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“I believe in the brotherhood of man, all men, but I don't believe in brotherhood with anybody who doesn't want brotherhood with me. I believe in treating people right, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to treat somebody right who doesn't know how to return the treatment.” You believe in treating everybody right whether they put a rope around your neck or whether they put you in the grave. Well, my belief isn't that strong. I believe in the brotherhood of man, but I think that anybody who wants to lynch a Negro is not qualified for that brotherhood and I don't put forth any effort to get them into that brotherhood. You want to save him and I don't.”
~Malcolm X, Speech to the Peace Corps, December 1964.
february 13, 2019
Is anyone tired of the media saying we need to get along, we need to reach across the aisle and
SamKnause - demo underground
8/30/18
we need to compromise ???
I am fucking sick of hearing it !!!
Did John Boehner reach across the aisle and compromise when Obama was president ??? Fuck no !!!
Did Mitch McConnell reach across the aisle when Obama was president ??? Fuck no !!!
Did the republicans reach across the aisle when Obama was the president ??? Fuck no !!!
Did the republicans compromise when Obama was president ??? Fuck no !!!
From day one it was the republicans plan to stop Obama from accomplishing anything and
making him a one term president.
It is apparent republicans think the definition of compromise means giving them everything they want,
and stopping the Democratic party from getting anything done that the MAJORITY of Americans want and need.
The republican party is now the party of Trump.
Do you reach across the aisle to insane people ???
Do you compromise with insane people ???
Do you enable corruption ???
Do you ignore the lies ???
As I type this I am listening to MSNBC and they are talking about compromise.
The Trump party has no intention of compromising or reaching across the aisle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why should the Democratic party be expected to do so ???
I am fucking sick of hearing it !!!
Did John Boehner reach across the aisle and compromise when Obama was president ??? Fuck no !!!
Did Mitch McConnell reach across the aisle when Obama was president ??? Fuck no !!!
Did the republicans reach across the aisle when Obama was the president ??? Fuck no !!!
Did the republicans compromise when Obama was president ??? Fuck no !!!
From day one it was the republicans plan to stop Obama from accomplishing anything and
making him a one term president.
It is apparent republicans think the definition of compromise means giving them everything they want,
and stopping the Democratic party from getting anything done that the MAJORITY of Americans want and need.
The republican party is now the party of Trump.
Do you reach across the aisle to insane people ???
Do you compromise with insane people ???
Do you enable corruption ???
Do you ignore the lies ???
As I type this I am listening to MSNBC and they are talking about compromise.
The Trump party has no intention of compromising or reaching across the aisle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why should the Democratic party be expected to do so ???
A people who elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves, and
traitors are not victims, ...accomplicies - "George Orwell"
TOWARD A POLITICS OF UNGOVERNABILITY: SHUTTING DOWN AMERICAN-STYLE AUTHORITARIANISM
BY HENRY GIROUX | APRIL 17, 2017
"The established political parties and politicians are nothing more than crude lobbyists and shock troops for the financial elite who believe everything is for sale. The boundaries of humanity are now inscribed and defined exclusively through the metrics of the twin logic of commercial transactions and the politics of disposability. The horrors unfolding under the Trump administration are not only abetted by white supremacists, religious evangelicals, but also by liberals who still believe that capitalism and democracy are synonymous, and who appear to delight and rush to support any military intervention or act of aggression the United States wages against a foreign power. Liberals are affronted over alleged charges of Russian spying but say nothing about their own country which does far more than spy on other countries it disagrees with, it overthrows them through either illegal means or military force."
something to think about!!!
more american students have been killed in school shootings in 2018 than the total number of american troops killed in war zones around the world!!!
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reflections on today's events
*american values: greed, corruption, and racism
*the TRAITOROUS gop is trying to place another unfit judge on the supreme court.
*how do white women rationalize voting for trump?
*trump administration steals children from refugee seekers, a policy designed and implemented by racists.
*trump's infrastructure plan is a roadmap to privatization of the commons while his budget plan is a roadmap to starvation of the people.
*why don't repubs emphasize collecting taxes instead of lowering taxes? perhaps if everyone paid what they should we could have a fairer system.
*trump's grandfather was an ignorant immigrant and he was admitted to america.
*Why does the demo. party not heavily recruit for black voters because it is run by fools who think republicans will vote for demos.
*if you are not embarrassed by america's history, then you are living a history based on lies.
*trump voters elected a liar and thief as president who is now under multiple investigations, it just shows that you cannot tell stupid people anything
*if you pay attention, you will realize that you don't have a government that gives a shit about working people.
*Ignorance, religion, and war are the greatest enemies of mankind.
*GOP plans to kill endangered species act, i guess they won't be happy until their are no animals/birds in the US.
*the great thing about having trump as president is that now there is no reason to watch main-stream-media for truth and "fair and balanced" journalism, you know that it is all bullshit.
*republicans pretend having taxpayers pay for stupid border wall is the same as Mexico paying for it. but what is sad, their dumbass supporters will believe it.
*everything you think is true about american institutions: media, banks, businesses, education, healthcare, etc. is a lie.
*the colonizers and their descendants claim to own this hemisphere like a burglar owns your tv set.
Pioneering black scientist to win ‘Nobel Prize’ of climate change
Climate scientist Warren Washington will be awarded the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
By Marlene Cimons - NEXUS MEDIA - thinkprogress
FEB 13, 2019, 1:45 PM
DR. WARREN M. WASHINGTON (LEFT) AND DR. MICHAEL E. MANN (RIGHT) ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF THE 2019 TYLER PRIZE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACHIEVEMENT. CREDIT: JOSHUA YOSPYN/AAAS
Warren Washington can trace at least one of the origins of his extraordinary scientific career —more than half a century of groundbreaking advances in computer climate modeling — to a youthful curiosity about the color of egg yolks.
“I had some wonderful teachers in high school, including a chemistry teacher who really got me started,” he said. “One day I asked her, ‘Why are egg yolks yellow?’ She said, ‘why don’t you find out?’” So he did. He still remembers the answer — the sulfur compounds in chicken feed become concentrated in the yolk, turning it yellow. “I also had an excellent physics teacher,” he said, describing why he became an atmospheric physicist.
Those teachers would be immensely proud of him today. Before the evolution of sophisticated computers, scientists knew little about the atmosphere other than what they could observe outright. Then a young black physicist came along, eager to use early computers to understand the workings of the Earth’s climate. He collaborated in creating the earliest computer climate models and went on to advise six presidents about climate change — Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2010 by President Obama. Washington, now 82, recently retired after 54 years at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, though it isn’t much of a retirement. He still continues to conduct research as a distinguished scholar.
Washington was an early pioneer of climate modeling. Working with Japanese scientists in the early 1960s, he was one of the first to build computer atmospheric models using the laws of physics to predict future atmospheric conditions. Despite his accomplishment, he avoids any semblance of self-promotion and seems happy with his low public profile.
“I am quiet, but not to the extreme,” he said. “I’m just not as vocal as some people in the field, but that’s okay. [Some] people say I’m a legend, while others joke about the fact that I am still alive.” When compared to the subjects of the movie Hidden Figures, the black, female mathematicians who worked for NASA in the 1960s, he laughed. “You know, I think I met those ladies,” he said, pausing. “It was just a small world then.”
There is no Nobel Prize for climate change, the world’s most pressing environmental problem. But if there were — and there is an ongoing campaign to establish one — Washington almost certainly would be on the short list. He will soon receive the next best thing, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, often referred to as the environmental Nobel. He will be sharing the honor with climate scientist Michael Mann, director of the Earth Systems Science Center at Pennsylvania State University.
