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Walking in Hollywood
One night in Hollywood Division I had to work with an officer that I really didn’t like. This guy was the cliche’d stereotype of what everyone hates about police.
Walking in Futenma Town
Walking down those narrow, shadowy streets, past widows that slid open and closed horizontally rather than vertically, my mind tormented me
Pat Robertson, when you’re right, you’re right!
I have often asked: When, oh when will white people put a stop to this shit?! Pat Robertson and I may be on common ground here.
Back in The Game
If I seem to be MIA, now you know why...
The Invention of the Police
Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
Are You Having Trouble Logging In?
This morning, I had to jump through several hoops in order to log into the website. I had to answer three different verifications which was annoying and time-consuming. This morning, I had to jump through several hoops in order to …
Europe 1348
Art thou more afeared of side effects than of death?
The Plane that Lands
[T]here is professionalism among police officers. There are agencies which have higher standards than others. The criticisms I hear lately are moronic.
Scene from a Georgia voting line
see attached clip from Ben-Hur
Accountability – one sentence post
It’s a one sentence post. There’s no sense in reading an excerpt, particularly given that this excerpt contains one more sentence than the post does.
You said you want numbers
The poll — which was conducted July 9-12, before the death of civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis — found that a majority of voters, 56 percent, say that American society is racist, while 40 percent disagree.
53 years ago today, March 31st, 1968
A Democratic president from Texas--a Democratic president who had been a segregationist for most of his career--finally and firmly embraced civil rights.
Piano Magic Tricks
These tricks will work on an acoustic piano. If you hold down a key gently enough for the note not to sound and hit the right other key sharply, a third predictable note will ring.
Revenge of the Boring Man
My wife, when having trouble sleeping, would sometimes ask me to tell her about the overtone series.
BindleSnitch Update
Minor update that will not affect site operations.
Fish Scandals: Guardian Warns Fake Fish Frauds Spoiling Dinners
depending upon the breed of fish and the country where it is eaten, anywhere from 25% to 50% (or more) of the fish you eat may not be the fish you thought you bought, and this is a problem that …
NEW REPORT WARNS IMMUNOSUPPRESSED PATIENTS ON COVID RISKS
Ever since the Coronavirus first struck, I've been wondering how will such a virulent virus affect immunosuppressed people? More importantly, how will immunosuppression regimens affect the vaccines that were being developed to treat this new plague. A new article in the …LBJ, The Ides of March, and Voting Rights
In a 'whites only' America, the votes of nonwhite citizens are fraudulent by definition.
Darnella Frazier
"The teenager who recorded the viral video of Derek Chauvin detaining George Floyd at a Minneapolis street corner has taken to social media to open up for the first time about what she documented in her neighborhood nearly 10 months …
Which posts would you save?
When you look at your posts, which ones would you want to save and why? I guess this is sort of an open call.
Zoom adventure
Spooky green-screen effects
Civilization: It Really Could Work
I have had few experiences with government services since my time in the Marines, so my impressions of them basically remained from that time. Well, things have changed, and not for the better
WRITERS WANTED – INQUIRE WITHIN
BindleSnitch is a collectively-owned, cooperatively managed media platform designed to publish and promote original, member-created content. Think Facebook without Zuckerberg, Twitter without Trump, Medium without the clickbait
Texas, Take 3
You’d think that with all that weather-related power grid crap that the Texas government wouldn’t do anything else stupid. You’d think.Warning About Checklist Function
A few words of warning about the Uncategorized Category and a question about going into competition with YouTube.
Black History To Become A Required Offering in CT High Schools
All Connecticut high schools will be required to offer an elective course in African American, Puerto Rican and Latino history by 2022....Texas, Take 2
On August 29, 2011, I published a post on Open Salon called “Governor Perry’s Flirtation With Secession.” I’m reprinting it here, with an epilogue.
The Great Debate: Booker T. Washington vs. W.E.B. Du Bois
Both men wanted the same thing: socioeconomic equality for Blacks in America, but based on their experiences, they formed two contrasting opinions on how to get there.
Black History Month: Letter from a Birmingham Jail
"Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection." ----MLK
My Tarot Website
Years in the making!
Black History Month: The Obama Effect
Many Republicans had become so crazed and incensed over the mere thought of a black man in the White House that they had literally lost their minds to the notion that: "If they'll elect a black man, they'll elect me …
Re Domestic Terrorism: There Ought to Be a Law
Domestic terrorism is a national problem. It should also be a federal crime.
The Prescience of Abraham Lincoln as a Young Man
"If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide."
It’s Official….Take Note!
Without accountability, there can be no decency. Without decency, there can be no democracy.
Seeing the Capitol
Seeing it was jarring. I’ve never had a negative reaction to it before. It means something different now.
A Question About Election Fraud in Georgia
a) (1) A person commits the offense of criminal solicitation to commit election fraud in the first degree when, with intent that another person engage in conduct constituting a felony under this article, he or she solicits, requests, commands, importunes, …
Let’s Play ‘What If’ with a False Equivalence
What if Farrakhan and the event organizers had chosen to ignore and violate the terms and parameters of the permits issued and march up Pennsylvania Avenue with the expressed intention to storm the Capitol?
Impeachment Video Case & Summary of Team Trump Legal Defense
Resolved, the Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:
Don’t Put That in a Precarious Position
The idea of bipartisanship is exactly what we all know it to be...unless it isn’t. To the point, I think this recent Tango with the GOP over governance, and the desire to do so in a bipartisan manner, is a …
Here’s a Rich Fact
U.S. Billionaires Could Give $3,400 Stimulus Checks To 331 Million Americans Using Only Their Increase In Wealth Since March 2020...
A question, using the Rice Krispies jingle
Snat Crackle Tot
"It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it."
One Sentence Post: A Message to Democrats
We ran the table and won the government in a clean sweep...
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