AngryBlackBitch

• Happy Thank-based Day of Massive Eating!

  Number of comments: 9
  Lawd, a bitch has been beyond busy getting all manner of shit ready so I can sit my ass down today and eat.
  
  Pause…consider…continue.
  
  Either I’m getting slower or my to-do lists are getting more complicated.
  
  Wince.
  
  Anyhoo, so sorry for my absence!
  
  I hope [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:06am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering creativity and the enjoyment of tres leches cake…

  Number of comments: 16
  "If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original." Sir Ken Robinson on Creativity
  
  Shall we?
  
  Last Friday a bitch had the rare pleasure of seeing my sister give a presentation at St. Louis University. I’m ridiculously proud of my sis for a [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:50am EST
  by Shark-fu

• A reading from Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism

  Number of comments: 2
  What?
  
  A reading...from a book (wink)!
  
  Mmmmhmm, from Girldrive: Criss-Crossing America, Redefining Feminism.
  
  When?
  
  4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22
  
  Where?
  
  Left Bank Books, 299 N Euclid Ave., St. Louis
  
  What the hell is Girldrive?
  
  I’m so glad you asked!
  
  [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering a holy war up in Congress...

  Number of comments: 8
  Hi y’all!
  
  Guess what?
  
  The Senate released its version of the Health Care Reform bill yesterday!
  
  For real.
  
  I’m serious!
  
  Way (wink).
  
  Mmmhmm, and Senator Hatch (R-UT) responded by saying there was gonna be a “holy war” in Congress.
  
  For real.
  [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:44am EST
  by Shark-fu

• A fluff of the Afro to the Riverfront Times!

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  Update – Mr. Greenbaum hath responded to the criticisms!

  
  

  ***crickets get their drum roll on***

  
  

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  Posted: November 18, 2009, 7:52am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Poo...

  Number of comments: 11
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  If it didn’t bother you when President Bush the II loved on an [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:01pm EST
  by Shark-fu

• Sarah Palin gets her book tour on…

  Number of comments: 10
  Sarah Palin’s got a book coming out and she’s already hitting the road…starting, I believe with a stop at Oprah’s studio.
  
  Blink.
  
  Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
  
  Unlike the folks at Good Morning America, this bitch is not at all interested in the tawdry details [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2009, 7:39am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Home Training Fail of the week…

  Number of comments: 10
  A bitch is starting a new feature – Home Training Fail of the week!
  
  It may need to be expanded to Home Training Fail of the day…and, given the current fubarity surrounding health care reform, it could even go hourly…but we’ll kick it off with [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:43am EST
  by Shark-fu

• On The Issues Magazine - Race, Feminism, Our Future...

  Number of comments: 1
  A tip of the Afro to the people at On The Issues Magazine The Progressive Women’s Magazine for their current issue Race, Feminism, Our Future.
  
  A bitch has been working my way through it and…well, it’s a must read. Not because you’ll agree with everything, but because [...]
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  Posted: November 12, 2009, 7:13am EST
  by Shark-fu

• More often than not...

  Number of comments: 19
  Happy belated birthday to the United States Marine Corps!
  
  Cough.
  
  I’m gonna go off a wee bit…okay?
  
  Cool!
  
  I have had enough of conservative pundits and politicians sporting American Flag jewelry and spewing ig’nant as hell rhetoric about [insert "other" determined to rile up the base].
  [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 8:00am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Hold please, extreme bitchitude in progress...

  Number of comments: 3
  A bitch just checked my planner and it looks like I'm scheduled to speak truth to power today.
  
  Blink.
  
  I've got to get my phone bank on...then send some emails...and then call some more politicians to explain things like why being a woman [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 7:53am EST
  by Shark-fu

• We haven’t yet begun to fight…

  Number of comments: 26
  Full disclosure – a bitch “reworked” President Obama’s Making history email…just a wee bit…
  
  Shall we?
  
  Y’all,
  
  Over the weekend, at 11:15 p.m. Saturday night, the House of Representatives voted to fuck women when they passed a health insurance reform bill with an [...]
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  Posted: November 08, 2009, 4:01pm EST
  by Shark-fu

• Mercy…

  Number of comments: 0
  I’m still trying to process what happened yesterday at Ft. Hood.
  
  Several of my readers are stationed at Ft. Hood and I am grateful to know that y’all are okay. I hope y’all will let me know if there is anything…ANYTHING…I can do to help out.
  
