#carolina barret

[mariocki]

Misterios de ultratumba (The Black Pit of Dr. M, 1959)

"What happened during my trance?"

"Nothing. Something as ancient as mankind itself. Science's senseless struggle to break the barriers that separate us from God."

[67-romeo]

☞Remember the Alamo!

☞Today in Texas History -- On today’s date 213 years ago, Tuesday, August 1, 1809, famous 19th-Century American lawyer & soldier Colonel William Barret “Buck” Travis (1809-1836), hero of the Texas Revolution, was born on the Travis plantation at Red Bank, which is in present-day Saluda County, South Carolina. Some sources state that Travis was born on August 9, but August 1 is the date that is reported to have been recorded in the Travis family Bible, & that is considered correct by most historians.

☞Travis is best-remembered nowadays as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Texian Army during the Texas Revolutionary War. Colonel Travis was leader of both the Regular-Army & the Volunteer Militia forces who defended the Alamo against an overwhelming Méxican Army.

☞One of most famous incidents in the life of Colonel Travis concerns the “Line in the Sand” at the Alamo. In the waning days of the Siege of the Alamo, with Méxican General Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794-1876) having the Alamo completely surrounded, Santa Anna sent a messenger to Travis demanding surrender, or else everyone in the compound would be killed. According to the legend, Travis called the Alamo defenders together, explaining that defeat was almost certain, & he read Santa Anna’s surrender demand. Travis then drew his sword & scratched a line in the sand, asking for volunteers to cross over the line & join him, with the understanding that their decision would be irreversible. The legend states that all but one of the Alamo defenders joined Travis on his side of the line. Moses Rose was the only defender who did not cross the line & who left the compound. Travis then responded to Santa Anna’s letter with cannon fire, whereupon Santa Anna replied by having his brass band play “El Degüello.”

☞During the early morning hours of March 6, 1836, William B. Travis became a martyr to the cause of Liberty when he met his earthly demise at the age of 26 along with more than 180 other Alamo defenders who were killed during the fateful Battle of the Alamo.

☞The photograph depicts an undated Victorian-Era cabinet-card photograph of a painted portrait of Colonel William Barret Travis by noted American artist Henry Arthur McArdle (1836-1908).

[lboogie1906]

Henry “Box” Brown (1815 - June 15, 1897) in 1849 exploited maritime elements of the Underground Railroad. His moniker “Box” was a result of his squeezing himself into a box and having himself shipped 250 miles from Richmond to Philadelphia.

He was born enslaved to John Barret, a former mayor of Richmond. He married enslaved Nancy and the couple had three children. He became an active member of First African Baptist Church where he was known for singing in the choir. His wife and children were sold away to North Carolina. Using “overwork” (overtime) money, he decided to arrange for his freedom.

He constructed a wooden crate three feet long and two feet six inches deep with two air holes. With help from Philadelphia abolitionists, he obtained a legal freight contract. This freight company with both rail and steamboat capabilities arranged to ship his package labeled “Dry Goods” to Philadelphia.

He loaded himself in Richmond on March 22, 1849, the package moved via horse-drawn carriage to the rail depot of the Richmond-Fredericksburg-Potomac Railroad. His freight car was placed aboard a Potomac River steamboat and shipped 40 miles upriver to DC. The “package” transferred to the Washington & Baltimore Train Depot, arriving in the Port of Philadelphia on March 24, 1849. A local Philadelphia carting firm delivered “the package” to the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society. He was welcomed by Philadelphia abolitionists led by Underground Railroad organizer, William Still.

He left for England. He was a featured speaker in England’s abolitionist circuit he used visual aids such as a landscaped “moving panorama,” a painted scroll showing a lengthy series of related inter-connected panels painted on a single cloth.

He married a second time (1875). He lectured under the name Professor H. “Box” Brown. Samuel Rowse’s, Resurrection of Henry “Box” Brown lithograph, immortalizes his 1849 journey. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[brookston]

Holidays 3.6

Holidays

Alamo Day (Texas)

Black Balloon Day

Blackout Day

Chamorro Heritage Day (Guam)

City of Toronto Day (Canada)

Day of the Dude (Dudeism)

Day of Tolerance and Coexistence (Iraq)

Dentist’s Day

Equal Pay Day (Germany)

European Day of the Righteous (EU)

European Day of Speech & Language Therapy

Feast of Excited Insects (China, Korea)

Headache Relief Day

Hospitality Workers in HealthCare Day

International Agunah Day

International Ballprank Day

International Day of the Sculptor

International Day of the Skype Call

International Metal Pipe Day

King Tut Day

Labour Day (Western Australia, Australia)

Marion Berry Day (DC)

Narcissus Day

National Brian Day

National Damien Day

National Day of Tolerance and Coexistence (Iraq)

National Deaf Youth Day

National Dress Day

National Emotional Civility Day

National Ford Day

National Jute Day (Bangladesh)

National Pharmacy Education Day (India)

National Report General Service Administration (GSA) Fraud Day

National Shirley Day

No Homework Day

Remember the Alamo Day

Silly Putty Day

Snowshoe Day

Sofia Kovalesvskaya Math Day

Spinach Day (French Republic)

Stoneware Pottery Appreciation Day

Tolerance and Coexistence Day (Iraq)

Toronto Day (Canada)

Trollface Day

Women’s Day (Tajikistan)

World Conservation Strategy Day

World Lymphedema Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Frozen Food Day

National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day

Oreo Cookie Day (a.k.a. National Oreo Day)

World Laksa Day

1st Wednesday in March

Discover What Your Name Means Day [Wednesday of Name Week]

Global Day of Inclusion [1st Wednesday]

International Board Certified Lactation Consultants Day [1st Wednesday]

National Surface Finishing Day [1st Wednesday]

Spread the Word: Inclusion Day [1st Wednesday]

Stop Bad Service Day [1st Wednesday]

World Maths Day [1st Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Foundation Day (Norfolk Island)

Ghana (from UK, 1957)

Servia (Proclaimed a Republic; 1882)

Toronto incorporated (Canada; 1834)

Überstadt (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning March 6, 2024

Celtic Fair (Sonora, California) [thru 3.8]

Charleston Wine + Food (Charleston, South Carolina) [thru 3.10]

Geneva Book and Press Fair (Geneva, Switzerland) [thru 3.10]

Rogue Festival (Fresno, California) [thru 3.14]

Steam Fair (Pomona, California) [thru 3.7]

Heritage Miami: Wine and Food Experience (Miami, Florida)

New Colossus Festival (New York, New York) [thru 3.10]

North Dakota Winter Show (Valley City, North Dakota) [thru 3.10]

Tampere Film Festival (Tampere, Finland) [thru 3.10]

Western Stampede (Chowchilla, California) [thru 3.8]

Feast Days

Abelardo (Muppetism)

Baldred of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Borrowed Days begin (Pastafarian)

