Showing posts with label Britain. Show all posts
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Monday, June 21, 2021

Globe Masks Child Abuse

In the past this would have been tagged a Slow Saturday Special; however, there is no longer anything special about the Globe on any day.

In this case, it was the horror I found straddling the fold this past Saturday:

"The downside of ditching masks: the return of colds, flu" by Camille Caldera Globe Correspondent, June 14, 2021

[The name looks new to me. I wonder who they pushed out]

Since the state’s mask mandate was lifted at the end of May, face coverings have started to come off — and stay off, but according to infectious diseases doctors, the return of facial freedom might come with some downsides, like a resurgence in cases of the common cold and the flu.

Throughout the pandemic, precautions taken to stop the spread of COVID-19 all but eliminated other common viruses.

So far this flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported just one influenza-associated pediatric death nationwide, compared with 199 the previous season, and a study published in September in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report revealed a staggering 98 percent decrease in flu activity in the first months of the pandemic.

[There really is no limit to their audacity in the way they spin the renaming of seasonal cold and flu into the scary CVD!

I know the correspondent is a newby, but this is insulting beyond the limit. Lies turned upside down are still lies.

Honestly, there is only one term to describe it, sigh]

“Most of us in infectious disease really attributed that to masks — not just masks, but the combination of masks, people working largely from home, social distancing, all of those measures that have been in place for the last year,” said Dr. Joshua Barocas, an infectious diseases physician at Boston Medical Center, but as vaccination rates increase and such precautions are slowly scrapped, other viruses will start to resurge, starting with colds and other viruses later this summer, and the flu come fall and winter.

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory about increased cases of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, across parts of the southern United States — something they hadn’t seen since April 2020, when cases “decreased rapidly.” RSV is a cold-like respiratory illness that produces symptoms similar to COVID, and can cause severe illness in older adults and young children.

[Ironically, the disease from wearing an unhealthy and unnecessary mask]

Since late March — about the time COVID vaccines began to be widely available — cases of RSV have been on the rise in the South. Though the trend hasn’t yet reached the North, where the public was slower to unmask en masse because of lingering restrictions, experts predict that it will.

“I imagine it’s going to start expanding to all of the other states as well, as the mask mandates are lifted and as people start socializing more and spending more time together,” said Dr. Helen Chu, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Washington. 

Chu predicted that the return of viruses like RSV and influenza could be somewhat mitigated by the continuation of public health measures in schools this fall.

Masks are among the most effective of such measures, she said, because much of virus transmission is droplet based, expelled from one person’s mouth or nose and into another’s.

“Having that mask on prevents that type of droplet-based transmission pretty well,” Chu said.

[Oh, she is what is now viewed as a criminal for pushing this fraud, especially when the distance for the little superspreaders who rarely contract or transmit it.

The last people on this planet that should be wearing masks are children under the age of 20 who are still developing. It is depriving them of vital oxygen that will stunt their physical growth and damage their brain, with the side benefit of making them sick with respiratory di$ea$es that can then be diagnosed as.... (drum roll).... CVD.

What an evil, criminal, mass-murdering racket!]

For that reason, Barocas said he will likely continue to wear a face mask in situations that present an elevated risk of cold or flu transmission — like a large holiday gathering or night out at a crowded bar.

“I want to lower my risk of respiratory infection. I don’t really want to miss work,” Barocas said, “and to me, wearing a mask is such low-hanging fruit that I’ll probably do it in a lot of social situations.”

He also noted the protection face masks afford from pollutants in the air and common allergens like pollen.

[How in the world has humanity not only made it to this point, but flourished to the point of needing the be culled and depopulated by these $ick mon$ters, huh?]

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, the founding director of the Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research, said she recommends her patients keep their masks on hand. 

Chu agreed with that advice, and added that she and other infectious disease doctors are concerned about how children will handle the upcoming flu season.

“All of us in infectious diseases are just holding our breath right now to see what happens when the flu comes back, because it is heading into an environment where children have not seen it,” she said. “For many of them, this will be their first exposure, and I’m just worried about how sick they might get once they get it.”

Barocas anticipates sending his children to school with masks this fall, regardless of whether or not their schools require them.

“Quite honestly, it’s been really nice not having my kids have the colds and sore throats that keep them home from school, and it’s highly likely that my wife and I will encourage our kids to bring their masks to school and wear them for part of the day,” he said. “At the very least, it’s going to reduce their risk a little bit.”

[MASK OFF!]


My advice is avoid the classroom at all costs (btw, that link came with this ad)

The next question was whether to go up above the fold, or down below.

In either case, their is unmitigated evil to be found.

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I looked toward Heaven first:


That's the first time I have seen him in a Bo$ton Globe pew.

I turn to the right and see this:


The New York Times took the Dias to absolve Biden who, sniff-sniff, has the stench of pettofeelya, iynwim.

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Then I looked down:


A drink always makes me feel a bit Cheeky:

"Starting Saturday, businesses including stores, bars, restaurants, casinos, and gyms are able to operate at full capacity, and high-contact establishments like nightclubs can open for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Vaccinated people can drop their masks indoors, except in riskier settings such as hospitals and public transportation. The lifting of the rules marks a major step in the state’s recovery from COVID-19. Some establishments quite literally rang in the new era. A DJ at Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co. on Lansdowne Street was set to count down the seconds until midnight. As Friday night became Saturday morning, the brewpub hoped to reach its full capacity of 575 people, employees planned to knock down plexiglass barriers, and customers were to be allowed to party maskless until 2 a.m., but while some industries celebrate a dramatic return to something like normal, people in other sectors warn that some effects of the crisis will take longer to unwind. “Labor Day is still kind of that sweet spot for the companies we’re talking to,” said Liz Berthelette, research director at real estate firm Newmark. State Senator Julian Cyr, a Truro Democrat, said he’s already hearing that Cape Cod businesses including some dance clubs, will require patrons to provide proof of vaccination upon entry to protect other patrons and workers at the venues. Nonetheless, Encore officials believe they can handle what they expect to be a surge in customers — especially those who play table games — over the busy weekend, which they kicked off with a champagne toast on the casino floor as the restrictions expired at midnight. “The requirements that go with being fully compliant with the COVID restrictions are a lot,” said Jenny Holaday, Encore’s executive vice president of operations. “Having those guard rails be removed is really exciting both for our employees and for our guests, so everybody can just relax and enjoy themselves and have a nice time.” Paul Sacco, CEO of the Massachusetts Lodging Association, said the summer is already looking “far better than last year.” “It really is the weekend of the change,” Sacco said. “After a year of agony.” Those venturing out this weekend will likely notice a difference — even amid the expected cool and damp weather....." 

They have been telling us it is hotter than ever, but here’s what to know as the street is full of hustle and bustle now that the state has eased COVID-19 restrictions.


What do you do if the kid doesn't, slap him and blame it on being up too late?


I certainly know the feeling of starting the whole schlep over, but I follow the early-to-bed, early-to-rise axiom so I can share life with the nature that offers me a fabulous bounty each and every day, thank God, and the Globe $cribes can all take the express elevator down where I will be there to greet them -- although probably not for the want! The opening of the pearly Gates will be the final disappointment.

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Okay, I'm getting a little full of myself and that a sin so..... let's steel ourself and open the Gates of Hell:


Vivian Yee of the New York Times says the Iranian voters were in a pessimistic mood and the race has been marked, more than anything else, by a lack of interest.

I had a bit more interest in this:

"Voting bill showdown looms as GOP rejects Manchin plan" by Brian Slodysko and Christina A. Cassidy Associated Press, June 18, 2021

WASHINGTON — The Senate is set for a key vote Tuesday on a sweeping rewrite of voting and election law, setting up a dramatic test of Democratic unity on a top priority that Republicans are vowing to block.

Democrats appeared to be coalescing Thursday around changes to the bill that could win the support of moderate West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, the lone Democratic holdout on the legislation, yet they still faced lockstep Republican opposition that will likely leave Democrats back where they started: lacking the votes to overcome a Republican filibuster. 

The bill, known as the For the People Act, has been touted as Democrats’ answer to a state-level GOP push to enact voting restrictions following the 2020 election. It passed the House in March, but has bogged down in the Senate as Democrats have debated among themselves — with Manchin ultimately declaring he couldn’t vote for it because it lacked bipartisan support, yet Manchin’s position has evolved and compromise appeared to be nearing after he proposed a series of changes this week to narrow its scope. His proposal received a boost Thursday when Stacey Abrams, a former Georgia gubernatorial candidate who is a leading Democratic voice on voting rights, said she “absolutely” supported it.

[She did a flip-flop but it is racist and sexist to call it out]

Still, in a narrowly divided Senate where Democrats must count on Vice President Harris to cast tie-breaking votes, any compromise will likely be for naught unless changes are made to Senate filibuster rules, which Manchin and others oppose. For now, it takes 60 votes to overcome a filibuster and advance legislation.

