SKYE’S LINKS 02/16/23

The times are turning our way!  For starters, Texas bans Citigroup from participating in a $3.4 billion state bond offering because of the bank’s anti-gun ESG policies. Warning to Woke Banks: Don’t mess with guns or oil if you want to do business with the Texas government!

Texas Drops Citi From Huge Muni Transaction Over Gun Policy

Another win!  ESG is about to take another big hit in Florida:

DeSantis Announces Legislation To Ban Social Credit Scores, ‘Woke ESG Financial Scam’

Remember when we talked about The Essence of Fascism in Skye’s Links two weeks ago (2/02)?  It’s why another name for fascism is “corporatism” — a collusion between big corporations and government bureaucracies (the Administrative or “Deep” State) to snuff  out freedom and control everyone’s lives.

Well, you won’t get a better example of Woke Corporatist Fascism than this.  You won’t believe how the DEI –Diversity, Equity, Inclusion – Scam has taken over a vastness of institutions in our country. Please consider this the must-read of the week.

The Sudden Dominance Of The Diversity Industrial Complex

Now, isn’t that the precisely accurate truth about DEI?  The good news is that America’s most successful governor fully and clearly understands this, and is putting an end to it in his state. Expect a lot more states to follow his lead.

Desantis Says Florida Will Cut Funding To All CRT, DEI Programs: ‘Wither On The Vine’.

 

Here’s his announcement of why and how he’s going to do this:

Governor DeSantis Elevates Civil Discourse and Intellectual Freedom in Higher Education.

Amazing!!  Has this evil little man been scared (more or less) straight?  Ask yourself: What if Anthony Fauci co-authored an article on vaccines that would have gotten you and I blocked and banned at any point in the last three years?

That just happened.  Perhaps the ongoing House investigations have frightened Fauci into making certain amazing (for him) admissions about the lack of efficacy and safety of the current coronavirus vaccines:

What Fauci Knew About Vaccine Ineffectiveness… And When

A new – and telling – scientific paper of which Fauci is a junior author:

Rethinking Next-Generation Vaccines For Coronaviruses, Influenzaviruses, And Other Respiratory Viruses

And where did that pandemic originate? Think Fauci/EcoHealth/WIV/CCP:

Everything You Need To Know About The Lab Leak (But Were Not Allowed To Ask)

The House committee is serious about investigating the virus’s origins:

House Committee on Coronavirus Pandemic Launches Probe into Virus Origins

And about investigating Twitter suppression of Fauci/CCP virus info – enjoy Congresslady Nancy Mace put these key Twitter execs on the road to Leavenworth (full clip above).  Wow!

Watch: Former Twitter Execs Squirm During Grilling By House Reps About Censorship Of COVID Data

Constitutional lawyer and honest liberal Jonathan Turley testified in Congress this week that “dozens of FBI and government employees actively seeking the censorship of citizens and others for their viewpoints… which is reminiscent of McCarthy and the Hoover FBI’s ‘Red Scare’ except it’s Democrats doing it to those they disagree with.”

Turley writes:

Is The Red Scare Going Blue? Why Are Democrats Suddenly Defending McCarthyism?

https://t.co/BcFhHCvjAE February, 2020, as COVID broke out, the Global Engagement Center – a fledgling analytic/intelligence arms of the State Department – went to the media with a report called, “Russian Disinformation Apparatus Taking Advantage of Coronavirus Concerns.” pic.twitter.com/KjUeE8vejt

— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) January 3, 2023

Here is a deep state censorship organization supported by our tax money that the above House committee must investigate. And after Elon spilled the beans to a few hundred million people, you can bet they will!

US State Department Funding Secret ‘Disinformation’ Crusade To Blacklist Conservative Media

So now Microsoft feels the heat:

Microsoft Allows ‘Blacklisted’ Conservative Sites Back Into Advertising Program

Speaking of Matt Taibbi… Here’s more turning our way, Matt’s overview of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Jeff Gerth of the NY Times extraordinary Russia Russia Russia media malpractive exposé:

Taibbi: Take A Bow, Columbia Journalism Review

And here’s a huge win for global energy production: Nuclear power returns!  Japan switches from shutting down nuclear power to maximizing it, and South Korea is making similar changes:

Japan’s Government Adopts Nuclear Energy Policy In Major Turnaround Amid Energy Crisis

There is more to the Chinese spy balloon than meets the eye:

China Balloon – A Layered Scandal

For investors; Bubbles 101:  How Prosperity Ends

Where we are now in the bubble/pop cycle:

Welcome To The Global Recession, It Began In December Last Year

Oh, and about that horrific toxic train derailment in Ohio… it’s obvious that the Secretary of Transportation should immediately be fired because he’s a white guy.

Pete Buttigieg Ignores Ohio Train Derailment, Complains About Too Many White Construction Workers.

We close with a story that has a historic beginning and could have a climactic end of Woke Fascist Corporatism.  The painting above is of stock brokers signing an agreement to organize securities trading in New York City under a buttonwood tree at 68 Wall Street.  Known as the Buttonwood Agreement, The New York Stock Exchange celebrates the signing on May 17, 1792 as its founding.

In 2021, in honor of this historic moment in American business, a group of business leaders formed the 1792 Exchange to protect Americans from “Woke Capitalism,” and promote its opposite of free speech and free enterprise.

This month, 1792 Exchange published a Spotlight Report of Corporate Bias, that “assessed 1,000+ companies’ policies, practices, and other relevant criteria to determine the likelihood a company will cancel a contract or client, or boycott, divest, or deny services based on views or beliefs.”  They are ranked Lower to Medium to High Risk — AAA, for example is Low, while AirBnB is high.

Now you can know which big companies are working against you. This is a marvelous public service.

Exclusive — Paul Fitzpatrick: 1792 Project Creates ‘Corporate Bias Ratings’ to Rate Companies’ Wokeness