#southern Iowa

[daughterofcainnnn]

abandoned church in iowa

#photography #film #abandoned #iowa #rural #southern gothic

[20th-century-railroading]

MILW 254 West w DMIR Power Perry 11 15 71 Bill Kurt by iais_2000 Via Flickr: During the fall/winter of 1971 and 1972 the MILW Leased some DMIR and EJE SD9s and some of this power wandered onto the Iowa Division. This is either train 61 or 63 at Perry, IA 11 15 71. William Kurt photo. 

#milw #milwaukee road #dm&ir #duluth missabe & iron range railway #sp #southern pacific #ci&l #monon #1971 #trains #freight train #history #perry #iowa

[bee-whistler]

Maybe it’s the late hour talking but I wanna say that I hate this state and don’t understand why the natives love it so much. But I thought the same of California. Louisiana had a few positives but I still wouldn’t live there.

Honestly, this whole country sucks. And Texas is one of its biggest states so that makes it suck harder. Goodnight.

#they ask me they say #so where do you want to live #how do i know that until i try living there? #and maybe part of a state is better than other parts #like Klamath Falls is markedly different from Portland #Tucson than Flaggstaff #I just have a short list of nopes is all #Idaho Utah California Texas #Allof the southern states #including Florida #especially Florida #Probably Iowa #just feel like Iowa is a bad idea #from all the talk or lack thereof #really need to sleep #I should be grateful for what i have #but everything in my brain looks around #at the surroundings and people #and just wants to leave

[rainbowcafelgbtqcenter]

Southern Illinois Abortion Resources - in preparation of Roe v. Wade being overturned

Many of you are aware that the Supreme Court may soon dismantle abortion access, which means that 36 million women (plus many others who can become pregnant) will lose access to safe abortions as nearly 30 states ban reproductive rights - even though 80% of people in America support Roe v. Wade.

According to the Guttmacher Institute, just 15 states protect abortion rights and are expected to become havens where hundreds of thousands will travel in order to access care - Illinois is one of those states. All of Illinois' neighboring states are expected to ban access to safe abortions within the next year, and Southern Illinois will be the closest location to the US South to provide care. Because of this, we at Rainbow Cafe feel it is important to highlight local reproductive health resources and protections.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS:

ALL people in Illinois have the fundamental right to decide about their reproductive health care, regardless of age, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, sexual behavior, class, immigration status, race, ethnicity, language ability, or disability status. You also have that fundamental right even in State custody, control, or supervision including in jail, prison, or under DCFS custody.

Beginning June 1st, ALL people in Illinois will have the right to keep their abortion completely confidential - including those under age 18. You won't have to notify a parent or legal guardian to access care.

Illinois Medicaid and nearly all health insurance plans are required to cover abortion care.

While medical providers and hospitals may refuse to offer abortions due to religious objections, under Illinois law, they must refer you and offer further information elsewhere on how to obtain care.

Under the Illinois Reproductive Health Act in 2019, anyone is entitled to abortion care at any point or stage within pregnancy - abortions in Illinois may and will be performed after fetus viability if necessary to protect the health or life of the carrier. Under the Reproductive Health Act, any risk (physical or emotional) is grounds to protect one's right to care, regardless of the pregnancy term.

Abortion providers in Illinois are not allowed to enforce any of the terrifying obstacles seen elsewhere - you should never legally be forced to endure waiting periods, view an ultrasound, or listen to misleading lectures prior to accessing care.

RESOURCES:

CHOICES 1203 Poplar Ave, Memphis TN [phone] [email protected] Originally from Tennessee, CHOICES is a reproductive healthcare clinic planning to move to Carbondale to become the Southernmost provider and ensure a lifeline for those in the Southeast. They also offer more than just reproductive health care - they'll also be providing Southern Illinois and the US South LGBTQ services like HRT and HIV care in the near future. We'll make sure to post more information as their move and expansion into Carbondale continues. 

Hope Clinic 1602 21st St, Granite City, IL [phone] [email protected] The Hope Clinic for Women is just a 10-minute drive east of downtown St. Louis - given its location, Hope Clinic will likely become a haven for our neighbors in the central Midwest without access to care.

Planned Parenthood of Fairview Heights 317 Salem Pl, Fairview Heights, IL [phone] A bit closer to Southern Illinois compared to Hope Clinic, Fairview Height's PP will become the most local branch to provide their comprehensive services - including abortion and contraceptives, STD testing and treatment, LGBTQ services, and general health care.

