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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Here comes your stimulus bonus!!!!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- You're likely to see some more green in the next couple of weeks. Not only on the trees. Very possibly in your wallet, too.
President Obama has asked that all employers adjust their payroll systems by Wednesday so eligible workers can start receiving the new Making Work Pay tax credit through their paychecks. The credit, available for 2009 and 2010, was a part of the economic recovery package lawmakers passed in February.
Just how much extra cash you will see depends on your marital status, your salary and how many allowances -- or exemptions -- you normally take.
As a rough guide, singles eligible for the credit might get between $10 to $15 per paycheck if paid weekly; for those married filing jointly, they're likely to see an extra $15 to $20.
Who is eligible?
The credit is available to those with earned income. It's worth up to $400 a year for single filers and $800 for joint filers.
The full credit will be paid to people with modified adjusted gross incomes of $75,000 or less ($150,000 per couple). A partial credit would be paid to those making above those amounts but no more than $95,000 ($190,000 for couples).
What is modified adjusted gross income? It's your adjusted gross income but with some exclusions added back in. In the case of this credit, the only exclusion that would need to be added back is any income earned in a foreign country, in Puerto Rico or in American Somoa.
"For most people, their modified adjusted gross income will be the same as their adjusted gross income, which is on the bottom of the front page of their return," said enrolled agent David Mellem of Ashwaubenon Tax Professionals, who is certified to represent taxpayers before the IRS.
The credit is also refundable, which means that even very low-income families who don't make enough to owe income tax would be able to claim it.
Who is not eligible?
Even if someone works, he won't qualify for the Making Work Pay credit if he is claimed as a dependent on someone else's tax return.
Also, adults who are eligible for Social Security, Railroad Retirement, veteran's compensation or pension benefits will not receive the credit. But if they were eligible for those benefits sometime between November 2008 and January 2009, they will receive a one-time, $250 emergency payment no later than mid-June.
That emergency payment is not subject to income tax, Mellem said.
How does it work?
Using new withholding tables from the IRS, employers are supposed to pay out the Making Work Pay credit by reducing how much tax is withheld from eligible workers' paychecks.
"Changing withholding tables is a routine task. It's not difficult," said Scott Mezistrano, senior manager of government relations at the American Payroll Association.
In fact, many employers likely have already done so, said Pete Isberg, the head of the National Payroll Reporting Consortium. That means their employees should already have started to see more cash in their paychecks.
For example, Ron Moser, a human resources director for a school district in western New York, said his district included the credit in paychecks starting in early March.
Lower-income workers may not make enough money to have taxes withheld once their exemptions are taken into account. So they won't see any extra cash in their paychecks. But they may claim their full credit when they file their 2009 tax returns next year.
Is there anything I need to watch out for?
Possibly. Some people could end up getting a larger credit than they're entitled to. That means they'd have to pay back the excess amount when they file their 2009 taxes -- or, if they're getting a refund, their refund would be reduced by the amount they were overpaid.
If that situation is unappealing, a tax filer could act now to reduce the number of withholding allowances he takes on his W4 at work. The fewer allowances he takes, the more tax that is withheld.
The IRS has a calculator online that you can use to figure out how many allowances you should take if you're eligible to receive the credit and don't want to be overpaid -- or to put it another way, don't want to have too little tax withheld.
Those most likely to be overpaid are:
Anyone who holds more than one job. You will get paid the Making Work Pay Credit twice, up to $400 ($800 for a joint filer) from your first employer and up to $400 ($800 for a joint filer) from your second employer.
Joint filers whose spouses work. Each spouse will end up being paid the credit for married couples by each of their employers.
There's a twist, too. Because of the way the withholding tables were set up, each working spouse may be paid up to $600 this year -- instead of up to the $800, Mezistrano said.
In other words, the husband would receive $600 at his job and the wife $600 at her job, for a total of $1,200. Since they're only entitled to $800 total as a couple, that means they would have to pay $400 back to the IRS -- or see their refund reduced by that amount.
Anyone who receives income from a rental property or investment, such as interest and dividends. Your employer only knows about the income you earn at the company. If you receive other income that increases your modified adjusted gross income -- or even pushes you past the income limits for the credit -- you may end up owing the IRS some or all of the credit you received in your paycheck.
Anyone who started receiving their credit at the end of Febuary or anytime in March. The withholding tables are structured so that payments starting in April will add up to $400 for single filers and $800 for joint filers by year end. If payments start sooner than that a tax filer may actually receive a bit more than he's due by Dec. 31.
Conversely, if your employer doesn't start your payments until the end of April or in May -- there's no penalty if an employer doesn't meet the April 1 deadline -- you may end up getting a little less of a credit than you're entitled to, in which case you can claim the rest when you file your 2009 tax return.
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President Obama has asked that all employers adjust their payroll systems by Wednesday so eligible workers can start receiving the new Making Work Pay tax credit through their paychecks. The credit, available for 2009 and 2010, was a part of the economic recovery package lawmakers passed in February.
Just how much extra cash you will see depends on your marital status, your salary and how many allowances -- or exemptions -- you normally take.
As a rough guide, singles eligible for the credit might get between $10 to $15 per paycheck if paid weekly; for those married filing jointly, they're likely to see an extra $15 to $20.
Who is eligible?
The credit is available to those with earned income. It's worth up to $400 a year for single filers and $800 for joint filers.
The full credit will be paid to people with modified adjusted gross incomes of $75,000 or less ($150,000 per couple). A partial credit would be paid to those making above those amounts but no more than $95,000 ($190,000 for couples).
What is modified adjusted gross income? It's your adjusted gross income but with some exclusions added back in. In the case of this credit, the only exclusion that would need to be added back is any income earned in a foreign country, in Puerto Rico or in American Somoa.
"For most people, their modified adjusted gross income will be the same as their adjusted gross income, which is on the bottom of the front page of their return," said enrolled agent David Mellem of Ashwaubenon Tax Professionals, who is certified to represent taxpayers before the IRS.
The credit is also refundable, which means that even very low-income families who don't make enough to owe income tax would be able to claim it.
Who is not eligible?
Even if someone works, he won't qualify for the Making Work Pay credit if he is claimed as a dependent on someone else's tax return.
Also, adults who are eligible for Social Security, Railroad Retirement, veteran's compensation or pension benefits will not receive the credit. But if they were eligible for those benefits sometime between November 2008 and January 2009, they will receive a one-time, $250 emergency payment no later than mid-June.
That emergency payment is not subject to income tax, Mellem said.
How does it work?
Using new withholding tables from the IRS, employers are supposed to pay out the Making Work Pay credit by reducing how much tax is withheld from eligible workers' paychecks.
"Changing withholding tables is a routine task. It's not difficult," said Scott Mezistrano, senior manager of government relations at the American Payroll Association.
In fact, many employers likely have already done so, said Pete Isberg, the head of the National Payroll Reporting Consortium. That means their employees should already have started to see more cash in their paychecks.
For example, Ron Moser, a human resources director for a school district in western New York, said his district included the credit in paychecks starting in early March.
Lower-income workers may not make enough money to have taxes withheld once their exemptions are taken into account. So they won't see any extra cash in their paychecks. But they may claim their full credit when they file their 2009 tax returns next year.
Is there anything I need to watch out for?
Possibly. Some people could end up getting a larger credit than they're entitled to. That means they'd have to pay back the excess amount when they file their 2009 taxes -- or, if they're getting a refund, their refund would be reduced by the amount they were overpaid.
If that situation is unappealing, a tax filer could act now to reduce the number of withholding allowances he takes on his W4 at work. The fewer allowances he takes, the more tax that is withheld.
The IRS has a calculator online that you can use to figure out how many allowances you should take if you're eligible to receive the credit and don't want to be overpaid -- or to put it another way, don't want to have too little tax withheld.
Those most likely to be overpaid are:
Anyone who holds more than one job. You will get paid the Making Work Pay Credit twice, up to $400 ($800 for a joint filer) from your first employer and up to $400 ($800 for a joint filer) from your second employer.
Joint filers whose spouses work. Each spouse will end up being paid the credit for married couples by each of their employers.