Cadroe (Christian; Saint)

Chrodegang (Christian; Saint)

Colette (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Cyneburga (Christian; Saint)

Cyril of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Day of the East Wind (Pagan)

Elizabeth Barret Browning (Writerism)

Feast of Eriu (Celtic Book of Days)

Felicity and her Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Festival of Mars (Old Roman God of War)

Fridolin (Christian; Saint)

Fusilli Day (Pastafarian)

Gabriel García Márquez (Writerism)

Jesus Nazarene of Atalaya (Christian; Saint) [Panama]

Krishima Jingu Otaue-Sai (Ceremonial Rice Planting; Japan; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba (Christian; Saints)

Lao-Tzu Day (Taoism) [15th Day of 2nd Lunar Month]

March Goblins’ Galumphing Gala and Display (Shamanism)

Marcian of Tortona (Christian; Saint)

Michaelangelo (Artology)

Olegarius (Christian; Saint)

Perpetua (Christian; Saint)

Quisling Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Rose of Viterbo (Christian; Saint)

Ta’anit Esther (The Fast of Esther; Judaism) [13 Adar]

Treachery Day (Church of the SubGenius)

William W. Mayo and Charles Frederick Menninger (Episcopal Church (USA))

Xenophanes (Positivist; Saint)

Christian Moveable Calendar Holidays

Mi-Carême (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin) [Mid-Lent]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [12 of 32]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Ariel, by Sylvia Plath (Poems; 1965)

Barnyard Amateurs, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)

The Big Lebowski (Film; 1998)

The Bird Who Came to Dinner (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

Brementown Musicians (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1935)

Brotherly Love (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)

Chappie (Film; 2015)

Cyrano (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1974)

÷ (a.k.a. Divide), by Ed Sheeran (Album; 2017)

Dog Meets Dog (Phantasies; 1942)

Eat Me Kitty, Eight to the Bar (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

Everest (IMAX Documentary Film; 1998)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Film; 1921)

The Fright-Seeing Trip of Visit to a Small Panic (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 30; 1960)

Hasty But Tasty (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1969)

History of the World, Part II (TV Series; 2023)

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (Film; 2015) 

Kissin’ Cousins (Film; 1964) [Elvis Presley #14]

La Sonnambula, by Vincenzo Bellini (Opera; 1831)

La Traviata (The Fallen Woman), by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1853)

Lethal Weapon (Film; 1987)

Let It Be, by The Beatles (Song; 1970)

Logan's Run, by William F. Nolan (Novel; 1967)

Lorenzo (Disney Cartoon; 2004)

Medusa, by Annie Lennox (Album; 1995)

Onward (Animated Film; 2020)

Paint It Black, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1966)

The Pen-Pals or Rock Hocky Rocky (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 29; 1960)

Play Ball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)

Playdate with Destiny (Animated Simpsons Cartoon; 2020)

So Sorry Pussycat (Terrytoons’ Hashimoto Cartoon; 1961)

Starting from Hatch (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1953)

There Goes My Baby, recorded by The Drifters (Song; 1959)

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Film; 2015)

Three-Ring Government (America Rocks Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1979)

To Be or Not to Be (Film; 1942)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV Series; 2015)

U.S. Marshals (Film; 1998)

Watchmen (Film; 2009)

The Young Victoria (Film; 2009)

Today’s Name Days

Fridolin, Nicola, Rosa (Austria)

Ruža, Viktor, Zvjezdana (Croatia)

Miroslav (Czech Republic)

Gotfred (Denmark)

Tarmo, Tarmu (Estonia)

Tarmo (Finland)

Colette (France)

Fridolin, Nicola, Nicole, Rosa (Germany)

Isyhios (Greece)

Inez, Leonóra (Hungary)

Colette, Giordano, Ezio, Marziano, Marzio (Italy)

Centis, Gotfrids, Vents (Latvia)

Karigailė, Norvilas, Raminta, Rožė (Lithuania)

Andor, Annfrid (Norway)

Eugenia, Felicyta, Frydolin, Jordan, Klaudian, Koleta, Róża, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz, Wojsław (Poland)

Radoslav (Slovakia)

Julián, Olegario (Spain)

Ebba, Ebbe (Sweden)

Carlton, Charlton, Colette, Collette (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 66 of 2024; 300 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 10 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 26 (Ji-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 26 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 25 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 6 Green; Sixday [6 of 30]

Julian: 22 February 2024

Moon: 18%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 10 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Empodocles]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 77 of 89)

Week: 1st Week of March

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 17 of 30)

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 3.6

Holidays

Alamo Day (Texas)

Black Balloon Day

Blackout Day

Chamorro Heritage Day (Guam)

City of Toronto Day (Canada)

Day of the Dude (Dudeism)

Day of Tolerance and Coexistence (Iraq)

Dentist’s Day

Equal Pay Day (Germany)

European Day of the Righteous (EU)

European Day of Speech & Language Therapy

Feast of Excited Insects (China, Korea)

Headache Relief Day

Hospitality Workers in HealthCare Day

International Agunah Day

International Ballprank Day

International Day of the Sculptor

International Day of the Skype Call

International Metal Pipe Day

King Tut Day

Labour Day (Western Australia, Australia)

Marion Berry Day (DC)

Narcissus Day

National Brian Day

National Damien Day

National Day of Tolerance and Coexistence (Iraq)

National Deaf Youth Day

National Dress Day

National Emotional Civility Day

National Ford Day

National Jute Day (Bangladesh)

National Pharmacy Education Day (India)

National Report General Service Administration (GSA) Fraud Day

National Shirley Day

No Homework Day

Remember the Alamo Day

Silly Putty Day

Snowshoe Day

Sofia Kovalesvskaya Math Day

Spinach Day (French Republic)

Stoneware Pottery Appreciation Day

Tolerance and Coexistence Day (Iraq)

Toronto Day (Canada)

Trollface Day

Women’s Day (Tajikistan)

World Conservation Strategy Day

World Lymphedema Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

National Frozen Food Day

National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day

Oreo Cookie Day (a.k.a. National Oreo Day)

World Laksa Day

1st Wednesday in March

Discover What Your Name Means Day [Wednesday of Name Week]

Global Day of Inclusion [1st Wednesday]

International Board Certified Lactation Consultants Day [1st Wednesday]

National Surface Finishing Day [1st Wednesday]

Spread the Word: Inclusion Day [1st Wednesday]

Stop Bad Service Day [1st Wednesday]

World Maths Day [1st Wednesday]

Independence & Related Days

Foundation Day (Norfolk Island)

Ghana (from UK, 1957)

Servia (Proclaimed a Republic; 1882)

Toronto incorporated (Canada; 1834)

Überstadt (Declared; 2010) [unrecognized]

Festivals Beginning March 6, 2024

Celtic Fair (Sonora, California) [thru 3.8]

