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New from Teen Vogue: Sleep is systemically racist

Hank Berrien
The Daily Wire
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 00:01 UTC

" ... to navigate as an activist or organizer ... creates a lot of burnout."

Teen Vogue, in its imperishable desire to act as the spearhead for political correctness, published an article titled "Black Power Naps Is Addressing Systemic Racism in Sleep," in which they plugged an artistic initiative entitled "Black Power Naps," which argues that blacks have had shorter lives than whites because blacks were not permitted to sleep, and thus reparations must be given in the form of time off from work.

Teen Vogue writes of Fannie Sosa and Navild Acosta, who created Black Power Naps, that they "were tired, but it wasn't just any old fatigue. Yes, they experienced a lack of sleep, but they were specifically experiencing a generational fatigue familiar to Black people and people of color."

Comment: Sleep deprivation is, unfortunately, part of the current human condition. To try to use that as a means of browbeating race cards into their readers is entirely typical of Teen Vogue, an absolute trash rag. By teaching their young readers to see racism everywhere, even in sleep, they're ensuring the future generation will be even more coddled and useless than the previous one.

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Ex-Miss Kentucky sentenced to prison on sex crime charge

Associated Press
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 21:05 UTC

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In this Sept. 13, 2014 file photo, Miss Kentucky Ramsey Carpenter participates in the Miss America Shoe Parade at the Atlantic City boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J. Bearse, crowned Miss Kentucky in 2014 under her maiden name of Carpenter, who admitted to exchanging sexual photos with a teenage student when she was working as a West Virginia school teacher, was sentenced to two years in prison on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. She was also sentenced to an additional 10 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender for life, according to Kanawha Assistant Prosecutor Meshell Jarrett.

A former Miss Kentucky who admitted to exchanging sexual photos with a teenage student when she was working as a West Virginia school teacher has been sentenced to prison.

Ramsey BethAnn Bearse, 29, received her two-year sentence in Kanawha County Circuit Court on Tuesday. She was also sentenced to an additional 10 years of supervised release and must register as a sex offender for life, according to Kanawha Assistant Prosecutor Meshell Jarrett.

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Azerbaijani police disperse protesters storming parliament demanding 'mobilization' against Armenia amid border escalation

RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 12:26 UTC

Police used water cannons and batons against protesters who stormed the parliament in Azerbaijan's capital Baku. The crowd demanded mobilization amid border escalation with Armenia, but officials said that it's unnecessary.

Enraged protesters broke into the parliament building around 4am local time, local media reported. Arriving several minutes later, police used batons to expel the intruders.

Parliament's Protocol Office told reporters that the rioters caused some "damage" on the building's first floor before being driven out.

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The confusion in government goes beyond face masks

The Spectator
Fri, 17 Jul 2020 07:26 UTC

When Michael Gove delivered the Ditchley Annual Lecture last month he spoke about why citizens feel that the political system has failed them. 'The compact leaders offered — trust that we are the best, trust that we have your best interests at heart, and trust that we will deliver — was broken.' It was a powerful message. Voters have a right to expect honesty and competence from their leaders, not just decisiveness.

So Mr Gove will have thought carefully before saying on television last weekend that face masks should not be mandatory, and people should instead be left to use their own judgment. No one, it seems, told him that the Prime Minister was hours away from asking the police to enforce the wearing of masks in shops with a £100 fine for failure to comply. Polls suggest 60 per cent of the public support this move, but the proportion of government scientific advisers who agree is harder to ascertain.

'Our advice is clear,' said Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, in March. 'Wearing a mask, if you don't have an infection, really reduces the risk almost not at all. We do not advise that.' His deputy, Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, was also emphatic. There is 'no evidence', he said, that the wearing of face masks by healthy members of the public slows the spread of the virus. At one stage, companies who advertised masks as a tool against the virus were prosecuted by the Advertising Standards Authority for making misleading claims.

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Hackers targeted Twitter employees to hijack accounts of Elon Musk, Joe Biden and others in Bitcoin scam

Kif Leswing
CNBC
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:03 UTC

Twitter shares sank Thursday, a day after hackers gained access to more than a dozen high-profile accounts, including those of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, Elon Musk and the corporate account of Apple.

The accounts displayed tweets telling followers to send bitcoin to a specific address.

Share prices were down more than 5% in Thursday's premarket.

Comment: The implications of this are huge. If Twitter has a lapse in their security so massive that the former president and vice president, as well as some of the most high profile CEOs of major corporations, can have their accounts entirely taken over, think of what could happen if the hackers wanted to achieve something more nefarious than a rather transparent bitcoin scam.

