Monday, July 17, 2023
The appalling media campaign to bow to government censors | Fox News
The appalling media campaign to bow to government censors | Fox News By Jonathan Turley
- It's shocking and depressing to me that major media figures are defending government censorship
"Editor's note: This essay first appeared on the author's blog Res ipsa loquitur – The thing itself speaks.
As a long-standing free speech advocate, the last few years have been alarming and, frankly, depressing.
The censorship efforts of the government are, unfortunately, not new.
As a long-standing free speech advocate, the last few years have been alarming and, frankly, depressing.
The censorship efforts of the government are, unfortunately, not new.
- However, what is new is the support of the media and the Democratic Party in such censorship...
Turley: Biden Admin. Called for Censoring True Information Using Same 'Clarion Call' as all Censoring Nations
Turley: Biden Admin. Called for Censoring True Information Using Same 'Clarion Call' as all Censoring Nations:
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Fox News Contributor and George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley stated that the argument for government censorship on social media uses “the clarion call of every nation that has engaged in censorship” that people need to be protected from “harmful” views and ideas and pointed to the government pressing for restrictions on true statements.
Turley said, “[T]his is the clarion call of every nation that has engaged in censorship. They always say that they’re protecting citizens from harmful thoughts, harmful ideas, harmful viewpoints, that this is all for the good, because you shouldn’t hear these views. That’s always been the case.
NYC hotline for involuntary hospitalizations receives zero calls
NYC hotline for involuntary hospitalizations receives zero calls - JAZZ SHAW 
"...We’re talking about a position as an operator for the city’s involuntary hospitalization hotline, where people – particularly police officers – can call to report homeless people who may be experiencing mental health issues and seek guidance about what to do.
And why is the job so low-stress?
Because since it was established more than six months ago, not a single person has called.
(Politico)No one has called a 24/7 city hotline to help NYPD officers determine whether to force someone to undergo a psychiatric evaluation, a resource launched by Mayor Eric Adams’ administration as he sought to involuntarily hospitalize people unable to meet their basic needs...
Biden Announces $39 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness for Over 800,000 Borrowers
Biden Announces $39 Billion Student Loan Forgiveness for Over 800,000 Borrowers - By Naveen Athrappully"The Biden administration has announced a $39 billion student loan forgiveness plan for 804,000 borrowers as part of fixes in “administrative failures” that had held up relief for borrowers under their income-driven repayment (IDR) plans.
- “For far too long, borrowers fell through the cracks of a broken system that failed to keep accurate track of their progress towards forgiveness,” U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona said in a statement.
- “By fixing past administrative failures, we are ensuring everyone gets the forgiveness they deserve...
It's eco-loons foisting their lunacy on the world!-----Alberta, Saskatchewan Premiers Accuse Ottawa of Wanting to Shut Down Energy Sector
Alberta, Saskatchewan Premiers Accuse Ottawa of Wanting to Shut Down Energy Sector - By Marnie Cathcart"...Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe were responding to comments made by federal Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault suggesting that his ultimate goal is the elimination of fossil fuels.
“If it wasn’t clear before, it is now. The Trudeau government doesn’t want to just reduce emissions in our energy sector, they want to completely shut down our energy sector,” said Mr. Moe on Twitter...
“If it wasn’t clear before, it is now. The Trudeau government doesn’t want to just reduce emissions in our energy sector, they want to completely shut down our energy sector,” said Mr. Moe on Twitter...
GOP Rep. McCormick: We've Found Email Showing Fauci Knew COVID Looked Unnatural, Knew of Gain-of-Function
GOP Rep. McCormick: We've Found Email Showing Fauci Knew COVID Looked Unnatural, Knew of Gain-of-Function:
On Friday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic member Rep. Rich McCormick (R-GA) discussed a new email unearthed by the committee that shows Dr. Anthony Fauci on February 1, 2020 saying that scientists he had discussed the COVID virus with were concerned “there were mutations in the virus that would be most unusual to have evolved naturally in the bats and that there was a suspicion that this mutation was intentionally inserted.” And “The suspicion was heightened by the fact that scientists in Wuhan University are known to have been working on gain-of-function experiments to determine the molecular mechanisms associated with bat viruses adapting to human infection, and the outbreak originated in Wuhan.”
