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Patrick says

https://covidreason.substack.com/p/twitter-bans-rational-ground-writer?s=r&source=patrick.net

Twitter Bans Rational Ground Writer and Analyst
Here's what we know so far!

Justin Hart

Our powerhouse Team Reality colleague Jessica Hockett (aka @EWoodhouse7) was banned from Twitter over the weekend. She has been a stellar advocate for reason and data-backed analysis during the pandemic. Her efforts lead to big discoveries and one particular inquiry forced the CDC to totally revamp its numbers.

So Twitter does not seem dedicated to free speech at all, at least not yet.

Does Musk officially own Twitter yet?

https://notthebee.com/article/since-we-can-finally-acknowledge-reality-on-twitter-when-does-the-babylon-bee-get-its-account-back?source=patrick.net

Elon's got balls!

https://www.ntd.com/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-rejoins-twitter-suspended-again-hours-later_773961.html?source=patrick.net

Patrick says

Elon's got balls!

NAZIS ARE EVERYWHERE!!!!

https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/28/100-facts-elon-musk-owned-twitter-should-now-allow-people-to-say-without-getting-banned/?source=patrick.net

To that end, I’ve compiled 100 facts that censorious Democrats might not like but Musk-owned Twitter should let people tweet.

1. Boys and girls are different.

2. Ivermectin works.

3. Cloth masks aren’t effective.

4. Lockdowns caused more harm than good.

5. Hunter Biden’s laptop is real.

6. Black Lives Matter is a grift.

7. Joe Biden was involved in Hunter’s sketchy foreign business.

8. Rachel Levine is a man.

9. The 2020 election was rigged.

10. People who teach gender identity to kindergarteners are groomers.

11. Preborn children are living humans.

12. “Gender affirmation” is child abuse.

13. AR-15s aren’t assault weapons.

14. Shotguns kick harder than semi-automatic rifles.

15. Gas prices are Joe Biden’s fault.

16. Inflation isn’t Vladimir Putin’s fault.

17. Covid vaccines don’t keep you from getting the WuFlu.

18. Covid vaccines don’t keep you from spreading the WuFlu.

19. Covid vaccines were a success of the Trump administration.

20. Peaceful protests aren’t fiery.

21. Donald Trump didn’t collude with Russia.

22. Barack Obama spied on the Trump campaign.

23. Covid probably escaped from a lab.

24. Communist China is committing genocide.

25. Roe v. Wade is bad case law.

26. College is overrated.

27. “Government-funded” means taxpayer-funded.

28. The world is not ending from climate change in the next decade.

29. Clean energy isn’t clean.

30. Fauci lied. People died.

31. Murdering babies in utero isn’t “eradicating” Down syndrome.

32. “Latinx” is not a real word.

33. The 1619 Project is historically inaccurate.

34. Drag Queen Story Hour is not a blessing of liberty.

35. Stacey Abrams has never been governor of Georgia.

36. Donald Trump never incited an insurrection.

37. “Mainstream” doesn’t define the corporate press.

38. Children have a right to a mother and a father.

39. Jack Phillips did nothing wrong.

40. Trans policies are hurting women.

41. Critical race theory is ideological poison.

42. Public schools are corrupted by critical race theory.

43. Conservative parents aren’t “domestic terrorists.”

44. Transition regret is real.

45. Paper straws suck.

46. Minimum wage isn’t supposed to be a “living wage.”

47. Obesity shouldn’t be celebrated.

48. The United States should not go to war with Russia.

49. Joe Biden is a plagiarist.

50. Declaring a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be declaring war on Russia.

51. Abortion isn’t health care.

52. Wrong-sex hormones aren’t health care.

53. Covid is no longer an emergency.

54. Jobs recovered after government-induced lockdowns aren’t “new jobs.”

55. Mask mandates didn’t work.

56. Vaccine mandates didn’t work.

57. Parents should have a say in what their children learn in taxpayer-funded schools.

58. Brett Kavanaugh isn’t a gang rapist.

59. You can define “woman” without being a biologist.

60. Taylor Lorenz is a doxxer.

61. Satire isn’t hate speech.

62. Common Core is a failure.

63. The deep state is real.

64. “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor” was a lie.

