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It seems we the public are only told of what certain people want printed. For example, it was never reported that the board voted unanimously to move the central office out of the high school to an undesignated location for thirty-two to thirty-four months and up to thirty-eight hundred dollars per month rent. This was to be paid by ESSR Funds, free covid money, so you know what happens next. There have been no estimates of cost of renovation to the high school, so what will this ultimately cost us. They also voted unanimously to have the superintendent enter into a contract with Ms. McCalmon to facilitate strategic planning, again with no mention of how much money would be involved. It was also stated by the board chair at the last meeting there is no state law on public comment at a board meeting. Obviously the havent read Title twenty A subsection 1001, 20, in duties of a schoolboard. They talk about transparency. Hard to be transparent when all the windows are painted black. No light in, you cant see out. I believe we will be hit with the construction of a new building in the near future. What do you think that will cost to build and maintain? I have said before you need to pay attention or the costs in this district will soar, especially when all the positions and other items paid with free money runs out.

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Two animated comedies that are always pitted against one another are Family Guy and The Simpsons. The latter turned FOX into must-see television on Sunday nights, leading the way for the creation of the network's "Animation Domination" animated block of programming. Family Guy, created by Seth MacFarlane, is arguably the second biggest animated hit for FOX behind The Simpsons. So naturally, both shows like to take not-so-subtle jabs at each other, though one such occurrence has been censored by the FX Network for a controversial scene.

The Family Guy scene in question comes from Episode 2 in Season 6, titled "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)." It begins with Peter, Lois and Brian together in the family living room. Lois is chastising Brian for using a woman only for sex, and believing he is above that type of behavior. As this speech is taking place, a banner appears at the bottom of the screen promoting "The Simpsons Sundays on FOX" with a miniature Marge Simpson waving to the audience. Okay, nothing out of the ordinary so far. However, Quagmire quickly returns and tackles Marge from behind. Quagmire then proceeds to kiss all over Marge's face while she tries to push him off of her, eventually pummeling him with her fists.

At one point during their struggle, Quagmire unbuckled his pants. This gives Marge just enough of an opening to kick him away, allowing her to run off while Quagmire trots after her with his pants around his ankles. Keep in mind Peter, Lois and Brian are still holding a conversation in the background, but at this point, no one is paying attention to their dialogue as all eyes follow Marge and Quagmire. Once they run off-camera, the banner for The Simpsons disappears and we hear Brian mention how he'll invite Gillian to move in with him. Now Marge and Quagmire re-enter, with the Family Guy trio now noticing them at the bottom of the screen. Apparently, Quagmire was successful in his sexual pursuit of Marge, and they walk off together to pick up Round 2 at The Simpsons' residence.

The FX censorship cut out the entire Simpsons and FOX logo graphic at the bottom of the screen, including the Marge/Quagmire altercation. Those watching on FX miss out on Round 2, where Homer walks in on the two of them in bed together (off-camera). We only see the outside of the Simpsons house, as Quagmire uses a gun to murder Homer, Bart, Lisa and even Baby Maggie when they each walk into the bedroom.

Comedy was at a much different place in September 2007, which is when "Movin' Out (Brian's Song)" originally aired. Television shows could get away with including sexual misconduct for laughs, but with the #MeToo movement and women stepping forward to call out sexual predators, it doesn't make sense for FX to air that segment of the episode as-is. Examples of networks and streaming services pulling other controversial content includes Netflix removing episodes and scenes from Community and The Office that included blackface.

When it comes to Family Guy and The Simpsons, which series is your favorite? Let us know in the comments section below.

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My cousin Robin shared a video from Nurse Nicole Whitley on Facebook. I thought it had some good information so I shared it. Soon after that, Facebook shut down the video and wrote on the post, "False information. Check by independent fact-checkers". I decided to read what the fact-checkers had to say.

First they said that Nurse Whitley didn't show any proof that she was a nurse. What proof do we have that says that these fact-checkers are who they say they are? We are to take their word that they have a degree in fact-checking.

The fact-checker next wrote that Nurse Whitley video was first released on Dr. Sebastian Gorka Facebook page. What does this have to do with the video? Dr. Gorda was a military and intelligence analyst who served as Deputy Assistant to President Trump. Those independent fact-checkers have a bias and hate for President Trump and anyone who worked with and for him. Now you can see where this is heading.

Nurse Whitley said that Ivermetcin, a drug that is safe and highly effective, can not be found in the US. This is a preventive drug and my daughter asked her doctor about it and was told that if they could get it, it would be months away. Maybe Nurse Whitley knows something.

She showed charts and graphs where the drug was administered in areas of Peru. The number of cases were reduced drastically from other areas that didn't use the drug. The fact-checkers said this was a purely correlation observation, and correlation alone doesn't mean that there is a casual relationship between the two.

