An excerpt from the Atlantic -
A Resolution Condemning White Supremacy Causes Chaos at the Southern Baptist Convention
At its annual meeting, the evangelical denomination initially declined to consider a statement of its opposition to the alt-right.
By EMMA GREEN
The Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting turned chaotic in Phoenix this week over a resolution that condemned white supremacy and the alt-right. On Tuesday, leaders initially declined to consider the proposal submitted by a prominent black pastor in Texas, Dwight McKissic, and only changed course after a significant backlash. On Wednesday afternoon, the body passed a revised statement against the alt-right. But the drama over the resolution revealed deep tension lines within a denomination that was explicitly founded to support slavery.
A few weeks before the meeting was slated to start, McKissic published his draft resolution on a popular Southern Baptist blog called SBC Voices. The language was strong and pointed.
It affirmed that “there has arisen in the United States a growing menace to political order and justice that seeks to reignite social animosities, reverse improvements in race relations, divide our people, and foment hatred, classism, and ethnic cleansing.” It identified this “toxic menace” as white nationalism and the alt-right, and urged the denomination to oppose its “totalitarian impulses, xenophobic biases, and bigoted ideologies that infect the minds and actions of its violent disciples.” It claimed that the origin of white supremacy in Christian communities is a once-popular theory known as the “curse of Ham,” which taught that “God through Noah ordained descendants of Africa to be subservient to Anglos” and was used as justification for slavery and segregation. The resolution called on the denomination to denounce nationalism and “reject the retrograde ideologies, xenophobic biases, and racial bigotries of the so-called ‘alt-right’ that seek to subvert our government, destabilize society, and infect our political system.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-southern-baptist-convention-alt-right-white-supremacy/530244/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-daily-061417
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Who Knew?
From Jalopnik -
Here's How Much Businesses Pay To Get On Those Big Blue Exit Signs
By David Tracy
http://jalopnik.com/heres-how-much-businesses-pay-to-get-on-those-big-blue-1795338950
Here's How Much Businesses Pay To Get On Those Big Blue Exit Signs
By David Tracy
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| Photo: Interestate Logos |
http://jalopnik.com/heres-how-much-businesses-pay-to-get-on-those-big-blue-1795338950
Medical Drones?
From WebMD -
Heart Attack? Drones Could Come to Your Rescue
Like something from a science fiction movie, the machines can fly in carrying life-saving equipment
By Alan Mozes
Drones have been proposed for some pretty mundane uses, such as delivering pizzas or packages, but new research suggests the high-flying machines could be used to swoop in and save lives.
Swedish researchers think drones can quickly deliver defibrillators to someone whose heart has suddenly stopped beating.
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20170613/cardiac-arrest-someday-drones-may-come-to-your-rescue#1
Heart Attack? Drones Could Come to Your Rescue
Like something from a science fiction movie, the machines can fly in carrying life-saving equipment
By Alan Mozes
Drones have been proposed for some pretty mundane uses, such as delivering pizzas or packages, but new research suggests the high-flying machines could be used to swoop in and save lives.
Swedish researchers think drones can quickly deliver defibrillators to someone whose heart has suddenly stopped beating.
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20170613/cardiac-arrest-someday-drones-may-come-to-your-rescue#1
Eclipse Simulator
From Astronomy Magazine -
Get a sneak peak of August’s total solar eclipse
This website simulates what the eclipse will look like from your location.
By Nicole Kiefert
The University of California, Berkeley teamed up with Google to create the Eclipse Megamovie Project, a new simulator that can show what the eclipse will look like from any location, including along the path of totality, which stretches across 11 states and goes up to 72 miles wide.
All you have to do is go to the website, enter the zip code or city you want to see, and you’ll receive an animation of the Sun in the sky over a three-hour time span. You’ll see whether you will stand in the path of totality on eclipse day, or alternatively how much of the Sun will disappear during the partial eclipse visible from other locations.
http://astronomy.com/news/2017/06/eclipse-simuation
https://eclipsemega.movie/simulator?lat=38.58157189999999&lng=-121.49439960000001
Get a sneak peak of August’s total solar eclipse
This website simulates what the eclipse will look like from your location.
By Nicole Kiefert
The University of California, Berkeley teamed up with Google to create the Eclipse Megamovie Project, a new simulator that can show what the eclipse will look like from any location, including along the path of totality, which stretches across 11 states and goes up to 72 miles wide.
All you have to do is go to the website, enter the zip code or city you want to see, and you’ll receive an animation of the Sun in the sky over a three-hour time span. You’ll see whether you will stand in the path of totality on eclipse day, or alternatively how much of the Sun will disappear during the partial eclipse visible from other locations.
http://astronomy.com/news/2017/06/eclipse-simuation
https://eclipsemega.movie/simulator?lat=38.58157189999999&lng=-121.49439960000001
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Where There's Smoke . . .
From the Washington Post -
Jeff Sessions wilts on the hot seat
By Jennifer Rubin
The contrast with Comey was striking. Sessions, grayer and older, looked nervous and shrunken in his seat, growing defensive at times. He weakly complained to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) about her questioning. He sharply objected: “I’m not able to be rushed this fast, it makes me nervous.” Indeed, while Comey was relaxed, confident and expansive, Sessions was evasive and skittish. He repeatedly refused to answer questions, not invoking executive privilege but saying it was Justice Department “policy” not to talk about conversations with the president. Democrats repeatedly challenged him, accusing him of “stonewalling.” Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) slammed him: “You are impeding this investigation.” Heinrich told Sessions there’s no “appropriateness” standard that alleviates him from the need to testify under oath fully and completely. Heinrich flat out accused Sessions of “obstructing” the investigation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/06/13/jeff-sessions-wilts-on-the-hot-seat/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.bcadac977ef2
Jeff Sessions wilts on the hot seat
By Jennifer Rubin
The contrast with Comey was striking. Sessions, grayer and older, looked nervous and shrunken in his seat, growing defensive at times. He weakly complained to Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) about her questioning. He sharply objected: “I’m not able to be rushed this fast, it makes me nervous.” Indeed, while Comey was relaxed, confident and expansive, Sessions was evasive and skittish. He repeatedly refused to answer questions, not invoking executive privilege but saying it was Justice Department “policy” not to talk about conversations with the president. Democrats repeatedly challenged him, accusing him of “stonewalling.” Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) slammed him: “You are impeding this investigation.” Heinrich told Sessions there’s no “appropriateness” standard that alleviates him from the need to testify under oath fully and completely. Heinrich flat out accused Sessions of “obstructing” the investigation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2017/06/13/jeff-sessions-wilts-on-the-hot-seat/?tid=pm_pop&utm_term=.bcadac977ef2
Teen Vogue's New Editor-in-Chief
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/teen-vogue-is-evolving-thanks-to-elaine-welteroth_us_59273920e4b065b396c06b48?section=us_black-voices
From the Huffington Post -
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jessica-watkins-black-woman-nasa-astronaut_us_593ecb43e4b0c5a35ca1db95?section=us_black-voices
Y'ALL NASA JUST ANNOUNCED THEIR NEWEST ASTRONAUTS. SHOUTOUT TO BLACK GIRL SHINING JESSICA WATKINS!!!! 😭😭😭🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾👩🏾🚀 pic.twitter.com/AA19DrEIHq— wikipedia brown (@eveewing) June 11, 2017
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jessica-watkins-black-woman-nasa-astronaut_us_593ecb43e4b0c5a35ca1db95?section=us_black-voices
We Deserve the Truth
I questioned Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The American people don’t deserve evasion - we deserve the truth. pic.twitter.com/rIcE6ATDcl— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) June 14, 2017
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