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[HackerX]

Remind me, Fort Bragg is the fort that is literally a hellhole with a drug and rape problem right? Did they just MLK street it?

Eh, you could argue that about every big Army post. However, their MLK Street is an MLK Street that's exactly what you'd expect.

And lol. Are they going to punish people who still call it Bragg? If not, no one is going to call it the new bullshit.

 

[ForTheHoard]

Are they going to punish people who still call it Bragg?

They tried punishing us for pronouncing "Camp Lejeune" incorrectly. It was pronounced "Luh-June" for decades until someone made the point that it was pronounced "Lah-jern." The military will punish anyone for anything at any time, and they don't really need a reason.

 

[Random Internet Person]

In virtue signalling news, Fort Bragg has been renamed to Fort Liberty because "da Confederacy". So the lesson here is you can oppose the US government over a century ago and still have the military name things after you as long as you're not white (see the Apache helicopter).

Fort Liberty sounds like something out of a cartoon. I wonder if the name will be changed back once everything is no longer run by true believer leftists.

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

I just want to say that for the U.S., this years "Pride" Month is looking more like a financial dumpster fire. If anything, I hear more stories of companies like Target and Kohl's losing billions of money off the fact that they just don't get that no one wants gay propaganda made for toddlers in diapers.

It's funny, but it just sucks that they don't get it.

 

[clipartfan92]

https://twitter.com/USEmbassyKyiv/status/1664626373783166976 (archive.ph)

 

[silverstacks]

https://nitter.net/disclosetv/status/1664697290823553030

 

[DavidS877]

In virtue signalling news, Fort Bragg has been renamed to Fort Liberty because "da Confederacy". So the lesson here is you can oppose the US government over a century ago and still have the military name things after you as long as you're not white (see the Apache helicopter).

There's a city(small town) in northern California called Fort Bragg named after a military post there which was named after the same general. I'm really surprised they didn't rename that one first.

 

[Candlelight Desolation]

People talk about whites eventually being the minority in America, but once that switch is flipped and Hispanics are considered white, whites will again be the dominant majority in America for the foreseeable future.

Back in the 1800s, there were a lot of whites interbreeding with Native Americans, and even today, there are a lot of American white people with Indian ancestry as a result of that. I suppose the same thing is happening now with Mexicans and Cubans.

 

[Some Dumb Faggot]

I've been saying for years that in a few generations Hispanics in America will be considered "white" and people will think that it's weird that back in the day Hispanics were not considered white. Much like how many people nowadays think it's odd that Italians, Irish, etc were once not considered white. Most Hispanics I know claim Spanish heritage and Spain is just as European as Germany, England, etc. And if white means anything nowadays to most people, it means of European descent.

People talk about whites eventually being the minority in America, but once that switch is flipped and Hispanics are considered white, whites will again be the dominant majority in America for the foreseeable future.

The issue with that theory is that the illegals have no loyalty to the US. Once the US can't pay for welfare services anymore all of them will just flood back to their respective countries.

 

[Betonhaus]

The issue with that theory is that the illegals have no loyalty to the US. Once the US can't pay for welfare services anymore all of them will just flood back to their respective countries.

That's the best case scenario. it's possible some will become roving vagabonds or highwaymen once there is no longer any incentive to keep their heads down.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

These base renaming is just feel good shit.

With HUGE repercussions.

Think of all the military records that now have to be redone. All the signs. The maps. Updating computer systems.

Served at Fort Bragg? Welp, that fort never existed. Better get your records updated, because right now we can't accept them with Fort Bragg on them. What's that, it'll take six months to a year? That sounds like a YOU problem. LOL - Some fat civilian VA worker.

 

[Dog-O-Tron 5000v5.0]

As for allegiances, those are fluid at the best of times and this is far from those. There are a ton of reasons to swap sides as a staffer that have nothing to do with political allegiance. Increasing one's salary through negotiations, acting as a political saboteur, simple opportunism for a position, espionage, or even just base pragmatism. All these and far more make staff positions very, very open to swapping around even between parties. Hell, I personally have mentioned working for Democrats a few times.

Out of curiosity, what would you anecdotally ballpark the percentage of staffers, aides, wonks, etc who are True Belivers vs Fluid?

 

[Catch The Rainbow]

US navy took down all their pride stuff on Twitter. Hilarious that the gayest branch broke first.

 

[Bakarina]

US navy took down all their pride stuff on Twitter. Hilarious that the gayest branch broke first.

