Underground Journal of Initiation

Here's David Cook from last night's American Idol singing Mariah Carey's "Always be my baby". and now the original by Mariah

After proclaming her innocence in her latest run in with the law, Lindsay Lohan is now trying a different tact with the media, the ole reliable, "the black guy did it defense!" Lohan has been charged with driving with a suspended license, DUI and cocaine possession, just two weeks after her release from rehab for substance abuse. link ***update*** Lohan back at home with her mom

NEWPORT NEWS -- Davon Boddie, a cousin of NFL quarterback and Newport News native Michael Vick, says he's sorry. He wants to apologize to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and to Atlanta Falcons fans for his involvement in launching a dogfighting investigation at Vick's Surry County property. "I want him (Goodell) to know that everything going on is really my fault," said 26-year-old Boddie, who spoke to the Daily Press on Thursday afternoon. "I want to apologize to Atlanta Falcons fans for what's going on. It's a lot of drama." Boddie, who now lives in Newport News, denied involvement in dogfighting. "There is no dogfighting," he said. "There's nothing of that nature." Boddie said the attention is casting a negative light on Vick. "They're just making Michael look like something he's not," Boddie said. "Michael is the type of dude who would do his sit-ups and crunches every night, read his Bible and go to ...

SURRY COUNTY - Gerald G. Poindexter and the 7,000 or so county residents he helps protect aren't used to much attention from outsiders. They mostly live among farm fields and along rural lanes, mid way between South Hampton Roads and Richmond. When a serious crime or dispute does arise, Poindexter, the county's part-time and lone commonwealth's attorney, seeks justice in Circuit Court, which usually convenes one or two times a month. Lately, Surry's chief prosecutor has felt the kind of pressure he's not used to. On Poindexter's plate is a whopper by almost any political yardstick. NFL superstar and Newport News native Michael Vick is entangled in a suspected dog fighting operation at a home he is now selling on Moonlight Road in Surry. Critics charge that Poindexter, who is black, is dragging his feet because of Vick's status as a popular black celebrity. Poindexter says he refuses to be bullied by outsiders or pressured to bring unwarranted charges. "...

NEW YORK—A new art exhibit at the International Center of Photography, "White: Whiteness and Race in Contemporary Art," is an important, well-meaning but limited show that brings to the art world discussions about race that have been a part of college courses for more than a decade. Through photographs, video and mixed media works by ten artists, the exhibit attempts to tackle the difficult terrain of race, and dispel the myth that it is primarily the job of people of color to deal with racism. "Whiteness continues to offer White people of all classes a valuable dividend: the ability to exist in the world without having to think about the color of their skin," writes the curator, Maurice Berger, in the show's catalogue. "Whiteness remains today no less meaningful to white people who continually reinforce their own authority and social standing by seeing themselves in positive contrast to an inferior, negative, or even dangerous "blackness." For th...

SURRY -- The prosecutor handling the investigation into alleged dogfighting at the Surry County home of Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick says he has not heard from anyone who witnessed such activity there. "Nobody's come forward yet to say, 'Oh yeah, I was there,'" Surry Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald Poindexter told The Times-Dispatch yesterday in an interview at his office. Over the weekend, an unidentified informant interviewed on ESPN mentioned being with Vick when the former Virginia Tech standout entered a dog in a fight in 2000, before Vick is known to have owned property in Surry. The man, who was disguised on television, said he has not attended a dogfight at Vick's residence but that Vick has fought dogs, funded dogfighting and gambled on the illegal activity as recently as last year. continued...

May 30, 2007, 17:45 White River Primary School in Mpumalanga says school rugby is being disrupted in the Lowveld over the inclusion of five black players in its first rugby team. Apparently other schools refuse to play against the White River team because the five players are physically too strong and look older than their age. The other schools deny the allegations. All five black players in the first rugby team have earned provincial colours. Their headmaster says two primary schools have already indicated that they are pulling out their rugby teams. He says the reason for withdrawing is to avoid injuries. continued...

A man whom law enforcement agencies have used as an informant in prosecuting dog-fighting cases in Virginia tells ESPN that Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is "one of the heavyweights" in the sport. "He's a pit bull fighter," the source says of Vick. "He's one of the ones that they call 'the big boys:' that's who bets a large dollar. And they have the money to bet large money. As I'm talking about large money -- $30,000 to $40,000 -- even higher. He's one of the heavyweights." more...

Backstage at a gay bar in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, on the same block as the fountain square where slaves were sold, sits America's most appalling comedian. He's a fat, gay forty-five-year-old white man, a part-time nurse, who lives alone with two cats and who believes he's on a mission from God. Once a month, Chuck Knipp (pronounced with a hard K, like "Knievel") transforms himself into a living taboo. First, he puts on a giant housedress and a pink, curly wig. Then he smears his doughy face and neck with chocolate-brown foundation, rainbow-hued eye shadow and garish red lipstick. When he's finished, staring back at Knipp from the mirror is the blackface mask of a modern-day minstrel, and the character known to Knipp's legions of cult followers as Shirley Q. Liquor, a welfare mother with nineteen kids who guzzles malt liquor, drives a Caddy and says in an "ignunt" Gulf Coast black dialect, "I'm gonna burn me up some chitlins and put...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. -- The prosecutor investigating whether property owned by Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was part of a dog fighting operation said Wednesday he still doesn't have solid evidence linking Vick to dog fighting. Poindexter said there are no eyewitnesses who say they saw dog fighting at the home where 66 dogs were seized along with equipment that could be associated with dog fighting. The discoveries were made during a drug raid at the home on April 25.

Almost every online bookmaker has Jordan as a prohibitive favorite tonight against Blake to win American Idol. Anyone who disagrees or bets on Blake should have their head examined. It's also no secret that the show would prefer a younger idol, as that was hinted to EOG earlier on in the season. Obviously, Jordan Sparks fits that profile as she is only seventeen years young. Related: Handicapping the American Idol finals: Edge goes to Jordin It's unanimous: Jordin is the 'Idol' American Idol: Jordin or Blake? All bets are on

"They want the worst for the young man and I'm so saddened for him," Reamon said. "But he is working to improve his life and get through this adversity. He is doing everything that he can do with the support of the Atlanta Falcons administration. They have given him support.

SURRY COUNTY –- No charges were filed today following a meeting of investigators looking into an alleged dogfighting operation at the home of NFL quarterback Michael Vick. Related Reports... Portis defends Vick Michael Vick And Media's Rush To Judgment Vick's name on evidence collected in Va. probe

Major League Baseball players and fans strongly disagree on whether San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds should be recognized as baseball's home run king if he breaks Hank Aaron's career record. However, they agree that steroid allegations should not keep Bonds out of baseball's Hall of Fame.

LOS ANGELES - Isaiah Washington's Dr. Preston Burke packed his bags on the season finale of "Grey's Anatomy" but that doesn't mean the actor is being dumped by the show, his publicist said Friday.

WASHINGTON — Satellite radio bills itself as the Wild West of the airwaves, an uncensored outpost beyond the reach of federal regulators where expletives fly with impunity and the banter can get as raunchy as at a strip club.

JOHANNESBURG, south Africa - A word to the wise: Any public statement about South Africa will be seen through the lens of race, even if it is about something as harmless as sports.

NEW YORK (AP) - One month after CBS Radio fired radio host Don Imus, it has permanently pulled the plug on a pair of suspended New York shock jocks for a prank phone call rife with offensive Asian stereotypes.