Tag: violence

06Apr 2010 by Jakora Holman 1 Comment

Mike & Nia: Super Sad News

Lifestyle

I woke up Sunday morning to a friends very sad Facebook status update. When I asked him what was wrong, he texted me information regarding these two young people. Mike was a member of his fraternity and he knew Nia through him. These senseless acts of violence are saddening. Later in the day I ran into several other people who knew the couple and they all were deeply devastated. I didn't know them, and I was devastated. Death is never something easy to cope with, but when it happens to TWO young people with their lives ahead of them, it hits so close to home. I think EVERYONE can be touched by this story. I grabbed this Essence Article from KittyBradshaw.com and I hope that you can take the time…

10Mar 2009 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Oprah Speaks out to the Rihanna’s of the world

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Oprah. The Big O. She's a role model to many and an inspiration to others. Oprah has so much media power that its unbelievable, but does she always use it the way she should? I have not commented, nor will I now, on the Rihanna & Chris Brown situation. But Oprah has decided to speak out for Rihanna & will dedicate a show this week to domestic violence. This is the same Oprah who had R.Kelly at the Chicago premier of The Color Purple. This is my gripe. So many radio stations, VJays, DJ's and others are blasting Chris Brown. They are taking down his music, ripping his endorsements, and pretty much all around bashing him. There was not this kind of lashing out with R. Kelly from the media.…

22Jan 2009 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Review: My Bloody Valentine

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So, with all the movies I want to see I ended up at the movies on Saturday seeing my bloody valentine because my friend saw everything else. MBV is a 3-D Slasher film, however we weren't able to see it in 3-d we had to settle for regular. If a movie is released in 3d all theaters should have to honor that. But I digress.. Here is my review, I will try not to spoil it for everyone... too much.. The only person I recognized fully in this was the guy Kerr Smith, who was on Dawson's Creek and he was on Charmed, so he stood out. All the others had faces that looked familiar, but I couldn't place. Although the main character was definitely sexy, his voice was yummy!…

07Jan 2009 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Granny Got a Gun: Part II

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Old people are not playing when it comes to protecting themselves. I guess they figure that someone's got to do it... A few months ago I posted about Leda Smith from PA who apprehended a burglar in her home. She held him at gunpoint and made HIM call the police. Leda must have called her girl Sandra in Michigan and told her to get one in case she gets robbed because Sandra did the same damn thing. Sandra was home on Sunday night splitting wood for her fire and making vegetable soup when she heard ruckus (her words not mine, I swear. I say fuckery not ruckus) outside. When she heard the ruckus, which included footsteps around her yard and deck, she grabbed her gun and called 911. A few…

31Dec 2008 by Jakora Holman 1 Comment

New Jersey Drivers: Driving with RAGE

New Jersey Drivers: Driving with RAGE

Lifestyle

I really am scared for what awaits people in 2009. I say this because people aren't nearly as nice, forgiving, or even understanding as they once were-myself included. Everyone is driven by money, rage, or sex. Two crazy things happened to me over the past two days, and I've only left my house about 4 times this week. So that means a lot to me. And I know that sometimes I'm in my own world but these things just happened in too close of succession. The first bares no need to be mentioned in lengthy detail, but the end result was a store (KRAUZER'S DELI) called the policia on me because he gave me the wrong change. Now, I didn't realize it until maybe an hour later, soI went back…

24Dec 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Marriage upheld to 8 yr. old girl . . .

Lifestyle

This is very disturbing. A Saudi man arranged for his 8-year-old daughter to marry a 47-year-old man to settle his debts. I always thought fathers were overprotective of their daughters? The girl's mother petitioned to have the marriage annulled but the judge, Sheikh Habib Abdallah al-Habib, dismissed it due to her not being the legal guardian of the girl! Are you seriously kidding me??? Does it really matter who is the custodial parent? This is endangerment of a child. The father should be faulted for what he did. I know I'm looking at this from an American's point of view, but this is just wrong no matter what country. This is ok'ing pedophilia. The judge asked the man for a pledge not to consummate the marriage until the girl reaches…

15Dec 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Man loses job & kills his boss..

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Every month we read about thousands of jobs being lost in this crazy economy, which was recently announced as an actual recession. As if we didn't already know. This just goes to show that the government really feels that its people are idiots. And well, some of us are.. I like to think I'm not. But I digress, pretty soon we are going to see more direct results of the job losses, like this guy in Vancouver. Benjamin David Banky, 40 was allegedly shot by Eric Allen Kirkpatrick, 61, who was recently laid off. Banky was the CEO of TallGrass Distribution LTD., a health foods company, which laid off Kirpatrick on December 11th. I'm guessing that he had worked for this company for many years and was nearing retirement, or…

03Dec 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Papa ain’t no joke! Will kill for remote!

