4 Killed in Plane Crash at Atlanta Area Airport

An investigation has been opened after a small plane crashed just after takeoff from a suburban airport in a northeast suburb of Atlanta, killing all four people aboard, authorities said.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the single-engine Cessna 210 crashed about 1:10 p.m on Friday afternoon at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport and caught fire.

All four people on board died, a county fire spokesman said.

At least 15 firefighters stationed at the county-owned airport raced onto the runway and put out the flames relatively quickly, according to the county fire official, Capt. Jaeson Daniels, speaking with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Officials did not immediately release the identities of those killed.

The airport is set on more than 700 acres less than 10 miles from downtown Atlanta.

With an average of about 209,000 annual takeoffs and landings over the past three decades, it is the state’s second-busiest airport behind only Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport, according to its website.

The FAA said the National Transportation Safety Board would be leading the investigation.

There was no immediate indication of what may have caused the crash.

https://www.ntd.com/4-killed-in-plane-crash-at-atlanta-area-airport_686961.html

Czech PM edged out in narrow election, after corruption claims in wake of Pandora Papers bolster opposition

Czech center-right opposition group Together is set to beat Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ ANO party in national elections. Babis was beset by corruption allegations after being named in the Pandora Papers ahead of the vote.

Voting in the Czech Republic took place on Friday through to midday on Saturday, and with 99% of ballots counted that evening, the center-right Together coalition is taking 27.69% of the vote – a hair above the 27.23% taken by Babis’ ANO party. The liberal Pirates/Mayors coalition are coming in third, with 15.5%.

Earlier results showed the ANO in the lead, but even before Together pulled ahead, both opposing coalitions had scored an overall parliamentary majority. At present, Together and the Pirates/Mayors have landed 108 seats in the 200-seat lower house.

President Milos Zeman has promised Babis the first shot at forming a government if the ANO wins the most votes, which it technically did, given that Together is a coalition of three smaller parties. Nevertheless, Together leader Petr Fiala and Pirates/Mayors leader Ivan Bartos have both stated that they will begin talks aimed at forming a government without Babis’ involvement, and it remains unclear whether Zeman will go back on his word. Both Together and the Pirates/Mayors have ruled out working with the ANO, which they see as a populist and fiscally irresponsible party.

Babis was an enormously successful businessman before taking office in 2017, and has an estimated net worth of $3.4 billion. His time in office has been marred by accusations of corruption and conflict of interest, however, as the business empire he controls has received EU funding.

https://www.rt.com/news/537076-czech-election-results-pandora-papers/

AZ Audit Volunteers Prevented from Attending DC Hearing on Their Audit Work – “I Knocked on Doors, I saw the Empty Lots with the 75 Names Attached to the One Address”

A group of concerned Arizona audit volunteers is in Washington D.C. for election integrity training, and they are extremely upset by Thursday’s U.S. Congressional hearing that attacked their efforts.

They attempted to attend the hearing on Thursday, but approval 24-hours in advance was required.

Audit volunteers recently released a must-watch video detailing the horrific ballot anomalies witnessed on the counting floor.

Last night, the volunteers created another great video in front of Capitol Hill, explaining why the lies told in the Congressional hearing were so despicable.

They chose to submit the video exclusively to The Gateway Pundit.

Heather: Hello, we are here at the Capitol. We are concerned citizens from Arizona. We heard yesterday, the hearing that our Board of Supervisors, and Ken Bennett, were in, and we are not happy at all. We took time away from our family to work at the audit. I saw hundreds of people taking their one week vacation, just to work at the audit. It’s not a joke. We the People call for an audit. Thankfully we had some Senators to help us but we called it, we wanted it. And it needed to be done because our elections are at risk. So for us to see all the lies that were going on yesterday at the hearing is unacceptable. We pay your salaries, Board of Supervisors. You’re there for us. You work for us. And you’re saying that we’re stupid and we and it’s a joke. And it’s unacceptable.

Patty: Hi, my name is Patty and I worked at the audit as well. I want to bring a couple points to the attention of the viewers. I am a former auditor, internal and external auditor, financial auditor, and I want to tell you one of the first things that we look at when we approach a company is we ask for their policies and procedures, because we will audit that. Secondly, we look for the management tone, and the management tone, in this case, would be the board of supervisors that are non compliant and they’re undermining, and they were adversarial. They have not ever been accommodating to the requests of the audit team. That is noncompliance and that leads to very unreliable sources from them, and we’ve not received the Splunk logs or any of the other information. More importantly, when they go publicly and start undermining the efforts of the taxpayers as Heather stated,we pay their salaries. They work for us and they need to be reminded of that. All of the politicians work for us. We the People called for the audit, we own the audit, it’s not the Senators’ audit, it’s our audit. And we sacrificed countless hours, countless hours to bring for the product that we stand behind, and the fact that we have people on our side of the aisle coming to Congress and spewing lies and spreading these rumors about cyber ninjas being illegit is, honestly, unbelievable, and it’s treason. Because We the People have called for the audit and we stand behind it and we will not stand for these political elites to feel they can undermine the American people. We will continue to stand behind the audit, and I want everyone out there to understand this. I’ve run audit teams and the audit process was tight. There was a chain of custody presence, everyone took their job very seriously. There was check-ins and check-outs, we were temperature checked, we had COVID questionnaires we had to fill out, and all of that stuff because we have to abide by this law, but we did all of that because we wanted the audit to be above reproach. And we believe it is, it is above reproach and we wish that everyone would stop listening to the lies and start doing your own research. Just look in your own backyard. I also did a lot of canvassing. I knocked on doors I saw the empty lots with the 75 names attached to the one address, countless times. So people need to wake up and they need to understand that this is all a lie, along with the COVID Lie to keep us down and to keep us divided. Because when we come together, which is what God wants us to do, then we win. It’s us against them, this is not going to stop until we start standing up and calling it for what it is. It’s a conspiracy against We the People, and we’ve had enough. Thank you.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/watch-tgp-exclusive-az-audit-volunteers-congressional-hearing-conspiracy-people-enough-not-moving-forward-2022-2020-fixed/

Bosnian Serbs to ‘withdraw consent’ for joint military, taxes and courts, citing ‘violence’ by international overseer

Joint military, taxation and court agreements in Bosnia-Herzegovina have been used to violate Serb rights and the 1995 peace deal, said Milorad Dodik, a member of the country’s tripartite presidency from Republika Srpska.

Republika Srpska, the Serb entity that makes up half of Bosnia, will start the process “by the end of this month, first week of next month at the latest,” that will eventually result in the “withdrawal of consent” from the joint institutions, Dodik announced on Friday. He is one of the three members of Bosnia’s collective presidency, and leader of the Union of Independent Social-Democrats (SNSD), the ruling party in RS.

