Too invasive or par for the course?? Halle Berry Asks For Celeb Friends To Support New Law Banning Paparazzi Photos Of Children Looks like Halle is ready to take her fight to the courtroom Via NYPost Halle Berry is reaching out to her famous friends, including Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner, to help her block photographers who take unauthorized pictures of celebrity children, says a source. We’re told Berry, who lost a court battle to ex-boyfriend Gabriel Aubry to move her daughter Nahla to France where they have strong anti-paparazzi laws, wants to lobby for a legal ban on pictures of young children of celebs here in the US. Berry’s rep didn’t get back to us. We get that overly-aggressive photogs could potentially be a threat to public safety with crazy driving etc. That said, the paparazzi are as much a part of Hollyweird as botox, fake tiddays, and sloppy-toppy on the casting couch. Good luck getting that law passed Ms. Berry. Do you think that celeb kids deserve protection from the law from the evil shutterbug paparazzi?? Image via Fame
THIS is the U.S. education system? No wonder the rest of the world is laughing at us. Atlanta Public School Superintendent Beverly Hall And Others Indicited In Cheating Scandal Via AJC The supposed transformation of Atlanta Public Schools overseen by former Superintendent Beverly Hall resulted from a criminal enterprise that victimized thousands of struggling students for years, authorities alleged Friday. Capping a series of investigations that spanned four years, a Fulton County grand jury indicted Hall and 34 others on charges that they conspired to cheat on federally mandated standardized tests from at least 2005 to 2010. Further, the grand jury charged, Hall, several top aides, principals and teachers engaged in the scheme for their own financial gain. And with investigators closing in, the jury said, Hall and others lied to cover up their crimes. Hall inculcated an atmosphere that encouraged using any means necessary to achieve test-score targets, the indictment said, and then “publicly misrepresented the academic performance of schools throughout APS.” Pressuring subordinates to produce targeted scores, the indictment said, “created an environment where achieving the desired end result was more important than the students’ education.” “This is nothing but pervasive and rank thuggery,” said Richard Hyde, one of the special investigators appointed in 2010 by then-Gov. Sonny Perdue to delve into what has become the largest academic cheating scandal in U.S. history. The indictment served as a resounding refutation of Hall’s assertions that Atlanta had found the secret formula that had long eluded educators elsewhere: how to get strong performances from poor, mostly minority students in decaying urban schools. For her efforts, Hall was named the national superintendent of the year in 2009. The teachers chopping down the students and the school officials cheating the system for a couple dollars, makes home school look like a GREAT alternative… Now Hall, 66, faces as much as 45 years in prison. Grand jurors recommended that a judge set her bond at $7.5 million. Authorities gave all the defendants until Tuesday to surrender. Along with Hall, the grand jury indicted four other former top administrators: Millicent Few, who ran the district’s human resources division, and area supervisors Sharon Davis-Williams, Tamara Cotman and Michael Pitts. B-b-but wait it gets worse! Beyond the criminal acts it alleged, the indictment revealed the human toll exacted by years of test-score manipulation, first reported by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2008. When a teacher at C.W. Hill Elementary complained about cheating by a colleague in 2005, Hall suspended the accused educator for 20 days. As for the whistle-blower, Hall fired her. Hall repeatedly ignored or disregarded reports of cheating or other questions about test scores. In 2006, Howard said, Atlanta resident Justina Collins was concerned when her daughter received the lowest score on a benchmark examination in her third-grade reading class — but then, somehow, exceeded reading standards on the CRCT. Collins managed to get an appointment with Hall, who told her there was no evidence her daughter needed help. She had, after all, done well on the CRCT. “Your daughter is the kind of person who tests well,” Collins said she was told. Now in the ninth grade, her daughter reads at a fifth-grade level. Bottom line, this beyotch ain’t isht and she, along with her accomplices, are about to pay the price. Peace, see ya later. Image via HullTruth
