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wvParticipantwvParticipantJus somethin on portland:
July 17, 2020 at 9:27 pm in reply to: big story coming on the Washington no-name-yet team… scandals brewing #118098wvParticipantwvParticipantWill White-Jesus statues be the next to fall?
The long history of how Jesus came to resemble a white European
July 17, 2020
The portrayal of Jesus as a white, European man has come under renewed scrutiny during this period of introspection over the legacy of racism in society.As protesters called for the removal of Confederate statues in the U.S., activist Shaun King went further, suggesting that murals and artwork depicting “white Jesus” should “come down.”
His concerns about the depiction of Christ and how it is used to uphold notions of white supremacy are not isolated. Prominent scholars and the archbishop of Canterbury have called to reconsider Jesus’ portrayal as a white man.
As a European Renaissance art historian, I study the evolving image of Jesus Christ from A.D. 1350 to 1600. Some of the best-known depictions of Christ, from Leonardo da Vinci’s “Last Supper” to Michelangelo’s “Last Judgment” in the Sistine Chapel, were produced during this period.
But the all-time most-reproduced image of Jesus comes from another period. It is Warner Sallman’s light-eyed, light-haired “Head of Christ” from 1940. Sallman, a former commercial artist who created art for advertising campaigns, successfully marketed this picture worldwide…..see link
wvParticipantSagaar on the 13 point polling swing against the Reps and Trump.
Sounds like a Rep Populist in this vid.
wvParticipantTrump wants a “vast garden of american heroes”
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Trump:http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176728/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_donald_j._trump%2C_or_osama_bin_laden%27s_revenge/“The Bleeding Wound”
Osama bin Laden Won (Twice)
By Tom EngelhardtIt’s July 2020 and I’m about to turn 76, which, as far as I’m concerned, officially makes me an old man. So put up with my aging, wandering brain here, since (I swear) I wasn’t going to start this piece with Donald J. Trump, no matter his latest wild claims or bizarre statements, increasingly white nationalist and pro-Confederate positions (right down to the saving of the rebel stars and bars), not to speak of the Covid-19 slaughter of Americans he’s helped facilitate. But then I read about his demand for a “National Garden of American Heroes,” described as “a vast outdoor park that will feature the statues of the greatest Americans to ever live” and, honestly, though this piece is officially about something else, I just can’t help myself. I had to start there.
Yes, everyone undoubtedly understands why General George Patton (a Trump obsession) is to be in that garden, not to speak — given the president’s reelection politics — of evangelist Billy Graham, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and former president Ronald Reagan. Still, my guess is that most of you won’t have the faintest idea why Davy Crockett is included. I’m talking about the frontiersman and Indian killer who died at the Alamo. Given my age, though, I get Donald Trump on this one and it gave me a rare laugh in a distinctly grim moment. That’s why I can’t resist explaining it, even though I guarantee you that the real subject of this piece is Osama bin Laden’s revenge…..see link
July 16, 2020 at 5:19 pm in reply to: big story coming on the Washington no-name-yet team… scandals brewing #118065wvParticipantI’ve been waiting for Tony Kornheiser (Pardon the Interruption) to say something about this. He’s a Washington guy, if I’m not mistaken.
So far, nuthin.
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vwvParticipantA michael bennet quote, fwiw:
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One of my heroes has always been Muhammad Ali. … Ali always stood strongly with the Palestinian people, visiting refugee camps, … and always willing to be a ‘voice for the voiceless.’ I want to be a ‘voice for the voiceless,’ and I cannot do that by going on this kind of trip to Israel.–Michael Bennett, American Super Bowl Champion, activist
link:https://www.bdsmovement.net/news/15-quotes-mark-15-years-bdswvParticipantCaitlin Johnstone, Greg Palast, George Monbiot, Jonathan Cook, Etc.
July 16, 2020 at 11:47 am in reply to: big story coming on the Washington no-name-yet team… scandals brewing #118050wvParticipantI can see we are going to have quite a few new Name suggestions
once this breaks.I’m counting on The Onion to give this proper attention.
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vwvParticipantcanada:https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/were-polite-but-not-crazy-canadians-demand-border-remain-shut-to-disease-ridden-americans/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=4979
‘We’re polite but not crazy!’ Canadians demand border remain shut to disease-ridden AmericansCanada has absolutely crushed the curve on novel coronavirus infections — and Canadians are telling their government to keep the nation’s borders closed to disease-ridden Americans.
