28 Tuesday Jul 2020
Posted in Uncategorized
At a business in west central Missouri:
“Save our friends, face mask up for humanity”
“Face mask up, that life you might save is special”
Wear a damn mask. And while you’re at it, wear some damn gloves.
Stay Home. Wash your hands. Don’t touch your face. Good luck to us all.
#FlattenTheCurve
19 Sunday Jan 2020
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At noon yesterday at Mill Creek Park next to the 47th Street entrance of the Plaza several hundred individuals participated in a rally and march (through the Plaza) in solidarity with hundreds of similar women’s marches across the country advocating for women’s rights and commemorating the movement and the large 2017 nationwide march.
After marching to and through the Plaza the demonstrators returned to Mill Creek Park to rally, chant, and picket along 47th Street. The march was scheduled from noon to 1:00 p.m. – by 1:15 p.m. the park was empty.
“Wanna change the world? Vote!”
“The future is nasty”
“Men of quality do not fear equality”
“Vote for women”
“I’m with her”
“Women 2020…”
Everything I do, I do it with passion. If I gotta be a bitch, I’ma be a bad one.”
“I’ve seen better cabinets at Ikea!”
“I’m only an angry feminist when you’re an ignorant, mysogynist, asshole.”
Previously:
Kansas City Women’s March – January 18, 2020 – photos – part 1 (January 18, 2020)
Kansas City Women’s March – January 18, 2020 – photos – part 2 (January 18, 2020)
Kansas City Women’s March – January 18, 2020 – photos – part 3 (January 19, 2020)
19 Sunday Jan 2020
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Kansas City, missouri, protest, Resist, signs, Women's March
At noon yesterday at Mill Creek Park next to the 47th Street entrance of the Plaza several hundred individuals participated in a rally and march (through the Plaza) in solidarity with hundreds of similar women’s marches across the country advocating for women’s rights and commemorating the movement and the large 2017 nationwide march.
The demonstrators marched from the park toward the Plaza, to Ward Parkway, and trough the Plaza back to the park on 47th Street.
On 47th Street:
“I’m feeling 22 cents underpaid on the dollar”
“Women rising”
“I wish my uterus shot bullets so the government wouldn’t regulate it”
“Stop taxing my body”
“Uterus belongs to…”
“So bad even introverts are here”
“Pro-woman, pro-choice”
“Here’s to strong women…”
Unlike the National Archives:
“If I wanted the government in my womb I’d fuck a senator…”
“American Horror Story – White House”
Previously:
Kansas City Women’s March – January 18, 2020 – photos – part 1 (January 18, 2020)
Kansas City Women’s March – January 18, 2020 – photos – part 2 (January 18, 2020)
18 Saturday Jan 2020
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#resist, Kansas City, missouri, protest, signs, t-shirt, Women's March
At noon today at Mill Creek Park next to the 47t Street entrance of the Plaza several hundred individuals participated in a rally and march (through the Plaza) in solidarity with hundreds of similar women’s marches across the country advocating for women’s rights and commemorating the movement and the large 2017 nationwide march.
After gathering at Mill Creek Park the majority in attendance marched south and then west toward Ward Parkway, turned north, and returned to the park through the Plaza on 47th Street. The march was about a mile in length and took under a half hour.
“Love women”
“Vote”
“Speak Up”
“Break! up with your toxic masculinity. I’m Bored!”
“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
Teach your children well:
“Vote for women”
“If it isn’t intersectional it isn’t feminism”
Yelling from traffic on 47th Street at the handful of protesters who didn’t march and remained at the park picketing.
True believer.
There were a few more who joined the group at the park as the march proceeded through the Plaza.
“Women supporting women”
“We are the granddaughters of the witches you were never able to burn”
The host returns:
Previously:
Kansas City Women’s March – January 18, 2020 – photos – part 1
18 Saturday Jan 2020
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#resist, Kansas City, missouri, protest, signs, t-shirt, Women's March
At noon today at Mill Creek Park next to the 47t Street entrance of the Plaza several hundred individuals participated in a rally and march (through the Plaza) in solidarity with hundreds of similar women’s marches across the country advocating for women’s rights and commemorating the movement and the large 2017 nationwide march.
The crowd was diverse. And they were enthusiastic despite the sub-freezing temperatures and stiff wind.
“Turns out, she was right about everything”
Yes, she is.
“This is my resisting bitch face!”
Carrie Fisher sent me”
#resist
“Stand up. Persist.”
“I need feminism because I plan on marrying rich and I can’t do that if my wife is being paid 75 cents on the dollar”
“I’m with her”
“Equal means equal”
“Feminism includes all genders”
“Fuck tRump, and fuck you for voting for him”
“Respect my existence or expect my resistance”
“Babes against bullshit”
“A woman’s place is in the resistance”
“Does this ass make my country look small?”
Yes.
12 Saturday Oct 2019
Posted in Uncategorized
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corruption, Donald Trump, impeachment, missouri, parade, signs
A recycled campaign sign, at the tail end of the republican entry, ready for a homecoming parade this morning in west central Missouri:
You think they’ll hear anything about impeachment from the crowd?
