Facebook ad boycott: Brands pull advertising over hate speech

Facebook ad boycott: Brands pull advertising over hate speech
"Starbucks on Sunday joined the drumbeat of brands pledging to pull advertising from Facebook and other social media platforms or taking other actions, putting economic pressure on the companies to address concerns about containing hate speech. 

The coffee chain joins big brands including Coca-Cola, Unilever, Hershey, Honda, Eddie Bauer, The North Face, Levi's, Ben & Jerry's and Verizon in taking various steps. 

Much of the activity stems from the #StopHateForProfit campaign, which includes the NAACP,  Anti-Defamation League, Sleeping Giants, Color of Change, Free Press and Common Sense.

"We will pause advertising on all social media platforms while we continue discussions internally, with our media partners and with civil rights organizations in the effort to stop the spread of hate speech," Starbucks said in a statement...
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CHAZ Ripped Apart By Enraged Man Shouting ‘This Is Not A Black Movement’ | The Daily Caller

CHAZ Ripped Apart By Enraged Man Shouting ‘This Is Not A Black Movement’ | The Daily Caller: 

This man apparently was fed up with CHAZ, the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle, and decided to take matters into his own hands.
The unidentified man started ripping apart booths and tossing tables in CHAZ on June 25, the video shows. The man also can be heard lecturing bystanders, saying “this is not a Black movement.”
CHAZ, also known as the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP), is located in downtown Seattle. Spanning six blocks, it is a self-proclaimed autonomous zone that organizers described as a cop-free area.
Later in the video, an unidentified Black woman is heard telling CHAZ residents that “the Republican Party is the party of the Blacks.”

Why Facts Don’t Matter to People – AIER

Why Facts Don’t Matter to People – AIER
"Frustrated with COVID-19 restrictions on daily life, a friend said to me, “I just want to know the truth.”

Like many people, my exasperated friend, and others I know, are mesmerized and frightened by daily news reports on the number of COVID-19 cases. 
You can cite all the data you want, such as these from the U.S.:

It’s good news all around. 
But you turn on the television and get a different message. 

People worry about sending their children to school this fall. 

Some display authoritarian views as they excuse politicians for destructive errors merely because they showed “strong leadership.”

If you’re wondering why so many people don’t see the world the way you do, engage them in conversation...

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#1 Movie this week 1964---Circus World 1964 Trailer Restored HD

BLM Protesters Storm Beverly Hills Neighborhood: 'Eat the Rich!'

BLM Protesters Storm Beverly Hills Neighborhood: 'Eat the Rich!'
Police made several arrests after a group of Black Lives Matter protesters marched through a Beverly Hills residential neighborhood Friday night.

“Videos and photographs of the mob flooded social media as they shouted various messages throughout the residential neighborhood and tore down American flags,” the Daily Wire reported.

Human Events Managing Editor Ian Miles Cheong shared footage of protesters shouting “Eat the rich!”:

Later, he tweeted a video of protesters in Los Angeles shouting “No justice, no peace! No racist police!” as they tore down an American flag attached to a building:

In another video, the protesters in Beverly Hills shouted, “Abolish capitalism now!” while they continued their march through the neighborhood...

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Surprise! Gun sales explode in Minnesota after riots, #DefundthePolice

Surprise! Gun sales explode in Minnesota after riots, #
"Gee, whodathunkit?
Let’s allow the streets to burn, demand the dismantling of the police department, and then call concern over property crimes and assaults a symptom of “privilege.” Minnesotans have responded by rediscovering one of the core purposes of the Second Amendment — mainly first-time firearms buyers, local CBS affiliate WCCO reports.
“People are really scared,” one gun-store owner says, and they should be:
...Background checks in Minnesota spiked in March as COVID-19 hit the United States, with more than 96,000 filed — the most for any month in 20 years.
...What happens when civic authority retreats?
Those with the most credible threat of violence fill the vacuum.
That’s what happened in the riots themselves, and that’s what happened in Seattle, too...
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Leadership matters!

Facebook To Put Label On ‘Newsworthy’ Posts From Public Officials That Violate User Policies | The Daily Caller

Facebook To Put Label On ‘Newsworthy’ Posts From Public Officials That Violate User Policies | The Daily Caller:

Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg rolled out new rules for the platform in a Facebook post Friday, most notably that the company would place labels on posts from public officials that violate user policies.
The Facebook post stated that “problematic content” from public officials would include “a prompt to tell people that the content they’re sharing may violate [Facebook] policies.” Zuckerberg mentioned that “newsworthy” posts found in violation of user policies would not be removed, however, stating that “seeing speech from politicians is in the public interest.”

