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Playing Politics For Life
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Written by Vic Brown   
12/05/2005

Just the facts:
Name: Stanley Tookie Williams
Position: Crips gang co-founder
Facing: Death Row
Why: Convicted of four brutal killings 25 years ago
Why on supremebeings.org: Plead for clemency dealt political hand

Notice how this reuters article carries with it a complete disregard for Williams' life. The title says it all, Schwarzenegger clemency review has political risks, but at the same time one would think that a human life that's at risk would not be heartlessly put into play for political structures. But remember, humans are animals too.

Snippet: "There are already a number of people that have already said that they are not going to vote for him, work for him," said Mike Spence, president of the California Republican Assembly. "If he granted clemency, based on the evidence that has been presented, it would be a disaster."

You do know that "If he granted clemency" can be replaced with "If he halts the killing". To think that some of us had the nerves to look down on Singapore for hanging the Ausie drug dealer. In the words of Clayton Bigsby "Well look no further buddy!" This is happening right at home. Ooops, but you think that a lethal injection and a hanging do not go hand-in-hand. You're right. But killing a human does. The end result is the same

Snippet #2: Williams' supporters -- such as Barbara Becnel, who edited his anti-gang books -- say Schwarzenegger could win over new voters by sparing the inmate's life.

How unfortunate that both sides of the story see the plea for clemency as a political strategy. I am really disappointed about Becnel's statement. "You know Mr. Governor, if you don't kill the Crip co-founder, the kids in the Inner City will love, and might even vote for you." How about a statement with regards to Williams' life here. But remember, humans are animals too.

You can be the shit, flash the fattest five (that's right)
Have the biggest dick, but when your shell get hit
You ain't worth spit, just a memory

Someone please send a message to BIG. Let him now that "We aint worth spit" even before getting hit. And a memory? A memory ain't nothing but a USB stick.

Snippet #3: But "I want to have the open mind, sit down and then I make my decision."

We sit and wait

 
Race Pitch for Real Estate Sale
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Written by Vic Brown   
12/02/2005

"Black race population percentage significantly below state average." Is the message that online travelers stumbled upon while navigating a real estate developer's (Bigg Homes) website. Based out of Utah, the Eagle Mounting development website included racial breakdown data used to encourage whites, while at the same time discourage blacks from moving in. Bigg Homes claims to have not requested for this information to be placed online, but that their web desigener is responsible for the initiative.

Snippet: The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal "To make, print, or publish . . . any notice, statement, or advertisement, with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin."

 
Main Source: Friendly Game of Baseball
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Lyrical Analysis
Written by Vic Brown   
12/01/2005

Main Source - Breaking AtomsThe 1992 Main Source classic album, Breaking Atoms, blesses us with this metaphoric lyrical orgasm that compares the great American past time to what brothers were/are experiencing against the **PD in the hood. Unfortunately if you lived outside of the NYC area durint this time then you probably never even heard of this classic. Like most classics in hip hop, this album was overlooked by the masses. Yet at the same time became an item of adoration to the true hip hop connoisseurs. The nerdy looking Large Professor ripped titles like Snake Eyes, Just Hanging Out, Friendly Game Of Baseball, Looking Out the Front Door, Fakin The Funk (White Man Can't Jump SDTK), and off course the all time classic where the one known as Nasty Nas (Nasir Jones) made his debut, Live At The Barbecue. You cannot claim to be a true Nas fan if you've never heard Live At The Barbecue. Who went to hell at 12 for snuffing Jesus? (That will featured on another Lyrics2Go). This time we bring you "Friendly Game Of Baseball"...

Favorite line:
R.B.I. -- real bad injury
But don't get happy you're in jail for a century

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George Bush is Gangsta!!
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Written by Vic Brown   
11/28/2005

50 cent confirms it!! On my way to check out some property in the mountains with Mr. E-Double, I got an email in my blackberry from BlackForest: Subject: mtv.com - News - For The Record: 50 cent, Bush is a Gangsta

Snippet: "I wanna meet George Bush, just shake his hand and tell him how much of me I see in him,"

What I'm wondering is if 50 meant Gangsta like a fake "Hip Hop Gangsta" **cough** Killa **cough*, or did he mean Gangsta like "Gangsta Gangsta".The piece rants about 50's and Kanye's feelings towards being selected for GQ's "Men of the Year 2005". Their Feelings: "SHIIIT!!! And why not?" I was searching the GQ site a few days ago prior to posting the 50 Cent Men of the Year Announcement, and crazy enough I didn't read/see any mentions of Kanye West in the upcoming edition. Did I miss something here? Any GQ readers care to share the edition for the Rant?

 
$500,000: The average employee bonus at Goldman Sachs
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Written by Vic Brown   
11/28/2005

The first thing that came to mind was "where do I apply?". The second thing was actually a person; Mr. E-Double. Mr. E-Double always has business and money in mind, so I called him up to share the Goldman Sachs news with him. His response: THAT'S IT?

Snippet: Announcing a record profit in the third quarter, Goldman also noted that it had set aside $9.25 billion, almost $420,000 per employee, in compensation. When fourth-quarter results are factored in, that total could swell to an $11 billion pool, or $500,000 per employee

 
Black Cocks in NZ
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Written by William Danze   
11/23/2005

Meet the New Zealand Black Cocks... Black Cocks in NZ? Maybe a few, but get your mind out of the gutter for a second. This is strictly about professional sports. Believe it or not that is the name of their national Badminton team. What started as a gimmick to attract sponsors and fans is now being seriously taken into consideration as an official name.

