The one short video you should watch today
good lord he’s preaching and I’ve seen the light
I’m literally in tears ???
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Crossposts from tumblr (for posterity)
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I went home and Googled the statue to see what the internet had to say about this mysterious black man, and I found that the New York City Parks Department website did not mention the presence of a second human being in the monument at all. Instead, it read:
“The work, set in a picturesque pink granite steele designed by architect Henry Bacon, features a heroic-sized Lafayette standing next to his horse.”
Lafayette and his horse. His horse. Nary a mention of the grown man standing there, blanket over his shoulder and a look on his face like he’d rather be someplace else. I was perplexed, and then angry, and then curious. I went to the library.
The statue, by Daniel Chester French, had been commissioned when a Frenchman turned Brooklynite named Henry Harteau died and left the city $35,000 to cast a monument to his celebrated countryman. (Lafayette and Harteau are identified on the statue’s base, and it was dedicated in 1917.) He asked that the statue be based on a painting called Lafayette at Yorktown by Jean-Baptiste Le Paon. The painting was actually of two men named Lafayette; one was the familiar marquis, and the other was named James Armistead Lafayette. The marquis was white and James was black. Still, I wondered: Were they brothers? Why did they share a last name?
It turns out that James Armistead was an enslaved man from Virginia who enlisted to fight against the British and ended up working as a double agent. The information he acquired helped to win the battle of Yorktown; hence, the heroic painting. He served under Lafayette, and the two men became such close friends that the marquis successfully petitioned to have James made a free man, after James’s own request for manumission was denied. (Apparently, they were only freeing “slave-soldiers” who fought in the war; being a “slave-spy” didn’t qualify.) James Armistead then took the name of his friend out of affection and gratitude. He lived a long life and become a farmer and a family man.
The Invisible Black Man on a Prospect Park Statue (New York Magazine)
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WARNING
Next week is Bi Visibility week. That means that next week you will be able to see bi-people.
I know. It’s going to be a huge shock. Suddenly all of these people will just suddenly appear. Do not panic. This will only occur for one week and then they will go back to their invisible state and you can continue to call them ‘just a phase’ and ‘attention seekers’ and ‘fakers’. Do not scream when you see a bisexual suddenly appear. This will startle them. Bisexuals might desire to enter LGBTQ+ spaces, stating that they are part of the community and are “not straight” and are “what the B stands for”. While we all know the B stands for bacon, just play along with the bisexuals for the week.
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The West Wing S. 4 Ep. 3 “College Kids”
“Decisions are made by those who show up.”
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Advanced Warning – Clinton likely to build lead until 15 March, Sanders will start comeback after that date. • /r/SandersForPresident
Definitely a good thing to read over before we all start having heart attacks on Super Tuesday.
Super-Short Version: A lot of the states that are voting in the Primaries on Tuesday lean heavily towards Hillary, so there’s a good chance Bernie’s gonna look like he’s taking a huge hit this week. In the weeks afterwards, however, the states that have been leaning towards Bernie will have their Primaries, so he’ll make a comeback then… Assuming, of course, that we don’t all get discouraged from the Super Tuesday results and remember to vote. Apparently, the same thing happened back in ‘08, with Hillary gaining huge leads on Super Tuesday but Obama making a comeback afterwards to get the nomination.
In any case, keep yer hopes up, no matter what happens on Tuesday! Oh, and once again… Make sure you go out and vote!
I don’t think all the votes are in yet, but when I’m writing this, it looks like the proportions of pledged delegates have stayed about the same – Bernie has about two-thirds as many as Hillary does.
(When you see people saying Hillary has a substantial lead, like Bernie has less than half her delegates, they’re probably thinking of the numbers including the superdelegates, most of whom currently support Hillary… BUT superdelegates can change their minds right up till the convention in July. If Bernie takes a solid lead in pledged delegates, the superdelegates can switch sides and vote Bernie too. And they might, if they see enough Bernie support to believe he could beat Trump-or-whoever in November. At least, that’s how I understand it. :D)
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Republican National Committee Endorses Anti-Trans ‘Bathroom Bills’ | Advocate.com
Republican National Committee Endorses Anti-Trans ‘Bathroom Bills’ | Advocate.com
It’s officially official. If you vote Republican, you are in no way an “ally” of the trans community.
If you fail to vote Democratic this November, you are aiding and abetting the zealots and bigots who want to make my life more difficult and dangerous.
Honestly this is all about sadism at this point. Seriously, it’s just people who aren’t happy unless somebody else is getting hurt.
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this isnt funny to me this is rly scary
they hear a name that rings familiarly “"middle eastern”“ enough and they have a completely comprehensively unfounded unjustified pavlovian reaction that happens to involve bombs and the military might of america. fuck..
And also does anyone else see the just as pavlovian counter reaction where liberals go Ha Ha Aren’t Republicans Stupid just as asinine? Like the fact that a large subsection of people immediately want to bomb some foreign country isn’t some hilarious joke it’s fucking terrifying and joking about this shit is probably not going to make it better
I have an issue with this. Yes, it’s scary. But from what I can see, Public Policy Poling did not provide an out that was “This is a made up country” as an option.
Also: “ We asked the same question of Democrats, and 36% of them opposed bombing Agrabah to 19% in support.”
So 19% of Dems are in favour of bombing a pretend country. And I’m wondering what the roughly 40-50% of people who answered neither yes, nor no, said.
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=============SPACE MOMS=============
YES, they all aged
NO, they didn’t stop being beautiful
YES, They will forever be our Space Moms.Space Moms!
SPACE MOOOOOOOOMS
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Reblog if you are NOT a Donald Trump supporter.
My family ranted to me last night about how they think Donald Trump is the only responsible person trying to run for president and they think “everyone supports him”.
I want to prove them wrong.
