Why Is Talley Rich?? And Why Is He Still Wearing A Red Hot Sausage Casing?!

Since I've been cramming for my Statistics Final

...since 7-ish tonight, I decided I needed a well-earned break, so I perused to my fave entertainment sites
...sigh...
Why? Why did I insist on clicking the link??

The Hotmessness known as Talley, has spilled over into 2008
SMH

Why did he insist on bringing his hot sausage casing to a soiree??
Does he think it makes him look slimming??


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Venus Williams, Karl Lagerfeld, Andre Leon Talley (above)
*Talley's afraid Karl Lagerfeld's going to spill his concoction on his snausage casing*

I wrote about him 6 mos ago in October.

There he goes looking like a red-hot, I have the hankering for sauerkraut, and mustard.
Help me.

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Well, I've cracked on Talley long enough.

It's hard to believe he works for Vogue.

Oh well, it takes all kinds, I guess.

Alright...time to get back to my statistics-

PRAY FOR ME

:p

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I'm Alllll Cried Out Over Youuuuuuuu...(body of Christ)

(sing to beat of "All Cried Out" by Lisa-Lisa & Cult Jam)
All alone on a Sunday evening...
I decided to see what Ann is bloggginnnng, whoa whooooa
Inside I'm slowly smiling
Cuz I like Ann's blogging stylllinnnngggg..

And you, don't you know my smile turned into a frownnnn
Looking at Ann's post, I looked up and looked downnnn
Aren't these people supposed to be saveddd?
So tell me why are they and the world so closely behavvedddd????

I, I feel like my prayers' in vainn
God you are such a treasure
But my heart is in so muchhh pain...
And you (body of Christ), make people so confused
Now I'm all cried out over you

Oh, you. Im over you, oooh.


God didn't want to see things go this way
We choose to go astray, oh, why are such a fool?

But we think the grass is greener [why oh why]
Its not too late find our way back home
How could we be so wrong? [Leavin' God all alone]

Don't you know the hell is a hot infernoooo
Sin and life in flames, and God won't take the blame
You were the one who was unrepentantttt [I'm so sorry]
Apology not accepted, onto hell cuz God has consentedddd

Heee (God) gave His Only Son (gave you all of him)
He knows that we are weak...but we can come to him easilyyyy
I, I don't know what to do
I'm all cried out [I'm all] over you [I'm cried out too]

[Whoa, whoa...]

Ah, I feel like my prayers' in vain
God I know that you're a treasure
But my heart is in toooo muuch pain
And Churrrrchhh [you leave people confused]
now I'm all cried out
Now I'm all cried ouutttttttt
Over youuuuuu

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I said all of that because of this:
Meet Chonae Vernon (see video below)
She's a PK (Preacher's Kid).
She's not just any preacher's kid. Chonae's the daughter of Pastor R.A. & Victory Vernon. Their church is a megachurch called "The Word" Church of Cleveland, OH. Chonae and her family have decided to appear on MTV's "Super Sweet 16" show, (the channel that BET strives to emulate) and put on a soiree for all of the "world" (and I mean that literally) to see.


(if the Church follow's the world, who shall the world follow??)
This video is divided in 4 parts. The first vid is 6 min long...that was enough for me.
After viewing the video, please scroll down and read the comments left on the site by Christians. In case anyone needs a reminder...CHRISTIANS ARE NOT TO CONFORM TO THIS WORLD (Romans 12:2) We're not to love the world, lust of flesh- eyes, and pride of life is of the world (1 John 2:15-17) As parents we're to train our children according to the way they should go (towards God) -Proverbs 22:6. Loving and SPOILING (not just material, but in not being firm)our kids are not the same thing.
This is sadness (and I only viewed 6 minutes).
Villagers, what say you??

• MTV
• Music Videos
• MTV Shows
• Entertainment News

drumbeat to Ann of The Old Black Church for the heads up!
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Time To Wrap This Mess Up!

BISHOP WEEKS AND EVANGELIST BYNUM LOSING SIGHT: Weeks and Bynum's public affairs proves that they've lost sight of God's purpose.

On August 21, 2007 Bishop Weeks and Evangelist Bynum of Global Destiny Ministries were in a public domestic dispute and confrontation. Juanita Bynum and witnesses accused her husband Weeks of physically abusing her. Married on July 22, 2002 in a public wedding, told to be valued at five million, the couple then combined their ministries.

In the recent Essence issue Bynum gets candid about the marriage that effectively ended on August 21st at a meeting that was supposed to be a discussion on mending the marriage. The Pentecostal Prophetess accused Weeks of physical, verbal and emotional abuse, of which he has denied, but yet later confesses to his congregation that, "the devil made me do it." Bynum said she accepted the Essence interview request to squash the accusations of her husband. He in turn publishes a tell-all book, according to www.ajc.com titled "What Love Taught Me" (Global Destiny Publishing), which he pulled 48 hours later, promising those who had already purchased it that he would reissue it later.

