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A former Adelaide relief teacher has AVOIDED jail for possessing “insidious” child abuse material.
Dylan McCrossin will instead serve out home detention at his mother's house - a decision a judge says won't put the community at risk.
Report: Unvaccinated Students ‘Numbered’ with Sharpie and Tracked at High School Prom
Unvaccinated students attending the Exeter, New Hampshire, high school prom were “numbered” with a sharpie pen and then tracked throughout the evening, a New Hampshire parental rights advocate reported.
Ann Marie Banfield, who writes at the blog Granite Grok, reported New Hampshire Rep. Melissa Litchfield, who represents the Brentwood district, posted to Facebook Tuesday that some constituents informed her their unvaccinated students who attended the Exeter High School prom Monday night “had a number written on them in Sharpie” and were tracked throughout the evening.
Litchfield continued with some quotes from “angry” constituents:
If they were on the dance floor they had to raise their hands after every three songs so their numbers could be recorded by other underclass students for contact tracing purposes. There’s even more to the story, but this alone is surprising to us. We truly feel they are literally branding our kids if they don’t get this experiential (sic) “emergency” approved vaccine …
Litchfield reported another constituent said:
They also left the list of student names (first and last) with the info on whether they were vaccinated or not on a table outside after the prom. I found it the next morning. This information should 1. Not have been shared and 2. Should never be left where anyone can have access to it. I have a photo of the list.
“I find it absolutely unbelievable that ‘ ‘ and ‘ ‘ was allowed to treat the kids like prisoners in Nazi Germany,” another person told Litchfield. “Marking them, thus singling them out, and then having to raise their hands is beyond tolerable.”
“First the school could be looking at lawsuits for violation of Hippa [HIPPA] rights,” the constituent continued. “They have no business asking for a vaccine card … last Thursday masks were no longer required outside and if this is in effect it should not have mattered if they were vaccinated or not.”
“If anyone has any further information, I would very much appreciate it,” Litchfield posted. “There has been much talk at the State level regarding vaccination status and confidentiality.”
Banfield reported she was contacted on social media by a parent whose child attended the prom. The parent said her child (name kept confidential) “was at this event and was ‘numbered’ with a sharpie because (child) was not vaccinated.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/09/report-unvaccinated-students-numbered-sharpie-tracked-high-school-prom/
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/09/report-unvaccinated-students-numbered-sharpie-tracked-high-school-prom/
Israel Defense Forces Strike Syria, As Netanyahu Struggles To Remain
Israel’s political situation is proving quite precarious for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As a result, he’s struggling to prove that he’s required at the lead, since Tel Aviv’s enemies will allegedly flourish if Netanyahu is not there.
Late on June 8th, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck various targets in southern and central Syria. According to Syrian media, air defense systems managed to shoot down some Israeli missiles which were fired from the direction of Lebanon.
Not all missiles were shot down and some caused damage. The Syrian Observatory of Human Rights claimed that violent explosions were felt in Damascus and around the city, followed by Israeli strikes on military positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). It also claimed that 10 pro-government fighters were killed in the strikes.
Air strikes also took place in the south of Homs province and in the border zone between Homs and Tartus.
This is the first strike attributed to Israel in nearly a month, and it coincides with Netanyahu’s struggle to remain in seat. There is no official confirmation from the IDF on carrying out the strike.
In addition to Israel’s regular assertions, the “moderate opposition” in Greater Idlib also frequently breaches the ceasefire regime and shells the nearby settlements. Militants in the region shelled several villages in nearby Hama province, in the villages of Jubas and Dadikh, and farmland was damaged. No casualties were reported.
On June 7th, militants fired 6 rockets at the village of Jurin in the northwestern province of Hama, causing damage to residential buildings and private property.
In northern Syria, the perpetual state of chaos between the Kurdish groups and the Turkish-backed factions also continues.
The Kurdish Afrin Liberation Force reported that it had carried out a successful operation against the Turkish Armed Forces and pro-Ankara militants.
Between June 1 and 4th, the Kurdish group reportedly killed 13 Turkish soldiers and 2 pro-Turkish faction members. Two vehicles were destroyed. In confirmation, Ankara admitted to losing a single serviceman in northwestern Syria.
On June 8th, a car bomb exploded in northern Syria’s Afrin causing extensive damage to nearby property. No casualties were reported.
Still, violence in northern Syria is the norm. The Kurdish groups and Turkish-backed factions continually carry out operations against each other. Infighting among the pro-Turkish groups is also not uncommon, with civilians frequently being injured and sometimes killed in collateral.
With the Syrian Arab Army reactivating air defense systems in northern Syria, it could mean that an attempted solution to the plight may be coming sooner rather than later.
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/israel-defense-forces-strike-syria-netanyahu-struggles-remain
Wuhan Lab 'Experts' Deny Lab Leak, Claim No Workers Sickened With COVID-19
Anonymous experts at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) have dismissed theories that COVID-19 leaked from their lab, as well as US intelligence that three lab workers fell ill with symptoms consistent with COVID-19, according to Chinese state-run ECNS.CN.