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Julian Assange: Damage to the soul of a nation

Craig Murray
craigmurray.org.uk
Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:10 UTC

The imprisonment of Julian Assange has been a catalogue of gross injustice heaped upon gross injustice, while a complicit media and indoctrinated population looks the other way. In a truly extraordinary twist, Assange is now being extradited on the basis of an indictment served in the UK, which is substantially different to the actual indictment he now faces in Virginia if extradited.

The Assange hearing was adjourned after its first full week, and its resumption has since been delayed by coronavirus. In that first full week, both the prosecution and the defence outlined their legal arguments over the indictment. As I reported in detail to an audience of millions, Assange's legal team fairly well demolished the key arguments of the prosecution during that hearing.

This extract from my report of the Defence case is of particular relevance to what has since happened:

San Francisco museum commits to diversity, but forces curator to quit for saying he won't 'reverse discriminate'

RT
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:11 UTC

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's commitment to diversity and inclusion seems to have hit a snag, as its chief curator was forced to resign after saying the institution will not be excluding white artists.

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) promoted its commitment to social justice in a public statement, and even established the position of "Director of diversity, inclusion, and belonging" at the end of June.

But all this talk of "inclusion" did little to save a longtime curator from having to resign after saying the museum "will definitely still continue to collect white artists."

Gary Garrels, who the media has called one of the most prominent curators in the country, made the comment at the end of a meeting about the museum's move to acquire more works from artists of color following the death of George Floyd. He also said that banning white artists from the institution would be a form of "reverse discrimination."

Comment: Obviously an extremist position to take...

His comments prompted several former employees to start a petition demanding Garrels resign or be fired from his position. The petitioners specifically focused on the term 'reverse discrimination', calling it "white supremacist and racist language."

Comment: These people are sick in the head.

Child suicides surge during lockdown in Kent, UK

Sally Weale
The Guardian
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 18:53 UTC

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The children’s special needs may have made it particularly difficult for them to cope with the closure of schools.

Five children with special educational needs have killed themselves in the space of five months in Kent, a council official has revealed in a warning over the impact of school closures on pupils.

Sarah Hammond, the county's director of integrated children's services, said ordinarily two or three children might be expected to take their lives over 12 months.

All five of the children had special needs, including autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), which may have made it particularly difficult for them to cope without the routine of school, she said.

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Ricky Gervais slams PC police, calling cancel culture a 'weird sort of fascism'

Ben Kew
Breitbart
Wed, 15 Jul 2020 19:53 UTC

British actor Ricky Gervais raged against the rising tide of political correctness and cancel culture in the wake of the Black Lives Matter uprising, describing it as a "weird sort of fascism" fueled by trendy myths.

"There's this new, weird sort of fascism of people thinking they know what you can say and what you can't," Gervais said in an interview with talkRADIO. "There's this new trendy myth that people who want free speech want to say awful things all the time. This just isn't true. It protects everyone."

Gervais also bemoaned the growing level of exaggeration across the political divide, a trend he says is worsened by social media."If you're mildly left-wing on Twitter, you're suddenly Trotsky, right?" he said. "If you're mildly conservative, you're Hitler and if your centrist and you look at both arguments, you're a coward."

Comment: Gervais is becoming the modern version of George Carlin, skewering fake Hollywood virtue signaling and throwing the truth in their faces. His Golden Globes monologue earlier this year is a must watch for anyone who wants to see what a courageous social commentator looks like:

North Carolina city approves reparations for Black residents

Joel Burgess
USA Today
Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:10 UTC

In an extraordinary move, the Asheville City Council has apologized for the North Carolina city's historic role in slavery, discrimination and denial of basic liberties to Black residents and voted to provide reparations to them and their descendants.

The 7-0 vote came the night of July 14.

"Hundreds of years of Black blood spilled that basically fills the cup we drink from today," said Councilman Keith Young, one of two African American members of the body and the measure's chief proponent.

"It is simply not enough to remove statutes. Black people in this country are dealing with issues that are systemic in nature.

The unanimously passed resolution does not mandate direct payments. Instead, it will make investments in areas where Black residents face disparities.

Comment: The mayor of Providence, Rhode Island has also signed an order to pursue reparations for Black and Native American residents.

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Society's Child

New from Teen Vogue: Sleep is systemically racist

Ex-Miss Kentucky sentenced to prison on sex crime charge

Azerbaijani police disperse protesters storming parliament demanding 'mobilization' against Armenia amid border escalation

The confusion in government goes beyond face masks

Hackers targeted Twitter employees to hijack accounts of Elon Musk, Joe Biden and others in Bitcoin scam

Julian Assange: Damage to the soul of a nation

San Francisco museum commits to diversity, but forces curator to quit for saying he won't 'reverse discriminate'

Child suicides surge during lockdown in Kent, UK

Ricky Gervais slams PC police, calling cancel culture a 'weird sort of fascism'

North Carolina city approves reparations for Black residents

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