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ESG/CEI financial screws tightening: Chick-Fil-A slammed by conservatives as 'woke' initiatives come to light

Mark Steffen
The Post Millennial
Wed, 31 May 2023 17:00 UTC
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© Chicago Tribune
Conservatives on Twitter have turned their fire on restaurant franchise Chick-fil-A after the company announced the hiring of a new vice president dedicated to bringing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to the traditionally conservative chicken sandwich brand.

Attention was drawn to a new posting on Chick-fil-A's website featuring Erick McReynolds, the new Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, who is quoted as saying the company is "committed to ensuring mutual respect, understanding, and dignity everywhere we do business." A tweet highlighting his comments also shows a separate website page describing the company's "Better At Together" initiative, which states, "when we combine our unique backgrounds and experiences with a culture of belonging, we can strengthen the quality of care we deliver."

Comment: ESG stands for "Environmental, Social, Governance" and measures just how woke a corporation's policies are. A big chunk of the rating is based on having a woke member or two installed on the board of the corporation and employing a DEI officer. Getting kicked out of the S&P 500 ESG index is a big deal, as the many ETFs (Exchange Traded Funds intended to mirror the performance of a given index and in which many investors participate).

On top of that is added the execrable Corporate Equality Index (CEI) scores which are also supposed to measure a corporation's wokeness level:
A company can receive up to 100 points in the CEI rating system. Here's how those points are earned.
1. Workforce Protections (5 points possible)
  • Policy includes sexual orientation and gender identity/gender identity or expression for all operations (5)
2. Inclusive Benefits (50 points possible)

To secure full credit for benefits criteria, each benefit must be available to all benefits-eligible U.S. employees. In areas where more than one health insurance plan is available, at least one inclusive plan must be available.
  • Equivalency in same- and different-sex spousal medical and soft benefits (No points awarded)
  • Equivalency in same- and different-sex domestic partner medical and soft benefits (10)
  • Equivalency in spousal and domestic partner family formation benefits regardless of sex. (10)
  • Equal health coverage for transgender individuals without exclusion for medically necessary care (25)
  • LGBTQ+ Benefits Guide (5)
3. Supporting an Inclusive Culture (25 points possible)

a. Four LGBTQ+ ​Internal Training and Accountability Efforts (5)
Businesses must demonstrate a firm-wide, sustained and accountable commitment to diversity and cultural competency, including at least four of the following elements:
  • New hire training clearly states that the nondiscrimination policy includes gender identity and sexual orientation and provides definitions or scenarios illustrating the policy for each
  • Supervisors undergo training that includes gender identity and sexual orientation as discrete topics (may be part of a broader training), and provides definitions or scenarios illustrating the policy for each
  • Integration of gender identity and sexual orientation in professional development, skills-based or other leadership training that includes elements of diversity and/or cultural competency
  • Integration of intersectionality in professional development, skills-based, or other training (required)
  • Senior management/executive performance measures include LGBTQ diversity metrics
b. One LGBTQ+ Data Collection Effort (5)
  • Anonymous employee engagement or climate surveys conducted on an annual or biennial basis allow employees the option to identify as LGBTQ+
  • Data collection forms that include employee race, ethnicity, gender, military and disability status — typically recorded as part of employee records — include optional questions on sexual orientation and gender identity.
  • Board (or other governing body) member demographic data collection include the option for individuals to report their sexual orientation and gender identity or self-identity as LGBTQ+
c. Transgender Inclusion Best Practices (5)
  • Gender transition guidelines with supportive restroom, dress code and documentation guidance
  • Implementation of the at least one (1) of the following policies or practices
    • Trans-inclusive restroom/facilities policy
    • Gender-neutral dress code
    • Policies/procedures that allow for optional sharing of gender pronouns
d. Employee Group -OR- Diversity Council (10)

4. Corporate Social Responsibility (20 points possible)

a. Five Distinct Efforts of Outreach or Engagement to Broader LGBTQ+ Community (15)
Businesses must demonstrate ongoing LGBTQ+ specific engagement that extends across the firm, including at least five of the following:
  • LGBTQ employee recruitment efforts with demonstrated reach of LGBTQ+ applicants (required documentation may include a short summary of the event or an estimation of the number of candidates reached)
  • Supplier diversity program with demonstrated effort to include certified LGBTQ+ suppliers
  • Marketing or advertising to LGBTQ consumers (e.g.: advertising with LGBTQ+ content, advertising in LGBTQ media or sponsoring LGBTQ organizations and events)
  • Philanthropic support of at least one LGBTQ+ organization or event (e.g.: financial, in kind or pro bono support)
  • Demonstrated public support for LGBTQ+ equality under the law through local, state or federal legislation or initiatives
b. LGBTQ+ Corporate Social Responsibility