Planned Parenthood of Springfield 601 Bruns Ln, Springfield, IL [phone] PP also has several locations further north of Southern Illinois, including the Springfield branch. Like nearly all PP locations, they provide a huge range of health care options, in addition to connections within the state capital.

#pro choice #feminism #reproductive freedom #reproductive choice #reproductive health #southern illinois #carbondale #illinois #kentucky #tennessee #missouri #indiana #iowa #roe vs. wade #roe wade #abortion #abortion rights #bodily autonomy #reproductive rights

[kdsburneraccount]

Saw the score for the Maryland women's basketball game

#that is the nature of top seed vs bottom seed in march madness most of the time tho #and of course south carolina is also doing the same thing rn #as the holy cross twitter said: maryland is good #gonna assume iowa will be doing the same thing when they play later today (rest in peace southern louisiana) #south carolina has that georgia football vibe where there's probably some close games but when it comes down to it they're the best #anyways for the mens uhh would be funny if ucsb won against baylor (they won't) #big west rep 👍 #also kinda applies to hawaii but uhh lsu will probably kill them so. no hope. #basketball #ncaa wbb #march madness

[smurfgdaboss]

I got so many Projects on the table right now! I need a team! Let's Network.. Reach One Teach One! 🤞 I told Y'all I'm the Southern Hip-Hop Artist Of the Year RiGht?🏆 Yea I'm still In shock too! Like my whole Life Flashed Before My Eyez when DJ Immortal Said My Name! Made Me Reflect & Go back through my catalogs & books to remember why I started this in da beginning!!! I lost the cassettes yes but the lyrics & beats remain in my vault! I've came way to far! Never expected to be here!☠️💨💨 It's 2023 & I'm on top of my Game! So let's Get to Work!💯 All Platforms New Music Coming!🔱 @foreigngerman @obsouleet @vonte2turntt #southern #hiphop #artist #oftheyear #independentartist #recordingstudio #audioengineering #allplatforms #industryquality #musicrow #certified #80sbaby90skid #realmusicians #worldwide #bossoutlaw #iowa #kansas #michigan #tennessee #newmusic #google (at Clarksville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnvAp1IJOcy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#southern #hiphop #artist #oftheyear #independentartist #recordingstudio #audioengineering #allplatforms #industryquality #musicrow #certified #80sbaby90skid #realmusicians #worldwide #bossoutlaw #iowa #kansas #michigan #tennessee #newmusic #google

[2thinktalk]

University of Southern Carolina won the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship

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#2024 Championship #basketball #college women’s #Iowa #NCAA #Southern Carolina

[louis-damien]

Man it's smoky up here

#way less smoky in southern texas than southern iowa

[msclaritea]

"We need to speak bluntly about this:

The Southern Baptist Convention is not (and has never been) a theologically serious organization.

It is a political organization dedicated to marshaling and expanding the power of the southern aristocracy.

The SBC started when the dude (Basil Manly Sr.) who went on to serve as a Confederate chaplain demanded that slaveholders be allowed to hold Baptist offices.

The Triennial Convention balked at committing to that.

That’s the birth of the SBC.

*Not* theology.

That’s important to note, because it helps shed light on how they keep arriving at theologically unserious positions.

In 1995, the finally admitted to getting slavery and civil rights wrong.

But, not only had the rest of society already decided they were wrong…

They also never explained how their theological commitments led them to getting things so wrong.

The hermeneutical lens that led them to get slavery and Civil Rights wrong is the same one they’re using to kick churches out for ordaining women *right now*.

The SBC is hiding behind harmful interpretations of scripture and calling it fidelity to scripture.

It’s the same reason they used to defend slavery and oppose civil rights.

And they’re doing it again right in front of our faces.

The SBC’s history is clear: they lag behind on ethics. A literal war dragged them into a post-slavery reality. Legislation & shifting demographics dragged them into the era of “racial reconciliation”.

*Not* their theological commitments.

Theology has NEVER been the driver. 6/8

From its inception, the Southern Baptist Convention has been a political action committee (PAC) with some chaplains (and at least 1 seminary attached to it for all but 14 years of its existence).

They take political positions THEN develop the theology to support them. 7/8

When you see it as a PAC? The main thing holding the SBC together today??? Is money. There’s A LOT of money there.

More than most denominations.

Because the theology is secondary to the politics.

And politics loves money.

That’s the root of all evil."

"A landmark investigation into hundreds of cases of sexual abuse in Southern Baptist churches opened with a collage of pictures of the offenders, row after row of headshots and mugshots of men who had been accused of abusing a total of 700 victims over the past 20 years.

