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A secret tape made after Columbine shows the NRA's evolution on school shootings
Tim Mak
November 9, 20215:00 AM ET
Excerpts:
Soon after the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, senior leaders of the National Rifle Association huddled on a conference call to consider canceling their annual convention, scheduled just days later and a few miles away.
Thirteen people lay dead at a high school in Colorado. More than 20 were injured. Images of students running from the school were looped on TV. The NRA strategists on the call sounded shaken and panicked as they pondered their next step into what would become an era of routine and horrific mass school shootings.
And in those private moments, the NRA considered a strikingly more sympathetic posture toward mass shootings than the uncompromising stance it has taken publicly in the decades since, even considering a $1 million fund to care for the victims.
NPR has obtained more than 2 1/2 hours of recordings of those private meetings after the Columbine shooting, which offer unique insight into the NRA's deliberations in the wake of this crisis — and how it has struggled to develop what has become its standard response to school shootings ever since.
The tapes of the NRA discussions were recorded secretly by a participant and shared on the condition that the participant's name not be divulged. NPR has taken steps to verify the tapes' authenticity, including by confirming the identities of those speaking on the tapes with two sources and comparing the voices on the calls with publicly available audio.
In addition to mapping out their national strategy, NRA leaders can also be heard describing the organization's more activist members in surprisingly harsh terms, deriding them as "hillbillies" and "fruitcakes" who might go off script after Columbine and embarrass them.
And they dismiss conservative politicians and gun industry representatives as largely inconsequential players, saying they will do whatever the NRA proposes. Members of Congress, one participant says, have asked the NRA to "secretly provide them with talking points."
Asked for comment, a current NRA spokesperson said, "It is disappointing that anyone would promote an editorial agenda against the NRA by using shadowy sources and 'mystery tapes' in order to conjure up the tragic events of over 20 years ago."
The NRA considered other options as well, as illustrated by this exchange:
NRA OFFICIAL KAYNE ROBINSON: Is there something concrete that we can offer? Not because guns are responsible, but because we care about these people? Is there anything? … Does that look crass or …
NRA LOBBYIST JIM BAKER: You mean the legislative?
ROBINSON: No, I'm talking about something concrete …
PR CONSULTANT TONY MAKRIS: Like a victims fund …
ROBINSON: Yeah, we create a victims fund, and we, uh, we give the victims a million dollars or something like that, uh. … Does that look bad, or does it look uh …
MAKRIS: Well, I mean, that can be twisted too. I mean, why … why are you giving money? You feel responsible?
BAKER: No. … Well, you're — true. It can be twisted, but we feel sympathetic and …
NRA SPOKESPERSON BILL POWERS: Respectful.
[notice "concrete" is in there]
Full Article:
https://www.npr.org/2021/11/09/1049054141/a-secret-tape-made-after-columbine-shows-the-nras-evolution-on-school-shootings?utm_source=pocket-newtab
General Research #18961 >>>/qresearch/14988021
Philips Ventilator Recall Troubles Deepen as FDA Finds New Issues
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked Philips to conduct more tests on the foam used in its recalled ventilators, after the agency found several new issues at the Dutch company’s manufacturing facility.
The medical equipment company recalled some breathing devices and ventilators in June because of a silicone-based foam part that might degrade and become toxic, potentially causing cancer.
The FDA noted, in a so-called form 483, that between April 2016 and January 2021, Philips was aware of 14 instances of issues related to potential foam degradation with its different sleep and respiratory devices.
Philips, which in September said it will repair and replace the 15 million devices recalled globally, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The company has not sufficiently demonstrated that other devices containing this foam should not also be recalled, and its risk analysis was inadequate, the agency said in the form.
The Form 483 lists observations of issues that could lead to potential FDA rule violations.
The agency said the procedures for design change were not adequately established and the design validation did not ensure that the device conforms to defined user needs and intended uses.
The FDA had initially approved a plan that Philips developed, to repair the foam in the recalled devices with a different silicone-based foam.
