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Premier Daniel Andrews is “angry” after what occurred over the weekend and has announced people will not be permitted to remove their masks to drink alcohol outdoors.
“There will be no removal of masks to consume alcohol outdoors, you will no longer be able to remove your mask to drink a cocktail at a pop-up beer garden on a footpath as part of a pub crawl,” he said. Continue reading “Andrews bans people from removing masks to drink outdoors”
Jennifer Bridges knew what was coming when her director at Houston Methodist hospital called her up in June to inquire about her vaccination status.
Bridges, a 39-year-old registered nurse, responded “absolutely not” when asked if she was vaccinated or had made an effort to get vaccinated. She was terminated on the spot. Continue reading “Massive Nurse Shortage Hits Houston—Weeks After 150 Unvaccinated Nurses and Hospital Workers Fired”
Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s annual financial disclosure shows that she made thousands of dollars in rental income last year, despite being a co-sponsor of a bill to cancel rent during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tlaib joined fellow “Squad” Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and other progressives in April 2020 to co-sponsor Rep. Ilhan Omar’s, D-Minn., bill to “institute a nationwide cancellation of rents and home mortgage payments through the duration of the coronavirus pandemic.” Continue reading “Rashida Tlaib discloses thousands of dollars in rental income, despite co-sponsoring ‘cancel rent’ bill”
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday called an early election for Sept. 20, saying he needed a new mandate to ensure voters approved of his Liberal government’s plan to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trudeau, 49, is betting that high vaccination rates against the virus and a post-pandemic economic rebound will help him prolong and strengthen his grip on power. Newly-released data shows 71% of the country’s eligible population is fully vaccinated. Continue reading “Canada’s Trudeau takes gamble, calls ‘pivotal’ snap election for Sept. 20”
For more than two hundred years, America’s vast resources and industrious population amassed the largest pile of wealth in history. Now, the forces that generated that wealth are disappearing, but it is still there for the taking. Everybody is maneuvering to get a piece.
What’s one of the best ways to carve out a profit for oneself? Easy. Take advantage of America’s quiet love of affirmative action. Continue reading “Meet America’s Race Czars: A Shadowy Bureaucracy Deciding Who’s “Black Enough” to Get Government Perks”
Big Tech and big social media have already tried censorship by committee with Facebook’s oversight board and the decision to permanently bar former President Trump from the platform. Now, they’re circling back to good old fashioned mob rule. Continue reading “Mob Rule? Twitter Rolls Out New Tools For Speedy Reporting Of COVID “Misinformation””
A murder charge has been dismissed against a Houston police officer who had been linked to a deadly 2019 botched raid in the city that left two homeowners dead, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Officer Felipe Gallegos will not face a trial due to the conduct of a former prosecutor who handled the case, according to Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. The evidence can be presented to a new grand jury to determine if an indictment is warranted, the DA said. Continue reading “Houston police officer sees murder charges dismissed in 2019 botched raid — but could face new indictment”
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that a “fair amount” of U.S. weaponry had fallen into the hands of the Taliban since the hard-line Islamic militant group’s rapid takeover Afghanistan in recent days.
During a White House press briefing, Sullivan was ask what will happen with the billions of dollars in equipment, including guns, ammunition and helicopters given to the Afghanistan government in the two decades before its collapse. Continue reading “White House admits ‘fair amount’ of US equipment in Afghanistan in Taliban hands”
A Harvard University public health professor is calling for mandatory Covid-19 vaccines since the “campaign to persuade all Americans to voluntarily accept coronavirus vaccinations has hit its limit.”
In an opinion piece written for the Washington Post, Joseph G. Allen, an associate professor and director of the Healthy Buildings program at Harvard University’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, wrote that the “only way forward” is to mandate the vaccines which have been linked to countless adverse reactions. Continue reading “Harvard Professor Calls for Mandatory Covid-19 Vaccines: “Make the Burden of Being Unvaccinated so High that People Comply””
ONE: A bombshell. Alex Berenson, former New York Times reporter, August 6: “Covid vaccine maker Moderna received 300,000 reports of side effects after vaccinations over a three-month period following the launch of its shot, according to an internal report from a company that helps Moderna manage the reports.”
