bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Karol Markowicz: The Mayor, DOE and Teachers’ Union Are All Failing NYC School Kids

How did New York City , with fewer than 1 percent of positive COVID-19 cases , make such a mess of school opening ?
Because American cities have largely put schools last .
Faced with the possibility of a teachers-union strike , Mayor de Blasio announced on Tuesday that school opening will be delayed until Sept. 21 .
The announcement came nine days before school was set to begin .
Did the September start date for New York City schools catch him and schools Chancellor Richard Carranza by surprise ?
“ We heard real concerns raised by our labor partners @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through collaboration , and it didn ’ t happen overnight , ” the mayor said .
OK , so it didn ’ t happen overnight .
Did it happen over six months ?
Because that ’ s how long New York City schools have been closed so far .
A little more than three months ago , the mayor still wasn ’ t seeing any rush to make school decisions .
“ It ’ s May , for God ’ s sake , ” de Blasio said on May 18 when asked about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to most New York parents , who know how much planning ahead is required when children are concerned , that schools would not be opening on time .
The mayor ’ s incompetence is well documented , but the lack of priority placed on New York ’ s schools is still shocking .
How could schools be so extraneous ?
There ’ s a lot of blame to go around .
Gov .
Cuomo set the stage for this by placing schools in “ Phase 4 , ” and making his virtual preference @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , all across the state , all these buildings , all these physical classrooms .
Why ?
With all the technology you have ?
” That statement sent shivers down the spine of every parent who wants their kid to return to normal schooling .
Cuomo also delayed opening summer camps and day-care centers until some were forced to fold .
Parents who have to work , be it in or out of their homes , have faced impossible choices all summer long .
Then there are the unions .
Theoretically , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the bungling Department of Education — but the union is frequently in the way of that .
Parents are largely on board to demand from the DOE the supplies schools need .
Several principals have sent letters to their school bodies saying they don ’ t have the Personal Protective Equipment they were promised or , worse , that the DOE is reneging on pledges to get them desperately needed teachers to fill the in-class slots of those educators taking medical accommodations .
Parents would absolutely stand with teachers and principals to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the unions keep expanding the list of demands until it ’ s clear to parents that they don ’ t share our same goal of getting the kids educated .
The latest demand , to have random COVID-19 tests in schools , is preposterous .
Being asked to produce a negative COVID test to start school would be one thing .
But a child being administered any kind of medical test without a parent present is a nonstarter .
At this rate , schools will never reopen .
New York City has failed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only major American city to put education last .
Public schools in Chicago , Los Angeles , Miami , Atlanta and Houston are going fully remote to start the school year .
Education just isn ’ t looking like an American priority right now .
We ’ ve opened nail salons and bars but kept schools closed .
It ’ s backward .
Other countries focused their energy on opening schools first .
Even without the child-care component , school is essential .
When I talk to friends around the world — in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — they all tell me their schools are opening for live education .
Some of these countries have rising rates and some have falling ones , but all have decided that the education of their children was paramount .
In America , many suburban areas are opening school full-time to live instruction .
When we worry about the death of American cities , we can not ignore how much of a role the lack of actual school will play .
Parents will put up with a lot to live in places like New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ put up with schools being an afterthought .

How did New York City, with fewer than 1 percent of positive COVID-19 cases, make such a mess of school opening? Because American cities have largely put schools last.
Faced with the possibility of a teachers-union strike, Mayor de Blasio announced on Tuesday that school opening will be delayed until Sept. 21. The announcement came nine days before school was set to begin. Did the September start date for New York City schools catch him and schools Chancellor Richard Carranza by surprise?
“We heard real concerns raised by our labor partners, and we needed to work these through collaboration, and it didn’t happen overnight,” the mayor said.
OK, so it didn’t happen overnight. Did it happen over six months? Because that’s how long New York City schools have been closed so far. A little more than three months ago, the mayor still wasn’t seeing any rush to make school decisions.
“It’s May, for God’s sake,” de Blasio said on May 18 when asked about school reopenings. It was clear then to most New York parents, who know how much planning ahead is required when children are concerned, that schools would not be opening on time.
The mayor’s incompetence is well documented, but the lack of priority placed on New York’s schools is still shocking. How could schools be so extraneous?
There’s a lot of blame to go around. Gov. Cuomo set the stage for this by placing schools in “Phase 4,” and making his virtual preference clear: “All across the city, all across the state, all these buildings, all these physical classrooms. Why? With all the technology you have?”
That statement sent shivers down the spine of every parent who wants their kid to return to normal schooling.
Cuomo also delayed opening summer camps and day-care centers until some were forced to fold. Parents who have to work, be it in or out of their homes, have faced impossible choices all summer long.
Then there are the unions. Theoretically, it should be parents and teachers standing together against the bungling Department of Education — but the union is frequently in the way of that.
Parents are largely on board to demand from the DOE the supplies schools need. Several principals have sent letters to their school bodies saying they don’t have the Personal Protective Equipment they were promised or, worse, that the DOE is reneging on pledges to get them desperately needed teachers to fill the in-class slots of those educators taking medical accommodations.
Parents would absolutely stand with teachers and principals to get them what they need. But the unions keep expanding the list of demands until it’s clear to parents that they don’t share our same goal of getting the kids educated.
The latest demand, to have random COVID-19 tests in schools, is preposterous. Being asked to produce a negative COVID test to start school would be one thing. But a child being administered any kind of medical test without a parent present is a nonstarter. At this rate, schools will never reopen.
New York City has failed spectacularly but we’re not the only major American city to put education last. Public schools in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Atlanta and Houston are going fully remote to start the school year. Education just isn’t looking like an American priority right now. We’ve opened nail salons and bars but kept schools closed. It’s backward.
Other countries focused their energy on opening schools first. Even without the child-care component, school is essential. When I talk to friends around the world — in Scotland, France, Sweden, Greece — they all tell me their schools are opening for live education. Some of these countries have rising rates and some have falling ones, but all have decided that the education of their children was paramount.
In America, many suburban areas are opening school full-time to live instruction. When we worry about the death of American cities, we can not ignore how much of a role the lack of actual school will play. Parents will put up with a lot to live in places like New York City. They won’t put up with schools being an afterthought.


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Rachel Bovard: Central Planning for America’s Suburbs

The Trump Administration recently terminated an Obama-era housing rule that sought to expand federal control over the makeup of America ’ s suburbs .
Trump ’ s actions—and those of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson—have prompted a debate on the Right between those who think the federal government should exercise more control over suburban planning and development , and those , like me , who do not .
The housing rule , better known as AFFH for “ Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing , ” was a quiet attempt by the Obama-Biden Administration to spread federal tentacles over American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ provided to the suburbs as a means to dictate racial and ethnic makeups , and micromanage the location and construction of businesses , housing , and transportation centers .
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a housing plan that takes Obama ’ s plan even further , eliminating single-family zoning altogether .
The idea is predicated on the notion that single-family zoning—which limits structures built on certain properties to stand-alone homes only—is limiting access to the suburbs for working families by limiting the housing supply and driving up home prices as a result @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Right believe that communities must be “ incentivized ” to “ relax ” single-family zoning , so that high-density housing can take its place .
In their telling , single-family property owners looking to defend their property investment against urbanization are simply “ upper-class NIMBYs , ” at best , or exclusionary racists , at worst .
This sentiment was recently shared with me by Samuel Hammond , director of poverty and welfare policy at the post-libertarian Niskanen Center , who took issue with a recent piece I wrote on the topic .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ right to rescind AFFH—because working families , including African Americans and immigrants , actually want to aspire to single-family homes , as opposed to merely hopping from a city high rise to a suburban one .
“ If it ’ s not NIMBYism and it reflects the preferences of the working class , ” Hammond wrote on Twitter , “ then why do multifamily dwellings need to be restricted by law ?
Telling property owners how they use their land on behalf of the ‘ collective ?
’ ” he continued .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communists.
” The factual inaccuracy that I don ’ t work for the Claremont Institute aside , it ’ s a bizarre argument to claim that communities making democratic choices about how they live together constitutes “ communism.
” Hammond ’ s colleague Daniel Takash went on to claim that the meta construct of suburbia is “ the product of very explicit racial engineering ” and that the property owners who show up at city council meetings to discuss zoning regulations “ don ’ t represent the broader demographics of those communities.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ representative of the broader community appear to be “ individuals who are older , male , longtime residents , voters in local elections , and homeowners.
” The suburbs , evidently , must be rescued by the federal government from the scourge of old-timers who own homes and vote .
These objections are often combined with the claim that the vast federal suburban subsidization has artificially constructed the suburbs in the first place .
Single-family zoning would crumble under its own weight , they say , if suburbs had to raise their own @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other services that federal money helps sustain .
In all these narratives , we are told that the true liberty position is either to eliminate the subsidies altogether and let the suburbs crumble in a blaze of unfettered , winner-take-all capitalism , or instead to use that federal money to incentivize the preferred policy outcomes of conservative urbanists—banishing single-family zoning in favor of pod dwellings next to the metro stop .
The Free Market and the Free Suburbs But this framing sidesteps a central question around the role the federal government has to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the very least , policies that the overwhelming majority of suburban communities prefer .
As I laid out in my original piece , statistics tell us that people of all demographic and economic classes are moving to the suburbs to leave behind urban living—not to replicate it .
Why should their preferences be ignored ?
Moreover , a primary reason many working families leave the cities for the suburbs is for space to raise a family .
Indeed , census data tells us that people in the suburbs are more likely to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ providing spaces for families to grow and develop was , at one time anyway , a key conservative aim .
But such positioning also conveniently oversimplifies the complicated interactions between government and the “ free ” market .
Lots of institutions call themselves “ conservative ” while supporting government intervention in all kinds of markets : corporate tax breaks , handouts to the energy industry , and defending the entire business model of American tech companies , which is built around a unique statutory privilege .
Our free trade policies are less “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mix of policies that preference some industries over others .
So attempting to distill this into a “ free market ” versus “ manipulated market ” isn ’ t entirely accurate .
All these markets are manipulated , constantly .
The question as it relates to the suburbs is more about whose preferences , ultimately , are reflected in the end—central planners in the government , or those of the local communities ?
Ultimately , what Hammond and Takash are arguing for is the right to have the federal government subsidize their notion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the notions of the people who actually live in the towns .
This debate , then , is really about whose preferences will prevail : the communities who determine together how they want to live , or central planners thousands of miles away ?
Communities may not make perfect decisions—and there are all kinds of laws on the books to prevent them from making discriminatory and criminal ones .
But when individuals in a community collectively determine both the character of the community they want to live in and the rules for how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is in itself an expression of liberty that deserves protection .
Conservative urbanists want to impose a “ corrective ” on those community choices , blanketing suburbs with federal incentives and quotas and penalties for those who participate too much—or don ’ t participate enough—in determining community outcomes .
Their policies assign racist motivations to communities in which they don ’ t live , and know nothing about , to justify imposing their own federal preferences .
In their view , destroying the choices local communities have democratically made for themselves is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it incentivizes the property values of lots bought by corporate developers .
It ’ s a one-size-fits-all approach that dismisses the expressed preferences for the lives many working families aspire to live .
It also , ultimately , goes against the key aspect of political liberty which allows diverse and differing suburbs the freedom to enact laws that reflect the interests of the people who live there—in other words , people in communities , deciding together how they will live .
Kind of sounds like America to me .