Charleston Wine + Food (Charleston, South Carolina) [thru 3.10]

Geneva Book and Press Fair (Geneva, Switzerland) [thru 3.10]

Rogue Festival (Fresno, California) [thru 3.14]

Steam Fair (Pomona, California) [thru 3.7]

Heritage Miami: Wine and Food Experience (Miami, Florida)

New Colossus Festival (New York, New York) [thru 3.10]

North Dakota Winter Show (Valley City, North Dakota) [thru 3.10]

Tampere Film Festival (Tampere, Finland) [thru 3.10]

Western Stampede (Chowchilla, California) [thru 3.8]

Feast Days

Abelardo (Muppetism)

Baldred of Scotland (Christian; Saint)

Borrowed Days begin (Pastafarian)

Cadroe (Christian; Saint)

Chrodegang (Christian; Saint)

Colette (Christian; Saint & Virgin)

Cyneburga (Christian; Saint)

Cyril of Constantinople (Christian; Saint)

Day of the East Wind (Pagan)

Elizabeth Barret Browning (Writerism)

Feast of Eriu (Celtic Book of Days)

Felicity and her Companions (Christian; Martyrs)

Festival of Mars (Old Roman God of War)

Fridolin (Christian; Saint)

Fusilli Day (Pastafarian)

Gabriel García Márquez (Writerism)

Jesus Nazarene of Atalaya (Christian; Saint) [Panama]

Krishima Jingu Otaue-Sai (Ceremonial Rice Planting; Japan; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Kyneburga, Kyneswide and Tibba (Christian; Saints)

Lao-Tzu Day (Taoism) [15th Day of 2nd Lunar Month]

March Goblins’ Galumphing Gala and Display (Shamanism)

Marcian of Tortona (Christian; Saint)

Michaelangelo (Artology)

Olegarius (Christian; Saint)

Perpetua (Christian; Saint)

Quisling Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Rose of Viterbo (Christian; Saint)

Ta’anit Esther (The Fast of Esther; Judaism) [13 Adar]

Treachery Day (Church of the SubGenius)

William W. Mayo and Charles Frederick Menninger (Episcopal Church (USA))

Xenophanes (Positivist; Saint)

Christian Moveable Calendar Holidays

Mi-Carême (Guadeloupe, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin) [Mid-Lent]

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Perilous Day (13th Century England) [12 of 32]

Tomobiki (友引 Japan) [Good luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

Ariel, by Sylvia Plath (Poems; 1965)

Barnyard Amateurs, featuring Farmer Al Falfa (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1936)

The Big Lebowski (Film; 1998)

The Bird Who Came to Dinner (Woody Woodpecker Cartoon; 1961)

Brementown Musicians (Ub Iwerks Cartoon; 1935)

Brotherly Love (Fleischer Popeye Cartoon; 1936)

Chappie (Film; 2015)

Cyrano (Hanna-Barbera Animated TV Special; 1974)

÷ (a.k.a. Divide), by Ed Sheeran (Album; 2017)

Dog Meets Dog (Phantasies; 1942)

Eat Me Kitty, Eight to the Bar (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

Everest (IMAX Documentary Film; 1998)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Film; 1921)

The Fright-Seeing Trip of Visit to a Small Panic (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 30; 1960)

Hasty But Tasty (Ant and the Aardvark Cartoon; 1969)

History of the World, Part II (TV Series; 2023)

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (Film; 2015) 

Kissin’ Cousins (Film; 1964) [Elvis Presley #14]

La Sonnambula, by Vincenzo Bellini (Opera; 1831)

La Traviata (The Fallen Woman), by Giuseppe Verdi (Opera; 1853)

Lethal Weapon (Film; 1987)

Let It Be, by The Beatles (Song; 1970)

Logan's Run, by William F. Nolan (Novel; 1967)

Lorenzo (Disney Cartoon; 2004)

Medusa, by Annie Lennox (Album; 1995)

Onward (Animated Film; 2020)

Paint It Black, recorded by The Rolling Stones (Song; 1966)

The Pen-Pals or Rock Hocky Rocky (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S1, Ep. 29; 1960)

Play Ball (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1932)

Playdate with Destiny (Animated Simpsons Cartoon; 2020)

So Sorry Pussycat (Terrytoons’ Hashimoto Cartoon; 1961)

Starting from Hatch (Noveltoons Cartoon; 1953)

There Goes My Baby, recorded by The Drifters (Song; 1959)

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Film; 2015)

Three-Ring Government (America Rocks Cartoon; Schoolhouse Rock; 1979)

To Be or Not to Be (Film; 1942)

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (TV Series; 2015)

U.S. Marshals (Film; 1998)

Watchmen (Film; 2009)

The Young Victoria (Film; 2009)

Today’s Name Days

Fridolin, Nicola, Rosa (Austria)

Ruža, Viktor, Zvjezdana (Croatia)

Miroslav (Czech Republic)

Gotfred (Denmark)

Tarmo, Tarmu (Estonia)

Tarmo (Finland)

Colette (France)

Fridolin, Nicola, Nicole, Rosa (Germany)

Isyhios (Greece)

Inez, Leonóra (Hungary)

Colette, Giordano, Ezio, Marziano, Marzio (Italy)

Centis, Gotfrids, Vents (Latvia)

Karigailė, Norvilas, Raminta, Rožė (Lithuania)

Andor, Annfrid (Norway)

Eugenia, Felicyta, Frydolin, Jordan, Klaudian, Koleta, Róża, Wiktor, Wiktoriusz, Wojsław (Poland)

Radoslav (Slovakia)

Julián, Olegario (Spain)

Ebba, Ebbe (Sweden)

Carlton, Charlton, Colette, Collette (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 66 of 2024; 300 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 3 of week 10 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Nuin (Ash) [Day 18 of 28]

Chinese: Month 1 (Bing-Yin), Day 26 (Ji-Si)

Chinese Year of the: Dragon 4722 (until January 29, 2025)

Hebrew: 26 Adair I 5784

Islamic: 25 Sha’ban 1445

J Cal: 6 Green; Sixday [6 of 30]

Julian: 22 February 2024

Moon: 18%: Waning Crescent

Positivist: 10 Aristotle (3rd Month) [Empodocles]

Runic Half Month: Tyr (Cosmic Pillar) [Day 12 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 77 of 89)

Week: 1st Week of March

Zodiac: Pisces (Day 17 of 30)

[fundieshaderoom]

Fundie Families and Adjacents I Follow: Bowers

Curtis James Bowers- October 13, 1965

Lauren A McAlvany- July 6, 1971

Curtis and Lauren have been married since 1989 and share 9 children, 4 children-in-law, and 7 grandchildren.

