#america: philadelphia

[8iunie]

The Fillmore Philadelphia, night 2 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | 29.11.2022 | LOUD KIDS TOUR

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[cowboy-robooty]

this is what i imagine if germany and america were friends like all the fanfictions say (for context they faked their deaths and everyone thinks they died)

[charliework16]

real

[cassettedec]

it's always sunny is such a good show i wish philadelphia was real

[goldenstarprincesses]

Watching the bloopers from 1930s-1940s Hollywood movies make me laugh so hard. The way all the actors automatically drop the fake-ass transatlantic accent and go back to their natural American accent when they mess-up is simply so funny.

I find myself really loving the idea of Alfred using the transatlantic accent throughout the 40s. Until one day he shows up to Europe in like the mid-50s and half the European nations- many of whom really didn't "know him" pre-1940s- are shocked to find out that he was faking his accent the entire time they have known him

[sophsun1]

#Mood

[everythingiknowisfromdrseuss]

As a native Philadelphian, I would like to counter this suggestion with Gritty. We have a mascot with political experience via John Oliver's supreme court stand-ins, so I think we should honor his qualifications.

[kazimirkharza]

Worse than Waco

What transpired between members of the Branch Davidians and federal law enforcement in Waco is one of those moments where the government showed its true colours, but there’s an an even worse case.

After prior years of harassment and abuse (including murder) at the hands of law enforcement. MOVE, a christian anarcho-primitivist communal organisation, was besieged by nearly five hundred police officers on 5/13/1985.

Arresting & detaining have been among the tactics pigs used to either destroy MOVE or chase them out of the city. The reasons were racism (most MOVE members were black), and the organisation's activism related to the injustices of the American "justice" system among other things.

MOVE was started by John Africa (pictured bellow), who came up with their philosophical underpinnings, but was not a leader in any traditional sense. These beliefs included a love for all life, state abolition, self defence, soberness, eating fresh raw food, and staying active.

On that day in 1985, neighbouring buildings were evacuated as an army of pigs showed up to arrest MOVE. Water and electricity was shut off. Police used more than ten thousand rounds of ammo before cops decided the compound be bombed (yes, literally). A helicopter dropped two bombs that caused a fire. The ensuing fire killed 11 of the 13 people in the house (John Africa, 5 other adults, and five children). Ramona Africa, the only adult survivor, said that police fired at those trying to escape. The fire destroyed over 60 other buildings.

In '96 a federal jury ordered the city to pay a $1.5 million civil suit judgment to survivor Ramona Africa and relatives of 2 people killed in the bombing. The city used excessive force and violated the members' constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure.

If you wish to learn more about MOVE, I recommend their booklet "25 years on the Move", available for free at Anarchist Library.

“All living beings, things that move, are equally important, whether they are human beings, dogs, birds, fish, trees, ants, weeds, rivers, wind or rain. To stay healthy and strong, life must have lean air, clean water and pure food. If deprived of these things, life will cycle to the next level, or as the system says, ‘die’.” - John Africa

[yawpyawp]

I always LOVE to show art progress, so here’s a side-by-side of basically the same concept that I’ve done for different fandoms, 4 years apart

2019: CATWS gang (plus FUBAR!!)

2023: IASIP gang

[gaydennisreynolds]

when you're gay and judgemental

[8iunie]

The Fillmore Philadelphia, night 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | 28.11.2022 | LOUD KIDS TOUR

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[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Population: 1,603,797

Urban population: 5,696,125

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

I'm writing this on November 27, 2023. At this moment, the official death toll in Gaza, as reported by Al Jazeera, is over 14,800 people. More have been murdered in the West Bank. Some posts have given estimates as high as 20,000, and while I can't find an official source to confirm that, given how many people are under rubble, I believe it.

I just got off the phone with John Fetterman's office, and his stance is the same as it was weeks ago:

He refuses to call for a ceasefire until Hamas is eradicated.

What number of civilian deaths does he deem too high? He doesn't have a number.

Would he kill all 2 million people in Gaza? No! Of course not!

So how many people need to die before he calls for a ceasefire? He doesn't have a number.

Ooh! But he supports humanitarian aid and minimizing casualties! But, as I pointed out, it's not humanitarian if you keep bombing them with breaks in between, Israel fired on people during the truce, and Israel has targeted civilians.

The senator is aware of the situation, but the staff member cannot change the senator's views for me.

So Genocide John Fetterman has no magic number in mind at which he will call for a ceasefire...but he wants you to believe that he definitely would not kill everyone in Gaza. 😉

Remember this in 2028.

[the-football-chick]

[cruiseshipmoment]

Just did the math and realized that the "anti-smoking" actor plotline in "Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass" was definitely based on Rob filming an anti-smoking PSA years before he quit cigarettes.

[apukeyank]

rock flag and eeeeeagle