Appellate Court Agrees with Government that Supervised Injection Sites are Illegal under Federal Law; Reverses District Court Ruling
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/appellate-court-agrees-government-supervised-injection-sites-are-illegal-under-federal-law
Rep. Swalwell compares Pres. Trump to Osama bin Laden
In the lead-up to Wednesday’s impeachment vote against President Donald Trump in the House, Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who has been appointed as one of the impeachment managers, compared the President to Osama bin Laden.
“Well, Osama Bin Laden did not enter U.S. soil on September 11, but it was widely acknowledged that he was responsible for inspiring the attack on our country and the president, with his words, using the word ‘fight’ with the speakers he assembled that day, who called for ‘trial by combat’ and said we have to ‘take names and kick ass,'” Swalwell said in an interview with PBS NewsHour when asked about claims Trump incited last week’s deadly Capitol riot.
“That is hate speech that inspired and radicalized people to storm the Capitol,” he added.
https://saraacarter.com/rep-swalwell-compares-pres-trump-to-osama-bin-laden/
Hillary Clinton: ‘Removing Trump from office is essential’
Former Secretary of State and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is claiming that last week’s attack on the Capitol was a result of “white-supremacist grievances fueled by President Trump” and is calling for him to be removed from office.
In a Washington Post op-ed published Monday, Clinton wrote, “Trump ran for president on a vision of America where whiteness is valued at the expense of everything else.”
Clinton continued, saying Trump gave “white supremacists, members of the extreme right and conspiracy theorists their most powerful platforms yet,” while he was in office.
She said it was “essential” that Trump is removed from office and is impeached.
“Members of Congress who joined him in subverting our democracy should resign, and those who conspired with the domestic terrorists should be expelled immediately. But that alone won’t remove white supremacy and extremism from America.”
Moreover, the called for new and tougher state and federal laws that target extremists while praising Twitter and other companies for removing Trump for their platforms.
“Twitter and other companies made the right decision to stop Trump from using their platforms, but they will have to do more to stop the spread of violent speech and conspiracy theories,” Clinton said, adding that the Biden administration will hold technology platforms accountable.
Clinton concluded her article with this message: “The imagination to confront what happened and ensure that nothing like it ever happens again. That’s what real patriotism looks like.”
https://saraacarter.com/hillary-clinton-removing-trump-from-office-is-essential/
Fmr. DHS official compares Trump to a terrorist leader
MediasTouch, a progressive media company, released a recent podcast episode with Harvard professor and former Homeland security official Juliette Kayyem, where she labeled President Trump as a terrorist organization leader.
Isolate them. Shame them. Prosecute them. Impeach them. Expel them. Harvard Professor and former Homeland Security official @juliettekayyem discusses the counterterrorism approach we must take to stop Trump’s terror on the latest MeidasTouch Podcast. pic.twitter.com/OuTEZaBI97
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) January 13, 2021
“What the president does…he targets people for political gain. That’s what this was about, it’s for him to remain in power,” Kayyem said referring to last week’s U.S. Capitol riot.
Kayyem went on to describe President Trump as the leader of a terrorist organization and how we must “get the guys at the top” by using “leadership decapitation.”
In an article written by Kayyem published Tuesday in The Atlantic, she described how “leadership decapitation” works.
“Successful efforts to fight terrorism begin at the top. An ideology may survive and linger, but to curtail a terror threat requires what counterterrorism experts call ‘leadership decapitation.’ Society is more likely to heal when an extremist group’s ideological leader is isolated and damaged in the eyes of his supporters,” Kayyem writes.
“Now we have to think about all the ways we get a terrorist. De-platform them, that’s what we did we ISIS. Isolate the leadership,” Kayyem said. “You shame them, you prosecute, you impeach.”
Kayyem continued by saying the only way to regain peace in this country is by “total isolation of Donald Trump.”
“It’s actually better if Trump supporters know that he’s permanently damaged,” Kayyem said. “That’s the way terrorists work. Recruits want a winner.”
https://saraacarter.com/fmr-dhs-official-compares-trump-to-a-terrorist-leader/
Total Blackout: MSM & Big Tech Censor Trump Live Speeches As House Of Representatives Passed Impeachment Resolution
MSM and Big Tech went nuclear to cancel US President Donald Trump, push the impeachment against him and paint Trump supporters as ‘domestic terrorists’.
This is how the modern US media looks like. A “journalist’ just interrupt the Trump speech to blame him.