Carolina Katherine "Lina"- April 2, 1995

Cassidy Grace- July 2, 1997

Charles Curtis- March 27, 1999

Carver James- October 23, 2001

Christian Ruhlman- 2004

Crockett Henry- November 15, 2005

Chapman York "Frank"- 2008

Campbell Barret "Butter"- 2009

Crosby Virginia "Gini"- 2010

Columbus Shackleton- miscarriage 2012

Courage Wilberforce- miscarriage 2013

Carolina married Carson Wayne Bontrager (November 5, 1995) on September 1, 2017, at ages 22 and 21. They share 3 children.

Jubilee Katherine- July 15, 2018

Jemima Virtue- August 27, 2020

Spurgeon- Summer 2022

Baby- 2024

Cassidy married Joshua Maxwell (March 24, 1997) on September 1, 2017, both at ages 20. They share 3 children.

Wallace Bradford- July 16, 2018

Winston- April 22, 2020

Lillian- Summer 2022

Charles Bowers married Peiliah White (March 27, 2005) in 2023.

Carver married Haley Paul (April 3, 2000) on May 24, 2024.

[queensonjas]

As you so kindly offered your expertise on the US political process: why does it take so long to get all the votes counted? Thank you!!! ❤️

Typically it wouldn’t take this long since the majority of voting would be in-person. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a higher number of voters submitted absentee/mail-in ballots. Each state has different requirements for when they need to receive the ballots in order to count them, when ballots can be processed (opening envelope, verify signature, remove secrecy sleeve), and when they can actually be counted, and cities tend to have slower returns than rural areas due to dense populations. Additionally, USPS intentionally slowed down mail delivery in swing states in order to try and sway the election in Tr*mp’s favor, since the majority of mail-in ballots were requested by Democrats.

For the states that have not been called yet:

Georgia (16 Electoral College votes): Ballots can be processed starting in mid-October. However, it cannot officially be counted until election day. In order to count, the ballot must be received by the county election office by 7 PM on Election Day. As of this post, approximately 200,000 ballots still need to be counted in Georgia, and Biden is losing by approximately 77,000 votes. If Biden wins half (preferably 3/4 for a more comfortable lead) of the remaining ballots, he will win Georgia.

Nevada (6 Electoral College votes): This year, Nevada sent mail-in ballots to all voters due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ballots can be processed and counted in Nevada starting in mid-October, and if your ballot is postmarked by November 3 and received by the county election office by November 10, it will be counted. Biden is currently winning by about 7700 votes. However, the most populous county, Clark County, stopped counting during the night and resumed at 9 AM local time, leading election officials to announce that they will not announce any new statewide results until 10 AM local time tomorrow.

North Carolina (15 Electoral College votes): Ballots can be processed and counted in North Carolina starting in mid-October. If your ballot is postmarked by November 3 and received by the county election office by November 12, it will be counted. About 120,000 votes have not been received by the election office, and Biden is currently losing by 77,000 votes. If all missing votes are received and counted and he wins 3/4 of those votes, either a recount will be triggered or he will win outright.

Pennsylvania (20 Electoral College votes): Your ballot can neither be processed nor counted until the polls close at 7 PM on the night of the election. Additionally, you can send in your ballot without a legible postmark up to three days after the election, and it will be counted. About 85% of the vote has been counted in Pennsylvania, with Biden currently losing by about 326,000 votes. About 50% of all mail-in ballots have been counted, and those ballots are heavily favoring Biden. However, Tr*mp and his lawyers are going to the Supreme Court to ask them to stop the ballot count and give him Pennsylvania. When they did this in October, the Supreme Court broke even, 4-4, which means that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling that the ballots could be counted after the polls closed won. However, now that Coney Barret is on the Supreme Court, they could tip it in Tr*mp’s favor. 

Biden currently has 264 Electoral College votes. If he wins Nevada, he wins the presidency. If he wins Pennsylvania, Georgia, or North Carolina, it gives him a more comfortable lead to withstand any court battles.

[goalhofer]

2007-08 NHL assistant captains.

Anaheim: Chris Kunitz and Rob Niedermayer; Jr.

Atlanta: Niclas Hävelid, Marián Hossa, Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Mark Recchi.

Boston: Glen Murray and Patrice Bergeron-Cleary.

Buffalo: Jaroslav Spacek and Derek Roy.

Calgary: Owen Nolan, Robyn Regehr, Rhett Warrener and Stéphane Yelle.

Carolina: Glen Wesley, Ray Whitney and Eric Staal.

Chicago: Martin Lapointe, Robert Lang, Patrick Sharp, Tuomo Ruutu, Brent Sopel, Brent Seabrook, Jonathan Toews, Adam Burish, Duncan Keith and Patrick Kane; Jr.

Colorado: Andrew Brunette and Ian Laperrière.

Columbus: Rostislav Klesla, David Výborný, Jan Modin and Michael Peca.

Dallas: Stu Barnes, Mike Modano; Jr. and Sergei Zubov.

Detroit: Pavel Datsyuk, Kris Draper and Carl Zetterberg.

Edmonton: Aleš Hemský, Shawn Horcoff, Steve Staios and Jarrett Stoll.

Florida: Bryan Allen and Stephen Weiss.

Los Angeles: Michael Cammalleri, Scott Thornton and Ľubomír Višňovský.

Minnesota: Brian Rolston and Mikko-Sakari Koivu.

Montreal: Chris Higgins and Alexei Kovalev.

Nashville: Steve Sullivan and Jean-Pierre Dumont.

New Jersey: Patrik Eliáš and John Madden.

New York Islanders: Brendan Witt and Mike Sillinger.

New York Rangers: Brendan Shanahan and Martin Straka.

Ottawa: Chris Phillips and Wade Redden.

Philadelphia: Simon Gagné, Derian Hatcher and Mike Richards.

Phoenix: Derek Morris, Ed Jovanovski and Steve Reinprecht.

Pittsburgh: Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin, Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts.

San Jose: Mike Grier, Anthony Rivet and Joe Thornton.

St. Louis: Barret Jackman, Keith Tkachuk and Paul Kariya.

Tampa Bay: Martin St. Louis and Vincent Lecavalier.

Toronto: Tomáš Kaberle and Bryan McCabe.

Vancouver: Trevor Linden and Brendan Morrison.

Washington: Alex Ovechkin and Donald Brashear.

[duggardata]

Info, Please:  Extended Families  (Part 3, Non–Duggar / Bates)

The Bontrager Family

The Bontrager Clan includes Parents Marlin Joe Bontrager (b. 1967) + Rebecca (“Becky”) Marie (Stolzfus) Bontrager (b. 1967), and their 10 Children (6 Sons + 4 Daughters)—Chelsy, Mitchell, Allison, Carson, Josh, Denver, Lincoln, Elizabeth, Hudson, and Rececca.  Rebecca (b. 2007) is presumably their last child.  Their Paternal Grandparents, Joe Bontrager + Salina Bontrager (b. 1934), are Amish.  Their Maternal Grandparents, Elmer S. Stoltzfus (1929–2019) + Rebecca (Zook) Stoltzfus, are Mennonite.        