I would've thought the Chairforce was the gayest. They're a bunch of the whiniest faggots I've ever had the misfortune of meeting.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Pretty sure there is no need to keep a VP, it can be swapped.

iirc you have to get the Senate or some mess of Congress on board for a replacement veep

 

[Spasticus Autisticus]

iirc you have to get the Senate or some mess of Congress on board for a replacement veep

That's only true for mid-term VP changes. If Biden's handlers decide to replace Kamala on the re-election ticket, she would finish out her term and the replacement VP would be sworn in at the start of the second term.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

That's only true for mid-term VP changes. If Biden's handlers decide to replace Kamala on the re-election ticket, she would finish out her term and the replacement VP would be sworn in at the start of the second term.

And she would go absolutely bugfuck thermonuclear. It would be GLORIOUS.

 

[AnotherPleb]

And she would go absolutely bugfuck thermonuclear. It would be GLORIOUS.

Harris would dip if she was guaranteed a do-nothing seat in Cali again.

 

[Kane Lives]

Harris would dip if she was guaranteed a do-nothing seat in Cali again.

I guess it really depends if she is as ambitious as she was at the start of 2020. After all, Veep Harris has a first taste of true power, even if it's just playing nurse to some senile nobody. But it could be HER in that seat.

 

[clipartfan92]

They're getting uppity in Chicago about illegal aliens getting the gibs instead of the Kangs. I love it.

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Opinion | Influx of migrants in Chicago gives us an opportunity more than it creates a crisis
Chicago Sun-Times (archive.ph)
By Mary Mitchell
2023-06-03 00:43:28GMT

It will take all of us — not just government — to help migrants who have been bused to Chicago.


Mayor Brandon Johnson meets migrants staying at the Near West Police District station, 1412 S. Blue Island Ave., in May. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times

I do not intend to argue with my South Shore neighbors over whether the shuttered South Shore High School should be converted into a temporary respite center for the new immigrants.

I get it.

Government shouldn't force its will on taxpayers.

But what if these immigrants — bused here by an anti-immigration governor determined to stick it to sanctuary cities like Chicago — were fleeing a natural disaster in Haiti or trying to escape Ukraine? Would the community be as adamant about keeping them out?

Most of us hesitate to talk about race, choosing to ignore the most divisive issue that plagues our city. Those who do share their thoughts on race are often misunderstood.

But the sticky subject is front and center in the migrant crisis.

Ald. Jeanette Taylor (20th) didn't hide her feelings during the debate in the City Council, where $51 million to support the migrants won approval.

"I'm so tired of when it’s a crisis for everybody else, we go: 'We gotta do something,’ “ Taylor said, getting a standing ovation. “But, when we are having this violence in the Black community, nothing gets said or nothing gets done.”

Given the outrage at the meeting, apparently a lot of people agree with Taylor, who eventually voted for the funding.

Before you harshly judge the people who are outraged about the $51 million to help the migrant population, consider some of the reasons such tensions exist between Black and Latino people in the first place.

For starters, Black people who came from the South during the Great Migration faced an unparalleled level of discrimination and disinvestment. They went from enduring restrictive covenants to being stacked in high-rise public housing to dealing with blatant redlining.

Latino people were welcomed in neighborhoods where Black people were attacked just for passing through.

Latino people could find work on construction sites, while Black men had to fight to get into the trades.

The struggle to close the unemployment gap still exists for Black workers.

A recent University of Illinois Chicago Great Cities Institute report found the jobless rate for Black people 20 to 24 years old was 57% in 2021, up from 44% in 2019.

And the jobless rate for Black women 20 to 24 rose from 32% in 2019 to almost 60% in 2021.

These are challenging times for many Black people, who are living from check to check.

A political coalition has formed with Mayor Brandon Johnson's election and more Latino people elected to the City Council.

But that progress could be upended by the migrant crisis if we allow the "what about us?” mentality to take hold.

I met a week ago with a young Latina who was collecting essentials for migrants being housed on the South Side. Her ask was small: snacks, water, clothing, shoes, used bikes so the migrants who found work would have transportation and used luggage to keep up with their few possessions.

"The migrants literally have nothing," she told me.

My Christian beliefs won't let me close my hand to the migrants any more than I could pass an unhoused stranger on the street without feeling compelled to do something.

After all, there but for the grace of God go I.

This influx of migrants is an opportunity to show where we stand.

We can build on the legacy of segregation by turning our backs on those who do not look or talk like us.

Or we can do what Johnson talked about in his inauguration speech when he summoned the "soul of Chicago."

We can rise up and help build a better city for us all.