McCormick said, “He absolutely knew what was going on. As a matter of fact, several scientists were discussing this and agreeing with each other that it made no sense that it came from a natural selection process.”
PPP fraud is 'worst in history': $200B stolen, splurged on Lamborghinis and bling
PPP fraud is 'worst in history': $200B stolen, splurged on Lamborghinis and bling - Jeanette Settembre"Tens of thousands of fraudsters splurged on Lamborghinis, vacation homes, private jet flights and Cartier jewelry by fleecing the PPP loan system in a $200 billion heist — and did it because the COVID loan scheme was so easy to milk...
- But a new report from the Small Business Administration’s Office of Inspector General reveals an astonishing 17% vanished to fraud — an estimated total of $200 billion...
https://spectator.org/there-is-nothing-worth-saving-in-americas-public-schools.
Instapundit
K-12 IMPLOSION UPDATE: There Is Nothing Worth Saving in America’s Public Schools.
For starters, schools have failed abysmally in their fundamental task — teaching basic academic skills — despite spending staggering sums...
In government, failure is generally rewarded, which is why there’s so much of it. by Glenn Reynolds
History for July 17
History for July 17 - On-This-Day.com
Phyllis Diller 1917 - Comedian
- 1821 - Spain ceded Florida to the U.S.
- 1867 - Harvard School of Dental Medicine was established in Boston, MA. It was the first dental school in the U.S.
- 1917 - The British royal family adopted the Windsor name.
- 1945 - U.S. President Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and British Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill began meeting at Potsdam in the final Allied summit of World War II. During the meeting Stalin made the comment that "Hitler had escaped."
- 1955 - Disneyland opened in Anaheim, CA.
- 1997 - After 117 years, the Woolworth Corp. closed its last 400 stores.
Sunday, July 16, 2023
Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo wins medal World Para Athletics - TheBlaze
Transgender athlete Valentina Petrillo wins medal World Para Athletics - TheBlaze:
Peter Eriksson, former head coach for the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic program, told Reduxx, "It's shocking to see that women’s opportunities to a medal were taken by a cheating 49-year-old male. The International Paralympic Committee is diminishing the rights of fairness in women’s sport by allowing transgender athletes at their events."
Report Contradicts Secret Service Claim No Fingerprints Were on White House Cocaine Bag
Report Contradicts Secret Service Claim No Fingerprints Were on White House Cocaine Bag:
Officials at the White House know who brought cocaine into the White House and have confirmed that finding via fingerprint analysis, according to a report which contradicts a statement released by the Secret Service.
A security source told Soldier of Fortune magazine, “We know who handled it… We’ve known since last week.”
Cornel West says Biden committed 'crime against humanity' against black Americans
Cornel West says Biden committed 'crime against humanity' against black Americans - By
Jon Levine
West, 70, accused Biden of spurring mass incarceration among minorities because of the tough-on-crime federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act Biden sponsored as a senator in 1994.
Jon Levine
- Cornell West bashed President Joe Biden's history of supporting the 90s crime bill.
West, 70, accused Biden of spurring mass incarceration among minorities because of the tough-on-crime federal Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act Biden sponsored as a senator in 1994.
The bill authorized the hiring of 100,000 new police officers and allocated $9.7 billion for prisons...
EXERCISE: Apropos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the last remaining political throwback to that era, rec
Instapundit - Blog Archive - EXERCISE: Apropos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the last remaining political throwback to that era...