  I’m [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 7:16am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Kick Ass Awards 2009!

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  Longtime readers know that this blog began when Brother Rob Thurman gave it to me as a birthday gift damn near five years ago.
  
  I remain grateful to Brother Rob for pushing this bitch into the wonderful world of online bitchitude!
  
  Last year, when I was honored with [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:01am EST
  by Shark-fu

• [nt]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:07pm EST
  by Shark-fu

• ...but a pre-existing condition is not one of them.

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  Hi.

  
  

  My name is Pamela.

  
  

  Everyone calls me Shark-Fu or Sharkie or [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:52am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Post-election exploration…

  Number of comments: 0
  Whew!
  
  I mean, daaaaaaaamn.
  
  Shall we?
  
  Virginia did what Virginia was expected to do and elected a Republican as their new Governor.
  
  He’s photogenic in a Buchanan-esque traditional American kind of way …and he speaks so well!
  
  Wink.
  
  But I don’t want to [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:39am EST
  by Shark-fu

• On Maine...

  Number of comments: 1
  
  Regarding the rejection of marriage equality in Maine…
  
  Damn.
  
  I yield the floor to Pam Spaulding of Pam’s House Blend.
  
  p.s. to everyone who worked so hard and gave so much to the cause of social justice through the campaign – [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:02am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Get your vote on, people!

  Number of comments: 4
  Today is Election Day across the country and this bitch urges all y’all to get your happy asses to the polls!
  
  Mmmhmm, and don’t give me some bullshit line about how there’s nothing important on the ballot or voting doesn’t matter…that’s The Man talkin’ and working hard to keep [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 7:47am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the shit to ponder…

  Number of comments: 3
  A bitch ate way too much candy over the weekend and there's still several bags left over. I’ve been trying to convince myself that the Saturday morning canvass I participated in for the fantabulous Stacey Newman burned off so many calories that the massive amounts of yumminess I consumed' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 8:03am EST
  by Shark-fu

• Hassani Campbell is still missing…

  Number of comments: 0
  A reader contacted me over the weekend looking for more information on the Hassani Campbell case. Hassani Campbell is a five-year old male child who has been missing in the Oakland California area since August. Sadly, there is not any new information on the case. Police are investigating it as [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 6:23am EST
  by Shark-fu

• While the faithful blush…

  Number of comments: 11
  Let’s jump right on in!
  
  Full disclosure – a bitch is not Catholic. I’m not even a former Catholic. So, outraged Catholic Anonymouses can just skip the bullshit about how I need to say five Hail Mary’s and then blah blah and blah. I was raised Baptist…we don’t roll [...]
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  Posted: October 30, 2009, 7:52am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Ugh…

  Number of comments: 6
  A bitch is over-fucking-whelmed.
  
  Normally I’d turn to a bitchfirmation, but my stress is too far-gone for that!
  
  Mmmhmm, I need to vent.
  
  Indulge me.
  
  Longtime readers know that a bitch’s older brother is autistic. My sister and I are co-guardians and, as such, [...]
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  Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:04am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• The Return of the Quizzical – What came first, the frenzy or the tweet?

  Number of comments: 3
  Lawd, a bitch is tired as hell and bitter about it.
  
  I’ve got too much shit to do.
  
  Get thee gone, exhaustion!
  
  Sigh.
  
  Anyhoo, I started this morning off exploring the wonderful world of Twitter.
  
  Today I encountered a four-tweet batch of information-based speculation from [...]
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  Posted: October 28, 2009, 8:03am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the options for opting – A dream-based exploration of health care reform …

  Number of comments: 2
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  A bitch has been running around like a crazy person trying to [...]

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  Posted: October 27, 2009, 1:01pm EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A bitch’s night at the Symphony followed by hockey with White Castle cheeseburgers on the side…

  Number of comments: 10
  Yesterday was a full on festival of entertainment and socialization for this bitch!
  
  I kicked it off by going to my friend Jeffrey Ricker’s birthday party (happy, happy to you!!)…and loving on all the adorable dawgs in attendance...and eating too much chocolate…and then eating more chocolate, ‘cause it was [...]
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  Posted: October 25, 2009, 1:39pm EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Friday!

  Number of comments: 10
  Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
  
  Yes, I saw a wee bit of Ann Coulter's appearance on Joy Behar’s CNN show.
  
