President Obama Wins Noble Peace Prize & Is NASA Bombing the Moon Really Nessessary?

By: Pianca Pink.

In a stun­ning sur­prise, the Nobel Com­mit­tee announ­ced Fri­day that it had awar­ded its annual peace prize to Pre­si­dent Obama “for his extraor­di­nary efforts to strengthen inter­na­tio­nal diplo­macy and coo­pe­ra­tion bet­ween peo­ples” less than nine months after he took office. Con­gra­tu­la­tions, Mr. Obama… : )

The impact will occur early in this mor­ning and here’s where you can catch the rocket’s blast…

First, you can watch a live TV broad­cast of the LCROSS mis­sion on NASA TV, which is sche­du­led to start strea­ming at 6:15 am EDT/3:15 am PDT on Octo­ber 9. The first hour will inc­lude com­men­tary and sta­tus reports. The actual impact should start at 7:30 am EDT/4:30 am PDT (11:30 UT), accor­ding to NASA.

Or for real-time upda­tes, follow the LCROSS mis­sion on Twit­ter at @LCROSS_NASA, or follow the life Twit­ter feed below. You can also find upda­tes on the offi­cial LCROSS flight director’s blog. The offi­cial NASA viewer’s guide is here.

See pic­tu­res below and read more on Huff­Post here and to view a video explai­ning the NASA’s mis­sion to the moon, please con­ti­nue on after the jump…

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Chen Wenling’s Bernie Madoff inspired Art is EPIC!

By: Johanna V.

The latest Ber­nie Madoff-inspired art was dis­pla­yed at a Bei­jing art gallery on Sunday.

“What You see Might Not Be Real,” by Chen Wen­ling depicts the Ponzi sche­mer as a devil, horns and all. The bull, which repre­sents Wall Street, is far­ting because in Chi­nese “放屁” (fang pi) lite­rally means to fart, but in slang means to bluff or lie.

(Via: NYTIMES)

Nas’s open letter to Young Warriors of Chicago

Words can’t even explain how I felt when I first read this story and saw the video.  I honestly cried because this story is so remi­nis­cent of the day my close friend was mur­de­red for abso­lu­tely no rea­son 8 years ago.  I don’t unders­tand how in this day and age, peo­ple are still com­mit­ting ran­dom acts of vio­lence.  This young man was an honor stu­dent and simply trying to pro­tect his peers… he didn’t deserve to die.

I believe it is our res­pon­si­bi­lity to teach our youth that vio­lence is NEVER the answer. This is such a tra­gedy but hope­fully his death is not in vain and will moti­vate the youth to refrain from vio­lence and find other methods for sett­ling their differences.

May God bless Derrion Albert and his family.

Nas’s open let­ter to Young Warriors of Chicago:

Dear Young Warriors figh­ting the wrong wars! Killing each other is defi­ni­tely pla­yed out. Being hurt from the lost of a love one was never cool.

Dear Young Warriors figh­ting the wrong war! I know that fee­ling, that frus­tra­tion with life and nee­ding to take it out on someone, any one. But….

We chose the dum­best things to go the har­dest for. I remem­ber seeing deaths over 8 ball jac­kets, Fila snea­kers, and name plate chains. Deaths over “he say, she say”!!!!! “I’m from this block or I’m from that block”, or “my moms n pops is f*cked up now the whole world gotta pay”!!!

I remem­ber fee­ling like I was the har­dest “n*gga” breathing. And I couldn’t wait to prove it. But let’s think. What are we really pro­ving?? And pro­ving what to who?? Every­body knows Chi­cago breeds the stron­gest of the strong but I just feel, me, being ya brother from another state feels your pain as if I grew up with you in ya very own household.

You have the abi­lity and mind­po­wer to change they way we are loo­ked at. Look who’s watching us young warriors, look who’s thro­wing us in jail cons­tantly, look at the igno­rance in the world. Look at the racist dogs who love to see us down. Loving to bury us in the ground or in jail where we con­ti­nue this worth­less war on one another.

Young warriors…. We are WASTING more and more time. We gotta get on our jobs and take over the world. Cuz this movie left the thea­ters years ago, Juice, Menace, Boys n the Hood , Blood n Blood Out, Belly!

When we see each other why do we see hatred? Why were we born in a storm, born sol­diers, WARRIORS….and ins­tead of buil­ding each other up we are at war with each other.. May the soul of this young per­son find peace with the almighty. I’m with you young warriors. You’re me and I’m you. But trust me! you are figh­ting the wrong war.

This sh*t sucks !!

–Nas (via Glo­bal­Grind)

President Obama’s thoughts on Kanye.…

By: Johanna Vizueta

By now, we are all tired of hea­ring about Ye and his VMA drama. Howe­ver, it seems like every­day there is more fuel being added to this fire and I per­so­nally do not feel it’s fair to him. Pre­si­dent Obama called him a jac­kass OFF THE RECORD, mea­ning that it should have NEVER been relea­sed to the public! We are all human beings and we all make mis­ta­kes. Madonna made a great point at the VMA’s when she spoke about MJ and how ever­yone shun­ned him in his dar­kest hour ins­tead of being more sup­por­tive. We’ve lost too much talent this year already, let’s not push Yeezy over the edge peo­ple. I believe Kanye is truly sorry for his actions and he is doing the right thing by taking time off. Des­pite all this drama, I’m still a fan and will con­ti­nue to sup­port him.

