I pay $10.50 a month for my X subscription and it’s worth every penny.
If It Weren’t For Fake Hate
There’d be no hate at all.
The alleged victim of an anti-gay “hate crime” at Illinois State University is not even homosexual – and he changed his story multiple times, according to a police report obtained by The College Fix via a public records request.
Though the police and university left the community with the impression the case was closed because of a lack of suspects and that the unnamed individual was “knocked” off a scooter and “punched,” the official report from the incident four months ago tells a different story.
“Although this was reported as a possible Hate Crime, I was unable to establish the elements of the offense,” Detective Matthew Hice wrote at the end of the police report about the Aug. 24 incident.
How sad must one’s life be to fake a crime and fake being gay?
If It Weren’t For Fake Hate
There’d be no hate at all.
Not only has Barbara Perry refused to give anybody her list (which she insists actually exists and is not completely made up) but her university spent a whack of cash desperately trying to fend off a freedom of information request to get the info. She should be investigated by… https://t.co/S0VhEsYyXq
— Jonathan Kay (@jonkay) December 20, 2024
Blubber Douggie Wants his Pound of Freedom flesh
That headline is from an SDA regular who shared this story with me. I would have probably gone with “Randy Hillier vs The Deep State”.
Just as in the movies the evil empire is relentless however in real life its is the evil legal/political Machine that is relentless.
After nearly three years in the courts fighting frivolous and trumped-up charges, Ontario Superior court Judge Perkins-McVeigh stayed all on proceedings on my 9 criminal charges against me on November 14th 2024.
The legal machine not only hates losing they are somewhat sadistic and get pleasure from punishing people with their process and trying to ruin them financially. The Ontario Crown, Etienne lacombe under the direction of Doug Fords Conservative Minister gave me notice that on December 12th that they will appeal Justice Perkins- McVeigh decision.
A Most Important Discussion About Free Speech
Neil Oliver interviews Matt Taibbi. Grab a coffee. It’s well worth a watch.
“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
That quote comes from Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, who lived between 1834 and 1902.
Here’s a great interview with David Sacks, who will be Trump’s new AI and Crypto Czar and Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He is one of a few openly non-Woke tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.
Update: In the comments, Joe Butson recommends the All-In podcast, featuring David Sacks, Chamath Palihapitiya, and other interesting folks.
Smear Campaign
Now that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is playing on the other team, it’s clear that the knives are out. Heather Heying and Brett Weinstein review a recent hit piece in The Atlantic regarding RFK’s promotion of cooking with beef fat as opposed to seed oils, as if advocating the use of animal fat could never by anything but a conspiracy theory. The article is a classic example of pre-emptive stigmatization. As Heying relates:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s view on fats is is about bucking convention, not promoting health. And so let’s just start with that with that subtitle, which again, the author, you know, may not have anything to do with the title of the subtitle, but I’ve seen this critique before. It’s, oh, he’s just a contrarian. And we’ve been called just contrarians. And it’s one of actually the most insipid and wrong and ridiculous contentions that actual scientists can be can be slapped with.
The Power Of No
A Northern Ontario mayor who was fined for voting against flying a Pride flag at his town hall says he will not be bullied into paying the $5,000 penalty.
Nor will Mayor Harold McQuaker be taking LGBTQ training as he has been ordered to by the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC).
And, McQuaker, insisted he won’t cave to demands that he must host a Drag Time story hour in the local library, either.
Good for him.
Love Is Love
An Ontario town has been fined $10,000 and its officials ordered to complete mandatory “human rights” training after it refused to celebrate Pride Month.
h/t de Cosmos
I, For One, Welcome Our New Self-Driving Overlords
Jeff Hancock, the $600/hr “AI and misinformation” that Minnesota’s AG @keithellison hired to defend criminalizing political deepfakes admits his declaration includes fake journal articles hallucinated by ChatGPT.
Y2Kyoto: Shut Up, They Argued
Everything old is blue again.
This week I was invited by a colleague to try out the BSky app as an alternative to X/Twitter. They told me that it is far more welcoming for discussion about energy and climate. Sure, I thought, I’ll give it a try.
I actively posted there for a bit and learned that climate activists have created a Bsky climate “blocklist” that focuses on me and anyone who mentions me — Matt Yglesias of Slow Boring and Ted Nordhaus of The Breakthrough Institute are also on it. The blocklist prevents those on it from seeing the posts of those who join and creates a disincentive for anyone to mention those on the list, lest they get added to it. This is not a new strategy for some climate scientists and journalists.
People are free to create their social media echo chambers however they like, of course, but one detail is worth mentioning — One person promoting the block list is one of the lead scientists of the U.S. National Climate Assessment. That degree of intolerance among those selected to represent the climate science community is a problem for climate science and politics.
Pre-emptive stigmatization
I ran across this Michael Malice where he interviews Bret Weinstein to discuss a tactic commonly used by the mainstream media to discredit a foe before they even discuss that person’s ideas. I call it “pre-emptive stigmatization”. We see it used to tag conservatives as “far-right” or RFK as a “conspiracy theorist”, which sets the stage for the consequent attempt to demolish their reputation.
