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Friday, July 28. 2023

Friday morning links

Is Taylor Swift really Barbie?


 Scholars and activists in the field of fat studies do not believe that there is an obesity-related health crisis at all.


Well, everything is a "crisis", right? 


 DEI director fired for rejecting ‘toxic racist ideologies’ files wrongful termination lawsuit


Govt and scientists lied about the lab leak 


Governments lie


 E.U. Law Threatens Free Speech, Online Groups Say. The E.U.’s Digital Services Act will encourage censorship around the world and even in the U.S.


 TGIF: The ‘X’ Files


Why did Elon kill Twitter? How did Hunter Biden get rich off his art? Who put the Nazi symbol in DeSantis’s ad? Are aliens among us? The truth is in here…


 ‘Gender Clinics’ Shutting Down Due to Red State Bans


 California’s new math


Bud Light To Lay Off Hundreds Of Employees In Wake Of Disastrous Pro-Trans Marketing


Have to feel bad for them 


Baltimore update 


Sad 


 San Francisco Mayor: We Should ‘Get Rid of Most Taxes’ to Attract Businesses


  New York Post Editor Details Coordinated Social Media Censorship Of Biden Family Corruption

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re San Francisco Mayor: We Should ‘Get Rid of Most Taxes’ to Attract Businesses

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Breed said, “Well, first of all, I would — if I could do it tomorrow morning, I would get rid of most taxes on the books. I want to also be clear that businesses need to pay their fair share. But not at the expense of losing business as a whole. So, I would completely reform the tax system to make it more fair, to make it more equitable, and to make it work for both the city and those businesses. I would also make sure that the streets and the city is clean and it’s safe, because we need to make sure that, as people come here on public transportation, as they move around the city using different modes of transportation, that they’re getting to work safe and they want to be here.”

Her comments on reducing taxes are nothing more than double talk and platitudes. The devil is in the details and the Democrat playbook calls for ever increasing taxes.

As for making the city safe, she hasn't lifted a finger to do that.

The good news is that she at least recognizes the solutions to some of the City's problems. The bad news I fear is that SF does not have the political inclination or determination to enact such measures.
#1 feeblemind on 2023-07-28 09:51 (Reply)
San Francisco will catch up with Baltimore. The governors, attorneys general and mayors are ALL elected by the voters and the voters are getting exactly that for which they voted. The cities are no longer sustainable due to the corruption of the voter and the politicians they elect.
#1.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-28 10:36 (Reply)
"I want to also be clear that businesses need to pay their fair share."

What's fair? Progressives in unison: MOAR
#1.2 Not Sure on 2023-07-28 19:20 (Reply)
re Bud Light To Lay Off Hundreds Of Employees In Wake Of Disastrous Pro-Trans Marketing

I suppose one should feel sorry for those being laid off, but people are laid off all the time as a result of the after effects of disastrous decisions coming from corporate execs. Ineptitude at the top is nothing new.
#2 feeblemind on 2023-07-28 10:16 (Reply)
Too many retailers are forgetting that they survive by marketing products that customers want rather than marketing politics that customers do NOT want. Recently, the wife and I went to a Sams store as the result of a cheap membership promotion. I was surprised by the number of displays that had no product because people were not buying what they displayed. They have forgotten who their customer is and what they can afford. One can go to most any local Mennonite "Dutch" store and see what is not selling in the big box stores. People are buying the very basics and nothing that is fancy. The markets are changing faster than what the retailers can adapt to and I expect more downsizing and bankruptcies.
#2.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-28 10:50 (Reply)
'San Francisco Mayor: We Should ‘Get Rid of Most Taxes’ to Attract Businesses'

They should probably get rid of the piles of human feces on the sidewalks before they do anything else.
#3 Maniac on 2023-07-28 10:41 (Reply)
Government and science is best understood if you instead call it government science. Government buys what is in the governments best interest.
#4 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-28 10:58 (Reply)
Do They WANT Him Assassinated? Biden-Harris Regime DENY Secret Service Protection for RFK Jr

https://thelibertydaily.com/do-they-want-him-assassinated-biden-harris-regime-deny-secret-service-protection-for-rfk-jr/
#5 feeblemind on 2023-07-28 11:25 (Reply)
I've seen elsewhere that the rules state that Secret Service protection only kicks in much closer to the election date. However, given the First Son has all sorts of privileges including a heavy SS motorcade to his "plea bargening" hearing, the reluctance to grand Mr Kennedy this protection rings hollow.
#5.1 Frances on 2023-07-28 21:46 (Reply)
The death of Obama's chef is now getting very suspicious. Some obvious coverup with the obvious conclusion, why? Was Barack actually home when this happened? Was Barack actually paddle boarding with his chef at the time? Why the secrecy? One theory is that Barack was in a sexual relationship with the chef maybe sous vide'ing his hot dog. Another is that the chef was writing a book and wrote some things that put the Obama's in a very bad light. Imagine that you worked inside Obama's home everyday and knew who visited, even overheard conversations and you collected all that information to later write a book. Obama is known to be involved in some nefarious doings and wouldn't want things known if the DOJ were to ever get cleaned up.
#6 OneGuy on 2023-07-28 11:57 (Reply)
That sure is some crazy kind of far out there conspiracy theory!

How long before it turns out to be true?
#6.1 Jerryskids on 2023-07-28 14:48 (Reply)
Ya never know ya know.

A Modern Day Nostradamus
#6.1.1 Zachinoff on 2023-07-29 00:03 (Reply)
Hung Cao Fights For Us

3:21 video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBUE5uft_9k

Senate candidate in Virginia.
#7 feeblemind on 2023-07-28 15:26 (Reply)
I would vote for him is I lived in Virginia.
#7.1 Stargazer on 2023-07-28 16:11 (Reply)
Vietnamese refugees ended up in our city as well, and one was employed by company spouse worked for. Spouse got to know him, but not well. Down the road, this man was elected to our Provincial Assembly. I met him a few times, and he was - and no doubt still is - a very proud Canadian.
#7.2 Frances on 2023-07-28 21:59 (Reply)
Biden's DOJ drops campaign finance charge against Democratic megadonor Sam Bankman-Fried

https://www.theblaze.com/news/doj-drops-campaign-finance-charge-against-democratic-megadonor-sam-bankman-fried
#8 feeblemind on 2023-07-28 15:45 (Reply)
Hunters lawyers working for Sam now?
#8.1 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-28 16:06 (Reply)
American thinker July 28 2023

"It's murder": Remdesivir victims decry FDA's new move.

Evidently the FDA, CDC, NIH are hot in pursuit of saving the Medicare/Medicaid system by shrinking the patient load the old fashioned way ... death.
#9 indyjonesouthere on 2023-07-28 16:31 (Reply)
Baltimore update Real estate crash....
A childhood friend bought a house in Baltimore in the '90s when working in DC, because a house in Baltimore was much cheaper. Unfortunately but not surprisingly, he ended up selling his Baltimore house for less than he paid for it.
#10 Gringo on 2023-07-28 17:02 (Reply)

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