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Gotta have the black boogeyman to rally the base. Boo!mickeyrat said:09/15/1998 & 09/16/1998, Mansfield, MA; 08/29/00 08/30/00, Mansfield, MA; 07/02/03, 07/03/03, Mansfield, MA; 09/28/04, 09/29/04, Boston, MA; 09/22/05, Halifax, NS; 05/24/06, 05/25/06, Boston, MA; 07/22/06, 07/23/06, Gorge, WA; 06/27/2008, Hartford; 06/28/08, 06/30/08, Mansfield; 08/18/2009, O2, London, UK; 10/30/09, 10/31/09, Philadelphia, PA; 05/15/10, Hartford, CT; 05/17/10, Boston, MA; 05/20/10, 05/21/10, NY, NY; 06/22/10, Dublin, IRE; 06/23/10, Northern Ireland; 09/03/11, 09/04/11, Alpine Valley, WI; 09/11/11, 09/12/11, Toronto, Ont; 09/14/11, Ottawa, Ont; 09/15/11, Hamilton, Ont; 07/02/2012, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/04/2012 & 07/05/2012, Berlin, Germany; 07/07/2012, Stockholm, Sweden; 09/30/2012, Missoula, MT; 07/16/2013, London, Ont; 07/19/2013, Chicago, IL; 10/15/2013 & 10/16/2013, Worcester, MA; 10/21/2013 & 10/22/2013, Philadelphia, PA; 10/25/2013, Hartford, CT; 11/29/2013, Portland, OR; 11/30/2013, Spokane, WA; 12/04/2013, Vancouver, BC; 12/06/2013, Seattle, WA; 10/03/2014, St. Louis. MO; 10/22/2014, Denver, CO; 10/26/2015, New York, NY; 04/23/2016, New Orleans, LA; 04/28/2016 & 04/29/2016, Philadelphia, PA; 05/01/2016 & 05/02/2016, New York, NY; 05/08/2016, Ottawa, Ont.; 05/10/2016 & 05/12/2016, Toronto, Ont.; 08/05/2016 & 08/07/2016, Boston, MA; 08/20/2016 & 08/22/2016, Chicago, IL; 07/01/2018, Prague, Czech Republic; 07/03/2018, Krakow, Poland; 07/05/2018, Berlin, Germany; 09/02/2018 & 09/04/2018, Boston, MA; 09/08/2022, Toronto, Ont; 09/11/2022, New York, NY; 09/14/2022, Camden, NJ; 09/02/2023, St. Paul, MN; 05/04/2024 & 05/06/2024, Vancouver, BC; 05/10/2024, Portland, OR;
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Times 2. BOO!
Paramore rejects Tenn. honor after Allison Russell denied same recognition
Tennessee state Rep. Justin Jones (D) brought two resolutions to the floor of the lower chamber on Monday, both of them congratulating Nashville-area musicians on winning their first Grammy awards the week before.
One was for Paramore, a Tennessee-based emo-pop band that had won Grammys for best rock album and best alternative music performance. The other was for Allison Russell, a folk musician who had won the Grammy for best American roots performance.
The resolutions were so perfunctory that they were placed on the chamber’s consent calendar, a grouping of noncontroversial bills that representatives pass en masse.
But Rep. Jeremy Faison (R) had a problem with one of them. With an objection, he removed the resolution honoring Russell from the consent calendar, while not doing the same for the one honoring Paramore. Jones responded that singling out Russell, who is Black, is a “shameful” example of “Jim Crow thinking.” Paramore, whose members are White, rebuked Faison’s objection as “blatant racism.”
In a statement sent by the Tennessee House Republican Caucus, Faison said that, as a member of the Republican leadership, he had been approached by several members with questions about Russell, “which made it appropriate for us to press pause on that particular resolution.”
Faison and Jennifer Easton, a spokeswoman for House Republicans, did not respond to requests for comment about the questions raised by the caucus.
Russell said in an interview with The Washington Post that the objection to her recognition recalled the controversy that erupted in the legislature last year when Jones and two other representatives faced expulsion over their participation in a gun-control demonstration. The two Black members of the trio that became known as the “Tennessee Three” — Jones and Rep. Justin J. Pearson (D) — were expelled, while the White member of the group survived the bid to oust her. Jones and Pearson won back their seats in an election held later in the year.
Jones addressed the most recent incident Monday on the House floor.
“It’s shameful that this body during a month where we honor Black voices and history want to replay out this type of Jim Crow thinking that’s rooted in a legacy of racism,” Jones told The Post.
Although the resolution focused on Russell’s Grammy win, her music is tied into her political activism, she said. In recent years, she has been an outspoken critic of Tennessee’s Republican lawmakers, including their efforts to expel the Tennessee Three as well as enact legislation targeting LGBTQ+ rights and banning drag shows. When such laws passed, Russell in March organized the Love Rising benefit concert in Nashville, which featured more than a dozen artists, including herself, Williams, Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell, Hozier and Mya Byrne.
Russell said she felt compelled to organize the concert to fight what she called “legislative terrorism.”
Russell, who moved to Nashville seven years ago, didn’t know about Jones’s resolution until after the controversy erupted. She said it is clear why Faison blocked passage of the resolution and his Republican colleagues joined him in sending it to a committee instead of debating it on the House floor.
