Harley-Davidson Receives Bud Light Treatment At Sturgis.

ZeroHedge: Harley-Davidson Receives Bud Light Treatment At Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

"It's another day at Sturgis Rally and another day of the @harleydavidson tent being a ghost town with very few people walking inside. In a typical year their tent is PACKED," Starbuck wrote on X on Thursday.

    It’s another day at Sturgis Rally and another day of the @harleydavidson tent being a ghost town with very few people walking inside. In a typical year their tent is PACKED.

    When we expose wokeness, it’s powerful.

    Bikers do NOT want wokeness from Harley! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/51StJAPdAE
    — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) August 8, 2024

Navy Confirms Using Drag Queen Influencer as a ‘Digital Ambassador’ to Attract Recruits.

I Meme Therefore I Am LINK

"China and Russia are laughing their asses off right now."

Breitbart: Navy Confirms Using Drag Queen Influencer as a ‘Digital Ambassador’ to Attract Recruits.

The U.S. Navy confirmed to Breitbart News on Wednesday that it used a “drag queen influencer” as one of its “digital ambassadors” to attempt to recruit “a wide range of potential candidates.”

The influencer is 24-year-old active-duty U.S. Navy Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is “Harpy Daniels.”

Nicholas John Roske ID'ed as the would-be Brett Kavanaugh killer.

Heavy: Nicholas John Roske, Brett Kavanaugh Suspect: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know.

Nicholas John Roske is the armed, zip-tie carrying suspect who is accused of threatening to kill U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Roske’s name was released via an unsealed arrest affidavit. Online records say Nicholas Roske, 26, is from Simi Valley, California.

Nicholas Roske Affidavit.

I wonder if Wikipedia will be editing this Beneath The Planet of The Apes entry because it's so offensive?

Wiki entry for Beneath the Planet of The Apes, as above, Archived here.

"Current" Wiki entry  Here.

Update: Well, that didn't take long: 

Sunday night, some channel was running a "Planet of The Apes" (original movies) binge. I wanted to look up someone in the cast and found that a character named "Negro" remained on Wiki. So I took a screen cap.

Just updated it, clicked on the "current" Wiki link and noticed it had changed. I archived it (the original entry, the first image on this post) thinking it would be changed...and here we are.

Update Update: Will a WikiEditor change the character name of "Fat Man" to "Glandular Problem/Slow Metabolism Person?"

Philip Haney death "self-inflicted."

ItsBiography.com: Philip Haney

FOX News (Right-click and 'Open in New Window' to enable link): Department of Homeland Security (DHS) whistleblower Philip Haney was found dead in Amador County, CA.

Haney, 66, "appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound," the Amador County Sheriff's Office said in a release. Sheriff and coroner Martin A. Ryan shared the initial details of the case.

"On February 21, 2020 at approximately 1012 hours, deputies and detectives responded to the area of Highway 124 and Highway 16 in Plymouth to the report of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound," the release read.

"Upon their arrival, they located and identified 66-year-old Philip Haney, who was deceased and appeared to have suffered a single, self-inflicted gunshot wound. A firearm was located next to Haney and his vehicle. This investigation is active and ongoing. No further details will be released at this time," the office added.
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Haney, a former DHS agent, was also the author of "See Something, Say Nothing: A Homeland Security Officer Exposes the Government's Submission to Jihad."

He was an outspoken critic of the Obama administration, specifically its handling of radical Jihadist elements and Islamic terrorism.

Read this post which contains information and links to news stories of friends of Haney he met earlier this week. He is described as, "never been happier."

This comment from the FOX News story conveys the skepticism that's on the minds of everyone:

urone2: "I am enjoying retirement, engaged to be married this year, starting a book tour... I think I will go to an isolated place near my home and shoot myself in the chest." 

Nowhere in the FOX story, or those I've read, states the entry point of the bullet. I just reproduced a comment. But the details of this story - he being as happy as ever earlier this week, to a "suicide" on Friday - come on. We've heard this too many times. Vince Foster and Seth Rich to name two of the more recognizable names.

Condolences to his family and friends.
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UPDATE: Paul Sperry is reporting the shot "to the chest":

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The Hill: DHS ordered me to scrub records of Muslims with terror ties.