  No, I wasn’t shocked by her saying that all assassins are liberals.
  
  I was, however, pleasantly surprised to see that she’s touched up those roots.' [...]
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  Posted: October 23, 2009, 7:44am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the formula...

  Number of comments: 11
  A bitch is pretty damned good at avoiding entertainment that is going to insult the hell out of me and make my ‘fro hurt.
  
  I have high blood pressure and, even though ‘tis under control, I try to limit the number of times per day I’m exposed to [...]
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  Posted: October 22, 2009, 7:01am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• On that ig'nant as hell Louisiana judge or why I need a lifetime supply of Excedrin Racial Tension Headache meds…

  Number of comments: 13
  Pause…stretch…begin.
  
  A bitch received tons of emails requesting my thoughts on a certain ig’nant judge in Louisiana who refused to marry a local couple (one man and one woman…says so on their birth certificates!) because the one man is a person of color and the one woman is [...]
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  Posted: October 20, 2009, 7:31am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Falcon the Balloon Boy and the wild ride that never happened…

  Number of comments: 8
  Happy Friday, y’all!
  
  Let’s jump right on in.
  
  As I type, this bitch is watching the Balloon Family on ABC and NBC at the same time. Balloon Boy has just exited stage left on NBC…apparently he got ill mid-interview, but a bitch wouldn’t be surprised if Balloon Father [...]
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  Posted: October 16, 2009, 7:39am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• By request – A correction…

  Number of comments: 23
  It’s been a long time since this bitch has indulged in a dream-based correction. Hell, a lot of you have no fucking idea what I’m talking about! Longtime readers know that this bitch has vivid dreams that I try to write down the second I wake up…some of these dreams [...]
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  Posted: October 15, 2009, 7:59am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A quizzical on the lack of outrage over the end of the marriage of John and Kate who have eight…

  Number of comments: 17
  Shall we?
  
  Confession – this bitch has not, does not now and most likely will never watch John and Kate Plus 8 (now Kate Plus 8 with the exception being when it’s John Plus 8 on the weekends).
  
  So, the John and Kate Plus 8 saga has been [...]
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  Posted: October 14, 2009, 7:53am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Congrats to the Equality Marchers…

  Number of comments: 10
  A bitch caught coverage of the National Equality March on CSPAN and online and was impressed with the diversity of voices represented among the speakers!
  
  Congrats to the organizers and the marchers…
  
  …and to the local communities they represent and return to, fired up and ready to [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• By Request, pondering the Nobel Peace Prize…

  Number of comments: 10
  I must admit to being shocked by the news that President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize…but not shocked by the reactions that poured in through the internets immediately following the announcement.
  
  Shall we…with assistance from The Beatles (wink)?
  
  Two, one, two, three, four
  Ev'rybody's talking' [...]
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  Posted: October 12, 2009, 7:29am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A tip of the Afro to Harry Connick Jr…

  Number of comments: 7
  A tip of the Afro to a certain Harry Connick Jr., who kept in real…on air…after a skit on an Australian television show featured performers mocking the Jackson Five in blackface.
  
  Connick Jr. was judging and he…well, he judged that skit to be insulting [...]
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  Posted: October 09, 2009, 7:50am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• For those who get their information ‘bout black folk from conservative media and then try to leave rancid comments here…

  Number of comments: 32
  Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
  
  Every time this bitch does a post mentioning Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh or FOX News a crew of knavish minions pop up and attempt to post distraction-based comments. Since a bitch moderates the comments posted to this blog…for just that reason, ‘cause [...]
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  Posted: October 08, 2009, 7:49am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• The Google are coming and pondering the reform marathon…

  Number of comments: 9
  The Google image is one of those scanner bar code things today.
  
  It’s freakish!
  
  Mmmhmm, a bitch suspects it is a code for the Cylons to get busy.
  
  Pause…consider…continue.
  
  Or maybe it is code for the Google to get busy…maybe there have been Cylon-esque Google-bots [...]
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  Posted: October 07, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the company you keep with Theo the sorta-beagle…

  Number of comments: 7
  A bitch woke up to a stormy and rainy morning today…so naturally, Theo the sorta-beagle was shaking his ass off in response.
  
  Sigh.
  
  This dawg is not a rain dawg at all. The only thing worse than witnessing Theo’s skake fits is having him attempt to climb into [...]
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  Posted: October 06, 2009, 7:23am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Recovery…

  Number of comments: 7
  Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
  
  This bitch was sick last week.
  
