Confessions From A Black Rose

Here in the United States it is very difficult to turn on a news channel and hear anything other than American politics. This has been ongoing since 2009. It can be suffocating and I have had it up to here about the elections. I spend most of time searching for what is happening in the world. I thought I would share my findings with y'all. I have composed of a list of breaking news around the globe. There are some crazy things happening and there is not much focus on them here. Which I find a bit disheartening. Most of my findings( not all) came from Al Jazeera and BBC News. Africa Later on this month Libya is due to hold elections for a national assembly, this will be the first free poll in decades. The current ruling party is the National Transitional Council(NTC) which took power last year after the Libyan revolution. Things have not been easy for the Northern African country. Just earlier this month, the recent tribal clashes in western Libya have left 105 people dead and 5

Deal breaker: any issue or factor that is significant enough to terminate a negotiation (Dictionary. Com) Deal breaker:   ‘the catch’ that a particular individual cannot overlook and ultimately outweighs any redeeming quality the individual may possess.  (Urban Dictionary) A few days ago I was listening to a radio program and a man called in for relationship advice. He wanted to know if he should break up with his girlfriend who had "crazy" political views. It turns out that she was more of a MSNBC girl and he was more of a FOX News guy. Funny, I never thought of MSNBC as being a liberal news network. You learn something new every day. Anyway, it got me thinking about deal breakers in relationships. It is a general rule of thumb not to discuss politics or religion when you are just starting to get to know someone. Otherwise, you find yourself sneaking outside the bathroom window or alone at a restaurant table watching your food get cold. What happens when you start seeing