Feinstein: You’re a big, powerful man. Why didn’t you [gestures pushing motion]?
Crews: Senator, as a black man in America [sigh]…
Feinstein: Say it as it is. I think it’s important.
Crews: …you only have a few shots at success. You only have a few chances to make yourself a viable member of the community. I’m from Flint, Michigan. I have seen many many young black men who were provoked into violence, and they were imprisoned, or they were killed, and they’re not here. My wife for years prepared me. She said, “If you ever get goaded, if you ever get prodded, if you ever have anyone try to push you into any kind of situation, don’t do it. Don’t be violent.” And she trained me. I’ll be honest with you it was the strength of my wife who trained me and told me, “If this situation happens, let’s leave.” And the training worked because I did not go into my first reaction, I grabbed her hand, we left, but the next day I went right to the agency. I have texts, I have phone conversations, and I said, “This is unacceptable!” And I told them how -you know- I almost got violent, but I didn’t. And I said, “What are you going to do about this predator that you have roaming your hallways?” And -you know- I was told, “We are going to do everything in our power. We are going to handle this Terry. You’re right. It is unacceptable.” And then they disappeared. Nothing happened.
It’s important to also note that she asked this question so that he had the chance to explain on record – her second point is that she believes his reason is important and needs stating. No doubt there are a lot of nasty people asking this question in earnest and allowing him to explain himself in his own words is super important for combating that kind of narrative.
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Sing me the song of your friends SOUP!
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Sing me a song for the good times SOUP!
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Sing me a song, a song. HEY SOUP!
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Trump is so bad that SATANISTS are protesting him. Devil worshipers are trying to protect us from this man lmao this real life
Lmaooo yo this seemed so unreal
okay okay but listen
satanists WOULD be anti-Trump
satanists are, for the most part, just secular humanists (mostly atheists) with a flair for the dramatic. They are, on average, very left-leaning.
The Satanic Temple in particular is a great organization. They don’t believe religious organizations should be tax exempt, so they voluntarily pay taxes. They also sell merch and give a good chunk of the proceeds to things like Planned Parenthood and legal funds that fight for division of church and state.
Fuck, this is straight from their website:
“The mission of The Satanic Temple is to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people. In addition, we embrace practical common sense and justice.”
satanism is not bad or evil
A bit more to what satanism is about: it’s about putting Earthly needs above heavenly needs. It’s about doing right without concern for any concept of going to heaven or being rewarded. They aren’t devil worshipers. They never have been. They believe strongly that deities are created by humans, rather than being our creators.
Terra Preta soils are of pre-Columbian
nature and were created by humans between 450 BCE and 950
CE. The soil’s depth can reach 2 meters, and exists in small plots averaging 20 hectares along the Amazon river.
It was made by adding a mixture of charcoal, bone, and manure to infertile soils, making them ideal for agriculture, and it can even renew itself slowly thanks to all the microorganisms living in it.
It’s such a rich soil that researchers are trying to recreate it on a larger scale and include it in
modern agriculture practices.
SCREAMS ABOUT SOIL ECOLOGY AND THE BRILLIANT FARMING PRACTICES OF PRECOLOMBIAN PEOPLE LIVING IN SOUTH AMERICA FOR TEN THOUSAND YEARS
I’m researching de-desertification techniques and other agricultural tricks from older civilizations so I can totally sneak them into the various cultures of my fantasy setting. Not gonna lie.
Also if you want an excellent source for de-desertification here’s a documentary for you.
Vid link is dead for me, but Chinampas look absolutely like something the Mortei would engage in, along with making terraced gardens on the mountainous areas of their land range (they rolled the shitty land lottery, they have borderline tropical swampy wetlands in the valley of mountain ranges; but the flipside is they have HUGE stores of coal and artisinal springs, not to mention plenty of growing weather).
Look up “Green Gold” with John D. Liu; you should be able to find the docu somewhere.
He’s achieved remarkable things in reversing desertification in China and parts of Saudi Arabia.
Me: This is more than just dirt guys, look at it, this is history and heritage, it has fantastic implications for ecology and sustainable –
Roy Moore Spokesman Ted Crockett: Muslims can’t serve because you have to swear in on a Bible. Jake Tapper: There’s no law that says you have to swear in on a Bible. Crockett: *shitshitshitshitshitTHINKMANTHINK* Tapper: You do know that right? Crockett: *justfinishstrongmanyoucandothis* WELL DONALD TRUMP
I saw this live. I was stunned
Is that true !?! You can swear on the quran for the inauguration to become the president of the United States ?! Guess I have some homework
Yes, because America is not a Christian nation. It was never supposed to have a state religion. As long as you’re a United States citizen and you meet the age and service requirements for President of the United States, you have every right to run.
UPDATE on HOMEWORK:
This what I found( cut and pasted ):
“Theodore Roosevelt did not use a Bible when taking the oath in 1901. Both John Quincy Adams and Franklin Pierce swore on a book of law, with the intention that they were swearingon the constitution. Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in on a Roman Catholic missal on Air Force One”
I had no idea, I like the swearing on the book of law. Like @thunder-the-great said, we aren’t supposed to have a state religion.
The Constitution specifically forbids any religious test to hold office. You can swear on anything or nothing at all. You don’t even have to swear, the Constitution specifically says you can affirm.
Lan Diep of the San Jose city council swore on Captain America’s shield. You can literally swear on anything or nothing.
I don’t know how people don’t know this. I thought it was so obvious??? Separation of church and state is integral to the USA.
There have been some very deliberate manoeuvres to give people the impression that Christianity is integral to the United States – like putting “In God We Trust” on the money and including the words “one nation under God” in the pledge of allegiance.
Death By Catchphrase 