By Philip Haney — 02/05/16 12:00 PM EST

Amid the chaos of the 2009 holiday travel season, jihadists planned to slaughter 290 innocent travelers on a Christmas Day flight from the Netherlands to Detroit, Michigan. Twenty-three-year old Nigerian Muslim Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab intended to detonate Northwest Airlines Flight 253, but the explosives in his underwear malfunctioned and brave passengers subdued him until he could be arrested. The graphic and traumatic defeat they planned for the United States failed, that time.
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Just before that Christmas Day attack, in early November 2009, I was ordered by my superiors at the Department of Homeland Security to delete or modify several hundred records of individuals tied to designated Islamist terror groups like Hamas from the important federal database, the Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS). These types of records are the basis for any ability to “connect dots.”  Every day, DHS Customs and Border Protection officers watch entering and exiting many individuals associated with known terrorist affiliations, then look for patterns. Enforcing a political scrubbing of records of Muslims greatly affected our ability to do that. Even worse, going forward, my colleagues and I were prohibited from entering pertinent information into the database.

Read the full story at The Hill.
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Philip Haney dead. Shot to death. Was DHS whistleblower on the Obama admin and Muslim Brotherhood/ISIS.

MTStars: Philip Haney dead. Shot to death. Was DHS whistleblower on the Obama admin and Muslim Brotherhood/ISIS.

Posted: Feb 22nd, 2020 - 10:44 am

reportedly [sic] found dead. Shot to death.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA- We’ve received reports that Philip Haney, a DHS whistleblower on the Obama administration, has been found dead.

We have not yet received independent confirmation from the Sheriff’s Department, but sources within law enforcement have verified that there’s a death investigation underway.

If you have seen a few episodes of Behind the Uniform or have ever watched Fox News, you probably recognize the name Philip Haney. He was the DHS whistleblower that dropped the hammer on the Obama administration regarding the Muslim Brotherhood and ISIS.

He was also a friend to many at Law Enforcement Today. 

BizPac Review: Obama administration whistleblower found dead of reported gunshot wound.

Reports confirmed by anonymous sources to BPR have emerged that an Obama administration whistleblower who was completely dismissed and ignored by both congressional Democrats and their biased media allies has been found dead.

“We’ve received reports that Philip Haney, a DHS whistleblower on the Obama administration, has been found dead,” the website Law Enforcement Today reported Saturday afternoon.

“We have not yet received independent confirmation from the Sheriff’s Department, but sources within law enforcement have verified that there’s a death investigation underway.”

Philip served at the Department of Homeland Security for 15 years until he was reportedly pushed out by the Obama administration.

As of about 1:00 pm Saturday afternoon, no other reports or confirmations regarding his fate had emerged[.]
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“Friends of Haney told us that they spoke with Haney earlier this week and he’d ‘never been happier,'” the news portal reported.

“They’ve suggested there’s absolutely no way he would have taken his own life… and reinforce that he’s had many enemies since he blew the whistle on the Obama administration.”

Including enemies in the media. Whereas media “journalists” have worshiped at the altar of the partisan whistleblower who last year filed an error-laden complaint about President Donald Trump with the chairmen of the House and Senate intelligence committees, they mostly ignored Haney when he first emerged publicly, though a few outlets did take the time to smear him as an Islamophobic bigot and loon.

“Close friends of Haney tell us that his wife lost her battle with cancer in 2019. Haney was engaged to be married later this year. The author of See Something, Say Nothing was preparing to go back on the road in advance of the upcoming election. He was currently living in California, just west of San Francisco,” LET’s report continued.

In 2016, Haney published a book, “See Something, Say Nothing,” that outlined the Obama administration’s attempts to block him from investigating Islamic radicalism because his investigations were inherently racist toward the Muslim community.
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In an op-ed published at The Hill a couple of months after his appearance on FNC, Haney provided the full story behind what had happened during his time at DHS.

“After leaving my 15-year career at DHS, I can no longer be silent about the dangerous state of America’s counter-terror strategy, our leaders’ willingness to compromise the security of citizens for the ideological rigidity of political correctness – and, consequently, our vulnerability to devastating, mass-casualty attack,” he wrote.

The problem, he explained, was that then-President Barack Hussein Obama was more concerned with not offending the Muslim community than he was with protecting the American people.

