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Not sure what this one is called, tbh. It’s like shooting the duck, but you put one leg behind the leg you are balancing on instead of the front.
(“Shooting the duck” is when, while skating, you drop into a pistol squat and grab your toe stop (optional) and continue to skate. It’s definitely easier to do a pistol squat and get back up while skating than while stationary; the forward momentum to help get you back up again.)
The End of Trump’s Fifth Avenue
“I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters,“ Trump boasted in 2016.
Trump’s 5th Avenue principle is being tested as never before. So far, more than 214,000 Americans have died from Covid-19, one of the world’s highest death rates – due in part to Trump initially downplaying its dangers, then refusing responsibility for it, promoting quack remedies for it, muzzling government experts on it, pushing states to reopen despite it, and discouraging people from wearing masks.
Yet some 40 percent of Americans have stuck by him nonetheless. They’ve remained loyal even after he turned the White House into a hotspot for the virus, even after he caught it himself, and even after asserting just days ago that it’s less lethal than the flu. A recent nonpartisan study concluded that Trump’s blatant disinformation has been the largest driver of COVID misinformation in the world.
They’ve stuck by him even as more than 11 million Americans have lost their jobs, 40 million risk eviction from their homes, 14 million have lost health insurance, and almost one out of five Americans with kids at home cannot afford to adequately feed their children.
They’ve stuck by him even though more Americans have sought unemployment benefits this year than voted for him in 2016, even after Trump cut off talks on economic relief, even though he’s pushing the Supreme Court to repeal the Affordable Care Act, causing 20 million more to lose health insurance.
Trump is in effect standing in the middle of 5th Avenue, killing Americans.
Yet here we are, just a few weeks before the election, and his supporters still haven’t budged. The latest polls show him with 40% to 43% of voters, while Joe Biden has a bare majority.
The most egregious test of Trump’s 5th Avenue principle is still to come, when he tries to kill off American democracy. He’s counting on his supporters to keep him in power even after he loses the popular vote.
He’s ready to claim that mail-in ballots, made necessary by the pandemic, are rife with “fraud like you’ve never seen,” as he asserted during his debate with Biden – although it’s been shown that Americans are more likely to be struck by lightning than commit voter fraud.
He’ll likely allege fraudulent election results in any Republican-led state which he loses by a small margin – such as Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, or Wisconsin.
Then he’ll rely on the House of Representatives to put him over the top.
“We are going to be counting ballots for the next two years,” Trump warned at a recent Pennsylvania rally, noting “we have the advantage if we go back to Congress. I think it’s 26 to 22 or something because it’s counted one vote per state.”
He was referring to the 12th Amendment to the Constitution, which provides that if state electors deadlock or can’t agree on a president, the decision goes to the House. There, each of the nation’s 50 states get one vote.
That means small Republican-dominated states like Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming (each with one House member, who’s a Republican) would have the same clout as large Democratic states like California (with 52 House members, 44 of whom are Democrats).
Trump does have the advantage right now: 26 state congressional delegations in the House are now controlled by Republicans, and 22 by Democrats. Two — Pennsylvania and Michigan — are essentially tied.
But he won’t necessarily retain that advantage. The decision would be made by lawmakers elected in November, who will be sworn in on January 3 – three days before they’ll convene to decide the winner of the election.
Which is why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is focusing on races that could tip the balance of state delegations – not just in Pennsylvania and Michigan but any others within reach.
“It’s sad we have to have to plan this way,” she wrote in a letter to her colleagues last week, “but it’s what we must do to ensure the election is not stolen.”
Trump’s 5th Avenue principle has kept him in power despite deprivation and death that would have doomed the presidencies of anyone else. But as a former New Yorker he should know that 5th Avenue ends at the Harlem River at 142nd Street, and the end is near.
Pachycephalosauruses were characterized by thick (“pachy”, in Greek) domed heads (“cephalus”, in Greek) that they used to butt together like giant ancient reptile goats. But since concussions are a serious issue, our dinofriend says: be a PachySAFEalosaurus and always wear a helmet.
Are you starting roller derby? Are you nervous about your first practice and how to prepare? I recently asked #derbytwitter what they’d tell themselves if they could go back to their first practice and I was blown away by the answers! Here are some of my faves!
I have made the drawing and com visuals for my roller derby league next event. It’s a triple header (which means three teams, three games) and it’s going to be awesome.
It’s in Brussels, if you can come, you should definitely.
There are more info on the Facebook page of the Brussels Derby Pixies or on their instagram @brusselsderbypixies
Draft day. I’m a Valkyrie now.
