Not quiet Phil Jackson...smh

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(CNN) -- Al Qaeda's No. 2 leader is heard in a Web posting Wednesday warning President-elect Barack Obama that "a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits" him. 

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri mocked President-elect Barack Obama in an Internet message.

In the message, purportedly from Ayman al-Zawahiri, the speaker criticized Obama's foreign policy positions on Afghanistan and Israel and ridiculed the president-elect's worldview.

The speaker also said Obama was the "direct opposite of honorable black Americans" like Malcolm X, the fiery African-American Muslim activist from the 1950s and 1960s.

The posting, an 11 minute and 23 second audio message in Arabic with subtitles in English, appeared on the Web on Wednesday. Its authenticity cannot yet be confirmed.

It shows a graphic with the words "The departure of Bush and the arrival of Obama." That graphic also contains a still image of Malcolm X on a Muslim prayer rug in a mosque; images of Obama, wearing a Jewish skullcap, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem; and a picture of al-Zawahiri.

There are also archival videos in the message, including clips of speeches from Malcolm X.

"You have reached the position of president, and a heavy legacy of failure and crimes awaits you. A failure in Iraq to which you have admitted and a failure in Afghanistan to which the commanders of your army have admitted," the message said.

The speaker also said Obama's plan to pull troops from Iraq and send them to Afghanistan "is a policy which was destined for failure before it was born."

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An extensive report has revealed how R&B singer Sean Levert's death may have been caused by a failure to let him take prescribed medication while incarcerated.  Here's the report:
 
'R&B singer Sean Levert entered the Cuyahoga County Jail on March 24, clutching the prescribed medication he took three times a day for anxiety.  Jail staff took the bottle of Xanax from him and failed to give him a single pill during the six days he was there, investigators said. When he told jail officials he needed the prescription medication, Levert, 39, was told he would have to wait nearly two weeks to see a doctor who would decide if he would get the pills.  He never saw the doctor. Instead, on March 30, jailers strapped Levert into a restraint chair, as he was fighting the monstrous visions in his head caused by withdrawal from the medication. Minutes later, the son of O'Jays star Eddie Levert stopped breathing. Doctors could not revive him.  On March 24, Levert was sentenced to nearly two years in prison for owing about $91,000 to three children he fathered before marrying 13 years ago. Levert surrendered a bottle of Xanax during booking. He took 2-milligram pills three times a day.  Levert and another inmate shared a cell built for one person. Levert was supposed to sleep on a mattress on the floor. He couldn't sleep that way, he said, so for three nights he tried to sleep sitting with his back against a wall, according to the reports.
On March 27, Levert told a corrections officer that he needed his medication. The officer contacted a nurse who said Levert would have to "wait like everyone else" to see a doctor. He was scheduled to see a doctor nearly two weeks later, on April 8.  The jail's manager of health care services, Christine Dubber, told investigators after the death that Levert's Xanax was taken because anxiety was not considered an urgent problem, like psychosis, schizophrenia or suicidal thoughts.  William Naber, an expert in corrections practices and law enforcement procedures, said it is standard practice for prisoners entering a jail with medication to undergo screening at the time of entry. "That to me would be a priority of medical clearance," he said. "Withdrawal complications from Xanax are well known."  Naber, a retired captain from the Sonoma County (Calif.) Sheriff's Office, said it is "extremely unusual for an inmate to go almost a week without prescription medication. "That's a medical malpractice issue, not a correctional issue," he said. The evening of March 29 marked the start of Levert's delusions. That night, Levert told his cellmate he heard a woman screaming outside the jail. He said she was threatening to kill a corrections officer. The cellmate told Levert he couldn't hear a woman screaming.  About 3:30 a.m. March 30, Levert told the cellmate he could hear his wife. She was telling him that their son just fell into the pool.  Levert became fearful and pushed a call button to summon a corrections officer. A short time later, a corrections officer and a nurse came to Levert's cell. He was crying.  They took him to a pod of cells reserved for inmates with mental health problems. He was not given his medication.  At 7:45 p.m. March 30, Levert told a sergeant that he had just seen a bad car crash. The sergeant reported the "hallucinative and delusional behavior" to a nurse, who took no action, according to the reports. Levert was pacing in his cell, acting bizarrely and yelling that his mother and his son were being killed.
Jail supervisor Michael McClelland allowed Levert to call his mother, but she didn't answer the phone. McClelland wrote in a report that a doctor would see Levert the next day.  Three hours later, Levert began shouting and pounding on the cell floor.  McClelland said Levert sounded like "there were three pitbulls in the room and he was fighting them off."  McClelland opened the cell door. Levert "shot into my arms. He didn't put up a fight," McClelland said. Levert was handcuffed and strapped into a restraint chair to prevent him from injuring himself.  In a videotape of Levert being placed in the chair, he repeatedly shouted, "No, no, no" and strained against the straps, but didn't fight the jailers. His breathing was labored. With his eyes squeezed shut, he shouted, "She did it. She did it. She killed my mother." He stopped shouting at 10:57 p.m., seemingly out of breath. Then the video camera was turned off.  Nurse Jane Lawrence checked to make sure the restraint straps around Levert's wrists, ankles and shoulders weren't too tight. The nurse called the jail's psychiatrist, described Levert's condition and told the doctor Levert had previously been taking Xanax.  She was told to give Levert an injection that contained three drugs, Benadryl, Ativan and Haldol, to calm him.  The nurse told McClelland she wanted to know more about Levert's medical history before she gave him the shot. She called Levert's mother.  The reports show she and McClelland spoke to Levert's mother for five to seven minutes.  McClelland assured Martha Levert, "Your son is fine. He's not in any danger of hurting himself or anybody else. Yes, we have him restrained right now because he lost his cool in that cell quite a bit. He just went a little wild. We can't allow him to hurt himself, but he's safe right now and we'll be watching him very closely tonight."  McClelland hung up the phone and went to check on Levert, who was no longer shouting. He found Levert not breathing.  Paramedics already entering the jail on an unrelated call were instead sent to Levert. His heart stopped beating on the way to St. Vincent Charity Hospital. He arrived at 11:42 p.m. Doctors tried to restart his heart, but pronounced him dead at 11:57 p.m. March 30.  Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller ruled Levert died of complications of sarcoidosis, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and withdrawal from Xanax.

