]Dem Governor Admits Wife Dropped Off Ballot — “Illegal Under The Election Code”

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf(D) admitted during a recent interview with KDKA radio that he had his wife drop off his mail-in ballot for him.

Wolf claims “it was an honest mistake.”

Just The News reported:

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf admitted this week he made a mistake when he allowed his wife to drop off his mail-in ballot ahead of Tuesday’s municipal elections.

The comments came during an interview with KDKA radio in Pittsburgh. A Wolf spokesperson told The Associated Press “it was an honest mistake.”

State law requires voters return their own mail-in ballots to a county election office or drop box. Written permission must be given to return someone else’s ballot.

It’s unclear whether Wolf’s ballot will be counted as valid. The Center Square reached out to the administration Friday for clarification but did not receive an immediate response as of Friday.

Under Pennsylvania election law, it is illegal to have a third party drop off someone’s ballot.

It is unclear if Wolf’s ballot will be counted.

Breitbart reported:

Pennsylvania election law currently prohibits most individuals from having a third person turn in their ballots. The only exceptions to this rule are for voters with disabilities or ones who select a representative to return an emergency absentee ballot for them.

State Rep. Seth Grove quickly pointed out Wolf’s violation on Twitter saying, “On Nov. 2, Gov. Wolf did an interview with KDKA where he disclosed his wife turned in his mail-in ballot for him.” “This is illegal under the election code,” Grove continued, “BUT would have been legal had he signed HB 1300.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/dem-governor-admits-wife-dropped-off-ballot-illegal-election-code/

Iran Announces Large-Scale Drill in Southern Waters, Sending Warning to 'Enemies' - Report

Tensions between Iran and the West continue to escalate amid a series of maritime incidents in the area of the Islamic Republic’s South offshore waters, considered to be part of one of the most important global oil-shipping routes.

Iran announced on Saturday that its armed forces are planning a “large-scale military exercise” in parts of the Arabian and Red seas, soon after an Iranian oil tanker reportedly clashed with a US military vessel earlier this week.

According to Deputy Chief of the Iranian Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari, cited by Tasnim, all necessary preparations have been concluded and the joint military drills, called Zolfaqar-1400, are due to start on Sunday.

The exercise is said to include the Army Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, and Air Defense, covering “an area of over one million square kilometers southeast of Iran, stretching from the eastern parts of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern parts of the Indian Ocean, down to the 10-degrees latitude, and parts of the Red Sea.”

The admiral also pointed out that “a broad range of homegrown equipment and ammunition, including advanced reconnaissance and combat drones with various ranges” is expected to be used in the drills, adding that it will serve as a warning to “the enemies that any act of aggression against Iran will draw a crushing response“ from Tehran.

The upcoming games were said to facilitate Iran’s military readiness and defensive capacity “in protecting the country’s territorial integrity.”

The announcement comes after Iranian media reported on 3 November that the Iranian Navy had repelled a US attack on one of its oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. The US military reportedly used several helicopter gunships and warships in the attack. According to reports, they stopped the Iranian tanker and the crew of the US ship began to transfer oil to its own tanker. In Tehran, it was described as an attempt to "steal Iranian oil."

On the same day, a video was released that depicts forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps preventing the US military from its purported interception of the Iranian tanker's cargo.

https://sputniknews.com/20211106/iran-announces-large-scale-drill-in-southern-waters-sending-warning-to-enemies—report-1090532378.html

Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith resigns from Parliament a week after drink-driving incident

Victorian Liberal MP Tim Smith has announced he will quit politics at the next state election a week after crashing his car while drink-driving.

Mr Smith resigned from shadow cabinet after he crashed his car into a Hawthorn fence last Saturday night while more than two times the legal blood-alcohol limit.

In a statement to his Kew constituents, Mr Smith confirmed he would not be seeking preselection for the blue-ribbon seat of Kew.

The former shadow attorney-general said he was "deeply touched" by encouragement he had received from Liberal Party members, but added it did not "excuse the terrible lapse in judgment" last weekend.

