The Texas Tiger Chronicles

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

News, Gossip, CommenTERRY

Mood: Sleepy
Munchies: Scambled eggs and cheese with bacon and sausage, coffee
Melody: STREISAND "A Piece of Sky"
With all thereis/why settle for/just a piece of sky?
Mode: Seven jeans, vitage butterfly collar shirt (in brown and green plaid pattern). I loves my plaid.



Good morning and top of the day to you. And for those of you are joining me after hours on the east coast, good evening.
Here are some of today’s top news stories:

OSAMA BIN LADEN IS STILL ALIVE AND DIRECTING AL QAEDA OPERATIONS ACCORDING TO HIS SECOND IN COMMAND. AYMAN AL ZAWAHIRI'S COMMENTS COME IN AN EXPANDED VERSION OF A VIDEO TAPED RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER. IN IT HE ALSO CALLS FOR ATTACKS AGAINST GULF OIL FACILITIES.

IT'S A HISTORIC DAY AT THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, NOW THAT SEAT HOLDERS HAVE APPROVED THE ACQUISITION OF ELECTRONIC TRADING FIRM, ARCHIPELAGO. THE NINE- BILLION DOLLAR DEAL IS SEEN AS THE N-Y-S-E'S BIGGEST TECHNOLOGICAL LEAP FORWARD EVER.
Mayor Jim West
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON'S CONTROVERSIAL MAYOR IS OUT OF A JOB.IN A SPECIAL ELECTION, VOTERS OVERWHELMINGLY RECALLED MAYOR JAMES WEST ... AFTER ALLEGATIONS SURFACED THAT HE OFFERED JOBS AND PERKS TO YOUNG MEN HE MET IN A GAY INTERNET CHAT ROOM.WEST IS SET TO STEP DOWN OFFICIALLY ON DECEMBER 16TH. SIDEBAR: For those of you who are sexy, gay and unemployed please log onto http://www.hotpowerfulgaymenwhowillbreakabrotheroff.com

ADRIAN MCGOWEN, OF GOODRICH, TEXAS, BREAKS GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL. MCGOWEN, WHO IS HEADING TO TEXAS A&M NEXT YEAR, BROKE THE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL NATIONAL SCORING RECORD. SHE HIT THE MILESTONE THREE MINUTES INTO TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAME AGAINST CHIRENO. THE BASKET GAVE HER 7 POINTS ONTHE NIGHT. SHE NEEDED 6 TO BREAK THE 10-YEAR-OLD RECORD OF 4,506 POINTS,HELD BY MISSY THOMAS FROM LOUISIANA.

VENEZUELA'S GOVERNMENT MADE ITS FIRST DELIVERY OF DISCOUNTED HEATING OIL ON TUESDAY TO A NEW YORK CITY LOW-INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, PART OF A PROMISE THAT VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ MADE TO PROVIDE OIL DIRECTLY TO POOR AMERICANS.

PRESIDENT BUSH IS FIRING BACK AT HIS IRAQ CRITICS THIS MORNING, IN A SPEECH DETAILING EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC PROGRESS AND RECONSTRUCTION THERE. TODAY'S SPEECH IS THE LATEST IN A SERIES OF PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES ON THE WAR, AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK'S IRAQI ELECTIONS.

INSTEAD OF BRINGING FLOWERS OR A BOTTLE OF WINE TO THE HOST OF THAT HOLIDAY PARTY ... HOW ABOUT A FRUITCAKE ICED WITH DIAMONDS? A JAPANESE PASTRY CHEF SPENT ONE MONTH COVERING THIS CONCOCTION WITH 223 DIAMONDS WEIGHING 170 CARATS. AND COME CHRISTMAS, YOU CAN BUY IT FOR A LITTLE LESS THAN TWO MILLION BUCKS ... MAYBE A TOUCH HIGH FOR A STALE CAKE.

And on yesterday. Doreen Keeler and Lea Hodge testified before Congress about what they called blatant acts of racism and discrimination regarding the federal response to Hurricane ‘Trina (the storm, not the album).

Those are some or today’s hard news stories. Now for a look at entertainment and GOSSIP.

