The problem is states like Alabama are the epicenter of a “self-enslavement” mentality. Why would Black people like in a state like that? Because they were born and raised there for generations and those generations pave passed along a certain “this is how it’s always been” attitude that even after the Civil Rights…

No, UA football is still not good.

If we get another 4 years of Trump it will be because of the BS-ers claiming to be “moderates” that like the racists politics of Trump but dont want to admit to being a republican.

This is a not shit sherlock moment. It was a problem 30 years ago when I enlisted. It was a problem 20 years ago when I got out. It’s a problem that has gotten worse since. We have a White Nationalism problem in THIS COUNTRY! And it’s centered the part of our society that gravitates toward the military, rural, white,…

“You do realize white nationalists and racists are two totally different types of people?” wrote another anonymous Air Force staff sergeant.

Nice strawman you ignorant piece of shit.

The NFL’s reaction, as well as that of Trump, Pence, and their supporters, has pushed me from someone who was silently supportive of Kaepernick taking a knee, to someone who now feels conflicted about personally standing for the anthem. I love America. It’s the greatest country on the planet. A year ago I would have…

Is it hilarious or sad that there’s more hand wringing over a simple protest gesture than there was after a player knocked his wife unconscious in an elevator and then dragged her down a hallway like a sack of trash?

The kneeling before the anthem was supposed to be the end all, be all, the big PR move that would wash it away, and then they could get back to the business of watching men kill themselves, building stadiums on taxpayer money, and then still making money in those stadiums even if no one shows up.

The players have only been required to be out on the field for the national anthem since 2009.

Removing the performative patriotism means losing lots of money because the department of defense is actually paying the NFL for the whole song and dance as a recruitment tool. I mean, the answer basically to everything in this country is “money”.

Yeah the whole group kneeling did reek of “ok we’ve done it, can we just get on with it now” PR spin.

So what’s the NFL’s endgame here. They could easily stop the protests dead by just removing this stupid dick-waving “patriotism” they only introduced a few years ago.

FADE IN on a lavishly-appointed sitting room. Dark wood, heavy drapes, and the stink of wealth. TWO WRINKLED OLD WHITE MEN in expensive suits sit on overstuffed leather furniture at a coffee table.

Tillerson has been slowly destroying the State department. The story of Tillerson as one of the adults is a myth being pushed by an incompetent media that struggles to understand that being an old white man does not automatically equal competence. Many, many people would do a better job than Tillerson in this…

Because he sounds competent. His baritone Texan drawl is soothing.

He’s not staffing State because by doing so he weakens the US and strengthens Russia on the world stage, which is what Putin wants. Failing that, a lack of a US diplomatic presence weakens the stability of world diplomacy; not that the US is the only player, but a huge part of foreign relations is keeping a balance.…

Arctic oil. Russian access.

Probably to move their private wealth from stocks or from offshore accounts tax free. Align yourself with a kleptocracy and you all but guarantee that you won’t get in trouble with any form of law enforcement.

Seriously! Why are there ALWAYS these types of comments on Tillerson stories?! How has this man convinced people that he’s actually competent and good at his job?