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Even Fox News is triggered by the lack of social distancing at Ozarks bash


RT
Tue, 26 May 2020 22:48 UTC
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© Twitter/Lawler50/via REUTERSRevelers celebrate Memorial Day weekend at Osage Beach of the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
Brian Kilmeade, who has been arguing to lift Covid-19 lockdown measures, and other Fox talking heads did not have much support for people in the Ozarks partying in viral videos and ignoring social distancing measures.

"It destroys my argument that we are reacting responsibly as a country," Kilmeade said on Fox News' 'Outnumbered' on Tuesday when talking about the footage out of Missouri over the Memorial Day weekend.

The 'Fox & Friends' co-host has been one of the network's sharpest critics of lockdown orders across the US, but the Ozarks video took him by surprise and he admits that irresponsible social gathering "ruins it for everyone."


Comment: It just goes to show how many people are desperate for social contact after months of house arrest, and they're behaving rather appropriately having seen the proof in their everyday lives that this virus is less harmful than the seasonal flu.

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Best of the Web: New Zealand secretly allowed Hollywood team working on 'Avatar II' exemption from lockdown as 'essential workers'


The Australian
Tue, 26 May 2020 09:34 UTC
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Sam Worthington as Jake Sully in Avatar, left, and New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern.
Key individuals behind the sequel to Hollywood blockbuster Avatar are among hundreds of foreigners quietly let into New Zealand under little-known exemptions to its closed border regime.

New Zealand closed its borders in March to deal with COVID-19, allowing only Kiwis and returning residents to return.

Jacinda Ardern's government has since tweaked its regulations to allow humanitarian arrivals and essential workers in, including in the health sectors. But only today, under questioning, was it revealed Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford has also been admitting high-value foreigners.

Comment: No Ms Ahern, the problem is you don't think at all. Which means you don't really care either.

This is what all these examples of government and cultural elites breaking the rules is telling us; they don't actually believe a 'killer virus' is going around.

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San Francisco embraces 3rd world tent cities as a new way of life

M. Dowling
Independent Sentinel
Thu, 28 May 2020 08:32 UTC
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San Francisco sanctions third world tent cities as a new way of life, both accepted and promoted. Mayor London Breed and her allies say they're the best option available. It's time to "embrace the inevitable," the officials say.

The encampments will have a lot of taxpayer support.

Inside San Francisco's "safe sleeping sites," where tents sit inside squares marked on the asphalt eight feet apart to promote social distancing, there are hand-washing stations, portable toilets, showers, meals, and security guards.

Comment: See also:

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Fire

Deadly shooting near George Floyd protest as looting, arson grip Minneapolis

Edmund DeMarche
Fox News
Thu, 28 May 2020 07:22 UTC
George Floyd
The protests in Minneapolis over the death of George Floyd took a dramatic turn for the worse Wednesday night as city police responded to stores in the city being looted and burned as well as a deadly shooting at a protest location.

Multiple reports indicated that Mayor Jacob Frey reached out to Gov. Tim Walz to deploy the National Guard to the city. The mayor's office did not immediately respond to Fox News seeking comment.

Social media users posted videos on Twitter that showed burning businesses and looters entering a local Target and making their way out with bags full of items.

At least one group of armed men have been seen standing outside a strip mall in Minneapolis on Wednesday night amid the looting.

Protests in the city erupted Tuesday after video emerged of a police officer with his knee pressed against Floyd's neck while the man was in custody. Protesters have called for the officers involved to be charged in his death.

Comment: See also: 'I can't breathe' 2.0: Minneapolis police in hot water as suspect dies during BRUTAL chokehold arrest - HUGE crowds clash with cops during protest

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Your "immunity passport" future begins to materialize as airlines call for digital id tracking systems

Derrick Broze
The Last American Vagabond
Tue, 26 May 2020 06:53 UTC
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The world's largest airline trade group has called for immunity passports, thermal screening, masks, and physical distancing to be a part of the industry's strategy for returning to "normal" operations.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which represents 299 airlines, recently issued their publication, Biosecurity for Air Transport A Roadmap for Restarting Aviation, which outlines their strategy to open up air travel as governments begin to lift travel restrictions.

Under a section titled, "The passenger experience" and "Temporary biosecurity measures," the IATA describes their vision of post-COVID-19 flights. The organization calls for contact tracing, a controversial method of tracking the civilian population to track the spread of COVID-19.
"We foresee the need to collect more detailed passenger contact information which can be used for tracing purposes," the report states. "Where possible, the data should be collected in electronic form, and in advance of the passenger arriving at the airport including through eVisa and electronic travel authorization platforms."

Comment: See also:

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Network

Facebook reportedly had evidence that its algorithms were dividing people, but top executives killed or weakened proposed solutions

Tyler Sonnemaker
Business Insider
Wed, 27 May 2020 20:02 UTC
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Facebook knew its algorithms divided users, execs killed fixes.
Despite internal research finding that Facebook's platform encouraged polarization, Mark Zuckerberg and other execs nixed proposals to fix things.

