Monday, December 09, 2019

Public Gets The Impeachment Inquiry Live πŸ‘!

Congress hold another impeachment injury.
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) continue their House Judiciary Hearing today. This is the latest in the fast paced impeachment inquiry into President Donald J. Trump. The Democratic-led House of Representatives are going to issue Articles of Impeachment against the 45th President of the United States for possible abuse of power, obstruction of justice, encouraging foreign influence peddling, bribery and unlawful uses of presidential pardons.

Daniel Goldman, the Democrat's lawyer, and Stephen R. Castor, the Republicans' lawyer, will testify.

The committee is going to convene on Monday to decide if the investigative findings against Trump will prove that he did improperly hold taxpayer money to a foreign nation. He demanded a foreign power to investigate a political rival and organization.

Democrats say that Trump wanted Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and Hunter Biden while at the same time withholding U.S. military aid. Apparently this was getting praise from Russia and Trump had off the record conversations with Vladimir Putin.

The hearing sets off a pivotal week as Democrats march towards a full House vote expected before the winter recess. In drafting the articles of impeachment, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is facing a legal and political challenge of balancing the views of her majority while hitting the constitution's bar of "treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors."

The White House is conceding that its likely Trump will be impeached. The U.S. Senate will conduct a trial against Trump. They will eventually keep Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) from campaigning.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and the Republican majority have already signaled they won't support the House impeachment inquiry and will likely fast track the trial.
Democrats and Republicans gather their lawyers.
Monday's hearing is to receive the Intelligence panel's report on the inquiry, with lawyers from both parties testifying in what is expected to be a day long session that will lay the groundwork for the impeachment charges.

Nadler, in two television interviews, declined to say ultimately how many articles of impeachment Democrats will present but said they will involve "certainly abuse of power" and likely "obstruction of Congress." He said final decisions will come after Monday's hearing following discussions with House leadership and the Democratic caucus.

Nadler pointed to a “pattern” of conduct by Trump in seeking foreign interference in elections but would not commit to including the evidence of obstruction of justice in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation as part of the articles of impeachment.

In his report, Mueller said he could not determine that Trump’s campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia in the 2016 election. But Mueller said he could not exonerate Trump of obstructing justice in the probe and left it for Congress to determine.

House Republican leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) criticized Democrats for their timeline, which he said was unfairly aimed at preventing the nation’s voters from making their own choices in the 2020 election.

"If they do not impeach him, they cannot beat him at the polls," McCarthy.

Trump said over the weekend that his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani wants to take the information gathered from Giuliani's investigations and a recent trip to Ukraine to the U.S. attorney general and to Congress. But a House GOP ally called Giuliani's trip "weird," coming as House investigators review allegations that Giuliani improperly worked on behalf of Trump to pressure Ukraine to pursue investigations into Biden and Biden's son, as well as a discredited conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in the 2016 U.S. election.

"It is weird that he's over there," said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) describing it as "odd having him over there at this time.”

Nadler spoke on NBC's "Meet the Press" and CNN's "State of the Union," McCarthy was on Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures," Gaetz spoke on ABC's "This Week," and Schiff appeared on CBS' "Face the Nation."

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Sunday, December 08, 2019

Moesha Reboot In The Works!

Moesha is coming back to television. Brandy Norwood will executive produce the reboot of the hit sitcom. It was one of the few sitcoms that deal with the middle-class African American family and the plights that followed it.
The hit 1990s sitcom featuring Brandy Norwood is going to get a reboot. The R&B singer and reality television agitator confirms that Moesha reboot is in the works. The series was on UPN from 1996 until 2001.

UPN merged with The WB Network and became The CW Network.

The show has Brandy, Countess Vaughn, Marcus T. Paulk, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Shar Jackson, William Allen Young, Ray J and the late actors Yvette Wilson and Lamont Bentley. Rapper Fredro Starr of Onyx had a recurring role as Brandy's on-and-off love interest.

The show ended abruptly in season six. It left unanswered questions at the end of season six. Similar to the Lee Daniels' series Star, the networks canceled the show at a point where folks are concerned about the outcome.

It told the story of Moesha Mitchell, a teenager maneuvering through life's ups and downs and hilarious moments with her middle-class family in South Central Los Angeles. We could always count on musical guest appearances – from Mary J. Blige and Big Pun to Dru Hill – and we loved the camaraderie Moesha had with her on-screen friends, including co-star Countess Vaughn who played as Kim, and Shar Jackson.



