Indiana Passes The "I Can Turn Your A** Away Because Of Religion" Law!

Indiana governor signs a law that may discriminate people based on religious grounds.

Holy Water, the state of Indiana passed a controversial law that can discriminate on religious grounds. The Republican governor Mike Pence signed it into law and its expected to be challenged in courts. This "religious freedom" law isn't telling you that religions are outlawed. It's a law that gives the business owners and they may have the right to deny a customer based on religious beliefs.

I can't figure out whether we're in America or them "evil" countries these cable news agitators bitch about.

C'mon friends. The United States Constitution (via The Bill Of Rights) advocated a section that devoted to all citizens the freedom of religious indoctrination.

That traitor and Black loving playboy Tommy Jefferson wrote the Establishment clause and the Free Exercise clause. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof".

So why are the Republicans and possible clown running Mike Pence passing a law that goes squarely against the Constitution?

The Indianapolis Star reports that the measure, Senate Bill 101, could allow business owners to refuse services to same-sex couples and has set off a firestorm of controversy. Supporters say it's needed to protect those with strong religious beliefs from government overreach, but opponents say it would allow discrimination, particularly against gays and lesbians.

Pence has been under intense pressure from opponents. In the past two days, two major Indianapolis conventions have threatened to look elsewhere if Pence signed the bill, and a group of technology executives, including the CEO of Salesforce, have written to the governor to oppose the measure.

Mike Pence, the Republican governor of Indiana signed this bill despite threats of an economic boycott. Pence is talked about by the agitators as a possible candidate who might jump into the clown car.

Also Pence almost immediately began defending the law, saying at a news conference that the law was not a consolation prize for conservative groups who failed to pass a bill last year to add an amendment to the Indiana constitution banning same-sex marriage.

""I think there's a lot of misunderstanding," Pence said about the religious freedom law. "This has never undermined anti-discrimination laws."

When asked by one reporter whether sexual orientation should be a protected class, the governor answered that the matter was not on his agenda.

The governor spoke for about 30 minutes about the religious freedom bill during the news conference, which also addressed his temporary needle exchange program to stop an HIV epidemic in Scott County, before it came to an end.

"Today I signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, because I support the freedom of religion for every Hoosier of every faith," he said in a statement. "The Constitution of the United States and the Indiana Constitution both provide strong recognition of the freedom of religion but today, many people of faith feel their religious liberty is under attack by government action."

He cited as an example the University of Notre Dame's objection to a provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring insurance coverage for contraceptives.

Pence took issue with accusations that the measure would allow discrimination.

"This bill is not about discrimination, and if I thought it legalized discrimination in any way in Indiana, I would have vetoed it," he said. "In fact, it does not even apply to disputes between private parties unless government action is involved. For more than twenty years, the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act has never undermined our nation's anti-discrimination laws, and it will not in Indiana."

Many believe that this law is backdoor discrimination. The governor can say that he doesn't support a bill that denies service. But why the hell would he sign it?

Now Pence is probably going to hear talk about boycotts from the non religious, Muslims, LGBT activists and atheist community. Even the NCAA which is hosting the National Basketball Championship in Indianapolis is concerned that the law could damage tourism and revenue.

Is this a gateway for him to take his leadership further?

I mean he was once a lawmaker in Washington, DC. He was the former House Majority Whip before he decided to run for governor. Then he became immediately presidential buzz. Pence and neighboring state governor John Kasich of Ohio both have acknowledge their interest in it.

Another thing. Pence is dealing with a crisis in his state. He's calling upon the federal government to assist him in treatment of residents in Scott County. There's a rise in HIV cases after reports of residents being infected by needle sharing. This is spread by heroin and prescription medication being shot through needles.

Scott County is 40 miles from Louisville, KY and 70 miles from Indianapolis.

Robin Thicke And Pharrell Williams Owe $$$!

The mega producer Pharrell Williams (center) and pop singer Robin Thicke (left) got to break dollars to the estate of Marvin Gaye. T.I. (right) was a featured act in the hit song Blurred Lines.

The R&B/pop singer and mega producer are pissed that they owe up. The greedy family of Marvin Gaye managed to win over the U.S. federal court. They claimed that the mega-hit Blurred Lines sounds similar to Got to Give It Up, a song that was a hit when their father Marvin was alive.

Robin Thicke already facing legal drama with his ex-wife Paula Patton is now shelving cash for using stealing the legendary R&B singer's soul.

Nora Gaye is an entertainer and daughter of Marvin.

The impact could damage the reputation of Pharrell Williams. He is the producer of many hits including his own "Happy" which got nominated for an Oscar.

I am going to be honest. I am not happy about this. I don't hear no similarities to the songs. But to a federal jury and federal judge, the difference is clear: They jacked Marvin Gaye.

But Marvin's daughter Noah Gaye, a singer and actress in her own right is happy. She was one of the many family members who brought up the lawsuit to U.S. federal district.

The family won $8 million in royalties.

The AP reports that the Gaye family is satisfied with the decision. We don't know if Robin Thicke or Pharrell will appeal the decision.

"Right now, I feel free," Nona Gaye said after the verdict. "Free from ... Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke's chains and what they tried to keep on us and the lies that were told."


An attorney for Thicke and Williams has said a decision in favor of Gaye's heirs could have a chilling effect on musicians who try to emulate an era or another artist's sound.

The Gayes' lawyer branded Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye's late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend's hit "Got to Give It Up" outright.

