Read More
2017-03-29 01:38
Today was a tough day for black women in America. It was so bad that even a certain former presidential candidate had to weigh in.First, Bill O'Reilly tried to d… Read More
2017-03-28 02:15
Donald trump's Russia problem still looms over all of us like those in-laws who overstayed their welcome on Thanksgiving. So how did we get here? Here is a good read from… Read More
2017-03-27 00:33
I don't co-sign with everything that the author Paul Street said in the following article written for counterpunch, but I think that it is a must read for every serious think… Read More
2017-03-25 03:00
"If you want to be ignored, speak the truth. If you want to be heard, speak bullshit and people will take notes. " That quote above is from my friend, Danny Alvarez, who made a g… Read More
2017-03-24 01:04
Let's be honest, there is no way that republicans will let trumpcare go down tomorrow. They have way too much invested in getting rid of the healthcare plan named after the… Read More
2017-03-23 00:42
“When you find yourself in a hole, quit digging.” ~ Will Rogers ~ Devin Nunes might be an idiot and possibly a criminal… Read More
2017-03-22 01:27
No post tonight, folks.I am out trying to learn a little Russian. Apparently it might be our first language in the near future. Read More
2017-03-21 02:42
Today we learned a couple of things:1. There is absolutely no evidence that former president Obama tapped Mr. trump's phone. 2. The FBI is investigation collusion between some of the… Read More
2017-03-20 01:02
Just look at the graph to your left of this post. Can you imagine if former president Obama spent damn near every weekend of his presidency jetting off to South Florida (and play… Read More
2017-03-18 01:47
Tonight's "stay woke" essay is brought to you by Jamelle Bouie. "On Wednesday, President Trump paid a visit to Andrew Jackson’s grave in Nashville, Tennessee, t… Read More
2017-03-17 02:32
If you are a poor person in America and you voted for Donald trump, I think that you should know by now that you have been played. All you have to do is look at the latest proposed… Read More
2017-03-15 00:46
Not much tonight, folks, except that Rachel Maddow just tweeted that she has Herr trump's tax returns. I will believe it when I see it. This could be one of those intentiona… Read More
2017-03-14 03:27
As if right-wingnuts in this country aren't paranoid enough. Now they are going to be afraid to walk in front of their microwaves because according to Kellyanne Conway the microwave mig… Read More
2017-03-13 01:03
I have never been to Iowa, and unless I have a very rich relative who lives there and says that as a condition of his or her will I have to visit, it's a safe bet that it is one pl… Read More
2017-03-12 03:33
I need a caption for this pic.Example: I am ready willing and able Mr. President. Just say the word.*Pic from rawstory.com Read More
2017-03-11 03:30
When you hear the term "deep state" you can't help but thing of a spy novel or one of those Hollywood blockbuster movies. This is the term that trump and his cronies are throwing a… Read More
2017-03-10 01:37
Drip...drip....drip.....So this story being reported by CNN about a computer link between servers owned by a Russian bank and the trump organization could be somewhat of a big deal. If… Read More
2017-03-09 01:51
Barack Obama is being welcomed back to civilian life in a very harsh way, and he is being reminded of what it is like to be a regular black citizen in America.Think about i… Read More
2017-03-08 02:42
....but the news doesn't stop.Today we learned that the North Koreans are serious about starting a war with America, that the republican version of Obamacare (trumpcare) will make us wish fo… Read More
2017-03-07 11:47
I'm just going to do a cut and paste job in the first paragraph of this post, and I will let what you read sit in for a little bit. "That's what America is about, a land… Read More
2017-03-06 02:50
You can't make this stuff up. It's as if we are back to this birther stuff again.The president of the United Stated accuses the for… Read More
2017-03-04 03:35
All this brouhaha about Jeff Sessions and the rest of the trump team playing let's make a deal with the Russians, and it might not amount to much. This is because the republi… Read More
2017-03-02 01:54
*This is an interesting time to be in America. The country is divided into two camps: trumpbots, and the rest of us.Chances are if you are a trumpbot, you loved that speech last night… Read More
2017-03-01 04:26
