JUST IN – Zuckerberg regrets working with the Biden-Harris administration to censor Covid era information online.
The Assault On Speech Goes Global
Walter Kirn and [Matt Taibbi] discuss the detention of Telegram founder Pavel Durov and raids of figures like Dimitri Simes, which has leaders of independent platforms in a panic
Are We On the Cusp of a Very Dark Age?
Are you getting sick of me saying “I told you so”? https://t.co/KXOOsAa5yI
— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) August 25, 2024
The DNC’s Sinister Rebrand of “Freedom”
Matt Taibbi: Get ready for the new “Freedom Frame,” an argument for massive expansion of federal authority, disguised as a celebration of rights
O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas
Keir Starmer’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and I’m Sure Throwing J.K. Rowling In Jail Over Her Tweets Will Calm Everything Down.
Free speech and rail
Op-Ed: Bill Whitelaw: Will my job title get ‘Greenhushed?’ More on free speech, or lack thereof, and Bill C-59
Also:
What to know about the potential work stoppage at Canada’s two biggest railways
You’ll Just Have To “Trust” Us
Joe Warmington– This @CanadianPress story does not reveal what charges are, who’s charged and what was written on social media to result in @rcmpgrcpolice laying charges. A secret police probe in a free country. If you know details, please fill in blanks.
Sun- B.C. woman arrested after ’racially offensive’ social media content: RCMP
Non-objective Law
If the ease with which the Covid lockdowns were instituted told us anything, it was that people could be panicked into throwing away basic freedoms with astonishing ease. It seems that this lesson has not been lost on the British government, which is currently busy prosecuting a plethora of victimless crimes with relative impunity.
A judge has jailed a “keyboard warrior” for posting an online message saying “blow the mosque up with the adults in it” during the riots.
When sentencing Sweeney, Judge Steven Everett, the Recorder of Chester, said: “You should have been looking at the news and media with horror like every right-minded person. Instead, you chose to take part in stirring up hatred.
“You were part of a Facebook account which had 5,100 members. You had a big audience.
“You threatened a mosque, wherever it was. It truly was a terrible threat.
“So-called keyboard warriors like you must learn to take responsibility for your disgusting and inflammatory language.”
Keir Starmer’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and “People will forgive you for being wrong, but they will never forgive you for being right“.
Mischief Makers
Closing arguments are finally being heard in the freedom convoy court case centering on charges of mischief. The trial was supposed to take a couple of weeks but wound up lasting nearly a year. That’s in addition to varying periods of incarceration for the defendants since early 2022. It’s anyone’s guess as to what it cost the prosecution to pursue the case.
Lich and Barber’s lawyers have argued throughout the trial that organizing a protest is not an illegal activity and is protected under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The court has scheduled three days to hear the final arguments in the case, as well as several extra days next week in case they go long.
Musk vs. The Censorship Industrial Complex
Michael Shellenberger- EU Threatens Elon Musk Over Donald Trump Interview, Potentially Interfering In US Elections
Elon Musk- Donald Trump interview (22 million views at the time of posting this)
When Even Mr. Bean is Against You
Well known (and loved) English comedian, Rowan Atkinson, speaks out against Two Tier Kier’s rapid pursuit to become Britain’s Joseph Stalin. But will the new UK Dictator listen?
P.S. Here is the sketch that Atkinson mentioned.
Update: It’s videos like this that Herr Starmer does not want you to see.
The Censorship Industrial Complex
Richard Dawkins- My entire @facebook account has been deleted, seemingly (no reason given) because I tweeted that genetically male boxers such as Imane Khalif (XY undisputed) should not fight women in Olympics. Of course my opinion is open to civilised argument. But outright censorship?
What If They’re Christian Prayers?
Sun- Prayer service in busy downtown intersection not against the law
“In Canada, no permit is required to hold a demonstration, as peaceful assembly and expression, including prayers, are protected under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” Toronto Police spokesperson Stephanie Sayer said.
Even, police say, if such a demonstration inconveniences other citizens by snarling traffic and delaying public transit.
Well…
Much has changed in the approach to policing since the G20 in 2010 where many were arrested for protesting, or when Adam Skelly was busted during the pandemic for his lockdown protest at his Adamson BBQ restaurant in 2020, or Christian Pastor David Lynn was charged with causing a disturbance for preaching to more than a dozen supporters near Church St. during Pride Month in 2019.
Just Don’t Apply Any Of This To US
Has Fascism Descended Upon Britain?
As this video points out, there is something very unusual going on with so-called anti-fascist protests in the UK. Fascism is often referred to as the collusion between the state and companies. What about the collusion between the state and NGOs? The latter are well funded … but by whom?
Show Me The Man, I’ll Show You The Crime
Tuesday night, while self-styled Democratic nominee Kamala Harris pledged to defend “freedom, compassion, and the rule of law” to cheers in Philadelphia, Hawaii’s Tulsi Gabbard described being tracked by teams of government agents in a surveillance regime more reminiscent of East Germany than a free country. Whistleblowing Air Marshals told Uncover DC Gabbard was singled out as a terror threat under the so-called “Quiet Skies” program, and the former presidential candidate says she noticed.
“The whistleblowers’ account matches my experience,” says Gabbard. “Everything lines up to the day.”
This story began two weeks ago, when the former Hawaii congresswoman returned home after a short trip abroad. In airport after airport, she and her husband Abraham Williams encountered obstacles. First on a flight from Rome to Dallas, then a connecting flight to Austin, and later on different flights for both to cities like Nashville, Orlando, and Atlanta, their boarding passes were marked with the “SSSS” designation, which stands for “Secondary Security Screening Selection.” The “Quad-S” marker is often a sign the traveler has been put on a threat list, and Gabbard and Williams were forced into extensive “random” searches lasting as long as 45 minutes.
“It happened every time I boarded,” says Gabbard. The Iraq war veteran and current Army reservist tends to pack light, but no matter.
Related cancellations on X: Nicole Shanahan in discussion with Jay Bhattacharya, Eric Weinstein, and Mike Benz (1.5hrs)
Let That Sink In
Bill Rice Jr- Let’s Get Ready to Rumble!
Have you ever wondered why wildly-popular TV and Internet sites get virtually no advertising from the world’s largest advertisers?
Damien Slash- It’s time to extradite Elon Musk.
James Lindsay- The Woke “ball bearing factory”
Never Let A Serious Crisis Go To Waste
Off-Guardian- UK Riots: The agenda becomes clear…
Whatever the truth of this latest incident, and whatever long term aims it might be used to further, this “strategy of tension” has an immediate political agenda already becoming clear – and it’s as predictable as ever.
Attacking free speech is the ever-present, eternal agenda that comes before everything else and it’s been a real pile-on the last few days.
You cannot begin to fathom how irritating it is to the ruling class that ordinary people are allowed to just say whatever they want whenever they want – including having the audacity to fact check the media in real time, with no repercussions at all.