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pretty-saucy · 2 months

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It makes it much easier to just love my dream version of Calum and get over the real Calum when I hear him waxing poetic about Philadelphia. Fuck that place.

#calum hood #yankees suck #phillies swallow #let's go pirates #pittsburgh supremacy #and if he has soooooo much in common with philadelphians he'd hate me anyway #i was raised with manners

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gophersupremecy · 2 months

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YALL I HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY!

I have had a buttload of homework to do all freaking week and am just now getting caught up in my NHL news!

THE SUCKY DUCKYS ARE OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED (as of Sunday)!!! To all my girlies who are ducks fans, I am sorry. But- I’m happy :) that’s all I can say. We all know how much I can’t stand the ducks (and zero hate to my girlies who are fans!!) so this brightened my day!

Anyways, I also saw a post that said the Penguins have a shot at winning the cup this year and I literally laughed out loud. They do not have a single chance- and I’m okay with that. I am beyond okay with that to be honest.

Also! Even though the Bruins are my freaking TEAM- part of me is really hoping the Nucks bring it home this year! Mostly because of Quinn and how he has just stepped up into leadership with so much tact and grace- I love him. So much. And I’m so proud of him!! I just think it would be a perfect ending to the best season for him (that and the Norris 🤩🤩) so anyways… yeah.

Love you guys! Don’t miss the Hockey East semis and final tonight and tomorrow!!!

#hockey #nhl #anaheim ducks #ncaa hockey #vancover canucks #pittsburgh penguins #boston bruins #gopher supremacy #quinn hughes

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marrymepickering · 1 year

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Sexy mouse boy is back

#pittsburgh penguins #tristan jarry #jars my love #jake and jars supremacy #love my mouse boy #mouse boy

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mylight-png · 7 months

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The Political Racialization of Jews

I think we have all seen the people calling Zionism "white supremacy" and Jews "white colonizers" in order to politically justify hating us.

But, what about the Pittsburgh Tree of Life shooting? Were we white then, when that white supremacist barged in and killed our people?

But, what about the worst killing of Jews ever, the Holocaust? Were we white when Hitler systemically slaughtered us in order to preserve his white Aryan race?

But, what about our time in Europe (where we, in fact, do not originate from)? Were we white when we were made to live separately from the actual "white Europeans"? Were we white when we were routinely and systemically attacked in pogroms? Were we white when laws were passed, prohibiting us from buying and selling certain things (ask me where bagels come from)?

But, what about America, where "no dogs and no Jews allowed" was written on businesses. Were we white when Leo Frank was falsely accused of murder, then taken out of his prison cell and lynched when his sentence was reduced? And the university/employment quotas against us? Were we white then?

Were we white any of the times we were hated and discriminated against for being "other" and different from those who were white?

In those days, we were racially categorized as being not white, because being white was seen as "moral" and desirable.

But now, what is the easiest way to strip someone of any right to consider themselves a minority or marginalized group? What is the easiest way to encourage people to disregard one's experiences of hate and oppression? What is the group society considers most privileged, and thus least qualified to define morals and ethics?

White.

We are called white, because the same people who call us white say that anti-white racism doesn't exist. So, how can hate against Jews exist, if we are white?

We are called white, because the same people who call us white view being white as a form of moral taint.

We are called white, because calling us white makes them believe that it is justifiable to strip us of our heritage and deny the fact that we are indigenous to the land they claim we are colonizing.

We are called white, even though according to FBI data, Jews are the most targeted minority group per capita in the US.

We are called white, even though our experiences are vastly different from white non-Jews.

Throughout history, we have been forced into racial categories that made oppressing and hating us easier.

And so that is why, as a Jew, I refuse to align myself with any racial category. Because I know that, depending on which way the political wind blows, no category will be safe or accurate. And because I know that those categories have been used, and will continue to be used, as an excuse to hate me.

