20200924: MAGA Protest Against Stupidity, Jacksonville, FL

Sorry for the delay. I have gig this week playing with an eight week old basset puppy.

Okay, Jacksonville. From Wiki:

Jacksonville is the most populous city in Florida, and is the largest city by area in the contiguous United States as of 2020.[8] It is the seat of Duval County,[9] with which the city government consolidated in 1968. Consolidation gave Jacksonville its great size and placed most of its metropolitan population within the city limits. As of 2019, Jacksonville’s population was estimated to be 911,507, making it the 12th most populous city in the U.S., the most populous city in the Southeast, and the most populous city in the South outside of the state of Texas.[10] The Jacksonville metropolitan area has a population of 1,523,615 and is the fourth largest metropolitan area in Florida.[11]

Great. So, what happened BEFORE Duval County moved the city limits to match the county line?

The area of the modern city of Jacksonville has been inhabited for thousands of years. On Black Hammock Island in the national Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve, a University of North Florida team discovered some of the oldest remnants of pottery in the United States, dating to 2500 BC.[21]

In the 16th century, the beginning of the historical era, the region was inhabited by the Mocama, a coastal subgroup of the Timucua people. At the time of contact with Europeans, all Mocama villages in present-day Jacksonville were part of the powerful chiefdom known as the Saturiwa, centered around the mouth of the St. Johns River.[22] One early French map shows a village called Ossachite at the site of what is now downtown Jacksonville; this may be the earliest recorded name for that area.[23]

In 1562, French Huguenot explorer Jean Ribault charted the St. Johns River, calling it the River of May because that was the month of his discovery. Ribault erected a stone column at his landing site near the river’s mouth, claiming the newly discovered land for France.[24] In 1564, René Goulaine de Laudonnière established the first European settlement on the St. Johns River, Fort Caroline, near the main village of the Saturiwa.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/NortheastFLRomans.png

Philip II of Spain ordered Pedro Menéndez de Avilés to protect the interests of Spain by attacking the French at Fort Caroline. On September 20, 1565, a Spanish force from the nearby Spanish settlement of St. Augustine attacked Fort Caroline, and killed nearly all the French soldiers defending it.[25] The Spanish renamed the fort as San Mateo and, following the expulsion of the French, St. Augustine became the most important European settlement in Florida. The location of Fort Caroline is subject to debate, but a reconstruction of the fort was established in 1964 along the St. Johns River.[26]Northeast Florida showing Cow Ford (center) from Bernard Romans‘ 1776 map of Florida

Spain ceded Florida to the British in 1763 after its victory against the French in the Seven Years’ War (known as the French and Indian War on the North American front). The British soon constructed the King’s Road connecting St. Augustine to Georgia. The road crossed the St. Johns River at a narrow point, which the Seminole called Wacca Pilatka and the British called the Cow Ford; these names reflected the use of the ford for moving cattle across the river there.[27][28][29]

The British introduced the cultivation of sugar caneindigo and fruits as commodity crops, in addition to exporting lumber. These crops were labor-intensive and the British imported more enslaved Africans to work the plantations that were developed. The planters in northeastern Florida began to prosper economically.[30]

After being defeated in the American Revolutionary War, Britain returned control of this territory to Spain in 1783. The settlement at the Cow Ford continued to grow.

So, how did the territory end up being American? Spain handed it to us a few decades later. Colonies can be expensive you know.

After Spain ceded the Florida Territory to the United States in 1821, American settlers on the north side of the Cow Ford decided to plan a town, laying out the streets and plats. They named the town Jacksonville, after celebrated war hero and first Territorial Governor (later U.S. President) Andrew Jackson. Led by Isaiah D. Hart, residents wrote a charter for a town government, which was approved by the Florida Legislative Council on February 9, 1832.