For instance, he cited what happened in 2009, when an Islamic terrorist almost succeeded in blowing up a Northwest Airlines Flight headed from the Netherlands to Detroit.

Afterward, Obama publicly lashed out out DHS for having failed to “connect the dots.” But as noted by Haney, it was Obama’s own actions that had made it near impossible for federal officials to connect any dots anymore.

“Just before that Christmas Day attack, in early November 2009, I was ordered by my superiors at the Department of Homeland Security to delete or modify several hundred records of individuals tied to designated Islamist terror groups like Hamas from the important federal database, the Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS),” he explained. “These types of records are the basis for any ability to ‘connect dots.'”

But according to Obama, the records were essentially racist, as they’d been accrued through what he believed to have been racial profiling.

And so as the years continued, more and more information was slowly scrubbed.

More at Law Enforcement Today.

Philip Haney Facebook:

About Philip

    Founding Member of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), March 01, 2003; served as a Customs & Border Protection Officer (CBP); retired honorably on July 31, 2015 with 15 years combined Federal service.

    Author of See Something, Say Nothing, a best-selling exposé of the Obama Administration's submission to the goals and policies of the Muslim Brotherhood, as well as other Islamic groups operating here in America, and around the world. Official release date May 24, 2016.

    Inaugural Recipient of the American Freedom Award from the American Freedom Alliance (AFA) on May 21, 2017.

    Forty-five years experience in the Strategy & Tactics of the Global Islamic Movement based on Quranic Arabic, with parallel strong focus on Counter Terrorism.

    Thirty-five years experience in International Travel (20+ countries), from China to Europe and Central/South America, but with sustained emphasis & focus on Israel and the greater Middle East.

    Fifteen years experience in Threat Analysis & Intelligence (A&I) while serving in CBP as a Subject Matter Expert (SME); conducted numerous interviews of individuals with potential links to terrorism; credited with many successful counter-terrorism cases, and for finding 300 individuals with potential links to terrorism while assigned to the National Targeting Center (NTC).

    Additional deep Law Enforcement background in Research and in Data Analysis, using a facts-based case-study approach to diagnose problems, and to accurately forecast emerging threats & trends.

    More than 530 citations in print articles related to Counter Terrorism & National Security.

    More than 820 TV, Radio & Speaking appearances, including a December 10, 2015 appearance on Megyn Kelly, a June 14, 2016 Press Conference at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. and as a Guest Host for the Sean Hannity Radio Program on July 06, 2016.

    Extensive testimony, with more than 65 classified briefings presented to members of both the House & Senate, and publically before Chairman Ted Cruz (TX) & the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 28, 2016.

    Extensive familiarity with Middle Eastern culture, history and current affairs, woven together with Biblical theology, as well as deep background in the theology of Islam, including Quran, Hadith & Tafsir (Commentary).

    Adept at learning languages, and at developing relationships with people of other cultures.

    Professional international consultant (in agriculture and in national security) for local, national and international clients in both private and government arenas, since 1984.

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Woke state flag needed; adopt full time DST? Only if it keeps MN legislators from inflicting real harm.

Minneapolis Red Star: Minnesota Legislature opens 2020 election year session.

There also were lighter issues on the calendar — for one, whether to make daylight saving time permanent in the state. Another would look into redesigning the state flag.

More "Common sense" gun confiscation laws are also being pushed by the anti-2A crowd, who always seems to be a very liberal group comprised of those soft on crime and favoring endless unsuccessful rehabilitation programs.

Given the amount of daylight both states receive, it makes sense why Arizona and Hawaii don't observe DST. But Minnesota?

And the MN flag? It's offensive and "too jumbled". Its design, a madhouse! Of course this idea is from DEMS. How could it not be?

MSN: Does MN need a new flag? It’s too jumbled, some lawmakers say — and not so woke.

On Tuesday, the first day of the 2020 Minnesota legislative session in St. Paul, a proposal that could lead to a new state flag was among those that Democrats brought forward.

No, they clarify, it’s not their Number 1 priority. (Maybe, but the DEMS will spend a lot of time puffing their chests out on this. DD)

“But you always get some things that aren’t anyone’s top priority, but that you can agree on,” said state Rep. Peter Fischer, DFL-Minneapolis, the lead sponsor of a bill that would create a task force to look at redesigning the flag.

