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Pennywise the Clown scared the shit out of me as a kid, for the record.

But I'm actually politically entrenched in my city and have ambition....so...gonna respectfully pass :)

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On this date: At the Mexico Games In 1968 Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black power sign in protest for civil rights during the playing of the national Anthem.
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The 200 metres at the 1968 Olympics started on 15 October and finished on 16 October; Norman won his heat in a time of 20.17 seconds which was briefly an Olympic record.[9] He won his quarter final and was second in the semi.

On the morning of 16 October, U.S. athlete Tommie Smith won the 200 metre final with a world-record time of 19.83 seconds.[10][11] Norman finished second in a time of 20.06 s, and U.S. athlete John Carlos was in third place in 20.10 s. Norman's time was his all-time personal best[1] and an Australian record that still stands.

After the race, the three athletes went to the medal podium for their medals to be presented by David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter. On the podium, during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner", Smith and Carlos famously joined in a Black Power salute.

Norman wore a badge on the podium in support of the Olympic Project for Human Rights (OPHR). After the final, Carlos and Smith had told Norman what they were planning to do during the ceremony. As Martin Flanagan wrote; "They asked Norman if he believed in human rights. He said he did. They asked him if he believed in God. Norman, who came from a Salvation Army background, said he believed strongly in God. We knew that what we were going to do was far greater than any athletic feat. He said, 'I'll stand with you'." Carlos said he expected to see fear in Norman's eyes. He didn't; "I saw love."[12] On the way out to the medal ceremony, Norman saw the OPHR badge being worn by Paul Hoffman, a white member of the US Rowing Team, and asked him if he could wear it.[13] It was Norman who suggested that Smith and Carlos share the black gloves used in their salute, after Carlos left his pair in the Olympic Village.[4] This is the reason for Smith raising his right fist, while Carlos raised his left.

Australia's Olympic authorities reprimanded him for his gesture and the Australian media ostracised him.[4] Despite Norman running qualifying times for the 100 m five times and 200 m 13 times during 1971-72, the Australian Olympic track team did not send him, or any other male sprinters, to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the first modern Olympics since 1896 where no Australian sprinters participated.[13]
Later years

Norman kept running, but in 1985 contracted gangrene after tearing his Achilles tendon during a charity race, which nearly led to his leg being amputated. Depression, heavy drinking and pain killer addiction followed.[14] Norman quit athletics after the decision not to field a track & field men's team in the 1972 Olympics and took up Australian rules football.[15]
Death

Norman died of a heart attack on 3 October 2006 in Melbourne at the age of 64.[13] US Track and Field Federation proclaimed 9 October 2006, the date of his funeral, as Peter Norman Day. Thirty-eight years after the three made history, both Smith and Carlos gave eulogies and were pallbearers at Norman's funeral.[6]

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Social Services = Bribes to the Libertarian mind. The state should only exist so that it protects the interest of the wealthy and so that the wealthy can buy the Right of Might in nature by strong men who are just willing to make whores of their souls to be these plutocrat's lapdogs and thugs.

I love how you guys pay lip service to but wipe your ass with the American Constitution anytime there is something you don't like. It is a fucking Chinese Buffet to you guys. Naturalization? Nope, don't like that. General Welfare Clause? failed kindergarten so fuck that, just useless prose inserted into the very beginning by mistake. Regulations to prevent trades between party A and B hurting unrelated party C? Nope, if party C was worth considering, he would have a team of lawyers already involved in the process.

You can have your memes, I'll take the Constitution:


I know the actual Constitution is tl:dr for you people, but Article I, Section 8, essentially reads, "eat a dick Cam".

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