Transgender performer The Lady Chablis passed away.
A famous transgendered performer who had a role in the movie Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil has passed away in Savannah, Georgia today.
The Lady Chablis, one of the few transgender actress of the time passed away at the age of 59 from complications of pneumonia.
Originally born Benjamin Edward Knox in Quincy, Florida on March 11, 1957, and never finished high school. She took the name Chablis as a teenager and started to perform in local clubs as a performer.
Chablis was a transgender woman but was also a drag performer. Chablis frequently performed at her "home" nightclub of Club One in Savannah. Chablis also traveled the US performing at various venues and special events, such as gay pride gatherings. She also appeared on radio shows.
The Lady Chablis was featured in the closing segment of the Savannah episode of Bizarre Foods America on The Travel Channel. She joined host Andrew Zimmern at several Savannah restaurants including Elizabeth on 37th. The Lady Chablis in 2012 was interviewed by "MAMA" Savannah Georgia on the local television and internet talk show "MAMA Knows Best Talk Show" season 2 episode 1 and on April 19, 2013 Chablis performed for the grand opening of Mama's Cabaret in Lewiston Maine with "MAMA" Savannah Georgia.
Kelly Ripa is likely to pick Morris Chestnut to replace Michael Strahan. Chestnut was featured in The Best Man, Boyz in the Hood and Fox's Rosewood.
The drama over at Live! may be coming to an end. Kelly Ripa has announced her new host. The news will be dropped soon and people are anticipating on the new host being a famous face.
The possible host is someone familiar with television and movies.
It seems like actor Morris Chestnut is highly favored to be the replacement for Michael Strahan, the ex-NFL star/actor/game show host who abruptly left the show to take on full time duties at GMA.
This was one of the biggest shocks in the junk food media. It sparked a bitter feud between Ripa and Strahan. The two were distant from one another and refuse to acknowledge each other.
Kelly Ripa was struggling to find a decent host.
Chestnut is probably the right choice. Given that Chestnut is 'eye candy" for women and he has notable history appealing with viewers, it's good choice.
Chestnut is on the Fox police drama Rosewood. It's greenlighted for a second season and it will air again on Thursday to replace Bones after it finishes up its final season.
Other possibilities include: Neil Patrick Harris. He would be a suitable choice. He's a famous actor who can entertain and make the show more lively. He's is openly gay and could bring rational views to the show. The actor and business mogul is best friends with Ripa. Neil Patrick Harris and Kelly Ripa were guests of actress Rachael Harris's wedding.
Anderson Cooper, the CNN host and CBS 60 Minutes commentator. With a busy schedule and a failed talk show, it's highly unlikely for him to be the choice. Cooper will moderate the second debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Fred Savage and Rob Lowe. Both have appeared on the critically acclaimed sitcom The Grinder. The series was cancelled in the latest round of Fox downsizing its comedy blocks. Savage is a famous child actor now turned famous director and producer. He is working on other sitcoms and directing episodes of New Girl, black-ish, The Goldbergs and Girl Meets World starring his brother Ben Savage.
Lowe, on the other hand was probably a bad choice. Given that he's turned conservative, he will clash with Kelly Ripa on issues like LGBT and Hillary Clinton. Lowe who is critical of Barack Obama would say something that would make the show too political. Lowe is also working on a television series.
We will await the announcement. The new season of Live! begins on Monday.
Sean "Softball" Hannity once wanted Julian Assange locked up. Now he's on the #FreeJulianAssange bandwagon now that Assange is attacking Democrat Hillary Clinton.
The most annoying conservative agitator in radio and television is very desperate. He is gambling his own career as a conservative agitator. He's go all in on getting Donald Trump elected as the next president of the United States.
He hosts a man who helped leak state secrets damaging to the United States.
Julian Assange, the Australian blogger and founder of WikiLeaks got a chance to go on this show to promote his attempts at interfering in the election. He promises to leak damaging things about Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee. He is whipping up a kookspiracy about an alleged DNC staffer leaking private information. He was murdered in Washington, DC and it was a botched robbery. Some are claiming a hit.