  I spent two days on the couch…miserable with a touch of the plague…and watched the news unfold about the horrific beating death of another young Chicagoan.
  
  Mercy.
  
  Regina Bell's If [...]
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  Posted: October 05, 2009, 7:43am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Lawd, have mercy…

  Number of comments: 8
  Okay, so this bitch has been trying to write about all manner of things but my brain is still more than a wee bit befuddled by anti-plague meds.
  
  Ugh.
  
  Thank the gods it’s Friday.
  
  I plan to rest up this weekend...indulge in some distractitude-based television…and then [...]
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  Posted: October 02, 2009, 8:01am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• On the Polanski arrest…

  Number of comments: 22
  A bitch is still illish, but on the re-bound.
  
  Lawd, this bubonic-ebola plague is a whopper!
  
  Anyhoo, I’m playing catch up so…
  
  Cough.
  
  On the Polanski arrest…
  
  Roman Polanski is a brilliant director.
  
  Roman Polanski is a philanthropist and a mentor and [...]
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  Posted: September 30, 2009, 8:03am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A bitch has the plague!

  Number of comments: 10
  Sob.
  
  Seriously, this shit has got to be bubonic ebola or something like it.
  
  Blink.
  
  Anyhoo, this bitch has taken far too many pharmaceuticals to be trusted online.
  
  Toodles ‘til my fever breaks… [...]
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  Posted: September 28, 2009, 10:57am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Regarding the Belleville bus attack incident…

  Number of comments: 11
  Several readers have asked for my thoughts on the recent beating of a student on a school bus in Belleville Illinois. Contrary to popular belief, this bitch does research the shit I post about and it has taken me a while to research this incident.
  
  What we [...]
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  Posted: September 25, 2009, 7:46am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Hold on just one hot damn minute…

  Number of comments: 34
  A bitch is feeling illish and full to bursting with bitchitude.
  
  Shall we?
  
  A certain Anonymous…and aren’t they always Anonymous…left a comment to an older autism post and tried to make the case that state funded programs for people with developmental disabilities are examples of socialism and folks [...]
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  Posted: September 23, 2009, 7:51am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the faces in the crowd…

  Number of comments: 9
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  What?

  
  

  A bitch adores autumn!
  
  I love the [...]

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  Posted: September 21, 2009, 11:45am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Blues Fan Fest featuring this bitch and C-Money!

  Number of comments: 8
  Yesterday a bitch and C-Money went to the St. Louis Blues Fan Festitude, followed by a pre-season game against the Dallas Stars. Fan Festitude was fantabulous…unfortunately the Blues lost to those darn Stars.
  
  Shit.
  
  Anyhoo…Fan Fest!
  
  We put on our new Blues jerseys (C-Money sporting her T.J. [...]
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  Posted: September 20, 2009, 8:19am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A bitch’s coffee maker has died…

  Number of comments: 13
  Ugh.
  
  The only thing worse than getting up for a 6am flight…
  
  …is having the coffee maker chose that occasion to die.
  
  Sob.
  
  Oh, the humanity!
  
  A bitch stumbled into the kitchen…filled up the coffee thing with coffee…filled up the other thing with water…and it [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2009, 4:32am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• But we can do worse with Tyler Perry…

  Number of comments: 31
  Let’s jump right on in!
  
  Tyler Perry of the Madea creating and performing Tyler Perrys has a new movie out…featuring Madea. I Can Do Bad All By Myself is his latest offering (wince).
  
  Full disclosure – a bitch can’t stand Madea.
  
  The only thing I dislike [...]
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  Posted: September 16, 2009, 7:20am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Announcing Bitchitude 101 classes & Home Training installation with maintenance…

  Number of comments: 11
  Shall we?
  
  A bitch has noticed a…well, a certain increase in inappropriate public displays of anger amongst the masses.
  
  Blink.
  
  Some folks have indulged in verbal malfunctions during joint sessions of Congress involving the crass braying-esque screaming of accusations towards the President of [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 6:59pm EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Hold please…

  Number of comments: 2
  A bitch is finishing up a post…
  
  ...and the fine art of bitchitude cannot be rushed! [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2009, 7:52am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• By request, remembrance…

  Number of comments: 0
  For Charles, who is remembering a brother killed at the World Trade Center.
  
