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DCNF‚ Judicial Watch Ask Delaware Court To Reopen Case Seeking Biden’s Senate Records Following Special Counsel Report
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DCNF‚ Judicial Watch Ask Delaware Court To Reopen Case Seeking Biden’s Senate Records Following Special Counsel Report

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Riley Strain’s Body Discovered In Cumberland River‚ Police Say
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Riley Strain’s Body Discovered In Cumberland River‚ Police Say

Police say they have recovered the body of missing 22-year-old‚ Riley Strain‚ who went missing from Luke Bryan’s Bar‚ 32 Bridge‚ after he went missing‚ Mar. 8. The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) posted a bulletin to their Facebook page‚ Friday‚ notifying the public that they had recovered Strain’s body from the Cumberland River in […]
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10 Best Rock Songs With The Word ‘Hero’ In The Title
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Our 10 best rock songs with the word hero in the title present a group of songs that focus on many aspects of the concept of heroism. There are many different angles that an artist or songwriter can approach when they utilize the word hero in their song. How do we define the term “hero.” Well‚ Webster’s Dictionary defines the term hero as either a “mythological or even a legendary figure based on divine descent.” All that sounds more like a superhero. It also defines the term “Hero” as a person “admired for achievements and‚ of course‚ noble qualities.” In The post 10 Best Rock Songs With The Word ‘Hero’ In The Title appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Nation‚ Part III
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Terry Pratchett Book Club: Nation‚ Part III

Rereads and Rewatches Terry Pratchett Book Club Terry Pratchett Book Club: Nation‚ Part III “One person is nothing. Two people are a nation.” Emmet Asher-Perrin discusses chapters 9 through 12 of Pratchett’s Nation. By Emmet Asher-Perrin | Published on March 22‚ 2024 icon-comment 1 Share New Share Twitter Facebook Pinterest RSS Feed Can we separate out a nation from the concept on nationalism? In this book I’d argue that we can‚ which is a great thought exercise. Summary Daphne comes to and finds that Mau is still asleep‚ but no longer in a coma. She is hearing voices still‚ gods of the island‚ but not the Grandfathers—the Grandmothers. They tell her that she must tell Mau to roll away the stone‚ so she puts a new little girl named Blibi in charge of Mai and tells her to make sure he has soup on waking before setting off. Daphne heads through the jungle to the Man’s Place and yells at the Grandfathers for bullying Mau. She’s attacked by the grandfather birds‚ but Mau arrives with Blibi to give them beer‚ and they talk about the experience they just had. She tells him that the Grandmothers have started talking to her‚ and that they don’t want anyone else to die. Mau brings up the Raiders and Daphne suggests that perhaps they should hide‚ but then agrees that they should fight them off when they come. Mau tells her that he has figured out what Ataba thinks‚ that the trouser men left the stones and some tools ages ago. He wants to know why Daphne’s people are smarter‚ but she doesn’t think they are; she thinks that bad weather gets them working and moving. They gather a group to move the stone away with a crowbar‚ and head inside with lamps. Mau‚ Daphne‚ and Ataba enter the crypt and find hundreds upon hundreds of Grandfathers in this place‚ all bone‚ tied together with papervine. They get deep enough to find one grandfather sitting on a white stone and he and all the men around him looking in a different direction from the other bodies. They follow that direction to see where it leads. Mau finds the door to a sea cave and hacks away at it. They all enter to find statues of the gods and more white god stones. The air is too thin to them to survive long there‚ but Daphne notices that there’s a body there with something in its mouth‚ and she thinks that there could be an indication of Greek or Egyptian in the cave. One Grandfather falls over in the dark‚ and a line of them begin to fall like dominoes‚ so the group runs and runs as the dust of the Grandfathers makes to escape their tomb. When they finally make it back to daylight‚ Daphne sees boots—trousermen‚ Foxlip and Polegrave‚ some of the mutineers against Captain Roberts. Daphne tries to think how to keep everyone here safe when they’ve got pistols‚ but Ataba has seen his gods‚ and holy fervor seizes him. He waves a spear at Foxlip‚ who kills him. Daphne knows she has to outthink these men so they don’t kill anyone else. She tells them to take her back to her father