They Don't Really Care About Us

Some of you might remember the words in that title as the lyrics to one of Michael Jackson's most successful songs--shouts out to Planet Jackson--well, the truth is H & M and WalMart apparently really DON'T care about the poor.  The New York Times reported this week its investigations undercovered a disturbing practice at the two mega-retailers:  instead of donating unsold clothing and items to charities to help the poor or taking them to sample sales or downmarket bulk discounters, WalMart and H & M THROW AWAY unsold clothing in the trash.  Just in case you get the notion to go dumpster diving behind their retail establishments, they slash and otherwise destroy the garments before they put them out.  They cut fingers off gloves, cut up the insteps of children's shoes, slash winter coats to expose the fiberfill, and cut off the sleeves of coats to make them unwearable.  With over one third of New York City residents living in poverty and poverty on a sharp rise across the country, really across the world, this is a terrible shame.

If you would like to express your displeasure with WalMart for their continuing practices that fail to uplift the poor and working poor (in my opinion), click HERE.  The link contains phone numbers, snail mail addresses, and a link to submit an electronic comment to the corporate offices.

H & M contact info to follow soon.

Is this what's hot?

Megan Good at the launch of Varsity Nightclub.

Is this what's in now?  Showing your bra and your ____ in public?  Because if so, I missed that memo Megan.  Love the boots!  Where's this girl's stylist?  Is the recession that bad?

Woman hit by SUV over parking space

Got to get those Black Friday deals.

Thai farmers allege they were forced into slavery in the U.S.

Meet Steve McNair's OTHER other woman

Meet Steve McNair's OTHER other woman, Leah Ignagni. Nashville Metro Police have confirmed Ignagni was also dating married Tennessee Titan Steve McNair at the time of his murder. McNair was murdered by one of his girlfriends, Shahel Kazemi, on July 3rd before she turned the gun on herself. Police are still investigating the murder-suicide.

Frankie has a new boy man

Keyshia Cole's mama Frankie has moved on from her last baby thug to booing herself up with yet another guy who is young enough to be her grandson son. The new dude is reportedly only 21 years old. He's cute, no? Now that exposed midriff, panties, and crack are another story.

Original photo, credit: freddyO

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From This...To This - Maia Campbell Chips and Flips

A supposed ‘crack video’ of 32 year-old actress, Maia Campbell, has surfaced online showing the former star actress of the popular 1990s television show “In The House” which also starred rapper LL Cool J, sitting, apparently prostituting herself, in a car having an explicit, mature, and graphic conversation with a man filming the entire talk with Campbell, who was not at all pleased about being filmed. Regardless of the speculation behind the intent of the video and whether Campbell is mentally ill, or if any of this is true, the whole episode is a cautionary tale...

6 cops, 59 shots, 43 wounds, 1 dead man in Tennessee

...meanwhile, on Monday at a President Obama event about a dozen people in Phoenix, Arizona were walking around with guns including assault weapons.... (check video)

Alonzo Heyward (pictured above) carried a rifle around his low-rent Chattanooga neighborhood one day last month, ranting about suicide and ignoring the pleas of friends for hours before six city police officers surrounded him on his front porch and decided it had to end.

His father says Heyward told the officers, "I'm not out here to hurt anybody."

But police, who tried unsuccessfully to disarm Heyward, fired 59 rounds to kill him on July 18. The medical examiner found 43 bullet wounds in his chest, face, arms, hands, legs, buttocks and groin. Police contend Heyward was a danger to others and threatened the six officers.

Heyward, a 32-year-old moving company employee, was black. The six officers are white. They were temporarily placed on administrative leave but have since returned to work.

Did you know Big Pun's wife was living in a shelter?

Maybe she should have taken a few notes from these golddiggers out here...