January 2022

UK Media Regulator Investigates BBC After Evidence Debunks Claim About “Anti-Muslim Slurs” Made By Jewish Teens During Antisemitic London Attack

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 28, 2022 21 Comments

BBC issues half-hearted apology, says it has "amended" the news article posted on its website....

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1021765714498215936

U. Illinois Urbana-Champaign Student Govt. Demands Jeff Sessions Speaking Event be Moved Off-Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2022 7 Comments

“It is evident from recent events that the ISG doesn’t support diversity of thought on campus”...

L.A. DA Gascón Allows Adult Child Molester to be Housed in Juvenile Detention

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2022 65 Comments

James Tubbs, who committed the crime in 2014 when he was 17, only identified as a woman after they took him into custody so he'll be housed with the females but supposedly in isolation. He also won't have to register as a sex offender....

Lawmakers Send Letter to Biden Urging Him to Cancel Student Loan Debt

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2022 5 Comments

“In light of high Covid-19 case counts and corresponding economic disruptions, restarting student loan payments without this broad cancellation would be disastrous for millions of borrowers and their families”...

Teammates of Transgender Swimmer at UPenn Reportedly Uncomfortable With Locker Room Nudity

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2022 94 Comments

Female students on the UPenn swim team are apparently uncomfortable sharing the locker room with transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who is still biologically male. Who can blame them? Follow the logic here. If a male who identifies as male exposes himself in a college women's locker room, it's indecent exposure, but if the same biological male identifies as female, it's no big deal?

Yale Reportedly Has COVID ‘Hotline’ Students Can Use to Report on Each Other

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2022 2 Comments

"The [committee] has determined that your conduct posed a risk to the health and safety of yourself or other community members"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxUFqQLnV7E

Survey: 5.4 Million First-Time Gun Owners in 2021, Growing Diversity Bad News for Gun Control Advocates

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 28, 2022 20 Comments

The industry saw a 44.5% increase among blacks and 33.2% of females as first-time buyers....

UIC Law Prof. Jason Kilborn Sues After University Tried To Force Him Into Humiliating Racial Reeducation Program

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2022 14 Comments

Used letters "N" and "B" on exam hypo about employment discrimination, leading to campaign to fire him. The FIRE notes: "In a stunning display of unintended irony, the individualized training materials [UIC tried to force on Kilborn] include the same redacted slur that Kilborn used in his test question." ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FucY0Tm6XO0

Survey: Young People Embrace Cancel Culture To Advance Social Justice Even When They Are The Victims

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 27, 2022 32 Comments

According to the report, "by a 48–27 margin, respondents under 30 agree that 'My fear of losing my job or reputation due to something I said or posted online is a justified price to pay to protect historically disadvantaged groups.'"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpEj7K4omdQ

Canadian Truckers in Freedom Convoy Dismissed as ‘Fringe Minority’ with ‘Unacceptable Views’ by PM Trudeau

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 27, 2022 36 Comments

GoFundMe freezes $4.7 million from trucker convoy campaign, saying it wants "a plan"....

Breyer: I’m Retiring, But Only When My Successor Is Confirmed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 27, 2022 109 Comments

Biden has confirmed his campaign promise only to consider Black women for the next vacancy, and will make a nomination by the end of February....

Space Helmet Prof Who Called Students ‘Vectors of Disease’ Sues University for Suspending Him

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 27, 2022 2 Comments

"COVID-19 is deadly. But at Ferris State University, freedom of speech and academic freedom are deadlier"...

Palestinian Stabber Who Murdered UK Student in 2017 Jerusalem Attack, Dies in Prison Cell

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on January 27, 2022 16 Comments

Victim was 21-year-old exchange student on her way to the church where she volunteered....

Arizona State University Cancels Fundraising Event Featuring Two Republican Congressmen

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 27, 2022 2 Comments

“It is becoming clear that woke cancel culture has taken over every office at the University”...

Bioscientists Have Identified a “Stealth Omicron” Sub-Variant

Posted by Leslie Eastman on January 27, 2022 40 Comments

Omicron rebranded for the fun new pandemic era in which we all find ourselves....

Law Groups at U. Penn Back Transgender Swimmer Lia Thomas, Slam Critics as Anti-Trans

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 27, 2022 17 Comments

"She succeeded because of the hard work she has put in throughout her long swimming career"...

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