Posted on 01/08/2016 7:56:44 AM PST by nikos1121
Join us for tonight's Trump rally at Winthrop University @ 7 pm. We expect tonight to have a friendlier crowd than last night in Burlington, VT.
The Rally will be televised on Newsmax TV ( http://www.newsmaxtv.com/findnewsmaxtv/?ns_mail_uid=53827423&ns_mail_job=1648752_01082016&s=al&dkt_nbr=xcnwzw5n ) along with several other outlets. We've found the over all best to be the Fox Phoenix feed, which is HD quality and offerS an immediate replay. We like the young commentators too, who are 4 square behind our man, Trump. ( http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news-now )
AS the Rally starts I will post the best video streams. Keep in mind that the audio will always cut out, if any radio music is played to avoid the station paying royalties. This is almost always the case when they play Trump's Twisted Sister theme song, We're Not Gonna Take It Anymore.
There's been a growing following of Freepers who, in the past, have been watching these pretty much on their own. Of late, we're coalescing on a single thread for a lively discussion.
It's been fun. So please join us!
Many of us have been watching the Trump rallies from the beginning, either live or on replay. They are getting better and better, even though we've heard some of the same things over and over, (do you think he can name someone besides Carl Icahn for a change?) And what's making it even more fun is the excitement reflected in our postings. For example, many of us are talking about what we're preparing to eat and drink for the rally. For example, I'm fixin fresh Grouper, (pronounced "Groper" in honor of Bill Clinton.) I promise to not post any over sized photos tonight.
There's always an anti-Trump Troll or two who try to spoil our party, but we figure eventually in a couple more months we may all be behind the same guy. So, be cool.
Tonight's rally is in Rock Hill, SC @ Winthrop University. Here's a little background from Wikipedia:
LOCATION
Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina and the fifth-largest city in the state. It is also the fourth-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte, Concord, and Gastonia (all located in North Carolina, unlike Rock Hill). The population was 66,154 as of the 2010 Census.
Rock Hill is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Charlotte and approximately 70 miles (110 km) north of Columbia.
Succeeding cultures of indigenous peoples lived in the Piedmont for thousands of years. The historic Catawba Indian Nation, a traditionally Siouan-speaking tribe, was here at the time of European encounter. Currently the only tribe in South Carolina that is federally recognized, its members live near Rock Hill.
DURING THE CIVIL WAR
Shortly before the American Civil War began a census had been taken of the population in York County, where Rock Hill is located. Half of the district's 21,800 residents were slaves, integral to local cotton production. The 4,379 white males in the county formed fourteen infantry companies; some of the men joined cavalry or artillery units instead. By the end of the war, 805 of these men were dead, and hundreds more were wounded. Men from Rock Hill and York County were involved in many of the major Civil War battles.
Due to its position on the railroad, Rock Hill became a transfer point for Confederate soldiers and supplies moving to and from the front. Since there was no local hospital, townspeople nursed sick and wounded soldiers in their homes. Refugees fleeing the coastal blockade or General Sherman's troops also came to Rock Hill.
Beginning in the spring of 1862, local area farmers switched from cotton to corn in order to produce more food. Records show that prices in Rock Hill changed frequently during the war, reflecting both shortages and the inflation of the Confederate paper money.
Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard set up a temporary headquarters in Rock Hill on February 21, 1865.[6](p41) He ordered the roads to Charlotte blocked to try to prevent General Sherman from reaching the city; Sherman ultimately went in a different direction.
When General Lee surrendered at the Appomattox Court House, it was actually a future Rock Hill resident who was responsible for waving the white flag. Captain Robert Moorman Sims, a farmer from Lancaster County, was sent by General James Longstreet to inform Union troops that the Confederate troops wanted a truce.