The Trump Administration recently terminated an Obama-era housing rule that sought to expand federal control over the makeup of America’s suburbs. Trump’s actions—and those of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson—have prompted a debate on the Right between those who think the federal government should exercise more control over suburban planning and development, and those, like me, who do not.
The housing rule, better known as AFFH for “Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing,” was a quiet attempt by the Obama-Biden Administration to spread federal tentacles over American suburbia, using the ample federal funding provided to the suburbs as a means to dictate racial and ethnic makeups, and micromanage the location and construction of businesses, housing, and transportation centers. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has a housing plan that takes Obama’s plan even further, eliminating single-family zoning altogether.
The idea is predicated on the notion that single-family zoning—which limits structures built on certain properties to stand-alone homes only—is limiting access to the suburbs for working families by limiting the housing supply and driving up home prices as a result.
Abolish Single-Family Zoning?
The advocates of AFFH on the Right believe that communities must be “incentivized” to “relax” single-family zoning, so that high-density housing can take its place. In their telling, single-family property owners looking to defend their property investment against urbanization are simply “upper-class NIMBYs,” at best, or exclusionary racists, at worst.
This sentiment was recently shared with me by Samuel Hammond, director of poverty and welfare policy at the post-libertarian Niskanen Center, who took issue with a recent piece I wrote on the topic.
I argued that the Trump Administration was right to rescind AFFH—because working families, including African Americans and immigrants, actually want to aspire to single-family homes, as opposed to merely hopping from a city high rise to a suburban one.
“If it’s not NIMBYism and it reflects the preferences of the working class,” Hammond wrote on Twitter, “then why do multifamily dwellings need to be restricted by law? Telling property owners how they use their land on behalf of the ‘collective?’” he continued. “I didn’t know Claremont employed communists.”
The factual inaccuracy that I don’t work for the Claremont Institute aside, it’s a bizarre argument to claim that communities making democratic choices about how they live together constitutes “communism.”
Hammond’s colleague Daniel Takash went on to claim that the meta construct of suburbia is “the product of very explicit racial engineering” and that the property owners who show up at city council meetings to discuss zoning regulations “don’t represent the broader demographics of those communities.”
The people he refers to as not representative of the broader community appear to be “individuals who are older, male, longtime residents, voters in local elections, and homeowners.” The suburbs, evidently, must be rescued by the federal government from the scourge of old-timers who own homes and vote.
These objections are often combined with the claim that the vast federal suburban subsidization has artificially constructed the suburbs in the first place. Single-family zoning would crumble under its own weight, they say, if suburbs had to raise their own money to pay for transportation infrastructure and other services that federal money helps sustain.
In all these narratives, we are told that the true liberty position is either to eliminate the subsidies altogether and let the suburbs crumble in a blaze of unfettered, winner-take-all capitalism, or instead to use that federal money to incentivize the preferred policy outcomes of conservative urbanists—banishing single-family zoning in favor of pod dwellings next to the metro stop.
The Free Market and the Free Suburbs
But this framing sidesteps a central question around the role the federal government has to play in promoting a sustainable citizenry—or, at the very least, policies that the overwhelming majority of suburban communities prefer.
As I laid out in my original piece, statistics tell us that people of all demographic and economic classes are moving to the suburbs to leave behind urban living—not to replicate it. Why should their preferences be ignored?
Moreover, a primary reason many working families leave the cities for the suburbs is for space to raise a family. Indeed, census data tells us that people in the suburbs are more likely to be married with children. Incentivizing and providing spaces for families to grow and develop was, at one time anyway, a key conservative aim.
But such positioning also conveniently oversimplifies the complicated interactions between government and the “free” market. Lots of institutions call themselves “conservative” while supporting government intervention in all kinds of markets: corporate tax breaks, handouts to the energy industry, and defending the entire business model of American tech companies, which is built around a unique statutory privilege. Our free trade policies are less “free” than they are a jumbled mix of policies that preference some industries over others.
So attempting to distill this into a “free market” versus “manipulated market” isn’t entirely accurate. All these markets are manipulated, constantly. The question as it relates to the suburbs is more about whose preferences, ultimately, are reflected in the end—central planners in the government, or those of the local communities?
Ultimately, what Hammond and Takash are arguing for is the right to have the federal government subsidize their notion of suburban development, over and above the notions of the people who actually live in the towns.
Self-Determination in the Suburbs
This debate, then, is really about whose preferences will prevail: the communities who determine together how they want to live, or central planners thousands of miles away?
Communities may not make perfect decisions—and there are all kinds of laws on the books to prevent them from making discriminatory and criminal ones. But when individuals in a community collectively determine both the character of the community they want to live in and the rules for how they want to live together, that is in itself an expression of liberty that deserves protection.
Conservative urbanists want to impose a “corrective” on those community choices, blanketing suburbs with federal incentives and quotas and penalties for those who participate too much—or don’t participate enough—in determining community outcomes. Their policies assign racist motivations to communities in which they don’t live, and know nothing about, to justify imposing their own federal preferences. In their view, destroying the choices local communities have democratically made for themselves is an acceptable price to pay as long as it incentivizes the property values of lots bought by corporate developers.
It’s a one-size-fits-all approach that dismisses the expressed preferences for the lives many working families aspire to live. It also, ultimately, goes against the key aspect of political liberty which allows diverse and differing suburbs the freedom to enact laws that reflect the interests of the people who live there—in other words, people in communities, deciding together how they will live.
Kind of sounds like America to me.


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Bill O’Reilly: What’s the Matter?

Bill O’Reilly: What’s the Matter?

A friend of mine has a sign on his lawn that says “ Black Lives Matter.
” Since I grew up with him in Levittown , New York , where blacks were not allowed to purchase homes , that piqued my interest .
He explained to me that justice is important to him and he believes African-Americans are denied a fair shake in America .
Millions of people believe that and their opinions should be respected .
I see the justice issue as more about poverty than skin color at this point in history .
My opinion should be respected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ friend if he was aware of the philosophy behind the Black Lives Matter movement .
I mean a sign is one thing , a well thought out political plan is quite something else .
Most Americans , including my boyhood chum , have no clue .
Enter Alicia Garza , one of the founders of the Black Lives Matter Global Foundation and a proud Marxist , and we ’ re not talking Groucho here .
Nope , Alicia is a follower of Karl Marx , one of the architects of communism .
She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also an “ opinion contributor ” for USA Today and she lays it all out there - if you read between the lines .
On August 30 , Alicia Garza wrote this : “ We are in the midst of a black rebellion , spurred by decades of unequal treatment and undue violence against our communities ... “ My work is about uprooting structural racism from every aspect of our society - our economy , our government and our communities.
” You can read “ uprooting ” as “ overthrowing ” because that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Global Foundation wants to do .
The well thought out plan is to use racial disenchantment to batter the entire “ white ” power structure and eventually destroy the capitalistic system .
It could work because few understand the end game including the Democratic Party , and more than a few corporations that are pumping millions of donated dollars into the Black Lives Matter “ movement.
” The smoke signals are key .
The far left including BLM are now demanding “ economic ” justice .
That means onerous taxation on the affluent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a series of “ wealth taxes.
” Then there ’ s “ housing justice.
” That means the government pays for sheltering low-income Americans .
“ Education justice ” means free college .
“ Worker justice ” means guaranteed jobs and a “ living wage.
” You get the idea .
A central government run by “ woke ” activists would provide pretty much everything and would confiscate private and corporate wealth to pay for it .
So that ’ s what ’ s in play and , again , the pro athletes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporate virtue-signalers have no blankin ’ clue .
However , some in the media do understand , but will not report the truth for fear their bosses will harm them .
So the next time you see a BLM sign please consider there is much more to this movement than words on paper or graffiti on a wall .
Marxism is now being slyly mainstreamed in America .
Somebody resurrect Paul Revere .