YouTube blocked a video with Trump’s speech claiming he uploaded a video that violates its polices.Trump will be banned from the platform for a week, effectively until the end of his presidency, with comments on all other videos on his channel also disabled indefinitely due to ‘safety concerns’.YouTube also stated that the suspension was enacted due to the ‘ongoing potential for violence’:
2/ Given the ongoing concerns about violence, we will also be indefinitely disabling comments on President Trump’s channel, as we’ve done to other channels where there are safety concerns found in the comments section. https://t.co/1aBENHGU5z
— YouTubeInsider (@YouTubeInsider) January 13, 2021
The further purge of any alternative points of view, including those by the acting US president, goes amid an attempt of the Democrats to impeach Mr. Trump before the end of his presidency, which officially ends in just a few days.
On January 13, the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives adopted a resolution that would compel Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment accusing President Trump of instigating his supporters to attack on the Capitol. This happened despite the fact that in a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier in the evening, Mr. Pence rejected the effort.
The Democrats and liberals also claim that, with support from anti-Trump Republicans, they will have enough votes to push the impeachment in the Senate also. This move is intended to entrench the neo-liberalism and globalism as the ruling ideology in all branches and on the all levels of the US governance system.
If this happens, the conservative part of the US society (at least a half of it) will inevitably find itself in a strong opposition to the political regime established in the country. This part of the society will have no real representatives in the ruling political class and a large part of US citizens will just find themselves to be dissidents in their own country for being not enough neo-liberal.
https://southfront.org/total-blackout-msm-big-tech-censor-trump-live-speeches-as-house-of-representatives-passed-impeachment-resolution/
Twitter Competitor Gab Backed Up Trump's Twitter Account and Recreated It on Their Platform
Andrew Torba, the CEO of Gab, a free-speech alternative to Twitter, backed up President Trump’s entire account before it was deleted, and recreated it on Gab.
Epic! @getongab backed up @realdonaldtrump's account on Twitter and recreated on Gab! pic.twitter.com/X1JAXD5kw4
— Matt Margolis (Parler/Gab/MeWe: @MattMargolis) (@mattmargolis) January 13, 2021
Gab is currently experiencing bandwidth issues over a surge in new users and attacks from liberal groups.
If Trump is looking to find a new social media platform, Torba seems to be nudging Trump to go to Gab, though it is not clear whether that is the reason behind the recreation of Trump’s Twitter account on the platform. The account has “Pro” status and states that the account was created in August 2016. The account does not follow any other accounts but has 1.2 million followers.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2021/01/13/epic-twitter-competitor-gab-backed-up-trumps-twitter-account-and-recreated-it-on-their-platform-n1336005
Gregory Michael Death Investigation: Pfizer Gives Update On COVID Vaccine Safety
Pfizer said it has started an investigation into the death of Gregory Michael, an obstetrician and gynecologist at Miami's Mount Sinai Medical Center, after he received the COVID-19 vaccine.
Michael, 56, who developed the rare blood disorder thrombocytopenia after receiving the COVID vaccine, had his medical condition documented by his wife, Heidi Neckelmann, in a Facebook post on Jan. 5. He died on Jan. 3 after suffering a brain hemorrhage.
Michael died just 16 days after receiving the first dose of the COVID vaccine on Dec. 18, which Neckelmann claimed caused his death. In her Facebook post, she said he died “due to a strong reaction to the COVID vaccine.”
Pfizer released a statement to Bloomberg on Tuesday that said the evidence gathered so far doesn’t suggest a connection to the vaccine.
It told the news outlet that its clinical trials and data since the vaccine was authorized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in its initial conclusion of evidence "doesn’t suggest a causal association to the vaccine."
“To date, millions of people have been vaccinated and we are closely monitoring all adverse events in individuals receiving our vaccine," Pfizer said. "It is important to note that serious adverse events, including deaths that are unrelated to the vaccine, are unfortunately likely to occur at a similar rate as they would in the general population.”
https://www.ibtimes.com/gregory-michael-death-investigation-pfizer-gives-update-covid-vaccine-safety-3121022
UK Gov’t Hires Men To Stand In Public With TV On Head For Pandemic Propaganda
If 1984 hasn’t arrived in America just yet, it certainly has taken over in the UK. The picture says it all: roaming Teletubbies with TVs on their shoulders proclaiming the latest COVID propaganda from the Ministry of Truth. Bizarre. ⁃ Technocracy News & Trends Editor Patrick Wood
In one of the most desperate and bizarre moves yet, a local government in the UK has begun recruiting men to walking the streets with TVs strapped over their heads, supposedly to help police during a highly unpopular lockdown.
