TOP HEADLINES FOR MONDAY, November 26, 2012: 

CLAYTON

Evildoer Chokes G.F.; Boob Molests Daughters

Zoo Alert: Public Warned to Lock Doors

Notorious Gangster Freed Again

Crazed West County Chick Carves Up B.F. Like Turkey

WWE Buffoon Wrestles With Cop, Loses

Tot Found Dead on Delmar

WALNUT PARK WEST

Sick Jackson Charged With Popping, Strangling Dog

Bizarre-O tapes students nude

Wash U. student robbed near the U-City Loop

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 TOP HEADLINES FOR MONDAY, December 3, 2012: 

COLUMBIA, MO

Baller Likes Sinking More Than 2-Pointers?

Even Judges Ain’t Safe; Give ‘Em Life, Your ‘Orneriness’

Nutjob Thinks Granny’s A Demon, Beats Her

Teen Shot After Fight Outside Club Amnesia

Arvon Brown Tried Killing Officer Haman

Controversial Police Sergeant Found Dead

MT. PLEASANT

Suspects sack S. Side Subway

Super-sized N. Side drug bust

U. City Mugger Has Violent History

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 TOP HEADLINES FOR MONDAY, December 10, 2012: 

DOWNTOWN

Outlaw Biker Gangstaz Taken Down

Vashon Player Killed in Drunk, Horrific Crash

Cable Freak Comes Back for ‘Taken-Sex’

Shock Verdict Against Newspaperman’s Killer

Monster Chokes Baby to Death

Evil Pedophile Gets Life

SOUTH COUNTY

Cross-dressing robber strikes

Subway employee robbed at gunpoint

Revenge Scheme Backfires

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  • CONCERTS • PARTIES • INFO   

• The 609 Lounge in the Loop has closed and is moving into the shuttered Smash Bar at 1405 Washington Ave., in the heart of downtown’s nightlife district.

• Gentleman Jack’s Art Beats and Lyrics is at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at Neo (2801 Locust). Performing are Shock G from Digital Underground, Nice N Smooth, Mansions on the Moon, DJ Lord, Clyde Stubblefield “The Funky Drummer,” Nappy DJ Needles, DJ Clapp and DJ Reminisce.

• The Paragon Theatre at 1911 Locust opened last weekend. The club will host several types of concerts including blues, jazz, pop, R&B and more, but not so much heavy metal/hard rock and certain types of hip-hop. R&B cover band Dirty Muggs will perform at 7 p.m. Dec. 7.

• Following a $70 million renovation, the Central Library will reopen to the public on Dec. 9.

• Nelly hosted a Black Friday Grey Goose Party Friday night at Plush. The party featured local act Jonezy.

• Lexus Len’s weekly happy hour takes place at the Loft every Wednesday. The party starts and 6 p.m.

• Central West End bistro Liluma(236 North Euclid) will close by the end of this year and then reopen as a steak house. The new venture will be a partnership with the owners of the Sub Zero Vodka Bar.

• A new barbecue joint is opening at 4904 Devonshire in the city’s Southampton neighborhood, next door to Lily’s Mexican Restaurant.

• Talib Kweli is at the Old Rock House with a show at 10 p.m. Dec. 22. Tickets are $15-$20.

• Steinberg Skating Rink in Forest Park is now offering public skating all day, everyday—including all holidays. They are always open no matter what the weather or temperature is. Your skate admission is valid for all day.

• The Block bar-and-grill is opening a second restaurant to go along with their original in Webster Groves. The second location will be at 33 North Sarah Street in the Central West End, the space that was previously home to Terrene.

• St. Louis City is on pace for its fewest homicides since 2003.

• Mediterranean restaurant Pan D’Olive opened Friday night in St. Louis. Run by Sam Kacar of Trattoria Branica, Pan D’Olive is located at 1603 McCausland.

• Sounds of the Underground is at 8 p.m. Thursday at Plush (3224 Locust) with Spaide Ripper, Circle of Success, 2 Blaze, Merf G., Cypher, Midwest Ent., TNik, Young Swurve and Lil Jay. $10.

• “Majic” is now at 100.3 on the FM dial. It still features the same urban/R&B as before. Its old frequency of 104.9 is now the home of “Wild 104,” which features pop and hip-hop.

• Bilal will perform at 2720 Cherokee with a concert at 9 p.m. Dec. 13.

• Vida Mexican Kitchen y Cantina is a new, higher-end Mexican restaurant at the St. Louis Galleria. Vida is located at the north end of the Galleria, next to its other new(ish) restaurant tenant, BlackFinn American Grille.

 
• Olio, a new wine bar, opened recently at 1634 Tower Grove Avenue in the city’s Botanical Heights (née McRee Town) neighborhood.

• Food delivery is now available by bicycle for people living and/or working downtown. The delivery service is ordered through the website griffindelivery.com. Griffin Delivery offers lunch from Pickles Deli (701 Olive), Tortilla Grille (200 N. 6th) and Lola (500 N. 14th).

• New St. Louis whiskey festival Whiskey in the Winter is set for Dec. 1 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch. The event will run from 6 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Over 150 whiskies will be highlighted during a grand tasting including single malt and blended Scotch, bourbon, Irish, Tennessee, Canadian, Missouri and Japanese whiskies.

• “Speakerboxx” featuring Fatlip of Pharcyde will be at Lola on Dec. 28. The $10 concert begins at 10 p.m.

• The Pi Pizzeria team has plans to open Gringo, a Taco Joint, in the Central West End at 398 North Euclid, currently the home of Rothschild Antiques. Look for Gringo to open its doors in the spring of 2013.

• A new downtown calzone joint, Sauce on the Side, has opened at 903 Pine.

• $2 Tuesdays are at Pure Ultra Lounge (1120 New Florissant, formerly the Junkyard) with $2 admission. Mature crowds only.

• Trey Songz is expected at the Fox Theatre on Dec. 9 as part of the “Chapter V World Tour.” The tour also features Miguel and Elle Varner.

• Method Man comes to the Coliseum Music Lounge with a concert on Dec. 8. Also on the bill are BURNTmd, DJ Who and DJ Chulo.

 
• College Night at Coliseum (2619 Washington) is every Wednesday. Spinning are DJ Kue, DJ D-Mega, DJ Micro and DJ Chris Brown. Also, Soul Elation: A Celebration of Soul is Tuesdays at Coliseum. Seven hosts, with DJ Epic spinning and Wildmann & Funky Soul performing. Doors open at 7 p.m.

• Forever Fly Fridays now takes place the first Friday of every month at The Loft.

• Swagger Saturdays is at the In Spot Dessert Bar and Lounge (5854 Delmar). Women get in for $5 before 10 p.m.

• Assorted Blends featuring a night of classic video games on a big screen is at 9 p.m. Monday nights at Cicero’s (6691 Delmar). DJ Charlie Chan Soprano, DJ Stan Da Man and DJ Sinamin spin. Free.

• Ghetto Blastic presents Poly Rhythm Nation new to Thursday nights at Delmar Restaurant and Lounge (6235 Delmar Boulevard) at 9 p.m. Nappy DJ Needles and guest DJs will jam weekly. 

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Hey, Dr. Feelgood:

I have met the man of my dreams and we are sexually active. We have been dating about 4 months. The sex is good. My problem is that it takes me a very long time to have an orgasm and many times I can’t. It seems I can get to the threshold so to speak but can’t get it to happen. He is 62 and I am 31. Before we started dating, it had been a very long time since I had had an orgasm. He is beginning to think that he is doing something wrong and I tell him that it’s me not him. He bought a vibrator and it makes the orgasms much more intense but not very frequent. Have any suggestions for my dilemma?

T.S. in St. Charles

There is no law that says you have to have an orgasm every time that you make love. You say the sex is fine, so the bottom line is that since you enjoy having sex with him and do have orgasms, though not every time, I don’t want you to worry about it. In fact, the worrying of whether you will or won’t have an orgasm could be contributing to your difficulties reaching orgasm. So my first suggestion would be that you should continue having sex together, you should continue trying to have orgasms, but if after a while you see that it’s not going to work, then just stop and let him hug and kiss you and forget about the fact that you didn’t have an orgasm. Perhaps, in a month or two, after you’ve removed the pressure to have orgasms, you may discover that you’re having orgasms more frequently. If that doesn’t happen, and if you are dissatisfied with the number of times you’re reaching orgasm, then go to see a sex therapist. There could be lots of other factors at work and it would take a few sessions to figure out what was happening and to see what the answer might be. But for now this doesn’t seem like a crisis, especially since you can have orgasms from time to time, so see what happens if you ease up on yourself before you try any other measures.

