A horrifically racist and willfully obtuse man who wrote some of the most bigoted SCOTUS opinions I ever had the misfortune of reading. His opinions were *slightly* less misogynistic than they were racist, but ONLY because he had daughters.
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A horrifically racist and willfully obtuse man who wrote some of the most bigoted SCOTUS opinions I ever had the misfortune of reading. His opinions were *slightly* less misogynistic than they were racist, but ONLY because he had daughters.
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, William Rehnquist died #20yearsagotoday. Rehnquist was Chief Justice for 19 years after previously being appointed to SCOTUS in 1972. In 1998, he began presiding over Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. His was the second SCOTUS seat vacated in 2005. #xyearsagotoday
One of my favorites! My daughter pointed out that the title has an equivalent meter to Ferris Bueller's Day Off and the show is a tribute to the movie. (We watched a lot of it on DVD in 2020).
I loved this show in junior high. I was so mad when it was canceled.
Lol. But be safe, though. Those people aren't known for gracefully tolerating different political opinions.
As a kid, I used to wonder why this wasn't celebrated. Then I got old enough to hear and read the history and personal stories. With war, all you can do is welcome home the living, honor the dead, and work hard to never start another one.
#35yearsagotoday, "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" premiered on Fox. The surreal teen comedy was originally developed for CBS then rejected. The show ran for 73 episodes before it was canceled. #xyearsagotoday
#20yearsagotoday #xyearsagotoday
World War II, the deadliest war in human history, officially ended #80yearsagotoday when Supreme Allied Commander, Douglas McArthur, accepted the official Japanese Instrument of Surrender. #xyearsagotoday
#40yearsagotoday, wreckage of the RMS Titanic was found off the coast of Newfoundland. An expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel, found the wreck by searching for and later following the debris trail. One of the ship's boilers was later found. #xyearsagotoday
Rudy cracked up his car, huh?
They sure weren't. The police had to rescue *him* from *them.*
#40yearsagotoday, Richard Ramirez, also known as The Night Stalker of LA, was captured after residents of an East Los Angeles neighborhood recognized him from the front page of a Spanish-language newspaper. A crowd gave chase after Ramirez attempted a carjacking, severely beating him #xyearsagotoday
He does look very 3ft down tho
(Sigh) Any day now... www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...
The documentary film, "Woodstock," was the #1 film in the country #55yearsagotoday. The film was a compilation of the performances at the 1969 festival of the same name. Running for just over 3 hours, the film was a commercial success earning $50 million at the box office. #xyearsagotoday
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana #20yearsagotoday. 😭😭😭 #xyearsagotoday
Stores don't seem to realize how annoying that shit is to the customers.
I know I shouldn't be surprised but...😡😡😡😡 www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
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I guess. It's still annoying, though. I haven't seen any Pumpkin Spice ads yet, though.
It's not even September yet.🙄🙄🙄
14 year old Emmett Till was lynched #70yearsagotoday. Accused of sexually harassing Carolyn Bryant, the wife of the proprietor of the local grocery store, Till was abducted by Bryant's husband and brother-in-law and murdered. #xyearsagotoday
#45yearsagotoday, a 1200 lb. bomb exploded at Harvey's Resort Hotel in NV. The bomb had been planted by John Birges, Sr., a Hungarian immigrant who had lost $750,000 gambling in the hotel's casino. Miraculously, no one was killed. Birges was sentenced to life without parole. #xyearsagotoday
"Kiss From A Rose" was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart #30yearsagotoday. It was the second single from Seal's second album and the song's inclusion on the "Batman Forever" and "The NeverEnding Story III" soundtracks boosted sales. The track won three Grammys in 1996. #xyearsagotoday
"The Ben Stiller Show" aired its thirteenth, and final, episode #30yearsagotoday on Comedy Central. The show, which initially aired in 1990 on MTV, was first canceled after 6 episodes. A second iteration of the show ran on Fox for twelve episodes. #xyearsagotoday
Ola Ray was born in St. Louis, MO #65yearsagotoday. Ray, who posed for Playboy and has appeared in numerous films and television shows, is best known for her role as Michael Jackson's girlfriend in the music video, "Thriller." #xyearsagotoday
As a former cheerleader, it's one of my comfort movies. During the winter during car rider, my coworker would be walking in and I'd yell to her, "I SAID BRRRRRR!" and she'd yell back "IT'S COLD OUT HERE!"😂
I just realized that "Bring It On" was released #25yearsagotoday. Starring Kirsten Dunst and Gabrielle Union, the cheerleading movie tackled themes of cultural appropriation and white privilege. The film was an unexpected blockbuster, earning $90 million on an $11 million budget. #xyearsagotoday
"42nd Street" premiered on Broadway #45yearsagotoday. The play, which was nominated for multiple Tonys, ran for 3,486 performances. The play was later revived at the Lyric Theatre in 2001 and ran for over 1500 performances. #xyearsagotoday
#75yearsagotoday, Edith Sampson, a Chicago-based lawyer, became the first African-American to represent the US at the United Nations. Serving as an alternate delegate until 1953, Sampson became the first Black US representative to NATO in 1961. #xyearsagotoday
Yall think I’m being funny but I’m not. The United States is a wealthy country ONLY because of unpaid slave labor which built the systems and economy of this country. The only way the US can maintain its wealth is with low paid/unpaid labor.