#jumblr #jewish #judaism #jew #opinion #antisemitism has no place here #antisemitism #proud jew #jewish and proud

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haggishlyhagging · 10 months

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On March 9, 1977, Francine Hughes returned from business college to her Dansville, Michigan, home and put a frozen dinner in the oven for her husband, James. He didn't like it. Francine, he said, should be at home preparing meals for him, not running off to school. He beat her up, as he had done many times before; and to drive home his point he tore up her schoolbooks and term papers and forced her to burn them in the trash barrel. Twelve-year-old Christy Hughes called the police, who came to the house long enough to calm James down but declined, as they had many times before, to arrest him. They left James, tired from beating Francine, asleep in his bedroom. Determined to "just drive away," Francine piled the children into the family car. "Let's not come back this time, Mommy," they said. She carried a gasoline can to the bedroom, poured the contents around the bed where James lay asleep, backed out of the room, and set a match to it The rust of flame sucked the door shut.

Francine Hughes drove immediately to the Ingham County sheriffs office, crying hysterically, "I did it. I did it." She was charged with first-degree murder.

Dansville adjoins East Lansing, home of Michigan State University and consequently of many social-action groups. Within two months feminists and other interested people in the Lansing area had formed the Francine Hughes Defense Committee to raise money and public awareness for her defense. They were careful to say that they neither advocated nor condoned murder, but they held that women confronted with violence have a right to defend themselves. They argued that "Francine Hughes—and many other women facing similar charges—should be free from the threat of punishment," for Francine Hughes was a battered woman.

At the time wife-beating was a growing feminist issue, following close on the heels of feminist attacks upon rape, a crime it resembles in many ways. Both rape and wife-beating are crimes of violence against women. Both are widespread, underreported, trivialized, and inadequately punished by the legal system. Both are acts of terrorism intended to keep all women in their place through intimidation. In fact, rape is often part of wife abuse, though so far only a few states acknowledge even the possibility of rape within marriage. The chief difference between the two crimes is that while the victim of nonmarital rape must live with a terrifying memory, the abused wife lives with her assailant. Rapists are, in Susan Brownmiller's phrase, the "shock troops" of male supremacy. Wife-beaters are the home guard.

American feminists took up the issue of wife-beating when they learned in 1971 of the work of Erin Pizzey, founder of Chiswick Women's Aid, the first shelter house in England exclusively for battered women and their children. Rainbow Retreat, the first American shelter for abused families of alcoholics opened in Phoenix, Arizona, on November 1, 1973; and in St. Paul, Minnesota, Women's Advocates, a collective that began with a phone service in 1972, opened Women's House to battered women and their children in October 1974. Rainbow Retreat, during its first two and a half years, sheltered more than six hundred women and children. In St. Paul the five-bedroom Women's House sheltered twenty-two women and fifteen children during its first month of operation; less than a year later Women's Advocates were negotiating to buy a second house. Across the country the shelter movement spread to Pasadena, San Francisco, Seattle, Boise, Albuquerque, Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor, Boston, New York. To open a shelter was to fill it beyond capacity almost overnight. Suddenly it seemed that battered women were everywhere.

While activists opened shelters, researchers and writers set about documenting the problem of wife-beating or, as it came to be called more euphemistically in the academic literature, "domestic violence." The records showed that 60 percent of night calls in Atlanta concerned domestic disputes. In Fairfax County, Virginia, one of the nation's wealthiest counties, police received 4,073 disturbance calls in 1974. During ten months in 1975-76 the Dade County Florida Citizens Dispute Settlement Center handled nearly 1,000 wife-beating cases. Seventy percent of all assault cases received in the emergency room at hospitals in Boston and Omaha were women who had been attacked in their homes. Eighty percent of divorce cases in Wayne County, Michigan, involved charges of abuse. Ninety-nine percent of female Legal Aid clients in Milwaukee were abused by men.

