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So hey, baseball fans, with the lockout most certain to happen, this might be the last game we see for awhile. #MILvsTB #WorldSeries

“discovering hundreds of mouse droppings, unrefrigerated calamari and other violations”

Since August, Home Depot parking lots around Seattle have become hotspots for immigration arrests. As arrests continue to rise, community groups have set up neighborhood watches to report ICE activity and to connect with workers and their families.

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Bay leaves to the flavors in the pot:

October 27th, 1986. Prompted by the cocaine-related deaths of Len Bias and Don Rogers plus the emerging crack epidemic, President Reagan signs the Anti-Drug Abuse Act into law. It imposed a mandatory 5-year minimum sentence for 5 grams of crack versus 500 grams of powdered cocaine.

40 years ago today.

Me looking at any hip hop news after 2016:

Jayne Kennedy turns 75 today.

Ruby Dee (October 27th, 1922 – June 11th, 2014)

October 27th, 1904. The original 28 subway stations open in New York.

This article does not discuss one major reason why chocolate in the West got worse - Ghana and Ivory Coast, the two African countries that are the biggest suppliers of cacao globally, got organised and started demanding fair prices for it. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

What is happening in Tampa? #MILvsTB #WorldSeries

#Reggaesky #Booksky PSA: Looks like there is a 3rd edition of Thibault Ehrengardt's King Tubby bio in print and currently in stock via Roots Tonic: rootstonicrecords.com/products/kin...

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30 years ago today.

WHEN WE WERE KINGS, which took the late filmmaker Leon Gast 22 years to make and went on to win the Best Feature Documentary Oscar, was released 30 years ago today.

Read: Serbia's long-serving strongman leader conceded defeat to a diverse, student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

Mahalia Jackson (October 26th, 1911 – January 27th, 1972) "I sing God's music because it makes me feel free. It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues."

I’m not a political journalist, so was gladly surprised at the community I found here last night. To Americans anxious about the upcoming elections, a key thing we learned in Brazil that might help you: DO NOT engage with the far-right online. Don’t share rage bait. Amplify your people. Ignore them.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wins fourth term, according to electoral court.

40 years ago today.

Fort Greene Park

For God's sake, Laddie, get off the plane!!

Artist Don Ivan Punchatz sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/puncha... died on this day, though best known for book covers, he also painted some album cover art, so here are some examples:

Julie Dash was born in Long Island City today in 1952.

When Donna Summer wrote the song, "Bad Girls", she was excited because she knew she had a hit. When Casablanca Records CEO Neil Bogart heard the demo, he agreed... BUT ...he wanted to give it to Cher. Donna:

In the Natural novel, Roy Hobbs, played by Robert Redford in the film, strikes out in the final climatic at bat. Also in the novel, Roy Hobbs is right-handed.