65. Strong borders matter.

66. The Jan. 6 Committee is a sham.

67. The first impeachment of Donald Trump was a sham.

68. The second impeachment of Donald Trump was a sham.

69. Censorship by non-state actors is still censorship.

70. Pornographic books are not appropriate for elementary schoolers.

71. Hatred for white people based on their skin color is racism.

72. Children don’t need smartphones.

73. Masculinity isn’t toxic.

74. Feminism lied to women.

75. Student loan forgiveness advantages high-earning doctors and lawyers most.

76. Disney hates your values.

77. Joe Biden wrecked the economy.

78. Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was deadly.

79. Careers don’t bring women more happiness than motherhood.

80. Ketanji Brown Jackson went soft on child porn offenders.

81. Hunter Biden lied on a federal background check form to illegally buy a gun.

82. Trans bathroom policies put girls in danger.

83. Jan. 6 rioters didn’t kill anyone.

84. Black Lives Matter rioters killed dozens of people.

85. Florida’s Parental Right in Education Law still allows people to “say gay.”

86. Andrew Cuomo’s nursing home policies killed people.

87. Silence isn’t violence.

88. Speech isn’t violence.

89. Border Patrol agents didn’t whip migrants.

90. Joe Biden hasn’t apologized for lying that they did.

91. Lia Thomas is a man.

92. Rochelle Walensky colluded with teachers unions to keep schools closed.

93. Children have never been at significant risk of death from Covid-19.

94. This inflation isn’t transitory.

95. Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee funded the Steele dossier.

96. The Steele dossier was bogus.

97. Rep. Eric Swalwell hasn’t denied sleeping with a Chinese spy.

98. Biden’s director of the Bureau of Land Management is an eco-terrorist.

99. Mark Zuckerberg paid to staff government elections offices with Democrats.

100. The corporate media are fake news.

Dunno if it's true, but I can't imagine Bin Talal being for free speech about Saudi Arabia.

Patrick says

Dunno if it's true, but I can't imagine Bin Talal being for free speech about Saudi Arabia.

I think he was also vocal about not selling twitter to elon. I think he said he believed twtr future value was very high, so he didnt want to sell his stake now. But I suppose the next best move for him in such a case would be to ask elon to let him in on a stake in the private company, if he can no longer have a public stake.

https://reclaimthenet.org/elon-musk-calls-for-investigation-into-who-is-funding-online-censorship-campaigns/?source=patrick.net

Patrick says

That is a Tweet that would have instantly gotten you banned only about a week ago. I had to check that it's really there:

https://twitter.com/Jhkunstler/status/1519479746010169345?source=patrick.net#m

Kustler: you either like him or you hate him, but he's been pretty damn consistent over the years.

Patrick says

https://reclaimthenet.org/elon-musk-calls-for-investigation-into-who-is-funding-online-censorship-campaigns/?source=patrick.net

Do we need any more proof of who runs the world?

Patrick says

https://reclaimthenet.org/elon-musk-calls-for-investigation-into-who-is-funding-online-censorship-campaigns/?source=patrick.net

Holy shit.

He even retweeted an article about George Soros, Obama, and the Euroweenies colluding to sign an anti-Musk letter.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10780583/George-Soros-Clinton-Obama-staffers-European-governments-anti-Musk-campaign.html?source=patrick.net

REVEALED: George Soros, Clinton and Obama staffers and European governments are behind anti-Musk campaign to force big corporations to boycott Twitter - after Elon demanded to know 'who funds these organizations?'
A group of 26 activist organizations and NGOs signed a letter to companies who advertise on Twitter, warning them to reconsider if Elon Musk makes changes
Musk has pledged to lift the 'censorship' of Twitter: critics worry that he will give free rein to those trafficking in hate speech and dangerous scientific theories
The letter writers said that Musk 'will further toxify our information ecosystem and be a direct threat to public safety'
They wrote: 'Twitter risks becoming a cesspool of misinformation, with your brand attached'
Musk replied, wanting to know who was behind the 26 groups signing the letter, and commenting: 'Sunlight is the best disinfectant'

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/nausea-rules/?source=patrick.net

And so, the derangement volume knob over Twitter changing ownership stays up at eleven. Imagine what will happen if the supposedly 70-odd percent of Americans who got vaxxed learn in a re-liberated Twitter Zone that the Covid-19 vaccines are not “safe and effective.” According to Zero Hedge, twenty-six globalist NGOs with ties to George Soros signed a letter saying, “Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter will further toxify our information ecosystem and be a direct threat to public safety, especially among those already most vulnerable and marginalized.”