The FBI guessed that a million women each year—women of every race and social class—would be victims of wife-beating. Journalists Roger Langley and Richard C. Levy put the figure at more than 28 million. Some said that one in four women married to or cohabiting with a man would become a victim; others said one in three. In some areas the incidence seemed even greater. In California the experts said one of every two women would be beaten. And in Omaha, the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women estimated that 95 percent of women would be abused at some time. There scarcely seemed need of additional evidence, so the same statistics began to turn up in every new account, but repetitious as they were, they showed all too clearly that wife-beating is a social problem of astounding dimensions.

-Ann Jones, Women Who Kill

#ann jones #amerika #male violence #domestic violence #female killers #feminist history

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mostlysignssomeportents · 7 months

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This day in history

This Saturday (Nov 4), I'm keynoting the Hackaday Supercon in Pasadena, CA.

#15yrsago The Essential Groucho https://memex.craphound.com/2008/11/03/the-essential-groucho/

#5yrsago Swedish ISP punishes Elsevier for forcing it to block Sci-Hub by also blocking Elsevier https://torrentfreak.com/swedish-isp-protest-site-blocking-by-blocking-rightsholders-website-and-more-181102/

#5yrsago Disneyland’s laundry used “gamification” as an “electronic whip,” leading to worker stress and injuries https://aeon.co/essays/how-employers-have-gamified-work-for-maximum-profit

#5yrsago Facebook blames malicious browser plugins for leak of 81,000 users’ private messages and offer of account data for 120,000,000 users https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-posted-private-facebook-messages/

#5yrsago A human being at Facebook manually approved the idea of targeting ads to users interested in “white genocide” https://theintercept.com/2018/11/02/facebook-ads-white-supremacy-pittsburgh-shooting/

#pluralistic

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radiofreederry · 1 year

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The next #cityrumble has begun! This time, we're back in the USA covering cities that didn't make the cut last time. It's the US' minor cities duking it out for supremacy and a shot at glory in the all-star bracket! It's the #cityrumble Minor League!

Here's the bracket for round one. As always the contests are linked below.

Anchorage v Greensboro

Colorado Springs v Omaha

Little Rock v Corpus Christi

Tulsa v Birmingham

Sacramento v Charlottesville

Madison v Des Moines

Long Beach v Reno

Boise v Lexington

Eugene v Pittsburgh

Fresno v Orlando

San Bernardino v Asheville

Cleveland v Newark

Buffalo v Tucson

Salt Lake City v Kansas City

Saint Paul v Denton

Honolulu v St. Louis

#cityrumble

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shirayuki7 · 2 months

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Ok your tags on the reblog were very cool, would love to hear more about this project. Also, this is entire based on vibes of just existing in or near PA and having incredibly revisionist (and religious) history books, yeah. Sounds right.

Yeppppp! Get ready for a long answer cause i am in the thick of it! I'm pretty much a complete outsider to this topic. USA history doesn't interest me as much as ancient history does. The whole theme of the project is religious in/tolerance, and I picked Pennsylvania because my in-laws are all in Pittsburgh and I thought getting to know the state more would be fun! I've already got a pretty good background in religious history, so most of my research has been contextual colonial history. But the primary source I'm basing my project on is AWESOME. It's "Gottlieb Mittelberger's Journey to Pennsylvania" (free in the Library of Congress btw) and it's just so full of amazing information about colonial PA and how it was viewed by outsiders at the time (for Gottlieb, it was pretty godless and not worth the hype despite how beautiful the country is. He lived in Lancester county for about 4 years before returning to Germany).

The basis of my research is that in Europe, most Protestant sectarians (Quakers in particular) were seen as anti-state/anti-authoritarian. Being a dissenter was the same as being a treasonous terrorist because religion was the basis for most if not all laws and public policy within a country. So dissenters like William Penn were heavily discriminated against based on their beliefs and punished by the state as tho they were public enemies number one (spiritual danger = real danger). So quite frankly, because the America's were the place for criminals to be sent anyway, it kinda made sense to let dissenters leave and rotten themselves and their communities else where. So William Penn gets permission from his buddy King James 2 to create Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment" for liberty of conscience (and Quakers) to go. Penn advertises in England and Germany for the most part about this land of religious freedom and opportunity. With a little censure from the crown about how he sets up the colony, Penn makes it law that people can believe what they want and therefore worship and do what they want (within reason). From the outset of the colony, we have a very diverse environment full of very diverse people. No single people's settled PA, despite Quakers being a majority for a time and even when they weren't the majority they still held most of the power in the colony.