Hey, Dr. Feelgood:

My husband and I have been together for going on a little over 5 yrs. We married in May of last year. The sex issue is becoming more and more of an issue. I shower, we have oral and if it’s not enough head for him he complains while having sex and then gets soft, blaming that I did not get him hard enough. My problem is I shower, we have oral then sex then I shower again and he says without sex he feels we are not connecting. All the while the sex is okay, but it’s just the same old story. Even when I’m not in the mood I try to make him feel good but all the while I am not connected to him that way. While having sex, I more than less feel like I have to act in a fashion of a sex porn so he gets off. What can I do to get excited in order to have the sex he wants so I can stop hearing in my ear all the time; “I am horny and I need to feel connected to you?”

W.C. in North County

Do you have orgasms when having sex? If you don’t, and that’s my impression, then I can understand your hesitancy to want to have sex.

To be honest, I don’t really know or understand enough about your entire situation to be of much help. For example, I don’t know how old you are, especially him. Without the necessary information, I can’t really give you much advice. You could write back, but since this situation seems a bit complicated, you might meet with more success if you met with a sex therapist.

Hey, Dr. Feelgood:

What are cocktails? I saw on a Craigslist ad someone saying they were into safe cocktails, but I couldn’t find that online. She had a cute picture, too.

It doesn’t sound like you were looking in the job opportunities section under bartending. I think most of us reading are into cocktails: Jack and Coke, vodka and soda, gin and tonic. But the cocktail this ad is talking about takes an acquired taste.
A sex cocktail is made up of bodily fluids in a shot glass, cup or chalice that a person drinks for sexual play or pleasure. The fluids can be saliva, semen, blood, breast milk, urine or enema fluid (a liquid inserted in the rectum and expelled). Some have mistakenly called butt-chugging a sex cocktail.
Butt-chugging is when individuals absorb alcohol through their rectums, which can be dangerous and even life-threatening. Although technically, a person could ingest a sex cocktail thought butt-chugging. From a safety perspective, sex cocktails can have bacteria and sexually transmitted infections, so it’s smart to be tested, have your partner tested and know the risks involved. Everyone has their own kink and people have variations of sex cocktails they enjoy. Can you guess what a golden cocktail is?
A backdoor Betty?

Hey, Dr. Feelgood:

If you have a cold sore in your mouth and you gave your boyfriend/girlfriend oral sex, can he/she get herpes on their genitals?

Yes.

Editor’s Note:  Your comments are subject to edits. This column is merely for entertainment purposes and not necessarily based on scientific research. And opinions expressed are not necessarily those of this newspaper.

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Evildoer Chokes G.F.; Boob Molests Daughters 

CLAYTON--A 23-year-old North County man is facing criminal charges after he molested his girlfriend’s daughters and choked her.

St. Louis County prosecutors charged Tyree Ivory of the 2500 block of Oak Crest with child molestation, attempted child molestation, attempted statutory sodomy, domestic assault and four counts of statutory sodomy.

A 35-year-old East St. Louis man is facing charges after St. Louis County police say he molested a girl for more than a year, beginning when she was 11-years-old.

St. Louis County prosecutors charged Steven Keel of the first block of Leonard in East St. Louis on Nov.………

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Notorious Gangster Freed Again 

DOWNTOWN—Police say a ringleader of a notorious St. Louis gang is back on the street, and his criminal record is only going to grow.

Officials say they have arrested Jesse Hampton for a whopping 40 felonies in the city, including murder!

Rarely have police ever been so frank about someone they’ve pinched. They say Hampton is extremely dangerous, responsible for calling the shots and influencing his gang members to commit crime.

A car chase followed by a crash with cops sent Jesse Hampton back to jail last week, but he’s out... again. Police say they caught Hampton driving a stolen BMW—something they say……… 

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Zoo Alert: Public Warned to Lock Doors

UNIVERSITY CITY--Police are alerting Clayton and University City residents to keep their doors locked and alarms activated. This after Clayton officers caught Rodney Dunlap loading his vehicle with $4,600 worth of stolen property from a home in the 8100 block of Westmoreland in Clayton.

Dunlap is charged with stealing and second-degree burglary. University City………… READ ABOUT IT IN THE WHIRL; ON NEWSSTANDS NOW!

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Crazed West County Chick Carves Up B.F. Like Turkey

WILDWOOD---A woman stabbed her boyfriend twice in the head Tuesday in Wildwood after the two argued.

Achrista Malamut, 33, of the 100 block of Carriage View Drive in Wildwood, was charged with second-degree domestic assault and armed criminal action.

Officer Randy Vaughn of St. Louis County Police said the man told officers Malamut woke him up and asked him to forge a name on some closing……… 

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WWE Buffoon Wrestles With Cop, Loses 

LEWIS PLACE——Well this was an arresting little probable cause statement, released by the Circuit Attorney:

 
At about 1 am on Nov. 10, a city cop was rolling in the 4700 block of Newcomb Place when he spotted a man in the yard of a vacant house.

 
The policeman called him over to the patrol car, but the man took off running.

 
So the cop chased after him on foot.

 
When he caught up with him, the man — 27-year-old Michael Jerome Henderson of Ferguson — began punching the officer, and they fell to the ground.

 
The officer thought he noticed Henderson reaching for something in his hoodie…………READ ABOUT IT IN THE WHIRL; ON NEWSSTANDS NOW! 

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Sick Jackson Charged With Popping, Strangling Dog 

WALNUT PARK WEST—-A cruel man responsible for a terrible case of animal abuse has been charged.

 
Ron Jackson, 28, has been charged with felony animal abuse.

 
Animal Control officers found a pit bull mix in a dumpster in the 6000 block of Emma with 10 gunshot wounds. The dog had also been strangled with an extension cord!

The dog was still alive and treated by veterinarians. One of the bullets was stuck in his spinal cord and caused rear limb paralysis.

 
People in the neighborhood called the brown and white dog “Murder,” and Jackson had been heard telling someone he had a way to deal with Murder.

Court documents state at least one witness saw Jackson walking toward the alley where the dumpster the dog was found in was located, and then heard several gunshots, followed by a second………… PICK UP A COPY OF THE WHIRL; ON NEWSSTANDS NOW!

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Bizarre-O Tapes Students Nude 

BRECKENRIDGE HILLS---A disturbed teenager has admitted secretly taking photos and videos of partially nude fellow students at Ritenour High School!

For his crimes, Dalton Heinle was sentenced to two months of house arrest, followed by five years’ probation.

Heinle, 19, of St. Ann, pleaded guilty and was sentenced Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court.

Heinle, of the 3500 block of St. Christopher, was charged with nine counts of second-degree invasion of privacy.

Heinle told Breckenridge Hills police…………

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Brian’s Hungry For Cash, Robs 

HAZELWOOD---Police have arrested a suspect they say robbed a woman gunpoint just after leaving a Hazelwood restaurant on Tuesday.

Brian Bohlen, 18, was charged with first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.

Police said Bohlen rolled up on the victim just after she left the California Grill in the 7200 block of N. Lindbergh around 11 p.m.

The victim told police Bohlen told her…………

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Comatosed Beating Victim Dies 

VANDEVENTER---A St. Louis grand jury has indicted two worthless asses for murder in connection with the death of a man who lingered in a coma for seven months after he was beaten and robbed on a street in late February.

The victim — Lewis Rice, 46 — died Oct. 1, having never regained consciousness from the savage attack on Feb. 23. He was kicked, beaten and robbed as he walked on a sidewalk in the 4200 block of West Finney. Authorities ruled his death a homicide.

The teens had previously been charged with assaulting Rice. But prosecutors sought upgraded charges after Rice died.

On Wednesday, online court records indicated the new charges: second-degree murder, second-degree robbery and attempted robbery.

