Facebook Encourages Narcissism, But As A Narcissist I'm Cool With That

ME!A friend recently brought it to my attention that my personal Facebook page was a lot of pictures of myself, taken by myself, in various stages of hair styling. I jokingly responded, "Well, I have a bit of a narcissist streak."

But for serious, I have a bit of a narcissist streak.

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Who Wants To Go To "The Mountaintop?"

In the same year that Martin Luther King, Jr. became the first African American and non-president to get his own monument on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Broadway is set for Samuel L. Jackson to portray King in the play The Mountaintop, and you can be among those who get to see the show before it opens to the general public! The Snob along with the folks behind The Mountaintop are giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky reader to check out one of the preview shows of the play, starring Jackson and the Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett. Want to go? Just "friend" The Black Snob on Facebook and post on the Snob Facebook page -- in 150 words or less -- about how you believe the work of Dr. King and others in the movement directly impacted your life. The Snob Team will then pick the winner, posting the top five responses and the winner on The Snob Blog Wednesday. So fan the Snob page on Facebook and tell me what King and the movement personally meant for you.

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By popular demand, I finally have a Facebook fan page for the blog. It only took me forever. So, wander on down and meet my acquaintance, stay up on my latest blog posts and happenings, via the Book of Faces online. Also, you can still be my best friend forever on Twitter. Follow me @blacksnob.

Tax Cuts, Unemployment Extension Passes Senate

The Senate just passed, overwhelmingly, a bunch of tax cuts and the unemployment extension. It now goes on to the House, which will vote on the Senate's action Thursday. President Obama is urging the House to pass it despite some grumblings from Democrats that it doesn't make sense to pass a bill saying you can inherit estates at upwards of $10 million and not pay taxes on it. But, you know? We can pay for the money we lose from tax cuts and extending unemployment with ... um ... something. I hear investing in gold is popular right now. Or we can just continue to leverage on our unborn children's future and watch our infrastructure crumble around us. You don't mind if those 50-some-odd-year old pipes under your streets explode on you at random, right? Oh? You do care? Um ... Look over there! Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is Time Magazine's "Person of the Year!" Isn't that interesting? NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!

Mind you, I'm glad they passed the unemployment extension, but passing the tax cut too shows how serious deficit pimping Tea Party-backed candidates are about our debt. As in, yeah. Not that serious. Especially if you get to set your own national line of credit. And, seriously, who's ever going to cut the United States' off? WE'RE TOO BIG TO FAIL!!! If we go down we're taking the rest of the developed world with us.

Racism: Facebook Style!

"Super Genius" Audra ShayFound this originally on Aunt Jemima's Revenge and was forwarded the story from The Daily Beast by an enraged reader. Seems another racist has learned that the internet is not their friend. (You know? If they don't want people to know they're a racist.)

Case in point: Vice Chairman of the Young Republicans Audra Shay and her coon-hatin' thread on Facebook. Let the ig'nance commence!

More after the jump.

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