And here it comesโthe inevitable leftidiot cope.
DEI is the partisan 3rd-stringer factory. It's not a bug, it's the entire business model. You literally cannot defend "diversity" mandates without admitting you're picking people based on skin color and genitalia over merit. That is textbook racism and sexism, full stop. Every time you promote a less-qualified officer to hit a quota, you're blocking a better one. That's not "inclusion"โthat's institutional sabotage dressed up in rainbows.
As for your pious Marshall lecture: the Army's job is to be ready for war every single day, not just when the regime feels like it. The fact that you think "preparing for war" is some optional peacetime luxury tells me everything about the fantasy world you inhabit. Newsflash: the real one doesn't care about your feelings or your percentages. It cares about competence when the shooting starts.
Keep clutching those pearls, John. The adults are fixing what your crowd broke.
So..
I have some friends, they are very special to me and my wife. I pray for them every morning, he has a very rough disease, she is battling some C and their daughter is having health issues.
I hate that they struggle.
I hate that good people struggle.
I ask God almighty every morning to heal them, to heal our friend Carl, and many others.
The narrow path. It will be beautiful and everlasting...
I am sorry that any of you struggle, feel alone, feel under appreciated, feel worthless..
I promise you, you are worth God's love. I need you to know this.
Tell someone this is candy and they freeze.
It's called aruheitou.
A sugar sweet brought to Japan by Portuguese traders five centuries ago.
The hot sugar is pulled and shaped, one petal at a time.
Legend says a flower made by an Edo-era master was so lifelike that a real butterfly landed on it.
The original edible jewel, older than the famous ones you've seen.
@tanpukunokami Hunt Brothers pizza. American chain found mostly in rural area convenience stores.
10 toppings. Savory and slightly spicy flavor profile.
One of my favorites.
Every summer morning in Japan at 6:30 a.m., something special happens.
Kids โ half-asleep, summer vacation in full swing โ walk to the nearest park or schoolyard by themselves.
They line up with their neighbors: elderly couples, office workers, even toddlers holding their dadโs hand.
A familiar piano melody starts. Everyone moves in unison.
Three minutes later, itโs over. The kids get a stamp on their card.
This is radio taiso (radio calisthenics).
Started in 1928. Still going strong today.
In America, summer vacation means total freedom.
In Japan, it means the whole neighborhood makes sure the kids arenโt sleeping it away.
A piano. A park. Your neighbors.
A country that decided community is worth waking up for.
A German guy living in Japan said
something Japanese people can't say
without getting cancelled:
"Japan has no obligation to accept me.
I'm a guest here."
No outrage. No politics.
Just a foreigner reminding everyone
what respecting a country actually means.
The most Japanese thing I've heard
all year came from a German. ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต
https://t.co/NJU60RzMYU
People say โthatโs not fair,โ but often what they really mean is โmy status feels diminished."
People care deeply about fairness, especially when it comes to how material resources are distributed. But often the concern is not really about the resource itself. It is about something underneath it. People say they care about fairness, but what they are really asking is: do you respect me? Do you see me as equal? Are you granting me the status that matches how I see myself?
Take a common example. You find out that others at your job, in the same role, are being paid more than you. You are still doing well. You are comfortable. By most objective standards, you are fine. But the moment you learn that your peers earn more, the reaction is immediate: something is wrong. This feels unfair.
Now imagine your boss responds, โYouโre already making good money. Relax.โ That does not calm the situation. It makes it worse. Because the issue was never just the money. It was the signal the difference sends. The gap suggests that you are valued less, that you occupy a lower rung, even if your absolute income is high.
The anger that follows is not about deprivation. It is about status. It is the feeling of being diminished, of being treated as less than others who are, in principle, your equals.
Important information for anyone, including @nicksortor, who may be on the ground tonight: a different group is reportedly organizing this eveningโs Delany Hall protest activity, one with ties to DSA.
This is organized by Palestine Solidarity Working Group, not Cosecha. These are not the institutionally trained "nonviolent" activists like with the prior protests. These are far-left, revolutionary-minded activists who have foreign terrorism sympathies.
Of course, that it's being organized by extremists wasn't enough to deter other NGOs (we suspect National Lawyers Guild) from offering "jail support" to them. They always stick together.
Pray for the safety of all tonight.