The move would affect the Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Indirect Taxation Authority and the High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council (HJPC) – none of which were in the constitution adopted as part of the 1995 treaty that ended the civil war in the former Yugoslav republic, but were established afterward as part of the push by Washington and Brussels to make Bosnia more “functional” for eventual EU membership.

Dodik has criticized such centralization for years, leading to the ongoing standoff with his Bosnian Muslim and Croat counterparts in Sarajevo. The EU’s admission earlier this week that “Western Balkans” countries won’t be joining any time soon seems to have been the final straw.

The Bosnian Serb leader also pointed to the August appointment of German politician Christian Schmidt as “high representative” for Bosnia, over objections from Russia and China in the UN Security Council – as well as the September decision by the highest court in the country that forests in RS belonged to the central government, and not the entity.

“We are not undermining the territorial integrity of Bosnia-Herzegovina, but this is the only way for RS to protect its own,” said Dodik, adding that this was a defense against years of “violence” against Serbs by the Office of the High Representative and the Constitutional Court.

https://www.rt.com/news/537030-bosnia-serbs-withdrawing-consent/

Art gallery repping Hunter Biden received $500K federal COVID loan, records show

A federal COVID loan to the art gallery repping Hunter Biden more than doubled after his father took office, records show.

The Georges Berges Gallery initially received a $150,000 COVID “disaster assistance loan” from the Small Business Administration last year, according to public records.

But the loan was recently “revised,” with the SBA approving a further $350,000 to the SoHo gallery this summer, records show.

The approval came on July 26, in the lead-up to Berges’ exclusive marketing of 15 paintings by the president’s scandal-scarred son, public records show.

In addition to the COVID disaster assistance loans, the SoHo gallery received nearly $80,000 in two payments in April 2020 and February 2021 under the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program, funds meant to help businesses keep up with paychecks to employees during the pandemic.

All tolled, $580,000 in taxpayer-funded COVID relief aid was doled out to a gallery with only two employees, according to SBA records.

Asked in repeated messages if the Bidens interceded in his loans; if any of the government cash went directly to Hunter Biden as a salary or stipend; or if any of it was used to market his artwork, Berges refused to answer.

Besides being the President's son, Hunter Biden also creates art.Besides being the President’s son, Hunter Biden also creates art.TheImageDirect.com

“I received my PPP loan in April of 2020 when Donald Trump was president, along with countless other galleries which, considering a global pandemic was happening, we had every right to. … Most galleries received this loan,” Berges said. “We were not unique.”

While there is no evidence President Biden helped secure the fatter disaster relief loan for the gallery, a watchdog group found that of the more than 100 galleries in New York City’s 10th congressional district, which includes SoHo, TriBeCa and Chelsea, the Georges Berges Gallery received “by far” the largest SBA disaster loan windfall.

“We’ve reached a new low in American politics where the President’s son gets his midlife crisis art career subsidized by the American people as part of our pandemic response to COVID,” said Tom Anderson, director of the government integrity project at the National Legal and Policy Center.

The Virginia-based organization this week submitted a complaint to the SBA questioning the the taxpayer-funded loans to the gallery, and noting the discrepancy in the size of its loan when compared to other local galleries.

“You can’t make this up,” Anderson said, adding that funds from the federal loans could have been used to promote Biden’s work — a possible ethical breach. “This is a unique situation in which the president’s son is directly benefiting from federal loans made to a third party,” he said.

https://nypost.com/2021/10/09/art-gallery-repping-hunter-biden-received-500k-covid-loan/

Prints of Hunter Biden's artwork reportedly sell for $75K each; Rep. Devin Nunes: 'The whole thing is outrageous. The American people know it.'

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, sold at least five prints of his artwork for $75,000 each, according to a report from the New York Post.

The pieces of art were reportedly sold by the Georges Berges Gallery before a "pop up" presentation in Los Angeles on Oct. 1.

"It's unclear who purchased the reproductions — which cost a fraction of the top price of $500,000 for an original piece by President Biden's scandal-scarred son — or if any more were sold after the LA show opened," the New York Post reported.

"But most of those allowed to buy works are long-term, private collectors with the gallery," a source familiar with the sale told the outlet.

On Oct. 1, Biden's artwork was featured at the Milk Studios in Hollywood, which attracted about 200 people, including boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and musician Moby. Also in attendance at the "tightly-policed event" was Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti – who was a national co-chairman of Biden's 2020 presidential campaign and was nominated by the president to serve as the U.S. ambassador to India.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked on Wednesday about Garcetti attending the art event for the president's son.

"The ethicists who have pointed to this arrangement have expressed concern that the President's son selling art could potentially put the President in a situation where those who seek jobs either in this administration or favors from this administration could put this White House in an awkward position," CBS News Radio reporter Steven Portnoy said, and then asked, "Should we expect to see more people who seek jobs in this administration attending events like this in the future?"

Psaki replied, "Again, the gallerist has spoken to — we've spoken to the specifics of what the gallerist has agreed to and what recommendations were made. I've done that several times. I don't have additional details for it from here. I'd point you to them."

"And we were very transparent about what recommendations were made to the gallerist, and I would again point you to them or the many times I've spoken about that from here," she added.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/hunter-biden-art-show-prints

Entirety Of Lebanon Goes Dark, Mass Power Outage To Last Several Days

On Saturday the entirety of Lebanon was plunged into darkness, with the electricity grid shut down completely after the small Mediterranean country's two main power stations reportedly ran out of fuel. "The al Zahrani and the Deir Ammar power stations stopped working after supplies of diesel were apparently exhausted, and energy production dropped to below 200 megawatts," Sky News reports.

A Lebanese official has confirmed to Reuters that the blackout is expected to last multiple days. "The Lebanese power network completely stopped working at noon today, and it is unlikely that it will work until next Monday, or for several days," the official said.

"The official said the state electricity company would try to use the army's fuel oil reserve to operate the power plants temporarily, but that would not happen anytime soon," Reuters noted.

Over the past months major Lebanese cities and towns have experienced periodic blackouts, but this looks to be the worst and most far-reaching and long lasting - increasing the misery of a Lebanese population still in the midst of an economic crisis, persistent fuel shortage, and which has seen the local currency plunge by 90% since 2019.

Much of the past year in Lebanon has witnessed scenes of sometimes miles-long lines at gas stations, with fights and disputes over supplies becoming almost routine. Residents and business owners have tried to endure via generators and hoarding personal fuel supplies insofar is possible for those who can afford it.

https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/entirety-lebanon-goes-dark-mass-power-outage-last-several-days

Newsom Admits 12-Year-Old Daughter Has Not Yet Been Vaccinated Despite K-12 Vaccine Mandate for Rest of State

“Rule for thee but not for me.”

Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom (CA) admits in a recent article published by LA Times that his 12-year-old daughter has not yet received the jab despite being qualified. According to the governor, his daughter has a series of other shots to get first before she will get the COVID-19 vaccine.

LA Times reported:

Newsom’s office would not comment on whether the governor would support legislation to eliminate personal belief exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine.

The governor has said the state’s process offers an “accommodating” personal belief exemption and will provide adequate time to hesitant parents to talk to their doctors and school nurses. He said his own daughter, who recently turned 12 years old and is eligible for the vaccine, has not yet received it because she has “a series of other shots” to get first.

The democrat governor prioritized other vaccines than the COVID-19 vaccine that could “save others lives” and “would end this pandemic”. Is he trying to say that this pandemic isn’t as dangerous as what the media want us to believe?

This is clearly a violation of his own K-12 vaccine mandate. This is an abuse of power by breaking the rules that everyone is expected to obey.

On October 1, Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom announced the nation’s first k-12 vaccine mandate for in-person learning. Fresh off of a rigged recall election, he has gone into overdrive.

Previously, students who are 16 or older are only eligible for the Pfizer jab. Now, children ages 12 to 15 are qualified to get the Pfizer shot under emergency use.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/newsom-admits-12-year-old-daughter-not-yet-vaccinated-despite-k-12-vaccine-mandate-rest-state/

Can You Trust the Moderna Vaccine? – Iceland Joins Sweden and Denmark and Says “No!”

My wife and I, entirely too trusting, took the Moderna vaccine when it came out. We are not medically ignorant. My wife actually was the nurse manager for a nationally known critical care unit. You can laugh at us now for “trusting” the Government experts. But my wife has now made it clear–no more jabs.

A couple of weeks after the second vaccine I had some cardiac reactions. Atrial fib and palpitations. Fortunately, those symptoms were temporary and dissipated within a day.

So did you see what Iceland did? They announced they would no longer use the Moderna vaccine. Not just for teenagers or people under 30. For everyone. Because the risk of heart problems is too high, according to their health authorities.

Iceland joined Sweden and Denmark in halting Moderna vaccinations in its country.

Seventy four percent of Iceland is vaccinated. If the vaccine was working as advertised they should not be battling rising infections of Covid. But that’s not happening. Cases are rising. In fact, the Government of Iceland issued new edicts today in response to the rising number of cases:

Social gathering is limited to 10 people.

Religious services may admit up to 30 people.

Swimming pools and gyms are closed, as well as contact sports, theatres, pubs, video slots parlours and cinemas.

Restaurants may only admit up to 20 people, and must close at 22:00.

Shops may admit up to 50 people, with fewer allowed in smaller shops.

Hair and beauty salons may continue to operate.

In addition, to this, it was announced that AstraZeneca vaccines will also be resumed. There will be enough supply to cover those over the age of 70 and health care workers.

Vaccinations have ramped up in recent weeks. As it stands now, 19,887 people are fully vaccinated, i.e. have received both shots and completed a grace period of at least two weeks afterwards. 38,142 have received the first shot, 58,029 have received both, and vaccinations have begun on 18,255 people.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/can-trust-moderna-vaccine-iceland-joins-sweden-denmark-says-no/

Appeals court reinstates Texas abortion ban TWO days after federal judge blocked controversial law

In a blow to the Joe Biden administration, Texas has received a green light to enforce its strict abortion ban again – a mere two days after a federal judge ruled to suspend the law that has sparked an intense legal battle.

The 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals overruled the decision by a lower federal court on Friday, thus allowing Texas to resume the enforcement of its abortion law, which effectively prohibits the termination of pregnancy past six weeks of gestation.

Commonly known as the “heartbeat bill,” the statewide abortion law was put on hold on Wednesday after US District Judge Robert Pitman sided with President Joe Biden’s Justice Department, with the White House calling the ruling “an important step toward restoring the constitutional rights of women.”

The victory lap was short-lived, however. With the appeals court granting the Texas government’s request to stay the preliminary injunction on Friday, the DOJ now has until October 12 to respond.

Now: Texas's 6-week abortion ban law, SB 8, is in effect again for now — the 5th Circuit has granted a temporary, administrative stay of this week's preliminary injunction (which halted enforcement of SB 8) to consider the state's request for a longer stay pending appeal pic.twitter.com/wdTIH5emjm

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) October 9, 2021

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded the appellate court’s decision, vowing to “fight federal overreach at every turn.”

Great news tonight, The Fifth Circuit has granted an administrative stay on #SB8. I will fight federal overreach at every turn. https://t.co/Mrfj3lt2ix

— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) October 9, 2021

In a bid to shield the law from federal challenges, the Texas government argued that it’s not officials, but private citizens who would enforce it by suing abortion providers. Under the law, citizens can be awarded more than $10,000 in damages plus legal costs if successful. Although Texas’ attempt to effectively muddy the waters did not stop the Biden administration from contesting the near-total ban, it has had its desired effect on abortion clinics, some of which have closed their doors since the law went into effect on September 1.

Several abortion providers reportedly resumed services on Thursday, hours before the appeals court reinstated the ban. Commenting on the new twist in what promises to be a protracted legal battle, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights Nancy Northup urged the Supreme Court to “step in and stop the madness.”

The Biden administration has long argued that the law defies the US constitution, insisting it should be declared “null and void.”

https://www.rt.com/usa/537039-court-reinstates-texas-abortion-ban/

Notable 6.8 Earthquake Strikes Vanuatu Region: USGS

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck the Vanuatu region, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday.

The quake had a depth of 301 miles (485 km), the USGS said in a statement. Officials said there was no danger of a tsunami.

There were no immediate reports of any injuries or damages from the earthquake.

Last weekend, a powerful 7.3 quake struck near the same region also on Saturday.

The earthquake was upgraded from a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 and struck the island nation at a depth of 347 miles (560 km), the USGS said.

Besides earthquakes, natural hazards such as cyclones, volcanic eruptions, floods, tsunamis, droughts, and sea-level rises are common in Vanuatu, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.

Vanuatu has about 286,000 residents and most of the population lives along the coast of the eight largest islands. The country is located in the South Pacific Ocean—some 1,700 miles from Australia and 350 miles northeast of Papua New Guinea.

There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, and there is an ever-present danger of a major eruption.

The Pacific “Ring of Fire,” meanwhile is in the basin of the Pacific Ocean with some 450 volcanoes. About 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes strike along the Ring of Fire.

https://www.ntd.com/notable-6-8-earthquake-strikes-vanuatu-region-usgs_686959.html

Australian cop quits after bombshell interview, claims most colleagues 'suffering' & don't want to enforce tough Covid-19 rules

A female officer with Victoria Police, who served for 16 years, has resigned in protest against the use of police to enforce Covid-19 rules, saying in an interview that a "great majority" of her colleagues shared her sentiments.

