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Air Force leaders set new goals to diversify officer corps

Rachel Cohen
Yahoo
Tue, 30 Aug 2022 06:50 UTC
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Air Force and Space Force leaders this month laid out a new vision for more diversity in the officer corps, aiming to boost the proportion of minority airmen and guardians in fields traditionally staffed by white men.

It's the first time in nearly 10 years that the Air Force has updated demographic targets for those recruited into its main sources of commissioned officers, like the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.

"Diversity and inclusion are an essential part of our society and key to the success of any organization," the department said in an Aug. 9 memo cosigned by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, Undersecretary Gina Ortiz Jones, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown Jr. and Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Jay Raymond.

The directive aims to create a "force more representative of our nation," the memo said. Ultimately, bringing in a broader range of perspectives can foster the new ideas and skills needed to accomplish military missions, they said.
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SOTT Focus: MindMatters: What Is a Woman? Three Dudes Attempt the Impossible

Harrison Koehli, L.P. Koch, Adam Daniels
Sott.net
Sat, 03 Sep 2022 00:00 UTC
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Today on MindMatters we delve into the mystery of mysteries, the unanswerable and inscrutable, the question of the ages: what is a woman? Many have tried, all have failed - until now.

With reference to Matt Walsh's documentary of the same name, an obscure work by Hervey Cleckley, and two of Luc's recent Substack articles, we provide a take you probably haven't heard anywhere else. So tune in.


Running Time: 01:20:45

Download: MP3 — 111 MB


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Portland preschool teacher with history of monkeypox barred from job after sexually explicit posts on social media

Andy Ngo
Newsweek
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:13 UTC
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A preschool teacher in Portland, Oregon, who is the recipient of thousands of dollars in donations after coming forward about contracting monkeypox, has been deemed a "serious danger to the health and safety of children" following the revelation of a disturbing social media history first investigated by Newsweek.

Marco Antonio Reyes Rojas was first featured on local television earlier this summer where he talked about the challenges of contracting monkeypox and needing to isolate. The 30-year-old Mexican-American, who is openly gay, shared photos of the pustules and rash he developed. He had previously been featured in the local press for his political advocacy on behalf of illegal foreign nationals living in the U.S. On social media, he blamed the United States for his suffering with monkeypox.

Comment: It would be good if schools thoroughly screened prospective teachers beforehand, to prevent degenerates like this from taking positions in the first place.

However, a disturbing trend suggests some administrators are more concerned with teachers' political views, rather than hiring based on the merits of someone's character and their qualification.

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Project Veritas exposes NYC private school teacher radicalizing students into far-left activists

Hannah Nightingale
The Post Millennial
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 20:10 UTC
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On Wednesday, Project Veritas released a video containing an undercover conversation with a student director at New York City's Trinity School, where the female teacher unveiled how she and other teachers at the school inject activism into their teachings.

Jennifer 'Gina' Norris, Director of Student Activities at the Trinity School in New York City, was seen boasting about her teachings to the undercover Project Veritas journalist.
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The US power grid can't support its climate pledges

Haley Zaremba
Oilprice.com
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 12:00 UTC
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The neglected domestic power grid is standing between the United States and its climate pledges. In many parts of the country, most notably Texas, California, and the Southwest, renewable energy plants are producing enough clean, emissions-free energy to share with other regions - but there's no way to get it there. Instead, surplus clean energy is doomed to languish on the grid where it was produced instead of being sold to where there is demand. This phenomenon has led to the peculiar outcome of negative energy prices in parts of the country in the midst of a global energy crisis.

It's been over a year since Oilprice published an article titled "The U.S. Desperately Needs To Modernize Its Power Grid," and while President Joe Biden's administration has thrown considerable money and publicity toward the issue, the need is no less desperate today. More than $400 billion have been allocated for clean energy infrastructure and climate initiatives broadly through last year's infrastructure bill and this month's Inflation Reduction Act, but a the U.S. needs to spend $360 billion through 2030 and $2.4 trillion by 2050 on energy transmission systems alone in order to keep up with projected renewable energy expansion, according to a Princeton study from December of 2020.

Comment: And maybe get rid of that pesky democracy while you're at it! This article is illustrative of how the ideas behind 'going green' fail to be grounded in reality. What good is renewable energy if it can't get to where it's needed?

