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Since the announcement last Saturday of Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s running mate, various news outlets including The New York Times have reported that Ryan cites Rage Against the Machine among his favorite bands. As expected, many followers of the message behind Rage Against the Machine’s music have found this rather curious given Ryan’s political ideology. Last night, in a Rolling Stone op-ed piece, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom…

A behind the scenes look at Curiosity’s landing on Mars.     Video Source: NASA on YouTube Featured Image Source: NASA

    Nick Jones – The Hustle Verse One: The struggle is a motherfucker The only way to come up straight out the gutter is to get you a hustle And lay your hustle down to the motherfuckin’ fullest Right from the start, you gotta have heart to do this It’s useless trying to live life legitimate And still get ahead? Please, who are you kidding with? I’m doing what…

For many of us, listening to new music can be a good way to extricate from the heaviness of a day like today. Enjoy.       Rick Ross – 3 Kings (feat. JAY-Z & Dr. Dre) Intro: Dr. Dre Yeah, classic hip hop shit Dr. D-R-E, Rozay and Jay, let’s get ’em Verse One: Dr. Dre We started out mopping floors And now we front row at the awards…

Vice President Joe Biden addresses the 2012 NAACP Convention in Houston, TX.     Video Source: NAACP on YouTube Featured Image Source: The Daily Beast

On June 21, 2012, Texas A&M University announced a plan to privatize a range of campus services that are currently performed by university employees. Included in the privatization plan are dining, landscaping, building maintenance and cleaning services. According to the Texas Tribune Data Library, 1270 workers were employed in the affected departments as of fiscal year 2011. To date, Texas A&M has not released the exact number of jobs that…

  [Excerpt] Stable is when the Ba’ath had Baghdad But corporate jets really had to have that gas bad War and they hope they all fall from the ratatat Cause that’s just more dinosaur for the CadIllac Food & Liquor II – 9/25/12 Buy the single on iTunes | @LupeFiasco | Lupe’s Website

BIG [San Antonio Spurs Playoff Promo]   “It’s the quiet guys you should fear, because words are small and game is BIG.”     Source: Antonio Medrano III on YouTube

Obama for America     Video Source: Barack Obama on YouTube Featured Image Source: Romanticpoet’s Weblog

“And you can put that on my Kevin Willis chanclas, boy.”       Rhime Divine – Hate Us Now [Spurs Remix] Intro: Ted James They said the Lakers wanted to match wits (aight, aight) They said we couldn’t beat the champions (say what?) You can shove that up your asterisks (gone fishing) Because we just did them something tragic (yeah, ye-yeah) Chorus: D-Wattz You can hate us now But…

A hologram of Tupac Shakur performed live at Coachella with Snoop Dogg on Sunday, April 15th, 2012.     Video Source: westfesttv on YouTube Featured Image Source: CBS News

Prosecute the killer of our son, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin   By: Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton On February 26, our son Trayvon Martin was shot and killed as he walked to a family member’s home from a convenience store where he had just bought some candy. He was only 17 years-old. Trayvon’s killer, George Zimmerman, admitted to police that he shot Trayvon in the chest. Zimmerman, the community’s self appointed…