It’s that time of year again bitches where DP Dot Com and friends vy for the king of the hill in picking football games.
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As usual, the pool winner gets a FREE pair of kicks.
I had to fucks with that Star Wars movie this weekend. It was wack though. I’m sure some kids liked it, but any hardcore Star Wars fan would be pissed off that they effed over the continuity for a cartoon. With that being said I am letting y’all fools know right now that I want a copy of the ‘Empire Strikes Back’ for my bornday next month. Anyone who has a hookup at Blockbuster or wherever needs to make sure one of those DVD’s goes missing. Is all I’m saying…
When I went to the ‘A’ a few weeks back I did come off with a pair of NIKE SB’s. I didn’t know what the name of these joints was so I decided to do what I do for all of my kicks in the first place – name them my damn self. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw these kicks was that they were badass. Anything black is bad, but black suede is brutal badass. It’s like wearing a velvet glove over an iron fist. These kicks reminded me of Darth Vader, the baddest motherfucker of all time.
Darth Vader killed younglings and his baby momma, then he chopped off his son’s hand. I don’t plan on killing any kids when I rock these SB’s, just killing niggas softly with my flavor. I also won’t be choking my B.M. unless of course she gives her consent. Yeah, we do it rough sometimes.
NIKE SB Dunks are where I put my chips now. I love the colorways that they choose and the materials. I just wish Lucasfilm would take the same care in choosing materials to rep his legacy. Get a pair of NIKE SB’s party people. Leave the cape and codpiece to the professionals.
I just found out that all the backslapping and glad-handing that the city has been giving itself for its improved performance public schools has been done without the achievement of Black kids, specifically Black males.
NYC’s Black Male Graduation Rates: The Lost Two-Thirds
This number breaks down to something like a 68% dropout rate for Black boys. True story is that I am surprised its not even greater. After Brooklyn Tech I couldn’t stand high school. There was no fucking excitement, no challenge and no stimulation. Mostly just a regurgitation of all the bullshit that I was fed for the prior ten years. Meanwhile, the real world was happening outside of the school.
What saves some of us Black boys are the alternative schools which farm us out to participating businesses as interns. The city gives these businesses the incentive to join the program with tax rebates. They aren’t just sending any nigga off the street to work inside an architectural office. You are vetted by the high school’s staff for your ability and attitude. Because I was already smarter than your average teenager I had no problem being placed in the area of my choice. Now how does the city do this for the other 300K Black boys failing out of school?
Black males are failed out of school too early in the game. High school is already too late to save these kids. Their programming, or de-programming is done damn near in kindergarten. Black males are singled out for disciplinary actions earlier and at a greater rate than any other kids. This becomes the population for special education programs which aren’t too special. Black boys find themselves in classes with the developmentally disabled and the physically disabled. Their self worth is negated even before they become teenagers.
The preparation that little Jamaal is being given will place him on the fast track to the prison industrial complex. Even in a wealthy city like New York you can see how Black boys are being sent in the opposite direction of successful adulthood. So many things combine at once to ruin Black boys minds. Poor nutrition, poor social values, poor educational options, basically poverty in a nutshell. When I see that 68% of Black boys are not graduating high school I realize that means at least 68% of Black males are living in poverty in NYC.
The good financial news for the U.S. is that there is more bad news for the global economic market.
Europe’s major economies contract
There is something seriously wrong with our domestic economy when Germany’s fiscal schadenfreude bolsters Wall Street. It’s not like the dollar is getting stronger, but the Euro and the Sterling are both taking knocks. We are plunging back towards the days when people bartered goods and services and men were assraped to pay off their rents.
I can’t believe that oil prices are blamed for almost everything. The truth is that economies are based on speculation by institutional investors. The folks that control the trillions, not the people using ScotTrade. I said trillions but the amount is really a number there is no word for. These are the folks that press the button that sends young men into the desert to die for oil, or diamonds, or whatever.
Platoon x Airplane + Rambo – Chris Burke = Tropic Thunder
I did the math and caught the new comedy by BEN STILLER called ‘Tropic Thunder’. It was so wrong it was all right. Fuck the incredible performance by ROBERT DOWNEY Jr. wearing blackface. BEN STILLER also performed in whiteface. What’s the name for the makeup that traditional Chinese theatre performers use? The best acting was put in by TOM CRUISE performing in fatface. Imagine the dance scene from ‘Risky Business’ times 10.
This movie is so retarded I can’t even think of where to begin. Fuck it, I will start at the beginning. ‘Tropic Thunder’ makes you realize how much of the entertainment we filter through our eyes is just inane rubbish. It gives you this message with pointed un-intentions. There is nothing serious about this film. From the front to the back it is simply a tour de farce. Props to BEN STILLER for proving he can hang with the ADAM McKAYs and the JUDD APATOWs.
I’ve been on a BEN STILLER kick lately too. Maybe I was subconsciously prepping for this film. There’s something about Mary is my shit. I can watch that joint at least once a month. I know STILLER didn’t write that flick but he pwns the character. Did any of you see the film ‘Flirting With Disaster’? That shit was heeeelarious. If anyone wants my VHS tape for either of these holler back. STILLER kills in both of those movies.
‘Tropic Thunder’ is one of those films like ‘Friday’ that you have to keep a copy of just for when your ass needs to take that “sick” day (read: smoke weed and walk around in your drawls) off from work. But if you put some fuckin’ pants on I will come over with the weed.