Outside of Moesha and her TV parents, it's unclear who else will be returning from the cast or whether production has started. For years, cast members have spoken about doing a reunion. Two years ago, when The Real hosted the cast on its show and co-host Jeannie Mai asked if a reboot is a possibility, the entire cast said an enthusiastic yes!

At the end of sixth season, Moesha (Brandy) was leaving college to live with Hakeem (Bentley) and there was an unknown pregnancy test in the trash. Myles (Paulk) was kidnapped from his home by a rival of Dorian (Ray J). Also in season five, Dorian was revealed to be Frank Mitchell's (Young) son after he had an affair on Dee (Ralph).
The cast of Moesha had talked about a reboot on The Real. Now after speculation, Brandy confirms a show is in the works.
The show may finally have a solution to what happened to Myles?

While attending the 29th annual DIVA Foundation event that was hosted by Sheryl Lee Ralph, who played her stepmom Dee Mitchell on Moesha, Brandy was asked by Ralph if she’d be interested in reviving the show, according to The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

"We would like to know, would you like to do a 'Moesha' reboot?" Ralph asked Brandy. Both ladies were on stage with William Allen Young, who played Moesha's dad, Frank Mitchell.

:"Yeah! Absolutely," Brandy said. "I'm here to solidify that we're gonna bring 'Moesha' back."

As the audience erupted into applause, Ralph told the crowd, "so you heard it right here: you will have a 'Moesha' reboot."

During season four, breakout character Kim (Vaughn) would leave the show. It was due to a controversial feud between the actresses. Brandy and Countess had a fall-out during the taping.

The series continued on without Vaughn for the next two seasons.




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@4everbrandy I’m proud of you. For placing one foot in front of the other. For waking up every morning and simply giving it your best shot. for placing a premium on personal growth too. We been threw are ups and downs , high and lows ... But at the end of the day I had to learn in find myself why not be friends when we're both talented, Why call you names when your just an amazing person... I’m proud of you for being you and working to rise to the best you inside of you.You are an amazing being with amazing God-given capacity. I believe in who you are and who you are working to be. We are all works-in-progress. One of life’s purposes is to improve on the wiring under the hood of our lives. I believe in your ability to stand and courageously be the person you were meant to be. Im not perfect , no where near it..I care about your life and your happiness. I wouldn’t do what I did if I didn’t. I care about you as a person. We are spiritual siblings, you and I. I know this to be true. And it means a lot to me... I apologize for anything Negative I've ever done are said to you ....sorry this had to be on social media , I just want the world to see that I've grown out of my comfort zone ..... Hopefully one day I can tell you in person or on the phone to let you know I mean everything I've wrote .....I didn't do this for applause, because we all know that some people don't believe celebrities to be "human", but this came from a very human place. No matter how or if she respond know that the Universe will continue to bring me growth and happiness because that is what im putting out there...😘😘😘Congratulations on every thing you've accomplished... Love you beautiful ....happy holidays from Countess 😘😘😘😘
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Countess Vaughn went on to star in the spin-off sitcom The Parkers with Mo'Nique, Yvette Wilson, Jenna von Oy, Dorien Wilson and Ken Lawson. The Parkers lasted five seasons from 1999 to 2004.

Brandy and Countess ended their feud only a few years ago. And they're on board for a reboot.

Moesha is currently on BET+, Bounce, and TVOne.



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Caroll Spinney Passed Away!

Caroll Spinney passed away.
You grew up knowing how to learn your ABCs and 123s by watching Sesame Street. You knew that hiding behind the alley was a big nest and a big yellow canar they called Big Bird. An iconic fixture of Sesame Street, Big Bird told children how to learn from misunderstandings.

The performer who played Big Bird from 1969 to 2018 passed away.

Carroll Spinney played the 8'2" tall bright yellow canary we came to know as Big Bird. He passed away a few weeks before his 86th birthday.

Born Caroll Edwin Spinney he was an puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker best known for playing Big Bird and also Oscar the Grouch, the grumpy neighbor who lived in a nearby trash can.

Sesame Workshop official came out with a statement on his passing.

He had died today in his home in Connecticut after living with Dystonia for some time.

They called him "an artistic genius whose kind and loving view of the world helped shape and define Sesame Street from its earliest days in 1969 through five decades", and his "cultural firmament will be unending."

He voiced and operated the characters of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch from their inception in 1969 when he was 36, and he performed them almost exclusively into his 80s on the PBS kids’ television show that later moved to HBO.

