1. The Devil’s Advocate
Time Stamp: 7:56
- Compassion & Satanism
- Question All Things
- Can you be a Satanist and feel compassion for others?
- I judge people on an individual basis
- I feel compassion on an individual basis
- When the cause I feel compassion is felt by a group, I inherently feel compassion for that group.
- Satanism is inherently filled with a machismo front, but the more Satanists I meet I see a compassion and understanding in each of them for various things.
- There is no call for universal action in Satanism, but individual satanists can share compassion
2. Infernal Informant
Time Stamp: 41:54
- Marines ban Confederate flag — 155 years after end of Civil War
https://nypost.com/2020/06/06/marines-bans-confederate-flag-155-years-after-civil-war-ends/- The US Marine Corps has finally banned the Confederate flag from public and workspaces at its military bases — 155 years after the Confederate States of America surrendered to Union forces.
- “The Confederate battle flag has all too often been co-opted by violent extremist and racist groups whose divisive beliefs have no place in our Corps,” the military branch said in a tweeted statement.
- “Our history as a nation, and events like the violence in Charlottesville in 2017, highlight the divisiveness the use of the Confederate battle flag has had on our society.”
- The directive includes banning depictions of the flag on vehicle bumper stickers, clothing and coffee mugs.
- Marine Gen. David Berger had already announced the ban on the flag in April, military.com reported at the time.
- Berger also ordered leaders to move women into combat jobs in his April memo — and to review the possibility of yearlong maternity leave for female Marines, and of extending parental leave policies to same-sex partners, the outlet reported.
3. Creature Feature
Time Stamp: 57:01
- Glory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glory_(1989_film)- 1989 American war film directed by Edward Zwick
- about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army’s second African-American regiment in the American Civil War.
- Starring:
- Matthew Broderick as Colonel Robert Gould Shaw
- Denzel Washington as Private Silas Trip
- Cary Elwes as Major Cabot Forbes
- Morgan Freeman as Sergeant Major John Rawlins
- Andre Braugher as Corporal Thomas Searles
- Budget $18 million
- Box office $27 million
- Log Line: Robert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War’s first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.
- During the American Civil War, Captain Robert Shaw, injured at Antietam, is sent home to Boston on medical leave.
- Shaw accepts a promotion to colonel commanding the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
- He asks his friend, Cabot Forbes, to serve as his second in command, with the rank of major.
- Their first volunteer is another friend, Thomas Searles, a bookish, free African-American.
- The men learn that, in response to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Confederacy has issued an order that all black soldiers will be returned to slavery. Black soldiers found in a Union uniform will be executed as well as their white officers. They are offered, but turn down, a chance to take an honorable discharge.
- Trip goes AWOL and is caught; Shaw orders him flogged in front of the regiment. He then learns that Trip left to find shoes because his men are being denied these supplies. Shaw confronts the base’s racist quartermaster on their behalf. Shaw also supports his men in a pay dispute; the Federal government decrees that black soldiers will only be paid $10, not the $13 per month all white soldiers receive. When the men begin tearing up their pay vouchers in protest of this unequal treatment, Shaw tears up his own voucher in support of his men. In recognition of his regimental leadership, Rawlins is promoted by Shaw to the rank of Sergeant-Major.
- General George Strong informs Shaw of a major campaign to secure a foothold at Charleston Harbor.
- The 54th leads the charge on the fort, suffering serious losses.
- the courage demonstrated by the 54th resulted in the United States accepting thousands of black men for combat, and President Abraham Lincoln credited them with helping to turn the tide of the war.