It got some attention from viewers of last night's debate, and got him some good press. Here's NBC:
The design is called the “Jerusalem Cross,” and as Steyer wrote on Facebook late last year, he does it “every day to remind myself that ultimately, the truth always wins.”Also: "to remind myself every day always to tell the truth."
What are you drawing on your hand every day? Well, let's assume you have to draw something on your hand every day — the same thing — kind of like getting a tattoo, but with more day-to-day mindfulness — what would you draw?
Remember when Sarah Palin wrote on her hand?
Here's the Wikipedia article on the Jerusalem Cross. Excerpt:
While the symbol of the five-fold cross appears to originate in the 11th century, its association with the Kingdom of Jerusalem dates to the second half of the 13th century.I looked up Steyer's religion. From Wikipedia:
The symbolism of the five-fold cross is variously given as the Five Wounds of Christ, Christ and the four evangelists, or Christ and the four quarters of the world...
The emblem used on the seals of the rulers of Jerusalem during the 12th century was a simplified depiction of the city itself, showing the tower of David between the Dome of the Rock and the Holy Sepulchre, surrounded by the city walls....
In late medieval heraldry the Crusader's cross was used for various Crusader states...
The papal Order of the Holy Sepulchre uses the Jerusalem cross as its emblem. It is also used by the Custodian of the Holy Land, head of the Franciscan friars who serve at the holy Christian sites in Jerusalem.
When Albert, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) visited Jerusalem in 1862, he had a Jerusalem cross tattooed on his arm....
In the early 20th century, the Jerusalem cross also came to be used as a symbol of world evangelisation in Protestantism. A derived design known as the "Episcopal Church Service Cross" was first used during World War I by the Anglican Episcopal Church in the United States....
In his late 30s, Steyer had "a revelation" and began an involvement in the Episcopal Church, the religion of his mother (his father was a non-practicing Jew). He has stated that during this time he became much more interested in religion and theology. The new interest reportedly galvanized his political advocacy.It's not obvious to me why Steyer understands the Jerusalem cross to mean that "the truth always wins," but that did jog my memory to think of the Bible quote "you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." Here's how that appears in context, in John 8 (NIV):
To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants and have never been slaves of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, because you have no room for my word. I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, and you are doing what you have heard from your father.”
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Are all these people just nuts?
Did Steyer write on his hands when he was making millions building coal-fired power plants in Asia.
What a total and complete waste of money.
I assume his desire for "truth" stops at "Climate Change."
You have to remind yourself to be truthful?
Isn't taking on a Crusader symbol a bit politically incorrect?
If memory serves me correctly, Mollie Hemingway appeared on a segment on Fox on Ash Wednesday one year, and for a couple of weeks afterwards there was reporting to the effect that she was some kind of nut. Well, I know exactly what kind of nut she is: Lutheran.
Nope. More pedo-code for sure. What is it with Dems and writing illuminati crap on their hands?
My best friend in high school used to write on her hands so she would remember to do her homework and stuff.
Even as a 16 year-old girl I thought that was silly.
A grown billionaire? For reals?
Simplest tic-tac-toe game ever!
And no, I dont care if my making fun of Steyer will cause Banned Commenter LLR-lefty Chuck to want to FIGHT me!
Trump Jr. posed with a gun that had that cross on it and CNN labeled it a hate symbol (https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/politics/donald-trump-jr-hillary-clinton-rifle/index.html). I wonder if Steyer will get the same treatment.
Jesus was such a bullshitter.
If there’s one thing I have to write on my hand everyday it’s Bullshit
Yeesh. I have written phone numbers on my hand but that's it.
But this raises important questions: does he use indelible ink?
Always black?
Narr
Inquiring minds want to know
Tic tac toe
I used to write a" P" on my hand to remind myself to sit up straight, use better posture. It helped. I still find myself slouching from time to time, but way better than before.
So if the Jerusalem cross isn’t on his hand, he’s lying? What is wrong with him that he needs to remind himself to tell the truth?
I write my interval distance and repetitions and target split times on my hand before I go to the track. Can't do complicated things like divide by 4 when I'm oxygen deprived :-)
The symbols on Steyer's hand were to remind him to wear the plaid tie last night.
Looks like it worked.
The Southern Poverty (for thee but not for me) Law Center was just lecturing us that these symbols are white supremacists signs.
Funny I didn't see a bunch of articles today calling Steyer a Nazi white supremacists.
He was trying to play tic-tac-toc, but failed, proving that when you're an insider and willing to cheat Everyman, you can become a billionaire.
Protection against spells cast by Ms. Warren. That's why he had the courage to approach her and Mr. Sanders after the debate.
Also- my dad had that tie!
What a load of crap. How retarded would you have to be to think this wasn't a deliberate ploy for attention? Democrat retarded.
Team LLR-FAKECON ACTIVATE!!