for a reward and leave the rest of these people alone because they don’t have enough pistol shots between them to take everyone out. She takes them to the Women’s Place and Mau and the others follow silently behind to help her. Daphne offers the men beer‚ which they insist she drink first. She learns that Cox is coming soon with the cannibal Raiders. Foxlip drinks his beer without spitting in it and singing the song‚ and he dies. Daphne breaks Polegrave’s nose and steals his gun‚ then tells him to run‚ which he does. Then she thinks on how she’s committed murder‚ and Foxlip and Ataba are buried at sea. Daphne insists on a trial for the murder she committed‚ so everyone tries it out for her. She winds up needing to explain the whole story to them—how Cox came aboard Sweet Judy and made himself first mate‚ how the mutiny began‚ and how Captain Roberts didn’t wind up killing the man‚ but did set his group adrift in a small boat with pistols on a small island nearby. The group learn that these men kill dolphins and brown people for sport. They decide they’re demons and already dead‚ therefore Daphne is absolved of any wrongdoing. Daphne tells Mau that he must follow her back into the crypt to see what she saw—a globe of the world that has fallen from Imo’s statue hands. She thinks that his people were exploring other parts of the world during the ice age. The white stone was brought there by their ancestors to make carvings and steps and statues of gods. Daphne wants scientific men to come here and explain what this place means‚ but Mau knows; it means his ancestors wanted people to know they were here. It also means that they are all connected‚ and Daphne’s explains that Mau’s people were incredibly advanced; their stories are descriptions of planets you should only be able to see with a telescope‚ and they made glass‚ and false teeth out of gold. (The Sky Woman takes the set they find.) Pilu tells the story to their band‚ that they were the first people and now they must fight the Raiders off with what the Sweet Judy has provided‚ namely cannons. Daphne warns against using them‚ but Mau promises he has plans. She tells them how to get the people ready for a battle more effectively and they practice. The Gentlemen of Last Resort stop to rescue someone in a floating coffin… Commentary This book is genuinely a great read‚ but it’s also just incredibly useful for getting your brain working? I dunno‚ you could take a philosophy class or you could read this‚ and I think this is a more engaging way of going about the subject. Both Mau and Daphne serve as perfect distillators of these thoughts‚ entirely wrapped up in questions of what building a society is and means. As Mau says of what he owes Daphne for saving his life (by making him want to live at all): “One person is nothing. Two people are a nation.” Again we come back around to this idea that we are nothing without each other. We are not beings made to exist in loneliness. It only takes two people to make meaning. And it’s true in the most mundane ways as well as the Big Idea ones‚ too. I think of that every time my partner and I cook dinner together—if it’s me alone‚ I’d probably just… starve? At any rate‚ I wouldn’t feed myself well. It’s hard to see the point in making good meals for only me. Making that meal for us is a different beast. Us has a purpose‚ it means something. Me doesn’t hold the same weight. It never has. (Is this why I had so many imaginary friends as a kid?) There’s also the continual point that even our most mundane thoughts are designed to make us more relevant‚ which is a helluva existential splinter to the foot. Mau is scared at the possibility of moving skeletons in the crypt‚ and knows he thinks of it because the idea is more interesting to his mind. They make him feel more important. And then he thinks: Even our fears make us feel important‚ because we fear that we might not be. …I don’t even know what to do with that. Because‚ again‚ we’re using this sort of supernatural example‚ but isn’t that exactly what anxiety is? The first point I always use to comfort the anxious people in my life is that no one is ever thinking about you as much as you assume they are. But that’s the functional bludgeon of anxiety; it’s making you scared via the fear that everyone is paying attention. Why is being a person like this. Admittedly‚ I was worried that there wasn’t going to be much thought put into Mau’s frustration with trouserman technology‚ his feelings of inferiority and anger at their abundance. And I should’ve known better‚ of course: We’re being given the history of much of the world‚ which comes with an acknowledgment that plenty of ancient civilizations were far more advanced than we give them credit for‚ and gained their knowledge through means that we still can’t piece together. Mau’s people sailed