"They fought this fight despite every odd being against them," Busch said of the Gaye family outside court.

Thicke told jurors he didn't write "Blurred Lines," which Williams testified he crafted in about an hour in mid-2012.

Williams told jurors that Gaye's music was part of the soundtrack of his youth. But the seven-time Grammy winner said he didn't use any of it to create "Blurred Lines."

Gaye's children -- Nona, Frankie and Marvin Gaye III -- sued the singers in 2013 and were present when the verdict was read.

The verdict may face years of appeals.

"Blurred Lines" has sold more than 7.3 million copies in the U.S. alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan figures. It earned a Grammy Awards nomination and netted Williams and Thicke millions of dollars.

The case was a struggle between two of music's biggest names: Williams has sold more than 100 million records worldwide during his career as a singer-producer, and Gaye performed hits such as "Sexual Healing" and "How Sweet It Is (To be Loved by You)" remain popular.

During closing arguments, Busch accused Thicke and Williams of lying about how the song was created. He told jurors they could award Gaye's children millions of dollars if they determined the copyright to "Got to Give It Up" was infringed.

Howard King, lead attorney for Williams and Thicke, told the panel that a verdict in favor of the Gaye family would have a chilling effect on musicians who were trying to recreate a genre or homage to another artist's sound.

King denied there were any substantial similarities between "Blurred Lines" and the sheet music Gaye submitted to obtain copyright protection.

Williams has become a household name -- known simply as Pharrell -- thanks to his hit song "Happy" and his work as a judge on the "The Voice." He wrote the majority of "Blurred Lines" and recorded it in one night with Thicke. A segment by rapper T.I. was added later.

Williams, 41, also signed a document stating he didn't use any other artists' work in the music and would be responsible if a successful copyright claim was raised.

Thicke testified he wasn't present when the song was written, despite receiving credit.

The trial focused on detailed analyses of chords and notes in both "Blurred Lines" and "Got to Give It Up."

Marvin Gaye was a legendary musician who touched the world. He was gunned down by his own father in 1984.

Jurors repeatedly heard the upbeat song "Blurred Lines" and saw snippets of its music video, but Gaye's music was represented during the trial in a less polished form. Jurors did not hear "Got to Give It Up" as Gaye recorded it, but rather a version created based solely on sheet music submitted to gain copyright protection.

That version lacked many of the elements -- including Gaye's voice -- that helped make the song a hit in 1977. Busch derisively called the version used in court a "Frankenstein-like monster" that didn't accurately represent Gaye's work.

An expert for the Gaye family said there were eight distinct elements from "Got to Give It Up" that were used in "Blurred Lines," but an expert for Williams and Thicke denied those similarities existed.

Gaye died in April 1984, leaving his children the copyrights to his music.

Pharrell responds to the verdict.

While we respect the judicial process, we are extremely disappointed in the ruling made today, which sets a horrible precedent for music and creativity going forward. Pharrell created 'Blurred Lines' from his heart, mind and soul and the song was not taken from anyone or anywhere else. We are reviewing the decision, considering our options and you will hear more from us soon about this matter.

Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. and Pharrell) (Interscope/NuAmerica/Star Trak Records)



Marvin Gaye - Got To Give It Up (Motown Records)

Kanye West "Upstages" Beck!

Pop stars Kanye West and Taylor Swift greet each other. Some years back, West upstaged her during her acceptance speech. West continues his controversial temper tantrums when he upstaged music producer/pop singer Beck.

If this was a publicity stunt or another controversial temper tantrum, the rapper/producer Kanye West done it again at the Grammy's. When it came jumping on stage to upstage a celebrity, count on Mr. West to do so.

West jumped on stage after pop singer/producer Beck won the album of the year beating out Beyonce, one of West's closest friends and collaborator.

While Prince was about to hand the Grammy to Beck, West was coming but he backed down and "jokingly" walked back to his seat. Fun stuff right?



West's most famous (I'm sorry infamous) upstage was the one where he jumped on stage at the MTV Video Music Awards and snatched the microphone from Taylor Swift.

He got roundly criticized and had to personally apologize to Swift after this.

And the last famous incident was when he went off the script and bashed George W. Bush handling of Hurricane Katrina. West upstaged Mike Myers and Chris Tucker and caused conservative outrage.

If it isn't bad enough, we got his step-father in law involved in a serious accident in which he killed a woman. Bruce Jenner who is transitioning into a trans woman was involved in an accident on the Pacific Coast Highway and his vehicle crashed into another vehicle and it killed an elderly driver.

Luda Got Hitched!

Luva Luva got hitched.

Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges had to put off his ninth album for a moment. He had to pop the question to his longtime girlfriend. It was reported that the entertainer quietly married his girlfriend over the holiday break.

Eudoxie Mbouguiengue, a model and actress got the surprise proposal on Christmas Eve. They would later marry on Christmas Day.

My main man Luda, got him a wife! Congratulations to the entertainer.

Ludacris is the father of two daughters.

Ludacris currently is working on his album Ludaversal. He has recently aired out grievances with his longtime label Def Jam delaying his album release.

He released the Burning Bridges EP on iTunes via Def Jam with a seven track sampler.

He posted a few of his wedding pictures and his proposal on Instagram.

She didn't say yes. She said HELL YES! #milehighproposal

A photo posted by @ludacris on Dec 12, 2014 at 6:20pm PST

#Weddingbliss Mr. & Mrs. Bridges

A photo posted by eudoxiee (Eh-dox-ee) (@eudoxiee) on Jan 1, 2015 at 2:39pm PST

The Most Dangerous Person Is The "Nice Guy" With A Gun!