The anonymous experts have invited the West to present their evidence.
The experts, who requested anonymity, said individuals from the West can present their proof if they have any. They also dismissed as groundless the reports from some media outlets that three workers from the institute had contracted the virus. -ECNS
According to a May 23 report by the WSJ, Three researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were so sick in November of 2019 that they sought hospitalization.
The details of the reporting go beyond a State Department fact sheet, issued during the final days of the Trump administration, which said that several researchers at the lab, a center for the study of coronaviruses and other pathogens, became sick in autumn 2019 “with symptoms consistent with both Covid-19 and common seasonal illness.”
The disclosure of the number of researchers, the timing of their illnesses and their hospital visits come on the eve of a meeting of the World Health Organization’s decision-making body, which is expected to discuss the next phase of an investigation into Covid-19’s origins. -WSJ
"The information that we had coming from the various sources was of exquisite quality. It was very precise. What it didn’t tell you was exactly why they got sick," one source told the Journal, while another person said the information, provided by an "international partner," was potentially significant but still in need of further investigation and corroboration.
In March, former US State Department official David Asher, who led a task force on the origins of COVID-19, told a Hudson Institute seminar that he doubted the lab workers were infected with an ordinary flu.
"I’m very doubtful that three people in highly protected circumstances in a level three laboratory working on coronaviruses would all get sick with influenza that put them in the hospital or in severe conditions all in the same week, and it didn’t have anything to do with the coronavirus," he said, adding that the researchers who fell ill may represent "the first known cluster" of COVID-19 cases.
The Wuhan lab has notably refused to share raw data, safety logs and lab records of its extensive experiments with bat coronaviruses, which a US-funded NGO, EcoHealth Alliance, collaborated with.
As we asked at the time, perhaps Beijing - with its sophisticated tracking techniques - can explain the whereabouts of still-missing WIV lab worker Huang Yanling?
https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/wuhan-lab-experts-deny-lab-leak-claim-no-workers-sickened-covid-19
Twitter must register company in Nigeria to resume operations – information minister
If Twitter wants the government of Nigeria to lift its ban against the site, it should register as a local entity and be licensed in the country, Information Minister Lai Mohammed has said amid a spat with the social media giant.
The minister told journalists on Wednesday that Twitter has reached out to the government for talks after Nigerian telecom firms were ordered to suspend access to the platform on Friday. The ban was announced a few days after the social media company removed a tweet by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in which he appeared to threaten to punish separatists.
“First and foremost, Twitter must register as a company in Nigeria. It will be licensed by the broadcasting commission,” Mohammed said of the conditions that must be met before lifting the ban.
The company also “must agree not to allow its platform to be used by those who are promoting activities that are inimical to the corporate existence of Nigeria,” he added.
The minister said Twitter has become a platform for incitement of violence by the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group, which is pushing for an independent state for the Igbo people in southeastern Nigeria. He also accused the US company of helping to facilitate funding for last year’s heated protests against police brutality in the country.
Despite the UN and human rights groups voicing concerns over the crackdown on Twitter in Africa’s most populous state, Mohammed claimed that “nobody in actual honesty can accuse Nigeria of stifling freedom of expression,” referring to a large number of TV channels, radio stations and online platforms in the country. “But there's one line you must not cross,” he added.
According to the minister, other social media websites like Facebook or Instagram also have to register in Nigeria for a license to operate.
https://www.rt.com/news/526142-nigeria-twitter-ban-register/
Ex-Tennessee governor tied to contract hit on Hoffa pal, federal witness
A former Tennessee governor’s administration helped pay a murder contract for a 1979 hit on a federal witness who was buddies with union boss Jimmy Hoffa, authorities said.
The white contract killer wore a wig, fake beard and was in blackface when he gunned down Chattanooga businessman Samuel Pettyjohn, a cooperating witness in a corruption scandal that brought down the now-dead governor, Hamilton County prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Pettyjohn had cash and jewelry worth $100,000 on him when was killed on Feb. 1, 1979 inside a Beverage Mart he owned, authorities said in a news release.
“Essentially, Mr. Pettyjohn cooperated with authorities and knew too much about what was going on locally, as well as the state level, and individuals didn’t like that and so individuals hired someone to murder him,” Hamilton District Attorney Neal Pinkston said.
“Here we are some 42 years later.”
Ex-Gov. Ray Blanton was under investigation at the time of the murder for allegedly handing out early parole to prisoners in exchange for cash. He was never indicted, although three members of his administration were.
The DA was asked in a news conference on Wednesday how sure he was that Blanton’s administration helped pay for Pettyjohn’s murder.
“I’m very sure,” he said. “I’m proof positive.”
Still, the case is now closed – with Blanton, the alleged gunman and others involved long dead. But a grand jury heard the new evidence Tuesday and said it would’ve indicted the killer on a first-degree murder charge had he been alive.
“Our Cold Case Unit put in countless hours to solve this unusual case,” Pinkston said in a statement.
