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Sex clubs exempt from Australia's bizarre lockdown rules while weddings must have 'designated dancers'

Natalie Brown
News.com.au
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 18:39 UTC
wedding
© istockOnly 20 people at a wedding of up to 150 guests are allowed to dance under NSW’s new COVID-safe rules.
From "vertical consumption" in SA to "designated dancers" in NSW, these are the bizarre COVID restrictions that amuse and baffle Aussies.

Here's what you need to know about the new COVID-19 lockdown rules in Victoria.

Australians have spent much of 2020 adapting to an ever changing set of rules and restrictions, in an attempt to stem the spread of coronavirus.

Our exercise regimes, our travel plans, our dining habits, and even our romantic endeavours have been guided since March by health advice, often with different caveats depending on the state and territory where you reside.

It goes without saying that as the year's worn on, some regulations have been received better than others - though it's not just the more controversial rules that have made us question the status quo.

Comment: Well, Australia, also known as the 'lucky country', appears to be a training ground for the new normal and it's a horrifying sight: And check out SOTT radio's:

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Columbia students voted overwhelmingly to divest from Israel, and president responds dismissively — Rashid Khalidi

Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss
Sat, 03 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
Professor Rashid Khalidi
© Screenshot/Charlie Rose Show, 2006Columbia history professor Rashid Khalidi
Two days ago Columbia College undergraduates voted overwhelmingly to divest from companies that profit from or engage in the State of Israel's acts towards Palestinians under "apartheid" law. The university's president Lee Bollinger promptly repudiated the vote saying it was a "complex" issue on which no campus consensus exists.

Speaking to the Arab Center Wednesday, Columbia history professor Rashid Khalidi said the vote, in a city that has the largest Jewish population in the world, was a remarkable sign of change. I called Khalidi, who is the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies, to elaborate.

Rashid Khalidi: I think we are seeing something really quite remarkable, at least on college campuses. There was a similar vote at Barnard College in 2018 and another recently at University of Illinois [Urbana-Champaign]. Let's look at the Columbia students' vote. The final count was:

Yes - 1081 (61.0%)
No - 485 (27.4%)
Abstain - 205 (11.6%)

So that was a resounding majority in a vote that represents- 1771- nearly 40% of the students at Columbia College. This is not some meager turnout. [Enrollment was 4675 in 2019, per Columbia's own numbers.]

This is the result of extensive mobilization on both sides. Both sides got out everyone they could get out is my sense. There are just not that many undergrads at Columbia who support what Israel is doing to Palestinians, even among people who are Zionist or pro-Israel in some way, especially given the hardline Israeli government.
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'Firm and fair': Priti Patel to launch overhaul of Britain's 'fundamentally broken' asylum system

David Wooding
The Sun
Sat, 03 Oct 2020 23:55 UTC
Patel/border force
© PA/Daily MailPriti Patel • Border Force
The Home Secretary will target criminal gangs, illegal migrants and unscrupulous lawyers who are failing genuine refugees and costing taxpayers £1billion a year. She will vow to end years of inaction by successive governments and create a new structure that is both firm and fair.

Ms Patel will unveil a wide- ranging action plan after a year in which over 5,000 migrants have crossed the Channel in dinghies to enter Britain illegally.

In a keynote speech, she will say: "A fair asylum system should provide safe haven to those fleeing persecution, oppression or tyranny. But ours doesn't. Because our asylum system is fundamentally broken. And we have a responsibility to act."


Comment: Will Patel's plans course-correct the migrant issues? Sunday Sun had this to say:
Successive governments have failed to get a firm grip of the migration crisis. So we applaud Home Secretary Priti Patel's crackdown on what she calls a "fundamentally broken" asylum system.

Ms Patel is not just facing spiralling numbers of migrants chasing a new life here. She will also have to battle the lawyers who make a fortune from dragging out cases for years.

Since 2017, the top eight firms have racked up a staggering £42million in taxpayer-funded legal aid. Incredibly one, Duncan Lewis, picked up almost half those fees on its own.

The Home Secretary will need all her political skills to outsmart these blockers. It's a clampdown that cannot come too soon.


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Georgia: Appeals court rules against extending deadline for voters to return absentee ballots

Joshua Caplan
Breitbart
Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:00 UTC
Ballots in hand
© Logan Cyrus/AFP Getty Images
A federal appeals court on Friday voted against extending the deadline for voters to return their absentee ballots in the state of Georgia.

The Atlanta Constitution-Journal reports:
A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided 2-1 to grant a stay of a judge's ruling that would have allowed voters three more days to return their absentee ballots.

The decision reinstates Georgia's deadline at 7 p.m. on Election Day for absentee ballots to be received by county election offices.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said in a statement:
"We are glad the 11th Circuit recognized that long-standing Georgia law should remain in place for this election. Georgia's election officials have made it easier than ever for voters to meet that deadline by implementing online absentee ballot requests to streamline the request process and secure drop boxes to allow contactless return of absentee ballots."
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Over a third of UK employers planning to make staff redundant, BoE predicts unemployment rate to DOUBLE

Jasper Jolly
The Guardian
Thu, 01 Oct 2020 00:01 UTC
uk business shut
A woman walks past two closed businesses on Upper Street in Islington, north London, last week.
More than a third of UK employers plan to make staff redundant over the next three months, according to research warning of a cascade of job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

With a month to go until the end of the government furlough scheme on 31 October, 37% of more than 2,000 managers polled by YouGov said they were likely to make staff redundant by the end of the year. About 60% of the managers surveyed from larger businesses with more than 250 employees said their companies planned to make redundancies this year.