Mass shooter Jaylen Fryberg.

While I was working, I've heard of a mass shooting at a school in Marysville, Washington.

Again, I want to say that this is the ongoing continuation of gun violence in public schools and the unexpected rise of domestic terrorism. Although most mass shootings in my opinion are considered terrorism, most of the criminals aren't Muslims or White guys. It could be women, Black men and Latinos. The shooter is Native American.

The mindset of the irrational usually prompt this type of stuff. The inept Congress refuses to pass legislation to keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally insane. Of course they fear a power that claims they're gods.

The National Rifle Association is the country's oldest civil rights and political organization.

Republicans and some Democrats suck enough for the shells. They contribute to candidates and nominees who support open season regulations. They support open carry laws, relaxed rules when it comes to military style firearms and unfiltered background checks.

Jaylen Fryberg  went on a rampage Friday killing one and seriously injuring five before he was killed either by police fire or a bullet to the head.

According to classmates at Marysville-Pilchuck High School, it was modern bullying and a dispute over a relationship.

Fryberg was the "NICE GUY" who no one thought was going to this type of stuff.

He leaves disturbing messages for the junk food media.

It won't last.... It'll never last....
— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) October 23, 2014

I should have listened.... You were right... The whole time you were right...😫😖
— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) October 21, 2014

I'm tired of this shit😖😖😖😖😖😖 I'm sooo fucking done!!!😖😖😖😖😖
— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) September 20, 2014

Your gonna piss me off... And then some shits gonna go down and I don't think you'll like it...😤😤😤
— Jaylen Fryberg (@frybergj) August 20, 2014

He was a freshman who was crown homecoming prince and was a popular student.

But deep inside all that popularity, some teasing and even some offensive themes being tossed at him.

Prior to the shooting, Fryberg entered the school cafeteria and sat down at a table. At 10:39 a.m., according to eyewitnesses, he stood up from the table, approached another table, and pulled out a .40-caliber Beretta handgun. He fired at least eight shots, shooting several students in a "calm, methodical way".

He then fired several more bullets outside of the school and reloaded at least once.

During the shooting, Fryberg was described by a witness as having "a blank stare" and "staring at the victims as he shot them".

He also appeared to be targeting only one table, where about ten students were seated.

After firing repeatedly, he reportedly committed suicide. However, there was also an eyewitness report that a woman in the cafeteria tried to intervene by grabbing Fryberg's arm, which prompted him to try and shoot her, only to accidentally fatally shoot himself in the neck.

A motive for the shooting is currently unknown, although a student at the school stated that "[he] was angry at a girl who would not date him, and that the girl was one of the people shot", a claim that was supported by Fryberg's other classmates and his family members.

When this hit the news, I was shocked. I was thinking that this once again happens in suburban America. A young student who was crying for help didn't get the help so instead of treatment, he choose resentment.

And the consequences are felt.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to those lost in this senseless tragedy.

Mom: I'm Not A Racist! I Just Didn't Want The Sperm Of THE BLACK Guy!

Ohio mom suing sperm donor after they botched up the insemination.

Okay?

Really, okay.

Here's another gem the junk food media jumped on and of course we here at Journal de la Reyna will talk about.

A woman is suing a sperm bank over the fact she gave birth to a biracial baby. The issue is this woman Jennifer Cramblett and her partner are suing the facility. They are pissed that the facility gave the sperm of a Black man.

The woman gave birth to a lovely daughter, Payton. She loves the baby to death.

She's totally pissed over the fact a botched donor.

Cramblett with her partner Amanda Zinkon.

They claim that living in rural Uniontown, Ohio could be dangerous. They fear a population that is not too keen on a Black child and a lesbian couple.

So they're suing and hope that the Chicago based sperm bank will concede that they've failed.

The lawsuit claims that Cramblett and her partner Amanda Zinkon were notified of a clerical error.

They were told that a donor that was suppose to be theirs was an error. She was in the middle of her pregnancy when the unfolded.

They're seeking $50,000 in punitive damages.

What's your thoughts on this controversy?

Amber Rose To Wiz Khalifa: You're Done Bud!

The celebrity couple is apparently breaking up.

Today is a huge breaking news day. I just found out today that the cops who killed John Crawford III are off the hook. Now I heard that the celebrity couple of Wiz Khalifa (Cameron Thomaz) and Amber Rose (nee Levonchuck) are splitting up after one year of marriage citing irreconcilable differences.

According to the celebrity agitator TMZ, the couple quietly filed for divorce this week.

They are saying that Rose decided to end the marriage after months of apparent cheating from Wiz.

Wow, this is just follows the rumors of other hip-hop celebrities breaking up. This year we've heard about Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon are separating. This year we heard that Beyonce and Jay-Z are apparently heading towards divorce. Ciara and Future broken off their engagement.

This one was so hard to hear. I mean I thought that Wiz and Amber were the perfect couple.

I guess not.

There's also rumors that Amber Rose is probably dating Nick Cannon. The TMZ agitators said that the model was spotted in Beverly Hills with a guy.



Any thoughts to this shocking news?

Post them! We're listening to you!

A Union Of Love!

Two well known celebrities tied the knot over the weekend.

Congratulations to the newly married couple. Gabrielle Union, famed actress married her longtime boyfriend NBA star Dwayne Wade.

Wade is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has established himself as one of the most well-known and popular players in the league.