  And for Margaret, who remembers a son fallen in the war that followed.
  
  Hold your memories close…clutch them fiercely to you…for they are a most precious gift.
  
  Let tears fall if they threaten.
  [...]
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  Posted: September 11, 2009, 7:44am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering pacing for a marathon not a sprint...

  Number of comments: 8
  Well, that was quite a speech!
  
  A bitch watched the whole thing…twice. And I’ve settled on the analysis that President Obama hit a solid forehand and the ball is now in our court…well, our court with Congress as our doubles partner…and Congress has a tendency to fuck up [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2009, 7:56am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pre-Presidential address preparedness…

  Number of comments: 6
  President Obama is going to speak to a joint session of Congress tonight at 7pm CST about health care reform.
  
  This bitch, having been raised right (wink), shall watch this address as I have watched Presidential addresses since I was a wee bitch when my parents told me that [...]
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  Posted: September 09, 2009, 7:54am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• The problem with back peddling…

  Number of comments: 7
  A bitch hopes that everyone had a safe and fun Labor Day holiday!
  
  Let’s jump right on in, shall we?
  
  This bitch woke up pondering the problem with back pedaling (many thanks to Jen...a living example of the power of a good education...for editorial assistance). Specifically, my ass [...]
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  Posted: September 08, 2009, 7:26am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Happy Labor Day!

  Number of comments: 4
  
  
  
  A tip of the Afro to our Canadian neighbors for originating the Labor Day holiday...
  
  ...and to all the women and men who organized and remain organized despite the forces aligned against them.
  
  Labor Day is more than the unofficial end [...]
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  Posted: September 07, 2009, 9:23am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Friday! Better yet, Friday before a three day holiday weekend!

  Number of comments: 17
  A bitch is exhausted, but a three-day holiday weekend should go a long way toward addressing that shit.
  
  Yay for Labor Day!
  
  Shall we?
  
  This bitch is pondering parenting.
  
  Blink.
  
  I’m not a parent. I don’t play one on t.v. and I’ve never step-parented. But [...]
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  Posted: September 04, 2009, 7:56am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A tip of the Afro to Robert from Rolla…

  Number of comments: 6
  A bitch has been dealing with an amazing amount of comments bent on generating a state of defensive distractitude and forcing the masses to take our eyes off the ball.
  
  Most of them also contain some manner of rancidity and thus are not posted. Thou shalt not turn this [...]
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  Posted: September 02, 2009, 7:53am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the difference in Missouri town halls…

  Number of comments: 8
  Shall we?
  
  A lot has been made of the theatre and drama surrounding health care forums in Missouri. A bitch experienced that shit first hand during the Hillsboro town hall forum…interesting costumes, not everyone knew their lines (folks really need to decide whether their gonna accuse the president of [...]
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  Posted: September 01, 2009, 7:53am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• By request, a confession – Yes I do get tired…

  Number of comments: 4
  A certain Gertie from Boulder, who has been lurking here for years, asked this bitch if I ever get tired of practicing the fine art of bitchitude and sent me a bitchfirmation just in case I do.
  
  Do I ever get tired?
  
  Blink.
  
  Yes.
  
  Oh yes, [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 7:50am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Post Person Centered Plan Meeting Recap…

  Number of comments: 6
  This past Friday I attended my autistic brother’s Person Centered Plan meeting.
  
  Well, actually this was more of a review of his 2009 goals-based meeting in preparation for his Person Centered Plan meeting. I kind of like this new approach, since it allows for us to give more input [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2009, 7:21am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• After reflection, some thoughts on Senator Edward Kennedy…

  Number of comments: 17
  Shall we?
  
  At Senator Robert Kennedy’s funeral, Senator Ted Kennedy asked that his brother not be idealized. The same should be true for Senator Ted Kennedy. His accomplishments are all the greater for his human failings because they stand as examples of what human beings, not saints, can do. [...]
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  Posted: August 28, 2009, 7:59am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pre Person Centered Plan Meeting Preparedness 2009…

  Number of comments: 7
  ‘Tis that time of year again, y’all!
  
  C-Money and this bitch are scheduled to attend our brother’s Person Centered Plan meeting tomorrow. As our older brother’s co-guardians, we get the opportunity to provide input and guidance in his plan…in the document that details his needs and wants, how he [...]
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  Posted: August 27, 2009, 8:03am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Keeping it real isn’t easy, but keep it real is what a bitch does…

  Number of comments: 3
  Shall we?
  
