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Best of the Web: Year of Meltdown? Mask fanaticism is causing Kens & Karens everywhere to brawl with others

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The efficacy of mandatory mask rules is debatable, but a series of viral videos provide ample evidence that the guidelines have helped make 2020 one of the most absurd and painfully idiotic years in recent memory.

Mid-flight fisticuffs over maskless passengers

The latest incident in the saga of mask-related assaults kicked off on a flight from Amsterdam to Ibiza. Two passengers on the KLM flight reportedly became physical after refusing to wear masks during the journey to Spain. Passengers and crew worked together to restrain the two men, who reportedly had been drinking.

Footage of the insane mid-flight fracas shows multiple passengers squeezed into the airplane's aisle as they shout and exchange punches. The two men, who are not believed to be Dutch citizens, were reportedly detained by authorities once the plane landed in Spain.

Comment: Deliberate dumbing-down of the public and sporadic citizen meltdown over trivial issues was on the rise for a few decades. It went to new heights with the liberal meltdown over Trump's election in 2016. But, 2020 proved to be 'year of the meltdown' with Covid hysteria, mask madness and BLM hooliganism in the name of justice and systemic racism.

In another incident, one Toronto man wearing a mask below his chin became hysterical over another mask-less customer getting his pizza in a 'Pizza Pizza' chain restaurant and destroyed their display unit.


Many comments speculated that the violent outburst could be the result of mental health issues.


Toronto requires masks to be worn in all indoor public spaces. Similar policies adopted by the British and German authorities have sparked protests in those countries. In the Netherlands, the government has said it will not advise the public to wear face masks, arguing that there is not enough proof that they are effective at stopping the spread of Covid-19.


Red Pill

Best of the Web: Holland's top scientists: 'No reliable evidence face coverings work' - Warn they could even hinder 'the fight against Covid-19'

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While 120 countries in the world ordered citizens to wear masks in public places to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Dutch are doing things differently. Pictured, people enjoying a drink in Amsterdam
As I walked around the sun-dappled streets of Amsterdam, something felt strange in this world swept by fear and pandemic. There was laughter coming from barges sliding along the famous canals, clusters of cyclists clogged the streets, shoppers dipped into chic boutiques, the barber shops seemed busy and cafes served couples chatting over coffee.

I heard many voices of tourists in bars and restaurants, while even the seedier sides of this celebrated Dutch city had people strolling through them. It took me a moment to realise what was so weird. Then it struck me. It felt like I had stepped back in time, returning to the pre-pandemic normality of a bustling city filled with human beings whose faces were not covered by cloth.

For while 120 countries in the world, including much of Europe, have ordered citizens to wear masks in public places to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the Dutch are doing things differently.

The nation's top scientists, having examined key data and research, have declared there is no firm evidence to back the use of face coverings. Indeed, they argue that wearing the wretched things may actually hamper the fight against disease.

Yellow Vest

Best of the Web: 'Masks are muzzles': Protesters rally outside BBC HQ & march to Downing Street after UK govt widens mask-wearing orders

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Activists took to the streets of London a day after the UK cabinet expanded its guidelines for mandatory face coverings. The demonstration comes amid growing skepticism worldwide over the efficacy of such policies.

A large group of demonstrators assembled in Hyde Park on Saturday, where they listened to speeches denouncing the government's anti-coronavirus measures. Piers Corbyn, brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, was among the speakers.

Carrying placards reading "Stop the new normal, save lives,""Freedom over fear," and "Masks are muzzles," the protesters then marched towards Downing Street, stopping outside BBC headquarters along the way.

Footage from RT's Ruptly video agency shows a huge crowd, most without masks, filling the streets of the UK capital as they marched toward Downing Street.

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Best of the Web: BLM is extorting business owners in Kentucky by demanding they 'hire Blacks' and 'buy from Black retailers'


Comment: Now they're demanding 'diversity' and 'reparations' from minority-owned small businesses.

This was never about 'justice for George Floyd'.


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Members of Louisville's Cuban community plan to gather Sunday in support of a NuLu restaurant owner who says he was threatened by Black Lives Matter protesters during a recent demonstration.

Fernando Martinez, a partner of the Olé Restaurant Group, was one of dozens of business owners in the downtown Louisville district who recently received a letter from protesters laying out demands that aim to improve diversity in the area, which is known for its locally-owned shops and restaurants.

Martinez has publicly denounced the demands on Facebook, calling them "mafia tactics" used to intimidate business owners. And on Thursday, a small group of protesters confronted him outside his newest restaurant, La Bodeguita de Mima, on East Market Street.

"There comes a time in life that you have to make a stand and you have to really prove your convictions and what you believe in," Martinez wrote in his Facebook post. "... All good people need to denounce this. How can you justified (sic) injustice with more injustice?"

Comment: "...so we have decided to force them to serve us. By any means necessary..."

The extent of lawlessness in the US is growing by the day.


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Best of the Web: Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Unsealed documents reveal US president Bill Clinton attended Epstein's orgy island with teenage girls

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Court documents released Thursday claim to reveal what life was like inside the world of rich and powerful pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell.

