The skit was sort of funny, but lacked a lot of edge. To bring Maya Rudolph back to play Michelle Obama, but to just have her do what they typically would have her do (sing something silly) seemed lazy. They basically didn’t bother to find something humorous about Michelle or her personality or the chemistry…

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Sen. Barack Obama went home to his native Hawaii this weekend to visit his ailing grandmother. News reports said he wanted to see her because he was unable to rush home to see his mother when she was dying. The candidate did not want to miss the chance to see his grandmother in spite of…

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Finally. Someone put together two of my greatest loves … B-boys and politics. I’m in satirical heaven. MY FRIENDS! IT’S ON! Thanks, Teferri!

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… Voting. TJ Holmes, who is the same age as me, did not do what I did in 1996 — which was relish over the fact that I was 18 and now had a say in the political process. Yes. I am a nerd and our sloppy Representative Republic/bootleg Democracy with a dose of socialism…

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Found on Gawker and I heard about it on the CBS Evening News. Singer Jennifer Hudson’s mother Darnell and brother Jason were found shot dead in the mother’s Chicago home. This is beyond depressing. To finally make it in life, as an artist and an Oscar winner, and to lose your mother and brother. It’s…

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Hey, 99 percent of the time blaming an anonymous black guy works, but if you’re going to whip out “the black guy did it” card you better hope the cops don’t ask any follow up questions. Follow up questions really unraveled this farcical story of a John McCain volunteer who claimed she was assaulted physically…

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I swear, the producers at Saturday Night Live only know two black people. That said, yeah! Maya’s coming back for a visit! And she’s playing Michelle! This will be … interesting. I’m seeing her getting attacked by a pair of eyebrow tweezers in her near future. The real question is will they bother darkening her…

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