Oscars voters rip into ‘ridiculous’ new diversity rules for Best Picture

If it were released today, “The Godfather” would possibly have no chance of winning a Best Picture Oscar.

That’s because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is beholden to new inclusivity standards.

Starting with the March 2024 awards, movies will not be considered for a Best Picture nomination unless they feature a lead or significant supporting character from an “underrepresented racial or ethnic group,” have a main storyline that focuses on an underrepresented group, or at least 30% of the cast comes from two or more underrepresented groups (women, ethnic minorities, LGBTQ or the disabled).

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UK: Army considers scrapping ranks including Guardsman and Rifleman because they are too masculine

The head of the Army is considering scrapping centuries-old ranks such as Rifleman and Guardsman because they are masculine.

In an attempt to make regiments more inclusive, General Sir Patrick Sanders is poised to break hundreds of years of battlefield tradition.

Historic titles used by world-renowned Guards regiments and even his own regiment, the Rifles, could be ditched in favour of gender-neutral ranks.

Sergeant to become Bull Dyke and Lieutenant Fairy Queen?

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The fall of Pride can’t come soon enough

This nauseating corporate spectacle has nothing to do with the gay-rights movement of old.

Pride used to be over and done with in a day. Now it lingers around like norovirus. And for an increasing number of lesbians and gay men like myself, it induces similar symptoms.

The whole of June is now given over to Pride Month. And just as the duration has changed, so has the tone. The parades are starting to resemble a rainbow version of the Orange March. Rather than celebrating the liberation of the oppressed, they seem designed to bully the public into supporting the movement.

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Why are teachers striking over slavery?

California’s unions prioritise progressivism over fair pay

In 2019, my children’s teachers went on strike for higher pay, and I supported it, which was a bit of a surprise. I’d always thought public-sector unions a mockery of the idea of organised labour — not workers bargaining for a larger share of the value they create, but bureaucrats extracting rents from taxpayers, via politicians. On top of this, I’d trained to be an English teacher. I saw up close the pathetic scholarship and inane doctrines that inform teacher education in American universities. To me, unionised teachers were a convergence of these two unhealthy forces.

With luck it all crumbles into the sea.

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Another Confederate monument bites the dust

Reconciliation statue at Arlington National Cemetery set to be destroyed

In the midst of the Black Lives Matter movement sparked in 2020 by the murder of George Floyd, Congress required the Department of Defense to create a commission to evaluate the ways the military continued to honor the Confederacy.

The duties of the “naming commission” were to assess the “cost of renaming or removing names, symbols, displays, monuments or paraphernalia that commemorate the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily with the Confederate States of America.”

h/t Mauser

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Former Navy SEAL Rep. Ryan Zinke says the Biden administration is creating a ‘national security issue’ by prioritizing ‘woke’ drag queen shows, climate change and ‘fascist’ mandates over being ready for military action

Former Navy SEAL commander Rep. Ryan Zinke told DailyMail.com that under President Joe Biden’s leadership, the military looks foolish on the world stage because it is pushing out-of-touch woke policies to the detriment of military ‘readiness.’

Zinke told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview ahead of the Memorial Day Weekend holiday that the Pentagon’s fixation on promoting equity and inclusivity initiatives is hurting the overall readiness of the Navy and amounts to a ‘national security issue.’

The congressman blasted the Navy for promoting a now-discarded recruitment program featuring a drag queen.

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Critics say US school debate in peril as ‘woke’ judges only approve Left-wing views

Students and debating coaches say high schools are seeing ‘decline’ in debating after judges’ criteria have become riddled with ideology

US high-school debating is under threat because judges who will only approve Left-wing arguments have “created a culture that stifles free speech”, insiders have claimed.

Students and debating coaches told The Telegraph that school communities were seeing a “decline” in youth debating because tournament judges’ criteria have “become riddled with political and ideological” statements.

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Calgary’s Cancellation of Canada Day Fireworks Display Prompts Backlash

An advocacy group that says it represents “common sense Calgarians” has launched a petition calling for a reinstatement of the fireworks display in Calgary on Canada Day.

“How about we put an end to this nonsense immediately, and force City Hall to reverse course and bring back fireworks now, this year?” said Common Sense Calgary in its petition, launched on May 21.

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LEVY: Mississauga school plagued by violence – do woke boards care?

A Peel region school teacher has penned a candid letter pleading for help with the out-of-control violence, vandalism, threats and harassment at her Mississauga middle school.

The letter, obtained by lawyer and anti-woke activist Michael Teper, says Tomken Road Middle School is rife with “countless unsafe interactions on a daily basis” – directed at teachers, custodians, support staff, office administrators and other students.

… It’s all under the guise of addressing woke ideology like anti-black racism, oppression, colonialism, pandering to BIPOC students and calling out white supremacy – instead of providing a positive learning environment for all students.


Shut down the teacher’s colleges and rebuild them from the ground up, previous staff need not apply, OISE is a madhouse. Smash the unions, fire the woke or lose another generation to woke racism.

And end multicult and mass immigration.

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NYC college professor cursed out anti-abortion students tabling at school

Shellyne Rodriguez

A Manhattan college professor flipped out on a group of students who set up an information table opposing abortion inside the school building — cursing and tossing their pamphlets, video of the interaction shows.

Shellyne Rodriguez, an adjunct professor, told the pro-life students they were “triggering” her students by tabling inside Hunter College in Manhattan earlier this month.

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Bürger*innen? Backlash as Berlin mayor refuses to use gender-neutral language

Berlin’s recently appointed conservative mayor has said he will refuse to use gender-neutral language in office, insisting he wanted to use a language “that everyone understands”.

Kai Wegner, who became mayor of the German capital last month, signalled in an interview with the Bild am Sonntag a readiness to dispense with gender-neutral language altogether in the city’s administration, although appeared to later backtrack after coming up against strong opposition to his remarks.

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