In addition to recognizing their groundbreaking climate research, the award also sends a message to climate skeptics who have gone after Mann and Washington. Mann has endured multiple public attacks and Washington, despite his low-key nature, occasionally fields death threats, which he said “haven’t really had an effect on me.” Washington applauded Mann for standing up to the critics. “He’s handled it very well,” he said.
For his part, Mann is thrilled to be sharing the award with Washington, his longtime idol. “I used to read his papers when I was a graduate student, and he is a real hero of mine,” Mann said, pointing out that Washington received his doctorate in atmospheric sciences — only the second African-American ever to do so — at Penn State. “He is one of our most distinguished alumni,” Mann said. “He is such a great role model, who speaks to the fundamentally important contribution that diversity plays in advancing science.”
Washington’s father, Edwin, was reared in Birmingham, Alabama and attended Talladega College, a small historically black college. After his 1928 graduation, he left the South for Seattle, and a year later for Portland, where Washington was born and raised. During the Great Depression, jobs were scarce, so Edwin took the only job he could find, as a waiter on the Union Pacific Railroad. “He was bitter about it,” Washington said.
Washington’s mother Dorothy attended the University of Oregon for 18 months, majoring in music. “She couldn’t stay in the dormitory because they wouldn’t allow black women,” he said. “She had to work as a live-in helper for a family to have a place to stay. She left college after two years because she was upset about it.”
In grade school, Washington read books about George Washington Carver and other black Americans “doing interesting science.” By high school, he had decided on a career in physics. But the racism encountered by his parents was still alive at Oregon State University. “My freshman advisor told me I shouldn’t stay in physics because it was probably too hard for me,” he said. Ignoring the advice, he graduated in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in physics. He then earned a master’s in meteorology in 1960, also from Oregon State, and finally a doctorate in atmospheric science in 1964 from Penn State.
The earliest computer he used — he thinks it was in 1957 — was an old vacuum-tube model, about the size of a room, and agonizingly slow. “In those days it took one day to generate one day of simulation,” he said. Today, “for the highest resolution, we can probably do 10 years in a day. For the lowest, we can probably do 100 years in a day. Today, I probably have more computing power in my smartphone than in those very early computers.”
Most of the presidents he advised — with the exception of Obama — were more interested in supporting climate research than mitigation, he said. President Obama, on the other hand, championed the Paris climate agreement and crafted numerous climate protections.
Washington first met him in the fall of 2007, when Obama was still a senator. “We both were asked to speak to the Congressional Black Caucus about climate change,” he recalled. “He spoke before me, and it was clear he had read the IPCC report [a major U.N. report on climate change]. I was next, and I teased him a little bit, ‘You gave my talk.’ He laughed.”
Not surprisingly, Washington has not been asked to brief President Donald Trump, who plans to exit the Paris Agreement and is working to undo numerous Obama-era climate protections.“I can’t figure the man out. He doesn’t get briefings or read. He doesn’t get advice, like most presidents [do],” Washington said. “He doesn’t have any interest in reading any reports on any subject, not just science. During his State of the Union speech to Congress, he didn’t even mention [climate change] once.”
Nevertheless, Washington is encouraged by climate actions outside the federal government, and still has hope for the future. “I think we just have to suffer through another couple of years with this president,” he said. “But I haven’t lost my optimism.”
“I had some wonderful teachers in high school, including a chemistry teacher who really got me started,” he said. “One day I asked her, ‘Why are egg yolks yellow?’ She said, ‘why don’t you find out?’” So he did. He still remembers the answer — the sulfur compounds in chicken feed become concentrated in the yolk, turning it yellow. “I also had an excellent physics teacher,” he said, describing why he became an atmospheric physicist.
Those teachers would be immensely proud of him today. Before the evolution of sophisticated computers, scientists knew little about the atmosphere other than what they could observe outright. Then a young black physicist came along, eager to use early computers to understand the workings of the Earth’s climate. He collaborated in creating the earliest computer climate models and went on to advise six presidents about climate change — Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2010 by President Obama. Washington, now 82, recently retired after 54 years at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, though it isn’t much of a retirement. He still continues to conduct research as a distinguished scholar.
Washington was an early pioneer of climate modeling. Working with Japanese scientists in the early 1960s, he was one of the first to build computer atmospheric models using the laws of physics to predict future atmospheric conditions. Despite his accomplishment, he avoids any semblance of self-promotion and seems happy with his low public profile.
“I am quiet, but not to the extreme,” he said. “I’m just not as vocal as some people in the field, but that’s okay. [Some] people say I’m a legend, while others joke about the fact that I am still alive.” When compared to the subjects of the movie Hidden Figures, the black, female mathematicians who worked for NASA in the 1960s, he laughed. “You know, I think I met those ladies,” he said, pausing. “It was just a small world then.”
There is no Nobel Prize for climate change, the world’s most pressing environmental problem. But if there were — and there is an ongoing campaign to establish one — Washington almost certainly would be on the short list. He will soon receive the next best thing, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, often referred to as the environmental Nobel. He will be sharing the honor with climate scientist Michael Mann, director of the Earth Systems Science Center at Pennsylvania State University.
In addition to recognizing their groundbreaking climate research, the award also sends a message to climate skeptics who have gone after Mann and Washington. Mann has endured multiple public attacks and Washington, despite his low-key nature, occasionally fields death threats, which he said “haven’t really had an effect on me.” Washington applauded Mann for standing up to the critics. “He’s handled it very well,” he said.
For his part, Mann is thrilled to be sharing the award with Washington, his longtime idol. “I used to read his papers when I was a graduate student, and he is a real hero of mine,” Mann said, pointing out that Washington received his doctorate in atmospheric sciences — only the second African-American ever to do so — at Penn State. “He is one of our most distinguished alumni,” Mann said. “He is such a great role model, who speaks to the fundamentally important contribution that diversity plays in advancing science.”
Washington’s father, Edwin, was reared in Birmingham, Alabama and attended Talladega College, a small historically black college. After his 1928 graduation, he left the South for Seattle, and a year later for Portland, where Washington was born and raised. During the Great Depression, jobs were scarce, so Edwin took the only job he could find, as a waiter on the Union Pacific Railroad. “He was bitter about it,” Washington said.
Washington’s mother Dorothy attended the University of Oregon for 18 months, majoring in music. “She couldn’t stay in the dormitory because they wouldn’t allow black women,” he said. “She had to work as a live-in helper for a family to have a place to stay. She left college after two years because she was upset about it.”
In grade school, Washington read books about George Washington Carver and other black Americans “doing interesting science.” By high school, he had decided on a career in physics. But the racism encountered by his parents was still alive at Oregon State University. “My freshman advisor told me I shouldn’t stay in physics because it was probably too hard for me,” he said. Ignoring the advice, he graduated in 1958 with a bachelor’s degree in physics. He then earned a master’s in meteorology in 1960, also from Oregon State, and finally a doctorate in atmospheric science in 1964 from Penn State.
The earliest computer he used — he thinks it was in 1957 — was an old vacuum-tube model, about the size of a room, and agonizingly slow. “In those days it took one day to generate one day of simulation,” he said. Today, “for the highest resolution, we can probably do 10 years in a day. For the lowest, we can probably do 100 years in a day. Today, I probably have more computing power in my smartphone than in those very early computers.”
Most of the presidents he advised — with the exception of Obama — were more interested in supporting climate research than mitigation, he said. President Obama, on the other hand, championed the Paris climate agreement and crafted numerous climate protections.
Washington first met him in the fall of 2007, when Obama was still a senator. “We both were asked to speak to the Congressional Black Caucus about climate change,” he recalled. “He spoke before me, and it was clear he had read the IPCC report [a major U.N. report on climate change]. I was next, and I teased him a little bit, ‘You gave my talk.’ He laughed.”
