Originally posted by 2.5: There are many...January 6th "oh it's scary," It's been shown that it was rigged, it's been shown that it wasn't what they say it was but it doesn't matter, they said it enough times, squashed and censored dissent long enough that nobody cares anymore what the truth is.
Abraham 11 months ago As a Cuban who was born in a totalitarian regime who now lives in America I can assure with 100% certainty that America is moving to that system. The ruling class has all the money and loopholes they want, now they are moving to obtain the total control of the country for the foreseeable future. They have applied every single tactic that Fidel Castro applied in 1959. Divide the country in 2, support the "mentally weakest" side of the population while deeply discriminate the other. Gain control of the media to construct a reality, usage of labels against people that think differently. It is unbelievable what I am seeing. The whole thing is a political circus. One side pushing the agenda while the other one pretending to fight against it and letting things happen. The human perception entertained with a few crisis they create along the way. I give freedom a max number of years of 10. That's it. We are probably the last generation to experience some sort of freedom. I even have to be careful with what I write because many of my comments have been shadow banned without any notification. They control the servers, they control the platforms, they control the banks, army, government. Yes, a lot of people willing to defend freedom but in order to organize millions you need the platforms...
The movie 'A Bugs Life' displayed the authoritarian nature of leftist and their intentions with using media and propaganda to disempower the masses. Because most people are not leftists, criminals, pedophiles or evil. Leftist want to normalize it so they can exploit others, hence their relentless nature to step on the necks of others. Don't let them!
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The movie 'A Bugs Life' displayed the authoritarian nature of leftist and their intentions with using media and propaganda to disempower the masses. Because most people are not leftists, criminals, pedophiles or evil. Leftist want to normalize it so they can exploit others, hence their relentless nature to step on the necks of others. Don't let them!
So, "A Bug's Life" displayed the authoritarian nature of leftists..?
How does that square with this recent review, which calls it a "coyly Marxist film"..?
A (coyly) Marxist film... that sounds kind of pro-"leftist" to my ears. Is there a conflict here? Should this review be disregarded?
'Toy Story' and the Pixar IPO made majority-shareholder Steve Jobs a billionaire in 1995. Pixar followed up by making a children's film about class consciousness and income inequality in which the capitalist villain gets devoured by cute baby birds.
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The movie 'A Bugs Life' displayed the authoritarian nature of leftist and their intentions with using media and propaganda to disempower the masses. Because most people are not leftists, criminals, pedophiles or evil. Leftist want to normalize it so they can exploit others, hence their relentless nature to step on the necks of others. Don't let them!
Same goes for "1984"... in fact, at this point it's completely obvious they're using it as their playbook.
Remember how the left lies and gaslights you. Never believe them.
The lie that flu disappeared.
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It was rebranded as "covid19".
The common cold and influenza have always been forms of "coronavirus", but they took advantage of the sheeple that didn't have a lot between the ears, basically the majority of the people on the planet.
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Remember how the left lies and gaslights you. Never believe them.
The lie that flu disappeared.
What nonsense is this? Is it from the same bottomless reservoir of nonsense on social media that gave this forum the lie that the "left" has prevented research into the origin(s) of Covid-19? But—and this is what makes it a lie—when I searched online, I quickly found at least 22 research reports in specialist's journals about the origin(s) of Covid-19.
Influenza was down in 2020 and 2021 because the precautions that people were taking against Covid were also reducing the transmission of the seasonal influenza viruses.
With the passing of 2021 and the onset of 2022, the precautions against Covid—the social distancing—have been rolled back, and so, as the data plot shows, seasonal influenza has come back up again... just as the medical establishment fully expected it would.
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All these precautions so Influenza numbers went down but we still had a pandemic. They where making money off every covid case and not the common Influenza infection.
Telling their history, way, way back to the World War and Korea, getting some, from their nearest and dearest. ' All in the Family ' fjb for the nuke war he starts.
All these precautions so Influenza numbers went down but we still had a pandemic. They where making money off every covid case and not the common Influenza infection.
Prove me wrong
art of the deal ?
who made that deal ?
the rump made the deal !
no need to prove you wrong that was the starting position you support the rump so of course you are wrong
Originally posted by williegoat: I support the rump!
Bonus if you know her story. Extra points if you know the song. If you had to look it up, you don't know.
Thank you, williegoat. Candy Barr, mmmm hmmmn. I hear Dynamo Humm. Now I'll go look it up, heh, heh, heh, because I'm interested in the happily ever after story.
