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Ironically, Gagnon's post drew attention to Facebook's suspension of his friend, Laurie Higgins, who got a 7-day ban for criticizing Biden's policy.
"There was absolutely no incitement to violence on our part. We abhor violence done to any person," Gagnon told PJ Media on Tuesday. "This is just a thinly veiled and pathetic excuse for censorship of any critical views toward trans-tyranny over our consciences, religion, and reason."
"Only one point of view is being allowed," he added, ominously. "Trump was not the great danger to the Republic. Left-wing canceling is."
The controversy erupted earlier this month when Robert Schuyler used the gesture during the annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology (SHA).
It happened after the event moderator gave Schuyler permission to interrupt another speaker only for the other speaker, Liz Quinlan, to deem his question, which was about how the Covid-19 pandemic had impacted membership renewals for 2021, off topic.
Comment: Regardless of whether or not Schuyler's original question was relevant, the backlash against him for his outburst has proved his later point. Not that that point really needed to be made. It's been clear for the past several years at least that freedom of speech is not an inalienable right guaranteed by the Bill of Rights but a privilege allowed only within certain bounds as determined by the Woke and the pathological. It's unsurprising then that the only things Schuyler's stunt has accomplished is to get him fired and likely made things slightly worse for those left behind at the school. He should've known better than to provoke the Woke without thinking it through.
The board voted 6-1 in favor of the change, which it has been considering since October 2020.
Among the names being removed from the schools are those of Thomas Jefferson, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Washington and Jefferson were slave owners. Lincoln ended slavery, but some historians say he oppressed indigenous people.
The name of long-time California Democratic Sen. Diane Feinstein is also being removed because as San Francisco mayor in the 1980s she replaced a damaged Confederate flag outside of City Hall.
Replacing signage at the 44 schools will cost more than $400,000, according to the Courthouse News.
Comment: The cost isn't just what money is spent on - be it frivolous or thrifty. It also must factor the increasing costs of what remains unfunded in its stead. The Covid impact - on families and its economic devastation to state and country - is case-in-point.
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Last Friday, the nine-member board of the Hispanic foods giant voted by majority to censure Unanue over controversial remarks he made to the media following the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol, including an appearance on Fox Business Network last week during which he called the election of President Joe Biden "unverified."
Unanue told Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo on Jan. 20:
"I think this is mission accomplished. Mission accomplished by the union, the partnership, the conglomerate of social media, Big Tech, big media, and government, big government, for ushering in the dawn of a new world order — this great reset — with an unverified election, and the big prize is the United States."Those comments were reportedly the tipping point for board members, who initiated the censure vote two days later. The vote by majority to silence Unanue means he will no longer be able to speak to the media without the board's permission, the Post noted.
The announcements were made over the weekend by the governors of the cities, Chinese media reported. Beijing Mayor Chen Jining told the local government that the capital wants to build "innovative demonstration zones for fintech and professional services" this year and will promote the pilot program for the digital yuan. A similar pledge was made in a work report by Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng.
Several rounds of trials have already been held in Shenzhen, a city in Guangdong Province, sometimes dubbed China's Silicon Valley. The city will further develop an "innovative pilot zone for the country's digital currency," according to the governor of the province, Ma Xingrui.
Comment: The cashless society is upon us all:
- The Great Reset - The birth of the cashless society
- Cashless society: Fewer than 10% of Norwegians are using cash
- Russia's volume of cashless payments outpaces EU countries as transactions soar 30-fold
A celebration of new life, attended by more than 20 people at a home in East London, was interrupted by officers on Sunday. The police went in to find guests sitting behind a long table with catering and a balloon arch in the far end of the room.
"Who doesn't live here?" said a female officer in bodycam footage released by the Metropolitan Police. The question was aimed at singling out those who came to the party in violation of lockdown rules that forbid meeting people from outside one's own household or support bubble.
Comment: Thank heavens Londoners have such brave and heroic law enforcement officers to protect them from such dangerous criminals as these.
Capitalizing on audience confusion over whether masks are supposed to protect others or the wearer, CNBC's Contessa Brewer explained (in an increasingly muffled voice as she demonstrated proper mask application on camera) on Monday that while the first mask protects others, the second one protects the wearer.
This is especially important as new and seemingly more contagious strains of Covid-19 spread among the population, US coronavirus czar Anthony Fauci claimed.
For those who really want to be safe, however, wearing three masks is 90 percent effective, CNBC claimed in a graphic accompanying the segment, which cited a recent study that actually claimed a three-layer mask was hypothesized to be 90 percent effective.
For those unwilling to take the triple-mask challenge, Brewer held up a line of Chinese-manufactured masks similar to the N-95 variety that was so much in demand in the early months of the pandemic, explaining discomfort was proof the five-layer face covering was working.
Comment: They're barely bothering to pretend anymore.
Colleen Oefelein, an associate literary agent with the New York City-based Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency, was sacked after her boss learned that she owned accounts on Gab and Parler. The agency's owner, Jennifer DeChiara, publicly announced on Twitter that the firm had dropped Oefelein after making the "distressing" discovery.
"We do not condone this activity, and apologize to anyone who has been affected or offended by this," the message read. DeChiara stressed that her agency was committed to ensuring a "voice of unity" and was firmly "on the side of social justice."
The school's new LGBTQ+ Fund has been launched with a $50,000 gift from an alumnus, who was not identified in last week's news release celebrating its establishment. The fund has "the goal of identifying LGBTQ+ based biases in the dental profession and ways to dispel them."
While dental care is almost universally considered gender-inclusive, the near-total absence of scientific research on the subject of the LGBTQ+ dental patient experience is apparently seen as fertile territory, as the fund-seeding donation to Penn is aimed at "eventually endowing the fund to support research and programs in perpetuity."
Comment: A pointless waste of money:
- How addressing so-called 'unconscious bias' and 'unwitting racism' could be the first step to brainwashing
- The bias of bias-reducing methods - bias training, bias reporting, and bias warnings do more harm than good
- Mandatory unconscious bias training dropped by UK government: Experts say it makes people MORE prejudiced
Melissa Carone, star witness in Dominion fraud investigation, announces campaign for Michigan Senate
Carone stated that her "ultimate goal is to get our ballots hand-counted and clean out Lansing just like draining the swamp in D.C. because that's what we need," according to Detroit Deadline.
The seat sought by Carone is located in Michigan's 46th District, which overlaps with Oakland County.
Comment: Politics need more no-nonsense voices such as Ms. Carone. Her testimony regarding the Dominion vote fraud in Detroit is worth watching in full:
- Dominion whistleblower says CEO lied during Michigan testimony - personally witnessed internet connections between machines
- What did the Detroit whistleblowers, whose lawsuit was rejected, say they saw? Late ballot boxes, votes counted 4-5 times each
Comment: The reason is "repressive tolerance." The idea is that all non-leftist ideas cannot be tolerated, even if they are nonviolent - because they all inevitably lead to fascism, and thus violence. The only ideas to be tolerated are the leftist ones, even if they are backed by violence. Expect to see a lot more repressive tolerance of the coming months.