Paternal Grandparents   Joe Bontrager + Salina Bontrager (b. 1934)

Maternal Grandparents   Elmer S. Stoltzfus + Rebecca (Zook) Soltzfus

Parents   Marlin Joe Bontrager + Rebecca Marie (Stoltzfus) Bontrager

Children   Chelsy Renee Maxwell, Mitchell Joe Bontrager, Allison Nicole Bontrager, Carson Wayne Bontrager, Joshua Maxwell Bontrager, Denver Elliot Bontrager, Lincoln Taylor Bontrager, Elizabeth Caresse Bontrager, Hudson Reed Bontrager, Rebecca Shania Bontrager  

Grandchildren   4 So Far (+2 On The Way)  (Jubilee Katherine Bontrager, Wallace Bradford Bontrager, Axton John Maxwell, Micah Joe Bontrager)  

The Bowers Family

The Bowers Family, who famously married off two of their daughters (Carolina and Cassidy) to Bontrager Brothers in a double wedding, is headed by Curtis James Bowers (b. 1965) + Lauren (McAlvany) Bowers (b. 1971).  Together, the Bowerses have 9 Children w/ “C” Names—Carolina, Cassidy, Charles, Carver, Christian, Crockett, Chapman, Campbell, and Crosby.  Crosy arrived in 2010—so, the family is presumably complete.  As for the 0th Generation, Duggar Data couldn’t find anything about the Grandparents.  Unknown on both sides.

Paternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Maternal Grandparents   [ Unknown ]

Parents   Curtis James Bowers + Lauren A. McAlvany Bowers

Children   Carolina (“Lina”) Katherine Bontrager, Cassidy (“Cass”) Grace Bontrager, Charles Curtis Bowers, Carver James Bowers, Christian Ruhlman Bowers, Crockett Henry Bowers, Chapman York Bowers, Campbell Barret Bowers, Crosby Virginia Bowers     

Grandchildren   2 So Far (+2 On The Way)  (Jubilee Katherine Bontrager, Wallace Bradford Bontrager)  

The Maxwell Family

The Maxwell Family is headed by Parents Steve R. Maxwell (b. 1951) + Teri L. (Frazer) Maxwell (b. 1955), and includes their 8 Children—Nathan, Christopher, Sarah, Joseph, John, Anna, Jesse, and Mary.  The Maternal Grandparents are Rex L. Frazer (c. 1932–2014) + Janice (“Jan”) R. (Krattet) Frazer. The Paternal Grandparents are Paul G. Bargar (1925–2013) + May Ann (Gadbury) Maxwell (Previously Bargar) (1927–2014).  (Paul + Mary Ann divorced when Steve was young.  She later married James Maxwell.) 

Paternal Grandparents   Paul G. Bargar + Mary Ann (Gadbury) Maxwell

Maternal Grandparents   Rex L. Frazer + Janice R. (Krattet) Frazer

Parents   Steve R. Maxwell + Teri L. (Frazer) Maxwell

Children   Nathan James Maxwell, Christopher Lloyd Maxwell, Sarah Rae Maxwell, Joseph Howard Maxwell, John Steven Maxwell, Anna Elizabeth Maxwell, Jesse Paul Maxwell, Mary Carol Maxwell

Grandchildren   16 So Far  (+1 On The Way)  

The Rodrigues Family

Updated 4–22–20 w/ information provided by an Anon...

The Rodriguii includes Parents David Rodrigues (b. 1972) + Jill Christine (Noyes) Rodrigues (b. 1978), and, thus far, 13 Children—Nurie, Timothy, Kaylee, Renee, Phillip, Samuel, Gabriel, Tessie, Hannah, Olivia, Sadie, Sofia, and Janessa.  (It’s possible Janessa, born 2018, won’t be their last.)  As for Grandparents...  Their Paternal Grandparents are Julianne (“Julie”) Alger Drake (Previously Rodrigues) + John J. Rodrigues (d. 1977).  (David’s Father tragically took his own life when David was Age 5.)  Their Maternal Grandparents are Timothy Noyes (b. 1951) + Patricia (Lupole) Noyes (b. 1949).

Paternal Grandparents   John J. Rodrigues + Julianne (“Julie”) Alger Drake (Previously Rodrigues)

Maternal Grandparents   Timothy Noyes + Patricia (Lupole) Noyes

Parents   David Rodrigues + Jill Christine (Noyes) Rodrigues

Children   Nurie Katelin Rodrigues, Timothy David Rodrigues, Kaylee Arlissa Rodrigues, Renee Crystine Rodrigues, Phillip Jonathan Rodrigues, Samuel Richard Rodrigues, Gabriel Victor Rodrigues, Tessie Elizabeth Rodrigues, Hannah Faith Rodrigues, Olivia Mercy Rodrigues, Sadie Patricia Rodrigues, Sofia Amy Julianne Rodrigues, Janessa Ruth Rodrigues      

Grandchildren   None Yet!  (Firstborn Nurie intends to marry in 2020.)  

The Waller Family

In–Laws of a Duggar In–Law, the Waller Family consists of Parents Brian Kent Waller (b. 1946) + Susan (“Sue”) Elizabeth (Blom) Waller (b. 1955) and their 10 Children (5 Sons, 5 Daughters)—Adam, Isaac, Derrick, Rachelle, David, Sarah, Samuel, Lydia, Rebecca (“Becca”), and Matthew.

Tragically, the Waller Family has seen 2 Children die unexpectedly, as of 2020.  First, in Fall 2005, Isaac Wallace (b. 1980) contracted an infection while doing missionary work in Mongolia.  He died ~1 Month later while en route to South Korea for emergency treatment.  He was 25 Years Old.  Then in October 2019, Rebecca Christine (b. 1997), got into a fatal car crash at Age 22.  She made a left turn against a red light, and was hit by an oncoming semi–truck.

The 2nd–Gen. Wallers’ Paternal Grandparents are Wallace + Adeline (Kinseth) Waller, while their Maternal Grandparents are M. Donald Blom (1926–2017) + Patricia (Dillree) Blom (1930–2018).

Paternal Grandparents   Wallace Waller + Adeline (Kinseth) Waller 

Maternal Grandparents   M. Donald Blom + Patricia (Dillree) Blom    

Parents  Brian Kent Waller + Susan (“Sue”) Elizabeth (Blom) Waller

Children   Adam Kent Waller, Isaac Wallace Waller, Derrick John Waller, Rachelle Michelle Afarian, David William Waller, Sarah Elizabeth Waller, Samuel Waller, Lydia Waller, Rebecca Christine Waller, Matthew Waller  

Grandchildren   15 So Far  (+1 On The Way)

Wow, that’s a lot of information!  Hope you enjoyed this 3–Part Series.

