Historic deal reached and over here in the United States, the inept lawmakers in Congress scream that the deal is bad.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is located in Asia. It's part of the Middle East. The population of the country is 73 million people. The national capital is Tehran. Today, the country celebrates a milestone in diplomatic relations. The United States and its allies made a deal that could bring peace to the Middle East.
The Six Powers reached an agreement with Iran on its nuclear program.
The EU. Russia, The United States had marathon talks. The talks netted results.
They compromised a deal with Iran on their so-called nuclear weapon cache. It calls for a long term disarmament of the nuclear program in exchange for sanction relief.
President Barack Obama delivered a morning speech.
The deal isn't perfect but it's historic and its going to be active. The president now will gamble this deal in the hands of the inept Republican controlled congress.
The inept Republicans and spineless Democrats have concerns that the deal didn't go far enough.
They felt that the president gave up the 51st State of Israel.
Chickenshit prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled that he's going to work to stop the deal.
At the peak of the 50 Cent/Rick Ross feud, the media mogul told the junk food media he had dirt on Rozay's baby mamas. He even went as far to record a diss called Tia Told Me aiming at Rozay.
One of Rozay's baby mamas was none to kind to 50 after he leaked a sex tape of her. Now it has the media mogul owing up a lot of slow doe! ThisIs50 social media website leaked out the sex tape of Lastonia Leviston and her boyfriend doing the nasty.
Leviston scored a payday. The U.S. District Court ordered Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson to pay up for defamation of character and invasion of privacy. Matter of fact, the court will order him to pay up punitive damages.
Lastonia Leviston
The AP reported that 50 acquired a video she made with her boyfriend, added himself as a crude commentator and posted it online without her permission.
And the Manhattan jurors are set to continue deliberating next week on possible further, punitive damages in Lastonia Leviston's invasion-of-privacy lawsuit against the multi-platinum selling "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" artist.
Attorney William A. Brewer III says 50 Cent and his legal team are "disappointed in the verdict but very appreciative of the service of the jury and the court." Leviston's lawyer, Philip Freidin, declined to comment on the award, first reported by the Daily News of New York.
The lawsuit stems from a 13-minute video that appeared online in 2009 featuring a wig-wearing 50 Cent as a narrator dubbed Pimpin' Curly. The character made explicit remarks about Leviston and taunted rap rival Rick Ross, who wasn't in the video but has a daughter with Leviston. At the time the video surfaced, Ross and 50 Cent were trading barbs via video, lyrics and interviews.
50 Cent got the 2008 tape from the man in it, Leviston's boyfriend at the time. The rapper and his lawyers said that 50 Cent didn't actually post the video but that Leviston's then-boyfriend said she wouldn't mind if he did, and he thought that would suffice.
The Pimpin' Curly character was just "joking" by referring to Leviston as a "porn star," 50 Cent said during sworn pre-trial questioning that was played for the jury, according to news reports. He didn't testify at the trial.
But Leviston, of Pembroke Pines, Florida, said she was horrified and humiliated when the video appeared online.
"This was something done to me. I didn't have a choice. I would never, ever do this to myself," she testified, according to news reports.
50 burst to the fore of gangsta rap with 2003's "Get Rich or Die Tryin,'" its lead single, "In Da Club," and a tough life story that included being shot nine times.
50 now celebrates his birthday cutting a check. The rapper just turned 40 this month and was getting ready for his premiere of Southpaw. I guess he'll be bumming money from some of his entourage.
50 just recently filed for bankruptcy after this deal. He was once worth $165 million in sales, now I am not even sure if 50 has at least a $10 million in the bank.
I remember that 50 clowned on Young Buck when he had to file for the bankruptcy. I remember 50 clowned on Game when he was caught up in fiscal problems. 50 even laughed when his old producer Scott Storch burned his fortunes on snow!
Now it seems like 50 finally hit rock bottom.
50 as Pimpin' Curly.
He's no longer putting hits on the radio. He got into a hissy fit with Jimmy Iovine over the handling of his album. He bounced from Interscope and lost all the A-game production from long time friends Eminem and Dr. Dre.
He reunited The Unit after they broke up. They release a few mixtapes and digital album. They flopped. The fans asked 50 to end the feud with Game. 50 said no to that bum Nigga.
Now Game can finally claim victory. Even though Game is struggling in his fortunes, at least he doesn't have to file for bankruptcy like Buck and 50.