Over a dozen Senate Republicans took turns at the microphone during a Thursday news conference to denounce the bill, which they view as a federal overreach into state and local elections.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, predicted all Republicans would remain in lockstep opposition regardless of what changes are made. As written, the Democrats’ bill would bring about the largest overhaul of US voting in a generation, touching nearly every aspect of the electoral process. It would blunt laws erected in the name of election security, like voter ID requirements, while curtailing the influence of big money in politics. It would create a nonpartisan process for redrawing congressional districts, expand mail voting and early voting, restore the rights of felons to cast a ballot, and scores of other provisions.

[The bill to ensconce never-ending national fraud is laughable on it$ face]

Manchin’s counter-offer, which is intended to entice GOP support, would leave significant portions of the sprawling bill intact, while curtailing, rewriting, or eliminating other key parts. What will ultimately come to the floor for a vote Tuesday remains unclear. Also not certain: whether Manchin will vote for it.

A national voter ID requirement favored by Manchin has emerged as one sticking point with some Democrats.

Manchin’s proposal is far softer than the strict photo ID requirements adopted by some states. It would require all states to check ID, but various documents including a utility bill could be used instead of a photo ID, a requirement already adopted by 15 states including Manchin’s West Virginia.

“That is what we’re negotiating,” said Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, who is playing a lead role in guiding the legislation.

“We might squabble about one or two things,” said Senator Raphael Warnock, of Georgia, “but I am not about to sacrifice the good in the pursuit of the perfect.”

[Those are Pelosi's words coming out of his seat-stealing mouth]


Polls have shown notable bipartisan support for voter ID requirements -- meaning the American public does indeed care about fair elections and what was once the sacred right to vote -- and I have, unfortunately, lost a lot of interest in politics after both parties have thrown in with the CVD fraud.

There are some good leaders out there who are profiles in courage, but they are few and far between.

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This here is the antithesis of it:

"President Biden urged unvaccinated Americans to get vaccinated, warning that a highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus could cause more deaths. “Even while we are making incredible progress, it remains a serious and deadly threat,” Biden said Friday during a White House event to celebrate 300 million doses of vaccine administered during the first 150 days of his administration. “The data is clear: If you are unvaccinated, you’re at risk of getting seriously ill, or dying, or spreading it.” Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, expects the Delta variant first detected in India to be the most prevalent strain in the United States in the coming summer months. COVID-19 cases have plunged in the country in step with vaccinations, prompting many people to resume pre-pandemic activities like indoor dining, sporting events, concerts, and travel in recent weeks, but a large swath of Americans — particularly in the politically conservative South — have declined shots despite warnings from health authorities that the virus remains a threat. “The Delta variant can cause more people to die in areas where people have not been vaccinated,” Biden said Friday. “Where people have gotten the two shots, the Delta variant is highly unlikely to result in anything,” he said, adding that “the existing vaccines are very effective.”

That came from Bloomberg and WaShington Compo$t, who recommended a trip up to Canada:

"Canada said Friday that it would extend restrictions on nonessential travel at the US-Canada land border until July 21, a move poised to further stoke frustration among the lawmakers, business groups, and residents on both sides of the border who have been pressing Ottawa to begin lifting them. The restrictions, which have been in place since March 2020, have had limited impacts on trade and commerce, but they’ve split apart families, disrupted life in tightly knit border communities, and badly hurt the tourism industry in Canada, which is reliant on American visitors during the summer season. Canadian officials have suggested that the reopening of the border will happen in phases. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that he wants 75 percent of Canadians to have a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine and at least 20 percent of them to be fully vaccinated before easing the measures. As of June 17, nearly 66 percent of Canadians had received at least one dose, while roughly 16 percent have been fully vaccinated. Canada had been extending the interval between doses to get some protection to more people more quickly amid what were initially limited supplies. “We’re not out of this pandemic yet,” Trudeau said. As vaccination rates in Canada have risen, calls have mounted for the country to begin easing some of the measures, and several US lawmakers from across the political spectrum have pushed President Biden to lift the measures unilaterally." 

That criminal tyrant has turned Canada into a hellhole, and my sympathies go out to those up north although I know we are all in the same boat and.....


".... they'll be shutting it all down again in the fall...for the Kill...that's when they're going to blame the mass deaths of the vaccinated on "variants" and the "unvaccinated" and then they're going to round us all up to drag us off to gulags...and here's the kicker....." -- Greencrow


I highly suggest you click on that link and read the rest of the post as well as run the blog roll as I do everyday (not because I'm on it), and I can not help but agree with her because it has been planned for a long time and nothing other than divine intervention will cause them to deviate save a mass awakening amongst the world's populace.

The New York Times says book a trip to Europe instead -- as long as you have had your $hot, of cour$e:

"When Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine was authorized for emergency use in the United States in late February, it was seen as a breakthrough for reaching vulnerable and isolated Americans, a crucial alternative to vaccines that require two shots weeks apart and fussier storage. It was soon popular on college campuses, in door-to-door campaigns, and with harder-to-reach communities that often struggle with access to health care, but with only 11.8 million doses administered in the United States so far — less than 4 percent of the total — the “one and done” vaccine has fallen flat. States have warned that they may not find recipients for millions of doses that will soon expire, partly because the vaccine’s appeal dropped after it was linked to a rare but serious blood-clotting disorder and injections were paused for 10 days in April. The vaccine took another hit last week, when regulators told Johnson & Johnson that it should throw out tens of millions of additional doses produced at a plant in Baltimore because they might be contaminated. Although millions of Americans have yet to be inoculated, the vaccine’s role in the United States is fading fast. Experts lament a missed opportunity to address health disparities with a shot that should have been ideal for reaching vulnerable populations." 

That's about as close as they get to mention the tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of deaths and adverse reactions piling up across the planet.

All $afe and highly effective, blah, blah.

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That's one reason I'm sick of the $elf-$erving, war-mongering whining:


The AmeriKan pre$$ must be jealou$!


My initial reaction was how after they swept national elections last month?


Sadly, I have lost interest in agenda-advancing UN propaganda from the mouthpiece pre$$.

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Forgot all about the children:


"Children and other relatives of Biden aides get administration jobs" by Sean Sullivan and Michael Scherer Washington Post, June 18, 2021

WASHINGTON — Barely a week into office, President Biden made a promise that signaled a sharp break from his predecessor: No member of his family would be involved in government, but that vow did not extend to his senior staff and their relatives. In the first few months of Biden’s presidency, at least five children of his top aides have secured coveted jobs in the new administration. They include two sons and a daughter of the White House counselor, the daughter of a deputy White House chief of staff, and the daughter of the director of presidential personnel.

The pattern continued this week. “While it may not be as bad as appointing your son or daughter to a top government post as Trump did with Jared and Ivanka, it is still bad,” said Walter Shaub, who served as director of the Office of Government Ethics from 2013-17. “‘Not as bad as Trump’ cannot be the new standard.”

Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner worked in the White House as unpaid senior advisers, moves that outraged ethics experts, even as a Justice Department opinion found the president has special hiring authorities. Some relatives of top Trump officials and aides also were hired into the administration.

Beyond children, other relatives of top Biden aides also have secured high-level administration jobs or nominations. They include the wife of White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain and the sister of White House press secretary Jen Psaki.

Federal law generally prohibits government officials from hiring close relatives or encouraging their hiring, and there is no evidence that any of Biden’s aides have played a role in securing the jobs for their children or other relatives.

The White House has maintained that everyone hired has been well-qualified for their positions.

“The president has instituted the highest ethical standards of anyone to ever hold this office,” deputy White House press secretary Andrew Bates said, “and he’s proud to have staffed the most diverse administration in American history with well-qualified public servants who reflect his values,” but the hiring of senior aides’ children remains alarming to ethics experts, because it suggests that people with ties to high-ranking public servants might be getting an advantage over similarly qualified people for low-ranking positions, which often serve as a foot in the door to a career in government and politics.....

[Blog editor's head exploded]


Related:

"The White House reiterated President Joe Biden’s opposition to indexing the gasoline tax to inflation to help pay for an infrastructure plan, raising new questions about the viability of a bipartisan compromise emerging in the Senate. “After the extraordinarily hard times that ordinary Americans endured in 2020 -- job losses, shrinking incomes, squeezed budgets -- he is simply not going to allow Congress to raise taxes on those who suffered the most,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. A bipartisan group of 21 senators has been working to finish a $579 billion infrastructure proposal to counter a $2.25 trillion plan that Biden initially proposed. A draft outline of the lawmakers’ plan obtained by Bloomberg lists several funding sources that have been opposed by the White House. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi also has shot down the idea, dashing prospects House Democrats would go along....."

Is she the real president right now?


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The Globe put a Hood over that Bliss-ful article by placing it on the back page.


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He also worked at the YMCA!

Time to bury that under a sheet of paper:


Stella!

I coulda been a contender. Instead, I'm just a bum!


I didn't even bother to take a bite and left it for you if interested.

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He claims the job killed him.