Not surprisingly, Washington has not been asked to brief President Donald Trump, who plans to exit the Paris Agreement and is working to undo numerous Obama-era climate protections.“I can’t figure the man out. He doesn’t get briefings or read. He doesn’t get advice, like most presidents [do],” Washington said. “He doesn’t have any interest in reading any reports on any subject, not just science. During his State of the Union speech to Congress, he didn’t even mention [climate change] once.”
Nevertheless, Washington is encouraged by climate actions outside the federal government, and still has hope for the future. “I think we just have to suffer through another couple of years with this president,” he said. “But I haven’t lost my optimism.”
11-Year-Old Black Prodigy Studying Physics Is ‘Very Excited’ to Start Classes at HBCU
By Tanasia Kenney - atlanta black star
January 21, 2019
The 11-year-old prodigy accepted into Southern University, an historically black university, on a full-ride scholarship last year just started his full semester of classes at the Louisiana college, and he couldn’t be more thrilled.
Although much younger than his undergraduate peers, Elijah Precciely seems to be fitting right in.
“I’m very excited,” he told local station KLFY. “I’ve been waiting on this for long, long time. This is my environment.”
The celebrated “whiz kid,” who was home-schooled by his mother and began taking college-level courses in biology, physics and business through Southern at just 8 years old, earned a spot in the university’s Honors College in 2018, according to WAFB. Back in May, he was bestowed with the prestigious J.S. Clark Presidential Scholar Award and became the youngest person in history to receive a full-ride scholarship to Southern University.
Because of the previous credits he earned, Precciely, a native of Baton Rouge, will start at the college in his hometown as a sophomore and plans to major in physics.
“I love to be up here on campus. I love to learn,” he said. “But what really strikes me is when some people think I’m 15. Either I’m a tall 11-year-old, or a short 15-year-old.”
Fellow students like Mubashar Ali said they’re impressed by the young scholar.
“Oh yeah, definitely impressed,” Ali told WBRZ of Precciely, whom he admittedly mistook for a 13-year-old. “He knew way more than a lot of the students.”
Ali added that his young classmate is “always engaged” and always helping teach the class. Another student, Dillon Brumfield, was equally wowed by Precciely’s intelligence and said the boy has no problem blending in with traditional undergraduate students.
“He can fit in, just day-to-day activities. He can do everything that we can do,” Brumfield told the station. “There’s nothing he can’t do. It’s just like, after school is when it comes to be like, ‘Can he fit in?'”
Despite being dubbed a genius, university leaders said Precciely will still need plenty of guidance and support to get through the next few years. Dr. Manicia Gene Finch, the associate vice chancellor for enrollment management, said the 11-year-old is so much more than just a prodigy.
“He’s more than just a student,” Finch said. “I think he is a young gentleman and man of the Holy Spirit. “He’s going to fit in very well, as he already does here at Southern University.”
Precciely said he’s ready for the challenges ahead.
“You have to have a mindset to actually know ‘Hey I have to learn this, my life depends on it,’ ” he said. “Act like your life depends on it because it does. When you learn, you increase your life.”
Among his other notable accomplishments, Precciely has authored a book, applied for several patents and hosts his own weekly radio show.
Although much younger than his undergraduate peers, Elijah Precciely seems to be fitting right in.
“I’m very excited,” he told local station KLFY. “I’ve been waiting on this for long, long time. This is my environment.”
The celebrated “whiz kid,” who was home-schooled by his mother and began taking college-level courses in biology, physics and business through Southern at just 8 years old, earned a spot in the university’s Honors College in 2018, according to WAFB. Back in May, he was bestowed with the prestigious J.S. Clark Presidential Scholar Award and became the youngest person in history to receive a full-ride scholarship to Southern University.
Because of the previous credits he earned, Precciely, a native of Baton Rouge, will start at the college in his hometown as a sophomore and plans to major in physics.
“I love to be up here on campus. I love to learn,” he said. “But what really strikes me is when some people think I’m 15. Either I’m a tall 11-year-old, or a short 15-year-old.”
Fellow students like Mubashar Ali said they’re impressed by the young scholar.
“Oh yeah, definitely impressed,” Ali told WBRZ of Precciely, whom he admittedly mistook for a 13-year-old. “He knew way more than a lot of the students.”
Ali added that his young classmate is “always engaged” and always helping teach the class. Another student, Dillon Brumfield, was equally wowed by Precciely’s intelligence and said the boy has no problem blending in with traditional undergraduate students.
“He can fit in, just day-to-day activities. He can do everything that we can do,” Brumfield told the station. “There’s nothing he can’t do. It’s just like, after school is when it comes to be like, ‘Can he fit in?'”
Despite being dubbed a genius, university leaders said Precciely will still need plenty of guidance and support to get through the next few years. Dr. Manicia Gene Finch, the associate vice chancellor for enrollment management, said the 11-year-old is so much more than just a prodigy.
“He’s more than just a student,” Finch said. “I think he is a young gentleman and man of the Holy Spirit. “He’s going to fit in very well, as he already does here at Southern University.”
Precciely said he’s ready for the challenges ahead.
“You have to have a mindset to actually know ‘Hey I have to learn this, my life depends on it,’ ” he said. “Act like your life depends on it because it does. When you learn, you increase your life.”
Among his other notable accomplishments, Precciely has authored a book, applied for several patents and hosts his own weekly radio show.
NBA Star Responds After Girl's Plea About His Shoes
Riley Morrison wanted to know why Steph Curry sneakers came only in 'boys' sizes
By Arden Dier, Newser Staff
Posted Nov 30, 2018 9:55 AM CST
Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry warms up in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 21. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
(Newser) – Riley Morrison knew which shoes she wanted on her feet as she kicked off her basketball season. Unfortunately, she appeared not to have the right feet. "Girls want to rock the Curry 5s too," the 9-year-old Golden State Warriors fan from Napa, Calif., wrote in a letter to superstar point guard Stephen Curry after finding his signature shoe could only be purchased in boys sizes under the boys section of Under Armour's website. "She looked at me and said, 'Dad, that's not fair,'" Chris Morrison tells Teen Vogue. Curry himself responded. "We are correcting this now!" the two-time league MVP responded in a tweeted letter Thursday, noting smaller sizes would no longer be labeled as "boys." Per NBC News, the website has indeed been updated to show Curry's shoes in the girls section, with female-specific instructions relating to size.
But Riley, who's been playing basketball since she was 4, won't have to place an order. Curry, a father to two young daughters who penned an August op-ed in support of gender equality and runs an all-girls basketball camp, promised to send Riley pairs of Curry 5s and Curry 6s, which are to be released on Christmas Day, per CBS News. He then extended an invitation for Riley to join him in Oakland on International Women's Day (March 8) for "something special," with more details to follow. "So proud of my baby girl for making a difference and so thankful for @stephencurry30 doing this for her," Riley's father writes on Instagram, where he first shared his daughter's letter on Nov. 18. (Luckily for Riley, Under Armour has revamped the design of Curry's shoes since this happened.)
But Riley, who's been playing basketball since she was 4, won't have to place an order. Curry, a father to two young daughters who penned an August op-ed in support of gender equality and runs an all-girls basketball camp, promised to send Riley pairs of Curry 5s and Curry 6s, which are to be released on Christmas Day, per CBS News. He then extended an invitation for Riley to join him in Oakland on International Women's Day (March 8) for "something special," with more details to follow. "So proud of my baby girl for making a difference and so thankful for @stephencurry30 doing this for her," Riley's father writes on Instagram, where he first shared his daughter's letter on Nov. 18. (Luckily for Riley, Under Armour has revamped the design of Curry's shoes since this happened.)
