Vick gets 23 months put on him

Wassup, Y'all!

Man, talk about a blind side hit! Federal Judge Henry E. Hudson laid the lumber on Michael Vick by sentencing him to 23 months in the Graybar Hotel - five months more than the top end of the U.S. Probation Office guideline. See kids, this is what sponsoring dog fighting, killing dogs and smokin' reefer will do for you. You better pause for the cause and recognize!...

With good behavior, Vick should be able to hit the playing field again in 2009. You know if Ricky 'Reefer Madness' Williams is back on the field after all of his shenanigans, Mike Vick is a shoe in for reinstatement but it'll be interesting to see if he keeps his skillz up in the Pen. Hopefully homeboy will be smart enough to *not* be working out like he is here in this glossy.

Man, what a fall...

Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Oprama Express Rocks Iowa, NH & SC

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Who said Oprah couldn't rock a crowd? With Big O in tow, Smooth Barack and 'Chelle got the real Barack-star treatment at campaign stops in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, each crucial early primary stops that can make or break a presidential bid. The only thing I've seen pull in bigger crowds is Free Doughnut Day at Krispy Kreme (where, coincidentally, you'll also find Big O... Just playin', Oprah!). Check the official video here.

Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Ty Keepin' it Real (time)

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Just want to draw your attention to a new sidebar addition. If you check down a little ways you'll see the 'Peep Real Time Ty' section that keeps my real time updates flowin'. It's like ol Ty hittin' you on your celly with real time comments while I'm doin' my thing. The 'Roll with Ty' link will take you to my Twitter feed so you can soak it all in. Just think of it as my Christmas gift to you. Merry Christmas, y'all and to all a good night

Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Kat Williams is Big Pimpin'

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Why must I chase the Kat? Cuz his a$$ is too damn funny! If you haven't noticed, Kat Williams is all over the dial these days. He's about to pop up in that southside Christmas movie 'The Perfect Holiday' (December 12th), yet another flick starring Gabrielle Union lookin' for a man, but I digress.... Money Mike's to got two more flicks in post production and lends his voice the funniest animated character in television - a brother named 'A Pimp Named Slickback' on The Boondocks...

Now word has reached the basement that homey plans to be in an upcoming, office comedy movie called 'Mission: Intolerable' " a workplace comedy about a temp agency that hires out a 'temp from hell' for companies who'd rather have an unwanted employee quit than have to fire him". Naturally, Kat is playin' the temp. Sounds a bit like that ridiculous 'Hell Date' on BET but you know that with Kat, this joint's gonna be funny.

In the meantime, I'm waitin' for his alter-ego 'A Pimp Named Slickback' to pop back up on the Boondocks and offer more pimp pearls of wisdom like 'Make that #itch behave!' It's wrong, but it's cracks me up everytime...

Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Queen Latifah Coming Out?

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Hey, I'm not saying, I'm just saying that there are some serious, unconfirmed rumors concerning the next big closet opening. MediaTakeOut.com, which bills itself as the "most visited Black website in the World", (see I'm already reaching for a grain of salt after that wuffin'...) has posted an 'exclusive' that suggests that Queen plans to pop the question to her long time GF Jennette. Here's Tyler Durden's take on the 'actual factuals'. Me? I'm waiting on the announcement and my lavender scented invitation! Got to give it up to Queen tho, if this is true - ol girl is cute. Not like that ruff neck she was dating in 'Set It Off'...

Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Oprah the Kingmaker?

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We know our girl Oprah can sell a book and launch other media personalities but does ol girl have enough O-magic to make a president? We'll soon see as Big O heads to Iowa to stump for Smooth Barack.

That's right, y'all - the Oprama Express is leaving the station! The race is tight, the primary is less than a month away (January 3rd) and Smooth and Hillary are pulling out all the stops. I'm thinking Oprah has enough effect to sway the vote over to Barack but if that should happen, watch out for the expected backlash from folks who think that Oprah's Midas Touch and extensive reach have gone too far... Whatever. Here's my question - Is my main man Stedman gonna be on the trail too? What about Gail and those girls from South Africa? Tyra? Nate? Dr. Oz? A brother needs to know these things...

Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Sisters Favor Hillary over Smooth Barack

Wassup, Y'all!