His lack of response led to this:

"A woman was injured when she jumped from a second-story balcony Thursday night to escape a massive blaze that destroyed a Cape-style home on Baboosic Lake, fire officials said. Two firefighters were also injured in the fire that broke out shortly before 7 p.m. at 2 Shore Drive Extension. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and flames and a second-alarm was immediately struck, drawing crews from several surrounding communities, the department said in a statement. The woman who jumped from the balcony was rescued by a passing boater, who took her to an ambulance waiting on shore, which took her to a hospital, the statement said. Her condition was not known. Two firefighters suffered minor injuries and had been released from the hospital by Friday morning, Fire Chief Matthew Duke said. By 11 p.m., the fire was mostly out, but the home was on the verge of collapsing. A backhoe from the town’s public works department arrived to tear down the house, allowing firefighters to continue fighting the fire in hard-to -each areas, Duke said. The cause of the fire remains under investigation."

They then took a ride around the neighborhood:

"A 36-year-old Palmer woman died and a juvenile was seriously injured in a rollover crash on the Massachusetts Turnpike Friday afternoon, according to State Police. The woman was driving a 2005 Subaru Forester eastbound when she lost control, causing the vehicle to roll over and cross into the westbound lane at 1:45 p.m., State Police said in a statement. No other vehicles were involved in the crash. Witnesses and emergency personnel attempted to perform life-saving measures on the woman, but she died of her injuries, State Police said. The juvenile was taken to Baystate Hospital with serious injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation, State Police said."

"A 1-year-old child was seriously injured in a two-car crash on Route 24 south around 9:40 p.m. Thursday, State Police said. The child was taken to Boston Children’s Hospital. The condition was not known Friday. The child was riding in a Toyota Sienna van driven by a 28-year-old woman from Fall River, State Police said in a statement. The child was riding along with a 3-year-old and a 40-year-old man from Fall River when the car changed lanes due to road construction, the statement said. At the same time, a Volvo S60 sedan driven by a 17-year-old from Taunton was traveling on the highway and it rear-ended the van, “causing both vehicles to spin out of control,” the statement said. The 1-year-old suffered the most serious injuries. The driver and other passengers in the van were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton for treatment of minor injuries. The Volvo driver was taken to Morton Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, State Police said. The crash remains under investigation."

"Police are looking for a man believed to be in his 30s or 40s who they say asked a 13-year-old girl to get into his car as she walked back from a neighbor’s house Tuesday. He is described as a white male, with dark eyes and a wide jaw “and looking as if he works out,” police said. The teen was headed home around 6:05 p.m. when the man allegedly stopped and asked her if she wanted to get in his vehicle, a small black sedan, according to police. The girl immediately returned to her friend’s home and the man left the area. On Friday, police were able to obtain an image of the car they believe the man was driving, Police Chief Sean Gibbons said. Anyone with information is asked to contact Wayland Police....."

"Residents can rest easy knowing the culprit behind a series of vehicle break-ins has been identified on video as a bear. The black bear has been spotted in the town over the past few weeks, just as residents began reporting to police that their vehicles had been broken into, Police Chief Ken Miller said. Police believe the bear is looking for food, and they are urging residents to remove food items from their vehicles and not to leave trash outside. In several instances, the bear has climbed into a vehicle’s trunk or the bed of a truck to try and get a bite to eat."

He saw to Japan before they found him:

In this image made from a video, a brown bear runs on a field in Sapporo, northern Japan Friday, June 18, 2021. The wild brown bear on the loose all night in the city wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at the airport Friday before being shot and killed by authorities. (NTV via AP)
In this image made from a video, a brown bear runs on a field in Sapporo, northern Japan Friday, June 18, 2021. The wild brown bear on the loose all night in the city wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at the airport Friday before being shot and killed by authorities (NTV via AP)."

The sad thing is the misanthropic Globe gave the death of a baby swan more ink than a person.

Also see:

"In 1865, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War was over, and that all remaining slaves in Texas were free — an event celebrated to this day as “Juneteenth.”

In 1953, Julius Rosenberg, 35, and his wife, Ethel, 37, convicted of conspiring to pass US atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, were executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, N.Y.

The truth that he was, in fact, a spy came to light after the collapse of the Soviet Union

In 1975, former Chicago organized crime boss Sam Giancana was shot to death in the basement of his home in Oak Park, Ill.; the killing has never been solved.

That was just before he was slated to testify to the House committee investigating the death of JFK.

In 2011, Libya’s government said NATO warplanes had struck a residential neighborhood in the capital and killed nine civilians, including two children; NATO confirmed hours later that one of its airstrikes had gone astray.

Looks like a war crime to me, based on lies from Obama and the pre$$.

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Related:

"Wilmington schools suspend staffer after DCF supports abuse allegation; middle school staffer now under investigation" by John R. Ellement Globe Staff, June 17, 2021

The state’s child protection agency is investigating an allegation that a middle school staffer in the Wilmington public schools abused at least one student, which comes after another staffer was placed on leave for allegedly abusing a special needs student in an early childhood center.

In a letter to parents Wednesday, Wilmington Schools Superintendent Glenn Brand wrote that the Department of Children and Families had sustained allegations that a staffer at the Wildwood Early Childhood Center had abused or neglected at least one child. The center offers pre-kindergarten and kindergarten classes in 11 classrooms, according to state records and Wilmington Schools.

“We placed the staff in question on administrative leave as soon as we were made aware of those claims,” Brand wrote, adding that an outside investigator has been hired to examine the circumstances at Wildwood. “We recently learned from DCF that some of the claims have been supported.”

Now, the issue has expanded to a separate school and facility — the town’s middle school, which serves grades six through eight.

“Last week, we became aware of a separate series of allegations of misconduct by a staff member at Wilmington Middle School,” Brand wrote. “That staff member has also been placed on administrative leave pending a DCF investigation.”

Brand did not identify the jobs held by the persons under DCF investigation. “Out of respect for all those involved and based on legal requirements, we are not able to discuss the specifics of these cases,” he wrote.....


You don't want the kids in their hands.

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Some progressive groups and activists demanded that the nonprofit organization give money directly to victims of shootings instead.

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Nothing personal, just bu$ine$$:


Yeah, the banks are going to solve the wealth gap. 

That's like hiring the fox for $ecurity at the henhou$e after OneUnited failed to payback bailout loot and has connections to their Congre$$ional over$eer Maxine Waters.


They want to pack us into the high-rises like $ardines.

Now let's eat!

"Massachusetts employers added 9,200 jobs in May, state labor officials said Friday, a smaller gain compared to the month prior and a sign that businesses are still struggling to find workers as the state reopens. The speed of job recovery in Massachusetts, which lifted nearly all coronavirus restrictions on May 29, trails national figures. The state’s unemployment rate dipped to 6.1 percent last month compared to a revised rate of 6.4 percent in April. Although the jobless rate is trending downward, that number is higher than the national average, which fell to 5.8 percent last month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employers have been scrambling to hire workers in recent weeks to keep up with the reopening and accommodate pent-up demand from consumers. Despite indications that the economy is rebounding, the Labor Department reported Thursday that new claims for unemployment benefits ticked upward last week, following several weeks of declines....."

Sorry, I'm $ick of eating Globe $lop.

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The only thing left to talk about was the ad for golf wear given his appearance on the flight manifest.

Yeah, it's the end of an era, and you saw who else made the list.

Oh, what I wouldn't give for a honorable and Honest actor:

"The Honest Co. made its trading debut Wednesday in a further test of cofounder Jessica Alba’s pitch to would-be wellness investors. The personal-care products brand and its venture capital backers raised $413 million in an initial public offering Tuesday, selling 25.8 million shares for $16 each after marketing them for $14 to $17. An actress turned entrepreneur, Alba included a letter to potential investors in the company’s filings touting Honest Co.’s commitment to healthy products. In addition to baby products like shampoos, the company also sells cosmetics as well as cleaning supplies, a collection that was launched during the coronavirus pandemic."

Did you happen to see the outfit she was wearing?

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Sunday Greeting

I consider it a complete wa$te of $6:


It came from Anna Schaverien of the New York Times, who said that thanks to the pandemic the popularity of virtual cards has grown again as people sought ways to connect with loved ones and friends in the isolation and separation of Covid-19 restrictions.

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The Globe is looking for a retirement card if their front-page, above-the-fold feature means what I think it does:


They are showing him the door, and I find that untoward and unseemly even though I often disagree with that wing of the Court. He's a Clinton nominee, and the Court doesn't take on the big challenges such as war crimes or electoral fraud, but the naked political calculating my Democrats is disgusting. Stick to your guns, Steve, and don't take any flights in small planes.

The o$ten$ible righthand-corner, above-the-fold lead:

"Local officials say Baker is failing to invest in state’s broken public health system; Governor putting few dollars toward rebuilding public health after COVID" by Kay Lazar Globe Staff, June 19, 2021

Local public health officials were excited when the Baker administration recently announced a modest grant program to help beleaguered towns and cities be better prepared for the next pandemic. For the first time in decades, they said, the state was investing new money on the front lines of disease prevention, but then came Governor Charlie Baker’s announcement on Thursday that not a single dollar out of $2.8 billion in federal pandemic relief funding he plans to allocate would go toward public health programs. Instead, he said, the money would be used to ease the state’s housing crunch and other priorities.