Contractor/supplier non-discrimination standards AND Philanthropic Giving Guidelines (5)

4. Responsible citizenship (-25)

Employers will have 25 points deducted from their score for a large-scale official or public anti-LGBTQ blemish on their recent records. Scores on this criterion are based on information that has come to HRC's attention related to topics including but not limited to: undue influence by a significant shareholder calculated to undermine a business's employment policies or practices related to its LGBTQ employees; directing corporate charitable contributions to organizations whose primary mission includes advocacy against LGBTQ equality; opposing shareholder resolutions reasonably aimed at encouraging the adoption of inclusive workplace policies; revoking inclusive LGBTQ policies or practices; or engaging in proven practices that are contrary to the business's written LGBTQ employment policies.

Chick-fil-A is dependent, like nearly every major corporation, on its relationship with investment institutions. A low ESG and/or CEI score currently can damage or completely cut off those services. It's social engineering by blackmail, and damn what the customers might think.

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Climate madness: Proposed Irish cattle cull to 'cut methane emissions' will lead to food shortages - Mattie McGrath

James Wilson
NewsTalk
Tue, 30 May 2023 15:08 UTC
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© Houses of Oireachtas via FlickrMatthew McGrath is an Irish Independent politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary constituency
Culling the national herd will lead to food shortages, TD Mattie McGrath has predicted.

Government documents have suggested up to 65,000 cattle may need to be culled every year for three years in order to comply with the nation's climate targets.

A 550kg dairy cow emits roughly 320-330 grams of methane every day and the Government has agreed the agriculture sector should cut its emissions by 25% over the next eight years.

Deputy McGrath predicted the impact on rural Ireland's economy would be "dire" and send food prices soaring further.

"We have all the predictions of dire consequences of the climate crisis but are we going to die off ahead of it?" he told The Hard Shoulder.

"We'll have no food to feed ourselves, hyper inflation of food prices and decimation of our agricultural products that we have here which are very valuable to the economy and are very low carbon exports."

Comment: What the eco-idiots forget is that their beloved plant-based diet depends on carbon dioxide, methane, and all the other trace gases in the atmosphere:
We have all heard what too much CO2 can lead to, but so far the biosphere have never been exposed to too low levels of CO2. But what if it did? And please, this topic has nothing to do with the ongoing discussion about global warming. We are talking about the last ice age and a hypothetical scenario where the terrestrial flora and fauna would have suffered because of too little CO2.

Apparently the agricultural revolution happened 11,000 year ago all over the world because of increased levels. Pre-industrial levels are said to have been 280 ppm.

Aerobic plants have three types of photosynthesis. C3, C4 and CAM. The original and most common type is C3. C4 and CAM have evolved to deal better with heat, drought and lower levels of CO2. C4 is a little better than CAM in that regard.

Some quotes found on the net:
"Studies have shown that the average biomass production of modern C3 plants is reduced by approximately 50% when grown at low (180-220 ppm) CO2, when other conditions are optimal ... (The abortion of all flower buds) suggested that 150 ppm CO2 may be near the threshold for successful completion of the life cycle in some C3 species." "Although some C3 plants like palm trees can cope with a combination of high oxygen levels and warmer, sunnier, and dryer conditions, most C3 plants can lose efficiency in productivity of up to 40% in warm, sunny, and dry conditions." (But less CO2 means more stomata, and the more stomata, the more water loss)

"About 85% of all plant species are C3. All trees, fruits, vegetables, and most food crops are C3. The only C4 food crop exceptions are maise, millet, sorghum, and sugarcane. On average, at 150ppm the primary C3 plant productivity was reduced an average 92% as measured by dry weight biomass. During glacial periods land ecosystems have much lower productivity."
The climate change crazy train is gathering speed:

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Bell

Alberta elects anti-lockdown conservative UCP party, rejecting pro-lockdown socialist NDP party


The Post Millennial
Tue, 30 May 2023 00:00 UTC
Danielle Smith
On Monday, Albertans took to the polls, deciding whether to embrace the anti-lockdown, pro-freedom policies of Danielle Smith and the United Conservative Party, or the pro-lockdown, socialist agenda of the New Democratic Party under Rachel Notley. In the end, they chose the former, giving the UCP another term in power.