Anyway, all the secondary literature I've read all say the same thing: Penn's holy experiment was a success. Religious tolerance helped make PA economically and politically successful and set up all the American colonies for an equally successful revolution. But I've noticed that they're all ignoring, or just plain forget because 'MURICA, that the colonies were not completely separate entities from their parent country and are enabling the narrative of usa supremacy and individualism that DID NOT EXIST at the time. Individualism sure as hell did exist, but not in the sense of "im an american." It was "I'm an English Quaker" or "I'm a German Lutheran" or other ethnic or religious identification. These historians make it sound like everyone thinks PA was a great thing... but here we have over 100 pages of a German immigrant's travelog that heavily criticizes Penn's colony, telling his fellow Germans that it's just not worth the risk and they're better off at home. Obviously there's a ton more nuance to the account than I'm giving here, but the whole book is him saying "here's this bad thing, here's this good thing but here's the dark side of the good thing that isn't immediately obvious but I will explain it to you for your own good, and here's another bad thing." Most of the negativity he gives about PA in particular is religiously based: anarchy and atheism (exaggerations, but it was how he saw it as a faithful Lutheran). He tells stories of women running the show (heaven forbid!) And how the courts and laws are so lax that everybody does what they want even if theyre sued! These are seen as bad things to him, but obviously to a modern person (and to many a modern Pennsylvanian) it sounds like libertarian paradise. The idea of "success" is what I'm challenging with the Gottlieb account; we as historians are always needed to challenge the narrative. Complicate the story. The 13 colonies as a melting pot and overall success story is a good story and we use it to reinforce murican values in our public schools (something i greatly disagree with but it is what it is). But it's not the whole story and never will be. We've got the puritans in New England doing their thing and the Quakers in PA doing theirs, but what did that actually mean to people at the time? Did they see it as success? I should probably stop now haha! This is getting long. Thanks for asking about my project, it helps me articulate it for my prospectus due in a few days. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#pennsylvania #colonial history #colonization #william penn #history

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beardedmrbean · 5 months

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A self-proclaimed white supremacist was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday for making online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the trial of a man who killed 11 congregants at a Pittsburgh synagogue.

Hardy Carroll Lloyd, 45, of Follansbee, West Virginia, was sentenced in federal court in northern West Virginia for his September guilty plea to obstruction of the due administration of justice.

BOY, 13, CHARGED FOR ALLEGEDLY PLOTTING MASS SHOOTING AT OHIO SYNAGOGUE: REPORTS

Lloyd admitted that the actual or perceived Jewish faith of the government witnesses and victims in the trial of Robert Bowers prompted him to target the jury and witnesses.

The U.S. Justice Department described Lloyd as a self-proclaimed leader of a white supremacy movement. Prosecutors said Lloyd, who was arrested on Aug. 10, sent threatening social media posts and emails along with comments on websites during Bowers’ trial.

Bowers was sentenced to death in August in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate.

In May 2022, the Texas Department of Public Safety offered a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to Lloyd’s arrest after he allegedly posted a series of comments online threatening to carry a firearm onto the Texas Capitol grounds and challenge any police officer who tried to "take enforcement actions" against him. A statement from the department said Lloyd was a convicted felon. ______________________

hope he has a rotten time in there

#nunyas news

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learnfromhistoryorrepeatit · 11 months

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January 29, 2023, 10:15 AM

Inside a US Neo-Nazi Homeschool Network With Thousands of Members | David Gilbert, Vice News

An Ohio couple has been unmasked as leaders of the neo-Nazi “Dissident Homeschool” Telegram channel that distributes lesson plans to 2,400 members.