Facebook had evidence that its algorithms encourage polarization and "exploit the human brain's attraction to divisiveness," but top executives including CEO Mark Zuckerberg killed or weakened proposed solutions, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

The effort to better understand Facebook's effect on users' behavior was a response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and its internal researchers determined that, contrary to the company's mission of connecting the world, its products were having the opposite effect, according to the newspaper.

Comment: See also:

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Mandatory masks aren't about safety, they're about social control

Molly McCann
The Federalist
Wed, 27 May 2020 06:36 UTC
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© U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley
On May 26, Virginia's Gov. Ralph Northam announced that wearing masks outside one's home will be mandatory effective May 29. He first hinted he might issue a masking order a week ago, likely to test the water.

A new refrain in public discourse is growing in volume by the day: "Things will never be the same." The certainty with which we are assured of this pre-determined future is perplexing. Whether or not "things" will ever be the same is not at all clear, but that some people hope things will never be the same is certain.

To those looking to benefit politically from emergencies, COVID presents an opportunity to advance plans targeted to transform American freedom and the American way of life. Mandatory-masking policies provide a valuable foundation to weaponize the virus against American liberty — now and in the future.

Demanding Freedoms Helps Ensure Them

Much of our freedom is maintained by the collective resistance of the American mood. When the Minnesota governor excluded churches from his Phase I reopening plan, Catholic and Lutheran leadership announced, through counsel, that their churches would reopen with or without the state's blessing.
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At least 11 local news stations caught airing the exact same Amazon propaganda segment

John Vibes
Truth Theory
Wed, 27 May 2020 00:00 UTC
11 local news stations
At least 11 local news stations in the United States were caught airing the same scripted segment about Amazon, and their role during the COVID-19 pandemic. The segment played like a commercial for Amazon, even touting the company's ability to "keep its employees safe and healthy," during this difficult time, despite the fact that many workers have been organizing to protest against unsafe conditions and lack of hazard pay.

The segment is even narrated by Amazon spokesperson Todd Walker, who promises an "inside look" at an Amazon fulfillment center

"Millions of Americans staying at home are relying on amazon to deliver essentials like groceries and cleaning products during the COVID-19 outbreak... For the first time we're getting a glimpse inside Amazon's fulfillment centers to see just how the company is keeping its employees safe and healthy.. While delivering packages to your doorstep," Walker says.


Comment: And perhaps more to the point, this little PR segment for Amazon is just one of thousands of scripted propaganda promulgating stories that gets widely drilled into the minds of people like just so many other bogus cookie-cutter stories.

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Despite pandemic, Israeli army shoots at water tanks in Palestinian village

Yumna Patel
Mondoweiss
Wed, 27 May 2020 00:00 UTC
Water tanks for Palestinian homes
Water tanks for Palestinian homes
B'Tselem has concluded that the shooting is deliberate, and "an illegal act of collective punishment."

The residents of Kafr Qaddum are no strangers to Israeli military incursions in their village, which sits northwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

For the past nine years, the residents of the village have been holding weekly demonstrations against the confiscation of their village's land for the use of settlement expansion and the permanent closure of the main road connecting the village to Nablus.

Nearly every week they are met with violence on part of Israeli forces, which has over the years resulted in severe injuries, disabilities, and even death.

In recent weeks, however, Israeli forces have been practicing a new tactic of suppression in the village, one the Israeli rights group B'Tselem has slammed as "collective punishment" in a new report published Wednesday.

Since the beginning of April, Israeli forces have been documented shooting holes into the water tanks on the rooftops of people's homes in the village, causing hundreds of dollars worth of damage and significant loss of water resources for the community.

Comment: Many of the soldiers of the IDF, and its psychopathic leadership, have no problem making the lives of Palestinians a living hell:

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Iranian president calls for stricter laws against 'honor' killings after 13-yo girl beheaded


RFE/RL
Wed, 27 May 2020 23:16 UTC
Romina Ashrafi
Romina Ashrafi reportedly told police that she feared for her life, but she was still handed over to her father as required by Iranian laws.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has called for harsher laws to tackle so-called "honor killings" after the particularly shocking slaying of a teenage girl, allegedly by her father, prompted a nationwide outcry.

Rohani on May 27 pushed for the speedy adoption of relevant bills, some which have apparently circulated for years among various Iranian decision-making bodies without any tangible results.

The call comes after 13-year-old Romina Ashrafi was killed last week in Hovigh, some 320 kilometers northwest of Tehran.

Local media reported that the teenager was beheaded while she slept by her father, who used a farming sickle.

The father, Reza Ashrafi, was said to be enraged after Romina fled the family home to marry a 35-year-old man she loved.

Both of their families complained to the authorities, and security forces detained Romina and her boyfriend, Bahamn Khavari, following a five-day hunt.
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