Though the UCP won 14 fewer seats under Smith than it did with Jason Kenney at the helm, it still came out this time around with 49 to the NDP's 38, giving them a majority government.

In her victory speech, Smith vowed to fight for the interests of all Albertans.

"To paraphrase our dear friend Ralph Klein, welcome to another miracle on the prairies!" she proclaimed, garnering jubilation from the crowd of supporters. "Today Albertans chose to move our province forward by electing a strong, stable, UCP majority government!"
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Roses

Best of the Web: The hospital protocol killed their loved ones and they want justice

Stella Paul
Brownstone Institute
Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00 UTC
hospital death
When the federal government sent $9,000 to Patty Myers to pay for her husband's funeral, she got angry. "I didn't want to take a penny. It felt like hush money, like they were paying me to keep quiet about how my husband died in the hospital."

In a burst of inspiration, Patty decided to take the government's money and use it to make a documentary. She found a director through a church friend on Facebook and created Making A Killing, which exposes the covid hospital protocol that she believes killed her husband and thousands of other Americans.

"When I started making this film, I didn't know about the federal money driving the protocol. I do now," Patty told me. The federal money was titanic, flooding hospitals with cash that stimulated record-breaking profits. A new report from Open The Books reveals that the 20 largest nonprofit hospitals in America received more than $23 billion in federal aid during the 2018 - 2021 time period, and "their cumulative net assets soared to $324.3 billion in 2021, up from 200.6 billion in 2018." And, in a wonderful development for the hospitals' top executives, those lavish taxpayer funds enabled many of them to get paid $10 million or more a year.
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NPC

Leftists make accusations of 'economic terrorism' as conservative boycotts succeed


Zerohedge
Tue, 30 May 2023 14:25 UTC
target pride
The concept of retail boycotts is far more often addressed among activists on the political left, primarily because they operate under the notion that they are the "underdogs" fighting against the system. In reality, the political left is the system. When almost every major corporation, every globalist foundation and every western government is funding and and enforcing your ideology, you are the oppressor, not the oppressed.

Conservatives, on the other hand, are finally learning that focusing solely on politics is a losing battle and that the "culture war" is in fact the most important issue of our era. It's sad that it took this long for the liberty minded to change strategies. This doesn't mean that they should give up on trying to put honest and sane leaders in government, it just means that relying on politicians is a gamble and taking direct action whenever possible is going to get better results.

In the past, leftists have tried to apply the mindset of strength in numbers to their own boycotts, almost always resulting in complete failure. A recent example would be the highly publicized effort by woke activists to boycott Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling's media products. Rowling is a well known progressive who probably helped to create the very intersectional social justice movement that is now trying to burn her at the stake. But this is how these things usually go with Marxists - One day you are useful to them, the next day you are a threat to them and they're putting you up against a wall.
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Yoda

John Cleese refuses to remove 'Life of Brian' joke about a man becoming a woman and having a baby

Paul Sacca
The Blaze
Sun, 28 May 2023 21:45 UTC
john cleese
© Mark Metcalfe/Getty ImagesJohn Cleese
John Cleese refused to bend the knee to the outrage mob who called for a joke to be removed from an upcoming stage version of Monty Python's Life Of Brian. The controversial scene features a man claiming that he is a woman and he can have a baby.

Cleese is working on a stage production of Monty Python's "Life of Brian," a 1979 movie about a man who is mistaken for Jesus Christ. However, actors allegedly told Cleese that one scene would need to be cut out of the reproduction for it not to be offensive in today's social environment.

The scene in question features a character named "Stan" - who wants to become a woman and have babies.

Comment: Kudos to Mr. Cleese!

And for anyone who hasn't seen this classic clip:



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TV

Report says about 1 million viewers stopped watching Fox News after Tucker Carlson's exit

Jack Phillip
ZeroHedge
Tue, 30 May 2023 21:38 UTC
tucker carlson laugh
© Jason Koerner/Getty ImagesTucker Carlson
An analysis of primetime ratings shows that Fox News has seen an approximate decline of 1 million total viewers on average for its primetime lineup after the departure of Tucker Carlson in late April.