I just listened to president trump's address to congress, and while he has gotten a little better at reading his teleprompter, it was still a pretty pathetic display b… Read More
2017-02-28 02:37
* I have flown into Fort Lauderdale airport a time or two from Jamaica, and the last time I did (about two years ago) I got the business from a Cuban American customs a… Read More
2017-02-27 02:08
*Acts of terror continue across the country, and sadly, the alleged perpetrators didn't need visas or passports to get here. They were all made in America. Here in my hometown of Philly… Read More
2017-02-26 01:15
I need a captions for these pics.Example: "Donald, aren't you forgetting something?"*Pic from metrouk.com Example: "Come on girl, I got you." *Pic from virtantiq.com Read More
2017-02-23 03:10
* I tried to tell you all a couple of nights ago that this Russian connection with trump and his people could be a "big deal".We are now learning that Herr trump might have to finally&n&hell…Read More
2017-02-22 03:36
The following is from a friend's facebook page. (h/t Steve) And it sums up, perfectly, the farcical and absurd nature of the right-wingnut mind."A day in the life of Joe Wingnut:Joe gets up… Read More
2017-02-21 03:31
To quote Uncle Joe Biden, this Russian story with the trump administration is "kind of a big deal".Now comes word that the president's lawyer, Michael Cohen, hand delivered a peace plan for… Read More
2017-02-20 01:52
* I am not sure how many of you ever had the pleasure of shopping at one of those IKEA stores. It can be a very pleasurable experience. They actually have a nice little cafe wit… Read More
2017-02-18 04:47
Remember when wingnuts got upset if the Obama's went on a date or on vacation on our dime? I do.Well, consider....."President Donald Trump may have been elected as the nominee of a party tha… Read More
2017-02-17 01:50
I just watched a bizarre,wacky, and rambling press conference, where the leader of the free world pretty much confirmed that he is not fit to hold the office.Journalists were ac… Read More
2017-02-15 01:50
It's Valentines Day, so this post is going to take on an entirely different tone.The Field Negro has nothing but love in his heart tonight.And, with this in mind, here are 10 things that I l… Read More
2017-02-14 03:18
Remember in the past when players from championship teams were skipping the visit to the White House when...or even more importantly, because president Obama was our president? I do. T… Read More
2017-02-13 01:18
Welcome to the age of trump, where you are getting more of this and this on a daily basis. It's going to make life over the next four years very difficult. In lieu of all of this, the follow… Read More
2017-02-11 02:49
I hate to keep beating a dead orange horse, but team trump, you really have to get your s**t together.Let's forget, for a minute, all the seriously wrong, ill-prepared, and unqualified… Read More
2017-02-09 02:23
"Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee:Thank you for allowing me this opportunity to express my strong opposition to the nomination of Jefferson Sessions for a federal district judgeship… Read More
2017-02-08 02:36
Let me start tonight's post by saying congrats to Betsy DeVos. I guess it's more important to be wealthy than smart. I also suspect that everyone of those senators that voted for her ha… Read More
2017-02-07 02:09
You can't make this stuff up. I feel like I have died and gone to blogger heaven with team trump running things.I am not a big SNL fan, but I think that we can all agree… Read More
2017-02-06 02:43
I am watching the Super Bowl, and it's looking like youth is going to win out over experience.I must admit that I had New England winning this one (and I still might be right), but rig… Read More
2017-02-04 03:35
I want to stop blogging about Herr trump and his peeps, I really do, but how can I? I mean day after day it's just an abundance of gaffes and blunders coming from camp trump for us blo… Read More
2017-02-03 03:08
Tonight is supposed to be open thread Thursday, but I can't let the night go without revisiting something I posted about earlier: Donald trump's Black History Month breakfast.I just watched… Read More
2017-02-02 03:28
Herr trump's handlers told him that it would be important to do something for "the blacks" today--- it being the start of Black History Month and all--- so there he was posing with every bla… Read More
2017-02-01 02:39
I see that Mr trump selected his nominee to join the supremes tonight. (Let me guess, white and male, right?) Someone should tell Mr trump that he is taking this Apprentice reality show thin… Read More