Union is an American actress and former model. Among her notable roles is her performance as the cheerleader opposite Kirsten Dunst in the film Bring It On, (2000). In 2000, she played a medical doctor in the CBS drama series City of Angels. In 2003, Union starred opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in the hit film Bad Boys II. Also in 2003, she starred with LL Cool J in Deliver Us from Eva. In 2008, she was featured in the film Cadillac Records with Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles and Jeffrey Wright. In 2012, Union was featured in an ensemble cast of the film version of Think Like a Man.


This is the second marriage for both Union, 41, and Miami Heat shooting guard Wade, 32, who proposed back in December with help from his two children from a previous marriage, sons Zaire and Zion, and his nephew, Dahveon, whom he's raising.

According to Us Magazine, the bride wore a romantic Dennis Basso gown while Wade wore a customized white suit by Dsquared2, his personally designed Wedding Collection bowtie from The Tie Bar and a boutonniére by Floral Fix. John Legend performed at the ceremony before guests enjoyed the reception, where a juke joint straight out of the 1930s was created.

Union took to Instagram to share photos from the celebratory weekend, posting the below picture on Saturday and writing, "Happy... Got my Luther playin... There's a #BeingMaryJane marathon on #BET, my #nebraska #huskers play today... All my loved ones are in town... Today is a good day... I must say I'm feeling blessed and humbled and just freakin happy... Let's go!!! #thewadeunion."

Mariah Carey Fired Nick Out The Cannon!

Famed pop singer Mariah Carey six year marriage to reality star/hapless talent Nick Cannon may have went south pole. There's talk that the two have been on ice for months and the lawyers are trying to divide up the assets and custody of their two twins.

On a Power 106 FM, a Los Angeles hip-hop station, Cannon went to naming who he's banged (and tried to marry). One in particular got his ass was the fact he was one of the many men who banged Kanye West's wife Kim Kardashian. He talks to hip-hop/celebrity agitator Big Boy about his conquest.

The trouble comes at the peak of Cannon's rise to fame. He released the controversial rap album White People Party Music this year. He also rebooted Wild'n Out. He signed on a few more gigs with America's Got Talent. That added to the royalties from Mariah's catalog got them netting over $550 million.

Nick Cannon has confirmed that the marriage is over.

Mariah Carey, 44 and Cannon 33 have been married since 2008. They didn't barely know each other. Six weeks later they've confirmed they got hitched. They ended up having two children Marilyn and Morocco.

OKCupid Deliberately Trying To Break Couples Up!

Experiment goes wrong. Love website OKCupid angers supporters with its social test.

Online dating is kind of like high school. It's nothing but drama. Even though you may never have met the partner, that person probably knows a person that knows you.

You may have worked with this person. You may have seen this person once in your life. You may have never seen this person whether at school, a social gathering, or even online. However, you joining a social networking website that offers you a chance to date a partner.

I am single. I work two jobs. I am not looking for a relationship (for now). I am only looking for dating and hanging out. I am willing to date any woman. I am into girly girls. I am not into tomboys or obsessive phone/text messaging types. I don't normally be on the phone and I tend to be a reclusive person at times.

I keep a very small circle of friends and acquaintances. Nothing personal, but once you have a weakness, you let your guard down, everyone comes after it. Then of course, the high school mentality kicks in.

He said and she said. That's not the "real" you. Or my personal favorite, you're a nice person, but I just think of us as "friends" and nothing serious.

Been there, done that.

Interracial marriage is on the rise.

Now I have a profiles for Facebook, Blackplanet, POF (Plenty of Fish), Badoo, AYI (Are You Interested), Tagged, and OKCupid. Each opportunity a woman would see my profile and find interest in me.

OKCupid is one of the country's most popular social networking website for relationships. It's free to sign up but if you want stronger access you have to shelve out some dollars.

OKCupid gotten into some trouble this month. To finish out the month, here's a heartbreaker.

The New York Times reports that the users of OKCupid, one of the web’s most popular dating sites, that provide a window into how the company chase romantic partners in the digital age.

At the same time, the results offer yet another example of how websites like OKCupid are sometimes used as social science laboratories — often without telling their subjects.

In June, Facebook disclosed that it had tested to see if emotions were contagious, deliberately manipulating the emotional content of the news feeds for 700,000 people. After the disclosure led to an uproar by users, privacy regulators in Europe began looking into whether the social network had broken any local laws.

Despite the bad publicity faced by Facebook, OKCupid on Monday published results of three experiments it recently conducted on users. In one test, it obscured profile pictures. In another, the site hid profile text to see how it affected personality ratings. And in a third, it told some hopeful daters that they were a better or worse potential match with someone than the company’s software actually determined.

“If you use the Internet, you’re the subject of hundreds of experiments at any given time, on every site,” Christian Rudder, president of OKCupid, wrote on the company’s blog. “That’s how websites work.”

LGBT couples were pleased that the OKCupid CEO put a ban on Firefox. The Firefox co-founder supported California's Proposition 8 ban.

The research found that if an OKCupid user was told that another user had a high compatibility score instead of a low one — the numbers are based on a mathematical formula created by the company — the user was slightly more likely to reach out with a message. Those who believed they were corresponding with a good match were almost twice as likely to send at least four messages compared with people who were told they were a low match.

The test also illustrates how easy it is for a website to manipulate users without their knowing. The small number of users who received changed compatibility scores, some to 90 percent from 30 percent, were not told about the change before the experiment began. After the test ended, OKCupid sent emails revealing the true compatibility scores.

