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Seattle mayor moves to dismantle CHOP after protesters show up AT HER HOUSE, police arrest remaining protesters


RT
Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:11 UTC
Kshama Sawant
© REUTERS/Lindsey WassonCity Councilmember Kshama Sawant speaks to protesters outside Mayor Jenny Durkan's home
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan sent heavy machinery to remove concrete barricades around the CHOP 'autonomous zone' and called for a probe of a council member, after protesters showed up outside her residence.

Under the cover of rain on Tuesday, vehicles operated by city workers removed the barricades set up around the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP, formerly known as CHAZ), an area spanning several blocks of downtown Seattle under control of protesters - including Black Lives Matter, Antifa and anarchists - since early June.

Unlike Friday's attempt to dismantle the barricades, which ended with city workers retreating after a two-hour standoff, there were no protesters physically blocking the machinery this time. Instead, they moved furniture, bins and other objects into the street afterward, according to KIRO-TV reporter Deedee Sun.

CHOP protesters objected to the removal because "barricades save lives," Sun reported, noting that they objected to their original deployment by the city two weeks prior. Critics of CHOP had also been opposed, saying the city was basically aiding and abetting the rioters.

Comment: This is obviously what should have been done a couple weeks ago. But it seems someone wanted to provide a veneer of legitimacy to the divisions that are being cynically inflamed in the US and Western world. Seattle police have finally stopped bending the knee to the radical leftists and are arresting all remaining protesters.





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UK's Muslim males had highest lockdown death rate, Jews more than double

Harriet Sherwood
The Guardian
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 20:22 UTC
Misakim
© Christopher Thomond/The GuardianA Misakim charity volunteer standing beside new graves at Rainsough Jewish cemetery in north Manchester last month.
Jewish burials in the UK between March and May were more than double the number recorded in the same period last year, revealing the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on the community.

According to data collated by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the largest Jewish burial boards carried out 811 funerals from March to May this year, compared with 358 in 2019, an increase of 127%.

It said the figures suggested the Jewish community had suffered 2.5 times as many deaths as a result of the pandemic than the non-Jewish population.

Comment: The coronavirus has been shown to be of most concern to the elderly and vulnerable and so, whilst socio-economic deprivation was taken into account in the above adjustments, what would the figures look like with those factored in? Or, because the lockdown led to a complete shutdown in primary care, was this the determining factor? Or is there another factor shared by the populations making them more susceptible?

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Hong Kong: Police arrest first person under new law banning independence flags


RT
Wed, 01 Jul 2020 10:01 UTC
Hong Kong flag
© Hong Kong Police/TwitterHong Kong independence flag
A man holding a Hong Kong independence flag became the first person to be detained under a new law introduced by China. As protests over the legislation gain foreign support, Beijing said other nations should stop interfering.

Hong Kong Police tweeted that the man was arrested for holding the independence flag in Causeway Bay, "violating #NationalSecurityLaw," and added that it was the first arrest made since the law has come into force.


Comment: The new national security law handed down from Beijing to restore order was neither welcomed, nor embraced by Hong Kong. Tensions escalated as the crowds and police clashed:
As thousands took to the streets things quickly got out of hand, with police deploying water cannons, tear gas, and pepper spray against the crowds.


More than 300 people were detained, at least nine of them for violating the national security law. One man was filmed crying on the pavement, apparently after being knocked to the ground during the scuffles, while another was seen being held down by security forces.


See also: China passes Hong Kong security law, will go into force July 1

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Caught on camera: Wild brawl breaks out in Arkansas restaurant over social distancing ruckus

Natalie Musumeci
New York Post
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 07:05 UTC
Saltgrass Steak House
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A wild brawl broke out inside an Arkansas restaurant this past weekend over social distancing amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.

The caught-on-camera fracas erupted Saturday inside the Saltgrass Steak House in Little Rock after a woman wearing a face mask confronted patrons who stood too close to her, according to bystanders.