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bonginoreport--2020-09-06--Gold Star Husband Pushes Back Against Anti-Trump Hit Piece in “The Atlantic”

Retired Army officer Joe Kent , a gold star husband whose wife Shannon Kent was killed in 2019 in Syria , writes in an OpEd that President Trump respects troops and showed it when he visited with Kent as he waited for his wife 's body to arrive at Dover Air Force Base .
“ I ’ m so sorry for your loss .
Shannon was an amazing woman and warrior , ” Kent quoted the president as saying .
“ Shannon was the real deal , we are lucky to have people like her willing to go out there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump told him .
The widower said that the president spoke with him and expressed genuine care : `` Together , as we waited for the plane that would bring Shannon home , we spent another 20 minutes talking about my wife , our children and what an amazing mother , wife , and soldier she was , '' Kent wrote .
`` It was clear to me that President Trump truly cared — not just that Shannon and three others had been killed in Syria , but about who Shannon and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kent also said that Trump solicited his opinion about the U.S. military 's involvement in Syria .
`` Then the president did something that I did not expect : he asked me what I thought about Syria and what we were doing there .
He talked to me — a Green Beret and a combat veteran , not some expert at the Pentagon or a think tank — about the wisdom of leaving troops in harm 's way once ISIS ’ s territorial caliphate had been destroyed .
It was clear to me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ staying in Syria was worth the lives lost — Shannon and her three colleagues — on that day in January , '' Kent wrote .
He said that at a later date he went to an event with the president and spoke to `` members of his staff and family about foreign policy and Gold Star family issues , such as the casualty assistance officer program and changing Defense Department regulations in Shannon ’ s honor . ''
Kent , who is a board member of Military Families for Trump , explained that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remarks about members of the military as alleged last week in an article quoting anonymous sources in a magazine owned by a major Democrat donor .
Trump has pushed back against the allegation that he made negative remarks about deceased military members—one of the alleged remarks is that Trump said an American cemetery in France is `` filled with losers . ''
`` So , when I read the anonymous allegations this week that President Trump spoke disparagingly of our troops , I knew they simply weren ’ t true — or were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to hurt him before the election , '' Kent said .
`` President Trump ’ s actions have shown our troops more respect than any president in my lifetime .
His use of decisive military force only when absolutely necessary , combined with his reluctance to use the military as the sole tool of foreign policy , is not only good and smart , but the sign of utmost respect for the lives of our troops , '' Kent wrote .

Retired Army officer Joe Kent, a gold star husband whose wife Shannon Kent was killed in 2019 in Syria, writes in an OpEd that President Trump respects troops and showed it when he visited with Kent as he waited for his wife's body to arrive at Dover Air Force Base.
“I’m so sorry for your loss. Shannon was an amazing woman and warrior,” Kent quoted the president as saying. “Shannon was the real deal, we are lucky to have people like her willing to go out there and face evil for us,” Trump told him.
The widower said that the president spoke with him and expressed genuine care: "Together, as we waited for the plane that would bring Shannon home, we spent another 20 minutes talking about my wife, our children and what an amazing mother, wife, and soldier she was," Kent wrote. "It was clear to me that President Trump truly cared — not just that Shannon and three others had been killed in Syria, but about who Shannon and the three others were as people."
Kent also said that Trump solicited his opinion about the U.S. military's involvement in Syria.
"Then the president did something that I did not expect: he asked me what I thought about Syria and what we were doing there. He talked to me — a Green Beret and a combat veteran, not some expert at the Pentagon or a think tank — about the wisdom of leaving troops in harm's way once ISIS’s territorial caliphate had been destroyed. It was clear to me that he was deeply conflicted about whether staying in Syria was worth the lives lost — Shannon and her three colleagues — on that day in January," Kent wrote.
He said that at a later date he went to an event with the president and spoke to "members of his staff and family about foreign policy and Gold Star family issues, such as the casualty assistance officer program and changing Defense Department regulations in Shannon’s honor."
Kent, who is a board member of Military Families for Trump, explained that he does not believe Trump delivered negative remarks about members of the military as alleged last week in an article quoting anonymous sources in a magazine owned by a major Democrat donor.
Trump has pushed back against the allegation that he made negative remarks about deceased military members—one of the alleged remarks is that Trump said an American cemetery in France is "filled with losers."
"So, when I read the anonymous allegations this week that President Trump spoke disparagingly of our troops, I knew they simply weren’t true — or were taken completely out of context in order to hurt him before the election," Kent said.
"President Trump’s actions have shown our troops more respect than any president in my lifetime. His use of decisive military force only when absolutely necessary, combined with his reluctance to use the military as the sole tool of foreign policy, is not only good and smart, but the sign of utmost respect for the lives of our troops," Kent wrote.


bonginoreport--2020-09-06--Wall Street May Empty Out in Post-Pandemic World

People say , `` NYC has been through worse '' or `` NYC has ...

Wall Street could soon become a home office and a computer.
The big brokerage firms and banks that are headquartered in New York City aren’t going to admit this publicly, at least not yet. With the COVID pandemic waning here in the Big Apple, banks have announced that their return-to-work plans will begin roughly after Labor Day, with about half their employees returning to the city by the end of the year, and the rest sometime in possibly early 2021.
Privately, however, bank executives are much more tentative about when they expect to operate at full force, and it’s not just worries about a second wave of COVID that’s causing this reassessment.
Like most of Corporate America, the banks did just fine with most of its employees working from home during the pandemic. And banks are brutally efficient at cutting costs — which is why every major bank, whether they admit it or not, is rethinking how many of its people really need to work from an office, and how much rent they have to pay.
The financial sector (banks, securities firms, real estate and insurance) employs around 500,000 people according to the New York State Comptroller’s office, and nearly all the big banks are headquartered in Manhattan. Even a modest shift in employment out of the city could have severe economic implications on top of the ones the city faces with rich people (that is, the people who pay most of the taxes) leaving in droves.
To be fair, Wall Street hasn’t really been Wall Street for a long time; most of the big firms moved from their lower Manhattan digs long ago. They’ve found better real estate in Midtown, or, in the case of Goldman Sachs, a posh new headquarters along the Hudson River just north of Battery Park.
Yes there’s still the New York Stock Exchange, the iconic facade on the corner of Wall and Broad. But inside the beautiful edifice, only a handful of traders remain; most of its stock sales are executed electronically on servers located in New Jersey. The floor of the Big Board has been largely transformed (at least before social distancing) into a studio for financial news.
Technology played a role in this transition — there was no need for firms to be in proximity to the NYSE or each other as paper was replaced by computers, and there was a need for workers to be near major transportation hubs uptown, such as Penn Station and Grand Central.
The 9/11 terrorist attacks also forced the bank chiefs to rethink having so many people crammed into one place. NYSE floor traders have been replaced by computers and algorithms.
But the pandemic and the lockdown of New York City has sparked another transition that had been building for some time. Rents in Midtown have been skyrocketing, while technology has been making working from home easier and more efficient for the past decade.
Bandwidth speeds have increased dramatically (as James Altucher pointed out in his controversial essay about the decline of the city) meaning plenty of Wall Streeters could work from their Hamptons home throughout the summer, and many were doing that even before COVID forced them to.
And the firms soon figured out that high-priced bankers weren’t the only employees that could work efficiently from outside the office. People in human resources, public relations, legal and financial advisers have been performing their jobs during the pandemic better than before, bank executives concede.
Financial advisers — working from home — spend less time at the bar, fewer hours at fancy New York City restaurants, and more time helping their clients position their portfolios because Zoom allows them to get down to business without having to dip into an expense account. At UBS, brokers are saying that they doubt they will have to return to their Midtown home before April 2021, if ever.
Does this mean the big New York banks will leave the city tomorrow? No, in fact, real estate will likely be boosted by social distancing procedures that banks and other Manhattan-centric businesses must adopt for their so-called essential employees — think computer programmers who need to be in the office and traders who need technology that can’t yet be replicated on a home computer.
So they can’t simply downsize to smaller offices next month, I am told.
Meanwhile, many bank employees want to come back to work. They miss the camaraderie of the office, and Zoom meetings just don’t do it for every client. “We want to get as many people back as soon as possible,” one senior bank executive told me. “Or we may see a lot of employees getting divorced.”
But social distancing won’t last forever. The post-pandemic city — with high crime and closed restaurants and shops — is a far different, less appealing place to work than it had been.
More importantly bank executives are good at numbers, which are telling them that less travel, unused expense accounts, and smaller, cheaper offices in Manhattan or wherever (I keep hearing Nashville and Denver), means more money for their bottom line. And while traders need to be in the office now, pretty soon a massive order could be done on an iPhone.
And when that happens, Wall Street will really be gone forever.


bonginoreport--2020-09-06--Tucker Carlson’s Ratings Surge Amidst Leftist Calls for Boycotts

Tucker Carlson ’ s ratings continue to soar , deepening a current trend of Carlson being more popular than the @ @ @ @ @ current ratings are almost twice those of the NBA as of yesterday .
The NBA @ @ @ @ @ down since the delayed start of their season , due to issues related directly and @ @ @ @ @ However , their ratings are continuing to plummet , due to , as many would @ @ @ @ @ increasing politicization , and the resulting postponement and cancellation of key playoff games .
Many @ @ @ @ @ media to say that they are indeed abandoning the league they feel abandoned them as @ @ @ @ @ .
On the other hand , this has been an absolute banner year for Carlson @ @ @ @ @ in general .
They have been consistently outperforming their competitors all throughout 2020 , and @ @ @ @ @ most watched network in the US .
It is possible that people are simply tired @ @ @ @ @ messaging from organizations like the NBA , and are voting with their feet .