There's a twist, too. Because of the way the withholding tables were set up, each working spouse may be paid up to $600 this year -- instead of up to the $800, Mezistrano said.
In other words, the husband would receive $600 at his job and the wife $600 at her job, for a total of $1,200. Since they're only entitled to $800 total as a couple, that means they would have to pay $400 back to the IRS -- or see their refund reduced by that amount.
Anyone who receives income from a rental property or investment, such as interest and dividends. Your employer only knows about the income you earn at the company. If you receive other income that increases your modified adjusted gross income -- or even pushes you past the income limits for the credit -- you may end up owing the IRS some or all of the credit you received in your paycheck.
Anyone who started receiving their credit at the end of Febuary or anytime in March. The withholding tables are structured so that payments starting in April will add up to $400 for single filers and $800 for joint filers by year end. If payments start sooner than that a tax filer may actually receive a bit more than he's due by Dec. 31.
Conversely, if your employer doesn't start your payments until the end of April or in May -- there's no penalty if an employer doesn't meet the April 1 deadline -- you may end up getting a little less of a credit than you're entitled to, in which case you can claim the rest when you file your 2009 tax return.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Outkast's Andre 3000 Arrested For Driving 109 MPH
Outkast's Andre 3000 (real name: Andre Benjamin) was arrested near Atlanta Saturday for driving his 2007 Porsche Carrera at such a high speed that police called him "an accident waiting to happen," according to Atlanta's WSB-TV, TMZ and AllHipHop.com.A police officer told the station that the MC was clocked at 109 MPH on Saturday morning, significantly over the 65-mph speed limit, on Interstate 75, and was arrested for the danger he posed.
"Traveling that fast along 75, you're passing people as if they're standing still," Henry County Police Captain Jason Bolton told the station. "It's an accident waiting to happen."
The MC was released after posting $1,200 bail, according to TMZ. He is scheduled to appear in court on April 29.
Reps for Benjamin had not responded to MTV News' requests for comment at press time.
The arrest comes as State Representative Jim Cole is lobbying for a new "Super Speeder" bill to be passed in the state of Georgia. The law will force violators to pay an additional $200 fine for driving at more than 85 miles an hour on highways and four-lane roads. Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has said he supports the bill and intends to sign it into law in the coming months.
Representative Cole told WSB that he hopes Benjamin will help rally support behind the bill.
"He might be willing to help us market it," Cole told the station.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Praying for Help
Lord on this night I am praying for help. As much as I try to smile, laugh, and look unto the sky like everything is alright. So many times, I am afraid to truly and/or constantly pray to you, because half of the time I don't know what to say to you on a daily basis to release me outta my misery. On this night, I listen to this T.I song, "Praying for Help" and I realize that I need your help, Lord. I am praying for help tonight. I am praying for help, because I don't know what way to look in this life. I am sooo thankful for my daily blessings, but sooo unhappy with my daily life. I am working a job that I am thankful for but unhappy with. I am the best and yet I am not treated nor celebrated as the best. I have been on this job for the longest and still am not paid what I am due, if anything, they have reduced me. I don't complain, because you have been keeping me and keeping me, but Lord I need and want more. On this night, I am praying for help. I got paid on today [friday]. It was not much, but it was enough to reduce my overdraft fees. I am still overdraft, and unknowledgable of how I will pay my rent on April 1st. I am too afraid to speak to my roommate about it, because I don't wanna be a burden to him nor do I wanna let him down. The big homie has been good with me through some of my lies that he know nothing about. Once again, Lord you know I am down here lying like everything is alright and I am doing this when the true story is I am balancing my money right and preparing for days like these. So yes on this night, I am praying for help. Yes, I am praying for help cause truth be told I don't know what else to do with myself. I am loving the love around me, because I am unhappy. So unhappy inside yet I try to brighten up the world and your people and somehow keeping the joy alive in everyone else when I am such a mess.
I am praying for help, because the segregation in my immediately family is such a depressing one. I know only you can bring us 7 children my mother bore together.. unified. I just want to know how can we stop blaming each other, using each other, arguing with each other, and manipulating each other. The first 5 grew up together and are the most segregated. It is sad to me that WE are like this to ourselves. To allow a woman to come in between the rest of the family. To not think enough of each other to show equality to one another through daily conversation and family reunions during the summer and holidays. I just want us to be together like the other families and work out of these adversities. We are successful. We are healthy. We are fed. We are blessed yet we don't show nor share this blessing with one another. My mother do not fully know her grandchildren and my brothers are too lazy, too spoiled, too whatever to show their children where they come from. My mother. Our hometown. Not only this, because being faithful in these things. My mother gave everything and tried her best to be equal and right in our upbringing and yet they are too proud or selfish to even help this woman be comfortable in her living besides living of what little retirement she gets. Lord, I am just praying for help. I need your help, because I am so unhappy and so lost. I want to do better about read the Bible, because the wisdom out of Proverbs is some of the best food grown and prepared. Right now you are providing my Pastor with the Word of Excellence this month, and Lord, I just want to be excellent. I don't want to complain. I don't want to be unhappy. I want to rely on you and love your people. I love your people. I love your entire creation. I am praying for help, because I don't want to feel like I want to run away and never come back. I love the spirit of Miami and aura of the area. I am just praying for help, because I just want to be better. All the way around, I want to be better, Lord. Shame on me for STILL missing Loren and Marcia. Still. Why? You have brought me so far from those times last year this time. Last year this time, we were going through a tornado, I want pretty penniless then, behind on my car payment, and electricity was off. Some nights I manned up and slept in a cold apartment alone, because I did not wanna rely solely on Loren. I had to swallow that cup, provided to me. I am still thinking about Loren and missing her. I remembering the good love and good times of last February through April 2008, and ruined it from the Days of Wayback with Marcia, who did last another month after this. I did her wrong, but I wanna stop blaming myself. But it is you, who taught that you don't look behind you or you will crash. I feel like I will keep crashing, if I don't somehow.... find a way to get over them and this hump. Stop blaming myself. Stop holding on that mess. I am here now and they are not. You keep me and Lord, I realize this. I know these things. I understand these things. And I trust in YOU.
Lord, I am just praying for help, because I wanna change mentally. I want to just be happy. I want to live the life of entertaining the world and spreading your Word. But Lord, I don't know how to get started. What is the first step? I have to get to a point where I don't find more and more innovative ways of coping with the lostness of life and pain of love, where some of these things I, myself, have caused. Shame on me. Lord, I am just praying for help. I will reach my goals. I will be successful. I will bring us all together. I will live. But before these things, I am praying for help. You have blessed me with someone, who probably will be the best to me that I have been to myself outside of you, but I am too down to even enjoy the presence of. Lord, I just want freedom. Mentally. Emotionally. Socially. I did not dream that dream of never returning to LensCrafters for no reason last night and got my behind kicked in midst of being told this. There is a sign in all of this, hence I am praying for help. Lord, please forgive me this prayer. Lord, please forgive me for my ignorance. Lord, please forgive me for my lies. Lord, please just help me. I am trying hard. I am doing the best I know how. I am just praying for help, Lord. Many nights I want to cry, but I man up anyhow. But trouble do not last always nor do these bad times. I just want these bad times and self-pity to pass me. I am so alone without any kinda support, so I just have to pray for help. Lord, I am praying for help. Heal me. I no longer want to be genuinely sad. Through all these things in my life, its soooo hard not to hate myself, so I am praying for help.. Matthew 5:5 said Blessed are the Meek for they shall inherit the Earth while Psalms 27 said, I just wanna be in your goodness... Lord, I am praying for help.. even the one brother I have who nearly rebukes you, on this night for him, I am praying for help..