Biden calls protests 'right and necessary,' urges Americans to turn 'anguish into purpose'

Biden calls protests 'right and necessary,' urges Americans to turn 'anguish into purpose'
"Former Vice President Joe Biden, the apparent Democratic presidential nominee, released a statement just after midnight Sunday morning, calling the protests “right and necessary” while urging peaceful demonstrations over violence.
“I know that a grief that dark and deep may at times feel too heavy to bear,” he said in the statement. “I know. I also know that the only way to bear it is to turn all that anguish into purpose.”
He urged Americans to use their pain to make change.
“We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us,” he said."

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History for June 29

History for June 29 - On-This-Day.com
George W. Goethals 1858, William Mayo 1861, Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900


John Toland 1912, Slim Pickens 1919, Gary Busey 1944


1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast.


2007 - The first generation Apple iPhone went on sale.

Black Lives Matter Storm Target: We Will Shut Your Business Down

Black Lives Matter Storm Target: We Will Shut Your Business Down:

On Friday night, a group of Black Lives Matter activists began shouting a political script in a Target store in Washington, D.C.
The verbal assault was led by a male with a bullhorn, who read the script in portions which were were then shouted back by the rest of the group.

Tearing down statues risks rewriting American history and forgetting its slavery roots - Washington Times

Tearing down statues risks rewriting American history and forgetting its slavery roots - Washington Times: 

Yet, pretending that these figures never existed, or eradicating the memory of the good they performed, will continue the march toward a false sense of place — one that is not based on what was, but on what the folks in power wish had been. That is a self-delusion that escapes reality.
We must live in the real world where bad men did good things and good men did bad things — and intelligent people recognize this.
You can escape reality. But you cannot escape the consequences of escaping reality. Those consequences will be the inevitable repetition of a past we should never forget.

The way we were-----Those Were the Days: Remembering Life in the 1950s

Boob-tube-----Same Time Same Station! Remembering Early Television

64% Worry About Cop Shortage and Public Safety; Blacks Worry Most - Rasmussen Reports�

64% Worry About Cop Shortage and Public Safety; Blacks Worry Most - Rasmussen Reports
"Most Americans value the role of the police and worry that increasing criticism of cops will make their communities less safe. 
Black Americans are the most concerned.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 63% of American Adults still regard being a police officer as one of the most important jobs in our country today, down only slightly from 68% three years ago. 

...Blacks (67%) are the most concerned about public safety where they live, compared to 63% of whites and 65% of other minority Americans..."

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"Law enforcement is necessary because crime exists."---Fans of Best of the Web Today

Fans of Best of the Web Today--Michael Smith
"Law enforcement is necessary because crime exists. 
Crime was not created to give law enforcement officers a job.
The situations of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks were significantly different but share an important commonality - both men had extensive criminal histories which clearly factored into the perspective of the police during the interaction with both men. 
Those histories informed the low enforcement officers on the scene that a negative reaction to detainment was at least possible, if not likely.
Minneapolis is about to find out about predicates. 
They are about to find out that abolishing law enforcement officers does NOT eliminate crime.
One thing of which you can be sure, any amount of funding that gets cut from the budget as they "defund the police" will never be returned to the taxpayer - more ineffective social programs are in the offing."

West Texas City Refuses to Enforce Governor’s New Coronavirus Order on Bar Closures

West Texas City Refuses to Enforce Governor’s New Coronavirus Order on Bar Closures: 

Abilene, Texas, officials announced they will not enforce Governor Greg Abbott’s new Coronavirus order, which calls for the closure of bars and reduces allowable restaurant capacity amid an increase in new cases.
Governor Abbott ordered all bars closed effective noon local time Friday, June 26. The executive action also requires restaurants operating at 75 percent capacity to return to 50 percent beginning the following Monday. Outdoor public gatherings will also be capped at 100 and leaves local authorities to decide if capacity may be increased.

More than 20,000 dead registered voters could receive mail-in ballots in California: Court brief

More than 20,000 dead registered voters could receive mail-in ballots in California: Court brief
"A court briefing in California alleges tens of thousands of dead registered voters could receive mail-in ballots in the 2020 presidential election.
Amicus briefs filed by the Public Interest Legal Foundation in California allege 23,000 dead people have not been removed from voter rolls in the state.
“California has a history of demonstrating that automation in voting processes will cause errors. Auto-mailings to active registrants won’t protect the state from sending ballots to dead and duplicated registrants — especially those who’ve shown an acknowledged willingness to take advantage of extra votes,” PILF President J. Christian Adams said in a statement...
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Minneapolis Council members get private security after threats | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Minneapolis Council members get private security after threats | FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - The City of Minneapolis is spending $4,500 a day for private security for three council members who have received threats following the police killing of George Floyd, FOX 9 has learned.
A city spokesperson said the private security details have cost the city $63,000 over the past three weeks. 
The three council members who have the security detail – Andrea Jenkins (Ward 8), and Phillipe Cunningham (Ward 4), and Alondra Cano (Ward 9)– have been outspoken proponents of defunding the Minneapolis Police Department...
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Lunch video-----Do Black lives really matter to the Left? Spoiler alert.....they don't...