But that was before the agency found new information during its manufacturing facility inspection, which showed that the silicone-based foam used in a singular, similar device marketed outside the United States had failed a safety test for the release of certain chemicals of concern, called volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
The FDA has requested that Philips retain an independent laboratory to perform additional testing to determine what, if any, potential safety risks may be posed to patients by the silicone-based foam.
https://www.ntd.com/philips-ventilator-recall-troubles-deepen-as-fda-finds-new-issues_701231.html
New Head of Oklahoma National Guard Removes Vaccine Mandate
By Luca Cacciatore Saturday, 13 November 2021 10:46 AM
Adjutant Gen. Thomas Mancino is removing the vaccine mandate for the Oklahoma National Guard, according to a Thursday memo obtained by The Oklahoman.
"No negative administrative or legal action will be taken" against guard members who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine, the memo reads.
Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed Mancino, a 35-year veteran of the National Guard, to replace former Adjutant Gen. Michael Thompson on Wednesday.
Stitt sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Nov. 2 requesting the suspension of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for members of the Oklahoma National Guard. The move caused friction between the governor and Thompson, the Tulsa World reported.
"This mandate violates the personal freedoms of many Oklahomans, as it asks them to potentially sacrifice their personal beliefs in order to not lose their jobs," Stitt wrote.
Stitt's office has denied Thompson was replaced due to his opinion on vaccine mandates and said the change in command was in the works since October, The Oklahoman reported.
"The clarified policy on COVID vaccinations for Oklahoma Army and Air National Guardsmen reflects the governor's ability to assert his command authority over the men and women of the Oklahoma National Guard while they are within the state's borders," Lt. Col. Geoff Legler told the outlet.
Thompson wrote in an Oct. 27 memo, now superseded, that vaccines were required for active-duty guardsmen and detailed the repercussions, The Oklahoman said.
"Uniformed members and Title 5 federal civilian employees who elect not to receive the vaccine will be counseled regarding the consequences of not being vaccinated," Thompson wrote. "These consequences will depend on the individual's status."
Declining to take the vaccine could result in an inability to mobilize or receive training at federal military installations.
Stitt's cabinet has been defiant against the recent Biden vaccine mandate for businesses of over 100 employees, according to KFOR.
"Biden's vaccine mandates are a clear abuse of power," Attorney General John O'Connor said. "He does not have the authority to make healthcare decisions for Oklahomans."
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/oklahoma-vaccine-mandates-national-guard-governor/2021/11/13/id/1044517/
More Sauce:
https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-army/2021/11/12/oklahoma-guard-goes-rogue-rejects-covid-vaccine-mandate-after-sudden-change-of-command/
General Research #18965 >>>/qresearch/14990930
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/11/12/medicare-standard-part-b-premiums-for-2022-jump-by-14point5percent-.html
PERSONAL FINANCEMedicare Part B premiums for 2022 jump by 14.5% from this year, far above the estimated rise in cost
PUBLISHED FRI, NOV 12 20216:00 PM EST Sarah O’Brien @SARAHTGOBRIEN
o The standard premium for Part B will be $170.10 next year, far above the earlier estimate of $158.50.
o The jump is attributed to several different factors.
o The deductible for Part B will be much higher as well.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/medicare-part-b-premium-jumps-033533728.html
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2021/11/13/Medicare-Part-B-premiums-increase-2022/4341636813488/
Nov. 13 (UPI) – The Biden administration has announced that Medicare Part B premiums will increase 14.5% in 2022.
The 14.5% increase will raise the standard monthly premium from $148.50 this year to $170.10 in 2022, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service.
The increase is higher than an earlier estimate of $158.50 for the standard premium for 2022, CNBC reported.
The Medicare Part B annual deductible will also increase in 2022 to $233 from $203 this year, according to CMS' latest announcement.
"Medicare Part B covers physician services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, durable medical equipment, and certain other medical and health services not covered by Medicare Part A," the CMS said Friday.
