In the previous essay in this series, we discussed how the police have become increasingly militarized, aided and abetted by US government policies that promote the hiring of veterans as cops, under the Vets to Cops program, and the outfitting of local police departments with surpl
So we're looking at 25 this Monday
25 is 5 squared, and it has no other divisors
Good morning 99percenters!
Morning news dump and music by Dan Tyminski.
Not-So-Subtle Establishment Threat? Bloomberg Hints at Presidential Run
Former New York City mayor indicates willingness to spend "at least $1 billion"... especially if Sanders bumps ClintonIs the real establishment getting worried?
As news broke Saturday afternoon that billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is "seriously" considering the idea of a third-party run for president in 2016, some political observers immediately smelled a rat.
As discussed in the previous essay, encouraged by grants from the Vets to Cops federal program, police departments have actively recruited Iraq and Afghanistan veterans as candidates.
Today is Martin Luther King Day
18 is a multiple of 9, 3, and 6, leading to suspicions that it will generate unending fractions (more later)
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Morning news dump and music by Del McCoury
In a widely remarked upon article for the online version of Foreign Policy last week, Harvard’s Stephen Walt asked a very good question. Why, Walt asked, are elite outlets like the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times “allergic to realist views, given that realists have been (mostly) right about some very important issues, and the columnists they publish have often been wrong?”
Good Morning 99%'ers. I have been struggling with what direction this series would head as I waded deeper and deeper into the issues and potential causes of police brutality and the rising number of people being killed by the police.
Like 7 and its multiples, 11 and its multiples generate fun fractions (more later)
