In Memoriam

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Awww.

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I remember watching Lassie as a kid and I remember that Dodge pickup truck the father had. And I also remember June from when I was a tween and watching Lost In Space.

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Rest somewhere....

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Rest somewhere....

https://x.com/CNN/status/1985670916391555428

https://x.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/19 ... 0199008413

Unredeemed, but he tried.


She outlived the White Devils who tried to erase her:

Mother Viola Ford Fletcher, One Of Last Survivors Of Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies At 111 Years Old
Mother Viola Ford Fletcher was an instrumental voice in remembering those lost in the massacre.

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died.

Fletcher lived through one of the deadliest white supremacist attacks in the nation, the massacre that greatly destroyed “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa. Now, the city mourns one of its greatest elders and symbols of resilience through dark times.

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We’re saddened to share the passing of Mother Viola Fletcher, the oldest known survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre. Her life was a testament to strength, truth, and the power of speaking out, even when the world tried to look away.

She spent decades making sure this nation remembered what happened in Tulsa and pushing for the justice her community was long denied. Her voice moved generations, and her legacy will continue to lead us.

#RestInPower, Mother Fletcher.

Her death was announced on Nov. 24 by the current Mayor of Tulsa, Monroe Nichols. Also, the city’s first Black mayor, Nichols, noted the legacy and life of this mother figure in the community.

“Today, our city mourns the loss of Mother Viola Fletcher – a survivor of one of the darkest chapters in our city’s history. Mother Fletcher endured more than anyone should, yet she spent her life lighting a path forward with purpose. Mother Fletcher carried 111 years of truth, resilience, and grace and was a reminder of how far we’ve come and how far we must still go,” wrote Nichols ...

Born in 1914, Fletcher was a young girl when she endured such a grave act of racial violence in her hometown. Fueled by prejudiced hatred and escalated racial tensions, a mob of thousands destroyed the prosperous Black town by burning down its businesses and leaving nearly 300 Black Tulsans dead, according to the Equal Justice Initiative. Deemed by the Justice Department as a “Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,” it remains one of the darkest moments in U.S. history....

X 111. Rest in Power

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I saw on the news tonight that is was seventy years ago today that Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man in Alabama. Salute

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I saw on the news tonight that is was seventy years ago today that Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her bus seat to a white man in Alabama. Salute

The Montgomery bus boycott lasted just over a year until "we" (I wasn't born yet) won.

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OMG that's horrible.





https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/cel ... p_catchall

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Yeah and now they're saying it was their son that did it.

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Yeah and now they're saying it was their son that did it.

Yeah, it was in the article I linked.

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I couldn't have more contempt.

A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!

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I thought I couldn't be shocked by anything Trump said/did at this point. I was mistaken.

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I couldn't have more contempt.

A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, a tortured and struggling, but once very talented movie director and comedy star, has passed away, together with his wife, Michele, reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known as TRUMP DERANGEMENT SYNDROME, sometimes referred to as TDS. He was known to have driven people CRAZY by his raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump Administration surpassed all goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Rob and Michele rest in peace!

"Rob Reiner was murdered because he disliked me"

What the fuck.

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I thought I couldn't be shocked by anything Trump said/did at this point. I was mistaken.

How many times has one of us posted that? The only question now is how long until the next time.

"tortured and struggling"

Perhaps we honor Rob by briefly reviewing what offended crybaby DonOLD so.

"Reiner was a liberal activist" for decades, a real life 'Meathead' . So, he was bound to clash with Dementia Don at times. He endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2008 election, 8 years before she would become Dolt .45's opponent and he would support her again.

... After the 2016 election, Reiner continued to campaign against Donald Trump, calling him racist, sexist, anti-gay, and antisemitic....

Rob Reiner Says Donald Trump Is Even Worse Than Harvey Weinstein
The Hollywood director thinks Weinstein is bad, but Trump is worse.
10/09/17

... “Yes, Harvey Weinstein’s a bad guy,” Reiner said, per the outlet, “but it’s not equal to the President of the United States.”...

Wiki again:

... Reiner endorsed Joe Biden for president in the 2020 United States presidential election....

Rob Reiner Says He’s Working On TV Project About Donald Trump & Vladimir Putin
June 30, 2021
The Spy and the Asset.

Looks like it was never bought or never made for another reason. Our loss.

Wanna bet whose legacy will be more revered?

Junior or Eric, you're up.

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Everybody bemoans Trump making everything about himself, yet in the most crude and cruel manner, he is allowed to do it again. By afternoon there are as many or more articles on "Trump said" as there are about the Reiner's horrid murder. Just like cats chasing a laser.

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Yeah and now they're saying it was their son that did it.

I didn't know that CA still has the death penalty , even if it's only in theory.

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Yeah they haven't killed anybody since 2006. Ridiculous system but at least it keeps them in for a real "life" sentence.

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Yeah and now they're saying it was their son that did it.

I didn't know that CA still has the death penalty , even if it's only in theory.

Same here. I keep seeing news stories where they talk of the death penalty and I was like

Honorable mention.....yesterday I watched a multi part show about cocaine on the history channel. It was one hundred years and two days ago today that the US outlawed cocaine.

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https://x.com/LadyLeo1976/status/2005233730722685150

Interesting life. Great on animal welfare, not always so great on people welfare:

Politics and legal issues

... In her book, Bardot criticized racial mixing, immigration, the role of women in politics, and Islam. The book also contained a section attacking what she called the mixing of genes, and praised previous generations which, she said, had given their lives to push out invaders. On 10 June 2004, Bardot was convicted for a fourth time by a French court for inciting racial hatred and fined €5,000....

... She also said, in reference to Muslims, that she was "fed up with being under the thumb of this population which is destroying us, destroying our country and imposing its habits". The trial concluded on 3 June 2008, with a conviction and fine of €15,000. The prosecutor stated she was weary of charging Bardot with offenses related to racial hatred.

Ugh

Otoh:

... During the 2008 United States presidential election, Bardot branded Republican Party vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin as "stupid" and a "disgrace to women". She criticized the former Alaskan governor for her stance on global warming and gun control. She was further offended by Palin's support for Arctic oil exploration and by her lack of consideration in protecting polar bears....

In June 2021, Bardot was fined €5,000 by the Arras court for public insults against hunters and their national president Willy Schraen. She had published a post at the end of 2019 on her foundation's website, calling hunters "sub-men" and "drunkards" and carriers of "genes of cruel barbarism inherited from our primitive ancestors", and insulting Schraen.

At the time of the hearing, she had not removed the comments from the website. Following her letter sent to the prefect of Réunion in 2019, she was convicted on 4 November 2021 by a French court for public insults and fined €20,000, the largest of her fines to date.

Hunters are the best protected. Good to know . She was no lefty, though.

Bardot's husband Bernard d'Ormale is a former adviser to Jean-Marie Le Pen, former leader of the far-right party National Front (which became National Rally), the main far-right party in France. Bardot expressed support for Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Front (National Rally), calling her "the Joan of Arc of the 21st century". She endorsed Le Pen in the 2012 and 2017 French presidential elections.

Complex. It's not unusual for RWers to also support animal rights.

Nsfw:

Spoiler:

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Didn't know all that.