the world in ages past‚ and knew the shape of the heavens. They had many of the same inventions and came to them far earlier than Westerners‚ but the record has been lost and dwindled down into mythology. This is true the world over‚ and is often the reason behind “Ancient Aliens” theories. There’s obviously racism bound up in that‚ and general superiority and fear as well—after all‚ if any great civilization could forget much of what they’d created over time‚ then it’s bound to happen again‚ right? Mau understands the implication of all this immediately‚ and what it means for the origins of other peoples. He tells Daphne: “And when your learned men come here‚ we will say to them: The world is a globe — the further you sail‚ the closer you are to home.” In this particular alternate history‚ my assumption is that Pratchett is intending Mau’s people as the Ur civilization that all others have sprung from. If that’s the case‚ it makes Mau’s survival and leadership of his people a far heavier tale. This is a brand new beginning‚ a major rebirth‚ if they can all survive it. But even without Cox and his ilk‚ there’s still the very real question of imperialism to contend with. Will Daphne’s presence and connection to these people spare them any more than they would have been spared in our real-world timeline? I guess we’ll find out. Asides and little thoughts Ataba tells Daphne that imperialism/colonialism is basically the same thing as cannibalism because it’s just another way of eating people and‚ damn. Just‚ uh. Yeah. Daphne thinks of Foxlip and Polegrave like those fish that swim around sharks (Cox) so they never get hurt—but she doesn’t know why the shark would allow it. Of course‚ now we know that it’s a sort of symbiosis thing‚ where the fish eat parasites off the sharks. I doubt Foxlip and Polegrave are doing anything so useful for Cox. It’s just useful for a bully to have other more malleable bullies around. Pratchettisms The hole in her memory was still there when Cahle had gone‚ and there was still a fish in it.She swallowed it. It was only a dream fish‚ but such things are good for the soul. She just wanted an explanation that was better than “It’s the will of God‚” which was grown-up speak for “because.” She’d heard that when you took a breath‚ you breathed in a tiny‚ tiny amount of everyone who had ever lived‚ but‚ she decided‚ there was no need to do it all at once. It was horrible to watch her face change. It went from a kind of desperate excitement to dark despair‚ in gentle slow motion. Next week we finish the book! [end-mark] The post Terry Pratchett Book Club: <;i>;Nation<;/i>;‚ Part III appeared first on Reactor.
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The Penguin Would Like a Parade‚ Thanks
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The Penguin Would Like a Parade‚ Thanks

News the Penguin The Penguin Would Like a Parade‚ Thanks Colin Farrell’s Batman villain gets his own TV show By Molly Templeton | Published on March 22‚ 2024 icon-comment 0 Share New Share Twitter Facebook Pinterest RSS Feed It’s hard out there for a gangster who just wants to be loved. Oswald Cobblepot (Colin Farrell)—sorry‚ “Oz Cobb”— is clearly obsessed with his legacy‚ as this teaser for The Penguin shows; most of the teaser is good ol’ Oz giving a broody little speech about how there was a gangster in his childhood neighborhood who was nice sometimes and people liked him and threw him a parade. Cobb‚ on the other hand‚ seems to prefer being not so nice‚ at least if the rest of the scenes are anything to go on. Screaming‚ explosions‚ guns‚ sirens‚ a miserable dark cityscape—you know the drill. We’re back in Matt Reeves’s The Batman Gotham‚ which doesn’t believe in regularly placed streetlights. There is no summary or even a logline for The Penguin‚ which takes place directly after the events of The Batman; there is also no release date‚ just “fall.” The series does have a pretty excellent supporting cast‚ with Cristin Milioti‚ Shohreh Aghdashloo‚ Rhenzy Feliz‚ Michael Kelly‚ Deirdre O’Connell‚ Clancy Brown‚ and Michael Zegen all on board. Matt Reeves is an executive producers‚ but this show’s writer/showrunner is Lauren LeFranc‚ who is jumping comic-book universes; she was a producer on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Craig Zobel (The Leftovers‚ Westworld) directed the first three episodes. The Penguin makes his debut sometime this fall. [end-mark] The post <;i>;The Penguin<;/i>; Would Like a Parade‚ Thanks appeared first on Reactor.
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Tipping the Scales of Justice to the Left? The Federal Judiciary’s New ‘Guidance’ for Assigning Cases.
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Tipping the Scales of Justice to the Left? The Federal Judiciary’s New ‘Guidance’ for Assigning Cases.