"...But perhaps the most jarring thing was the spectacle of an avowed progressive being in shape, as this is atypical, given the leftist proclivity for fetishizing weakness and victimhood. But while RFK Jr. is a progressive, he is also a Kennedy, and that fact is significant, because it points to an overlooked part of the Kennedy legacy- the role that his uncle, John F. Kennedy, playing in creating the last great wave of enthusiasm for physical education, and what that means for the future. . . .
- Plus: “For the confused modern reader, please know that at one time, California was not the American capital of fail, fentanyl, and feces.
For a shining moment after the Second World War, the Golden State was the epicenter of all the promise of the nation, a paradise of opportunity and excellence, glamor, wealth, fame, and beauty.”... Glenn Reynolds
Ex-State Dept COVID investigator calls newly-unredacted Fauci communications 'an extensive cover-up' | Fox News
Ex-State Dept COVID investigator calls newly-unredacted Fauci communications 'an extensive cover-up' | Fox News:
A newly-unredacted missive from Dr. Anthony Fauci suggesting the COVID-19 pandemic may have been grounded in gain-of-function research is proof positive of an extensive "cover-up," according to a former State Department pandemic investigator.
On Friday, Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum's team on "The Story" delved deeper into messaging from Fauci at the suggestion of a former top COVID policy official in the Trump administration, after the House Select Committee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released more unredacted documents this week.
And now, Xi owns the Biden crime family!-----'It Was Extraordinary'
'It Was Extraordinary': Government Officials Were Stunned by 'Startling' Spike in Chinese Donations to UPenn After Biden Think Tank Opened - Alana Goodman 
"The former chief investigator for the Department of Education said the agency noticed a "startling" spike in Chinese donations to the University of Pennsylvania after President Joe Biden opened his think tank at the school in 2017.
"It was extraordinary," said Paul Moore, who served as the agency's chief investigative counsel during the Trump administration, in congressional testimony on Thursday.
"It was extraordinary," said Paul Moore, who served as the agency's chief investigative counsel during the Trump administration, in congressional testimony on Thursday.
- UPenn raked in over $100 million from China-based contributors between 2017 and 2022, the Washington Free Beacon reported earlier this year.
- This was a substantial increase from the four years prior to 2017, when the school received a total of $19 million...
Lunch video-----"Fundamentally transforming"-----The face of modern, British youth; only one quarter of whom are of white...
"Every so often, an image will make one stop and reflect seriously upon what is being seen.
This is the case with a picture in a newspaper of the Youth Council in the Cambridgeshire city of Peterborough.
Tucker Carlson interviews Ron DeSantis - TheBlaze
Tucker Carlson interviews Ron DeSantis - TheBlaze:
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who is currently one of the many GOP presidential primary candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination, has said that as president, he would put the kibosh on the idea of a central bank digital currency in the U.S.
Clarice Feldman--Tucker Carlson Helps Cull the Republican Presidential Field - American Thinker
Tucker Carlson Helps Cull the Republican Presidential Field - American Thinker By Clarice Feldman"If, like me, you find the presidential debate format a rather meaningless exercise, you will be astonished at what one-on-one interviews by a skilled interrogator can accomplish.
At the Iowa family Leader conference, Tucker Carlson interviewed several leading contenders for president Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis.
If the participants thought this was going to be another tongue bath, they were certainly surprised.
Tucker: "Where's the concern for the United States?"
Pence: "That's not my concern. Tucker I've heard this routine from you before. That's not my concern."...
At the Iowa family Leader conference, Tucker Carlson interviewed several leading contenders for president Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron DeSantis.
If the participants thought this was going to be another tongue bath, they were certainly surprised.
He asked hard questions and some of their answers exposed their muddled thinking.
At least two of them – Asa Hutchinson and Mike Pence -- were clear losers and can now be safely considered out of the running.
- If you haven’t had an opportunity to listen to all the interviews on the site, I’ll summarize some of the highlights.
Tucker: "Where's the concern for the United States?"
Pence: "That's not my concern. Tucker I've heard this routine from you before. That's not my concern."...
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