It seems like it comes full circle for Rozay and 50.
They both share something in common. Both are celebrity agitators and phony gangstas. They spend money like it was nothing. Now they've ran up the check.
Rozay already facing charges ranging from kidnapping, unlawful detainment and aggravated assault.
He could face up to 30 years in the iron college if he's found guilty. Rozay had to have his passport revoked and home confiscated.
Future pour up another one. The rapper releases DS2 on Epic Records.
Future announced a surprise album. The album originally a mixtape will be released on July 17.
Coincidence?
The NASA New Horizon's space probe enters the dwarf planet Pluto's orbit. It comes timely around the time of Future's release album date.
Friday is now the official album release date for many musicians. With record sales in the toilet, many entertainers are trying to save grace. They want to help motivate buyers by moving album releases from Tuesday to Friday.
The Friday releases offer buyers an opportunity to spend their paycheck on albums that they couldn't afford on Tuesday. Drake proved to be the one hip-hop artist capable of shaking up music sales. He released his fourth album without notice on Friday in February.
Most Americans receive a paycheck on Friday.
It seems to be working a little bit. Drake's If You're Reading This It's Too Late went platinum.
Could the same work for Lil' Wayne and Future?
Many albums are now based on digital sales. Many entertainers are aware that in order to stay relevant, promote, promote, promote!
Nayvadius DeMon Wilburn got to feed them children. He is the father of five children. One of them children came from India J, one of my closest cousins. She had dated Future when he was an underground rapper.
He's been a big player in his rise to the A game. Future has been performing at clubs and releasing mixtapes around 2009. His style uses autotune, fast lyrics and harmony soul.
He often talks about his obsession with codeine flavored drinks along with a sack of skunk.
When he released his Dirty Sprite mixtape, it landed on Billboard with the hit single Racks (with YC). That would begin a career into the mainstream.
Then came the mixtapes True Story, Streetz Calling and Astronaut Status.
True Story featured the smash singles Magic, Tony Montana, and Ain't No Way Around It.
Streetz Calling featured the smash singles Same Damn Time, Go To The Moon and Word To My Muva.
Astronaut Status featured the hit singles Itchin', Blow, Nunbout, and Transform.
The mixtapes helped Future gain momentum. He would become a featured player.
Songs with Lil' Wayne, Rihanna, Rick Ross, Ludacris, Flo Rida, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, and Miley Cyrus would make Future an in-demand rapper. And about that time, Future released his debut album Pluto.
His album was certified gold and it didn't stop. He created the Freebandz Gang and helped promote his crew through a couple of mixtapes and top-tier features.
Then he went forth to release the second album Honest. The album was long delayed but it came forth with the smash single Karate Chop which was altered after Lil' Wayne said an offensive statement towards Emmitt Til.
He was doing tours with Drake, Big Sean and Lil' Wayne. He would gain international acclaim. He would find another beau and this one was a high profile pop singer.
The rapper released DS2 (Double Sprite 2). The rapper album will be released on July 17,
His most high profile relationship was with Ciara Harris. The pop singer dated the rapper despite pleas from my cousin and the three other women. They warned her that he's Never Satisfied.
Ciara was knocked up last year and Future was going to put a ring on it. But after the junk food media released his personal business out there, they broke up. The junk food media had told tales of Future getting cozy with the groupies and doing the nasty backstage.
Ciara now raising his son Future Zahir. She revisit the religion and is now dating Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson.
Wilson is a devout to the religion and is Honest. Ciara's promise payback. Especially when it comes to child support.
Future ain't mad. He wishes his formers well.
Future kept the fans pleased with the Future Hendrix mixtape series. He released Monster (with Metro Boomin), Beast Mode (with Zaytoven), 56 Nights (with The 808 Mafia) and told the social media folks that DS2 is coming. The mixtape Ape Shit (with Mike Will Made It) will come in late Summer.
Future's newest album will feature longtime collaborating with Drake.
In an interview with Dr. Marc Lamont Hill of Huffington Post, the rapper details his biggest accomplishments and what he's doing since his breakup with the pop singer.
Future kept it honest. He said that the music clears his mind. He loves his children. He got a strategy for the future. He ain't worried about the haterswho say his music destroys hip-hop.