The CMS blamed the price hike on rising prices and utilization of the healthcare system, congressional action that limited the increase in the 2021 Part B premium, and the possibility of having to cover patients treated with Aduhelm, a "high-cost" drug to treat Alzheimer's disease.
The Food and Drug Administration approved Aduhelm in June. The drug manufactured by Biogen was the first approved for the debilitating form of dementia since 2003, but some experts have argued that there is insufficient evidence it helps patients with the disease.
General Research #18965 >>>/qresearch/14991027
“No More Private Bank Deposits” – Biden’s Radical Currency Nominee Wants All Bank Accounts To Be Controlled By The Fed
Biden’s radical nominees continue to show their true colors.
Biden’s Marxist currency nominee Saule Omarova said that all private bank accounts should be taken over and controlled by the Federal Reserve.
Saule Omaraova is the most radical and extreme nominee ever pushed forward by a US president.
Townhall reported:
In September President Joe Biden nominated Saule Omarova to become comptroller of the currency at the Department of Treasury. If confirmed, Omarova would be in charge of overseeing banking in the United States.
Omarova believes private bank accounts should be taken over and controlled by the Federal Reserve.
“Imagine what it would be like instead of just a public option for deposit banking, this would be actually the full transition. In other words, there would be no more private bank deposit accounts and all of the deposit accounts will be held directly at the fed,” Omarova said during recent remarks. “How is it politically feasible for the central bank to take money away from people’s accounts.”
Saule Omarova has come under fire for her prior comments praising the Soviet economy.
Fox News reported:
President Biden’s pick for Comptroller of the Currency has provoked sharp criticism for past and recent comments that praised the Soviet economy.
Biden on Sept. 23 nominated Saul Omarova, a law school professor at Cornell University, for the office responsible with the regulation and supervision of all national banks. Omarova’s nomination drew immediate pushback from powerful voices who criticized her background and past comments that indicated a favor for the policies of the USSR.
Omarova was born in the Soviet Union in what is now called Kazakhstan and graduated from Moscow State University in 1989. She has pointed to the USSR’s practices as recently as 2019, when she tweeted about the gender pay gap, citing the USSR as a better model.
Omarova was born in the Soviet Union in what is now called Kazakhstan and graduated from Moscow State University in 1989. She has pointed to the USSR’s practices as recently as 2019, when she tweeted about the gender pay gap, citing the USSR as a better model.
“Until I came to the US, I couldn’t imagine that things like gender pay gap still existed in today’s world,” Omarova wrote. “Say what you will about old USSR, there was no gender pay gap there. Market doesn’t always ‘know best.’”
She also refuses to hand over her thesis on Marxism she wrote.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/no-private-bank-deposits-biden-currency-nominee-wants-bank-accounts-controlled-fed/
General Research #18965 >>>/qresearch/14991089
Timestamp 9:32 am 32-9 = 23
President Biden
@POTUS
United States government official
The bottom line is this: With the bill we passed last week — and the steps we’re taking to reduce bottlenecks at home and abroad — we are set to make significant progress.
Not only will we see more record-breaking job growth. We’ll see lower prices and faster deliveries as well.
9:32 AM · Nov 13, 2021·The White House
https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1459529535897182213
[I'm saving this screenshot for when things get worse and I can rub in a few faces]
General Research #18965 >>>/qresearch/14991095
Oregon has no timeline, no metrics for ending mask mandate
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/the-story/oregon-timeline-metrics-end-mask-mandate/283-70a6f505-66a7-4030-b44c-6a3404466ada
PORTLAND, Oregon — In June, Gov. Kate Brown declared Oregon open for business. The
announcement ended most COVID-19 restrictions as the state came very close to hitting
a key metric: 70% of eligible adults getting vaccinated. That metric gave a clear target
for the public to focus on reaching — and knowing when they reached it, restrictions would
end.
Unfortunately, that didn't last. The delta variant soon took hold and turned the state's
declining COVID cases and hospitalizations upside down.
Just over a month later, Gov. Brown reinstated mask mandates for both indoor spaces and
large outdoor events. But this time, the state did not say what it would take to drop
those rules — and months later, still hasn't. Outside experts disagree with that strategy.