According to AJC.com he claims that it was Evangelist Bynum who pleaded for the meeting that August 21st because she "wanted to use Global Destiny Church to help raise funds for her mentorship classes and wanted to solidify the location to make her commercial." She on the other hand in, her Essence interview said it was he who pleaded for the meeting to talk about mending the marriage.

Since the split Weeks was evicted from his two million dollar country club estate and was threatened eviction from his church, but made payment arrangements and saved that action. He is also facing a law suit from a former employee for $90,000. She claims that she brought, at his request, $90,000 in items for the church but was never paid back.

According to www.assatashakur.org, Afroamerica said an eyewitness attending a prayer group meeting lead by Tele-evangelist Bynum, said the attendees were told to purchase a t-shirt (with the church's name on it) and if not, they couldn't attend the next meeting. That same eyewitness said that two weeks previously Bishop Weeks told his congregation that those who didn't pay their tithing would be getting a letter stating that they couldn't attend his church until they do.

It seems they both have lost sight of God's purpose for them, to spread God's gospel. Sometimes when God's people loose sight of what He asks or directs them to do, they loose his grace and guidance.

That's what the Weeks/Bynum drama is an example of. Their sight became full of "the business," "the tidings" and the public prestige. Unfortunately, they are not alone; many sometimes loose sight of what God wants/directs them to do, getting prideful and thinking that "they" created their successes.
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Taking Pics of "Hot Rod" Gets Doc Fired-Stat!

Rx for DR:

Take 2 Anti-Stupidity Pills 4x's day.
Do not Mix with Cell Phone-adverse affects may result

PHOENIX - A surgeon who took photos of a patient's tattooed genitals and showed them to colleagues at a Phoenix hospital is out of a job.

In a statement posted Friday on the Mayo Clinic Hospital Web site, CEO Denis Cortese states Dr. Adam Hansen "is no longer practicing medicine at Mayo Clinic."

The hospital held a disciplinary hearing for Hansen earlier this week and said he could be fired. Officials declined to specify if he was fired or stepped down.
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Hansen, chief resident of general surgery, admitted taking a photo with his cell phone Dec. 11 of a tattoo on strip club owner Sean Dubowik's penis which reads "Hot Rod."

Dubowik, who had undergone a gallbladder operation, learned of the photo Monday.
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Hospital officials are also trying to identify the person who initially reported the incident and Dubowik's name to the media.

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He completed med school, but wasn't smart enough to realize- frat boy idiocies wouldn't be kept secret?!

Dr. Jan Adams-Oops! He did it Again!

This photo was NOT taken by a professional photographer. In fact this is Dr.(i use the title loosely) Jan Adams, MUGSHOT after being charged with a DUI.

Someone needs to get this man off the street, he's a danger to himself and others. Click the link below and you can get a list of charges...he's been bedfellows with the Law for some time now.

I don't understand why Discovery Channel allowed him to continue to host their show "Plastic Surgery:Before /After" when it's apparent this man has SERIOUSLY deep rooted issues.

This man is a seriously hot mess.

Put him under the jail, he's killing, disfiguring, and driving drunk! ENOUGH ALREADY!

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Andre Leon-You Are Under ARREST!

And He Represents, Vogue Magazine?!
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Just because Andre's cool with Oprah & J Hud
it still gives him no just cause to come out (in public no less) looking like a) a choir member who was a guinea pig for her best friend's sewing class
b) The next marlon/wizard in J.K. Rowing's future (??) movie
c) Cousin Hattie
d) a satin pillow or
e) red hot sausage.
I just want to split him open in the middle and add relish & mustard!
2 badges-cuz he's double the foolywang!
He get 4 tickets and a crash course in reminding him who he works for-VOGUE, man!!!!
I give J-Hud a crack across the knuckles for coming out in public w/Andre, and pretending she's cool with that outlandish get-up!

And because I'm feeling nice-I'm going to give Andre a voucher to ABC's Ugly Betty's fashion closet so he can get hooked up!
You better recognize Andre, us everyday people have our eyes on you!

Yes...WHAT WOULD WAL-MART THINK?!