DS2 (Dirty Sprite 2) is the third album release from Atlanta based rapper. The album tracklisting and singles leaked over the past 24 hours and it was quickly scrubbed from Wikipedia and iTunes.
From what I've seen on the tracklisting, the album will feature the major acts Lil' Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Gucci Mane, Ty Dolla $ign, and Drake. Future had collaborated with these entertainers.
Production will likely come from Mike Will Made It, Metro Boomin', 808 Mafia, and Zaytoven.
His longtime collaborator Young Scooter will appear on the album too. Scooter is a part of the Freebandz Gang alongside his affiliations with 1017 Brick Squad and his Black Migo Gang.
Bruce Washington Jr. known as Hussein Fatal was killed in an accident over the weekend. World News Today send our condolences to the family of the Bruce Washington, Jr.
The Outlawz (formerly known as Tha Outlaw Immortalz or Dramacydal) helped propel Tupac Shakur's controversial rise to fame.
They were featured on The Don Killuminati; 7 Day Theory and Still I Rise albums in which it aimed a numerous rappers who Shakur singled out.
The group released their debut album Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us in 2002.
The group also posted on their official social media accounts confirming the lost.
Rest in Paradise our brother Hussein Fatal he passed away in a car accident. Pray for his family & kids at this time! pic.twitter.com/dK2GS1N0ns
Hussein Fatal began his rapping career when he was dope boy. He was dealing in drugs at a very young age and also attended the same school as fellow Outlawz member, Yafeu Fula, better known by his stage name, Yaki Kadafi. Fula informed Washington that he personally knew Tupac Shakur, but Washington didn't believe him until Fula's mother informed him that they were going to visit Shakur in jail.
When they went to visit him in jail, Washington performed a freestyle rap for Shakur. Shakur was pleased with Washington's lyrical abilities and promptly added him to his newly founded hip hop group, Outlaw Immortalz. In keeping with the Outlaw Immortalz's "tyrant" theme, Shakur endowed Washington with the stage name "Hussein Fatal", after then-Ba'athist Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.
Tupac Shakur was murdered in Las Vegas after a Mike Tyson fight. The shooting remains unsolved. On September 6, 1996, the rapper and media mogul Big Suge (Marion Knight) were riding in their vehicle on the Las Vegas Strip when another vehicle pulled up next to them, the gunmen opened fire on them. Shakur would die of his injuries on September 13, 1996.
Hussein Fatal and Yaki Kadafi would be in the entourage vehicle when they witnessed the shooting.
The Outlawz last album release.
Yaki Kadafi would be gunned down in an apartment complex in New Jersey.
The Outlawz were without a leader. They briefly broke up after Big Suge stiff them out of royalties.
At the peak of Shakur's career, there were over 10 members of the group. The group would dissolve to at least four and most recently before Hussein Fatal's death, three.
Makaveli (Tupac Shakur) was the leader of the group, and gave himself the name of Makaveli after the Italian political philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli, whose writings inspired Shakur in prison.
Yaki Kadafi (Yafeu Fula), also known as Young Hollywood, Killer Kadafi and The Prince, was given the name Yaki Kadafi after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. He was also Shakur's godbrother and an original member of Dramacydal.
Kastro (Katari Cox), also known as K-Dog, was given the alias Kastro after Cuban leader Fidel Castro. He is also a blood cousin of Shakur and an original member of Dramacydal.
E.D.I. Mean (Malcolm Greenridge), also known as Big Malcolm, was given the alias E.D.I. (aka EDIDON) after Ugandan president Idi Amin and was also an original member of Dramacydal.
Hussein Fatal (Bruce Washington), introduced to Yildirum by childhood friend Yaki Kadafi, was given the alias after former leader of Iraq Saddam Hussein. Hussein left the group after the killings of Tupac Shakur and Yafeu Fula. He felt that the remaining group members were going against Shakur's wishes by signing contracts with Death Row. He more recently rejoined the Outlawz, which then comprised him, Young Noble and E.D.I.
Napoleon (Mutah Beale), childhood friend of Kadafi, was given the name Napoleon after French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte and was also an original member of Dramacydal. Napoleon left the group to be a Muslim motivational speaker.
Moozaliny (Tyruss Himes), also known as Big Syke who was in Shakur's previous group Thug Life, joined the Outlawz and Makaveli gave him the name Moozaliny after Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
Komani (Mopreme Shakur), Tupac Shakur's stepbrother, who was in Shakur's previous group Thug Life, joined the Outlawz under the alias Komani after the Iranian political figure Ruhollah Khomeini.
