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Archive of entries posted on 25th March 2021
The Best Defense Is a Good Offense
Give Him His Props
Virtue Cignaling
Cigna’s Critical Race Theory Training: Don’t Say “Brown Bag Lunch” and Be Mindful of “Religious Privilege”
Washington Examiner | 3/19/2021 | Joseph SimonsonEmployees say they are pressured to comply with “inclusive language” outlines that suggest replacing terms like “Brown Bag Lunch” with “lunch-and-learn” or “grab ‘n’ go.”
A bunch of sacks felt insulted? Sounds about accurate.
“No!! You used the word brown!!!11!!”
You’re kidding me, right?
. . . And the #MeToo crowd doesn’t mind you suggesting “grab ‘n’ go” as a replacment?
Other suggestions include avoiding the phrase “No can do” and replacing it with “unavailable.”
The two phrases don’t mean the same thing.
Can’t offend that no-can-do crowd, I guess. Remember to blacklist Hall & Oates, by the way. And to “cancel” those who use the word “blacklist” instead of “cancel.”
Employees are told to avoid gendered descriptions
They’ve invented fifty-seven gender descriptions and you can’t use them?
of romantic partners
“Hey, Mike, let me describe my romantic partner to you …”
“Fine with me.”
“… with a non-gendered description.”
“No. Stand over there, away from me.”
or family members,
“Well, how about my family members, then?”
“No. Farther.”
and not to use “Hip Hip Hooray” [it should be replaced by “Hooray!” or “Yay!”] at birthday parties, so others feel included.
“Hip” replacement therapy for those who just aren’t hip.
Microaggressions listed include questions such as “Do you even know what Facebook is?”
Well, how do you find out if people do?
What about “Do you even know what the Tenth Amendment is?” or “Do you even know where my left sock went?”
and “Are you a nurse?”
Listen, if I’ve been sitting alone in a paper gown in a cold examining room for over an hour, that’ll be the first thing out of my mouth to the next person I see, Cigna, and it won’t be a microagression, either!
Biden Clarifies His Positions During Press Conference
https://cnsnews.com | Craig Bannister | March 25, 2021
“So, the best way to get something done, if you…if you hold, it near and dear to you, that you…uh, uh, like to be able to, uh – well, anyway.”
“I, ah…we’re ready to get a lot done.”
“And, if we have to, if there’s complete lockdown and chaos as a consequence of the filibuster, then we’ll have to go beyond what I’m talking about.”
Biden, then, appeared to continue to be confused as he tried to refer to his notes to call on the next reporter:
“Okay, um – hang on…ah, sorry. Oh. Same name, Miss Kim.”
You’re Assuming They Care
Final Selfie Found of Couple Who Thought Their Dog Would Help Protect Them From Wolves
The Bottom Line IS the Bottom Line
Report: Secret Service Tried to Hide Hunter Biden Gun Purchase
Newsmax | March 25, 2021 | Charlie McCarthyThe Secret Service reportedly interceded two years ago on behalf of President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, in an alleged attempt to quash evidence of a gun purchase after the revolver vanished.
Agents tried to obtain the paperwork for the gun’s sale to Hunter Biden from the store where he bought it, however, the owner refused to hand over the documents, according to two sources who spoke to Politico.
The report surfaced on the day President Biden was scheduled to hold his first solo press conference since taking office in January.
The Secret Service said it had no record of agents investigating the incident, and the president, not under protection at that time, said through a spokesperson he had no knowledge of Secret Service involvement, according to Politico.
Law enforcement officials told the outlet that any involvement by the Secret Service on behalf of the Biden family or on its own initiative would be inappropriate in an incident that was already under investigation by Delaware State Police with the involvement of the FBI.
According to law enforcement officials and a copy of the police report obtained by Politico, Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law, Hallie, found the .38 revolver on Oct. 23, 2018 during a search of Hunter’s pickup truck.
She then reportedly took Hunter’s gun, wrapped it in a shopping bag, and threw it in a trash can behind a high-end grocery store. When she returned later to retrieve it, the gun was gone.
Because the trash can was located across from a high school, Delaware police began investigating and grew concerned the missing gun could be used in a crime, according to Politico.
Secret Service agents then reportedly approached the owner of the store where Hunter bought the gun. They requested the paperwork involving the sale, according to two people — one with firsthand knowledge of the episode, and another who was briefed after the fact by a Secret Service agent.
The store owner, Ron Palmieri, refused to hand over the paperwork because he suspected the agents wanted to hide ownership of the missing gun in case it were to be involved in a crime, the two people said.
Palmieri eventually turned over the papers to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, which oversees federal gun laws.
The gun was returned days later by an older man who regularly rummages through the grocery store’s trash to collect recyclable items, according to Politico’s sources.
No charges or arrests resulted from the incident.