2017-01-31 02:53
Because of the shooting today in Canada, where some Canadian Dylann Roof wannabe acted out his wicked and sick hatred towards members of another religion, the following article by Ben Norton… Read More
2017-01-30 02:11
Herbie Hancock was recalling a story about the great Miles Davis when he just started playing in his band. Not wanting to play the wrong note, he asked Davis what he should play. According t… Read More
2017-01-27 03:06
"Negative motivation" is a tool used by preachers, politicians, and even us lawyers at times.It's motivating by fear. "If you don't repent you will burn in hell". Or, "If you don't vote for… Read More
2017-01-26 02:03
I tweeted about this earlier. Do you remember the days when we called George W. Bush a Nazi and we were speaking metaphorically? It was just hyperbole to drive home a point: That the man was… Read More
2017-01-25 01:54
I think that we can all agree by now that the current American president is clinically insane.To tell falsehoods one after another without even giving it a second thought cannot be normal.Th… Read More
2017-01-24 02:35
I'm off tonight, field hands.No folks, Mr. Thin Skin did not have me arrested. Yet. I suspect, though, that if he does start rounding up bloggers, writers, and activists; "Ba… Read More
2017-01-22 16:01
I suppose that if I happened to be standing in Comrade trump's shoes I would be upset as well. I mean the day after his coronation he had to watch over 4 million people (mostly women)… Read More
2017-01-19 03:18
Tonight my racism chase takes me to Trump Tower in New York, where the president-elect has shown his true colors (pun intended) once again. I mean just when we thought t… Read More
2017-01-18 01:20
The Field Negro education series continues.The following article was written by Brianna Cox for Atlanta Black Star :"Pulitzer prize-winning and prolific author Toni Morrison has pe… Read More
2017-01-16 22:46
It's MLK Day here in America, but I would like to remind you Negroes (I see you Steve Harvey) who believe that we are now "post-racial", that three states (Alabama, Arkansas, and… Read More
2017-01-16 02:58
I was reading president-elect trump's tweet to John Lewis, and I couldn't help but laugh at the man's ignorance and naivety born of prejudice when it comes to people of color in this c… Read More
2017-01-14 03:47
John Lewis, the civil rights icon who literally bled so that America could become a more perfect union, is coming under fire from people in the majority population f… Read More
2017-01-12 02:19
Isn't it ironic that the guy who built his entire political career on lies about the current president is outraged about this Buzzfeed story? Herr trump was in rare fo… Read More
2017-01-11 01:30
I am getting ready to watch president Obama's farewell speech.Regardless of what you thought of the man's policies, you have to admit that he carried himself with… Read More
2017-01-10 01:58
What would make a person lie about something as innocuous as the amount of dresses that are available for his inauguration?If that person is Donald trump, I am sure that… Read More
2017-01-09 02:52
As we await the inauguration of Führer trump, I think that the following article is apropos. *Shout out to Egberto Willies writing for Daily Kos.* "As the Senate an… Read More
2017-01-07 03:09
I am going to do a cut and paste job on a right-winger's article for a totally different reason than what I am sure she wrote it for in the first place. I am quite sure that she&nb&hell…Read More
2017-01-06 00:56
"Back during slavery, when Black people like me talked to the slaves, they didn't kill 'em, they sent some old house Negro along behind him to undo what he said. You have to read the history… Read More
2017-01-05 01:31
When president-elect trump said that he was "draining the swamp" in Washington, he forgot to mention that he was going to restock it with more swamp creatures. I mean seriously, it… Read More
2017-01-03 23:57
I It's certainly nice to be back home after my travels over the holidays.That old saying that "there is no place like home" is ringing true right about now.I have enjoyed bloggin… Read More
2017-01-02 15:11
*I like Anthony Bourdain, I really do. I consider him to be a world citizen who, for the most part, gets it when it comes to understanding the world and the people in it.Which is why it pain… Read More
2017-01-01 13:55
I need a caption for this pic.Example: "OK Donald, enough. If you don't stop I will tell the world about our little secret."*Pic from people.com Read More
2016-12-31 14:06