The Labour party and the TUC said the findings showed that the government needed to do more to protect UK workers' jobs.

Economists and politicians from across the political spectrum are increasingly concerned over the prospects for British workers as the government prepares to replace its coronavirus job retention scheme with a less generous "job support scheme" and the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic hits during the winter.

Comment: Under the sadistic establishment that currently runs the country, the UK can barely support and find work for the unemployed it already has, a near doubling would be catastrophic for the economy and for society at large. Note that, while the economy has been struggling for some time, these are viable jobs that have been decimated by the tyrannical and nonsensical lockdown. And it's the same story for countries throughout the West:

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Proud Boys to RT: Group is just 'PRO-WESTERN' - 'not interested in identity politics, not about skin color'

Chris Sweeney
RT
Sat, 03 Oct 2020 17:35 UTC
proud boys
© REUTERS/Rebecca CookAn armed member of the 'Proud Boys' attends a '2nd Amendment' rally outside the Michigan Supreme Court Building in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. September 17, 2020
The controversial club has exploded into the mainstream following the British clothing firm banning their signature black and yellow polo shirts and being name-checked in the US presidential debate by Biden and Trump.

The Proud Boys have dominated the news since Donald Trump ordered them to "stand down, and stand by." The president was asked about them during this week's live debate with Joe Biden. But the group's most senior figure in Europe can't see what all the fuss is about - he thinks they're actually "pretty boring."

Using the pseudonym J.T Rockefeller, he's a small business owner in his mid-30s, and spoke exclusively to RT.

Comment: So, neo-fascist group or globe-spanning 'good ol' boys' club? Unfortunately, only bad behavior gets press. And when the press AND social media skew far left, it doesn't bode well for the group's image. A nod to their LGBT tolerance. Politics over orientation:

Proud Boys and Milo hold free speech rally in Washington DC: Antifa protesters 'invite' themselves

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Left-wing activists 'defend' squatters, face off with police in Berlin neighborhood


RT
Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:24 UTC
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Leftist squatters occupy a building in Berlin's Friedrichshain district
Protesters took to the streets of Berlin's Friedrichshain district to demonstrate against the planned eviction of a left-wing housing project. Police made several arrests, local media reported.

Demonstrators held flares and shot firecrackers as they marched through the district to defend the building currently occupied by left-wing squatters. Around 1,500 people participated in the protest, local media said, citing police.

Comment: This is not the first clash between anarchists and Berlin police. The situation has been simmering since the Berlin Wall came down.

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Regal Cinemas likely to suspend operations at all US locations

R. T. Watson
Wall Street Journal
Sun, 04 Oct 2020 16:26 UTC
Regal Theatre in NYC
© Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesRegal Cinemas stands closed on New York City’s 42nd Street, Aug. 6.
Second-largest U.S. cinema chain weighs closing doors again as high-profile movies vacate calendar

The second-largest cinema chain in America is likely to close indefinitely all its U.S. locations, after reopening in August, according to a person familiar with the plans, escalating the pandemic-driven crisis faced by the entertainment industry.

Cineworld Group CNWGY 12.82% PLC's Regal Entertainment Group's potential decision to suspend operations at its more than 500 locations follows a cascade of postponements for big-budget Hollywood films, most recently the coming James Bond title "No Time to Die." The studio behind the film, MGM Holdings Inc., on Friday said it was delaying the film for the second time, to next April, from this November. It had originally been scheduled for release in April of this year.

Cineworld is the second-largest movie theater operator on a global basis as well as in the U.S.

The plan to close the locations isn't definite, the person familiar with the situation said, and a final decision isn't likely until Monday or Tuesday.
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Bad Guys

Antifa and BLM rioters in Seattle launch firecrackers inside Starbucks after smashing storefront


RT
Sun, 04 Oct 2020 15:43 UTC
Rioter in Seattle
© Getty Images via AFP/David Ryder (file photo)Rioter in Seattle, WA.
A group of activists attacked a Starbucks in Seattle, shattering the coffee shop's windows and then setting off fireworks inside the building. Police arrived at the scene and ordered the rioters to disperse.

Black-clad protesters threw rocks and other projectiles at the business, while others used implements to destroy the windowed storefront. Video footage shows rioters lighting firecrackers and tossing them into the building. Several loud explosions can be heard as members of the mob cheer. The Starbucks was also sprayed with anti-police graffiti.

Law enforcement moved in and declared the protest a riot, warning the crowd to leave the area or face arrest. Police mounted on bicycles pushed the protesters back while demonstrators formed a wall of shields as they retreated down the street.

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Victoria police filmed handcuffing PREGNANT beachgoer as state authorities consider extending lockdown rules


RT
Sun, 04 Oct 2020 09:20 UTC
australia pregnant beach
© Sent1nelScreenshot from Facebook
Echoing a similar incident a month ago, Victoria police have been caught on camera forcibly arresting a pregnant woman for allegedly breaching the 5km radius rule being heavy-handedly enforced throughout the Australian state.

Footage of the dramatic arrest circulated online, showing a handful of armed police officers towering over a woman - described as pregnant by local media - at the Altona beach in the Melbourne area. An officer is seen trying to put a mask on the detainee as his colleagues handcuff her and repeatedly tell other beachgoers to stand back.

People filming the incident could be heard shouting, "What did she do? Why are you arresting her?" As tensions grew, onlookers swarmed the police squad, yelling insults at officers.

Comment: In Australia's new normal sitting on a beach is outlawed, as is dancing, but sex clubs are not:

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