Storm (Donna Harkness), The only female member of the group, met Shakur during the shooting of a film. After he found out how well she could rap, he immediately signed her on the spot and added her to the group, which later became known as The Outlaw Immortalz. Storm was to be a solo artist for Shakur's record label. She was introduced on the multi-platinum selling album All Eyez on Me.
Young Noble (Rufus Cooper III), the last official Outlaw member by Shakur himself. He was introduced to Tupac by Kadafi and Hussein Fatal in Los Angeles, a few months before his death. He appeared in many of Shakur's last recordings, and featured heavily on Shakur's last album The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. He was always known as Young Noble and was never given an alias from Shakur.
The Outlawz were briefly signed Cashville Records. The label was founded by The Unit member Young Buck. When Buck was feuding with 50 Cent over royalties, the rapper was eager to sign The Outlawz to The Unit under the its South wing.
Buck launched Cashville Records and recorded a mixtape with The Outlawz and C-Bo. The Outlawz would leave the label in 2012 and begin their own label called 1Nation Entertainment.
The world's most dangerous drug lord is a legend. Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzeman busted out of a federal time out and is likely to escape capture again.
The infamous drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzeman Loera busted out of a Mexican time out. He's back on the streets and he's got a plan! This plan is to escape the law. El Chapo managed to escape through the showers through a man-made tunnel. He got on a motorcycle and rode through the tunnel for a mile before escaping through a vacant property. The Mexican government is looking into a handful of interns and workers who may have aided the escape.
The Mexican government, Interpol, the FBI, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency are actively searching for the elusive drug kingpin. They call Guzeman the Osama bin Laden of the drug game.
There's a $20 million Mexican peso bounty on his head. There's a $5 million U.S. dollar bounty on his head.
The United States offered to put "El Chapo" in the Florence Hell House. Mexico turned it down.
The Florence Hell House is located in Colorado. It is a Supermax that holds interns who are deemed too dangerous to the society. ADX Florence is in Fremont County, Colorado and it's a federal time out that voids escape attempts.
Some of the most famous interns include
Eric Rudolph (Olympic Park Bomber)
Terri Nichols (Oklahoma City Bomber)
Robert Hanssen (FBI turncoat)
Zacarias Moussoui (9/11 Plotter)
Ramzi Yousef (World Trade Center Bomber)
Richard Reid (Shoe Bomber)
Umar Farrok Abdulmutallab (Underwear Bomber)
Ted Kacyznski (Uni-Bomber)
Faisal Shahzad (Time Square Bomber)
Larry Hoover (Crip Leader)
O.G. Mack (Blood Leader)
Matt Hale (White extremist)
Richard McNair (Escaped Federal Time Out Twice)
If he's caught in the United States, they will haul him into Florence!
El Chapo is has an estimated $1 billion in net worth. He's the O.G. of the Sinola Cartel.
The Sinola Cartel is an international drug trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime syndicate founded by Guzeman and his partners Ismael Zambada García and Ignacio Coronel Villareal.
The smack man.....
Donald Trump is really having a great week for agitation. He's been on the rise in polls. His in your face rhetoric has sparked a rise in his polls among the clowns running for the red nose. Right now he's either leading or tied with the Bush or the Walker.
The pro-nationalist stance being promoted by the media mogul has gravitated his ratings.
Republicans fear that he's damaging their "Rainbow Coalition".
But with the recent shooting of a woman by an undocumented worker and then El Chapo's escape from the time out, Donald Trump got his "I told you so" moment.
Republican lawmaker John Boehner (R-OH) cries to CBS about Barack Obama.
Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) is the current head of the House of Representatives. The Weeper of the House once again appears on GOP Sundays to discuss the latest issues facing the country. Of course the Weeper would dodge controversial statements about Donald Trump, oppose the Iran deal, immigration reform is on the back burner but of course its not his fault. No mentions of highway funding or "Where's the jobs" plan.
Of course the Weeper pulls President Barack Obama out of his pocket.
Congress job approval is 11% under the Republican leadership. The Republicans have the most to fear this coming election. The Supreme Court ruled that states can impose independent agencies to establish redistricting and make more competitive seats. By 2020, some districts held by Republicans will no longer be White majority. Some of the most competitive districts held by Republicans have a stronger Black and Hispanic voter base.