A Day Never to be Forgotten: 9/11 in Honor of a Resilient Remembrance of Tears & Bravery

By: Pianca Pink

To think it has been 8 years since the tra­gic day that  most of all our lives were chan­ged fore­ver. I remem­ber the sad­ness in my heart when I woke up to the news of the attacks on the Twin Towers, that my heart couldn’t bare and I just had to let out a cry for those peo­ple. I just wan­ted to con­sole and reach out to ever­yone I loved and those most affec­ted. The whole city came together that day and since then as brought us together where  even in our slumber/ eco­no­mic reces­sion, we still stand strong! My pra­yers and con­do­len­ces go out to the fami­lies, friends and chil­dren that lost their loved ones, you will never be for­got­ten. To the brave NYC Fire­men & Port Autho­rity Offi­cers that embo­died cou­rage that day by going up those fla­ming stairs to save peo­ple, you will never be for­got­ten. Empire State stand, together let’s us all stand tall. God Bless : )

We will NEVER for­get! R.I.P., World Tra­des Centers…

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Senator Ted Kennedy Dies of Brain Cancer. “He Fought a Good Fight R.I.P.

By: Pianca Pink.

In this file photo, U.S. Sen. Edward Ken­nedy (D-MA) waves to the crowd during day one of the…

In this file photo, U.S. Sen. Edward Ken­nedy (D-MA) waves to the crowd during day one of the Democ­ra­tic Natio­nal Con­ven­tion (DNC) at the Pepsi Cen­ter in Den­ver, Colo­rado. Ken­nedy was rushed to the hos­pi­tal after having con­vul­sions during Barack Obama’s inau­gu­ral luncheon.

(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Ima­ges)
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The man known as the “libe­ral lion of the Senate” had fought a more than year-long battle with brain can­cer, and accor­ding to his son had lived lon­ger with the disease than his doc­tors expec­ted him to.

“We’ve lost the irre­pla­cea­ble cen­ter of our family and joyous light in our lives, but the ins­pi­ra­tion of his faith, opti­mism, and per­se­ve­rance will live on in our hearts fore­ver,” the Ken­nedy family said in a sta­te­ment. “He loved this country and devo­ted his life to ser­ving it.”

Sen. Edward Moore Ken­nedy, the youn­gest Ken­nedy brother who was left to head the family’s poli­ti­cal dynasty after his brothers Pre­si­dent John F. Ken­nedy and Sen. Robert F. Ken­nedy were assassinated.

Ken­nedy cham­pio­ned health care reform, wor­king wages and equal rights in his sto­ried career. In August, he was awar­ded the Pre­si­den­tial Medal of Free­dom — the nation’s highest civi­lian honor — by Pre­si­dent Obama. His daugh­ter, Kara Ken­nedy, accep­ted the award on his behalf. {Cour­tesy of ABC​.com]

World Minute: Sotomayor Get’s it, Lisa Ling & Euna Lee Arrive, RIP –John Hughes, Fannie Mae Loses it!

By: Pianca Pink.

Judge Sonia Soto­ma­yor, who rose from the hou­sing pro­jects of the Bronx to the top of the legal pro­fes­sion, made his­tory Thurs­day when the Senate con­fir­med her to become the nation’s first His­pa­nic Supreme Court jus­tice. Soto­ma­yor was easily con­fir­med in a 68 – 31 vote. Nine Repu­bli­cans joi­ned a una­ni­mous Democ­ra­tic cau­cus in sup­por­ting her nomi­na­tion. [Via CNN​.com] <— As you all know, I have had a little obses­sion over Mrs.Sotomayor… I have been follo­wing these pro­cee­dings like if it were my favo­rite soap opera. Truth is that I com­ple­tely res­pect this woman and while, I like I men­tion before don’t agree with all her view points, she is defi­ni­tely on my “want to meet on day list”. Con­gra­tu­la­tions, Your Highest Honor! : )

More good, news… This story made my WEEK! Laura Ling and her collea­gue Euna Lee, both wor­king for California-based Current TV, were arres­ted in March while repor­ting from the bor­der bet­ween North Korea and China. They were sen­ten­ced in June to 12 years of hard labor on char­ges of ente­ring the country ille­gally to con­duct a smear cam­paign. After months of iso­la­tion the two jour­na­lists arri­ved home Wed­nes­day after for­mer Pre­si­dent Bill Clin­ton jour­ne­yed to North Korea at the behest of the women’s fami­lies and for­mer Vice Pre­si­dent Al Gore, who co-founded Current TV. The rec­lu­sive com­mu­nist nation par­do­ned the two women and relea­sed them to Clin­ton. Thank you, Clin­ton for saving the day! : )

Another note, which is very sad… John Hughes, the pro­du­cer, wri­ter and direc­tor whose 1980s films such as “Six­teen Cand­les,” “The Break­fast Club” and “Some Kind of Won­der­ful” offe­red a sharp-eyed look at tee­na­gers and their social habits, has died, accor­ding to a sta­te­ment from his repre­sen­ta­tive. He was 59 and die of a heart attack in his Manhat­tan home. [via CNN​.com]

Fan­nie Mae will need another 10.7 BILLION dollars in fede­ral aid. I don’t know about you, but just when I thought we were making stri­des to jump free of the reces­sion, there comes another hand out! The Ame­ri­can eco­nomy (and arguably, by exten­sion, the glo­bal eco­nomy) has relied to hea­vily on len­ding. On the busi­ness side of things, it see­med that pro­fits just get eaten up and no one is accoun­ta­ble. With Main Street Ame­rica, it see­med that peo­ple did not have the fore­sight to rea­lize that their jobs won’t last fore­ver, and that it is unwise to plan on spen­ding every dime you have as oppo­sed to saving a sig­ni­fi­cant por­tion of your income. Had peo­ple not for­got­ten this, perhaps we would never have got­ten into this mess in the first place. So far as infla­ting pri­ces of con­su­mer goods, ser­vi­ces and hou­sing (etc), we vote on how expen­sive something should be every time we make a purchase. <— This was a state of emo­tion rant!