I am praying for help, because the segregation in my immediately family is such a depressing one. I know only you can bring us 7 children my mother bore together.. unified. I just want to know how can we stop blaming each other, using each other, arguing with each other, and manipulating each other. The first 5 grew up together and are the most segregated. It is sad to me that WE are like this to ourselves. To allow a woman to come in between the rest of the family. To not think enough of each other to show equality to one another through daily conversation and family reunions during the summer and holidays. I just want us to be together like the other families and work out of these adversities. We are successful. We are healthy. We are fed. We are blessed yet we don't show nor share this blessing with one another. My mother do not fully know her grandchildren and my brothers are too lazy, too spoiled, too whatever to show their children where they come from. My mother. Our hometown. Not only this, because being faithful in these things. My mother gave everything and tried her best to be equal and right in our upbringing and yet they are too proud or selfish to even help this woman be comfortable in her living besides living of what little retirement she gets. Lord, I am just praying for help. I need your help, because I am so unhappy and so lost. I want to do better about read the Bible, because the wisdom out of Proverbs is some of the best food grown and prepared. Right now you are providing my Pastor with the Word of Excellence this month, and Lord, I just want to be excellent. I don't want to complain. I don't want to be unhappy. I want to rely on you and love your people. I love your people. I love your entire creation. I am praying for help, because I don't want to feel like I want to run away and never come back. I love the spirit of Miami and aura of the area. I am just praying for help, because I just want to be better. All the way around, I want to be better, Lord. Shame on me for STILL missing Loren and Marcia. Still. Why? You have brought me so far from those times last year this time. Last year this time, we were going through a tornado, I want pretty penniless then, behind on my car payment, and electricity was off. Some nights I manned up and slept in a cold apartment alone, because I did not wanna rely solely on Loren. I had to swallow that cup, provided to me. I am still thinking about Loren and missing her. I remembering the good love and good times of last February through April 2008, and ruined it from the Days of Wayback with Marcia, who did last another month after this. I did her wrong, but I wanna stop blaming myself. But it is you, who taught that you don't look behind you or you will crash. I feel like I will keep crashing, if I don't somehow.... find a way to get over them and this hump. Stop blaming myself. Stop holding on that mess. I am here now and they are not. You keep me and Lord, I realize this. I know these things. I understand these things. And I trust in YOU.
Lord, I am just praying for help, because I wanna change mentally. I want to just be happy. I want to live the life of entertaining the world and spreading your Word. But Lord, I don't know how to get started. What is the first step? I have to get to a point where I don't find more and more innovative ways of coping with the lostness of life and pain of love, where some of these things I, myself, have caused. Shame on me. Lord, I am just praying for help. I will reach my goals. I will be successful. I will bring us all together. I will live. But before these things, I am praying for help. You have blessed me with someone, who probably will be the best to me that I have been to myself outside of you, but I am too down to even enjoy the presence of. Lord, I just want freedom. Mentally. Emotionally. Socially. I did not dream that dream of never returning to LensCrafters for no reason last night and got my behind kicked in midst of being told this. There is a sign in all of this, hence I am praying for help. Lord, please forgive me this prayer. Lord, please forgive me for my ignorance. Lord, please forgive me for my lies. Lord, please just help me. I am trying hard. I am doing the best I know how. I am just praying for help, Lord. Many nights I want to cry, but I man up anyhow. But trouble do not last always nor do these bad times. I just want these bad times and self-pity to pass me. I am so alone without any kinda support, so I just have to pray for help. Lord, I am praying for help. Heal me. I no longer want to be genuinely sad. Through all these things in my life, its soooo hard not to hate myself, so I am praying for help.. Matthew 5:5 said Blessed are the Meek for they shall inherit the Earth while Psalms 27 said, I just wanna be in your goodness... Lord, I am praying for help.. even the one brother I have who nearly rebukes you, on this night for him, I am praying for help..
Lawyer stabbed 38 times; husband held
...more praying needs to go down, because this is super nuts here:
Slain attorney Chiquita Tate was such a believer in the legal system that she had a tattoo of Lady Justice on her back, college friend T. J. Crawford recalled.
"She just had an attachment to justice and doing what's right by people. She was always very serious about that," said Crawford, a teacher and community organizer in Chicago, Illinois.
But Tate, described by colleagues as a tenacious defense attorney who fought for her clients, could not save herself.
Family members and friends in Chicago; Atlanta, Georgia, and Tate's adopted home -- tiny Baker, Louisiana -- are reeling from the grisly details of Tate's slaying, and police say it was at the hands of her husband, Greg Harris. They had been married about 14½ months.
Harris, 37, is in custody, accused of stabbing Tate to death. He is charged with second-degree murder and the illegal use of a dangerous weapon. A judge last week set his bond at $500,000.
In a phone interview with CNN, Harris' attorney, Lewis Unglesby, said police have the wrong man.
"Greg Harris by all accounts ... is innocent. I don't know anybody that thinks he did it, except the police," Uglesby said. "There's nothing in his background. He has cooperated completely with the police; he's signed everything they've asked him to sign. He's let them search his house, his car."
Tate, 34, had started her own law firm in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was doing well, family and acquaintances said.
"She was up and coming," said Cpl. L'Jean McKneely, a police spokesman in Baton Rouge.
Tate was representing a defendant in a high-profile murder trial when, police say, she became a homicide victim herself. Her body was found inside her law office on February 20. Tate was stabbed 38 times, according to a police warrant for Harris' arrest obtained by CNN.
While questioning Harris about Tate's death, police discovered an outstanding warrant for him in connection with a battery-domestic violence case. It stemmed from a December 22, 2007, incident at the couple's home.
Harris was accused of using "force and violence" against Tate, according to Baker City Court records. The court said Harris entered a not guilty plea on March 6, 2008, but did not appear for a May 8 pretrial conference. A warrant was issued for his arrest for contempt of court.
When Tate met Harris in late 2007, she fell for him, head over heels, said East Baton Rouge Parish Juvenile Court Judge Pam Taylor Johnson, Tate's mentor and former boss.
"She came in my office one day: 'I met the most wonderful guy! I need you to perform our marriage -- tomorrow,'" Johnson recalled Tate gleefully telling her.
"I told her she had to wait three days," as required by Louisiana law, Johnson added.
Tate did wait a bit. The couple's marriage license is dated January 10, 2008, just two and a half weeks after the domestic violence report from Baker police. They married on February 8, their marriage license shows.
Only the couple's immediate family members and two friends attended the ceremony at Green Chapel in Baton Rouge, said Tate's friend Shawn Collins, who was one of those on hand for the wedding.
Neighbors in suburban Baker said the couple seemed to settle into a good life in their home on Charry Drive.
Baker, population 13,000, was one of the cities that absorbed hundreds of families from the FEMA trailer homes after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The last families housed in Baker moved out last spring.
Neighbors recalled seeing Tate frequently driving down the street in her late-model Hummer and Harris steering a Mercedes.
Ethan Koobs, who lives across the street from the couple, said Tate was a "really nice lady, very upper-class, presented herself very well."
Koobs said he didn't see any discontent in the couple's lives.
"They seemed like a pleasant couple, just real nice," said neighbor Don Patton, who lives two houses down. "They kept their house and their lawn very nice."
He recalled the couple's concern for their neighbors after Hurricane Gustav, which raked south Louisiana on September 1, 2008, before petering out in southeast Texas. It knocked out power to 1.5 million homes in southern Louisiana, and thousands of homes were damaged by the wind.
Harris, a carpenter, found his skills useful.
"[Harris] was just generally concerned about everybody's well-being," Patton said. "We'd huddle in the street and he'd ask if anybody needed anything."
The couple helped their neighbors rebuild. But the warrant for Harris' arrest in the murder case revealed a fracture in the marriage. Tate was "planning on divorcing the defendant due to marital problems" and had leased her own apartment, the warrant stated.
As far as their friends were concerned, there was no trouble in the marriage and Tate appeared to be a doting wife.
She also enjoyed battling it out on behalf of her clients in the courtroom.
Tate, who was raised with six siblings, was tenacious even as a youngster, recalled childhood friend Ursula Bryant-Hill.
"She was always strong-willed and she analyzed everything. Everybody told her 'You'd be a good lawyer,'" said Bryant-Hill, of Hueytown, Alabama.
"If you knew Chiquita when she was growing up in Baton Rouge, she was always cautious about who she let in her intimate setting. 'Watch your surroundings,' that's how she was," Bryant-Hill added.
Upon graduation from college, Tate worked briefly as a legislative secretary, recording minutes at Atlanta City Council meetings.
But she longed to return home to Louisiana to attend law school at Southern University.