Federal judges have ruled against the Biden administration in several recent high-profile cases‚ and those on the Left are not happy about it. Instead of defending their policies on the merits in front of these judges‚ those on the Left have instead pressured the principal policy-making body for the federal judiciary to change how cases are assigned to those judges. Sadly‚ that body bowed to the pressure and created new guidance for assigning certain cases—all to soften the criticism coming from the Left. The Judicial Conference of the United States serves as the “principal policy-making body” for the federal judiciary. The chief justice heads the conference‚ and other judges from various lower federal courts serve as members alongside him.  Chief Justice John Roberts has explained that Congress created the Judicial Conference just over a century ago to help ensure the “efficient administration of justice in the courts” and to create “managerial policy for the Judiciary.” But surely Congress never intended for the conference to engage in politics by trying to circumvent statutes that Congress itself drafted and that the president signed into law governing how the judiciary should operate. Yet that’s exactly what happened last week when the conference adopted and distributed its updated “Guidance for Civil Case Assignment in the District Courts.” This innocuous-sounding name masks the true intent behind the Judicial Conference’s problematic political play. Essentially‚ by adopting this new policy‚ the Judicial Conference has sought to silence criticism from those on the Left‚ like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer‚ and in the process‚ has done Schumer’s dirty work for him.  All of this stems from several recent decisions in high-profile cases where certain judges have ruled against the Biden administration. While some of those decisions have withstood review by higher courts‚ others have not.  Undeterred‚ those on the Left don’t want to risk facing a judge who might rule against them and have instead called for changes to how cases are assigned to avoid facing these judges. While they paint those on the Right as having engaged in “judge shopping” by bringing certain cases in front of certain judges‚ that’s really what they’re doing now by trying to keep certain cases away from certain judges. And the Judicial Conference has aided them in this effort. Consistent with the Constitution‚ Congress established the lower federal courts and enjoys broad discretion in regulating them. It put in place a statute empowering local district courts to set case assignment rules for cases that come before them. If those local courts can’t agree on a rule‚ the relevant appellate court can step in and set the rules for them. Nowhere can the Judicial Conference set the case assignment rules. Congress didn’t give them this authority. Confusion initially reigned over whether the Judicial Conference purported to require courts to follow its new policy‚ or just strongly recommended it—though it’s obvious they can only do the latter. Stepping back even further‚ though‚ it’s clear that by trying to insert the judiciary into the political process and ostensibly make the courts less political‚ the conference’s action has done just the opposite. Rather than forcing Congress to vigorously and publicly debate changes to the current statute governing case assignments in federal district courts‚ the conference jumped into the fray and made the change itself—sparing Schumer from having to publicly debate the merits of his proposed policy changes. Of course‚ this drew the ire of Republican senators in the process—though this move should draw the ire of all who care about judges being apolitical. Showcasing the lack of need for the Judicial Conference’s policy‚ the three federal district courts in Alabama released a report before the Judicial Conference’s policy became public‚ showing that the lower federal courts can appropriately deal with judge shopping when it happens. The judges noticed a problematic practice‚ convened a panel of various judges to investigate‚ and issued findings. Ironically‚ that panel found judge shopping and ethically problematic behavior coming principally from left-leaning attorneys from entities such as the Southern Poverty Law Center‚ LGBTQ Legal Advocates &; Defenders‚ the National Center for Lesbian Rights‚ the ACLU Foundation‚ ACLU of Alabama‚ Lambda Legal‚ and several private law firms.  Sadly‚ this isn’t the only instance where the Judicial Conference has taken controversial positions with political overtones. As I’ve previously lamented‚ “the reports of the Judicial Conference’s various committees are rife with references to programs under consideration to increase the diversity of staff and employees.” That raises questions about whether these programs comport with the Supreme Court’s recent decisions striking down racial preferences. The Judicial Conference should stick to advising courts on best practices and not engaging in politicking under the guise of making supposedly noncontroversial administrative policy recommendations. 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Conservatives Protest as House Passes $1.2 Trillion Spending Package