  Yesterday my State Senator Jeff Smith resigned from office and pled guilty to two felony counts of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
  
  I voted for Jeff Smith because he ran as a progressive and my State Senate district is progressive as hell and needs to be [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 8:00am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• By request, my thoughts on Glenn Beck’s show’s emaciated advertising…

  Number of comments: 8
  A certain someone asked for my thoughts on Color of Change’s successful campaign to challenge advertisers to drop their support of Glenn Beck’s show on FOX.
  
  Beck said all manner of ig’nant race baiting shit on his show when President Obama spoke out about the arrest of Professor [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2009, 7:13am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Meanwhile, back on planet earth…

  Number of comments: 5
  A bitch just read this commentary on CNN.com and I’ve got to tell y’all that this is the kind of shit we should be discussing but are not discussing because…well, because outfits like CNN have spent the last month pushing coverage of the mob up front while they bury [...]
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  Posted: August 25, 2009, 7:04am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Monday, Monday…

  Number of comments: 4
  Happy Monday, chil’ren!
  
  A bitch got a lot of shit done this weekend.
  
  I mowed the lawn.
  
  Pause...consider...continue.
  
  Okay, so I moved the backyard and said fuck it to the front yard, but...well, shit. All that damned rain ended up feeding the [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2009, 7:47am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the first day of school…

  Number of comments: 11
  ‘Tis Friday, y’all!
  
  Yay!
  
  This bitch is exhausted. Between my normal insomnia and the added lack of sleep brought on by a certain sorta-beagle’s storm based all night freak out, I feel as if I haven’t slept all week!
  
  Shit.
  
  Anyhoo, I predict Saturday will involve [...]
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  Posted: August 21, 2009, 7:46am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the compassionate release story…

  Number of comments: 8
  Let’s jump right on it.
  
  On December 21, 1988 Pan Am flight 103 blew up over the town of Lockerbie Scotland. 259 people on the flight were killed. 11 people were killed on the ground. I remember this incident well…watching the news break, finding out that American students returning [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2009, 8:02am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Untitiled…

  Number of comments: 9
  “There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.”
  Franklin D. Roosevelt
  
  Shall we?
  
  I took a day off from bitchitude yesterday because everything I tried to write [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2009, 7:39am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Taking a moment to power back up…

  Number of comments: 9
  
  A bitch’s emotional battery is low and I’m running on reserve power.
  
  Bitchitude is on hold until tomorrow… [...]
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  Posted: August 18, 2009, 7:52am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Hassani Campbell is still missing…

  Number of comments: 26
  Update
  Hassani Campbell's foster parents have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
  
  Several people have contacted me asking for my thoughts on Michael Vick’s return to the NFL. Since I take Saturday’s off from the Internets, I read through this requests this morning and pondered them while drinking' [...]
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  Posted: August 16, 2009, 10:16am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Oakland police are looking for a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy

  Number of comments: 5
  Oakland police are looking for a 5-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who went missing in the city's Rockridge district.

  Hassani Campbell was last seen Monday afternoon sitting in the car parked outside a shoe store.

  Hassani is black, stands 3-feet-tall and weighs 30 pounds. He [...]
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  Posted: August 13, 2009, 7:12am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering the Senator McCaskill Hillsboro town hall…

  Number of comments: 33
  Yesterday this bitch joined fellow pro-choice activists at Senator McCaskill’s town hall in Hillsboro.
  
  It was…well, one word just can’t sum it up.
  
  Yes, a sorta-scuffle broke out when a man grabbed and ripped up a poster of Rosa Parks a woman mistakenly brought into the meeting [...]
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  Posted: August 12, 2009, 7:51am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Remembering Eunice Kennedy Shriver…

  Number of comments: 3
  Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, has died.
  
  She is survived by her husband, Sargent Shriver, five children and 19 grandchildren.
  
  Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s speech at the 1987 Special Olympics World Games in South Bend Indiana sums up her legacy beautifully.
  
  “The right to [...]
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  Posted: August 11, 2009, 7:16am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A bitch’s correction of a certain fool’s statement on the current health care debate…

  Number of comments: 13
  Sarah Palin wrote an article and, among other things, said…
  
  "And who will suffer the most when they ration care?" Palin asks. "The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course. The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with" [...]
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  Posted: August 10, 2009, 7:53am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Happy birthday C-Money!

