[video] Turkey’s Prez Tells Feminists that “Women are not Equal to Men”

Are we surprised he feels this way? The Middle east and Greater Islamic World has never been known to be a place that women are considered equal in any sense of the word.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again waded into controversy on Monday when he told a mostly female audience at a summit on justice for women that women are not equal to men.
“You cannot put women and men on an equal footing,” he said. “It is against nature. They were created differently. Their nature is different. Their constitution is different.”
Erdogan, a devout Muslim, said women’s role in society is clear:
“Our religion has defined a position for women: Motherhood. Some people can understand this, while others can’t,” he said. “You cannot explain this to feminists because they don’t accept the concept of motherhood.”

 

Rookie Police Officer Murders Innocent Unarmed Man in Brooklyn Staircase

Akai Gurley, in a photograph that was posted to his profile on ExploreTalent, a casting website for actors and models.

Akai Gurley, in a photograph that was posted to his profile on ExploreTalent, a casting website for actors and models.

Why the f*ck is a rookie doing patrol in Pink Houses? This is another tragedy on all levels and the NYPD has a serious problem with trigger happy officers who have no respect for black life.

via NY Times

A rookie New York City police officer shot and killed an unarmed 28-year-old man in a darkened stairwell in Brooklyn late Thursday night, according to the police.

Police Commissioner William J. Bratton said that the victim, Akai Gurley, was “a total innocent” and called the shooting “an unfortunate accident.”

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Bob Marley Estate Gets With Private Equity Firm to Market Cannabis Products

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As states in the U.S and countries abroad begin to loosen laws against recreational and medicinal use, its only right that the Marley children get a hand in on this soon to be multi-billion dollar market rising across the globe.

SEATTLE (Reuters) – The family of Reggae icon Bob Marley and a Seattle-based private equity firm on Tuesday said they are launching the first global cannabis brand with marijuana products sold under a name long tied to a plant he lovingly called “the herb”.

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[video] Associated Press asks Bill Cosby about Sexual Assault Allegations : “I Don’t Talk About It”

This shitstorm has reached a new level. The mainstream media is going to continue to have a field day with this and Bill Cosby has not done himself any favors by begging the AP not to publish this portion of the interview where they ask him about the allegations. No way in hell they were gonna suppress this footage.

With sexual assault allegations gaining increasing attention, The Associated Press reviewed an on camera interview with Bill Cosby earlier this month and made the decision to publish his full reaction to questions about the claims.

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NBC Kills New Bill Cosby Sitcom Pilot

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From America’s most loved to most hated…real quick.

via Buzzfeed

In January, NBC announced with fanfare a plan to bring Bill Cosby back to television. Now, that pilot has been killed as Cosby’s public persona continues to suffer from recent and renewed accusations from multiple accusers that the comedian, now 77, sexually assaulted them. A source told BuzzFeed News, on Wednesday morning, the plug was officially pulled on the show.

After struggling to find success in a broad family comedy, NBC reached into its past in an attempt to fix that problem and made a deal with Cosby around the idea that he would play a patriarchal grandfather. Sony was to be the show’s producer, but in an unusual deal, NBC was paying Cosby directly, with a large financial penalty attached should the project not go forward.

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[video] Rapper Tiny Doo Arrested for Lyrics Inciting Gang Violence

They are reaching for straws right here. I guess freedom of speech doesn’t count when it comes to rap music. There should be lawyers chomping at the bit to take this case pro bono. Lastly he has no criminal record so I don’t know how this got to court in the first place.

It’s a showdown that is breaking legal ground — a local man with no criminal record facing a lifetime behind bars for cutting a rap album.

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NY TIMES: Jaden and Willow Smith on Prana Energy, Time and Why School is Overrated

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People were quick to criticize these two child stars because when you’re the offspring of superstars Will and Jada Smith you’re supposed to shut up and be happy with your millions. Their viewpoints are a breath of fresh air and not the programmed garbage we hear from squeaky clean Disney stars who behind scenes are depressed and taking boatloads of drugs due to the faux images that they can no longer maintain once they begin to reach adulthood. Full interview below:

via NY Times

So is the hardest education the unlearning of things?

WILLOW: Yes, basically, but the crazy thing is it doesn’t have to be like that.

JADEN: Here’s the deal: School is not authentic because it ends. It’s not true, it’s not real. Our learning will never end. The school that we go to every single morning, we will continue to go to.

WILLOW: Forever, ‘til the day that we’re in our bed.

One of the gifts of being young is that particular blend of self-confidence and self-consciousness.

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[video] How Marques Brownlee Became “The Best Technology Reviewer On The Planet” #BLACKSINTECH

This kid needs a television program in addition to his online empire. #BLACKSINTECH

Marques Brownlee is a 20-year-old college student who’s been hailed “the best technology reviewer on the planet right now” by former Google VP Vic Gundotra. With nearly 2 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, Brownlee has become a supremely influential personality in the tech and gadget space. He tells us how he got to where he is at such a young age.