During the American Civil War, Jacksonville was a key supply point for hogs and cattle being shipped from Florida to feed the Confederate forces. The city was blockaded by Union forces, who gained control of nearby Fort Clinch. Though no battles were fought in Jacksonville proper, the city changed hands several times between Union and Confederate forces. In the Skirmish of the Brick Church in 1862, Confederates won their first victory in the state.[31] However, Union forces captured a Confederate position at the Battle of St. Johns Bluff, and occupied Jacksonville in 1862. Slaves escaped to freedom in Union lines. In February 1864 Union forces left Jacksonville and confronted a Confederate Army at the Battle of Olustee, going down to defeat.

Union forces retreated to Jacksonville and held the city for the remainder of the war. In March 1864 a Confederate cavalry confronted a Union expedition in the Battle of Cedar Creek. Warfare and the long occupation left the city disrupted after the war.[32]

During Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, Jacksonville and nearby St. Augustine became popular winter resorts for the rich and famous. Visitors arrived by steamboat and later by railroad. President Grover Cleveland attended the Sub-Tropical Exposition in the city on February 22, 1888, during his trip to Florida.[33] This highlighted the visibility of the state as a worthy place for tourism. The city’s tourism, however, was dealt major blows in the late 19th century by yellow fever outbreaks. Extending the Florida East Coast Railway further south drew visitors to other areas. From 1893 to 1938, Jacksonville was the site of the Florida Old Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Home; it operated a nearby cemetery.[34]

Okay, enough of that. On to the rally, uh peaceful protest.

I’ll add live links to this post during the late afternoon as they become available.

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In the meantime, please post tweets and videos below of what’s going on in Florida, and any travel stories you may have of the place.

Dear KAG: 20200924 Open Thread

Our beloved favorite letter of the alphabet was busy yesterday. A lot was reminders to trace who is paying for all the anarchy, and about the dopey Prince of Saudi Arabia, but there was some new sauce that we actually do need to know.

The new information that we can all use:

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Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 2ef5e9 No.10756500 
 NEW

Political leader(s) [+family (follow)] w: possible ties to sex trafficking?
Attacks [barrage] by media signify what?
‘Sex trafficking’ [safeguarding women & children] topic(s) that unite all political factions against a common enemy [faith in Humanity]?
Those you are taught to trust the most.
Q

4744

Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 2ef5e9 No.10756705 
 NEW

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-unveils-proposed-section-230-legislation-behalf-administration
Q

The Justice Department Unveils Proposed Section 230 Legislation on Behalf of the Administration

Today, on behalf of the Trump Administration, the Department of Justice sent draft legislation to Congress to reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.  The draft legislative text implements reforms that the Department of Justice deemed necessary in its June Recommendations and follows a yearlong review of the outdated statute.  The legislation also executes President Trump’s directive from the Executive Order on Preventing Online Censorship.  

“For too long Section 230 has provided a shield for online platforms to operate with impunity,” said Attorney General William P. Barr.  “Ensuring that the internet is a safe, but also vibrant, open and competitive environment is vitally important to America.  We therefore urge Congress to make these necessary reforms to Section 230 and begin to hold online platforms accountable both when they unlawfully censor speech and when they knowingly facilitate criminal activity online.”

“The Department’s proposal is an important step in reforming Section 230 to further its original goal: providing liability protection to encourage good behavior online,” said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen.  “The proposal makes clear that, when interactive computer services willfully distribute illegal material or moderate content in bad faith, Section 230 should not shield them from the consequences of their actions.”

The Department of Justice is grateful to all the experts, victims’ groups, academics, businesses, and other stakeholders that have and continue to engage closely with the department during this process.  The draft legislation reflects important and helpful feedback received thus far.  The department is also grateful to our colleagues in Congress for their support on Section 230 reform and looks forward to continued engagement moving forward. 

