Corporate Hall of Shame

Following the incidents of January 6, 2021, when extremists groups, armed with bats, mace, pipes, grappling hooks, etc etc scaled, broke into and invaded the U.S. Capitol, a number of U.S. companies chose to take that moment to discriminate against conservatives in the United States. These are those companies:

If there are any changes in this list please note in the comments below.

As of January 11, 2021:

• Marriott
• Apple
• Facebook
• Amazon
• American Express
• Mastercard
• JP Morgan
• Citi Group
  
• AirBnB
• Ford
• PayPal
• BlueCross
• Commerce Bank
• Dow
• CVS
• Target
• ExxonMobil
• Forbes
  

Fishy Michigan Covid-19 Reporting and the Democratic Primary March 10

There is something fishy about the Michigan Governor Whitmer's administration and her handling of Covid, when it mattered most - when it first hit Michigan in March -- was she covering up early numbers to help Joe Biden win the Democratic Primary in Michigan (March 10th)?

In March, the Michigan Covid-19 website declared "Test results will be updated daily; typically by 6 p.m."

Here are some significant snapshots of that website from the Internet Archive's 'Wayback Machine', which stores website snapshots in GMT, 4 hours ahead of Michigan Eastern Timezone:

March 6, 2020 Snapshot 13:53 (GMT) :
Covid negative: 18, Positive: 0, Pending: 9
https://web.archive.org/web/20200307135308/https://www.michigan.gov/Coronavirus

March 7 snapshot:
Negative: 26 (the 9 pending on 3/6 got added to the 18 negative from 3/6), Positive: 0, Pending: 10
https://web.archive.org/web/20200308164318/https://www.michigan.gov/Coronavirus

March 8:
Negative: 36 (the 10 pending from 3/7 got added to the 26 negative from 3/26), Positive: 0, Pending: 11
https://web.archive.org/web/20200309164852/https://www.michigan.gov/Coronavirus

March 9:
Negative: 39 (only _3_ of the 11 pending from 3/8 got added to the Negative total(!)), Positive: 0, Pending: 24 (Note that 8 of the pending on 3/8 got added to the 3/9 pending total)
https://web.archive.org/web/20200310205524/https://www.michigan.gov/Coronavirus

March 10 - Democratic primary election day in Michigan:
No update by 6pm as stated would be performed on the website -- an 11pm snapshot (3/11 2:59 GMT) still shows March 9 results:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200311025943/https://www.michigan.gov/Coronavirus

March 10th: 10:30pm, 2 hours after polls close, and Joe Biden is given Primary Win: Whitmer goes on television in Michigan and declares first cases of Covid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBmifdKraFs

March 11th, snapshot taken 03:38 (GMT): The Michigan Covid website is finally updated with Positive numbers which should have been shown on March 10th (election day):
https://web.archive.org/web/20200311033851/https://www.michigan.gov/Coronavirus
Negative: 57, Positive: 2, Pending: 18

On March 10th, election day, why didn't the State of Michigan tell the people of Michigan about the first positive cases of Covid-19, until after the polls closed? Was it so Joe Biden could be elected? Did Whitmer and her cronies suppress information about positive results from the people of Michigan so that they would show up to the polls and vote for Biden? Most importantly-- what exact date and time did the CDC confirm the first positive cases to a Michigan health official? Hopefully some press will ask that question and let us know. Note that 3 weeks after that Primary Election, which the people of Michigan were ignorant of the presence of Covid-19 in their state, Michigan achieved the third highest per-capita Covid-19 death rate in the country, after New York and New Jersey.

August 5, 2011: Democratic US Senator Bernie Sanders: "These days, the American dream is more apt to be realized in South America, in places such as Ecuador, Venezuela and Argentina, where incomes are actually more equal today than they are in the land of Horatio Alger. Who's the banana republic now?" June 1, 2012: Hugo Chavez bans private gun ownership in Venezuela July 30, 2017, President of Venezuela Maduro votes to upend constitution August 1, 2017, Maduro's secret police forcibly drag opposition leaders from their homes

Obviously, the Comintern logo showed someone _forging_ the chains of slavery, not breaking them.

Free Trade Must Be Free

A divided country can not remain so. In 1820, the United States was divided between Slave and Free States. Two warring philosophies, one in support of slavery, and one against slavery, dominated the United States. Up until the Civil War, the slave states touted their belief in the right to own and benefit from slavery, while free states touted the right to universal human freedom from bondage. For 45 years the two sides kept up a race and existed together in the United States. But that would end after the civil war, and today people in the United States universally acknowledge the barbarity of slavery.

Today our country is divided again in a similar way, between those who believe in modern forms of communism, and deny the rights of individuals to freely engage in productive commerce in favor of government determination of their livelihood, and those who believe that individuals should be free to choose what and how they produce. However, while the Left passionately extols the virtues of modern communism, the Right is lacking in a clear message. That message needs to be clarified, as clear as the messages conveyed by the abolitionists: slavery is wrong. In our times: Free trade must be Free.

To counter the beliefs that people who have large numbers in their bank accounts are more evil than people who have less money; to counter that one person is not allowed to work because, according to the government, the work pays too little; to counter that those who cannot or will not work must be forcibly supported by certain people who do; to counter these positions, requires a clear message: We enjoy the fruits of other peoples labor. In turn, we provide them with goods and services, and in free and peaceful trade and specialization all people benefit. There is no virtue in possessing money, but there is no evil in it either. Money is simply a tool for trade between people.  The redistribution or forced limitation of people to not engage in trade based upon some arbitrary value by a government which is itself only an institution and incapable of personal sympathy or feelings must be stopped. Free trade must be free. 

Who's the Boss?

Most people are a boss at one time or another and don't even know it -- and the person people usually think of as the boss, isn't.

When someone works a 9 to 5 job, and they are not 'the boss' -- when 5pm comes, they can generally forget about their job and rest easy. The 'boss' however, still needs to worry about whether his company's orders are being filled on time, whether his immediate competition is outpacing his company, and so forth. At 5pm the office may close, but the worries remain. In that sense, the 'boss' is not truly the boss - his company's customer base is the true boss.

The ultimate top feeder in the boss / employee chain, is the person sitting back in their easy chair, and handing the waiter $20 to bring them a drink. That person, is temporarily, the boss.

Love Your Enemy

What does 'Love Your Enemy as Yourself' mean? The enemy is another person, who is separated from you by something that deserves the enmity - not the person itself.

If jealousy makes someone your enemy - overcome the jealousy

If race make someone your enemy - overcome the racism

If there is only one loaf of bread and two of you, and that makes you enemies - make another loaf of bread