Showing posts with label Tennessee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tennessee. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Maybe Hitler was right. Whites-Only TN?


Republican-approved MAGA?
(NewsChannel 5) He thinks German Fuhrer Adolf Hitler was right. Now he wants a "whites-only community" (conceived of as a private "club" with a whites-only policy and perhaps a blood draw to test for "impurities" such as 1/16th Jewish or Black or colored "cooties") in the Deep South of Tennessee.

Frank Sinatra addresses some American Neo-Nazis. - How to talk to nice ICE officers.

Monday, April 7, 2025

South, Midwest brace for rain, flooding

Where do Elon Musk's engineers and inventors steal their ideas, India circa 1990? (rense.com)

Regime Change! We've had it with both of them.
Is there a connection between human turmoil and weather chaos? Do we inadvertently impact our environment, stirring storms, droughts, plagues, and famines by our collective 
karma ("mass actions," such as group meditation or group prayer or rioting or demonstrating or going to see the Greek play Lysistrata)? Of course, the powers-that-be launch and manipulate many of these things, but we may also be having an impact without realizing it. We and our environment are not two separate things but are interdependent. A peaceful uprising might lead to peace in the skies, seas, and shaky grounds. The Buddha's Agganna Sutta certainly suggests we are always interacting and interdepending inside and out. Protests to continuehandsoff2025.comOccupy.com is not real news.



South and Midwest brace for more historic rains, flooding
(NBC News) April 4, 2025:  The South and Midwest brace for more historic rains and severe flooding in a deadly multiday storm system. The 36-hour period from Friday evening into Sunday morning will be the most dangerous, as an additional 6 to 12 inches of rain will fall over already drenched areas. NBC News’ Kathy Park reports. #flood #extremeweather #midwest

Monday, June 17, 2024

'My Kink is Karma': Chappell Roan, Bonnaroo

Chappell Roan performing at 2024 Gov Ball Music Festival in NYC (Astrida Valigorsky/Getty)
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Chappell Roan draws Bonnaroo crowd after festival organizers made last-minute switch to bigger stage
(Pink Pony Club Chappell Roan wants to leave the South and go to Santa Monica to be stripper/singer

She has the voice for it in "Good Luck, Babe"

I don't know this Chappell bich. I'm Dave!
(CNN) — It’s all rise for Chappell Roan, 26.  The emerging pop star (not to be confused with the established comedian who's always getting in trouble with our trans community) drew in a major crowd at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee over the weekend, validating festival organizers’ decision to move her performance to a bigger stage to accommodate anticipated crowds.

Roan said NO way to White House Pride. I'll do it
when we have liberty, justice, and freedom for all

Dave Chappelle is comic genius.
Some Chappell (singer not the comedian) supporters even began camping out around 3:30 am to claim their spots before her set, according to The Tennessean. CNN has reached out to Bonnaroo to confirm the number of people in attendance for Roan’s performance.

Bonnaroo’s move came days after came after Roan, whose given name is Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, drew an unexpectedly large crowd at New York City’s Gov Ball Music Festival, where she appeared on stage in head-to-toe green body paint dressed as the Statue of Liberty.

The lesbian singer, 26, who signed her first record deal as a teen, recently expressed some of the pressure she has felt with her growing popularity.

Chappell Roan at 2024 Bonnaroo Music Festival in Tennessee (Erika Goldring/Getty)
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“I just want to be honest with the crowd,” Roan, visibly emotional, said during a concert in North Carolina last week, according to a video posted to YouTube.

("Good Luck, Babe") Look, I can actually sing! I'm deep and complex, too!

“I just feel a little off today because I think that my career has just kind of gone really fast, and it’s really hard to keep up.” Roan’s music has an ’80s synth-pop sound with smooth vocals and colorful stage style.
  • [She's the new Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor "Nazi Barbie" Swift, Dopa Kat, Catty Purry, Nicki "Barbie/Roman" Minaj, Sasha "Beyonce" Fierce, Flavor-of-the-Week...]
Hit on by Uber driver on way to CR show in TN

Her 2023 debut studio album, The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, currently sits in the No. 12 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart. She also has three songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, according to the music charting site, including “Red Wine Supernova,” “Hot and Go!” and her latest single, “Good Luck Babe!” More

Kayleigh Rose Amstutz's secret? Chappell Roan's a female drag queen.
Rock 'n roll will kill you, Kids. Stay in Tennessee. And don't take drugs. :)

Tuesday, May 23, 2023

We're not all Rednecks: The Garden Commune

My Life Online, May 23, 2021; Pat Macpherson, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Cult or Commune: Inside "The Garden" | My Life Online
(VICE) In this episode of My Life Online, VICE dives into the world of “CultTok" -- Tiktok’s obsession with cults.