Now, some of the same leaders who were praising the administration days ago are lamenting what they say is Baker’s shortsightedness. They believe the governor is missing a historic opportunity to make a dramatic new investment in the state’s tattered public health system.

“It’s a public health crisis that caused all of this federal funding to happen. And then he wants to turn his back on this?” said Mike Hugo, government affairs liaison at the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards.

The sharp turn against the governor underscores the urgency local public health officials feel about improving their system after a pandemic that has killed more than 17,000 people in Massachusetts. The state’s threadbare network of local health departments was simply overmatched by COVID-19 and the directors say a massive infusion of money is needed to not only be ready for the next pandemic, but to provide basic disease prevention services more equally across the state.....


I stopped there because it is obviou$ it is all about the bribe money that continues the fraud, whether it come from the government or billionaire philanthropist$ts meaning us all well, and they really have everyone over a barrel. 

It's poverty unless you accept our burnt offering and you can straddle the fence for so long:


Or you can step out of line and go underground:


Just watch out for the poisonous caterpillars that can cause people to develop painful rashes and even breathing problems -- which will undoubtedly be diagnosed as CVD!

Maybe you should go see a movie instead:


They say going to the movies with dad is a lasting memory for many people, providing a window into the world and a window into a man, and there is definitely a Dad Movie Hall of Fame with his picture in it.

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Meet Iran's new daddy:


I didn't get past the New York Times byline as that is the last source I would trust regarding Iran.


It's something called news analysis by David E. Sanger and Farnaz Fassihi of.... the New York Times.

Now some brief asides:




The $aint is none other than Robert Schuman(!), a French statesman who paved the way for the bloc that eventually evolved into European Union, has moved ahead on the Catholic church’s path toward possible sainthood. 

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Time to check the virus notebook:


Print was NYT, but what difference does it make?


I think Motorhead got it right.


You threaten the booze and people get their backs up, as irrational as that is.

I hate to say it, but drunken riots are an expression of freedom in the age of CVD.


Insane and a portent of things to come, and it's proof there are only a handful of governments resisting the diabolical plot.

Here is one:


Now take a deep breath and hold it:


Better slow your role on the withdrawal, Joe, what with these guys waiting to invade:


No better time to open up an Eastern Front.

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Meanwhile, on the home front:


It's by Nick Corasaniti and Reid J. Epstein of the New York Times, and that is as far as I got.

The worry up there are the audits which will not only swing Georgia and Arizona back to Trump, but Pennsylvania as well. 


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Turns out it was a badly-staged and -scripted psyop by the government to frame those who dissent in any way from the preconceived and ordained from on high agenda..


Byyyyye, you $ellout.


Look, I'm sad when any pet dies because the animal has no idea what is going on out here, although they do have an innate ability to sense evil.

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Meaning they are protecting local police, thank God.

The simple fact is, the further away and more centralized is a police force the more unaccountable they are and the more likely they are to using tyrannical tactics like torture, etc.

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Looks like they need one in Kalifornia:


Christine Hauser and Jenny Gross of the New York Times reported on the reported disappearance of Kim Avis, a 57-year-old man from Scotland, that struck investigators as off from the beginning -- and they were right.

Reads like a Dateline.

They also need a fireman out there:


The New York Times lit my fuse by claiming a statewide drought and heat wave have helped create dangerous wildfire conditions and have played a role in turning the California fire season into more and more of a year-round phenomenon, when the turn is the reservoirs have been emptied and there is massive arson underway, imho.

It all fits with the UN21 or Agenda 2030 or whatever name the evil calls it$elf.

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Meanwhile, on the other side of the country:


No rain on the parade where skies are so blue:


For Juneteenth, the New York Times went down to Galveston, Texas, where on June 19, 1865, a Union general signed an order notifying enslaved African Americans that they were free, and I have no problem with the recognition. 

What I do have a problem with is it being another paid federal holiday and them calling it Independence and not Emancipation Day, which is a more accurate term.

The irony is, we are all being ushered into va¢¢ine $lavery regardless of our skin color -- if we even survive.

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The Wa$hington Compo$t piece was a real downer in Utah as the cheers have gone silent.

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The kids were literally murdered by the government.


Related:


No details regarding cause or circumstance regarding why he died at the hospital, but my first question is when did he get the shot the murderous war-criminal Obama encouraged him to get?

Time to close the curtain on the obituaries.

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Choe Sang-Hun of the New York Times is your guide as South Korea is considered a birthplace of esports, but the highly selective multibillion-dollar industry is still frowned upon by many in the country and the academies have worked to change that image and give thousands of young people a chance to pursue careers in a place where gaming has long been seen as a way of life.

That's who signed the front-section card, folks! 

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The tyrannical government responsible for all the problems is here to help!


I am about to take summer vacation from the Globe.



They were getting $tiffed by government way back then, and it's always from their alleged friends!

Better stiffen up for what was at the bottom of the page:

"As Mass. approaches 4.1 million vaccinated goal, holding small local clinics will be ‘long-haul process’" by John Hilliard Globe Staff, June 19, 2021

As the state edged closer Saturday to its goal of getting 4.1 million residents vaccinated, advocates said officials must press on with efforts to inoculate people who remain unprotected.

Louis Elisa, a member of Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition’s steering committee, warned that COVID-19 is far from defeated, even with continuing declines in new deaths and cases and a reopened state economy.

“These things don’t go away because we stop putting them into the newspaper [and] they’re not front page anymore,” Elisa said in a phone interview.

Dr. Robert Horsburgh, a Boston University professor of epidemiology, said the state must aim to inoculate three-quarters or more of its residents.

“The people who really wanted the vaccine have gotten it, but the people who aren’t so sure need to get it,” Horsburgh said, “and we need to help them be sure.”

[After having plucked the "low-hanging fruit," they want you taking the experimental gene-therapy they have mislabeled a vaccine.

The effort is monstrously criminal at this point, and what they need to do is keep telling the inoculation percentage lie and then declare victory and depart the field, never to be heard from again. 

That would be the $mart thing to do.]

The vaccines have significantly diminished the pandemic’s impact in Massachusetts with average numbers of new deaths, cases, and hospitalizations dropping to the lowest they have been since the start of the pandemic, according to state data, but the virus remains a threat.

[That's a lie!

The numbers were cratering long before the vaccine program got going because of that wonderful thing known as a human immune system and natural herd immunity to coronaviruses, and the variants they claim are a threat are weaker and nonexistent since CVD is simply seasonal flu with a fancy name]

Horsburgh said officials must expand incentives for getting vaccinated and make the process easier, with conveniences such as walk-up clinics. Physicians should also be able to vaccinate patients, as they can answer questions and address their concerns, he said. “It’s much more likely that people will accept the vaccine when everyone else in their community is doing it,” Horsburgh said.

[The guy is a peer-pressuring monster for something you don't even need]

A range of local efforts have replaced the mass vaccination sites that were in place for months, some offering gift cards and other prizes to help attract interest, and the state is supporting programs including the “Vax Express,” which has used the MBTA Commuter Rail as a mobile vaccination clinic in Boston, Worcester, and Lowell in recent days. The train visited Lawrence on Saturday.


So how long until we are loaded on to those rail cars and taken to the camps, huh?

This fall?

Sure looks like a THREAT to me!


Steven Gil, a member of Lawrence’s Board of Health and a registered nurse, said community efforts to vaccinate people have faced language and cultural barriers. So far, about 40 percent of Lawrence’s population has been fully vaccinated, according to state data.

It’s imperative that the outreach continue, according to Gil, but it must be tailored to residents.

“I think we need to be innovative ... and try to make it more personalized to our individuals in Lawrence,” he said in a phone interview. “We should be more culturally sensitive to the needs and the wants of our culture in our community.”

[What is it about the letters N and O that you do not understand?

Consent? 

Never, and that would make them criminals!]

In Boston Saturday, Elisa said the community coalition had set up a mobile vaccination site during a Juneteenth celebration at the Shattuck Hospital campus. The Black residents organization organizes pop-up clinics and is looking to expand its schedule of days and operating hours.

About 55 percent of Boston’s population is fully vaccinated, according to the state.

Elisa said many unvaccinated people want to get the shots, but have jobs and other responsibilities that make it difficult to get to a clinic. It is critical, Elisa said, that local mobile and pop-up efforts are expanded to reach them, he said.

“Health care is no joke. Even though we have smiling faces because we are able to sit out in a restaurant, or go stand in crowds and cheer for our teams ... a little more caution” is needed, Elisa said. “It’s not over.”

Actually, it is but no one is laughing! 

The cat is out of the bag on this genocidal, mass-murdering fraud and anyone who continues to push it is a criminal condemned to hell.


The governor says “brighter days are very much upon us” as experts and officials say the protection from vaccinations is kicking in and the pandemic appears to be subsiding after more than a year of wracking the state, but “we’re not over this,” said Dr. Susan Butler-Wu, an associate professor of clinical pathology at the University of Southern California. “Testing is really critical, because you are flying blind without it.” That is especially true in parts of the American South, where vaccination rates are low, Dr. Butler-Wu added. Without a vaccine, “you’re putting yourself in harm’s way,” said Michael Osterholm, an epidemiologist and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. “This virus will find you if you are not vaccinated, and you continue to have contact with people throughout the community.” Experts in testing and public health say the virus will become endemic, meaning it will circulate at low levels for the foreseeable future. Mara G. Aspinall, a professor at the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University, said some in the field are discussing other methods of testing to track outbreaks, including examining wastewater for signs that infections might be present in a community (what a literal heap of shit).

