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9/11 - still with us
An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience (HD Version), Sep 7, 2011
Tom Hanks narrates the epic story of the 9/11 boatlift that evacuated half a million people from the stricken piers and seawalls of Lower Manhattan.…
YouTube video, 11:56
This special ONT post has only the picture of Falling Man. Excerpts from comments:
Heard today a NYPD guy who was there saying that there were so many bodies falling that many people "safe" on the ground were killed by them.
Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar
iirc, one of the first identified dead was a NYFD chaplain. Killed by a falling body. There's a pic of him being carried away from the scene by other firefighters.
Posted by: Tonypete
Found Fr. Mychal Fallon Judge, O.F.M. picture.
https://tinyurl.com/y4wxve5z
Posted by: Tonypete
"In the picture, he departs from this earth like an arrow. Although he has not chosen his fate, he appears to have, in his last instants of life, embraced it. If he were not falling, he might very well be flying. He appears relaxed, hurtling through the air. He appears comfortable in the grip of unimaginable motion. He does not appear intimidated by gravity's divine suction or by what awaits him. His arms are by his side, only slightly outriggered. His left leg is bent at the knee, almost casually. His white shirt, or jacket, or frock, is billowing free of his black pants. His black high-tops are still on his feet. In all the other pictures, the people who did what he did--who jumped--appear to be struggling against horrific discrepancies of scale. They are made puny by the backdrop of the towers, which loom like colossi, and then by the event itself. Some of them are shirtless; their shoes fly off as they flail and fall; they look confused, as though trying to swim down the side of a mountain. The man in the picture, by contrast, is perfectly vertical"
--Tom Junod in Esquire
We'll never know, but we can hope that he attained a measure of peace on his way down.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
6:49pm CDT Sat 2020 Sep 12 :MW
THANQ PATRIOTS for helping me on this journey! There are so many I need to thank that it's overwhelming and amazing! I love you all and will continue to fight for American Values: Freedom & Liberty for ALL in my music. Divided we are invisible, But TOGETHER WE'RE INVINCIBLE!
Heart-wrenching YouTube video - 3:41
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Sex and Politics
Washington Post Opinion | President Trump says he supports LGBTQ Americans. His record says otherwise. Jun 4, 2019.
When accepting the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump promised to be an ally of LGBTQ Americans.” Now that he's in the White House, Post producer Kate Woodsome notes, Trump's policies have contradicted that promise. Several Trump administration regulations, executive orders and personnel appointments are reversing Obama-era civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people.
Execrable propaganda from an Anti-Trump rag. They cite as negatives Trump's order on dysmophics in the military and protection of separate sex sports, which is entirely sensible (see my comment on the TIME article blogged earlier). Trump addressed "gay rights" versus religious rights and came down in favor of faith. All this and more slanted and unspecific crap.
YouTube video, a painful 2:31
YouTube video, a painful 2:31
5:59pm CDT Sat 2020 Sep 12 :MW
Everything President Trump Has Said About The LGBTQ Community, Including Fighting For Them | TIME Jul 26, 2017
President Donald Trump announced in a series of tweets on Wednesday that the government will not allow transgender people to serve in the U.S. military. The move represents Trump’s latest flip-flop on his stance on LGBTQ rights.…
Although the video shows overwhelmingly Trump's support of the rights of homosexuals, TIME's focus is, of course, on his one order disallowing transgenders in the military. "See? See? Trump hates queers!" propaganda, of course. It's no flip-flop. Many, especially on the "left," will insist on enabling them, but people with real dysmorphic disorder represent an entirely different matter than homosexuals, and the military is no place for them. YouTube video 2:17.
5:33pm CDT Sat 2020 Sep 12 :MW
☭NN interview with Jake Tapper. Donald Trump, who has been married three times himself, says he is for "traditional marriage." What would he say to gay couples who question his position?
Trump admits his divorces were his own fault. He says he 'believes' in traditional marriage, and cites his and Meliana's. He does not put down "gay marriage." I also believe in one man, one woman, kids as the best marriage for all concerned and for society, when it works — which, alas, is not often enough. Acknowledging what is optimal is not to say that one size fits all. ☭NN wants you to believe Trump is anti-gay, or something. If I may be allowed my own editorial opinion: Screw ☭NN.
5:14pm CDT Sat 2020 Sep 12 :MW
Ric Grenell“President Trump is the most pro-gay President in American history.”…
YouTube video. A very important, very impressive 3:45
5:07pm CDT Sat 2020 Sep 12 :MW
On AUG 22, 2020, a violent #BlackLivesMatter mob swarmed the Trump Unity Bridge in Beverly Hills. The Trump Unity Bridge responded to #BLM with a DANCE OFF to their unifying theme song MAGA / YMCA!
YouTube video, a toe-tapping 3:31 - previously blogged, but worth a re-watch
5:04pm CDT Sat 2020 Sep 12 :MW
Holy fire @RichardGrenell handing @DonaldJTrumpJr a bedazzled American flag clutch is everything I never knew I needed in my life 🔥
Twitter video, a smile-inducing 0:15.
4:58pm CDT Sat 2020 Sep 12 :MW