We are all taught to celebrate Juneteenth (June 19th) as if that were when the USA abolished slavery. But that happened with the ratification of the 13th Amendment on Feb. 1, 1865. Of course, the American government didn't bother to tell slaves and thereby free them. But that is when it became de jure (by law) illegal. De facto (by fact) we still have slavery in many forms -- human trafficking, working convicts, secretly employing the vulnerable, sexual trafficking of women, children, and boys...
End Slavery NOW: February 1st is National Freedom Day in the USA. Celebrate it by learning about and sharing with others the importance of being a modern-day abolitionist to finally end slavery now.
Feb. 1st is National Freedom Day in the USA, celebrated because in 1865, Pres. Lincoln signed the joint resolution from the House and the Senate that eventually became the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—the amendment that officially ended slavery in the U.S. even though it still legally exists. More
There may have been more Native American (Indigenous, "Indians," Amerindians) slaves than Blacks or African imports. Most of them were worked to death or contaminated with diseases they had no immunity to deal with, and they are rarely spoken of; however, historians have documented this fact.
And when the USA invaded the Old West using the "Monroe Doctrine" and "manifest destiny" as pretexts, it stole half of the land that was Mexico, under Spanish rule. So a large part of this country is in fact Mexico except that "might makes right."
What do the Indigenous want the other Americans to know?
Who said, "We didn't kill enough Indians," beloved macho-woman and FOX (News) spirit Ann Coulter? Just when she had mellowed, turned on Trump and MAGA, she's back to offend. Just when the comedians had roasted her alive, she's back to spew more hate, racism, and right wing rhetoric? Maybe it was just said for shock value and out of massive patriotism, sleeping with the flag between her legs as she does, worshiping in the Christian Church of the Holy Genocide(s), saluting one or more German leaders of the past. Oh, c'mon, you know Ann. She's nothing if not brassy, sassy, and full of false bravado. Why would she say such a thing? She said it in response to Native American professor discussing decolonization. One presumes Coulter is pro-settler colonial projects like "Israel" in Palestine and the ongoing-slow-mass genocide our government is committing in the USA.
The Roast of Ann Coulter (and poor Rob Lowe)
What has Coulter done now?
The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) emphatically condemns the hateful, genocidal statement of Ann Coulter on July 6, 2025, through a post on the social platform X, declaring: “We didn’t kill enough Indians.” There is no place in society for this direct incitement of hatred and violence toward American Indian and Alaska Native people.
“These words are not provocative social commentary; they are a violent attack on Native people and Tribal Nations
Celebrating genocide against Tribal Nations crosses every moral line,” said NCAI President Mark Macarro. “Careless comments like this glorify the darkest chapters of U.S. history and actively endanger Native peoples' lives today. We will not sit silently at attempts to normalize this abhorrent behavior. We demand an immediate retraction and public apology — and we expect leaders of every political persuasion to denounce this abomination without equivocation.”
“Free speech does not confer a license to advocate for or justify mass murder — past or present,” added NCAI Executive Director Larry Wright, Jr. “When a public figure with more than two million followers romanticizes extermination, it fuels harassment, hate crimes, and political violence. Silence from elected officials and media outlets will only normalize this genocidal history. We call on them to speak up now.”
NCAI further demands that X enforce against vitriol like this and send a message that such inciting hate speech will not be tolerated by banning this individual from their platform. Instead of amplifying divisive and inhuman perspectives, let us turn our attention to celebrating the powerful, nation-building contributions of Tribal Nations to the United States. More
New LAPD bodycam shows moment cops shot wife of Weezer bassist before Coachella 2025
(ABC7) April 25, 2025: The LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department, with a proud history of citizen abuse usually reserved for Black and brown males) released officer-worn bodycam video showing the moment cops opened fire on gun-toting LA residentJillian Shriner who was at the moment protecting her own private property as they shot her over her fence in Eagle Rock, the nice town next to Pasadena. She is an author and the wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner. Full story: abc7.com/post/jillian-shriner...
LAPD releases bodycam of shooting involving Weezer member’s wife
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They shot me on my own property!
The LAPD released bodycam footage showing the moments before police shot Jillian Lauren Shriner, wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, during a confrontation in the Los Angeles foothill suburb of Eagle Rock on April 8, 2025, just before Weezer was to play the first weekend of Coachella 2025.