It's almost 2017, people, and, as is always the case, folks are making their New Year's resolutions,I have a few:1. To be more patient.2. To increase my knowledge of the world.3. To take bet… Read More
2016-12-29 14:51
We have a few weeks left before Herr trump officially takes charge of these divided states of America, and if you are not terrified as yet of the possibilities, the following quo… Read More
2016-12-28 17:08
I had an interesting discussion with an individual recently about racism in America. He was from the majority population, and I am sure that he meant well, but, not surprisingly, we could no… Read More
2016-12-27 03:25
The following is from the New York Times book review section from 1915.It is interesting to read and see how, on one hand, we have come so far as a nation. And how, on another hand… Read More
2016-12-24 14:06
I am hanging out with fam and waiting on Santa.This is a good time for you field hands to tell me what your Holiday wishes are.Mine is the tried and true "peace on earth and good will to all… Read More
2016-12-23 17:58
I have never been a fan of the Radio City Rockettes. I saw them once as a youngster while visiting New York, and I was like,...eh. Still, it's hard not to feel sorry for t… Read More
2016-12-22 13:23
Every self- respecting man with a sartorial sense should subscribe to GQ Magazine. He should do it not only for the fashion tips; the magazine features some excellent writing… Read More
2016-12-21 00:39
Poor Hillary was doomed from the start. Not that she was the best candidate to begin with, but she would have been a far better president than Herr trump.Now it looks like the entire… Read More
2016-12-20 03:33
I just read that there is an alleged tape of of herr trump using the N- word a few years back while he was living his celebrity life.This, of course, is not a big deal to trumpsters. In fact… Read More
2016-12-19 02:05
We really do live in strange times.Imagine just creating your own alternative universe, where facts don't matter, and your beliefs-- no matter how far-fetched--- are constantly being reinfor… Read More
2016-12-17 16:05
Donald trump is mad at the White House and Obama again, and here is why:"Today during a press conference, President Barack Obama responded to a reporter who asked if he is uneasy about… Read More
2016-12-15 01:23
Hey, did you hear the joke about the guy who was appointed to be secretary of the Department of Energy but couldn't even remember the name of his new department when he wanted to do away wit… Read More
2016-12-13 23:46
I would have loved to be a fly on the wall when Kanye and trump hooked up at trump tower, earlier.trump: My wife posed nude.Kanye: My wife made a sex tape.trump: I have a huuuge ego.Kanye: S… Read More
2016-12-13 00:59
Poor Mittens, it seems that he was being played all along by Herr trump for all the world to see.I say serve him right. This is what happens when you are so greedy for p… Read More
2016-12-12 02:12
The hypocrisy and lies that come from our president- elect is stunning.Do you remember when he accused president Obama of skipping too many intelligence briefings?Me too. And yet...."Trump t… Read More
2016-12-10 03:45
""The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. elect… Read More
2016-12-09 02:13
These are crazy times.An Navy Admiral rips an American football player for exercising his Fist Amendment right at a Pearl Harbor event, and he is given a standing ovation. (The preside… Read More
2016-12-08 02:07
So I read the following story today, and after reading it I just want to remind you Negroes to be careful in donald trump's America.Sadly, there are a lot of deplorables out there."A Georgia… Read More
2016-12-07 02:28
Today the president- elect announced a "huge" deal with a Japanese company that will bring over fifty billion dollars in investments to America, as well as fifty thousand jobs.....Then… Read More
2016-12-06 01:03
Ladies and gents, once again I give you one of the few columnist I will give the cut and paste treatment in the age of trump: Charles Blow. "Last week when Donald Tr… Read More
2016-12-04 23:29
I am not a New York Jets fan , so I know very little about Joe McKnight's NFL career. Apparently he was a decent runner who had issues holding on to the football. In the Not For Long l… Read More
2016-12-03 13:55
Y'all remember that joke about the dead black man and the Southern sheriff?The sheriff drives up to a crime scene. He sees a black man lying face down, handcuffed, with a rope around his nec… Read More
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