February 2022

Racialized Media Exalt USA Skeleton’s First Black Olympian … By Hiding Her Face

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 12, 2022 61 Comments

Here's an idea: how about we drop the swooning, astonished gasping about the near-daily historic black firsts and just celebrate hard-earned human accomplishment? ...

Canadian Police “Move In” On #FreedomTruckers At Ambassador Bridge

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 12, 2022 20 Comments

CBC reporter: "Police are slowly closing in on Windsor protesters who insist on singing O Canada"...

University of Minnesota Now Has an “Expiration Date” on Campus Buildings if Namesakes Ever Committed Wrongthink

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 12, 2022 5 Comments

"University leaders said the new policy will allow more people to be honored with building names over time."...

#WalkAway Founder Brandon Straka Tells His Story of January 6th and the Aftermath in Interview With Mark Levin

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 12, 2022 6 Comments

Brandon Straka, the founder of the #WalkAway movement, which encourages people to walk away from the left, did an interview with Mark Levin this week, which was very revealing. Straka tells his full story of January 6th and what he has been through since then.

University of Iowa Launching Free Speech Program That Requires Training

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 12, 2022 4 Comments

"Participants will learn about policies and expectations related to free speech, how to identify if a situation needs to be reported"...

Canadian-Style French Freedom Convoy Reaches Paris, To Defy Police Ban

Posted by Vijeta Uniyal on February 12, 2022 17 Comments

France 24 TV: "France mobilised thousands of police, armoured personnel carriers and water cannon trucks in Paris on Friday to keep out convoys of motorists." ...

Course at U. New Hampshire Tasks Students With Calling Out Another Person for Racism or Homophobia

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 12, 2022 5 Comments

“Do your calling out in a safe way”...

No Free Lunch Week in Education

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 12, 2022 6 Comments

Your weekly report on education news....

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Beto Trailing Badly In Polls, Now Has ‘No Interest in Taking’ Your AR-15

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 11, 2022 55 Comments

Now he LOVES #2A: “I’m not interested in taking anything from anyone. What I want to make sure that we do is defend the Second Amendment."...

Now the White House Says Putin Will Invade Ukraine ‘Any Day Now’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 11, 2022 32 Comments

Russia cannot invade Ukraine because Russia invaded Ukraine in March 2014. Nice to know everyone cares about Ukraine now. My throat hurts from all the shouting about it for the past 8 years....

Sarah Palin v. NY Times VERDICT Watch – UPDATE – Jury Breaks For Day, Returns Monday

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2022 15 Comments

The jury in the case of Sarah Palin v. The New York Times is in the hands of the jury. We will report as soon as a verdict is reached.

Biden Calls NBC’s Lester Holt a ‘Wise Guy’ Over Inflation Question

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 11, 2022 34 Comments

Biden has a problem with the media. Isn't that a threat to our press? Isn't that a threat to America?...

Ontario Premier Declares State of Emergency Over Freedom Convoy on Ambassador Bridge

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 11, 2022 43 Comments

Doug Ford said his "cabinet will enact orders to make it illegal to block borders and highways and impose $100,000 fines and prison terms for those who defy them."...

Op-Ed: The False Choice Between Academic Freedom and Critical Theory Bans

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 11, 2022 0 Comments

"fundamentally incompatible not only with the idea of academic freedom, but with the ultimate goals of seeking and conveying truth"...

Still They Persisted: Canadian Truckers Protest Expands to Critical Ambassador Bridge

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 11, 2022 51 Comments

Who would have thought the Northern border of the US would get so much attention?...

Graduate Students at Clark University in Worcester, MA to Unionize

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 11, 2022 1 Comment

“This is a historically significant moment for graduate labor”...

Sarah Palin vs. NY Times Libel Trial Update: Final Day – Palin Says it Was ‘Devastating’ to Read Editorial

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 11, 2022 8 Comments

Thursday was likely the last day of testimony in the Sarah Palin libel case against the NY Times. Palin said it was devastating to read the paper's editorial, linking her to the 2017 shooting of Steve Scalise and other Republicans.

University of Missouri Takes Major Step in Respecting Second Amendment Rights of Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 11, 2022 3 Comments

"A libertarian student organization praised the decision"...

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