Need a woke state flag? Gotta have a task force!

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Maxine Waters flashes White Supremacy OK Hand Gesture.

Via Blaze TV. Read through the thread. There's some funny stuff in it.

Barack Obama ignores Trans Women. Will there be a Social Media reaction of outrage and backlash?

NPR: Barack Obama Says Women Could Solve Many Of World's Problems — Which Men Have Caused.

The world would be a better place if more women were in charge, former President Barack Obama says. Speaking at an event on Monday, Obama also said that many of the world's problems stem from "old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way."

Obama made the remarks at a private event in Singapore, where several thousand people gathered to hear the former president discuss leadership and his life in the Oval Office. Ticket prices ranged from around $255 to $955 for the event, which was organized by Australian business events company The Growth Faculty.

The former president said that if women were put in charge of every country for the next two years, the result would be gains "on just about everything," according to Singapore's Today.

"There would be less war, kids would be better taken care of and there would be a general improvement in living standards and outcomes," Obama said.

The Singapore event isn't available online, but Obama's office confirmed the substance of Obama's remarks to NPR on Monday. And the event's moderator, Nicholas Fang of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, says the Today report is accurate.

"If you look at the world and look at the problems, it's usually old people, usually old men, not getting out of the way," Obama said, according to a BBC report about the event.

"They cling to power, they are insecure, they have outdated ideas and the energy and fresh vision and new approaches are squashed," he added, Today reports.

"Now women, I just want you to know, you are not perfect, but what I can say pretty indisputably is that you're better than us [men]," Obama said, according to the BBC.

I haven't checked Social Media. Is Obama's Twitter account being bombarded with allegations of his Transphobia? Have the protests in the streets near his home begun? Why did he exclude the Trans Community? He must be phobic. Why...now with all that money, he might be a Closet Republican!

Anyone else saying what Obama said would be labeled Transphobic. Social Media reaction would be swift, critical and non-stop. He would be forced to atone and walk-back his words. No one else could say this and escape criticism. Maybe Canada's Justin Trudeau, but he wouldn't make the mistake of excluding Trans-anyone.

It's "Okay."

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Helpful conversation ideas for Thanksgiving dinner.

1) Politics
2) Impeachment
3) Mandatory Medicare For All
4) Colin Kaepernick
5) Cancel Culture
6) Climate Change
7) Jeffrey Epstein
8) The Clintons
9) Liberal Hypocrisy
10) Kirk or Picard?

Others? Leave a comment.

Transgender bathroom policy: "It's not everything we want."

It never is.

Stream: ‘My Privacy is Being Invaded’: High School Girl Reacts to New Transgender Bathroom Policy.

Video footage shows a high school girl choked up when her high school ruled that trans students have unrestricted access to bathrooms and locker rooms.

A high school student identified by the Daily Herald as Julia Burca chokes up as she discusses how her school district ruled Thursday that transgender students will have unrestricted access to bathrooms of their choice, video footage created by the Daily Herald shows.

“I feel uncomfortable that my privacy is being invaded,” Burca says, who had a red nose and eyes. “As I am a swimmer, I do change multiple times naked in front of the other students in the locker room. I understand that the board has an obligation to all students but I was hoping they would go about this in a different way that would also accommodate students such as myself.”

Palatine High School in northwest Illinois [is] where board members voted to give unrestricted locker room and restroom access to transgender students[.]
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A transgender student identified as Nova Maday [said], "It passed, it passed," Maday reportedly says happily in the video. "I’m ecstatic."

"It’s definitely a first step forward in many more steps, it’s a great policy, unfortunately, it’s not everything we want," [said Maday].

What are those "many more steps"?

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Adam Schiff congressional seat challenged by drag queen Maebe A. Girl who says, "America disgusts me."

DEM Adam Schiff vs drag queen Maebe A. Girl. Cat-fight?

Route Fifty: First Drag Queen Elected to Local Office Is Making a Run for Congress.

Maebe A. Girl, the self-described “larger-than-life” candidate, is challenging one of the current stars of the Democratic party.
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“It’s essential that we get more queer representation in public office, especially at the national level,” she said. “We need more everyday people in Congress—its overwhelmingly older, white, wealthy men, and that’s just not representative of America, or my district.”

