Cali’s ruling on proposition 8, the measure to ban same-sex marriage, is due today. {CNN}

Welcome South Africa to the recession. With 40 percent of the workforce unemployed and 6.4 growth drop, it’s SA’s first recession since apartheid. {AFP}

While masses of civilians were able to escape Pakistan’s Swat valley—where the military is fighting the Taliban—before the curfew, 200,000 residents still remain. Human Rights Watch is urging the military to lift the curfew and get food, water and medicine to the people trapped in Swat valley. {AJ}

Between the drug wars and the swine flu, Mexico’s tourism industry has been beaten down. Vacation packages are falling and I am logging on to Expedia.com right now! Vamos a Mexico. {CNN}

Your boyfriend will love American Apparel’s new assless tights. Pic after the jump, be careful. {theCut} (more…)

This is eerie. {TMZ}

Obama stays in the hot seat.  The US President is facing some challenges regarding his national security strategy.  He has to convince the right that bringing terrorism suspects to prisons in America will not lead to any danger to the general public.  He also has to convince the left that his policies have a much higher regard for human life than Bush’s. {NYT}

Kanye and Amber Rose are splitsville.  It seemse she wanted a hustler homie, which is why she was trying to sneak around with Cassidy on the DL.  Ye had to squash it.  {B}

I think I found my Saturday Night Party song.  Producer Thin White Duke just touched up Sneaky Sound System’s “It’s Not My Problem.” And that’s sort of how I feel today.  Download it. {RCRD LBL}

Malawi’s new President Bingu wa Mutharika, 75, was inaugurated for the second time after winning the majority vote by a landslide. This poll comes after a five-year dispute with Mutharika and former President Bakili Mulizi. {BBC}

Hey ladies.  Enjoy your weekend.  I’ll be the one shaking your margarita’s behind the bar while you’re having  a great time on the other time.  If you go out, don’t forget to tip your bartenders.

More awesome street art from Sao Paolo! Love Anderson Augusto and Leonardo Delafuente’s 6emeia project that has images painted on the city’s storm drains. I really want to go there! {URB}

An unreleased report from the Pentagon notes that an average of one in seven of the detainees that were held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has rejoined terrorist groups or engaged in militant activity since their release. {NYT}

Michael Jackson hasn’t even stepped on stage yet and his tour is not going so hot. His opening date has been rescheduled from July 8 to July 13 and the dates that follow July 10, 12 & 14 have been postponed to March 2010!! Hope you didn’t buy your ticket to London already. {Vulture}

In Alabama five police officers were terminated after they were caught on tape beating a suspect following a high speed chase. Watch the video on CNN; was he cruisin’ for a bruisin’? {CNN}

Bobbi feels guilty for her inappropriate joking and has Satigold’s Your Voice on repeat!

There’s a map of how HIV spread across Europe, blaming holiday travelers. Hm…
Exporters: Greece, Portugal, Serbia and Spain
Both exporters and importers: Israel, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK Importers: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany and Luxembourg [BBC]

It’s going down at an Catholic school in Ireland where reporters say that both boys and girls were routined raped and beaten. Yikes. [G]

Yesterday, T.I. supposedly got two months…but now the authorities have clarified and said the rapper’s been credited for the 305 days on house arrest he’s already served + anyone sentenced to a year in jail can be eligible for shave off 15% of their time with good behavior. Long story short, TIP’s still going to the big house, maybe not for one whole year, but he’s going. [MTV]

I think Quentin Tarrantino changed the end of WWII with his new Brad Pitt-led film, Inglorious Basterds… [AP]

Hey ladies! *waves* I’m back from DR…and can I say NEVER GO TO PUERTO PLATA’s SUN VILLAGE RESORT? IT’S THE WORST AND SUCKS DONKEY BALLS. Good advice from me to you.

Santigold’s got a new dub heavy song called “Your Voice.”  Mi Likey. Download it! {Kanye}

We could be able to spark a J any where we want soon.  Ethan Nadelmann, the executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance says he’s seen more progress on the legalization of marijuana front in the last four months than he has in the last 20 years. {NYT}

Our attention spans are so short.  My brain’s already moved on from the Swine Flu.  Also known as H1N1, an NYC assistant principal died of the virus on Sunday followed by the death of a baby boy in New York.  {CNN}

Apparently not much has changed since I went to middle school. Kids are still worshiping the likes of Marilyn Manson.  A 15-year-old student at Larose-Cut Off Middle School shot himself in the head when his teacher wouldn’t praise Marilyn Manson. {DC by way of Swarm}

The Woody Allen Vs American Apparel suit over AmAp’s use of Allen’s image in one of their ads was settled for $5 million.  {NYT}

60 Minutes reminds us that Anna Wintour hates fatties. {Jezebel}

The leader of the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka Velupillai Prabhakaran and two of his top officials were killed while trying to escape from the jungle.  The military claims to have destroyed the Tigers.  {BBC}

Swizz Beats has confirmed that he’s in love with Alicia Keys. Do we care?  Do they care if we care? Probably not… shrugs. {Bossip}

Long weekend. Bobbi is pooped! Happy Monday.