The Congress hasn't really done much this session other than take too many vacations.
John Dickerson who replace Bob Schieffer recently is getting the Weeper on to talk.
I'm putting his statements in lament's terms.
Iran: I would applaud Obama if the U.S. walks away from Iran talks.
Boehner on Trump's remark on illegal immigrants from Mexico killing and raping Americans: I don't support his comments. I have to listen more to him before I make a decision.
Benghazi: I will do everything in my power to see that this investigation will net results. The Benghazi tragedy has once again become a Republican rally cry for trying to take down Hillary Clinton.
Bernie Sanders: The most liberal member of the senate. He and Hillary are out of touch with the rest of America. The Democrat (sic) Party is not willing to work with the American people to find the right solutions for America.
Immigration reform is something I want to do, but Obama is not willing to work with us. Obama's executive orders are unconstitutional.
The Boy got these White girls going crazy. The Boy will treat them like queens and then smack them down like gnats. The Boy will love you one day then turn you out! You'll do anything for him. You may even trick for The Boy.
The Boy will let you get your fix. But The Boy doesn't give two fucks about you! Cause he's already got another chick.
When you die, The Boy will never visit you! He's already tricking the next chick!
White women between the age of 18-25 are becoming a target of heroin addiction.
The Centers for Disease Control have reported that the rise of heroin users increased so massively it's almost considered an epidemic.
The rise of heroin users have not only plagued the inner cities, but it's expanded into suburbs and rural communities.
Many communities are fearing that the heroin users will spike Hepatitis C and HIV. Often people who engage in heroin use are likely professionals.
The junk food media believes that many people who engage in heroin started with a gateway drug.
Which means that those who were addicted to pain killers and relaxers are turning to the smack.
It cost a lot of money to get a pain killer. So why not?
It's only a few dollars! Only $8 - $20 for a capsule of The Boy!
Okay, you know that users are often overdosing (OD'ing) off The Boy. For out of 150,000 people at least 20,000 are probably active users of heroin. At least 200 people died of heroin. The law in some cases carry Naloxone (Narcan) in case of heroin overdose. They have to be trained in using the reversal medication. Because if they see a deadly overdose, the law now treats heroin deaths as homicide. That means if they catch the smack man or person who let allowed an overdose to happen, they are charged with involuntary manslaughter. That means you aid and abet a heroin user who may overdose, you end up getting at least 10 years in the iron college.
I told you about friend
She was once the sweetest young woman I've known. Had a great job. Had a bright future in travel and leisure. She threw it all away for The Boy. I have a feeling that in less than five years, the junk food media will release her name. Either a victim of a crime or a suspect in a crime.
She got addicted to The Boy when she hung around with the wrong crowd. Now I am only guessing that she's trying to sell her saggy body on those online classified ads or hanging around the stroll. She lost her mother and home within the past five months. I would never allow her to live with me. I had a feeling that if I had her here in my home getting high, she would overdose. Not happening here!
She's hanging out with the dope boy (friend) and hiding from the law. Her life is turning from bad to worse. Word on the street she may have contracted the deadly HIV disease.
I tried to help by contacting a therapist I've known for a while. She ignored it! She doesn't work anymore. So there's no record of business or home address!
Heroin users are often dysfunctional and angry when you confront them on their addiction. They believe they can break up with The Boy. It extremely hard to explain to someone about an addiction.
You can't tell her anything! She too embarrassed to talk about her problems. She said that her only thing in life is to make money so she can get high!
I haven't heard from her in five days. I am only guessing the worse!
So do you know a family member, friend or co-worker you believe is addicted to heroin?
Do you believe that this crisis is going to get worse?
Entertainer sparks controversy over his embracing of the Confederate flag.
Robert Ritchie (Kid Rock) once again brings controversy. Before he became this total asshole, he actually is a pretty nice guy. He actually came to Dayton to perform at the Nutter Center. He actually filmed his encounters with fans and random strangers.
The former rapper now rebel country rocker is a proud Republican who wears the stars and bars with pride. The Confederate flag being lowered from the South Carolina capitol was met with cheers and conservative outrage.
At the Kentucky Speedway, the flags flew.
At the Summer Country Concert in Minister, Ohio, the flags flew.