But it’s not going to be easy. The incumbent in the 28th district is Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, a well-known critic of the Trump administration who has represented part of the Los Angeles area since 2001, and won in 2018 with over 75% of the vote. Plus, Girl is not the only challenger—four other candidates have signed up, including one other Democrat, an independent and two Republicans.
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Girl describes herself as transgender and genderfluid (a term that encompasses people who do not ascribe to a particular gender) and said that running under her drag stage name drew some criticism. “People will say ‘I can’t take her seriously with that name, but it’s really just a statement about gender norms. I don’t feel like there’s a difference between Maebe A. Girl and me,” she said, making the comparison to celebrities like Lady Gaga, whose adopted names have come to define them.

She also decided to run in drag, which she said “is not in any way a costume” but rather an expression of her identity.
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Girl described herself as “a larger-than-life kind of character,” who stands over six feet tall in heels, and has tattoos covering most of the space on her arms.

"America disgusts me," Maebe A. Girl, Facebook. (May I suggest Tehran as more hospitable?) 

Schiff's bar mitzvah picture, June 1973. That bow-tie is...fabulous.

Anyone know how tall Schiff stands in heels?

San Fran sanitizes language of criminal justice system.

San Fran Chronicle: SF Board of Supervisors sanitizes language of criminal justice system.

The words “felon,” “offender,” “convict,” “addict” and “juvenile delinquent” would be part of the past in official San Francisco parlance under new “person first” language guidelines adopted by the Board of Supervisors.

Going forward, what was once called a convicted felon or an offender released from jail will be a “formerly incarcerated person,” or a “justice-involved” person or simply a “returning resident.”

Parolees and people on criminal probation will be referred to as a “person on parole,” or “person under supervision.”

A juvenile “delinquent” will become a “young person with justice system involvement,” or a “young person impacted by the juvenile justice system.”

And drug addicts or substance abusers will become “a person with a history of substance use.”

“We don’t want people to be forever labeled for the worst things that they have done,” Supervisor Matt Haney said.
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The nonbinding resolution passed last month.

The mayor didn’t sign off on the new language proposal.

"Liberals" will still be referred to as "Shit-For-Brains".
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Jonathan Yaniv accused of trying to share child porn, sexual harassment of minors.

Jonathan Yaniv; enjoys playing "dress-up like a girl".

The Post Millennial: Jessica Jonathan Yaniv accused of trying to share child porn, sexual harassment of minors.

Jessica Rumpel provided The Post Millennial with evidence of explosive allegations of the sexual interference she experienced as a young teen at the hands of Jonathan “Jessica” Yaniv.
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Twenty-year-old Ashley Smith of Ontario, whose name is being altered due to trauma and for the protection of her work and family, says she was victimized when, like Rumpel, she was a teen.

Ashley was just 14.
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...Yaniv used 14-year-old Ashley Smith like a pawn, at one point instructing her to cyberbully 20-year-old Louise Nussac of Paris, France[.]
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Like with Rumpel, Yaniv also sent Smith disturbing messages centred [sic] around menstruation.

In one of the messages Smith has provided, Yaniv is seen saying “I want to be really good friends with you, like really close” and asking the 14-year-old to tell them when she’s got her period. In another, Yaniv asks for advice on how to get feminine hygiene products from girls, what kinds of girls to ask, and whether or not to hang around outside of girls’ washrooms.

In this message, Yaniv admits to opening child pornography and tells the young girl, asking her “wanna see?”

Yaniv also says “I wish you were two years older,” implying they [he] would like to engage in sexual relations with Smith, and later asks her “would you date a guy who wore pads?”
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Ashley Smith has told The Post Millennial she will be filing a formal police report this week on her experiences with Yaniv.

 Model? Of what?

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Jonathan "Jessica" Yaniv, who identifies as a woman, hassles 16 Vancouver business owners because they won't "wax his balls." Also planning topless swim session for girls, age 12. No parents allowed.

** The links to The Post Millennial (TPM) were glitchy for a while. If the links to TPM give you any trouble, scroll to the bottom of this post for the stories via Archive. **

The Past

The Post Millennial: (circa November 2018): 16 Vancouver women facing human rights complaints for refusing to wax transgender woman’s male genitalia.