"In view of the response by the Leader of the Opposition, I believe it is in the best interests of the party that I do not contest the next election in Kew," Mr Smith said in a statement.

The embattled Kew MP has been under pressure from Liberal Party leaders to give up his seat in Parliament, with Victorian Liberal leader Matthew Guy saying he was "extremely angry and disappointed" about the drink-driving incident.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-07/vicorian-mp-tim-smith-resigns/100600888

Austria Bans the Unvaccinated From Restaurants as COVID-19 Cases Surge

VIENNA—Austria said on Friday it is barring those not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from cafes, restaurants, and hairdressers as infections approach the record set a year ago and the government struggles to convince holdouts to get the shot.

Roughly 64 percent of Austria’s population is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, in line with the European Union average but one of the lowest rates in western Europe. Many Austrians are sceptical about vaccines.

New daily infections have been surging and on Friday reached 9,388, close to the record of 9,586 set a year ago. The government said it expects a new record in the coming days.

“The evolution is exceptional and the occupancies of intensive-care beds are increasing significantly faster than we had expected,” conservative Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg told a news conference on the new measures that start on Monday.

These include barring the unvaccinated from hotels, events of more than 25 people and, importantly for a country that is a winter sports hotspot, ski lifts.

There will be a four-week transition period in which a first vaccination plus a PCR test will grant admission to places where the unvaccinated will be banned. After that, only the fully vaccinated and those who have recently recovered from a coronavirus infection will be let in.

Friday’s announcement comes a day after a similar move by the city of Vienna, which has the lowest infection rate among Austria’s nine provinces but the highest proportion of intensive-care bed occupied by COVID-19 patients at 20%.

While those dining out will have to show they have been vaccinated, the waiters serving them will not.

“One is a leisure activity undertaken voluntarily. No one forces me to go to the cinema or the restaurant. The other is my place of work,” Schallenberg said.

https://www.ntd.com/austria-bans-the-unvaccinated-from-restaurants-as-covid-19-cases-surge_698486.html

Paedophile who was forced to perform sex acts on a serial rapist inmate wants the taxpayer to pay for his therapy after he was left feeling like an 'object'

Troy Allan Burley raped the 21-year-old paedophile several times while in prison

One rape occurred while the man was watching the royal wedding on television

The younger man is seeking compensation from the state to pay for therapy

The older inmate was sentenced to another seven years in prison for the abuse

A child rapist wants the taxpayer to pay for the therapy he needs after being sexually abused and assaulted by a sadistic sex offender during his time in jail.

The paedophile, 21, was forced to perform oral sex on serial rapist Troy Allan Burley as he was repeatedly abused by the notorious criminal over three months at Wolston Correctional Centre near Brisbane in 2018.

One rape occurred while Burley was watching Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's royal wedding.

The victim, who has not been identified for legal reasons and since been released from prison, was himself convicted of raping a child.

The abused inmate has filed for compensation in the Brisbane District Court claiming he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder following his ordeal and has panic attacks when he sees 'bald heads'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10171901/Queensland-paedophile-perform-oral-sex-inmate-Troy-Burley-wants-taxpayer-cover-therapy.html

North Carolina 'pedophile', 61, is arrested after 'girl, 16, he'd abducted with his car used secret hand signal she learned on TIKTOK to show other drivers that she was in trouble'

James Brick, 61, was arrested for kidnapping a 16-year-old girl from North Carolina, and was apprehended in Kentucky on November 4

The missing teen was performing a hand gesture she learned from TikTok to alert drivers that she was in danger

The gesture, which features victims slowly curling their fingers around their thumbs, is meant to alert people of domestic abuse

Investigators also allegedly found child pornography in Brick's possession

A suspected pedophile was arrested for abducting a 16 year-old girl after she used an emergency hand signal she saw on TikTok to alert other drivers to her plight, cops say.

