Got to my first duty station and was there for less than 3 weeks. I came in with 5 other people who were in my class at AIT. Random piss test, and two of my fellow classmates popped hot. One, a nice country boy, white, who was mediocre at PT, and looked like a soup sandwich in his uniform. Two, black troop from…

They’ve already been doing that for years. China, in a very calculating move, has been bumping billions into Africa for development, infrastructure, business, travel, and more with some areas actually teaching their kids Chinese along with English so they can get jobs in Chines mines, factories or travel to China. http…

They normally don’t really go on a PR campaign. It’s the locals that draw attention to it unless it CAIR which is all about PR. A lot of mosques low key raise funds all the time and donate them to local initiatives and families but don’t call press conferences for it.

It’s a fact. It’s because most liberals aren’t really allies and only can engage when it affects them or engages someone that looks like them... References: Viola Liuzzo, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, the lack of support for DC Missing Girls and much more. With that being said, these men are heroes for getting…

Different on a few levels. First, that statue was removed only in Firdor square and the dude who started taking it down regrets doing it. Saddam’s face and statues were still all over his palaces and everywhere so it was only the large single statue that was torn down.

Over time you’d see some Iraqis destroying murals…

I had a discussion with someone the other day and it went like this:

Friend: “taking down the statues is erasing history. Our kids in the future won’t know the history or story of what happened.
Me: “do you know who Adolf Hitler is? Do you know who Pol Pot is? How do you if there are no statues of them everywhere?…

I wish the NBPP would go away. They are dishonoring the memory and the work of the BPP.

HAHA. I’ve seen them all. Bought them all at the PX when I was at Baghdad International Airport. Not going to lie; the day Season 6.2 came out on Amazon I bought it and had it shipped to me. I’m a huge fan and I recommend it to men because it’s basically a “how not to be an asshole” guide for relationships.

The answer to your question is found in former officers who become activists. They system itself corrupts from the top down. The culture; the language; the training all sets up an environment that reinforces the existing culture.

A better example is this... does someone enlisting in the military change the culture of…

I was about to comment about Blair Underwood so thanks! Miranda got her swirl on after fantasizing with that Mimi show.

I also love Sex and the City. A bunch of us started watching it on deployment because there was a shortage of DVDs and one of the female NCOs had Season 1-5. Imagine a bunch of dusty soldiers sitting…

Pretty much sums it up:

I’m an Ohio, Black Jill Stein voter. I will point out that the Green Party and Libertarian Party have joined together a few times to file suits for voter access, ballot access, and more. The argument being, if the Democrats, and Republicans can restrict and block access to polling stations, early voting, adding undue…

When they ask for those donations remember to hold them accountable... your money is your voice. The real MVPs of today:

Here is an article about what I commented on earlier: http://www.npr.org/2016/12/08/504718239/military-trained-police-may-be-slower-to-shoot-but-that-got-this-vet-fired

The irony of a political party in complete shambles that lost nearly all control at the federal and state level making fun of another party is not lost on me.

Yes, that’s correct as they had their 13 point plan, and pushed their policy work into other groups like Campaign Zero and were really successful. The conservative pundits benefited from the fact that the name “Black Lives Matter” was so off putting to their viewers, that they would never take 5 minutes and educate…

I don’t know if military training makes a better cop. Based off what I’ve experienced, it’s pretty split with a lot of veterans not adapting to the civilian police force, and doing a few years then leaving or others that buy into it wholeheartedly.

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Someone should tell her what happened in Beloved and how the main character killed her daughter in the same manner of Margaret Garner.

Well their wages were already low to begin with so I’m not sure it would have had as big of an effect. I don’t think it’s as prevalent especially in the black community because those who came north during the Great Migration eventually settled in the city. The cost of living in the country was offset by being able to…