“JY” publicly identifies as a woman, but still has all the male parts.
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In recent months, JY approached 16 Vancouver-area female estheticians who only serve women, requesting a “Brazilian” bikini wax on his groin area.
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In spite of the fact that JY is able to obtain a Manzilian in Vancouver, JY has filed 16 complaints against these women at the BC Human Rights Tribunal, claiming discrimination on the basis of “gender identity.”
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...Shelah Poyer, is a single mom who works out of her home.  JY was willing to withdraw his complaint in exchange for $2,500.

If JY is demanding similar sums from the other 14 women, he stands to receive as much as $35,000 for dropping his human rights complaints.

Breaking News Canada: (November 2018): Can’t Take No For An Answer: Jonathan Yaniv files 16 Human Rights complaints against women who don’t want to wax his balls.

The Present

The Post Millennial (July 17/18 2019): Another B.C. woman forced out of business in transgender male-genitalia waxing case.

Marcia Da Silva, who is an immigrant from Brazil operated the business out of her home where her small children also live. Da Silva claims she refused to perform the procedure on the claimant, Jessica Yaniv, due to safety concerns raised by her husband and alleged harassment on Yaniv’s part and not because of the claimant’s identity.
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...Yaniv, has taken fifteen other B.C. women to the tribunal for refusing to wax her male genitalia citing discrimination based on gender identity and is seeking financial compensation. Many of the woman are of East Asian ethnicity and have English as their second language.

During Wednesday’s tribunal proceedings Da Silva claims that the incident directly led to her shutting down her business and losing it as a source of income for her family.

The Post Millennial (July 19, 2019): The truth about Jessica Yaniv is beginning to emerge.

[Yaniv scrubs social media, has history of racist remarks, makes threatening and harassing phone calls to waxing businesses and asks advice about tampons online [on Ask.FM, a semi-anonymous ask and answer site] Yaniv allegedly provided her phone number to girls under the age of 16.]

The Post Millennial: Everyone loses in Yaniv case.

"The people that discriminated against me are forcing their beliefs on society," said Yaniv. (It is the exact opposite. - DD)
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[Yaniv's] mother allegedly complained that her tax dollars would go to pay for translators required to help the women defend themselves against the complaint made by her daughter.
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Outside of an independent journalist, the article response taken by Morgane Oger, our coverage, and some spotty pieces across the internet, it seems most mainstream organization will not dare report on this story in any significant depth.
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...it seems most mainstream news organizations are ready to ignore it wholeheartedly or suppress it, even if that decision were to mean a group of women without resources losing their claims because they simply refused to wax male genitalia.

Summit News: (July 22, 2019): Yaniv Organizes Topless Swimming Session For Girls as Young as 12, No parents allowed.

Yaniv seems to have a history and interest in underage girls:

...L-O-L-A...Lola.

Stories via Archive:

Post Millennial - 16 Vancouver women facing human rights complaints for refusing to wax transgender woman’s male genitali.

Breaking News - Can’t Take No For An Answer: Jonathan Yaniv files 16 Human Rights complaints against women who don’t want to wax his balls.

Post Millennial - Another B.C. woman forced out of business.

Post Millennial - The Truth about Yaniv.

Post Millennial - Everyone loses in Yaniv case.

Summit News -  Trans Activist Organizes Topless Swimming Session For Girls as Young as 12, Parents Not Allowed to be Present.

Kathy Zhu, stripped of Miss Michigan title for refusing to try on hijab and other politically incorrect reasons.

Kathy Zhu on Twitter:

MSN: U-M student Kathy Zhu stripped of Miss Michigan World America title.

Kathy Zhu, also a University of Michigan student, was dismissed as a Miss World America pageant participant when the organization claimed the content of her social media was "offensive, insensitive and inappropriate."
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The first is an incident that dates back to 2018, in which Zhu went up to a Muslim Student Association booth celebrating World Hijab Day and declined to wear a hijab when prompted. She then tweeted:

    "There is a 'try a hijab on' booth at my college campus.

    So you're telling me that it's now just a fashion accessory and not a religious thing? Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam?"

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72 different emojis to represent gay, straight & lesbian couples in 5 races.