“I understand that that experimentation is part of the process,” said Zaz Harris, 37, a user of the site from Redwood City, Calif. “But I do think that experiment is a lot more invasive than the others because it could affect outcomes in a meaningful way.”

Love is not an experiment.

She added: “I would probably never see someone that the site said was a 30 percent match when we were actually 90 percent, so that is not cool, really.”

Ms. Harris said, however, that her expectations for online dating were low regardless of percentages displayed. If the experiment was short-lived and produced better matchmaking, she said, “It’s not that big a deal.”

OKCupid’s user agreement says that when a person signs up for the site, personal data may be used in research and analysis.

“We told users something that wasn’t true. I’m definitely not hiding from that fact,” said Mr. Rudder, OKCupid’s president. But he said the tests were done to determine how people can get the most from the site. “People come to us because they want the website to work, and we want the website to work.”

The New York Times added that in the other two experiments described on Monday, OKCupid said users were more likely to equate “looks” with “personality,” even in profiles that featured attractive photos and little if any substantive profile information.

And, it said, when the site obscured all profile photos one day, users engaged in more meaningful conversations, exchanged more contact details and responded to first messages more often. They got to know each other. But when pictures were reintroduced on the site, many of those conversations stopped cold.

“It was like we’d turned on the bright lights at the bar at midnight,” Mr. Rudder wrote.

But while appearance matters as a rule, there seem to be exceptions. When people went on truly blind dates that they set up using a companion app with no photos, their enjoyment of the dates was less influenced by looks.

In other words, maybe love can be blind, if you let it be.

Like with Facebook, the internet is a tool to connecting with people. But it's also a tool to driving wedges between families and friends. It's a damn shame that our social networks would disrespect our privacy.

This Girl Is On Fire!

Alicia Keys announces that she's pregnant again!

Alicia Keys, the famed R & B singer and entertainer announced that she's pregnant with her second child.

Keys and her husband, rapper/producer Swizz Beatz are going to be parents again.


The musical duo tied the knot July 31, 2010, which makes today their four year wedding anniversary. Keys chose to highlight the occasion while breaking the joyous news:

"Happy Anniversary to the love of my life @therealswizzz !!" Keys, 33, captioned her beautiful photo, adding: "And to make it even sweeter we've been blessed with another angel on the way!! You make me happier than I have ever known! Here's to many many more years of the best parts of life! ☺️"

The couple has a son, Egypt, who will turn four in October.

Swizz Beatz has two other children. His first son with Nicole Levy and another with his ex-wife R & B singer Mashonda.

The couple were happy to announce the news.



Congratulations to the hip-hop couple.

"Dear White People" Will Outrage Conservatives!

A movie that will certainly touch nerves and provoke a conversation about race.

There's a sleeper comedy coming this Fall. This movie is certainly going to piss off the racist right.

Dear White People is an upcoming 2014 American satire drama film written and directed by Justin Simien. The film focuses on black students attending Ivy League college in America and stars Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P Bell, Kyle Gallner, Brittany Curran and Dennis Haysbert.

The film premiered in-competition in the US Dramatic Category at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014.

It's a play on the stereotypes of Black America and how White people look upon it. At a fictional university, a riot is provoked by a White fraternity who throws a Black themed party.

Mediaite reports that the protagonist, a biracial student named Samantha White (played by Tessa Thompson), uses her college radio platform to lecture the white students at the fictional Ivy League school about how to interact with black people.

The cast of Dear White People.

“Dear white people,” Sam says into the microphone in the trailer, “the minimum requirement of black friends needed to not seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, but you’re weed man, Tyrone, does not count.”

“Dear white people, please stop touching my hair.” she says. “Does this look like a petting zoo to you?”

And, “This just in: Dating a black person to piss off your parents is a form of racism.”

Later, when a white student asks her how she would feel if someone started a “Dear Black People” radio show, she replies, “No need. Mass media from Fox News makes it clear what white people think of us.”

Jay And Bey Doing A Banana Split!

The Roc is splitting.

The New York Post (Page Six) is spicing up rumors of the power couple planning on a divorce.

The very discrete and private couple is reporting separating. The rumors are burning up.

Since the Solange Knowles incident, the power couple have been very distant about their relationship.

According to the junk food media sources, this may be happening and you may not even know it.

They are trying to figure out a way to split without divorcing . . . This is a huge concert tour and they've already gotten most of the money from the promoters up front,” the source said.

The media mogul is trying to hire marriage counselors to keep the relationship together.

The ugly rumors of him cheating seem to be growing.

Despite the tens of millions the couple will pocket from the current tour, this will certainly be their last and the end of the tour could officially spell the end of the marriage, the source said.

They both as a couple pull in nearly $359 million.

“There are no rings, if you haven’t noticed,” the source said, admitting that he thought things would get better after the birth of the couple’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.

“For just a split moment, things got real for them and she was even talking about adding to the family,” the source said.

“But, after a while, Jay was out doing Jay and Bey was out doing Bey. They made the classic mistake of thinking a child would change everything and help to rekindle the initial fire, and it didn't.”

The racist right hates the power couple. Some conservative agitators have been aggressively and relentlessly criticizing the power couple over their explicit lyrics, their trip to Cuba, the necklace he was wearing, the support for the president, and even their thoughts on the Trayvon Martin and that asshole's situation.

I mean this is a major thing happening in the world. While two celebrity agitators got married a month ago, the power couple who managed six years of marriage are divorcing.

