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Culture, Race & Economy

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  1. The Charleston Church Murderer Dylan Roof,Will Be Defending,Himself When His Death Penalty Trial Starts. The Jury Selection Was Delayed By His Lawyers,Saying Dylan Roof Is Not Competent To Stand Trial ,Judge Had Him Evaluated By A Psychiatrist, Judge Said He Is Competent To Stand Trial. The White Supreamacist Terrorist,Murderer Ask The Judge Could He Serve As His Own Lawyer,Judge Said Yes. This Means This Evil,Vile Murderer Can Cross Examine The Family Members Of The People He Murdered. He Knows This Is A Death Penalty Case.. .He Trying To Get Someone To Say He Has A Mental,Problem And Should Get Life Not Death Row. Amazing. I Want To See The Race Of The Jury,When The Tr…

  2. Started by Troy,

    Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are is a new book by former Google employee by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz. Seth was interviewed on the radio this morning I decided to read the book based on the interview. He described our Google searches as digital truth Serum and how our searches reveal much more about us that we even know about ourselves. He also talked bout how disturbing some of our searched are suggesting that as a people we are much more sexually perverted (no the word he used), that we present ourselves He drew a stark contrast between they way people presented themselves on Facebook very what …

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  3. Started by harry brown,

    News 58 Dead In Las Vegas. White man Begun Shooting At A ,Country Music Concert. White Man Killing White People. News,Was It ISIS Related Or A Lone Wolf Killer. Lunatic ,President,This Was A Evil Man. He Did Not Say Neo Nazi ,In ,Charlottesville Was Evil..Neo Nazi Terrorist Organization ,Praising,Adolf Hitler With Guns And Torches In American,Streets ..News Likes To Talk About Black Men And Violence..Hitler ,Trump,I Think Plans To Go To Last Vegas. He Did Not Go ,To,Charlottesville ,WHITE Women Murdered By A Neo Nazi,Seem ,To Condone This..Gun .Control Talk On The News ,Again...700,Dead Last Year In Chicago . Black Lives Matter ,Depends On Who Kills A Black Person. Stre…

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  4. Started by Cynique,

    Well, February is underway, ushered in by the ground hog seeing his shadow, an event signifying six more weeks of winter. February also signals the start of African American history month, an observance which sets aside 28 days every year for blacks to extol their icons, recognize their unsung heroes and bitch about the shadow cast by the racism that represents the ongoing "winter of their discontent". White racism is indeed at the core of black discontent, even as it sometimes takes a back seat to black freedom. Poster Xeon spoke about blacks being free to do all the things they deem necessary to advance themselves, if they so choose. Conservativ…

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  5. Started by harry brown,

    Like. Flint. Michigan,Lead. In. The. Water. In Newark.. News. Says,Lead. In. The. Water. Can. Cause. Learning. Problems For. Children,Fertility,Problems. For Women. Is Corey Booker From Newark??? Is Lead In All The Water In Newark,Just The Poor,Communities?? This God Fearing ,Christian , Rich Country,,Does, Not Care About The Poor , Sick,Elderly. Democrats,Wants The Immigrants In The Country..,Politicians Do Not Care,About,The Poverty Or The Homeless. In This Country. I'm. Sure. Senator. Corey. Booker. Of New. Jersey. Has . A. Plan. To,Emove. The. Lead. From. Water....... Amazing!!!

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  6. Started by Pioneer1,

    Underaged Caucasian kid is walking down the street towards the police with an assault weapon after shooting several people. ......and the police tell him get the hell out of the street as they drive past!

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  7. Started by harry brown,

    Racist. Trash. Trump. Has. Been. Voted. Out. CNN. Black. Talker -Van. Johnson. Crying. After. Biden. Won. Made. Me. Sick. He. Does-Not. Cry. When. Black. Children. Are. Murdered. By. Street Trash-Black. Gang. Thug. Men. Does. Not. Cry. For. Children Raped. By-Pulpit Trash. Snake. Preachers. Yes. Jobs. Need. To. Be. Created,'Affordable. Health. Care. Education.Money.To. Poor. Inner-City. Schools. Not. Just Rich. White. Schools.. The. Black. Problem -Black. Voices. In. The. News. Leading. Up. To. Election. Day. Not-A-Word. About. Preachers. Beating. Their. Wives,Murdering. Their. -Wives. Raping. Children ,Getting. Teen. Girls. Pregnant. -Preachers-Stealing. Millions. O…