Now private emails are meant to be that. Sometimes the reactionary outweighs the rational. Most people view Assange as a despicable person. Some see him as a journalist willing to die for his cause.
To me, Assange is another privileged White person willing to bring attention to himself for click bait.
One can't help but wonder if getting into a person's private email is everyone's business.
Sean "Softball" Hannity never one to shy away from obsession. He is willing to take this guy as a source only if it hurts President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Hannity is comfortable with this.
Hannity is an opportunistic disease. He puts on this phony patriotism and hand wringing for click bait, ratings and ad buys. He is a self serving Republican. He is not a registered conservative as he boast on his right wing carnival.
Many in the junk food media are calling him out for hosting a man he once called for an immediate arrest. In 2010, WikiLeaks leaked classified documents and a video of mishaps in the U.S. coalition fight against terrorism. Hannity, Sarah Palin and Ann Coulter were blasting Obama for failing to arrest Assange.
The leaks lead to the arrest of Army private Chelsea Manning.
Manning is facing 35 years in military time out for giving classified documentation to foreign entities.
Assange is shacked up in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The Swedish government wants him on trial for allegations of sexual assault.
Edward Snowden is also holed up in the Russian Federation. He is under investigation for leaking classified information to Wikileaks.
Why does Sean "Softball" Hannity support criminality?
Foreign leader's remarks about our president are praised by conservatives.
President Barack Obama's last months in office will be taking trips to Asia to meet once again with some of the world's leaders. One leader off the list is the Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte.
The meeting between the leaders was canceled. The Philippines leader called President Barack Obama a "son of a bitch".
The president said that he's not going to waste time with this guy because of this.
Obama is concerned about the brutal abuse of criminals in the Philippines. The president has challenged Duterte over extrajudicial killings in the country.
"Clearly, he's a colorful guy," Obama said. "What I've instructed my team to do is talk to their Philippine counterparts to find out is this in fact a time where we can have some constructive, productive conversations."
Some are calling out Duterte for human rights abuse. He's seen scrutiny over his aggressive campaign to end drugs in the country. Over 2,000 dope pushers were taken out.
President Barack Obama had to deal with leaders from hostile nations. Kim Jong-Un of North Korea, Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation, Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan, China's president Xi Jinping are considered hostile leaders by the United States.
We can also add Duterte to the list of leaders.
On his right wing carnival, Sean "Softball" Hannity actually thought it was funny that Obama was called a "son of a bitch" by Duterte.
I want you to remember that the ever patriotic "Softball" Hannity is always attacking our president and kissing the asses of foreign leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu and Putin.
Conservative agitator Greta Van Susteren is abruptly fired out the cannon.
Goodnight folks....
Reports that Greta Van Susteren was fired out the cannon. By her not renewing her contract, it effectively ends her legacy at the Fox News Channel. This bit of news came to light fresh after former anchor Gretchen Carlson got paid out $20 million in a federal lawsuit against former CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment.
She is a huge fan of Donald Trump and the network masquerades her as one of the few liberals on the conservative network. In reality, she a conservative agitator who welcomed many of her fellow agitators on to bash President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Black Lives Matter and Muslims.
No details were given to why she exited Fox News after a nearly 15 year run
Van Susteren was one of the on-air talents that had a clause to leave if Ailes was out.
Fox News presidents Jack Abernathy and Bill Shine said that Greta will be missed and they wish her well on her future post Fox.
A big defender of Ailes, Van Susteren did not respond to request for comment about her departure from the primetime.
This is a big news story for the fact that it's reported that if Donald Trump doesn't win the election, he will focus on launching a network devoted to conservatives.
Word from CNN, the cannon was loading her in. Van Susteren was already on the ropes about staying with the network. Yanking her off the air was abrupt. The tension is strong.
Fox News wiped away everything. Gretawire, her biography and her most popular videos.
Brit Hume will now hold the primetime spot for the next few weeks.
In 2013, Megyn Kelly got promoted to primetime. It effectively shook up the line-up. Greta Van Susteren was demoted. She moved to 7pm. Sean "Softball" Hannity was demoted as well. He was moved to 10pm, Shepard Smith was promoted to breaking news reporting and kept his 3pm show.
