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COVID

Bill Maher Blasts So-Called “Experts” for Getting COVID Wrong – But It’s His Comments About Trump That Are Making Some Furious

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Bill Maher began a recent monologue with a damning indictment on the so-called “experts” who influenced early decisions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a five-minute monologue, the comedian opened Real Time by acknowledging that “some mistakes were inevitable” but criticized those who continued to blame a lack of understanding for the pandemic.

Maher criticized mask mandates across America, and expressed his view that schools should have remained open. In addition, he also said that risks from the vaccination were hidden from the public while lambasting those who enforced mandatory vaccination across the country:

His comments towards the end of the monologue, however, drew criticism. On the subject of inflation, Maher questioned as to why Americans sought to elect Donald Trump who “ignored COVID like it was the dinner check.”

And those Americans, who still possess common sense, had answers:

Others pointed out that Trump “didn’t ignore COVID”, but instead relied too heavily on the advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Federal Drug Administration.

Trump did issue a number of executive orders in response to the pandemic, and was quick to ban travel from China, the source of the virus, before the “experts” had even given that a thought.  

What’s your view? Who’s to really blame? Let us know in the comments below.

Economics

It’s Been Over a Year Since the Bud Light Boycott Began – Here’s How It’s Doing Now

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Go woke, go broke.

Despite an increase in substantial earnings in Q1 2024 for parent company Anheuser-Busch, sales of Bud Light continue to plummet more than a year since its disastrous pro-trans marketing campaign.

A mass boycott by furious beer drinkers began in April 2023 after Bud Light launched its campaign featuring transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. Following widespread publicity, sales of the beverage to retail stores had fallen by more than a quarter by July 2023.

One year on and sales continue to drop, although its impact on Anheuser-Busch is somewhat limited. The company experienced a 2.6% revenue increase to $14.55billion in the first quarter of the year, partly attributed to higher prices. That said, the boycott remains noticeable with a 9.9% volume decline in Bud Light sales across North America.

This was a shock to no one, of course.

Anheuser-Busch has not escaped the impact even with successes elsewhere. With its market share continuing to fall one year on, the brewer has sought to minimize its losses through an unsuccessful Super Bowl ad.

What is your view on the Bud Light fiasco? Did you stop drinking it after the Mulvaney campaign?

Opinion

Europe’s Largest LGBTQ Charity Is Failing

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The fall of the Berlin Wall is arguably one of the most defining moments of change in modern history.

Germany – divided for nearly half a century come the 1990s – was reunited when the checkpoints opened, and East Germans were free to cross into their Westernized neighbor.

Fast forward 35 years and another wall is crumbling, marking the end of an authoritarian regime where those who speak out of line are punished. Stonewall Equality Limited, recognized as Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ charity, is falling.

Somewhat ironically, Stonewall was formed in 1989 – the same year as the Berlin Wall’s demise. Despite its now-tarnished reputation, it was a major factor in helping to bring equality to minority groups in the United Kingdom; homosexuals are now allowed to serve in the military, while the age of consent is now 16 regardless of sexual orientation.

In 2001, Stonewall launched its “Diversity Champions” scheme – a program aimed to ensure comfortability for LGBTQ+ employees in the workplace. By 2005, more than 900 organizations, both public and private, had signed up to the scheme. It also publishes a ranking of the top 100 LGBTQ+-friendly employers each year, referring to those at the top as “allies.”

However, good intentions do not always have good consequences. With Stonewall’s increase in power came a more militant charity, particularly on transgenderism. When, in October 2018, critics urged Stonewall to acknowledge the conflict between transgender and sex-based women’s rights, CEO Ruth Hunt responded. “We do not and will not acknowledge this.”

This marked the beginning of a period of outright woke extremism. One solution to gender identity in offices was to give “gender-fluid” employees separate email addresses, allowing them to switch between the two. Meanwhile, Stonewall’s refusal to acknowledge biological sex alienated same-sex couples whose rights the charity had been set up to protect.

The demise took a sharp turn downwards in 2021 when major organizations began to withdraw from the Diversity Champions scheme. The Equality and Human Rights Commission withdrew from the scheme in May, as did the BBC in November. Universities, public bodies, and government departments followed in the years afterwards.

Stonewall – which once claimed two-year-olds could be transgender – is drifting away. In the space of two years, its total income fell from £11.5million to £7.8million (-32.2%).

Does this mean the end of wokeism in the United Kingdom and the Western world? Not a chance. London Overground lines are still being granted a woke rebranding, and if you say something which may upset a transactivist then you can expect a visit from Police Scotland.

Nevertheless, the adage applies to any institution; if a charity is not safe from falling into oblivion, then neither are public bodies, private organizations, or governments.

If you go woke, you go broke.


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