On October 12, 2022, a 36 year old white man, Krieg A. Butler Sr, killed a 13 year old Black boy, Sinzae Reed, in Columbus, OH. On October 13, 2022, Krieg was arrested and charged with murder and put in jail under a $1 million bond. Nearly a week later, on October 19, 2022, Butler was released and charges were DISMISSED after claiming he acted in “self-defense.” The Franklin...
Year: 2022
In my family, it was my Auntie Janelle who set the stage for how real New Orleans style gumbo is made. Not going to hold you, her gumbo never missed. And that’s on who? And while she never got her flowers for having some of the “best” gumbo east or west of the Mississippi, this is my tribute to her and all the incredible bowls of gumbo I ingested...
(Please note that this post is about mental health and please mind the trigger warning.) Last Tuesday, beloved professional dancer, actor, television producer, and television personality Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss died by suicide. He was 40 years old. In 2008, tWitch finished in second place on So You Think You Can Dance. From 2014 to the show’s conclusion this year, tWitch was a co-host and co-executive producer of The Ellen DeGeneres Show on CBS, which made him...
As a fan of Viktor Bout‘s (aka The Merchant of Death and the person Brittney Griner was exchanged for) fictional work in the movie Lord of War, I for one can’t wait to see if Nicolas Cage will be starring in a potential sequel. GREAT MOVIE. Well, assuming a sequel is green lit because it was a movie that came out in 2005. And it was a movie that...
Brittney Griner Released from Detention Camp in 1 for 1 Exchange for Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout
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Brittney Griner Released from Detention Camp in 1 for 1 Exchange for Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout
WNBA Superstar Brittney Griner who has been held captive in a Russian prison for nearly 10 months is finally being released in exchange for Russian Arms dealer Viktor Bout. President Biden stated that Griner is safe. She is on a plane and on her way home. Bout was a prominent arms dealer in the 1990s and was arrested in 2008 after a sting operation and has been in prison...