Tucker Carlson’s ratings continue to soar, deepening a current trend of Carlson being more popular than the NBA these days. His current ratings are almost twice those of the NBA as of yesterday.
Tucker Carlson had nearly 4.8 million viewers for his Thursday night show.
The most watched NBA game of the night had 2.57 million viewers.
America loves Tucker, and people don't seem to care about the NBA. — David Hookstead (@dhookstead) September 5, 2020
The NBA’s ratings were already down since the delayed start of their season, due to issues related directly and indirectly to the pandemic.
However, their ratings are continuing to plummet, due to, as many would argue, issues regarding their increasing politicization, and the resulting postponement and cancellation of key playoff games. Many fans have taken to social media to say that they are indeed abandoning the league they feel abandoned them as (past) loyal fans.
On the other hand, this has been an absolute banner year for Carlson specifically, and for Fox in general. They have been consistently outperforming their competitors all throughout 2020, and are currently by far the most watched network in the US.
It's clear @TuckerCarlson has hit another gear as he pulls away from his competition. 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' is now the highest rated news show in history and that drives #FakeNews absolutely bonkers.
Well done! #MAGA #FoxNews #SundayMorning #SundayMotivation #SundayThoughts pic.twitter.com/a6WV0DxhNM — Michael Nöthem (@mikandynothem) September 6, 2020
It is possible that people are simply tired of the constant social justice messaging from organizations like the NBA, and are voting with their feet.


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Italy’s Competition and Market Authority Investigates Cloud Services of Apple, Google and Dropbox

Italy 's competition authority announced Monday it 's looking into cloud storage services run by Apple , Dropbox and Google after hearing several complaints about allegedly unfair commercial practices .
The Competition and Market Authority said it has launched six total investigations into Google Drive , Apple 's iCloud and DropBox .
The agency is investigating whether the three companies failed to properly indicate how their services would collect and use consumer data for commercial purposes , according to a translated press release .
It also seeks to determine whether Dropbox failed to provide clear and accessible instructions on how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the service or pursue dispute settlements out of court .
The probe comes in the wake of a larger push by the European Union for tech companies to clarify their terms and conditions and provide greater privacy protections for consumers .
Last year , Facebook agreed to change its terms and conditions under pressure from EU officials .
In July , Italian officials raided local offices of Apple and Amazon as part of a separate competition probe .
That inquiry seeks to determine whether Apple and Amazon engaged in anti-competitive cooperation in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ headphones .
Representatives for Apple , Dropbox and Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment .
WATCH : How US antitrust law works , and what it means for Big Tech

Italy's competition authority announced Monday it's looking into cloud storage services run by Apple , Dropbox and Google after hearing several complaints about allegedly unfair commercial practices.
The Competition and Market Authority said it has launched six total investigations into Google Drive, Apple's iCloud and DropBox.
The agency is investigating whether the three companies failed to properly indicate how their services would collect and use consumer data for commercial purposes, according to a translated press release. It also seeks to determine whether Dropbox failed to provide clear and accessible instructions on how consumers could get out of their contracts with the service or pursue dispute settlements out of court.
The probe comes in the wake of a larger push by the European Union for tech companies to clarify their terms and conditions and provide greater privacy protections for consumers. Last year, Facebook agreed to change its terms and conditions under pressure from EU officials.
In July, Italian officials raided local offices of Apple and Amazon as part of a separate competition probe. That inquiry seeks to determine whether Apple and Amazon engaged in anti-competitive cooperation in the sale of Apple products and Beats headphones.
Representatives for Apple, Dropbox and Google did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Bernie’s Plan to Forcibly Remove Trump Should He Lose Gains Support From Chuck Schumer

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer ( D-NY ) tweeted an article from Politico in which Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-VT ) said that America needed to plan for President Donald Trump ’ s refusal to leave office , under the assumption he loses the election .
Schumer added approvingly : “ This is important : I ’ m standing side-by-side with @ SenSanders to make sure we have a plan if President Trump refuses to leave office.
” President Trump has already said that he would leave office and go on to do “ other things ” if he lost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spun a conspiracy theory in which he would refuse to accept the election results .
As Politico reported : Sanders is planning a series of actions aimed at raising awareness of the possibility of Trump resisting leaving office if he does not win .
The senator will give a speech on the issue in the near future , and send an email to his massive list of supporters about the topic on Friday .
“ What we have got to do in the next two months is to alert the American people about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in order to prepare them for that possibility and talk about what we do if that happens , ” he said .
According to an embargoed copy of his coming email , Sanders is planning to state , “ This is not just a ‘ constitutional crisis.
’ This is a threat to everything this country stands for.
” It is unclear what , exactly , Sanders and the Democrats hope to achieve .
The idea that Trump would not leave office could be a way to drive voter turnout by casting Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ done for the past four years .
It could also be used as a cover for Democrats to refuse to accept the results of the November election if Trump wins .
The “ Russia collusion ” hoax , which vastest several years , was an outgrowth of Democrats ’ refusal to accept that Trump won the election in 2016 .
Or the theory could be used to justify drastic actions by Democrats in the new year , if they win .
They have already said that they intend to end the filibuster , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , add new states ( and hence Democratic Senators ) , and possibly pack the courts .
Casting Trump as a dictator might be a way to argue that radical changes are necessary .
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m .
ET ( 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT ) .
His new book , RED NOVEMBER , tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship .
Follow him on Twitter at @ joelpollak .

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) tweeted an article from Politico in which Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said that America needed to plan for President Donald Trump’s refusal to leave office, under the assumption he loses the election.
Schumer added approvingly: “This is important: I’m standing side-by-side with @SenSanders to make sure we have a plan if President Trump refuses to leave office.”
President Trump has already said that he would leave office and go on to do “other things” if he lost the election. Yet his opponents have spun a conspiracy theory in which he would refuse to accept the election results. As Politico reported:
Sanders is planning a series of actions aimed at raising awareness of the possibility of Trump resisting leaving office if he does not win. The senator will give a speech on the issue in the near future, and send an email to his massive list of supporters about the topic on Friday. “What we have got to do in the next two months is to alert the American people about what that nightmarish scenario might look like in order to prepare them for that possibility and talk about what we do if that happens,” he said. According to an embargoed copy of his coming email, Sanders is planning to state, “This is not just a ‘constitutional crisis.’ This is a threat to everything this country stands for.”
It is unclear what, exactly, Sanders and the Democrats hope to achieve. The idea that Trump would not leave office could be a way to drive voter turnout by casting Trump as a dictator, something they have done for the past four years. It could also be used as a cover for Democrats to refuse to accept the results of the November election if Trump wins. The “Russia collusion” hoax, which vastest several years, was an outgrowth of Democrats’ refusal to accept that Trump won the election in 2016.
Or the theory could be used to justify drastic actions by Democrats in the new year, if they win. They have already said that they intend to end the filibuster, give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, add new states (and hence Democratic Senators), and possibly pack the courts. Casting Trump as a dictator might be a way to argue that radical changes are necessary.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). His new book, RED NOVEMBER, tells the story of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary from a conservative perspective. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Nigel Farage Questions Whether British Conservative Party is Actually Conservative

Nigel Farage has questioned whether the Conservative Party is “ conservative ” at all , following its failure to handle the English Channel migrant crisis and for having “ bowed ” to the “ woke agenda ” during months of protests by the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement .
Brexit Watch ’ s Jonathan Saxty spoke to the veteran Eurosceptic on Sunday , asking him whether he still had faith in the Conservative government , which Britons elected into power in December 2019 with an 80-seat majority — the largest Conservative government since Margaret Thatcher was re-elected in 1987 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ they conservative ?
” Mr Farage responded .
“ They look like a bunch of metro-liberals .
How can it be Churchill ’ s statue ’ s been vandalised , public statues being chucked in the dock in Bristol ?
The Cenotaph has been desecrated .
And the government says nothing , ' ” the Brexit Party leader said .
The government failed to give a robust defence of Britain ’ s history when in early summer monuments remained unguarded and under attack by far-left Antifa and Black Lives Matter demonstrators , Prime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weak defence of Winston Churchill , whose statue was defaced with graffiti calling the wartime prime minister who fought fascism a “ racist ” .
Rather than unequivocally defending Churchill and his monument , Boris had said in early June that while Sir Winston had protected Europe “ from a fascist and racist tyranny ” and deserves commemoration , “ he sometimes expressed opinions that were and are unacceptable to us today ” .
“ They have bowed down before the woke agenda , ” Mr Farage said on Sunday .
Perhaps the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ’ s surrender came the following month when Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that all Home Office staff would be forced to take courses on the history of race and migration to make the department in charge of border control “ more compassionate ” .
However , this would not be the first introduction of critical race theory to Britain ’ s permanent bureaucracy , as author Charles Moore has revealed that the Civil Service has “ explicitly anti-white ” doctrines already embedded in it and senior mandarins ’ support for Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idiosyncratic ‘ one-off ' ” .
Mr Farage blamed Johnson , his senior advisor Dominic Cummings , and “ perhaps a bit of Michael Gove ” for the construction of the Cabinet , which he said is populated with “ kids with rich daddies who played with politics at university ” and political “ lightweights ” who will “ do as they ’ re told ” .
However , the prime minister himself suggested that his recent wetness on cultural Marxism has been the fault of his advisors , who have been pressuring @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any notably conservative way .
When the BLM activists at the BBC had tried to ban the lyrics to “ Rule , Britannia !
” and “ Land of Hope and Glory ” , Mr Johnson responded that while “ they ” ( perhaps his advisors ) are “ trying to restrain me from saying this ” , “ I think it ’ s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history , about our traditions , and about our culture , and we stopped this general bought of self-recrimination and wetness.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that one un-conservative facet of Johnson ’ s political personality could halt efforts to get legal and illegal mass migration under control .
Unless Amnesty Boris does a “ personal u-turn and ditches his metropolitan liberal views ” on immigration , he may begin to lose the support of Conservative voters , with 97 per cent of them saying that they were concerned about the migrant crisis in the English Channel .
“ Legal and illegal immigration are running at all-time highs .
That doesn ’ t just damage the government on confidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Mr Farage said .