In the four weeks before Carlson left the network, Fox News' primetime hours averaged some 2.6 million total viewers. But in the four weeks after his departure, those hours are down to just 1.6 million viewers, a decline in 39 percent, according to an analysis from Mediaite.

The 8 p.m. hour that Carlson used to have also declined significantly, according to ratings. Carlson had averaged some 3.2 million viewers in the weeks before he left, but the replacement show — "Fox News Tonight" — is down to 1.49 million viewers on average.

When announcing Carlson's exit, Fox News signaled that the new program would be temporary and would include a rotating cast of hosts. Brian Kilmeade, Lawrence Jones, Will Cain, Kayleigh McEnany, and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) have hosted the 8 p.m. show in the meantime.

Comment:

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Bullseye

Texas legislators pass bill allowing removal of 'rogue' prosecutors who fail to enforce laws

Katabella Robert
ZeroHedge
Tue, 30 May 2023 20:03 UTC
Texas capitol building
The Texas Legislature passed a bill on May 28 that could pave the way for locally elected prosecutors to be removed from office for misconduct if they fail to enforce certain laws.

House Bill 17 (pdf) was introduced by Republican state Sen. Joan Huffman earlier this year and it passed the Senate Sunday in a 20-11 vote after passing both legislative houses in April.

It now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk to be signed into law.

Under the legislation, Texas residents who have lived in a county for at least six months may file a petition against a prosecuting attorney accusing them of misconduct if the top local prosecutor fails to "prosecute a class or type of criminal offense under state law," or if they instruct law enforcement to "refuse to arrest individuals suspected of committing a class or type of offense under state law."

Comment: Every state suffering from a Soros-installed DA, whether city,county, or state level, needs to emulate Texas. Looking at you California, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, and every other state on the downhill slide.

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At high school debates, debate is no longer allowed

James Fishback
The Free Press
Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00 UTC
debate
© Nikki Kahn/Getty ImagesMembers of the Walter Johnson High School debate team in Bethesda, Maryland, take part in an American tradition in 2005.
At national tournaments, judges are making their stances clear: students who argue 'capitalism can reduce poverty' or 'Israel has a right to defend itself' will lose — no questions asked.

My four years on a high school debate team in Broward County, Florida, taught me to challenge ideas, question assumptions, and think outside the box. It also helped me overcome a terrible childhood stutter. And I wasn't half-bad: I placed ninth my first time at the National Speech & Debate Association (NSDA) nationals, sixth at the Harvard national, and was runner-up at the Emory national.

After college, between 2017 and 2019, I coached a debate team at an underprivileged high school in Miami. There, I witnessed the pillars of high school debate start to crumble. Since then, the decline has continued, from a competition that rewards evidence and reasoning to one that punishes students for what they say and how they say it.
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Eye 2

New trove of Jeffrey Epstein's files entries reveals pedophile's powerful connections

Daniel Bates
The Daily Mail
Tue, 30 May 2023 18:46 UTC
Jeffrey Epstein
© Getty ImagesDailyMail.com obtained a trove of Jeffrey Epstein's private calendars and emails that shows the late pedophile's close connections to presidents, prime ministers and royalty
Unprecedented insight into late pedophile's network of power and influence that includes Chris Rock, Peter Thiel, Richard Branson and Irina Shayk

A vast trove of Jeffrey Epstein's private calendars and emails are being revealed today by DailyMail.com. The hundreds of pages in the files give an unprecedented insight into the late pedophile's extraordinary network of power and influence.

Among the revelations is that Epstein appeared to know personal details about the marriage of Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda - while magician David Blaine had numerous dinners with the financier. Presidents, prime ministers, royalty and famous names previously not linked to Epstein are also featured in the hundreds of pages of documents. They show that Epstein courted the world's elite even after serving 13 months in jail for having sex with underage girls - and being labeled a registered sex offender.

As he sought to rehabilitate his image, dozens of powerful people were scheduled to meet him including Irina Shayk, Chris Rock, Wendi Murdoch and Richard Branson. Tech billionaire Peter Thiel, early Facebook investor Sean Parker, artist Jeff Koons, JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon and music industry executive Tommy Mottola, who used to be married to Mariah Carey, are also among those who appear in the documents.

Comment: With a pedophile conviction dating back to 2008, none of these people have any excuse. Looks like they've been caught in CIA-Mossad 'fun and games' blackmail,. Who knows where that will lead.

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