"Before I came to ‘Sesame Street,’ I didn’t feel like what I was doing was very important," Spinney said when he announced his retirement in 2018. "Big Bird helped me find my purpose.”

"With deepest admiration, Sesame Workshop is proud to carry his memory – and his beloved characters – into the future," the organization said. "Our hearts go out to Caroll’s beloved wife, Debra, and all of his children and grandchildren."

Through his two characters, Spinney gained huge fame that brought international tours, books, record albums, movie roles, and visits to the White House.

"Caroll was an artistic genius whose kind and loving view of the world helped shape and define Sesame Street from its earliest days in 1969 through five decades, and his legacy here at Sesame Workshop and in the cultural firmament will be unending," the Sesame Workshop said.

But he never became a household name.

"I may be the most unknown famous person in America," Spinney said in his 2003 memoir. "It’s the bird that’s famous."

Spinney gave “Sesame Street” its emotional yin and yang, infusing the 8-foot-2 Big Bird with a childlike sweetness often used to handle sad subjects, and giving the trashcan-dwelling Oscar, whose voice Spinney based on a New York cabbie, a street-wise cynicism that masked a tender core.

"I like being miserable. That makes me happy," Oscar often said. "But I don’t like being happy, so that makes me miserable."

To colleagues there was no question which character the kindly Spinney resembled.

"Big Bird is him and he is Big Bird," former “Sesame Street” head writer Norman Stiles said in a 2014 documentary on Spinney.

It wasn’t easy being Big Bird. To play the part, Spinney would strap a TV monitor to his chest as his only eyes to the outside. Then the giant yellow bird body was placed over him. He held his right arm aloft constantly to operate the head, and used his left hand to operate both arms. The bird tended to slouch more as the years took their toll.

In 2015, Spinney switched to just providing the characters’ voices. That year, the longtime PBS show inked a five-year pact with HBO that gave the premium cable channel the right to air new episodes nine months before they air on PBS.

Big Bird’s builder Kermit Love always insisted that his design was a puppet, not a costume. But to many children, he was neither. He was real.

"Eight-year-olds have discovered to their horror that he's a puppet," Spinney told The Associated Press in 1987.

Born in 1933 in Waltham Massachusetts, Spinney had a deeply supportive mother who built him a puppet theater after he bought his first puppet, a monkey, at age 8.

He spent four years in the U.S. Air Force after high school, then returned to Massachusetts and broke into television. He teamed up with fellow puppeteer Judy Valentine for their own daily series, then worked on a Boston version of the clown show “Bozo’s Big Top.” Spinney in this period had three children, Jessica, Melissa and Benjamin, all from his 1960 to 1971 marriage to Janice Spinney. He later married his second wife, Debra, in 1979, and the two were nearly inseparable for the rest of his life.

It was after a disastrous performance at a puppet festival in Utah that Spinney met Muppet master Jim Henson, who came backstage and told him, “I liked what you were trying to do,” Spinney remembered Henson saying, in his memoir.

Spinney would join the Muppet crew when “Sesame Street” was about to turn them from popular phenomenon into an American institution. Henson brought his signature character, Kermit the Frog, to the show. His right-hand man Frank Oz would become famous via Grover and Cookie Monster. Together they created Ernie and Bert.

But Big Bird would become the show’s biggest star, his name and image synonymous with not just Sesame Street but PBS and children’s television. The character was usually used for comedy, but his innocence and questioning was also useful when serious subjects needed addressing. When Sesame Street shopkeeper Mr. Hooper died, Big Bird had to get a lesson in accepting death, saying in the memorable 1983 episode that “he’s gotta come back. Who’s gonna take care of the store? Who’s gonna make my birdseed milkshakes, and tell me stories?”

When Henson died suddenly in 1990 at age 53, leaving the Muppet world devastated, Big Bird played the same part in real life. At the funeral, Spinney appeared alone on stage in full Big Bird costume and sang “It's Not Easy Bein' Green," Kermit’s signature song.

"It was extraordinarily moving," Oz said in the Spinney documentary. "It tore people up."

Spinney said he was crying under the feathers but he got through the song, looking at the sky and saying, “Thank you Kermit,” before walking off.

Sesame Street co-founder Joan Ganz Cooney said Sunday that Spinney, her longtime colleague and friend, “not only gave us Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch, he gave so much of himself as well."

"We at Sesame Workshop mourn his passing and feel an immense gratitude for all he has given to Sesame Street and to children around the world," she said.