There are may sources within this article I will be referencing and most are listed below. We need to be aware of the reality of the situation of how Nazism has become more public accepted and followed (gaining followers from birth as it is described in this specific discussion) AGAIN (yes it has been here before & has origins here that I will talk later about on this blog).

“”Dissident Homeschool” network opened a lesson plan and were greeted with the words: ‘“As Adolf Hitler wrote…”’”on the platform Telegram. VICE investigative journalists “joined the group simply by clicking on a link, though the list of members was not publicly visible.”

“Since the group began in October 2021 it has openly embraced Nazi ideology and promoted white supremacy, while proudly discouraging parents from letting their white children play with or have any contact with people of any other race. Admins and members use racist, homophobic, and antisemitic slurs without shame, and quote Hitler and other Nazi leaders daily in a channel open to the public.”

“What’s even more disturbing, however, is that the couple who run the channel are not only teaching parents how to indoctrinate their children into this fascist ideology, they’re also encouraging them to meet up in real life and join even more radical groups, which could further reinforce their beliefs and potentially push them toward violent action.”

The faces behind the curriculum and programming of this telegram homeschooling collective have recently been identified by an “antifascist research group” called “Anonymous Comrades Collective. They “published a detailed report that unmasked the Saxons as Logan and Katja Lawrence, who live in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, with their four young children.” Whose recent public contributions include their local sheriffs public website.

“The researchers were able to identify the Lawrences through biographical details they shared in the Telegram channel’s group chat and on podcast appearances. One of the key clues to identifying them came when they revealed that they owned a German Shepherd called Blondi—the same name as Hitler’s dog.”

A question to be asked is; are we seeing non-direct evidence that reflects this growing and/or growingly accepted ideology and values? Is this isolated Telegram channel or is this an obvious “sign of the times” and potentially future? Well..

March 23, 2023 10:09 AM

Report: Antisemitic Incidents Soared to 'Historic Levels’ in 2022 | Masood Farivar, VOA News

According to the Anti-Defamation League “reported incidents of assault, vandalism and harassment targeting Jews in the United States rose to new “historic levels””. In an annual report, Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, “the Jewish civil rights organization said it documented 3,697 such incidents in 2022, up 36% from 2021, and the highest level since the group started keeping records in 1979.”

“This was the third time in the past five years during which antisemitic incidents have set a record high, the ADL said,” also elaborating it has been a “part of a five-year climb that has seen a doubling of antisemitic incidents since 2018, when a white supremacist killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in the deadliest attack on the American Jewish community in U.S. history.”

“ADL President Jonathan Greenblatt said while no single element accounted for last year’s surge in antisemitism, a number of contributing factors were at play.”

“Among them: an increase in white supremacist propaganda activity, attacks on Orthodox Jews, a spike in bomb threats made to Jewish institutions and significant increases of anti-Jewish incidents in schools and on college campuses.”

“This data confirms what Jewish communities across the country have felt and seen firsthand — and corresponds with the rise in antisemitic attitudes,” Greenblatt said in a statement. “From white nationalists to religious fanatics to radical anti-Zionists, Jewish people see a range of very real threats. It’s time to stop the surge of hate once and for all.”

#hatecrimes #learnfromhistoryorrepeatit Learn outside your curriculum and be informed. I will be live streaming discussions, sharing current events and recirculating history. #tumblrlive #tumblrvlogging #live #tumblrdiscussion #news

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marrymepickering · 2 years

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I've thought about this way too much today-

#pittsburgh penguins #pens #tristan jarry #jars my love #jars supremacy #jars we love you

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 2 years

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The House has approved an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act to compel government officials to prepare a report on combating white supremacists and neo-Nazi activity in the police and military, despite every Republican voting against the measure.

The amendment, sponsored by Rep. Brad Schneider, was passed in a 218-208 party-line vote on Wednesday. All 208 votes against the amendment came from House Republicans, one of whom described it as "Orwellian".