Say it ain't so!

What's your thoughts on the situation?

Tamar Braxton And Tamara Mowry Host The Real!

The Real featuring Tamar Braxton, Tamara Mowry-Housley, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon will be a competitor to The View and The Talk.

Looks like another women's forum on the most controversial topics will appear on many syndication stations across the nation.

Tamara Mowry-Housley, Tamar Braxton,  Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon are looking forward to flex their muscle on women's talk. They will compete with The View and The Talk.

The Real is sponsored by Warner Bros and Telepictures and it will be on CW and Fox syndication stations.

It will debut this Summer and be in the major markets. Before you will see an actual Fall season, it will make it through a "test run" and hope to score big like Wendy Williams and Bethanny Frankel.

This is their premiere episode and it features Game as one of their guest.

Stockton Woman Dies In Bank Robbery Standoff!

Bank robbers kill a hostage in a gang style shootout with police.

A group of bank robbers kidnap three women and started violently firing upon the Stockton Police. The police opened fired and killed two robbers and one hostage. The surviving robber who barely over 18 is facing capital charges for his role. He survived using the hostage as a shield.

The situation was overshadowed by the tragic plane crash by MH 17 by militants in Ukraine.

This happened on Wednesday afternoon and I was going to post this one earlier. But this tragedy in the air had overshadowed the events.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Misty Holt-Singh. We also send our condolences to those lost in the Malaysian Airlines MH 17 plane crash in Ukraine.

Here's what happened in Stockton.

The Associated Press reports that the violence began at 2 p.m. when officers responded to a call of a robbery at a Bank of the West branch in north Stockton. Arriving officers spotted three men taking three female hostages from the bank at gunpoint. The robbers stole a bank employee's SUV and led officers on the pursuit, Stockton police Officer Joe Silva said.

Misty Holt-Singh with her husband Paul. Upon hearing his wife was killed in a police shootout, he was devastated. The mother of two was a victim of circumstance. Three bank robbers kidnapped her and two other women and held them as hostages. The police ended two of these robber's lives and Misty was killed in the crossfire.

During the chase that lasted 45 minutes along highways and city streets, two of the hostages who are bank employees were thrown from the SUV, police said. One was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound; the other suffered a grazing bullet wound.

The pursuit continued as the suspects fired with AK-47 style rifles from the SUV. Fourteen police cars and an unknown number of homes along the robbers' path were peppered with gunshots, Police Chief Eric Jones told a news conference late Wednesday.

In the drama that unfolded Wednesday afternoon, the suspects entered the Bank of the West branch wearing hooded sweatshirts and sunglasses and with guns drawn, San Joaquin County Chief Deputy District Attorney Ronald Freitas said. They tied up a security guard, took over the bank and went to the vault to get money, he said.

"It was such a chaotic ... fluid situation, really one of the most dangerous, tense situations that a police officer could go through," Jones said.

"There was a lot on the line and the officers responded appropriately," he said.

This dickhead gangbanger Jaime Ramos used a hostage as a shield to protect himself from a hail of police gunfire.

When the SUV became disabled at a street intersection, officers exchanged gunfire with at least one of the assailants.

"The firing never stopped," Jones said, noting that the suspects had ammunition strapped to their bodies. "They were trying to kill (the officers), no doubt."

When it was all over, the third hostage was found dead in the SUV and one of the robbers was also dead. The police chief said the hostage was a bank customer, and that she appears to have been used by the suspects as a shield during the shootout.

Misty Holt-Singh planned to be gone for just a few minutes when she stepped into her local bank. Instead, she became the victim of three robbers who had gone there, too, planning to take both money and hostages.

As her 12-year-old daughter sat waiting in the car, Holt-Singh and a pair of bank employees were forced into a stolen SUV at gunpoint just as police converged on the parking lot. What followed was a chaotic, hour-long chase through this Northern California city that ended with a furious gun battle. When it was over, the 41-year-old mother of two was dead in the back of the vehicle.

Police said that a suspect, the only one of the three to survive, used her as a human shield as the bullets flew back and forth. An autopsy may determine whether the one that killed Holt-Singh was fired by officers or the robbers.

Police said the other two suspects were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, and one of them later died.

The surviving suspect was conscious, Jones said.

Jaime Ramos, 19, of Stockton, who wasn't injured. He will be facing bank robbery, attempted murder, and assault on an officer. The possibility of being tried for murder is possible seeing that a hostage died. These charges could carry life in the iron college if not the gas chamber.

Police said the other robbers, ages 27 and 30, were gang members, also from Stockton. Ramos was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, and Freitas said prosecutors anticipate charging him with murder and special circumstances including kidnapping, robbery and burglary that could make him eligible for the death penalty.

Police said that they recovered at least three handguns and an assault rifle and that the gunmen had ammunition strapped to their bodies.

The police chief said 20 officers who fired their weapons were put on administrative leave pending an investigation — standard procedure after a shooting. He said he believes the officers acted appropriately.

Witnesses said the shootout that brought the episode to a close looked like a war.

There were causalities in this shootout in California.

"It sounded like five minutes of straight gunfire," witness Sam York told KCRA-TV. "It seemed like it wasn't real."

Jose Maldonado, who said he saw the robbers taking the women out of the bank, said the men had rifles that looked like AK-47s slung over their shoulders and they didn't seem to care that there were police all around.

"They were not afraid. They weren't going to take no for an answer. These poor women, they were screaming, they were so distraught, so scared," Maldonado said.