“I think it is a mistake that Oregon doesn’t have metrics,” said Dr. Monica Gandhi, an
infectious disease doctor and professor of medicine at the University of California, San
Francisco.
She specializes in HIV. She has seen how missteps and a loss of trust hurt the effort to
fight the disease in the early days.
Dr. Gandhi said a lack of metrics now with COVID-19 mandates threatens the public's trust.
“It is imperative that we retain, as a populous, trust in public health officials. When
mandates are put into place for public health emergencies they have to be accompanied by
metrics of when they come off and what constitutes a reason to come off. Otherwise I am
worried that it looks like restrictions without clean, data-based metrics,” she said.
moar at url
To late we lost trust long ago
General Research #18966 >>>/qresearch/14991688
Twitter’s Treatment of Project Veritas Reveals Double Standard on Leaked Materials
Twitter is allowing the posting of a New York Times article based on materials leaked by federal investigators about Project Veritas, the investigative journalism organization whose offices were recently raided by the FBI. This flies in the face of the treatment of the New York Post blockbuster articles on Hunter Biden’s laptop, which twitter censored because it was “content obtained without authorization.”
When the first Hunter Biden “laptop from hell” stories were published by Emma-Jo Morris at the New York Post in 2020, Twitter said it would censor the Post’s reporting because it had a policy against posting “content obtained without authorization.”
Now Twitter is allowing the spread of a New York Times story that contains privileged attorney-client information between Project Veritas and its lawyers, leaked to it by federal investigators who are using their power to intimidate and persecute journalists.
As Breitbart News reported at the time, Twitter took extreme measures to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop story, locking the accounts of not only the New York Post, but also the account of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, and the official account of the Trump campaign.
Via Breitbart News:
Twitter not only censored the Post’s story across its platform but also temporarily locked the accounts of White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as well as the New York Post’s official account. Notices were added to their tweets stating that they had violated Twitter’s rules on prohibiting the publishing of hacked materials. Twitter also temporarily locked the account of the Trump campaign.
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/11/13/twitters-treatment-of-project-veritas-reveals-double-standard-on-leaked-materials/
General Research #18966 >>>/qresearch/14991815
Iran-Backed Militia Recently Removed From Terror List By Biden Storms U.S. Embassy In Yemen, Takes Hostages
“The State Department is working to secure the release of several kidnapped hostages taken by Iran-backed terrorists.”
The Iran-backed Islamist group, which President Joe Biden removed from the terror list, has stormed the U.S. embassy in Yemen. The Shia-Islamic Houthi militia occupied the embassy on Wednesday and took several embassy staff hostage, the news reports say.
“The State Department confirmed to the Free Beacon that the Yemeni staffers are being detained without explanation and that the Iran-backed militants stole property after breaching the American facility in [Yemen’s capital] Sana’a,” Adam Kredo reported, who first broke the story in the Washington Free Beacon.
Weeks after taking office, the Biden administration removed the Houthi jihadi militia from the list of designated foreign terrorist groups, reversing a decision taken by former President Donald Trump. The move came as the Biden White House began appeasing the Iranian regime in efforts to restore the Obama-era nuclear deal.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/11/iran-backed-militia-recently-removed-from-terror-list-by-biden-storms-u-s-embassy-in-yemen-takes-hostages/
General Research #18966 >>>/qresearch/14991902
Oregon superintendent reportedly fired by school board for failing to remove BLM flags from classrooms
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/11/13/oregon-superintendent-reportedly-fired-by-school-board-for-failing-to-remove-blm-flags-from-classrooms-1162603/
The conservative majority of a Portland-area school board abruptly fired a superintendent during a Zoom meeting after he failed to enforce a policy banning teachers from displaying politically-charged symbols such as gay pride and Black Lives Matter flags in their classrooms.
