Archive for 2020

THE UTAH JAZZ’S RUDY GOBERT ON CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN CHINA: WRONG IS WRONG. “The way that China reacted to a tweet from Morey, which was relatively innocuous by American standards, makes it worth monitoring to see if the country gets similarly up in arms over Gobert. It will also be interesting to see if other star players that make a lot of money in China through sneakers and other exhibition tours like LeBron James, who ripped Daryl Morey, will react to this social media post.”

Related: NBA Finals Viewership Down by 45%, Lowest Since 1994.

LONGTERM LOCKDOWNS WERE A TERRIBLE IDEA: Lockdowns Intended To Preserve Our Health Are Making Us Poorer and Angrier: Even as the economy recovers, pain from the COVID-19 lockdowns still lingers. “Half of Americans who lost their job because of the pandemic are still out of work, and the resulting damage to finances falls hardest—as you might expect—on lower-income people who have little cushion against hard times. That’s something to keep in mind as politicians contemplate renewed restrictions, especially given the potential for economic pain to worsen already-simmering social tensions.”

It’s almost as if some politicians want us to be poorer and angrier.

THIS IS BEYOND ABSURD: Does no one, Republican or Democrat, at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) have the guts to call a halt to such outrages?

VANDERBILT COURSE PENALIZES STUDENTS WHO DON’T SEE CONSTITUTION AS RACIST: It’s the largest course ever offered on the Nashville campus, but Campus Reform reports students are penalized who answered “no” to question asking if the Constitution is a tool of white supremacy.