Bradford Council in Yorkshire announced their new ‘iWalkers’ scheme, where local council saw staff and volunteers are deployed onto the streets with a 19-inch screen weighing 18 lbs, mounted on their shoulders.
According to reports, the program ran for two days before it began to go horribly wrong. The government scheme was so ridiculous, residents thought it might have been satire at first, or a prank, not believing that the local government had lost the plot to such a degree. When they realized the plan was actually a real government initiative, the public backlash was severe; embarrassed council officials panicked and removed their Facebook post detailing their ‘exciting new program.’
A number of outrageous comments, both in person and online, were hurled at the walking Robocop-like human propaganda digital billboards.
These real-life Teletubbies were supposed to be walking the city and town streets, wearing masks, while their TVs would be pushing out government propaganda on COVID – designed by government behavioural insights team and applied behavioural psychologists – to nudge residents into tighter lockdown compliance, and to keep the public abreast of minute-to-minute ever-changing “coronavirus rules and restrictions.”
According to reports, the cost of Bradford’s COVID Teletubbies is being paid for through government funding of “Covid-19 communications.”
Local government officials denied they had deleted their new initiative because of public embarrassment, and instead claimed it was suddenly taken down because of public comments that supposedly “crossed the line into abuse of people who are working hard to help residents and workers in Bradford District stay safe and stop the spread of the virus.”
https://www.naturalblaze.com/2021/01/uk-govt-hires-men-to-stand-in-public-with-tv-on-head-for-pandemic-propaganda.html
Italy: Biggest Mafia Trial Since the 1990s Begins
In Italy’s southern region of Calabria, a court had to requisition a local call centre to make room for 355 defendants, 900 witnesses and 700 lawyers in what will be the largest mafia trial the country had seen has seen in nearly three decades, AFP reported.
Nicola Gratteri, the chief prosecutor heading the trial has become a sort of folk hero in Italy. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)Nicola Gratteri, the chief prosecutor heading the trial has become a sort of folk hero in Italy. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)The defendants are all alleged members of ‘Ndrangheta, one of Italy’s four major mafia-type groups, and in particular the Mancuso family.
“The Mancuso are one the biggest players in the ‘Ndrangheta,” Sergio Nazzaro, an Italian journalist, writer and adviser to the Parliamentary Anti-Mafia Commission, told OCCRP on Wednesday. “They are extremely violent, ruthless and have deep connections to all the worlds of power that they can corrupt.”
The proceedings recall famous ‘maxi trials’ of the 1980s and early 90s, which took on 475 members, including 19 bosses, of the Sicilian mafia, Cosa Nostra, and brought to heel the infamous Corleonesi clan which had controlled the island.
However, it also kicked off an unprecedented period of mafia-sponsored terror, culminating in the assassination of prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992.
Though the ‘Ndrangheta’s history stretches back as far as the Napoleonic age, it outpaced its Sicilian counterparts as Italy's most powerful criminal group.in the 1990s.
Engaged in everything from narcotics to arms trafficking, prostitution, extortion and tender fraud, the Calabrian syndicate’s activities are believed to account for 5% of Italy’s total GDP, despite being based out of one of the country’s poorest regions.
Among the 355 defendants whose trial started on Wednesday are the family’s boss, Luigi Mancuso, known as "The Uncle,'' who has already spent two decades in prison. His associates on the stand bear similarly colorful nicknames like "The Wolf", "Fatty", "Sweetie", "Blondie", "Little Goat", and "The Wringer".
Most of the defendants were picked up in a series of raids carried out by Italian police in December 2019. In addition to the 355 on trial today, another 90 have already been tried separately.
While several of the defendents are accused of murder, it isn’t just hardened street thugs facing trial: among them is former parliamentarian Giancarlo Pittelli, a defence lawyer and ex-senator from former premier Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party.
“It’s not just a trial about who killed who, who was a loan shark to whom and so on,” said Sergio Nazarro. “It’s a trial against the full power of ‘Ndrangheta. All of their connections, to politics, businesses, law enforcement and the justice system. The entire ‘Ndrangheta world is on trial today.”
