20 Minutes With Mandela That Changed My Life | HuffPost
It was one of the moments I have cherished my entire life. The crowning achievement of a career. An audience with Nelson Mandela that first requires some initial perspective. When you grow up in the Housing Projects of NYC, and where perhaps only a Dr. Martin Luther...
Report: Saudis to admit journalist was killed in detention gone wrong
The Saudi Arabian government is preparing a report that would assert Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a U.S. resident, was killed during an interrogation that went awry, according to CNN and other media outlets. Citing unnamed sources, CNN reported that the Saudis...
Go Mekeya!!!
Look at that office! I'm upstate in Troy/Albany NY. Got to visit my niece Mekeya Carter, who is "doing her thing" as a Property Manager. Source: (5) Dominic Carter
Selena Gomez, Nick Cannon and my wife Marilyn – Dominic Carter – Medium
I didn’t know what LUPUS was. I didn’t know that LUPUS can kill you. My my wife took ill, twenty-five years ago after my son’s birth. Marilyn’s energy slowed, arthritic pain set in and a rash appeared on the bridge over her nose and cheeks. Red deep purplish spots...
After New York limo crash, act before more celebrations turn deadly
Seventeen friends and relatives headed to a brewery in Cooperstown, New York, for a birthday party and beer tasting. They did everything to make their celebration safe, even hiring a small bus to ensure that no one would get behind the wheel drunk. Everything went...
Hurricane Michael: Florida tourism resiliency tested in storm
Devastating hurricanes, dead fish on the beaches and green slime in canals and rivers: Florida's No. 1 industry just can't catch a break. First came Hurricane Irma, which clobbered the Florida Keys and parts of Lee and Collier counties last September. Then came...
Michelle Obama: George W. Bush is ‘my partner in crime’
Obama expressed her affection for Bush after being asked about the moment when Bush handed her a cough drop at the Sept. 1 funeral of the late Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain. The moment, which happened at the National Cathedral in Washington, went viral on social...
College football winners and losers led by Pac-12 losing playoff hopes
Oregon’s overtime win against rival Washington opens a path for the Ducks to be a major-bowl factor while nearly slamming the door for the Pac-12 Conference and its hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff. Earlier on Saturday afternoon, Notre Dame rode a late...
Alabama grocery store refuses to sell Pepsi products with NFL logo | Fox News
The S&Z Grocery in Athens, Ala., announced on Facebook that the store will not sell Pepsi products with the NFL logo until the league stops allowing players to “bow down and disrespect the flag and country that I love.” Source: Alabama grocery store refuses to...
Dominic Carter at Casper Wyoming NAMI Conference
The conference begins today at the Ramada Plaza Riverside with an awards banquet, and Saturday will feature a number of local and national speakers. Dominic Carter, a veteran news anchor, will speak about experiences growing up with a mother with schizophrenia....
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Bronx Outrage: NYPD shooting of Elderly Black woman, Eleanor Bumpurs all over again
Here we go again. 32 years later. Police Commissioner James O’Neill says the NYPD did not follow procedures on how to handle the mentally ill in the fatal police shooting of 66 year old Deborah Danner in her Bronx apartment. “We do have policies and procedures for...
The Campaign has Taken a Turn for the Worst
Trump has a new attack on Hillary Clinton over Bill Clinton's sexual indiscretions.....and Hillary Clinton is legitimately going after "The Donald" over apparently NOT paying taxes for some 20 years. This while the candidates face off SUNDAY for their Second Debate in...
From a Fellow Moderator, Good Luck to Lester Holt
I'm happy to say that as someone who has moderated a Hillary Clinton debate before, I made The Washington Post two days in a row. In this article from yesterday, I talked about an issue that no one wants to put in public - the issue of the race of the moderator (and...
Debate Bar is low for Trump
The bar is so low for Trump Monday night, that if he just behaves, he can emerge the winner. The bar is so high for Hillary Clinton, that almost no matter what she does, she’s the one walking the tight rope, and cannot win the game of expectations. Having moderated a...
Hillary’s Health Scare “unhealthy penchant for privacy,” a Game Changer
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00YB6t4bU_M[/embedyt] Now we apparently know why Hillary was coughing. The diagnosis of pneumonia came from her doctor Friday, but it was never disclosed to the press. To some this will be understandable. After all,...
Trump puts Russia on the Ballot, Gets away with it
Donald Trump being cozy with Russian President Vladimir Putin should be a deal-breaker in the presidential campaign. But it won't. It's just another illustration of the double standard of what Trump gets away with, and Hillary Clinton cannot. Imagine if the roles...
Hillary Finally Takes Questions From Reporters. Is She Judged Unfairly?
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Jo4P-KNXs[/embedyt] Ok. Let’s have a candid moment. Of course, during this presidential contest where Hillary Clinton is in the fight of her political life against Donald Trump, (and he may very well, win the election)...
End J’Ouvert. What is there left to seriously consider?
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRLm6-FLz80[/embedyt] All the additional NYPD floodlights didn’t stop the violence. Nor did the posted signs asking members of the community to do not shoot or do not stab anyone. Leaders are decisive. J’Ouvert in Brooklyn,...
I Stand Corrected. Mr. Kaepernick is the Man!
In the 49ers most recent game, (Thursday night) against the San Diego Chargers on military night ,quarterback Colin Kaepernick again did not stand during the anthem. Later he did rise for God Bless America, and has vowed to donate the first million dollars he makes...
Respect to you Brother Kaepernick, but Honor the National Anthem
I, Dominic Carter, wouldn’t have handled the situation that way. However I respect his right to do what he did, and I can understand why some find the actions of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick commendable. How many of us would put millions on the...
Sheldon Silver avoids Jail for Appeal. As I predicted, Silver may walk.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF-19pDnWKM[/embedyt] As I reported months ago, Sheldon Silver will walk on appeal. For that matter so will Dean Skelos. Silver and Skelos had new life in their cases following the Supreme Court throwing out the conviction of...
Trump Flip Flops on Immigration
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BAw-NGO3j4[/embedyt] The end result of Trump’s Flip Flop? (Changing direction on mass deportations) Best case scenario, even if he doesn’t lose some of his core support, (and he will) Trump in all likelihood, will not...