Nigel Farage has questioned whether the Conservative Party is “conservative” at all, following its failure to handle the English Channel migrant crisis and for having “bowed” to the “woke agenda” during months of protests by the Marxist Black Lives Matter movement.
Brexit Watch’s Jonathan Saxty spoke to the veteran Eurosceptic on Sunday, asking him whether he still had faith in the Conservative government, which Britons elected into power in December 2019 with an 80-seat majority — the largest Conservative government since Margaret Thatcher was re-elected in 1987.
“What Conservative government? How are they conservative?” Mr Farage responded.
“They look like a bunch of metro-liberals. How can it be Churchill’s statue’s been vandalised, public statues being chucked in the dock in Bristol? The Cenotaph has been desecrated. And the government says nothing,'” the Brexit Party leader said.
The government failed to give a robust defence of Britain’s history when in early summer monuments remained unguarded and under attack by far-left Antifa and Black Lives Matter demonstrators, Prime Minister Boris Johnson initially only giving a weak defence of Winston Churchill, whose statue was defaced with graffiti calling the wartime prime minister who fought fascism a “racist”.
Rather than unequivocally defending Churchill and his monument, Boris had said in early June that while Sir Winston had protected Europe “from a fascist and racist tyranny” and deserves commemoration, “he sometimes expressed opinions that were and are unacceptable to us today”.
“They have bowed down before the woke agenda,” Mr Farage said on Sunday.
Perhaps the most overt expression of the notionally conservative government’s surrender came the following month when Home Secretary Priti Patel announced that all Home Office staff would be forced to take courses on the history of race and migration to make the department in charge of border control “more compassionate”.
However, this would not be the first introduction of critical race theory to Britain’s permanent bureaucracy, as author Charles Moore has revealed that the Civil Service has “explicitly anti-white” doctrines already embedded in it and senior mandarins’ support for Black Lives Matter is certainly not “an idiosyncratic ‘one-off'”.
Farage, Douglas Murray Slam Govt for Failing to Defend Monuments During BLM Protests https://t.co/vcvgrdFP3P — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) September 3, 2020
Mr Farage blamed Johnson, his senior advisor Dominic Cummings, and “perhaps a bit of Michael Gove” for the construction of the Cabinet, which he said is populated with “kids with rich daddies who played with politics at university” and political “lightweights” who will “do as they’re told”.
However, the prime minister himself suggested that his recent wetness on cultural Marxism has been the fault of his advisors, who have been pressuring him to refrain from coming out in any notably conservative way.
When the BLM activists at the BBC had tried to ban the lyrics to “Rule, Britannia!” and “Land of Hope and Glory”, Mr Johnson responded that while “they” (perhaps his advisors) are “trying to restrain me from saying this”, “I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stopped this general bought of self-recrimination and wetness.”
Mr Farage warned, however, that one un-conservative facet of Johnson’s political personality could halt efforts to get legal and illegal mass migration under control. Unless Amnesty Boris does a “personal u-turn and ditches his metropolitan liberal views” on immigration, he may begin to lose the support of Conservative voters, with 97 per cent of them saying that they were concerned about the migrant crisis in the English Channel.
“Legal and illegal immigration are running at all-time highs. That doesn’t just damage the government on confidence, it damages the government on trust,” Mr Farage said.
Farage: Middle England Will Lose Hope in Boris on Law and Order, Migration https://t.co/erAaNYXQeO — Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) August 14, 2020


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--After Alleged Poisoning, Putin Rival Now Out of Coma

Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny awoke from a coma after an apparent poisoning .
Navalny , who was flown to a German hospital after allegedly being poisoned in August , is awake and responding to verbal stimuli , according to doctors .
They said that the long-term effects of his poisoning have yet to be determined .
“ The patient has been removed from his medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation , ” Berlin ’ s Charite hospital told the Associated Press in a statement .
” He is responding to verbal stimuli .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning.
” German authorities said that medical tests concluded “ proof without doubt ” that Navalny was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group , which British authorities found was used on others .
Navalny became unconscious during a flight between Russian cities , which his team said was the result of a `` toxic poisoning . ''
He was put on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the hospital .
Navalny 's team suspected he was poisoned while in prison , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It 's different symptoms , obviously a different toxin , but obviously this was done to him intentionally , '' said Navalny spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh on a Russian radio station .

Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny awoke from a coma after an apparent poisoning.
Navalny, who was flown to a German hospital after allegedly being poisoned in August, is awake and responding to verbal stimuli, according to doctors. They said that the long-term effects of his poisoning have yet to be determined.
“The patient has been removed from his medically induced coma and is being weaned off mechanical ventilation,” Berlin’s Charite hospital told the Associated Press in a statement. ”He is responding to verbal stimuli. It remains too early to gauge the potential long-term effects of his severe poisoning.”
German authorities said that medical tests concluded “proof without doubt” that Navalny was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent from the Novichok group, which British authorities found was used on others. Navalny became unconscious during a flight between Russian cities, which his team said was the result of a "toxic poisoning." He was put on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the hospital.
Navalny's team suspected he was poisoned while in prison, though with a different substance.
“It's different symptoms, obviously a different toxin, but obviously this was done to him intentionally," said Navalny spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh on a Russian radio station.


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo Ejected by Lead Umpire for Not Wearing a Mask and Yelling at Offi

Washington Nationals GM Mike Rizzo Ejected by Lead Umpire for Not Wearing a Mask and Yelling at Officials

A Major League Baseball general manager was thrown out of a game on Sunday after not wearing a face covering and yelling at officials while standing in an empty box suite .
Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo could be seen not wearing a mask throughout the game as he sat in a private suite overlooking the diamond .
During the seventh inning , umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was heard yelling , `` You 're out , '' as he pointed to Rizzo above the field .
Lead umpire Joe West , who later said that Rizzo had been shouting at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ security to eject Rizzo from the suite .
“ I wouldn ’ t take that from a player , '' West said .
`` I wouldn ’ t take that from a manager .
If it was Donald Trump , I ’ d eject him , too .
But I ’ d still vote for him.
” It was initially reported that Rizzo was thrown out for not wearing a mask , but officials pointed to his arguing with umpires .
West himself has been outspoken about his lack of concern for catching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shuttered businesses across the United States in the past six months .
“ If this game hasn ’ t gotten me by now , no virus is going to get me , ” West said in July .
“ I ’ ve weathered a bunch of storms in my life .
I ’ ll weather another one.
” During a postgame interview , Nationals manager Davey Martinez said that he was confused about why Rizzo had been ejected .
“ Somebody screamed .
Honestly , I didn ’ t even hear it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the game .
Joe West went over .
I know MLB is going to take a look at what happened .
I don ’ t know the details of anything.
” The outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S. occurred just as baseball teams were preparing to begin the 2020 season , and the league has struggled to contain the virus among some teams .

A Major League Baseball general manager was thrown out of a game on Sunday after not wearing a face covering and yelling at officials while standing in an empty box suite.
Washington Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo could be seen not wearing a mask throughout the game as he sat in a private suite overlooking the diamond. During the seventh inning, umpire Hunter Wendelstedt was heard yelling, "You're out," as he pointed to Rizzo above the field.
Lead umpire Joe West, who later said that Rizzo had been shouting at the crew throughout the game, called security to eject Rizzo from the suite.
“I wouldn’t take that from a player," West said. "I wouldn’t take that from a manager. If it was Donald Trump, I’d eject him, too. But I’d still vote for him.”
Umpire Joe West called security to apparently eject Nationals GM Mike Rizzo for not wearing a mask. pic.twitter.com/9fCYJOWJaI — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 7, 2020
It was initially reported that Rizzo was thrown out for not wearing a mask, but officials pointed to his arguing with umpires.
West himself has been outspoken about his lack of concern for catching the highly contagious virus, which has shuttered businesses across the United States in the past six months.
“If this game hasn’t gotten me by now, no virus is going to get me,” West said in July. “I’ve weathered a bunch of storms in my life. I’ll weather another one.”
During a postgame interview, Nationals manager Davey Martinez said that he was confused about why Rizzo had been ejected.
“Somebody screamed. Honestly, I didn’t even hear it,” Martinez said. “They stopped the game. Joe West went over. I know MLB is going to take a look at what happened. I don’t know the details of anything.”
The outbreak of COVID-19 in the U.S. occurred just as baseball teams were preparing to begin the 2020 season, and the league has struggled to contain the virus among some teams.


