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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Visage à trois #259
‘Global Food Catastrophe’ Coming Soon, Warns Germany, United Nations
The planet was facing a global food crisis before Russia invaded Ukraine, which is colloquially known as the “breadbasket of Europe” as it feeds 400 million people, according to Bloomberg. Along with mass migration from the ongoing war, UN’s World Food Programme official David Beasley is concerned that Russia’s invasion has compounded the crisis facing the human race, Bloomberg continued.
“Failure to open up the ports is a declaration of war on global food security,” Beasley continued, according to Bloomberg. Beasley said that 49 million people were “knocking on famine’s door” across 43 countries and that those nations have “to be extremely concerned about that will result in destabilization and mass migration if we don’t get ahead of this.”
Beasley also called upon billionaire Elon Musk to help fight world hunger, according to Reuters.
Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine had placed the “world on edge” and that “Russia uses its leverage like a weapon,” Bloomberg continued. “Food, energy. Now it’s treating the world with world hunger. Their actions are intentional. There should be reaction on its weaponization of everything.”
“We shouldn’t kid ourselves that there are limits to Putin’s brutality. The task here at Davos is for us to recognize that hunger is being used as a weapon,” Germany’s Economic Minister Robert Habeck said during a radio interview, referenced by Bloomberg. “That’s why it’s good that the discussions are taking place in person here again and so many people are coming.”
Habeck called the impending global food shortages a “catastrophe” and that the WEF can work with policymakers to coordinate a strategy to tackle global hunger, Bloomberg continued.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the world’s food crisis is just 10 weeks away, a sentiment that was echoed by a food...
Studies Show the Media Inspires Copycat School Shootings, Induces Mass Killings
The perpetrators name, which will not be mentioned here, was spoken aloud countless times. CNN put its political agenda first, and disguised it as a townhall meant to further the discussion on school safety.
Given the wealth of data collected by academics and law enforcement agencies studying the phenomena, it’s time for Americans to demand media outlets acknowledge their role in school shootings and mass killings. It’s time for Americans to demand they take responsibility and proactive measures to minimize the likelihood of a prior mass killing inducing another.
Before we get into the data, let’s first define what it is we’re talking about and set a few parameters.
A “mass shooting” is properly defined as a public shooting in which one or more perpetrators with a firearm murders at least 4 victims. Researchers in the field have argued the modern phenomenon of mass shootings began in 1966 with the tragic incident at the University of Texas.
It’s also important to first note that the data used in these studies may vary. For instance, one study may have isolated 18- to 29-year-olds, while others reviewed all age groups for potential copycats. Some studies included suicidal perpetrators, while others did not.
Nevertheless, the academic and law enforcement consensus is clear: the media inspires copycats in school shootings and induces mass murder events. The media is the contagion, not the solution — at least not yet.
That being said, not all media outlets have refused to take responsibility. Much to their credit, Mark Follman and Becca Andrews at Mother Jones have done great work documenting the “Columbine effect.”
On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys fatally shot 13 people and injured 24 others at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. The Mother Jones investigation found the shooting inspired at least 74 plots or attacks across 30 states.[1] In at least 14 cases, Columbine copycats plotted their attacks on the anniversary of the original massacre.
“Individuals in 13 cases indicated that their goal was to outdo the Columbine body count,” they wrote. “In at least 10 cases, the suspects and attackers referred to the pair who struck in 1999, [name redacted] and [name redacted], as heroes, idols, martyrs, or God. And at least three plotters made pilgrimages to Columbine High School from other states.”
Since Columbine, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has been devoted to...
The 90 Miles Mystery Video: Nyctophilia Edition #1029
Before You Click On The "Read More" Link,
Please Only Do So If You Are Over 21 Years Old.
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The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #1729
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
Tuesday, May 24, 2022
UCF Forced to Reinstate Professor Fired After Writing About “Black Privilege”
“We are calling on the University of Central Florida to dismiss psychology professor Charles Negy due to abhorrent racist comments he has made and continues to make on his personal Twitter account. In addition to racism, Negy has engaged in perverse transphobia and sexism on his account, which is just as reprehensible. While he has a right to free speech, he does not have a right to dehumanize students of color and other minority groups, which is a regular occurance [sic] in his classroom. By allowing him to continue in his position, UCF would simply be empowering another cog in the machine of systemic racism.”
Negy faced protests at his home and on campus, according to news reports after he explored the concept of “white shaming” as an academic, including his book “White Shaming: Bullying Based on Prejudice, Virtue-Signaling, and Ignorance.”
Negy’s work is highly controversial and his tweets have inflamed critics. In a now deleted tweet, he wrote “Black privilege is real: Besides affirm. action, special scholarships and other set asides, being shielded from legitimate criticism is a privilege. But as a group, they’re missing out on much needed feedback.”
He has also written, again on Twitter, “If Afr. Americans as a group, had the same behavioral profile as Asian Americans (on average, performing the best academically, having the highest income, committing the lowest crime, etc.), would we still be proclaiming ‘systematic racism’ exists?”
Again, the question is not the merits or tenor of such writings but the right of academics to express...
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