"When she told me she was in law school, I screamed," Bryant-Hill said.
Her friend, Juvenile Court Judge Johnson, said Tate lived by one creed: Justice for all, especially for those more vulnerable in society.
"I couldn't get her to accept the fact that 'things happen.' I told her some things you can't change [about the system], but it is our duty to see if we can equalize things," Johnson said.
Tate is remembered as someone who fought tirelessly for what she believed in. Now her loved ones hope the legal system will work for her.
The days have been long for Tate's family. Asked how she has been coping, Denita Tate, the victim's sister, said, "I'm not. It's harder every day."
"We want closure with our family and with our sister, and we want justice," Denita Tate said.
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Friday, March 27, 2009
T.I Before AND After being Charged for Time in Prison [ONE Year & a DAY]
...for the record, with him being charged a year and a day in prison.. he CAN get out early for good behavior. AJC Newspaper said as early as 10 months. If he was charged with simply ONE YEAR, then he would have to do all of it according to the law, now with this said:
BEFORE COURT [special shoutout to the ankle monitor going off, too]:
...and AFTER COURT:
Craig Sager, Burn that UGLY ASS Suit, saith Kevin Garnett
Extended Interview... All Star Weekend 2009
UGK feat. Sleepy Brown- Swishas & Erb
Cee-Lo is harmonizing his ASS off on this remake of Society of Soul [aka Sleepy Brown & Rico Wade Dungeon Family] "Peaches & Erb.... lets get it Cee-Lo....
...once again go BUY UGK 4 LIFE when/where available. NOT ONE WACK SONG ON THE ALBUM!!!!
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Quote of the Night [30]
Why come yo old lady look fine as hell after not seeing her for a long while? She be lookin' good with some other man and shit. You be like, "I wanna kill everybody... everybody in the world!"
-Richard Pryor
UGK- She Luv it
UGK 4 LIFE EXCLUSIVE:
..this album IS the realest. not ONE wack song on the entire album. not ONE!!!!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Body Language VI
When you speak, its like a calypso to my ears as my heart beats like a steelpan. Only if I could have you behind closed doors for a night and a carnival. It's no lie that when you're around, the look in your eyes somehow make me feel like I'm on fire.. my lovely lady, my Dame Lorraine. The night, I touched you the closest, you called me your Midnight Robber. We're talking Body Language.. spoken when we're forever. I dreamt of you wining while I laid on the bed... it was an instant turn on. Our connection is total communication... and nothing can put out our fire [in my mind]... we're speaking Body Language.. feel's good to me!!
UPDATE: Michael Vick leaves federal prison in Kansas
The "ORIGINAL" Ron Mexico:
[9:35pm]
RICHMOND, Va. -- Suspended NFL star Michael Vick has left a federal lockup in Kansas, apparently bound for Virginia to appear at a bankruptcy hearing next week.
Vick was at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City on Wednesday afternoon, U.S. Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Felicia Ponce said. The bureau's Web site simply listed Vick as being "in transit" and Ponce said she could not disclose the inmate's ultimate destination until he arrives.
Vick left federal prison camp in Leavenworth, Kan., at 3:24 a.m. and was transferred by the U.S. Marshals Service to the Oklahoma Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City on Wednesday.
Vick is en route to Virginia because he has been ordered to appear in person to testify at his bankruptcy confirmation hearing by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank J. Santoro on April 2. Vick, who was once the NFL's highest paid player, owes millions of dollars to creditors. He will be transported by the U.S. Marshals Service back to the federal penitentiary in Kansas after his Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearing is over.
Vick left Kansas nine days before his hearing because he has to use the same transportation system that the U.S. Marshals Service uses for every other inmate. Vick is being transferred along with other prisoners who have to make their own court dates.
"He's not the only [prisoner] who ever moved," Deputy U.S. Marshal Lisa Berger said. "We have a system. It's done in a way so all [prisoners] will make their court hearings."
The Oklahoma Federal Transfer Center is a transfer hub the U.S. Marshals Service uses when transporting federal prisoners to different locations. A source at the prison, who declined to be quoted by name, says the facility processes up to 500 inmates a day.
Another judge issued a court order directing federal marshals to bring the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback to Virginia for the hearing. It was unclear how long Vick would be at the Oklahoma facility and when he might arrive in Virginia.
Vick's attorneys did not immediately return phone messages left by The Associated Press.
Vick is serving 23 months for bankrolling a dogfighting conspiracy. He is eligible to move into home confinement no earlier than May 21 and is scheduled to be released from custody July 20.
Vick will likely be kept in a southeastern Virginia jail until the hearing, but it wasn't known which one. Newport News sheriff Gabe Morgan said he had not been notified that Vick would be staying in the city jail, but it was possible Vick and federal marshals would show up unannounced.
The judge overseeing Vick's bankruptcy case rejected the idea of allowing testimony by video hookup, saying he needed Vick in the courtroom so he could assess his demeanor and credibility.
Vick's plan for paying his creditors is based largely on his intention to resume his NFL career. Vick was suspended indefinitely after his 2007 indictment, and NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has said he will review Vick's status after he is released.
The Falcons still hold the contract rights to Vick but have said they will try to trade him. Vick's bankruptcy plan would allow him to keep the first $750,000 of his annual pay. After that, a percentage would go to his creditors based on a sliding scale.
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RICHMOND, Va. – Suspended NFL star Michael Vick has left a federal lockup in Kansas, apparently bound for Virginia to appear at a bankruptcy hearing next week.
The U.S. Bureau of Prisons Web site showed Wednesday that Vick was no longer at the federal penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan. It listed his status as "in transit."
It was not clear when he left, or where he was. But two weeks ago, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Frank Santoro demanded that Vick to testify at an April 2 hearing in Newport News about whether his Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan should be confirmed. Another judge issued a court order directing federal marshals to bring the former Atlanta Falcons quarterback to Virginia for the hearing.
Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Victoria Joseph said bureau policy prohibits disclosure of the prisoner's destination until after he arrives. Vick's attorneys did not immediately return phone messages left by The Associated Press.
Vick is serving 23 months for bankrolling a dogfighting conspiracy. He is eligible to move into home confinement no earlier than May 21 and is scheduled to be released from custody on July 20.
Vick will likely be kept in a southeastern Virginia jail until the hearing, but it wasn't known which one. Newport News Sheriff Gabe Morgan said he had not been notified that Vick would be staying in the city jail, but it was possible Vick and federal marshals would show up unannounced.
The judge overseeing Vick's bankruptcy case rejected the idea of allowing testimony by video hookup, saying he needed Vick in the courtroom so he could assess his demeanor and credibility.
Vick's plan for paying his creditors is based largely on his intention to resume his NFL career. Vick was suspended indefinitely after his 2007 indictment, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said he will review Vick's status after he is released.
The Falcons still hold the contract rights to Vick but have said they will try to trade him. Vick's bankruptcy plan would allow him to keep the first $750,000 of his annual pay. After that, a percentage would go to his creditors based on a sliding scale.
SOURCE
Trooper in trouble over Facebook photos
This another dumb ass and placed in the "When Keepin it Real Goes Wrong". Like what the hell be on people minds.. also, is FACEBOOK safe anymore, they can track old shit like what they did to this fool. Read:
Indianapolis - An Indiana State Trooper is under investigation for what some call compromising photos and statements he posted on the Internet.
Police say what 13 Investigates found on Trooper Chris Pestow's personal Facebook page is embarrassing and might even be against the law. Some of the entries showed Pestow with a .357 Magnum pointed at his head, drinking what he described as lots of beer with his buddies and lewd horseplay.
Over the past several months, Pestow has used his Facebook page to brag of heavy drinking. He also posted pictures of a crash involving his ISP cruiser.
"Oops! Where did my front end go?" he wrote when he posted the picture. Later, while discussing the accident with his friends on Facebook, Pestow added, "kiss my butt, Not my fault.:)"
And he isn't shy about sharing his views of police work, referring to himself as not a state trooper, but as a "garbage man." His Facebook page said, "I pick up trash for a living."