  8. Yes. We just released our beta version of Clarence the Cabbie Confidential book 📖 series. Please give us your feedback. Start Game

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  9. Started by Troy,

    In a text to me a couple of minutes ago: "...today is the best day in the entire century to manifest ... so put your dreams in the universe. I say waddya have to lose? Del are you aware of this and the reasoning behind it (I have not attempted to GTS I came here first 😉

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  10. Enjoy, if you know some kids, share them, have them color it. The artist is GDBEE If you want more coloring pages, click the link after the image. https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2268&type=status

  11. Does it change with scope: personally, familialy, associatively, communally, regionally, nationally, internationally and globally?

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  12. Started by ProfD,

    Another mass shooting event in the US. 18 killed and 13 injured. The shooter is a marksman who just 2 weeks ago was in a mental health facility. Not only was this killer allowed to keep his weapons. He made a few statements on social media about killing folks. The FBI is at his house asking him to come out with his hands up. Considering what this killer has already done, the authorities should force their way into his home and take him down. The craziest part is whether it's an active war or shooting event or standoff...the media is reporting live from ground zero. 😎

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  13. Started by Troy,

    The following is the last newsletter I’ll send this year. It is a compilation of all the people on the website who transitioned this year. Given the number of people who thanked me for sending this, it apparently touched more people than any email I sent all year. For that reason, I share it here. In Memoriam 2024

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  14. Started by harry brown,

    Respect. For. The Black. Soldiers. That. Defended. This. Racist. ,Evil. Country. .....Black. Men. And. Women. ..In. The. Military. ....Respect. For. Those. Defending. This. Country. Now. ..Under. This. ,,Lunatic. In. ,The. White. House. ,Who. Wants. A. All. White. ,Military. ....Black. Soldiers. ,Buffalo. Soldiers. ,Tuskegee. Pilots. .........Respect. ....

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  15. Started by Xeon,

    The Republicans' big lie about reconciliation By E.J. Dionne Jr. Thursday, March 4, 2010; A21 For those who feared that Barack Obama did not have any Lyndon Johnson in him, the president's determination to press ahead and get health-care reform done in the face of Republican intransigence came as something of a relief. Obama's critics have regularly accused him of not being as tough or wily or forceful as LBJ was in pushing through civil rights and the social programs of his Great Society. Obama seemed willing to let Congress go its own way and was so anxious to look bipartisan that he wouldn't even take his own side in arguments with Republicans. …

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  16. Started by Cynique,

    I can’t believe what I‘m hearing on the news! It’s not bad enough that whooping cough and head lice have resurfaced, now bed bugs have made a come back, their infestation reaching epidemic proportions. “Good night, sleep tight,” has taken on a whole new meaning. Yikes! Oh well, this is something to take my mind off Obama having to rely on the Republicans to get his bill for more billions to fund the war in Afghanistan after his fellow Democrats refused to support this folly. No wonder his hair is turning gray. Add to that the irritation caused by all the hoopla involved in keeping the details of Chelsea Clinton’s multi-million dollar wedding a secret, and my chagri…

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  17. Started by boitumelo,

    INDEPENDENCE DAY,WE SHOULD HAVE RESPECT AND REFLECT ON THE BLACK HISTORY SACRIFICES. .I THINK OF KWANZA PRINCIPLES. IF WE WENT BY THE KWANZAA PRINCIPLES SOME PROBLEMS WE COULD SOLVE OURSELVES...IT AMAZES ME ,THAT IS DIFFICULT TO DO...BUT THERE ARE JUDASES IF THE COMMUNITY AND IN RELIGION...

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  18. IN THE 1921' THERE WAS BLACK WALL STREET IN TULSA OKLAHOMA... IN CHICAGO YEARS AGO THERE WAS A VERSION OF BLACK WALL STREET.HOW WAS IT DONE YEARS AGO, BLACK UNITY, BUT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE T O DO NOW.//////BLACK COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES HAVING UNITY........