Nearly 36 million people are slaves, Qatar in focus

A Tuareg child pushes away a Bella girl (L) at a camp for Malian refugees in Goudebou, Burkina Faso, April 5, 2014. Half a million people fled the conflict in Mali, some crossing the border to neighbouring Burkina Faso. Fleeing Tuaregs took with them their livestock and servants from the Bella ethnic group, a marginalised people who for centuries have been kept in slave-like conditions throughout Mali, Niger and Mauritania. To match story MALI-SLAVES/ Picture taken April 5, 2014. REUTERS/Misha Hussain (BURKINA FASO - Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Reuters/REUTERS – A Tuareg child pushes away a Bella girl (L) at a camp for Malian refugees in Goudebou, Burkina Faso, April 5, 2014. Half a million people fled the conflict in Mali, some crossing the border to neighbouring Burkina Faso. Fleeing Tuaregs took with them their livestock and servants from the Bella ethnic group, a marginalised people who for centuries have been kept in slave-like conditions throughout Mali, Niger and Mauritania. To match story MALI-SLAVES/ Picture taken April 5, 2014. REUTERS/Misha Hussain (BURKINA FASO – Tags: SOCIETY IMMIGRATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Almost 36 million people are living as slaves across the globe with an index on Monday listing Mauritania, Uzbekistan, Haiti, Qatar and India as the nations where modern-day slavery is most prevalent.

The Walk Free Foundation, an Australian-based human rights group, estimated in its inaugural slavery index last year that 29.8 million people were born into servitude, trafficked for sex work, trapped in debt bondage or exploited for forced labour.

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[video] Freeway Rick Ross : Hip-Hop Is A Government Weapon (Must Watch)

What started out as a music of rebellion has been turned into the ultimate weapon for the government according to former drug trafficker Freeway Rick Ross who along with the C.I.A conspired to put tons of cocaine and crack into poor black urban neighborhoods.

Alex Jones interviews Rick Ross about the music industry and how it is being used to sell the drug culture to the youth of America and prepare them to be inducted into the prison system.

Telepathy is now possible using current technology

Send out those brain signals!Mary Levin, U of Wash.
 via VOX
while critics of social media complain that human communication is becoming more strained by computers and smart phones, and advocates for technology argue that these devices are actually improving communication, along comes the scientist who claim to have successfully demonstrated observing the phenomena of telepathy in a controlled environment. Will this be the future of human interaction and communication? 

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Vegan Mom Fights to Get Son Back While Facing Neglect Charges

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This will certainly get some folks fired up.

via WFTV

A new mother is fighting for custody of her son, who she hasn’t been alone with since he was 12 days old, because of her vegan beliefs.

Sarah Markham hasn’t been alone with since he was 12 days old, because of her vegan beliefs.
Sarah Markham’s baby was taken from her because she opted not to take him to the hospital when he was losing weight.

Instead, she told investigators she wanted to try feeding him vegan formula.

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Kim Kardashian ‘Breaks The Internet’ With Her Booty for Paper Magazine

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This is gonna definitely get some attention.

via Paper Mag
For our winter issue, we gave ourselves one assignment: Break The Internet. There is no other person that we can think of who is up to the task than one Kim Kardashian West. A pop culture fascination able to generate headlines just by leaving her house, Kim is what makes the web tick.

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Nicki Minaj Apologizes for ‘Only’ Lyric Video’s Nazi Imagery, Says Video Producers are Jewish

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So the multi-million dollar generating bosstress didn’t initially sign off on this? Reeks of bullshit like her former apology for her ‘Lookin Ass Nigga’ artwork. Gonna post the video if you haven’t seen what has caused the shitstorm.

“The artist who made the lyric video for “Only” was influenced by a cartoon on Cartoon Network called “Metalocalypse” & Sin City,” she explained.

“Both the producer, & person in charge of over seeing the lyric video (one of my best friends & videographer: A. Loucas), happen to be Jewish. I didn’t come up w/the concept, but I’m very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I’d never condone Nazism in my art.”

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F-Train Brawlers Arrested for “Man smacks the soul out of girl on the NY Subway” viral video

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This story has become a nightmare for all involved. Note to anyone planning on having a brawl using your shoe will result in you getting a felony charge.

via Daily News

What began as a young woman taunting a man on the F-train in Greenwich Village devolved into a wild subway brawl that left four people in cuffs early Saturday, according to police video footage of the melee.

Danay Howard, 21, is seen in a video posted to Youtube on Saturday being egged on by friends as she taunts Jorge Pena, 25, over his style sense on the uptown bound F train near W. 4th St. shortly before 5 a.m., police said.
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NY MAG gives the REAL DEAL on NYC’s New ’25 Grams Marijuana’ Law

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Before my NYC peeps light up some sour in celebration, please take serious note that if you get caught smoking you will still get arrested. NY Mag puts everything in perspective below:

While Bratton said that the new policy applies to weed that is in open view (a big shift), it does not apply to weed that is being burned. People caught smoking weed will continue to be arrested. (It’s also still probably not a great idea to wave your bag around in public, regardless of its size.) Pot-possessors with outstanding warrants will be taken into custody, as will people who can’t show ID. “An officer ultimately has to make the judgment on the scene,” said de Blasio, suggesting that people whom the cops deem suspicious or uncooperative might also be subject to arrest.

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[video] HBO’s John Oliver Destroys the Lottery: Shows People Spend More on the Lottery than Entertainment, Sports, Video Games and Porn Combined

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Some nations and countries certainly don’t mind having their winners identity protected since the attention really does plague a player as old acquaintances and long lost family friends come knocking from all corners. Winners world-wide have therefore been very creative about how they disguise themselves donning all kinds of head-gear from paper bags to motorcycle helmets.

Who knew state lotteries were illegal until 1964? Hit the jump for the real deal on the biggest scam going..the lottery.

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