The "Schneider Amendment" called for the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Secretary of Defense to publish a report that sets out ways to combat white supremacist and neo-Nazi activity in the uniformed services and law enforcement agencies "not later than 180 days after enactment and every 6 months thereafter."

The amendment called for the total number of people who were discharged from the military or police because of their links to or support for far-right extremism to be published.

The amendment also states that the report the government is being asked to write should detail how agency leaders responded to "planned or effectuated incidents connected to white supremacist or neo-Nazi activity," according to a report in The Hill.

"We just voted to combat neo nazis in our military and every single republican voted no," tweeted New Jersey Democratic Congressman Bill Pascrell after the amendment was passed.

Speaking on the House floor, Schneider noted how the U.S. has seen a surge in domestic extremist incidents, such as the deadly 2017 neo-Nazi "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018.

He also highlighted a report published in May from the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency entitled The Insider Threat and Extremist Activity Within the DoD, which detailed examples of military personnel being found to have held extremist views.

"Such behavior, such extremism is a threat to us in all segments of society. There is no reason to believe that our military is any different," Schneider said during debate on the House floor.

"These are exceptions, they are rare, but we must do everything we can to identify them and to thwart them before risks become a reality."

Arizona GOP Congressman Andy Biggs was one of those who spoke out against the amendment, describing it as "Orwellian in nature."

"This amendment attempts to create a problem where none exists by requesting investigations into law enforcement and the armed services for alleged rampant white supremacists or white national sympathies," Biggs said.

The House is now expected to pass the full NDAA. It will then be passed over to the Senate, where it could be stripped down.

NEW GUIDELINES

In December 2021, the Pentagon issued new guidelines on activities that qualify as extremism amid concerns that service members took part in the January 6 attack at the Capitol.

The update included supporting the overthrowing of the government and "liking" or sharing extremist views on social media.

Last February, the Pentagon released another report warning of the prominence of white supremacist ideology inside the military.

The report, first obtained by RollColl, detailed one case in which a Florida National Guard member who was part of a neo-Nazi group, bragged in an online forum with other white supremacists that he was "100% open about everything" regarding his far-right support to his colleagues during his training.

"They know about it all. They love me too cause I'm a funny guy," he wrote.

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ecoamerica · 2 months

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Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared

The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

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rmsqueenmaryonthisday · 2 years

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From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on May 27, 1936:

500,000 CHEER QUEEN MARY'S START TO U.S.

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Britain's Superliner Is Given Rousing Send-Off.

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2,100 ON FIRST TRIP

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Giant Vessel, Latest In Every Particular, Carries Crew Of 1,200.

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By Universal Service

SOUTHAMPTON, England, May 27.-Britain's new superliner, the Queen Mary, was given a rousing sendoff by 500,000 Britons who cheered her departure from here today on her maiden voyage to New York.

Britain's bid to regain supremacy of the North Atlantic passenger trade, the Queen Mary is due in New York harbor officially Monday, but there was every hint the liner may break the transatlantic record by docking Sunday night.

Although tonight her 2,140 passengers were abuzz with expectation that they will be riding the new speed queen of the Atlantic when the Queen Mary cuts past Nantucket light, Captain Sir Edgar Britten, master of the new 80,773-ton beauty of the seas, was noncommittal. The crew numbered 1,200.

Planes Dive in Salute.

The puffing tugs nosed the mighty liner into mid-stream to the blare of "Rule Britannia," played by a marine band on the quayside.

Roaring airplanes dived in salute from the crowded piers and from vessels in the harbor came wave after wave of cheers that broke in a thunderous surf.

Shipmasters tied their siren lanyards down. The harbor echoed and re-echoed the ear-splitting din. Back bellowed the Queen Mary's voice, deep toned sirens that are audible ten miles at sea.

For fifteen minutes there was pandemonium. Finally the Queen Mary, swung around by the toiling tugs, slipped down the harbor under their escort.