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  19. Started by Waterstar,

    This has got to be so hard for the family of Tyler Clementi. Can you imagine the heartbreak of the dead son as the mother of the defendant, bawled and that her son (who was possibly facing at least 10 years) had not even yet had the chance to live his life, that he already had "so much on his shoulders"? What about the Tyler Clementi? Who has less of the chance to live his life? Is the one that was breathing and looking quite indifferent as the mother of the son he had spied on cried? Or is it the one who ended his life after being humiliated by the defendant's cyber actions? I know that Ravi did not physically murder Clementi, that Clementi took his own life. Howeve…

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  20. We have Donald Sterling......a man in his 80s. And we also have Elliot Rodger the young man who shot up a southern California college town a few weeks ago because of his frustrated sex life .........a man who was in his early 20s. Though vastly different in age, what did these two men have in common with eachother that much of the press has overlooked either by accident or on purpose?

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  21. In Search of the Black Knight is a feature length documentary that takes a humorous look into the complexities of African-American romantic relationships. Directed by Tamarat Makonnen. Now available on DVD and Digital HD through Amazon and Vimeo On Demand

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  22. 54th Day of ‪#‎BlackHistoryMonth‬: Ida B. Wells, newspaper editor and in the Civil Rights Movement passed March 25, 1931

  23. Guest Colossill

    http://colossill.com/chemist-annie-dookhan-only-gets-3-years-in-prison-for-manipulating-40000-black-people-drug-tests-i-thought-i-was-doing-a-good-thing/

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  24. Started by Troy,

    The image above is from a screen grab of a video I saw on the New York Times website (I'm pretty sure). They wrote an article about the election on Tulsa's mayor, a white guy in his early 40's. The most striking thing is that mayor, on his second term, the 4th Mayor of Tulsa in his family going back to the late 19th century! There was at least one Black guy running against him, the Black community is not happy with how the local government is treating their Black citizens. What else is new this is America... But I digress... Pictured s what is left of Tulsa's famed Black Wall Street. There is a tee shirt shop in the middle of the block. I did not see any d…

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  25. Many black people online tend to have media where they are knockers. It is the way of the internet in itself. But while this post has a title and I began my prose referring to the culture of communication. M agenda is other. My agenda is the following, a question. If you had the ability to place a tool to improve communication online, online only, what will it be? The video below is abou a case between two black entertainers, mostly for entertainment but a warning to any of you who may one day be truly large epersonalities, if you are not already

  26. Commentary: Obama Wants the ‘Contest of Ideas’ Rigged https://tennesseestar.com/2022/04/18/commentary-obama-wants-the-contest-of-ideas-rigged/ "Never mind that he rose to power as a manipulative acolyte of Saul Alinsky, the famously amoral Chicago activist who endorsed disinformation as a tool of “community organizing.”" "Obama’s definition of “disinformation,” which he ponderously presented at a recent Chicago powwow on the subject, conforms perfectly to the Alinskyite “rules for radicals” that launched his career: “a systematic effort to either promote false information, to suppress true information, for the purpose of political gain,…

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  27. 2 teenage Black girls are being charged with murder after beating a 74 year old man to death. These thugs didnt need a gun. Just goes to show we need thug control NOT gun control. Hope they die in prison. Guarantee they were born to young mothers and there is no structure in their homes. This is all too common. More violent black teens and these were girls. Just stunning !!!!! https://www.fox29.com/news/james-lambert-death-girl-14-turns-herself-in-for-beating-death-of-73-year-old-in-north-philly-police-say

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  28. Started by richardmurray,

    To any black woman - can you say you have been massaged by any Black man like the black women in the vidoes at the following link? https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2154&type=status

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  29. Started by Pioneer1,

    Check out this clip. He clowned so much, atleast one of his jokes WILL take yo ass out.....lol My man Tariq needs to do his own comedy show. This clip is MM 50-1:08 for the comedy, but he does touch on other more serious subjects for the first hour or so.