Buffalo News reports that a recent poll shows that 81 percent of Canadians want to keep the border between the two countries closed, and that Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY) garnered furious pushback from Canadian Twitter users earlier this month when he expressed his support to reopening travel between the U.S. and Canada.
wvParticipantEU:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/27/eu-agrees-total-ban-on-bee-harming-pesticides
EU agrees total ban on bee-harming pesticides
This article is more than 2 years oldThe world’s most widely used insecticides will be banned from all fields within six months, to protect both wild and honeybees that are vital to crop pollination
The ban on neonicotinoids, approved by member nations on Friday, is expected to come into force by the end of 2018 and will mean they can only be used in closed greenhouses.
Bees and other insects are vital for global food production as they pollinate three-quarters of all crops. The plummeting numbers of pollinators in recent years has been blamed, in part, on the widespread use of pesticides. The EU banned the use of neonicotinoids on flowering crops that attract bees, such as oil seed rape, in 2013.
But in February, a major report from the European Union’s scientific risk assessors (Efsa) concluded that the high risk to both honeybees and wild bees resulted from any outdoor use, because the pesticides contaminate soil and water. This leads to the pesticides appearing in wildflowers or succeeding crops. A recent study of honey samples revealed global contamination by neonicotinoids.
wvParticipantShe’s been thru a lot. Tough old bird.
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link:https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/14/ruth-bader-ginsburg-supreme-court-hospital“…The latest news means she has been in hospital twice during the coronavirus outbreak in the US, which has put pressure on hospitals in hotspots with the highest levels of cases, such as New York and now southern states from Florida to California.
She has had a number of health scares in recent years. In November 2018, she broke three ribs in a fall. Subsequent medical tests led to treatment for lung cancer that caused her to miss oral arguments in January 2019. She returned to the bench but said in August that year that she had received radiation therapy to treat pancreatic cancer.
And Ginsburg was admitted to a hospital in November 2019 for two nights suffering from a fever and chills, but she returned to work at the court the day after being released. In January, she said she was cancer free.
The health of the liberal justice is closely watched because a supreme court vacancy would give Donald Trump the opportunity to appoint a third justice to the nine-member court and push it further to the right. The court currently has a 5-4 conservative majority.
Ginsburg was nominated by Bill Clinton in 1993 and only the conservative justice Clarence Thomas, 71, and appointed by George HW Bush in 1991, has served longer among current members of the court.
The supreme court said in a statement later Tuesday that Ginsburg “was initially evaluated at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC, last night after experiencing fever and chills.
“She underwent an endoscopic procedure at Johns Hopkins this afternoon to clean out a bile duct stent that was placed last August. The justice is resting comfortably and will stay in the hospital for a few days to receive intravenous antibiotic treatment.”
July 14, 2020 at 9:45 pm in reply to: the virus & the education industry (ie. what should schools do) #117997wvParticipantwvParticipantJuly 14, 2020 at 8:42 am in reply to: The CDC is an apolitical island that’s defenseless against Trump #117972wvParticipantWell, I see all that as a subtopic.
The BigTopic would be: “Science-In-A-Corporotacracy- Is such a thing even Possible?”“There’s a culture there that is conducive to being manipulated.” — And that preceding sentence would be the quote at the beginning of every chapter.
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vwvParticipantThis is absolutely massive.
The #BlackLivesMatter protest in Paris, France right now. pic.twitter.com/Q1JDcN4HQE
— Sarah Abdallah (@sahouraxo) June 13, 2020
July 13, 2020 at 6:34 pm in reply to: the virus & the education industry (ie. what should schools do) #117957wvParticipantWhats that line from The Hunt For Red October? You guys know the one i mean.
November cant come soon enough. Jeezus.
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vwvParticipantDisney reopening video as an A24 trailer pic.twitter.com/lOawwk2nJa
— Christopher Hudspeth (@CEHudspeth) July 11, 2020
wvParticipantDisneyland’s grand re-opening ad but with music from THE SHINING pic.twitter.com/1pJeJJwmKf
— TODD SPENCE (@Todd_Spence) July 11, 2020
wvParticipantOlder stories…
wvParticipantTucker Carlson’s ‘top writer’ had to resign:https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/media/tucker-carlson-writer-blake-neff/index.html
…The top writer for Fox News host Tucker Carlson has for years been using a pseudonym to post bigoted remarks on an online forum that is a hotbed for racist, sexist, and other offensive content, CNN Business learned this week.