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Rock Hill was the setting for two significant events in the civil rights movement. In February 1961, nine African-American men went to jail at the York County prison farm after staging a sit-in at a segregated McCrory's lunch counter in downtown Rock Hill. Their offense was reported to be "refusing to stop singing hymns during their morning devotions." The event gained nationwide attention as the men followed an untried strategy called "jail, no bail." Rejecting bail was a way to lessen the huge financial burden which civil rights groups were facing as the sit-in movement spread across the South. As their actions gained widespread national news coverage, the tactic was adopted by other civil rights groups. The men became known as the Friendship Nine because eight of the nine men were students at Rock Hill's Friendship Junior College.
Later in 1961, Rock Hill was the first stop in the Deep South for a group of 13 Freedom Riders, who boarded buses in Washington, DC, and headed South to test the 1960 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing racial segregation in all interstate public facilities. When the civil rights leader John Lewis and another black man stepped off the bus at Rock Hill, they were beaten by a white mob that was uncontrolled by police. The event drew national attention.
In 2002, Lewis, by then a US Congressman from Georgia, returned to Rock Hill, where he had been invited as a speaker at Winthrop University and was given the key to the city. On January 21, 2008, Rep. Lewis returned to Rock Hill again and spoke at the city's Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday observance. Mayor Doug Echols officially apologized to him on the city's behalf for the Freedom Riders' treatment in the city.
The University comprises 6,170 students. Undergraduate students come from 34 states and 37 countries.[2]
Of the student population, 5,029 are undergraduate students while 1,141 are graduate students. The student body is 33 percent male and 67 percent female. The student body is 30 percent African-American students, and 60 percent white, non-Hispanic. There are 174 undergraduate international students enrolled.
WINTHROP UNIVERSITY
The University's average size of undergraduate lecture courses is 22 students. All freshman and second-year students are required to live on campus, unless they live at home with their parents or legal guardians.[
That’s right you told me about that. And you haven’t washed them since.
I think everything is playing into his hands. As long as field stays large he’ll win the primaries. He might lose if he’s going up against Cruz head to head.
But Nationally I can’t see him losing, he’s too popular among indys and your Reagan democrats.
Hey thanks a ton for posting this!
I couldn’t wait more than 30 minutes for anything anymore. Although the doors are opening at 5? so they should get some nice seats.
You’re welcome.
When do the NY polls come out? Your vote might finally count this year!!!!!
Then you had better not plan to go see Trump.
When we went here in Knoxville we waited in line to get in, waited in line to go through security, and then waited another hour and a half for Trump to show. Another hour for the speech and we figured we spent 4 to 4.5 hours standing.
We probably won’t go to our local precinct to vote though. It might take 10 to 20 minutes and I doubt we will be able to find a convenient time during all of the early voting period to make the trip.
In. Thanks for posting these threads. BTTT.
No....not Revenant
Some other bear story .....made in Canada......(based on a true account)
Realistic enough
Like Trump's speeches/rallies. your threads just keep getting better and better nikos !
Mine's better. :-)
Thanks for letting them know about us. :-)
Meatloaf is such a personal family dish. Just think its sweet that with all that money a leftover meatloaf sandwich is his favorite
Just following up on Onyx conversation with DT with a note to campaign staff. Would be fun to have them stop by for a howdy! Lol
Something tells.me they would fit right in!
The sandwich doesn't surprise me at all. It is proven that all of us have a "COMFORT FOOD/S", which is usually something from out childhoods. These foods make us feel "safe"/comforted. Everyone's is specific to our own childhoods.
For the Brit aristocracy, these foods are either what they ate in their nurseries ( school/playrooms at their homes ) or what they at at boarding school. Prince William's favorite desert is ETON MESS. :-)
Hey..even a TWEET would be nice.
And this IS a HAPPY MOVEMENT !
The video with Martha Stewart is so sweet. Teasing him about making his own and Melanie adding he could fix her one too
She has a chef but no nanny but I can see either raiding the kitchen after they leave for the day.
He IS known for popping corn while watching sports —
LOL...that’s always my problem, now that we post what we’re having for dinner...trying to name them for this event.
Tonight’s thread. Join us!
And these threads are always full of new and interesting tidbits, from every Trumpster.
Thank you. We watch every time Trump speaks. Sometimes I laugh out loud. It’s fun.
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