Laurel County Sheriff's officers in Kentucky arrested James Brick, 61, on November 4 after receiving a call on Thursday about a 16-year-old girl in his car making hand gestures known on TikTok that represent domestic violence.

It was seen by someone driving behind Brick's vehicle, with the girl subsequently telling police she'd been abducted from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, and driven through her home state, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky.

Her parents had reported her missing.

The signal, demonstrated on multiple TikTok accounts, including one set up by news site NowThis, sees a person raise their palm and tuck their thumb, then lower their fingers so that the thumb is 'trapped' inside them, with the signal resembling a clenched fist.

It is designed to show others that the signaler is suffering from domestic abuse.

One driver called in about the teen in a silver Toyota who 'appeared to be in distress' making hand gestures known on the social media app to represent 'violence at home – I need help,' the Laurel County Sheriff's Office said.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10172819/Man-faces-kidnapping-child-pornography-charges-missing-teen-uses-hand-signals-TikTok.html

Coronavirus boosters likely for years to come: Pharmacy Guild

Australians will be getting booster shots to combat COVID-19 for years to come, with annual injections to become an integral part of the national vaccination program, according to the Pharmacy Guild.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/coronavirus-boosters-likely-for-years-to-come-pharmacy-guild-20211105-p596ff.html

Amazon drivers set to receive $60 million in allegedly withheld tips

Company was reportedly using tips to pad driver salaries.

Drivers for retail giant Amazon will be receiving a combined whopping $60 million in reportedly withheld tips, federal officials revealed this week.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission “is sending nearly $60 million to more than 140,000 Amazon drivers,” the FTC said in a press release this week.

“The funds will serve as reimbursement for tips that Amazon allegedly illegally withheld from drivers between 2016 and 2019,” the agency added.

The FTC brought suit against Amazon earlier this year, alleging that “the company secretly kept drivers’ tips over a two-and-a-half year period and only stopped the practice after becoming aware of the FTC’s investigation in 2019.”

The drivers in question will receive an average of around $400, though one single driver is set to receive a massive $28,000 payout.

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/amazon-will-pay-drivers-60-million-allegedly-withheld-tips

In Fiscal Year 2021 The Feds Paid Zero Claims for COVID Vaccine Related Deaths

The Feds paid out zero claims in COVID Related Deaths through September, the end of the fiscal year 2021.

Adam Andrzejewski, Senior Contributor at Forbes writes:

In fiscal year 2021, the U.S. government paid $246.9 million in claims for vaccine-related injuries and deaths. Not a single payout was related to Covid-19 vaccines.

Each person with a “provable” injury from a Covid vaccine could claim up to $379,000 from a special Covid vaccine fund set up by the federal government. The payout for death could be as high as $370,376.

However, according to an OpenTheBooks.com investigation, the federal government didn’t pay a penny for Covid-vaccine claims. The special fund for these claims is called the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP).

There were only 1,357 claims filed that alleged “injuries/deaths from the Covid vaccines,” and 53 were listed as deaths, according to recent reporting by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

By contrast, the self-reporting Vaccine Adverse Reporting System (VAERS) lists 16,310 deaths related to Covid vaccines. Of these, “5,326 of the deaths occurred on Day 0, 1,or 2 following vaccination[.]”

We know that there were many COVID vaccine related deaths in the US this past year. In some cases the number of vaccine deaths were greater than the number of COVID deaths.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/fiscal-year-2021-feds-paid-zero-claims-covid-vaccine-related-deaths/

Clashes, arrests as hundreds protest against Covid mandates in Leipzig

Hundreds of people took to the streets of the German city of Leipzig on Saturday to protest against the government’s Covid-19 measures. They were faced with counter-protests and police.

A large police force was deployed to Leipzig where a total of 12 protests were scheduled to take place. Armored police vehicles were seen on the city's streets.

The protesters demanded “freedom” from Covid-19 measures and protested what they called “mandatory vaccination.” The police designated a second meeting area for the demonstrators at nearby Goethestrasse Street after the participants’ cap, restricted to one thousand people, was exceeded.

