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Psychology goes into meltdown over 'racism' accusations

Noah Carl
The Daily Sceptic
Fri, 09 Dec 2022 15:00 UTC
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The latest episode of academic cancel culture unfolded last week, culminating in the forced-resignation of a respected psychologist.

It all began when a team of academics led by Steven Roberts published in an article in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science. (Roberts happens to be black, a fact I mention because it's relevant to the story.) The article claimed that "systemic inequality exists within psychological research" and that "systemic changes are needed to ensure that psychological research benefits from diversity" - the usual woke shtick, in other words.

Another psychologist wrote a response, which took issue with what Roberts and his colleagues had argued. As is perfectly normal, the editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science, Klaus Fiedler, solicited critical commentaries on the response written by other scholars. One of the scholars he invited to comment was Lee Jussim, an expert on stereotype accuracy.

Comment: The take-home lesson: in academia, if you don't like what someone had to say about your work, no matter how justified the criticism, just call them racist and have them eliminated.

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Good idea! Texas lawmaker introduces bill banning minors from social media

Joshua Young
The Post Millennial
Fri, 09 Dec 2022 00:01 UTC
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GOP lawmaker Jared Patterson, a state representative from Denton County, Texas, has introduced HB 896, a bill that would ban minors in Texas from having social media accounts.

His office provided a press release on Wednesday which read, "HB 896 would prohibit minors from obtaining social media accounts in Texas. Specifically, this legislation seeks to limit social media usage to profile accounts 18 and older, requires profiles to utilize photo identification as a means of age verification, allows parents the opportunity to request account removal of their child, and grants enforcement of deceptive trade practices to the Office of the Attorney General if violated."

Comment: The toxic effect of social media on young minds is undeniable at this point. Perhaps an outright ban isn't the best answer, but it's certainly better than the hands-off, laissez-faire approach we currently have.

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Italy shooting: Three women shot dead in Rome cafe, one the friend of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni


BBC
Mon, 12 Dec 2022 09:20 UTC
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© Giorgia Meloni/FacebookGiorgia Meloni (L) posted a photo of herself with Nicoletta Golisano
Three women including a friend of Italy's new prime minister were killed when a man opened fire at a cafe in Rome, injuring four other people.

Those inside were meeting as part of a local block's residents' committee.

Roberto Gualtieri, mayor of Rome, described the shooting as a "grave episode of violence" and said he would attend an emergency meeting on Monday.
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Netizens dig out old tweets of ex-Twitter Safety Head Yoel Roth. Here's what he said

Opinda Staff
Opinda
Sun, 11 Dec 2022 00:08 UTC
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Former Twitter Safety Head Yoel Roth, image via CNN
Former Global Safety Head at Twitter, Yoel Roth, has come under the scanner over his old tweets about underage sex. He had been the subject of public ire, following the release of Twitter Files.

In a tweet dating back to 2010, he tweeted an article with the headline, "Can high school students ever meaningfully consent to sex with their teachers?" Social media users then accused him of endorsing child pornography and paedophilia.

Conservative journalist Jack Posobiec wrote, "If only there had been some warning signs about Yoel Roth,the head of Twitter Trust and Safety...And now we know why child abuse was not taken seriously"

Comment: The deeper one goes into the depths of the Twitter files and the backgrounds of those it exposes the darker these people are revealed to be. See also:

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UK power prices hit record high amid cold snap, lack of wind, and failing anti-Russia sanctions

Alex Lawson
The Guardian
Sun, 11 Dec 2022 16:45 UTC
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© Jane Barlow/PALarge areas of the country, from Scotland's Cairngorms National Park (pictured) to south-east England, have had snow over the weekend.
UK power prices have hit record levels as an icy cold snap and a fall in supplies of electricity generated by wind power have combined to push up wholesale costs.

The day-ahead price for power for delivery on Monday reached a record £675 a megawatt-hour on the Epex Spot SE exchange. The price for power at 5-6pm, typically around the time of peak power demand each day, passed an all-time high of £2,586 a megawatt-hour.

Prices are surging as the weather forces Britons to increase their heating use, pushing up demand for energy, despite high bills.


Comment: The price of energy is not just 'high', it's contributing to businesses going bankrupt and forcing people to cut back even further on other necessities, such as food.


Snow and ice have caused disruption as the cold weather looks set to continue into this week, with snow forecast for parts of east and south-east England, as well as Scotland.

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Climate change lockdowns? Yup, they are actually going there...

Michael Snyder
The Most Important News
Tue, 06 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC
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I suppose that we should have known that this was inevitable. After establishing a precedent during the pandemic, now the elite apparently intend to impose lockdowns for other reasons as well. What I have detailed in this article is extremely alarming, and I hope that you will share it with everyone that you can. Climate change lockdowns are here, and if people don't respond very strongly to this it is likely that we will soon see similar measures implemented all over the western world. The elite have always promised to do "whatever it takes" to fight climate change, and now we are finding out that they weren't kidding.

Over in the UK, residents of Oxfordshire will now need a special permit to go from one "zone" of the city to another. But even if you have the permit, you will still only be allowed to go from one zone to another "a maximum of 100 days per year"...
Oxfordshire County Council yesterday approved plans to lock residents into one of six zones to 'save the planet' from global warming. The latest stage in the '15 minute city' agenda is to place electronic gates on key roads in and out of the city, confining residents to their own neighbourhoods.