They are, as usual, projecting — since what is a greater threat to public safety than inducing tens of millions of frightened citizens to accept multiple shots of a poorly-tested pharmaceutical cocktail that can kill you six ways to Sunday? The folks in-charge (and others who would like to be the boss-of-you) don’t want you to know any of this. The pharma companies, the doctors, the hospital administrators, and the politicians must be frantic with terror of being found out.

That letter writing to twitter advertisers, "warning" them that their brand may become associated with the big bad musk. Total veiled threat disguised as "caring" about their brand.

exterminate these fucking commies.

https://notthebee.com/article/twitter-has-seen-a-250-jump-in-job-interest-since-elon-bought-the-place-?source=patrick.net

It's still unclear how a Musk-run Twitter might impact the company's ability to retain current staff and recruit new employees. The company presented the takeover as a potential threat to its staffing abilities in an SEC filing Monday.

But at least casual interest in open positions at the company has skyrocketed since the Tesla billionaire showed serious interest in taking over the company.

On Thursday, Daniel Zhao, a senior economist and data scientist at the job insights platform Glassdoor, tweeted that interest in job openings at the social media giant was up 263% between April 24 and April 30.

https://notthebee.com/article/elon-musk-is-apparently-going-to-clean-house-at-twitter-by-firing-1000-staffers-and-quintupling-its-annual-revenue-by-signing-up-70-million-paying-subscribers?source=patrick.net

http://ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2022/may/09/who-s-afraid-of-elon-musk/?source=patrick.net

Any doubt that many progressives have abandoned their commitment to free speech was erased by the hysterical reaction to Elon Musk’s effort to purchase Twitter and return the company to its roots as a free speech zone. Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich and “woke” neocon Max Boot fretted that Musk’s commitment to free speech threatens democracy. Those confused by how free speech threatens democracy should remember that for neoconservatives and many progressives democracy means allowing the people to choose between two largely identical supporters of the welfare-warfare state. In this version of “democracy,” those whose views are outside the welfare-warfare mainstream — such as libertarians — are marginalized.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1523462998081572864?source=patrick.net

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-reverse-twitter-180003741.html?source=patrick.net

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban

zzyzzx says

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-reverse-twitter-180003741.html?source=patrick.net

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban

Of course, since that is a sound business decision that would bring in more audience/revenue.

This is the ultimate wokeness - RIP Star Trek:

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/et-tu-star-trek/?source=patrick.net

TLDR - the 1/6 "insurrection" sparks WWIII.

HeadSet says

zzyzzx says

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-reverse-twitter-180003741.html?source=patrick.net

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban

Of course, since that is a sound business decision that would bring in more audience/revenue.

I liked Trump. I'm kind of nearing the saturation point though. Who fucking cares? Announce a bid for '24 or just go away. He'll be as old as Biden when he was "elected" in '20. I want young blood. I want energy.

Trump was fine, his ideas were fine. Why can't there be someone that's 50 years old with the same ideas? Kind of sick of the geezers. Trump gets media, but only knows Twitter in the tech sphere. He could have been much more prominent after "losing" in 2020. He couldn't figure it out.

And literally as I typed this I got a text from a pro-Trump PAC dissing one of the Republican governor candidates I personally know here in IL. He's the best option for the state at minimum. Might have POTUS ability if he wins governor in 6 years. He's a politician, so I still take everything with a grain of salt. AKA I don't trust any of them regardless of party. He came to my dad's remembrance or wake though and know him well enough.

zzyzzx says

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/elon-musk-says-reverse-twitter-180003741.html?source=patrick.net

Elon Musk Says He Would Reverse Twitter’s Donald Trump Ban

ERECTION INTENSIFYING!!!

WookieMan says

Announce a bid for '24 or just go away.

He can't legally do that until after the midterms.

WookieMan says

Why can't there be someone that's 50 years old with the same ideas?