The sky was overcast, but despite the ugly weather thousands more had lined the banks of the Solent to cheer the queen as she put to sea, carrying their hopes that her mighty turbines, developing 200,000 horsepower, will driver her across the finish line of the North Atlantic race course the holder of a speed record that was lost to Britain by the Mauretania in 1930.

And as the Queen Mary moved out to make her challenge her boiling wash slapped the rusted sides of the tired Majestic, once the largest ship afloat and once the North Atlantic title holder. The Majestic is being scrapped.

Present speed mistress of the North Atlantic is the Queen Mary's French rival, the Normandie, whose maiden crossing last year was made in 4 days, 11 hours and 42 minutes, at an average speed of 29.68 knots, which on a subsequent crossing was stepped up to 32.84 knots.

Somewhere near mid-Atlantic the Queen Mary and the Normandie will salute each other. The Normandie left New York early today.

If "Rule Britannia" was an auspice that a record-breaking debut run is expected of the Queen Mary, the fact that the royal standard of the queen, after whom the ship is named, was unfurled opposite the main hall, was even more. Beside it stood an autographed picture of King Edward and two of his mother.

Aboard also was a representative of the royal family, Lord Milford-Haven, cousin of King Edward.

#rms queen mary #cunard #maritime #history #transatlantic travel #on this day #steamship #ocean liner #maiden voyage

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(JTA) — The man who opened fire outside of an LGBTQ bar in Slovakia on Wednesday was animated by the same ideas, including antisemitic beliefs, that have spurred multiple mass murderers in recent years.

The shooter, who killed two people and injured a third outside the Tepláreň bar in Bratislava, the country’s capital, was a “radicalized teenager,” according to the Slovakian president. He released a manifesto prior to the shooting and also outlined his beliefs on Twitter, where extremism watchdogs said he had been active for more than a year.

The shooter’s track record on Twitter “raises questions about the effectiveness of Twitter’s content moderation and the platform’s role in spreading white supremacist content,” the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism wrote in an analysis published Friday of the shooter’s manifesto and online profile. The analysis noted that the shooter, who was found dead on Thursday, had tweeted both about his plan to carry out an attack and to brag about having done so.

In the manifesto, the ADL said, the shooter expressed hatred for LGBTQ individuals, saying that they “groom” children, and support for “great replacement theory,” the idea that Jews are orchestrating a campaign to “replace” white people with people of color. He also used multiple phrases coined by neo-Nazi groups and called for the genocide of Jews, according to the ADL’s analysis.

The manifesto and its contents add the Bratislava shooting to a growing list of attacks that follow a similar playbook. Replacement theory has inspired multiple antisemitic and extremist attacks, including the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in which 11 Jews were murdered; the 2019 attack on a New Zealand mosque that killed 51; the 2019 massacre at a Texas Wal-Mart that targeted Hispanic immigrants; and the murder earlier this year of 11 Black shoppers in a Buffalo, New York, grocery store.

“The Bratislava shooter’s writings demonstrate how well versed he was with American white supremacists,” tweeted Oren Segal, director of the ADL’s Center on Extremism. “White supremacy is a global terrorist threat.”

The attack has prompted recriminations and protests in Slovakia, where shootings are rare and murders hover around 60 per year, in a population of nearly 5.5 million. Thousands of people joined a rally in Bratislava’s picturesque old city to show support for LGBTQ Slovakians on Friday.

“We politicians are responsible for every single word we say. Yet so many here ruthlessly fill the space with hate,” wrote Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova on Facebook. “It makes me angry that even some prosecutors and judges don’t value verbal crimes and find them dangerous. I have been saying for three years and I warn you that it does not have to end in just words.”

“I strongly condemn a murder of two young people shot dead in Bratislava last night by a radicalized teenager,” tweeted Prime Minister Eduard Heger. “No form of white supremacy, racism and extremism against communities, incl. LGBTI, can be tolerated.”