Now ain't this a mess? Ordinarily a homey would get this type of backlash after a southside shorty found out a brother was dating a northside shorty, but Smooth Barack's got 'Chelle by his side (that would be Mrs. Michelle Obama for you uninformed basement dwellers...). Could it be a backlash once removed? Could it be that our southside sisters are hatin' on Smooth's bi-racial background and his northside shorty moms?? I have to give sisters more credit than that...

Indeed, noted southside political strategist Donna Brazil broke down the actual factuals this way:

"Most Black women simply believe Clinton can win. They loved her husband Bill and would like to see 'a woman elected first'"

Now we all loved southside President Bill, but how you gonna figure that we would love Smooth Barack any less? Ease up, my sisters. Smooth's doing the necessary - he's got a job, he's married, he's takin' care of his kids, still has all his teeth, plus he's one of Oprah's Favorite Things. Erase the hate, y'all and give Smooth a chance!

Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Debaters Should be Great

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With a subject like that you have to know that this post has nothing to do with presidential debates either Democrat or Republican but rather that big buzz, Denzel Washington / Oprah Winfrey movie 'The Great Debaters'. If you've seen American Gangster then you likely saw the trailer to this one but if not, you've probably been hit by the email campaign that's propping this joint big time, but it not...

Based on the trailer it looks like a cross between Remember The Titans (another favorite of mine), Dead Poet's Society and Pride and stars two southside movie titans - Denzel, who stars (with a nappy a$ 'fro) and directs, and Forest Whitaker fresh off his Oscar win for The Last King of Scotland. It's produced by Big O's Harpo Productions and similar to Remember The Titans, The Great Debaters is inspired by the 'true story of Melvin B. Tolson (the original Mel B. in the glossy), who, while at Wiley College formed a debate team that challenged Harvard during the 1935 National Debate Championships.

Sounds tight, looks inspiring and it's always good for us to pause for the cause and take a look back to see how far we've come so we can see how far we've yet to go. Big ups to Big O and 'Zel for keepin' these types of stories in front of us.

Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Dr. Jan to Donda West - My bad

Wassup, Y'all!

This is why folks need to look past a doctor's glossy website and canned reviews and get to the actual factuals. Even if it turns out that Dr. Jan Adams, the Cali plastic surgeon who made a few adjustments to Ms. West the day before she died, isn't criminally culpable in her death, a quick pre-surgery check on homey would have turned up the following publicly known facts that should have steered her clear of cousin...

According to the LA Times:

1. "Earlier this year, [Dr. Jan], was served with a complaint from the Medical Board of California and state attorney general’s office seeking to revoke or suspend his medical license. The officials cited his multiple criminal convictions for alcohol-related offenses since 2003."
2. Dr. Jan "has also recorded at least two major medical malpractice settlements totaling nearly half a million dollars and has been sued by several patients in other cases, court records show"
3. Dr. Jan "is not certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, though state law permits medical doctors like him to perform plastic surgery even without board certification"

Dang. Come on now! Man, we ask more questions at the car dealer when we're trying to shave off that last $100 for the Gold Package! Isn't your life a little more serious than that? This ain't Nip/Tuck, y'all! Surgery is serious business, especially general surgery.

If you want to be any more scared about that, check out the trailer to the upcoming movie 'Awake' below. This joint stars Terrence Howard as an unscrupulous heart surgeon. The movie plays off the "horrifying phenomenon wherein a patient's failed anesthesia leaves him fully conscious but physically paralyzed during surgery" so you know the trailer is deep... Apparently this happens to 1 of every 700 general surgery patients that go under. The only thing worse? What happened to Donda West...

When it comes to your life - always get the actual factuals y'all.



Peace@Least,

Tyrone

Flo Rida - Can't hate on that name

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Since I'm rockin' his jam 'Low' in the hoopty, I might as well give a snap up to Flo Rida for jackin' the name of the 27th state and makin it his own. How is it that nobody beat homeboy to that one?? Man, you got to know my west side, conquistador homey Juan Ponce De León is spinnin' in his grave. Flo Rida. Peep the video and check 'shorty get low, low, low, low' after the jump...



Peace@Least,

Tyrone aka 'Chi Cago'