They went on to say that Nurse Whitley failed to account for other factors, such as lock downs, mask wearing, and physical distancing. Where are the facts that this had happened? This is a correlation on their part that they believe is right.

Nurse Whitley went on to say that the PCR test is unreliable. It is a sensitivity test where they can set cycle thresholds in order to detect the presence or absence of a virus. The creator of the PCR test said that this is not a diagnostic and not to be used for that and yet, they are.

The fact-checkers said that this test doesn't have a false positive and if it is, it's possible that it was contaminated by other samples with the virus during the handling. I wonder if Supreme Court Justice Kavanaugh thinks the test is accurate? He tested positive and isn't showing any signs of illness. His family tested negative. Have you seen the Cologuard commercial? They always mention there could be a false positive result. You don't think that the scientists didn't try to make a perfect test?

Nurse Whitley then said on January 20th, inauguration day this year, the World Health Organization reduced the testing cycle. I remember hearing that it went from 50 cycles to 30 cycles. According to my own research offact-checkers, this did not happen. It was in a blog by virologist Ian Mackay. He reminded the laboratory staff to read the instructions and understand the purpose of testing. Do you remember hearing this last January?

I could go on with more about fact-checking but this isn't about the facts. It's about censorship. They are nothing but a very biased group of people that will censor you if you don't believe what they do. It's not happening only on Facebook but innewspapers as well. Many of the large conglomerate holdingswill use the fact-checker or sensitivity groupsto keep articles out of print that don't agree with their perspective. It has happened and it will continue.

I wonder if this article will make it out to the public. Let me know if you see it!

* Ron Moore is an over-the-road truck driver based in Stafford County, Kansas. He is a grandfather, husband, rural community supporter and writer.

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A house bill that passed this spring is now coming under fire by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) over concerns it censors some topics in public schools.

When House Bill 1775 went into emergency effect this summer, it was unclear what impact the legislation would have on Oklahoma classrooms.

The bill was passed along party lines by Republican lawmakers who sought to limit conversations about race or gender at public schools.

Now the ACLU cites specific examples in its lawsuit against the state saying the broad language in the law chills free speech and violates the states education standards.

The harm is coming from how broadly the bill is written, how confusing the language is, and how steep some of the consequences are for violating that very broad language, said Megan Lambert, ACLU of Oklahoma Legal Director.

Lambert said educators are removing content on race and gender out of an abundance of caution, because community members can have their credentials pulled for violating the law, through a complaint process thats open to the public.

Edmond Public Schools is named in the suit for cancelling diversity trainings and changing its booklist to follow guidance from the bill.

The district removed books by women and Black authors, like To Kill A Mockingbird, A Raisin In The Sun, Their Eyes Are Watching God, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and Narrative of the Life of Fredrick Douglas.

Anthony Crawford, an English teacher at Millwood Public Schools,is one of the plaintiffs. He said the law is unclear to teachers and contradicts the Oklahoma Education Standards.

Everything they are telling us we cannot teach is in the Oklahoma Standards, he said.

Crawford said he is concerned about the harsh penalties to teachers.

I was scared. Im not going to lie to you. I was petrified, I got a daughter on the way, so I was really scared, he said.

But, without being able to teach about themes like systemic racism or diversity, he said students will be unprepared as adults.

Without that piece of information, without that history, then they will go into the real world blindsided, Crawford said.

At the Capitol, some are standing by the law.

Secretary of Education Ryan Walters said in a statement the bill ensures students are taught an honest depiction of the past and knows teachers can teach that without prejudging those who are responsible for our future.

There were several other states that passed similar bills during spring of 2021 seeking to ban a concept called critical race theory, even though the concept isn't taught in K-12 schools or well-defined in K-12 settings.

The ACLU said Oklahoma's restrictions are the most severe.

Read the complaint in full below.

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Amnesty International has released a report documenting how the pandemic affected freedom of expression and the impact of misinformation.

According to its findings, some countries have used censorship and punishment to reduce the quality and quantity of information reaching the public domain, thus damaging people's ability to understand how to deal with COVID-19.

Speaking to Euronews, Amnesty International researcher on human rights defenders Lisa Maracani said COVID-19 only aggravated a problem that had existed for years.

"We know that there is a shrinking civic space all around the world. This has been going on for years. But I think the pandemic precipitated this process," Maracani said.

She urged lawmakers to do more to regulate social media, pointing to their responsibility in spreading misinformation.

"We need digital regulations on them, and this can be done by looking at how they operate and their business model and how that algorithm functions because they are driving a certain type of information that is damaging," she told Euronews.

Maracani believes governments have enacted free speech restrictions that were unnecessary.

"We want states to stop going after people sharing information, going after journalists, going after human rights defenders. They really need to step back from that sort of censorship," the researcher said.

Watch the full interview in the video player above

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