Twitter attacks approaching according to the following code:
1 if by land
2 if by sea
3 if by air
4 if by meme
For I the Lord thy God will hold thyright hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
Isiah 41:13
John Henry
The stupidest tattoo I ever saw was on a (guess the gender) wrist and said "don't forget to breathe."
John Henry
John henry: "The stupidest tattoo I ever saw was on a (guess the gender) wrist and said "don't forget to breathe."
Is LLR a gender?
Ok. Another truth talker. So, Steyer likes to draw on his body, and conflate logical domains for leverage.
I get swing tips ("Don't move your feet." "Slow backswing") printed on my golf balls. When I play with a business prospect, I put sales motivational tips on them ("Always be closing". "Ask for the order.")
Does that count?
Is LLR a gender?
A politically-correlated gender (i.e. set of attributes).
He would have owned the debate if he had that on his forehead.
Unfortunately, the truth does not always win.
"Peter Drucker, who was working in Germany as a journalist during Weimar, astutely observed that fascism succeeded in spite of the chronic lies spread by the Nazis, not because of them. The rise of Nazis, not unlike the rise of Trump, took place in the face of 'a hostile press, a hostile radio, a hostile cinema, a hostile church, and a hostile government which untiringly pointed out the Nazi lies, the Nazi inconsistency, the unattainability of their promises, and the dangers and folly of their course.' Drucker, in a remark we should interpret as a grave warning, noted that no one 'would have been a Nazi if rational belief in the Nazi promises had been a prerequisite.' As Hett writes, such hostility to reality translates 'into contempt for politics, or, rather, desire for a politics that was somehow not political: a thing that can never be.'
“'The people are tired of reason, tired of thought and reflection,' the left-wing playwright Ernst Toller wrote of Germans in the Weimar Republic. 'They ask, what has reason done in the last few years, what good have insights and knowledge done us.'
"When ruling elites are unable to protect the rights and needs of citizens, or no longer interested in doing so, they become disposable. An enraged public sees any political figure or political party willing to attack and belittle the traditional ruling elites as an ally. The more crude, irrational or vulgar the attack, the more the disenfranchised rejoice. Lies and truth no longer matter. This was the appeal of the fascists. It is the appeal of Trump. Democracy was not extinguished in 2016 when Trump was elected. It was slowly strangled to death by the Republican and Democratic parties on behalf of their corporate masters."
Dan Rather focused on courage, because he long ago gave up truth.
when i was working, i'd frequently talking to my boss, and she'd tell me something like:
"Call Tammi in Rates and Forms, and ask her when they need the inland marine rate pages"
So, i'd take my pen out from behind my ear; and write:
Tammi R&F inland marine
On my arm. It would piss her off (which, made me do it MORE). She'd ALWAYS be offering me a pen (which i kept behind my ear 7am-3:30 M-F for 12 years); And would occasionally offer me paper... But She felt that a worker should carry paper with them WHERE EVER they went.
I felt that was stupid. You right it on a paper, go to your desk; put the paper down and :
was it inland marine, or personal umbrella?
It's been MY experience, that your arms go with you nearly Everywhere you go.
(and ball point pen washes RIGHT off... Which is WHY the back of your hand is for LOSERS!)
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John henry: "The stupidest tattoo I ever saw was on a (guess the gender) wrist and said "don't forget to breathe."
ha! today's XKCD Tattoo Ideas
Cookie outdoes himself.
"to remind myself every day always to tell the truth."
Truthful people don't need to be reminded.
It's the untruthful who face the daily struggle.
It's Steyer's reminder to buy more TV ads. You can never have too many.
we just go with a simple "L" and "R"
... after figuring out which goes where. Works for feet also
Barry Goldwater had tattooed his hand several times. It related to his belonging to some Native American-ish fraternity or cult or something.
Rich people are as a class crazy, so Steyer's self-mutilation isn't surprising. Donald Trump is about twice as rich as Tom Steyer; but Michael Bloomberg is over ten times as rich as both of them put together.
The rise of Nazis, not unlike the rise of Trump
Stopped reading there.
(Just kidding. I never read any of Cook's tripe.)
>> Cookie outdoes himself. <<
Heh. The name "Truthdig" was the giveaway.
His truth. It might not be my truth.
"The adoption of these symbols is meant largely as a way of signaling anti-Muslim sentiment in particular, but also this notion that Christianity needs to retake western civilization," said Howard Graves, a senior research analyst at the SPLC.'
I may have to take another look at Steyer. Anyone who hates Muslims can't be all bad.
Oh what a relief. I thought it was self harm scars. He looks so tightly wound. Not a stable genius at all.
ah truth dig, for the ones that thought the dog trainer was too conservative, two Goodwin demerits, steyer will leave freezing at home, probably disarmed, I'm guessing he's not keen on freedom of speech either, another goldman apparat, that made it big,
apropos of nothing they are bringing back walker texas ranger with padalecki of supernatural,
Robert Cook is very very upset about our full employment and rising wages!