Jones said the robbers also tied up a bank security guard.

The bank said in a statement that it would not provide information about the victims.

"This is a tragic incident and we are focused on supporting our customers and employees," the statement said.

Be warned the videos you may see will contain graphic violence.



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We Miss You Michael!

Michael Joseph Jackson passed away on June 25, 2009. The international media went bezerk!

Never since September 11, 2001, the American and international junk food media interrupt programming to discuss an event that no one expected would ever happen.

I can tell you that I was at my job that day when I got the word that Farrah Fawcett had just passed away that morning. Everyone was talking her death and the hit 70s action/drama Charlie's Angels.

But all of sudden, here comes the biggest thing to happen. Michael Jackson was being admitted to the hospital. At first I was hearing that his heart stopped and he's being rushed to the hospital. Somehow that gave me a feeling that he's on the verge of death.

Jackson was being admitted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital. They did all they could to save him. But to no avail.  Michael Jackson died of acute propofol and benzodiazepine intoxication after suffering cardiac arrest at his home on North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.

On the eve of Jackson's 51st birthday, the Los Angeles County Coroner concluded that his death was a homicide.

The King of Pop

Shortly before his death, Jackson had reportedly been administered propofol and three anti-anxiety benzodiazepines, lorazepam, and midazolam, in his home.

His personal physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2011 and had served a two-year prison sentence.

When Michael Jackson died, the junk food media went "LIVE". That meant that every news channel, every music channel and radio was interrupted to cover the death of a legend.

My question to those reading?

Where were you when Michael Jackson died?

Conservatives "REALLY" Hate Muslims!

Brigitte Gabriel is an anti-Islamic extremist who gets frequent airplay on Loserville and CNN.

You listen to the conservative agitators in the junk food media and you'll hear them bitch and bemoan about "radical" Islam and the president's inept response to the crisis in Iraq. Also you hear the ramblings about how you can't trust Muslims in the general public from the likes of Brigitte Gabriel.

Brigitte Gabriel gets a lot of airplay with those in the racist right. You hear her go on and on about how Muslims are extremists and these leaders in Washington aren't striking against them hard enough.

A week ago, at the Heritage Foundation's panel on Benghazi, an American Muslim woman was asking the question about hate crimes against her and others. Conservatives ducked the question and attacked her.

Media Matters for America which monitors misinformation and extremism from conservatives reports that the event was led by Andrew McCarthy, a conservative commentator and former federal prosecutor who recently released a book claiming that President Obama's response to the Benghazi attacks constitutes an impeachable offense. Several panelists at the forum have long records of inflammatory rhetoric about Islam.

Dana Milbank of the Washington Post reports that Saba Ahmed, an American University law student, stood in the back of the room and asked a question in a soft voice. "We portray Islam and all Muslims as bad, but there's 1.8 billion followers of Islam," she told them. "We have 8 million-plus Muslim Americans in this country and I don't see them represented here."

Panelist Brigitte Gabriel of a group called ACT! for America pounced. She said "180 million to 300 million" Muslims are "dedicated to the destruction of Western civilization." She told Ahmed that the "peaceful majority were irrelevant" in the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and she drew a Hitler comparison: "Most Germans were peaceful, yet the Nazis drove the agenda and as a result, 60 million died."

"Are you an American?" Gabriel demanded of Ahmed, after accusing her of taking "the limelight" and before informing her that her "political correctness" belongs "in the garbage."

"Where are the others speaking out?" Ahmed was asked. This drew an extended standing ovation from the nearly 150 people in the room, complete with cheers.

The panel's moderator, conservative radio host Chris Plante, grinned and joined in the assault. "Can you tell me who the head of the Muslim peace movement is?" he demanded of Ahmed.

"Yeah," audience members taunted, "yeah."


Ahmed answered quietly, as before. "I guess it's me right now," she said.

As hateful as they are, we must understand that Muslims reject terrorism.

Why don't conservatives reject the extremism coming from those who are anti-government?

Why don't conservatives reject the hateful rhetoric of some who have hatred towards Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims and those who are LGBT?

Here's the video of Heritage Foundation's panel and their insult towards Ms. Ahmed.

Casey Kasem Passes Away!

Legendary DJ Casey Kasem passes away and a family feud sparks.

Famed DJ and voice actor Casey Kasem passes away today. There was a controversy brewing between members of the family.

Kasem was an American disc jockey, radio personality and actor, best known for being the host of the music radio programs American Top 40, American Top 20, and American Top 10 from 1970 until his retirement in 2009, and for providing the voice of Norville "Shaggy" Rogers in the Scooby-Doo franchise from 1969 to 1997, and again from 2002 until 2009.

Kasem founded the American Top 40 franchise in 1970, along with Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs, and hosted it from 1970 to 1988 and from 1998 to 2004. Between January 1989 and early 1998, he was the host of Casey's Top 40, Casey's Hot 20, and Casey's Countdown. Also beginning in 1998, Kasem hosted two adult contemporary spin-offs of American Top 40, American Top 20, and American Top 10. Kasem retired from AT20 and AT10 on July 4, 2009 and both shows ended on that day.

In addition to his radio shows, Kasem provided the voice of many commercials; had done many voices for Sesame Street; provided the character voice of Peter Cottontail in the Rankin/Bass production of Here Comes Peter Cottontail; was the voice of NBC; helped out with the annual Jerry Lewis telethon; and provided the cartoon voices of Robin in Super Friends, Mark on Battle of the Planets, and a number of characters for the Transformers cartoon series of the 1980s. In 2008, he was the voice of Out of Sight Retro Night which aired on WGN America, but was replaced by rival Rick Dees. After 40 years, Kasem retired from his role of voicing Shaggy in 2009, although he did voice Shaggy's father in the 2010 TV series, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated.

