Department of Homeland Security

An acquaintance (DHS member) of mine who happens to live in the same area and used to hang out in the same social circles has been extruded from any of our gatherings.
He constantly tells everyone who is willing to listen that minorities, specially Hispanics and Blacks, are making this country a shit hole.
The whole group has told him numerous times to change his behavior when hanging out with us.
Last weekend, as we do most weekends, hanging out by the fire and drinking beer and eating food everyone brings, we had a bunch of people laughing and having fun. Steve, the owner of the property had invited Kevin, a co-worker who is black, because he collects old mustangs and he wanted to show his latest acquisition. Kevin drove his Mustang near the group, got out and started talking to us.
This DHS agent walked towards him and asked flat out, "Where did you steal this, bro?"
All were stunned and Kevin laughed it off. Steve pulled the DHS Agent aside and told him in no friendly terms that he was being an asshole and should apologize immediately.
The DHS Agent explained to Steve that in his profession he sees that the ONLY people who are able to afford cars like that are either drug dealers or pimps.
Steve told the DHS Agent it was the last time and asked him to get out and the friendship was no more. A few months before this, Steve's son (Roll Tide) told him that if he ever said n..... in our presence he was going "beat the shit out of you, you racist piece of shit." The DHS Agent went to Steve and told him about it. Steve response was... "Don't be a racist piece of shit and you won't get your ass kicked."
He behaved better after that for a few months. Then came the gathering with Kevin....... The morning after Steve received a lengthy text from the DHS Agent explaining that he is not a racist person. I also received his text asking me to explain Steve he is not a racist. He is a racist as he has made clear when telling me that because of my Hispanic heritage I am on his radar of people he is going to arrest.
Numbers have been blocked and I hope never to see this DHS Agent again.
Why did it take so long to confront him about his racist opinions? Because all three of us had been to Iraq and back. All three of us were in the same hell hole fighting in Iraq. Steve and I also helped him with his VA disabilities claims as for a long time he had no idea how the bureaucracy worked.
I must say that NOT ALL DHS Agents are like the asshole described above.

Thank you for reading my mumbling rant.

R.

Brittney Griner - Viktor Bout exchange.

Is it possible that it was an all well orchestrated political maneuver by the GRU (KGB enshrouded).

The Russians had Paul Whelan arrested for espionage. It is too complicated to explain the connection between Paul Whelan and the arresting actions by the GRU plus he has only been in prison for four years.
The Russians wanted Viktor Bout so bad they came out with a great scheme to get him back.
Bout knows too much of the international arms dealings implicating the Kremlin and other nations. It has been reported that Bout has close ties to Russian's former Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, a business partner and friend of Vladimir Putin. It also has been reported that in the 80s both, Sechin and Bout served in the Soviet military in Africa.
NOBODY, NOBODY in Russia does business in the international market without the approval from Putin. Bout knows where the money is and who benefited from it. That silence was the fuse that created the exchange for Brittney Griner. For over a decade, Bout has kept his mouth shut and refused to cooperate with U.S. authorities.
As we saw in the movie "Bridge of Spies" That silence could be rewarded and also if there is no hope for release that same silence could be a bargaining tool for the US authorities to present Bout with a hope for better treatment in Little Guantanamo, IL.
The Russians knew that Bout's silence was a time bomb and Griner presented that opportunity for an exchange. The tall, black, lesbian, and American gave the Russians a great opportunity to exploit the US outrage of an minor and idiotic charge of CBD possession covering the dealings of a political exchange.

Griner was targeted for the specific use of a prisoner exchange.

Let me know if I am ODF...... (Out there flapping) or not.

R.

Gas Prices

Because I am not understanding the following.....

Why are gas prices going down a day before Thanksgiving?

My MBA is NOT enough to understand WTF is happening to the oil market.

Gratias Tibi Ago.......

Good Morning... Please help

Good morning DU....

My daughter has a project and wants to collect data from veterans. Just a random sample here from DU.

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=q7QsD1PJr0WpJciIbdP8DyOZBb5_995Dia0NwWvEZqlUNU5TNFFMVVk2TzdVN1dBQVdZSVVVQ0k0TC4u

This is the link done with Office 365.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Tuesday's Work-Out Young Beginners ++ (Old Farts)

Good Afternoon y'all.

From the great state of Alabama I send my greetings.

We did this workout when stationed in Guantanamo Bay.

Troy, the instructor, gave us a time to do it under an hour.

DRINK A LOT OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (WATER IS PREFERRED)


BEGINNER

Run ¼ Mile
3 Pus-ups 3 Sit-ups
Run 1/4 of a Mile
3 Pus-ups 3 Sit-ups
Run 1/4 of a Mile
3 Pus-ups 3 Sit-ups
Run 1/4 of a Mile
3 Pus-ups 3 Sit-ups
Run 1/4 of a Mile
3 Pus-ups 3 Sit-ups
Run 1/4 of a Mile
3 Pus-ups 3 Sit-ups
Run 1/4 of a Mile
3 Pus-ups 3 Sit-ups


BE SAFE and have a good workout.