Now they are worried about how the routine childhood vaccinations dropped dramatically during the early months of the pandemic, and although those began rebounding last summer, many children and adolescents are still behind on shots, according to a federal health report released Thursday. That lag might pose "a serious public health threat" of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses such as measles and whooping cough that have the potential to derail efforts to reopen schools, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With health care systems and other social institutions already overburdened by the pandemic, the CDC is recommending that providers consider giving coronavirus vaccines on the same day as other vaccines, especially when children and teens are behind or in danger of falling behind on recommended shots -- so keep making the kids wear the damaging masks even though the kids are not contracting CVD nor spreading it in the schools or workplaces.

Now they are telling us CVD was around as early as December 2019, and weren't they blaming vaping for it back then?


Thus, as the nation reopens and calls emerge to investigate lessons learned in the pandemic, The New York Times asked more than a dozen public health experts, economists and bioethicists to reflect on the vaccine rollout. Was the American approach as effective as it could have been? What, if anything, could have been done differently? The Trump and Biden administrations debated numerous options, including ideas raised by the experts. There is by no means universal agreement about what should have been done, and no way of knowing with certainty whether different vaccination tactics would have resulted in fewer deaths. Still, with the benefit of hindsight, experts pointed to several areas where the United States might have taken another approach. Here are five alternate scenarios: 1. The U.S. could have delayed second doses to partly protect more people; 2. Officials could have included (slightly) younger people in the early rollout; 3. Want vaccine equity? Try prioritizing by ZIP code; 4. Congress could have allocated money for vaccine distribution sooner; 5. The U.S. needed to pitch vaccines to the public more effectively.


Who remembers the heroes now, and some people never learn no matter how much guidance you give them.

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They are really testing my limits by serving up that $hit.

Only six more hours until summer officially begins, and if you hurry you can see the rest of today's paper because I am out of Ideas.

It's all $hit, imho, even the $ports $ection.

Goodbye!

Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Jump in the Lake

"A Chicago bus driver looking for a way to relieve stress during the coronavirus pandemic jumped into Lake Michigan for a 365th straight day on Saturday. Dan O’Conor said he started jumping into the lake at Montrose Harbor on the city's North Side last year to relieve stress....."

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The first one to be thrown in:


Thus the ending of the "long and divisive reign of Benjamin Netanyahu, the dominant Israeli politician of the past generation, at least for the time being, as the country’s parliament gave its vote of confidence to a precarious coalition government stitched together by widely disparate anti-Netanyahu forces."

So who is Naftali Bennett?

"He’s a 49-year-old father of four, a religious Jew who made millions in the mostly secular high-tech sector; a champion of the settlement movement who lives in a Tel Aviv suburb; a former ally of Benjamin Netanyahu who has partnered with centrist and left-wing parties to end his 12-year rule. His ultranationalist Yamina party won just seven seats in the 120-member Knesset in March elections — the fourth such vote in two years, but by refusing to commit to Netanyahu or his opponents, Bennett positioned himself as kingmaker, but he will be severely constrained by his unwieldy coalition, which has only a narrow majority in parliament and includes parties from the right, left, and center. He is opposed to Palestinian independence and strongly supports Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians and much of the international community see as a major obstacle to peace....."

It's the classic devil-you-know situation as things are about to get worse:

"As Benjamin Netanyahu ends his tenure, following the parliament’s approval Sunday of a new governing coalition that excludes him, he is not only Israel’s longest-serving leader but also one of its most influential. He reoriented the country’s decades-old approach to peace and security, reshaped its economy and place in the world, and upended longtime legal norms and notions of civil discourse. The widening schism between Israeli factions — left and right, religious and secular, Arabs and Jews — is one of the most obvious marks that Netanyahu leaves on the country. “His entire political strategy is based on keeping people’s anger alive,” said Anshel Pfeffer, a Jerusalem-based columnist. Netanyahu’s impact has been felt across various aspect of Israeli politics and society. The Palestinian conflict helped define the tenures of Israeli prime ministers over four decades until Netanyahu began his second stint in the top job in 2009. He came in determined not to resolve the dispute but to push it to the side. Netanyahu had long signaled his belief that Israel would benefit if it focused less on the conflict. He argued that the country should forgo any major concessions to the Palestinians on territory or other demands and instead shift its attention, for instance, to threats from Iran, and “the prime minister proved a lot of people wrong with the Abraham Accords,” said Dore Gold, a former Foreign Ministry official under Netanyahu. To his supporters, Netanyahu, known by all as “Bibi,” leaves behind a booming economy, newfound international respect and a decade without bus bombings by Palestinian militants. To critics, he leaves a country more divided, less equitable and largely indifferent to peace with the Palestinians. “It will take years to rebuild everything he has changed,” said Sylvia Strumpfman, a 68-year-old pensioner who has been part of the vigil near the prime minister’s house for more than a year of winter rains, instant coffee and drive-by invective, who plans to keep up the vigil until Netanyahu moves out in a few weeks....."

Throw the $elf-$erving whiners of the pre$$ in next as it looks like Netanyahu will need to find a new place to live.

It is reminiscent of the recent U.S. election, is it not?

"Israel’s new coalition takes first steps, including mending fences with US" by Patrick Kingsley and Adam Rasgon New York Times, June 14, 2021

JERUSALEM — Israel’s fragile new coalition government gave a first glimpse of its priorities Monday, as ministers announced intentions to repair Israeli ties with the US Democratic Party and the Jewish diaspora, investigate a disaster at a religious site last month that killed 45, and permit a far-right march through Jerusalem on Tuesday that some fear will lead to violence.

The raft of initiatives highlighted the complexities and contradictions of the new coalition, which replaced Benjamin Netanyahu’s government Sunday night in a confidence vote in Parliament that passed by just a single vote: 60 votes to 59, with one abstention.  The coalition’s announcements Monday also underscored how its policies diverge from Netanyahu’s on some issues but continue his approach to others.

In his first major speech in office, the new foreign minister, Yair Lapid, promised Monday to revive Israel’s relationship with American Democrats. That bond frayed under Netanyahu, who antagonized former president Barack Obama; befriended his Republican successor, Donald Trump; and then used his last speech in office Sunday to blast President Biden as being dangerous for Israel.

[Have to dump the Squad first, and an apology for the attacked the USS Liberty in which 34 American servicemen were killed in 1967 would be good start]

“The outgoing government took a terrible gamble, reckless and dangerous, to focus exclusively on the Republican Party and abandon Israel’s bipartisan standing,” Lapid said in a speech to foreign ministry officials.

Lapid added: “We find ourselves with a Democratic White House, Senate, and House, and they are angry. We need to change the way we work with them.”

He also promised to strengthen ties with Jews overseas, instead of relying primarily on the support of evangelical Christians, who formed a key focus of Netanyahu’s international outreach.

“The support of Christian evangelicals and other groups is important and heartwarmingbut the Jewish people are more than allies, they are family,” Lapid said. “Jews from all streams — Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox — are our family.”

[All others excluded. Hmmmm]

The new prime minister, Naftali Bennett, expressed opposition Sunday toward US-led efforts to restore a lapsed Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran, but he also thanked Biden for his support for Israel, and spoke with him soon after taking office.

Separately, Benny Gantz, the defense minister, issued a formal call for a commission of inquiry into a stampede at a holy Jewish site on Mt. Meron, northern Israel, in early May, which killed 45 worshippers. The move marked a clear divergence from Netanyahu, whose government depended on the support of ultra-Orthodox politicians and did not call for an investigation for fear of angering them, but the new government also seemed set to stick to a commitment made in the final days of Netanyahu’s administration: the decision to permit a far-right Jewish march through Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem, which critics fear could lead to a violent escalation with Hamas.

The march is a rescheduled version of a procession originally planned for last month that was among the reasons that Hamas cited for firing rockets toward Jerusalem on May 10, setting off an 11-day air war between the group and Israel. On Monday, Hamas vowed to respond if the march was allowed to go ahead, raising the specter of either renewed rocket fire or confrontations between Palestinian residents and Jewish marchers.

Despite the warning, the new public security minister, Omer Bar-Lev, who now oversees the Israeli police, promised Monday to push ahead with the event, also known as a “flags march. At this moment, the plan is the flags march will be taking place,” Bar-Lev said. “Jerusalem is Israel’s eternal capital. In a democracy, it is permitted and it is important to hold demonstrations and marches like these, as long as they are in accordance with the law.”

[Why did 1930s Germany just come to mind?]


Oh, to march or not to march, what's a Joo to do?

