17-Count Indictment Unsealed, 22 Defendants in Custody Resulting from Middle GA to Metro Atlanta Meth Investigation

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mdga/pr/17-count-indictment-unsealed-22-defendants-custody-resulting-middle-ga-metro-atlanta

In Hong Kong the Unvaccinated Now Banned from Shopping Centers, Wet Markets, Mass Transit, Churches, and Get Togethers with Family

Is China punishing Hong Kong? Since China took over the tiny country over the past few years, individual rights have disappeared using COVID as the rationale for taking freedoms away from Hongkongers. Now they are making it so the unvaccinated are treated as second-class citizens and banned from shopping malls, shopping centers, and wet markets.

The Standard reports on the tyrannical news coming out of China led Hong Kong:

Only vaccinated Hongkongers will be able to enter shopping malls, wet markets, supermarkets, and churches under a “vaccine pass” scheme to launch on February 24, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor announced on Tuesday.

The government will also ban people from having cross-family gatherings involving more than two households in private premises, Lam said.

Earlier, the government had announced that unvaccinated people will be banned from entering a list of regulated premises including restaurants, gyms, cinemas, massage parlors and beauty centers under the vaccine pass.

In a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Lam announced that six more premises will be added to the list of regulated premises, including shopping malls, wet markets and other markets, supermarkets, department stores, religious venues, and hair salons. Only people who received at least one vaccine jab will be allowed to enter the locations.

“From February 24, anyone entering the regulated premises need to use the LeaveHomeSafe app and present their vaccination records,” Lam said.

Religious venues such as temples and churches will be closed from February 10 until the launch of the vaccine pass on February 24.

The government will also add public transport into the list of regulated premises — meaning restrictions can be put on commuters — but will not impose any restrictions until the situation makes it necessary, Lam said.

“We are making it inconvenient for people… not mandatory for people to get vaccinated,” Lam said.

These latest actions make it more than inconvenient, those who are not vaccinated are being punished. With evidence showing that the vaccinated are a majority of those entering hospitals in vaccinated countries, the rationale for pushing the vaccines is not because the shots are life-saving or even working. They are likely more damaging than natural immunity and most people have had COVID by this time.

The COVID mandates, including vaccines, seem to be more about taking away individual freedoms than protecting people from a virus. Now in Hong Kong, the unvaccinated can’t go to the grocery store, use public transit, go to church or even meet with family. This is not about safety or health, this is about destroying freedom.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/02/hong-kong-unvaccinated-now-banned-shopping-centers-wet-markets-mass-transit-churches-get-togethers-family/

Multiple D.C. schools evacuated Wednesday following bomb threats

One of the schools is dealing with its second bomb threat evacuation of the week.

At least three schools in Washington, D.C. were evacuated Wednesday following a series of bomb threats being investigated by the Metropolitan Police Department.

One of the schools, Dunbar, has dealt with a threat of this nature twice this week. The first threat occurring during a visit from Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who was rushed out of the building on Tuesday following a bomb threat. Students and teachers were also evacuated as bomb units conducted a sweep of the school. Students and staffers were later allowed to reenter the building.

The public information officer for D.C. Public Schools said Wednesday, "D.C. Public Schools has been made aware of security threats at Dunbar, Roosevelt and Ron Brown High Schools this afternoon. All students and staff were safely evacuated in accordance with DCPS protocols."

https://justthenews.com/government/security/multiple-dc-schools-evacuated-wednesday-following-bomb-threats

Bank Of Canada Warns "Very Distressing" Bridge Blockade Could Impact Economy

pdate (1428ET): Bank of Canada (BoC) Governor Tiff Macklem explained this afternoon that the Ambassador Bridge blockade is very distressing and could impact the economy. He said the disruption at the busiest commercial crossing between the U.S. and Canada could further strain supply chains.

Macklem's concern comes as the central banker has signaled the future path of interest-rate increases this year. He said it's time to raise interest rates from emergency levels to quell inflation.

"Productivity growth is vital to non-inflationary growth and rising standards of living," he said in recent prepared remarks to the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. "At a time when inflation is already well above our target, this is more vital than ever."

Canadian rate markets are pricing a little more than six interest rate hikes by December to cool inflation.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/truckers-block-critical-canada-us-bridge-third-day-alternate-routes-become-congested

Senate Republicans Vow To Block Iran Deal As Finish Line In Sight

A group of33Senate Republicans are warning that they will try to block a revival of the Iran nuclear deal if President Biden doesn’t present the terms for the agreement to Congress for review and approval.

Led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), the Republicans said in a letter to Biden that the president is required by a law passed in 2015 to present Congress with any new “agreement” made with Iran for a 60-day review period. Under the law, Congress could pass a resolution of disapproval that can block the nuclear deal.

If Biden doesn’t submit the agreement to Congress, the Republicans didn’t specify how they would try to block the deal. But the letter pointed out that since the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, isn’t a treaty, it could be torn up by the next administration if a Republican is elected in 2024.

“Any agreement related to Iran’s nuclear program which is not a treaty ratified by the Senate is subject to being reversed, and indeed will likely be torn up in the opening days of the next Presidential administration, as early as January 2025,” the letter reads.

Any nuclear agreement with Iran would never get the two-thirds approval needed in the Senate to become a treaty since virtually all Republicans and some Democrats would oppose it. This has posed a challenge for the US and Iran’s negotiations.

Tehran wants guarantees that the US won’t withdraw from the JCPOA again if it is revived. But President Biden cannot promise that future administrations will stay in the agreement. In earlier negotiations, the previous Iranian government settled for a guarantee that Biden wouldn’t leave the JCPOA during his term, but Biden refused to make the vow.

The JCPOA negotiations in Vienna resumed on Tuesday. Going into the talks, the State Department warned time is running out, but also said an agreement is “in sight.” Iranian officials said progress depends on whether or not the US is willing to lift the necessary sanctions.

https://news.antiwar.com/2022/02/08/senate-republicans-vow-to-block-iran-deal-if-biden-skips-congressional-review/