Previously:
Impeachment: Consciousness of Guilt (September 24, 2019)
Impeachment: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) (September 24, 2019)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): gaslighting (September 24, 2019)
Impeachment: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) – “Tell your people to obey the law.” (September 25, 2019)
Impeachment: the smell of fear (September 25, 2019)
Impeachment: It became self aware at 6:24 a.m., September 26, 2019… (September 26, 2019)
Impeachment: NPR/PBS NewsHour Marist Poll – September 25, 2019 (September 26, 2019)
Flop sweat (September 27, 2019)
Impeachment: this morning’s “Executive Time” (September 28, 2019)
Impeachment: unhinged (September 29, 2019)
Hillary Clinton (D) is living rent free inside of Donald Trump’s (r) head (September 29, 2019)
Going 0-2 (September 30, 2019)
Impeachment: almost too stupid to remember to breathe (October 1, 2019)
Hillary Clinton (D) is having fun these days (October 1, 2019)
Impeachment: in a panic (October 2, 2019)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): clap louder (October 3, 2019)
Impeachment: why we can’t have nice things (October 4, 2019)
Impeachment: “…and getting caught in Ukraine…” (October 5, 2019)
Sen. Roy Blunt (r): see nothing, hear nothing, know nothing (October 6, 2019)
Impeachment: Putin’s Puppet (October 7, 2019)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): well, that was a turkey (October 7, 2019)
Impeachment: Not very bright, is he? (October 9, 2019)
Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): Benghazi! (October 9, 2019)
Campaign Finance: “Do you like subpoena coladas and getting caught in Ukraine?” (October 10, 2019)
Gov. Mike Parson (r) and Sen. Roy Blunt (r): owning it (October 10, 2019)
19 Friday Oct 2018
Posted in Uncategorized
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Amendment 1, campaign finance reform, CLEAN Misouri, Ethics Reform, initiative, lobbying reform, missouri, Missouri First, redistricting reform, Rex Sinquefield, signs
War is peace.
Freedom is slavery.
Ignorance is strength.
Clean is dirty.
The right wingnut funded Missourians First has signs opposed to Amendment 1 springing up all over like mushrooms. And mushrooms grow in…
And bullshit is always bullshit.
Does anyone think the people who put these signs up on their property really know who paid for them?
Missourians First is the pop up committee (established on August 10, 2018) funded with $200,000.00 from Rex Sinquefield which is opposed to the CLEAN Missouri intiative (Amendment 1) for ethics, campaign finance, lobbying, and redistricting reform on the November ballot.
On October 11, 2018 Missourians First filed a Limited Activity (under $500.00 for the period) quarterly campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission.
Let’s see, Missourians First (really, Rex Sinquefield at this point) is adamantly opposed to a constitutional amendment that will:
Require that legislative records be open to the public by ensuring that the legislature operate under the same open records law as other public entities in Missouri
Require politicians to wait two years before becoming lobbyists after the conclusion of their final legislative session
Eliminate almost all lobbyist gifts in the General Assembly by banning any single gift worth more than $5 — that means no more steak dinners, expensive booze, junkets or sports tickets. This rule would eliminate more than 99% of the lobbyist gift giving happening in Missouri.
Lower campaign contribution limits for state legislative candidates to limit the influence of big money and lobbyists in state government.
Establish new campaign contribution limits for General Assembly candidates— $2,500 for state senate, and $2,000 for state house.
Limit the ability of individuals and organizations to circumvent caps by counting money from single-source committees towards totals for original, actual donors.
Stop legislative fundraising on state property.Ensure that neither political party is given an unfair advantage when new maps are drawn after the next census by asking a nonpartisan expert to draw fair legislative district maps, which would then be reviewed by a citizen commission.
Add fairness and competitiveness as required criteria for new district maps
Protect the political power of minority communities against vote dilution
Ask an independent state demographer to lead on technical work in creating district maps, instead of entrusting political appointees to do all of that work
That would explain a lot.
Previously:
Campaign Finance: we’re not surprised (October 9, 2018)
18 Thursday Oct 2018
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Putting up 4 x 8 campaign signs at night.
Posts, a post driver, zip ties, a screw driver, a sign, and a few flshlights.
25 Sunday Mar 2018
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#resist, gun violence, guns, Kansas City, March for Our Lives, missouri, NRA, protest, signs, U.S. Senate
More signs from yesterday’s March for Our lives in Kansas City at Theis Park.
5,000? 7,000? 10,000? There appears to be a media consensus estimate of 6,000. Who could tell? It was a lot of people. At a protest event organized by kids.
A badass mom:
“This mom don’t play, stop the NRA.”
“I’m a teacher, not a soldier.”
“We are killing our future.”
“Vote them out!”
“Vote like our children’s lives depend on it.”
“Thoughts and prayers are not enough.”
Sarcasm:
“I want to die like an American – of diabetes and heart disease – not from guns.”
“Congress: be as brave as your children.”
It’s Congress. It’s controlled by republicans. That’s not going to happen as long as they’re in power.
Medical students:
“No more silence…end gun violence.”
“Harden our gun laws, not our schools.”
Plenty of sarcasm:
“There should be a background check before the NRA is allowed to buy a senator.”
“My school’s dress code has more regulations than guns!”
It’s a matter of priorities. Heaven forbid that a child bleed to death in school while wearing “inappropriate” clothing.
Previously:
March for Our Lives – Kansas City – in Theis Park on Saturday, March 24, 2018 (March 20, 2018)
Another sign for the times (March 23, 2018)
March for Our Lives – Warrensburg, Missouri – March 24, 2018 (March 24, 2017)
March for Our Lives – Kansas City – Theis Park – March 24, 2018 – signs (March 24, 2018)
Are we tired of 2nd Amendment overkill (and I do mean kill) yet? (March 24, 2018)
Until this changes… (March 25, 2018)
25 Friday Nov 2016
Posted in Resist
A protest sign from thirteen or so years ago:
“The Constitution is not optional” – protest sign, circa 2003- 2004.
There’s some talk that Article I, Section 9 might be considered passé.
Resist.
Previously:
The more things change, the more they remain the same (November 23, 2016)
The more things change, the more they remain the same – part 2 (November 23, 2016)
The more things change, the more they remain the same – part 3 (November 24, 2016)