Pestow also weighed in on the issue of people who resist arrest and threaten police officers. Referring to an incident in California in which Fresno Police officers punched a homeless man during his arrest, Pestow wrote: "Let someone, homeless or not, try and stab me with a pen, knife, spoon, etc, not only will he fail, he'll probably end up shot. These people should have died when they were young anyway, i'm just doing them a favor." [sic]
Eyewitness News interviewed Pestow in December 2008 while he was responding to traffic accidents on an icy stretch of I-465. He wasn't happy about the icy conditions, and we know that because after the interview, at 5:42 a.m., his Facebook page has this entry: "Chris Pestow is very mad @ whoever is responsible for this awful weather."
Now, the Indiana State Police may be very mad at him.
"There has been an internal investigation started," said ISP Major Carlos Pettiford, adding that investigators are trying to determine if the photos and information posted on Pestow's Facebook page violate department rules.
Pettiford says the state's biggest concern is that Trooper Pestow may have been Facebook-ing while you were paying for it.
ISP records show Pestow was on duty during the early morning hours of February 11. That day at 2 a.m., an entry on his Facebook page reads "Chris Pestow is NOT working in the rain."
On February 19, while state records indicate Pestow was working his overnight shift, the Trooper's Facebook site shows this entry at 3:22 a.m.: "It's cold AND snowing?!?! I can't possibly work in these conditions."
And on November 28 at 1:20 a.m., ISP says Pestow was supposed to be on duty at the same time he apparently wrote, "Chris Pestow is keeping the mean streets of Fishers safe and free of trash."
A friend quickly responded to that post.
"Hmmmm. how are u keeping the streets safe ... if u r on facebook? :)," the friend wrote.
ISP is wondering the same thing.
"That's a clear violation. We know that right off the bat," said Major Pettiford. "When they're working, that's exactly what they're supposed to be doing is working, not playing or writing on the internet unless it's for department business."
Pestow isn't the only one who is now facing possible punishment.
The man holding the gun to his head in one of the photos is also a police officer. Andrew Deddish works for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and officials there are not happy with the picture.
"We're trained [that] we don't point firearms at anything we don't plan to shoot," said IMPD Sgt. Paul Thompson.
Thompson said Deddish is now facing an internal investigation, because pointing a gun at someone is against state law and because he says a police officer should know better.
"It's embarrassing. We're always under public scrutiny. We hold a position that's a trust to the public. You're expected to act accordingly," Thompson said.
So what were the officers thinking by posing for the picture and later posting it on the internet?
"They weren't thinking," said Thompson. "It was an error in judgment ... so now there has to be accountability and that's what we're going to do."
13 Investigates tried to reach Chris Pestow through his family and friends, but the state Trooper has not responded to WTHR's request for an interview.
Pettiford said ISP contacted Pestow Monday - the same day WTHR contacted ISP to ask about the photos and information posted on the Facebook page -- to inform the state officer he was the focus of an internal investigation. Pestow did remove his Facebook page from the Internet that same afternoon, but not before 13 Investigates, State Police and IMPD had a very good look at it.
ISP is currently in the process of drafting a Standard Operating Procedure for all department staff regarding posting information on personal web pages such as Facebook.
"These are new times," Pettiford said. "We didn't have Facebook when I got into law enforcement, but nowadays it's out there so we're putting together a policy."
Officials told Eyewitness News both Pestow and Deddish will remain on paid duty while their departments conduct the internal investigations, which will probably take several weeks.
Police say this situation should provide a powerful reminder to all of us: don't post anything on the Internet that you would not want to see on the news.
SOURCE
NYC GOONS KIDNAP BOBBY BROWN … WHITNEY FORCED TO PAY $400K IN RANSOM!!!
According to MediaTakeOut:
March 25, 2009. MediaTakeOut.com just got an EXPLOSIVE report. According to a new AUTOBIOGRAPHY of a street goon named David Collins, his Harlem gang kidnapped Bobby Brown in 1993 – and extorted his then wife Whitney for 400 STACKS!!
Here’s how the National Enquirer is reporting things:
Preacher [the leader of the notorious Preacher Crew Gang] knew that Bobby frequented a certain Manhattan nightclub and sent three of his henchmen to kidnap Brown. One of Preacher’s crew plied Bobby with high-grade cocaine, according to the book. Bobby wanted to buy some more, and Preacher’s henchmen said there was more to be had in the Bronx …
Bobby was led to an apartment on the fifth floor. Guns were drawn, and when a terrified Bobby tried to run, a gang member knocked him out with one punch.
When he awoke, Bobby was naked and ho-tied, his mouth stuffed with a rag.”
And it gets better. When Preacher, the gang’s leader, finally came down to see the bound Bobby, here’s how dude was acting:
Bobby begged for his life and claimed that Whitney would pay his debt.
The Preacher left the room, and his henchmen then terrorized Bobby for two hours. They kicked him They threatened to kill Whitney. Another put a gun to Bobby’s head.
Bobby was weeping … begging Preacher to call Whitney.
So what did Whitney do. Well according to the Enquirer – she put on her wig, hopped in her Rolls and brought a duffle bag filled with $400,000 to the stash house.
....well, when keepin it real goes wrong!!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Quote of the Night [29]
"Here's a lesson about true friendship: You should be able to count the umbrellas in the rain AND in the sunshine"
-Rob the Sound Savvy Dude
Monday, March 23, 2009
Alaska's Mount Redoubt erupts
(CNN) -- Mount Redoubt in southern Alaska erupted twice early Monday after snapping a quiet streak that lasted almost two decades, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The U.S. Geological Survey says Alaska's Mount Redoubt has started erupting.
Darkness and snow obscured the eruptions, which started about 10:38 p.m. Sunday (2:38 a.m. ET Monday). Subsequent eruptions occurred at 11:02 p.m., 12:14 a.m. and 1:39 a.m local time.
Redoubt was last active in 1989, when eruptions lasted for five months, USGS geophysicist John Power said at an early morning news conference Monday.
"We would expect Redoubt to have some level of explosive activity for the next weeks or months," Power said.
The alert level went to red, the highest level, when the eruptions began, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory web page.
The USGS estimated the height of the eruption cloud at 50,000 feet and warned that mudflows were possible on the Drift and Crescent Rivers and ashfall was likely downwind from the volcano.
"I understand a number of commercial flights have been canceled coming in and out of Anchorage International Airport," Power said. "We could see disruptions to air travel to south central Alaska, and Alaska as a whole, for a period of weeks to months."
Ash from the volcano is expected to blow north and pass west of Anchorage, said Dave Schneider, a geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. He described the ash as a trace -- meaning if some landed on a windshield, the driver could still see through it.
Power said the ash will be about the thickness of a penny or a dime but warned residents to take precautions.
"It does pose significant problems for mechanical systems, people with respiratory illnesses, and aircraft," he said, adding that residents should be prepared to stay indoors.
Those in range of the ashfall should seal their windows and doors, the National Weather Service said. It also advised that residents protect electronics, cover air intakes and open water supplies, and minimize driving.
Early Sunday, researchers had raised the monitoring status for the volcano, which had been showing increased seismic activity. Officials had predicted an eruption was possible "within days to weeks."
Officials have been monitoring Redoubt since July, Power said, and raised the aviation threat level to yellow in November and orange in January. The threat level alternated between orange and yellow until March 21, when it was last raised to orange, Power said.
Bill Burton, a USGS geologist, said there had been increases in seismic activity at Mount Redoubt since January followed by periods of quiet.
The 10,197-foot peak is about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, the most populous city in Alaska.
SOURCE
The U.S. Geological Survey says Alaska's Mount Redoubt has started erupting.
Darkness and snow obscured the eruptions, which started about 10:38 p.m. Sunday (2:38 a.m. ET Monday). Subsequent eruptions occurred at 11:02 p.m., 12:14 a.m. and 1:39 a.m local time.
Redoubt was last active in 1989, when eruptions lasted for five months, USGS geophysicist John Power said at an early morning news conference Monday.
"We would expect Redoubt to have some level of explosive activity for the next weeks or months," Power said.
The alert level went to red, the highest level, when the eruptions began, according to the Alaska Volcano Observatory web page.