Some Motherf—– Tried It:’ Samuel L. Jackson Calls Donald Trump a ‘Hemorrhoid,’ Gets Investigated
By Daryl Nelson - atlanta black star
November 29, 2018
It looks like Samuel L. Jackson angered someone over his criticism of Donald Trump. But that person just didn’t send the veteran actor an angry comment, he or she reported him to Twitter.
All of this is known because Jackson shared the news himself on his Twitter page, and before he responded to the complaint he posted it for his followers to read.
“We have received a complaint regarding your account @SamuelLJackson for the following content,” the letter stated.
And then Jackson’s tweet was referenced.
“‘Why is that hemorrhoid threatening to shut down the government over a wall budget?'” he wrote. “‘What happened to ‘and Mexico is gonna pay for it?’ #ineverssaidthat#yesthefuckyoudidmotherf—–.'”
Jackson’s response?
He wrote the word “Haha” several times, before adding “some motherf—– tried it.”
Afterwards, many reacted to Jackson’s message and seemed to be entertained by his tweet to Trump, plus, how he handled the complaint.
“I bet a hemorrhoid reported this,” someone wrote. “They’re part of the Make Hemorrhoids Great Again movement. The movement no one wants.”
“Help me understand this Twitter. You allow Donald to say anything, yet you investigate Samuel Jackson?” another person asked. “Well, now we know when Donald posts we can complain and you’ll investigate.”
A lot of people also said Jackson’s response reminds them of the movie characters he plays when he’s barked at someone, like, Jules Winnifield in “Pulp Fiction” or Neville Flynn in “Snakes On A Plane.”
From here, it’s safe to say that Jackson’s fans will be checking to see if he’ll stop blasting Trump because of the investigation or criticize him even more.
All of this is known because Jackson shared the news himself on his Twitter page, and before he responded to the complaint he posted it for his followers to read.
“We have received a complaint regarding your account @SamuelLJackson for the following content,” the letter stated.
And then Jackson’s tweet was referenced.
“‘Why is that hemorrhoid threatening to shut down the government over a wall budget?'” he wrote. “‘What happened to ‘and Mexico is gonna pay for it?’ #ineverssaidthat#yesthefuckyoudidmotherf—–.'”
Jackson’s response?
He wrote the word “Haha” several times, before adding “some motherf—– tried it.”
Afterwards, many reacted to Jackson’s message and seemed to be entertained by his tweet to Trump, plus, how he handled the complaint.
“I bet a hemorrhoid reported this,” someone wrote. “They’re part of the Make Hemorrhoids Great Again movement. The movement no one wants.”
“Help me understand this Twitter. You allow Donald to say anything, yet you investigate Samuel Jackson?” another person asked. “Well, now we know when Donald posts we can complain and you’ll investigate.”
A lot of people also said Jackson’s response reminds them of the movie characters he plays when he’s barked at someone, like, Jules Winnifield in “Pulp Fiction” or Neville Flynn in “Snakes On A Plane.”
From here, it’s safe to say that Jackson’s fans will be checking to see if he’ll stop blasting Trump because of the investigation or criticize him even more.
Country Singer Kane Brown Says He Thought He Was White Until He Was Called the N-Word
By Daryl Nelson - atlanta black star
November 26, 2018
Kane Brown will be a name that you’ll probably be hearing a lot of if you haven’t already. He’s the 25-year-old country singer born to a white mother and Black father, who was also part Cherokee and not in his life.
Last month, Brown won big at the American Music Awards, wracking up three trophies, including Favorite Country Male Artist. At the moment, he’s arguably considered the genre’s biggest breakout star.
But according to what Brown told People magazine, he’s endured a lot of racism along the way. In fact, the singer thought he was 100% white as a child, until he started getting called the n-word while attending middle school in Georgia.
“I’m biracial,” he stated. “I didn’t know that until I was 7 or 8 years old. I thought I was full white, which honestly, I can’t even really say because I didn’t see colors.”
“I found out that I was biracial and I still wasn’t thinking anything of it, but then I started getting called the n-word,” Brown went on. “I didn’t even know what it meant. I learned what it meant, and that’s when it started affecting me. I got in fights over it when I was little.”
But the newly married country star said he eventually “got over” the racist remarks and they only made him stronger.
And now he wants to help other kids who may be facing a similar situation, especially since he still deals with racism as a famous person.
“When I first got into country, I started getting some of those comments like ‘He’s an N-word.’ Stuff like that,” Brown explained. “I used to screenshot it and put it on Twitter, like ‘There’s still racism in the world.’ But I didn’t get into country music just to prove a point. I try to stay away from all negativity … Now you can call me whatever you want. It just brushes off of me.”
Last month, Brown won big at the American Music Awards, wracking up three trophies, including Favorite Country Male Artist. At the moment, he’s arguably considered the genre’s biggest breakout star.
But according to what Brown told People magazine, he’s endured a lot of racism along the way. In fact, the singer thought he was 100% white as a child, until he started getting called the n-word while attending middle school in Georgia.
“I’m biracial,” he stated. “I didn’t know that until I was 7 or 8 years old. I thought I was full white, which honestly, I can’t even really say because I didn’t see colors.”
“I found out that I was biracial and I still wasn’t thinking anything of it, but then I started getting called the n-word,” Brown went on. “I didn’t even know what it meant. I learned what it meant, and that’s when it started affecting me. I got in fights over it when I was little.”
But the newly married country star said he eventually “got over” the racist remarks and they only made him stronger.
And now he wants to help other kids who may be facing a similar situation, especially since he still deals with racism as a famous person.
“When I first got into country, I started getting some of those comments like ‘He’s an N-word.’ Stuff like that,” Brown explained. “I used to screenshot it and put it on Twitter, like ‘There’s still racism in the world.’ But I didn’t get into country music just to prove a point. I try to stay away from all negativity … Now you can call me whatever you want. It just brushes off of me.”
Jim Carrey doesn’t care if his political paintings cost him Trump fans: ‘Lose them’
Michael Nordine, IndieWire - raw story
24 NOV 2018 AT 02:23 ET
If you follow Jim Carrey on Twitter — or if you’ve read anything at all about him in the last few years — then you’re well aware of his political leanings. A harsh critic of Donald Trump, the actor has produced a number of paintings that portray the president in particular and his administration in general in a decidedly unfavorable light.
Not everyone was on board with him doing so: “It was interesting because when I first starting playing on Twitter like everyone else, I got in trouble because I was honest,” Carrey said during Vulture Festival today. “A terrible thing to be on Twitter!”
“It was a little scary, and I became an activist when it comes to this political stuff. There was a lot of pressure on me from my management going like, ‘Don’t mess this up, you got it going good and people love you, when you talk about politics and other issues, you’re going to lose half of your audience.’ And I said, ‘Lose them.’”
“You just have to go your own way and say your peace and truth, and that’s what I’m doing,” Carrey said. Still, he tries to be careful about it: “The first thing I did was give my Twitter to one of my assistants. I didn’t want to make that rash tweet choice at 3 a.m. like the President.”
Meanwhile, don’t expect him to stop painting soon, as he appears to enjoy it quite a bit: “It has turned into a very beautiful thing, and I feel very gratified.”
Not everyone was on board with him doing so: “It was interesting because when I first starting playing on Twitter like everyone else, I got in trouble because I was honest,” Carrey said during Vulture Festival today. “A terrible thing to be on Twitter!”