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Juice WRLD Passed Away!

Juice WRLD passed away from apparent seizure on route to Chicago.
We lost another young act in the hip-hop era. This time it was a medical emergency that killed the music. Just got word that Juice WRLD passed away after a major seizure.

Known as Jarad Higgins, the rapper felt ill after landing in Chicago for a performance. He was conscious before heading to the local hospital.

After arriving at Chicago Midway International Airport, the rapper started bleeding from the mouth when the medics arrived, according to TMZ.

He ended up becoming clinically brain dead and thus they had to take him off life support.

Juice WRLD who released his album Goodbye & Good Riddance in 2018 went Platinum by the RIAA. He also had a collaboration album with Future called Wrld on Drugs.

His most recent release Death Race for Love was the first number one album in his career.

Listen to his albums here.







He died only six days after his birthday. He was born December 2, 1998 in Chiago. He grew up listening to hip-hop and rock. He said that he was a huge fan of Billy Idol, Blink-182, Black Sabbath, Fall Out Boy, Megadeth and Panic! at the Disco.
Young talent gone too soon.
He admitted that he was a fan of the lean. He was drinking lean in the sixth grade and using percocets and xanax in high school. Before his death, he may have quitted the lean and smoke the kush only.







Hip-hop comes out in support and condolences.


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Juice WRLD's music was considered emo rap. He has stated that Billy Idol, Chief Keef, 2Pac, Eminem and Kid Cudi were his influences in the rise to his success.

In July 2018, following the deaths of fellow young rappers Lil Peep and XXXTentacion, Juice WLRD released the Soundcloud single “Legends.” “What’s the 27 Club? / We ain’t making it past 21,” Higgins said on the track. “They tell me I’m a be a legend / I don’t want that title now / ‘Cause all the legends seem to die out / What the fuck is this about?”

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Saturday, December 07, 2019

Obie Trice Bucked A Man!

Rapper Obie Trice shot a man.
Eminem's former protege is caught up in a gun crime. The rapper who was part of Shady Records from 2001 to 2015 has became a product of his own environment.

Perhaps best known for his platinum album, Cheers, rapper Obie Trice was booked in the Oakland County lockup for attempted murder. The rapper had an altercation with his girlfriend's son.

There was an altercation between the 42-year old rapper and his girlfriend. Her son tried to stop the rapper from hitting his mother.

Trice allegedly went and got a gun. The teen tried to take it from the rapper and the two struggled.

The firearm went off and striking the teen in he groin. The teen was taken to a local hospital and shortly released.

Deputies ordered Trice to drop the firearm. The firearm is unregistered. He was taken into custody and charged with aggravated felony assault.

Trice had previous run-ins with authorities. He was charged with assault and battery in 2002. He was also shoot while driving on a Detroit-area highway in 2005.
Obie Trice and Eminem in 2005.
In Michigan, aggravated felony assault carries at least 10 years in the iron college. The rapper will no longer have contact with the victim and his mother. He will likely be charged with unregistered firearm charges as well.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES.

The American justice system needs to rethink the protection orders. I mean if a victim is to report a potential threat to their lives, they should be taken to another location until the issue is resolved. The suspect should have been stripped of firearms and be placed on monitoring devices if a restraining order was filed. Unfortunately, it won't stop a "mad" man from obtaining firearms from other sources. A friend could loan the firearm. They could have bought it on same day purchase. The shooter could have been a member of law enforcement or a certified NRA trainer. Who knows? The suspect had obviously some way to obtain firearms and our government let this victim down.

Domestic violence is violence or abuse against one another in a domestic setting, such as a marriage or a cohabitation. It may be termed as intimate partner violence when the relationship is the aggressor.

A restraining order is just a piece of paper. It triggers a person to commit violence against the person who got the order. The restraining order is a ticking time bomb for a deranged lover.

The website Officer Down is a memorial to those who were killed in the line of duty. Those who don't get their names mentioned in the junk food media. Also the website the National Gun Violence Memorial also keeps record of the many individuals killed by gun violence.

Mass shootings are happening in the United States. You may think it's never gonna happen to your town, your family or yourself, but I assure you it will affect you at some point.

We are in the midst of possibly the 300+ mass shooting in the United States. Donald J. Trump, Congress, the National Rifle Association and agitators in the junk food media have moved on from dealing with gun violence. They're too busy sniping over the impeachment inquiry and partisan blame games.

Trump and lawmakers elected to federal office made politics extremely toxic.