So chaos is over at the Avenue of Americas.
Roger Ailes's departure could mark an end of a dynasty. CNN and MSNBC are licking their chops.
If Hillary Clinton does become the 45th President of the United States as well as the first woman to hold the office, Fox News will no longer appeal to conservatives. A bitter Trump will start this network and cease upon the disgruntled conservatives. Greta's probably on board with this notion.
Gretchen Carlson awarded a hefty sum in the sexual harassment lawsuit against Roger Ailes.
It seems like Gretchen Carlson is about to fuck up some commas. She will be awarded $20 million in damages as well as a public apology from the News Corp family. The lawsuit against Roger Ailes over allegation that sexual harassment forced his resignation from Fox News.
Now Fox News is paying Gretchen and many other women big figures.
"We sincerely regret and apologize for the fact that Gretchen was not treated with the respect and dignity that she and all of our colleagues deserve", 21st Century Fox said in a statement.
In the lawsuit, Gretchen said that Ailes was repeatedly sexually harassing her and numerous colleagues. She also said that Steve Doocy was mistreating her and talking her down while on camera.
In a public statement, Gretchen lets the world know that she's appreciative of how this was settled.
"I'm ready to move on to the next chapter of my life in which I will redouble my efforts to empower women in the workplace. I want to thank all the brave women who came forward to tell their own stories and the many people across the country who embraced and support me in their #StandWithGretchen movement. All women deserve a dignified and respectful workplace in which talent, hard work, and loyalty are recognized, revered and rewarded."
Gretchen for two years recorded Ailes through her iPhone. She got with a tech and her lawyer to record him saying pretty damning things about her and other women. She had her phone tamper proof.
The audio does exist and Fox wanted to put the brakes on this before it would damage its brand even further.
Now Roger Ailes is trying to retaliate against New York Magazine and Gabriel Sherman. He decided to hire the lawyer who went after Gawker Media.
Charles Harder was the lawyer who was successful in helping Hulk Hogan win his lawsuit against Gawker.
Harder sent a letter to the New York Magazine saying that Ailes wants all documents from Gabriel Sherman. Ailes is working on a defamation lawsuit against the magazine and Sherman.
The ignorant freak threatens to sue New York Magazine.
Andrea Tantaros is also suing Ailes and will release damning information if this matter isn't solved.
Sherman who broke the stories about the shenanigans going on behind the scenes. In his book, The Loudest Voice in the Room, Sherman described Ailes as a reclusive, paranoid, and relentless attack dog. He would keep firearms in his office. He would have a wooden door that keep prying eyes from looking in. Ailes would have surveillance on everyone and his enemies.
Ailes personal lawyer and friend Susan Estrich continues to defend this canard. Estrich was a feminist and commentator on Fox News.
Estrich called Sherman a "virus" who has a personal vendetta against Ailes.
Ailes is prepping Donald Trump for the debates. Ailes is advising Trump personally. There's talk that the two may create a television network that might compete with Fox News.
Another figure in the conservative movement is gone.
Another conservative bigot passes away. I think for the better. They have nominated Donald Trump as their Republican nominee. A business/media mogul who has maintained this movement of extremists. She didn't live to see the day Donald Trump could either become our 45th President of The United States or another picture on the Washed Up Presidential Candidates Museum in Norton, Kansas.
A woman who embraced Trump's campaign died today at the age of 92. A few weeks after celebrating her birthday.
Phyllis Schlafly. an iconic conservative activist and business mogul passed away in St. Louis.
Schlafly once called feminist, "a bunch of bitter women seeking a constitutional cure for their personal problems". She believed women should find their greatest fulfillment at home with their family.
She famously opposed the Equal Rights Amendment. She was the founder of the Eagle Forum. The forum was staunchly anti-feminist, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim and anti-Black.
She was a deeply polarizing figure. She would call for activism against the Equal Rights Amendment.
She would fail at achieving the goal. The Congress passed it and 35 of 38 states ratified the amendment.