Under the new scheme if residents want to leave their zone they will need permission from the Council who gets to decide who is worthy of freedom and who isn't. Under the new scheme residents will be allowed to leave their zone a maximum of 100 days per year, but in order to even gain this every resident will have to register their car details with the council who will then track their movements via smart cameras round the city.

Comment: Portents of things to come...

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To Hell with Iran, China & Hunter: Americans are suffering

Ilana Mercer
The Unz Review
Thu, 08 Dec 2022 00:00 UTC
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A previous column, "The Hell With Hunter; Call Joe In For Hearings On Treason, Cancel The Neocons While You're At It," ventured that, "If the GOP were seriously working for Deplorables, and not engaged in tit-for-tat political gotcha among elites — they'd pursue First Principles driven congressional oversight." Biden would, duly, be summonsed for a hearing not about his loathsome son's lap top and lap dancers, but on a charge of treason against the American people.

Intentionally, and as a matter of policy, Biden has left the southern border wide-open and unguarded — in effect inviting the world to invade the country, and thus flouting the law and his constitutional obligation as commander-in-chief to preserve America's territorial integrity and protect its population's safety.

We live in a country in which legal barriers and borders are enforced most harshly against law-abiding Caucasians. Put it this way: Were I to advise my white friends in South Africa, whom I miss more than you know, to wade into the United States via the Rio Grande — I am certain they'd be separated from their children and promptly deported. That pigment is privilege is implicit in US immigration policy. Brown and black illegal immigrants everywhere may enter the US unimpeded, unvaccinated, their tribes in tow. Not so whites. We follow the law, and are the worse for it.

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Historic building goes up in flames in Moscow, follows massive blaze at mall

Oli Smith
Express
Sat, 10 Dec 2022 08:36 UTC
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The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts caught fire this morning, sparking panic in Moscow. Officials revealed that one firefighter was injured while tackling the blaze at the art museum. The Pushkin is the largest museum of European art in Moscow and one of the leading destinations for visitors to the Russian capital.


Comment: Note that discussion online disputes that this building is the museum, and that it's housing artworks, and there isn't much media coverage about the fire to conclude either way.


The building - known as the Lopukhin estate - is currently being used by the Pushkin State Museum.

The two-story old manor house dates back to the late 17th century.

Comment: And those aren't the only fires (and explosions) to have struck Russia, below is just a selection of those that have happened in the last few months:

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US experts warn of coming food shortages, extreme weather and inflation blamed

Kali Coleman
Best Life Online
Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:16 UTC
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FILE PHOTO: These are the major supply concerns that could affect your future grocery trips.
From toilet paper to cleaning supplies, shoppers were rocked by major shortages in 2020 as a result of the pandemic and everything that came with it. But even as the COVID situation has improved, supply chain issues have continued, some with major consequences. Now, many experts are warning that we should prepare ourselves for several food shortages in the not-too-distant future. Read on to find out what you might not be able to find at your local grocery store.

Violent weather events have wreaked havoc on the nation this past year, including major floods, hurricanes, extreme heat, drought, and unusually large bouts of rainfall, according to USA Today. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that in 2022 alone, there have been 15 climate disaster events in the U.S., with losses exceeding $1 billion each.

That extreme weather has hurt harvests and devastated certain crops.


Comment: Indeed, and the accumulation of crop losses over the years, that successive governments have made little mention of, have certainly depleted stocks, however there are other contributing, even avoidable, factors, such as the lockdowns, Russian sanctions, inflation, and made worse due to the lack of support given to Western farmers to cope with these impacts. China, on the other hand, has been actively stockpiling produce, and subsidizing farmers since even before the lockdown created backlogs and shortages.


Erica Kistner-Thomas, PhD, a national program leader with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Institute of Food Production and Sustainability, told USA Today that it's becoming more difficult for farmers to adapt to the increasingly common weather extremes. "One year they'll have the best year ever and then the next year they'll be hit with a major flooding event or drought," she explained.

Comment: The UN has warned that the world is facing famine, that will make life (for some) like 'hell on earth'.

Despite this, Western governments are doing nothing to mitigate what's coming, and worse, some countries are actively putting farmers out of business:

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Kari Lake files suit packed with evidence contesting Arizona election results

Rachel Alexander
Arizona SunTimes
Sun, 11 Dec 2022 03:58 UTC
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Two weeks after filing a complaint requesting data from the 2022 midterm election in Maricopa County, gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake has filed another lawsuit against election officials contesting the election results, alleging voter disenfranchisement and suppression. Lake called for a forensic audit of the printer-tabulator problems, an inspection of ballots and voter registration records, including signatures, disqualification of illegal votes, and redoing the election as well as other relief.

Kurt Olsen, one of the attorneys who filed the lawsuit, told The Arizona Sun Times he believes the election anomalies were "intentional since they didn't test all of their equipment and follow the appropriate processes when problems arose." He asked, "Why haven't they done their own forensic audit 30 days later?"

He said Maricopa County officials' cavalier attitude about the problems and their lack of trying to find out what happened is telling. "Does anybody believe this widespread failure, oh shucks, just happened?" he wondered.
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