Celebs Out & About: Jim Jones, Bria Murphy, Amber Rose, Elgin Charles

Reality TV show star and hair stylist Miss Elgin Charles was seen in Beverly Hills yesterday looking fabulous. I would say he’s definitely teh ghey, but you already accuse me of calling all men gay.

Former professional beard Amber Rose went snorkeling in Barbados last week without her boo Wiz Khalifa. What else is there to do with her life now that she was dumped by Kanye West and she fell way off?

Remember when Bria Murphy, daughter of Eddie Murphy, used to date Pleasure P? I guess that’s over with now because I haven’t seen him with her in a minute. Meanwhile, Bria has gone on to become the new face of leading urban beauty brand ‘Dark and Lovely.’ The 21-year-old cutie was pictured out & about running errands in Los Angeles, California yesterday.

Rapper Joseph Guillermo Jones II, better known as Jim Jones, was spotted at JFK Airport with a chick who was not his wife in New York City yesterday. Photo: Dario Alequin/INFphoto.com

Photos: Splash News and INF PHOTO

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Thug Who Shot 2 Britons Was Released By a Judge 2 Weeks Ago

Just last month I asked a friend why drug dealers often shoot their best customers (who are usually middle class whites). My friend responded, “because drug dealers aren’t professionals. They rob their customers instead of selling them drugs.”

Apparently that’s what happened to two British tourists who were shot in the back multiple times while on vacation in Florida.

According to the Daily Mail tabloid, university friends James Cooper and James Kouzaris just happened to find themselves in the seedy side of gang-ridden Sarasota, Florida, 12 miles from their holiday resort, when they were accosted by 16-year-old Shawn Tyson.

Police say Tyson shot Cooper and Kouzaris in the back with a TEC-9, a semi-automatic weapon as they turned to run away. He then cooly left them to die in a run-down housing project. Their bodies were surrounded by 20 bullet casings.

Cooper, 25, and Kouzaris, 24, arrived in Florida from England last week to celebrate Cooper’s birthday. They had planned to stay with Cooper’s parents in Longboat Key for 3 weeks.

Police suspect that the two men were picked up from a bar and driven into the area by a cab driver who then fled the scene when gunfire erupted.

“This is not an area that you would expect tourists from England to venture into,” said Captain Paul Sutton of the Sarasota police. “This is a low-income area which has had its problems with crime.”

Tyson was freed by a judge two weeks ago after he was arrested for armed robbery. He was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in that incident.

He is now charged as an adult and faces the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder.

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Obama Defies Congress By Ignoring Bill To De-Fund White House Czars

This story received extensive coverage in both the right and left wing media last week because it illustrated U.S. President Obama’s apparent unwillingness to abide by Congress.

Like every other new president before him, Obama hand picked a special cabinet of unelected officials who must be vetted (or approved) by Congress in confirmation hearings before they can begin working for the president in sensitive government positions.

Obama then selectively chose a side group of people to do his bidding (or to give him advice) who are not vetted by Congress in confirmation hearings. These people (or henchmen) are called “Czars” and the president uses a loophole in the law to hire them almost in secret.

Czars don’t have to be vetted or approved by Congress — even though you, the taxpayer pay their salaries.

If you recall, Obama’s former green jobs “czar” Van Jones was not vetted by Congress. He ended up causing all kinds of trouble before he was given the boot in 2009.

So last week Congress inserted an anti-czar rider (provision) into the new 2011 spending bill that would de-fund or limit the budget that taxpayers pay these czars — since we don’t know what the czars do anyway!

The Republicans considered the proviso to be a major victory because, according to Politico.com, Republicans had “accused the administration of giving unelected bureaucrats too much power within the White House.

But Mr. Obama took it upon himself to issue a “signing statement” ignoring the language in the new spending bill to continue paying these czars enormous salaries!

Never mind that as a candidate in 2008 Obama had promised that he would not abuse signing statements for his own personal benefit.

Naturally, the right wing media jumped all over this newest display of Obama’s arrogance.

In a column he wrote for right wing political blog Hotair.com, writer AllahPundit half-joked, “You didn’t seriously think [Obama] was going to abide by the will of Congress, did you? Surely he wasn’t about to be tripped up by a duly enacted bill that dares to cut off the money he uses for his auxiliary cabinet.”

