By Timothy Birdnow ——Bio and Archives--October 10, 2015
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"A radical St. Louis coffee shop is getting negative publicity over the initials 'FTP' being written on coffee cups. FTP stands for F*** the Police. Mokabe's Coffeehouse made a snarky announcement on Twitter claiming it has placed an employee on 'paid leave' over the matter" [...] "The FTP message first came to the public's attention via a tweet by St. Louis Black Lives Matter activist "KayRay@RE_invent_ED" on Twitter who posted a photo on Tuesday. "When you realize why bae is bae @jcos24 and why @MoKaBes is your favorite place. FTP on all to-go orders" A man claiming to be the suspended employee posted about it on Twitter. Starting my paid leave after work tonight. To say I am contrite would do no justice... Just like the police -- Goku Super Baeyan (@jcos24) October 7, 2015 "Starting my paid leave after work tonight. To say I am contrite would do no justice... Just like the police" Last November Mokabe's caused controversy by announcing it would open its door and serve as a 'safe space' for anti-police protesters when the grand jury decision was announced in the Officer Darren Wilson-Michael Brown case according to a report by the Riverfront Times."
"Respondents not only reported significantly higher annual incomes -- $61,500 compared with the national median of $50,054 -- but they also carried about $4,000 less in debt than the average American and had $6,000 more in household savings. They were even slightly more likely to have jobs in the first place, with an unemployment rate of 7% versus the national rate of 7.9%, Prudential found."And black on gay violence is epidemic. See these two articles by Colin Flaherty. Perfect storm' of black violence on 'gays' Black on gay violence: A silent epidemic
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Timothy Birdnow is a conservative writer and blogger and lives in St. Louis Missouri. His work has appeared in many popular conservative publications including but not limited to The American Thinker, Pajamas Media, Intellectual Conservative and Orthodoxy Today. Tim is a featured contributor to American Daily Reviewand has appeared as a Guest Host on the Heading Right Radio Network. Tim’s website is tbirdnow.mee.nu.