Acting Senior Sergeant Krystle Mitchell has appeared on The Discernible Interviews channel on YouTube on Friday, wearing her dark-blue uniform and revealing that she had been "troubled" by how police resources have been applied during the pandemic by state authorities.

Victoria Police has been tasked with making sure that people in one of Australia's most populous states abide by the lockdown restrictions, and with curbing illegal protests against the health rules and vaccination mandates, which often turn violent, resulting in numerous arrests and accusations of police brutality. Melbourne, Victoria's capital city, holds the world record for longest lockdown.

Mitchell, who had been working with the gender equality and inclusion command, said that "all of my friends that are police officers that are working the front line and are suffering every day enforcing CHO (Chief Health Officer) directions, that certainly the great majority don't believe in and don't want to enforce."

The law enforcers were "scaring people in the community," and she herself felt uneasy when encountering officers in the street while off-duty and wearing civilian clothes, she confessed.

Some rough behavior by the police during the pandemic might be partially explained by the enforcement approach taken by Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews, Mitchell suggested. "I think that the reason, or the issue, in why perhaps police [are] feeling more emboldened to act the way they are in relation to these harsher actions is because of the messaging that comes from Dan [Andrews]," who tells the law enforcers what to do "on a daily basis," she said.

"The consequences of me being here today, is that I will be resigning from Victoria Police, effective the end of this interview because the consequences of me coming out publicly would be dismissal," Mitchell announced.

I can't remedy in my soul any more the way in which my organization, that I love to work for, is being used and the damage that it's causing in the reputation of Victoria Police and .. to the community.

Victoria Police confirmed that Mitchell used to be one of their officers, but stressed that her comments in no way reflected the views of the whole force.

"Victoria Police cannot pick and choose what laws it enforces," it said in a statement on Saturday, adding that the police "looks forward to the easing of restrictions and the eventual return to pre-COVID life," just like ordinary residents do.

As for Mitchell, she would be the subject of a professional standards command investigation over her revelations, according to the statement.

https://www.rt.com/news/537063-victoria-police-quits-coronavirus/

COVID-19 Cases in Indonesia Plunge After Government Authorizes IVERMECTIN For Treatment

In July 2021, the Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) finally granted the Emergency Use Authorization for Ivermectin as the therapeutic drug to cure the Covid-19.

This was due to the country’s “worst-case scenario” epidemic at the time according to officials.

Indonesia experienced a spike in COVID-19 infection and deaths in July and was struggling to slow the virus transmission due to its high population. Indonesia is ranked as the world’s fourth most populous country.

The government imposed an emergency measure to slow the spread of the virus. One of its measures was to authorize the use of Ivermectin as a COVID-19 treatment.

The Strait Times reported:

The Indonesian government on Thursday (July 15) began distributing free medicine and vitamins to self-isolating Covid-19 patients in high-risk areas as the highly transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus continued to rip through the country, emptying pharmacy shelves.

Each package will have seven days worth of therapeutic Covid-19 drugs and vitamins, and will be given to asymptomatic patients as well as those with mild to moderate symptoms including fever and dry cough. The medication for the latter group will require consultation with a doctor and a prescription.

Medical facilities are stretched thin, and demand for oxygen and medication has also soared. As scores of people are isolating themselves at home and self-medicating, prices of drugs have shot up in pharmacies and online. The health ministry has since moved to cap the prices of drugs such as favipiravir, remdesivir and ivermectin.

Indonesia’s food and drug agency has authorised ivermectin for emergency use against Covid-19, Reuters reported, although the World Health Organisation, as well as European and the US regulators did not recommend its use for Covid-19 patients.

After the government authorized the use of Ivermectin for COVID-19 patients, the number of cases significantly plummeted since July.

The data below proves that Ivermectin played a major role on the steep decline of COVID-19 cases despite having a low vaccination rate.

One Twitter user posted a comparison between India and Indonesia’s success with Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/amazing-covid-19-cases-indonesia-plunge-government-authorizes-ivermectin-treatment/

Pro-Vax ‘Messaging’, Including ‘Societal Guilt’ Was Being Tested 6 Months BEFORE Vaccine Approval

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Propaganda is the more or less systematic effort to manipulate other people’s beliefs, attitudes, or actions by means of symbols (words, gestures, banners, monuments, music, clothing, insignia, hairstyles, designs on coins and postage stamps, and so forth). Deliberateness and a relatively heavy emphasis on manipulation distinguish propaganda from casual conversation or the free and easy exchange of ideas.

Those who have been paying attention to the last 19 months, have seen the brazen propaganda pushed by media and government alike. The serf class is propagandized to comply with one set of rules while the elite openly flaunt their ability to abide by an entirely different set.

The means by which society is being influenced are not something that the establishment has been making up as they go along either. In fact, according to a study published on the US National Library of Medicine website, ClinicalTrials.gov, the “experts” were planning their propaganda months before they needed it.

Despite a consensus in the field back in June and July of 2020, claiming that rushing a COVID-19 vaccine is dangerous and that one wouldn’t be available for years, some folks, particularly those at Yale University, were already planning their propaganda messaging once it was approved.

Despite the previously fastest vaccine approval in history taking four years, the “messaging” experts at Yale were getting their messages ready for when the COVID-19 vaccine would roll out in just six months. When we read their study, everything the media and government has been saying for the last 10 months begins to make sense.

In their study, titled COVID-19 Vaccine Messaging, Part 1, researchers tested “different messages about vaccinating against COVID-19 once the vaccine becomes available.”

Participants were recruited online and fed varying messages to test which ones worked the best to convince them to get the vaccine. Spoiler alert: if a vaccine works like it is supposed to, it doesn’t need propaganda to convince people to take it. Yet somehow, the experts at Yale predicted that this messaging would be needed — and they were right as the establishment has fully adopted it.

In the study, the control group was given messaging about random bird feeding benefits and costs. The baseline participants were given messaging about the effectiveness and safety of vaccines, and this is where the plot begins to thicken.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/vaccine-messaging-tested-months-before-vaccine/

Pfizer Asks FDA to Approve Their Covid-19 Vaccine for Children Aged 5 to 11

Pfizer and BioNTech asked the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday to approve their controversial COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11.

The New York Times reports that “the agency has promised to move quickly on the request and has tentatively scheduled a meeting on Oct. 26 to consider it. A ruling is expected between Halloween and Thanksgiving.”

“With new cases in children in the U.S. continuing to be at a high level, this submission is an important step in our ongoing effort against Covid-19,” Pfizer said in a statement on Thursday.

The Times report continues, “Pfizer has proposed giving children one-third of the adult dosage. That might require adding more diluent to each injection or using a different vial or syringe. The company was expected to describe the method it intended to use in its submission to the Food and Drug Administration.”

