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RUSSELL SIMMONS APOLOGISES FOR PREMATURE TIGER WOODS HAITI TWEET

Several days ago the ultra annoying Russell Simmons EXCITEDLY tweeted to the world that “disgraced” golfer Tiger Woods was planning on donating aid to Haiti.  Click HERE to read all about it if you missed it. Well it now appears that Mr Know It All Simmons got it oh so wrong! Via TMZ Tiger’s people say they are still evaluating the best way to help, but that didn’t stop Russell from committing Tiger to something he hasn’t committed to yet.Tiger’s camp says they plan to be a part []

RUSSELL SIMMONS ANNOUNCES TO THE WORLD THAT TIGER WOODS HAS DONATED AID TO HAITI

Russell Simmons announced to the world today that “disgraced” golfer Tiger Woods has donated aid to Haiti. The annoying little man tweeted , Tiger Woods is “doing something amazing,” “I heard tiger woods donating to send a cargo plane with a mobile hospital out there. Keep our prayers high!” Is Tiger using the tragic situation in Haiti to gain favour with the public, and to gain back his million dollar endorsement deals? Is this just a PR move?   Or is he simply doing this out of the goodness of []

EARTHQUAKE HITS HAITI

Via BBC News A powerful, magnitude 7.3 earthquake off the Haitian coast has rocked the capital and sparked a tsunami alert for states in the immediate vicinity. Eyewitnesses in Port-au-Prince told the Associated Press a hospital and other buildings had collapsed and people were calling for help. Continue Reading…. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone there.

TOGO QUIT AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS FOOTBALL TOURNAMENT / UK ‘PERSONALITIES’ JOKE ABOUT TRAGEDY

The British media is having a field day with this one…..  Due to this tragic incident, jealous hacks are now saying that it isn’t safe to hold the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, and that the nation isn’t equipped to handle a possible “terrorist attack”. For a start the attack happened in Angola NOT in South Africa. What does any of this have to do with South Africa or the 2010 World Cup? *Huge irritated sigh” Via BBC News Togo’s footballers are being recalled from the []

MICHAEL JACKSON’S DOCTOR CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER

Via The Guardian Website The physician who injected Michael Jackson with drugs in the hours before his death is to be charged with involuntary manslaughter, with authorities accusing him of negligence in the singer’s overdose. Dr Conrad Murray, a physician who joined Jackson’s entourage last year to get him fit ahead of a gruelling concert series in London, has been in law enforcement sights since it was revealed he was with the singer when he died in June. Continue Reading Well it’s []

AUSTRALIAN KFC COMMERCIAL SPARKS RACE ROW IN THE US

[Thanks Keysha] Oh dear oh dear.. the Australians are at it again! tut tut!   Remember this? The folks down under are once again being accused of racism because of the KFC commercial below, that was being shown in Australia during cricket season. Via BBC News The Australian arm of the fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken has had to withdraw an advertisement after accusations of racial insensitivity. It showed a white cricket fan trying to pacify a group of rowdy West Indian fans by handing around fried []

MENTALLY/PHYSICALLY DISABLED WOMAN FOUND CHAINED IN FILTH – MOTHER AND BROTHER ARRESTED

Via Chicago Breaking News A disabled woman was found covered in excrement and chained to a weight bench in what Wisconsin authorities said Tuesday was one of the most disturbing abuse cases they had ever encountered. Sally Adams, 56, and her son, Ernest Claiborne, 34, were charged with keeping  Adams’ 38-year-old daughter and Adams’ 2 1/2 -year-old grandson in vile conditions in their Kenosha home. Adams and Claiborne were arrested Saturday after police discovered Adams’ daughter chained to exercise equipment, according to criminal []

WAS THE ATTEMPTED BOMB ATTACK ON NORTH WEST AIRLINES FLIGHT STAGED???

[Thanks Verbs] ADDULMUTALLAB AND THE WIDER WAR ON TERROR Put this together with new focus on Yemen ‘in the fight against Al Qaeda’, including calls from Sen. Lieberman to pre-emptively attack, the media’s immediate hype of the event, and the ready-made Body Scanners and other ‘enhanced’ Airport security, it is clear that this is a contrived incident intentionally unleashed to goad renewed support for ever-expanding terrorism-related warfare in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan and now Yemen. click here to read more…. The authorities []

‘PRECIOUS’ NAMED BEST FILM OF 2009

Rolling Stone has named Precious the top film of the year. The Lee Daniels-directed film, which is produced by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, stars Mo’Nique, Gabourey Sidibe, Mariah Carey, Paula Patton and Lenny Kravitz. Precious is based on Sapphire’s novel Push and will arrive in UK cinemas on January 29th.