Vid from #18966 >>>/qresearch/14991941
Raw Video of Portland area School Superintendent being FIRED on a zoom call by the School Board for REFUSING to remove LGBT and BLM symbols from schools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em6l66TgKgc
General Research #18966 >>>/qresearch/14992021
ATF Raid On Missouri Gun Shop Has Sheriff Seeing Red
Skelton Tactical has been open for business in the small central Missouri town of Osage Beach for about three years, and owner James Skelton says during that time he’s never seen or spoken to anyone from the ATF. Apparently the agency has been keeping an eye on him, however, since agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and explosives conducted a raid on his business earlier this week.
And while it’s not surprising that the ATF wouldn’t give Skelton advance notice that they’d be coming to his shop to seize most of his inventory, the local sheriff says he was taken aback by how the raid happened.
Camden County Sheriff Tony Helms says the ATF raid on a local gun store in Osage Beach on Tuesday caught him by surprise.
“It makes me mad I was not notified,” Helms said. “ATF agents were in my office the day before, to discuss a separate issue and they did not tell me a thing,” Helms said. “They called me at 1 p.m., on Tuesday, and apologized for not telling me, saying they were not comfortable having too many people know about the raid before it happened. They were hitting several gun shops as part of an annual thing.”
“Before SAPA, (the Second Amendment Preservation Act, passed in June 2021) they would have notified me if they were going to be in my county,” Helms added.
https://bearingarms.com/camedwards/2021/11/12/atf-raid-on-missouri-gun-shop-has-sheriff-seeing-red-n52049
>>105814 (me)
General Research #18966 >>>/qresearch/14992096
Biden Administration Hikes Medicare Premiums, Blames Drug Costs and Pandemic
President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday announced it is raising Medicare premiums, a move it blamed in part on the cost of drugs.
The Medicare Part B standard monthly premium will rise by nearly $22 to $170.10 next year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said.
Biden Administration Hikes Medicare Premiums, Blames Drug Costs and Pandemic
https://link.theepochtimes.com/mkt_app/biden-administration-hikes-medicare-premiums-blames-drug-costs-and-pandemic_4102350.html
[Drug Costs? Just do the Soviet, nationalize Big Pharma]
General Research #18966 >>>/qresearch/14992150
Rumors Rising: Jerrold Nadler Considering Retirement, Report Says
https://conservativebrief.com/retirement-2-54499/
https://nypost.com/2021/11/13/retirement-talk-growing-around-rep-jerry-nadler/
Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the long-serving New York liberal Democrat who has been instrumental in each of former President Donald Trump’s two impeachments, is considering retiring after his term expires during next year’s midterms, according to sources who spoke to the New York Post.
“People are wondering when he would decide to retire,” said one associate, who also went on to say that Democrats “could lose control of the House of Representatives next year, with Nadler facing a prolonged future in the minority,” The Post added.
“He has a fighting spirit but maybe now is the time to exit,” the insider noted further.
The paper continued:
A second person around Nadler said the congressman has refused to give a straight answer when the subject comes up. Nadler, like every member of the House, would be up for reelection in the 2022 midterms. He is unlikely to face a serious primary.
Though the 74-year-old has long been a vigorous and vocal legislator, some say age and ill health have finally caught up with him. Two people who saw him recently said he could barely walk.
In 2019 the Congressman nearly collapsed at a Manhattan press conference and had to be rushed to a hospital. He famously underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2002 and was once so obese he couldn’t use the subway. His wife Joyce Miller was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2020, forcing Nadler to miss part of President Trump’s impeachment trial.
“It’s not the first I’m hearing about it,” said veteran Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf in an interview with The Post. “Does he really want to be in the minority next year? How much more can he get done?”
Nearly 200 nations strike climate deal with coal compromise at COP26
Nearly 200 nations strike climate deal with coal compromise at COP26
Updated on: November 13, 2021 / 4:01 PM / AP
Almost 200 nations accepted a contentious climate compromise Saturday aimed at keeping a key global warming target alive, but it contained a last-minute change that watered down crucial language about coal.