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Petey Pablo age, height, weight, net worth , wife, kids, gay, girlfriend, biography, wiki

Petey Pablo age, height, weight, net worth , wife, kids, gay, girlfriend, biography, wiki

Petey Pablo Real Name/Full Name Moses Barret III Nick Name/Celebrated Name: Petey Pablo Birth Place: Greenville, North Carolina, United States Date Of Birth/Birthday: 22 July 1973 Age/How Old: 48 years old Height/How Tall: In Centimetres – 180 cmIn Feet and Inches – 5′ 11″ Weight: In Kilograms – 78 KgIn Pounds – 172 lbs Eye Color: Black Hair Color: Black Parents Name: Father –N/AMother…

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Petey Pablo age, height, weight, net worth , wife, kids, gay, girlfriend, biography, wiki

Petey Pablo age, height, weight, net worth , wife, kids, gay, girlfriend, biography, wiki

Petey Pablo Real Name/Full Name Moses Barret III Nick Name/Celebrated Name: Petey Pablo Birth Place: Greenville, North Carolina, United States Date Of Birth/Birthday: 22 July 1973 Age/How Old: 48 years old Height/How Tall: In Centimetres – 180 cmIn Feet and Inches – 5′ 11″ Weight: In Kilograms – 78 KgIn Pounds – 172 lbs Eye Color: Black Hair Color: Black Parents Name: Father –N/AMother…

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* ALEX FITZALAN, CIS-MALE + HE/HIM  | you know GAVIN OLIVER, right? they’re TWENTY FIVE, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, 6 MONTHS? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to BEST I EVER HAD BY VERTICAL HORIZON like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole TIRED EYES, UNKEPT HAIR, COLD AIR BURNING RAW LUNGS thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is DECEMBER & 1ST, so they’re a SAGITTARIUS, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( becca, 22, est she/her )

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* CHARLES MELTON, CIS-MALE + HE/HIM | you know MATTHEW “MATTY” BARRET, right? they’re TWENTY EIGHT, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, 2 YEARS? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to MY OWN WORST ENEMY BY LIT like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole BLOODY KNUCKLES FLIPPING THROUGH A LAW BOOK, LATE NIGHTS UNDERGROUND, LEG OUT THE WINDOW BREATHING CRISP AIR thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is APRIL & 2ND so they’re a ARIES, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( becca, 22, est, she/her  )

[politicalinterpreter]

The 2020 Presidential Election

This election has been touted by both sides as “the election of our lives”. I’m always hesitant to believe any candidate that tries this strategy. Regardless, this election will have ratifications that will impact the world. 

         I believe that Joe Biden will be the next president of the United States of America. According to the interactive electoral map prediction I made using 270 to Win, Joe Biden will have 329 electoral votes while President Trump will have 209 electoral votes. The country is looking at the future of their families. The man that made them think he has the future of this country in their mind is Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. The COVID-19 pandemic has been the catalyst in this election for many people to make their decision. The most affected groups, racial minorities and blue-collar workers, will be looking for an alternative to the party that presided over the pandemic’s response.

         The US Senate races are harder to predict, however, I believe the Senate will remain under Republican control. The most important races are the Arizona, Maine and North Carolina Senate races. If those seats are flipped from Republican to Democrat, then Joe Biden and House Democrats should have no issue passing their promised plans. I predict these races will end this way: the Arizona race will go for the Democrat, the Maine race will go for the Democrat, and I think the North Carolina seat will stay the same.

         These three races rely on the referendum on the president. The voters will react to the polarization that the administration, the media, and society are experiencing. This reaction will reflect poorly on Senate Republicans, which is why Senator Lindsey Graham is having trouble keeping his seat. His recent vote to and handling of Justice Barret’s nomination is also another hot topic of his campaign. Regardless, I think he will prevail.  Arizona’s growing diverse electorate and suburban voters have been leaning Democrat in recent elections. Due to the pandemic’s response, this could finally push them to vote Democrat. As for Susan Collins, her reelection in Maine is looking less likely. Her opponent, Sara Gideon, has attacked her record that no longer supports the independents that vote her in every election. The state has voted Democrat in each presidential election since 1992. This year, it looks like her time as the champion of the independents in her state is over.

         If the president is a Democrat and he comes into office with a divided Congress, I think we can expect an even more polarized political environment. There will be strategies on both sides to blame one another for not passing simple legislation. Each party will simply blame the other party for its inefficiencies and it will be up to us to decide whether we want this to go on. I can only expect our polarization to get worse.

 I think we’ll just have to see what happens. Good luck to you all, good luck to all of us, good luck to America.

  You can use this website to make your own prediction.

https://www.270towin.com/

[giaitritonghop123]

Những kịch bản tranh chấp kết quả bầu cử Mỹ

Tổng thống Donald Trump từng tuyên bố đảng Dân chủ có thể gian lận trong kỳ bầu cử tháng 11 thông qua hệ thống bỏ phiếu qua thư, song không đưa ra bằng chứng. Ông cũng liên tục ngụ ý rằng sẽ không chuyển giao quyền lực một cách hòa bình nếu kết quả kiểm phiếu cho thấy ông thất bại trước đối thủ đảng Dân chủ Joe Biden.

Những tuyên bố trên khiến phe Dân chủ không khỏi lo lắng về việc chiến dịch tranh cử của Trump sẽ tìm cách thách thức kết quả bầu cử.

Cử tri đi bỏ phiếu sớm tại hạt Arlington, bang Virginia, Mỹ, ngày 18/9. Ảnh: Reuters.

Dữ liệu bầu cử sớm cho thấy số lượng cử tri Dân chủ bỏ phiếu qua thư lớn hơn nhiều so với cử tri Cộng hòa. Theo chuyên gia, tại các bang như Pennsylvania hay Wisconsin, nơi không kiểm phiếu bầu qua thư trước ngày bầu cử, kết quả kiểm phiếu sơ bộ có thể nghiêng về phía Trump, trong khi những nơi kiểm phiếu bầu qua thư sớm sẽ mang đến lợi thế cho Biden.

Phe Dân chủ từng bày tỏ lo ngại về khả năng Tổng thống Trump vẫn sẽ tuyên bố chiến thắng vào đêm bầu cử, rồi sau đó cáo buộc những lá phiếu gửi qua thư bị gian lận.

Một kết quả bầu cử với cách biệt sát sao tiềm ẩn khả năng dẫn đến những kiện tụng về thủ tục bỏ phiếu thông thường và bỏ phiếu qua thư tại các bang chiến trường. Những vụ kiện được trình lên ở các bang cuối cùng có thể được Tòa án Tối cao định đoạt, như cách cuộc bầu cử ở Florida diễn ra hồi năm 2000.