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Coronavirus or Not, Tokyo Olympics Will Happen in 2021 as Planned

The Tokyo Summer Olympics will go forward despite the coronavirus , International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates told Agence France-Presse Monday , as Olympics officials still scramble to figure out what the postponed summer games will look like amid the Covid-19 pandemic .
Coates said the summer games will start as planned on July 23 , 2021 “ with or without Covid , ” after being postponed for a year amid the pandemic .
Public health experts have been skeptical that the games can take place as planned unless a vaccine is widely available around the world , even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intend to go forward with or without a vaccine .
What the 2021 Olympics could look like with coronavirus restrictions still remains in flux , though officials have said they want the event to be held with at least a limited number of spectators .
A University of Oxford study found the Tokyo games are already the most expensive summer games of all time—already exceeding 200 % of its planned costs—with costs still expected to go higher amid the delay .
Officials have said that if the Tokyo Olympics do not take place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be canceled entirely , rather than further postponed .
“ These will be the Games that conquered Covid , the light at the end of the tunnel , ” Coates told AFP .
23.9 % .
That ’ s the percentage of people in Japan who actually favor holding the Olympics next year as planned , according to a Kyodo News survey conducted in July .
A survey from Tokyo Shoko Research also found that out of nearly 13,000 Japanese companies surveyed , only 46.2 % wanted the games to go forward in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they should be canceled and 25.8 % wanted them to be further postponed .
Health experts have been warning that the timeline for holding the Olympics amid the pandemic may make it impossible to safely hold the summer games , with George Washington University global health professor Ronald Waldman telling USA Today he doesn ’ t “ see it happening ” given the virus is still “ very , very likely ” to continue spreading around the world in early 2021 .
“ The major concern is not just the holding of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ logistically almost impossible , ” Waldman said .
“ But when you factor in all of the time that ’ s required up front , the lead-up time for both organizers and the athletes , I just can ’ t imagine that could all happen.
” The Tokyo Olympics , originally scheduled to take place in July , were postponed in March as the Covid-19 pandemic spread rapidly around the world .
The Olympics had never previously been postponed during peacetime , and the games have only ever historically been cancelled due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1944 .
Tokyo Olympics : Games will go ahead 'with or without Covid ' , says IOC VP ( BBC ) Tokyo Olympics will go ahead 'with or without Covid ' - IOC 's Coates ( AFP ) As COVID-19 pandemic rages on , experts say it 's unlikely Tokyo Olympics can be held next summer ( USA Today ) The Tokyo Olympics Will Open a Year From Now .
Maybe .
( New York Times ) Tokyo 2020 : Olympics and Paralympics may have 'limited spectators ' ( BBC ) Full coverage @ @ @ @ @ @

TOPLINE
The Tokyo Summer Olympics will go forward despite the coronavirus, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates told Agence France-Presse Monday, as Olympics officials still scramble to figure out what the postponed summer games will look like amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Olympic Rings and a statue of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the International Olympic ... [+] Committee, at Japan Sport Olympic Square in Tokyo on April 20, 2020. (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images
KEY FACTS
Coates said the summer games will start as planned on July 23, 2021 “with or without Covid,” after being postponed for a year amid the pandemic. Public health experts have been skeptical that the games can take place as planned unless a vaccine is widely available around the world, even as Olympics officials have previously said they intend to go forward with or without a vaccine. What the 2021 Olympics could look like with coronavirus restrictions still remains in flux, though officials have said they want the event to be held with at least a limited number of spectators. A University of Oxford study found the Tokyo games are already the most expensive summer games of all time—already exceeding 200% of its planned costs—with costs still expected to go higher amid the delay. Officials have said that if the Tokyo Olympics do not take place in 2021, they are likely to be canceled entirely, rather than further postponed.
Crucial Quote
“These will be the Games that conquered Covid, the light at the end of the tunnel,” Coates told AFP.
Big Number
23.9%. That’s the percentage of people in Japan who actually favor holding the Olympics next year as planned, according to a Kyodo News survey conducted in July. A survey from Tokyo Shoko Research also found that out of nearly 13,000 Japanese companies surveyed, only 46.2% wanted the games to go forward in some way, while 27.8% thought they should be canceled and 25.8% wanted them to be further postponed.
Chief Critic
Health experts have been warning that the timeline for holding the Olympics amid the pandemic may make it impossible to safely hold the summer games, with George Washington University global health professor Ronald Waldman telling USA Today he doesn’t “see it happening” given the virus is still “very, very likely” to continue spreading around the world in early 2021. “The major concern is not just the holding of the event itself, which I think is logistically almost impossible,” Waldman said. “But when you factor in all of the time that’s required up front, the lead-up time for both organizers and the athletes, I just can’t imagine that could all happen.”
Key Background
The Tokyo Olympics, originally scheduled to take place in July, were postponed in March as the Covid-19 pandemic spread rapidly around the world. The Olympics had never previously been postponed during peacetime, and the games have only ever historically been cancelled due to war, in 1916, 1940 and 1944.
Further Reading
Tokyo Olympics: Games will go ahead 'with or without Covid', says IOC VP (BBC)
Tokyo Olympics will go ahead 'with or without Covid' - IOC's Coates (AFP)
Tokyo Olympics: Coronavirus risk raises questions over 2021 Games (BBC)
As COVID-19 pandemic rages on, experts say it's unlikely Tokyo Olympics can be held next summer (USA Today)
The Tokyo Olympics Will Open a Year From Now. Maybe. (New York Times)
Tokyo 2020: Olympics and Paralympics may have 'limited spectators' (BBC)
Full coverage and live updates on the Coronavirus


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--BLM Activists Harass Random Pittsburgh Citizens

BLM activists took to the streets of Pittsburgh on Saturday , harassing an elderly couple and other diners , and assaulting a cyclist with a skateboard .
An anti-police march was reportedly scheduled for Pittsburgh on Saturday , which featured agitators marching through the streets , stopping to harass diners at an outdoor restaurant .
They hurled obscenities at an elderly couple who were enjoying their meal .
A mob surrounded the couple , with one man flipping them off and yelling at them .
A large woman with a `` Nazi Lives Do n't Matter '' shirt shortly after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ off of the couple 's table and drank it before smashing dishes to the ground .
The footage was widely shared on social media , with the parallels being noted between the BLM mob attacking restaurants in Pittsburgh , Washington , DC , and Rochester , NY .
The sounds of smashing glasses and dishes can be heard over the shouting and drumming from the march .
A BLM demonstrator who had harassed the diners also screamed through a megaphone at a cyclist , who turned around to slap the megaphone out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind the cyclist clobbered him over the head with a skateboard before chasing him farther down the street .
This kind of behavior is not unusual for BLM , who attacked restaurant patrons in Rochester , New York after renewed anger over the death of Daniel Prude—a man who died in March during a police-involved incident .
The BLM chapter also thought it would be a clever idea to incorporate a shield system , where those with the lightest skin would be on the frontlines in order to protect those with darker skin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from The Post Millennial stated that `` it is supposed that the idea behind this is either that the police will be less willing to attack white protestors during a riot , or that white people are more deserving of the full effects of the tear gas and impact weapons used by police once a riot has been declared . ''
BLM demonstrators in DC surrounded patrons of a restaurant at the end of August , raising their fists in solidarity for their movement , demanding that the woman join them in raising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the mob continued yelling in her face , unwilling to leave her alone .
A similar incident happened just a few days later , where a mob aggressively used megaphones to disrupt a peaceful group of patrons sitting outside a restaurant to enjoy an evening meal .
Demands were made by the mob for those at the restaurant to join their cause .