WHY CAN”T THE RICH BLACKS GET ALONG?
BAD blood continues to boil between hip-hop mogul Damon Dash and branding guru Steve Stoute. At Naomi Campbell's annual holiday hoedown at Cipriani the other night, we're told, Stoute turned tail and "ran out the door" as soon as he spotted Dash. Campbell, who was said to be upset that her two friends couldn't get along, nevertheless mingled with Sean Combs, Chris Tucker, Andre Harrell and Zac Posen. In October, we told you how Dash loudly called Stoute, who once sued Combs for assault, a "punk ass" and a "rat bastard snitch" on the red carpet of the Whitney gala.

The Amazingly fertile Katie Holmes

And what would today’s news be without a much needed update about TomKat.
During a recent trip and tour through China, where he’s filming Mission: Impossible 3, Tom Cruise and his pregnant fiancé walked across the Songzi Laifeng bridge in Xitang, which local residents say increases fertility.

Later, Cruise reportedly introduced Katie to the film’s Cruise while pointing to her belly with one hand and pointing to himself with the other. Is he proud to be a father or proud that his act of fornication and premarital sex makes his subliminal life motto “I’m am a big heterosexual despite what my ex-boyfriend says” all the more believable?

Jennifer Aniston is suing a photographer for taking topless snapshots of her while she was sunbathing at her home. SIDEBAR: I understand her frustration because I was also unwittingly caught on tape my sophomore year of college. Word of advice: never accept tequila shots from a stranger when you are feeling hot tamale and already have a fetish for posing for pictures. It’s not a good combination. And oh, if anyone sees those pics on Blackplanet it was not me. It was my brother. And you can’t authenticate those dates either. (If it worked for R. Kelly…..)

Simon Cowell recently inked a deal with FOX for 5-more years of American Idol. So we have five more years to find another Justin Guarini type pretty boy who has the hair and skin tone to crossover and give us pop and r&b flavor cause Ruben DID NOT deliver for the brotherhood.
This just in: Soulful blondie Joss Stone just broke up with her chocolate boyfriend of two years. Maybe he thought she was too spoiled?

Apparently the new big gay western Brokeback Mountain starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger is pretty darn good. The story is about two cowboys who met one night while camping on the picturesque Brokeback Mountain. They become friends and eventually they become lovers on Brokeback Mountain. But no one’s back gets broken…at least not to the point where it hasn’t healed by breakfast. Then, they part ways. They each walk down separate roads and marry. Then some years later, they reunite and rekindle their relationship. They want to start a life together but it is too hard for Ennis (Ledger) to leave his wife. But the problem is that he soon comes to realize that Jake (Gyllenhaal) is his true love.

It’s the classic American love story. Even people in the red states can relate?

For anyone who might be touched by this announcement (i.e. elevator attendants), Enya has a new album out called “Amarantine.” Just thought I’d share.

And in other music news, we have new Christmas albums by Anita Baker “Christmas Fantasy” and Faith Evans “A Faithful Christmas.” And as you can see, Faith’s weave was styled by the same artist who brought us Mary J. Blige’s Vibe cover. I think he calls his post-modern approach to blonde hair weaves “A hot mess.”
Leonte’: Girl how you want yo hair to look on yo albumFaith: Give me a hot mess. You know I like to keep it street. I am the real queen of hip-hop soul.

BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS – yawn!
Ok people. I was only doing this for you. Cause I am such a giver. So I did suffer through them.. Ok, actually I tivoed the awards and fast forwards though the boring chatter cause all I wanted to do was make nasty comments about peoples’ outfits, who looked high and whose musical performance did not deliver. But it was so boring! So very! I only have three comments:

CIARA’s tribute
Doing it for ALL the drag queens of Atlanta, the PRINCEss of Crunk came out in a skintight black catsuit that revealed she has the body of a man when fully dressed. She looks feminine in mid-drifts and tank tops but put that girl in a catsuit and she looks like a dressed up toy for Queen Latifah. It was so very Rhythm Nation 1814. She was obviously copying Janet but all them, young girls copy Janet so you can’t blame her for that. Hey, maybe she has to dress and look like a man to keep Bow Wow interested. Ya think?

