RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 15, 2009, 2:09 pm
Hopefully not erased from your memory is the case of 5yr old Shaniya Davis. I discussed her case in a recent post on child prostitution on this blog. With Christmas day being a day that brings out the...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 14, 2009, 12:27 pm
Most of you, probably get annoyed by Christmas music on the radio, in the office, being played 24/7. Wouldn't it totally suck if there was a Christmas music radio station that played nothing but C...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 13, 2009, 11:55 am
The worst thing in the world is the possible loss of innocence of a child at the hand of an adult. I just read the story of  7yr old Lamya Cammon in Milwaukee and now I'm left to wonder just ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 12, 2009, 10:45 am
Tiger's latest "press release" about his "indefinite break" from golf is the dumbest thing ever. People may think it is noble of him to put his family first at a time like this given all that has ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 11, 2009, 9:14 pm
I haven't been to a nightclub in quite some time. The last time I went I vaguely remember what happened and that was 10mths ago. Luckily my wife was with me and I had her and other people watching...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 10, 2009, 10:20 pm

"Black unemployment is terrible. The black frame of mind is terrible. They’re depressed. They’re down, Obama not doi...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 10, 2009, 12:00 pm
As you may have seen on the news, the memorial and procession for the four murdered Lakewood Police officers was held on Monday in Tacoma. It was a somber, sad day and the memorial was touching and he...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 10, 2009, 8:33 am
Yeah I realize that's kinda hard for a black guy to pull off. I mean nine times out of ten people of color are perceived as being "rogues" - especially if they're progressive or slightly left ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 9, 2009, 7:36 pm
Yep, who wants to be reminded of an institution that existed so long ago that exploited human beings as they were the engine of the economy, right? Well I don't blame them, and I'd be pissed o...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 9, 2009, 11:34 am
Unlike white people, black folks don't really care when they receive shitty customer service. Nine times out of ten black people are either providing said shitty service, or as a customer trying t...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 8, 2009, 4:45 pm
Does the guy in the picture above look racist? No seriously, does he? I mean, what exactly does a person who's racist look like? OK, so he isn't wearing a white robe and a pointy hat as he rid...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 7, 2009, 10:41 pm
Well it would seem that April Ryan isn't so bad after all. In my last post I discussed the recent skirmish she had with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. In that post in my commentary my p...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 6, 2009, 11:24 am
Yep, you read that right, and yes I said it - Black women need to learn when to shut the fuck up! Oh well, I guess I am as sexist as I've been labeled recently by one of my readers. But anyway, le...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 5, 2009, 11:35 am
... care as to how they present themselves when in the spotlight. I dunno, things in Detroit are tough economically and people are in need of money and all. But did you really have to hire Stevie Wo...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 4, 2009, 6:34 pm
Today, just like last year, there are bloggers all over the world dedicated to posting today to raise awareness to an issue that is overlooked: taser torture. In this virtual medium it's great tha...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 4, 2009, 9:15 am
By Cruz Soooooo, Tiger Woo is a big ole stankin cheatbag! well lookie lookie here....... Now I happen to be of the vagina persuasion and I'm not exactly all up in arms about this Tiger-gate t...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 3, 2009, 3:20 pm

"It should be incandescently clear that no one who has any concern for the integrity and life of America today can ignore the present wa...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 2, 2009, 7:05 pm
So what's on Folk's fvcking mind after some time of rest and relax-fvcking-ation? Well like most of you, Folk trying not to be blinded by the fvcking governmental media conspiracy light. Back ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 2, 2009, 12:00 pm
By Seattle Slim In case you haven't been able to catch any news this week, the internet and the news outlets, especially here in the Seattle area, have been abuzz after the cruel execution of...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Dec 1, 2009, 9:50 am
... ;re often quick to justify or attribute the behaviors of said children by the absence of male figures within the home or family structure. Now considering that our kids spend a more signific...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 12, 2009, 11:06 pm
You ever wonder what happened to those "Super Seniors" from your high school days? You know, those people who just wasn't smart enough or applied themselves well enough to graduate on time? My 16y...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 12, 2009, 12:00 pm
They brag about sleeping with each other's close friends. They disrespect and denigrate each other as loud as they possibly can. They invade each other's personal space. They do...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 12, 2009, 1:54 am
William Hurley. The Minneapolis father who tried to bake his son. By Timothy Fitz What kind of monster turns an oven on with their child inside?!!! This kind of behavior goes way beyond tha...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 11, 2009, 7:52 pm
I don't know; maybe it's my inner truther conspiracy theorist, but did they really just have to pronounce the DC Sniper John Muhammad dead at 9:11PM? Especially at a time when there is much ar...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 11, 2009, 11:51 am
Today is the day that America honors the men and women who have bravely served with courage to protect our freedoms. While most Americans are in a reflective mood as they "honor" and thank veterans fo...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 10, 2009, 5:25 pm
