There Goes The Narrative

Ann Widdecombe had a very eventful death.

First she died from natural causes, then she was bludgeoned to death by a white man – let’s be very clear, a white man, we found a white man everyone – during a “bungled burglary” – then another white man, definitely a white man, was arrested who “wasn’t politically motivated” and had just randomly driven 300 miles from Rotherham to Ann’s house and back with a weapon.

Then it turned out that yes, it’s being investigated by counter terror police and the suspect is a man who was reading communist literature and has learning difficulties. To be honest, if he’s a communist, you don’t need to tell me he’s got learning difficulties, because if he didn’t, he wouldn’t be a communist.

Ace: The Lotus Eaters podcast pointed out the UK cops now routinely hide the race of a suspect — unless he’s white, in which case they repeat it endlessly, as they did here.

Margin Of Fraud

Address to the Nation, in progress: Trump is calling out China, hard. Documents have been released here.

Summary @WallStreetApeas;

– China acquired 220 million United States voter files including names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences and other data during the 2020 election

– 278,000 non-citizens registered to vote in federal elections, the number is expected to be much higher because some blue states wouldn’t hand over their data

– Michigan Voter-Registration Investigation found evidence of fraud, including people signing forms in others’ names, submitting fraudulent registrations and receiving incentives

– CIA report confirms a Venezuelan plot to digitally rig elections in 2020 by altering vote totals undetectably

– Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and non-state actors have the capability to compromise election infrastructure

– US spy agencies discovered the China voter files leak compromise affecting 18 states but information was suppressed

– There are identified security flaws in electronic voting machines, ballot-counting systems, voter registration databases, poll books and election websites

I, Napoleon

What kind of organization threatens their volunteers?

Hello Volunteers,

It is day 2 of Fringe but we have already received some complaints regarding the use of pronouns and folks being misgendered.

Under Canadian Human Rights Legislation, using correct pronouns is recognized as a fundamental aspect of a person’s identity and dignity. Misgendering or refusing to use a person’s preferred pronouns constitutes discrimination.

We here at Fringe take this very seriously. If we receive a report of this behaviour of any kind, you will receive a warning from us. If we receive a second report, you will be removed from all of your remaining shifts and will not be invited back to volunteer with Fringe.

I have attached the Gender Inclusion Document for review. It has some helpful tips on language to use if you are unsure of someone’s pronouns.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Katie
(she/her)
Volunteer Manager

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Forwarded by a reader. You should probably keep the kids away.

Sorry, But I’m Turning My Brain Off Now

The answer to this question is obvious to any sane person, but then again you have to look at who we’re dealing with here.

The federal government’s hate speech legislation “hadn’t done the legislative analysis” on whether residential school denialism should be considered as such, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty said on Thursday.

Strangled Assets

I can identify another problem with supply mismanagement: if it were to end, your assets may suddenly be worth a lot less than they used to be, maybe even less than your debts.

A company that earns guaranteed margins because a regulation, exclusive contract or closed market keeps competitors out tends to stop doing the things that keep a business sharp. It stops scrutinizing its cost structure, investing in efficiency or asking how it would cope or what it would charge if its customers had somewhere else to go. The protection may feel like a moat. In practice, it is closer to an anaesthetic.

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