Slovak media said the killer was the 19-year-old son of a one-time political candidate from the far-right anti-immigrant Homeland party and said police were investigating whether the gun had come from his father. The shooter communicated online on Twitter and 4chan, a message board frequented by extremists, after the incident, according to local media reports.

There, the ADL says, he appears to have found a warm reception.

“Already, violent extremists have begun lauding the Bratislava shooter as a ‘saint,’ equating him to earlier white supremacist terrorists — the very ones that he had admired,” the group wrote in its analysis.

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MLB Extravaganza: Washington Nationals Go Up Against Two Titans At Homeground

Washington Nationals Vs. Pittsburgh Pirates

The Washington Nationals are gearing up to face off against the Pittsburgh Pirates in what promises to be an electrifying matchup on the baseball diamond. With both teams hungry for a victory, fans can expect an intense battle filled with thrilling plays, clutch hits, and spectacular defensive plays.

The Nationals, led by their roster of talented players, will be looking to showcase their offensive firepower and solid pitching to secure a win against the Pirates. With seasoned veterans and rising stars alike, the Nationals boast a lineup that is capable of putting runs on the board and shutting down opposing hitters with precision.

On the other side, the Pittsburgh Pirates will be aiming to spoil the Nationals' plans and come out victorious themselves. With their own arsenal of talented players and a determination to compete at the highest level, the Pirates will be looking to make a statement on the field and emerge triumphant against their opponents.

As the game unfolds, fans can expect plenty of excitement and drama as both teams battle it out for supremacy on the diamond. From towering home runs to diving catches, every moment will be filled with anticipation as the Nationals and Pirates go head-to-head in a thrilling showdown of baseball prowess.

Watch them go up against each other on April 03, 2024 from 6:45p onwards.

Washington Nationals Vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Get ready for an exciting showdown as the Washington Nationals go head-to-head against the Philadelphia Phillies in a highly anticipated baseball matchup. With both teams vying for supremacy in the division, this game is sure to be filled with intensity, skill, and passion for the sport.

The Nationals, led by their star players and seasoned veterans, will be looking to showcase their offensive prowess and defensive prowess as they aim to outplay their division rivals. With a lineup stacked with talent and a pitching rotation capable of shutting down opposing hitters, the Nationals are poised to give the Phillies a run for their money.

On the other side, the Philadelphia Phillies are determined to defend their home turf and secure a crucial victory against their division rivals. With a roster filled with power hitters and strong arms on the mound, the Phillies will be looking to deliver a strong performance and come out on top in front of their home crowd.

As the game unfolds, fans can expect to see thrilling plays, clutch hits, and stellar defensive plays from both teams as they battle it out on the diamond. From towering home runs to diving catches in the outfield, every moment of the game is sure to keep fans on the edge of their seats.

So grab your peanuts and Cracker Jacks and get ready to witness all the action as the Washington Nationals take on the Philadelphia Phillies in what promises to be an unforgettable game of baseball at the National Park on April 06, 2024 from 4:05p onwards.

Author Name Barkat Dhanji

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radiofreederry · 1 year

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The next #cityrumble has begun! This time, we're back in the USA covering cities that didn't make the cut last time. It's the US' minor cities duking it out for supremacy and a shot at glory in the all-star bracket! It's the #cityrumble Minor League!

Here's the bracket for round two. As always the contests are linked below.

Anchorage v Colorado Springs

Little Rock v Tulsa

Sacramento v Madison

Long Beach v Lexington

Pittsburgh v Orlando

Asheville v Cleveland

Buffalo v Kansas City

Saint Paul v Honolulu

#cityrumble

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Watch the 2024 American Climate Leadership Awards for High School Students now: https://youtu.be/5C-bb9PoRLc

The recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by student climate leaders! Join Aishah-Nyeta Brown & Jerome Foster II and be inspired by student climate leaders as we recognize the High School Student finalists. Watch now to find out which student received the $25,000 grand prize and top recognition!

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