A federal judge unsealed the trove of records from a now-settled civil defamation case involving chief accuser Virginia Giuffre and Maxwell.

Maxwell, 58, has since been criminally charged after she was arrested July 2 on a six-count indictment accusing her of grooming young girls for sex. She has pleaded not guilty.

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Bizarro Earth

Best of the Web: UK government advisers issue stark warning: Avoid local lockdowns or unleash total anarchy

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© Reuters / Henry NichollsFILE PHOTO: Demonstrators hold banners as they march during a Black Lives Matter protest in London, Britain, June 29, 2020
As Britain imposes local lockdowns, a newly released study suggests the UK is a hair's breadth away from devastating riots. However, the government was warned about this a long time ago, and apparently chose to proceed anyway.

When the British government's policing and security advisers met in London on July 2, their tone was serious. Racial and societal tensions, they warned, had reached boiling point in the UK, and the re-imposition of coronavirus lockdown measures could ignite this powder keg and trigger riots unseen since the mass unrest of 2011.

If this happens, the advisers warned, police would be unable to contain the chaos, and "military support" would be required to restore order.

Comment: It's a basic fact of human psychology that people forced into an inhuman lockdown situation are going to need to vent their frustration - whether that would be going to the beach or protesting in the streets - in the period that follows. Concurrently people are also realizing that they've been deceived about the true nature of the coronavirus and that their livelihoods are being sacrificed for this deception, and so one can understand why people would be angry and why the unaccountable authorities would be concerned: Below are just some of the anti-lockdown and anti-corruption protests at the weekend:







Light Saber

Best of the Web: 'Our freedom is being stolen': Over a MILLION people protest coronavirus measures in Berlin


Comment: German and global media is reporting an 'official' figure of 17,000 in attendance. The organizers estimate 1.3 MILLION people turned up...


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At least 18 police officers were reportedly injured in Berlin on Saturday as they tried to break up a large gathering of people demonstrating against coronavirus restrictions, including the face mask requirement.

Three of the officers were being treated in hospital, Berlin police said on Twitter. It had deployed 1,100 officers to monitor the rally and disperse the crowd.

As German officials warn of soaring infection numbers, the protesters remain defiant. "The virus of freedom has reached Berlin," said one of the organizers, Michael Ballweg.


Others chanted: "We are the second wave," as they moved through the German capital.

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The New York Times labelled the protesters 'conspiracy theorists' and 'neo-Nazis'.

In fact, they are REAL anti-fascists.


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Best of the Web: The disturbing push to discredit HCQ

I have no position on the effectiveness of any drug. But the censorship surrounding HCQ is very disturbing. Seven years ago, Dr. Fauci supported experimental medicines to fight a deadly novel coronavirus.
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Fifteen years ago, Fauci's NIH said HCQ was a potent inhibitor or coronaviruses.

Bullseye

Best of the Web: UK: Three times more people dying of flu than coronavirus

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© PA/GettyNew ONS figures show 917 flu and pneumonia deaths were registered for the week ending on July 10, compared to 366 Covid-19 deaths
Nearly three times as many people are now dying of flu and pneumonia than with coronavirus in England and Wales, new figures have revealed. Numbers published by the Office For National Statistics show 917 flu and pneumonia deaths were registered for the week ending on July 10.

In comparison, 366 people died that week after testing positive for Covid-19 - the lowest number of deaths involving the virus in the last 16 weeks and a 31.2% decrease compared with the previous week, which saw 532 deaths.

Overall, the number of deaths registered in the same week was 6.1% (560 deaths) below the five-year average - the fourth consecutive week it has been below average.

Comment: The lockdown has led to unprecedented death and incalculable destruction to the economy, and their claims that it was because of the dangers of the coronavirus, by their own admission, does not hold water; so it begs the question, what is the real motivation behind the lockdowns? And check out SOTT radio's:


Bad Guys

Best of the Web: 'Charity' accused of child sex abuse coordinating ID2020's pilot program for refugee newborns

A biometric identification program backed by the ID2020 alliance will see its new "digital id" program rolled out for refugee newborns in close coordination with a charity tied to Wall Street and prominent Western politicians whose workers have been accused of sexually exploiting refugee children.

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iRespond, an international non-profit organization that is "dedicated to using biometrics to improve lives through digital identity," has begun piloting a new biometric program for newborns among the predominately Karen refugee population along the Myanmar-Thailand border, a program it soon hopes to "quickly deploy" at a greater scale and make available to the general global population. The pilot program is being conducted as part of the controversial ID2020 alliance, backed by Microsoft, the GAVI vaccine alliance and the Rockefeller Foundation, and with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a non-profit organization deeply tied to the Western political elite and Wall Street with a controversial track record of silencing numerous sex abuse and fraud allegations.

The new program, an extension of iRespond's "voluntary" biometric identification program in the Mae La refugee camp, "will create a record of a birth, attested by a trusted clinic, with a goal of changing the life trajectory for the participants." Through the program, "a guardianship relationship between the newborn and the mother is established and linked to digital and high security physical identity documents."

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