Several countries, including small island states, said they were deeply disappointed by the change promoted by India to "phase down," rather than "phase out" coal power, the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Nation after nation had complained earlier on the final day of two weeks of U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, Scotland about how the deal did not go far or fast enough, but they said it was better than nothing and provided incremental progress, if not success.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nearly-200-nations-strike-climate-deal-with-coal-compromise-at-cop26/
General Research #18966 >>>/qresearch/14992321
Canadian Biotech Known For Psilocybin And Cannabinoid-Based Medicines In FDA Phase 3 Trial For Bucillamine-Based Oral Covid Treatment
https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1459631490275463169
I found:
Bucillamine
Bucillamine is a cysteine derivative originally developed as a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug for rheumatoid arthritis. Bucillamine replenishes the thiol group in glutathione to reactivate endogenous defense systems exerting antioxidant effects.13 Bucillamine additionally has antiinflammatory effects beyond its antioxidant action, particularly through its capacity to promote the transcriptional activity of Nrf2.13,14 In murine models, bucillamine inhibits IL-1β and IL-6 release from MSU crystal–stimulated macrophages and inhibits IL-1β, IL-8, and TNF-α release from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophage-derived THP-1 cells.15 These preclinical observations suggest that bucillamine may inhibit MSU crystal–induced stimulation of the NLRP3 inflammasome.
Evidence supporting the use of bucillamine to treat gout is limited to a single phase IIa randomized, multicenter, open-label, active-comparator trial, which is still in progress. This study is assessing the efficacy and safety of bucillamine compared with colchicine for treating acute flares in patients with moderate to severe gout. Subjects received either bucillamine (900 or 1800 mg over 7 days) or colchicine according to current American College of Rheumatology (ACR) treatment guidelines (1.2 mg initially, followed by 0.6 mg 1 h later). The treatment phase of the study has been completed, and analysis of the results is underway.16
BUC is a DMARD known to be an analogue of d-penicillamine that was introduced in the 1980s for the treatment of RA. d-Penicillamine was historically used as a DMARD in many Western countries during the 1970s and 1980s. Because of only moderate efficacy and a disproportionately high incidence of side effects, it was effectively abandoned in place of more effective DMARDs such as MTX. BUC reportedly has fewer side effects than d-penicillamine does and has been used widely as one of the first-line DMARDs for RA in Japan and Korea. It is approved in Asia only for the treatment of RA.
More at:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/bucillamine
General Research #18967 >>>/qresearch/14992523
Students stage walkout at Minnesota school in protest of inaction against accused sexual abuser
On Friday, students at Zimmerman Middle/High School in Zimmerman, Minnesota staged a walkout to protest the school's insisting on making alleged victims go to class with a boy they have accused of sexually assaulting them.
Protesting what appears to be a cover-up incident similar to this one in Loudoun County, the walkout took place despite repeated threats by the school principal, Marco Voce, who told students that they faced suspension if they walked out.
According to the Daily Mail, there was a school board meeting held on Thursday, but the topic was glossed over, and parents were not allowed to even so much as bring up the subject.
https://thepostmillennial.com/students-walkout-minnesota-school
General Research #18967 >>>/qresearch/14992524
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/biden-bill-give-local-news-outlets-shot-arm-81149674
Biden bill would give local news outlets 'shot in the arm'
President Joe Biden’s $1.85 trillion social spending bill includes a provision that, if it becomes law, would mark the first time the federal government has offered targeted support to local news organizations
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and TALI ARBEL Associated Press
November 13, 2021, 9:27 AM
• 6 min read
General Research #18967 >>>/qresearch/14992557
Lincoln Project sets its sights on 'young enough' Senate candidate Blake Masters
“I know I’m a young candidate, but I didn’t think I was young enough to attract the Lincoln Project’s attention.”
Blake Masters is a new breed of conservative. One who’s unapologetically for the Constitution, who defends the Second Amendment for what it is: the right to bear arms – not the right to hunt wild game.
In a new advertisement for Masters’ run for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, Masters introduces the short barreled rifle.