Gwen Stefani was lifesized piñata. Very boriqua! But that is what I love about of Caucasian divas. Those girls give you everything. I thought Chaka Khan was “every woman,” No sir. It takes a white woman to be EVERY WOMAN. Gwen was black (Hollaback Girl), she was Latino (Luxurious), she is Asian (Hariku Girls) and she is WASPish (On everything else cause that is what keeps you on the magazine covers). Now what ethnic woman can do that? She is our generation’s Cher.
SIDEBAR: If you have not seen the old reruns of the Cher variety hour you have not lived! When she performed Never Can Say Goodbye with the Jackson 5 she can out in a puffy black afro wig, I swear to god I though she was a sexy skinny yellow-bone from Louisiana. And when she came out in a space aged bikini bra set and performed “What Can I do for you” with Labelle, I thought I was gonna loose my freakin mind.

Is R. Kelly tormented?
Ok, R. Kelly pulled it on together for the New Orleans girls and gave us a soul-stirring tribute. As I reached for my Kleenex (the kind with the built in aloe and lotion), I was moved yet perplxed cause it looks like he is struggling with them demons. He may get off for RAPE and yes I said RAPE in court, but the Court of JESUS is cutting up. He is not happy. He may be free and he may still be selling millions of records but he is going through it. Him and Kurt Franklin should collaborate. They both have some additional secrets and fetishes to deal with. SIDEBAR: Watch The Bookdocks on the TOON Network. Quote: “When I see pee I move. When she see pee, she stay!” (from one of the lead characters).

SUCH A DIVA!
THE Kennedy Center gives treasured awards to treasured Americans an nually. You know that. Its latest awardees this week included Robert Redford. You know that. What you don't know is they assiduously courted Streisand. But, despite their efforts this year and every year for these last years, she's adamantly refusing to allow them the honor of honoring her. She says she will not let her country salute her in the capital of her country while George W. Bush is president of her country.

YEA, RIGHT!… David Mays and Ray Benzino, publishers of The Source, have denied the hip-hop bible is in financial trouble. But suddenly, everyone has moved out of its 23rd St. editorial offices. Word is Mays and Benzino have asked staffers to work from home until they find a new space.

KANY WEST HAS MOXY

"If I don't win Album of the Year, I'm gonna really have a problem with that," said West. "I can never talk myself out of [winning], you know why? Because I put in the work. I don't care if I jumped up and down right now on the couch like Tom Cruise. I don't care what I do, I don't care how much I stunt — you can never take away from the amount of work I put into it. So I don't wanna hear all of that politically correct stuff. You put the camera in front of me, I'm gonna tell you like this. I worked hard to get here. I put my love, I put my heart, I put my money [into Late Registration]. I'm $600,000 in the hole right now on that album and you tell me about being politically incorrect?

THEY ALL DON'T HAVE AIDS
BEFORE fashion designer Kenneth Cole is heaped with more praise for his "We All Have AIDS" campaign, which is supposedly raising awareness of the disease, maybe he should consult with Tom Bethell, author of "The Politically Incorrect Guide to Sci ence" (Regnery), which is on ama zon.com. Elizabeth Taylor, Tom Hanks, Sir Elton John, Richard Gere, Natasha Richardson and Sharon Stone should read it, too, since they are appearing in ads under the "We All Have AIDS" banner. Bethell claims AIDS in Africa has been vastly overre ported since 1985, when the World Health Organization decided "a combi nation of the following symptoms would suffice for an AIDS diagnosis: weight loss, fever, diarrhea, swollen glands, a cough, prolonged fatigue." Bethell re ports in The American Spectator that the real problem is lack of clean drink ing water in sub-Saharan Africa, which leads to a horrifying smorgasbord of infections, parasites and disease. Such conditions render HIV tests unreliable. "About 70 conditions have been shown to trigger a false positive, so the test is essentially useless in countries where bacterial contamination is endemic," Bethell writes. "Therefore, AIDS in Africa has never been shown to be the same as AIDS here . . . The sheer dishonesty of the New York Times and other media in not reporting these facts is hard to take."

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