She was survived by six children and many grandchildren.
Jerry Heller, the co-founder of Ruthless Records and the manager of famed hip-hop group N.W.A., passed away.
Jerry Heller, the man who helped bring the N.W.A. into the mainstream passed away. Heller was the manager of the group and was one of the reasons for the breakup. Heller passed away at the age of 75 in Thousand Oaks, California.
He died of a heart attack and his family confirmed it was a fatal car accident.
Heller met Eazy E and helped him form Ruthless Records. The label was responsible for pushing out the hits. It also gave the West Coast a voice. It dealt with oppression, police brutality and America's treatment of Black America. Critics said that the music was promoting violence and sexism.
The group dismissed this. They were saying that these issues are a part of Black urban life. They were expressing their freedom of speech.
The N.W.A. was composed of Ice Cube, MC Ren, DJ Yella, Arabian Prince, Dr. Dre, and Eazy E.
Arabian Prince would leave the group before it would become a mainstream act.
The group was one of the earliest and most significant members of hip-hop. The group is by far one of the most controversial. They couldn't get radio play because of their songs, but the group managed to pull sell 10 million units.
Things got worse for the group when Ice Cube accused Heller of mismanaging their money.
The world's most dangerous group.
The group would eventually breakup in 1991. Dr. Dre would leave Ruthless to start up the Death Row label with Marion "Big Suge" Knight.
Dr. Dre and Ice Cube would bash Heller and Eazy E for selling out their music. Eazy E said that Jerry was a "gangsta for life" and he wouldn't want to be around them "marks" Dre and Cube.
Eazy E would record a few more EP and his full length album under Ruthless. Around 1995, Eazy was getting ill. He was diagnoses with complications from AIDS. He passed away from the deadly disease.
The critically acclaimed Straight Outta Compton movie portrayed Heller as a bad person. He would sue the F. Gary Gary and NBCUniversal for slander. He would blame the movie for him having trouble trying to secure acts.
The album Straight Outta Compton marked the beginning of gangsta rap. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
You got to give up to the city of Compton. Without the N.W.A., you wouldn't have gangsta rap.
Ruthless Records also was responsible for bring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony to the label. The Cleveland based group composed of Krayzie, Layzie, Wish, Bizzy and Flesh Bone.
The police union is upset and they want Colin Kaepernick cut.
Colin Kaepernick made it clear. Until something is done about police brutality, he will not take a stand for the national anthem. Now the police unions and junk food media are threatening retaliation against him and the San Francisco 49ers.
The police unions representing Santa Clara, San Francisco and Oakland have fired back at the protest by saying that if Kaepernick continues his stand, they'll boycott the events. The wrote a letter demanding that he be punished for his actions. CBS San Francisco reports that a letter from the Santa Clara Police Officers Association sent to the 49ers was obtained Friday.
The union doesn't mince words when it came to Kaepernick.
Through its president, Martin Halloran, he wrote this letter denouncing the NFL quarterback.
"I only wish Mr. Kaepernick could see the emotional and psychological challenges that our officers face following a fatal encounter. Some are so affected they never return to the streets. In short, Mr. Kaepernick has embarrassed himself, the 49er organization, and the NFL based on a false narrative and misinformation that lacks any factual basis.
Perhaps, Mr. Kaepernick could comment on the murder of 40 police officers in the United States in the past few months, or the assaults perpetrated on over 100,000 law enforcement officers in the past year. Perhaps he could lend his commentary to the over 8,000 murders that African Americans inflicted on one another in 2015. The law enforcement community cannot be continuously blamed for all of society's problems, including racial divide, in our country. It's isn't fair and it isn't true."
It also criticized what it called anti-police statements made by Kaepernick, calling them “insulting, inaccurate and completely unsupported by any facts.”
The scandal involving the San Francisco Police is real.
Back in April, an explosive story about the police department came to light. Some of the officers were saying that minorities were "barbarians", "cockroaches" and other offensive racial slurs.
A handful of officers were immediately fired out the cannon.