BLM activists took to the streets of Pittsburgh on Saturday, harassing an elderly couple and other diners, and assaulting a cyclist with a skateboard.
An anti-police march was reportedly scheduled for Pittsburgh on Saturday, which featured agitators marching through the streets, stopping to harass diners at an outdoor restaurant. They hurled obscenities at an elderly couple who were enjoying their meal.
A mob surrounded the couple, with one man flipping them off and yelling at them. A large woman with a "Nazi Lives Don't Matter" shirt shortly after approached the couple and took a glass off of the couple's table and drank it before smashing dishes to the ground.
The footage was widely shared on social media, with the parallels being noted between the BLM mob attacking restaurants in Pittsburgh, Washington, DC, and Rochester, NY. The sounds of smashing glasses and dishes can be heard over the shouting and drumming from the march.
Black Lives Matter activists in Pittsburgh, PA wreck outdoor restaurant and abuse patrons, stealing their drinks and smashing their plates. pic.twitter.com/EIXCanFA85 — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 7, 2020
A BLM demonstrator who had harassed the diners also screamed through a megaphone at a cyclist, who turned around to slap the megaphone out of his face. A third person standing behind the cyclist clobbered him over the head with a skateboard before chasing him farther down the street.
Black Lives Matter activists in Pittsburgh physically assault cyclist after shouting in his ears with a megaphone. pic.twitter.com/hQ2TEB4ISa — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 7, 2020
This kind of behavior is not unusual for BLM, who attacked restaurant patrons in Rochester, New York after renewed anger over the death of Daniel Prude—a man who died in March during a police-involved incident.
#HappeningNow the protesters in Rochester NY are "shutting down restaurants", tables are broken, people running off scared #rochesterprotests pic.twitter.com/oxmlZp526w — @SCOOTERCASTER (FNTV) (@ScooterCasterNY) September 5, 2020
The BLM chapter also thought it would be a clever idea to incorporate a shield system, where those with the lightest skin would be on the frontlines in order to protect those with darker skin from police engagement.
An earlier report from The Post Millennial stated that "it is supposed that the idea behind this is either that the police will be less willing to attack white protestors during a riot, or that white people are more deserving of the full effects of the tear gas and impact weapons used by police once a riot has been declared."
White shields
City Hall - Rochester, NY pic.twitter.com/Zfcp21W8GI — Kitty Shackleford (@KittyLists) September 6, 2020
BLM demonstrators in DC surrounded patrons of a restaurant at the end of August, raising their fists in solidarity for their movement, demanding that the woman join them in raising her fist. Though the woman refused, the mob continued yelling in her face, unwilling to leave her alone.
Here are more protestors on the streets of DC demanding a woman raise her fist against “white supremacy.” They are actually proud of this shaming and bullying. They promote it as a job well done ? pic.twitter.com/mJvL4bEx97 — Asra Q. Nomani (@AsraNomani) August 25, 2020
A similar incident happened just a few days later, where a mob aggressively used megaphones to disrupt a peaceful group of patrons sitting outside a restaurant to enjoy an evening meal. Demands were made by the mob for those at the restaurant to join their cause.


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Conservative Journalists Blamed for Democrat-City Riots

In a shocking display of gaslighting , a new article in MIT Technology Review attempts to make the argument that coverage of riots in independent media is to blame for spreading violence that has been seen across America .
Joan Donovan 's position is that right-wing protestors have been fuelled by `` riot porn '' into taking to the streets themselves to attack , harass the `` mostly peaceful protestors '' who are flooding the streets of the nation .
Donovan blames media coverage of the 2,400 protests that occurred across the country in the wake of George Floyd 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violent riots that erupted from those protests thus far , for the unrest .
Her theory is that the violence was n't documented , then people would n't be so upset , and that this would calm everything down a bit .
Her claim is that he myriad videos that have circulated online showing both BLM and Antifa activists engaging in violent actions against police , diners at restaurants , people driving cars or pumping gas , or shouting demands through megaphones late at night in residential neighbourhoods , are the fault of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Since June , '' she writes , `` right-wing media makers have recorded and circulated videos of violent altercations at protests in cities including New York , Boston , Philadelphia , Los Angeles , and Portland , Oregon .
`` Fed into a media ecosystem with an established bias toward highlighting violence and rioting , the videos have mobilized white militia and vigilante groups to take up arms against Black Lives Matter and 'antifa ' protesters .
This feedback circuit has created a self-fulfilling cycle where white vigilantes feel justified in menacing and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do the same . ''
Donovan believes that if independent journalists did not record the violence , then the violence would not inspire others to be violent as well .
In other words , if we did n't talk about it , it would n't exist .
Donovan specifically blames Andy Ngo of The Post Millennial and Elijah Shaffer of The Blaze for going undercover and reporting from within the militant protests in Portland and Seattle .
These are two of the reporters who have been fearless in covering the unrest that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ metropolitan area in the country .
Ngo , who has been tracking Antifa and their actions toward dismantling democracy for years , has come under fire for that work so many times that he is synonymous with it .
As one of the only journalists covering Antifa while so many others claim that the loosely affiliated organization does not exist , that work has been called into question .
Writers like Donovan do not like to see this work entering mainstream media—which is only happening because the tactics and sheer quantity of Antifa-led @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mainstream media has tried to ignore it , leading to such absurd talking points as CNN ’ s `` fiery but mostly peaceful protests '' line from Omar Jimenez 's reporting in Kenosha , Wisc .
Elijah Schaffer has persisted in reporting on the violence and riots despite mainstream outlets pretending it ’ s not happening .
Schaffer reported from the occupied protest in Seattle , from Chicago , Kenosha , and Portland .
While CNN and other mainstream outlets sought to emphasize the daytime protests and those activists who sought to relay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this to the exclusion of those BLM and Antifa elements that set fires , looted , and harassed and targeted police officers and civilians .
Schaffer caught all of that .
Andy Ngo was brought before both the US House of Representative and the Senate to share his expertise on Antifa , their tactics , and their organization .
Despite his having been assaulted and hospitalized at the hands of a violent mob of Antifa in 2019 , he was gaslit by Senator Mazie Hirono and Rep. Jerry Nadler .
Though Ngo has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nadler and Hirono have stated that Antifa does n't exist .
Mainstream media wants this to be true , Donovan appears to want this to be true .
But it 's a lie , and all of these efforts put into trying to tell the American people that the violence and rioting is merely a small portion of the unrest rocking the nation today are doing more harm to leftist ideas and candidates than they are to those on the right .
Donavan 's argument that media is to blame for the clashes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a narrative that paints rioters as heroic protestors and anyone who opposes their tactics as the enemy .
Donovan is an adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School , and since the lockdown began , she has been writing about the responsibility of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to combat misinformation on COVID-19 .
She condemns these platforms for allowing the spread of information regarding the coronavirus , and then turns her wagging finger at the sites for allowing the spread of information she disagrees with as regards @ @ @ @ @ @ @ key insight into whether or not something is good information or bad information appears to be whether or not she agrees with it .
Like her Democrat lawmaker allies , Donovan is desperate for you to believe that Antifa does n't exist and the BLM riots are `` peaceful . ''
When presented with indisputable evidence that the violence is real and impacts real lives , she shrugs and blames the messenger .
It 's yet another crack in the fissure of establishment , elite society .
And peering through it , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and establishment media types have for truth tellers and the people suffering through this violence and destruction .

In a shocking display of gaslighting, a new article in MIT Technology Review attempts to make the argument that coverage of riots in independent media is to blame for spreading violence that has been seen across America. Joan Donovan's position is that right-wing protestors have been fuelled by "riot porn" into taking to the streets themselves to attack, harass the "mostly peaceful protestors" who are flooding the streets of the nation.
Donovan blames media coverage of the 2,400 protests that occurred across the country in the wake of George Floyd's May 25 death, and the 220 violent riots that erupted from those protests thus far, for the unrest.
Harvard in 2020 ??
“These narratives have been intensified and supplemented by the work of right-wing adversarial media-makers like Elijah Schaffer and Andy Ngo, who collect videos of conflict at public protests and recirculate them to their...audiences”https://t.co/y0y6dkA8Do — ELIJAH RIOT (@ElijahSchaffer) September 7, 2020
Her theory is that the violence wasn't documented, then people wouldn't be so upset, and that this would calm everything down a bit. Her claim is that he myriad videos that have circulated online showing both BLM and Antifa activists engaging in violent actions against police, diners at restaurants, people driving cars or pumping gas, or shouting demands through megaphones late at night in residential neighbourhoods, are the fault of right wingers trying to incite violence
"Since June," she writes, "right-wing media makers have recorded and circulated videos of violent altercations at protests in cities including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Portland, Oregon.
"Fed into a media ecosystem with an established bias toward highlighting violence and rioting, the videos have mobilized white militia and vigilante groups to take up arms against Black Lives Matter and 'antifa' protesters. This feedback circuit has created a self-fulfilling cycle where white vigilantes feel justified in menacing and physically attacking racial justice protesters—and inspire others to do the same."
Donovan believes that if independent journalists did not record the violence, then the violence would not inspire others to be violent as well. In other words, if we didn't talk about it, it wouldn't exist.
Donovan specifically blames Andy Ngo of The Post Millennial and Elijah Shaffer of The Blaze for going undercover and reporting from within the militant protests in Portland and Seattle. These are two of the reporters who have been fearless in covering the unrest that has sprung up in nearly every major metropolitan area in the country.
Ngo, who has been tracking Antifa and their actions toward dismantling democracy for years, has come under fire for that work so many times that he is synonymous with it. As one of the only journalists covering Antifa while so many others claim that the loosely affiliated organization does not exist, that work has been called into question.
Writers like Donovan do not like to see this work entering mainstream media—which is only happening because the tactics and sheer quantity of Antifa-led riots has become impossible to ignore. Mainstream media has tried to ignore it, leading to such absurd talking points as CNN’s "fiery but mostly peaceful protests" line from Omar Jimenez's reporting in Kenosha, Wisc.
Elijah Schaffer has persisted in reporting on the violence and riots despite mainstream outlets pretending it’s not happening. Schaffer reported from the occupied protest in Seattle, from Chicago, Kenosha, and Portland. While CNN and other mainstream outlets sought to emphasize the daytime protests and those activists who sought to relay their message without violence, they did this to the exclusion of those BLM and Antifa elements that set fires, looted, and harassed and targeted police officers and civilians. Schaffer caught all of that.
Andy Ngo was brought before both the US House of Representative and the Senate to share his expertise on Antifa, their tactics, and their organization. Despite his having been assaulted and hospitalized at the hands of a violent mob of Antifa in 2019, he was gaslit by Senator Mazie Hirono and Rep. Jerry Nadler. Though Ngo has provided ample and irrefutable evidence, both Nadler and Hirono have stated that Antifa doesn't exist.
Wow. Antifa apologist senator Mazie Hirono just walked out of the senate after refusing to denounce Antifa!pic.twitter.com/BfmK38H8Rm — Barrett Wilson (@BarrettWilson6) August 4, 2020
Mainstream media wants this to be true, Donovan appears to want this to be true. But it's a lie, and all of these efforts put into trying to tell the American people that the violence and rioting is merely a small portion of the unrest rocking the nation today are doing more harm to leftist ideas and candidates than they are to those on the right. Donavan's argument that media is to blame for the clashes and violence is an attempt to maintain a narrative that paints rioters as heroic protestors and anyone who opposes their tactics as the enemy.
Donovan is an adjunct lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and since the lockdown began, she has been writing about the responsibility of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to combat misinformation on COVID-19. She condemns these platforms for allowing the spread of information regarding the coronavirus, and then turns her wagging finger at the sites for allowing the spread of information she disagrees with as regards civil unrest.
For Donovan, the key insight into whether or not something is good information or bad information appears to be whether or not she agrees with it. Like her Democrat lawmaker allies, Donovan is desperate for you to believe that Antifa doesn't exist and the BLM riots are "peaceful." When presented with indisputable evidence that the violence is real and impacts real lives, she shrugs and blames the messenger. It's yet another crack in the fissure of establishment, elite society. And peering through it, we can see just how much disdain academics and establishment media types have for truth tellers and the people suffering through this violence and destruction.


