ICYMI, actress and former mixed marshal artist Gina Carano has been canceled for goofing on masks, lampooning pronouns and likening today’s extreme political divide to nazi Germany — the way conservatives are being demonized like the jews were. All this happened on Instagram. Of course. Carano was fired by Disney[…] Read On
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How ‘Open Safely’ Is Being Used to Keep Schools and Businesses Closed
If you say you want schools and businesses to open and don’t qualify it by adding the ubiquitous word “safely,” you’re deemed insensitive and accused of putting convenience and money ahead of children’s and other’s health. Here’s the thing. If you waited until it was “safe” to do everything you’d[…] Read On
Narcissist Is the New Nice
Have you ever known a genuinely “nice” person? You know what I’m talking about: Someone who never talks dirt about anyone or plays the blame game. Who always sees the best in everyone. The kind of person who searches for solutions, not problems. Who sees future potential, not past mistakes.[…] Read On
California Gov. Newsom and the ‘Science’ Myth
If I hear one more person invoke the word “science” to defend their use of selective datasets or analytics to validate a preconceived viewpoint or ill-conceived decision I’m going to lose it. Seriously. Even when a broad dataset appears to point to one course of action there are always variables[…] Read On
The Media, Big Tech and Our Cultural Divide
The media isn’t paid to reflect reality, it’s paid to get eyeballs. – Some Blogger, c. 2008 While blogging for CNET back in 2008, I observed that online media was generating headlines and oftentimes content to be clickable, not necessarily accurate. Hey, don’t laugh — that was an epiphany back then.[…] Read On
The Truth About Trump’s Presidency Is Yet to Be Told
I’ve seen some pretty spectacular leadership trainwrecks in my time and President Trump’s 2020 election meltdown is definitely near the top — or the bottom, depending on your point of view. Don’t get me wrong. Trump accomplished some great things during his term. For all his pomposity and exaggerations he[…] Read On
Free Speech (1776 – 2021) RIP
Now that Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and pretty much every other social media app has officially nuked Donald Trump, countless supporters of the soon-to-be former President are posting and tweeting about the injustice of it all, urging their followers to cancel whichever app they happen to be on. WTF. This is[…] Read On