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Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 2481e5 No.10757382 
 NEW

https://nypost.com/2020/09/23/senate-report-links-hunter-biden-to-trafficking-ring/?
No media coverage?
Why?
The same people who control the media are the same people who are part of the evil and corrupt system?
SYSTEM OF CONTROL.
Crimes against Humanity.
You are not meant to think for yourself.
You are not meant to challenge their power [control].
Obey and accept.
Illusion of Democracy.
Illusion of Freedom.
Why does the media push division?
Why does the media incite violence?
Why does the media pit race v race?
Why does the media pit religion v religion?
Why does the media pit sex v sex?
Why does the media pit class v class?
Divided you are weak.
Divided you fight each other.
Divided you pose no threat to their system of control.
UNITY IS STRENGTH.
UNITY IS POWER.
UNITY IS HUMANITY.
Controlled media plays a major role in shaping the narrative(s) to keep you powerless [helpless] and asleep [unaware of truth].
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.
ENEMY OF HUMANITY.
Q

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Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 2481e5 No.10757537 
 NEW

Everyone has a choice to make.
AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
Q

Once this one was posted, and the keyboard army invaded @Jack’s place, the record was set straight. And who is the guy this chick interviewed? Three years many of us have followed and we’ve never heard of him.

4750

Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 17d166 No.10758211 📁
Sep 23 2020 14:03:37 (EST) NEW
Who controls [wields significant influence] re: the ‘Clinton’ [D] party?
https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/22919
https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/24651
Who controls [wields significant influence] re: the ‘Hussein’ [D] party?
https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/30480
Different factions of foreign [primary] control?
Who paid _Hussein’s Harvard Law Degree?
Who financed _Hussein’s political life?
Who is Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal?
Why are Hussein’s school records under seal?
Competing factions [each with a horse in the race] seeking direct WH control [+USMIL][+Trillions _overseas transfer of US taxpayer funds]?
All working together [coordinated][infiltration not invasion][VJ _HA].
What happens to US taxpayer funds transferred overseas under guise of AID, MIL, CLIMATE, etc.?
US taxpayers funding the destruction of America?
Q

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Q !!Hs1Jq13jV6 ID: 4f0773 No.10758338 📁
Sep 23 2020 14:12:51 (EST) NEW

https://qanon.pub/data/media/1569941325cfce58da4dfdc9667f98b2a0f07ed0c4d0f69723a1fcf41ebf703f.jpg

SYSTEM OF CONTROL.
Q

Additional drops can be viewed here.

And now for a musical selection…trivia question: who/what was “Proud Mary”.

https://youtu.be/hzQnPz6TpGc

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As usual, this is the daily thread, the place to put all information that needs to be out there – Q drops, Q drop decodes, riot information, rumors about MAGA rallies starting up again, news flashes, Chy-na flu updates, fashionable mask photos, satire, memes, and of course cute animal videos.

In the meantime, the short and sweet version of “THE RULES” is here borrowed from Tuesday:

Guidelines for posting and discussion on this site were outlined by our host, WolfM00n. Please, review them from time to time.

The discourse on this site is to be CIVIL – no name calling, baiting, or threatening others here is allowed. Those who are so inclined may visit Wolf’s other sanctuary, the U-Tree, to slog it out.

This site is a celebration of the natural rights endowed to humans by our Creator as well as those enshrined in the Bill of Rights adopted in the founding documents of the United States of America. Within the limits of law, how we exercise these rights is part of the freedom of our discussion.

Fellow tree dweller Wheatie gave us some good reminders on the basics of civility in political discourse:

  1. No food fights.
  2. No running with scissors.
  3. If you bring snacks, bring enough for everyone.

Since it is almost the weekend, the reminders are in place to not swing from the chandeliers, wash your hands and face, and be nice to the liberals whether they deserve it or not. Making your bed, OTOH, is optional.

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ECCLESIASTES 1:2-11

2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. 3What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? 4A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains for ever. 5The sun rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. 6The wind blows to the south, and goes round to the north; round and round goes the wind, and on its circuits the wind returns. 7All streams run to the sea, but the sea is not full; to the place where the streams flow, there they flow again. 8All things are full of weariness; a man cannot utter it; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. 9What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; and there is nothing new under the sun. 10Is there a thing of which it is said, “See, this is new”? It has been already, in the ages before us. 11There is no remembrance of former things, nor will there be any remembrance of later things yet to happen among those who come after.

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