“It was a little scary, and I became an activist when it comes to this political stuff. There was a lot of pressure on me from my management going like, ‘Don’t mess this up, you got it going good and people love you, when you talk about politics and other issues, you’re going to lose half of your audience.’ And I said, ‘Lose them.’”
“You just have to go your own way and say your peace and truth, and that’s what I’m doing,” Carrey said. Still, he tries to be careful about it: “The first thing I did was give my Twitter to one of my assistants. I didn’t want to make that rash tweet choice at 3 a.m. like the President.”
Meanwhile, don’t expect him to stop painting soon, as he appears to enjoy it quite a bit: “It has turned into a very beautiful thing, and I feel very gratified.”
Michael Johnson nearly ‘back to normal’ but reveals anger at suffering stroke
• Former Olympic sprinter suffered stroke in September
• Johnson said he was scared and angry after attack
Press Association
the guardian
Mon 19 Nov 2018 06.42 EST
Michael Johnson won the 1996 Olympic 200m race in 19.32 seconds but it took him 15 minutes to cover the same distance after his stroke. Photograph: PPP
Michael Johnson has spoken of his anger after discovering he had suffered a stroke but insists an Olympic mindset will enable him to make a full recovery.
The 51-year-old former Olympic sprint champion says he is “pretty much back to normal” after suffering a transient ischemic attack in September.
Johnson, once the fastest man on the planet over 200m and 400m, said he had finished a training session at home when he felt “a strange tingling down my arm and left side”. He “decided not to take any chances” and headed straight to hospital.
“After the MRI scan, I almost fell off the table. I could not walk or move my left leg,” he told the BBC. “The numbness of my arm was intense too. I could not feel my arm and moving my fingers was problematic. It was a lot of emotions. Once I was told I had suffered a stroke and I could not walk things get immediately real.
“You start to think: ‘What is my life going to be like going forward? What is my quality of life going to be like? Will I be able to dress myself? Will I be able to take care of myself or will my loved ones have to take care of me?’
“I had a great team of doctors and they said that is what all stroke victims ask but unfortunately there is no answer to the questions – only time will tell. Some people make a full recovery, some make a partial recovery and how much time that takes there is no answer. That is difficult to hear and pretty scary.
“You go from fear to anger asking: ‘Why did this happen to me?’ The first thing doctors say is not to smoke, lose weight, work out and get fit – well that is what I was doing when this happened – and eat right. I was doing all the right things so I was pretty angry for half a day.”
Johnson, who won 200m Olympic gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996 in 19.32 seconds, said the same distance in hospital took him 15 minutes.
He added: “Doctors said the best chance of recovery was to immediately get into physical therapy. I did that two days after the stroke and I got out of bed with assistance and got behind the walker around the hospital - and ironically it was around 200m. I timed it and it took me around 15 minutes to cover that distance.
“Ordinarily that would be very disconcerting and I would have no hope - having been the fastest person in the world at that distance - but I was very encouraged. For the next few weeks I went back into an Olympic mindset and focusing on having the best training session I can today and using it to be better and get better. Almost three months on now from the stroke and I am pretty much back to normal and back to work.”
The 51-year-old former Olympic sprint champion says he is “pretty much back to normal” after suffering a transient ischemic attack in September.
Johnson, once the fastest man on the planet over 200m and 400m, said he had finished a training session at home when he felt “a strange tingling down my arm and left side”. He “decided not to take any chances” and headed straight to hospital.
“After the MRI scan, I almost fell off the table. I could not walk or move my left leg,” he told the BBC. “The numbness of my arm was intense too. I could not feel my arm and moving my fingers was problematic. It was a lot of emotions. Once I was told I had suffered a stroke and I could not walk things get immediately real.
“You start to think: ‘What is my life going to be like going forward? What is my quality of life going to be like? Will I be able to dress myself? Will I be able to take care of myself or will my loved ones have to take care of me?’
“I had a great team of doctors and they said that is what all stroke victims ask but unfortunately there is no answer to the questions – only time will tell. Some people make a full recovery, some make a partial recovery and how much time that takes there is no answer. That is difficult to hear and pretty scary.
“You go from fear to anger asking: ‘Why did this happen to me?’ The first thing doctors say is not to smoke, lose weight, work out and get fit – well that is what I was doing when this happened – and eat right. I was doing all the right things so I was pretty angry for half a day.”
Johnson, who won 200m Olympic gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996 in 19.32 seconds, said the same distance in hospital took him 15 minutes.
He added: “Doctors said the best chance of recovery was to immediately get into physical therapy. I did that two days after the stroke and I got out of bed with assistance and got behind the walker around the hospital - and ironically it was around 200m. I timed it and it took me around 15 minutes to cover that distance.
“Ordinarily that would be very disconcerting and I would have no hope - having been the fastest person in the world at that distance - but I was very encouraged. For the next few weeks I went back into an Olympic mindset and focusing on having the best training session I can today and using it to be better and get better. Almost three months on now from the stroke and I am pretty much back to normal and back to work.”
Temple-educated physicist to be first African American to receive John Scott Award
Ryanne Persinger Tribune Staff Writer
Nov 16, 2018
At 87, James E. West has no intention of slowing down. A scientist and research professor of electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering at The Johns Hopkins University, he will receive the 2018 John Scott Award on Friday for his inventions relating to the foil electret microphone.
He is believed to be the first African American to receive the accolade that is bestowed annually in Philadelphia on “ingenious men or women who make useful inventions” to benefit society as a whole.
“I’m willing to accept that responsibility,” West told The Tribune this week. “The moral is that if you live long enough, you’ll be first at something.”
West’s invention, developed with his research partner Gerhard Sessler, was the electret microphone, a component in modern-day telephones, cellphones, hearing aids and professional microphones.
“It’s one of the reasons why we’re able to communicate right now without any major problems; the electret microphone is like a transparent window,” West said. “It transforms a movement of air into electricity. It does this without introducing any distortion at all.”
West and Bjarne Stroustrup, a Danish computer scientist who created the C++ computer programming language, will receive the award during a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. at the American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut St.
“This year’s honorees have made remarkable contributions to the world of science and to our daily lives,” said Ronald Donatucci, president of the Board of City Trusts, which honors recipients based on recommendations from the John Scott Award Advisory Committee, in a statement. “It’s an honor to add their names and work to the esteemed list of John Scott awardees.”
West’s and Stroustrup’s accomplishments come “from their endless dedication and commitment to science and their respective fields,” Hai Lung Dai, senior vice president of international affairs at Temple University and chairman of the Scott Awards Committee, said in a statement. “It starts with a seemingly small challenge or question and the desire to find a working solution that can ultimately change the way we live.”
Each scientist will receive the copper John Scott Medal and a cash prize of $15,000.
The award was endowed by Scottish chemist and pharmacist John Scott and is managed by the board of directors of City Trusts. The award has been presented annually for nearly 200 years to honor the memory of Benjamin Franklin.
West was born in Farmville, Va., in the segregated South to a mother who was a school teacher and a father he described as a “jack of all trades.” His ability to understand how things worked sparked at a young age.
Taking things apart was West’s biggest problem growing up because, he said, “nothing was safe.”
West said the Black schools were closed down after officials refused to integrate them under an extension of the Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit. As a result, the family moved to Hampton, Va.
“I did not know I was a minority until it was time to go to college,” West recalled. “Everywhere I went I only saw Black people. I couldn’t take public transportation because my father prohibited that because it was segregated. I never stayed in a hotel, because that was segregated, so we only stayed with relatives. I was raised in a cocoon, for a lack of a better word.”
When it was time for college, West first studied biology at Hampton University, then enrolled in Temple University in 1953 to study physics. The change in his studies went against the advice from his family.