Hardly anyone would have noticed Russell’s legislative honor — the likes of which are routinely given to Tennesseans who have won professional accolades, such as teacher or fire chief of the year — if it sailed through. By blocking it, Faison shone a flood light on Russell and her music, Russell said.
“They only succeeded in vastly amplifying our voices,” she said.
Other artists have rallied around Russell. On Friday, Paramore rejected “any acknowledgment or honor” from the Tennessee House until Russell is given the same honor. In a statement to The Post, Paramore singer Hayley Williams praised Russell as an “incredibly talented musician and songwriter” whose music is deeply rooted in folk and Americana but nevertheless spans genres.
Russell is also “a brilliant Black woman,” she added.
“The blatant racism of our state leadership is embarrassing and cruel,” Williams said.
At the end of Monday’s session, Jones, the representative who introduced the resolutions honoring Russell and Paramore, tried to address his colleagues about the former being blocked.
“Black History Month is happening every day, and just a few minutes ago there was a resolution to honor someone who is making Black history,” he said before House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) interrupted to say the time was to be used for announcements, not engaging in debate.
Jones tried again.
“The announcement is to announce that there are people in our midst who are making Black history, and I want to honor them during this Black History Month, including those who are here in Nashville and in our state of Tennessee who are making Black history every day and deserve to be honored.
“I would like to announce that it’s concerning that this body chooses to denigrate, or to — ” he said, before Sexton cut off his mic, apologized and moved on.
Tennessee lawmaker blocks resolution honoring Grammy winner Allison Russell - The Washington Post
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Well then why should I be worried about how old Biden is, if Obama is in charge? Seems like this is a winner.mickeyrat said:0 -
mrussel1 said:
Well then why should I be worried about how old Biden is, if Obama is in charge? Seems like this is a winner.mickeyrat said:
other hand we have the Kenyan and the Indian/Jamaican running government. and you know both are black.....
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i would be completely happy with this, seeing as white dudes can't even pass a bill that included everything they asked for.mickeyrat said:"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
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LOL...he's been Schlappin weiners againmickeyrat said:Remember the Thomas Nine !! (10/02/2018)
The Golden Age is 2 months away. And guess what….. you’re gonna love it! (teskeinc 11.19.24)
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
"We need to have more kids."
"This legislation literally prevents that from happening, so what do you so to those who can't have more kids now?"
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gift article....Florida surgeon general defies science amid measles outbreak
By Lena H. Sun and Lauren Weber
February 22, 2024 at 20:02 ET
As a Florida elementary school tries to contain a growing measles outbreak, the state’s top health official is giving advice that runs counter to science and may leave unvaccinated children at risk of contracting one of the most contagious pathogens on Earth, clinicians and public health experts said.
Florida surgeon general Joseph A. Ladapo failed to urge parents to vaccinate their children or keep unvaccinated students home from school as a precaution in a letter to parents at the Fort Lauderdale-area school this week following six confirmed measles cases.
Instead of following what he acknowledged was the “normal” recommendation that parents keep unvaccinated children home for up to 21 days — the incubation period for measles — Ladapo said the state health department “is deferring to parents or guardians to make decisions about school attendance.”
The controversial move by Ladapo follows a pattern of bucking public health norms, particularly when it comes to vaccines. Last month, he called for halting the use of mRNA coronavirus vaccines, in a move decried by the public health community.
Ben Hoffman, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said Florida’s guidance flies in the face of long-standing and widely accepted public health guidance for measles, which can result in severe complications, including death.
“It runs counter to everything I have ever heard and everything that I have read,” Hoffman said. “It runs counter to our policy. It runs counter to what the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] would recommend.”continues....
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
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Not to mention the fact that he’s saying immigrants are less than with this sentiment.Vitalogensia said:"We need to have more kids."
"This legislation literally prevents that from happening, so what do you so to those who can't have more kids now?"
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don't forget the "its a hard one. it's a hard issue."Vitalogensia said:"We need to have more kids."
"This legislation literally prevents that from happening, so what do you so to those who can't have more kids now?"
"Well, we need to have more kids."
what a maroon...."You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
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gimmesometruth27 said:
don't forget the "its a hard one. it's a hard issue."Vitalogensia said:"We need to have more kids."
"This legislation literally prevents that from happening, so what do you so to those who can't have more kids now?"
"Well, we need to have more kids."
what a maroon....
ultra maroon
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
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the I was against it before I was for it for election purposes strategy at work...._____________________________________SIGNATURE________________________________________________
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
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Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140 -
Is it true Moses is refusing to sit new elected Suozzi?jesus greets me looks just like me ....0
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josevolution said:Is it true Moses is refusing to sit new elected Suozzi?not in session at the moment might be why?usual order for a new congress....
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Will Haley quit or keep going?Gift article:
South Carolina Primary Live Updates: Trump Defeats Haley, Delivering a Crushing Blow in Her Home State
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brianlux said:Will Haley quit or keep going?Gift article:
South Carolina Primary Live Updates: Trump Defeats Haley, Delivering a Crushing Blow in Her Home State
said she's staying in til super Tuesday. at least.
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you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '140
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