Why Pentagon Weapons Programs Rarely Get Canceled Despite Major Problems
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-03-07
By William ASTORE | Cancel culture is a common, almost viral, term in political and social discourse these days. Basically, somebody expresses views considered to be outrageous or vile or racist or otherwise insensitive and inappropriate. In response, that person is "canceled," perhaps losing a job or otherwise sidelined and silenced. In being deplatformed by Twitter, Facebook, and other social media sites, for instance, this coun…
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Ex-Republican Senate candidate Witzke banned from Twitter after calling trans activist 'DEMONIC'
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Lauren Witzke, a hardline right-winger who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 2020, has been banned from Twitter. Her ban came after she called a trans activist "demonic" for suggesting that "little girls" can be "kinky." | Witzke's account was suspended on Sunday evening, and in a post to Telegram shortly afterwards, the former Senate candidate from Delaware revealed that her account had violated Twitter's rules against "hateful conduct." | Witzke's last tweet before her suspension was only one word long. Retweeting a post by an anti-trans feminist group that contained a quote by self-described "gender n…
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Democrats turn on Arizona Sen. Sinema after her office frames criticism of her vote against $15 minimum wage as 'sexist'
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) has been raked over the Twitter coals after her spokesperson argued that it was sexist to ridicule her theatrical 'no' vote against hiking the minimum wage. | The lawmaker came under fire after she and seven of her Democratic colleagues voted with Republicans to shoot down an amendment to the recently-passed Covid-19 relief bill that would have increased the minimum wage to $15 an hour. | Sinema claimed she voted against the measure because she thought the issue should be more thoroughly debated in the Senate before being put to a vote. However, the way in which she voted dow…
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Turkey releases provincial statistics of COVID-19 cases
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
Turkey's health minister on Saturday announced COVID-19 infection rates on a provincial basis between Feb. 27 and March 5 as part of a new weekly initiative."The high-risk provinces should be more cautious to reduce their risk. Normalization should be realized in a controlled manner," Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter, sharing the statistics.The number of cases per 100,000 people is around 112 in the metropolis Istanbul, 55 in the capital Ankara, and 66 in the western Izmir province.According to the data, Turkey's Black Sea province of Samsun has the highest number of cases with 348 cases per 100,000 people.The sout…
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Mumford & Sons banjo player deemed a 'Nazi sh**bag' for praising book condemning Antifa
rt.com | 2021-03-07
The battle lines of the culture war get redrawn every day. In the latest development, Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall has now been deemed a "nazi," because he read, and enjoyed, a book critical of 'Antifa.' | Famed for their radio-friendly folk, Mumford & Sons seem a long way from jackbooted Nazis, but a tweet from banjo player Winston Marshall on Saturday changed that, at least in the minds of online leftists. Posting a photo of Portland journalist Andy Ngo's book 'Unmasked,' Marshall congratulated Ngo on his "important book," and called the independent reporter "a brave man." | Congratulations
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E-3 abandoning anti-Iranian draft Res. proof for common sense
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-07
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) — In a tweet, Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna named the E-3 decision to abandon the strange draft resolution on Iran as "a demonstration of common sense".
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Turkey 'neutralizes' 2 YPG/PKK terrorists in N.Syria
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
Two YPG/PKK terrorists were "neutralized" by Turkish security forces in northern Syria, the National Defense Ministry announced on Sunday.Turkish authorities often use the word "neutralized" in statements to imply terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.The "heroic commandoes" neutralized two terrorists who opened fire on the Euphrates Shield zone, the ministry said in a tweet.In its more than 35-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK — listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US, and the EU — has been responsible for the deaths of nearly 40,000 people, including…
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