Whew, I'm relieved. I was just talking to a co-worker who brags that he grew up in the Murder Cappy, that's slang for Murder Capital, DC was it back in the 80s. I must say how stupid I am now. I went on to brag that my wild & crazy gangland hometown, Birmingham, Al was on the list more recently, and that I'd rather be bad now instead of in the past. We were joking around, playing the thug role, don't take this stuff too seriously unless your hood is on the list below. Luckily DC and B'ham are not.

Here is the list:

1. Cincinnati, Ohio (Central Pky./Liberty St.)
2. Chicago (State St./Garfield Blvd.)
3. Miami, Fla. (7th Ave./North River Dr.)
4. Jacksonville, Fla. (Beaver St./Broad St.)
5. Baltimore (North Ave./Belair Rd.)
6. Kansas City, Mo. (Bales Ave./30th St.)
7. Memphis, Tenn. (Warford St./Mount Olive Rd.)
8. Kansas City, Mo. (Forest Ave./41st St.)
9. Dallas, Texas (Route 352/Scyene Rd.)
10. Richmond, Va. (Church Hill)
11. Memphis, Tenn. (Bellevue Blvd./Lamar Ave.)
12. Dallas, Texas (2nd Ave./Hatcher St.)
13. Springfield, Ill. (Cook St./11th St.)
14. St. Louis (14th St./Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.)
15. Little Rock, Ark. (Roosevelt Rd./Bond St.)
16. Philadelphia (Broad St./Dauphin St.)
17. Tampa, Fla. (Amelia Ave./Tampa St.)
18. New York City (St. Nicholas Ave./125th St.)
19. Chicago (66th St./Yale Ave.)
20. Baltimore (Orleans St./Front St.)
21. Cleveland (Cedar Ave./55th St.)
22. Orlando, Fla. (East-West Expy/Orange Blossom Trl.)
23. Detroit (Mount Elliott St./Palmer Ave.)
24. Chicago (Wallace St./58th St.)
25. Chicago (Winchester, Ave./60th St.)

In addition to stats provided by the FBI, NeighborhoodScout.com collected data from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies. Schiller and his team looked at key indicators as identified within the FBI Uniform Crime Reports. Incidents and rates per 1,000 people in a neighborhood population for specific violent crimes were then calculated.

Click here for more information on how the rankings were compiled.

Almost time to say goodbye: The four-year-old, left, with her young playmates

I just saw Mercy, Madonna's newly adopted African daughter for the first time. She is so cute, so are her little friends at the orphanage. They all have such bright smiles, I want to adopt them. I've been wanting or knowing I wanted to adopt since high school. I'm happy Madonna was able to adopt her but seeing a ton of different daddies is not good for kids.

I dont feel comfortable with Madonna's boy toys and her little adopted kids. She dating a ripped 22 year old underwear model. She broke up with him in March so she could get the girl, but it appears they may be back together, he looks so shady. The pic below looks really odd. He kinda reminds me of Rene Elizondo (Janet's ex).

Toyboy: Madonna's young boyfriend Jesus Luz left the singer's side this week for a trip to Argentina

Fri, 20 March 2009

Madonna Dumps Jesus Luz

Huh, yep. I was listening to the Thom Hartmann show and he mentioned he was going to have someone on to talk about the controversy surrounding gay pemguins. They are trying to get married in the North Pole. You stupid for believing that part. No, actually they really want to start a family so they have been stealing other family's eggs, and like true thugs, when they take your eggs, they leave you rocks, right at your feet, rocks in exchange for your eggs. We need more penguins in the Black community, these men love their kids and other folks penguin kids as well. Here is the story.

A pair of gay penguins thrown out of their zoo colony for repeatedly stealing eggs have been given some of their own to look after following a protest by animal rights groups.

Last month the birds were segregated after they were caught  placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs.

But angry visitors to Polar Land in Harbin, northern China, complained it wasn't fair to stop the couple from becoming surrogate fathers and urged zoo bosses to give them a chance.

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Who's the daddy? The segregated penguin couple, right, are seen here in their own enclosure quarrelling with another male over stolen eggs

In response, zookeepers gave the pair two eggs laid by an inexperienced first-time mother.

'We decided to give them two eggs from another couple whose hatching ability had been poor and they've turned out to be the best parents in the whole zoo,' said one of the keepers.

'It's very encouraging and if this works out well we will try to arrange for them to become real parents themselves with artificial insemination.'

Wildlife experts at the park explain that despite being gay the three-year-old male birds are still driven by an urge to be fathers.