“It wasn’t designed for hunting. This is designed t o kill people. But if you’re not a bad guy, I support your right to own one,” says Masters. “The Second Amendment is not about duck hunting. It’s about protecting your family and your country.”
“What’s the first thing the Taliban did when Bided handed them Afghanistan?” Masters asks. “They took away people’s guns. That’s how it works.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/blake-masters-fires-back-at-lincoln-project
General Research #18967 >>>/qresearch/14992608
More Georgia 2020 Election Corruption Uncovered – Untested Machines Illegitimately Used in Election
Kevin Moncla at UncoverDC reports:
Most states have laws that require voting equipment to be tested before each election to ensure they are functioning properly. This process is called Logic and Accuracy Testing “L&A” (or sometimes LAT) and is supposed to be open to the public. Every machine is analyzed through a systematic procedure to make sure the machines record and count votes accurately. They also check that the software on each machine is the proper, certified version and hasn’t been tampered with or manipulated.
In late September of 2020, two counties in Georgia were performing their L&A testing. Both discovered a problem in that the voting machines were not showing the second column of senate candidates. The counties reported the issue to the Secretary of State, who then directed elections officials across the state to cancel L&A testing until the problem could be fixed.
A few days later, on September 30th, a corrected version of the software was distributed to all counties in the state. Because the remedy required changes to the software, the new version had to be installed on every one of the state’s 30,000 machines before the L&A testing could be performed. With less than two weeks before the start of advanced/early voting on October 12th, there wasn’t enough time to schedule and adequately notice the public. The legally required L&A testing had to be completed before advanced/early voting.
Moncla and team then reviewed the tests in three of Georgia’s counties, Cobb, Gwinnett, and Fulton. Cobb and Gwinnett both completed their testing by October 9th but Fulton County would not cooperate. Per a review of minutes from Fulton County Board of Elections, it was determined that Dominion Voting Systems was in the process of installing the new software on Fulton’s machines, but the county had not yet started the L&A testing, and most likely never completed this testing before voting started.
Fulton County finally did provide information to Moncla and it shows that Fulton County did complete L&A testing but this testing wasn’t completed until the end of the month, October 31, 2020. This was well past when the testing should have been completed per Georgia law.
Moncla writes:
It’s clear that the Fulton County voting machines and systems were not L&A tested until after early voting. This means there was no check or verification on how the machines were programmed. It’s important to understand that the majority of all votes for the 2020 general election were cast on the untested machines during early voting (314,985 out of 523,000), making this a very serious problem. There’s also another issue:
The L&A testing should only be performed by county election officials. It is equally important and unacceptable that Dominion was contracted to perform L&A testing of their own equipment. The mandated testing process was not designed to rely upon third-party vendors’ self-verification.
Not only was testing of voting machines completed way after early voting started in Fulton County, Georgia, but this work was done by outsiders (Dominion) which never should have occurred.
Fulton County Georgia voting machines used in the 2020 Election were not adequately tested per Georgia law and this testing wasn’t complete until after 314,000 ballots were cast in early voting. Also, this work was completed by outsiders.
All this indicates a corrupt election result in a state with tens of thousands of vote issues in an election given to Joe Biden by 10,000 votes.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/breaking-georgia-2020-election-corruption-uncovered-untested-machines-illegitimately-used-election/
Noam Chomsky says the unvaccinated should just remove themselves from society
'How can we get food to them?' asks Chomsky. 'Well, that's actually their problem'
MIT professor emeritus and political activist Noam Chomsky said he believes that while unvaccinated people have the right to refuse a COVID jab, they should “have the decency to isolate” from the community for the safety of others.
Chomsky was asked in an interview whether the COVID vaccine should be required when he made the remark. A clip of his response has garnered 1.9 million views on Twitter and been met with mixed reactions.
“People who refuse to accept vaccines, I think the right response for them is not to force them to, but rather to insist that they be isolated. If people decide, ‘I am willing to be a danger to the community by refusing to vaccinate,’ they should say then, ‘Well, I also have the decency to isolate myself. I don’t want a vaccine, but I don’t have the right to run around harming people.’ That should be a convention,” said Chomsky.