After more than a decade of operating as a small off-the-grid farm, The Garden decided to try to attract more people to their commune by using TikTok, and they went viral.

A few days later, TikTok is filled with amateur detectives dedicated to exposing The Garden as a dangerous cult. But was The Garden a cult? Or was it just an online witch hunt? VICE takes a close look behind the hysteria. Read more: vice.com/en/article/5db35...

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Saturday, April 1, 2023

Female school shooter was false flag? (video)

F24DM; ABC 7; CBS; FOX; Pfc. Sandoval, S. Auberon, A. Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
The identity of the female first person shooter, a former student, has not yet been released.
Oops, the unthinkable has happened: Nashville's trans school shooter operation was a false flag (a staged event, a spectacle designed for some other ends, not a real grassroots, organic crime). The person who broke in was not the person police shot to death a few minutes later, magically changed shoes show (rense.com).

WARNING: Graphic police violence! While most news outlets sanitize bodycam footage and the crimes committed by police and suspects, intelligent consumers may want to judge for themselves. Here police start shooting with no warning. Kill first, ask questions later. Mistaken identity? Innocent bystander? Kids in the crossfire? How does one justify murdering an accused or perceived perpetrator of a crime? No one has convicted her/him of anything (The DC Shorts).

Who did this shotting? It was, according to officials who murdered him, Mr. Audrey Elizabeth Hale
Dead bodies everywhere (reenactment)
(WQ) This Christian-on-Christian violence must stop. And senile Pres. Joe must stop laughing and smirking in the face of tragedy. He's a ceremonial figurehead, so he should know at least that much. And maybe take the videogames away from kids, Parents?

Covenant Presbyterian, a parochial school in Nashville, Tennessee, has become a school shooter and mass murder site [about 10:10 am local]. It was first reported a sixth grader or teen entered through the side, toting two AR-15 style assault rifles (the AR does not stand for "assault rifle" as popularly imagined but rather ArmaLite Rifle) and a handgun.

Page of phony shooter's "manifesto"
After killing 3 young children and three adults, police murdered her, claiming she was still actively shooting. Therefore, this was not Southern-style street justice. The race of the accused has not been mentioned, so presumably she is white. If she were Black, that would be the lead (lede). She has not yet been publicly identified. They are saying she was 28 and looked like a sixth grader.

They might have had a standoff, but to protect themselves, police decided to just start shooting and taking her down (by irreversible death). So at least two people became murderers today [10:27 am], one to be celebrated and the other to be vilified.

Those who arrange the PR for such incidents, presumably to cause an upswell in demand that all citizens be de-armed and prevented from having guns, have already uploaded a Wikipedia page: Covenant School shooting - Wikipedia

(ABC News 7 Chicago) Details on the suspect from Eyewitness News
  • UPDATE: She/they/it was "trans" [transexual or transgender person and] "very religious" and binging on [violent first person shooter] videogames [to prepare for the massacre of her old enemies at the Christian school that molested/bullied her/them/it].
Nashville school shooting update: 6 dead, female suspect killed by police
(LiveNOW from FOX) March 27, 2023. Three children and three students have been killed in a shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, according to police. Officials also say the female shooter was killed. The suspect was carrying two long guns and a handgun, police say. Watch LiveNOW from FOX: livenowfox.com@LiveNOWFOX on Twitter: twitter.com/livenowfox

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Nashville school shooting: 3 students, 3 adults killed by female suspect, police say
Started streaming between 8:00-9:00 am PDT
(FOX 10 Phoenix) NASHVILLE, Tennessee - Three children and three adults were gunned down today (Monday, March 27, 2023) by a female shooting suspect at a Christian elementary school in Nashville, Tennessee, according to officials.

The suspected female gunman was killed by responding officers. The shooting happened at The Covenant School, a Presbyterian school for about 200 students from preschool to sixth grade, according to its website.