And when that flag when down from the state capitol grounds in South Carolina, you seen a bunch of protesters with the flag swinging.
The Michigan born entertainer moved to Alabama and found himself embracing Southern hospitality.
He's not going down without a fight.
Hanging around with beer guzzling Hank Williams, Jr. and high kicking Chuck Norris turned him into a wackadoodle.
The entertainer told his fans at a concert that if anyone hates the Confederate flag, they can suck.....Well you know!
Yeah, he told the protesters and the political correctness crowd to kiss his ass....
He aimed at Rev. Perm who recently complained about him waving that flag around.
Of course the network that may have inspired that White terrorist to kill nine innocent church goers in Charleston was happy to have a discussion on it.
Kid Rock has a son who is a performer as well. His own son, Robert Ritchie, Jr. is half black.
Idiotic.
The NAACP once again in hot water. The NAACP turns a blind eye to issues. This would be the latest controversy facing the oldest civil rights organization.
Kid Rock and his son were honorees at the NAACP Convention.
The NAACP recently face controversy after they got upset over Rachel Dolezal. The former president of the Western chapter was outed as a White woman. Dolezal hid her race because of her family's hatred of her dating Black men. They fired her out the cannon despite her work.
They also looked the other way during the Donald Sterling controversy. The former NBA owner told his mistress that he didn't want Black people at the Los Angeles Clippers games.
Kid Rock has the right to be "Confederate Yankee". He can take that flag and wrap it around his ass, his neck and his privates. No one is stopping him. If it can help push Rebel Soul and attract a base of white extremists, more power to him.
But as soon as another mass murder happens in America, I hope they don't find his music in their possession.
One of the offensive right wing emails depicting President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and former Attorney General Eric Holder as prison inmates.
Conservatives might want to put away the champagne bottles cause it's not going to happen.
President Barack Obama is going to Oklahoma to do tour of a federal time out facility and speak to some of the inmates (mostly non-violent drug offenders and white collar offenders).
He will be the first sitting president to ever visit a federal time out.
This will be a push for criminal justice reform.
He will met Republican Oklahoma governor Mary Fallin and the warden of El Reno Federal Corrections. They will tour the facility on Thursday.
Vice will record the president's visit to the prison. The documentary will featured on HBO this year.
The White House confirms that its backing behind a bipartisan bill that would slash mandatory minimum sentences for many non-violent drug offenders.
Obama commuted the sentences of 22 drug offenders in March, the most aggressive use of his executive power to date to address the issue.
He has spoken out more frequently about the adverse effect current sentencing guidelines have on communities of color.
During a March interview with David Simon, the creator of HBO’s “The Wire,” Obama decried “the massive trend towards incarceration, even of non-violent drug offenders.”
“The challenge, which you depict in your show, is folks going in at great expense to the state, many times trained to become more hardened criminals while in prison, come out and are basically unemployable,” he said.
City leaders have formally closed streets near the state capitol.
There will be a heavy presence of law enforcement to prevent potential rioting.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), presidential candidate along with Republican Gov. Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Rep. Mark Sanford (R-SC) and Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) will be there for the final lowering of the Confederate flag.
This is a part of not only South Carolina's state history it's going to be a part of American history.
State lawmakers passed a resolution. This resolution calls for the removal of the Confederate flag in the wake of the White terrorist killing nine innocent church goers. One being state senator Clementa Pickney.
Haley immediately signed this into law.
Now at 10 am, the people of South Carolina see the flag lowered and placed in a museum for Confederate soldiers.
U.S. Women's Soccer Team makes far less than their male counterparts.
Random musings...
The U.S. Women's Soccer Team celebrates their amazing victory against Japan in the FIFA Women's World Cup. The team won the week. They are automatically household names.
Sunday's game was watched on Fox by over 25 million viewers.
The team will celebrate in New York today. There will be a hero's celebration in New York after they petitioned for the city for a tinker take parade. Bill de Blasio was willing and even happy to do so.
They already gotten endorsements from national brands.
Carli Lloyd is the hero of the year.
They have inspired women to get involved in sports.
They gotten a call from President Barack Obama.
But did you know that for all their efforts, they only make $2 million and they have to split it equally.
That means that they could walk home with up to $6,000 up to $30,000 respectively.
This is pathetic.
There are calls for lawmakers to pressure FIFA to advocate more reasonable payment to the players.