DEF JAM DENIES 'N-WORD' FOR NAS ALBUM: Source says 'How would that look at Wal-Mart?'
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*A source close to Island Def Jam Group chairman Antonio "L.A." Reid is now claiming that the new album from Nas will not be called the N-word as the rapper had announced during a concert Friday night in New York.
"There is no album release by Nas on the release schedule at this point," the source told FOX News. "And they would be unlikely to release an album with that title. How would that look at Wal-Mart?"
Before anyone from Def Jam could even address Nas' statement, Rev. Jesse Jackson and the NAACP had already issued comments condemning the artist for the announced title.
"The title using the 'N' word is morally offensive and socially distasteful," Jackson said in a statement. "Nas has the right to degrade and denigrate in the name of free speech, but there is no honor in it. Radio and television stations have no obligation to play it and self-respecting people have no obligation to buy it."
"I wish he would use his talents to lift up and inspire, not degrade, making mockery of racism," he added.
"We will not support and we will not continually be assailed by other individuals who want to use that type of term in our presence" said national NAACP spokesman Richard McIntire, according to Fox News. "This has gone on long enough."

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I was hoping the record company couldn't be that stupid.

People get upset that Jesse Jackson, and Sharpton are always on TV, but if idiots in our community, would catch, grab, beg, borrow, steal or buy a clue-it wouldn't be necessary. I'm hoping one day...before I die..we as a people can get it together.

I'd even settle for...'on the way to getting it together.'

I just want to say to Nas: NI**A, R U CRAZY?!
Ivent

Anger Management Classes Are Not An Option:

Man Gets 20-Year Sentence for Hot Oven Assault
source: black america web

NEWARK, N.J. - (AP) A man convicted of beating his wife's lover and then stuffing the unconscious man into a hot oven was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Isaiah Kinney, 43, held Floyd Simmons on the floor while an accomplice, Gloria Jones, repeatedly smashed Simmons' head with a table leg at the victim's East Orange home in January 2006.
Kinney and Jones, 43, then dragged Simmons to the kitchen, removed the racks from a lit oven, and shoved him face-up inside, prosecutor Peter Sepulveda said.

UPDATE 5,438: DEBACLE AKA WEEKS/BYNUM'S HOT MESS

THOMAS WEEKS FILES RESPONSE TO BYNUM'S DIVORCE PETITION: Even though he's seeking alimony, Bishop says he will 'take the high road.'
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***From The Keyboard of Ivent: Let's keep it real...we all know this man is in debt up to his split ends. No one is surprised he's seeking alimony...or is it palimony (when it's a male)? Should he get it yay? or nay? In my humble opinion, I say "yay." I believe he incurred (most) debts by trying to keep up with his wife--not the Jones'. I believe he was attempting to live up to her convolutedly, warped expectations. But as I said...that's my humble opinion. To the right of this page, cast your vote and tell me...should he receive financial support, yes or no?

And now, back to our regularly scheduled post***

Juanita Bynum's estranged husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks III, recently filed his response to Bynum's divorce filing.
In the filing, Weeks -- like Bynum -- is seeking relief in the divorce, alimony or other support granted by the court. He also asked that the debt be split equitably, not in half. The response was filed in Gwinnett County Superior Court on October 3.
In an article published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, one of Weeks' attorneys said he is trying his best not to make specific requests; he is going to take the high road.
Bynum's publicist said the televangelist had no comment.
Bynum has accused Weeks of beating, stomping and choking her in an Atlanta hotel parking lot on August 21. Weeks was charged with felony aggravated assault, felony terrorist threats and simple battery.
Weeks' attorney said his client has not ruled out adding other arguments in his response to the divorce petition.
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This is going to get real ugly, real quick.

Intercessors, get ta' prayin' NOW!

Ivent

File This Under: Let The Games Begin...

Bynum's Husband Denies Abuse, Files Counterclaim
Date: Wednesday, October 03, 2007By: Errin Haines, Associated Press

(source: blackamericaweb.com)

ATLANTA - (AP) The husband of televangelist Juanita Bynum denies that he treated her cruelly and says they have not been continuously separated since June, as her divorce petition alleges.
Attorneys for Thomas W. Weeks III were expected to file his counterclaim for divorce later Wednesday. The four-page document goes beyond simply answering Bynum's petition and makes a case for Weeks.
"Now they have each asked for a divorce," said Randy Kessler, one of Weeks' attorneys.
In the response, Weeks admits to most of the allegations in Bynum's complaint, but denies her assertion that the two have been separated since June. Weeks said they spent one night together in August that boosted his hopes for reconciliation.

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All I have to say is...I'll be glad when this hot-mess is a thing of the past!!

Ivent

W.D.J.T???

*sigh*

I am a huge fan of Melvin Jones. Melvin Jones of pulpit-pimps.org. He keeps it real, tells it like it is, and has SCRIPTURES to back his words. Having said that...I've visited his site today and read his post (always informative), and was disturbed by the "Church" yet again.