Just this week, the writer, Blake Neff, responded to a thread started by another user in 2018 with the subject line, “Would u let a JET BLACK congo n****er do lasik eye surgery on u for 50% off?” Neff wrote, “I wouldn’t get LASIK from an Asian for free, so no.” (The subject line was not censored on the forum.) On June 5, Neff wrote, “Black doods staying inside playing Call of Duty is probably one of the biggest factors keeping crime down.” On June 24, Neff commented, “Honestly given how tired black people always claim to be, maybe the real crisis is their lack of sleep.” On June 26, Neff wrote that the only people who care about changing the name of the NFL’s Washington Redskins are “white libs and their university-‘educated’ pets.” …wvParticipantI dunno why the Dem-powers-that-be havent done more of THIS. The ‘creepy’ factor.
Its not about policies, in a corporate-idiocracy — its about emotion/gut.Ive been waiting for a long time to see more of this:
wvParticipantThis just sounds so stupid it might be Dem-fake-news.
I dunno:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/13/30-year-old-dies-covid-party-texas30-year-old dies after attending ‘Covid party’ in Texas
Patient said: ‘I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it’s not’, according to health official
“….“Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said ‘I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it’s not,’” said Dr Jane Appleby, the chief medical officer at Methodist hospital in San Antonio.
Appleby said: “I don’t want to be an alarmist, and we’re just trying to share some real-world examples to help our community realise that this virus is very serious and can spread easily.”
Florida reports 15,000 new coronavirus cases, a record single-day total in the US
Read moreA “Covid party” is a gathering held by somebody diagnosed with coronavirus to see if the virus is real and to see if anyone gets infected, she explained.
Appleby said in her filmed comments at the weekend that she had been spurred to reveal the case after seeing a “concerning” rise in infections. She said 22% of tests were revealing a case of Covid-19, up from just 5% a few weeks ago…”
wvParticipantNever even heard of that film. I’ll have to check it out.
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vwvParticipantFrom an article written before Judge Preska ordered Giuffre’s lawyers to destroy the files.
Of note to me, was a “John Doe client.” I’ve never heard of such a thing.
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link:https://www.courthousenews.com/sealed-jeffrey-epstein-files-potentially-implicate-hundreds/….Shortly before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in federal prison, a federal court unsealed a vast trove of files implicating heads of state, elected officials and other elite figures in the wealthy financier’s sex-trafficking web. This list could radically expand should the remainder of sealed files become public, a federal judge heard Wednesday….
…Giuffre claims that Epstein passed her off to powerful figures, including Britain’s Prince Andrew, Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, financier Glenn Dubin, model scout Jean-Luc Brunel and former Senator George Mitchell. Those men have denied the allegations.Although Giuffre’s original lawsuit settled years ago with a vast trove of files under seal, the open-records battle it inspired still rages, and an unknown number of other people may still be pulled into the sex-trafficking saga…..
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…Preska instead pressed the lawyers on the specific procedures for releasing files “expeditiously.” She appeared frustrated that the attorneys arrived at today’s hearing without any agreement on any files that could be immediately unsealed.“It sounds like there is some disagreement, your honor,” Giuffre’s attorney Sigrid McCawley told the judge.
“No kidding,” Preska deadpanned.
The day before the hearing, attorneys for an anonymous third party submitted a 7-page letter arguing against throwing new names into what they called a media “frenzy.”
“Unsealing references to non-parties would throw those non-parties into the middle of this frenzy, and unfairly do irreparable harm to their privacy and reputational interests,” attorneys Nicholas Lewin and Paul Krieger wrote for their John Doe client. “Indeed, a vast number of these articles have published unsubstantiated allegations as fact. The careless regurgitation of allegations made under the litigation privilege, and not elsewhere, has the potential to permanently and unjustifiably harm non-parties and their families.”
Since the time of Epstein’s arrest, there have been tens of thousands of news stories written about his case, and more than 230,000 references to his case broadcast on television, the attorneys noted.
Preska ordered the parties to submit written briefings on possible procedures for releasing the files that would gives those named in the documents the opportunity to contest their release.
wvParticipantThis is inter esting. Whitney Webb has studied this stuff for a long time.
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wvParticipantwvParticipantMy high school team (and I played on it for a couple of years–linebacker) was/is burgundy and gold. I’ve always loved burgundy and gold.
We were called the Brebeuf Braves.
The school was named after St. Jean de Brebeuf, who was martyred by the Iroquis.So “Braves” was an interesting nickname choice.
A rich donor commissioned a painting in the school cafeteria of a patiently enduring St. Jean tied to a stake and being ruthlessly tortured by Iroquis…braves. The painting was wall sized and took up one entire whole end of the room.
Fortunately, another rich donor gifted the school a huge curtain to close in front of the painting, so we could eat in peace.
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All very inter esting. So many tribes on this planet, over the centuries. So many issues. Maybe teams should just go with Vegetable names. Vegetable never committed any atrocities as far as i know.
