Posted on August 2, 2007 by Jill Target
A full week has passed since Baltimore’s own NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) began an insipid campaign to reduce the number of Baltimore City homicides. Details later. Suffice it to say, I would expect nothing less from an organization who not only cleaves to a horribly outdated and politically incorrect moniker, [...]
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Posted on July 29, 2007 by Jill Target
The year was 1997. Bill Clinton began his second term as this nation’s 42nd president. The Simpsons became the longest running animated series on prime time TV. Drive by shooters killed popular rapper, Notorious B.I.G. And, it was the last time the Baltimore Orioles ended the regular season with a winning record.
Ten years? Fo’ real?
Apparently, [...]
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Posted on July 18, 2007 by Jill Target
My temples are starting to throb. Yep. I’m starting to get a headache. I know I can’t stop the beat, but could you please turn down the volume?
Baltimore hasn’t felt this much celebrity buzz since John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix came to town. Oh yeah. Ladder 49. Filmed in Pigtown. Of course, that was [...]
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Posted on June 29, 2007 by Jill Target
Just when the Hollywood intelligentsia start gearing up for the movie premiere of Hairspray (the Broadway musical version), Baltimore City’s crime problem blazes out of control. The last time the city took this much heat was The Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. Well, maybe not that far back, but close. I wonder if Brittany [...]
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