Donald Cotton, 15, and Deshawn Owens, 16, were indicted earlier this month but the indictments were……………

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Goofball Punches, Robs Sal Army Worker 

FLORISSANT---A St. Louis man who fleeced a Salvation Army worker in Florissant will spend the next five years on probation.

Edward Mitchell, 25, pleaded guilty Friday in St. Louis County Circuit Court of second-degree robbery.

Judge Kristine Allen Kerr gave him a 120-day “shock” jail sentence, but gave him credit for time he already has served in jail, court records show. The judge then put Mitchell on probation. Mitchell also must pay restitution of nearly $1,500.

The robbery happened July 10. Police……………

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Couple Wakes Up To Wack-Job Over Them 

O’FALLON---An O’Fallon man is caged after breaking into a neighbor’s home with a butter knife, stealing a radio and touching a woman as she slept!

Jacob Roberts, 18, was charged last Monday with first-degree burglary, and first-degree sexual misconduct and stealing less than $500.

Roberts used a butter knife to pry the screen off a window of a home in the 400 block of St. Matthew around 5 a.m. on Nov. 18. He then stole a radio.

Authorities said Roberts admitted to then squeezing and rubbing a woman’s privates through her clothes as she slept. According to police, Roberts got………………

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  QUIT PLAYIN' !  

By the Honorable Freeman Bosley Jr., Esquire

Beware of Old White Men Lying About Gifts; Ding Dongs Twinkies Are Gone!

It’s Not Delivery…it’s Da Police: When St. Louis County Police Chief Tim Fitch announced he was putting undercover police officers on patrol as pizza delivery drivers you would think knuckleheads who have been preying on the drivers would get the hint.

 
Apparently not; the first night of the operation a driver/police officer was confronted by a weed-smokin’, drug dealing bad-ass during a delivery.

 
But County Brown wasn’t playin’. Police ended up arresting the man after they searched his house and confiscated weapons, drugs and plenty of stacks. Turns out this dude has a rap sheet thicker than the dictionary. In this case the munchies got you locked.

 
Old White Men and Gifts: As of late Mitt Romney and the old white men of America are still punch drunk from the political ass whupping laid on them by President Obama and the majority of the people in this country.

 
White males are in denial and are wondering out loud about why the American people spanked that booty at the polls. The last time anybody saw Romney he was wearing a thong and whining that people voted for Obama because he gave them gifts. Old white men refuse to accept that the right to health care is not a gift. The right for students to not have to face financial ruin after getting out of college and not find a job is not a gift.

 
The right for a woman to choose what she wants to do with her body is not a gift. The right for a person to love whomever they want is not a gift. These are basic human rights that should be enjoyed by every American. Gifts are the 800 Billion dollar bailout package that Corporate America received as a result of the actions of the Republicans.

 
Gifts are the hundreds of millions of dollars that the white male dominated corporations of America received and didn’t put any of that money back into the economy to help stimulate the creation of jobs and economic opportunity.

 
Gifts are the millions of dollars that the corporate fat cats dispersed among themselves and their cronies while the rest of America went in the toilet. For once the old white men are getting their turn in the barrel and they can’t stand it. Everyone across the country is talking about how quiet the office was when they went to work the day after the election. But behind closed doors the 47 per centers were giving high fives and doing the jig in the cafeteria. It’s a new day in America and let’s hope that Obama has the heart to bring it on like he should. Don’t be scared!

 
Super Starr: Kacie Starr Triplett bid adieu to her constituents and her fellow colleagues at the Board of Aldermen on Friday amidst lots of praise and fond farewells. Few were privy to the behind the scenes drama her resignation created though.

It appears that the timing of the exit of the former Alderman from the 6th Ward is creating a bit of a snafu for at least a couple of political operatives. I’m hearing that there was an attempt to broker a deal with Triplett to have her delay her resignation but that fell through the cracks.

 
As it stands the seat will be filled at a special election to be held during the regular primary election March 5. 6th Ward Committeeman Damon Jones has tossed his hat into the ring—with the backing of Committeewoman Ollie Stewart.

 
That’s a strong play because the Democratic committee typically rubber stamps the choice of ward leadership—in this case Jones and Stewart. Jones was just re-elected to his committeeman’s post this summer. He may be the nominee but he could face a challenger come March—stranger things have happened. Filing for the seat starts November 26…Gotta keep an eye on this one.

Ding Dongs: I want my cupcakes! Whether you liked Twinkies Ho-Ho’s, Ding Dongs or powered donuts everyone loves their Hostess products. I’ve been eating Hostess cupcakes since I was in kindergarten at Farragut.

 
The company is over 82 years old and has been a household as long as any of us can remember. The company filed bankruptcy in January of this year. It has over 18,000 employees. For whatever reason the unions just could not figure out that you have to find middle ground with a bankrupt company and not drive it into the wall.

 
So for that over 9,000 people will be laid off. Congratulations on a missed opportunity.

 
Search Party: Speaking of locked up—somebody please tell me how a female inmate at the city jail is strip searched and the damn guards miss the lighter she later used to set her mattress on fire? Inquiring minds want to know just where that damn lighter was…Quit Playin!

Editor’s note: Some of the opinions expressed by Atty. Bosley are not necessarily those of this newspaper, or its ownership or management.

Catch the Freeman R. Bosley Jr. Show every Saturday on AM/1600 from 10 a.m. until Noon. On the web, it’s at www.gospel1600.com. Just click on Listen Live. Email him at: quitplayinstl@live.com

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The Best of:

Berger In The Whirl

Prez Hillary in 2016; Cedric’s Soul Man 

The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, said he’s backing Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. “I like what she believes in,” he told Politico...

Cable TV Land has renewed for a second season “The Soul Man,” starring Jeff City’s own Cedric Antonio Kyles aka Cedric the Entertainer. He appears as an R&B superstar who retires to St. Louis to become a preacher in his father’s church. “The Soul Man” is the second highest-rated series on the channel...

Father of Republican Party A Democrat Today? Pulitzer and Tony Award-winner Tony Kushner, screenwriter of the new biopic, “Lincoln,” says that Abraham Lincoln would be a Democrat today.

 
Kushner: “The Republican Party today has turned into a group of people, who don’t actually believe that government is a good thing. Lincoln was a lawyer who had a profound belief in the conviction that government was a great blessing for humanity.”

Oscar-winning actress Geena Davis will be here Nov. 28-29 to draw attention to Women and Girls Lead, which focuses and connects people in support of issues facing women and girls...

 
Slaten’s Fired: Staffers at KFNS radio are still jabbering about Kevin Slaten’s rapid dismissal. “There was pushing, shoving and even spitting!” said an employee. “The Webster Groves cops were there.”

Missouri A.G. Chris Koster Gets More Than $2 Mill Settlement: Missouri will receive more than $2 million as part of a $90 million consent judgment with GlaxoSmithKline LLC to resolve allegations that the firm unlawfully marketed its diabetes drug, Avandia, says Attorney Gen. Chris Koster.

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and in light of global warming and the extreme weather it’s bringing, environmental thinker and writer Bill McKibben suggests we stop giving the storms the names of people, and start naming them after oil and coal companies, he argues, are a key cause.

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See a BFL Employee…Say “Thanks for Caring” 

In the St. Louis Metropolitan area, there are many organizations doing amazing things; everything from utility assistance, GED Training, pre-natal care, to senior citizen services. Through the combined efforts of the Urban League, The Father Support Center, St. Louis City Rec., Peoples Health Center and agencies citizens receive quality resource delivery. I recognize and sincerely appreciate their commitment to service.

Recently, it was recommended that I write an article on the organization that I know, and love, Better Family Life, Inc (BFL). The organization that I have been a member of since 1989, shortly after returning from the United States Army.

BFL was founded in 1983 by Malik Ahmed with the support of his talented and creative wife, Deborah. Meeting in basements, the organization enlisted a group of dedicated students from Washington University. The addition of another dynamic couple Carolyn and Jermal Seward (RIP) helped the young organization establish a foundation in the metropolitan area. The early focus was to plan and coordinate first class cultural events. Black Family Week, Black Dance USA, the Unity Ball and the KWANZAA Holiday Expo, provided St. Louis with year round cultural activities.