Footage by RT’s video agency Ruptly showed a tightly packed crowd occupying a large area not far from the Opera. People were waving German flags and were holding banners that read: ‘No to dictatorship’ and ‘Freedom instead of despotism’. The crowd was cordoned off by police officers wearing riot gear and at least two water cannons were seen deployed to the square.

https://youtu.be/LmQ26ElIjlY

A counter-demonstration involving around 800 people was organized near Leipzig’s Gewandhaus Concert Hall, just across the square from the Opera.

At a certain point, the crowd protesting the Covid-19 measures attempted to stage a march along the city’s ring-road. The police intervened and blocked the march, arguing that no marches were allowed in the city because of Covid-19 restrictions.

https://www.rt.com/news/539558-germany-leipzig-protest-covid-mandates/

https://www.rt.com/news/539558-germany-leipzig-protest-covid-mandates/

2 US special ops trainees die during combat diving course, prompting safety concerns – reports

Special forces troops in the US military are sounding alarms over potential safety violations at an elite combat diving program after two trainees were reportedly killed in the span of as many months during training.

Staff Sergeant Micah Walker died during the Army’s Combat Diver Qualification Course (CDQC) exercise at Naval Air Station Key West in Florida in late July, followed by Staff Sergeant Paul Olmstead, who died on September 23 during a maritime assessment course, which must be passed before trainees are allowed into the CDQC program proper, Insider reported on Friday.

In the wake of the tragic events, a number of special ops soldiers have raised concerns about the CDQC, arguing that more should have been done to ensure repeat incidents do not occur.

“I'm clueless as to why there hasn't been a safety stand-down until we figure out why these young Green Berets are dropping dead during basic physical-fitness exercises,” a retired Green Beret who was previously an instructor in the training program told the outlet on condition of anonymity.

Despite the loss of life, the Army Special Operations Command has not issued a stand-down order to account for potential risks in the CDQC course and improve safety, according to Insider.

The program is intended to run trainees through intensely stressful underwater scenarios in order to prepare them for real-world conditions – including some legs of the course in which instructors deliberately tangle breathing tubes while “assaulting” students wearing blacked-out goggles, meant to simulate strong currents and poor vision underwater. An ambulance and dive medic accompany trainees, however their presence apparently was not enough to avert the deaths of the two men.

Though some of the troops who spoke to Insider acknowledged the training carries some inherent danger given that it is meant to imitate combat, they said standards and protocols should have been implemented that could save lives.

Another special forces source told the outlet that the training deaths have spooked some younger Green Beret students, who believe higher-ups are spending too much time “on banal stuff and not enough on the actual life-saving procedures.”

The retired special operator and former instructor lamented that current strenuous training requirements have not been “adjusted to allow for a gradual climb back into establish[ed] training requirements.”

He said that the US military is now at a turning-point, and is striving to “shift back to a pre-9/11 atmosphere,” which he dubbed a “critical time due to soldiers having spent their entire career focused on the theaters we have left and are leaving currently” – namely in the Middle East, where combat dives are rarely needed.

https://www.rt.com/usa/539518-deaths-combat-diving-concerns/

‘Nine Eyes’? Bill would look at adding four countries to intel-sharing pact

The United States’ “Five Eyes” intelligence-sharing pact is a World War II relic that needs updating to better keep tabs on China, the chairman of a key house subcommittee on intelligence told Defense One.

Arizona Democrat Rep. Ruben Gallego, chairman of the House Armed Services subcommittee on special operations and intelligence, has added language in this year’s defense bill that opens the door for the decades-old pact’s first expansion.

The provision would require the director of national intelligence and the Defense Department to report on the current status and shortcomings of intelligence sharing between the “Five Eyes” nations: the U.S., Australia, the U.K., New Zealand, and Canada, and what benefits and risks there would be to adding Japan, Korea, India, and Germany to the trusted group.

