Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy commented that the company garnered approximately 124‚000 pay-per-view buys on its own platform after pulling the show from YouTube. The Google-owned site had demanded that the company censor content that was deemed "harassment."At the end of November 2023‚ the company's fan-favorite reality show "Surviving Barstool" featured an episode that YouTube said contained scenes of a cast member engaging in "harassment" that "threatens an identifiable individual‚" according to a screenshot shared by Portnoy on X.YouTube appeared to tell Barstool that it needed to delete the video and upload a different version of the episode that edited or removed the "violative scenes‚" or else the company would receive a Community Guidelines strike. According to the same screenshot‚ YouTube also wanted Barstool to edit or remove "vulgar language" and "excessive profanity" or else an age restriction would be placed on the video.Community Guidelines strikes can restrict a YouTube channel's ability to post‚ livestream‚ or use the platform all together. An age restriction forces users to sign in on YouTube with an account of appropriate age in order to watch."We pulled the episodes. ... I'm not changing the f**king episodes‚" Portnoy said in response. "F**k YouTube if they're not actually smart enough to watch a reality show and realize what's going on‚" he added. — (@) The content in question focused on broadcaster Kirk Minihane‚ who jokingly threatened to blow up the house of the reality show's host. Minihane's comments were in response to the host saying "anything goes" in terms of the show's rules‚ with Minihane responding that he would attack his house since there are no rules.Despite the host laughing while the comments were made‚ YouTube still allegedly determined the remarks to be worthy of censorship.Portnoy announced the following day that the reality show would indeed be moved to Barstool TV‚ the company's own streaming site‚ available for $9.99. Within five days the total number of pay-per-view orders for the show surpassed 100‚000."Thank you to everybody who bought and continues to buy #survivingbarstool we really do have the best fans on earth‚" Portnoy wrote on X.The owner remarked on a December 13‚ 2023‚ video from Barstool's Chicago headquarters that the program had amassed approximately 124‚000 buys‚ totaling $1.24 million.The company managed the impressive numbers despite an employee accidentally spoiling the last episode of the show by revealing the final three contestants the morning before the finale was set to air.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A pair of men started shooting at another man on a Chicago street after midnight Saturday — but the victim is a concealed carrier and returned fire with a deadly aim.What are the details?The victim‚ a 31-year-old man‚ was outside in the 1600 block of North Hamlin Avenue in the city's Humboldt Park neighborhood when two other men in a car pulled out guns and started shooting‚ WBBM-TV reported.But the victim‚ a concealed-carry license holder‚ pulled out his gun and returned fire‚ striking the two offenders‚ police told WBBM.Chicago police officers responded to scene around 1:17 a.m. and found all three men hit by gunfire‚ the station said.One man in the car was shot in the chest and pronounced dead at the scene‚ WBBM reported‚ adding that the Medical Examiner's Office identified him as 44-year-old Edwin Lopez. The other car occupant‚ a 37-year-old man‚ was shot in the shoulder and taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in fair condition‚ the station noted.The victim was shot in the torso and was taken to Stroger Hospital in fair condition‚ WBBM said.The station added that Area Five Detectives are investigating.No information about arrests or criminal charges was immediately available‚ WLS-TV reported‚ adding that weapons were recovered at the scene. Concealed carry holder shoots 3‚ kills 1 on Chicago's West Side youtu.be How are folks reacting?Commenters on WBBM's X post about the shooting were on the victim's side:"Thank you‚ conceal and carry holder!" one commenter wrote. "I'm so happy that you had your protection on you. Praying for healing and a speedy recovery.""Good job‚" another commenter noted before adding‚ "A shame the second guy lived.""Proof that [carrying] a gun can save your life‚" another commenter declared. "Get a license. Get a gun. Protect yourself and family because elected officials‚ especially [Democrat Chicago Mayor] Brandon Johnson‚ don’t give a s**t about you."