Today, due to faith in God, and effective leadership, BFL proudly serves St. Louis in many areas: The Housing Department, provides first time home buyers education, down payment assistance, foreclosure prevention and other service; or the Better Family Life, Youth and Family Services Department, were the number one priority is to equip our youth with a foundation that will make them well rounded, self sufficient adults, and where families receive first class clinical services.

 
Through the BFL Work Force Development Division, citizens receive access to career training opportunities, GED training, soft-skills training, and case management at the MET Center.

At the Next Generation Career Centers, citizens receive employment, education and job readiness training.

The Neighborhood Alliance, Put Down the Pistol Program, community service, and direct resource delivery are provided, largely by a dedicated team of spirit filled, self less volunteers through the Community Outreach Department.

 
Providing the day-to-day services is the staff of BFL. It is indeed a pleasure to work with a team of individuals who believe in, and love the community they serve. The overall atmosphere at each BFL location is that of “family, compassion, and strength”. Citizens have come to expect first class service and firm standards. The BFL staff believes in going the extra mile in service, and finding solutions to empower individuals and families.

 
This week, I invite and encourage all those who have participated in the basement meetings, U. City Library meetings, Work Link, Tyhimba Sawatu, Healthy Marriage, Youth Abstinence, job fairs, town-hall meetings, the St. Louis Metropolitan Area Amnesty Project, Youth Pass Port to the Future, Unity Ball, Barber Shop Health Tour, Back-to-School Supply Give-a-Ways, Black Dance USA, job training, GED Training, community service, utility assistance, Your Health is Your Wealth program, financial literacy, car washes, mentoring programming, Dress for Success, legal assistance, to take a moment to say, ”Thanks for Caring”.

 
If you see a member of the BFL staff at the gas station, grocery store, barbershop, red light, or anywhere in the community, say “thanks for caring”. Or, give them a call to let them know how much you and your family appreciate their efforts. 

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Editor’s Note: James Clark is a contributing columnist and vice president of community outreach for Better Family Life. Your feedback is welcomed at nycbozo1999-@yahoo.com

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  St. Louis Whirl’s Editorials & Opinions:   

Triplett A Trooper; Election Commish Nuts 

The day, I agree with Brian Ireland put me in the booby hatch. So, I guess you can call for reservations right this second. I agree on several key points of inclusion related to diversity and the fact that one major black weekly accused outgoing Alderwoman Kacie Triplett of “committing political suicide” when she happened to have endorsed a different colored Congressman. But we all know what the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., had to say about that. So, today, we both are wearing a white glowing halo. However, one might be slightly dingy.

 
Triplett went with someone she knew, and all politics is local, and many in her 6th ward are progressive Dems, very independent-minded, they mostly understood, and for all we know she had a bright re-election future, and a credit card to back it up. For the most part, I will let Ireland’s defense of Triplett stew with you below. But there are a few issues; we will not stand together on.

While I don’t question her spirit of caring for the least of us; I am not as convinced as Ireland that Triplett did all that good for the sake of selflessness. Triplett often came off to me, as a person working hard to help others when she wanted, and as long as she could tweet it. Like in the biblical days that one rich character talked about all of his good deeds, so why wouldn’t that get him into heaven? However for the sake of fairness, Triplett, the tweet queen, was attempting to engage others into volunteerism.

 
I take exception to Ireland’s naive assessment of some local politicians who “cozy-up” to a Mayor, or a civic-minded entrepreneur and even “Republicans.” Ireland forgets that it takes a diversity of resources to make a village, and keep it running.

 
Mr. Ireland also forgets while the South‘s political cup runneth over with blacks in state Republican and Democratic politics, Missouri has not one black statewide officeholder. He refuses to acknowledge the Democratic Party’s shortcomings, etc.

Missouri, including Democrats refuse to vote again for the first African-American President, including the second time around, so Barack Obama loss Missouri, but still won the national election. So left-wingers in Democratic glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

It’s the same Democratic Governor Jay Nixon, who controls the St. Louis City Board of Election Commission that apparently has gone nuts. The decision to prolong, 6th ward representation, until the March 2013 primary for Triplett’s replacement is outrageous.

 
There is not one outcry calling for the rejection of the Commissioners’ decision not to give thousands of hard-earning taxpayers, the right to complain about their trash, street, alley, and even police services to their own local chieftain. There are 27 other chieftains who are often slammed each day with questions and complaints, but the 6th Ward will have to wait until March, 2013? Well, give me a break, and the folks in the 6th ward.

 
Do I need to remind the readership when two other aldermen stuck their noses into Alderwoman April Ford Griffin’s old 5th ward, when she became the civil rights czar, even for a brief time period. But waiting until March now, Ireland to use your point that is “asinine.”

 
Where is the leadership – the telegrams, tweets and e-mails to Missouri Democratic Governor Jay Nixon, who has the influence to make a call down Highway 70, west on Tucker and tell them to move their ‘assess,” respectfully that is.

 
I also take exception on your characterization of Alderwoman Marlene Davis, as a howling reactionary; Stephen Conway maybe. Otherwise you couldn’t shine Davis’ shoes on her commitment of hard work to her 19th Ward and the region.

Finally, we will throw stones at former State Rep Jeannette Oxford for even attempting to run against the most committed Jamilah Nasheed, who eventually won as the new MO Senator of the 5th district. It wasn’t a “white” thang. Oxford also wanted people to support her not because of her so-called championing for the poor; it was her badge of honor as a lesbian. That badge had every intention of blinding and outshining that other diversity thang—“blackness,” and the sister got slaughtered into third placed.

 
Nasheed was told repeatedly, “Sorry, honey, but this is about being gay otherwise we would support you.” So being gay (not white) trumps the struggles over blackness? I don’t think so, bro? But we both agree that “color” period should never be used as a political gamesmanship.

Triplett’s Principled and Compassionate
 

It’s not often that politicians, particularly those in the City of St. Louis, display the kind of selflessness that 6th Ward Alderman Kacie Starr Triplett did in stepping down from the St. Louis Board of Aldermen to accept a consulting contract with the Behavior Health Network of Greater St. Louis.

Too often we, as residents in the city, are subjected to power-hungry, me-first politicians that abrasively use elected office to further their careers. Whether its cozying up to Paul McKee, Francis Slay or Republicans in Jefferson City, too many of our black legislators are more concerned with cutting deals with the power structure than speaking the truth to power and aggressively advocating on behalf of poor, dispossessed St. Louisans.

Triplett has not been one of those self-serving hypocrites.

 
As a case worker at Rev. Larry Rice’s New Life Evangelistic Center, I had the pleasure of dealing with Triplett on a few occasions. She, along with Alderman Sam Moore, was a regular attendee of our Night Out with the Homeless. She communicated regularly with Rev. Rice and, while not always in agreement with our goals, was open-minded and fair. That’s more than can be said about a majority of her former brethren on the board.

This Behavior Health Network position is particularly apt for Triplett, given that she’ll coordinate a new initiative looking at gaps for services for the homeless and mentally ill in the region. In addition to successfully balancing the needs of everyone in her ward, which stretches from Fox Park to Washington Ave., Triplett has been one of the few, if not the only, advocate for homeless issues at the Board of Aldermen.

 
Since homeless people are not much of a voting bloc and many voters see the homeless as a nuisance, too many aldermen would rather spend their time doling out tax breaks to corporations than concern themselves with the dispossessed.

The thought of losing Triplett’s important voice as a counterbalance to the caterwauling of reactionaries like Marlene Davis and Stephen Conway is chilling.

 
Some truly moronic commentary in the aftermath of Triplett’s departure has focused on her endorsing of Russ Carnahan and Jeanette Mott Oxford in the August 2012 primaries. These foolish blowhards have dismissed the importance of Triplett’s departure because of those endorsements. Why?

 
Triplett had the nerve to support better qualified white candidates over black ones. Carnahan, and particularly Oxford, were much more progressive candidates than their opponents. Criticizing Triplett for endorsing Oxford, who has a sterling record when it comes to issues of poverty, labor and civil rights, simply because she is white is asinine.

