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jml510
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August 31, 2018
"Dozens at Facebook Unite to Challenge Its 'Intolerant' Liberal Culture"
More: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/28/technology/inside-facebook-employees-political-bias.html
SAN FRANCISCO The post went up quietly on Facebooks internal message board last week. Titled We Have a Problem With Political Diversity, it quickly took off inside the social network.
We are a political monoculture thats intolerant of different views, Brian Amerige, a senior Facebook engineer, wrote in the post, which was obtained by The New York Times. We claim to welcome all perspectives, but are quick to attack often in mobs anyone who presents a view that appears to be in opposition to left-leaning ideology.
Since the post went up, more than 100 Facebook employees have joined Mr. Amerige to form an online group called FBers for Political Diversity, according to two people who viewed the groups page and who were not authorized to speak publicly. The aim of the initiative, according to Mr. Ameriges memo, is to create a space for ideological diversity within the company.
The new group has upset other Facebook employees, who said its online posts were offensive to minorities. One engineer, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation, said several people had lodged complaints with their managers about FBers for Political Diversity and were told that it had not broken any company rules.
We are a political monoculture thats intolerant of different views, Brian Amerige, a senior Facebook engineer, wrote in the post, which was obtained by The New York Times. We claim to welcome all perspectives, but are quick to attack often in mobs anyone who presents a view that appears to be in opposition to left-leaning ideology.
Since the post went up, more than 100 Facebook employees have joined Mr. Amerige to form an online group called FBers for Political Diversity, according to two people who viewed the groups page and who were not authorized to speak publicly. The aim of the initiative, according to Mr. Ameriges memo, is to create a space for ideological diversity within the company.
The new group has upset other Facebook employees, who said its online posts were offensive to minorities. One engineer, who declined to be identified for fear of retaliation, said several people had lodged complaints with their managers about FBers for Political Diversity and were told that it had not broken any company rules.
August 27, 2018
Sarah Palin feels "betrayed"
https://twitter.com/SarahPalinUSA/status/1033212987358806016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticaloasis.freeforums.net%2Fthread%2F16655%2Fsarah-palin-feels-betrayed
August 6, 2018
Got this recent Hamburglar-in-Chief rally pic from a FB friend:
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The Trumpanzees had better not ever wrap themselves in the American flag or accuse the rest of us of being "un-American" after all of this.
July 24, 2018
MAGA hat-wearing kid gets PSA & hat slammed down
https://twitter.com/MrJeromeTrammel/status/1021024811114516485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fpoliticaloasis.freeforums.net%2Fthread%2F16103%2Fmaga-hat-wearing-gets-slammed%3Fpage%3D1
January 5, 2018
"Davis in Desperate Gambler Mode"
More: https://m.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/davis-in-desperate-gambler-mode/Content?oid=12239076
Oakland Raiders owner Mark Davis is being praised in some circles for acting decisively in firing head coach Jack Del Rio moments after Sundays loss to the Chargers ended a disappointing 6-10 season.
Lets call it for what it is: an act of desperation from an overleveraged owner with an astonishing lack of business acumen and a major case of buyers remorse.
If Davis moves his $2.4 billion franchise to Las Vegas under the current financial terms, he just might lose the team one day if hes unable to pay off the huge debt hes taking on. And judging by the moves Davis made last weekend, nobody is more aware of this alarming possibility than him.
The NFLs army of blowhard pundits have already begun talking up Jon Grudens football expertise as the Raiders possible new head coach. But theyre missing the larger point. Davis abrupt and classless pink slip delivered to Del Rio before hed even held his postgame press conference was made in the board room, not the film room. It was all about money, not football.
Lets call it for what it is: an act of desperation from an overleveraged owner with an astonishing lack of business acumen and a major case of buyers remorse.
If Davis moves his $2.4 billion franchise to Las Vegas under the current financial terms, he just might lose the team one day if hes unable to pay off the huge debt hes taking on. And judging by the moves Davis made last weekend, nobody is more aware of this alarming possibility than him.
The NFLs army of blowhard pundits have already begun talking up Jon Grudens football expertise as the Raiders possible new head coach. But theyre missing the larger point. Davis abrupt and classless pink slip delivered to Del Rio before hed even held his postgame press conference was made in the board room, not the film room. It was all about money, not football.
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