  Number of comments: 4
  Today is my sister C-Money’s birthday, y’all!
  
  Longtime readers know that C-Money is my best friend and has been my rock through many a challenging time.
  
  She’s also brilliant and sassy and the best person I know.
  
  So, today I celebrate my sister...she is the very [...]
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  Posted: August 07, 2009, 7:27am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• By request - pondering the mob…

  Number of comments: 13
  A certain Frances from Vancouver would like to know my thoughts on the recent conservative mob activity at Congressional town hall meetings here in America.
  
  Shall we?
  
  A bitch is fascinated by these mobs…not that Americans may be angry about things that our government is doing but [...]
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  Posted: August 06, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Remembering Naomi Sims…

  Number of comments: 6
  Naomi Sims, beauty pioneer and the first black model to appear on the cover of Ladies' Home Journal, has died.
  
  Naomi Sims was beautiful and a successful businesswoman.
  
  Getting the fashion world to acknowledge that did more than fling open the door of' [...]
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  Posted: August 05, 2009, 7:50am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Back from beautiful Arizona and pondering Corn Flakes…

  Number of comments: 10
  A bitch is back from C-Money’s birthday trip to the beautiful state of Arizona!
  
  Happy pre-birthday to C-Money and many thanks to her for including me in a trip of a lifetime…fantabulous!
  
  I’m almost recovered from witnessing her and a certain Menekse fly off over the Grand [...]
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  Posted: August 04, 2009, 7:30am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Traveling once again...

  Number of comments: 3
  A bitch will be traveling Monday.
  
  Toodles 'til Tuesday!' [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 8:54pm EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A bitch in The Guardian!

  Number of comments: 15
  This bitch just had an article published in The Guardian!
  
  Blink.
  
  Yay!
  
  Click here to get your read on.
  
  So now I have some new readers here at my blog-based home.
  
  Welcome to the land of bitchitude, Guardian readers! [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 12:11pm EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Fantabulousness...

  Number of comments: 7
  The Grand Canyon is so amazing it is almost too much.
  
  Longtime readers know that this bitch is not known to post pictures...and these fail to capture the fantabulousness...but Lawd, have mercy this was too wonderful not to attempt to capture!
  
  
  Shit, [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 11:43am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Mr. Squirrel gives tours at the Grand Canyon...

  Number of comments: 2
  
  A bitch made a friend at the Grand Canyon...Mr. Squirrel (he liked to pose)!
  
  He sat beside me for a spell and then tried to get me closer to the edge for a better view. But we'd only just met - for all' [...]
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  Posted: August 02, 2009, 11:33am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A bitch is going to visit Ongtupqa!

  Number of comments: 7
  Blink.
  
  Mmmhmm, C-Money has a birthday coming up in a week so this weekend we’re making a family trip to Ongtupqa, otherwise know as The Grand Canyon!
  
  We’ve always wanted to go and I am beyond excited.
  
  I’ll post throughout the weekend and [...]
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  Posted: July 30, 2009, 9:52pm EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Why a bitch almost sent the first ever AngryBlackBitch action alert over Michelle Malkin’s appearance on the Today Show…

  Number of comments: 13
  ...and then changed my mind.
  
  Matt Lauer just interviewed Michelle Malkin on the Today Show…and it was almost some crazy ass shit.
  
  Well, it wasn’t actually an interview.
  
  It was more like handing the mic over to Malkin and letting her do her best Ann Coulter [...]
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  Posted: July 29, 2009, 7:55am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Missourians – catch a discussion of minority health disparities on Laborvision!

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  Missouri Foundation for Health leaders will discuss Minority Health Disparities on Laborvision.

  
  

  Find out where [...]

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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 8:44am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• By request, my thoughts on the birther movement…

  Number of comments: 9
  A certain Jay from the great state of Montana has asked this bitch for my thoughts on the birther movement that questions whether President Obama is a natural born citizen and thus whether he meets the Constitutional requirements to be President of the United States of America.
  
  Sigh.
  [...]
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  Posted: July 28, 2009, 7:19am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering deadlines…

  Number of comments: 8
  A bitch is watching the Today Show…so you don’t have to.
  
  Wink.
  
  Shall we?
  
  David Gregory of Meet the Press got his chat on with Matt Lauer of the Today Show about the President’s comments on the Gates arrest…the distractitude of the press from health care reform…and [...]
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  Posted: July 24, 2009, 7:48am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• And another thing, I happen to think that door needs to be kicked wide open!