Miss my Valks
Stunning atmospheric roller derby shots by David Van Elslande. [part VIII - more pics]
If you are white with white hair and you have dreadlocks, CUT THEM OFF
Be nice to your zebras, people. Refereeing is TERRIFYING. I called my first ever penalty; the player requested a review; I panicked and forgot how words worked. If you call a penalty half the people on track look at you like you’ve personally betrayed them and kicked their dog. If you don’t call a penalty the other half look at you like you’ve personally betrayed them and kicked their dog.
ALWAYS RESPECT THE REFS AND THEIR CALLS/NON-CALLS
-They are volunteers
-They literally train for this
-They probably know the rules better than you
I personally had a lightbulb moment about this when I heard the phrase “I’ll ref a perfect game when you play a perfect game”
I mean…if this tweet doesn’t describe roller derby perfectly, I dunno what does.
Promoting your roller derby league in your local parades can be so much fun! But there is a lot to think about before you head out! What gear is needed for what you want to do? How are going to store your things? How will you engage your audience?
Here’s my advice on gear, my favorite skate tricks to do in the parade, and one important thing to remember when promoting your roller derby league in parades!
*This video was posted originally on The Apex Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thederbyapex/videos/446006432475314
Hahaha “We listen to feedback”
Everyone except the top 15 - 20 hated the structure changes and the cups idea. I really don’t think it was voted on.
Also, how dare you say that 20% of the membership isn’t “committed” to wanting to “make it work”? It’s a money thing, plain and simple. Like, trying to tell a food bank parent that they just aren’t committed to feeding their children. High level derby competition only being accessible to the wealthy doesn’t make it very inclusive.
I would have fucking loved to go to Spain.
Declines
I am not a member of our WFTDA charter team but I’m having a lot of feelings. Naptown ended the season at #33 and would have made an incredible showing at the NA East cup. However, we got pulled into D1 after 5 other teams declined. We were placed in Spain and had to also decline because we could not afford the trip. There are a large number of teams that ended the season in that D1/D2 cut off area that will not have any kind of post season because of the new structure. It’s ludicrous and frankly, unsustainable, to have a post season structure that is disjointed so far from the reality of the roller derby community.
99% of derby players have to pay their own way on everything. How can you expect any one to be able to afford a multi-thousand dollar trip across the world? I know non NA teams have been dealing with this struggle for years but the only solution offered was to shift that burden from non-NA teams to every team within the organization. So now, 20% of the talent pool can’t even show up to post season.
Alternative WFTDA structure #2
Restrict governance to NA only. Establish partner organizations on other continents to govern. Or simply split WFTDA into different regional bodies to govern regional needs. eg - Euro WFTDA, South America WFTDA, etc.
More bureaucracy is not always a bad thing. 400 partner organizations are too many to manage effectively
Friday I launched my derby merch line Nox Skate Co. through Redbubble and they’re having a 20% sale TODAY ONLY! Get these designs on the tee, tank or top (or sticker) that fits you best! —> https://rdbl.co/2MzZh69 *Use coupon code FLIP20
My current favorite derby action shot of myself! This was from a home league bout from about a month ago. It was a rematch against the team that we had lost to by one point, and tensions were high. During that first bout, I scored 8 points the ENTIRE BOUT. I was not in a good head space during the first bout, and I was definitely apprehensive going into the rematch, but I think this picture perfectly encapsulates my feelings during the rematch. I was ready to charge headfirst into battle (and pick up MVP jammer along the way)!
Them legs! 😍
Female-directors + Women of Roller Derby = Amazing Documentary, Queen of Pain
If you know roller derby, you know Suzy Hotrod, a Gotham Girl star and incredible role model to young women everywhere. Recently, Queen of Pain, launched their first-look trailer for their feature-length documentary about the incredible women of roller derby, as told through the lens of Suzy Hotrod and the women of Gotham Girl roller derby in New York.
As Suzy puts it, “[This is] a story of women surviving in New York. Roller derby is more than a sport, it’s a community and lifestyle.”
This is not just another sports doc, and it’s not just another flick about women who are interesting in a novel sort of way (no “by day/by night” fluff here). This is a celebration of female athletes who just so happen to be incredible women facing tough challenges in their lives — on and off the track.
For your background, Cassie Hay, co-director for the Queen of Pain film, was in roller derby herself, and has been in TV and film for nearly 20 years. This is not her first foray into the documentary world as she already has, The Liberators, under her belt which premiered at SXSW 2016, went on to screen at several film festivals nationwide, and found a permanent home on Amazon Prime.
But we need your help to help get this amazing documentary get made and to be shared with the world. We’ve already hit the ground running pulling together some of our own money to finance our first shoot and to cut a trailer, but we need your help to cross the finish line. Check out our Kickstarter, we’re 1/3 away from our goal and could really use your help!
We hope you join us! And follow our story on: Facebook, Instagram, and our website.
