finch. that bird might look red but deep down, the washington post tells us it is white as an white supremacist. bird bigotry is systemic so according to the washington post, other aviator oppressors, the sparrow the fruit dove and the audubon warbler.r. the warbler is named after john james audubon, the guy who literally wrote the book on birdwatching. he has of course been canceled as oppressive. he thought about things other than himself and observe the natural world and wrote and painted it. but that doesn t go far enough. just canceling audubon. you can do more than that ex-kennedy tells us it s not enough to oppose bird racism. we must be actively anti-bird. we must defund and dismantle all systems of bird supremacy immediately or else we are implicated in those systems. we need to decolonize every birds nest until we do the work
By: News On 6
ELMORE CITY, Oklahoma -
It s been 40 years since a group of Elmore City students fought and won the right to dance at their prom.
“I can remember it was really hard to dance. There were so many cameras and TV Cameras,” recalled Leonard Coffee.
The celebration of a hard-fought battle.
“There was a law against it in Elmore City,” said Coffee.
To dance.
The true story became the iconic movie ‘Footloose.’
“At the time I had no idea there was no dancing in Elmore City,” said Coffee.
Coffee, who passed away from multiple health complications in January 2021, was Mary Anne Temple s boyfriend back then. The Ariel Character was based on Mary Ann. Although Leonard told us Ren was actually a combination of him and class president Rex Kennedy.
they shouldn t have been held in the first place. seth doane has our story, beginning with that remarkable reunion. ( cheers ) reporter: dashing from the plane and right into the arms of waiting family, shane bauer and josh fattal finally tasted freedom. ( cheers ) bauer fell into sarah shourd s embrace. shourd had been hiking with the two men in july 2009. bauer and shroud got engaged while in prison. the two men then briefly spoke to the media gather on the tarmac in muscat, oman. we are so happy we are free and relieved we are free. two years in prison is too long and we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in america and iran. reporter: the two were held as political prisoners in iran for 26 months. during that time, family members were allowed just one visit and three phone calls. our deepest gratitude goes towards his majesty, sultan kabuse of oman for obtaining our release. reporter: the release o
while in prison. the two men briefly spoke to the media gather on the tarmac in muscat, oman. we are so happy we are free and relieved we are free. two years in prison is too long and we sincerely hope for the freedom of other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in america and iran. reporter: the two were held as political prisoners in iran for 26 months. during that time, family members were allowed just one visit and three phone calls. our deepest gratitude goes towards his majesty, sultan kabuse of oman for obtang our release. reporter: the the release of the two americans seemed to be timed precisely the day before mahmoud ahmadinejad plans to appear before the world at the united nations general assembly in new york. bauer and fattal were released only after the payment of $1 million in bail. the international dissent began which when bauer and fattal along with shroud, mistakenly crossed the border into iran. they were charged with espiona
the world is reading the intimate details today. thursday, october 7th, 2010. from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and meredith vieira. i m meredith vieirvieira. people waking up in parts of colorado and utah are bracing for the severe weather system that spawned tornadoes on wednesday in arizona. dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed. the twisters so powerful they derailed a parked freight train and blew 18 wheelers off the road. we ll have the latest in a live report straight ahead. they call himselves previvers. at risk of breast cancer. they don t have the disease yet but choose to have their breasts removed. why, when some consider that to be a radical course of action? we re going to talk to two women about that. they have opted to do that route. the survivor of a vicious bear attack speaks out for the first time describing their horrendous fight. here s a question for you. what was marilyn monroe like? we re going to take a look at never bee