Only about 125 children in this age group died from COVID-19.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/pfizer-asks-fda-approve-covid-19-vaccine-children-aged-5-11/

Cuomo’s cash-rich campaign still accepting donations

Disgraced former Gov. Cuomo’s campaign is still marked “active” by the state elections board — and still accepts contributions.

His campaign website, andrewcuomo.com, doesn’t even mention his resignation. Instead, it refers to Cuomo as governor in the present tense.

The site prominently features a “DONATE” button — and a Sept. 29 statement from loyal flack Rich Azzopardi attacking the sexual-harassment report by the attorney general that drove the governor to resign on Aug. 23.

Cuomo’s campaign coffers are overflowing, with a balance of $18.3 million reported as of July 15. The next filing is due in January.

Speculation that Cuomo might run for governor again was spurred by an Oct. 4 letter from him to supporters sent by his campaign. In the letter, Cuomo said resigning was a “very difficult decision.”

“From the beginning, this was an obvious effort by some to use Albany politics to do what the people of the state would not allow them to do at ballot box: remove me from office,” he wrote. “Albany insiders underestimate the people of the state. New Yorkers have seen effective government that works for them and they will not return to the old days.”

Cuomo also criticized Attorney General Letitia James’s sexual-misconduct report as “false: its findings purely politically and personally motivated,” according to the letter.

James is considering a run for governor herself. Her committee reported a balance of $1.6 million as of July 15.

The campaign of Gov. Kathy Hochul — whom Cuomo had planned to dump as his running mate before Cuomo’s multiple scandals handed her the Executive Chamber, had $1.8 million in her coffers as of Aug. 14.

The campaign did not return messages seeking comment.

https://nypost.com/2021/10/09/cuomos-cash-rich-campaign-still-accepting-donations/

DHS Mayorkas Rejects Congress, Cancels Border Wall Contracts

The nation’s border chief is cancelling contracts to finish construction of the border wall, even though Congress voted to build the border wall, according to a press release from Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

“They have been directed to build a border wall by Congress [and] they’re just canceling the contracts because they don’t care what Congress does,” said one Hill staffer, who added:

Congress certainly should [sue the agency], but it won’t until after Republicans take back control. The [congressional] Democrats are not interested in [preserving the] powers of Congress unless the President is of a party they don’t like.

However, “the people in South Texas probably can [sue] because they can say they’re the ones being harmed specifically by the Executive Branch not enforcing or not following the law,” the source added.

In general, it is illegal for agencies to refuse to spend appropriated money.

The Oct. 8 announcement comes as DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas is refusing to implement Congress’s immigration laws, including the laws that require asylum-seekers be held in detention until their pleas for asylum are judged.

Hundred of migrants have been killed by Mayorkas‘s refusal to enforce the border law.

Tens of thousands of Haitians left jobs in South America to reach for Mayorkas’s dangled offer of U.S. jobs, but once Biden’s border polls crashed, Mayorkas pitilessly reversed his welcome policies and sent thousands of the South American Haitians — jobless and penniless — over to Haiti.

Drug smugglers have used Mayorkas’s migration-friendly policies to help move lethal drugs past the overstretched border agents. In 2020, roughly 90,000 Americans were killed by drug addictions.

At least 800,000 migrants have crossed the border since January because of Mayorkas’s welcome for migrants. This partially open-door policy has allowed many employers to hire low-wage illegal migrants instead of paying decent wages to Americans. His loose labor policy also rewards employers who refuse to hire and train millions of sidelined Americans, including homeless drug addicts in Pennsylvania.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/09/dhs-mayorkas-rejects-congress-cancels-border-wall-contracts/

Federal Jury Convicts Russian Man of Visa Fraud and False Statement Charges

https://www.justice.gov/usao-me/pr/federal-jury-convicts-russian-man-visa-fraud-and-false-statement-charges

Arrests of Deported Sex Offenders, Criminal Aliens Up 300 Percent Along Border

The number of arrests of deported sex offenders, felons, and gang members continues to spike in multiple sectors along the U.S.-Mexico Border. Recent cases include Mexican cartel members.

Arrests of criminal migrants who illegally re-enter the U.S. jumped from 2,438 in FY 2020 to 9,728 through the end of August 2021. This represents an increase of nearly 300 percent with the September numbers still unreported. Of those arrested, 448 had convictions for sexual offenses — up from 156 for all of FY 2020. Additionally, agents apprehended 1,769 migrants with outstanding warrants for their arrest.

Yuma Sector Chief Patrol Agent Chris T. Clem tweeted a photo of another criminal alien taken into custody on October 6 after illegally re-entering the U.S. The sector identified the man as Edward Antonio Gutierrez-Martinez and said he has felony convictions for first-degree child rape and incest.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2021/10/07/arrests-of-deported-sex-offenders-criminal-aliens-up-300-percent-along-border/

Teen Plaintiff in Lawsuit Against Merck ‘Haunted’ By Decision to Get Gardasil HPV Vaccine

According to a lawsuit filed last month by Baum Hedlund, Merck’s propaganda campaign played a role in convincing Hayden Shain, then 15, and his mother that he should get the Gardasil HPV vaccine. Once a promising swimmer and straight A student, Hayden is now mostly bedbound.

Attorneys for Baum Hedlund, along with co-counsel, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., chairman of Children’s Health Defense, last month filed a lawsuit against New Jersey-based Merck & Co., accusing Merck of actively concealing the fact that the drugmaker’s Gardasil HPV vaccine can cause multiple autoimmune diseases.

The complaint also alleges Merck knowingly concealed autoimmune diseases reported by Gardasil clinical trial participants by listing them as “new medical conditions.”

The lawsuit was filed in Superior Court of the State of California, Los Angeles County, on behalf of Hayden Shain. It is the eleventh suit filed by Baum Hedlund and Kennedy on behalf of individuals who allege they were injured by the Gardasil vaccine.

According to the lawsuit, Merck’s propaganda campaign played a role in spreading the belief that “good mothers vaccinate” their children with Gardasil, and that teens should “get the vaccine immediately” or “risk cervical or anal cancer.”

Hayden Shain was a happy teen with an active lifestyle. He maintained straight A’s in school, competed on two swim teams, and had a rich social life with plenty of friends.

Like a lot of teens, Hayden believed he was “doing what was best” for his health by getting the Gardasil HPV vaccine when he was 15 years old.

The decision to get the HPV vaccine haunts Hayden and his mother, Grace, to this day.

“When I think back on the day I received the Gardasil shot, I remember that if this vaccine is ‘effective’ and it will ‘limit the impact of HPV,’ I want to do the right thing for my health and take it,” Hayden said. “I had no idea how destructive it would be. If I knew the risk I was taking, if I knew this is what my life would become, there’s no way I would’ve said yes to the shot.”