Snippet: Furthermore, Badminton NZ prez Nigel Skelt confirmed: "At the recent New Zealand Open, crowds were yelling out 'c'mon the Black Cocks'. Whether the team actually adopt the name officially, they're already known as the Black Cocks."

Strangely enough I don't think there are any Black Cocks on the team.

 
The Liquid Condom
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Written by Vic Brown   
11/23/2005

That's right people. They're working hard to get rid of that rubbery effect over in China. As a matter of fat the liquid condom is already available at a China store not so near you.

Snippet: Dubbed the Nanometer-silver Cryptomorphic Condom (NCC), it's designed for female rather than male usage. The condom-in-a-can is essentially an antiseptic foam spray that the manufacturer claims forms a physical membrane inside the vagina, protecting it from infection, acting as a barrier to pregnancy and providing a lubricating effect.

Any volunteers for testing? Doubt this thing is going to make it to mainstrean "America" anytime soon. FDA is not going to be to quick to approve this.

 
Billboard to Honor Kanye West
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Written by William Danze   
11/23/2005

Kanye WestYour favorite rapper **cough** Kanye **cough** West, will be honored with the Artist Achievement Award at the 2005 Billboard Music Awards. I don't want to be negative here. The brother is doing his thing so we'll just let this one be. Get that money 'Ye

 
Donating CPU Cycles
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The FreeStyles
Written by Vic Brown   
11/23/2005

This morning I received the first newsletter from the folks over at World Grid Computing, along with a thank you not for participating in their mission to create the world's largest grid computer system.

First thing's first. Here is a brief explanation of Grid Computing: Grid computing joins together many individual computers, creating a large system with massive computational power that far surpasses the power of a handful of supercomputers. Because the work is split into small pieces that can be processed simultaneously, research time is reduced from years to months. The technology is also more cost-effective, enabling better use of critical funds.

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50 Cent is GQ's Man of the Year 2005
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Written by Vic Brown   
11/20/2005

50 CentGQ's Man of the Year 2005 is no other than Mr. Curtis James "Boo Boo" Jackson III.

Critereas for making GQ's Man of the year:
"Primarily, someone we believe in, someone who's had an impact that year, and someone who reflects the year in culture."

Unfortunately you will have to purchase the magazine to read the entire article. If you want to do the CSI on this one please drop me a line. This should be interesting.

 
The IT Gigolo/Hoe
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Written by William Danze   
11/16/2005

Meet Ray Digerati, this sys engineer is taking home-delivered tech support to another level. He loves computers, and he loves sex, so he decided to somehow combine the two. Right about now you're probably thinking some silly stuff like using the Mouse as a toy, or plugging out the keys and using them as anal beads (ouch!!); break yourself fool. The dude is getting sexual favors for his home-delivered IT solutions.

Snippet: If I'm working for one or two hours, I'd like a blow job. An orgasm for every two hours of service is pretty fair. If it's something simple that I can fix in 15 minutes, I'd like to get a foot massage.

If you think about it the concept runs in parallel to supremebeings.org. We love the Hip Hop, we love the culture ,we love IT, and we love ranting about interesting things. Bring all of those together and you get supremebeings.org.

 
Time's Attempt at Defining The Roots of Hip Hop
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Written by Vic Brown   
11/16/2005

In their August 29, 2005 edition, Time Magazine takes a shot at graphically attempting to the define "The Roots of Hip Hop". I apologize for posting something so old, but I'm sure most supremebeings.org readers aren't subscribed to Time Mag. E-Double had a copy of the graphic sitting around in his ride, so I decided to do some digging for an online version and here it is. The link will take you to an "interactive" graphic page that handles more like a PDF document.

Honestly, I'm one of those people that always has something not-so-positive to say about things like this. Must be a Black thing. Black people are always skeptical about any "Black" research headed and founded by a non-Black organization. That's just how it is. But Kanye? How the hell does Kanye become the icon for Hip Hop in the 2Gs? Well, at the end of the day it is all about the sales. Nothing to do with actually staying in-touch with the movement. This is why we have a hard time watching award shows when they get to the Hip-Hop categories. Main stream will never be fully in-touch with the movement. Roots and icons in the movement are not made by sales. Rarely, very rarely are the two even coupled.

Lastly, here is a piece Time did on Kanye for the same edition.

Snippet: Statistics consistently show that 70% of hip-hop is consumed by young white audiences, but a century of anecdotal evidence is similarly irrefutable: white kids think it's cool to be black, which means the other 30% sets the trends and runs the show.

 
Coming Soon: The 100$ Laptop
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Written by Vic Brown   
11/15/2005

100$ LaptopsThose geeks over at the MIT Media Lab are working on a new project that might be of great benefit in helping to narrow the huge information divide: The MIT Media Lab has launched a new research initiative to develop a $100 laptop—a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children. To achieve this goal, a new, non-profit association, One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has been created. The initiative was first announced by Nicholas Negroponte, Lab chairman and co-founder, at the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland in January 2005.

Some Specs: The proposed $100 machine will be a Linux-based, full-color, full-screen laptop that will use innovative power (including wind-up) and will be able to do most everything except store huge amounts of data. This rugged laptop will be WiFi-enabled and have USB ports galore. Its current specifications are: 500MHz, 1GB, 1 Megapixel.

The Wall Street Journal has an article on the initiative. You will probably never see this one in the U.S. Don't really understand why they would be against corporations purchasing these. In fact they should embrace this by initiating some sort of sponsorship effort. For each X amount of laptops that the corporations buy, you give away Y amount to the needy. Simple double or triple toe price for the corporations. Believe or not even 100$ can be a burden on many. I will send you some pictures once I get mine.

 
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