FACEBOOK USED UN SPEECH CODES TO BAN TRUMP:

When Facebook’s Oversight Board issues a ruling censoring the President of the United States using UN guidelines, that’s a fundamental conflict between the UN and the Constitution.

The only way to resolve that conflict is to force Big Tech to stop interfering with free speech.

Private companies have the right to remove calls for violence and other violations of their terms of service, but when a platform controls more than half the political speech in the country and actively discriminates against the views of half the country, that makes free speech a dead letter. Silicon Valley’s speech cartel has already colluded to suppress the political opposition, but it’s now applying UN regulations to American political speech and destroying the Bill of Rights.

The Founding Fathers did not envision a scenario in which a cartel of private companies could control the mail and eliminate all letters that were not loyal to the British Crown. The Supreme Court of the 1950s did not envision Ma Bell deciding to prevent Americans from making phone calls if their views clashed with those of the UN. But that’s the threat that has now arrived.

Woke companies aren’t just sending out emails or threatening boycotts, they’re eliminating the Bill of Rights and subjecting American political speech to the dictates of the United Nations.

This isn’t a clash between private enterprise and government officials, but a struggle between two governments, the legitimate government of the United States and the illegitimate umbrella association of tyrannies of the United Nations. If Big Tech and the UN prevail, freedom dies.

If American free speech doesn’t apply to the internet, United Nations speech regulations will.

Read the whole thing.

Related: Facebook Torches Its Status As The Most Conservative-Friendly Platform.

That’s definitely a columnist going out on a limb with his opinion.

THE RETURN OF THE PRIMITIVE WAS NOT A HOW-TO MANUAL: Tribalism has come to the West: Hostile and polarised, today’s America reminds me of my Somalian clan.

Getting beyond tribalism — the norm for humans — was a huge accomplishment, one that was scrapped with barely a thought by those in charge of our culture.

Related: Our Caveman Politics.

FROM MARGARET BALL:  An Opening in the Air.

Any sufficiently advanced applied math is indistinguishable from magic…

Protest on campus are usually like grackles – annoying, in the way, and ignorable. But when Thalia Kostis invisibly crashes a meeting, she learns that outside money and organizers are planning for a full-out riot, complete with scapegoats and martyrs. Unfortunately, applied math isn’t magic, and she’s in danger when her cover’s blown . Now she and the rest of the misfits at Institute for Applied Topology must figure out who’s behind this and stop it, before more than just their own building goes up in flames!

PJ MEDIA VIP ROUNDUP: Don’t forget that VODKAPUNDIT promo code if you’ve been thinking of joining us.

“MOST RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVANT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN HALF A CENTURY’: Catholic Groups Scorch ‘Catholic’ Biden Over Anti-Catholic HHS Directive.

PARTLY BECAUSE THE LEFT WON’T ALLOW IT: Why We Need to Keep Talking About Election Fraud.

MORE THAN A CENTURY OF CRISES BY DESIGN: The Tyranny of Experts and the Great Unlearning.

JOEL KOTKIN: The Geography of Covid-19. “The ongoing pandemic is reshaping the geography of our planet, helping some areas and hurting others. In the West, the clear winners have been the sprawling suburbs and exurbs, while dense cores have been dealt a powerful blow. The pandemic also has accelerated class differences and inequality, with poor and working class people around the world paying the dearest price. These conclusions are based on data we have repeatedly updated. Despite some variations, our earlier conclusions hold up: the virus wreaked the most havoc in areas of high urban density. This first became evident in the alarming pre-lockdown fatalities that occurred in New York City and the suburban commuting shed from which many of the employees in the huge Manhattan business district are drawn. Similar patterns have been seen in Europe and Asia as well.”

Flashback: Coronavirus lessons on density, mass transit, bureaucracy and censorship: They kill.

(UPDATE: Typo in link corrected.)

BUT… BUT…  I HAD BEEN ASSURED THAT THE SCIENCE WAS QUITE SETTLED:   ‘Living fossil’ rediscovered in Pacific Ocean after 273 million years.