The city’s Democratic committee will pick Triplett’s likely successor, and already one political legacy has tossed his hat in the ring. Damon Jones—the 6th Ward committeeman, and the son of former state Senator Robin Wright-Jones and former alderman Mike Jones—plans to seek the nomination. Let’s hope that Jones, or whoever succeeds Triplett in the 6th Ward, is as principled and compassionate as Triplett has proven to be.

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Editor’s Note: Brain Ireland is managing editor–crime of the St. Louis Metro Evening Whirl. The opinions expressed by Ireland are not necessary those of this newspaper.

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 I n St. Louis when folks say goodbye you may hear something that isn’t heard anywhere else in the country:

“Alright now, don’t let me see you in the Whirl.”

Although said as a joke it’s serious. Since 1938, The Evening Whirl, now known as the St. Louis Metro Evening Whirl, has been the country’s one and only crime fighting publication. To be on the Whirl’s front page meant that you were part of the problem.

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 S ince founding the newspaper in 1938, Benjamin Thomas has put the stinging light of the media on the criminals and crime that plagued St. Louis. Thomas’ innovative and fearless approach to exposing and fighting crime has been recognized worldwide.  He had no real competition. The local white papers generally printed crime news only when it involved white people. In addition, the local black papers believed in printing only positive news about their community.

Writes Author Scott Eden of Chicago: “Around 1940, as Thomas recalls, a friend put him onto a story that would forever change his little paper. A story that involved two local teachers who were also Thomas` friends. When the shocking story of child molestation came to Thomas’ attention, he did what no other paper in St. Louis was willing to do. He investigated the story and published it. The public was hungry for that type of information. They followed the story and Thomas’ paper became a hit.

According to Thomas: “He said, ‘Man, do you know that in the summertime, when these two guys, these school teachers, when they take their kids out supposedly for the pleasure of a summertime outing, they`re having sex with those boys?’ “I didn`t believe it. He said, ‘Ben, it is true. The kids started talking about it to their parents, and they`re the ones who let it out to the public and it got around.’ “He said, ‘Ben, don`t take my word for it, go see the circuit attorney and you’ll get the story.’ I said no. He said ‘Go do it. News like that should be in a newspaper. They`re not going to put it in the Argus [a St. Louis newspaper]. . . They`ll cover it up.’ “So I went to see him, and (the circuit attorney) spread open the file on these two people in front of me, and I started to read it. In addition, the more I read, the more disgusted I became. “So I thought to myself, I’m going to run this story. . . Now mind you, I never carried anything but entertainment and sports news before. But I wrote the story.

“Man, talk about calls coming in . . . I had to go back to the presses three times and then sold out.”

He decided that crime reporting was what the public was hungry for. Thomas changed his paper’s name to the Evening Whirl and for seventy years, it has exposed and attacked the crime in the city.

“Right then and there, I was through with amusement news,” he later recalled. “It’s been a crime sheet ever since.” The rest is history.

Thomas was both fearless and uncompromising in his approach. He took on gangsters, thieves, pedophiles, and any other criminal that plagued the black community in St. Louis. His efforts were rewarded with a huge regular readership and international fame.

Thomas’ Evening Whirl has been praised as the country’s number one (and only) crime fighting publication. It has been featured in the New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal as well as on television. Before his death, Thomas even appeared on the “Arsenio Hall Show.”

For 57 years, the Evening Whirl was published, edited, and written by the cranky, crusty, eccentric Thomas. In 2007, the Whirl and its colorful creator was the subject of a wonderfully entertaining story in the Believer, a literary magazine whose definition of literature is broad enough to include everything from avant-garde poetry to . . . well, the Whirl, writes Peter Carlson of the Washington Post.

In the 1970s, when drug-fueled violence ravaged St. Louis, Thomas became an obsessed anti-crime crusader. “Hundreds of black men and women died each year from 1970 to 1980 by the slashing and plunging blade or by the smoking bullets,” he wrote.

“It is a disgrace to our race to have so many murders within the race. One might blame the white man for leaning toward segregation and discrimination, but he certainly doesn’t destroy our lives with bullets and knives. We are our own worst enemy.”

The Whirl’s circulation peaked in the ’70s, selling 50,000 copies a week at a quarter apiece, but Thomas was not universally beloved. He was shot at, firebombed, and sued for libel. The local NAACP tried to organize a boycott of the Whirl, arguing that it was bad for the black community’s image. But the boycott fizzled for one simple reason: People loved to read the Whirl. And why not? Where else could they read a newspaper with a regular column on domestic violence called “Wife Beaters and Sweetheart Mistreaters.”

In the 80s, the founding publisher graced the Front Page of the Wall Street Journal, one of the world’s most respected publications. How many other publication can claim such prestigious coverage. During that same decade, the newspaper was the editorial subject of the Kansas City Star and the Chicago Tribune.

Thomas, who retired in 1996, appeared on the Arsenio Hall Show at the height of the late night show’s popularity. Also, during that same year, World News Tonight with Peter Jennings highlighted the newspaper approach to crime fighting in one of its news segments. After all, the Evening Whirl was fighting crime long before John Walsh introduced America’s Most Wanted in the 1980s.

In September 1995, with Thomas’ health declining, his two sons, Barry Thomas and Kevin Thomas of Los Angeles, came in to take over the operation. Barry Thomas, a graduate of CalPoly Tech in Ponoma, Calif., took over the leadership of the business and began modernizing the paper.

In January 1996 Barry Thomas reached out to Anthony Sanders––who had produced the publication for Thomas for several decades––to help put the publication on a sound production and management course. Barry Thomas and Sanders found that they shared the same vision for the future of the Whirl. That genesis has catapulted the now-70-year-old publication to its current popularity among readers’ worldwide.

Thomas eventually died of Alzheimer’s disease in 2007 at the age of 94, but his newspaper lives on. Now titled the St. Louis Metro Evening, Sanders says the paper still focuses on crime news, but he and the Whirl’s staff of 40 don’t even attempt to imitate Thomas’ inimitable style.

“Nobody here is capable of doing poetry like he did,” Sanders says.

Sanders, who is located in St. Louis, runs the editorial and daily operation of the newspaper while Barry Thomas manages the corporate side from offices in downtown Los Angeles. Both Barry Thomas and Sanders see a bright future in the Whirl’s continuing development. They are eyeing locations in Atlanta, Washington D.C., Chicago and Memphis to bring this high-tech brand of publishing to other cities.

“We would like to be in all these cities by 2012,” Barry Thomas said. “It just a matter of doing it,” Sanders added.

Together, the duo have resurrected a small newspaper into a mammoth publication that is a journalistic institution in America.

In a 2004 Riverfront Times article Chad Garrison writes: “...Sanders, editor-in-chief, is credited with reinvigorated St. Louis’ premier crime tabloid — adding color to its pages, cleaning up its writing (well, sort of) and resurrecting readership from an anemic 4,000 a decade ago to a circulation today of around 52,500. With the transformation, the paper is earning a reputation never before thought possible. The Evening Whirl is getting its propers.”

“I’m very familiar with the Whirl,” says United States Attorney James G. Martin, who each Tuesday casts aside his Wall Street Journal and St. Louis Post-Dispatch to pore over the Whirl’s garish tales of human carnage,” Garrison notes. “I’m a big believer that our greatest job in law enforcement is crime deterrence, and I’m convinced the Whirl gets the stories out there that deter crime,” Martin is quoted.

As the St. Louis Metro Evening Whirl, the publication regained it popularity in St. Louis and other parts of America as evidenced by the articles that it has been featured in. Even movies and television programs such as American Justice, Cold Case Files, Court TV’s Forensic Files, and most recently The History Channel Gangland has featured the stately publication. Its more recent silver screen exposure came in Universal Pictures’ Red Dragon with Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Harvey Keitel. The film is directed by Hollywood stalwart Brett Ratner.

The more recent honor bestowed on the newspaper was an award for “The Shadow” column, penned by an anonymous writer. Even senior editors and editorial staffers at the newspaper do not know the identity of the author. But the accuracy of the column’s information has never been challenged. That honor came in August 2004, when the powerhouse circulated Riverfront Times named “The Shadow” the “Best Columnist.” A few weeks later, they featured the newspaper in an article titled “As the Whirl Turns: St. Louis’ crime tabloid is still dishing the dirt after 66 years—and the cops love it.” The article even points out that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri lauds the paper for its anticrime appeal. [See above] Lisa Pisciotta of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department agrees. Says Pisciotta:

“The Whirl is responsible for the capture of more wanted criminals in St. Louis than all other media combined.”  That’s one hell of a reputation.