Seth Crews, who recorded the violent incident on his cell phone, told KARK 4 News that he and his brother were having dinner at the eatery when they heard screaming coming from the bar area. "All the restaurant employees were trying to help, they were just in shock like the rest of us," Crews said.

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Russians vote in favor of changes to constitution enabling Putin to remain as president until 2036 - preliminary results

Jonny Tickle
RT
Wed, 01 Jul 2020 19:07 UTC
ballot boxes
© Reuters / Evgenia Novozhenina
Exit polls after the Russian constitutional vote show 71 percent of the country supported the proposed amendments while just over 28 percent were opposed. The amendments are major updates to Russia's most important legal document.

Exit polls were conducted at 800 polling places in 25 jurisdictions. They are based on questions asked of over 445,000 voters, 69.9 percent of which responded.

Wednesday marked the final day of in-person voting in the referendum, with turnout reaching 65 percent.

The 206 amendments range from social issues like pensions to rules for government officials. The one that has received most media attention redefines eligibility for the presidency. In theory, it would allow President Vladimir Putin to run for office two more times, potentially staying in power until 2036.
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Harvard drops policy against single-sex clubs after lawsuit

Justine Coleman
The Hill
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:58 UTC
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Harvard University has dropped its policy that penalized students who were members of single-sex clubs, the university president announced.

Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow released a letter Monday saying the university would stop enforcing the policy that punished students who were a part of single-sex fraternities or sororities because it could be seen as legally discriminatory based on recent court decisions.

Officials instituted the policy in 2017, which prevented students from holding leadership positions in university-recognized groups and from joining athletic teams if they were a part of single-sex clubs not recognized by Harvard.

They were also not able to receive college-administered fellowships, including the Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell scholarships, The Washington Post reported.

Comment: Again we see an attempt to virtue signal and be more "inclusive" leads to actions which are actually against the law and discriminatory. Progressives will eventually have to realize that their attempts to be more inclusive creates more problems than it solves.

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Epidemiologist states the obvious: Lockdown and social distancing could make our immune system weaker

Steve Bird
The Telegraph
Sat, 27 Jun 2020 18:00 UTC
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Prolonged periods of lockdown cocooning the public from germs could leave people dangerously vulnerable to new viruses, a leading epidemiologist has warned.

Sunetra Gupta, professor of theoretical epidemiology at the University of Oxford, fears intense social distancing could actually weaken immune systems because people are not exposed to germs and so do not develop defences that could protect them against future pandemics.

The scientist rose to prominence in March after her team's modelling created a best case scenario where coronavirus arrived in the UK in December and spread quickly through the population creating "herd immunity", already partly acquired through exposure to different strains of the virus.

Comment: See also: Readers may also find this interview with Dr. Zach Bush informative. He discusses the importance of building a healthy immune system, the microbiome, viruses, and more.



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Boston Art Commission votes to remove Emancipation Memorial from park square - Frederick Douglass' descendant thinks it should stay

Cristela Guerra
wbur.org
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 18:54 UTC
Thomas Ball's “Emancipation Memorial” sculpture
© Steven Senne/APThomas Ball's “Emancipation Memorial” sculpture
Members of the Boston Art Commission voted unanimously to remove Boston's copy of Thomas Ball's "Emancipation Memorial" sculpture, which portrays an enslaved man at the feet of Abraham Lincoln.

After nearly two hours of public comment Tuesday night, with people arguing both for and against keeping the statue, the board charged its staff to look at next steps for the sculpture, including where to store it temporarily and what could replace it.

The bronze sculpture currently sits on city property in Park Square. It would cost at least $15,000 to remove, according to Karin Goodfellow, the city's director of public art.

Comment: Kenneth B. Morris Jr., the descendant of Booker T. Washington and great-great-great-grandson to Frederick Douglass, has no issue with the statue, so maybe those easily triggered by the sight of a statue should take it easy. As historian Jane Levey says, "The enslaved man who is depicted in the statue is holding up his fist and he's breaking chains and he's looking strong."

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Airbus, Europe's biggest aircraft maker, announces plans to slash nearly 15,000 jobs across global operations - including 1,700 in UK.