Lúc bấy giờ, ứng viên tổng thống Mỹ đảng Cộng hòa George W. Bush giành chiến thắng trước ứng viên đảng Dân chủ Al Gore chỉ với 537 phiếu bầu phổ thông tại Florida sau khi Tòa án Tối cao ra lệnh dừng việc kiểm phiếu lại.

Tổng thống Trump gần đây đã thúc đẩy Thượng viện do đảng Cộng hòa kiểm soát phê chuẩn thẩm phán Amy Coney Barrett vào Tòa án Tối cao. Đây là lần thứ ba Tổng thống Trump đề cử thành công ứng viên thẩm phán vào Tòa án Tối cao và củng cố đa số ghế bảo thủ tại tòa án với tỷ lệ 6-3.

Việc bà Barret được phê chuẩn mang đến chiến thắng bước ngoặt cho Trump và thu hút được lượng cử tri bảo thủ khi cuộc bầu cử tổng thống chỉ còn cách 8 ngày. Bên cạnh đó, khi tòa án phải vào cuộc định đoạt nếu xảy ra tranh chấp bầu cử, điều này chắc chắn sẽ có lợi cho Tổng thống Trump.

Một kịch bản tranh chấp kết quả bầu cử khác có thể diễn ra là bất đồng về phiếu đại cử tri mà các ứng viên giành được ở mỗi bang, dựa trên kết quả kiểm phiếu phổ thông.

Tổng thống Mỹ không được bầu bởi đa số phiếu phổ thông. Theo Hiến pháp, ứng viên nào giành được đa số trong 538 phiếu đại cử tri, được gọi là Cử tri Đoàn, sẽ trở thành tổng thống kế tiếp. Năm 2016, Trump thua ứng viên đảng Dân chủ Hillary Clinton về số phiếu phổ thông nhưng lại giành được 304 phiếu đại cử tri, so với 227 phiếu của đối thủ.

Ứng viên giành chiến thắng trong cuộc bỏ phiếu phổ thông ở mỗi bang thường sẽ nhận được toàn bộ số phiếu đại cử tri theo quy định tương ứng tại bang đó. Năm nay, các đại cử tri sẽ nhóm họp vào ngày 14/12 để bỏ phiếu. Lưỡng viện của quốc hội sẽ họp vào ngày 6/1 để kiểm phiếu đại cử tri và nêu tên người chiến thắng.

Thông thường, các thống đốc sẽ xác nhận kết quả ở các bang của họ và thông báo danh sách đại cử tri của bang mình với quốc hội.

Nhưng các học giả đã vạch ra một kịch bản mà ở đó thống đốc và cơ quan lập pháp của một bang xảy ra tranh cãi và đệ trình hai danh sách đại cử tri khác nhau. Những bang chiến trường như Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin và Bắc Carolina đều có thống đốc của đảng Dân chủ nhưng cơ quan lập pháp do đảng Cộng hòa kiểm soát.

Theo các chuyên gia pháp lý, không rõ trong kịch bản này liệu quốc hội sẽ chấp nhận kết quả bầu cử do thống đốc đệ trình hay hủy công nhận toàn bộ số phiếu đại cử tri của bang đó.

Các đảng có thể yêu cầu Tòa án Tối cao giải quyết bất kỳ bế tắc nào liên quan đến tranh cãi kết quả bầu cử, nhưng không chắc tòa án sẽ sẵn sàng phân xử cách quốc hội kiểm phiếu đại cử tri.

Kịch bản tranh chấp thứ ba là khi cả hai ứng viên đều cùng đạt 269 phiếu đại cử tri (không quá bán). Kịch bản này sẽ kích hoạt một cuộc bầu cử đặc biệt theo Tu chính án thứ 12 Hiến pháp Mỹ, đồng nghĩa Hạ viện sẽ chọn tổng thống tiếp theo vào Thượng viện chọn phó tổng thống.

Mỗi nhóm nghị sĩ của một bang tại Hạ viện có một lá phiếu duy nhất. Hiện nay, phe Cộng hòa kiểm soát 26 trên 50 nhóm nghị sĩ bang và phe Dân chủ kiểm soát 22. Trong hai nhóm còn lại, một nhóm có số đảng viện Cộng hòa và Dân chủ ngang bằng, nhóm kia gồm 7 đảng viên Dân chủ, 6 đảng viên Cộng hòa và một đảng viên Tự do.

Mọi tranh chấp bầu cử tại quốc hội đều phải được định đoạt trước thời hạn là ngày 20/1, thời điểm mà Hiến pháp Mỹ quy định nhiệm kỳ của tổng thống hiện tại kết thúc.

Theo Đạo luật Kế nhiệm Tổng thống, nếu quốc hội vẫn chưa thể tuyên bố người thắng cử tổng thống và phó tổng thống vào thời điểm nêu trên, Chủ tịch Hạ viện sẽ giữ vai trò quyền tổng thống. Nancy Pelosi, đảng viên Dân chủ bang California, hiện giữ chức chủ tịch Hạ viện.

Vũ Hoàng (Theo Reuters)

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The Purge Of Transgender People From American Life Has Begun

Sorry about the long post everyone. Huffingtonpost.com posted this article by Brynn Tannehill on 4 September 2017 and deleted it roughly 2 days later. To preserve the content, please share, reblog and above all copy-paste and post on your own and on different media. No need to credit me. Steal and distribute. 

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Two years ago, the Family Research Council (FRC), an Evangelical Christian anti-LGBT hate group according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), published a road map laying out a plan to morally legislate the transgender community in the US out of existence. I wrote about the danger posed by this plan in January of 2016 in an article titled “And Then They Came for Transgender People,” deliberately echoing the words of Martin Niemöller.

Today, the FRC has unprecedented access to the White House according to its President, Tony Perkins. Evangelical leaders associated and aligned with the FRC routinely pray in the Oval Office over President Trump, who keeps them as his closest allies. Five members of Trump’s evangelical executive advisory board, including the founder of the FRC James Dobson, signed the Nashville Statement. The Nashville statement dictated that transgender people should not be tolerated in society, and that anyone who tolerates them is not a Christian.

If ever the FRC was to have a chance to drive transgender people out of public life, this is it.

All the evidence says that they are taking advantage of this relationship to full effect against transgender people. Such a close relationship has resulted in an unprecedented regression of transgender rights. Heidi Beirich, the intelligence project director of the SPLC described the situation: “If anybody is winning big-ly from Trump’s policies, its these folks, right? It’s the anti-LGBT hate groups and their various allies among conservatives.”

Thus, let’s take a look at the steps the White House has taken so far to enact the Family Research Council’s five-point plan to rid the country of a small, vulnerable, minority with already limited legal protections.

1. States and the federal government should not allow legal gender marker changes.

This is the area where the least has been done. The most important places for transgender people to change their gender markers at the federal level are on their passports (issued by the Department of State) and with the Social Security Administration.