Dark-skinned, light-skinned, Asian, and White women… Parks Department Workers Paid $165,000 Settlement For Racist Transfer Practices Via NYDailyNews The city will pay thousands of dollars to dark-skinned Parks Department workers who claim they were transferred out of tony Battery Park City in favor of white and light-skinned staffers amid threats and veiled complaints that they were too aggressive. The workers filed a discrimination suit after the March 2011 transfers — which came after months of escalating tensions between the mostly minority agents and some residents of the ritzy enclave. Racist signs and graffiti calling the Public Enforcement Patrol officers “thugs,” “pigs” and “n—–s” started popping up on benches and walls, according to the suit filed by 13 workers. The Parks Department wrongfully transferred eight dark-skinned workers out and brought in eight white, Asian or light-skinned Hispanics after the Battery Park City Authority — a private trust that pays the city $2 million for 31 PEP workers on its 32 acres — complained that some officers were too aggressive in ticketing residents, the suit charged. Residents of the waterfront neighborhood were pleased when PEP workers ticketed visitors — but annoyed when they got tickets for the same petty violations, said Charles St. Louis, a retired NYPD officer and PEP agent who is a plaintiff in the suit. What part of the game is THAT?! The city admitted no wrongdoing in the February agreement of $165,000 — $8,000 to each of the dark-skinned workers, plus the same payment to the replacement workers, who charged they were unwittingly put in the middle of a hostile situation. One black worker, George Parker, 62, will get a payment of $14,000 because a white resident went after him in a fury after another park worker questioned why his dog was off-leash. “I’ve been around a bit in my time, even Birmingham, Ala., and I’ve not seen much that was as bad as Battery Park City,” said Parker. “I got a lot of ‘I pay your salary’ and ‘You work for me’ when I tried to enforce the rules.” PEP worker Keshun Anderson, 40, said she was once called a “f—ing n—–” by the white resident who fought with Parker. And people still have the nerve to call this a “post-racial America” Sheeeeeeeeeeeit…SMMFH Image via Facebook
Say it ain’t so Kimmy… A Fake Tweet From Kim Kardashian About Nigerians Angers Africans Yesterday, a tweet posted from “Kim Kardashian” almost caused an international incident in Africa. As you might imagine, a tweet like this from someone with almost 18 million followers will make it’s way around the internet QUICK and suffice to say, the responses weren’t pretty. After a day and night of speculation, Kim finally used her 140 characters to defend herself and clap back against those who believe she is a racist. With a little research, we found the clown responsible for the photoshopped tweet and it’s no surprise that he is ecstatic to have lit the fire under the Nigerian people. Hit the flip to check him out.
What the hell?? Mother Leaves Infant In Car Unattended With Note To Shop The mother of this infant child in New Zealand must really be vying for the aint-isht parent award after people passing by he parked car noticed an unattended baby sleeping in a car seat with a note left by the mother her self……who had gone shopping. Brisbanetimes A photo of a baby inside a locked car outside a New Zealand supermarket has sparked outrage online. The photo was taken outside Porirua Pak ‘n Save on Saturday morning, the New Zealand Herald reported. The picture shows a newborn baby wrapped in a blanket in a car seat, with a note on the blanket saying to call if there are any issues and mobile phone number on the note. A man who spoke to the Herald said he saw the baby and the note after he and his family parked next to it. “It was written from the baby’s perspective, and it said, ‘My mum’s in doing the shopping, call her if I need anything’, and it had the cellphone number. “We waited there for a little bit, wondering if the mum was just going to be two seconds and come back. And my wife said, ‘I’m not going in without someone being here with the baby’,” the man told the Herald. The photo was posted on radio personality Polly Gillespie’s Facebook page and triggered many heated responses. What in the WORLD are people thinking these days??
What the hell?? Mother Leaves Infant In Car Unattended With Note To Shop The mother of this infant child in New Zealand must really be vying for the aint-isht parent award after people passing by he parked car noticed an unattended baby sleeping in a car seat with a note left by the mother her self……who had gone shopping. Brisbanetimes A photo of a baby inside a locked car outside a New Zealand supermarket has sparked outrage online. The photo was taken outside Porirua Pak ‘n Save on Saturday morning, the New Zealand Herald reported. The picture shows a newborn baby wrapped in a blanket in a car seat, with a note on the blanket saying to call if there are any issues and mobile phone number on the note. A man who spoke to the Herald said he saw the baby and the note after he and his family parked next to it. “It was written from the baby’s perspective, and it said, ‘My mum’s in doing the shopping, call her if I need anything’, and it had the cellphone number. “We waited there for a little bit, wondering if the mum was just going to be two seconds and come back. And my wife said, ‘I’m not going in without someone being here with the baby’,” the man told the Herald. The photo was posted on radio personality Polly Gillespie’s Facebook page and triggered many heated responses. What in the WORLD are people thinking these days??