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While we are on the topic of TV, this is something DVR could have prevented! OK, I'm joking with that because this is slightly sad :( A 72-year-old New Jersey (not the man in photo) man stabbed his friend 28 times after she took the remote. Now, when I first heard this story, I was at my desk at work and my co-worker said that aloud. My initial response was, "what the hell, how can you not out maneuver a 72 year old, how old do you have to be." Then she proceeded to tell me that the lady was 63. So she was pretty old herself. But let me say, my grandmother is 66 and she could dodge someone trying to stab her. She does not play that! I…

07Nov 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

OMG!! Killer Power Ranger!!

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Everyone remembers Power Rangers, right? I mean, hell, I loved the cheesey movie and used to rush home to watch the show. And me and my friends would argue over who was the yellow ranger or who was the pink ranger. I mean seriously, power rangers were the shit! Then there was the knockoff show VR troopers!! LOL. Ahh, memories. Well. Personally I like my Power Rangers in the shows after life to continue on a do small guest cameos or even have stints on shows that didn't work out, you know like how the Pink Ranger went on to play in Felicity? OR how the black guy did a few guest spots on Moesha. Yes, that is how I like to remember my power rangers! But this guy is…

27Oct 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Hudson Family Tragedy

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Wow. Just really fucking wow is all I can say to the recent tragedies that have happened to Jennifer Hudson. The loss of a mother, brother and nephew are tragic in solitude and combined together is a recipe for extreme disaster. If she's never heard from again its understandable but still tragic because despite it all people would love to see her succeed. Especially for her lost loved ones. There has been so much talk about how she should have known to get out the hood once she got a little fame and fortune but so many are shunned upon for doing just that. Why should money equal a move to the burbs? She should uproot her family because she got fame now. And fame doesn't alwyas equal riches. I'm…

21Oct 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Hot for Hot Pockets

Hot for Hot Pockets

Foodie

I remember those commercials where it would ask you what would you do for a Klondike bar. They would have this crazy situations to see how far someone would go and at the end they'd get that wonderful ice cream with the chocolaty coating. It's not quite an ice cream sandwich but there is no other real word for it, but a Klondike. Well, these brothers had their own version: What would you do for that Hot Pocket. Well, apparently he'd stab his own brother for it. Ok, lets imagine this scenario. I go in the kitchen, I'm hungry and I see some hot pockets in the freezer. Chicken Fajita, because that's my favorite, and I bust that baby in there for about two minutes. I take it out, I'm…

30Sep 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

HBO’s True Blood

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HBO's new series True Blood stars Anna Paquin and a few other people who i don't know, but so far its pretty good. It's based on a series of books by Charlaine HarrisI have watched all four episodes and each one has been pleasantly surprising. My friend says that the way they use the metaphor of vampires and humans is reminiscent of blacks and whites after the Civil War with the central idea of assimilation. She said that every time they say vampires she replaces it with the N word. Sometimes, it really does seem interchangeable. I like the show because, well, I just like it. I don't have a thing for vamps because I hated Buffy the Vampire Slayer so it can't be inherent. True Blood takes place in…

22Aug 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

North Jersey Ninjas

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I am going to dub this duo the "North Jersey Ninjas" since Shinobi Warriors doesn't work for me. I wonder if they received training watching Ninja Warrior on TV? That show really tests people physical strength. Anyhoo, here we have two 'modern day' ninjas, Tadieusz Tertikiewicz and Jesse Trojaniak, of Clifton, NJ. Side note, despite what people say New Jersey is a pretty damn popular state. It is mentioned in damn near every movie and we produce many great talents, none of which include these two. The mission of the North Jersey Ninjas is to rid the area of drug users and dealers because they feel it is their destiny to stop their "impure activities." Talk about a "war on drugs." These two prepared letters to leave at the houses…

20Aug 2008 by Jakora Holman 1 Comment

Granny’s Got a Gun!

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Granny ain't no joke!! I swear my grandmother would do something like this! This here is Leda Smith of Point Marion, PA and she don't play. Leda was home chilling, probably watching reruns of Golden Girls on Lifetime or Judge Judy when someone broke into her house. So Leda went and got her gun(a .22 caliber revolver), which she had because there had been a string of robberies in her area, and busted that two-bit burglar. Wait! It doesn't stop there! She then forced HIM to call the police while she kept him in her sights! She said, "I said, 'what are you doing in my house?' He just kept saying he didn't do it." Yeah, you didn't do it, but yet you're here underneath the head of my gun.…

16Aug 2008 by Jakora Holman No Comments

Teachers and handguns . . .

Teachers and handguns . . .

Mis-Adventures

So I concocted this little picture using MSPaint because my Adobe PhotoShop skills are lacking. I really need a tutor, LOL. But I concocted this picture because only in crazy ass Texas could something like this happen. A small Texas town has reached the decision that their staff of 50 can carry handguns in their school district which caters to 110 students. Now... my problem with this is that this is a school district with a high faculty to student ratio. Violence usually happens in larger districts where the teacher:student ratio is something like 1:32, where students don't feel connected to those around them. Not to say that students in this hick town won't feel alienated, because that's just a part of growing up. But who would knowingly send their…