Misty Copeland is the first African American woman to lead the ABT.
An amazing woman became a part of history. World News Today wishes Misty Copeland well on her journey.
She became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre's 75-year history after being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time the prior month.
The AP reports that Copeland, 32, fought tears as she spoke about her promotion, which she said was a lifetime dream - but such a difficult one to attain that she never really thought it would happen.
"This is it," she said. "This has been my dream since I was 13, to be a principal dancer and reach these heights."
"But it hasn't been overnight," she added at a hastily arranged news conference - a rarity for a ballet promotion. "It's been 14 years of extremely hard work ... I'm just so extremely honored to be an African-American and to be in this position."
And, Copeland said, she hoped her ascension to the very top ranks of ballet would inspire other young dancers of color - "all the little girls" - to stick with their own dreams.
"So many young dancers of color stop dancing at an early age because they just don't think there will be a career path for them," she said. "I hope that will change." She spoke of her own doubts when she joined the ABT corps at age 19 and saw no one "who looked like me."
"I had moments of doubting myself and wanting to quit, because I didn't know if there would be a future for an African-American woman" at that level," she said. "At the same time, it made me so hungry to push through."
The company announced the promotion six days after Copeland made her New York debut as Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake," one of the most important roles in a ballerina's repertoire. The emotional performance ended with Copeland being feted onstage by trailblazing black ballerinas of earlier generations, and with a sea of fans cheering and taking cellphone videos.
Copeland has become increasingly famous over the past several years, achieving a pop culture status exceedingly rare for a ballet dancer.
"We haven't had a ballet dancer who has broken through to popular culture like this since Mikhail Baryshnikov," said Wendy Perron, an author and the former editor of Dance Magazine. "And she's going to bring more attention from that world to ballet."
In the past year, Copeland has appeared on the cover of Time magazine as one of the most influential figures of 2015, and written both a children's book, "Firebird," and a best-selling memoir, "Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina," which has been optioned for a movie. She also was the subject of a documentary at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
In recent years she's also performed in a music video with Prince, and been featured in a hugely popular online ad for Under Armour sportswear that shows her leaping and spinning in a studio, while a narrator recounts some of the negative feedback she received as a youngster, when she was told she had the wrong body for ballet and had started too late - at 13.
The dancer also has appeared as a guest host on the Fox show "So You Think You Can Dance" and was a presenter at this year's Tony awards.
Many who attended Copeland's historic "Swan Lake" performance last week noted what a diverse audience Copeland had drawn to the Metropolitan Opera House, where ABT performs its spring season. The crowd was filled with young girls - black and white - in their party dresses.
"She singlehandedly made that a diverse audience," Perron said.
Damian Woetzel, former principal dancer for New York City Ballet and now the director of the Vail International Dance Festival, called Copeland's rise "groundbreaking."
"In the racially underrepresented world of ballet, Misty has already had an historic impact," Woetzel said in an email message. "Now, as a groundbreaking principal dancer, she will continue to inspire and make possible much-needed changes for our field and for the arts in America."
Misty becomes a legend.
Born in Kansas City, Copeland moved at age two to California, where, she noted at Tuesday's news conference, she first took ballet classes at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America - not, she said, a common path to becoming a ballerina for an elite company.
She writes in her memoir that her childhood was defined by "packing, scrambling, leaving - and often barely surviving." But she became known as a local dance prodigy, despite her late start, and joined ABT's junior company at age 18, then the full company at 19. She became a soloist at age 24.
Copeland is the first black ballerina and second black dancer overall to be a principal at ABT, after Desmond Richardson, who danced with the company in 1977-1978 and returned later as guest artist. At New York City Ballet, there has never been a black female principal, and only two black male principals. (One of them, Albert Evans, died last week at the age of 46.)
In 1990, Lauren Anderson became a principal dancer at Houston Ballet - the first black female principal in the country. Anderson, now retired, was onstage at last week's "Swan Lake" curtain calls to give Copeland a huge hug and lift her off her feet. Copeland paid tribute on Tuesday.
"It's not me up here," she said. "It's everyone who came before me and got me to this position."
Also named an ABT principal dancer on Tuesday was longtime soloist Stella Abrera. In addition, Maria Kochetkova, a principal with the San Francisco Ballet, and Alban Lendorf, a principal with Royal Danish Ballet, are joining as principals, it was announced.