The left wing media rushed to Obama’s defense, saying the Republicans created Obama’s ‘czar problem.’

And in a statement issued last week, Mr. Obama insisted upon his right to use signing statements “to obtain advice that will assist him in carrying out his constitutional responsibilities….”

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Celebs Out & About: Janet Jackson, Halle Berry, Usher

Superstar Janet Jackson, 45, signed copies of her book ‘True You’ at the Book Soup in West Hollywood today. Janet is currently in the midst of a sold out concert tour in North America. Photo by Russ Einhorn/Splashnews.com

Halle Berry, 44, looked sizzling hawt in a striped dress on her way to lunch at Lemonade with her beau Olivier Martinez in West Hollywood, CA today.

Usher, 32, was spotted having fun with friends at Coachella in Los Angeles today. Photo by Clint Brewer/Splashnews.com

Photos: Splash News Online

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Lil Wayne’s Security Charged With Impersonating Cops

Two members of Lil Wayne’s security detail are facing felony charges of impersonating police officers.

According to WISH-TV (via the Atlanta Journal Constitution), 43-year-old Ronald Andre Harrod and 23-year-old Larry Lee Richardson of Indianapolis were taken into custody after they were observed wearing authentic-looking police uniforms, badges and gun belts as they escorted Lil Wayne and his entourage to a Bloomington nightclub Wednesday.

Police say Richardson led a caravan of tour buses in a car that had flashing red and blue lights and sirens blaring. Harrod was behind the caravan in another car that also had red and blue flashing lights.

Bloomington Police Department Capt. Joe Qualters says the men said they had permission and credentials to drive with lights and sirens.

Lil Wayne was convicted on a gun charge last year and spent eight months in a New York City jail. Source

Photo by Prince Williams/ATLPics.net

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Jesse Jackson Denies Firing Man for Being Gay

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who at one time was a respected civil rights leader, has responded to a former employee’s allegations that he was fired for being gay.

According to the Windy City Times, in the original complaint, Tommy Bennett—who worked at Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition from 2007-2009 as the national director of community affairs, said his sexual orientation was known to his co-workers due to his high profile side job as a radio personality on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show.

Bennett claims he experienced discrimination almost immediately after he started the job. In addition to discrimination, Bennett said he was subjected to verbal abuse and asked to perform demeaning tasks as Jackson’s travel assistant.

In 2008, Bennett claims he “was summoned to Rev. Jackson’s hotel room” at the Hilton Chicago O’Hare Airport Hotel, and instructed to apply cream to Jackson, who “had a rash between his legs.”

Another time at the same hotel, Bennett says Jackson summoned him again, and this time he was dressed only in his “briefs and a v-neck t-shirt.” Jackson allegedly became visibly aroused and his “breathing pattern had changed.”

Bennett is demanding a total of $450,000 for emotional distress and punitive damages. He is also asking for an amendment of Rainbow PUSH’s non-discrimination policy to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

Jesse Jackson strongly denied the allegations in an official response, calling the explosive allegations “hurtful and harmful to the progressive community”.

Jackson’s joint response with Rainbow PUSH stated:

The organization does not condone or tolerate discrimination in any form. [Bennett's] inflammatory allegations are an attempt to malign Rev. Jackson and the organization, and are hurtful and harmful to the progressive community. We are fully cooperating with the Chicago Commission on Human Relations and expect to be fully exonerated.”

Source 1 and 2

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Because Some of You Need Jesus

If you thought the dead birds falling from the sky in Arkansas was an omen — you were correct.

Our Lord and Savior Jesus Chris is set to make His first official appearance on earth since being nailed to that cross about 2,000 years ago. This, according to an expert who used mathematics and dates from the Bible to determine the exact date.

According to Splash News, the billboard is erected near one of the busiest roads in Los Angeles for the purpose of high visibility to the heathens and sinners driving by.

The date ‘May 21st 2011′ is printed on the huge billboard. A religious website named www.wecanknow.com is behind the advertisement. An American Christian radio broadcaster named Harold Camping has predicted this exact day using mathematics and dates from the Bible. He also predicts that this will be the start of Judgement Day and the end of the World will follow on October 21, 2011.

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