Nobody Cares: PRS

Govi · Jul 4, 2023

Free said:
I hope the French are not taking responsibility for the insurrection...

The insurrection we're celebrating today?

Jolene Benoir · Jul 4, 2023

Yep, and boy oh boy, they want to skirt every tax, every regulation, but when the shtf they wanted the rest of the world to jump through hoops. It's just so damn...I dunno, insert your best word for arrogant and entitled.

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“That report of the special committee of the National Council of Metal Industries—what do you think of it?”
“You know what I think of it.”
“They said Rearden Metal is a threat to public safety. They said its chemical composition is unsound, it’s brittle, it’s decomposing molecularly, and it will crack suddenly, without warning…”

Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged, quoted in my column “Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt“

No one can say that OceanGate wasn’t warned. However, Stockton Rush scoffed—repeatedly, publicly—at these concerns. From the Smithsonian profile:

…tourist subs, which could once be skippered by anyone with a U.S. Coast Guard captain’s license, were regulated by the Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 1993, which imposed rigorous new manufacturing and inspection requirements and prohibited dives below 150 feet. The law was well-meaning, Rush says, but he believes it needlessly prioritized passenger safety over commercial innovation...

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WolfEyes · Jul 4, 2023

From Watergate to Gamergate to OceanGate.

They just had to choose that as a company name. :facepalm:

Bartholomew Gallacher · Jul 4, 2023

Iran has officially asked France to respect human rights and to avoid violence. Strange times.

Iran urges France to avoid violence against peaceful protesters

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has urged the French government to observe human rights and avoid violence against citizens who are peacefully protesting proposed pension reforms.

www.tehrantimes.com

detrius · Jul 4, 2023

Bartholomew Gallacher said:
Iran has officially asked France to respect human rights and to avoid violence. Strange times.

Iran urges France to avoid violence against peaceful protesters

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has urged the French government to observe human rights and avoid violence against citizens who are peacefully protesting proposed pension reforms.

www.tehrantimes.com

Trolls gonna troll.

Jolene Benoir · Jul 5, 2023

Yeah, just a spontaneous grouping of women here. Maybe if these rich fucks and organizations paid taxes, they'd have less money to play around with propaganda and undermining democracy.

Just who is behind Moms for Liberty? | Column

Let’s try a four-part test as the group plans its national summit next week in Tampa.

www.tampabay.com

Moms for Liberty has formed three federal and one state political action committees, one of which is a SuperPAC able to accept unlimited donations.

Since its inception Moms for Liberty has managed a fund raiser with former Fox News celebrity Megyn Kelly (top ticket $20,000), co-hosted The American Dream Conference featuring a keynote from former Trump Cabinet secretary Ben Carson, and the upcoming national summit (presenting sponsorships for $50,000 are sold out), featuring Gov. Ron DeSantis, Carson, Sen. Rick Scott and former Trump Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.

Moms for Liberty’s leaders claim to get by on T-shirt sales. They’ve barely even heard of the Koch brothers! Yet perhaps they’ve heard of the Council for National Policy. Two of Moms for Liberty’s National Summit sponsors, the Leadership Institute and Heritage Foundation are critical members of the Council for National Policy, a secretive network of right wing billionaires and Christian fundamentalist leaders that underwrites and coordinates right wing politics.

Then there’s the odd coincidence of so many grassroots parents organizations arising at the same time with similar missions. Parents Defending Education is Koch-connected. The Koch-funded American Legislative Exchange Council claims credit for the havoc wreaked by anti-Critical Race Theory legislation. The Council for National Policy’s Leadership Institute commenced its own program to take over school boards. The Council for National Policy-connected Turning Point USA initiated a School Board Watch List for reporting “woke” school boards.

Essence Lumin · Jul 6, 2023

In news that should surprise no one.

OceanGate suspends exploration and commercial operations after the deadly implosion of its TItan submersible

Jolene Benoir · Jul 7, 2023

This kind of thing is where the attack on public schools in favor of charter/private/religious schools can lead. Kanye is a foolish, vain man but the folks like DeVos who get kickbacks fromt their buddies operating charter schools are, no doubt, much better at hiding their deficiencies, similar to the private operators of prisons. The $15K/year school closed around 8 months ago stating it was "at the discretion of our founder", but plans to re-open in Sept 2023.