After reading Melvin's post I couldn't help but ask...W.D.J.T (What Does Jesus Think?) Brothers and Sisters, below is Melvin's post. Read it for yourself (and shake your head in disgust, dismay, add your own adjective here___________):

The Temple on the Kettering

Posted by Melvin Jones on September 24th, 2007

Before I start the posting, I would like to dedicate it with a song by our official Hymnist and Mongoose, GaryV. It is sung to the tune of “Amazing Grace.”

Let’s praise the dollar with our voices! Everybody now!!!

Amazing waste, with Dolby Sound

And JumboTron® sized screens,

The marble’s gloss is worth the cost

The sheeple pay the lien.
T’was Jakes that taught poor John to shear

and fleece the wand’ring sheep

How precious did that cash appear

The hour they first deceived Come,

take a Starbucks to your chair

Recline and rest your feet

An ATM is built right in

To print out your receipt
This Sunday we have TD Jakes

Next week it’s Joel Osteen

And if the off’ring lags too much

Steve Munsey’s in the wings
When we’ve been gone a thousand years

And this old world is done

God will appraise Amazing Waste

By fire through His Son Amazing Waste,

they don’t expound

The Word unto the sheep

But you can get fresh bagels there

With jelly or cream cheese.
Amen

I made it out to the Mausoleum, Memorial and Museum Dedication and Mutual Admiration Event this past Wednesday. Between John telling us how wonderful T. Dexter is, and T. Dexter telling us how wonderful John Jenkins is, I thought they were going to start their own Big Dog Mutual Admiration Society right then and there. But more on that later.
I made a mistake, by the way.

In one article I said that the building was 120, 000 square feet. According to the Washington Post and the Souvenir Program, the building is actually 205,000 square feet. Here is an excerpt from the Post :

"The multimillion-dollar church building, one of the region’s largest at 205,000 square feet, includes a bookstore and several classrooms. It was designed by HH Architects of Dallas, which specializes in mega-churches." *quotes added by Ivent*

I’ve nattered on enough about the size in a previous post. I won’t revisit that.
I got to the church about 7:05 and the parking lot was already full. I had to park across the street in the little school’s parking lot. By the time I got back to the parking lot later that evening, the school parking lot was full as well.

For now I’ll attribute this to the fact that T. Dexter, the next Billy Graham was speaking.
Coming in the main entrance, one of the first things you see is the bookstore. Given my love of books, and considering the fact that you can tell where a person stands based on the books in his library, I made a beeline for the store. Here’s the fist thing I saw:

(see pic above, left )

Yeah, a great big blow up of John Jenkins and the First Lady. (Sorry about that all you second and third string ladies out there) And here’s the second picture

(see pic above on right)

Right again – it’s a huge blow-up of John. Maybe I could understand them if they were in some way tied to the grand opening. But these items don’t appear to be related to the grand opening at all. There is no reference to the grand opening. So tell me again that this is all about Jesus Christ and Him glorified.

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To read this post in it's entirety, go to http://www.pulpit-pimps.org/ dated September 24,2007. Bro. Melvin wrote a lengthy and informed post of his visit at this "mausoleum."

Bigger may be better to the world, but big edifices does not give you "go-straight-to-heaven" card. THIS IS NOT MONOPOLY, however these "leaders" are playing games with their lives, and those of God's people.

Only the weak, vulnerable, insecure and lazy (who don't read the bible because is tedious, or a chore) eat the chocolate (strawberry, caramel, add your favorite topping here ______________)-dipped words of these PROPHELYING leaders.

You better recognize, what is God and what isn't. God clearly says if any man lacks wisdom, ASK and it shall be given unto-LIBERALLY (paraphrasing James 1:5). In other words, first you have to ASK God for wisdom, and when he gives it to you, HE GIVE A LOT! What happens if you shake salt liberally on your chicken? When you eat it it's salty. Whom have you heard, after asking God for wisdom, is complaining because they're too wisdom-y?!

You better recognize (yep I said it twice--this is serious) WHO you are, AND WHOSE you are! You do not belong to your pastor...(i don't care how much you say "my pastor said..." "my pastor, my pastor...") YOU beloved, belong to God. The author and finisher of your faith. The one who died on the cross FOR YOUR SINS!

Will your pastor do that for you? Don't answer.

If you are guilty of committing idolatry, i.e., if you believe and follow the pastor regardless of the Bible's wisdom. If you know your pastor has misquoted, given erroneous information, acted unbecoming etc, and you justify the actions-this post is for you.

Repent. Confess your sins and ask God to forgive you and repent (turn away from) with a sincere heart.

I love you, but Christ loves you more-you better recognize.

Ivent.