So Black people, who are we hatin' on this week? You people need to keep me up to date with that. Y'all still mad at Tyler Perry? The movie "Precious" is only showing on five screens so I know...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 10, 2009, 9:35 am
Nelson Mandela once said “It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.â€...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 9, 2009, 7:20 pm
(Editor's Note: Ladies and gentlemen, there are Black women who talk shit that get on my nerves, and then there are those who talk shit that I love. The author of the blog Blackrageous - "Tha L" -...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 8, 2009, 11:05 am
You know how some women say that "I'd rather have a piece of a man than no man at all," crap? Well, that's kinda how I see the recently voted and passed Affordable Health Care for America Act ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 7, 2009, 12:56 pm
"Either they don't know, don't show, or don't care what's going on in the hood."- "Dough Boy" (Boyz in the Hood) So I unplugged from the world a few days ago - no television, no i...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 4, 2009, 11:12 am
Yep, what's the deal with this "Too Big to Fail" doctrine? Yeah, why is the Obama administration intent on feeding these bankers more pizza? Uh-huh, if you haven't figured it out, and just in ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 3, 2009, 3:08 pm
So I'm sitting here thinking about the atmosphere and how things were right about this time last year. I mean after all, we were about to go into uncharted territory by pulling the lever and casti...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Nov 2, 2009, 11:10 am
Today on the Intersection of Madness & Reality we have one of the most revered thinkers in the struggle for justice and equality (pictured above), Brother X-Squared; president of the North American Ch...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 31, 2009, 12:30 pm
Oh just great! Not only do we have to worry about some deranged asshole putting razor blades in Halloween candy. Now, according to super christian Pat Robertson of the Christian Broadcasting Network, ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 30, 2009, 9:04 pm
Let's talk about interracial relationships, shall we? When I look around and see interracial couples in everyday life, I often wonder if any of them are aware that at one point in time in America,...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 30, 2009, 10:21 am
(Editor's Note: Have you ever stumbled upon a blog site that totally mesmerized you the very first time you visited? So much so that you couldn't stop reading just one post? Well, I have, and ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 29, 2009, 5:52 pm
OK, calm down, I don’t know if he’ll be personally reading blogs and tweets sent out on twitter; I’d like to think the man is too busy for that type of stuff. However, according to what I read, ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 28, 2009, 7:30 pm
On the day that the president of the United States signed the Mathew Shepard Hate Crimes Bill into law, it’s ironic that I run with this story. Imagine that, a Black man as president signing a feder...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 28, 2009, 3:18 pm
You know, all this racist stuff as it relates to Barack Obama doesn’t even piss me off anymore. I’m sorry, but racism has been alive longer than Obama, and sadly, it’s not going away any time so...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 27, 2009, 8:00 pm
(Editor's Note: This post comes from one of my newer readers Livication. She felt compelled to create this response to my man Carey Carey's recent guest post titled: "Ladies, Can We Talk? Why ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 27, 2009, 11:02 am
(Editor's Note: This posts comes from Slim Jackson of the blog Three Ways To Take It. Just in case you didn't know anything about that blog; allow me to influence you decision to become a regu...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 26, 2009, 7:57 pm
(Editor's Note: The following post comes from Francis L. Holland. A fellow Afrospear member who blogs over at The Francis L. Holland Blog as well as an assortment of great sites.Checkout how he br...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 25, 2009, 12:05 pm
(Editor's Note:I don't know how my man Carey of the blog Carry Me Home found my blog, but I know he wasn't scared to comment. Ever since then he has become of of my favorite people here in...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 24, 2009, 4:18 pm
(Editor's Note: I've had to opportunity to sit at a table across from Max Reddick over dinner and some spiritual libation. He didn't pick up the check but he's still cool with me. Ladi...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 23, 2009, 11:04 pm
(EDITORS NOTE: Citizen Ojo has been a longtime reader of my blog, and one the very first people to comment and support my blog. He blogs over at The Desultory Life & Times of a Public Citizen; a blog ...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 23, 2009, 10:47 am
(EDITORS NOTE: My man Mason Jamal of the blog Mason Says drops science as he does here at the Intersection today. Do check him out and show him some love by visiting his site and adding it to your Blo...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 21, 2009, 6:41 pm
I just read this story about Megan Williams' stunning confession concerning her alleged kidnapping, assault and torture in West Virgina back in 2007. Remember that one? Yeah, many of us were all i...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 21, 2009, 3:01 pm
My parents almost lost me as a child, but they didn’t take me far enough into the woods. I don’t know, but maybe 23-year-old Melanie Dunn of South Memphis should have done the same. Instead, she t...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 20, 2009, 1:40 pm
It’s often said that the road to hell is paved with bibles and people with good intentions. Bill Cosby introducing a Hip Hop album to the mainstreams seems to be much like that in my opinion. Dr. Wi...
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RiPPa posted an article on The Intersection of Madness and Reality - Oct 19, 2009, 1:00 pm
I've been called racist by few people who have visited this blog and on other online forums. One thing that is consistent about that, is the fact that this assertion is always expressed by non-min...
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