Heading the prosecution will be Nicola Gratteri, a 62-year-old native of Calabria who has lived under police protection since his mid-30s due to his work as an anti-mafia prosecutor.
Gratteri grew up rubbing shoulders with many of the defendants on trial today. "I spent my childhood in Calabria, at a time when dozens and dozens of people were killed,” he told Sky News.
“Outside school, I would see the children of the mafia bosses who behaved like 'little mafiosetti,”
he added. "Having gone to school with people that subsequently I had to arrest and convict as an adult is something that marks. It is unpleasant, but it is our job."
Nazzaro knows Gratteri personally, and says he has become something of a folk hero in Italy.
“‘Ndrangheta fears Gratteri because they know they can not corrupt a man like that,” Nazzaro told OCCRP.
“He loves Calabria, he loves the people of Calabria and he believes in helping the land of Calabria until the end. ‘Ndrangheta knows that when he starts an investigation, he will complete the investigation,” he added.
https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/13621-italy-biggest-mafia-trial-since-the-1990s-begins
McConnell Will Not Consent to Reconvening Immediately or Before 19 Jan. to Consider Impeaching Trump
Despite the House having gathered to vote on an impeachment article against President Donald Trump over his alleged involvement in the 6 January storming of the US Capitol, the Senate is not scheduled to reconvene until Joe Biden is inaugurated and Trump is out of office.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is not planning to convene the Senate on 15 January and "almost certainly" not on any date prior to 19 January, his spokesperson Doug Andres has confirmed on Twitter. McConnell's office notified Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of the Republican senator's decision.
The response came as the House gathered on 13 January to vote on an article of impeachment against US President Donald Trump accusing him of "inciting insurrection". The Democratic leaders who initiated the impeachment said they are ready to deliver the article to the Senate this week, but without McConnell's consent, they have little chance of convicting Donald Trump before he is out of office.
https://sputniknews.com/us/202101131081756756-mcconnell-will-not-consent-to-reconvening-immediately-or-before-19-jan-to-consider-impeaching-trump/
Caught On Video: National Guard Gearing Up With Rifles, Riot Shields At The Capitol
Update (1232 ET): Buzz Feed's Paul McLeod reports, "about 3,000 total national guard troops sheltering in the Capitol right now."
McLeod said guardsmen had to stay in the Capitol building "overnight because there was nowhere to put all 15,000 troops being brought into DC for inauguration from various state national guards (eg New York sent 1,000)"
I'm told there are about 3,000 total national guard troops sheltering in the Capitol right right now. Had to stay here overnight because there was nowhere to put all 15,000 troops being brought into DC for inauguration from various state national guards (eg New York sent 1,000) pic.twitter.com/okRAQozo7U
— Paul McLeod (@pdmcleod) January 13, 2021
This is nothing less than a logistical nightmare as thousands of guardsmen had no folding cots to sleep on.
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Update (1208 ET): Moments ago, Acting Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said the National Guard is boosting the numbers of guardsmen around the Capitol complex to more than 20,000.
"With respect to the National Guard, those numbers, the final numbers - because this has been designated as a national special security event, the final numbers will be provided from the United States Secret Service," Contee told reporters. "I think you can expect to see somewhere upwards beyond 20,000 members of the National Guard that will be here in the footprint of the District of Columbia." he said.
This is a substantial increase from over the weekend when 6,000 were deployed. The number was increased to a total of 15,000 on Monday.
Now, more than 20,000 guardsmen are expected to be armed and patrolling the Capitol grounds. It makes us wonder how large is the threat ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Jan 20.
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Last week, the Associated Press, citing the Secretary of the Army, said National Guard troops in the Washington Metropolitan Area, especially around the Capitol complex, could carry assault rifles and pistols though the decision was under review.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told The AP Friday that the military could let guardsmen carry M-4 rifles or 9 mm Berettas in a few days.
As we come to find out, on Wednesday morning, CNN's Josh Replogle reports that "racks upon racks of rifles and pistols" were unloaded from military vehicles and distributed to troops.
@mkraju Racks upon racks of rifles and pistols. National guard gearing up at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/EzRriokncu
— Josh Replogle CNN (@Joshrepp) January 13, 2021
Dozens of pictures of guardsmen sleeping inside the Capitol were armed with what appears to be M-4 rifles by their sides. This comes after days of unarmed guardsmen seen around the Capitol earlier this week.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/national-guard-troops-stationed-capitol-armed-m-4-rifles-ahead-inauguration-chaos
Italian Government Near Collapse After Renzi Pulls Ministers From Ruling Coalition
As if there wasn't enough chaos in the world.