The USGS estimated the height of the eruption cloud at 50,000 feet and warned that mudflows were possible on the Drift and Crescent Rivers and ashfall was likely downwind from the volcano.
"I understand a number of commercial flights have been canceled coming in and out of Anchorage International Airport," Power said. "We could see disruptions to air travel to south central Alaska, and Alaska as a whole, for a period of weeks to months."
Ash from the volcano is expected to blow north and pass west of Anchorage, said Dave Schneider, a geophysicist with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. He described the ash as a trace -- meaning if some landed on a windshield, the driver could still see through it.
Power said the ash will be about the thickness of a penny or a dime but warned residents to take precautions.
"It does pose significant problems for mechanical systems, people with respiratory illnesses, and aircraft," he said, adding that residents should be prepared to stay indoors.
Those in range of the ashfall should seal their windows and doors, the National Weather Service said. It also advised that residents protect electronics, cover air intakes and open water supplies, and minimize driving.
Early Sunday, researchers had raised the monitoring status for the volcano, which had been showing increased seismic activity. Officials had predicted an eruption was possible "within days to weeks."
Officials have been monitoring Redoubt since July, Power said, and raised the aviation threat level to yellow in November and orange in January. The threat level alternated between orange and yellow until March 21, when it was last raised to orange, Power said.
Bill Burton, a USGS geologist, said there had been increases in seismic activity at Mount Redoubt since January followed by periods of quiet.
The 10,197-foot peak is about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, the most populous city in Alaska.
SOURCE
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Police Dispatcher Loses Job Over Sexcapade
[...in Cincinnati]
LEBANON -- A Lebanon police dispatcher was out of a job Friday, after she was accused of having sex while on the job.
Lebanon City Attorney Mark Yurick told News 5 that Becky Hughes was working the overnight shift two weeks ago when she invited her boyfriend, David Dakins, and a friend to see the dispatch center.
Yurick said Hughes put a call out over the intercom to see if any officers were in the building. When no one responded, he said Hughes started performing oral sex on Dakins, while his friend waited in the hallway.
"In addition to the nature, the specific nature of the conduct, it was certainly inappropriate for her to be engaged in any kind of conduct that was distracting or could've potentially distracted her from doing her job," said Yurick.
Surveillance video from inside the dispatch center shows there was a sergeant in the building at the time of the incident. The video appears to show the sergeant walking in on Hughes and Dakins.
News 5 exclusively obtained video of Hughes talking about the incident during an internal investigation. She denied doing anything inappropriate and called it a joke.
"As soon as the radio traffic stops, I go down real quick to make it look like I was giving David (oral sex), which I wasn't. I will swear to you I wasn't," she said during the interview. "If I could take back those two seconds, I would," she said.
Hughes did admit that David had his pants down in the dispatch center while she was working.
Hughes resigned from her job. No charges were filed against her.
Yurick said he believed sex did take place that night. But he said no calls to 911 went unanswered.'
"I think the potential was clearly there. Thank God it doesn't appear to have happened that way," said Yurick.
SOURCE
Friday, March 20, 2009
Administration stage Steel Cage WWE Fights @ Dallas High School
Damn... where was this when I was fighting back in the day??? Real talk, this is effed up!!!
UPDATE on Big Boys Neighborhood: Rick Ross confesses by MOUTH/BREAKING NEWS: Rick Ross Finally Admits Prison-Guard Past
UPDATE THIS MORNING:
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[3/13/2009]
After months of denials and flat-out refusing to address the subject, Rick Ross has admitted to being employed as a correctional officer. In the May issue of XXL magazine, the Miami rap star finally owns up.
"Me not answering or addressing that situation has nothing to do with my career," he's quoted as saying. "I've accomplished enough, and I've made enough money for me to be good. ... Yes, it was me in those pictures. But I'mma tell you this. Me taking that job, I was doing my job. You understand what I mean?"
After a picture of Ross wearing a guard uniform leaked onto the Internet, The Smoking Gun Web site was the first to crack the case concerning Ross' controversial background. They released purported official papers detailing his job and old pay stubs. While the evidence of Ross' past seemed irrefutable, the MC had brushed it off until now, despite blog talk and continual mocking from 50 Cent (the G-Unit have constantly called him "Officer Ricky" in songs and interviews).
Ross told XXL that his credibility cannot be fazed and the drug-dealing stories in his songs are authentic.
"The stuff I talk about is real. The dope is real," he insisted. "The gun talk is official. Look up [notorious Miami gang member] Kenneth 'Boobie' Williams. Look where he's from. That's not nothing to be proud of. I wish that on no man. But, just to let you know, that's what I witnessed. It's a reality. I cannot discuss certain people that's still in the streets, and I will not. I took a street oath, and I'mma live by that, and I'mma die by that. And it's not about a music career, 'cause that sh--, I'm good. It's about me and being in the streets."
The article also delves into Ross' much-hyped feud with 50 Cent.
"50 Cent made a statement [that he'll] ruin somebody's life," Ross snarled. "Where I come from, it takes a AK-47 to do that. Cartoons, we laugh — funny. You put on a wig, come out the closet — funny. At the end of the day, we in the streets finna drop another #1 album, we pressing on."
In February, Ross told MTV News that he was not impressed with 50's showing in their battles.
"My freestyles as you could hear them, 'Kiss My Pinky Ring,' I do them in 20 minutes and put them out there," he said. "Those crumble empires. People listening to how potent the music is. That's all this really is for me."
50 Cent is planning to one-up Ross by releasing a sex tape called "Time to Make a Movie" that is said to feature one of Ross' children's mothers, known only as Brooke. At press time, neither 50 Cent nor Ross had responded to MTV News' requests for comment about that report, however, on Thursday afternoon (March 13), 50 released a trailer on his Web site.
SOURCE
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Body Language V
[continued from Body Language 3]
...once we reached the hotel on the same night in Miami, we skipped the room. Stairwell. Your lips tasted so sweet. Body Language. Your panties down to your feet.
"...do me, baby"
Ahhhh!!!! [deep breath]
[screetch moan]
"...papí"
Unable to resist the way your nipple beget me through your suspenders.
..keep bouncing.
...keep bouncing.
3 times bounce.
We're bounciiiiiiing.....
[moans in my ear, nibble on the ear]
[scratching of my back]
....body language.
Eye to eye. Sensual and soo sweet.
There goes your puddle of water...everywhere
Slight smile..
....sweet kiss.
gee whiz, its been 1 hour, 41 minutes. 2 places.
...one more bounce
goodnight miami.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Quote of the Night [29]
"Look a here, don't being worry about what people say about you. Live your own life and live it free through Christ Jesus. Matter of fact, they hung Jesus on the cross and He didn't bother ANYONE. So what do you think they will say about YOU??? You think you gotta go through this life scott free???"
-My Grandma Louise on People talking about YOU behind your back @ age 11
Sometimes I Cry
Sometimes when I'm alone
I cry because I'm on my own
The tears I cry R bitter and warm
They flow with life but take no form
I cry because my hear is torn
and I find it difficult to carry on
if I had an ear 2 confide in
I would cry among my treasured friends
But who do u know that stops that long
To help another carry on
The world moves fast and it would rather pass u by
Than 2 stop and c what makes u cry
It's painful and sad and sometimes I cry
and no one cares about why.
- Tupac Shakur
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
AIG employees should return bonuses or face high tax
DAMN!!! What a bunch of dumb asses!! They got the bonuses, and dipped...
(CNN) -- Top Democratic lawmakers called Tuesday for high taxes on the controversial AIG bonuses, as new details emerged on who got those bonuses.
"My colleagues and I are sending a letter to [AIG CEO Edward] Liddy informing him that he can go right ahead and tell the employees that are scheduled to get bonuses that they should voluntarily return them," Sen. Charles Schumer said on the Senate floor. "Because if they don't, we plan to tax virtually all of [the money] ... so it is returned to its rightful owners, the taxpayers."
Schumer's comments came the same day New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo confirmed in a letter to Congress that AIG paid 73 employees bonuses of more than $1 million each.
Cuomo also wrote that 11 of the employees no longer work for the company. The largest bonus paid was $6.4 million; seven other people also received more than $4 million each.