Kasem's wife Jean is a certified nutjob.

She had joint custody of Kasem and held back information about his whereabouts.

Casey Kasem had three children from a previous marriage: Kerri, Julie, and Mike Kasem.

In October 2013, Kerri Kasem said that her father was suffering from Parkinson's disease; a few months later, she said Casey Kasem had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia, which is often difficult to differentiate from Parkinson's.

Due to his condition, he was no longer able to speak.

On October 1, 2013, Kerri Kasem, her siblings and Casey Kasem's brother protested outside Casey and Jean Kasem's home, saying Jean Kasem had been preventing contact with Casey Kasem for three months.

Six days later, Julie Kasem and her husband, Dr. Jamil Aboulhosn, filed a conservatorship petition to place Casey Kasem under their care. The court denied their petition.

On May 12, 2014, Kerri Kasem was granted conservatorship over Jean Kasem's objection.

The court also ordered an investigation into Casey Kasem's whereabouts, after Jean Kasem's attorney argued that the court had no jurisdiction because he was "no longer in the United States" but did not give further information to the court about his whereabouts.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Casey Kasem.

20 Years Ago: The OJ Simpson Murder Case!

The "Trial of The Century". 20 years ago marks the OJ Simpson murder trial.

Man it's been that long!

I remember I was in the my high school classroom back in the Spring of 1994 when the OJ Simpson trial was going on.

Everyone was glued to the public courtroom trial of Orenthal James Simpson. He was accused of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown and her friend Ronald Goldman.

This trial was so polarizing and divided people among racial lines. Simpson was found not guilty in the murder but liable for their deaths. For about nearly 12 years, OJ Simpson was a free man. But his misfortunes came to court yet again when he was accused of robbing a group of men in Las Vegas.

He was sentenced to 9 to 33 years in the iron college. He is currently working on a new trial.

Many Americans believe that Simpson got away with murder. Many Black people were happy about the decision.

Did you happen to see the infamous white Ford Bronco chase on a Friday night in June of 1994?

The Bronco permanently entered American popular culture on June 17, 1994, when a white 1992 model owned and driven by Al Cowlings with O. J. Simpson, who was wanted for the murders of his ex-wife and her friend, attempted to elude the Los Angeles Police Department in a low-speed chase.

I bet that over millions of people were glued to their televisions with some jumping in the street cheering him on. It would be one of the most memorable moments in my young life.

Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman both were murdered by a butcher knife.

Watching a former football star and part time actor flee the Los Angeles Police with a gun to his head.

The O. J. Simpson murder case (officially the People of the State of California vs. Orenthal James Simpson) was a criminal trial held at the Superior Court in Los Angeles County, California, that spanned from the jury being sworn in on November 2, 1994, to opening statements on January 24, 1995, to a verdict on October 3, 1995.

The former professional football star and actor O. J. Simpson was tried on two counts of murder after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and a waiter, Ronald Lyle Goldman, in June 1994. The case has been described as the most publicized criminal trial in American history.

Simpson was acquitted after a trial that lasted more than eight months.

Simpson hired a high-profile defense team, initially led by Robert Shapiro and subsequently led by Johnnie Cochran, and which also included: F. Lee Bailey, Alan Dershowitz, Robert Kardashian, Gerald Uelmen (the dean of law at Santa Clara University), Robert Blasier, and Carl E. Douglas, with two more attorneys specializing in DNA evidence: Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld. Los Angeles County believed it had a solid prosecution case, but Cochran was able to persuade the jurors that there was reasonable doubt about the DNA evidence (a relatively new form of evidence in trials at the time)– including that the blood-sample evidence had allegedly been mishandled by lab scientists and technicians – and about the circumstances surrounding other exhibits.

Cochran and the defense team also alleged other misconduct by the Los Angeles Police Department. Simpson's celebrity and the lengthy televised trial riveted national attention on the so-called "Trial of the Century". By the end of the criminal trial, national surveys showed dramatic differences in the assessment of Simpson's guilt between most black and white Americans.

Later, both the Brown and Goldman families sued Simpson for damages in a civil trial that came to a total of $40 million. On February 6, 1997, a jury unanimously found there was a preponderance of evidence to hold Simpson liable for damages in the wrongful death of Goldman and battery of Brown.

The Los Angeles court upheld a renewal of the civil judgment against him.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the families of Nicole Brown and Ronald Goldman.



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The Road That Led To West Kardashian!

She will always be known as Kim Kardashian. The controversial reality turd who gained fame from being Ray-J's first sex tape experience has married rap producer and entertainer Kanye West.

Her formal name is Kim Kardashian-West.

The two were married in a ceremony over in Italy. This being Mrs. West's third and Kanye's first.

They had a child earlier this year.

The evil paparazzi managed to leak out photos of the wedding. Nah, it's obtained from the E! Network.

The E! Network has a show called Keeping Up With The Kardashians. The show features that woman and her family.

My suspicions are growing about the possibility of the marriage being a sham. But I am just a hater and I don't care for both of them.

Anyway, I wish them well on their future.

Little sis, Khloe who is estranged from her dope head former NBA husband Lamar Odom went to the Instagram social network to show the proof.