“Enforcing is a different question. It should be understood, and we should try to get it to be understood. If it really reaches the point where they are severely endangering people, then of course you have to do something about it,” he added.
https://nationalpost.com/news/world/noam-chomsky-says-the-unvaccinated-should-just-remove-themselves-from-society
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Ghislaine Maxwell tells all from inside her US prison cell: Heiress says 'I am weak, frail, tired and don't even have shoes that fit… guards feed me rotten food and one apple had maggots in it'
Ghislaine Maxwell was speaking from her 10ft by 12ft prison cell inside New York's notorious Metropolitan Detention Center, where she has spent past 16 months in solitary confinement
Ms Maxwell, 59, said: 'I have not had a nutritious meal in all that time. I haven't slept without lights on – fluorescent lights that have damaged my eyes – or been allowed to sleep without constant interruptions'
She also claims that a 'friendly rat' routinely sat next to her on an open sewer as she went to the toilet
Heiress, who faces rest of her life behind bars if convicted of abusing and procuring young girls for billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein - charges she vehemently denies - claims she's stopped taking showers as 'creepy' guards stare at her
Ghislaine Maxwell has spoken for the first time about her 'living hell' behind bars – claiming that she has been assaulted and abused by prison guards, purposely deprived of sleep and given rotting food to eat.
In a world exclusive, Ms Maxwell, who had her £21 million bail application denied for the fourth time last week, also claims negative media coverage while she has been in custody and the deliberate withholding of evidence have made it 'impossible' for her to receive a fair trial.
Speaking from her 10ft by 12ft prison cell inside New York's notorious Metropolitan Detention Center, where she has spent the past 16 months in solitary confinement, Ms Maxwell said: 'I have been assaulted and abused for almost a year and a half.
'I have not had a nutritious meal in all that time. I haven't slept without lights on – fluorescent lights that have damaged my eyes – or been allowed to sleep without constant interruptions.
'I am weak, I am frail. I have no stamina. I am tired. I don't even have shoes which fit properly. They feed me rotten food. One apple had maggots in it. I have not been allowed to exercise.'
Ms Maxwell, who faces the rest of her life behind bars if convicted of abusing and procuring young girls for billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein – charges that she vehemently denies – claims:
A 'friendly rat' routinely sat next to her on an open sewer as she went to the toilet;
She has stopped taking showers as 'creepy' guards stare at her;
Her mail has been tampered with and she has been 'purposely' prevented from preparing for trial by being given vital evidence too late;
The jury pool has been so tainted by the continuous slurs against her character she believes it will be virtually 'impossible' to get a fair trial.
Some will say that a woman accused of sexually abusing young women, including a 14-year-old girl, deserves no sympathy. Others will argue that the American justice system is inhumane.
Either way, she remains innocent in the eyes of the law before her trial.
At 59, the Ghislaine of today is a far cry from the glamorous woman who was once a fixture on the international social scene, where she mingled with world leaders such as Bill and Hillary Clinton and was close friends with royalty, including Prince Andrew.
Today, the designer outfits have been replaced by the shapeless overalls of prisoner 02879-509.
Her trademark hair, once coiffed by French stylist Frederic Fekkai, is streaked with grey and fashioned into a shoulder-length style she managed to craft using toenail clippers while peering into a 3in by 5in hand mirror.
Despite her grim surroundings, she manages to force a smile as she describes how prison guards were so impressed by her hairdressing skills that they gave her paper-cutting scissors and joked that she should open her own salon.
But the harsh reality for a woman dubbed a 'socialite' – a term she fiercely objects to – has been what she describes as a living hell ever since more than 20 armed FBI agents swooped on her 156-acre, £800,000 New Hampshire home in July 2020.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10198663/Ghislaine-Maxwell-tells-inside-prison-cell.html
[hmmmm 10 X 12 for one person? Luxury Accomodations as far as County Jails go]'