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Americans Must Reject the Authoritarian ‘New Normal’ the Democrat Party is Foisting Upon Us

October 7, 2024 7:00 amOctober 7, 2024 7:02 am

Tyrannical governments share two hallmark characteristics: 1) they block opportunities for people to challenge their power, and 2) they limit people’s ability to talk about it. We need look no further than Venezuela and Brazil for ongoing examples in our...

Big Sister: Kamala Harris’ Long War on Free Speech

September 7, 2024 10:48 amSeptember 7, 2024 10:48 am

Kamala Harris has a definite view of the concept of free speech. So definite, in fact, that she doesn’t even believe in it for herself. Her “pop-up” campaign has been mostly marked by the muzzle she has agreed to wear...

Meta Announces 10,000 More Job Cuts In Second Round Of Layoffs

March 14, 2023 1:05 pmMarch 14, 2023 1:05 pm

Meta, the Menlo Park-based parent company of social media sites Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, announced on Tuesday that they would be laying off another 10,000 employees this Spring, marking the second round of large layoffs by the social media company...

Infective Maltruism: From SBF to ZuckBucks, California is at the Forefront of Selfish Charity

January 2, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 1, 2023 4:16 pm

Is charity still charity when it is performed for uncharitable reasons? Looking beyond the “aw, neat, what a great person” façade of “effective altruism,” (see HERE, with a grain of salt…) one clearly finds a level of narcissistic cynicism and...

Menlo Park-Based Meta Lets Go Over 11,000 Employees In Latest Silicon Valley Mass Layoff

November 10, 2022 12:36 pm

Meta, the Menlo Park-based parent company of social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, laid off 13% of their employees, or over 11,000, on Thursday, continuing the stark trend of cutbacks at Bay Area and Silicon Valley tech...

It’s Not a ‘Republican Recall,’ Mr. Hastings

July 28, 2021 12:09 pmJuly 28, 2021 2:25 pm

Consumers of broadcast television were treated to a barrage of ads over the past week lambasting the “Republican Recall.” Revealed at the close of these ads was the source of major funding for the ads, Netflix founder and billionaire Reed Hastings. Compared...

We Must Hang Together, Or Surely We Shall Hang Separately

May 12, 2021 6:20 amMay 13, 2021 5:38 am

The special election to recall Gavin Newsom is coming up this Fall, and the two questions on the ballot might serve as a metaphor for the dilemma confronting Republicans in California. Question one is binary: Do you want to recall...