“Basically, they said, ‘You can do what you want, but you’re going to work at the post office because that’s the only thing Black people in science can do,’” West said. “Those were the only jobs you could get, or teaching high school, and that wasn’t enough to support a family. Black people were not given jobs in those areas and fields then.”
Despite what West’s family told him, he landed an internship with Bell Laboratories — a research and scientific company in New Jersey — and later would work for the company full time researching acoustics for decades before he retired in 2001.
“It truly was a unique environment in many ways,” West said of Bell Labs. “There’s not many places in the world where you feel like you’re 6 or 12 years old, with all the toys you could ever imagine.”
These days, as an educator, West strives to encourage more young people, particularly women and minorities, to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
“I think one of the things that I’ve strived for, and what I devoted as much time as I can spare to, is encouraging programs that are going to improve the interest of underrepresented minorities in engineering, science and technology,” West said. “There is a demand for them in this area. It’s not going to be a cake walk because you have to work hard, but the rewards on the other end are enormous.”
West received honorary doctorates from Temple in 2014 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013, as well as from other prestigious universities.
What’s next for West?
“I always dream big,” he said. “I’d love to have a Noble Peace Prize.”
He is believed to be the first African American to receive the accolade that is bestowed annually in Philadelphia on “ingenious men or women who make useful inventions” to benefit society as a whole.
“I’m willing to accept that responsibility,” West told The Tribune this week. “The moral is that if you live long enough, you’ll be first at something.”
West’s invention, developed with his research partner Gerhard Sessler, was the electret microphone, a component in modern-day telephones, cellphones, hearing aids and professional microphones.
“It’s one of the reasons why we’re able to communicate right now without any major problems; the electret microphone is like a transparent window,” West said. “It transforms a movement of air into electricity. It does this without introducing any distortion at all.”
West and Bjarne Stroustrup, a Danish computer scientist who created the C++ computer programming language, will receive the award during a ceremony at 5:30 p.m. at the American Philosophical Society, 427 Chestnut St.
“This year’s honorees have made remarkable contributions to the world of science and to our daily lives,” said Ronald Donatucci, president of the Board of City Trusts, which honors recipients based on recommendations from the John Scott Award Advisory Committee, in a statement. “It’s an honor to add their names and work to the esteemed list of John Scott awardees.”
West’s and Stroustrup’s accomplishments come “from their endless dedication and commitment to science and their respective fields,” Hai Lung Dai, senior vice president of international affairs at Temple University and chairman of the Scott Awards Committee, said in a statement. “It starts with a seemingly small challenge or question and the desire to find a working solution that can ultimately change the way we live.”
Each scientist will receive the copper John Scott Medal and a cash prize of $15,000.
The award was endowed by Scottish chemist and pharmacist John Scott and is managed by the board of directors of City Trusts. The award has been presented annually for nearly 200 years to honor the memory of Benjamin Franklin.
West was born in Farmville, Va., in the segregated South to a mother who was a school teacher and a father he described as a “jack of all trades.” His ability to understand how things worked sparked at a young age.
Taking things apart was West’s biggest problem growing up because, he said, “nothing was safe.”
West said the Black schools were closed down after officials refused to integrate them under an extension of the Brown v. Board of Education lawsuit. As a result, the family moved to Hampton, Va.
“I did not know I was a minority until it was time to go to college,” West recalled. “Everywhere I went I only saw Black people. I couldn’t take public transportation because my father prohibited that because it was segregated. I never stayed in a hotel, because that was segregated, so we only stayed with relatives. I was raised in a cocoon, for a lack of a better word.”
When it was time for college, West first studied biology at Hampton University, then enrolled in Temple University in 1953 to study physics. The change in his studies went against the advice from his family.
“Basically, they said, ‘You can do what you want, but you’re going to work at the post office because that’s the only thing Black people in science can do,’” West said. “Those were the only jobs you could get, or teaching high school, and that wasn’t enough to support a family. Black people were not given jobs in those areas and fields then.”
Despite what West’s family told him, he landed an internship with Bell Laboratories — a research and scientific company in New Jersey — and later would work for the company full time researching acoustics for decades before he retired in 2001.
“It truly was a unique environment in many ways,” West said of Bell Labs. “There’s not many places in the world where you feel like you’re 6 or 12 years old, with all the toys you could ever imagine.”
These days, as an educator, West strives to encourage more young people, particularly women and minorities, to pursue careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).
“I think one of the things that I’ve strived for, and what I devoted as much time as I can spare to, is encouraging programs that are going to improve the interest of underrepresented minorities in engineering, science and technology,” West said. “There is a demand for them in this area. It’s not going to be a cake walk because you have to work hard, but the rewards on the other end are enormous.”
West received honorary doctorates from Temple in 2014 and from the University of Pennsylvania in 2013, as well as from other prestigious universities.
What’s next for West?
“I always dream big,” he said. “I’d love to have a Noble Peace Prize.”
speaking the truth!!!
‘I Don’t See Why She Has to Apologize’ Newly Elected Tennessee Official Gets Support After Calling Residents Racists
By Tia Berger - atlanta black star
November 16, 2018
An incoming Tennessee state House rep recently apologized after a Facebook video of her making offensive comments about residents and her state surfaced online last week.
Newly elected Democratic state lawmaker in Memphis, London Lamar, is scheduled to take office in January after running uncontested in House District 91 during November 6. However, the official raised a few eyebrows after she made remarks in a video posted to her Facebook account the morning after midterm elections.
In the video, Lamar called the state of Tennessee “racist” and made other comments towards her state’s constituents.
“Most of the Tennesseans who voted Republican are uneducated,” Lamar said in the now deleted recording. “So, they don’t even know that they showed up to the polls to vote against their own interest. … They literally voted on color lines.”
The former president of the Tennessee Young Democrats sparked controversy with her opines and several critics blasted her on social media.
“A person with that attitude should not be in the House of Representatives in the state that she trashed on Facebook,” one user said.
Lamar addressed the viral footage on her Facebook page on Monday and apologized for her statements.
“In my video I made one mistake and that was an overgeneralization of white people and for that I sincerely apologize,” the state official said. “However, we must not discount the election day data. We live in a state that is very racially polarized. When you look at the needs of rural west, middle and east, the democratic values speaks to their needs. I sincerely desire for the great state of Tennessee to give the democratic values a chance to work for all people.”
Lamar also sat down with WREG on Tuesday to express regret to those offended by her statements.
“We want to make sure we don’t overgeneralize groups of people. For that, we sincerely apologize,” she added. “What we have seen is that many of the folks who voted Republican based their judgment on racially charged rhetoric that was coming down from the White House.”
Although there were folks who expressed great disappointment by Lamar’s remarks, other Twitter users jumped to her defense.
“Forget political correctness, I don’t see why London Lamar should have to apologize. Tennessee has a lot of racism, and even more ignorance, as does America–especially its President,” said one Twitter user.
“A teachable moment: London Lamar apologized. Cindy Hyde-Smith did not. This. Is. America,” another added.
Newly elected Democratic state lawmaker in Memphis, London Lamar, is scheduled to take office in January after running uncontested in House District 91 during November 6. However, the official raised a few eyebrows after she made remarks in a video posted to her Facebook account the morning after midterm elections.
In the video, Lamar called the state of Tennessee “racist” and made other comments towards her state’s constituents.
“Most of the Tennesseans who voted Republican are uneducated,” Lamar said in the now deleted recording. “So, they don’t even know that they showed up to the polls to vote against their own interest. … They literally voted on color lines.”
The former president of the Tennessee Young Democrats sparked controversy with her opines and several critics blasted her on social media.