Accolades aside, the Evening Whirl is one of Missouri largest circulated newspapers. In fact, it is St. Louis’ largest sold newspaper—behind the daily publication, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Its circulation as of October 2004 was 52,500. That measures into about 100,000 weekly readers—and growing.

We could go on and on about this dynamic publication, however, as the cook slaving over the hot stove quipped: “The proof’s in the tasting.” Subscriptions for the St. Louis Metro Evening Whirl go out both nationally and internationally. It is one of the most unique and progressive newspapers in the nation.

Peter Carlson of the Washington Post and Scott Eden, a freelance writer and author living in Chicago, provided information for this story. Eden, a Erie, Pennsylvania-native is a graduate of Notre Dame University and Washington University in St. Louis. Also contributing to this article is Chad Garrison, writer for
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Since 1938, when our Founder Benjamin Thomas first launched the tabloid Nite Whirl, this publication has evolved into one of the nation’s foremost crime-fighting periodicals.

 
Today, the St. Louis Whirl, the Evening Whirl or its more affectionate brand, “the Whirl,” has garnered interest from entertainment luminaries (Eddie Murphy, Bill Murray, and Reginald Hudlin) to the heads of the highest offices in government.

 
It has been the subject of numerous broadcast news stories and has been featured in dozens of America’s leading publications (the Washington Post, Kansas City Star, and Chicago Tribune) to scholarly journals, such as the San Francisco-based Believer Magazine.

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Gov. Jay Nixon Awards Medal of Valor

JEFFERSON CITY – The St. Louis Metro Evening Whirl would like to join Gov. Jay Nixon, who presented the Missouri Medal of Valor to eight public safety officers from across the state for their exceptionally brave and heroic acts in efforts to save lives and protect the public during 2011.

 
Among those honored was the first Medal of Valor recipient to be killed in the line of duty and receive the award posthumously, Officer Daryl A. Hall of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

 
Family members and the officers’ colleagues were on hand for the presentation of Missouri’s highest public safety award during a ceremony in the Governor’s office in the Capitol. Gov. Nixon was joined at the ceremony by Department of Public Safety Director Jerry Lee.

 
“These eight brave officers, each of whom faced dangerous and threatening circumstances, acted without regard for their own safety and instead focused solely on protecting the public by responding swiftly and heroically,” Gov. Nixon said. “In the case of Officer Hall, that selfless and steadfast dedication to ensuring the safety of others cost him his life. I thank all these outstanding officers for their extraordinary and heroic acts, which exemplify what the Medal of Valor stands for.”

 
The newest Medal of Valor recipients from our area are three heroes:

Thomas R. Bacon, Jr., Pattonville Fire Protection District; and Robert C. Siscel, Sunset Hills Police Department.

Daryl A. Hall, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department – On April 24, 2011, Officer Hall was off-duty in a downtown St. Louis nightclub when he heard gunshots being fired outside. Hall ran outside to investigate and witnessed a gunman firing shots into the air near a group of people. Hall identified himself as a police officer and ordered the gunman to drop his weapon. The gunman then began firing at Hall, who returned fire, striking the gunman several times and killing him. Tragically, Hall was also shot and killed. Although off-duty and without time to call for help, Officer Hall, responded bravely and without hesitation to protect innocent bystanders.

 
The Medal of Valor is awarded annually based on recommendations submitted by the Medal of Valor Review Board. Recipients must serve a public agency, with or without compensation, as a firefighter, law enforcement officer or emergency personnel. The nominating form states the Medal of Valor is awarded “to a public safety officer who has exhibited exceptional courage, extraordinary decisiveness and presence of mind, and unusual swiftness of action, regardless of his or her own personal safety, in the attempt to save or protect human life.”

 
Nominations are now open for acts performed during 2012 and must be received by March 31, 2013. 

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TOWER GROVE SOUTH–Early Saturday morning, residents on the second floor in the 3500 block of Giles were saved when smoke detectors alerted family members of an impending inferno. The family on the first floor was not so lucky as one person died. Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson, who drove by on Saturday to review the damage, said the cause of the fire is under investigation. Workers were boarding up the two family flat and some residents were retrieving what they could. 

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  SOULT TRAIN MUSIC AWARDS 2012:   

Soul Train Music Awards 2012 Host Cedric the Entertainer  

New Edition Gets ‘Lifetime Achivement Award At
Soul Train Music Awards, Don Cornelius Celebrated

Rewind time for the Soul Train Awards 2012, held at Planet Hollywood Live in Las Vegas, also simulcast on BET and Centric Sunday night.

Host Cedric the Entertainer, along with Stevie Wonder, Charlie Wilson, New Edition, Ne-Yo, and 2 Chainz, encouraged people of all ages to dance and sing along to their memorable and popular songs. Celebrities from..................

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  WHIRL EDITORIAL:   

Captain Sam Dotson  

Captain Sam Dotson is The Best Choice for City Police Chief

The primary focus of the St. Louis Evening Whirl is to work independent of the law enforcement, judicial and prosecutorial communities by shaming the demons of death and destruction. We’re also a member of the Public Safety Council of Metropolitan St. Louis, a regional roundtable discussion group attempting to reduce violent and juvenile criminal activities throughout the St. Louis region.

In our 75 years of weekly publishing, The Whirl clearly knows the various policing challenges facing our brave men and women in blue. While technology has changed the ability to catch a thief—the right thief—the basics of crime-fighting does not necessarily require a Ph.D.

The St. Louis area has some significantly polished and committed law enforcement professionals. Many highly educated. However in many cases..................

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  WHIRL EDITORIAL:   

Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, To Tweet or Not To Tweet?

CON: Opportunist Joyce Tweets Past The Graveyard 

Energetic in body but indolent in mind, Jennifer Joyce, the St. Louis Circuit Attorney, is making a name for herself based upon the prolific amount of bilious tweets she issues. Are you kidding me? This comical turn of events is applauded by no one save for those who believe social networking acumen should temper the severities of meritocracy.

Thomas Dewey. Rudy Giuliani. Vincent Bugliosi. Do you really think these hard-nosed, taskmaster prosecutors would have spent their time “tweeting” about college football and Powerball tickets, as Joyce has done? Call me crazy, but I think the last thing this crime-plagued city needs is for its lead prosecutor to take time out of her day to focus on the empty stridency of her tweets.

If you’re spending time on Twitter (as in, you’re a damned Twitter addict), you’re taking time away from (probably more important) other tasks, and it’s not like Joyce doesn’t have anything better to do. Perhaps she could start by ceasing to employ a double standard when it comes to SLMPD officers.

You know the one where she reissues charges on policemen when the “victim” doesn’t show in court, but fails to do the same when the roles are reversed. And besides, Joyce has a substantial amount of housekeeping she needs to attend to. For example, Joyce’s record of hiring African-Americans for..................

PRO: Jenny Joyce, A Stand-Up Lady; Tweet Your Heart Away 

Well, my colleague Brian Ireland has done his homework. Unfortunately, he has done it for a physics class—and most of our readers don’t cotton-up to those equations, not even Albert Einstein, who developed the general theory of relativity, etc. Ireland’s logic on Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce using tweeting as an opportunistic means of communicating to the public is irrelevant; as Ireland, also mixed-up a few legitimate concerns about that public prosecuting office. But in general, Joyce is a stand-up lady with some question-marks-of-improvements
surrounding her office.

It’s easy to openly criticize Joyce, but what has Ireland or any other community leader, preacher or politician done to help make that office more empowered. The realty—if there is a real 98% stat on blacks committing most of the City crimes, hiring even an “all” black staff doesn’t bolt well for less criminal activities. As a matter of fact a high ratio of black-on-black crime will..................

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  WHIRL EDITORIAL:   

Police Chief Dan Isom

Chief Daniel Isom, Ph.D. — His Last Roll Call — “He’s The Cheapest Man, I Know”

We were running to the St. Louis Police Department’s headquarters about twenty minutes late for the official out-going St. Louis Police Chief, Dr. Daniel Isom’s Last Roll Call.