The Wiki story below has Too many Ironies to even begin to unvavel. I am in awe of the many ironies.
And it all ends up on an American high school football helmet.
“….His efforts to develop a complete ethnographic record of the Huron has been described as “the longest and most ambitious piece of ethnographic description in all The Jesuit Relations”.[10] Brébeuf tried to find parallels between the Huron religion and Christianity, so as to facilitate conversion of the Huron to the European religion.[11] Brébeuf was known by the Huron for his apparent shamanistic skills, especially in rainmaking.[12] Despite his efforts to learn their ways, he considered Huron spiritual beliefs to be undeveloped and “foolish delusions”; he was determined to convert them to Christianity.[8] Brébeuf did not enjoy universal popularity with the Huron, as many believed he was a sorcerer.[13] By 1640, nearly half the Huron had died of smallpox and the losses disrupted their society. Many children and elders died. With their loved ones dying before their eyes, many Huron began to listen to the words of Jesuit missionaries who, unaffected by the disease, appeared to be men of great power.[14]
Brébeuf’s progress as a missionary in achieving conversions was slow…
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…..The Jesuits considered the priests’ martyrdom as proof that the mission to the Native Americans was blessed by God and would be successful.[30]Throughout the torture, Brébeuf was reported to have been more concerned for the fate of the other Jesuits and of the captive Native converts than for himself. As part of the ritual, the Iroquois drank his blood and ate his heart, as they wanted to absorb Brébeuf’s courage in enduring the pain.[31] The Iroquois mocked baptism by pouring boiling water over his head.[32]….” Wiki
===========wvParticipantHoly Shit, i hadnt thought of the issues with the Texas Rangers. Damn.
That one went right over my head until now. Oblivious.
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A New History Tears Down the Myth of the Texas Rangers
Monica Muñoz Martinez’s new book paints a brutally clear picture of the Rangers’ complicity in crimes against minorities.“….Martinez traces the group’s history from its relatively humble beginnings in the 1830s — as a small band of armed men organized by Stephen F. Austin to protect settlers — to what it had become by the late 19th century: a state-sponsored terror squad directed to secure white racial hegemony along the Texas-Mexico border.
Martinez organizes her book around the most egregious extrajudicial killings of Mexicans in Texas in the late 19th to early 20th centuries, incidents that Texas Rangers were either directly responsible for or carried out in cahoots with lynch mobs or local authorities. The 1910 burning-at-the-stake of Antonio Rodriguez in Rocksprings, the double murder of prosperous rancheros Jesus Bazan and Antonio Longoria at Guadalupe Ranch, and the 1918 midnight massacre of 15 unarmed Mexicans by Texas Rangers in Porvenir are the most extensively studied atrocities in the book. But these are just a few of Martinez’s many examples of lynchings, burnings, shootings, proxy killings and other unjustified anti-Mexican violence carried out by Texas Rangers, vigilante mobs, or both.
Martinez’s research posits the height of Texas Ranger violence against Mexicans to have occurred from 1915 to 1919. Some 300 ethnic Mexicans were murdered between 1915 and 1916 alone. These dates coincided with the reign of not only the disgraced governor James “Pa” Ferguson but also, starting in 1917, the often-venerated William P. Hobby. Martinez is appropriately unsparing in her detailing of Hobby’s consistently anti-Hispanic, anti-NAACP agenda: In short, he used the Rangers as his own personal goon squad in instigating intimidation tactics against minorities. Hobby presided over an era that, according to Martinez, saw the “widespread practice of executing landowning [Hispanic] men to force the sale of land by their widows through threats of physical violence”— much of said violence aided and abetted (if not directly perpetrated) by the Rangers with official state consent. Powerful U.S. political elites like Hobby made sure that any serious investigation of Ranger crimes through official legal channels would be doomed to failure.
Martinez also retrieves from the dustbin of history once-notorious Texas public officials like U.S. Representative Claude Benton Hudspeth, whose racist rhetoric painted Mexicans as “bandits” — an interesting historical precedent for hater-in-chief Donald Trump’s infamous insults. Also not unlike Trump, Hudspeth concocted a phony immigration crisis based on xenophobic fear. With the aid of Governor Hobby, he mobilized the Texas Rangers to end an era of liberalism along the border and secure economic prosperity for white settlers by keeping Mexicans out. Martinez makes the salient point that this border region was once a “semiautonomous” cross-cultural zone characterized by free movement and friendly socioeconomic exchange; yet by around 1915, through Texas lawmakers’ efforts, the region had become a “political and social boundary.” And most Mexicans still living there found themselves “overwhelmingly relegated to manual labor.”…see link
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