Tuesday's video:
The master and 2022 off and running......
The master and what's next? New PM in the UK....President Biden's campaign speech...2022 is off and running....1972 Munich........and other stories.
Tuesday, September 06, 2022
A celebratory moment: driving home and hearing about Chile
(My new American Thinker post)
Sunday evening and it was pouring rain in Central Texas, but the news on the radio was a joy. Down in Chile, the people rejected a leftist constitution:
Chileans resoundingly rejected a new constitution to replace a charter imposed by the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet 41 years ago. The vote dealt a stinging setback to President Gabriel Boric, who argued the document would have ushered in a progressive era.
With 96% of the votes counted in Sunday’s plebiscite, the rejection camp had 61.9% support compared to 38.1% for approval amid what appeared to be a heavy turnout with long lines at polling states. Voting was mandatory.
The approval camp conceded defeat, with its spokesman Vlado Mirosevic saying: “We recognize this result and we listen with humility to what the Chilean people have expressed.”
Well, Chileans said “no” in big numbers.
Yes, Pinochet‘s constitution, as the left calls it, could be improved, but this new document was more about transforming the country rather than anything else. It was an excuse to make Chile “more woke,” and the locals saw through the farce. The proposed constitution was about gender parity and climate change. In the end, Chileans said no! No! NO!
Late last night, I called my good friend in Chile, and his home was in a festive mood. They were happy and said what a lot of Chileans were saying: “We didn’t vote for communism.” Indeed not. President Boric benefited from a weak conservative opponent and anger over COVID. He misread public opinion and got slapped by voters who do not want to destroy their economic success story.
Is President Petro of Colombia listening? He also defeated a weak conservative candidate in a close election dominated by anger over COVID. He wants big changes, too, but he has no mandate for that, as his “amigo” Boric learned on Sunday.
Thank you, Chile.
Monday, September 05, 2022
Chile said no to a new constitution and that's good news
Chile said no to a new constitution and that's good news.....
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Monday's video: Chile rejects new constitution......Voters were not interested in moving...
Monday's video:
Chile rejects new constitution......Voters were not interested in moving...
Happy # 77 Al Stewart: "Year Of The Cat"
We say happy birthday to Al Stewart who was born on this day in 1945. In 1976, he released "Year of the cat", one of the best songs of the 1970's..........loved the arrangement.........."Time passages" was also another good song.....his "Greatest hits" album is a good one!
Friday, September 02, 2022
Happy Labor Day weekend.....the US economy.....Biden speech and more
Happy Labor Day weekend.....the US economy.....Biden speech and more......
Friday's video: Happy Labor Day weekend.....the US economy.....Biden speech and more
Happy Labor Day weekend.....the US economy.....Biden speech.......President Bush 1944..
Thursday, September 01, 2022
Gorbachev and Putin plus no lights in Europe and more stories
Gorbachev and the collapse of the USSR......Putin not attending Gorbachev's funeral....No lights in Europe.....Power shortage in California.......Happy # 76 Barry Gibb.........September 1, 1864 Atlanta collapses.......other stories.......
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Thursday's video: Gorbachev and Putin plus no lights in Europe and more stories
Thursday's video:
Gorbachev and Putin plus no lights in Europe and more stories.....
Gorbachev and the collapse of the USSR......Putin not attending Gorbachev's funeral....No lights in Europe.....Power shortage in California.......Happy # 76 Barry Gibb.........September 1, 1864 Atlanta collapses.......other stories.....
Gibson's Bakery 1, Oberlin 0
(My new American Thinker post)
Here is some good news. We've been talking about woke colleges out of control. It's nice to see the good guys win one and get some money to celebrate their victory. Here is the story:
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected a request to hear Oberlin College’s appeal of a verdict against the private, Ohio school -- meaning the family-owned bakery that won a defamation lawsuit against the institution can finally collect on the multi-million judgment it was awarded by a jury in 2019.
Originally, the judgment against Oberlin was $44 million, but a state law limited the final amount to $25 million, plus $6 million in attorney’s fees. Interest on the judgment has raised the total to about $36 million.
Cut the check because this one is over. The fat lady is singing in her highest pitch: Pay up Oberlin.
As you may remember:
In November 2016, a black Oberlin student was caught trying to steal a bottle of wine from Gibson’s. While chasing him outside the story, a Gibson’s employee wrestled with the student and two other Oberlin students. Police arrived at the scene, and nearly a year later, all three students pled guilty to various crimes.
Despite the students’ admissions of guilt, campus racial grievance groups took action to harm the bakery. Student groups accused Gibson’s of having racially profiled the three students and pushed Oberlin to sever all ties with the bakery, which had supplied its cafeterias with food.
Soon, the Oberlin Student Senate passed a resolution stating Gibson’s “had a history of racial profiling and discriminatory treatment.” Dean of Students Meredith Raimondo joined the demonstrations, using a bullhorn to shout that the Gibsons were “racist.”
With Oberlin faculty joining in the push to sever ties with the bakery, the college then suspended its ties with Gibson’s between November 14, 2016 and January 30, 2017.
Sounds familiar. It's always racism.
What if the college had reprimanded the student for stealing a bottle of wine, turned him over to the football coach for a few extra laps around the field and apologized to the bakers? My guess is that Gibson's would have accepted the apology, moved on and file this one under the "young people do stupid things" archives.
Of course, the college did not move on. They had to play the race card and turn this into something far bigger than what it was.
Moral of the story: Don't listen to your woke administrators because they may cost you a lot of money.
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