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The American Mind recently published what I think may be the most concise and incisive explanation of the challenge of modern motherhood that I’ve ever read. In “The Mother’s Gauntlet‚” author Lane Scott wrote: Total freedom is in some ways the source of the dissatisfaction. The lack of supervisors and peers‚ the absence of enforced schedules‚ and the loss of systems and productivity boosters which all working Americans enjoy makes job performance a little problematic‚ to say the least. Most of the time‚ no one is watching. No one is cheering. No one is there to keep you honest; and worst of all‚ no one is there to tell you what ought to be done now vs. later that day vs. next week vs. never. What this means is that there is no system to prevent you from slipping into your worst habits day in‚ day out. And your habits are the crux of the issue. Life at home with small children requires self-governance … If we are going to ask women to stay home and raise children‚ if we are going to tell them to pull their kids from schools and homeschool them‚ we should know what it is that we are asking. The stay-at-home mom cannot escape into a system and hide from her own ungovernability. Not only will she tell on herself‚ but her children‚ her life’s greatest work‚ will eventually tell on her‚ too. It is a monumental task‚ calling forth resolution and self-possession on a scale that most of us have never practiced. For that very reason‚ it is ennobling. But it is also a severe and demanding road bereft of honors and outside encouragement. Our advertisements for homemaking should include that fact—this is a spiritual battle‚ not a cakewalk. Expectations need to be set at that level. In the ongoing mommy wars‚ some social conservatives seem to have taken up a new position on the woman question: Women should leave their careers and return to their homes‚ which are havens in a heartless world‚ the management of which is easier than formal paying work. A common refrain: Why slave away in your cubicle when you could cuddle your baby all day long? “Girlbosses‚” according to this particular memeplex‚ only choose to work outside the home because of brainwashing and outsized vanity. The implicit leisure of domestic life is more logically appealing‚ but logic isn’t in women’s wheelhouse anyway. Scott’s position radically diverges‚ not in the conclusion that it is good for women to be home‚ but in its justification. Homes are built‚ she insists. The “haven‚” if it is to exist‚ must be carefully‚ systematically crafted and routinely re-examined. Good homes are vectors and mirrors of civilization. This implies a certain process of refinement‚ of cultural carpentry in homemaking. It implies that the stuff of the home begins as chaos and is brought into order through certain processes. But someone must enact those processes. Put simply: Peace and order begin with the homemaker. Homemaking‚ Scott admits‚ isn’t easier than formal remunerative work. In many ways‚ it’s more difficult. Rather than a matter of mindless luxury‚ it is an opportunity to master self-government and to participate in something of great consequence. This is a sometimes harsh reality that many women‚ often women who were very successful in their professional lives‚ face if they do take the leap and choose to raise children full-time. The skills aren’t precisely transferrable; negotiating with a toddler is nothing like negotiating a contract. On top of that‚ you’re the janitor and cook now‚ too. But if homemaking is the kind of civilizing force that Scott describes (for all members of the family‚ especially the mother)‚ then it has deep political implications‚ too. How many of the criminals terrorizing American streets were raised with any intention at all‚ let alone by mothers who loved them and regarded their role in their lives such as to make them both self-governing and governable? As conservatives (aside from Scott) struggle to articulate the reality of women’s lives‚ liberal feminists will acknowledge the difficulty of stay-at-home moms‚ but only in service of the prefabricated conclusion that responsibility that involves (particularly feminine) difficulty should be avoided. The present dynamic is a tragedy. Liberals continue winning the culture wars. The conservative attitude has room to shift more in the direction of Scott’s — acknowledging the difficulty and dignity of the vocation of motherhood while still offering no quarter for self-indulgent complaining. Imagine a cultural movement that‚ instead of diminishing the role of a homemaker‚ either by right-wing neglect or left-wing manipulation‚ publicly recognized motherhood as a sacrificial service to one’s country. It wouldn’t be the first time in history‚ nor would it be unique among contemporaries. If we are seriously concerned about the future of a country with dismal birth rates‚ we can afford to reconsider the current methods anyway.

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