"Until we obtain the names of these individuals, it is impossible to determine when and why they left the firm and how it is that they received these payments," Cuomo wrote to a congressional committee.
AIG has been under fire for awarding seven-figure bonuses to employees while being kept afloat by more than $170 billion from the U.S. government's financial bailout.
The company insists the payouts are needed to keep talented executives on the payroll, but public anger over the moves has prompted Congress and the Obama administration to seek some ways to reclaim the money. Watch Sen. Schumer vow to recoup the bonuses »
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Tuesday that the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee will pursue a legislative fix in such a way that the "recipients of those bonuses will not be able to keep all their money -- and that's an understatement."
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Montana, will propose a special tax within the next 24 hours, Reid said.
"I don't think those bonuses should be paid," Baucus said Tuesday.
The special-tax idea was first floated Monday by Sen. Chris Dodd, chairman of the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
"We have a right to tax," the Connecticut Democrat told CNN. "You could write a tax provision that's narrowly crafted only to the people receiving bonuses."
At an unrelated hearing Tuesday at which IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman was testifying, Baucus asked the nation's top tax official, "What's the highest excise tax we can impose that's sustainable in court?"
Shulman did not respond directly, but Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Florida, chimed in to suggest the tax could be as high as "90 percent."
President Obama on Monday expressed dismay and anger over the bonuses to executives at AIG.
"This is a corporation that finds itself in financial distress due to recklessness and greed," Obama told politicians and reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, where he and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner were unveiling a package to aid the nation's small businesses.
Obama said he will attempt to block bonuses for AIG, payments he described as an "outrage." See a snapshot of facts, attitudes and analysis on the recession »
"Under these circumstances, it's hard to understand how derivative traders at AIG warranted any bonuses, much less $165 million in extra pay. I mean, how do they justify this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?"
Obama was referring to the bonuses paid to traders in AIG's financial products division, the tiny group of people who crafted complicated deals that contributed to the shaking of the world's economic foundations. Watch Obama say he's outraged by bonuses »
The president said he has asked Geithner to "pursue every single legal avenue to block these bonuses and make the American taxpayers whole." Obama said he would work with Congress to change the laws so that such a situation cannot happen again.
The president spared Liddy from criticism, saying he got the job "after the contracts that led to these bonuses were agreed to last year."
But he said the impropriety of the bonuses goes beyond economics. "It's about our fundamental values," he said.
Under pressure from the Treasury, AIG scaled back the bonus plans and pledged to reduce 2009 bonuses -- or "retention payments" -- by at least 30 percent. That has done little to temper outrage over the initial plan, however.
In the House, Democrats are trying to shame AIG executives into forgoing the bonuses. They're also investigating possible legal avenues Congress can take to force the company to return money used for bonuses, a House Democratic leadership aide and a House Financial Services Committee aide said Monday.
The committee is trying to determine whether Congress can force AIG to renegotiate the bonuses, which the company says it is legally required to give employees under contracts negotiated before the company received its first infusion of bailout dollars in September, according to the committee aide. Who's insured by AIG? »
Both aides said it is unclear what authority Congress might have to force AIG to take back the bonuses.
Liddy will face intense questioning about the bonuses when he testifies Wednesday before the House Financial Services subcommittee on capital markets.
SOURCE
Welcome Home, Gucci Mane.... but pleeeasssee Mya noooo!!!
First Interview outta Dekalb County Jail...[a place where YOU don't wanna go here in Atlanta]
....but I don't know why Mya is a Welcome Home Gucci Mane party.. I just know there better not be a fling here or I will personally commit suicide.
[special shoutout to illseed and the AHH rumors section for the source of this]
Monday, March 16, 2009
Body Language IV
I met you on the beach. I was about to leave, but something told me to stay. The wrap on your head, beautiful, gentle smile.. and beautiful red toes. My favorite color. We all jumped into the ocean. I felt like our eyes met too many times in the water. We are speaking Body Language. To be in your presence.... was an instant turn on. But for you was not sexual.. I went under water, welcomed by your black panties, and pick you up. We are speaking Body Language. I wished to see your restricted hair.. you on my back made me feel like we could swim in the ocean far and forever. Your giggle.. flapped my ears. We enjoyed kindred spirits alike.. and time dwindled for departure, I kinda did not wanna leave.... without holding you longer, touching your lips with mine. My arms around your body... felt comfortable.. between the nose and chin is where it goes!! Ahhh, I called your name 5 times on a beach in Miami Florida... and until later on that evening, I shall miss you.... at that time, nothing made me feel as good as you did... yup, officially we were speaking body language.... but.. nothing sexual, go figure... but you felt so good to me. On land. In water. The Salt Lake... was worth it twice with you.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
A Moment in Marvin Gaye History... [7]
[chapter 7]
As a pre-teen, Marvin Jr. began to take refuge from his father at a piano that sat in the family's living room. (Marvin Sr. was a passable self-taught pianist.) The father encouraged Marvin to play, as long as he stuck with religious music.
Marvin Jr. proved to be a natural musician. He would never learn to read music, but he could play any tune by ear, including the blues and popular ballads when his father was away.
At Cardozo High School, Marvin Jr. fell in with a clique of musically talented teens, and they formed a combo, the D.C. Tones. Marvin played piano and drums; no one knew he could sing.
The boys would take a bus to the Howard Theater and buy cheap seats to see touring rhythm and blues artists like James Brown, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke and Little Willie John.
Secretly, Marvin favored the style of white crooners like Dean Martin, Perry Como and Frank Sinatra. His pals learned he could sing one day when they caught him delivering a dead-on copy of Johnnie Ray's "Cry."
His growing interest in secular music led to new conflicts at home, and by age 18 the son had had enough. He dropped out of 11th grade and joined the Air Force. But he soon learned that joining the military to escape a harsh authority figure was no solution, especially when he found himself peeling potatoes, not flying jet airplanes as he had hoped.
As he put it, "I was completely unprepared and found it impossible to take orders from pompous assholes with nothing better to do than humiliate me."
He was in the Air Force just long enough to lose his virginity to a hooker. He feigned mental illness and got an honorable discharge, with this proviso: "Marvin Gaye cannot adjust to regimentation and authority."
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Body Language III
The next night in Miami,it started in the elevator. Smiles. Laughs. Immigrants alike.. drunkenly loving one another...until....
...a few more drinks, more laughs all the way to the beach under the moonlight.. goodtimes... boogie... by the sea and under the fowl of the air... wind blowin' as we touched lips again.. heart pounding as clothes slip off onto the sandy beach. "Just call me... King, baby... just-just... call me baby"
..."I know my boobies are small"
"they are just fine, baby.."
Bounce.. Bounce... "...I shaved for you baby"
...Bounce, bounce... as you lean back on top as the wind blow.....
ooohh, you nibbled my ear..
"..just-just-just call me baby!!!!"
oooh, is that the oceantide down there so quickly???
..."c'mon take me back to the hotel now, papí"
We laugh as we kiss again... [hiccup breathe out]
"...hold me papí"
[wind blowing... ocean crashing]
"...just-just-just call me baby!!!"
The Mike Tyson Documentry
..still the baddest bitch on the block.... behind Rocky Marciano & Muhammad Ali
Rick Ross' Baby Mama, Brooke, XXX Tape by 50 Cent [aka Pimpin Curly]
*sighs* i guess... & please be over 18 years of age before viewing, if not, then i am not held liable. view at your OWN risk...
Friday, March 13, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Kanye West- Welcome to Heartbreak
This is ol... disrespectful.... crazy ass video. Damn Kanye, you def deliver classic videos. Fuck wit it..
Updates: Rick Ross' Baby Mama XXX Trailer by 50 && Chris Brown/Rihanna duet Confirmed..
When Keepin it Real Goes Wrong... by 50 & the Baby Mama..
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A spokesperson for producer Polow Da Don has confirmed that Chris Brown and Rihanna have recorded a duet. According to CNN, the unnamed song was tracked with Don just days after Brown, 19, was charged with two felonies over his alleged February 8 altercation with girlfriend Rihanna, 21.