“Hopefully, it will bring some closure and peace to Pettyjohn’s surviving family members.”
https://nypost.com/2021/06/09/ex-tennessee-governor-tied-to-contract-hit-on-federal-witness/
Florida youth pastor was attempting to have sex with teen in a hotel when an 'angel' maid accidentally stopped him, police say
A youth pastor was allegedly trying to have sex with a teenage girl at a hotel room he had rented when a maid accidentally stopped him, according to Florida police.
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said in a media briefing that the maid spooked 29-year-old Andrew Weaver, who worked for Highlands Church of Christ.
Judd said that Weaver was "informally counseling" a 17-year-old girl in his youth group when he asked her to show him photographs of her in the nude. They then began talking about their sexual fantasies.
"Instead of him being the adult in the room, he creates a relationship with a 17-year-old child," Judd told reporters. "Did I tell you that he's 29, and married, and a youth pastor?"
Judd said that Weaver met the girl at the church and then took her to a hotel room that he had rented and was trying to have sexual relations with her when they were interrupted by the knocking from a maid.
He described her as an "angel."
"That maid went to the door, she was an angel that day because it freaked him out and the rest of that 'inappropriate counseling session' didn't take place," Judd said. The victim told police that they would have gone farther if the maid had not interrupted them.
Police said that Weaver admitted to them during his arrest that he had "crossed a line" with the teenager. He is charged with unlawful sex with a minor and interference with child custody.
Judd also praised the church for informing the police when they heard about the inappropriate relationship between the youth pastor and the teen.
The sheriff offered a theological lesson for the youth pastor.
"Let me share a little counseling with Andrew here: Jesus don't like that," Judd concluded. "I'd even go so far to say He's pissed."
Here's the media briefing about the harrowing incident:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/florida-pastor-child-sex-arrest
Deutsche Bank Issues a Terrifying Warning for America Under Biden
On Monday, Deutsche Bank released a report that further confirms a portent of doom for the U.S. economy and Democrats led by President Joe Biden. While many economists and policymakers claim that the recent uptick in inflation is temporary, Deutsche Bank warned that Biden’s profligate spending, the Federal Reserve’s low interest rates, and global economic trends threaten to unleash persistent inflation, which amounts to an insidious tax on the poor and middle class that benefits the government.
“Few still remember how our societies and economies were threatened by high inflation 50 years ago,” David Folkerts-Landau, Deutsche Bank chief economist and head of research, wrote in a paper co-written by his colleagues Jim Reid and Peter Hooper. ” The most basic laws of economics, the ones that have stood the test of time over a millennium, have not been suspended. An explosive growth in debt financed largely by central banks is likely to lead to higher inflation.”
“We worry that the painful lessons of an inflationary past are being ignored by central bankers, either because they really believe that this time is different, or they have bought into a new paradigm that low interest rates are here to stay, or they are protecting their institutions by not trying to hold back a political steam roller,” Folkerts-Landau added. “Whatever the reason, we expect inflationary pressures to re-emerge as the Fed continues with its policy of patience and its stated belief that current pressures are largely transitory.”
The authors warned that “neglecting inflation leaves global economies sitting on a time bomb.” They noted similarities between the 1970s and today.
“Rising oil prices could compound any consumer-driven inflation. Indeed the price of oil has haunted the Fed before. A series of oil shocks contributed to the ratcheting up of inflation during the 1970s, but the Burns Fed chose to focus more on the CPI excluding oil. Then it excluded surging food prices and the idea of ‘core’ inflation took shape. Subsequently, more and more items were excluded. Eventually, however, the Fed recognised that all the supposed transitory sources of inflation had spread everywhere and double-digit inflation had leaked into the ‘core’,” Folkerts-Landau wrote.
“Already, many sources of rising prices are filtering through into the US economy. Even if they are transitory on paper, they may feed into expectations just as they did in the 1970s. The risk then, is that even if they are only embedded for a few months they may be difficult to contain, especially with stimulus so high,” the authors warned.
The Federal Reserve, acting on the assumption that current inflation trends are temporary, may be too slow to damp the rising pressures on inflation, Folkerts-Landau warned. “The consequence of delay will be greater disruption of economic and financial activity than would be otherwise be the case when the Fed does finally act. In turn, this could create a significant recession and set off a chain of financial distress around the world, particularly in emerging markets.”
Inflation is a serious threat, and Biden’s policies have made it more likely.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/tyler-o-neil/2021/06/09/deutsche-bank-issues-a-terrifying-warning-for-america-under-biden-n1453388
Professor Charged With Hiding Ties to China
A scientist from the University of Tennessee is facing charges for hiding research work in China while receiving U.S. government grants for his work in Tennessee. The case was brought to court on June 7, and he is the first to be put on trial, among many researchers arrested over similar accusations.
https://www.ntd.com/professor-charged-with-hiding-ties-to-china_625391.html
Hackers With Suspected China Ties Breach New York MTA
A hacking group, believed to have links to the Chinese government, penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (MTA) computer systems in April, exposing vulnerabilities in a vast transportation network that carries millions of people every day, according to an MTA document that outlined the breach.
https://www.ntd.com/hackers-with-suspected-china-ties-breach-new-york-mta_625361.html