GenX is a small generation. We basically have E. Musk and that's it.

https://notthebee.com/article/papa-elon-just-confirmed-hes-reversing-trumps-twitter-ban?source=patrick.net

Speaking at a virtual event on Tuesday, the Dogelord Supreme confirmed that The Donald will be unbanned from Twitter and blasted the initial decision to boot him off the platform.

"I think it was a morally bad decision to be clear and foolish in the extreme," he said at a Future of the Car event hosted by the Financial Times.

He added: "I do think it was not correct to ban Donald trump I think that was a mistake … It alienated a large part of the country and did not ultimately result in Donald Trump not having a voice."

It Begins: Heads Start To Roll At Twitter As Two Top Leaders At Company Out
https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-begins-heads-start-to-roll-at-twitter-as-two-top-leaders-at-company-out?source=patrick.net

Two of the top leaders at Twitter are no longer with the company as the social media platform begins to make changes ahead of Elon Musk’s expected arrival at the company as its new CEO after his $44 billion purchase of the company is finalized.

“Kayvon Beykpour, Twitter’s general manager, is leaving and will be replaced by Jay Sullivan,” The New York Times reported. “Mr. Sullivan is currently the interim general manager of the consumer product. Bruce Falck, Twitter’s general manager for revenue, is also departing the company.”

An internal company memo from CEO Parag Agrawal obtained by The New York Times said it was “critical to have the right leaders at the right time.”

“The truth is that this isn’t how and when I imagined leaving Twitter, and this wasn’t my decision,” Beykpour said in a statement on Twitter. “Parag asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction.”

Some wokers are being rooted out.

https://www.ntd.com/two-twitter-executives-flee-company-ahead-of-elon-musks-takeover_778533.html

"the Elon" is an odd coincidence.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/may/14/wernher-von-braun-former-ss-officer-nazi-us-space-programme-nasa-apollo

Basically, the Nazi rocket scientist (Wernher von Braun) who architected Apollo 11 for the USA to take our astronauts to the moon had written a science fiction book in 1949 in German. It wasn't published then. In 2006 it was translated to English, and finally published.

Basically, a future USA finds signs of intelligent life on Mars, so they send an expedition to investigate. Martians, who live underground, welcome them and are very advanced. Their leadership is 10 men, and one super wise man at the head of them. The head guy of the martians is called "the Elon".

What are the odds? Maybe this isn't so unlikely depending on the meaning of the name "Elon", or some history of the name which I'm not familiar with.

twitter isn't worth billions. It's fucking MySpace 2.0 already banned in Russia, China to follow if not already banned there.

it's worthless.

FortWayneAsNancyPelosiHaircut says

twitter isn't worth billions. It's fucking MySpace 2.0 already banned in Russia, China to follow if not already banned there.

it's worthless.

Every Western social media has been banned in China for many years already. And Russia... who the fuck cares about that midget if a media market? Their whole population is what - 140 million? Substract these still shitting in a hole in the ground (1/3), pensioners with mere 20 bucks per month to rub together (another 1/4-1/3), hopeless alcoholics and FAS-suffereng retards and who the fuck would even bother doing media business there?

Whatever Twitter problems are, being not big in fucking Russia is the least of them. If it even registers on their radar at all.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10823295/Twitter-does-not-believe-free-speech-Twitter-engineer-recorded-saying-censor-right.html

'Twitter does not believe in free speech': Undercover Project Veritas recording reveals Twitter engineer saying platform censors the right but NOT the left, everyone who works there is 'commie as f**k' and they 'hate' Elon Musk
Project Veritas have published a secretly recorded conversation with a Twitter engineer admitting the company has a left-wing bias
Siru Murugesan, described by Project Veritas as a senior engineer at the company, said it was 'commie as f***'
He said many employees were angry and worried about Elon Musk's takeover of the company, and 'did all we could, to like revolt against it'
Murugesan said that Twitter had operated an extremely left-wing, lax culture where people could take any time off they wanted and not worry about profit
He told the undercover operative that there was 'bias' against conservatives, and said: 'Twitter does not believe in free speech'

Elon is saying that if you just view things in chronological order, a lot of Twitter's power to influence you goes away.

Looks like not ever. Musk is saying he won't buy if they don't reveal their bot numbers. See my comment in another thread, this was all show to get some more laws passed restricting free speech.

Elon Musk is NOT your friend.