"As Israelis mourned on Friday the 45 people trampled to death during a pilgrimage that drew tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews, questions were already arising about poor planning and possible negligence. For more than a decade there have been concerns and warnings that the religious site on Mount Meron in northern Israel was not equipped to handle tens of thousands of pilgrims. In 2008 and 2011, reports by the state comptroller at the time warned of the potential for calamity there. Even for a country accustomed to the trauma of wars and terrorist attacks, this counted as one of the worst disasters in Israeli history. Israel has been wracked by religious-secular tensions, particularly over the last year during the pandemic, amid widespread anger over what many here viewed as a disregard for regulations and displays of autonomy by parts of the ultra-Orthodox community. The disaster early Friday largely united the country in shock and grief, but it also underlined some of the divisions plaguing this society....."

Yeah, you best call it off!

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Look who else is taking the leap:


The Harvard University professor, political philosopher, and author, joins what’s likely to be a crowded primary with a hefty academic resume but no experience holding elected office.

I know I'm forgetting something that has to do with Biogen, but it's not like we are neighbors or anything.

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These guys should be catapulted into the lake:

"G-7 leaders come together on global minimum tax, Democratic ideals" by Michael D. Shear and Zolan Kanno-Youngs New York Times, June 13, 2021

As the leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations wrapped up their first in-person summit since the outbreak of the pandemic, they released a joint communiqué Sunday underscoring areas of solidarity — and the differences that remain — when it comes to tackling a host of global crises.

The group, including President Biden, did not reach agreement on a timeline to eliminate the use of coal for generating electric power, a failure that climate activists said was a deep disappointment before a global climate conference later this year.

The leaders sought to present a united front even as it remained to be seen how the plans would be executed.

The agreement represented a dramatic return of America’s postwar international diplomacy, and Biden said it was evidence of the strength of the world’s democracies in tackling hard problems.

Speaking to reporters after the summit, Biden said the leaders’ endorsement of a global minimum tax would help ensure global equity, and a proposal to finance infrastructure projects in the developing world would counter the influence of China, providing what he said was a “democratic alternative.”

Those initiatives, he said, would promote democratic values and not an “autocratic lack of values.”

“Everyone at the table understood and understands both the seriousness and the challenges that we are up against and the responsibility of our proud democracies to step up and deliver to the rest of the world,” Biden said.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain, who hosted the summit, said that the gathering was an opportunity to demonstrate “the benefits of democracy.”

That would start, he said, with agreements to speed up the effort to vaccinate the world, which he called “the greatest feat in medical history.”

[OMFG! 

Must be under a lot of pressure]

Asked about the failure to go further on climate policy by setting firm timelines, Johnson said that the general criticism was misplaced and failed to take into account the full scope of what was achieved during the summit.

“I think it has been a highly productive few days,” he said.

At the same time, the nations agreed to an overhaul of international tax laws, unveiling a broad agreement that aims to stop large multinational companies from seeking out tax havens.

A US administration official called it a “historic endorsement to end the race to the bottom in corporate taxation with a global minimum tax that will help fund domestic renewal and grow the middle class,” but for all the goodwill and declarations of unity, there were questions about how the proposals would be translated into real-world action.

For instance, on the tax laws, a number of hurdles have yet to be overcome.

The biggest obstacle to getting a deal finished could come from the United States. The Biden administration must win approval from a narrowly divided Congress to make changes to the tax code, and Republicans have shown resistance to Biden’s plans.

The president had also hoped to use his first trip abroad to show that democracy, as a system of government, remained capable of addressing the world’s most pressing challenges.

The communiqué issued Sunday fleshed out some of the proposals that have dominated the summit and was explicit in the need to counter the rise of China. 

’'I think we’re in a contest, not with China per se, but a contest with autocrats, autocratic governments around the world as to whether or not democracies can compete with them in a rapidly changing 21st century,’' Biden told reporters in the first news conference of his first foreign trip as president.

He singled out China and Russia for reprobation after working here to enlist allies in what he has repeatedly cast as the existential battle of the 21st century.

[Bring it on, and may God damn him for it]

The question of how to deal with China, however, is divisive, and while Biden urged the leaders to take a harsher public stance, confronting China over its use of forced labor and trying to create an alternative to the country’s massive Belt-and-Road Initiative, a trillion-dollar infrastructure program focused on the developing world, yet some G-7 leaders, including those of Germany, Italy, and Japan, have been reluctant to take on China too forcefully.

Still, Beijing has chafed at the group’s new focus on the country. ’'The days when global decisions were dictated by a small group of countries are long gone,’' a spokesman for the Chinese embassy in London said Sunday. ’'We always believe that countries, big or small, strong or weak, poor or rich, are equals, and that world affairs should be handled through consultation by all countries.’'


Related:

"As the Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads in southeastern China, doctors say they are finding that the symptoms are different and more dangerous than those they saw when the initial version of the virus started spreading in late 2019 in the central city of Wuhan. Patients are becoming sicker and their conditions are worsening much more quickly, doctors told state-run television on Thursday and Friday. Four-fifths of symptomatic cases developed fevers, they said, although it was not clear how that compared with earlier cases. The virus concentrations that are detected in their bodies climb to levels higher than previously seen, and then decline only slowly, the doctors said. Up to 12 percent of patients become severely or critically ill within three to four days of the onset of symptoms, said Guan Xiangdong, director of critical care medicine at Sun Yat-sen University in the city of Guangzhou, where the outbreak has been centered. In the past, the proportion had been 2 percent or 3 percent, although occasionally up to 10 percent, he said. Doctors in Britain and Brazil have reported similar trends with the variants that circulated in those countries, but the severity of those variants has not yet been confirmed. The testimonies from China are the latest indication of the dangers posed by Delta, which the World Health Organization last month labeled a “variant of concern.” First identified this spring in India, where it was blamed for widespread suffering and death, Delta has since become the dominant variant in Britain, where doctors suggest that it is more contagious and may infect some people who have received only one of two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. China has uniquely detailed data, however, because it has essentially universal testing in the vicinity of outbreaks, allowing officials to gather detailed information on the extent of cases. Delta’s spread in southeastern China focuses more attention on the effectiveness of China’s self-made vaccines. The Chinese authorities have not indicated how many of the new infections have occurred in people who had been vaccinated. In some other countries where Chinese-made vaccines are in wide use, including the Seychelles and Mongolia, infections among vaccinated people are rising, although few patients have reportedly developed serious illness. Nearby Shenzhen had a handful of cases last week of the Alpha variant, which first emerged in Britain. As some other parts of the world still struggle to acquire and administer large numbers of coronavirus tests, southeastern China has used its local production of scarce chemicals to conduct testing on a remarkable scale......"


Let's hope the situation doesn't turn in a Chernobyl or Fukushima, 'eh?

"With a rapid and successful vaccine campaign on track, the path seemed clear not long ago for Prime Minister Boris Johnson to scrap all of England’s coronavirus rules on June 21, ending curbs that he resisted imposing in the first place, but on Monday, Johnson postponed by four weeks the moment dubbed “freedom day” by the tabloids after a spike in cases of a highly transmissible new variant that may cause more serious disease than earlier variants. Restaurants and pubs in England, while open, will still have to observe social distancing rules indoors, limiting capacity, and nightclubs and theaters will remain firmly closed. The decision, which will be reviewed in two weeks, sent a warning to the world that even well-vaccinated nations remain at risk and angered a noisy caucus of libertarian lawmakers within Johnson’s own party. At present, overall new cases in Britain are averaging around 8,000 per day and are doubling every week in the worst affected areas. Hospital admissions have begun rising. And the impact of the Delta variant across the country has already incited alarm in other European countries. In Britain, around four-fifths of adults have received one dose and more than half have had a second shot, but people with only a single dose remain susceptible to cases of the Delta variant — more so than to earlier versions of the virus, scientists said, and an unabated surge of infections in younger, unvaccinated people could ignite a dangerous wave of hospitalizations. That has helped convince many epidemiologists that lifting restrictions now could, in a worst-case scenario, produce as many hospital cases as in the first wave of the pandemic, overwhelming the National Health Service....."

Those scenarios were overhyped from the start, and that tyrant needs the Charles the First treatment, pronto.

Yeah, two weeks to flatten the curve that never was!

How much longer are the British people going to keep a stiff upper lip?

Time for EVERYONE to DISOBEY the AUTHORITIES, or do the Irish have to be called in?

That would make for a shaky start to a tense summer

Maybe he should bring in Canadians to get the job done, and have you ever noticed that -- like Macron -- every time their turd is in trouble a terror attack occurs?

(Btw, if I want to see what is really going on in Canada I fly over it and thoughtfully check out the fiery passion of those who live there)

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Speaking of alleged autocrats:

"As Biden meeting nears, Erdogan softens his stance" by Carlotta Gall New York Times, June 13, 2021

ISTANBUL — For the past four years, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has brazenly crushed his opponents at home and cozied up to Moscow while showering his allies with sweetheart government contracts and deploying troops regionally wherever he saw fit, and for the most part, then-President Trump’s administration turned a blind eye, but as Erdogan arrives in Brussels for a critical NATO meeting Monday, he is facing a decidedly more skeptical Biden administration, as are other strongmen leaders once enabled by Trump.