Don's publicist said the singers — who reportedly reunited at a home owned by Diddy in Miami two weeks ago — completed the song earlier this week, though no other details were available on the track. A spokesperson for Don did not return requests for comment on the song, and spokespeople for Brown and Rihanna have declined to comment about the sessions.
"My heart goes out to both Chris and Rihanna for what has happened in the past," Polow said in a statement. "They are both great artists to work with, and I wish them well."
Brown was charged with assault and making criminal threats on March 5 and is due back in court on April 6 for his arraignment in the case.
On Wednesday, Us Magazine reported additional details on the song, quoting an unnamed source describing it as having a theme "about being stronger and growing stronger in a relationship. ... The song was originally created for Rihanna before the fight. However, it wasn't initially slated for Chris to be on the song."
The source added: "The funny thing is, the song expresses the emotions that both Chris and Rihanna are feeling at this moment — facing challenges and overcoming the ups and downs of a relationship in which you become stronger." The singers were described as being "very playful" in the studio during the session.
A month before the alleged incident, MTV News reported that the couple, who have been very private about their yearlong relationship, had actually already worked on their first original track together. The song, "Bad Girl," which leaked in January, was recorded for the soundtrack to "Confessions of a Shopaholic" and was produced by Polow but ultimately didn't make the final cut for the album.
"I came from a Jerry Bruckheimer meeting after seeing the movie, and they were telling us all the music they needed for all the scenes and the characters," Polow told MTV about his sit-down with the movie's producer. "So that night, I went to the studio and I was telling Chris about [the meeting]. And he was like, 'Let's get on it.' It was crazy, because Jerry Bruckheimer's dream was to have a song from Rihanna (for the movie), and I delivered Rihanna and Chris Brown in 24 hours. So they were like, 'Wow, that's crazy.' "
In the song, Rihanna talks about her shopping addiction, her penchant for bags and shoes and her not-so-thrifty purchasing habits. "Need no bargain, need no sale/ I want the best, I dress me well," she sings. Brown chimes in with a rap about his better half toward the end of the track. "She's a walking store, I'm talking about her clothes/ I just pause, I'm in awe, 'cause she's a fashion show."
At the time, Polow praised Brown's energy and work ethic, as well as Rihanna's unique voice and easygoing attitude and said, "We actually did a lot more records that hopefully will be coming soon."
SOURCE
50 vs Rick Ross Continues: 50 set to RELEASE XXX Tape of Rick Ross' Baby Mama
Below is the preview from THIS IS 50.com and BooBooTV... this is getting ugly and silly.. but I still ride with The Bo$$
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Quote of the Night [28]
Psalms 27
1The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
3Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war should rise against me, even in this will I be confident.
4One thing have I desired of the LORD; that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD and to inquire in His temple.
5For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in His pavilion; in the secret places of His tabernacle shall He hide me; He shall set me upon a rock.
6And then shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me; therefore I will offer in His tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD.
7Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me and answer me.
8When Thou saidst, "Seek ye My face," my heart said unto Thee, "Thy face, LORD, will I seek."
9Hide not Thy face far from me; put not Thy servant away in anger. Thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation.
10When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up.
11Teach me Thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a level path because of mine enemies.
12Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies; for false witnesses have risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
13I would have fainted, unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
14Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart. Wait, I say, on the LORD!
Technicality May Send ‘Freeway’ Rick Ross Back To Prison
Damn... FREE the REAL Rick Ross.... Fuck the P-O-L-I-C-E and any muthaf*cka that disagrees..
By Ismael AbduSalaam
Former cocaine kingpin “Freeway” Rick Ross is in danger of being sent back to prison despite a judge ruling to release him.
Ross has been in prison for the last 14 years, serving an original 20 year sentence for attempting to purchase 100 kilograms of cocaine from a federal agent in 1996.
Due to a successful appeal and model behavior, the courts ruled that Ross was eligible to be released this month to a halfway house, and begin the transition back into society.
However, Texarkana Federal prison officials have stated Ross’ paperwork has been “lost,” and the correctional facility will not honor the judge’s ruling.
Wendy Day, celebrated Hip-Hop advocate and founder of the Rap Coalition, explained that the prison’s actions are a concerted effort to keep Ross from moving on with his life.
“We need help and support in contacting everyone and anyone of power who works for the BOP (Bureau of Prisons) to get this situation resolved,” Day disclosed in a statement. “Rick should have been out over a year ago, and this newest so-called ‘glitch’ is the 5th time that the warden and the BOP have directly gone against the Judge. How can they get away with this? I don’t know – but they are.”
In the early and mid 1980s, Rick Ross controlled the majority of the drug trade in Los Angeles, reportedly grossing $2-3 million dollars per week.
His arrest and conviction at the behest of his dealer, Oscar Danilo Blandon, revealed his organization had ties to the infamous Iran-Contra scandal.
Since his imprisonment, Ross has expressed regret for his actions, and plans to begin extensive community outreach to youth on the dangers of drugs.
Additionally, he has shunned the glorification rappers have bestowed on his former life.
“After seeing all the stuff that has been going on with the Correctional Officer (William Roberts) that stole my name, makes me think back to a year and a half ago when we spoke,” Ross told AllHipHop.com last July. “I tried to talk to him like a big brother and let him know to be you, and that he couldn’t be me. And that if he wanted to rap the lifestyle that he couldn’t frame it based on my life.”
Before his latest legal issue, Ross was scheduled to be released on March 29.
SOURCE
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Body Language II
One night in Miami, we danced... we laughed... we loved... before the night was over, the music of your laughter pushed my motions inebriately directly to your lips. Sensually. Your eyes connected with mine as you spoke, "You're bad" and the closing of the night with my response, "I just have a lotta love to give..."
Monday, March 9, 2009
A Moment in Marvin Gaye History... [6]
[chapter 6]
"It wasn't simply that my father beat me, though that was bad enough," Gaye said. "He'd say, 'Boy, you're going to get a whipping.' Then he'd tell me to take off my clothes and send me to the bedroom... It wouldn't have been so awful if he had hit me right away. But father liked mind games. He'd play with me. He'd make me wait an hour, or even more, all the while jangling his belt buckle loud enough so I could hear... When he finally struck me, I knew—children know these things—that something inside him was enjoying the whole thing."
Marvin Sr. was the antithesis of the macho stereotype of an abusive man. He was trim and effeminate and often dressed in women's blouses and wigs.
As Marvin Jr. told Ritz, "My father likes to wear women's clothing... To tell you the truth, I have the same fascination with women's clothes. In my case, that has nothing to do with any attraction for men. Sexually, men don't interest me. But seeing myself as a woman is something that intrigues me. It's also something I fear. I indulge myself only at the most discreet and intimate moments. Afterward I must bear the guilt and shame for weeks."
The writer asked Alberta whether her husband was homosexual.
"I'm not certain," she said. "I do know that five of his siblings were homosexual. And it's true that he liked soft clothing... He liked to wear my panties, my shoes, my gowns, even my nylon hose."
Source: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye by David Krajicek
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Fuck Dallas: Terrell Owens released TONIGHT
Michael Vick is on his way home.... T.O and Vick 2009!!!
The Dallas Cowboys have released controversial wide receiver Terrell Owens, sources told ESPN's Michael Smith late Wednesday.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones did not deny the team is discussing the possible release of Owens in late February.
"That Stephen and I were debating about Terrell, that's just misinformation," Jones said regarding his son, Cowboys vice president Stephen Jones at the time. "That's just not accurate. I don't know where that comes from. That's just total misinformation."
The Cowboys paid Owens a $12 million signing bonus just last year, included as part of a new four-year, $34 million deal.
Owens caught 69 passes for 1,052 yards and 10 touchdowns this season.
SOURCE
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Malika Calhoun speaks on Cop Beating Her in Seattle
..15 year old teenager is beaten by police and its caught on tape.
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Body Language
[THIS MONTH IS BODY LANGUAGE, PREVIOUSLY POWERLIGHT & DEEPER THAN LOVE]
Read me. I read you. Our eyes meet... and you taste so sweet. We are the blueprint for love all over the world. And.. you're tapping on my shoulder now. I love you... I love you..
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