Yesterday we reported that under the leadership of the ECB's QE Premier Giuseppe Conte, Italy's government has - or rather had - enjoyed a degree of stability unseen in decades, as the technocratic former law professor - initially brought in to lead a government formed by two anti-establishment parties, the anti-migrant League and left-wing populist Five Star Movement - had already survived the collapse of his original coalition. When League leader Matteo Salvini withdrew from the ruling coalition back in 2019, Conte managed to stave off another election by recruiting new allies from the opposition.
Since then, Conte has led Italy through two COVID-19 lockdowns, and as the country lumbers forward, with much of its economy still paralyzed, the PM has his work cut out for him if he wants to get the country's debt burden under control without resorting to punishing austerity measures (which, at this point, would probably spark a full-tilt revolution in the streets of Italy's largest cities).
But as Italy staggers out of another COVID-19-induced-lockdown, the ruling coalition is once again at the point of fracture. After Salvini quit the ruling coalition back in the summer of 2019, Conte struck a deal with Matteo Renzi, the former prime minister, who later broke off from the Democrats and formed his own centrist group.
On Tuesday, now that Italy has finally received the €196 billion-euro ($240 billion) windfall from the European Union COVID bailout package, Italy's parliament must vote on how to spend the money. But since nothing is ever easy in Italy's politically fragmented government, disagreements over spending priorities prompted Matteo Renzi, Italy's extremely unpopular former prime minister and junior partner in the coalition, to consider abandoning the government, and thrusting it into chaos just as the relief package is being finalized.
Moments ago, Renzi did just that, when the small but critical junior coalition partner pulled his ministers, putting the fate of Italy’s governing coalition in jeopardy. While the news isn’t a complete surprise, Conte had been making conciliatory noises and the market largely ignored yesterday's news of just this eventuality. Still, Italian bond yields had spiked in recent days in anticipation of the government possibly falling, but as Bloomberg notes "it’s probably not fully priced in yet."
In response to today's news, the EURUSD initially dipped…
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/italian-government-near-collapse-after-renzi-pulls-ministers-rulling-coalition
Walt Disney Co. Suspends Contributions to Lawmakers Who Objected to Election Certification
Walt Disney Co. and the Motion Picture Association are falling in line with other organizations and suspending contributions to lawmakers who objected to certifying the electoral votes in at least one state on January 6. Many Democrat politicians and celebrities have blamed the lawmakers’ willingness to challenge the election results as a motivating factor in the chaos that occurred as Congress gathered to certify the results.
“The insurrection at our nation’s Capitol was a direct assault on one of our country’s most revered tenets: the peaceful transition of power,” a Disney spokesperson said, according to Deadline.
“In the immediate aftermath of that appalling siege, Members of Congress had an opportunity to unite—an opportunity that some sadly refused to embrace. In light of these events, we have decided we will not make political contributions in 2021 to lawmakers who voted to reject the certification of the Electoral College votes,” the spokesperson added.
Similarly, the Motion Picture Association’s executive vice president Patrick Kilcur said in a statement that the MPA is “shocked and saddened by the horrific events at the U.S. Capitol last week” and have thus “decided to suspend for the foreseeable future all contributions to Members of Congress who voted to challenge the certification of the votes of the Electoral College.”
Other companies suspending political contributions to such politicians include Marriott, Blue Cross Blue Shield, American Express, Comcast, and AT&T.
The announcement comes as lawmakers, primarily Democrats, move to impeach President Trump, blaming him for inciting the riots that occurred at the U.S. Capitol last week. Some have also placed blame on the lawmakers who, prior to January 6, publicized their intention to challenge the electoral votes in disputed states — primarily Sens. Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). Some of their Democrat colleagues are calling on them to resign, blaming them, in addition to Trump, for the chaos that descended upon the Capitol.
“Leading a debate in the Senate on ensuring election integrity is doing our jobs, and it’s in no way responsible for the despicable terrorists who attacked the Capitol yesterday,” Cruz said in response to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who called on the Texas senator to resign.
