Anons have been talking about the "lack of movies" at theaters and I just came across this piece, related?

In Latest Ludicrous COVID Measures, France Bans… Popcorn?

Sacré-bleu!

by Kay Smythe December 28, 2021

France will ban concessions at cinemas and all consumables on public transport from January 3rd in order to “combat” the spread of the Omicron variant. Additional measures, ostensibly meant to combat the spread of the mild virus, were announced by French Prime Minister Jean Castex during a press conference on December 27th.

Indoor events with 2,000 attendees and outdoor events with 5,000 attendees will be allowed to continue, so long as everyone in attendance remains seated. Bars and restaurants will also stay open, but all food and drinks must be consumed from a seated position in order to battle the latest wave of COVID-19.

Consuming popcorn in cinemas where everyone is sitting down to enjoy the latest film? Sacré-bleu!

French officials are currently debating whether to mandate vaccines for those wanting to access “leisure venues.” The measure has yet to be voted upon by the French Parliament, but will take effect on January 15th if approved.

Protests across Europe have intensified in recent weeks as governments debate whether to mandate vaccine passports for reentry to regular life. During the summer, France underwent more than 12 weeks of protests as citizens railed against the introduction of vaccine passports.

At present, individuals must show a negative COVID test to enter various venues, including cinemas. Masks are required for passengers on all forms of public transport. Castex noted that masks may also be made mandatory outside in town centers, and a new curfew will be re-examined as an option on January 5th. France’s schools will reopen as planned in January, but French employees must work remotely where possible for at least three days in January.

Other new measures included a shortening of the wait time between second vaccination and a first booster shot. French citizens will only have to wait three months between vaccinations and boosters.

“I know that it feels like a film without ending, but a year ago we started our vaccination campaign and now we are one of the best vaccinated and best protected people in the world,” Castex told the news conference.

In December, the CDC announced that 80 percent of Omicron cases in the United States were found in the vaccinated and boosted populations, potentially accounting for France’s recent surge in cases.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2021/12/28/in-latest-ludicrous-covid-measures-france-bans-popcorn/

Left Media Panic Over Bannon ‘Blowing Up the Whole System’ With Legal Fight.

Could Bannon be the one to reveal all the evil secrets of DC creatures

The Daily Beast – a far-left web blog – appears to be channeling the panic emanating from those who have supported the criminal prosecution of former Trump advisor Stephen K. Bannon for “contempt of Congress”.

In an article from Thursday morning, the site reports:

Bannon is attempting to force investigators to potentially expose who they’ve talked to and what they’ve said, peek into secret communications on the committee, and create a playbook for other resistant witnesses, according to several legal experts.

As Bannon faces criminal charges, he’s entitled to the evidence against him. And in a typical galaxy-brain, Bannon countergambit, Trump’s former senior adviser is trying to make some of that evidence public.

According to a Sunday night court filing by federal prosecutors, that includes secret witness interviews by law enforcement and internal communications between House committee staff members. The Justice Department claims that, if this material were exposed to the public, it would cause “specific harms” like “witness tampering,” with the added effect of making it difficult to find impartial jurors at a future trial.

In reality, such legal maneuvers are both commonplace and indeed best practice.But it’s not so much the move itself, rather the target of the move – the politicized Justice Department – which has Bannon’s critics on their back feet.

“It’s not about trying the case in the media. It’s about making it costly for the committee to go after him,” attorney Kel McClanahan told The Daily Beast.

“It is graymail, pure and simple: You can’t touch me, because if you do then I’ll spill your secrets.”

The term “graymail” refers to the perceived threat of releasing state secrets as a means by which to elicit leniency from the government, a notion Bannon’s lawyers have rejected.

“This is a misdemeanor case,” they wrote in Tuesday’s filing. “It is not a case where witnesses have been intimidated. In the absence of any specific, particularized showing of actual harm, the Government conjures up a bogeyman.”

They added: “being able to use discovery materials to identify and question witnesses is not an improper purpose.”

Expect more panic from the left media as the case fails to go the way they hoped.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2021/12/02/left-media-panic-over-bannon-blowing-up-the-whole-system-with-legal-fight/