Jack Wright
The Daily Mail
Tue, 30 Jun 2020 15:50 UTC
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© ReutersAerospace giant Airbus is to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK as the coronavirus pandemic causes 'the gravest crisis' the aviation industry has ever faced (Airbus facility near Nantes, France)
Meanwhile EasyJet yesterday said 4,500 jobs were at risk, and Bensons for Beds, Harveys and TM Lewin all announced layoffs and store closures.

Aerospace giant Airbus is to cut 1,700 jobs in the UK as the coronavirus pandemic causes 'the gravest crisis' the aviation industry has ever faced (Airbus facility near Nantes, France)

The news is a huge blow to its site at Broughton in Wales, where wings are manufactured, and its other factory at Filton in Bristol (pictured, British Airways Airbus A380 airplanes)

SSP Chief executive Simon Smith said: 'In the UK the pace of the recovery continues to be slow.
'In response to this, we are now taking further action to protect the business and create the right base from which to rebuild our operations. Regrettably, we are starting a collective consultation which will affect our UK colleagues. These are extremely difficult decisions, and our main priority will be to conduct the process carefully and fairly.'

Comment: The first casualities in a violent societal makeover are the activities that bring pleasure, and even solace to the ordinary citizen.

Cirque de Soleil has announce it has applied for bankruptcy protection:
The Montreal-based company in a press release attributed the decision to the "immense disruption and forced show closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic." It sought protection from creditors in Canada under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act to restructure its balance sheet.

The company also revealed it entered a court-supervised purchase agreement with its shareholders, including Texas-based TPG Capital and China-based Fosun Capital Group. The deal includes a $20 million fund to support the 3,500 employees who have been laid off.

The agreement will also involve $300 million of liquidity injected to help restart the company. It will also give Cirque du Soleil's existing secured creditors $50 million of unsecured, takeback debt, as well as 45 percent equity stake in the restructured company.

David Lamarre, the president and CEO of Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group, said in a statement that the action will allow the company to emerge "stronger."

"For the past 36 years, Cirque du Soleil has been a highly successful and profitable organization. However, with zero revenues since the forced closure of all of our shows due to COVID-19, management had to act decisively to protect the company's future," he said.

"I look forward to rebuilding our operations and coming together to once again create the magical spectacle that is Cirque du Soleil for our millions of fans worldwide," he added.

Cirque du Soleil's application will be heard in the Superior Court of Quebec Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter reported.

In March, Cirque du Soleil temporarily laid off 4,679 employees who made up 95 percent of its total workforce. The company also suspended 44 shows around the world due to the pandemic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


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BLM protesters in New York 'CHAZ' mock cops over college education, call officer 'black Judas'


RT
Wed, 01 Jul 2020 16:42 UTC
nyc blm protest
© REUTERS/Carlo AllegriA protest to defund the police in the "City Hall Autonomous Zone" in New York on June 30.
Tensions were high in New York's so-called 'City Hall Autonomous Zone' (CHAZ) on Tuesday night, with protesters mocking cops over their education. The scenes left the demonstrators facing accusations of snobbery and privilege.

Eyewitness footage shot outside City Hall in Manhattan shows protesters berating the police with a torrent of abuse, suggesting the officers are "getting paid to sit there like f**king idiots."

One man in a skirt even twerked in front of the police before launching a verbal tirade, claiming that hairdressers have to go to school for longer than police do and that cops "can't even read a f**king history book."


The beskirted man then directed his abuse at a black officer. "Traitor, traitor to your f**king people! You're like the f**king black Judas! Selling Christ for f**king 33 cents," he shouted while mincing back and forth before the line of cops.

The incident sparked a flood of criticism of the protesters' actions, with many accusing them of displaying an extraordinary level of arrogance. "Confirms what we already knew. College campuses imbue students with hateful, ahistorical rhetoric and then send them out into the world as smug Marxist clowns," commentator Erielle Davidson said on Twitter.


Comment: That's all that needs to be said about that!

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