Today’s news behind the news, with occasional commentary from our in-house writers, ‘BrandX’ and ‘SkeptiX’ – Updated throughout the day.
Exposing the latest woke supremacy, Big Brother and other culture war related items:
COMMENTARY ON THE BELOW VIDEO: Pretty good analysis from YoungRippa59 once again. For context, I used to be a huge fan of the Marvel movies, as escapism and enjoyment. But alas, nothing lasts forever. Time to grow up anyway. Maybe put the future superhero movies away and watch something decent like The Godfather trilogy, or One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest, or The Shawshank Redemption. Last year with cinemas shut I dug through some back catalogues and was introduced for the first time to a whole load of gems. Something to consider – BrandX
VIDEO: The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s hypocrisy
For the love of White Women | Eric July talks about the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s descent into identity politics through Phase 4 onwards.
UK: The ugly truth about the Guardian
This liberal paper, celebrating its 200th birthday today, is a bastion of misanthropy, anti-democracy and imperialism.
COMMENTARY ON THE BELOW ARTICLE: Ugh I hate agreeing with Trump, but as always facts don’t care about people’s feelings…
“What Facebook, Twitter, and Google have done is a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our Country. Free Speech has been taken away from the President of the United States because the Radical Left Lunatics are afraid of the truth, but the truth will come out anyway, bigger and stronger than ever before,”
He’s absolutely right. Seeing the crony corporate interference (on a number of levels) with the Democratic process does beg the question… who elected Facebook/Twitter (and the bloody rest!)?
My quick answer would be… well we all did. Maybe take my advice and follow my lead. Back in January I deleted the Facebook app and stopped using my account altogether. Completely deleted my Twitter account. I stopped making content for YouTube and cut my Amazon use right down. We need to stop enabling these abusers. It doesn’t end with Trump. It was never supposed to – BrandX.
‘Break up Facebook?’: GOP leader says changes coming after ban on Trump extended
President Trump on Wednesday, after a Facebook advisory board affirmed the company's suspension of his account following his Jan. 6 speech when he urged his followers to "peacefully" protest the 2020 election, said social-media companies "must never again be allowed to destroy and decimate our Electoral Process."
He was suspended because social-media companies blamed him for the crowd that broke into the U.S. Capitol during and after his speech, sometimes through open doors, sometimes through windows they broke, and vandalized a few locations inside.
Joy Reid Mocks Parent For Saying It Isn’t Racist To Oppose Critical Race Theory
MSNBC host Joy Reid mocked a parent Tuesday night for saying that opposing critical race theory in schools was not racist.
Disneyland’s Revamped Snow White Ride Triggers SFGate Reviewers Who Claim That Prince Charming And Snow White’s Kiss Is “Problematic” - Bounding Into Comics
The new revamp to Disneyland’s Snow White ride has drawn complaints for including Prince Charming’s kiss, which critics claim is problematic.
Consumer Prices Have Skyrocketed In Recent Months. Experts Say It’s Just The Beginning
Consumer prices in the U.S. have skyrocketed across multiple industries as the federal government mulls injecting trillion-dollar stimulus into the economy.
Oversight Board Reaches Decision, Bans Trump from Facebook — for Now
In a massive blow to free speech online, the Facebook Oversight Board decided to uphold the platform’s ban of former President Donald Trump. But with limits.
City Of Atlanta Reinstates Police Officer Fired Last Summer After Shooting Rayshard Brooks
The City of Atlanta’s Civil Service Board announced on Tuesday morning that it has reinstated police officer Garrett Rolfe, who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks last summer, because the city failed to give Rolfe his right to due process.
The board released its decision Wednesday, writing: "Due to the City’s failure to comply with several provisions of the Code and the information received during witnesses’ testimony, the Board concludes the Appellant was not afforded his right to due process. Therefore, the Board GRANTS the Appeal of Garrett Rolfe and revokes his dismissal as an employee of the APD."
VIDEO: Major Company Tells WOKE Employees to Suck it Up
The employees of the tech company Basecamp wanted to use the company to support leftist causes. After hearing all of their concerns and taking their views into consideration, the boss promptly told them all to shut up and get back to work.
COMMENTARY ON THE BELOW ARTICLE: I ruddy love Roger Daltrey. He’s a national treasure…
“It’s becoming so absurd now with… the woke generation. It’s terrifying, the miserable world they’re going to create for themselves. I mean, anyone who’s lived a life and you see what they’re doing, you just know that it’s a route to nowhere. Especially when you’ve lived through the periods of a life that we’ve had the privilege to. We’ve had the golden era. There’s no doubt about that.”
What a legend – BrandX
Roger Daltrey takes on the woke generation
The Who frontman is right: wokeness will only lead to misery.
Olympics Bans 'Black Lives Matter' Apparel, Again Threatens To Punish Athletes Who Protest
Athletes will not be allowed to wear clothing with the slogan “Black Lives Matter” at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee has decided, reiterating that it plans to enforce the Games’ “Rule 50,” which bans political or social justice protests of any kind at the international athletic event set to take place in just a few weeks.
VIDEO: Who Has Privilege?
To put it mildly, Adam Carolla didn’t grow up with privilege. He doesn’t even know how to spell it. So where did the current obsession with privilege come from? And how do we get over it?
Derek Chauvin’s attorney requests new trial on several grounds, including ‘jury misconduct’
The defense attorney for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has filed a motion requesting that the guilty verdicts against his client be thrown out and is asking for a new trial, citing several reasons including “jury misconduct.
‘What the hell is going on here?’: Social media weirded out by photo of Bidens next to Carters
A recent photograph of President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden alongside former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has folks on social media scratching their heads over whether the Bidens are giants, the Carters have shrunk, or something else is amiss.
VIDEO: China is Coming
And the West is asleep at the wheel ...
NJ cop fired after calling Black Lives Matter rioters ‘terrorists’
A Hopewell Township police officer has been fired after calling Black Lives Matter rioters “terrorists” in a now-deleted Facebook post.
COMMENTARY ON THE BELOW ARTICLE: I definitely consider myself a local supporter of Nick and his work. I would recommend supporting him on Locals here, as he has some good work both behind and in front of him. In 2020 he was the focus of a fanatical Black Lives Matter mob whom applied pressure to get him fired from a charity that he founded. Luckily he was able to win out in the long term and get his job back. He’s the real deal… we need to support this guy! – BrandX.
VIDEO: Interview with Nick Buckley | Lotus Eaters
Callum sits down for a chat with Mayor for Greater Manchester candidate Nick Buckley.
Rights groups call on Spotify to drop “creepy” technology
A coalition of human rights organizations and musicians have called on Spotify to abandon a music recommendation project it recently suggested, which uses speech recognition. The coalition described the technology as “invasive” and “creepy.”
‘Stop This Insanity’: Watch This Man Rail Against Hollywood’s Hypocrisy And Elitism
“Stop trying to inject it into every movie and TV show that you produce ... Stop pretending that you’re even intellectually or morally qualified to talk about this stuff.”
Facebook censors iconic image of 1970 Kent State shooting on its anniversary
The Pulitzer Prize winning image is covered over with a sensitive content warning.
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