Eight GOP senators — Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Rick Scott (R-FL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), John Kennedy (R-LA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Ted Cruz (R-TX), and Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) — objected to electoral votes in at least one state after Congress reconvened following the protests, as did 139 House Republicans.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/01/13/walt-disney-co-suspends-contributions-to-lawmakers-who-objected-to-election-certification/
HSBC Threatens to Close Accounts of Customers Who Refuse to ‘Mask-up’
Recently, 21WIRE has highlighted the highly credible, in-depth peer-reviewed scientific study out of Denmark, which proves beyond any doubt that masks do very little, if anything, to stop the transfer of viruses between humans. Despite the bountiful evidence on this issue, such studies on the efficacy and health side effects from masks have been routinely ignored by public health gurus in ‘pandemic’ policy leaders the UK and US. Why? Because the findings of these studies go against the government and media narrative.
This latest move to criminalize non-mask wearers by leading retail bank HSBC takes the pandemic ‘health and safety’ craze to new extremes – despite the fact that neither corporations, nor the government can provide any actual proof that the threat of COVID is somehow greater today than it was in March 2020, the groupthink on evidence-free policy decisions continue.
Are we now seeing the final steps of an extreme social engineering agenda being implemented?
The UK Mirror reports…
HSBC has issued a warning to customers as retailers step up coronavirus safety measures amid a further 1,243 deaths. The lender – which also owns First Direct and Marks & Spencer bank – said customers who break the law could forfeit their bank account.
Speaking to The Mirror, a spokesman said face masks are mandatory in all branches as per government guidelines.
Those who refuse to comply will be refused service and could have their bank accounts withdrawn.
Jackie Uhi, head of branch network, HSBC UK said: “Our branch colleagues are key workers, continuing to go to work in our branches every day so that customers who need them can access essential financial services.
“Sadly, some people are failing to protect themselves, our branch colleagues and other customers by refusing to wear a face covering inside our branches or observe social distancing.
“Our colleagues deserve respect and should not have to face violent or abusive behaviour. Consider whether you need to visit the branch or could manage your banking from the safety of your home via our digital channels.
“If you do visit us, please wear a face covering and maintain a safe distance from others. If individuals put themselves or our colleagues at risk, without a medical exemption, we reserve the right to withdraw their account”
The Mirror has also asked Santander, Barclays, Lloyds, Natwest and Nationwide for updated guidance and will update this story in due course.
The Post Office said customers must obey the law, but warned it will not be enforcing measures.
“Postmasters that they can ask a customer who is not wearing a facemask if they are medically exempt, but the customer is not required to provide medical proof if they do not have it with them when they visit a branch,” a spokesman said.
“Post Office will implement any updated guidance issued by the UK Government or Devolved Governments. At this stage, Post Office has not advised Postmasters to refuse entry to any customer that does not have a face mask.
https://21stcenturywire.com/2021/01/13/hsbc-threatens-to-close-accounts-of-customers-who-refuse-to-mask-up/
Canadian Health Expert: “Costs of Lock Downs are at Least 10 Times Higher than the Benefits”
After ten months of lock downs, doctors are beginning to reconsider whether or not these restrictions pose a greater risk to public health than the Covid virus they were created to contain.
Dr. Aji Joffe, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at the Stollery Children’s Hospital and Clinical Professor at the Department of Pediatrics of the University of Alberta, argues in a recent cost-benefit study on the implications of government imposed lock downs that they cause collateral damage at least ten times greater than than that of the virus itself.
“Initially, I simply assumed that lock downs to suppress the pandemic were the best approach. But policy decisions on public health should require a cost-benefit analysis … Once I became more informed, I realized that lock downs cause far more harm than they prevent.” – Dr. Aji Joffe
Dr. Joffe found that lock downs have negatively affected millions of people across the globe with food insecurity (82-132 million), severe poverty (70 million), maternal and under age-5 mortality from interrupted healthcare (1.7 million), infectious disease deaths from interrupted healthcare, school closures affecting future earning potential and lifespan of children, domestic violence mostly against women, mental health issues, drug addiction and more.
“There is a strong long-run relationship between economic recession and public health … It turns out that loneliness and unemployment are known to be among the strongest risk factors for early mortality, reduced lifespan, and chronic diseases.” – Dr. Aji Joffe
We have known since very early on in the pandemic that lock downs have caused a spike in domestic violence, drug abuse, and suicide, but these issues are rarely discussed by health authorities or the media. Instead, the focus is placed solely on coronavirus cases and deaths which don’t tell the full story.