Miller said withdrawal from Xanax is severe and can cause biological symptoms as well as panic, anxiety, emotional instability and hallucinations.  In a taped interview, McClelland told investigators, "The guilt has just been overwhelming. I want to tell [Levert's mother] how sorry I am that that happened."' 

While it has been suggested that Karrine 'Superhead' Steffans is pregnant with rapper Bow Wow's child the MC has addressed the runmors in a song.  The freestyle, 'On My Mama' has Bow Wow rapping that he is NOT the father as he claims he used protection, "I hear these rumors about Superhead, Boy y'all funny, I wrapped it up like a Christmas gift, I ain't no dummy."  As we all know, rap songs are always 100% honest and truthful - so that's that cleared up then, right?

Who cares...he's not a dummy? Right?  Because he shouldn't have went up in that at all!

An attorney for Michael Jackson has said that the singer is too sick to travel to London and face trial in a case that alleges he owes around $7 million to an Arab sheik.  The sheik's lawyer, Bankim Thanki, said that the evidence produced by Jackson's team was "very unsatisfactory" and could be treated with a bandage "if the diagnosis is positive," adding, "It’s not the first time a sick note has been presented by Mr. Jackson."  More details of the case can be seen in yesterday's news - but we want to know what the apparent illness could be...  Any ideas?

Michael needs prayer, man!

Firefighters continue to battle three wildfires that have ripped through the north, north-west and south of Los Angeles.  States of emergency are in place in four counties, but calmer winds are helping fire crews contain the blazes. More than 800 homes, ranging from multi-million dollar mansions to more modest mobile homes have been destroyed.

Our prayers go out to our Cali people!

Comic Wanda Sykes has come out.

She says the passage of Proposition 8 - a same-sex marriage ban in California - has led to her be more outspoken about her sexual orientation.

"You know, I don't really talk about my sexual orientation. I didn't feel like I had to. I was just living my life, not necessarily in the closet, but I was living my life," she said at a gay rights rally in Las Vegas on Saturday, The Associated Press reports.

"Everybody that knows me personally they know I'm gay. But that's the way people should be able to live their lives," she said.

The New Adventures of Old Christine actress said Prop 8 made her feel like she was "attacked."

"Now, I gotta get in their face," Sykes said. "I'm proud to be a woman. I'm proud to be a black woman, and I'm proud to be gay."

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Chicago rapper Bump J was taken into custody in Carbondale, Illinois for allegedly robbing a Chicago bank in 2007.  Federal officials was pulled in a routine traffic stop before being accused of robbing a Chase bank branch of more than $100,000 with the help of an associate.  While nobody was injured during the robbery it was captured on camera and Bump is now awaiting extradition to Chicago. The rapper, who has worked with names including Keyshia Cole, Kanye West and Trey Songz, now faces up to 20 years in prison should he be convicted.  The alleged 'associate' remains at large.

Man, homie...over a 100 grand?!