It seems we’ve spent much of this year writing and warning of two pieces of censorship legislation. One in Quebec and the other in Canada. Premier Legault’s Bill 96 censors language. Prime Minister Trudeau’s Bill C-11 censors thought.
Censorship: Quebec wants one language, Ottawa wants one voice
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Fauci finally promises to leave and collect his gratuities with a book deal
By Meryl Nass, MD | August 22, 2022
Mr. and Mrs. Barack Obama got a $65 million advance for their joint book deals. Except, nobody sells enough books to make such a stupefying advance work. So those of an inquiring mind wondered if the book deal was a way to launder money to the former President and his family for services rendered.
Mr. Fauci earns a bureaucrat’s salary. $437,000/year. But with royalties, adding in his wife’s salary (head Ethics officer for the NIH Clinical Center) and their investments, it is said the family earned $1.7 million dollars last year.
Fauci finally promises to leave and collect his gratuities with a book deal
‘There Needs to Be a Reckoning’: Republicans Introduce a Bill to Make Feds At-Will Employees
‘There Needs to Be a Reckoning’: Republicans Introduce a Bill to Make Feds At-Will Employees
Roy said in a statement that his bill preserves protections against discrimination and whistleblower retaliation. But in the case of discrimination, EEOC would be required to toss all of its policies regarding complaints that originate from federal agencies and apply the same standards it uses in private sector cases.*
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However, the bill’s purported whistleblower protections suggest just the opposite, Kettl said. OSC only has a 14-day window in which to make nonbinding recommendations on whether an adverse personnel action constitutes retaliation. Another provision requires the deduction of 25% of a federal employee’s retirement annuity if a court finds their appeal to be “in bad faith or frivolous.”
What’s wrong with that?! Why should bureaucrats have special protections that everyday working people don’t?! If they don’t like it, then change it for all workers!
Related:
Following Trump’s Lead, GOP Pushes Bill to Make Federal Workers Fireable ‘At Will’
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