I didn't know it was even possible to purchase those.
Hell, yeah! Represent everyone who can't afford it and let MVP get her bag.
Uganda?
They're planning to gaslight when he inevitably...well, you know. We'll be reading an expose about a "Weekend At Bernie's" style fiasco sooner rather than later.
Well, she has a refined pallet, lol
The guy's name is Starbuck?
The Salad Bowl Strike began #55yearsagotoday. Launched by the United Farm Workers, the Salad Bowl Strike was a wave of boycotts, strikes, and secondary actions kicked off by a dispute between UFW and the Teamsters. The strike caused the price of lettuce to skyrocket. #xyearsagotoday
I don't think I can afford it, either, but good for her.
Bolton made the same mistake so many have made: they think they can use Trump The Magic Dragon for their own ends and not get burned.
The beast you feed will eventually feast on you. Bolton knew what he was getting into. Trump is abusing his power but...
I'm doing the "Trump's wrong but fuck John Bolton" routine. It's working very well for me.
SCOTUS can still overturn this--just in time for the midterms.🥺🥺🥺
She's coming to NYC!
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Tell the SU to break a leg for me!🤞🏾
SU is still doing auditions for Banana Ball teams, but y’all… Y’ALL!!! HE’S ANNOUNCING FOR THE BANANAS TONIGHT!!!!!! Watch on truTV at 7pm and you’ll hear him announcing in the background! Also, just watch because Banana Ball is freaking FUN!
Addictive!
They're good dancers
😭 Same.
No, I didn't. Was it a spoof?
I was surprises by how toned down it was, though, considering the lyrics.
IKR?🤣🤣🤣🤣
It’s pretty hilarious the outrage that came off this music video and song lyrics. Everything about it is iconic!
Lol...argued that a song about female sexual pleasure was listing symptoms of bacterial vaginosis.
Charlie Kirk let us know he’s never satisfied a woman before #5YearsAgoToday
That was Ben Shapiro but same difference.
I always have to hype myself up for stuff like this. Introversion is a bitch.
"WAP" was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 #5yearsagotoday. The collaboration between Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion was controversial upon its release due to its sexually explicit lyrics, inciting a moral panic among conservatives. The song went 8x platinum in the US alone. #xyearsagotoday
Motown was a well-oiled machine that recruited the talent & cultivated these class acts into bubble-gum pop-soul palpable to the masses. They had an impressive & effective process that I commend. Generally, people think industry plants are mediocre talents that are nefariously promoted to the top.
I stumbled into a Curtis Sliwa press conference a few minutes ago.
Sisqó's "Incomplete" was the #1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 #25yearsagotoday. The song was the third and final single from Sisqó's debut solo album. The follow-up to "Thong Song," "Incomplete" remains Sisqó's only #1 hit in the US. The song is certified platinum in the US. #xyearsagotoday
There us a YouTube channel where a woman re-listens to all the songs she liked when she was younger. Lol.
