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Amazon submitted a new filing in federal court on Tuesday in response to an emergency motion by Parler to restore its hosting services through Amazon’s AWS. Parler was kicked offline early Monday after Amazon said the social media company had violated its terms of service and Parler couldn’t find another company willing to do business. Parler sued Amazon on Monday alleging breach of contract and an antitrust violation. Read the rest...

Posted on January 12, 2021 Here’s all the companies boycotting Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and other Republicans for objecting last weekFiled Under: Mark Speaks

Strategists know trying to see the geopolitical battlefield from an adversary's point of view is useful, particularly the view of an adversary with a couple of nuclear weapons and a legacy of provocative violence. I can't really enter the mind of North Korean dictator and chain-smoking lard tub Kim Jong Un, so his point of view, rendered as a geopolitical scenario, must be surmised. Surmised, however, within reason. Invoking reason in these sketchy times stretches credulity, but I've read reports attributable to Kim himself and sourced by somewhat reliable wire services, reliable South Korean media and subservient North Korean propaganda...

Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, joined other major companies in indefinitely suspending donations to U.S. lawmakers who voted against President-elect Joe Biden's election certification.The Arkansas-based company said Tuesday, in light of last week's attack on the U.S. Capitol, its "political action committee is indefinitely suspending contributions to those members of Congress who voted against the lawful certification of state electoral college votes."

Is it more evil to hold existing shares of Apple/Google/Facebook/Twitter or to sell them and pay capital gains tax to the Biden Administration?

The violent storming of the capitol cannot be condoned but it must be explained as so many posturing Trump critics and hater are unwilling to do. Just what do we expect to happen when 75 million Americans are told their votes don't matter and can stolen without consequence or concern, that their voices don't matter and can be silenced at will and that now they must be punished for supporting the candidate of their choice in a former free republic. As I write this, Parler, the touted alternative to the Big Tech monopoly and oligarchy, has been knocked off the...

What we are up against here is a threat to our freedom of speech which, like digital technology itself, is not quite like anything we’ve seen before. On the one hand, digital media has furnished us with wholly new ways of relating to one another and engaging with the world. On the other, a small cadre of despotic tycoons has now achieved a wholly new kind of stranglehold on public discourse. It is a novel form of attack upon the American way of life, and it will require a novel form of response. The monopoly that people like Jack Dorsey,...

This past week Amazon Web Services (AWS) shut down Twitter competitor, Parler, because AWS didn’t like Parler’s policy of providing for free speech. Meanwhile AWS is again petitioning to run the Pentagon’s Defense System.We reported in July that Amazon banned censorship documentary “Killing Free Speech”:Ironically Proving the Point – Amazon Bans Censorship Documentary “Killing Free Speech” – Democrats Shut It Down on Capitol HillThen we saw last week that Amazon Web Services (AWS) kicked Parler off its web servers, shutting the platform down:BREAKING: Amazon Kicks Parler Off Web Server — Shuts Platform Down Until They Find New HostThis same company,...

I have a message that I hope to get to President Trump which could directly help Parler and America. In 2017 I worked at Dam Neck Annex directly supporting DEVGRU as an Intel Analyst. I was very surprised to find out that Amazon hosts US Gov databases with highly sensitive, and TS information/intelligence. I believe Amazon has proven itself to be unfit, and untrustworthy given it's current actions against Parler and cannot be trusted with hosting sensitive intelligence data. I believe President Trump should remove all government data from Amazon hosting or take over Amazon servers to ensure that our...

They tried, and it looks like they may have failed. Social media company Parler, which has been under attack from the far-left for not censoring conservatives, seems to have found a new home after Amazon Web Services decided to stop hosting the company’s site.The Washington Examiner reported:On Monday, Parler registered its domain and server to be hosted by Epik, an internet webhosting company known for working with right-leaning websites. Gab, another social media platform popular with conservatives, also uses Epik. A web domain search shows that Parler is now registered with Epik.Last week, a group of Big Tech companies colluded...

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s Capitol riot, Big Tech went nuclear. Most prominently, Facebook and Twitter suspended President Trump’s accounts on their platforms: Facebook’s suspension will last though the president’s remaining time in office, while Twitter’s ban is permanent. Trump was not the only prominent conservative figure suspended: former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and his lawyer Sidney Powell were also banned from Twitter. Naturally, focus shifted to Parler, the most prominent of the “free-speech” alternatives to Facebook and Twitter. After President Trump’s suspensions, traffic to the site soared; consequently, left-wing activists demanded that Google and Apple pull Parler from...

BREAKING: Parler sues Amazon for antitrust violation, breach of contract and unlawful business interference. Asks federal judge to order Amazon to reinstate the platform — John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) January 11, 2021 Parler is suing Amazon for antitrust violation only a day after Amazon disappeared the app from the internet.

I generally don't like the idea of boycotts, at least not in a coordinated manner. I view boycotts as a tool of the left. That doesn't mean that I do not personally choose to send my business elsewhere when I am displeased with a business.I clearly recall the first business that I decided to avoid. It was K-mart. I don't remember the exact year, but I remember the reason. They made a big anti-2a push and stopped selling firearms in their stores. It was their choice to go public about being anti-gun. They were trying to influence public opinion. I...

Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., called for a racketeering investigation on Sunday following Amazon, Apple and Google’s decisions to suspend the alternative social media platform Parler after Wednesday's U.S. Capitol riot.....

Amazon's censorship is too much. Got along okay before Amazon, can get along without them now.

Comment And Analysis Before the news summary lets consider the situaton and try to consider the way it really is tonight... President Trump ordering US flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of law enforcement including those members of law enforcement who died in connection with events at the US Capitol... Fences erected in Olympia, Washington outside the State Capitol building ahead of tomorrow's legislative session... "There will be 400-750 National Guard present as well as 200 police and 100 other deputies..." That's the scene people were told to expect at Washington's State Capitol Monday as the legislature goes...

<p>Marie B.'s show on Fox News just featured the CEO of Parler, John Matze.</p><p>Not only have Google, Apple, and Amazon canceled Parler, but also many of their smaller vendors like the email company they use for their internal company email......</p>

Parler CEO John Matze has responded to Amazon kicking the platform off their hosting services, calling it a “coordinated attack.” On Saturday, Amazon kicked Parler off their webhosting service, meaning the platform will be offline until they find a new host. The ban goes into effect on Sunday, effectively shutting down the platform that conservatives have flocked to since the big tech giants began banning conservatives. In a post on Parler, Matze wrote that “Sunday (tomorrow) at midnight Amazon will be shutting off all of our servers in an attempt to completely remove free speech off the internet. There is...

Echoed By Mark Levin·29 minutes agoJohn Matze 🇺🇸·@John1 hour ago·6051527 Sunday (tomorrow) at midnight Amazon will be shutting off all of our servers in an attempt to completely remove free speech off the internet. There is the possibility Parler will be unavailable on the internet for up to a week as we rebuild from scratch. We prepared for events like this by never relying on amazons proprietary infrastructure and building bare metal products.We will try our best to move to a new provider right now as we have many competing for our business, however Amazon, Google and Apple purposefully did...

From J. Matze, Parler.Sunday (tomorrow) at midnight Amazon will be shutting off all of our servers in an attempt to completely remove free speech off the internet.