Category: Society
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Tribes
Another Pretender Drummed out of the Tribe A diversity activist allegedly lied about her race and has in turn left her post at a social justice organization – leaving a scandal in her wake. Raquel Evita Saraswati, the chief equity, inclusion, and culture officer of social justice organization American Friends Service Committee, claimed to be a woman of […]
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The Right to be Left Alone
San Jose Sharks goalie James Reimer has become the second NHL player this year to refuse to wear a LGBTQIA+ Pride jersey. Reimer said on Saturday that he was remaining true to his Christian beliefs in a statement posted on social media. (The Post Millennial) Compulsory Symbolism Some people, with considered reason, oppose the mandatory […]
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Occupy Silicon Valley
You want to impress me, Silicon Valley? Produce one product more useful, more ubiquitous and more beneficial to mankind than the flush toilet.
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The Mask Debate, Pt MMCMCCLXLLXXXXVIII
The esteemed Cochrane Library published the results of their study of mask studies and their conclusion was unambiguous: Wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of influenza‐like illness (ILI)/COVID‐19 like illness compared to not wearing masks (risk ratio (RR) 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.84 to 1.09; 9 […]
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Brace for More Violent Gang Activity in the US & Mexico
El Salvador and Honduras have major anti-gang operations ongoing, locking up tens of thousands of MS-13 and Calle 18 gang members. From The Daily Mail: El Salvador’s new mega prison is already packed with bitter rivals from two of North and Central America’s most feared gangs – MS-13 and Calle 18 – with history showing […]
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A Little Boredom, Please
Our nation is like a pack of overstimulated toddlers bingeing on Halloween candy.
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“Fox News Fallacy”
I enjoy reading Ruy Teixeira, even though he is engaged in a project I hope will fail. He so ardently wants the Democratic Party to pull its head out of its ass and get back to fighting for working people. He’s identified a behavior he calls The Fox News Fallacy: The Fox News Fallacy is […]
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Is it OK to be Black?
Scott Adams got dogpiled for riffing on why 47% of black people did not answer yes to the question, “Is it OK to be white?”
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Crime & Race
It’s a sad sign of the times that it takes a person of color to discuss race and crime in America. We’re familiar with the embarrassing facts, as tabulated in FBI Crime Stats 2019. In the category of violent crime, young black men punch way above their statistical weight. Jason D. Hill, professor of philosophy […]