Speaking of auto racing---ever been to a demolition derby? Went to 1 in 80s at an IA county fair

Went with now ex and my son. It was something else! A loud, fascinating memory.

I don't know how drivers survive!

Tulsa rally to be at BOK Center, holds 19,000. Attendees must sign document not to sue if get virus!

Info at rawstory.

That's downtown, right? Not real far from Greenwood area?

Does Trump have a fight with Musk? Does he know Tulsa put up a 7foot tall statue of Musk? Want

Musk to build his planned factory in Tulsa.

The statue WAS known as The Tulsa Driller (homage to Tulsa's earlier designation as The Oil Capital of the World) and was The Oklahoma Statue. Now it's been painted gold and the face has been 'fixed' to resemble Musk.

Don't expect me to know why somebody though Musk would like that.

Eta--Tulsa lost its title as Oil Capital to TX b/c all the oil companies moved their head-quarters from .Tulsa to TX. Why'd they move. Simple. OK has personal income tax and at the time TX didn't (don't know what's the situation in TX now)

Wouldn't Trump think Tulsa should have rearranged the statue to honor him?

And isn't he jealous of every rich man, thinking they want to get ahead of him?

Do you think Tulsa should give Trump a tour and treats at the Bama Pie company?

It's long been a fixture in Tulsa. The company's now world-wide factories make the apple pies for McDonalds

I remember the factory on 11th street (route 66) in the 50s. In those days you could buy regular pie-sized Bama pies in grocery stores, IIRC

1964 Philadelphia MS---Schwerner, Goodwin, Chaney, civil rights workers murdered--MS Summer

In 1964 groups trying to get blacks registered to vote decided to work hard in MS. They asked for college student volunteers, esp white students. Whitesò on the reasonable belief that racists would be less likely to attack them. They had their white skin and most likely some money in their family, so there might not be retaliation

Two of my friends in grad school signed up and urged me to do so too. I just couldn't. From all I had read of the various civil rights actions, MS flat-out scared me silly. Even today I still feel freaked-out when I see or hear the name of that state

So they went off to the training workshop, and a few weeks passed. Then it was reported--2 white guys and a black guy working on the project in MS had disappeared. I was so scared it might be my 2 friends! A bit later the names were released. Not my friends! But 3 guys had been murdered for their belief in and work for civil rights and were mourned by their friends and families.

And Reagan and his campaign had the nerve to use their deaths to win points with 'states rightists' to win the election!

Summer 1960 film Operation Abolition--HUAC claims communists were trying to destroy them

[House Committee on Un-American Activities]

It was about how communists, especially in dock workers union, refused to testify in front of them and had corrupted college students to demonstrate against the committee. There were many scenes of students going limp as cops arrested them. Cops then dragged them to the paddy-wagon by arms or legs. This non-violent action was later used by some civil rights demonstrators.

The film was shown everywhere. It was shown in my church in OK that summer and in several churches in Houston when we were back in school.

There were people, groups who tied the 'communist corruption of college students ' seen him the film to the students taking part in the sit-ins

Any info about location of T Tulsa rally? Any protests planned? city plans re protests?

Tulsa Race Massacre 1921 and Terence Crutcher's killing by Tulsa cop

Video on CBS

Title The resonance of racial violence across generations

Video has shots of the 1921 destruction, interview with Tulsa mayor, interview with Crutcher's twin sister

OMG! Tulsa PD Major Travis Yates in Jan 2020--cops should be killing 20% more blacks!

Reported with text at publicradiotulsa.org.

He said this to a class of recruits in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa. Article lists other horrific statements he's made

This was linked by a commentator at balloon-juice today. Maybe one of you can post the li k. I can't on this device

Dedicated to Trump in the bunker.........the end of a poem

This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but with a whimper.



[The Hollow Men]