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Dreads

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White woman with Dreads at Portland's Last Thursday

My business model for The Strategic Retreat is a pretty simple bait and switch. Step 1: Don’t even attempt to make money. Step 2: Get majority of hits via one cookie recipe. Step 3: Once readers are lured in with cookies hit em with my own brand of extreme right/left -but never center- perspective. So far, so good.

Dreadlocked Family

In reality there are more steps and sub-points but you get the idea. As not to get too hung up on details; today’s cookies are dreads. Specifically, white people with dreads. Not everyone lives in a world where… Read the rest

Terrorist Tries To Splode Me

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Pioneer Square Christmas Tree

So, I had mostly finished up an article about the TSA’s new search procedures, which I had planned on posting today. Yesterday a guy named Mohamed Mohamud allegedly attempted to set off a bomb at SW 6th and Yamhill, in Portland, at around 5:45.

Seeing as how I’m usually at SW 6th and Yamhill at 5:45 I’m putting off snide comments until I get back from Thanksgiving at my folks’ place. Cynical Zervas will return on Monday.

New York City “Ground Zero” Mosque

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Radius of attempted No-Muslim Zone
Proposed No-Muslim Zone

Let’s make this quick:

The Muslim cultural center is 2 blocks away from what many call “Ground Zero”.

A block in New York is 1/8th of a mile.

Lower Manhattan is wicked small.

New York City has a population Density over 65,000 per square mile.

The cultural center is very close to City Hall.

Muslims who must go to City Hall have limited accommodations for prayer.

If you are against Amendment One of The Bill of Rights then you hate America.