As Malice says, “…as soon as I can create the impression that someone’s a ‘them’… I don’t need to listen to anything that they have to say because they’re not us…they’re the bad guys…We see this very often with corporate journalists…they’ll say ‘Joe Rogan, a podcaster with a history of transphobic jokes’, so before you even get into any information I the journalist am telling the reader he’s a ‘them’… this guy’s trouble… I’ve already pre- stigmatized him and once you see that they do this it’s pervasive and it’s definition by non-essentials and definition by stigma…”
47: Brendan Carr Gets FCC, Kash Patel To FBI?
Crawl while you still can, swamp creatures – the water’s lookin’ chilly.
Kash Patel will head up the FBI according to Steve Bannon, but no confirmation on that.
Well, Rats!
Political aides are resigning, fake journos fleeing to BlueSky, while WaPo herds their own subscribers toward browner pastures;
On Thursday, the Post published an explanatory guide for Americans thinking about leaving the United States after Donald Trump’s overwhelming victory in the 2024 election, offering tips on obtaining a visa to live in Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. For some reason, the article did not include tips on how to immigrate to the many African countries where English is the primary language.
Clint Russell (@LibertyLockPod)
DEI employees threatening to quit over Sec Def Hegseth appointment
FDA employees threatening to quit over RFK Jr HHS appointment
DOJ employees threatening to quit over AG Gaetz appointment
At this rate Elon & Vivek won’t have to fire hardly anybody. Fkn tremendous.
I thought Trump could win, but I had no idea he’d win this hard.
I, Napoleon
Counter with an offer to spay and neuter them all: Striking Canada Post union demands free sex changes
Among their gripes is the fact that their employees can’t get sex change operations for free, as indicated by their inclusion of “gender-affirming care” to their benefits plan, along with other financial items.
Just as woke, the CUPW is asking for “precautionary cessation of work for pregnant and breastfeeding employees,” rather than “women.”
The CUPW did not include any of this language in their press release on the strike this morning, opting for a more conventional argument surrounding fair wages and safe working conditions.
CUPW’s website lists a swath of unresolved issues, including wage increases in line with inflation, adding 10 paid medical days and 7 paid personal days, allowing medical days to be banked, and protections against technological change.
Kier Starmer’s Britain
Where the foxes caper unmolested, the government packs your school lunch and well, the Magna Carta had a good run.
IN ENGLAND, POLICE CAN COME KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR FOR A "NON-CRIME HATE INCIDENT"
Telegraph journalist Allison Pearson is being investigated by Essex police for a "non-crime hate incident." This is happening in England, the birthplace of the common law. Enough is enough. pic.twitter.com/9mgqNO1KgS
— David Thunder (@davidjthunder) November 15, 2024
Let That Sink In
Elon Musk's X platform continues to be the dominant social discourse app in America, garnering 30 times more daily visits in the U.S. on average during the general election than rival platforms, according to data from Similarweb.
— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) November 15, 2024
Ban Them All!
I’m not sure what’s worse: the over the top rants regarding either minor or non-existent misunderstandings of Australian aborigine culture in a children’s book, or the abject, groveling apologies from the author and publisher.
Prominent First Nations writers have also criticised the book, accusing Oliver of engaging in cultural appropriation, and his publisher, Penguin Random House UK, of making serious errors in judgment.
The award-winning Kooma and Nguri author Cheryl Leavy, who specialises in nonfiction, poetry and children’s literature, told Guardian Australia she was troubled by the book’s themes of child slavery and child stealing, and the appropriation of culture for personal gain.
“There is no space in Australian publishing (or elsewhere) for our stories to be told through a colonial lens, by authors who have little if any connection to the people and place they are writing about.”
I, Napoleon
It’s not a cause for the left – it’s a tool: One of the ways to defend a position is to insist on language that makes it impossible to attack or criticize it at all. Control of language is an immensely powerful tactic. Once you concede the vocabulary you are doomed.
Regulating The Regulators
There’s no point whining about the left’s capture of institutions if you’re not prepared to take them back.
The Alberta government has proposed a review of professional regulatory bodies and how to better protect the right to free expression. In a video announcing the review, to be followed by new legislation next year, Premier Smith said, “What a doctor or lawyer believes or says about politics or religion is not a reflection of their competency to practice medicine or law.”
We don’t have details yet about what this review or legislation will look like, but Premier Smith is absolutely correct to be concerned with the expanded claims by professional regulators to police the off-duty and non-practice related speech of their members. To be clear, these proposals are not restricting the power of regulators to discipline doctors who claim vaccines contain 5G microchips, or accountants who sexually harass clients, or lawyers who hire private surveillance to stalk judges in their cases. This is about regulators claiming authority to silence the political, cultural, social, and religious opinions of their members.
I’ve written extensively on the topic of free speech and professional regulation, including in a paper published by the MacDonald Laurier Institute. Every Canadian has a constitutionally guaranteed right to freedom of expression, including those in regulated professions. Many Canadians are part of regulated professions and have felt the chill of saying things that may be unpopular, even when unrelated to their professional work as a doctor, lawyer, nurse, or accountant.
This is an essential legislative step that needs to be duplicated here, and it needs some teeth: high dollar penalties for regulators that abuse their power, and restitution to the wrongly targeted.