RT: No, Apple, we don’t need 72 different emojis to represent gay, straight & lesbian couples in 5 races.

If I wanted an emoji to look exactly like me, I’d just send a photograph. But then, unlike Apple and Google, I understand that they are a symbolic shorthand, not a racist tool of oppression that ignores my identity.
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Seventy-two new iOS emojis of couples holding hands, instead of a generic symbol. Thus, a blonde woman with a blond man, a blonde woman with a tan skinned man, a blonde woman with a light-skinned black man, a blonde woman with a dark-skinned black man, a dark-skinned black woman with a light-skinned black woman, a white man with a moustache with a white man without a moustache, and so on and on and on.

Various emojis via RT

So, anyone feeling excluded?

Migrant student, 14-years old, breaks teacher's jaw.

Free West Media: A 14-year-old Syrian immigrant seriously assaulted his Swiss female teacher because she asked him the "wrong" questions.

The youth from the town of Möriken-Wildegg in Switzerland, talked a lot about the Quran, and during recess instructed girls to dress more modestly.

The case has caused shock in the country. Last week, the Argauer Zeitung published the news, that the student from the school broke the jaw of a teacher by punching her repeatedly with his fist.

He did this when she wanted to find out if the Syrian secondary-school student was once again carrying a knife — as he had already done in the past.

This time the issue was taken up by the Weltwoche journalist Alex Baur. According to his research the assault revolves around the 14-year-old “M”.

He allegedly comes from a Syrian family with numerous children, who had arrived in Switzerland five years ago and lives on welfare. The immigrant youth is described as “quite intelligent, self-confident and quick-witted”.

“M” however constantly talks about the Quran. He also requested — “in Allah’s name” — that the girls from the area dress and behave more modestly.
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[The teacher did not touch] the student, and only told him to show her the contents of his pockets. Because of that, the teen attacked her, and, according to eyewitnesses, he hit the 62-year-old female teacher five to six times with a his fist and the edge of his hand.

Additionally, while she was trying to escape, he allegedly kicked her. The teacher, a mother of two adult sons was about to retire. Weltwoche reported that she was still in shock.
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André Schärer, the school district deputy, neither confirmed nor contradicted the report from the Aargauer Zeitung based on anonymous sources contacted by Weltwoche. He could only confirm that the Syrian had stood out from the beginning.

Schärer had also heard that “M” had allegedly told the girls in the recess court to dress more modestly: “There are clearly certain signs that he doesn’t agree with the way we are living our culture.”

It took a week before the incident was made public. The school district deputy insists nevertheless that nobody wanted to sweep the case under the rug[.]
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[P]arents have been complaining that the school wanted to hide the incident. “This isn’t correct. We wrote a letter to the parents during the week following the Youth Festival. Our hands are tied, because of the investigation by the juvenile prosecutor. Even if we wanted to give out more information, we are not allowed to,” Schärer said about the complaints.

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School board votes to change the name of Linwood-Monroe Arts Plus. Drops Monroe.

KSTP: School board votes to change the name of St. Paul school.

At its Tuesday night meeting, the St. Paul School Board voted to change the name of Linwood-Monroe Arts Plus.

The change came after a community group raised concerns with the legacy of the school's namesake, President James Monroe.

The fifth U.S. President, Monroe, as with other earlier leaders in the county, was known for owning slaves.

No alternative or substitute Monroe at all.

Linwood Monroe Arts Plus School name change considered because President Monroe was a slave owner.

KSTP: Alumni group attempts to delay name change of St. Paul school.

The St. Paul Public Schools Board will consider possibly changing the name of Linwood-Monroe Arts Plus in a meeting Tuesday evening, after a community group raised concerns with the legacy of the school’s namesake, President James Monroe.

The fifth U.S. President, Monroe, as with other earlier leaders in the county, was known for owning slaves.

"We agree with the Monroe school and the parents who are for this that it is a problem," said community organizer Dave Bredemus. “I suspect James Monroe was very little talked about up until now, well it should be, it should be talked about a lot."
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One option the alumni group discussed was possibly keeping the 'Monroe' name but naming it after a different 'Monroe.'

"It's been part of our history out here in West 7th street," said Al Hanzel, Class of 1960. “I didn't even know James Monroe was why the school was named.”

 Monroe name alternative