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Matchmaker Paul Carrick Brunson Hooking People Up, One Tweet At A Time

Danielle Belton — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Paul Carrick BrunsonPaul Carrick Brunson, love doctor, helps people meet people for a living. It's what he does. People hire him to help them navigate their love lives in hopes of finding that special someone who you can eat Nutella straight out of the jar with. (And it is soooo hard to find that person.)

And now Paul is helping people find that person using ... THE TWITTER! How does one get people dates via 140 characters and tweets? Let me explain.

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A Kinder, Gentler Adrian Fenty?

Danielle Belton — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Photo via UPII think someone knows that people think he's an uppity so-and-so. In his latest Mayoral debate with rival D.C. Council Chairman Vince Gray, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty admitted it must have been cold there in his shadow ... to never have sunlight on your face.

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Black Snob Wins Black Weblog Award for Third Year In A Row!

Danielle Belton — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:30:00 +0000

I won the judges' choice for Best Political Blog for the 2010 Black Weblog Awards! It's a three-peat! In previous years I won judges' choice for best new blog, best political blog and best writing in a blog. I'm special! YESSSSS!

If I knew how (or what) the "dougie" is I would do it. I think ... nah. I'm from the 90s. I'm doing the Roger Rabbit.

See a list of all the winners after the jump.

It's The First of the Month! (Obama Photo Crack!)

Danielle Belton — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Via White HouseYou know what that means? That means it's time to raid the official White House Flickr page for cute pictures of the Obamas! Duh. August is up!

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President Obama Announces End of Combat Operations In Iraq (Video)

Danielle Belton — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:15:00 +0000

No party. No parade. No "Mission Accomplished." No "V" for victory. The unnecessary war is over (kind of). Last one in Iraq who's not one of the 50,000 advisory troops left behind, please turn the light out before you go. (Via White House YouTube)

Classic Dr. Dre Appropriated By White Girls In Sweaters (Video)

Danielle Belton — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Or "The One Where I Write An Elaborate Ruse That's Just An Excuse To Post A Viral Video"

Watching Ava DuVernay's BET documentary about women in hip hop, "My Mic Sounds Nice," and reminiscing about the style of Hip Hop I grew up listening to, triggered an old memory for me. It was of me and my little sister listening to rap music, but trying not to pay attention to the lyrics out of the fear that to know the sexist truth would mean I would have to stop listening to rap altogether.

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Antoine Dodson Continuing to Make Best of "Bed Intruder" Fame

Danielle Belton — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:00:00 +0000

Photo via APThe Snob was quoted in a recent Associated Press story on Internet meme and accidental star Antoine Dodson. Errin Haines of the Associated Press interviewed Dodson to get an update on how he and his sister Kelly are doing since she was attacked and how the notoriety from the song "Bed Intruder" is helping their family.

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The One Where Kanye and Raekwon Trick Me Into Listening to Justin Bieber

Danielle Belton — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:00:00 +0000

First off. Every guy I've ever seriously dated has loved Wu-Tang in an unhealthy, "I'm going to hide the Man With the Golden Arms because I can't listen to this crap anymore" way. This doesn't mean that I dislike the Wu. Au contraire! I actaully like a quite a bit of their music. And most of you know how I feel about Kanye (Love him. Love to hate him. I own the mixtapes and follow him on the Twitter.) So when I saw this on Gawker asking me if I'd like to listen to Justin Bieber's "Runaway Love" with Kanye and Raekwon I wanted to say, "God no." But I couldn't.

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Question of the Day: President Obama, The Gulf Coast and Remembering Katrina (Video)

Danielle Belton — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Over the weekend President Obama was in New Orleans giving a speech on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the damage it caused. More than 1,800 people lost their lives in the storm and the flooding that took place afterwards. The clean-up and rebuilding effort was complex, slow and often didn't reach the people who needed help the most. Five years later there are still problems in gulf region (now further complicated by the BP oil leak), but the city remains resiliant, vibrant and steadfast.

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AverageBro Learns That Glenn Beck Has A Dream Too (Guest Post)

Danielle Belton — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 +0000

Photo by AverageBroCommon sense would tell you a liberal black man has no business at a Glenn Beck/Sarah Palin rally. And that's exactly why my cyber play cousin AverageBro went. Here are his random observations, with lots and lots of photos.

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