These incidents led San Francisco chief Greg Suhr being fired out the cannon. It led to the dismissal of criminal cases and a review of police department by the federal government.
So don't tell Colin Kaepernick that he's delusional. He sees it for himself in the deaths of many minorities at the hands of police.
Here's some news from South Carolina. The officer who fired upon Zachary Hammond was fired out the cannon. Mark Tiller was loaded in the cannon and fired out. The chief of Seneca Police said that the issue is personal and he can't comment on the situation at this time. The feds are looking into the matter.
And it doesn't stop in South Carolina. The Richland County deputy Ben Fields is spared from a federal indictment on the brutal takedown of a teenager in a classroom. He made the news last year when he took down a young girl who was refuse to leave the classroom.
And yes, there's officer Michael Slager, the former North Charleston officer who fired on Walter Scott after he broke free from his Taser. The officer is facing a federal indictment on civil rights as well as a state murder charge that could the death card on him.
I can't forget that former University of Cincinnati officer Ray Tensing's attorneys are trying to obtain criminal records from Sam DuBose. The shooting of DuBose after a routine traffic stop has Tensing facing a murder charge. They are trying to taint DuBose as the aggressor in this encounter.
By the way, Kaepernick will donate his year contract to charities and groups to help people of color.
He slammed the junk food media for making this more than what he's concerned about. He said that he's loves America and supports the military, but he is tired of the junk food media ignoring these real issues for trivial nonsense and gotcha games.
There's a reason for Colin Kaepernick's protest. And it's growing! If Muhammad Ali was alive today, wondering what he would say about this?
Donald Trump decides to take the advice of Kellyanne Conway in changing direction in his struggling campaign.
The Detroit Free Press reports that Trump wants to "listen to your message."
Donald Trump stuck to a prepared script during a service held at Great Faith Ministries Church in Detroit before a predominately African American congregation.
As the service began, Trump could be seen near the front of the church swaying to "What a Mighty God We Serve."
"This has been an amazing day for me," Trump said after taking the stage. He called the African American Christian community "one of God's greatest gifts to America" and said he was attending the religious service in Detroit on Saturday "to listen to your message -- and I hope my presence here today will help your message reach new voices."
The GOP presidential candidate appeared at Great Faith Ministries with former "Apprentice" contestant Omarosa Manigualt and former Republican presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson, a Detroit native. Trump later paid a quick visit to Carson's childhood home on South Deacon Street in southwest Detroit.
Trump didn't sidestep the question of race in his remarks. He said presently America sidelines "young black men with tremendous potential" and said "our entire country misses out when we are unable to harness the potential and energy of these folks."
Trump confirmed that he taped a one-on-one interview Saturday morning with Bishop Wayne T. Jackson on the pastor's Impact Network, the television network Jackson founded in 2010. Trump called it an "amazing interview" and, to wild cheers from the congregation, said Jackson's interviewing skills were "better than the people who are doing that professionally, I can tell you."
Is Trump too late in winning the Black vote?
He decides to "pivot" to Black America by attending a church in Detroit. He was given a warm reception inside. Unfortunately, the outside was full of protesters and it was pretty ugly out there.
A place where 85% of its residents are Black and the general wage is under $35,000 a year. A city in Michigan with a population of 695,000. A city constantly attacked by these "hateful assholes" who claim to be patriotic. Conservatives have made Detroit a target of their ire. They claim that Democrat policies were the reasons to why the city is on the downslide. Not the fact of manufacturing leaving the city, the rampant racism from White folks, and the hateful agenda of Republican governor Rick Snyder.
A city that sits on the edge of the Detroit River. A city that borders the city of Windsor, Canada.
Detroit is one of the many major port cities that connects Canada and the United States.
A pride of the world, Detroit was once the sixth largest city, it dropped to the 17th largest city in the United States. Crime and corruption reeks in the city. The federal government when it was controlled by Republicans refused to bail out the city during its bankruptcy crisis. It took almost four years to get back into the Black (figuratively speaking).
What you do at home is your business. You have the right to express your beliefs in this country.
Given the controversy facing a Philadelphia cop, he might want to get his union rep's number. The cop had an apparent Nazi-style tattoo.
