Posted on July 20, 2008 by yojoe
As previously mentioned on Dreadnaught, Rev. Jesse Jackson threatened to cut the nuts off Senator Barack Obama. Now it is being reported that Rev. Jackson dropped the N-bomb when discussing Senator Obama,
Barack…he’s talking down to black people…telling n—s how to behave.
It seems inconsistent for Rev. Jackson to use the N-bomb given the calls he has [...]
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Posted on July 15, 2008 by yojoe
From The Huffington Post comes the story of celebrities and their eco-friendly causes. Sheryl Crow, who,
wants to put her designs on the eco-fashion world. Sheryl has teamed up with Western Glove Works and plans to create a denim-based collection. When it comes to fashion, this eco-chick already goes green. She’s known to donate bags and [...]
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Posted on June 15, 2008 by yojoe
On this Fathers’ Day it is appropriate to remember one of the greatest fathers ever (outside the author’s own). Dave Thomas was the founder of Wendy’s and an adopted child. He founded the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. A wonderful charity, please visit the site.
yojoe (in Fathers’ Day mode) out
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Posted on February 29, 2008 by yojoe
The newest addition to Dreadnaught’s blogroll is Stuff White People Like, This blog is devoted to stuff that white people like.
This blog takes a humorous and insightful look at things that appeal mainly to whitey. Here are some examples:
#2 Religions that their parents don’t belong to
#18 Awareness
#17 Hating their parents
#16 “Gifted” Children
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Posted on February 25, 2008 by yojoe
What are you putting in my malt liquor, white boy? What are you putting in it? Huh? Hear me! And its your fault too! Malt liquor is made by white companies, but only sold in black neighborhoods, and you ain’t checked it to see what’s in it!
Dick Gregory at the State of the Black [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2008 by yojoe
A recent study from the University of Colorado finds that game days result in an increased number of assaults, liquor law violations, and assaults. It is rather fitting that this study would come out of CU given the anarchy that erupted during the Buff’s 2005 loss to the Nuskers. Yes, the study [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2008 by yojoe
Female residents of The Second City have a tremendous occupational opportunity, with earnings of up to $20,000 per year. The job: prostitution. This according to a recent paper by Professor Steve Levitt, the coauthor of Freakonomics. The paper details the economics of prostitution in Chicago. The author’s approach, along [...]
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Posted on January 8, 2008 by yojoe
Anybody who spends time writing is, at one time or another, vexed by the lack of a gender-neutral (should read sex-neutral) pronoun in the English language. Attempts have been made to overcome this problem either by avoiding indefinite pronouns, or by the use of his or her or his/her. Both of these fixes [...]
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Posted on June 27, 2007 by yojoe
Cameron Diaz, like the vast majority of morons donning Che t-shirts, has no idea what she is doing. In the picture below is Ms. Diaz wearing a bag emblazoned with the slogan “Serve the People.” This was a political slogan of the murderous leader Mao Zedong.
This was understandably upsetting to the people [...]
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