According to the LAPD, California Highway Patrol (CHP) requested assistance pursuing three hit-and-run suspects who fled into a residential area near the 134 Freeway and Figueroa Street.
LAPD officers were searching for the suspects in the backyards of an Eagle Rock neighborhood. As they were searching the backyard of one residence, Shriner was seen in the yard of a neighboring house armed with a 9mm handgun, the LAPD claim.
[LAPD policy is to challenge and mistreat anyone with a gun, legal or otherwise, in spite of their constitutional rights to have and hold such a weapon. If police claim a citizen "aimed" or even "brandished" the firearm, or it looked that way to them, that person is suddenly a felony suspect who must be taken down even if that means a hail of bullets from the guns they freely wield and aim at citizens as they like.]
The footage shows cops peering over a fence and demanding, multiple times, that Shriner put her [legal] gun down before several shots are fired.
Shriner was wounded on the shoulder and retreated back into her house. In a 911 call made by Shriner after the shooting, she can be heard telling the operator she believed she was defending herself against the fleeing suspects.
Shriner was eventually forced to exit her house and was taken into custody and to a local hospital for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
She was absentee booked for attempted murder, released from custody after posting bail, and was scheduled to appear in court on April 30, 2025.
No officers or community members were injured in the incident. It was later determined Shriner was “uninvolved in the hit-and-run and lived at the residence where she was observed,” police admitted.
One hit-and-run suspect was detained by CHP, but two other suspects escaped and got away and were never located, police stated.
I ain't got no regrets. But, and this is a big butt, I do have one ragret. But so what? I look cool.
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The pain inside is now on the outside
(VICE) Why in the Hades would anyone get a tattoo on his, her, or their face? VICE speaks to tattoo artist Roblake to explore the trend of inking/disfiguring the human face: Subscribe to VICE.
Once you feel the stab of the needle as you get inked, you either wince and regret it or feel the rush of endorphins like you're being original while jumping on the bandwagon of the Basic, so basic. But the Straights just don't understand: It's cool, Man, so cool. Right? Isn't it? The drinkers at the bar think so. Other tatted folks think so. It's an arms race for blank space until nothing is left but the face.
Travis Barker-Kardashian is king of the dip...
Yeah, sure, Judaism and Christianity say it's a sin condemned by the Bible, but other religions are cool with it -- Buddhists, Tribal Islanders, Shamans, probably not Islam, um, Native Americans, the Maori and probably the Rosicrucians and Masons and Satanists, Luciferians/Illuminati, and Rap groupie chicks and gutter punks. Joe Ro' gets it:
"O meditators, an untaught ordinary worldling experiences pleasant feelings, experiences painful feelings, and experiences neutral feelings.
"Likewise, a well-taught noble [enlightened] disciple experiences pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings. What is the difference, the division, the distinction that exists herein [within this Doctrine/Dharma] between a well-taught noble disciple and an untaught worldling?
"When an untaught worldling is touched by a painful (bodily) feeling, that person worries and grieves, laments, beats his/her breast, weeps, and is distraught. One thus experiences two kinds of feelings, a bodily feeling and a mental feeling.
Post brand baloney is hard to knock if rappers/rockstars keep getting attention like Malone.
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I tatted myself tatting myself - double pain.
"It is as if a person were pierced by a dart and, following the first piercing, one were hit by a second dart. So that person will experience feelings caused by two darts.
"In just this way, an untaught worldling when touched by a painful (bodily) feeling worries and grieves, laments and beats her/his breast, weeps and is distraught.
The Dead in the Realm of Hungry Ghosts call me "premature." What was my rush to rot?
"So one experiences two kinds of [unpleasant] feeling, a bodily and a mental feeling.
"Having been touched by that painful feeling, one resists (and resents) it. Then in one who so resists (and resents) that painful feeling, an underlying tendency of resistance (dosa, aversion) against that painful feeling comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
Jelly Roll: I look hella good, and everybody likes it. I've felt alotta pain in life, y'know?
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What do I need to do to get noticed around here?
"Under the impact of that painful feeling, one then proceeds to [seek and] enjoy sensual pleasure/happiness.
"And why does one do so? An untaught worldling, O meditators, does not know of any OTHER escape from painful feelingsexcept the [endless pursuit of happiness through the unfulfilling and disappointing] enjoyment of sensual pleasure/happiness.