Hayden was really excited to start his new journey in high school, but less than a month after the Gardasil injection, he began to experience an array of medical issues that would rob him of most of his teenage years.

A once promising young swimmer with dreams of earning a college scholarship to a top university, Hayden’s severe symptoms prevented him from swimming or attending school.

The body pains, excruciating headaches, brain fog, insomnia, weakness and trouble talking required constant medical attention.

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/hayden-shain-merck-gardasil-hpv-vaccine-adverse-events/

Bill Gates also helps fund the fact checkers

Bill Gates inadvertently funds the fact checkers through funding theAnnenberg Foundation, who helps fund the fact checkers. The Annenberg Foundation is described as a family foundation that supports the worldwide community through its grantmaking and direct charitable activities. I guess fact checking is a charitable activity.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/bill-gates-also-helps-fund-the-fact-checkers/

Mexican cartel fires a MACHINE GUN across the border into the US with bullets zipping above a National Guard observation post as migrants flood in

Suspected members of a Mexican cartel were caught on video firing multiple rounds of bullets across the border into Texas on Thursday.

The footage was captured by a reporter amid reports that Texas National Guard members in Starr County have seen cartel gunfights increase near the border recently.

Fox's Bill Melugin, who claimed to have seen everything, added that the National Guardsmen were not certain whether this was a shootout or just meant to intimidate.

Soldiers told Melugin that they have been taunted in recent days by the cartel members, who are armed, while standing across the Rio Grande.

'The National Guard here has soldiers all over the place, as well as observation posts all over the place,' Melugin said of the scene. 'They're keeping an eye out for runners and human smugglers.'

Roma, Texas may be one of the busiest hubs of America's immigration crisis at the shared border with Mexico in terms of illegal crossings and cartels.

The Texas Department of Public Safety said Wednesday there have been multiple instances this past week of suspected cartel gunmen spotted.

The gunmen were photographed wearing tactical vests and armed with assault rifles as they examined the border.

Officials believe the men to be involved in human smuggling operations, Fox News reports.

'As we work closely with the Texas Military Department, any potential threats toward law enforcement and the Texas Military Department will be fully investigated, and those responsible will be arrested and charged to the fullest extent of the law,' the Texas DPS said in a statement.

'The Texas Department of Public Safety is committed to securing our southern border,' the statement said.

The Texas Military Department has begun bolstering its efforts to monitor the border, building fencing, repel transnational criminal activity and countering smuggling and human trafficking.

https://postnewsd2.blogspot.com/2021/10/get-load-of-this-bullshit-picture.html

“You Got to be Kidding Me” – Joe Biden Snaps At Reporter Asking About “Potential Corruption” with Son Hunter’s Art Sales

Joe Biden snapped at a reporter asking about “potential corruption” with his crackhead son Hunter’s art sales.

The White Houser repeatedly refuses to answer questions about Hunter Biden’s new influence peddling scheme under the guise of selling his garbage artwork.

Last week nearly 200 people attended Hunter Biden’s art show in Hollywood.

Hunter Biden mingled with potential buyers for his art.

The gallerist, George Bergès, is charging up to $500,000 for Hunter’s artwork.

There is no way an artist could ever command $500,000 for a piece of art at their first art exhibition.

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti, who is the ambassador-designate to India, was among the people who attended Hunter’s art show in Milk Studios last Friday.

Biden snapped at a reporter asking about Hunter’s latest influence peddling scheme.

“Are you concerned about potential corruption with your son’s art sales?” a reporter asked Biden.

“You got to be kidding me,” Biden said as his handlers shielded him from the press.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/got-kidding-joe-biden-snaps-reporter-asking-potential-corruption-son-hunters-art-sales-video/

“Fck Twitter. Fck NBC” – Dave Chappelle Hits Back Against Left-Wing Mob Trying to Cancel Him Over Transgender Jokes

Comedian Dave Chappelle hit back against the left-wing mob trying to cancel him over his transgender jokes.

The far-left LGBTQIA mob came for Chappelle and attacked his new Netflix show “The Closer” in which he tells transgender and gay jokes.

GLAAD and National Black Justice Coalition are calling for Chappelle’s Netflix show to be canceled.

Jaclyn Moore, the transgender executive producer of Netflix show “Dear White People” was outraged over Chappelle’s jokes and said he was “done” with Netflix “as long as they continue to put out and profit from blatantly and dangerously transphobic content.”

Chappelle’s response to the cancel mob? F*** You

”Fck Twitter. Fck NBC News, ABC News, all these stupid ass networks. I’m not talking to them. I’m talking to you. This is real life,” Chapelle said at the Hollywood Bowl, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

“If this is what being canceled is, I love it,” he added. “I don’t know what to tell you, except I’m a bad motherf*cker.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/fck-twitter-fck-nbc-dave-chappelle-hits-back-left-wing-mob-trying-cancel-transgender-jokes/

Death toll of surrogate alcohol poisoning in Orenburg Region grows to 26

According to Deputy Minister of Regional and Informational Policy of the Orenburg Region Inna Averkova, 28 more people suffered, some of them remain in hospitals

ORENBURG, October 9. /TASS/. A total of 26 people died from surrogate alcohol poisoning in Russia’s Orenburg Region, while 28 more people suffered, says Inna Averkova, Deputy Minister of Regional and Informational Policy of the Orenburg Region.

"The number of the victim has increased from 49 to 54. The lethality has increased, because several people that were hospitalized in critical condition, in coma, died. A total of 26 people died, while 28 are alive, some of them remain in hospitals," she said.

Earlier reports indicated 21 deaths.

https://tass.com/emergencies/1347463

Merkel in Israel Sunday for farewell visit

This will be Merkel's seventh official trip to the Jewish state since she took office in 2005. Merkel has been a strong ally and friend of Israel during her tenure at the country's helm.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was scheduled to arrive in Israel late Saturday night for what is expected to be her last visit before she leaves office.

“Looking forward to a rich program that will strengthen our unique [Israel-German] relationship,” Germany’s Ambassador to Israel Susanne Wasum-Rainer tweeted in advance of the visit.

This will be Merkel’s seventh official trip to the Jewish state since she took office in 2005. Merkel has been a strong ally and friend of Israel during her tenure at the country’s helm.

The exact date of Merkel’s departure from office is unknown. She is expected to remain the head of Germany’s caretaker government until a new one is formed in the aftermath of the country’s September 28th election.

On Sunday, she will speak with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and President Isaac Herzog and attend a dinner hosted by Bennett.

In addition, she will meet with the cabinet, visit Yad Vashem World Holocaust Memorial Center and receive an honorary degree from Haifa’s Technion-Israel Institute of Technology at a ceremony in Jerusalem.

