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Starbucks, the  forty year-old coffee company, that according to its web site states as its mission to honor the connection made when doing business with their customers and the communities wherein their stores are located; has introduced a new $7 cup of coffee.

Recently, Jimmy Kimmel, who is  becoming one of our favorite late night comics with his teevee show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, showed us how gullible some American consumers may be. (more…)

On Thursday night, November 22, 2012, the ABC television network broadcast award winning director Spike Lee”s documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of the late Michael Jackson’s seminal album “BAD”.

On a September weekend in Canada, during the Toronto Film Festival, cinephiles saw the debut of the documentary,”Bad 25″, about the making of the album directed by Lee. Included in the film story promoted along with the 25th anniversary re-release of the album, are people who knew and worked with the King of Pop; they provide inspiring details about the genius of the man displayed when recording the album’s songs and accompanying music videos. There are interviews with artists like Mariah Carey, Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Cee Lo Green, Chris Brown, and Questlove; they speak of Jackson as fans of the entertainer as well as fellow musicians.

We love Michael Jackson and we find it difficult still to accept, nearly three and a half years following his death, he’s no longer here to share his gift with us. (more…)

“The League of Women Voters is withdrawing sponsorship of the presidential debates…because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter. It has become clear to us that the candidates’ organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and answers to tough questions. The League has no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public.” ~ Nancy M.Neuman, president League of Women Voters, non-partisan civic organization in a news release October 2, 1988

Our staff believes it is fitting to present for your entertainment the comedy stylings of the late Richard Pryor. We think the U.S. Presidential Debates are a joke! Laughable! We’ll explain further in the piece.

Richard Pryor was an American original entertainer whose comedic presentations were often controversial, sometimes social statements, most often reliably funny.

In this 1977 video of a comedy sketch from the shortlived teevee program The Richard Pryor Show, we see Richard as the first black to be elected President of the United States at a formal news conference at the White House, presumably his first meeting with the media.

*Note how skillfully Pryor responds to questions in a presidential manner saying absolutely nothing; we believe his impression of a politician is very true to life! It transcends race.*

Tonight at Hofstra University, Long Island, New York, former Massachusetts governor Willard Romney will meet the current US president, President Barack Obama to participate in the second of three presidential debates. (more…)