THIS TOO SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS TO ANYONE SANE:  Doctor says there’s no legitimate medical reason to mask children.

Of course, most people have been driven insane by the CDC and most agencies of the government and their prepotent and insane stomping all over our liberties.

AND I STAND WITH HIM:  You Can Have My AC When You Pry It From My Cold, Dead Hands.

Yes, I know, Europeans pride themselves on living without it, mostly making a virtue of necessity since their pitiful grid can’t handle it. But having grown up in Europe, let me assure them, they’re handicapping themselves for nothing. Because you can’t function as well while baking and entire months of productivity are lost to “I’m so hot.” Without need. It’s like swimming while wearing a ball and chain, to prove how macho you are.

So the eco warriors, the socialists, the New-York-Times -fashionable-commies, and the Europeans (but I repeat myself) can take their idea of doing away with AC, fold it all in corners, and put it where the sun don’t shine.

FLASHBACK (FROM GLENN): Ban AC for DC: If our rulers think global warming is a crisis, let them be a good example for the rest of us.

THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN OBVIOUS:  Instead Of Canceling ‘Snow White,’ Learn To Read Fairy Tales.

Dear left: at least attempt not to flaunt the fact that you’re semi-literate barbarians and neurotic as shaved cats to boot.

OOH. I KNOW. LET’S SEND FAUCI BACK IN TIME:  Ferdinand and Hermann’s Excellent Frontier Adventure.

Okay, okay, the 19th century hasn’t done anything to deserve that.

HAVE I NOT SAID THIS WILL END IN TEARS?  America’s Civil War 2.0: It’s Deja Vu All Over Again.

THIS IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT AGAINST COVID TRANSMISSION BY PEOPLE WEARING OXYGEN MASKS TO BREATHE!  China to draw ‘separation line’ on peak of Mount Everest.

Do you see the joke, yet? No. That’s because the joke is on us.

IN CHINA “FREE SPEECH” MEANS YOU ARE FREE TO SAY WHAT THE STATE WANTS YOU TO SAY:   Two face trial as China enforces online control amid pandemic.

Which, to be fair, is how the left interprets the first amendment.

SURE. LET’S CONDEMN DEAD MEN WHO CAN’T DEFEND THEMSELVES:  Paris court tries anti-racism activist for statue attack.

FYI to all immigrants, anywhere: Think your host country is all sorts of “ist” and hate it?  Go away. Go back to the sh*thole you came from. Given the culture that made you leave, you don’t have standing to judge the culture you ran to. FIFO. Fit in or Effe Off. Because trust me, the way things are getting all over the world, you might find out to late you pushed it too far.

THANKS, CAPTAIN OBVIOUS – WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST BE DONE ABOUT THAT?  Facebook oversight board co-chair says website wields ‘too much power’,

I’M SURE THERE WILL BE GOOD MEN IN CHARGE!  Tech bros’ next move: Private cities without US government control,

Yes, I am aware it’s low to make a reference joke to my own books. Deal.

YES, IT IS TOO SOON:  TripAdvisor apologizes for tasteless review of Auschwitz.

HMM: “Gas Run Has Begun” – Fuel Stations Run Dry Amid Hacked Pipeline.

Related:

This may be alarmist, but stay tuned. We’ll know soon enough. But hey, President Biden’s on the job so I’m sure there’s nothing to worry about.

For what it’s worth, stations in my area seem normal, but we get our gas mostly from the Plantation pipeline, not the Colonial, I believe.

UPDATE: From the comments. “I wonder what the FBI and Homeland Security have been doing since January rather than protecting critical infrastructure?”

OPEN THREAD: It’s gonna be a witness to the ultimate test of cerebral fitness.

YOU WILL HEAR PRECIOUS LITTLE ABOUT THIS FROM ENVIRONMENTALISTS: China’s greenhouse gas emissions exceed every developed nation combined, researchers say.

ANY TIGER THAT WANDERS INTO MY YARD RISKS BEING A RUG: Tiger roaming Houston street leads to tense confrontation.

HEH: Biden Proposes $2 Trillion Bill To Study What’s Causing Inflation Rates To Rise.