  Number of comments: 5
  Update - Show Me Progress has posted updates/statements from Senator McCaskill.
  
  For a certain someone who demanded a post on this mess tonight.
  
  Missouri Senators split their votes on the concealed carry amendment.
  
  The reason why one of them split made my Afro hurt.
  
  From [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 9:13pm EDT
  by Shark-fu

• A bitch was on the radio – On Common Ground with Janice Graham!

  Number of comments: 9
  Last night this bitch had a delightful time on the radio with the fantabulous Janice Graham.
  
  I appeared on her show, On Common Ground, to discuss the arrest of Professor Gates.
  
  Follow this link to a clip of the show! [...]
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  Posted: July 22, 2009, 7:34am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Ya know, the interesting thing about the arrest of Professor Gates for living in a house in Cambridge while black is…

  Number of comments: 29
  …that his neighbor called the cops to report two black men trying to push open the front door but apparently no one called a damn cop to report the incident that damaged the fucking door in the first place.
  
  Blink.
  
  Shall we?
  
  This bitch attended college in [...]
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  Posted: July 21, 2009, 7:36am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pondering books…

  Number of comments: 22
  Shall we?
  
  A bitch just read this article about a proposal from the Democratic Leadership Council to move from textbooks toward e-books and…well, it made a bitch sad.
  
  I happen to enjoy the hell out of books…I adore books…shit, I am currently sitting [...]
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  Posted: July 20, 2009, 7:47am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Because it is hard...

  Number of comments: 11
  “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing [...]
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  Posted: July 19, 2009, 9:37am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Shark-Fu's been getting her lobby on…

  Number of comments: 5
  A bitch has been in Washington D.C. getting my lobby on.
  
  Blink.
  
  No, I didn’t fly here at the last minute having been inspired by the fubaritude of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings to take to the friendly skies and arrive on the scene to tell folks about themselves [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2009, 8:21pm EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Wow, that was some ugly ass shit…

  Number of comments: 10
  A bitch caught up on the Sotomayor hearings last night and…well, that was some ugly ass shit.
  
  Listening to Senator Sessions was like looking into a kitchen at a diner and seeing one of the cooks take a piss in the soup du jour. The man clearly has unresolved [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2009, 4:28am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Fidelity to the law…

  Number of comments: 3
  Shall we?
  
  Yesterday Judge Sotomayor pledged fidelity to the law during day one of the Senate confirmation hearing. She spoke for about 8 minutes and then the committee members got their talk on and on and on.
  
  As expected, Democrats praised Sotomayor while Republicans voiced their [...]
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  Posted: July 14, 2009, 7:29am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Lawd have mercy, Ann Coulter just jumped up on a bitch's Blogger page!

  Number of comments: 11
  Lawd, have mercy!
  
  A bitch just hit publish and...Lawd!..the Blogger publish page came on screen to confirm that everything went okay...gulp...and there on my screen was a Google ad promoting Ann Coulter's column.
  
  Heaven to hell and back again on a red eye - that's just wrong...not right...jarring [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 7:52am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Judge Sotomayor confirmation hearing preparedness…

  Number of comments: 7
  Okay, y’all…the confirmation hearings begin today for Judge Sotomayor’s appointment to the United States Supreme Court. It’s been a while since conservatives in the Senate have had the opportunity to show their natural ass on national television while attempting to score political points at the expense of a nominee…but [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2009, 7:33am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Incidents at swimming pools…

  Number of comments: 21
  June 21, 1949 was the first day black people were allowed in St. Louis municipal swimming pools.
  
  As reported by the St. Louis Post Dispatch on the 60th anniversary, the decision to integrate St. Louis municipal swimming pools sparked the most widespread racial violence in the city’s post [...]
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  Posted: July 10, 2009, 7:55am EDT
  by Shark-fu

• Pause, reflect and refocus…

  Number of comments: 15
  Let’s jump in, shall we?
  
  A bitch has been reflecting.
  
  Mmmhmm, I’m a big fan of inner-work and often pause to examine what the hell I’m doing and why.
  
  Reflecting is a sometimes disturbing other times inspiring and often frustrating experience. It usually exposes some fucked up [...]
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  Posted: July 09, 2009, 7:58am EDT
  by Shark-fu