President Trump has yet to nominate a permanent commissioner to the Social Security Administration, and the acting commissioner is a career civil servant. Should the administration nominate someone aligned with the FRC, the current lenient policy could be endangered.

The State Department is headed by Rex Tillerson who, as CEO of Exxon-Mobile, steadfastly refused to implement corporate LGBT protections until it was mandated by an Obama Administration executive order. At the time, Exxon had the lowest corporate equality score in the history of the index. However, Tillerson’s State Department has reportedly struggled with dysfunction, unfilled positions, and low morale. State has often been sidelined by a White House seemingly intent on conducting foreign policy on its own.

Thus, in an organization struggling to achieve many of its primary functions, minutiae such as policy governing changing gender markers on birth certificates seems to be a low priority. This could change, however, if Tillerson resigns (as has been rumored), and is replaced by someone more ideologically aligned with the FRC.

2. Transgender people should not have any legal protections against discrimination, nor should anyone be forced to respect their identity.

One of the first acts of the Trump Administration was the Departments of Justice and Education revoking Obama era protections for transgender students. The DOJ also dropped its lawsuit against North Carolina, despite the state passing a law there preventing all protections for LGBT people. The Trump / Session Department of Justice has additionally argued in court that sexual orientation is not protected by Title VII. This affects most transgender people, since they are usually seen as LGB either before or after transition.

In February the Trump administration leaked a draft executive order which would have granted sweeping religious exemptions to Obama Administration executive orders protecting LGBT federal employees and contractors. Substantial pushback ensued, and a much weaker version was issued several months later. There has been a continued push by the FRC to issue an executive order like the leaked first draft.

In the end, though, the protections for LGBT federal contractors have been effectively gutted. On March 27th Trump signed an executive order that nullified an Obama administration initiative to ensure that federal contractors complied with labor and civil rights laws forbidding discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.

Trump has installed people with long histories of anti-LGBT statements in many top appointed positions in the Federal government. This includes Sam Clovis at the USDA, Jeff Sessions at DOJ, Ben Carson at Housing and Urban Development, Sam Brownback to the UN, John K. Bush, Damien Schiff, and Amy Coney Barret to the judiciary, Mike Pompeo at the CIA, Betsy DeVos at Education, Jim Bridenstine at NASA, and Tom Price , Roger Severino, Charmaine Yoest, Teresa Manning (who was a legal counsel at FRC), Valerie Huber, and Katy Talento at Health and Human Services (HHS).

Additionally, Trump’s appointee to the Supreme Court, Justice Neil Gorsuch, appears to be innately hostile to the idea of inherent human rights for LGBT people unless specifically enumerated by law. In an unpublished opinion he concurred with the argument that letting transgender people use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity is a threat to public safety. He was also one of the judges in the 10th Circuit in Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius, where he decided that companies should have the religious right to discriminate against classes of employees. At the Supreme Court, he has already argued that states have the right to discriminate against LGBT people, because they are not specifically protected by federal law.

Thus, a court with one more Trump appointee like Gorsuch is unlikely to halt whatever the federal government decides to do to transgender people.

And Justice Kennedy appears ready to retire in 2018.

3. Transgender people should not be legally allowed to use facilities in accordance with their gender identity.

The agency with the most power to do this at the Federal level is the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which regulates working conditions of federal workers, and to a lesser extent contractors. Currently, the OPM has a policy protecting transgender federal employees and contractors. The Trump administration nominated George Nesterczuk to the top position at OPM, but he withdrew his name from consideration on August 2nd 2017.

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The withdrawal of support from transgender students by Education and Justice is the most direct attack to date on access to public facilities. However, if the Trump administration were to appoint someone affiliated with the FRC like Kay Cole James (who headed OPM under President George W. Bush), to run OPM, it would be a clear signal of intent to impose a more hostile policy.

4. Medical coverage related to transition should not be provided by the government, or any other entity.

The Trump administration has done a great deal to ensure transgender people cannot access health care. They have appointed people who oppose all transition related care for religious reasons (Tom Price, Roger Severino, Charmaine Yoest, Teresa Manning, Valerie Huber, and Katy Talento) to top positions at Health and Human Services. They have reversed the Department’s position on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which was previously interpreted to prevent discrimination in health care against transgender patients (i.e. their organization now takes the position that there is nothing illegal about discriminating against transgender patients).

This has potentially devastating consequences including: a religious right to refuse care to patients, a right to verbally abuse them through misgendering, and subjecting them to conversion therapy. One in six hospitals in the US are now Catholic owned, and in some states 40% of hospital beds are in Catholic hospitals.

Additionally, the Trump administration has ordered that new medical care for transgender service-members will cease. In 2015, OPM ordered that Federal Employee Health Benefit (FEHB) plans would no longer be allowed to exclude transition related health care for transgender federal employees. This could change quickly if the administration installs an anti-LGBT director at OPM.

5. Transgender people should not be allowed to serve in the military.

This is by far the most publicized attack by the administration on the transgender community. On July 26th 2017 President Trump tweeted that “transgenders” would no longer be allowed to serve the military “in any capacity”. A month later the White House issued a formal order to the Pentagon to end medical treatment, force out existing transgender service members, and forbid transgender people from joining the military. The DoD was not consulted, and Secretary of Defense Mattis had defended the policy allowing transgender people to serve. White House officials went on the record stating that this policy decision was purely political to score point with mid-Western voters.

The OPM is responsible for issuing most security clearances. If they were to refuse clearances to transgender federal employees and federal contractors, it would effectively complete a purge of the federal service of transgender people.

Conclusion:

Where possible, the Trump administration is doing almost everything they can to implement the Family Research Council’s strategy. Where they are not, it appears to be because they have not put people in place to implement it yet.

Deciphering how far this goes will depend greatly on who the next Director at OPM is. OPM controls policy for recognizing gender changes, access to facilities, FEHB plans, and security clearances. Watch this nomination process carefully; it is likely to signal how far this administration is willing to go to appease a group bent on cultural genocide.

Also, watch for Kennedy’s retirement. There’s a high probability that his replacement will be ideologically indistinguishable from Gorsuch regarding transgender people, given ultra-conservative organizations are doing the vetting for the Administration. Thus, it’s unlikely that the courts will do anything to intervene after Kennedy retires. As a result, the Trump Administration, and the FRC, may wait until Kennedy has been replaced to implement the worst of their agenda (such as revoking passports and security clearances) against the transgender community.

Finally, keep an eye on Rex Tillerson. If he leaves, and is replaced by a FRC-approved ideologue, passports are in danger. This is a red-line from a historical perspective. If the US State Department revokes the passports of people who have changed their gender markers and demands that they be surrendered, it’s a sign that the government doesn’t want transgender people to escape what happens next.

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"cinco minutos de amor" pelicula mexicana estelarizada por Mapy Cortés, Arturo de Cordova, Carlos Orellana, Angel Garasa y Carolina Barret.