The backbone of the German economy – its industry – could “collapse” should Berlin decide to impose an embargo on Russian gas, the president of the country’s industry association has warned. Appearing on the Maybrit Illner political talk show on Thursday, Siegfried Russwurm, the president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), …
Read More »National School Board Association backtracks after asking White House to label dissident parents ‘domestic terrorists’
The US National School Board Association (NSBA) issued a lengthy apology on Friday, acknowledging to members that a controversial letter to President Joe Biden “regarding threats and acts of violence against school board members” included inflammatory language while apologizing for the poorly worded missive. “On behalf of the NSBA, we …
Read More »National School Board Association head talked to White House for WEEKS before asking to rein in ‘domestic terrorist’ parents
In a letter to President Joe Biden last month, the NSBA insisted that the classification of parents’ disruptive actions at school board meetings “could be the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes,” calling on Biden to direct the Justice Department to apply the Patriot Act “in …
Read More »School board group in Pennsylvania quits national association for suggesting angry parents are ‘domestic terrorists’
The Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA) told members in a memo sent earlier this week that its directors had voted unanimously to withdraw from the National School Boards Association (NSBA). The state group has had a number of concerns about the NSBA’s direction in recent years, and the letter to …
Read More »Never inclusive enough: Guide for use of woke pronouns by British law association met with storm of mockery
The law association, which represents and governs solicitors in the jurisdiction of England and Wales, has been actively participating in the virtual celebration of Pride Month, sharing its latest contribution on social media late on Saturday. The group showcased its supposedly inclusive guide on how to ‘properly’ use pronouns in …
Read More »Ukraine doubles down: National soccer association votes to give official status to UEFA-banned slogan of WW2 Nazi collaborators
Writing on Facebook, the head of the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF), Andrey Pavelko, said “Slava Ukraini!” [Glory to Ukraine!] and “Heroiam slava!” [Glory to heroes!] had been given official status, following a unanimous vote of the association’s executive committee. The two phrases have a long history in Ukraine, dating …
Read More »Ukrainian Association of Football cops mixed reaction to Euro 2020 shirt featuring patriotic slogans, map outline including Crimea
The look of the yellow-and-blue kit, which Ukraine’s national team intends to potentially use at this month’s cross-European showpiece, makes room for a map showing the Crimean Peninsula, which was made part of Russia following a referendum held on the territory and the signing of the accession treaty in 2014 in the …
Read More »National Guard Association denounces extension of soldiers in DC: ‘Inappropriate at best, illegal at worst’
“This enduring requirement of having them around the city, I think it’s completely inappropriate at best, illegal at worst,” Maj. Gen. McGuire told the Washington Examiner on Friday. National Guard troops were deployed to DC following the January 6 riot at the US Capitol that led to five deaths, including …
Read More »American Medical Association declares racism a ‘public health threat,’ prompting both applause & mockery
The new policy rules, adopted on Monday, are aimed at combating racist policies and practices across all US healthcare, according to a press release on the AMA website. “The AMA recognizes that racism negatively impacts and exacerbates health inequities among historically marginalized communities,”said Board Member Dr Willarda V. Edwards during …
Read More »As in the Leningrad Association of Welders darkened shrines
In those days, companies were allowed to be called only state institutions. From the word co-op carried a discredited farm, and the terms firm or, slash, the company for the Soviet people was tainted by the enemy of the Western bourgeois. And here the government came up with in ‘ …
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