“A person with that attitude should not be in the House of Representatives in the state that she trashed on Facebook,” one user said.
Lamar addressed the viral footage on her Facebook page on Monday and apologized for her statements.
“In my video I made one mistake and that was an overgeneralization of white people and for that I sincerely apologize,” the state official said. “However, we must not discount the election day data. We live in a state that is very racially polarized. When you look at the needs of rural west, middle and east, the democratic values speaks to their needs. I sincerely desire for the great state of Tennessee to give the democratic values a chance to work for all people.”
Lamar also sat down with WREG on Tuesday to express regret to those offended by her statements.
“We want to make sure we don’t overgeneralize groups of people. For that, we sincerely apologize,” she added. “What we have seen is that many of the folks who voted Republican based their judgment on racially charged rhetoric that was coming down from the White House.”
Although there were folks who expressed great disappointment by Lamar’s remarks, other Twitter users jumped to her defense.
“Forget political correctness, I don’t see why London Lamar should have to apologize. Tennessee has a lot of racism, and even more ignorance, as does America–especially its President,” said one Twitter user.
“A teachable moment: London Lamar apologized. Cindy Hyde-Smith did not. This. Is. America,” another added.
First Black woman president named for Harvard Crimson
Crimson News Staff - philly tribune
11/15/18
Kristine E. Guillaume '20 will serve as the President of the 146th Guard of The Harvard Crimson. Photo: Amy Y. Li
Kristine E. Guillaume ’20 will lead the newly elected 146th Guard of The Harvard Crimson, the organization’s President announced on Monday. Guillaume is the first Black woman to serve as President of The Crimson in the paper’s 145-year history.
Guillaume, a joint African American Studies and History and Literature concentrator, is currently one of The Crimson’s Central Administration reporters. In that capacity, she interviewed two successive University Presidents — Drew G. Faust and Lawrence S. Bacow — and worked as part of the reporting team that covered Harvard’s 2018 presidential search.
She is also one of three Chairs of The Crimson’s Diversity and Inclusivity committee, responsible for formulating and overseeing initiatives meant to make the paper more diverse and welcoming to students from all backgrounds. Guillaume, who lives in Lowell House, will begin as President on Jan. 1, 2019.
“I have the utmost confidence in the 146th Guard’s ability to carry on our proud mission of covering and informing Harvard and its affiliates,” current Crimson President Derek G. Xiao ’19 said. “I could not be more excited to see the direction the next President, Managing Editor, and Business Manager will take The Crimson in 2019.”
Founded in 1873, The Crimson is the student newspaper of Harvard University. It is the oldest continuously published daily college newspaper in the United States and the only breakfast-table daily publication of Cambridge, Mass. The paper is proud to provide news and analysis to a wide range of Harvard affiliates, Cambridge residents, and readers across the nation.
The Crimson selects its leaders through an election process called the Turkey Shoot, in which all outgoing members of the masthead are invited to participate. A candidate for a senior leadership position must receive at least 75 percent of the vote to be elected.
Guillaume, a joint African American Studies and History and Literature concentrator, is currently one of The Crimson’s Central Administration reporters. In that capacity, she interviewed two successive University Presidents — Drew G. Faust and Lawrence S. Bacow — and worked as part of the reporting team that covered Harvard’s 2018 presidential search.
She is also one of three Chairs of The Crimson’s Diversity and Inclusivity committee, responsible for formulating and overseeing initiatives meant to make the paper more diverse and welcoming to students from all backgrounds. Guillaume, who lives in Lowell House, will begin as President on Jan. 1, 2019.
“I have the utmost confidence in the 146th Guard’s ability to carry on our proud mission of covering and informing Harvard and its affiliates,” current Crimson President Derek G. Xiao ’19 said. “I could not be more excited to see the direction the next President, Managing Editor, and Business Manager will take The Crimson in 2019.”
Founded in 1873, The Crimson is the student newspaper of Harvard University. It is the oldest continuously published daily college newspaper in the United States and the only breakfast-table daily publication of Cambridge, Mass. The paper is proud to provide news and analysis to a wide range of Harvard affiliates, Cambridge residents, and readers across the nation.
The Crimson selects its leaders through an election process called the Turkey Shoot, in which all outgoing members of the masthead are invited to participate. A candidate for a senior leadership position must receive at least 75 percent of the vote to be elected.
Reasons why I will NEVER, EVER forgive Trump voters
Coventina
From Demo. Underground: All these things were done BEFORE the election, so don't try to tell me that Trump voters didn't know EXACTLY what they were voting for:
Calling Mexicans rapists
Shaming women for having menstrual cycles
Saying John McCain is not a hero for surviving torture
Signing up a white nationalist as a delegate
Saying he is against the First Amendment
Refusing to condemn the KKK
Mocking a disabled reporter
Praising Saddam Hussein
Praising Vladimir Putin
Re-tweeting white nationalists
Tweeting that most murders of white people are done by African Americans
Mocking women's personal appearance
Sexualizing his daughter
Lying about American Muslims celebrating on 9/11
"Two Corinthians"
Talking about his penis during a national debate
Saying a judge was partial due to his ethnic heritage
Supporting the Obama "birther" lies
Threatening to end the free press
Defrauding students of "Trump University"
Not releasing his taxes
Saying pumping breast milk is "disgusting"
Asking Russia to hack the United States
Of course there is so much more, but this hits the high (low) lights for me.
Calling Mexicans rapists
Shaming women for having menstrual cycles
Saying John McCain is not a hero for surviving torture
Signing up a white nationalist as a delegate
Saying he is against the First Amendment
Refusing to condemn the KKK
Mocking a disabled reporter
Praising Saddam Hussein
Praising Vladimir Putin
Re-tweeting white nationalists
Tweeting that most murders of white people are done by African Americans
Mocking women's personal appearance
Sexualizing his daughter
Lying about American Muslims celebrating on 9/11
"Two Corinthians"
Talking about his penis during a national debate
Saying a judge was partial due to his ethnic heritage
Supporting the Obama "birther" lies
Threatening to end the free press
Defrauding students of "Trump University"
Not releasing his taxes
Saying pumping breast milk is "disgusting"
Asking Russia to hack the United States
Of course there is so much more, but this hits the high (low) lights for me.
When idiots say "both parties are the same"
SHRED
From Demo Underground: Here's a partial list.
Things that Democrats would not be doing:
Escalating towards nuclear war with NK.
Pulling out of Paris Climate Agreement.
Reducing National Monuments.
Defunding renewable energy.
Defunding CHIP.
Not helping Puerto Rico sufficiently.
Threatening and deporting DACA.
Building a wall on the southern border.
Attacking our allies and praising Russia.
Trying to revive the war on cannabis.
Backing expansion of private prisons.
Sabotaging the ACA.
Pushing an obscene tax bill which trigger cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Preparing to decimate the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
A State Department in shambles.
Privatization schemes against public education.
Expanding the private prison system.
Attacking the BLM movement.
Praising White Supremacists.
Renewing attacks on our LGBT brothers and sisters.
Destroying Net Neutrality.
To name a few for those idiots who think "both parties are the same".
I've shutdown fools online with this list.
Things that Democrats would not be doing:
Escalating towards nuclear war with NK.
Pulling out of Paris Climate Agreement.
Reducing National Monuments.
Defunding renewable energy.
Defunding CHIP.
Not helping Puerto Rico sufficiently.
Threatening and deporting DACA.
Building a wall on the southern border.
Attacking our allies and praising Russia.
Trying to revive the war on cannabis.
Backing expansion of private prisons.
Sabotaging the ACA.
Pushing an obscene tax bill which trigger cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.