Three students, as well as three adult staff members, were killed, police said. At noon local (Tennessee) time, the Metro Nashville Police Department confirmed the "active shooter event" on Twitter and said the suspect "was engaged by MNPD and is dead."

The names and ages of the victims and the shooter were not immediately released. The fire department said it responded to an "active aggressor" but did not give any specifics.

Nashville’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) also said it was responding to the scene. Students were seen walking to safety Monday, holding hands as they left their school surrounded by police cars, to a nearby Woodmont Baptist Church to reunite with their parents. 
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Friday, January 27, 2023

Memphis killer-cops KILL Tyre Nichols (video)

WATCH: DC protests the murder of Tyre Nichols, beaten by racist Black Memphis police
(WUSA9) Streaming live Jan. 27, 2023. WARNING: This video shows a live protest where profanity may be used. State oppression in the name of "security" efforts are ramping up in the District of Columbia on Friday night in response to rallies over the release of body camera footage showing killer cops deploying deadly force used by police against an innocent 29-year-old Black Memphis man. Tyre Nichols succumbed to his severe injuries after his brutal Jan. 7th beating by police officers three days later during an unprovoked traffic stop. Five fired officers are now being charged with second-degree murder. Bodycam video from the incident is expected to be released to the public Friday sometime after 7:00 pm, and Memphis authorities say they are braced for public unrest and riots. In D.C., heightened security measures were taken, with the entire MPD force (more than 3,000 officers) activated and fencing installed late Thursday night around the U.S. Capitol. MPD said they expected to have 600 extra people on the ground, including more than two dozen platoons from the Civil Disturbance Unit. Officers will remain on 12-hour shifts until the activation protocol is lifted. Read morewusa9.com

Memphis BLM activist: Tyre Nichols's killing is part of police brutality crisis for Black residents
(Democracy Now!) Jan. 27, 2023. Amid nationwide protests, prosecutors charge five former Memphis police officers with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols, who finally died of his injuries on January 10 of kidney failure and cardiac arrest after a severe and vicious beating three days earlier during a traffic stop.


Memphis and other cities across the U.S. are expecting mass protests against police violence, with body-camera footage of the deadly traffic stop set to be released Friday evening.

Democracy Now! goes to Memphis for an update from community organizer Amber Sherman, a member of the Memphis chapter of Black Lives Matter, who says police brutality is nothing new for many residents. "It's literally just being caught on camera," Sherman says.

"We have experienced this same kind of violence over and over and over again in our communities."

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Hammer smashed face: Nancy Pelosi's husband

Fox News LIVE; Chris Barnes' Cannibal Corpse; Pfc. Sandoval, S. Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Paul Pelosi attack video released, Memphis prepares for criminal-cops' police abuse of Black Tyre Nichols video, and more
(LiveNOW from FOX) youtube.com/livenowfox... Where to watch LiveNOW from FOX: livenowfox.com. Follow @LiveNOWFOX on Twitter: twitter.com/livenowfox. This is raw and unfiltered. Watch a non-stop stream of breaking news, live events, and stories across the nation. Limited commentary. No opinion. Experience LiveNOW from FOX. Democrat politician and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has a fat husband living the high life, mostly drunk, in San Francisco while she's spawning in The Swamp of Washington DC. A man comes, knocks on the door, and wants to settle the score before he, Paul Pelosi, calls the cops and they shoot the man...but not before he whacks Pelosi with a hammer right to the... Well, watch it on bodycam footage. Would Chris Barnes of Cannibal Corpse fame (now the frontman for Six Feet Under) be happy someone is taking advice from his old hit songs? Probably not.

"Hammer Smashed Face" (Cannibal Corpse)

The Fire Next Time: Black racist Memphis cops

Amy Goodman (DemocracyNow.org, 1/27/23); Pfc. Sandoval, Sheldon S., Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly; CNN; James Baldwin (Wiki)

"Racism" is a funny thing. When our hearts/minds become colonized by the dominant group (Caucasians), we may start doing their bidding to survive or prosper in this system. Anti-Black racism is not limited to whites. Black police may be worse at times, as they attempt to prove themselves to their white comrades in blue. They become worse than their jailers. Slavery lives.



