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Hall of Fame ousts Jann Wenner The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ousts Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone Magazine, after he outed himself as a racist and misogynist. When asked by Times reporter David Marchese why he did not include female artists or people of color on his list of rock legends, Wenner responded, “Insofar… Read more.
Tuberville’s hold on military promotions Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville is getting his 15 minutes of fame. He’s getting it for making Congress even more partisan and dysfunctional than usual. But that’s the point. Tuberville is holding up promotions for over 250 military officers. The Pentagon subsidizes out-of-state travel for reproductive healthcare, including abortion. He’s protesting that policy. And he… Read more.
Scholastic is the world’s largest publisher of educational materials, including children’s books. It enjoyed a good reputation. Then it betrayed its mission. It asked an author to cut references to racism from her book before publication. The author is Maggie Tokuda-Hall (no relation). Her children’s book is Love in the Library. Here is how NPR reported on Saturday on… Read more.
This year’s NCAA Women’s final was the most thrilling and “satisfying” in recent memory. That the LSU Tigers set a scoring record in defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes speaks volumes. LSU blitzed Iowa 102-85 to win the NCAA championship. LSU defeats Iowa Angel Reese is the ‘Bayou Barbie’ who led LSU. Caitlin Clark is the National… Read more.
Fox News propagated the big lie that Democrats rigged the 2020 Election. And it accused Dominion Voting Systems of flipping votes to help them do it. Dominion filed a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News. Its filings have disclosed incriminating text and email exchanges among Fox personnel. And they are proving to be the… Read more.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a crusade. He’s banning African-American studies from public schools, claiming they impose a political agenda on school kids. This is a brazen case of projection. DeSantis is ensuring schools indoctrinate kids with a white-supremacist version of US history Rev. Al Sharpton led a march on Wednesday on Florida’s state… Read more.
The Golden Globes returned from purgatory last night. The show gave the impression that they successfully purged the racism that caused Hollywood to send them there. Except that the Oscars committed the same sins in spades. Remember #OscarsSoWhite? Yet Hollywood granted them absolution. In other words, Hollywood condemned the Globes for discrimination while discriminating against… Read more.
Podcast Episode 100 What does it profit a man, if he gains political power, but his country loses its soul..? Alas, for men like Bibi Netanyahu and Donald Trump, their profit is worth the country’s loss. Netanyahu began his “reign” by giving former President Jimmy Carter just cause to admonish him about turning Israel into… Listen.
Justice Alito Cracks a Racist Joke You do see a lot of Black children in Ku Klux Klan outfits, right?’ Alito then joked. ‘All the time.’ — The Recount (@therecount) December 5, 2022 Frankly, there are too many things wrong with this joke to list. But, notably, Justice Samuel Alito told it during oral arguments at the… Read more.
This morning, Adidas cut ties with Kanye West over his antisemitic rantings. It is the latest of many corporations to answer the pleas of Jewish leaders to do so. ‘I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because… Read more.
