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Inez Stepman of the Independent Women’s Forum and host of the “High Noon” podcast is in for Jim. Today, Inez and Greg discuss three stories featuring insanity – or attempted insanity – from the Biden administration.
First, they applaud Snickers for calling out President Biden’s falsehoods about the company’s alleged “shrinkflation” practices. They not only discuss Biden’s obvious efforts to distract from his own inflationary policies but his decades-long practice of trying to convince low-information voters that he’s actually the stronger choice on issues like border security.
Next, they dig into the infuriating story of how the Biden administration is undermining the CHIPS Act and efforts to manufacture semiconductors here in the U.S. by saddling companies with absurd DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) mandates for hiring and more. As a result, companies are delaying or scrapping plans to build new plants here. Biden and his people are choosing a radical agenda over national security.
Finally, they highlight the story the Department of Veterans Affairs wishes would just vanish. A memo was drafted ordering the removal of the famous photo of the sailor and nurse kissing in Times Square from VA facilities. The photo depicts the jubilation after the Japanese surrendered in August 1945, meaning World War II was over. Why did the VA try to ban the photo? Because the kiss was “non-consensual” and therefore runs afoul of the Justice Department’s current definition of sexual assault. The policy was quickly scrapped by VA Secretary Denis McDonough after an intense & immediate public backlash.
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The VA story is the kind of anecdote that conservatives interpret as a win. In reality, it’s a milestone in the course of conservative defeat.
It’s the old people on their way out at the VA who rescinded the ban on that photo. The young people coming up at the VA are the ones who banned it.
I predict that the photo will quietly disappear from VA facilities, with no major fuss made about it.
Yes, it’s similar to the problem in much of Europe where the oldsters think they can keep things going by passing laws to ban the hijab etc. But all the muslims have to do is wait for the Europeans to die out, and then take over without a fight.
I found it fascinating that semiconductor companies would rather build their plants adjacent to a war zone (or in a war zone) than deal with the DEI mandates of the Biden administration.
Wouldn’t you?
Also, did you hear about the Inspector General report on DEI at the Veteran’s Administration?
No, I stopped listening after the Semiconductor story, I went to read up on that more.
Oh sorry, I didn’t mean on 3 Martini. It’s been in other news, including Gutfeld tonight.
I dont watch Gutfeld, because I dont have cable. I’ll see clips on YouTube over the next few days…The only VA story I saw a few days ago was about the VE Kiss photo… Just silly – I guess the VA is completely fixed if they have time to look at that stuff.
I don’t see an “official” clip yet, but at least for now you can see it here:
Thanks. Funny stuff. Its just more democrat privilege.
Online, I often watch these wonderful classical music concerts from Europe. Many take place in churches and cathedrals: how many of these will end up as mosques, I wonder, with all their gorgeous artwork chiseled off or painted over, like Hagia Sophia, in Istanbul that was once Byzantium.