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  30. All over the internet you see articles and videos of "white dudes for Kamala" this and "white dudes for Harris" that. Making a big deal over her White supporters. Now tie that to the fact that she's married to a White man. I can already see the narrative: "White men got Kamala Harris in office while Black men sat on the couch" Not only will this be used to drive a wedge further into our already divided community as Black women pat "white dudes" on the back for helping Harris get in while giving Black men a side-eye for not supporting "sista girl" . But it will also be used as a excuse for her administration to do little for the AfroAmerican community sin…

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  31. Well, I didn't actually go there. I listened to their live stream (Friday, July, 2010). I received an e-mail announcing the departure of Al Goodman of The Moments. Oh yeah, love on a two way street. In the e-mail there was a link to the station in Harlem (WHCR 90.3 FM). They played my kind of music. I even called the station and asked for a special request. They were more than happy to honor my request. They got on the air and sent one to me. They even mentioned that I was way out in Iowa.

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  32. Started by Waterstar,

    I can absolutely respect this.

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  33. Started by Troy,

    Being a police officer, especially, in New York City is a difficult job. The work is stressful, your see the worst humanity has to offer on a regular basis. The job can be thankless. A role that is needed, desperately in some locations, but if a mistake is make the general public is all over you. That said I can not fathom a single justification for the senseless murder of a 51 years old Black man in broad daylight on a crowded NY City street. 12 shots fired by 2 officers, hitting the Brother 7 times (or so I've heard). I don't get it. They decided to execute kill this man. The police commissioner said the actions of the officers were justified. I don't see it.

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  34. Guest harry brown
    Started by Guest harry brown,

    RACIST DONALD TRUMP AGAIN MEETS WITH BLACK PREACHERS,FOR VOTES/PREACHERS WORSHIP MONEY //DONALD TRUMP IS RACIST,/THE BLACK,CONGREGATION WILL VOTE THE WAY THEY ARE TOLD TO/THE CONGREGATION FEARS PREACHERS MORE THAN GOD/CHURCH USED TO BE A PLACE OF BLACK STRATEGY AND UNITY/PREACHERS ARE PIMPS AND BLACK SLAVE HOLDERS////

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  35. White Police Talked About Lynching,Black People,San Francisco,White Police In Los Angeles Organized A Neo Nazi Gang,Often Terrorized Black People.Fort Lauderdale,Florida,White Police ,Fantasized About Killing Black People,Chicago White Police Was A ,Neo Nazi Recruiter,Why Black Police Will Not Speak About This.They Talk Police Brotherhood.How Often Do Black Police Arrest White People,Have They Ever Shot A White Criminal?The FBI Has Said White Police Are,Involved In Racist White Groups,FBI Not On The News Saying White Police Are Involved,With Racist Groups,when They Know They Are..Neo Nazi,Talking Race War,After Police Killings In Dallas..

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  36. Guest Colossill
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    This woman was amazing! We should have been taught by her as children. She breaks it down here. http://colossill.com/the-cress-theory-surviving-racism-in-the-21st-century/

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  37. Started by Cynique,

    PRETTY MUCH.

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  38. This is a short (sub-3 minute) video. If made me think of conversations we have been having here. Particularly as if concern race. Anyone who has been active on these forums knows I believe we should dispense with the concept of race in its entirety because it is flawed scientifically and it provides a mechanism for us to hold onto racist stereotypes that have never served us. The video below speaks to the later. Leonce, the Brother speaking in this video is a novelist. His book, I Dreamt I Was in Heaven - The Rampage of the Rufus Buck Gang is an 18 time AALBC.com besteller. He is currently the 20th bestselling author on this site over the past 20 years. …

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  39. Started by Delano,

    From time to time i make this offer. You can have a peek into the future, a magic day or conflict resolution. No guarantees

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  40. Guest EA Luetkemeyer
    Started by Guest EA Luetkemeyer,

    REVIEW REQUEST Thank you for considering my request for a review. I am a white writer whose recently released novel is peopled with characters from the African American community. Reviewed favorably by numerous white critics, it lacks the balanced point of view that only a critical assessment by a literate African American community can give. Therefore my appeal to you. Called “an insightful and at times darkly disturbing glimpse into an institution rarely entered by most readers” (Dr. John M. Coggeshall, Clemson University) Penitentiary Tales: a Love Story recounts the escapades of Dean Davis, a thirty-something, educated, straight white male from the affluent community …

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  41. I originally saw this done on Instagram Live by one of the Big Publishers. I am in the process of doing my Black Children’s Book review weekly. I ran into a technical glitch so I will try it again tomorrow. Undaunted, I decided to face the world with Twitter. I think it will give me more opportunities to polish my craft. So I humbly submit my first effort. Let me know what you think 🤔.