Bills, Bills, Bills--Destiny's Child No, No, No, No--Destiny's Child Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops)--Blu Cantrell Unbreak My Heart--Toni Braxton Freak Like Me--Adina Howard
5. What R&B song do you hate with every fiber of your being?
I liked that song when it came out--I was 18 at the time. But, as a middle-aged adult, I recognize how problematic that song is. Also, the lead vocals are a little screechy.
Some of yall don’t realize that there are a few of us on this app who have been mutuals for damn near close to a decade if not longer. Sometimes these convos just be that—-mutual shit—-if you was meant to know you’d know lol
Meghan is laughing all the way to the bank!
How I miss this response!! Yasssss!!! Like Hoe Lord Jamar.. talking allll that shit about Kamala.. But his bitch azz not out there fighting for the hood.. None of them are. Just shows how many Black Men are and were so envious of a Black woman. Even as she was trying to save ALL of us.
That part! They are bitter bunch…I was watching a YouTube documentary where a young, Black woman, highly achieved was shot and killed by her barely made it thru high school husband…the aunt said “we’re raising our daughters, but not our sons”
And Saint Peter is getting ready to slam the gates in his face.
The Great Fire or Big Burn of 1910 started #115yearsagotoday. Due to unusually dry weather conditions, multiple lightning strikes, high winds, and human activity, numerous smaller fires across Idaho, Montana, Washington, and parts of Canada grew into one giant fire. 87 people died. #xyearsagotoday
Every single museum in America needs to print out "Actually, slavery WAS that bad" and post it on their front door today.
What's truly frightening about this is that they are no longer attempting plausible deniability with this shit. When people get away with saying the quiet parts out loud, the shit's about to go bad.
Dafuq????
There was huge scandal about that in NYC about 10+ years ago. But they were doing it to *deflate* crime statistics.
#30yearsagotoday, Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" and "Breakfast At Tiffany's" by Deep Blue Something broke onto the Billboard Hot 100. The songs debuted at number 28 and number 90, respectively. #xyearsagotoday
And they shouldn't
Tell me how he made them worse.
As I've said, a House rep shouldn't be involved in local races.
Why are you assuming that no endorsement = no support?
I am a New Yorker who lived in Jeffries' district for about 5 years. I beg to differ.
Whether or not his reservations are sound is beside the point. US House members shouldn't be endorsing local races.
I used to live there! Jeffries and Mamdani both being New Yorkers isn't as pertinent as you think it is. Mayor and US House Rep are two very different positions in two completely levels of government. And Mamdani shouldn't need an endorsement.
If he gets primaries, he'll probably win. And no one should ever be primaried over a refusal to endorse.
I'm fully aware that Hakeem Jeffries represents NY; I used to live in his district, after all. But, once again, someone serving in the federal government shouldn't be endorsing local races.
If you’re not: - Taking to the streets. - Yelling at republicans via phone and email. - Yelling at your fellow white people about why they voted for this shit. STAY THE FUCK OUT OF BLACK PEOPLE’S MENTIONS.
Hakeem Jeffries serves in the US House as Minority Leader. Mamdani is running for mayor of New York City. Exactly why is everyone so hot in the ass for someone who serves at the federal level to weigh in on a local race? Yes, NYC is the biggest city in the US but this *is* a local race.
Just to come back to this thread I’ve been thinking more and more about how a major message of the new Superman movie was specifically to white boys about how just because your parents were dicks with shitty eugenicist views doesn’t mean you have to be like them I approve this message
The confederates are so excited to try and start another war they can lose
My conspiracy theory is that there is no conspiracy. Corporations shored up their bottom line by understaffed and underpayment people in those positions. Overwork + poor pay + poor working conditions= low morale= shitty customer service.
#20yearsagotoday, Dennis Rader, known as BTK, was sentenced to ten consecutive life sentences for murdering at least ten people between 1974 and 1991 in Kansas. Rader's habit of sending taunting letters to law enforcement led up to his capture in February 2005. #xyearsagotoday
I have never met someone who used the term "pulcritudinous."
I was born the year the movie adaptation came out. Can't believe I've been here for half a century.
Blind authoritarian acquiescence to power disguised as Christian forgiveness.
Pence refuses to climb out of the dumpster--even though he knows the trash makes him stink.🙄