During her last visit to Israel in 2018, when she received an honorary doctorate from the University of Haifa, Merkel spoke about the importance of preserving the memory of the Holocaust.

“We are at an important time because those who witnessed the Nazis are passing away. We therefore have to fight to preserve this memory and need to be aware of how we preserve memory in a world where there are no longer witnesses to these crimes,” she said.

On Monday, Merkel will participate in a round table conversation in Jerusalem with Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies.

Israel and Germany have a strong strategic relationship, and the topic of Iran is expected to be part of Merkel’s conversations while in Israel.

In a manner akin to the US, the two countries are at odds over how best to prevent a nuclear Iran. Germany is also one of the six world powers that signed the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, otherwise known as the Iran deal, which Israel opposed.

Israel has been against the revival of the deal, which has been largely dormant since the Trump administration reneged on it in 2018.

Talks to revive the deal have faltered and in the interim, and countries are concerned that Iran’s nuclear advancements could soon make the deal irrelevant.

On Thursday, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said, “We would like negotiations to resume in Vienna as soon as possible. We have been saying this not for weeks now, but for months now. [An] imminent return to Vienna is necessary because this is not a process that can go on indefinitely. This is not a process that can drag out or that can be dragged out,” he said.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/merkel-in-israel-sunday-for-farewell-visit-681522

871 Los Angeles Firefighters File Notice of Intent to Sue City Over Vaccine Mandate

871 Los Angeles city firefighters have filed a notice of intent to sue over the public employee vaccine mandate passed by City Council. The vaccine mandate requires the firefighters to be vaccinated by October 20th.

The L.A. ordinance requiring vaccines leaves the door open for requiring booster shots, stating that they may be required for employees in accordance with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health authorities. The lawsuit filed by the group of firefighters seeks $2 million per plaintiff. The group represents one out of every four workers.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/10/09/871-los-angeles-firefighters-file-notice-of-intent-to-sue-city-over-vaccine-mandate/

Steven Fishman - "Trump, Please Disown Killer Jab"

Steven Fishman asks- "Do you want to be remembered as the president who took credit for OPERATION WARP DEATH, which ultimately will lead to the wretched agony, demise, and death of over 200 million Americans?"

Steven Fishman is a former administrator of the Howard Hughes Trust

An Open Letter

To: President Donald Trump:

On "Hannity" last evening, October 7th, once again you bragged and took credit for fast-tracking three "vaccines" in Operation Warp Speed. You took pride in that.

My question to you is this: Are you living inside a plastic bubble at Mar-a-Lago and have no idea how horrifically the "vaccine" kills people, or are you part of the Global Genocide Conspiracy of Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, George Soros, and Tony Fauci?

How can you not know how the "vaccine" is not a vaccine at all, because it does not produce antibodies to cure COVID, but instead is made of Messenger RNA containing spike proteins and prions comprised of graphene oxide that contains microscopic chards of metal that cut to pieces every blood cell in the human body over time, causing blood clotting, lung paralysis, mitochondrial cancer, and death?

https://henrymakow.com/2021/10/steven-fishman-open-letter.html

Steven Fishman - "Trump, Please Disown Killer Jab"

Steven Fishman asks- "Do you want to be remembered as the president who took credit for OPERATION WARP DEATH, which ultimately will lead to the wretched agony, demise, and death of over 200 million Americans?"

Steven Fishman is a former administrator of the Howard Hughes Trust

An Open Letter

To: President Donald Trump:

On "Hannity" last evening, October 7th, once again you bragged and took credit for fast-tracking three "vaccines" in Operation Warp Speed. You took pride in that.

My question to you is this: Are you living inside a plastic bubble at Mar-a-Lago and have no idea how horrifically the "vaccine" kills people, or are you part of the Global Genocide Conspiracy of Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab, George Soros, and Tony Fauci?

How can you not know how the "vaccine" is not a vaccine at all, because it does not produce antibodies to cure COVID, but instead is made of Messenger RNA containing spike proteins and prions comprised of graphene oxide that contains microscopic chards of metal that cut to pieces every blood cell in the human body over time, causing blood clotting, lung paralysis, mitochondrial cancer, and death?

https://henrymakow.com/2021/10/steven-fishman-open-letter.html

Think the FDA Is Looking Out for Your Health? History Tells a Different Story.

Consumer watchdog groups accuse the FDA of having evolved from a “hard-charging tiger of an agency” a century ago, to a “pliant pussycat” today.

Regulatory agencies, says Encyclopedia Britannica, are a uniquely American institution. Though conceptualized as mere advisory bodies at the time of their emergence in the late 19th century, federal regulatory agencies have since acquired comprehensive legislative powers and even quasi-judicial powers — exercising “social control through rulemaking” with “almost no supervision by other branches of government.”

As legal scholars tamely explain, “unique pressures and influences … invariably push [regulators’] actions, and their decisions on policy questions, in a direction favored by regulated firms.”

This phenomenon, known as regulatory capture, has become the norm — not least because lucrative “revolving door” jobs generally await tractable regulators once they exit their government posts.

In the crowded field of captured agencies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the standouts. FDA gets 45% of its budget from the pharmaceutical industry, and fast-tracks more than 50% of the drugs it approves.

Consumer watchdog groups accuse the FDA of having evolved from a “hard-charging tiger of an agency” a century ago, to a “pliant pussycat” today.

FDA states that drug recalls are initiated either “by FDA request” or “on a company’s own initiative.” According to the consumer website Drugwatch, however, FDA “can only recommend” but not force a recall.

Vaccine recalls, too, are “almost always initiated voluntarily by the vaccine manufacturer.” In 1976, public outcry forced the government to pull the plug on a dangerous swine flu vaccine after just 10 weeks, but only after 40 million Americans had received it.

Although manufacturers do withdraw dangerous drugs, vaccines and consumer products from the market from time to time (sometimes after FDA has obligingly looked the other way for decades), many observers believe such recalls represent the tip of the iceberg — a placatory bone thrown to persuade the public that the nation has a functional oversight system.

Is the FDA at least scrupulous about which drugs and vaccines it lets out of the starting gate?

As a long line of drug fiascoes suggests, the clear answer is no — experimental COVID vaccines are the latest example.

https://www.globalresearch.ca/think-fda-looking-out-your-health-history-tells-different-story/5758088

Lines Form Overnight for PRESIDENT TRUMP at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines — Thousands Inside Venue by 2 PM!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/lines-form-overnight-president-trump-iowa-state-fairgrounds-des-moines-thousands-inside-venue-2-pm-video/

Tony Abbott criticises Australia’s Covid-19 response, slams rules as ‘oppressive’

Tony Abbott has torn into Australia’s ‘oppressive’ response to the coronavirus pandemic, arguing governments have ruined lives.

Tony Abbott has ripped into Australia’s response to COVID-19, describing the nation’s rules as oppressive and overreach.