The Kardashians want Ford to know they aren’t laughing. Kardashian Sisters Slam Ad Depicting Kidnapping By Paris Hilton Via HuffPo reports: The reality TV sisters are ready to get litigious in response to a mock-up ad for the Indian-made compact car, the Ford Figo, which featured a cartoon drawing of Paris Hilton in the front seat of the car, winking as she kidnaps Kourtney, Khloe and Kim Kardashian , who are bound and gagged in the car’s trunk. A lawyer for the Kardashian family told various media outlets that the sisters “do not take this lightly and they are exploring all legal options” against those who are responsible: “The ‘leave your worries behind’ Ford ads are disgusting, vile and offensive to all women. It is unacceptable that Ford would align itself with an ad agency that would so carelessly release these ads. The Kardashians do not take this lightly and they are exploring all of their legal options,” their attorney said in a statement. Another ad in the series depicted former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi with a trio of bound women in the trunk of a car, and featured the slogan “Leave your worries behind with the Figo’s extra-large boot.” (Berlusconi is, of course, not only known for throwing wild “bunga bunga” sex parties, but is facing charges of paying for sex with an underage woman.) The ads caused an outrage online and surfaced just after India passed a new legislation to protect women against sexual violence in response to a fatal December gang rape and beating of a young woman on a bus, reports the Associated Press. The India unit of Ford Motor Co. has since apologized for the advertisements, with a spokeswoman telling the AP that the company is investigating whether anyone at the company ever saw the print ads, which were never used commercially but appeared over the weekend on a website showcasing creative advertising. “We take this very seriously and are reviewing approval and oversight processes, and taking necessary steps to ensure nothing like this ever happens again,” Ford spokeswoman Sethi Deepti told the AP. Funny or foul???
Wow, so Robin Roberts IS chasing the cat??? Robin Roberts Rumored To Be Planning Secret Wedding With Sahara Storm We’re not sure about the validity of this one. Many people have speculated that Robin might have prefer lipstick to the “magic stick”, but she has neither confirmed, nor spoken publicly about the rumor. Via RhymesWithSnitch Last month there were rumors that Robin Roberts was desperately trying to win back her one true love independent film director Storm Sahara [click here if you missed that]. Now insiders say Robin and Storm are back together and quietly planning their wedding… Sources tell Rhymes with Snitch Robin and Storm are planning a private wedding ceremony with just the two of them, no friends or family. A date has already been set, but no announcement will be made. When it’s all said and done we wish Robin nothing buy happiness and health. Besides, would anyone REALLY be surprised that Robin is gay?
She wants to smash a black guy and now they’re concerned? Amanda Bynes’ Family Concerned About Bizarre Behavior Via RadarOnline reports: Amanda Bynes‘ family members are growing increasingly concerned about the former actress’ erratic behavior and are trying to figure out what they can do to help her. Relatives are trying to convince her to to return home to Los Angeles where they could keep a closer eye on her, but she is refusing and remaining in New York, a source told E! News . With the Easy A and Hairspray star being 26 years old, there is only so much her family can do, but they are deeply worried. In just the last week, Bynes sent out a raunchy tweet about wanting Drake to “murder my vag**a” and then went public with her new look, cheek studs and grossly plumped up lips. No one seems to know what exactly is going on with Bynes but she’s said she’s retired from acting and is going into fashion design. White girl lost …
She’ll never live this one down… Woman Burns Down House While Setting Snake On Fire A Texas woman who doused a snake in her yard with gasoline to kill it found out a little too late that that might not have been the best idea. via Fox News Authorities say a northeast Texas woman recently learned a hard lesson: Don’t try to kill a snake by setting it on fire. The woman was cleaning the yard outside a home near Texarkana Wednesday night when she spotted a snake. Bowie County Sheriff’s Capt. David Grable says she poured gasoline on the snake to try to kill it. Her son then dropped a lit match on the snake. The engulfed snake slithered into some brush nearby the home. Grable says the brush ignited and started a fire that destroyed the home and damaged one next door. So not only did she blaze up herown ish with this bright idea, she ruined someone else’s house too. SMH. Photo Credit: KHOU Texas