"Then in one who enjoys sensual pleasure/happiness, an underlying tendency to lust [lobha, greediness, grasping, clinginess] for pleasant feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart). One does not know, according to how it actually is, the:
arising and ending of these feelings,
nor the gratification, the
danger, nor the
escape connected with these feelings.
Jelly Roll's next tattoo is going to be so meta.
"In one who lacks this knowledge, an underlying tendency to ignorance (moha, delusion, confusion, wrong view) as to neutral feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
"When one experiences a pleasant feeling, a painful feeling, or a neutral feeling, one feels it as one fettered [put in bondage] by it.
"Such a one, O meditators, is called an untaught ordinary worldling who is fettered by rebirth, by old age, by death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair.
"One is fettered by suffering (dukkha, pain, disappointment, dissatisfaction, frustration, a feeling of never being fulfilled), I declare.
The difference
I get it! All that arises impersonally passes away.
"But in the case of a well-taught noble disciple, O meditators, when touched by a painful feeling, s/he will not worry nor grieve and lament. One will not beat his/her breast nor weep nor be distraught.
"One experiences one kind of feeling, a bodily one, but not a mental feeling.
"It is as if a person were pierced by a dart but were not hit by a second dart following after the first one.
"So this person experiences feelings caused only by a single dart. In just this way, a well-taught noble disciple when touched by a painful feeling will neither worry nor grieve, will not lament nor beat one's breast, not weep nor be distraught. One experiences a single feeling, a bodily one.
"Having been touched by that painful feeling, one does not resist (nor resent) it. Hence, in such a person no underlying tendency of resistance (dosa) against that painful feeling comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
The result
Then there was no more pain at all.
"Under the impact of that painful feeling, one does not seek to enjoy sensual happiness [to escape or compensate for it]. Why not?
"As a well-taught noble disciple, one knows of an actual ESCAPE from painful feelings other than by [the futile and disappointing distraction and diversion of] enjoying sensual pleasure/happiness.
"Then in one who does not seek to enjoy sensual pleasure/happiness, no underlying tendency to lust (lobha) for pleasant feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
"One knows, according to how it actually is,
the arising and ending of those feelings, and
the gratification,
the danger, and
the escape connected with these feelings.
Ha, ya laugh at me, but ya notice, and I gets $$$
"In one who knows thus, no underlying tendency to ignorance (moha) as to neutral feelings comes to underlie (one's mind/heart).
"When one experiences a pleasant feeling, a painful feeling, or a neutral feeling, one feels it as one who is not fettered by it.
"Such a person, O meditators, is called a well-taught noble disciple who is [no longer] fettered by rebirth, by old age, by death, by sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, or despair. One is not fettered [not in bondage] to suffering, I declare.
"This, O meditators, is the difference, the division, the distinction that exists between a well-taught noble disciple and an untaught ordinary worldling."
If too tattooed, there's nothing to do but try to be in a band: Transplants
We are Americans. We have the right to "life, liberty, and the PURSUIT of happiness." Never was our arrival at happiness promised. We have no "right" to be happy. That was never promised! We just thought it was. The founding document says, we have the right to endlessly pursue it, sucker.
We can have sex, have a spouse, even have kids, or stay single and chase wine, women, and song. There's a very funny Benny Hill quip that's hard to forget.
The Benny Hill Show is filth, funny, but filth.
A guy is in a bar boozing it up when an older man looks at him with disgust and says, "Wine, women, and song -- that's what killed your father!"
And the guy boozing it up quips, "Yeah, he couldn't get any, so he shot himself." Everyone laughs. Why? We imagine we would kill ourselves from all the pain, misery, and tedious drudgery of human life [at least in the West, where we have so much material surplus compared to everyone else on the planet] IF we couldn't enjoy our Hedonism and sensual pursuits, which we think make it all worthwhile or at least sufferable. Alcohol alone makes the medicine go down, and does anyone but the alcoholic realize how much harm is being done in the tradeoff? We can endure as long as we imagine there's more coming down the line, here or hereafter, by winning the lottery or getting into heaven. Maybe I should get a face tattoo, or a sexy one.
VICE, Aug. 12, 2018; Kid Cudi; Transplants (Rancid with Travis Kardashian); I. Rony, Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Two can play at that game, Ronny. Trump trounced you. What do you actual wits we'll do?.