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By a vote of 286-134 over conservatives’ objections‚ the House passed a $1.2 trillion spending package late Friday morning avoiding a partial government shutdown. The bill now goes to the Senate‚ where it is expected to pass. The 1‚000-plus-page package of bills includes funding for the State‚ Education‚ Defense‚ Labor‚ Homeland Security‚ and Health and Human Services departments in fiscal year 2024 as well as for “general government and foreign operations” and the Internal Revenue Service‚ The Hill reported. “Democracy is messy‚” House Speaker Mike Johnson‚ R-La.‚ said on CNBC the day before‚ amid opposition to the spending package from conservative House Republicans. “It’s particularly messy right now and in a moment like this‚ but we have to get the job done and there are some very substantial wins in here.” Democrats mostly supported the spending bill. “We had to work within difficult fiscal constraints—but this bipartisan compromise will keep our country moving forward‚” Sen. Patty Murray‚ D-Wash‚ said Thursday. Heritage Action for America‚ the grassroots arm of The Heritage Foundation‚ issued a press release Thursday evening detailing what’s wrong with the spending bill and identifying it as a key “no” vote on the organization’s legislative scorecard. ?KEY VOTE?Heritage Action OPPOSES the Second FY24 Six-Bill Minibus (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act‚ 2024).This $1.2 trillion spending package continues the disastrous spending that fuels inflation &; funds Biden’s border crisis.Learn more?https://t.co/jI8QI3uNI4 pic.twitter.com/tTqND0OXX7— Heritage Action (@Heritage_Action) March 21‚ 2024 “This bill doesn’t deviate from Congress’s charted course toward financial catastrophe and participation in the border crisis‚” the key-vote description reads. “Inflation and job losses caused by Congress’s failures to cut spending penalizes America’s working class and those struggling to afford the American dream. The American people have pleaded for responsible spending and border security for years‚ but unfortunately‚ this minibus represents a continuation of business as usual.” The spending package met increasingly fierce opposition from conservatives. Many lawmakers criticized it for spending so much but doing so little to provide border security. “Less than 24 hrs to review – the #SwampOmnibus – 1000+ pages &; $1.2 Trillion – busts spending caps to fund the WHO‚ woke DOD‚ a weaponized FBI new headq‚ &; 100% fails to stop Progressive Democrats’ mass releases of criminals across our borders‚” Rep. Chip Roy‚ R-Texas‚ wrote Thursday in a post on X. Some proponents said voting against the spending package would be a boon to China. Opponents countered that the bill would empower potential Chinese terrorists crossing the border. “A vote for today’s atrocious spending bill is a vote for Chinese terrorism‚” Rep. Andy Biggs wrote on X‚ formerly Twitter. We’ve had over 30‚000 illegal aliens from China cross our border under this Administration’s border policies. You vote for it‚ you own it.” A vote for today's atrocious spending bill is a vote for Chinese terrorism.We've had over 30‚000 illegal aliens from China cross our border under this Administration's border policies.You vote for it‚ you own it. pic.twitter.com/nlrLGh99IU— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) March 22‚ 2024 “Well‚ the D.C. cartel is at it again. They released a $1.2 trillion minibus at 2:32 a.m. this morning‚ giving us somewhere in the neighborhood of about 48 hours to review it before they’re going to bring it up for a vote‚” Rosendale said in a video he shared on X. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green‚ R-Ga. filed a motion to vacate to remove Johnson from the speakership. BREAKING NEWS — @RepMTG has filed a motion to vacate @SpeakerJohnson‚ according to multiple sources on the House floor. Stay tuned for more info…..— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) March 22‚ 2024 Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Conservatives Protest as House Passes $1.2 Trillion Spending Package appeared first on The Daily Signal.
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Angry Americans Muscle $400 Million Away From Pro-Trans Planet Fitness
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At Planet Fitness‚ you can exercise everything but your right to privacy. That’s the message customers are taking to heart after an Alaskan woman had her membership revoked for complaining about a man in the women’s locker room. The gym is a “no judgment zone‚” Patricia Silva was told. Well‚ it’s about to become a profit-free zone‚ too‚ thanks to angry Americans who are putting the company’s stock in a $400 million free-fall. In a perfect snapshot of where corporate wokeness will lead these days‚ the media is reporting that within five days of Silva’s story hitting social media‚ Planet Fitness lost almost a half-billion dollars in value—crashing 7.8% in less than a week. “The company’s value dropped from $5.3 billion on March 14 to $4.9 billion on March 19‚” reports show‚ “and its shares are down by 13.59% compared to a month ago.” Despite the pushback‚ the business stubbornly stuck by the mixed-sex policy‚ insisting that it doesn’t matter if members felt uncomfortable. “This discomfort‚” the company’s operational manual argues‚ “is not a reason to deny access to the transgender member.” In a video she took from the Fairbanks location‚ Silva said‚ “I just came out of Planet Fitness. There is a man shaving in the women’s bathroom‚” viewers find out later after she posts a picture. “I love him in Christ‚” she makes clear. “He is a spiritual being having a human experience. He doesn’t like his gender so he wants to be a woman‚ but I’m not comfortable with him shaving in my bathroom. I just thought I’d say it out loud.” When Silva confronted the man in the restroom‚ he replied‚ “Well‚ I’m LGB … .” She interrupted‚ “But you’re a man invading my space!” She ultimately walked away and went to the front desk. “‘Are you aware that there is a MAN shaving in the women’s bathroom?’” she asked. “‘ … I’m not OK with that.’ The two men standing at the desk‚ put their heads down and their tails between their legs!” Silva recounted. “As I was walking out the door … at my back‚ a woman shouts‚ ‘It’s a girl! … I shouted back‚ ‘It’s a man!’” Silva was especially irate that a young girl‚ who “could have been 12 years old‚” was exposed to the same man. She stood in the same room in a towel and “kind of freaked out.” The next day‚ she posted on Facebook that she got a call from Planet Fitness “announcing that they have chosen to cancel my membership rather than protect [young] girls and women … that enter the women’s locker room from men with a penis. … Despicable.” And yet‚ even now‚ flooded with complaints and nationwide criticism‚ the company stands by its decision‚ telling Libs of TikTok that the staff will “work with members and employees to address this discomfort [sharing facilities with transgender members] and to foster a climate of understanding consistent with the ‘Judgment Free’ character of Planet Fitness.” Then‚ doubling down‚ the business vowed to continue calling trans-identifying customers by their preferred pronouns and “other terms consistent with their self-reported gender identity‚ if reasonably known to the Planet Fitness staff.” None of this should come as a surprise‚ since the company has a long and unflattering past of siding with trans activists over women who feel victimized by their male presence. In 2015‚ Yvette Cormier‚ a member of a Michigan branch‚ had the exact same experience—well before the movement had risen to the public prominence it has now. “Freaked out‚” she complained to the desk that there was a man in her restroom. She was shocked to find the on-duty staff taking his side. Stunned‚ she contacted Planet Fitness’s corporate office—where she heard more of the same. The gym‚ she was told‚ is a “no judgment zone”—but apparently not for everyone. When Cormier started warning women about the policy‚ Planet Fitness revoked her membership. “This is very scary‚” she told reporters at the time. “I feel like it’s kind of one-sided. I feel like I’m the one who is being punished.” She sued. In Leesburg‚ Florida‚ six years ago‚ the same thing happened. “Mrs. H” confronted the man in her locker room and told him to leave. For more than an hour‚ he refused to go‚ watching every woman coming and going from his spot near the door. “Despite a male employee observing that [Jordan] Rice’s behavior was ‘over the top‚’ staff did not intervene and ask him to finish his business‚ but permitted him to monopolize the women’s locker room.” For Mrs. H‚ who’d survived an attempted rape‚ it was a traumatic experience to say the least. All she wanted was the privacy to change and shower—instead she got something else; namely‚ a notice that her membership had been canceled. She took the gym to court. Conservatives remember the company’s one-sided trans advocacy well. The Family Research Council’s Meg Kilgannon thought back to those cases‚ pointing out‚ “Planet Fitness was an early adopter of insane policies that allow adult men in women’s locker rooms with women and children. And of course the policies changed with little notice to customers. “When women complained‚” she explained‚ “they were ignored or kicked out. Women need to stand up for ourselves‚ but we also need the men who love us to stand up for us as well. I am grateful that so many good men do. If it takes hurting them financially to make a difference‚ I’ll take that. But it’s cold comfort.” For now‚ the wave of consumer activism that brought Bud Light‚ Target‚ RipCurl‚ and Doritos to their knees is in full force. And rightly so‚ the army of boycotters say. “The most offensive thing you can do to a woman is pretend she doesn’t exist‚” Paul Szypula tweeted. “Because Planet Fitness has chosen this path their gym‚ will‚ ironically‚ soon not exist. The universe has a way of balancing things out.” The most offensive thing you can do to a woman is pretend she doesn’t exist.Because Planet Fitness has chosen this path their gym will‚ ironically‚ soon not exist.The universe has a way of balancing things out.— Paul A. Szypula ?? (@Bubblebathgirl) March 21‚ 2024 Libs of TikTok‚ which helped break Silva’s story‚ is surprised CEOs need the warning at this point‚ but posted‚ “Turns out people don’t want to support companies who cave to gender pseudoscience and allow men in women’s private spaces! #BoycottPlanetFitness Do not let up! Keep it going!” Whoa. Planet Fitness saw $400 Million wiped off its value since we broke the story of them allowing men in female lockers rooms and then banning the woman who exposed it.Turns out people don’t want to support companies who cave to gender pseudoscience and allow men in womens’… pic.twitter.com/s55gBryFjD— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 21‚ 2024 Originally published by The Washington Stand Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. 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Avoid These 7 Common Greenhouse Gardening Mistakes

Avoid These 7 Common Greenhouse Gardening Mistakes
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