Oh to experience the joys of socialism by eating ones pets and wiping oneself with ones hand in lieu of toilet paper and going to bed early because no electricity!
That darn Trump is messing up The End Of History!
Wrecker!!
The Knights Templar continue to do their thing.
Cookie--Are you f**king nuts?
Don't forget to breathe (heh). Then breathe slowly. The panic will pass.
If he's white it's a racist dog whistle for plus-sign burnings.
the end of history, is not like the reset in crisis on infinite earth, it only goes back to 1917, it makes me think fukuyama, who recently penned an ode to the deep state, isn't really sharp to begin with,
but this is okay though,
https://twitter.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/1217590121115144192
consent of the governed isn't really their thing,
http://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=385311
The Weimar government wasn’t competent.
It led to the rise of the Nazis and Communists in Germany.
The Germans were doomed either way. Russia ended up with East Germany. Those folks had to live through the Nazis and the Communists.
So Trump is Hitler and Bernie is Stalin.
Or progressives who don’t know shit about the Nazis or the Commies make stupid Nazi comparisons.
Trump isn’t even Franco, much less Hitler.
The Commies in the US were against the US getting into WW2. Until Hitler broke his pact with Stalin.
Then the Red Scum saud Johnny get your gun.
Despicable people.
well the depth of the depression, and the deflation would have taxed any government, streseman had he lived might have managed, but the hunger chancellor, could not, and then stalin targeted the social democrats, because he saw then as the obstacles, and the armed wings of the communists (witnessed by jan valtin, aka albert krug) and the Nazis fought in the streets,
The Brown Shirts vs. The Red Front.
Total scum.
But the Reds in the US were only against the Nazis. They had no fucking problem with Communists killing people. None.
Bernie’s field organizers want to bring the gulag to the US.
And re-education camps.
Red Scum. Just like Bernie.
indeed like the green shirt islamists and the red
https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1217498209771311105?s=20
vampires as in v wars are more subtle,
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/01/u-s-space-force-bible-blessing-sparks-outrageous-outrage/#more-306287
Would Tom Steyer just drop out already? Another useless bozo Billionaire.
In my experience, anyone that asserts they are telling, or going to tell, you the truth, is lying. Truth does not need an introduction.
Who is this Tom Steyer you speak of? Is he the hypocritical billionaire whom is polling at less than zero?
Narciso, thanks for sharing the Virginia info. I see that West Virginia is asking the 2A counties to secede and join the state of West Virginia, which incidentally (you probably already know) was created in a split from Virginia during the Civil War.
VOTE STEYER TO RE-TAKE THE HOLY LAND!
MAKE HAGIA SOPHIA A CHURCH AGAIN!
SINE CONSTANTINOPOLI NON PAX!
(I'm sorry, it's just the Frankish ancestry in my veins bursting through again. It happens...)
"Robert Cook is very very upset about our full employment and rising wages!"
Not upset; disbelieving.
The left's tribalism relies more on belief than reality to sustain itself.
Most leftists would be happier believing something else. Watch Joel Osteen.
And learn to code.
I finally got around to reading the Wikipedia article.
First question I have is whether that is a Jerusalem cross. The Wikipedia pics show crossbars at the end of each arm. I binged images and found a couple hundred. With 2-3 exceptions all had the cross bar.
If he doesvthis commonly, as he claims, it should appear in other pictures over the years. Does it?
John Henry
Each major arm. Many of the pics had crossbars on the minor crossbar arms but many, perhaps25% didn't
John Henry
Speaking of Socialism, here's an interesting Wikipedia article on Modern Flat Earth Societies.
So Dem blillionaire has to remind himself to tell the truth? Figures.
,,,he does it “every day to remind myself that ultimately, the truth always wins.”
Does Steyer wash it off every day in order to draw it again the next?
If so, that's a lot of unnecessary hand washing.
Wouldn't it be more carbon friendly if Steyer just darkened the previous day's remnant?
A Jerusalem Cross? Ok. The Swastika is a symbol of good fortune.
Those are crosshairs and that is his hit list.
Who does he want dead?
"Wouldn't it be more carbon friendly if Steyer just darkened the previous day's remnant?"
Shouldn't he just have it tattooed onto his hand?
If he were Republican it would be a white supremacy symbol for sure.
But I guess it's just something liberal multibillionaires do when they're bored.
Anyone checked Bloomberg's hands lately?
But the Reds in the US were only against the Nazis. They had no fucking problem with Communists killing people. None.
1/15/20, 6:11 PM
The Reds in the US did a very quick about face when Hitler and Stalin signed that non-aggression pact. Overnight, the Leftists became anti-war pacifists. Then Hitler invaded the USSR and suddenly the Reds were all in favor of defeating the Nazis.
Stalin said "Jump" and those Commie asswipes said "How high, master?"
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