Friday Random Ten: Ho Ho Ho.

In the charitable words of the Ying Yang Twinz, it’s the holidays, show a nigga some love:

1. ”Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow” by Lena Horne. (Nicole)

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Random Christmas Eve Hotness: Black Thought Covers Nat King Cole.

via Soulbounce, Reek Geez and the Legendary get their Nat King Cole on:

Happy Holidays, folks.

Random Midday Hotness: The Desi Dougie?

Taz jokingly wonders if Cali Swag District boosted the ubiquitous dance from Bollywood.

Exhibit A:

Meanwhile, this mashup is very well done:

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It’s Over.

I don’t want to spend too much time licking shots at the Obama White House’s approach to DADT’s repeal, which at times seemed half-assed and even now looks like kind of lucky.

In the end, President Obama’s strategy worked after all. But it worked not so much because it was a brilliant strategy [...]

Friday Random Ten: Bah Humbug.

Oh, you’re off from work all of next week? Great. Going home a little early to visit family and friends? That’s fantastic. Already finished your holiday shopping? Well, that’s just so special. You should definitely share all of that with someone who cares. For the rest of us schmoes who must trudge into work next week only to deal with endless “out-of-office” e-mail replies and dozens of unreturned phone calls, you should be able to understand that it’s a little hard to get into the holiday spirit right now. [...]

Food Deserts Are Not a Myth.

In his piece for the Root, McWhorter argues that food access is not really a problem, and that it is not related with obesity levels. He gets many things very, very wrong. [...]

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via Jamil Smith via MaddowBlog.

I Totally Could Use Some Food Stamps Right Now.

Over at TAP today, I talk about the fine line we want food stamp recipients to walk: We don’t like the idea that they may be “mis-spending” public money on nutrient-poor foods like soda, and we also, according to The Daily Caller, anyway, don’t think they should be spending money on [...]