It's not just the fault of our dear leader and lawmakers, but relentless agitators on the 24/7 cable news channels. They are profiting off division and divisiveness. The internet is also a problem. It's is a breeding ground for potential mass shooters. Facebook, Twitter, Google and other social media outlets have been "ground zero" for disinformation, partisan threats and social activism. Incels and social outcasts find their outlets on sites that inspire them to cause harm to their fellow human beings.



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Kellz Got Extra Helpings Of The Federal Sandwich!

The feds are now charging the sexual predator with illegal transfer of a minor when he faked a marriage with Aaliyah.

Apparently it was true that this disgraced entertainer married Aaliyah when she was 15 year old.

The feds said that he bribed a state official to get the marriage license altered to assure she was 18 instead of 15.

That goes into the list of controversy plaguing the former entertainer. The entertainer was 27 years old at the time when he secretly married the late pop singer. He mentored her through the years and helped her release her hit debut album "Age Ain't But a Number."

The U.S. Federal Court Eastern District filed a new stack against the entertainer for illegal transport of a minor. The bribe was to get Aaliyah Dana Haughton a fake ID to make her age valid in the state of Illinois.

Aaliyah's family dissolved the marriage.

The Lifetime series, Surviving R. Kelly has put him in the crosshairs of federal and state authorities.

The bombshell documentary has told tales of young women who were promised a career in the music industry and a chance to be famous. They only ended up catching a sexually transmitted disease, debt and a lifetime of heartache from the entertainer they believe was their savior.
Heaven I am gonna need a hug.
The allegations of the entertainer having Aaliyah banging him while on the tour bus is true as well.

One of his former friends said that she caught him and Aaliyah in the tour bedroom getting it on.

The secret marriage is now a federal indictment against Robert Sylvester Kelly. The former R&B singer and producer is facing a lengthy bid of criminal charges. He got a federal sandwich and charges in four states. The federal charges alone could place this sexual predator in federal time out for LIFE. If convicted in Georgia, Illinois, New York and Minnesota, he could be placed in state custody for 25 years to LIFE.

The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas on August 25, 2001. She was only 25 years old. She was finishing her single "Rock The Boat." The pilot was drunk and didn't follow procedures when it came to load.



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One Slice For Papa Johns!

Better ingredients couldn't save the relationship.
The hits keep coming for disgraced pizza mogul John Schnatter. The former CEO and founder of Papa Johns is gonna be a single fella. His wife of 32 years has decided to venture into other establishments.

Again, I was a huge fan of Papa Johns. I loved their pizza. However, Schnatter's support for the far-white has ended this love.

Schnatter is a supporter of Donald J. Trump. He supports the flagrant stupidity of a fellow reality television mogul who became our dear leader in 2017.

Schnatter had forced my hand. It wasn't the remarks about the Affordable Care Act. Schnatter said that the ACA would force his pizza prices to increase and put the burden on his franchises.

It wasn't the remarks he made about Colin Kaepernick. He openly criticized the former NFL quarterback after he started kneeling to the national anthem.

It was the fact that Nazis and white extremists proudly call it the pizza of the White race.

Papa Johns became the official pizza company of the alt-white.

A far-white troll from Columbus called his minions to support Papa Johns after the company lost the franchising rights to the NFL. Schnatter famously complained that NFL players kneeling to the national anthem causes his sales of his pizza to decline. Schnatter performed a mock human resource training course where he referred a Black employee as a NIGGER. The remarked doomed him as the CEO and spokesman of the company.

He was fired out the cannon as the CEO but retains a healthy portion of stock in the company.

Now with all the troubles, it seems like his wife M. Annette Cox can't take it no more.

We had a feeling Schnatter had cheated on his wife. I We just didn't have any confirmation. I mean he was allegedly sexually harassing women at the corporate offices in Louisville. It was told that he got seriously wasted at restaurants and start talking like an asshole to servers.

His net worth is estimated at about $500 million after the company's stock declined and he sold off some of his shares, the Louisville Courier-Journal reported.

The couple owns several homes, including a $23 million condo in Deer Valley, UT, an $11 million home in Anchorage (a suburb of Louisville), and a $6 million condo in Naples, FL.

Schnatter founded Papa John's in 1984 and became the face of the brand through a series of TV commercials, often featuring former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning.

The two have two grown children.

Louisville, Jeffersonville, Indiana and New Albany, Indiana has denounced Schnatter and removed his name off of buildings.

The University of Louisville also removed Papa Johns off their football stadium.



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