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Just weeks after Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson refused to endorse Joe Biden, a massive hit piece dropped to personally destroy the box office star’s reputation and public image.
This is what happens when you dare step off Hollywood’s ideological plantation. This is how Hollywood’s neo-McCarthyism works.
See the Matrix…
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Read MoreA Texas high school band won $15,000 worth of equipment thanks to the generosity of legendary rock band Metallica.
Boerne High School, located in Kendall County, is one of the winners of the world-famous group’s “For Whom the Band Tolls” contest that challenged schools around the U.S. to create performances that incorporate Metallica songs.
The group is doling out nearly $200,000 in equipment to prize winners across several categories. Boerne tied with a school in Malverne, New York, for “best performance by a medium-sized high school,” reports KSAT.
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Read MoreFour years ago, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong was treated as a heretic when he insisted on leaving politics out of work. Now he looks prophetic.
In September 2020, Brian Armstrong, the CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase, did something unthinkable in Silicon Valley: he said there would be no politics at his company.
This was right after the summer of George Floyd and Covid lockdowns and microaggressions in the workplace—when companies as conventional as Nordstrom and IBM were all of a sudden issuing official statements in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, and established financia
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Read More‘TMX will also result in billions of dollars of economic prosperity for Albertans, and create well-paying jobs throughout Canada,’ said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Energy Minister Brian Jean.
By Alex Dhaliwal | May 01, 2024 | News
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Read MoreForeign tourists are flocking to Japan in record numbers and thanks to a sliding yen many are living like kings, splashing out on everything from kimonos to knives and slap-up meals.
“I bought three pairs of shoes, which is something I would never normally do,” French tourist Katia Lelievre, 36, said with a laugh in the bustling Asakusa area of Tokyo famous for its Buddhist temple and souvenir shops.
The brands available in Japan are the same as in Europe — Converse, Nike and Adidas — but because of the exchange rate “it was really worth it” to buy, she told AFP.
“The food is really cheap. (I spent a lot) especially on food. I tried everything I wanted,” Dominique Stabile, 31, visiting from Italy, told AFP.
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Read MoreFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to “save our beef.”
At a press conference in Wauchula, Florida, DeSantis signed a bill that would outlaw the manufacture and distribution of lab-grown meat in the state, a “threat” to Florida’s agriculture, he said.
“Take your fake lab-grown meat elsewhere. We’re not doing that in the state of Florida,” DeSantis said before he signed SB 1084, which he touts as the first-in-the-nation law to protect farmers and the “integrity of American agriculture.”
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Read MoreOriginally created as a space for people to vent about high grocery costs, a subreddit titled r/loblawsisoutofcontrol has started a nationwide boycott of Loblaw-owned stores for the month of May.
The online group’s goal is to highlight the “ridiculous cost of living in Canada right now,” according to their page, specifically calling out company chairman Galen Weston for raising prices and collecting profit while “Canadians struggle to make ends meet.”
Those who are boycotting are doing so by choosing to shop at other stores and cancelling memberships and credit cards with Loblaw-owned stores. Calgary members posting to the subreddit are suggesting the Calgary Farmers’ Market and local butchers as options for meat and produce.
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Read MoreA boycott targeting Loblaw is gaining momentum, with what could be thousands of Canadian shoppers taking their money for groceries elsewhere this month.
What led to the Loblaw boycott?
Calls for the Loblaw boycott emerged after a Reddit group created to give people a place to complain about Loblaw and other grocers gained thousands of followers.
The page, r/loblawsisoutofcontrol, has grown to more than 63,000 members since being started in October, 2023.
A nonexhaustive list of stores and brands being included by some in the boycott:
President’s Choice
No Name
PC Express
Joe Fresh
Loblaws
Zehrs
T&T
Atlantic Superstore
Wholesale Club
PC Financial
Pharmaprix
Independent
Maxi
Shoppers Drug Mart
Real Canadian Superstore
Fortinos
Valu-mart
No Frills
Quo Beauty
Specialty Health Network by Shoppers
PC Optimum
Extra Foods
Theodore & Pringle Optical
Life Brand
The Health Clinic by Shoppers
Beauty Boutique by Shoppers
Dominion
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Read MoreQuebec’s new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in public schools came into effect Wednesday.
The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools across the province be designated for either boys or girls.
School service centres, however, do have to ensure any student who wishes to use an individual universal bathroom has access to one.
Education Minister Bernard Drainville issued the directive after news that a high school in Rouyn-Noranda, in the province’s northwest, was starting work to provide gender-neutral bathrooms to its students for the 2024-25 school year.
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Read MoreGood morning, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) pro-Hamas protestors!
American conservative activist the Flag Guy decided to wake up the pro-Hamas protestors camping out on UCLA’s campus by blasting Good Morning, Vietnam.
“Hey, this is not a test,” said deceased American actor Robin Williams in a video.
“This is rock’n’roll.”
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