If you can recall those old cop movies, when the chief or another high-ranking officer of the law stood over his men (today, women), to make sure everyone was present. Those sessions included agenda items of sorts and who were the “Most Wanted Crooks” of the day. There was often high drama.

There was no high drama, the other day, but there were some light-hearted comedic moments; and lots of thick praise by top ranking politicians, local and state law enforcement officials. It was a time to show significant appreciation to one of the city’s most educated, and most controversial top cops (without any major scandals) controversial because he reportedly ran out of the department “the old way of policing,” which often carried a high level of racial biased. He was a far better chief in that regards –– better than Ronald Henderson, Clarence Harmon and even my buddy, Joe Mokwa.

Dapper dressed, Lt. Colonel Alfred Adkins, chief of detectives had the biggest laugh when he retorted with, “I’ve known Chief Isom for years, and he’s one of the cheapest guys I know,” as the audience howled. “I always ended up paying for..................

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  OPENS CHRISTMAS DAY AT A THEATER NEAR YOU:   

Django Theatrical Relase Poster  

Django Unchained is a Fictitious Historical Look into the Antebellum South

as told by Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) and Reginald Hudlin (House Party)

This Christmas the movie going public will have an opportunity to witness on the big screen the inward thoughts and fantasies of many African Americans who grew up during the sixties and seventies who at one time or another wondered if they were a slave what they would do, this is coming from 150 years post Emancipation Proclamation.

Django Unchained is set two years before the Civil War a time when secession was the cry of the south and slavery was its back bone to continued prosperity.  Into this world enter the characters that make the story of Django come to life in classic Tarantino style.

Django Unchained stars Academy Award winners Jamie Foxx (Ray) Christopher Waltz (Inglorious Bastards) Academy Award nominees Leonardo Dicaprio (Titanic) Kerry Washington (Ray -Scandal)  and Samuel L Jackson (Pulp Fiction and The Avengers).

Django Unchained pays homage to multiple genres in films such as the Spaghetti Westerns of the sixties the Asian Vengeance and Blaxploitation films of the seventies.

Reginald Hudlin (House Party- Boomerang) is the associate producer and much like Tarantino is an avid student and professor of film history and having successfully directed wrote and produced films that stared many of the stars of Django this duel team up may be one of the reasons it was given a green light by Hollywood not to mention the story content.

Not Another Slave Movie

Considering that most period pieces are a difficult sell to our modern public, films containing slavery as the back-story is doomed from the start because it runs the risk of offending a large movie going public and runs the risk of being historically inaccurate.

Hollywood attempted to tell the story of slaves in films such as the racist classics like DW Griffiths silent “ Birth of a Nation” 1915 and “Gone With the Wind” 1939 both films along with multiple versions of “Uncle Toms Cabin” depicted the African American slave as dimwitted lazy, shuffling, and wiling to do any thing to appease his or her master.

It wasn’t until the late 1960s and 70s that the black superman and woman started Taking It to the Man; and fighting back on equal ground. Character’s such as Shaft, Hammer, Coffee and Cleopatra Jones were written to stand toe to toe against a common racist enemy and in 1975 and 1976 Mandingo and Drum were two films that attempted to parlay the same theme into the era of slavery depicting American slavery as a lustful, hateful and murderous institution.

Slavery in Real History

In 1989 and 1997 Glory and Amistad were released offering a fictional story of true events that took place in American history, such as the real life of the Unions’ all Colored 54th Infantry of Massachusetts during the Civil War. Amistad was released in 1997 with some critical acclaim introducing the public to an historical event of a slave ship revolt led by Cinque of the Mende tribe in Africa. Both films received critical acclaim but did not make box office magic. Only Glory won multiple Academy Awards, one given to Denzel Washington for best supporting actor.

    
 
Django Now and How?

  
Both Hudlin and Tarantino have an all star Academy Award winning and nominated cast that has worked well together previously in both Tarantino and Hudlin films, as a result of Tarantino and Hudlin’s respect for films both foreign and domestic Django Unchained is truly an ensemble cast that stretches back as far as the first Spaghetti western film of the same name, Django (1966) that stared Franco Nero and also including Bruce Dern who is best known for his bad guy rolls going up against the likes of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood (Without his chair).

Today’s Hollywood executives are of the late Baby Boomer age and as such they probably grew up knowing and befriending African Americans. The conversation about slavery may not be as taboo as it was for previous generations. The new Hollywood is at least willing to open a door that for the most part was closed out of fear.
Slavery is a common bond for many African Americans and for the most part it is looked upon jokingly,  identifying with it as a true part of our nation’s history but also in our modern society it can now be allowed to offer the movie going public a motion picture that all adult can enjoy watching as a hero in this African American revenge fantasy…gets to have his  “ James Brown said it best “ Big Payback.”

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Here’s Where We Play - Over 400 retail purchase outlets that sell the Evening Whirl:

  DOWNTOWN AREA 

Jefferson-Delmar Mobil, Delmar & Jefferson
Salama Market, 14th & Cass
Salisbury Phillips 66, 1113 Salisbury @ I-70
Salisbury Amoco, Salisbury & I-70
Phillips 66 Service Station, 2800 N. Florissant
Montgomery’s Amoco, 2005 N Florissant
J&W Liquor Store, 3001 N. Florissant
Natural Bridge Amoco, 3530 Natural Bridge
Mobil Mart, 3710 N. Grand @ N.B.
Flamingo Pkg. Liquor, Cass & Jefferson

  NORTH CITY 

M.L. King Amoco, Union & M.L. King
King’s Amoco, Kingshighway & M.L. King
Pine Cedar Amoco, 4700 Shreve
Grand Central Amoco, Page & Grand
Phillips 66 Service Station, Grand & Page
Conoco, 7212 Broadway
West Florissant Amoco, 4126 W. Florissant
Phillips 66, Riverview & Broadway
PX Liquors, 7848 N. Broadway
Harold Flora, 7000 West Florissant
St. Louis Supermarket, Newstead & Nat. Bridge
PX Liquors, 4900 Natural Bridge

  MIDTOWN, CWE & WEST END 

J&B Liquor, 2510 N Grand
Johnson’s AMOCO, 205 S. Vandeventer
Phillips 66, Lindell & Boyle
725 Liquor, 725 N. Taylor
Mobil Mart, Delmar & Kingshighway
Westside Amoco, 710 Goodfellow & Delmar
Phillip 66 Service, 5003 Goodfellow & Nat. Bridge
Natural Bridge Mobil, 5750 Natural Bridge

  SOUTH CITY 

South Kingshighway Amoco, Kingshighway &
Southwest
7-11 Morganford, 3100 Morganford
Phillips 66, 3555 Dunn Rd.
Joel’s Shell Mart, 1815 Arsenal @ I-55
South Broadway Citgo, 3605 S. Broadway
Unlimited 66, 4347 S Broadway
7-ELEVEN Gravois, 3765 Gravois
7-ELEVEN, 2607 Gravios
Citgo, 1314 Gravois
Bates Amoco, Virginia & Bates
7-ELEVEN, 4300 Chippewa
South Grand Market, 3232 S. Grand
AMOCO/BP, 3182 S. Grand
Phillips 66, 5000 S. Grand
Conoco Serv. Station, 2323 S. Jefferson
The Village Too, 4164 S. Grand
AMOCO/BP, South Grand @ I-44
Sullin’s Phillips 66, 305 E. Kirkham (Webster Groves)

  NORTH COUNTY 

Mobil, 3675 Dunn & New Halls Ferry
Conoco, 10901 Old Halls Ferry
BP Amoco, Parker Rd. & Hwy. 367
509 Package Liquor, 11717 N. Halls Ferry
Conoco, 1210 S. Florissant Rd.
Quick Buy, 8886 Jennings Stat. Rd
Riverview Shell, 1199 Riverview
Jennings Conv. Store, 9311 Lewis & Clark
Stelmacki Super Market, 9965 Lewis & Clark
Stop & Go, 10113 Lewis & Clark
Charlie’s Foods, 12316 Bellafontaine Rd.
Elite Food, 8516 Airport
Check Doctor, 8360 Airport
Mobil Service, N. Hanley & Frost (Berkeley)
Larimore Liquor, 11048 Larimore Rd.
Conoco, 2401 Chambers
Good Time Liquor, 9916 Halls Ferry Rd
Phillips 66, 1955 Chambers
Amoco, 9305 Lewis & Clark
Mobil Service, Hanley Rd (Berkeley)
Phillips 66, 9300 Lewis & Clark
Mobil, 10320 Bellefontaine Rd.
Mobil, Dunn Rd. & I-270
Phillip’s 66, 6001 W. Florissant
Mobil East, Bellafontaine
Shop & Gas, 11005 Old Halls Ferry