President Vladimir Putin of Russia, who meets with President Biden on Wednesday, has responded to the new order by growing even more belligerent, openly suppressing any signs of domestic political opposition and threatening Western security by massing troops on Ukraine’s border, but for Erdogan, considerations are not that simple. Thanks to both the coronavirus pandemic and his mismanagement of the economy, he is now facing severe domestic strains, with soaring inflation and unemployment and a dangerously weakened lira that could trigger a debt crisis, so he has dialed back his approach, already softening his positions on several issues in the hope of receiving badly needed investment from the West — something that Russia cannot provide. 

[He can give Joe a few pointers as to what is coming!]

To reassure Western leaders, he has called off gas exploration in the eastern Mediterranean, an activity that had infuriated NATO allies, and annoyed Moscow by supporting Ukraine against Russia’s threats and selling Turkish-made drones to Poland, yet Erdogan does have some important cards to play.

Turkey’s presence in NATO, its role as a way station for millions of refugees, and its military presence in Afghanistan have given him real leverage with the West, so Erdogan is unlikely to reverse his drift toward authoritarianism, his deepening relationship with Putin, and his purchase of the sophisticated Russian S-400 air defense system, even if that means clashing with Biden’s vision for a strengthened alliance of democracies.

[The New York Times can go take a jump in the lake on this one, and don't think Erdogan hasn't forgotten that Biden was part of the regime that attempted a coup against him]

One question is just how far Erdogan can be pushed in Biden’s direction before he grows frustrated and casts his lot with the Kremlin or even China, although having been let down by both countries over vaccine supplies, Erdogan is clear-eyed enough to keep his options open.

“How do you not lose Turkey while you try to curb Erdogan?” said Nigar Goksel, Turkey project director for the International Crisis Group.

As with Putin, Biden’s initial approach to Erdogan had been to maintain his distance, trying to avoid disagreements and handle matters at lower diplomatic levels.

Since assuming the presidency, Biden has spoken with Erdogan only once. That was to inform him that the United States was recognizing the massacre of Armenians in the last days of the Ottoman Empire as a genocide. While that was a humiliation for Erdogan that might have evoked a tantrum in previous years, it was met with a muted reaction along with the promise of a meeting at the NATO summit.

[The reaction was muted because its irrelevant, sorry.

So when is he going to recognize Israeli slaughters as genocide, right?]

Erdogan has felt the coolness from the Biden administration, Goksel said. “Erdogan is trying to find a way forward when they are trying to make sure he does not score political points.”

Turkey badly wants to lift itself out of an economic crunch, deepened by the pandemic, which has destroyed its vital tourist industry. It is also anxious to avoid further US sanctions, imposed after Erdogan bought the missile system from Russia.

The economic troubles have taken a toll on Erdogan’s political standing. While elections are still two years away, his opponents have considerable momentum, said Ozgur Unluhisarcikli, Ankara director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Turks will vote according to the state of the economy, he said, and for that reason alone, he needs the meeting with Biden.

[Unlike Americans, who allegedly vote out of hate for a particular candidate]

The thorniest of a half-dozen disputes between the two countries is undoubtedly Erdogan’s refusal to walk back his purchase of the S-400s, which has made Turkey the only NATO country to be on the receiving end of US sanctions and removed from the F-35 aircraft program.

Erdogan has even negotiated to purchase a second battery from Russia, but with the threat of further sanctions, he appears ready to shelve that deal.

At the heart of Erdogan’s purchase of the S-400 is his distrust of Washington, which he thinks is intent on seeing him replaced. That belief was only reinforced when Biden said last year, during the 2020 presidential campaign, that the United States should support the opposition in Turkey, but there are worries that if pressed too hard, Erdogan, who badly needs a fifth-generation fighter plane, might even buy Russian Sukhois. There is also concern about some 50 US nuclear bombs stored at Turkey’s Incirlik air base, which is under joint Turkish-US control; Erdogan has at various times threatened to evict the Americans.

[She conveniently omitted the attempted 2016 coup by the Obama/Biden regime!]

Washington has been preparing to work around the disagreement over the S-400s, focusing instead on the strategic areas where the two countries can agree — namely, Afghanistan, where Turkey has participated in the mission since 2001, and Iraq and Libya.

Turkey for its own reasons wants to retain a presence in Afghanistan, where it has a long affiliation and a shared history and religion. That is a central reason the US special envoy, Zalmay Khalilzad, asked Erdogan to consider maintaining a military presence there when Khalilzad began negotiations with the Taliban over a US withdrawal.


While in their sphere of influence:


"The prosecutor of Jordan’s state security court on Sunday filed sedition and incitement charges against two confidants of King Abdullah II’s half-brother Hamzah, marking the latest step in a rare, intrigue-filled palace drama that has rattled the Western-backed kingdom. At the time of his initial house arrest, Hamzah alleged that he was being silenced for exposing what he said was incompetence and corruption of the “ruling system.” The royal has established close ties with some of Jordan’s powerful tribes, serving as a conduit for growing anger and resentment as Jordan struggles with a widening economic crisis exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic....."

It was a Saudi Arabia-backed coup attempt.

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Now the main event:

"At an arms control crossroads, Biden and Putin face choices" by Robert Burns The Associated Press, June 13, 2021

[Any relation to Nick?]

WASHINGTON — At a low point in US-Russian relations, President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin appear to agree broadly on at least one thing — their first face-to-face meeting Wednesday is a chance to set the stage for a new era in arms control.

Whether that leads to actual arms negotiations is another matter, complicated by the soured relationship and accusations by each country that the other has cheated on past arms treaties. The fabric of arms control has been fraying, notably with the abandonment in 2019 — first by Washington, then by Moscow — of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which had governed a whole class of missiles for more than three decades.

The Trump administration also pulled the United States out of the Open Skies Treaty, which had allowed surveillance flights over military facilities in both countries. Last month the Biden administration informed the Russians that it would not reenter the treaty, and last week Putin confirmed Russia's exit.

Despite its importance, the arms control issue may get overshadowed at the Biden-Putin summit, given heightened US focus on ransomware attacks, alleged Russian interference in US elections, Russia’s military buildup on Ukraine’s border, and allegations that the Kremlin was behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign.

Washington broke off strategic stability talks with Moscow in 2014 in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea and its military intervention in support of separatists in eastern Ukraine.....

[I stopped reading after they repeated lie.

Russia didn't annex Crimea. The Crimea's voted for secession after the 2014 Obama coup in Ukraine and then applied to the Russian Federation for admittance, which was accepted]


"Biden rallies NATO support ahead of confrontation with Putin" by Aamer Madhani, Jonathan Lemire and Lorne Cook The Associated Press, June 14, 2021

BRUSSELS — President Biden used his first appearance at a NATO summit since taking office to call on President Vladimir Putin of Russia to step back from provocative actions targeting the United States and its allies on Monday. NATO leaders joined the United States in formally accusing Moscow and Beijing of malign actions.

Biden’s sharp words for Russia and his friendly interactions with NATO allies marked a sharp shift in tone from the past four years and highlighted the renewed US commitment to the 30-country alliance that was frequently maligned by his predecessor Donald Trump.

Biden, wearing a NATO lapel pin, said that in his extensive talks with NATO leaders about his planned meeting with Putin on Wednesday, all were supportive of his plans to press the Russian leader to halt Russian-originated cyber attacks against the West, end the violent stifling of political dissidents, and stop interfering in elections outside its borders.

“I’m going to make clear to President Putin that there are areas where we can cooperate, if he chooses," Biden told reporters as he ended his day at NATO headquarters, “and if he chooses not to cooperate and acts in a way that he has in the past relative to cybersecurity and other activities, then we will respond, we will respond in kind."

Biden is on an eight-day visit to Europe in which he is seeking to rally allies to speak with a single voice on countering Russia and China.

[Screw the talk, do something!

Here is how you do it: you open up a 3,000-mile front from the Arctic to the Caspian and show the Big H how things are done. At the same time, thrust up through Iran, the soft underbelly of Russia. Then, to keep the Chinese occupied, land on the beaches of North Korea. After cornering them all in Siberia, nuke 'em!

I'm actually looking forward to the WWIII if it vanquishes COVID, but not really!

This is and always has been an ANTIWAR blog!

I do hope you could discern the satire and sarcasm]

To that end, NATO leaders on Monday declared China a constant security challenge and said the Chinese are working to undermine global order, a message in sync with Biden’s pleas to confront Beijing on China’s trade, military, and human rights practices.

In a summit statement, the leaders said that China’s goals and “assertive behavior present systemic challenges to the rules-based international order and to areas relevant to alliance security.”

The heads of state and government expressed concern about what they said were China's “coercive policies,” the opaque ways it is modernizing its armed forces and its use of disinformation.

The NATO leaders also took a big swipe at Russia in their communique, deploring what they consider its aggressive military activities and its war games near the borders of NATO countries as well as repeated violations of their airspace by Russian planes.

They said that Russia had ramped up “hybrid” actions against member countries by attempts to interfere in elections, by political and economic intimidation, by disinformation campaigns, and “malicious cyber activities.”