Thank you, williegoat. Candy Barr, mmmm hmmmn. I hear Dynamo Humm. Now I'll go look it up, heh, heh, heh, because I'm interested in the happily ever after story.
The song is "Candy Barr" by Jerry Riopelle
Candy Barr was really quite a star She could do-have-done-did-dance the dirty donkey But she went to jail, she dropped a nail on some Snow-White-uptight-do-right Dallas honky Oh, the little lady only wanted to get her kicks Shot a man down and the next day she was free Texas law'll get you two-to-life on Loco Weed Don't need a judge to tell you, Mama That you can't disturb the peace When she's good, she's so, so good But when she's bad — she's better
An Australian banking and insurance company is spearheading inclusivity in the workplace by granting new leave entitlements to employees wishing to undergo gender affirmation.
Financial services firm Suncorp has introduced “Gender Affirmation Leave” which grants workers going through gender transition six weeks of paid leave and up to 12 months unpaid leave.
Staff participating in medical, legal and social affirmations will be supported under the scheme with Suncorp acknowledging transition looks different for every individual.
Additionally, it will allow eligible employees to take time off to tell their families and friends about the change, adopt a style of presentation that aligns with their identity, undergo gender affirmation surgery and book appointments to legally change their name and pronouns on documents.
Since the announcement, employees have welcomed the move with one member, Vera Dawson, applauding the company for its initiative.
Ms Dawson, who underwent her own gender affirmation, said the new leave entitlements will help staff feel more comfortable and supported when revealing their true identity.
“Seeing that Suncorp has this kind of leave entitlement definitely has an impact on how new-starters view, trust, and feel supported by their employer,” she said.
Recalling her own experience, the Suncorp employee said the gender affirmation process isn’t always easy and contains aspects that require ongoing appointments and significant wait periods.
“People like me now have the freedom and the support of the organisation to make the appointments they need, and it’s just going to make things so much more painless for them,” she said.
Meanwhile the Chair of Suncorp’s LGBTIQA+ community Amplify, Olivia Sinden, hopes the move will encourage other companies to introduce the leave entitlement to their employees to help combat larger issues.
“Many of the changes required by people affirming their gender take multiple appointments, the majority of which are only available during standard working hours Monday to Friday,” she said.
“On top of this, the unemployment rate among the gender diverse populations is over triple the Australian average, so re-entering the workforce has not always been an easy undertaking for this community.”
Suncorp joins bank ANZ, supermarket giant Coles, media companies ABC and SBS and insurance company Allianz in introducing the leave entitlement.
The latest initiative adds to the insurance company’s long-standing flexibility, inclusion and diversity plan which delivers a number of benefits for its 13,000 plus members of staff.
It also comes as the company boasts 46 per cent of senior positions filled by female staff while 12.5 per cent of the workforce is made up of employees aged 55 and over.
So... don't do any of your banking or other financial services with Suncorp.
Why all the bitching about it? It's like Wichita and Fitz301 be like the "triggered" woman who is bent out of shape when she sees the bottle of Aunt Jemima pancake syrup.
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I think they see it as an insult to real woman. It seems kind of degrading too be called a birthing person instead of being looked at as a beautiful woman.
I think some people are hugely benefitted by being able to transition, and to having the gender reassignment surgeries.
Calling them all out, indiscriminately, in the same terms as Wichita just used—"mentally ill leftist male"—is a particularly stupid kind of gaslighting. I would wager that some of them actually like Trump and think of themselves as MAGA. And others among them, not interested in politics or ideology. Not even interested enough to have voted.
The other thing that Wichita has glossed over is that the Suncorp Gender Affirmation Leave is 6 weeks of paid leave, and up to 12 months of unpaid leave. Wichita described it as "taking a whole year off on [Suncorp]."
Speaking of media lies, don't sheep—I mean sleep—on these defamation lawsuits against the Fox Corporation and Fox News.
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Fox News has reached a settlement with Venezuelan businessman Majed Khalil, who filed a defamation lawsuit over a Lou Dobbs tweet and broadcast linking him to rigging the 2020 presidential election.
The lawsuit has been a bit of a sidelight to separate and more widely publicized defamation cases brought against the network by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, after hosts and guests amplified claims that the companies were involved in voter fraud. Jury selection in the Dominion case is scheduled to start this week.
The first two paragraphs of a report that's only a few paragraphs more, in toto.
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