'One of the responsibilities of being a male adult is looking after the eggs. Despite the fact that they can't have eggs naturally, it does not take away their biological drive to be a parent,' said one.

One campaigner who did not want to be named welcomed the move and said: 'It wasn't fair to stop them becoming parents and keep them apart from all the other birds just because of the way nature has made them.'

Last month zookeepers said the couple were removed from the group not because of discrimination, but so as not to disturb the colony during hatching time. LINK

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Broke Black Fountain

My latest greatest chat with you, the citizens of the world. Red Bull & Dr Pepper high!

MLK, Martin Luther King, talk, Church, guns, history, Obama, news, politics

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That's why I had crackhead energy yesterday. Red Bull Soda is the worst soda ever. I'm not talking about regular Red Bull, I mean the brown wanna be COKE (oh) soda version. Its the worst and the crash is hard to deal with. I did a show last week titled Red Bull & Dr Pepper, I should have called it Red Bull & Crack Rock. Here's the story from Germany.

Authorities in the German states of Hesse and North-Rhine Westphalia have ordered retailers to stop selling Red Bull Cola after they found traces of cocaine in the fizzy drink.

The consumer ministries in the two states confirmed on Friday they had ordered retailers to pull the drink off their shelves after a food safety institute in North-Rhine Westphalia found cocaine in samples of the beverage.

“The institute examined Red Bull Cola in an elaborate chemical process and found traces of cocaine,” Bernhard Kühnle, head of the food safety department at the federal ministry for consumer protection said.

Authorities said the cocaine levels do not pose a health threat but are not permitted in foodstuffs.

The Frankfurter Neuen Presse reported that the investigation was prompted by the use of a de-cocainized extract of coca leaf in the drink. That means the drink cannot be classified as a foodstuff but as a narcotic and needs a special license, authorities said.

The newspaper reported that German retail group Rewe had already issued orders to remove the fizzy drink from its shops. Wilhelm Deitermann, spokesman for the North-Rhine Westphalia consumer ministry said he expected other German states to follow suit and ban the drink.

But Red Bull Cola has protested the action. “De-cocainized extract of coca leaf is used worldwide in foods as a natural flavouring,” the paper quoted the company saying. The company added that Red Bull Cola as well as other food that contains coca leaf extract is considered safe in the EU as well as in the US.

The more popular Red Bull, dubbed the "clubbers' drink," is often mixed with vodka. It contains caffeine, vitamins, and sugar which, the company claims, kick-starts the body's metabolism and keeps people alert.

I lost at least 100 shows thanks to Libsyn.com losing my files, but here is one of like 2 that I have from my first year. Its a show I did after finding that Bin Laden wanted Whitney Houston.

 Do you ever get caught up in listening to police scanners, well the iPhone is your crack.

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Where's PETA when we really need them. There are some crazy off leash dogs in the district but this one only wanted to take a bite out of crime. This is awful, kids were dramatized by this. Wait til you hear who did it.      

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Here's what was in the email the mayor sent to a Black woman. Oh, he didn't know about the watermelon issue.

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CANCEL YOUR MYSPACE ACCOUNT IN PROTEST, I DID.

Chimp in Conn. attack had unusual bond with owner

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STAMFORD, Conn. – Travis the chimpanzee's relationship with his owner, a lonely widow, was closer than those of some married couples. She gave him the finest food, and wine in long-stemmed glasses. They took baths together and cuddled in the bed they shared. Travis brushed Herold's hair each night and pined for her when she was away. If she left the house alone, Travis would give her a kiss. "If I left with someone Travis would get upset," Herold said Wednesday.

Experts say the unusually human relationship would have been confusing for any animal. It may have also played a role in Travis' savage attack Monday on Herold's friend, 55-year-old Charla Nash of Stamford.

"This is a crazy relationship," said Stephen Rene Tello, executive director of Primarily Primates, a sanctuary for chimps in Texas. "He was probably very bonded with her. I can kind of see it in his eyes this is his surrogate mother."

And chimps like 14-year-old Travis, who was shot and killed by police, protect their mates and turf.

"If there is another person entering his space, he might consider it a threat to his territory, or even his mate," Tello said.

Police say Travis attacked Nash when she arrived at the house to help lure the chimp back into Herold's house. Herold speculated that Travis was being protective of her and attacked Nash because had a different hairstyle, was driving a different car and held a stuffed toy in front of her face to get the chimp's attention.

Nash suffered massive injuries to her face and hands, requiring more than seven hours of surgery by four teams of doctors to stabilize her. She was transferred in critical condition Thursday to the Cleveland Clinic, which two months ago performed the nation's first successful face transplant.

