And I Ain’t Selfish, I Will Let You And Your Folk Feel It News: So much for that focused anti-Mitt strategy. President Barack Obama’s campaign signaled Tuesday it would attack the new Republican presidential front-runner Newt Gingrich just as hard as Mitt Romney, the longtime leader in the race, and forecast — to its delight — a long battle between the two men for their party’s nomination. Read more here.
Main Street News: The nation’s smallest employers don’t yet see the glass as half full, but they’re consistently reporting it as slightly less empty. Small-business optimism increased for the third consecutive month, gaining 1.8 points in November, according to the National Federation of Independent Business index released Tuesday. That merely lifts the index to a yet-weak 92.0, still well below pre-recession levels and two points lower than the mark set at the start of the year. Read more here.
And People In Hell Want Ice Water News: Iranian officials on Tuesday demanded an apology from the Obama administration before they would even consider any U.S. request to return a surveillance drone that Iran captured earlier this month. “President Obama should not forget that that the Iranian airspace was clearly violated by the U.S. drone, and therefore the U.S. should first apologize for that,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters Tuesday. Read more here.
Parents, Please Start Paying Attention To Your Kids News: A 17-year-old girl who became the focus of an Amber Alert last week made up the elaborate kidnapping tale and is now facing charges, authorities said. Christina Almanza was first reported missing Thursday from her Solano County home after she sent her family text and voice messages saying she had been kidnapped and was being held captive in a basement, authorities said. Her family contacted the Solano County Sheriff’s investigators, who activated a statewide Amber Alert Friday morning with info about the girl’s car. Read more here.
SMH, Well…At Least It’s Not Another Tyler Pery Movie. Black Folks Need Romantic Comedies Too. Is Gabrielle Union The Black Jennfier Anniston? News: Steve Harvey jokes that he can easily count all the money he has made in the movie business. It’s his self-help book for women, however, that might be his biggest big-screen splash. Scheduled to open March 9, the ensemble comedy/drama Think Like a Man is based on Harvey’s 2009 book, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, which topped USA TODAY’s Best-Selling Books list. Read more here.
Happy Tuesday Obot family! Check out the links and come back to discuss. Today is December 13, 2011- marking the 13th day of an Obot Family Christmas. Now for your Holiday Tuesday Trivia….
What 1968 Christmas blues classic is Run DMC sampling in their 1987 hit, “Christmas in Hollis?”
To get a pass from the “bad chair/Lay-Z-Boy/sofa/sectional/lounge” you must provide the song title and artist first (without using “teh Google” or “teh Wiki”). If no one is able to guess the correct answer by 6:00pm EST, I am keeping the pass for myself.
Can’t recall the answer? Take a listen and see if you can figure it out…