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Hurricane Idalia: SURFING on flooded Bayshore Drive in Tampa

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 22:36

Video-street surfing and tubing on flooded Bayshore Drive in Tampa 1 min 11 sec

People were SURFING on Bayshore Drive in Tampa after the storm! Actually more like water skiing, but with a surfboard. Hurricane Idalia served Florida a HUGE lemon, so Tampa made lemonade. Both a surfboard and a tube raft were pulled behind 4 wheel drive trucks, plus a pair of ATV's easily handled the flooding, throwing huge rooster tails as they passed

Culture/Entertainment

Jacksonville protest against Saturday's racist murders calls out DeSantis as a Nazi

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 08/29/2023 - 03:54

Video:marchers, speakers call out DeSantis as racist and Nazi 3 min 3 sec

On Monday the 28th of August, what was to be a commemoration of MLK's March on Washington in Jacksonville, FL instead turned into a furious protest against Saturday's murders-and of Fl Governor Ron DeSantis. The Governor is being considered responsible for the shootings. He is being called out for all but soliciting the murders with his steady drumbeat of racist laws and propaganda.

Race/Racism
Right Wing

DC Drag Defenders hold ground, defeat attempt by street preachers to push through

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 08/27/2023 - 22:33

On the 26th of August, drag defenders kept a sold-out drag show at Aunt Helen's in Washington DC safe, defeating an attempt by hatemongering street preachers to invade at least their space if not the venue behind them. Defenders deployed umbrellas to shield families with children from the potentially doxxing cameras of the Christian extremist preachers and their allies.

Video: defenders hold the line as bigoted street preachers try to charge through 54 sec

Culture/Entertainment
Right Wing

Umbrellas up!

Critical Mass Orlando takes to the streets

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 08/26/2023 - 08:30

On the last Friday of every month, Critical Mass Orlando takes to the streets. Hundreds of bike riders show up every month in cities all over the US, Orlando is one of a great many still holding the monthly rides.

Video-hundreds of riders take to Orlando's streets 1 min

Culture/Entertainment

Far right, Nazis show up as Polk County, FL School Board kills proclaimations

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 08/23/2023 - 02:33

The proposal to eliminate ALL proclaimations from the Polk County, FL school board passed with the extreme right (including Nazis) supporting and LGBTQ+ activists objecting.

Video: DeSantis supporter outside claims theocracy "not a threat," speakers inside hammer the proclaimation ban, Nazi medal seen on one of the right wingers 5 min 30 sec

Youth Education

Presumed neo-Nazi at Polk County School Board meeting wearing a (probably fake) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. Note the swastika in the center of the cross, over the "1939"

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