“That figure is far higher than the number of side effect reports about Moderna’s vaccine publicly available in the federal system that tracks such adverse events.” Continue reading “Massive fraud in reporting vaccine injuries; withheld data, pretense of “safe and effective””
United Airlines has instructed its flight attendants not to use duct tape on disorderly passengers.
John Slater, United’s senior vice president of inflight services, sent a memo to flight attendants on Friday telling them to avoid using tape to restrain unruly passengers. Continue reading “United Airlines told its flight attendants not to duct tape unruly passengers, saying most flyers are ‘on their best behavior’”
Construction is under way at Melbourne’s Centre for National Resilience – the unwieldy name given to the new quarantine facility in Mickleham – with the camp set to open by the end of the year.
A community engagement session was held earlier this week on progress of the fast-tracked 1000-bed accommodation site for returning travellers, however residents were told that builders would not be delayed by any consultation process. Continue reading “Construction of Mickleham quarantine camp starts”
Newswars – by Paul Joseph Watson
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has put the entire country under lockdown after just one single case of COVID was discovered.
Yes, really. Continue reading “Entire Country of New Zealand Put Under Lockdown After Just ONE Single COVID Case”
Epoch Times – by Mark Tapscott
Illegal immigrants are crossing into the United States from Mexico in record-shattering numbers, but the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ignoring a congressional request for information regarding where the government is relocating them, lawmakers say. Continue reading “Homeland Security Ignoring Congressional Requests for Info on Where Illegal Immigrants Are Being Sent”
Newly elected president of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, has claimed that the US “defeat” and its withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan may represent a chance for war-torn Afghanistan to revive itself and find peace.
Ultraconservative Raisi commented on Monday that “the military defeat and the US withdrawal from Afghanistan should offer an opportunity to restore life, security and lasting peace in that country.”
Continue reading “Iranian President Raisi says US ‘defeat’ in Afghanistan may be chance for new-found peace as Taliban takes over”
Chinese, Iranian, and to some degree Russian media are reacting with glee over humiliating scenes of America’s exit plans in chaos coming out of Kabul Sunday into Monday.
Perhaps as expected, Chinese state-run Global Times featured it’s most prominent headline Monday with the words “Taliban’s rapid victory embarrasses US, smashes image, arrogance.” Alternately Beijing is claiming to “respect” Afghans’ choice – as the same article reads. And then there’s outright mocking – as is seen by the Global Times’ editor… Continue reading “China Mocks “Embarrassed, Arrogant” US Forces While Praising “Friendly” Relations With Taliban”
MOSCOW, August 16. /TASS/. Russia has established working contacts with Kabul’s new authorities in order to ensure security of the Russian diplomatic mission, a statement by Russia’s Foreign Ministry made public on Monday said.
“The Russian Embassy in Kabul continues to function as usual. The working contacts with the representatives of the new authorities have been established in order to ensure security of the Russian foreign institution,” the document said. Continue reading “Russia establishes working contacts with new Afghan authorities, Foreign Ministry says”
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov said he intended to travel with representatives of the Taliban movement* through Kabul to make sure that the city is safe.
“I want to take a drive around the city with the Taliban and just see with my own eyes and make sure … is it really calm,” Zhirnov said on the air of the Ekho Moskvy broadcaster. Continue reading “Russian Ambassador Intends to Drive Through Kabul With Taliban to Make Sure City is Safe”
The Taliban has started rounding up weapons belonging to civilians and those in the security profession, as the militant group firms up its control over the Afghan capital and thousands flee.
On Monday, the Taliban started entering premises around the captured Afghan capital of Kabul and began seizing weapons. A representative of the militant group said that people no longer needed to keep weapons for safety, confirming that it had started collecting firearms. Continue reading “Taliban starts collecting weapons from civilians, claims people can feel safe under its rule”
The 2,500 American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan began to withdraw from May 1. Biden called for an end to this “unending war” in Afghanistan. He said that a rapid withdrawal of troops is necessary. Now that there are terrorist threats in many places, there is no reason to spend billions of dollars every year to station US troops in a country. Continue reading “How much money has the United States spent in Afghanistan in 20 years”