“Until Russia demonstrates compliance with international law and its international obligations and responsibilities, there can be no return to ’business as usual,’ ” they said.

[It's all bluster to frame them for the coming cyberattack by the u$ual $u$pects]

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance of European and North American countries formed after World War II as a bulwark against Russian aggression. The new Brussels communique states plainly that the NATO nations “will engage China with a view to defending the security interests of the alliance.”

[Is that why NATO keeps moving closer?]

Biden arrived at the NATO summit after three days of consulting with Group of Seven allies in England, where he successfully pushed for a G-7 communique that called out forced labor practices and other human rights violations affecting Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minorities in China’s western Xinjiang province; however, differences remain among the allies about how forcefully to criticize Beijing.

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said NATO’s decision to name China as a threat “shouldn’t be overstated” because Beijing, like Russia, is also a partner in some areas. China is Germany’s top trading partner, and she said it is important to “find the right balance.”

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, urged the alliance not to let China distract it from what he saw as more pressing issues facing NATO, including the fight against terrorism and security issues related to Russia.

“I think it is very important not to scatter our efforts and not to have biases in our relation to China," Macron said.

[I guess CVD no longer exists in France]

The Chinese Embassy to the United Kingdom on Monday issued a statement saying the G-7 communique “deliberately slandered China and arbitrarily interfered in China’s internal affairs." There was no immediate reaction from the Chinese government to the new NATO statement.

Biden arrived at his first NATO summit as president as leading members declared it a pivotal moment for an alliance beleaguered during the presidency of Trump, who questioned the relevance of the multilateral organization. Biden sat down with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and underscored the US commitment to Article 5 of the alliance charter, which spells out that an attack on any member is an attack on all and is to be met with a collective response“Article 5 we take as a sacred obligation,” said Biden. “I want NATO to know America is there.”

[Just like the slaughter that was WWI, great]

It was a marked contrast to the days when Trump called the alliance “obsolete” and complained that it allowed for “global freeloading” countries to spend less on military defense at the expense of the United States. Biden was greeted by fellow leaders with warmth and even a bit of relief.

Prime Minister Alexander de Croo of Belgium said Biden’s presence “emphasizes the renewal of the transatlantic partnership.” De Croo said NATO allies were looking to get beyond four stormy years with Trump and infighting among member countries. “I think now we are ready to turn the page," de Croo said.

The alliance also updated Article 5 to offer greater clarity on how the alliance should react to major cyber attacks, a matter of growing concern amid hacks targeting the US government and businesses around the globe by Russia-based hackers.

[I am now running out of gas]

Beyond extending potential use of the mutual defense clause to apply to space, the leaders also broadened the definition of what might constitute such an attack in cyberspace, in a warning to any adversary that might use constant low-level attacks as a tactic.

The organization declared in 2014 that a cyber attack could be met by a collective response by all 30 member countries, and on Monday they said that “the impact of significant malicious cumulative cyber activities might, in certain circumstances, be considered as amounting to an armed attack.”

The president started his day meeting with leaders of the Baltic states on NATO's eastern flank as well as separate meetings with leaders of Poland and Romania to discuss any threat posed by Russia and the recent air piracy in Belarus.

[That's it, keep sticking it to them

Biden also met with Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the summit sidelines.

Biden has known Erdogan for years, but their relationship has frequently been contentious. Biden, during his campaign, drew ire from Turkish officials when he described Erdogan as an “autocrat.” In April, Biden infuriated Ankara by declaring that the Ottoman-era mass killing and deportations of Armenians was “genocide,” a term that US presidents have avoided using.


Also see:

"Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is to meet President Joe Biden at a summit Wednesday, has suggested that the hundreds of people arrested for rioting at the U.S. Capitol are being subjected to “persecution for political opinions.” Putin is likely to come under strong criticism from Biden at their meeting in Geneva for moves against his political opponents in Russia, particularly the imprisonment of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, the detention of thousands of demonstrators protesting his arrest, and the outlawing of Navalny’s organizations as extremist. “You are presenting it as dissent and intolerance toward dissent in Russia. We view it completely differently,” he said in an interview with NBC News broadcast Monday. He then pointed to the Jan. 6 insurrection in Washington when protesters barged into the Capitol to try to halt the count of electoral votes to certify Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump. Although the protests that erupted across Russia after Navalny’s arrest in January were unsanctioned, demonstrators were largely peaceful and did not enter government buildings or cause significant property damage, unlike the Capitol riot. Putin also reiterated denials that the Kremlin was behind last year’s poisoning of Navalny with a nerve agent that nearly killed him. “We don’t have this kind of habit, of assassinating anybody,” Putin said. “Did you order the assassination of the woman who walked into the Congress and who was shot and killed by a policeman?” Putin said, referring to Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer....."


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Time for you to take a dip in the drink:

"Young workers fear they must return to offices to save their careers" by Marc Daniel Davies Bloomberg, June 14, 2021

Managers hoping to lure employees into offices may find their youngest and newest staff are their strongest allies.

Young white-collar staff feel caught between a rock and a hard place — they value quality of life over old-fashioned 9-to-5 commuting, but are even more worried about seeing their careers stall unless they head back into an office. That’s encouraging many to be among the first to return to their desks.

While experienced employees often have established professional networks and dedicated home offices, younger staff say the pandemic has left them underinformed and cut off from their teams. There are now growing concerns that they are missing out on career opportunities older colleagues took for granted.

[WHO $tole your future?]

Despite a majority under 30 saying remote work made them more productive, over half of the survey’s respondents across Europe — ranging in age from 18 to 45 — say they feel anxious about a lack of training and career opportunities when thinking long-term about the future of work.

Still, while young workers may crave in-person connections and relief from pressures on their health and well-being, they remain skeptical of returning to the status quo before COVID-19. Instead they are looking for value and purpose in office-based activities while retaining the right to work remotely. McCully said working from home allowed her to spend time with her young child while remaining professionally productive, and wants that to remain an option.

[They are wondering about the meaning of life and how working in an office will be different]

In fact, more than 60 percent of employees aged 18-40, who have spent all their adult lives in a tech-centric environment, favor some kind of hybrid arrangement, according to a global survey of 2,000 people by workplace technology provider Citrix.....

[That's when I left the office]


This will leave you all wet as you wait for the unemployment check:


Literally throwing you to sharks:

"Senator Ron Johnson has been suspended from YouTube over comments he made supporting discredited treatments for Covid-19 that the company said violated its “medical misinformation policies.” Johnson, Republican of Wisconsin, made the comments at a virtual event on June 3 hosted by the Milwaukee Press Club, clips of which were uploaded to his YouTube account. Asked about hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug promoted by former President Donald J. Trump that researchers have found to be ineffective against Covid, Johnson criticized both the Trump and Biden administrations for “completely ignoring and working against robust research exploring the use of cheap, generic drugs that can be used for the treatment of Covid,” according to a transcript published by Wisconsin Public Radio. Johnson was prohibited from uploading videos to YouTube for one week starting Friday. Video of the event has also been removed from the YouTube account of the Milwaukee Press Club. “We removed the video in accordance with our Covid-19 medical misinformation policies, which don’t allow content that encourages people to use hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin to treat or prevent the virus,” YouTube said in a statement. The company’s policy bans any content that contradicts medical information about Covid from local health authorities or the World Health Organization. It specifically forbids content that promotes hydroxychloroquine or ivermectin, an anti-parasitic drug that has also been touted as a potential Covid-19 treatment despite a lack of supporting data. Johnson described his suspension as part of YouTube’s “ongoing Covid censorship.”

Yeah, the pre$$ isn't pitching a fit over the censorship and YouTube is now some sort of hero!


He is correct, of course, and what you don't see in the Big Pharma pre$$ is any discussion of therapeutics. It's all vaccines, vaccines, vaccines. Other treatments that work are nowhere to be found, or disparaged if they are.

Related:

"A federal judge in Texas has dismissed a lawsuit brought by employees of Houston Methodist Hospital who had challenged the hospital’s coronavirus vaccination requirement. U.S. District Judge Lynn N. Hughes, in the Southern District of Texas, issued a ruling on Saturday that upheld the hospital’s new policy, announced in April. The judge said that the hospital’s decision to mandate inoculations for its employees was consistent with public policy, and he rejected a claim by Jennifer Bridges, a nurse and the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, that the vaccines available for use in the United States were experimental and dangerous. “The hospital’s employees are not participants in a human trial,” Judge Hughes wrote. “Methodist is trying to do their business of saving lives without giving them the Covid-19 virus. It is a choice made to keep staff, patients and their families safer.” The judge’s decision appeared to be among the first to rule in favor of employer-mandated vaccinations for workers. Several major hospital systems have begun to require Covid shots, including in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, but many private employers and the federal government have not instituted mandatory immunization as they shift operations back to office settings. The judge also noted that Texas employment law only protects employees from termination for refusing to commit an act that carries criminal penalties. “Bridges can freely choose to accept or refuse a Covid-19 vaccine, however if she refuses, she will simply need to work somewhere else,” he said....."


The workers are appealing the ruling and have found themselves a new lawyer.

Time to dry off.