Tea Party campaigns against Islam | Slideshow: Blood-curdling black horror films–Source: The Grio

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TheGrio Newsletter 10/29/2010 Is nothing sacred? Tea Party campaigns against Muslim faith Judson Phillips, the founder of the Tea Party Nation, does not mince words when it comes to his views on Islam and the people who practice the faith. "A majority of Tea Party members, I suspect, are not fans of Islam," Phillips said. "I, personally have a real problem with Islam. With Islam, you have a religion that says kill the Jews, kill the infidels. It bothers me when a religion says kill the infidels. It bothers me a lot more when I am the infidel." READ THE WHOLE STORY   Slideshow: Blood-curdling black horror films Who says the only places to find horror have to be Transylvania or Elm Street. Sometimes the biggest scares go down in the hood. Over the last forty years or so Hollywood has occasionally turned out horror movies with an unapologetically urban flavor. Check out some of our favorites — just don’t watch them alone in the dark. WATCH THE SLIDESHOW   Black opponents of pot legalization are lost in the weeds It was a surreal scene at the Sacramento press conference called by Bishop Ron Allen and a host of other black ministers and faith leaders last July. They blasted the California NAACP for very publicly and vigorously calling for passage of Proposition 19. The initiative would legalize marijuana possession, cultivation and sale for personal use for those 21 and older. READ THE WHOLE STORY   Ron Washington has taken some hits but he’s still swinging Image is a major part of professional sports. It can make or break a career. And when cocaine or any type of illegal drug is involved, calamity is not too far away from wreaking even the most honored career — especially when the athlete is black. So when Texas Ranger Manager Ron Washington became the first of his kind, in Major League Baseball to fail a drug test for the use of cocaine in July of 2009, the sports world gasped. Here was just one of four Black men in professional baseball to lead a franchise–embarrassed. READ THE WHOLE STORY Meek denies he’ll quit 3-way Fla. Senate race Florida’s three-way Senate race grew testier Friday as the last-place Democratic candidate denied claims that former President Bill Clinton had advised him to drop out, saying the idea came instead from his independent rival, Gov. Charlie Crist. WATCH THE VIDEO     Will big screen ‘Thriller’ be a nightmare? Some people really are worth more dead than alive. That’s certainly proving to be the case with Michael Jackson. Just in time for Halloween, it’s been announced that his dream project Thriller will finally get the big screen treatment. WATCH THE VIDEO

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