In Sunday’s report, the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News were able to do what victims say the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has failed to for years: provide a picture of the extent of the abuse within the Southern Baptist Convention and a database of those found guilty of their crimes.

With allegations against 380 church leaders in 20 states (a majority of whom were convicted or took plea deals), it’s believed to be the biggest report on sexual abuse among Southern Baptists in the movement’s history. The report confronts the longstanding defense that the organization can only do so much to monitor abuse since affiliated congregations operate autonomously.

Another set of pictures captures a sense of the impact of abusers in Southern Baptist congregations. In response to the investigation, Southern Baptist women and fellow Christians shared childhood photos on Twitter from the age when they first suffered abuse.

Dozens joined a thread started by Living Proof Ministries founder and popular Bible teacher Beth Moore, including advocate and abuse survivor Jules Woodson and other ministry leaders.

Over the past couple years, the #MeToo campaign has raised awareness about abuse within the SBC and galvanized official efforts to improve the denomination’s response. Last December, as the Fort Worth Star-Telegram rounded up more than 400 allegations among independent Baptists, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) executive vice president Philip Bethancourt wrote, “it would not be surprising if journalists are working on a similar type of story focused on Southern Baptist churches as well.”

That day has come. TheHouston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News revealed in the first of a three-part series that more than 200 Southern Baptist abusers were convicted or took plea deals for their crimes since 1998, including 90 who remain in prison and 100 who are registered as sex offenders.

Even worse, “at least 35 church pastors, employees and volunteers who exhibited predatory behavior were still able to find jobs at churches during the past two decades,” the reporters found. “In some cases, church leaders apparently failed to alert law enforcement about complaints or to warn other congregations about allegations of misconduct.”

In response, Southern Baptist leaders and pastors have spoken even more frankly about the problem of abuse and reiterated their commitment to more rigorous, research-driven efforts launched last year to address the issue. SBC president J. D. Greear called the voices in the article “a warning sent from God, calling the church to repent.”

“The Baptist doctrine of church autonomy should never be a religious cover for passivity towards abuse. Church autonomy is about freeing the church to do the right thing—to obey Christ—in every situation. It is a heinous error to apply autonomy in a way that enables abuse,” he said in a statement to CT. “As a denomination, now is a time to mourn and repent. Changes are coming. They must.”

During the 2018 scandal involving Paige Patterson’s response to abuse claims, top leaders in the denomination had already begun to see the extent of the problem among their own. “When people said that evangelicals had a similar crisis coming, it didn’t seem plausible—even to me,” wrote Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al Mohler, comparing the situation within the SBC to the abuse crisis in the Catholic church. “I was wrong. The judgment of God has come.”

Last year’s annual meeting of the SBC came in the wake of Patterson’s departure and hosted prominent discussions of women and abuse. As incoming president, Greear formed a study group in partnership with the ERLC to examine sexual abuse in the denomination and improve resources for its leaders.

“Our approach is seeking to encourage policies and practices that protect children and the vulnerable from sexual abuse in autonomous but cooperating churches, all the while promoting compliance with laws and providing compassionate care for those who have survived trauma,” ERLC president Russell Moore wrote.

“True, we have no bishops. But we have a priesthood of believers. And a key task of that priesthood is maintaining the witness of Christ in the holiness and safety of his church. That means training churches to recognize sexual predation and how to deal with charges or suspicions when they emerge, and equipping churches to stop the pattern, in their church or from their church to others.”

In all, the SBC numbers 47,000 congregations and 15 million members.

Still, “it would be sorrow if it were 200 or 600” cases of abuse, Augie Boto, interim president of the SBC’s executive committee, told the Houston Chronicle. “What we're talking about is criminal. The fact that criminal activity occurs in a church context is always the basis of grief. But it’s going to happen. And that statement does not mean that we must be resigned to it.”

Individual churches and pastors have described the abuse within the SBC in stark terms and pledged to bring it to light.

“It is clear from the article that these weren’t isolated cases. Instead, it reveals a pattern of abuse and cover-up that extends to some of the highest levels of leadership inside the SBC,” wrote the Sojourn Collective, a church network based in Louisville. “Christians should be thankful for reporting like this that exposes systemic sin; it’s the only way it can be purged out of our institutions.”

Texas pastor Bart Barber, who previously proposed a resolution for the SBC to decry sexual misconduct and institutions that tolerate it, has lamented the instinct to cover up or downplay abuse to preserve the church’s reputation.

“Any church the @HoustonChron has identified as employing a pastor with a history of sexual misconduct, if still employing that pastor in June and haven’t already left the SBC by then, should be disfellowshipped at that meeting,” tweeted Barber, of First Baptist Church of Farmersville. “I’m willing to stand up and make that motion.”