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Google workers protest $1.2 billion Project Nimbus contract with Israeli military

Amanda Silberling
TechCrunch
Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:15 UTC
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'I feel like I am making my living off of the oppression of my family,' a Palestinian Googler said.

A group of Palestinian, Jewish, Muslim and Arab Google employees are speaking out against the tech giant's Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion contract involving Google, Amazon and the Israeli government and military.

"We are proud that Google Cloud has been selected by the Israeli government to provide public cloud services to help digitally transform the country," Google spokesperson Shannon Newberry told TechCrunch. "The project includes making Google Cloud Platform available to government agencies for everyday workloads such as finance, healthcare, transportation, and education, but it is not directed to highly sensitive or classified workloads."

But according to a report from The Intercept, Google is offering advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning to the Israeli government, which could augment the country's use of digital surveillance in occupied Palestinian territories. The contract also reportedly prevents Google from denying services to specific Israeli government entities, such as the Israeli Defense Force (IDF).

Comment: It's nice to see the laptop-toting SJWs actually fighting a worthwhile cause for a change.

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Kanye West says "Hollywood is a giant brothel," mentions the Clintons in a series of Instagram posts

Nicole Dominique
Evie
Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:01 UTC
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Maybe it's time we listen to Kanye West about Hollywood and Hillary Clinton.

Kanye West commented on a post shared by Kylie Jenner's former assistant and best friend, Victoria Villarroel. Kanye warns her about Kris Jenner, while also admitting that his addiction to pornography has ruined his family. "Don't let Kris make you do playboy like she made Kyle and Kim do," he said. "Hollywood is a giant brothel Pornography destroyed my family I deal with the addiction instagram promotes it Not gonna let it happen to Northy and Chicago." [sic] The comment has since been deleted.


Comment: Whether or not he's having another 'episode,' he's not wrong about Hollywood (probably not wrong about Hillary, either).

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Average credit-card debt soars by 13%, largest increase since 1999

Bryan Jung
The Epoch Times
Fri, 02 Sep 2022 00:01 UTC
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© Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesSeveral major U.S. credit cards are seen in New York City, on May 20, 2009.
The average credit card debt held by households in the United States surged by 13 percent in the second quarter, the largest increase in such debt since 1999, according to an Aug. 30 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

More consumers are increasingly relying on credit amid sky-high inflation in order to pay their bills.

Credit card balances increased by $46 billion from last year, becoming the second-biggest source of overall debt last quarter, though it is below pre-pandemic levels.

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Yoga sect allegedly exploited women to lure men like Argentinian opera star Placido Domingo

Daniel Politi, Jocelyn Gecker and Almudena Calatrava
AP
Sat, 03 Sep 2022 08:07 UTC
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© AP Photo/Riccardo De LucaSpanish tenor Placido Domingo gives an interview in Naples, Aug. 23, 2020. An Argentina-based yoga group is under investigation for sexually exploiting women to secure the support of wealthy and powerful men around the world, including the opera star Domingo, who hasn’t been accused of any crime.
An Argentina-based yoga group sexually exploited vulnerable women it called "geishas" to get money and influence from wealthy and powerful men around the world, including opera star Placido Domingo, who knew the organization's leaders for more than two decades, according to interviews with former members and local authorities.

A sprawling investigation into the sect-like Buenos Aires Yoga School, which operated for over 30 years in Argentina's capital, has uncovered what authorities are calling a criminal organization involved in sex trafficking, money laundering, involuntary servitude, illegal practice of medicine and other crimes. Nineteen members have been arrested in the investigation that reaches into the U.S., where six more suspects are sought.

Despite its name, the school did not offer yoga classes. Leaders are accused of preying on people to join its ranks with promises of eternal happiness and then exploiting them sexually and financially, according to charging documents.

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Three Canadian cops charged in shooting death of 18-month-old boy

Patrick Reilly
New York Post
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:31 UTC
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© CTV NewsThe three OPP officers have been each charged with manslaughter and criminal negligence causing death.
Three Canadian law enforcement officers have been charged with manslaughter in the 2020 shooting death of an 18-month old baby, officials announced Wednesday.

Toddler Jameson Shapiro was shot and killed in November 2020 when constables with the Ontario Provincial Police attempted to stop a truck driven by the boy's father in the City of Kawartha Lakes, according to the The Peterborough Examiner.

Police said the man had abducted his son from a home in Trent Lakes, about 25 miles away.
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