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A Seattle comedy club canceled on four stand-up comedians after angry community activists complained, according to the comedians involved. The shows at Capitol Hill Comedy/Bar purportedly offended left-wing community activists and progressive comics. The news broke as comic Shane Gillis finally performed on and hosted NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” following his termination before even appearing …
An elementary school teacher who questioned a California school spending $250,000 on a teacher training program called “Woke Kindergarten” was placed on leave by Hayward Unified School District Thursday, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Craven-Neeley said he had voiced concerns over the program Wednesday at a staff meeting, after the Chronicle had ran an …
Disney CEO Bob Iger and billionaire Elon Musk are still at odds, with the latter mocking the entertainment company’s crumbling reputation, declining stock and financial losses in recent years. Tesla CEO Elon Musk wrote a tweet on X, Musk’s self-owned website, quoting that a response by xAI’s chatbot, Grok, explaining how Disney’s demise began once …
via theamericanconservative: In the past few years, conservatives have enlisted abstractions like “woke capital” to describe the strange way that Fortune 100 companies have become hotbeds of leftwing activism. These terms often mystify the issue and obscure how specific people created specific mechanisms that led to this outcome. Each year the Human Rights Campaign releases …
by Chris Black …but they’re going to keep doing it anyway. I would like to hear an explanation on the mechanics of how a public company can pursue a policy of purposefully losing money and not violate fiduciary duties to shareholders. https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2023/11/24/nolte-disney-report-warns-investors-social-goals-take-priority-over-profits/ Further, consumers’ perceptions of our position on matters of public interest, including our …
by Chris Black The labeling of a Roman emperor as transgender by a woke British museum has ignited a fierce debate among historians. While the museum suggests a transgender identity, scholars argue that the Romans lacked the concept of “trans” and used accusations of behaving “as a woman” as a severe insult. https://twitter.com/ChayaRaichik10/status/1727934944306213228 BBC: A …
Holy Shit. Get this doofus away from all microphones. “They woke up dead”. pic.twitter.com/mAPCetVNT4 — Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) November 16, 2023 Bobby Kennedy calls out Biden: "He can't debate me. He can't have an unscripted conversation or encounter with voters. And he's losing to President Trump right now by eight or nine points." pic.twitter.com/pPduhOkc1k — …
Uh oh — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2023
.@VP Harris attacks “extremist” leaders like @GovDeSantis for dismantling DEI initiatives; “equity,” she says, is important to account for people starting life on unequal footing pic.twitter.com/nGqovixFnp — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 17, 2023
by Chris Black This is how the majority of people in the Blue Zone want to live. They put up with this to own the chuds. Notorious monster named as suspect who beat tech CEO Pava Marie LaPere to death in her Baltimore home Monday. Jason Billingsley had been sentenced to 30 years in 2011 …
UPDATE 1-Disney closes at lowest in nearly nine years as investors turn bearish Aug 24 (Reuters) – Shares of Walt Disney fell 3.9% on Thursday, closing at their lowest level in nearly nine years, with some investors betting that a further price drop is on the cards in the next few months. Disney stockholders are …
Nike is on pace for its longest losing streak in nearly 25 years Shares of athletic-gear giant Nike Inc. NKE, -1.83% on Monday were down for the eighth straight trading day and on pace for their longest losing streak in nearly 25 years. The stock was down 1.9% on Monday, and down around 6% over …
Seems like a smart move. “Let’s raise prices while profits are going down because of our stupid business decisions just so we can piss off the rest of our customers.” Never went to any business school, but that seems like it should be rule number 1 of what not to do when your business isn’t …
by Chris Black This is what you’re paying for, by the way. You’re paying for your kids to be turned into sick and deranged freaks. You’d do better to go live in Niger in a hut in the desert and enjoy your life. You’d think people who can afford to pay £25,000 a year would …
by Michael A pattern has emerged that is undeniable. Companies that choose to “go woke” are going broke. In fact, this is even happening to some of the largest and most famous corporations in the entire country. There is a certain portion of the population that absolutely hates having “woke” propaganda shoved down their throats …
by Chris Black Conservatives lose AGAIN. How come right-wingers are such big losers? >but i-i-it’s not woke It has a trans Barbie, a multiracial cast, and is overtly feminist. It’s woke and it’s making bank, get over it. COME ON BARBIE LET’S GO PARTY!
by Chris Black Minnesota has fewer than 6 million people, but they have over 50 NGOs focused just on this one specific issue: keeping felons out of prison, among other things like abortions and no-ID voting. The Guardian: On 1 June, in front of a gaggle of press, Kevin Reese signed his voter registration papers …
Matt Walsh Just ENDED Fox News & Pride Month! YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUtleZkNUyE
by Chris Black No lies detected here. The reason these companies are doing this is because BlackRock and Vanguard are pushing this “ESG” program on them, which involves going full anal. New York Post: Billionaire “Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban said companies embracing “woke” ideology is just “good business,” pushing back against those who say it’s adversely …
Results are in— conservative boycotts are crushing woke corporations: -Target has lost $12 billion in the last week -Bud Light has lost $26 billion in the past 2 months -Kohls stock dropped 6.5% in two days This is what WINNING looks like. When will these companies learn… — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) May 31, 2023 https://twitter.com/JoeyMannarinoUS/status/1663895742455373832 …