Hospital officials say Nash is being treated for her injuries and it's unknown if she will be a candidate for a face transplant.

Monday's attack was not the first time Travis bit someone, a former Stamford resident now living in Atlanta said Thursday.

Leslie Mostel Paul told The Associated Press the chimp grabbed her hand and bit it hard enough to draw blood in 1996, while the animal was sitting in Herold's car in a Stamford office parking lot. Paul said she had tried to shake Travis' hand after Herold gave her permission to say hello.

Paul described Herold as being more aggravated than upset about the incident, and said she had to get rabies shots because Herold was slow in producing Travis' medical records.

"My impression was she was more like, 'Oh, this is gonna be a pain in the neck,'" Paul said.

Paul said she reported the incident to police but received no follow-up calls.

"I told them this was serious," said Paul, who spoke by phone from New York, where she was visiting relatives. "If it was a child, it could have ripped the hand off or an arm out a socket."

In an earlier interview on NBC's "Today" show, Paul said. "I honestly believe if they had followed through, maybe the laws would have been changed sooner and this other woman wouldn't be in the hospital, fighting for her life now."

Herold did not return a call seeking comment Thursday about Paul's claims. Police say they have no record of complaints, aside from a 2003 incident where Travis escaped from a vehicle and led police on a two-hour downtown chase before he was caught.

Authorities have not said whether Herold will face criminal charges. Connecticut state law allowed her to own the chimp as a pet, though several state leaders are calling for tighter restrictions in the wake of Monday's attack.

Herold, who was known to buckle Travis in her car for rides and dress him in baseball shirts, tried to rescue Nash by stabbing Travis and hitting him with a shovel. "I stabbed something I raised as a son," she said Wednesday.

It's not known why the chimp suddenly attacked. Herold has given differing accounts on whether she treated the agitated chimp with Xanax, an anti-anxiety drug that had not been prescribed for him. She has also said it suffered from Lyme disease. A test for rabies was negative and results from a necropsy won't be available for weeks.

Lynn DellaBianca, a former Stamford animal control officer, said Thursday that she warned Herold after the 2003 incident that the pet's behavior was worrisome and that she needed to make sure he was kept under control.

"Certainly my concern was for public safety," DellaBianca told The Associated Press. "Male chimpanzees once they reach maturity can be aggressive. I'm sure I did express that to her."

Herold told her she expected to eventually have to give up the chimp, DellaBianca said.

"She did say that herself. She knew someone day he would probably have to go to a sanctuary," DellaBianca said. "She knew chimpanzees, they can get more difficult to handle as they get older."

Mental health professionals say a strong bond between pet owners and their animals is generally good because it can be therapeutic and comforting. The boundaries get blurred, though, when owners treat the animals like humans rather than pets, and expect a reciprocal relationship similar to what they would have with a family member.

David Baron, professor and chairman of the Temple University School of Medicine's psychiatry department, said in cases such as Herold's, the grief of losing loved ones could have made it easy for her to view Travis as a surrogate child and friend. Her husband died in 2004 and her only daughter was killed in a car accident several years ago.

"I wouldn't say that she shouldn't have a pet, but this may be something that should be looked at as part of a grief reaction that's beyond normal," he said.

Earl Mason, whose son married Herold's daughter, remembers when Herold got Travis. The chimp would ride a tricycle.

"He grew up like a youngster," Mason said. "He did everything a kid would do. He was a cute little guy."

Travis loved ice cream and even knew the schedules of the ice cream trucks, Mason said. He ate breakfast at the table with Herold and her husband.

But even was the chimp was a baby, Mason was amazed at his strength. When Travis would jump on him, Mason said he would slam into his chest.

"To me he was beating the crap out of me," Mason said. "He had just tremendous strength."

Don Mecca, a family friend, said Herold knew chimps became more difficult to handle as they get older, but she had a hard time parting with her beloved pet.

"Sandy would always say he would will himself to die if they were separated," Mecca said.

Mecca was reluctant to criticize his friend.

"I think he was lost," Mecca said of Travis. "He belongs in the jungle with the rest of them."

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Associated Press reporters Stephanie Reitz in Hartford and Jason Bronis in Atlanta contributed to this story.

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I'll let you have the bling bling Obama hoodies and pretzels, but hot sauce, its going to far. Why is everybody questioning Obama's race. Pick a gene that you like and run with it, that part of him is just like you. Then we can all be happy. 25Jan09.

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