  MID NORTH COUNTY 

Cool Valley Amoco, I-70 & Florissant Rd.
Florissant Amoco, 1032 S. Florissant Rd.
Shell, Lucas & Hunt & I-70
Mobil East, 8835 Natural Bridge

  MID WEST COUNTY 

Beverly Hills, 6714 Natural Bridge
Sinclair Service Stat, Olive & Hanley
7-11 Olive, 8200 Olive St.
Citgo Service Station, 7329 St. Charles Rock Rd.
U-City Amoco, 6700 Olive
7-ELEVEN, St. Charles Rock Rd. & Lackland
World Newsstand (Clayton), 4 S. Central

  EAST SIDE 

Walgreen’s, 25th & State
Crown Foods, Collinsville & M.L. King
Crown Foods, 8301 States
Crown Foods, 2419 State
Pirtle’s Variety, 2500 Ridge
Crown Foods, 306 Riverpark Dr.
ESTL Supermarket, 2434 Bond

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Consumer Rights: Let’s We Forget—Fix Election Day Snafus 

By Mike Owens, Esquire  

The People Have Spoken

Driving the Middle Class Off Cliff Will Be Devastating

Sleeping Outdoors In The Cold – Dramatizes Homeliness

GOP Voter Suppression Fueled Black Turnout

  WEB-ONLY EDITION   

By K.Gerard Thomas

The People Have Spoken

On November 6, 2012 history was made when the first African American to be elected president of the United States was given a second term in office by the democratic will of the people.  President Barrack Obama (D) and Vice President Joe Biden won an uncontestable election against Republican nominee former Gov. of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate Wisconsin Representative Paul Ryan.

The final Electoral College vote tally including Florida is Obama 332 to Romney 203.  Both campaigns spent a total of 5.8 billion when you factor in the super Pac money making this the most expensive presidential campaign in history.

What Happened?

The democratic presidential election process in the United Stated requires that the popular vote takes a back seat to the electoral college vote which determines who will win the right to control the executive branch of our government.

If not for a self inflicted injury that occurred during the first Obama Romney debate on October 3rd Mitt Romney’s chances of winning would have fallen by the way side a month ago but due to the presidents poor performance Mitt Romney’s popularity began to rise in the polls and what was considered a possible slam dunk for president Obama became a nightmare for the progressive and even the independent voters who were concerned about the Republican over reaching radical mandates from repeal of Obama Care,  Defunding Planned Parent Hood, PBS, Head Start and turning Medicare into a voucher system just to name a few.

Polls and Pundits

 
Similar to how the OJ Simpson trial opened the flood gate to a host of ½ hour trial for television programs making celebrities out of lawyers and judges and the election of the first African American president opened a new door to a plethora of alleged political polling specialist and so called expert political pundits.

After the 2008 election of Barack Obama election polls became the structure by which the media broadcasters and press report all or most political news.  The new celebrity pundits and poll watchers spent almost four years dissecting the whose, the what’s, and the whys of how the voting electorates will respond to a particular candidate or issue.

The main stream media and the Washington belt way press made a calculated decision to push a 50/50 blame agenda between the two candidates both parties are to blame for the ills that plagued our nation from CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC and the print media.  They also calculated that over saturating their audience with daily poll tracking would some how influence the race. 

We the People

It appeared by some social studies experts and news pundits that the press was derelict in not fully vetting Mitt Romney’s financial back ground and examining how truly felt about the 47 percent of Americans in which he was surreptitiously taped saying he could not spend his time worrying about them. Some member’s of the voting public will vote based on claimed values and political party loyalty even if their candidate or their party platform is clearly flawed and out dated. These are the issues that change how the changing diverse voters responded on Election Day.

 We have entered a technical information age when online bloggers are better informed on political candidates then the so called master journalist proving in 2012 that the so called conventional wisdom of burying an investigative story hurt how the public views the press as well as the politicians. The GOP voter suppression stories were online driven much like Kony 2012. It was not considered a great issue in the mainstream media but it was know doubt an issue that made a difference in voter the turn out.

There is a story reported in the Miami Herald of a female voter named Alfie Fernandez who is a wife and mother that waited in line for 3 hours to vote early on Saturday Nov 4th and had to leave to take her daughter to a previous planned engagement.

Alfie returned again to vote on in the morning of election day on Nov 6, and she waited in line for another two hours and had to go to work, Alfie returned again at 7pm and stood in line until pass 12am; when asked why she kept coming back.. her response was she wanted to make sure her vote was counted for President Obama (even though by that time he already won).

One of the many finishing narratives of this election is Polls and Pundits are not always the best method of examining the heart and will of the people.   
   

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Editor’s Note: K Gerard Thomas is a St. Louis born, LA raised Educator, Writer and Journalist who's reported  for such publications as the St. Louis Evening Whirl (Entertainment Editor), the LA Watts Times, The Wave, and others. Thomas possesses a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business Marketing and holds degrees in both Broadcast  Communications, Journalism and Theology.

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By the Honorable Barack Obama 

Driving the Middle Class Off Cliff Will Be Devastating

Four years after the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes, our economy is growing again and creating jobs. But we have much more to do. Our task now is to build on that progress. Because this nation only succeeds when we’ve got a growing, thriving middle class.

 
That’s what drives me. That’s what I campaigned on for the past year. That’s what will guide me in our work over the next four years. And I’m willing to work with anyone of any party to move this country forward.

Because soon, we face a very clear deadline that requires us to make some big decisions on jobs and taxes; on investments and deficits. Both parties voted to set this deadline. And I believe both parties can work together to make these decisions in a balanced and responsible way.

When it comes to taxes, for example, there are two pathways available.

 
One says, if Congress fails to act by the end of the year, then everybody’s taxes automatically go up – including the 98% of Americans who make less than $250,000 a year. Our economy can’t afford that right now. You can’t afford that right now. And nobody wants that to happen.

The other path is for Congress to pass a law right away to prevent a tax hike on the first $250,000 of anyone’s income. That means all Americans – including the wealthiest Americans – get a tax cut. And 98 percent of Americans, and 97 percent of all small business owners, won’t see their income taxes go up a single dime.

 
The Senate has already passed a bill like this. Democrats in the House are ready to pass one, too. All we need is for Republicans in the House to come on board.

 
We shouldn’t hold the middle class hostage while Congress debates tax cuts for the wealthy. Let’s begin our work by actually doing what we all agree on. Let’s keep taxes low for the middle class. And let’s get it done soon – so we can give families and businesses some good news going into the holiday season.

I know these challenges won’t be easy to solve. But we can do it if we work together.

 
That’s why on Friday I sat down with Congressional leaders to discuss how we can reduce our deficit in a way that strengthens our economy and protects our middle class. It was a constructive meeting. And everyone agreed that while we may have our differences, we need to come together, find solutions and take action as soon as possible.

 
Because if anything, that’s the message I heard loud and clear in the election. Work as hard as you can to make our lives better. And do it together.

 
Don’t worry about the politics. Just get the job done.

 
Everywhere I went in that campaign – from farms in Iowa to the Vegas strip; from Colorado’s Rockies to the Florida coast – I was inspired by the grit and resilience of the American people, by your hard work and sense of decency. And it makes me want to work even harder for you. I saw it again this week in New York, where our fellow citizens are going through a really tough time, but are helping each other through it. And we’re going to be there to help them rebuild.

 
Every single day, the good people of this country work as hard as you can to meet your responsibilities. Those of us you sent to Washington are going to do the same. 

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Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed by U.S. President Barack Obama are not necessarily those of this newspaper. Voice your concerns via letter to the editor to: nycbozo1999@yahoo.com.

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