Tuesday's Work-Out for the Young ++ (Old Farts) Medium Level

Good Afternoon y'all.

From the great state of Alabama I send my greetings.

We did this workout when stationed in Guantanamo Bay.

Troy, the instructor, gave us a time to do it under an hour.

DRINK A LOT OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (WATER IS PREFERRED)


MEDIUM
Run 1 Mile
5 Pull-ups 10 Push-ups
Run 1/2 of a Mile
5 Pull-ups 10 Push-ups
Run ½ of a Mile
3 Pull-ups 5 Push-ups
Run 1/4 of a Mile
50 Single Unders
Run 1/4 of a Mile
50 Single Unders
Run 1/4 of a Mile
5 Burpees
Run 1/4 of a Mile
3 Burpees

Have a good work-out.

Tuesday's Work-Out for the Young ++ (Old Farts)

Good Afternoon y'all.

From the great state of Alabama I send my greetings.

We did this workout when stationed in Guantanamo Bay.

Troy, the instructor, gave us a time to do it under an hour.

DRINK A LOT OF NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES (WATER IS PREFERRED)

ADVANCED

Run 1 Mile
20 Pull-ups 20 Pus-ups
Run ¾ of a Mile
15 Pull-ups 20 Pus-ups
Run ¾ of a Mile
15 Pull-ups 20 Pus-ups
Run 1/2 of a Mile
50 Single Unders
Run 1/2 of a Mile
50 Single Unders
Run 1/4 of a Mile
10 Burpees
Run 1/4 of a Mile
10 Burpees

Have a good Workout.

Saturday's WorkOut for old people

Good Morning

Saturday's Workout for old people.

Starting your physical training: Stretch. Walk one mile in 1/4 increments. DRINK WATER and just relax.


Mid Level: Stretch, 5 pull ups, 10 push-ups, 15 squats. 1/4 mile run. Up to 400 calories.


Advance: Stretch. 10 Pull ups, 20 Push ups, 20 squats, 1/4 Mile run. Up to 600 calories.

REMEMBER ONE THING:
If you are out of shape and fear the embarrassment of what others might say.... in my last 20 years doing PT NEVER, have I ever heard anything derogatory said to people doing physical training. Most times you will find somebody that instead of criticizing or making fun of you will give you hints and tips on how do it better.


PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS POST THEM SO EVERYBODY READING THIS CAN BENEFIT FROM IT.

Getting off the couch

After leaving the military on 2006, I have tried to stay in shape because of my grand-kids and just because the human body needs to be active.
I am 58 years old and I have PTSD, high cholesterol and I cannot sleep.
I was prescribed Amitriptyline for sleep, it had two serious side effects; better than Viagra (but it would knock you out and sleep for a bout 6 hours straight) and the second one was that the morning after I was a total ass-hole.
I was also prescribed Zoloft for my PTSD, so between being an ass-hole and feeling like a zombie it was a no brainer and decided to quit both.
My daily routine was; Wake up, go to work, come home, work out to the point of exhaustion, eat, go to sleep at about 11pm, wake up at 2:30am, read a book or watch the news, go back to sleep at 4;30am, wake up at 5:30am to make coffee and start my day.
I had been to a few doctors asking for treatment for my sleep but all of them were more interested in prescribing me hard core drugs to make me sleep at night. I agreed to get them but never took them. I have a full closet of medications.
The only constant element throughout my sleeping and PTSD struggles was the physical training. I was divorced from my unfaithful first wife and remarried to a very intelligent and amazing new young wife 20 years apart.
Several years ago, my young wife told me about the sleeping benefits of THC.
Now I smoke CBD pens at night (small amounts), sometimes I have an edible and I can sleep for 5 hours straight. Not even getting up to pee.
PTSD dealing factor after CBD....... It makes me more tolerable towards people. I avoid people, I don't like people outside my inner circle which consist of my family and two friends with the same issues I have. Both friends have been to combat, both friends understand what those experiences do to the mind and body. Their wives also understand and help us along the way to recovery and acceptance.
Still I am doing the physical training I was taught in the US Army and understand that your body can do more.
I am retired and driving my young wife crazy as I stay at home 24/7.

I started doing CrossFit about 7 years ago. In all of my travels I have been able to meet people with the same mentality towards physical training (PT) and as such adapt the concepts to my old body.

My yearly culmination of physical success is on Memorial Day; I do The Murph under an hour.
I workout 3-4 times a week not to time limits nor the amount of repetitions, I set goals in calories burnt.
Thanks to an Apple Watch I can track the amount of calories burnt.
Easy day consists of 300 calories.
Hard day (once every two weeks) consists on burning 800 calories. A few weeks ago I was able to push myself for 85+ minutes to 900 calories.

I am going to be posting my workouts if any of you decide to try it out.

JUST FREAKING MOVE!!!!!

If you just started, go for a mile walk three times this week, then the following week you do a mile and add five push ups after 1/4 of a mile, then you add more easy stuff like touching your toes, like mountain climbers, etc.

JUST FREAKING MOVE.

Thanks again for letting me vent.

RC.

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