“Popular media focused on absolute numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths independent of context. There has been a sheer one-sided focus on preventing infection numbers,” says Dr. Joffe. “It turned out that the costs of lock downs are at least 10 times higher than the benefits. That is, lock downs cause far more harm to population well-being than COVID-19 can.”
Doctor Joffe believes that we need to take an “effortful pause” and rethink the effects of the lock downs in relation to deaths and other damage caused by them rather than simply on covid numbers alone and protect those at high risk while not locking down everyone.
Many doctors have echoed similar sentiments lately. Dr. Roger Hodkinson, a Canadian CEO of a biotechnology company which manufactures covid tests, has called lock downs “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on an unsuspecting public.”
Dr. Cassone, a Holistic Primary Care Practitioner in the State of California recently spoke out about manipulations of Covid data which exaggerate the number of cases and deaths.
Dentists have warned about a rise in gingivitis and tooth decay as masks have become mandatory in most areas of the United States and Canada.
Very early on in the pandemic, YouTube censored two doctors from California who suggested that by constantly sanitizing and isolating ourselves we are allowing our immune systems to weaken to a point where Covid deaths may actually increase while spousal abuse, drug addiction, mental illness and suicide spike.
Finally, a famous German physician named Wolfgang Wodarg brought attention to the false positive rate of early covid vaccines. His analysis was removed from YouTube as each of these scientists have been maligned or censored by the established media or tech giants.
These doctors have all brought to light the disastrous long-term impact that a fearful public coupled with authoritarian government powers can have on otherwise thriving populations. It is long past the time we begin thinking more broadly about government authoritarianism and the negative effect it has on larger society.
https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/79013/canadian-health-expert-costs-of-lock-downs-are-at-least-10-times-higher-than-the.html
Apple launches major new Racial Equity and Justice Initiative projects to challenge systemic racism, advance racial equity nationwide
Commitments build on Apple’s $100 million pledge and include a first-of-its-kind education hub for HBCUs and an Apple Developer Academy in Detroit
Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a set of major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI) to help dismantle systemic barriers to opportunity and combat injustices faced by communities of color. These forward-looking and comprehensive efforts include the Propel Center, a first-of-its-kind global innovation and learning hub for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); an Apple Developer Academy to support coding and tech education for students in Detroit; and venture capital funding for Black and Brown entrepreneurs. Together, Apple’s REJI commitments aim to expand opportunities for communities of color across the country and to help build the next generation of diverse leaders.
“We are all accountable to the urgent work of building a more just, more equitable world — and these new projects send a clear signal of Apple’s enduring commitment,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “We’re launching REJI’s latest initiatives with partners across a broad range of industries and backgrounds — from students to teachers, developers to entrepreneurs, and community organizers to justice advocates — working together to empower communities that have borne the brunt of racism and discrimination for far too long. We are honored to help bring this vision to bear, and to match our words and actions to the values of equity and inclusion we have always prized at Apple.”
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/01/apple-launches-major-new-racial-equity-and-justice-initiative-projects-to-challenge-systemic-racism-advance-racial-equity-nationwide/
‘Behead Him’: NBC’s John Heilemann Says McConnell, Cheney Lead The Charge To ‘Strike At The Fallen King’
NBC’s John Heilemann said Wednesday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney were leading the charge to “strike at the fallen king.”
Heilemann told MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough that both McConnell and Cheney were making political calculations as to how they could retain they positions and build a stronger base moving forward, and their assessment appeared to be that the best way to do that was without President Donald Trump.
Heilemann said that McConnell and Cheney had “set in motion one of the fastest moving, most unpredictable political dynamics” he had ever seen — Cheney in a very public statements saying that she would vote to impeach and McConnell, through less direct channels, suggesting he also believed Trump to be guilty of impeachable offenses.
“That’s Mitch McConnell saying I’m done with Donald Trump,” Heilemann noted, arguing that at least in McConnell’s case, it was likely a move to propel himself back into power.
“What Mitch McConnell announced yesterday is that his route back to power and his view for the Republican Party to get back into power is to take this opportunity and, as Donald Trump lies wounded and weakened by what he did over the course of the last several months and particularly what happened last week, this is the moment to strike at the fallen king. And behead him,” Heilemann said. “That’s what Mitch McConnell is moving to do right now.”
https://dailycaller.com/2021/01/13/john-heilemann-mcconnell-cheney-lead-charge-strike-behead-fallen-king/
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