Firing Line Friday: Is Big Business Out of Hand?

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.

     Many on the right today consider themselves to be part of the old working class, or at least an ally thereof, and believe that “big business is out of hand”, requiring a firm control and regulation from the Federal government. A bit over 40 years ago, the question of “is big business out of hand” was also asked, abet this time by those on the Left who wanted to control “what they designate as the abuses and excesses of big business”, as discussed between William F. Buckley, Jr., Robert M. Bleiberg, and Ralph Nader’s “right had” Mark J. Green.

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Quick Takes – Things That Are Now Racist & Evil: Thanksgiving; Google; “colonial and neoliberal coercion around time and productivity”

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.

     The focus this time: One out of three ain’t bad…

     First, a little mood music:

     Carrying on…

     Not very thankful for Thanksgiving, some demand you decolonize the holiday (bold in original).

“Thanksgiving is a day that can be difficult for many to celebrate as we reflect on the history of the holiday and the horrors inflicted on our indigenous populations. If you celebrate, our Equity team has shared resources for how you can consider decolonizing your Thanksgiving.

Further:

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Predator’s Paradise

Do you have children in school? Have you heard of the Trevor Project or TrevorSpace? If your answer to the first question is “yes”, then the answer to the second question needs to also be yes. Why? Because it’s a child predator’s paradise.

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Banned: The “G” Word

     The “N” word is now no longer the most politically incorrect offensive term ever. The new word that shall now be verboten is “groomer”.   The claim is that “groomer” is being used as a slur against all LGBTQ&c. people, and both Twitter and Reddit will ban the word… despite some homosexual groups who are against child grooming decrying labeling an actual “groomer” a “groomer”.

     It’s almost as if the woke queer movement does believe that LGBTQ&c. necessitatesgrooming” children into LGBTQ&c. and “cracking the egg”.

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Queering Los Angeles Schools

     Tolerance for LGBTQ&c. does not mean all queer all the time fifty-two weeks a year.   Yet here is the Los Angeles Unified School District pushing “queer all school year” with full on grooming propaganda, as revealed—yet again—by Christopher Rufo.

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News of the Week (July 24th, 2022)

 

News of the Week for July 24th, 2022


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Firing Line Friday: Is There an Ecological Crisis?

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.

     With President Biden announcing a “Climate Crisis” with promises of exeutive actions, and Europe, once again, suffering a heat wave without most people having air conditioning, let us look back nearly half a century ago and discuss the hysteria over an ecological crisis with William F. Buckley, Jr. and guests, Barry Commoner, Gerald, Cormick, Arthur Resnikoff, and Susan Wedenmeyer.

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Quick Takes – Woke Priorities Of The Left: Racist Dog Names; Nonevident Climate Crisis; Mass Starvation

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.

     The focus this time — Question: Is the Left stupid or evil? Answer: Yes.

     First, a little mood music:

     Carrying on…

     Funny how it is the Left who think of non-Whites, specifically Blacks, as… dogs.

“Academics recently applauded a Social Psychology Quarterly study purporting to show a disparity in the time dogs were adopted based on racial associations with the animals’ names.

“‘White’ names, according to the study, resulted in shorter adoption times compared to ‘Black’ names.

“The correlations were largely concentrated around pit bulls, ‘a breed that is stereotyped as dangerous and racialized as Black,’ according to the study.”

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Florida To Gaia: No Rights For You!

     This is a push in some parts of Florida to grant “rights” to Gaia, including creeks, marshes, and lakes. Orange County in Florida passed a “Right to Clean Water Charter Amendment” which granted rights to “nature”… despite this being illegal under Florida law.   Unsurprisingly, a judge in Florida has struck this silly law down.

“A judge has struck down an Orange County charter amendment overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2020 that was aimed at protecting the rights of nature.

“The amendment had spawned a lawsuit designed to block a housing development in fragile wetlands. The suit claimed the development would violate the wetlands’ right to flow freely.

“But Judge Paetra Brownlee dismissed the suit, reasoning the charter amendment was preempted by state law. The 2020 Clean Waters Act, signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 30, 2020, includes a provision that bans ‘local governments from recognizing or granting certain legal rights to the natural environment or granting such rights relating to the natural environment to a person or political subdivision.’”

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There Is Nothing More Discriminatory Than “Anti-Discrimination Laws”

     The only way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discrimination between people based on race. The veritable Daniel Hannan explains why treating people as racial collectives will never end racial discrimination.

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