CNN obtains audio of traffic stop involving Tyre Nichols
(CNN) Jan. 26, 2023. #CNN #News CNN has obtained portions of the police scanner audio leading up to the arrest of Tyre Nichols, who was murdered by racist police, dying three days after he was pulled over for alleged "reckless driving" in Memphis, Tennessee. Police say confrontations ensued between their officers and Mr. Nichols during the stop, leading them to torture him, and his death must have been an "act of God" because it happened later after the severe and inhuman beating they delivered to release their aggression and hostility toward Black motorists, the clear result of internalized-racism, a byproduct of colonization by an outside group with animosity toward the colonized group. CNN’s John Miller and Shimon Prokupecz join Alisyn Camerota to discuss. #CNN #News

What riots might erupt in the South?
The Fire Next Time
is a 1963 non-fiction book by American author James Baldwin, containing two essays -- "My Dungeon Shook: Letter to my Nephew on the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation" and "Down at the Cross: Letter from a Region of My Mind."

The book's title comes from a couplet in "Mary Don't You Weep," an African-American spiritual [1, 2]:


God gave Noah the rainbow sign
No more water, the fire next time

The first essay, written in the form of a letter to Baldwin's 14-year-old nephew, discusses the central role of race in American history. The second essay, which takes up the majority of the book, deals with the relations between race and religion, focusing in particular on Baldwin's experiences with the Christian church as a youth... More

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Vegan animal rescue: The Gentle Barn (video)

Gentle Barn (gentlebarn.org); Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Wisdom Quarterly

With support, The Gentle Barn (TGB) works hard each day to create a kinder world by rescuing animals, giving them sanctuary at TGB, and healing children through telling the animals’ stories.

Gentle Thanksgiving:
A Pre-Meal Celebration of Turkeys 2022
There's nothing we lack when we love.
TGB is ecstatic to announce that this year -- Nov. 24, 2022, 10:00 am to 1:00 pm -- it will continue its Gentle Thanksgiving at all three Gentle Barn locations, with a twist!

All are invited, individual visitors and whole families, for delicious vegan pie, hot autumn drinks, fun music, games, crafts, and of course visiting with the majestic turkeys.

Humans are weird, but I like to hug them.
For those whose Thanksgiving tradition has been lived out here, TGB is excited to them back again after these two long, hard years. For fresh faces who visit, TGB can’t wait for all to experience the magic of this turkey celebration. Capacity is limited.
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My Gentle Kitchen
I love to make plant-based fare delicious.
Learn how to start and continue choosing a plant-based diet with easy, delicious vegan recipes and stories from Vegan Chef and Co-Founder of The Gentle Barn Foundation Jay L. Weiner.

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Thursday, October 6, 2022

Gangsta's Paradise: Coolio vs. Loretta Lynn

Coolio; Loretta Lynn, ET; ABC News; Sheldon S., Seth Auberon, A. Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Loretta Lynn, poor white country music icon, dead at 90
(ABC News) Oct. 4, 2022. Poor Kentucky coal miner's daughter Loretta Lynn released an unheard of 50 studio albums in her life, most recently "Still Woman Enough" in March 2021. How did she die? asks friend Dolly Parton. She was from around the way in Butcher Holler, Kentucky. What's a country girl from poor Appalachia to do? When she started, was she any better off than a young Black man on the mean streets of Los Angeles, aka "Gangsta's Paradise"?


Let's take a "Fantastic Voyage" to see what life was like for cool Coolio, one of the first rappers to gain super success. He died unceremoniously at 59 on the floor of his friend's bathroom. Lynn ate it in bed at 90, a sweet old belle dying in her mansion on her mega estate. How far have we come in this country where Black men and country women are able to succeed but only as the exception to the rule?

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Remembering Loretta Lynn, trailblazing country music star dies at 90

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

MLK’s final days: Rev. Lawson remembers (video)

Amy Goodman (democracynow.org); Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Fifty years ago today in Memphis, Tennessee, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his final sermon, “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” Less than 24 hours later, Dr. King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. He was just 39 years old. Dr. King was in Memphis to support striking sanitation workers. Democracy Now! speaks to Rev. James Lawson, who invited Dr. King to come to support the strike. At the time Rev. Lawson was the pastor of Centenary Methodist Church in Memphis. Dr. King called Rev. Lawson “the leading theorist and strategist of non-violence in the world.” More
 
1968: 50 Years Later