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Infective Maltruism: From SBF to ZuckBucks, California is at the Forefront of Selfish Charity

January 2, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 1, 2023 4:16 pm

Is charity still charity when it is performed for uncharitable reasons? Looking beyond the “aw, neat, what a great person” façade of “effective altruism,” (see HERE, with a grain of salt…) one clearly finds a level of narcissistic cynicism and...

Menlo Park-Based Meta Lets Go Over 11,000 Employees In Latest Silicon Valley Mass Layoff

November 10, 2022 12:36 pm

Meta, the Menlo Park-based parent company of social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, laid off 13% of their employees, or over 11,000, on Thursday, continuing the stark trend of cutbacks at Bay Area and Silicon Valley tech...

It’s Not a ‘Republican Recall,’ Mr. Hastings

July 28, 2021 12:09 pmJuly 28, 2021 2:25 pm

Consumers of broadcast television were treated to a barrage of ads over the past week lambasting the “Republican Recall.” Revealed at the close of these ads was the source of major funding for the ads, Netflix founder and billionaire Reed Hastings. Compared...

We Must Hang Together, Or Surely We Shall Hang Separately

May 12, 2021 6:20 amMay 13, 2021 5:38 am

The special election to recall Gavin Newsom is coming up this Fall, and the two questions on the ballot might serve as a metaphor for the dilemma confronting Republicans in California. Question one is binary: Do you want to recall...

Lawsuit Against Mark Zuckerberg over $500M ‘Dark Money’ Contribution Enabling 2020 Election Fraud

December 16, 2020 2:07 pmDecember 16, 2020 2:49 pm

Mark Serrano, President of ProActive Communications, announced Wednesday a new lawsuit is to be filed by attorneys at the Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, over the $500 million of “dark money” he spent...

Prop. 15: Messy Title, Feud With Signer, and Ironic Zuckerberg Contributions

July 27, 2020 12:51 pmJuly 27, 2020 12:52 pm

Proposition 15, given the clever yet disingenuous ballot title, “the Schools and Local Communities Funding Act,” is also known as the controversial Proposition 13 split-roll initiative. The initiative itself is controversial enough without adding drama to it. One of the...

Facebook Is Under Investigation In California

November 8, 2019 2:04 amNovember 8, 2019 11:44 am

At a press conference in Sacramento on Wednesday, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra confirmed that Facebook has been under investigation by the state over privacy violations for over a year. According to Attorney General Becerra, the social media giant has...