The newspaper reported that the SBC executive committee had previously said it would be “justified” to cut ties with affiliated churches that employed known sex offenders. Greear told the Houston Chronicle that any congregation with a “pattern of sinful neglect—regarding abuse or any other matter” should be removed from the SBC.

Last year, the SBC’s International Mission Board also launched an independent investigation of how it handled a 2007 abuse allegation.

The Texas newspapers’ investigation comes less than a week after the Today show featured abuse allegations against New Tribes Mission. CT had previously reported on efforts to investigate misconduct among the missionary organization..."

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — "Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention said Friday that several of the denomination's major entities are under investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice in the wake of its multiple problems related to clergy sex abuse.

The SBC's Executive Committee has received a subpoena, but no individuals have been subpoenaed at this point, according to the committee's lawyers.

"This is an ongoing investigation and we are not commenting on our discussions with DOJ," they said.

The statement from SBC leaders — including Executive Committee members, seminary presidents and heads of mission organizations — gave few details about the investigation, but indicated it dealt with widespread sexual abuse problems that have rocked the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.

"Individually and collectively each SBC entity is resolved to fully and completely cooperate with the investigation," the statement said. "While we continue to grieve and lament past mistakes related to sexual abuse, current leaders across the SBC have demonstrated a firm conviction to address those issues of the past and are implementing measures to ensure they are never repeated in the future."

There was no immediate comment from the Justice Department about the investigation.

Top Southern Baptists stonewalled and denigrated sex abuse victims, report says

Earlier this year, an SBC sex abuse task force released a blistering 288-page report from outside consultant, Guidepost Solutions. The firm's seven-month independent investigation found disturbing details about how denominational leaders mishandled sex abuse claims and mistreated victims.

The report focused specifically on how the SBC's Executive Committee responded to abuse cases, revealing that it had secretly maintained a list of clergy and other church workers accused of abuse. The committee later apologized and released the list, which had hundreds of accused workers on it.

Following the release of the Guidepost report, the SBC voted during its annual meeting in June to created a way to track pastors and other church workers credibly accused of sex abuse and launch a new task force to oversee further reforms. Earlier this week, SBC President Bart Barber, who also signed Friday's statement, announced the names of the Southern Baptist pastors and church members who will serve on the task force.

Southern Baptist sex abuse survivor Christa Brown, who has long called for the SBC to do more to address sex abuse across its churches, celebrated the news of the DOJ investigation.

"Hallelujah. It's about time," Brown said in a Friday post on Twitter. "This is what's needed."

Another survivor, Jules Woodson, went public with her abuse story in 2018 and has been pushing for reforms in the SBC ever since. On Friday, she reacted to the investigation news by tweeting, "May justice roll down!!!"

Oklahoma pastor Mike Keahbone, who serves on the Executive Committee and is the vice chair of the new abuse task force, said on Twitter that the investigation "is not something to fear ... If there is more work to do, we will do it."

Instead of doing something about the very real abuse culture in their organization, the Southern Baptist Convention simply decided to get rid of women. It makes perfect sense. We are natural protectors. American churches have become cesspools of sex abuse against women and children, both boys and girls. It's time to leave.

#SBC #Southern Baptist Convention #War On Women #Michael Caputo #Yradcaths #Russia involvement #The churches are tainted #Catholic Church #Evangelical #Check for corollstions between SBC locations and states voting for Child Labor Laws #Leave The Kids Alone indeed #Florida #Tennessee #Iowa

[thedoubleextrapoint]

Nebraska Football: Game-by-Game Predictions of the 2022 Season

Yeah, Husker Fan, it's been a while. But with the new season starting, we're back, and there's a lot to talk about!

Every year for some time, we at the Double Extra Point have done a game-by-game prediction of the upcoming season. After the last few years, and with all of the changes to the program, guessing the 2022 season seems like an even more daunting task than normal. But we’d hate to disappoint you. So once more unto the breach we go. We will use the same technique we have before, breaking games into…

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#georgia southern football #indiana football #iowa football #michigan football #minnesota football #north dakota football #northwestern football #oklahoma football #Purdue football #rutgers football #wisconsin football

[20th-century-railroading]

The Old CP in Iowa by Don Kalkman Via Flickr: Canadian Pacific train 227 was rolling through Davenport behind Dual Flag SD40-2 6034 and Soo Line GP38-2 4417 on a typical dismal winter day in Iowa. December 17, 1995

