Silicon Valley Bank had pledged $74 million to BLM causes
Will banks get back to ... banking?
1. Personal note: Our parole hearing was a success
First, I’d like to thank everyone who signed a petition, wrote a letter, or sent a prayer our way to keep the man who murdered my sister and others from being released from prison.
My family and I attended what turned out to be a shorter-than-usual parole hearing yesterday, with the result that parole has been denied for 5 years.
There’s a mix of good and bad California Parole Commissioners, and we got a solid former District Attorney named Robert Barton. The commissioners don’t just listen in these hearings but actively question the inmate about both his crime and efforts at rehabilitation.
While this process usually takes a half-day, this time, within the first hour, the inmate’s lawyer saw his client floundering and essentially threw in the towel before things got worse, fearing a longer denial period.
The California parole board has been softening up a lot in recent years, but we were fortunate. It’s a difficult process for all of us, but, at least for 5 more years, a serial killer will remain behind bars.
2. SVB ❤️❤️❤️ BLM
The continual fact-dribbling of non-banking priorities by Silicon Valley Bank continues.
A database from the Claremont Institute shows that the bank had either given or pledged to give a whopping $74 million to organizations affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement.
That comes on the heels of reports about its aggressive diversity programs. The bank had highlighted fact that 67 percent of its total workforce was “diverse”, defined as “any woman, any person of color, veteran, or person with disability.”
Perhaps relatedly, the Daily Mail also reported that only one member of its board had banking expertise, while the rest were evidently Clinton and Obama “mega-donors.”
3. A reporter gets triggered, fired, then blames the DeSantis “machine”
A reporter covering Ron DeSantis evidently couldn’t stomach reading a press release from the governor’s office touting a roundtable with the goal of “exposing the diversity, equity, and inclusion scam in higher education”.
He decided to reply to the press release email, making his protest clear: “This is propaganda, not a press release.” When the governor’s office tweeted the reporter’s statement verbatim, he was fired by Axios later that day.
Unsurprisingly, the fired reporter blamed the DeSantis “machine” for it’s “chilling effect” on journalism, and other reporters rallied in his support. The Washington Post reports that the reaction in the Axios newsroom has been a mix of “sadness” and “fear.”
4. Netflix cancels a preschool-aged cartoon featuring a “non-binary” character
“Grandma doesn’t know I changed. She still thinks I’m her granddaughter instead of her grandFred…I do want to tell her,” Fred declares in “Ridley Jones.”
Netflix, which took some heat for it’s pedo-bait film “Cuties”, quietly cancelled the show, which was aimed at two to four-year-olds. Here’s small sample:
I’m so glad to hear of the parole board outcome. And California of all places. May God help us all.
SVB also backed LGBTQ projects as well NOT real Finance
Time to replace Parole board with ex victims kin, cops alone
& Oh Yes San Quentin is to be a Rehab Center ala Norway model