The former prime minister has been a consistent critic of the country’s pandemic response.

But he has gone much harder than ever before in a blistering essay for the Institute of Public Affairs.

“We’ve protected lives and ruined them at the same time,” Mr Abbott said.

”A bit like the Vietnam-era American officer who declared the village had to be destroyed in order to be saved.”

Mr Abbott said the pandemic response reflected a deeply ethical concern for the preciousness of every life.

“To me, it often seemed an over-reaction from people who’d forgotten the inevitability of death and the importance of living each day to the full,” he said.

Mr Abbott recently copped a $500 infringement after being sprung in public without a mask.

He took aim at the person who dobbed him in.

“I never thought dobbing and snitching was part of the Australian character,” Mr Abbott said.

“As soon as we can leave this health police state mindset behind us, the better for everyone.”

Late last year, Mr Abbott was investigated after he was seen cycling outside his zone of residence in Sydney’s northern beaches.

He was cleared by police of breaching public health orders.

Mr Abbott has long been a vocal critic of Australia’s pandemic response.

In August last year – when Melbourne was in the grip of a deadly second wave – he called for Covid-19 restrictions to be relaxed.

Mr Abbott argued officials had become trapped in “crisis mode” and governments needed to consider ”uncomfortable questions” about the number of deaths they could accept.

He also said the media had spread “virus hysteria” and people should be able to make their own decisions.

https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/tony-abbott-criticises-australias-covid19-response-slams-rules-as-oppressive/news-story/3562df1f6a13a9a5ece0c925550191f8

Southwest Pilots Union Sues To Block Airline's Vaccination Mandate

In what appears to be one of the first cases of a union pushing back against the new COVID vaccination requirements handed down by the Biden Administration, a union representing pilots at Southwest Airlines is suing to stop the vaccine requirement from being forced until a lawsuit is resolved.

Bloomberg reports that the union representing Southwest's pilots has asked a court to grant a temporary stay against the federal vaccination rules until an ongoing lawsuit over what they allege are violations of US labor laws is resolved.

In a court filing on Friday, the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association also asked for an immediate hearing on the request before a federal court in Dallas, claiming the carrier has continued to take unilateral actions that violate terms of the Railway Labor Act, which governs relations between airlines and employee unions. The "unilateral action" in question is the company's attempt (at the Biden Administration's direction) to force workers to either get the jab, or be fired or sent on unpaid leave, Bloomberg reports.

"The new vaccine mandate unlawfully imposes new conditions of employment and the new policy threatens termination of any pilot not fully vaccinated by December 8, 2021," the legal filing said. "Southwest Airlines’ additional new and unilateral modification of the parties’ collective bargaining agreement is in clear violation of the RLA."

According to the guidelines set out by President Biden (and "voluntarily" embraced by most of the major airlines), Southwest has a deadline of Oct. 4 under the federal mandate for employees to get jabbed or have an approved medical or religious exemption. SW is affected by the mandate because it has contracts with the federal government (like many large businesses).

The union represents 9,000 pilots at the airline, and a strike could easily disrupt American air travel (remember the air traffic controllers strike in the 1980s?)

For whatever reason, the airline isn't backing down, insisting that the vaccination mandate (which airline CEOs have gone on TV to defend) isn't an issue subject to labor-management negotiation, and that anybody who refuses the jab without an exemption will be fired.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/southwest-pilots-union-sues-block-airlines-vaccination-mandate

Virginia Judge Hands Victory To Parents, Sides Against Prosecutor On School Board Recall

A Virginia-based parent group attempting to oust five Loudoun County School Board members was given a small win after a Loudoun County Circuit Court judge ruled Tuesday in favor of the organization’s recall petition against a board member who sought to dismiss it.

On Tuesday, a judge denied Loudoun County school board member Beth Barts’ motion to dismiss the case and also removed Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney Buta Biberaj from the case.

The group Fight For Schools and others have alleged that Barts was involved in a private Facebook group that violated the School Board’s Code of Conduct and other laws after members allegedly tried to attempt to reveal private information about parents and opponents.

Judge Jeanette Irby, meanwhile, ruled that Biberaj should be removed from the case due to a public perception issue, arguing the public may not trust the prosecutor to be impartial.

“I have the utmost respect for Ms. Biberaj … however, if she continued on this case there would never be acceptance on this case,” Irby said, according to local media outlets.

An attorney for Citizens of Leesburg, another plaintiff in the case, cited a Twitter post made by Biberaj in which she shared a letter to the editor published in Loudoun Now that supported the district’s diversity, equity, and inclusion work—which is closely aligned with the quasi-Marxist critical race theory that’s now at the center of many heated school board debates across the United States.

Biberaj was also listed as a member of the same private Facebook group in which Barts had belonged—Anti-Racist Parents of Loudoun—where members were allegedly sought to reveal private information, or “doxx,” parents and opponents of critical race theory.

The Epoch Times has contacted the Loudoun County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s office and the school district for comment.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/virginia-judge-hands-victory-parents-sides-against-prosecutor-school-board-recall

Abortion Loving Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi Sr. Visit Pope Francis At The Vatican

Pelosi and her husband met with the leader of the Catholic Church today at the Vatican.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul paid a visit to the Vatican today to meet Pope Francis in Rome.

House speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Pope Francis at Vatican today, according to a report by Catholic News Agency.

From the report: “Pope Francis met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday. At the time of publication, the Vatican had released no information about what the pope and Pelosi discussed, in line with its usual custom for papal meetings with non-heads of state.”

According to an October 9 daily bulletin, the Vatican added that she was accompanied by her husband Paul Pelosi, a member of the elusive elite club Bohemian Grove.

As National File Senior Reporter Patrick Howley reported in July 2020, “Wikileaks published the Bohemian Grove’s 2008 guest list, which included Pelosi, Donald Rumsfeld, and many other globalist elites. Pelosi also appeared on the 2018 guest list alongside James Baker, George H.W. Bush and many other titans of our misbegotten modernity. Alex Jones famously infiltrated Bohemian Grove and filmed the “Cremation of Care” ceremony in which the elite guests practice a faux-sacrifice ritual to a statue believed to be Moloch, the demonic “god” of child sacrifice, or possibly Minerva according to some.”

It is unclear why the leader of the Catholic Church is meeting with pro-abortion Democratic US officials.. However, Pelosi reportedly said during the meeting that “His Holiness’s leadership is a source of joy and hope for Catholics and for all people, challenging each of us to be good stewards of God’s creation.”

At the same time, a criminal fraud trial against an associate of Pelosi’s son, Paul Pelosi Jr., entered into the discovery phase last month.

https://nationalfile.com/nancy-pelosi-paul-pelosi-sr-visit-pope-francis-at-the-vatican/