His arrests, pullovers and use of force will be questioned. It showed a bike-patrol officer with a tattoo on his left forearm of an apparent spread-winged eagle resembling a symbol used by the Nazis, and above it the tattooed word Fatherland in Gothic letters.
The Philadelphia Police Department said in a statement that it "does not condone anything that can be interpreted as offensive, hateful or discriminatory in any form."
The photo was posted Wednesday night on Facebook by a user named Evan Parish Matthews. The officer in the photo has a name badge saying "Lichtermann," and Matthews identified the officer in his Facebook post as Ian Hans Lichtermann. Matthews wrote that the photo was taken at a protest march during the Democratic National Convention in late July.
A photo of the cop wearing Nazi gear.
According to city payroll records, an officer whose name is Ian Lichterman joined the Police Department in April 2000 and left in August 2002. He returned in May 2003, records show, and his current salary as a police officer is about $72,000. It was not immediately clear why the records show a gap in his service or a name spelled differently from that on his uniform.
The officer hung up on a reporter when reached on his cellphone Thursday.
D.L. Hughley said that White extremists are getting trained through police and military recruitment.
He said in declassified memo released by the Homeland Security that opportunities await for White extremists when they join the police force. Hughley said this when he had his combative interview with Megyn Kelly on Fox News. They were discussing the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Kelly changed the subject to focus on Michael Brown and the reaction towards the officer not being prosecuted.
White extremists decided to use a Black teen as a hood ornament.
A road rage incident leads to a fight and then a hit and run. A young teen is dead and the man and his girlfriend involved in this altercation are going up the creek without a paddle.
Okay, where's Colin Flaherty and his statistics? The White nationalist who chronicles Black on White crime is a favorite among this so-called alt-right. This asshat Flaherty, internet creeper Matt Drudge and many others relish in race stories. They want to scare up White votes. They promote this new breed of conservative agitation.
It may have inspired this asshole and his girlfriend to commit a senseless act of violence.
Russell Courtier and his girlfriend Colleen Hunt are facing murder charges after they ran over a Portland teen Larnell Bruce.
Larnell was apparently minding his own business when Courtier rolled up on him in his Jeep Wrangler. They get into a heated argument and according to a female acquaintance, this asshole Courtier slams Larnell's head into a 7-Eleven window.
When Larnell was trying to defend himself with a machete knife, Courtier got into his vehicle and revved it up. The couple turned left out of the parking lot, trying to run Larnell down. They missed the first time, as the teen turned to run the other way on the sidewalk.
According to a prosecutor’s affidavit, Courtier turned and chased Larnell “across oncoming lanes of traffic and then intentionally struck him with the front of the vehicle.” Police showed up within moments, finding the teen in the middle of the street with blood rushing from his head and ears. He’d be declared dead a couple of days later.
Gresham police spotted the Jeep shortly after it hit Larnell and pulled the pair over. Courtier and Hunt admitted to intentionally hitting the teen, according to police. A grand jury indicted them both for murder on August 18.
Teen lost his life to White extremist.
It’s not yet known exactly what started the fight or why Courtier allegedly chose to mow the teen down as he was running away. Authorities have yet to publicly release a motive, and witnesses at the scene told police they didn’t know of one.
Courtier has spent a significant chunk of his adult life in Oregon prisons for weapons and violent crimes. (He was on parole the night he killed Larnell, following a prison term for attacking a woman with a knife in 2013.) Courtier is also a long-time member of a white supremacist prison gang called European Kindred (EK).
EK began in 1998 at the Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI) in Malheur County. Its founder, David Kennedy, wanted “to protect our own people in this joint,” the Southern Poverty Law Center quoted him as saying. The gang would soon spread to Oregon’s other prisons.
This tragedy should have been avoided.
I am done sending my condolences to the victims. I just going to be basically blunt when I say this.
This man should be buried under a rock.... I don't know if Oregon has the death penalty, but if it did, this guy would have a place. I know the suspect is innocent until proven guilty, but should there be an ounce of sympathy for an unrepentant criminal?