bonginoreport--2020-09-07--Backlash Ensues After American Airlines Announces That Flight Attendants Can Wear BLM Pins

On Sunday , American Airlines ( AA ) announced fight attendants will be permitted to wear “ Black Lives Matter ” pins on their uniform , an announcement that engendered anger among some of its employees .
Defending the policy , the airline stated , “ Clearly we live in a time where it is so important to have a dialogue about this important issue of racism in our society and try to find common ground .
American is truly committed to having an inclusive culture that is welcoming to all and a reflection of our country and world.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ committed to creating a more tolerant and diverse team , ” AA continued .
“ Through our partnership with American ’ s office of Diversity , Equity and Inclusion , we are continuing to work through an overall plan for addressing these issues in our workplace.
” As the New York Post reported , one veteran female flight attendant emailed AA management over the new policy : I take offense to this .
Serious offense .
My husband is a LEO ( Law Enforcement Officer ) , as was my deceased father and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ALL LIVES MATTER .
I am completely disgusted at the fact that we can ’ t show support for our GOD , our COUNTRY , our LEOs but when it comes to BLM organization ( which is controversial in itself ) , American Airlines says that ’ s obviously different .
And we can .
How is that right ?
Well , I don ’ t feel included .
A male flight attendant echoed that if flight attendants don ’ t wear the pin , they will “ be ostracized and labeled as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ a terrorist organization that promotes violence to further their agenda.
” He added , “ If this pin is sanctioned , I will wear my NYPD pin supporting the police department.
” A third flight attendant told Fox News that if the BLM pins are permitted , they would wear a Trump pin to support the president .
Fox News added , “ In addition , the company is also working to design its own pin that will show its symbolic support of a diverse and inclusive work environment.
” Jill Surdek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president for flight services , answered critics of the company ’ s new policy by saying , “ American is truly committed to having an inclusive culture that is welcoming to all and a reflection of our country and world .
One symbolic way to show our support is through a uniform pin .
We are working with our Black Professional Network on designing a specific pin that may be worn with the uniform .
In the interim until this pin is produced , to recognize the significance of this moment in history @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Black Lives Matter Pin.
” AA told the Post , “ Our Christian , veterans and LGBTQ groups , for example , have developed their own pin that can be worn as part of the uniform , ” adding that the BLM pin policy was “ not as a political cause but as a universal cause about humanity and equality .
Fundamentally , Black Lives Matter is an expression of equality … It doesn ’ t mean other lives don ’ t matter , rather that in our society black lives should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ others .
That ’ s not political.
” “ Angry airline employees accused American of jumping on the Black Lives Matter bandwagon to keep up with rival Delta Airlines , which reportedly has designed its own BLM pin for its flight attendants to wear , ” The Post noted .
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On Sunday, American Airlines (AA) announced flight attendants will be permitted to wear “Black Lives Matter” pins on their uniform, an announcement that engendered anger among some of its employees.
Defending the policy, the airline stated, “Clearly we live in a time where it is so important to have a dialogue about this important issue of racism in our society and try to find common ground. American is truly committed to having an inclusive culture that is welcoming to all and a reflection of our country and world.”
“This is why American is so committed to creating a more tolerant and diverse team,” AA continued. “Through our partnership with American’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we are continuing to work through an overall plan for addressing these issues in our workplace.”
As the New York Post reported, one veteran female flight attendant emailed AA management over the new policy:
I take offense to this. Serious offense. My husband is a LEO (Law Enforcement Officer), as was my deceased father and as far as I’m concerned ALL LIVES MATTER. I am completely disgusted at the fact that we can’t show support for our GOD, our COUNTRY, our LEOs but when it comes to BLM organization (which is controversial in itself), American Airlines says that’s obviously different. And we can. How is that right? Well, I don’t feel included.
A male flight attendant echoed that if flight attendants don’t wear the pin, they will “be ostracized and labeled as racist,” calling Black Lives Matter “a terrorist organization that promotes violence to further their agenda.” He added, “If this pin is sanctioned, I will wear my NYPD pin supporting the police department.”
A third flight attendant told Fox News that if the BLM pins are permitted, they would wear a Trump pin to support the president. Fox News added, “In addition, the company is also working to design its own pin that will show its symbolic support of a diverse and inclusive work environment.”
Jill Surdek, the airline’s senior vice president for flight services, answered critics of the company’s new policy by saying, “American is truly committed to having an inclusive culture that is welcoming to all and a reflection of our country and world. One symbolic way to show our support is through a uniform pin. We are working with our Black Professional Network on designing a specific pin that may be worn with the uniform. In the interim until this pin is produced, to recognize the significance of this moment in history, we are allowing people to wear a Black Lives Matter Pin.”
AA told the Post, “Our Christian, veterans and LGBTQ groups, for example, have developed their own pin that can be worn as part of the uniform,” adding that the BLM pin policy was “not as a political cause but as a universal cause about humanity and equality. Fundamentally, Black Lives Matter is an expression of equality … It doesn’t mean other lives don’t matter, rather that in our society black lives should matter and be valued the same as others. That’s not political.”
“Angry airline employees accused American of jumping on the Black Lives Matter bandwagon to keep up with rival Delta Airlines, which reportedly has designed its own BLM pin for its flight attendants to wear,” the Post noted.


bonginoreport--2020-09-08--As States Open at Different Rates, People Go to Different States to Attend Open Movie Theaters

States in America are reopening at different rates amidst the pandemic , and we ’ re starting to see a little bit of evidence that people in shutdown cities are crossing state or county lines to go to open movie theaters .
This past weekend , for the new Christopher Nolan film Tenet , TheWrap reports that people who live in New York , Los Angeles , and San Francisco — which remain shut down — got mobile to see the movie : While Warner Bros. declined to comment for this story , studio insiders tell TheWrap that top markets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Day weekend included New Jersey , Connecticut , and California theaters that reopened in San Diego and Napa counties .
All these markets are adjacent to major cities that still have non-drive-in theaters closed due to high COVID-19 infection rates , making likely that moviegoers from neighboring counties and states are driving farther than they usually would for a night at the movies .
There had been evidence of this before Tenet as well .
“ Last weekend , we reopened our locations in Connecticut for The New Mutants and found that we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ couldn ’ t go to their local theaters because they are still closed , ” Bow Tie Cinemas COO Joe Masher told TheWrap last week .
“ Between our Hoboken and Greenwich locations , we think that trend is going to get even stronger.
” This type of behavior is likely to become even more prevalent going forward as cold weather starts to hit in the North , if regional shutdowns persist .
Presumably , people will cross state and county lines for much more than movies , too .

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States in America are reopening at different rates amidst the pandemic, and we’re starting to see a little bit of evidence that people in shutdown cities are crossing state or county lines to go to open movie theaters. This past weekend, for the new Christopher Nolan film Tenet, TheWrap reports that people who live in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco — which remain shut down — got mobile to see the movie:
While Warner Bros. declined to comment for this story, studio insiders tell TheWrap that top markets for “Tenet” on this Labor Day weekend included New Jersey, Connecticut, and California theaters that reopened in San Diego and Napa counties. All these markets are adjacent to major cities that still have non-drive-in theaters closed due to high COVID-19 infection rates, making likely that moviegoers from neighboring counties and states are driving farther than they usually would for a night at the movies.
There had been evidence of this before Tenet as well. “Last weekend, we reopened our locations in Connecticut for The New Mutants and found that we got many moviegoers from New York who couldn’t go to their local theaters because they are still closed,” Bow Tie Cinemas COO Joe Masher told TheWrap last week. “Between our Hoboken and Greenwich locations, we think that trend is going to get even stronger.”
This type of behavior is likely to become even more prevalent going forward as cold weather starts to hit in the North, if regional shutdowns persist. Presumably, people will cross state and county lines for much more than movies, too.