Good morn or evening, friends. Lalita Amos here and like The Blog Snob (who, along with new AVA contributor MelissaT inspired this post), I am an authentic American Negro.

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One last nugget of fun to share before I clock out in about an hour and a half and drive home to curl up in a nice warm bed while the normal world enjoys their 9-5 day.... (sigh... I really need to win the lottery...)

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I was on Racialicious and came across another link that was so outrageous I had to check it out for myself.

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WOW... I just caught this as I was getting ready to get off here and go to bed. I'll have to post more later about it, but I thought it was certainly worth sharing before I nod off...

Back to the Drawing Board for Disney’s First Black Princess

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As many of you know, CNN will be launching its series "Black in America" on 23 July with its Black Women and Familes program. The second day will focus on Black men.

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Kee-rap!

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Here's talkshow pundit, Mr. Glenn Beck, holding forth on Senator Hillary Clinton on GMA:

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"He is a rock star. It's fantastic."

"I love what he is saying about education."

"I don't think he will win Florida.....but he will win in Ohio and the election".

"I am anxious to meet him."

"I want to see if he will walk the walk."

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OK, Last week, trying to out cute herself, pundit Liz Trotta made an "oopsie" when she suggested that, essentially, killing anyone whose name rhymed with "drama" (Osama, Obama...) and then giggled like a kindergartner on cookie detail.

Shit-fire (a technical term).

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Paul Krugman used to be one of my very favorite columnists, and I've been pained to read his increasingly unpersuasive defenses of Hillary Clinton.

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This certainly seems inappropriate!

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Chris Matthews performed a public service on his show, taking on one of the all-too-common rightwing bloviators that populate the airwaves. His guest--a particularly obnoxious representative of the genre--was screaming about how right Bush was to call Obama an appeaser. Matthews did what too few reporters and television hosts are willing to do, and the results were delicious.

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I'm getting ready to head out the door to Sheila's. We're going to watch the election results come in. I, the wine spritzer drinker, am going to be drinking gin...from my niece's silly straw.

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