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I think often about how we fought in Afghanistan for 20 years and most Americans don’t have the foggiest idea that a defining part of the challenge for those who served was a culture that enables the widespread systemic rape of young boys.
My infantry Bn had a really hard time parsing the gender and sexuality issues of Southern Helmand.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
When people say, "you wouldn't want a 'purple haired gender studies major' in the Marines" I reply "YES we desperately needed them!" We had teams of anthropologists who published studies for us.
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I think often about how we fought in Afghanistan for 20 years and most Americans don’t have the foggiest idea that a defining part of the challenge for those who served was a culture that enables the widespread systemic rape of young boys.
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Frederick Resistance Brigade:
November 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Frederick Resistance Brigade:
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Trump started his plan to make Americans hungry in the spring-this was planned:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cuts.
projects.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Trump started his plan to make Americans hungry in the spring-this was planned:
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...
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Time for a single issue, one day strike:
October 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Time for a single issue, one day strike:
If you're looking for some holiday reading, here's my annual roundup of my favorite books of 2024, filled with some fun thrillers, some great biographies, rich histories of eras I didn't know, and some award-winning fiction. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/gmgreads-m...
GMGReads: My Best of 2024
A 1950 thriller, a 1,200-page classic, and the most profound of questions
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 22, 2024 at 9:51 PM