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  42. 3 violent Black women attacked an innocent white woman who was coming home from work on a bus in New York. The black women said they hated white people and went into a typical vioent trance and attacked the white woman. https://nypost.com/2022/07/14/nyc-woman-attacked-on-bus-after-anti-white-sentiment/

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  43. Viral Video of College Student Racially Attacked This newsbreak has been circling for a few days and continues to be the headline. A University of Kentucky incident in which, on this past Sunday in the wee hours of the morning, a young White student stumbles back into her dorm building and moments later launched a racial attack against another student who was the desk clerk that reached out to help her to safety. The desk clerk was a young Black girl named, Kylah Spring, was thrust into the public view because of the unfortunate verbal and physical racist attack launched against her due to the actions of the student named Sophia Rosing. And get this; the dor…

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  44. Started by zeke1234,

    (1) My hope is to structure my comment on Black history into two sections, one pertaining to transAtlantic slave trade and the Americas. Second pertaining to the history of the tranSahara slave trade and the African continent But that is the ideality of the matter. (2) Free access to early Black newspapers is below, but other online sites may have the Washington Bee and New York Age more complete holdings. Some bound volumes sold on E-bay may have these two important historical papers. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/newspapers/?state=&ethnicity=African+American&language= (3) Free pdfs of Black history slave trade book…

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  45. Started by Troy,

    More gossipy stuff at the top of my YouTube Feed. I clicked because curiosity got the best of me, and the sources was Forbes. Cornel West is brilliant intellectual, but a regular man like the rest of us. I'm glad Forbes is not poking around my finances it would be embarrassing. Getting divorced is a great way to destroy wealth and he has been divorced 5 times.

  46. Back in 2020 I wasn't for Kamala Harris as Biden's VP. I felt at the time there were more Progressive Black women in Congress who were better suited like Barbara Lee also from California. But then again I was also for Bernie Sanders until Biden got the nomination. At times she has struggled as Vice President but she's persistent and willing to take the fight to Republicans. Now she's likely to be the Democratic nominee, and if she wins President. What will that mean for Black people? We would benefit from certain policies in a Harris administration just like that of Biden. But it's not likely that Harris will do anything significant that's race specific like…

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  47. Started by harry brown,

    I. Read. Actor. Denzel. Washington. Is. A. Minster. 😄He. Has. Money. He. Want. Be. Stealing. All. The. Church. Money. To. Buy. Cats. And. ,Houses. Like. All. The. Black. Preachers. Do. .....He. Will. Be. Another. White. Jesus. Worshipping. Black. Christians. Who. Forgives. The. Racist. White. For. Black. Genocide. Every. Day.....He,,Will. Not. Preach. What. The. Bible. ,Really. Says. He. Will. Not. ,Preach. About. The. Bible. Supporting. Slavery. ,People. Can. Be. ,Kidnapped. Forced. To. Be. Slaves. ..Slaves. Can. Be. Raped. And ,Tortured. ..Sex. Slavery. ,Children. Murdered. ,Mothers. And. Babies. Murdered. ,Genocide. Ethnic. Cleansing. ...He. Will. Not,,Talk. About…

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  48. Started by Pioneer1,

    ....what happened to them? I went to Wal-Mart this morning and MAN, the place was crowded out with Central Americans. Not only was Wal-Mart full of Latinos but them cats were out in the parking lot having car shows or something, lol. Mass deportations was one of the few things I actually DID support this Administration on. I knew this would happen. I actually didn't think ANY type of mass deportation would take place, but the way the Administration came in the door swinging....I thought....maybe they ARE serious; but now....

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  49. Started by Cynique,

    Not since O.J. Simpson was aquitted has there been an uproar like this one following the "not guilty" verdict rendered in the Casey Anthony trial. And none are more outraged than the lynch mob of TV legal experts who have been trying this case in the media. Also calling for the head of Casey are the nation’s community of loving mothers who can’t imagine how any woman could harm her own toddler. Emotions have compounded the indignation because the public just can’t deal with how this case assaults the idea that parenthood is a privilege not a burden. To add insult to injury, party girl Casey Anthony was not only a bad mother, but she has been deemed a psychopath a…

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