“We are very much stuck on this ‘Five Eyes’ model, which I think is outdated,” Gallego said at Defense One and Nextgov’s 2021 National Security Forum. “We need to expand the scope. It shouldn’t just be such an Anglophile view of sharing.”

The provision says, in part: “The committee acknowledges that the threat landscape has vastly changed since the inception of the Five Eyes arrangement, with primary threats now emanating from China and Russia. The committee believes that, in confronting great power competition, the Five Eye countries must work closer together, as well as expand the circle of trust to other like-minded democracies.”

Dustin Carmack, who served as chief of staff to former National Intelligence director John Ratcliffe, said the U.S. has already increased its intelligence sharing and cooperation with Indo-Pacific nations, and that a formal change to the Five Eyes “is a lot easier said than done.”

“I think a lot of the work is already being done, personally, behind the scenes, to kind of build better links,” said Carmack, now a fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

For example, the U.S. has since 2018 finalized key agreements to share military communications and bases with India, deals that were negotiated by the Obama and Trump administrations.

“I’m all for it,” said Carmack, but cautioned that each added country would need to be assessed to determine whether they could protect the Five Eyes’ intelligence collection sources and methods.

“When it comes to the Five Eyes, you know, information that has to be protected inside that relationship is very difficult to protect,” Carmack said.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/11/nine-eyes-bill-would-look-at-adding-four-countries-to-intel-sharing-pact/

Proof CDC Changed Definition of ‘Vaccine’ Because Prior Definition Allowed People “To Claim the COVID-19 Vaccine is Not a Vaccine

Back in September, the CDC was caught changing the definition of what a ‘vaccine’ is. This past week we found out why they changed that name.

In September, Larry Johnson at TGP reported on the CDC’s actions to change the definition of a vaccine.

Larry reported in September that if you think that our establishment medical community is honest, think again. They are not. The litany of lies and deception grows with each passing day.

The latest victim of the new Orwellian world of redefining truth comes courtesy of the CDC. They have changed the definition of “vaccine” and “vaccination” because so many vaccinated people are still being infected with a variant of COVID. This is good news for Alex Berenson, who is suing Twitter for defamation.

Here is the tweet about the COVID vaccine that got Alex banned:

It doesn’t stop infection. Or transmission. Don’t think of it as a vaccine.

So look at what the CDC did? Here’s the definition the CDC used on 26 August 2021:

Vaccine– “a product that stimulates a person’s immune system to produce immunity to a specific disease.”

Vaccination– “the act of introducing a vaccine into the body to produce immunity to a specific disease.”

Got it? A vaccine is supposed to produce immunity to a specific disease.

The problem is that COVID 19 is not a disease. It causes a variety of diseases. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky recently admitted that the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines are “waning.”

Rather than admit the Covid vaccine is not working as advertised, CDC took a page out of Orwell’s 1984 and opted for new spin language.

Here is the new definition:

Vaccine– “a preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases.”

Note the subtle but important change. Instead of “PRODUCING IMMUNITY” the new definition moves the goal posts and states that their pseudo vaccine “STIMULATES THE BODY’S IMMUNE RESPONSE.”

Now we have confirmation why the CDC changed its definition of what is a ‘vaccine’. Per a FOIA request-response by Techno-Fog:

The American medical community caught in another lie and coverup. No surprise here.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/breaking-proof-cdc-changed-definition-vaccine-prior-definition-allowed-people-claim-covid-19-vaccine-not-vaccine/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/breaking-proof-cdc-changed-definition-vaccine-prior-definition-allowed-people-claim-covid-19-vaccine-not-vaccine/

A 25-year-old Sydney woman has become an instant millionaire after winning Australia's vaccine lottery prize.

Joanne Zhu was today announced as the major prize winner of the Million Dollar Vax campaign, winning $1 million for receiving her COVID-19 vaccinations.

She told Today that she plans to hold a family reunion with her new-found wealth.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/coronavirus-australia-woman-wins-million-dollar-vaccination-lottery-prize/05e05273-5ed2-4de6-8a08-233eee1e452c