#cp #canadian pacific #soo #soo line #kcs #kansas city southern #1995 #trains #freight train #history #davenport #iowa

[acarefullycuratedmess]

Fort Dodge, Des Moines, & Southern Railroad

#DSM #Des Moines #Fort Dodge Des Moines & Southern Railroad #IA #Interurban #Iowa #RR #Railroad #Retro #Vintage

[old-skulls]

what is it about jason kolchek house of ashes that makes you people describe him so inaccurately

#last night i saw a fic with tags calling him a “little twink’’ #do you know what a twink is #and i saw something a while ago saying he was IOWAN #iowa is smack dab in the middle of the fucking midwest WHAT would ever make you think he’s iowan #he has the strongest southern accent he physically could

[theriverlandspodcast]

Looking for first hand experiences with Vampires in the Midwest and Upland South

We are looking for stories from the south and midwest regarding vampires of all kinds.

We are interested in talking with someone regarding the paranormal or vampiric experiences or encounters in the St Louis or surrounding areas/midwest that have coincided with their interests in Vampire: The Masquerade, LARPing or cosplay.

Specifically, we are interested in stories or encounters of LARPers who have had encounters with spectral vampires, psychic vampires, energy or essence draining corporeal and non-corporeal entities, vampiric thoughtforms, physical manifestations, revenants and of course the sentient walking dead.

Were you out at the local Vampire ball and encountered something that just didn’t make sense? 

Were you and your friends playing with the Spirit Board and summon up something that began to steal your energy or life force? 

Have you see the tall thin pale thing that haunts your local cemetery? 

Get ahold of us.

Lets talk. 

[email protected] 

#vampire #vampyre #nosferatu #wampyr #the riverlands podcast #Kentucky #southern illinois #arkansas #St Louis Missouri #missouri #indiana #iowa #tennessee #ohio #louisville #memphis #little rock #kansas city #oklahoma #midwest #midwest gothic #Midwestern Gothic #Southern Gothic #vampire the requiem #vampire the masquerade #gangrel #bruja #tremere

[decolonize-the-left]

Do I think it's suspicious that my nuclear town has the same rail provider as Pine Bluff and that it suddenly stops before it reaches the nuclear site?

Yeah.

And I recalled that pretty recently the USA said that they are finally looking into a better railway system as well.

So I was wondering if the new rail would be largely placed for military purposes and wanted to see how our rails consider that now.

Because surely... Surely these rail ways wouldn't exist solely for weapons right?

So I made a shitty overlay of where the current freight rails are (according to the link) in relation to Lockheed Martin and Pine Bluff.

For obvious reason I (personally) can't overlay more places than this.

But Boeing being in Houston and St Louis is the cause of some of the other concentrations of freight rail we see. The Iowa Ammunition Plant is also clearly there.

And damn, that's a lot of track for things to go wrong isnt it?

Not that I condone anything like that cuz it's totally illegal and unsafe to just sit on tracks or otherwise stop the USA from transporting weapons and commiting genocide.

Its just an observation. I'm just saying.

For educational purposes.

Tacoma and Oakland protesters made a whole cargo ship of military supplies stay docked, didn't they?

And didn't Netanyahu say that was super detrimental?

Yeah anyway it'd be crazy if something happened to the tracks, too

Merry Christmas

#operation polar express lmfaoooooo

[smurfgdaboss]

I got so many Projects on the table right now! I need a team! Let's Network.. Reach One Teach One! 🤞 I told Y'all I'm the Southern Hip-Hop Artist Of the Year RiGht?🏆 Yea I'm still In shock too! Like my whole Life Flashed Before My Eyez when DJ Immortal Said My Name! Made Me Reflect & Go back through my catalogs & books to remember why I started this in da beginning!!! I lost the cassettes yes but the lyrics & beats remain in my vault! I've came way to far! Never expected to be here!☠️💨💨 It's 2023 & I'm on top of my Game! So let's Get to Work!💯 All Platforms New Music Coming!🔱 #southern #hiphop #artist #oftheyear #independentartist #recordingstudio #audioengineering #allplatforms #industryquality #musicrow #certified #80sbaby90skid #realmusicians #worldwide #bossoutlaw #iowa #kansas #michigan #tennessee #newmusic #google (at Clarksville, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnvAp1IJOcy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#southern #hiphop #artist #oftheyear #independentartist #recordingstudio #audioengineering #allplatforms #industryquality #musicrow #certified #80sbaby90skid #realmusicians #worldwide #bossoutlaw #iowa #kansas #michigan #tennessee #newmusic #google