Preparing to decimate the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
A State Department in shambles.
Privatization schemes against public education.
Expanding the private prison system.
Attacking the BLM movement.
Praising White Supremacists.
Renewing attacks on our LGBT brothers and sisters.
Destroying Net Neutrality.
To name a few for those idiots who think "both parties are the same".
I've shutdown fools online with this list.
MAGA: a serial rapist on the Supreme Court
Pastor Explains: When White Folks Say Obama Was an “Embarrassment”, Here is Your Response
By
cpowell
From Bluedot Daily: One of the common responses to criticism of Donald Trump by his mostly white voters is something along the lines “we were embarrassed by Obama for 8 years.” One pastor is calling out that nonsense.
Progressive pastor John Pavlovitz, a favorite of ours here, has penned an open letter to those white Trump voters, informing them that no, in fact, they weren’t embarrassed by the former President.
Were you embarrassed by his lone and enduring twenty-five year marriage to a strong woman he’s never ceased to publicly praise, respect, or cherish?
Were you embarrassed by the way he lovingly and sweetly parented and protected his daughters?
I remember the day after the Election, a friend of mine who happens to be white, remarked on social media that he “finally wasn’t embarrassed of America and our President.”
I sprained my eyes rolling them and they have never fully recovered.
Since then I’ve heard this sentiment echoed by more white folks than I can count, especially in recent months; supposed relief at once again having a leader who instills pride.
Since I don’t have the time to ask each of the individually, I’ll ask here:
So, you were embarrassed for the past 8 years, huh?
Really?
What exactly were you embarrassed by?
Were you embarrassed by his lone and enduring twenty-five year marriage to a strong woman he’s never ceased to publicly praise, respect, or cherish?
Were you embarrassed by the way he lovingly and sweetly parented and protected his daughters?
Were you embarrassed by his Columbia University degree in Political Science or his graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School?
Maybe you were embarrassed by his white American and Black Kenyan parents, or the diversity he was raised in as normal?
Were you embarrassed by his eloquence, his quick wit, his easy humor, his seeming comfort meeting with both world leaders and street cleaners; by his bright smile or his sense of empathy or his steadiness—perhaps by his lack of personal scandals or verbal gaffes or impulsive tirades?
No. Of course you weren’t.
Honestly, I don’t believe you were ever embarrassed. That word implies an association that brings ridicule, one that makes you ashamed by association, and if that’s something you claim to have experienced over the past eight years by having Barack Obama representing you in the world—I’m going to suggest you rethink your word choice.
You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama.
You were threatened by him.
You were offended by him.
You were challenged by him.
You were enraged by him.
But I don’t believe it had anything to do with his resume or his experience or his character or his conduct in office—because you seem fully proud right now to be associated with a three-time married, serial adulterer and confessed predator; a man whose election and business dealings and relationships are riddled with controversy and malfeasance. You’re perfectly fine being represented by a bullying, obnoxious, genitalia-grabbing, Tweet-ranting, Prime Minister-shoving charlatan who’s managed to offended all our allies in a few short months. And you’re okay with him putting on religious faith like a rented, dusty, ill-fitting tuxedo and immediately tossing it in the garbage when he’s finished with it.
None of that you’re embarrassed of? I wonder how that works.
Actually, I’m afraid I have an idea. I hope I’m wrong.
Listen, you’re perfectly within your rights to have disagreed with Barack Obama’s policies or to have taken issue with his tactics. No one’s claiming he was a flawless politician or a perfect human being. But somehow I don’t think that’s what we’re talking about here. I think the thing President Obama did that really upset you, white friend—was having a complexion that was far darker than you were ever comfortable with. I think the President we have now feels much better.
Because objectively speaking, if what’s happening in our country right now doesn’t cause you great shame and doesn’t induce the continual meeting of your palm to your face—I don’t believe embarrassment is ever something you struggle with.
No, if you claimed to be “embarrassed” by Barack Obama but you’re not embarrassed by Donald Trump—I’m going to strongly suggest it was largely a pigmentation issue.
And as an American and a Christian committed to diversity and equality and to the liberty at the heart of this nation--that, embarrasses me.
Well said, Pastor. Well said indeed.
Progressive pastor John Pavlovitz, a favorite of ours here, has penned an open letter to those white Trump voters, informing them that no, in fact, they weren’t embarrassed by the former President.
Were you embarrassed by his lone and enduring twenty-five year marriage to a strong woman he’s never ceased to publicly praise, respect, or cherish?
Were you embarrassed by the way he lovingly and sweetly parented and protected his daughters?
I remember the day after the Election, a friend of mine who happens to be white, remarked on social media that he “finally wasn’t embarrassed of America and our President.”
I sprained my eyes rolling them and they have never fully recovered.
Since then I’ve heard this sentiment echoed by more white folks than I can count, especially in recent months; supposed relief at once again having a leader who instills pride.
Since I don’t have the time to ask each of the individually, I’ll ask here:
So, you were embarrassed for the past 8 years, huh?
Really?
What exactly were you embarrassed by?
Were you embarrassed by his lone and enduring twenty-five year marriage to a strong woman he’s never ceased to publicly praise, respect, or cherish?
Were you embarrassed by the way he lovingly and sweetly parented and protected his daughters?
Were you embarrassed by his Columbia University degree in Political Science or his graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law School?
Maybe you were embarrassed by his white American and Black Kenyan parents, or the diversity he was raised in as normal?
Were you embarrassed by his eloquence, his quick wit, his easy humor, his seeming comfort meeting with both world leaders and street cleaners; by his bright smile or his sense of empathy or his steadiness—perhaps by his lack of personal scandals or verbal gaffes or impulsive tirades?
No. Of course you weren’t.
Honestly, I don’t believe you were ever embarrassed. That word implies an association that brings ridicule, one that makes you ashamed by association, and if that’s something you claim to have experienced over the past eight years by having Barack Obama representing you in the world—I’m going to suggest you rethink your word choice.
You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama.
You were threatened by him.
You were offended by him.
You were challenged by him.
You were enraged by him.
But I don’t believe it had anything to do with his resume or his experience or his character or his conduct in office—because you seem fully proud right now to be associated with a three-time married, serial adulterer and confessed predator; a man whose election and business dealings and relationships are riddled with controversy and malfeasance. You’re perfectly fine being represented by a bullying, obnoxious, genitalia-grabbing, Tweet-ranting, Prime Minister-shoving charlatan who’s managed to offended all our allies in a few short months. And you’re okay with him putting on religious faith like a rented, dusty, ill-fitting tuxedo and immediately tossing it in the garbage when he’s finished with it.
None of that you’re embarrassed of? I wonder how that works.
Actually, I’m afraid I have an idea. I hope I’m wrong.
Listen, you’re perfectly within your rights to have disagreed with Barack Obama’s policies or to have taken issue with his tactics. No one’s claiming he was a flawless politician or a perfect human being. But somehow I don’t think that’s what we’re talking about here. I think the thing President Obama did that really upset you, white friend—was having a complexion that was far darker than you were ever comfortable with. I think the President we have now feels much better.
Because objectively speaking, if what’s happening in our country right now doesn’t cause you great shame and doesn’t induce the continual meeting of your palm to your face—I don’t believe embarrassment is ever something you struggle with.
No, if you claimed to be “embarrassed” by Barack Obama but you’re not embarrassed by Donald Trump—I’m going to strongly suggest it was largely a pigmentation issue.
And as an American and a Christian committed to diversity and equality and to the liberty at the heart of this nation--that, embarrasses me.
Well said, Pastor. Well said indeed.
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“Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter a curious new phase in our society.... To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil.” - Gore Vidal