What seems to be the problem, Minions? - It's this guy De-Sanctimonious. - The loser?
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Satanic Temple vows to ‘raise hell in the sunshine state’ as DeSantis passes bad law to put 'religion' in schools
Trump ally Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis
The Satanic Temple has vowed to “raise hell in the Sunshine State” as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida has officially passed a state law allowing religious chaplains in public schools.
As school districts around the state are now deciding whether to have chaplains or not, members of The Satanic Temple are stating that it will send its chaplains to public schools in Florida.
Earlier this year, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis officially signed a new law that allowed religious chaplains [of any religion, including Satanism] the opportunity to hold a position in public schools.
This chaplain program is supposed to allow volunteer chaplains to give guidance and support to public school students.
Parents Express Outrage Over Chaplain Program
You tell your teacher, Hell no! - OK, Mom.
However, once Gov. DeSantis signed this bill into law, many Florida parents expressed their outrage over the religious program. These parents don’t believe religious chaplains have any right to be on public school grounds, talking with students and pushing their own religious views.
A violation of the Constitution
Trump: DO it, Ron. I'll pardon you federally.
Many parents have since come out to declare that this chaplain program violates their own constitutional rights, particularly when it comes to freedom of religion and the separation of church and state.
Various organizations and parents have vowed to take Florida school districts to court if they implement this program.
The Satanic Temple [a collection of progressive people more interested in civil liberties than Satan or Christian fears] has found their own way to push back on this law.
Satanic Temple Chaplains in Florida Schools
Rightwing conservative showman outsmarts 'em
After Gov. DeSantis first signed this law, The Satanic Temple was one of the first religious organizations to express its interest in sending its own chaplains to Florida’s public schools.
This move comes as the Temple continues to fight for the separation of church and state. To do so, The Satanic Temple knowingly places itself in these types of situations, as it knows this religion [Satanism as showmanship] is very off-putting to many self-righteous Christians.
Gov. DeSantis Fights Back
However, Gov. DeSantis quickly fought back against the idea of The Satanic Temple having chaplains in schools.
“We’re not playing those games in Florida,” DeSantis said. “That is NOT a religion.”
Keeping the Satanic Temple Out of Schools
It's all the Devil's doing! What we need is a Republican-run Christian sharia law theocracy!
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Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz recently released a new model policy for school districts, pushing only for “credible chaplains” to be put in schools — and thereby keeping Satanic Temple chaplains out.
“Florida welcomes legitimate and officially authorized chaplains to become volunteers at their local schools and to provide students with morally sound guidance,” Diaz said. [No Satanists need apply.]
The Satanic Temple Continues to Fight
The Satanic Temple — which received its tax-exempt status back in 2019 as a religious organization — is fighting back against these latest moves that were seemingly targeted against it.
In a new post on its website, The Satanic Temple explained that it wasn’t backing down at all.
Raising Hell
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In a signup sheet on the Temple’s official website, the group explained that it would “raise hell” in Florida.
“Throughout Florida, The Satanic Temple’s members, supporters, and allies are standing up for true religious freedom and confronting encroaching theocracy. Are you ready to stand with us and raise hell in the Sunshine State?” read the sheet.
School Districts Remain Wary
Though this law has officially been passed, many school districts in Florida have been wary about actually voting for a chaplain policy.
Osceola County School Board voted against creating a chaplain program for the second time in a row. Many members, including those appointed by Gov. DeSantis, have expressed their worries over legal issues.
An Unpopular Policy?
Can we reach that one hypocritcal knucklehead, who is ruining everything to boost himself?
Kids have to listen to Satanic chaplains?
Lucien Greaves, the co-founder of The Satanic Temple, spoke during Osceola County School Board’s recent meeting, stating that they were voting on an unpopular policy.
Greaves stated, “You’re voting on a policy that is unpopular, divisive, poorly planned, obviously dishonest in its goals, unnecessary, and introduces new risks to children, even if you are allowed to implement it.”
Accommodating ALL Religions
Manny, draft something to keep Catholics out, too
Greaves further said that the school will have to ensure they are accommodating to all religions.
He added, “The reality is, you’ll have to accommodate religious identities you may not agree with [like those pesky Buddhists, Yogis, New Agers, Hinjews, Hindus, meddlesome Quakers, Muslims, angelic Amish, and maybe even the Orthodox Jews]. You will end up with Satanist chaplains.”
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