Imagine paying $15K/year for your children to sign an NDA to be *taught* choir and parkour in a sub-par school building.

Very, very rich madmen indulging in their whims and biting off more than they can chew does seem to be a thing lately.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/06/kanye-west-yeezy-california-private-school

According to the lawsuit filed in the Los Angeles county superior court, Meadows alleges that he was fired in retaliation for raising questions about safety issues at the school, which later became Donda Academy.

During his tenure as assistant principal, Meadows said he notified school officials about numerous health and safety issues. In the lawsuit, Meadows said that the school’s main classroom did not have glass in its skylight “because [Ye] expressed that he did not like glass”. Water poured into the classroom and caused a moldy smell to linger, claimed Meadows.

Meadows alleged that poor electrical wiring at Yeezy Christian Academy caused “an electrical fire started near the student eating area”. The non-accredited school also lacked hot water and had issues with its septic tank, which would “overflow every other day, causing a terrible smell”, the suit said.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/27/kanye-west-donda-academy-school-closes

Parents were notified that Donda Academy would close for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year. In an email, the principal, Jason Angell, said the decision came “at the discretion of our founder...It added that it plans to “begin afresh in September of 2023”.

Since it opened in August last year, the $15,000-a-year institution has been largely shrouded in mystery, with the school’s website providing little information on curriculum or faculty. According to Rolling Stone, it enrolled about 100 students. Those associated with the school were allegedly required to sign non-disclosure agreements. The school was non-accredited. Classes reportedly included choir and parkour.

Veritable Quandry · Jul 7, 2023

A few years ago Ohio shut down the largest online K12 school in the US. It was raking in state charter school funds but not recording daily attendance numbers, so many signed up and got counted after they failed to log in. While the school was nonprofit, they paid for learning materials, advertising, and legal services at high rates to for-profit companies owned by the founder and his family members. All of whom made donations to Republican politicians.

Bartholomew Gallacher · Jul 7, 2023

Finally Alex Soros is busy on his way to world domination! The first step is to fire 40% of the work force of the Soros foundation, and wants to focus the foundation more on US domestic politics.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/30/business/george-soros-foundation-layoffs-after-son-takeover/index.html

WolfEyes · Jul 7, 2023

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem spars with Ben & Jerry’s over Mount Rushmore. What to know (msn.com)

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem slammed Ben & Jerry's over the ice cream company's July Fourth campaign calling for the return of Mount Rushmore to Indigenous populations.

Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's launched the campaign Tuesday and asserted "stolen Indigenous land" should be returned. The ice cream company singled out Mount Rushmore, writing it "was desecrated and dynamited to honor their colonizers, four white men − two of whom enslaved people and all of whom were hostile to Indigenous people and values."

Noem dismissed the campaign on Fox News Thursday and said she would not "listen to a bunch of liberal Vermont businessmen who think they know everything about this country and haven't studied our history."

Kamilah Hauptmann · Jul 7, 2023

Bartholomew Gallacher said:
Finally Alex Soros is busy on his way to world domination! The first step is to fire 40% of the work force of the Soros foundation, and wants to focus the foundation more on US domestic politics.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/30/business/george-soros-foundation-layoffs-after-son-takeover/index.html

Rookie numbers. Musk managed 90%.

Katheryne Helendale · Jul 7, 2023

WolfEyes said:
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem spars with Ben & Jerry’s over Mount Rushmore. What to know (msn.com)

This is what happens when our schools whitewash our nation's history.

Soen Eber · Jul 7, 2023

At the very least, the gold should be returned and the Sioux allowed to manage the site, but I'd be happier if they got the land back.

WolfEyes · Jul 7, 2023

Soen Eber said:
At the very least, the gold should be returned and the Sioux allowed to manage the site, but I'd be happier if they got the land back.

We would prefer to have our sacred lands back.

Essence Lumin · Jul 9, 2023

Some guy illegally driving a dirt bike crashes into the city bus and is near death. Meanwhile, someone jumps out of a car and steals the bike. Yeesh, sounds very Philly though.