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The New York Times story did not say what its editors and their flying monkeys thought it said. The headline said, “A Tiny Number of Shoplifters Commit Thousands of New York City Thefts.” OK, you don’t need a J-school degree to figure out the message sent. Not everyone in NYC is boosting $4,500 Louis Vuitton … Read more

Below is my column in The Hill on the recent controversy of a Tennessee Florist shop refusing to serve Republicans and encouraging others to do the same. It is a timing boycott as we await the decision in 303 Creative v. Elenis. Here is the column: Alex Vaughan and Quinn Kiesow are florists on a mission. … Read more

https://twitter.com/_/status/1647716399928754185 VIDEO: Woman Receives Brutal Beatdown by Mob in Chicago https://twitter.com/_/status/1647998114542829571 h/t dr0id

In January 2020, Walmart approached public school administrators in Bentonville, Arkansas, about hosting diversity training sessions for the district. “We want people to feel welcomed, comfortable, and safe living here” in Northwest Arkansas, Candice Jones, Walmart’s head of diversity, emailed district leaders, according to documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. To that end, the company … Read more

“ Twitter has labelled the CBC’s Twitter account as “government-funded media.” The new label appeared Sunday night, just days after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre asked the company to add it to the national broadcaster’s account.” “ After the label was added to the CBC account Sunday night, Poilievre tweeted that the decision “exposed” the public … Read more

Someone threw country star Brantley Gilbert a Bud Light while he was on stage. His reaction was priceless 🤣 pic.twitter.com/aJUbn4f9cC — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) April 17, 2023

Large anti government demonstration in Prague. Protesters cite inflation, which has been at least 15% in January, February, and March of this year, and rising energy prices as reasons for demanding the resignation of the Czech government. by u/Settlemente in censoredreality S dildem v ruce proti bídě a chudobě! by u/Hulman in czech

via fortune: Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed because it invested too much in long-term bonds that lost value when interest rates went up. That’s what our accounting rules encourage banks to do. As a consequence, U.S. banks, including some of America’s leading banks, are estimated to have over $600 billion of unrecognized losses on the “underwater” … Read more

The Inflation Reduction Act, which became law last August, includes $369bn of tax credits for clean technologies Companies have committed more than $200bn to US manufacturing projects since Congress passed sweeping subsidies last year The investment in semiconductor and clean tech investments is almost double the commitments made in the same sectors in the whole … Read more

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s urgent request to enter a restraining order against Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was rejected on April 11, the same day it was filed. On April 11, Bragg sued Jordan for allegedly infringing on state sovereignty. Jordan has subpoenaed a former Bragg deputy and demanded documents from Bragg’s office regarding the … Read more

via cbc As Rehan Khan scans his 160 acres of muddy, partially snow-covered field, he sees golden — and red — opportunity. “The first year, I seeded oats. Then in 2022, it was wheat. This year, it’s red lentils,” said the father of two who farms near Yorkton, Sask. Khan left Pakistan in 2018 so … Read more

The German government is looking to grant powers to courts to block the social media accounts of citizens who engage in ‘digital violence’. Earlier this week, the Federal Ministry of Justice called for the creation of a “law against digital violence” under which German courts could ban social media accounts of individual users and even … Read more