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Ooops: Mafia boss caught after 20 years following Google Maps blunder


RT
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 19:17 UTC
mafia boss arrested italy google maps Gioacchino Gammino
Google Street View snapped picture of wanted Mafia boss Gioacchino Gammino at his grocery business in Galapagar, Italy
Italian police have credited the app with capturing a photo of a crime group leader who'd been in hiding since 2002

Anti-Mafia authorities in Italy have credited a Google Street View picture for revealing the location of a member of Sicily's Stidda Mafia group who escaped a Rome prison in 2002 partway through a life sentence for murder.

Gioacchino Gammino was convicted of murder and other Mafia-related crimes in 1998, and had been on Italy's list of most wanted criminals. He escaped prison three years later, during the making of a film. He was detained in the town of Galapagar, near the Spanish capital of Madrid, where he had been living, working as a chef, and running a greengrocers' shop, having assumed the name Manuel.
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Bad Guys

Covid crackdown: Manila authorities confine 14 million unvaxxed citizens to their homes


RT
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:39 UTC
Manila, Philippines vaccine clinic
© AFP / Ted Aljibe/AFPA healthcare worker administers a Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to a schoolboy in Taguig City, suburban Manila, Philippines, December 6, 2021.
Violators in Philippines' capital can expect to be fined, jailed, or both

Authorities in the Philippines' capital of Manila have banned the unvaccinated from leaving their homes save for buying essentials, going to work and doing exercise. Violators will be slapped with hefty fines, jail time, or both.

The decision, which affects around 14 million individuals living in Metro Manila, was announced on January 3. Under the new regulations, those who have not received two doses of Covid vaccine are to stay home, with only a few exemptions granted: buying necessities and seeking medical help, going to work, and doing outdoor exercise near their place of residence. Those working in an office have to take a Covid test every two weeks at their own expense. Such tests reportedly cost $100 or more in some cases.

Comment: Duerte is threatening the unvaccinated with prison time for breaking stay-at-home rules.
On Thursday, daily Covid cases in the Philippines hit their highest level since September, with 17,220 new infections recorded, according to the health ministry.

That daily case number is more than triple the number recorded earlier in the week, with the country having experienced the second-highest number of Covid infections of any state in Southeast Asia. Officials stated that most of the new cases were caused by the spread of the Omicron variant.

Duterte has previously been vocal about his anger at anti-vaxxers, warning last year that, if people refuse to get jabbed, they could face prison time or a forced injection of Ivermectin, an anti-parasite drug that, among other things, is used to treat animals.


Good grief. Treatment with Ivermectin plus hydroxychloroquine, is exactly what's needed.


"If he refuses, if he goes out of his house and goes around the community, he can be restrained. If he refuses, the captain is empowered now to arrest recalcitrant persons," Duterte said, referring to those who fail to get vaccinated.

At the end of 2021, government figures showed that 49.8 million individuals in the Philippines were fully vaccinated. That number is less than half of the country's 110 million-strong population.


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Light Saber

Texas Gov. Abbott to sue Biden admin over vaccine mandate for National Guard

Jon Brown
Fox News
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:22 UTC
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Abbott has issued 'a straightforward order' that no Guard member who refuses the vaccine will be punished

Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas , on Tuesday released a letter announcing his intention to sue the federal government for what he claimed is an unconstitutional vaccine mandate for the Texas National Guard.

"As the commander-in-chief of Texas's militia, I have issued a straightforward order to every member of the Texas National Guard within my chain of command: Do not punish any guardsman for choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine," Abbott wrote in the letter, which was addressed to Maj. Gen. Tracy Norris, Adjutant General of the Texas Military Department.

"Unless President Biden federalizes the Texas National Guard in accordance with Title 10 of the U.S. Code, he is not your commander-in-chief under our federal or state Constitutions. And as long as I am your commander-in-chief, I will not tolerate efforts to compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine," Abbott continued.

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People 2

Biological sex is being redefined to subvert society

Debra Soh
The Washington Examiner
Mon, 03 Jan 2022 19:34 UTC
Biological sex is being redefined
On Thursday, Science, one of the top scientific publications in the world, ran a letter titled, "Transgender rights rely on inclusive language," suggesting that biological sex is "context-dependent" and not binary.

If you had to go back and re-read that last sentence, let me assure you, you did indeed read it correctly. The letter — authored by two neuroscientists and a graduate student in biology — argues for "inclusive language around sex diversity," and that, in the five years since the National Institutes of Health announced that research proposals should include sex as a biological variable, society has become hostile to transgender people.

The NIH's directive was originally instated to address the fact that biomedical studies including only male participants lacked application to women. Pre-Clown World, this would be uncontroversial. But behold the pathway of thinking social justice ideology has plowed while I mourn my former field of neuroscience.
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Rainbow

Woke Arizona State University students accuse college of 'persecuting' THEM after they were reprimanded for making two white students leave multicultural space

James Gordon
Daily Mail
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 03:53 UTC
arizona state university
© InstagramActivists Mastaani Qureshi, an undergraduate and Sarra Tekola a graduate student at Arizona State University have been found 'guilty' of 'interfering with university activities' after they harassed two white students
A pair of Arizona State University students have unleashed a nine minute diatribe after they were disciplined for taunting two white male students who entered the college's multicultural space.

On Monday, Mastaani Qureshi, an undergraduate and Sarra Tekola a graduate student posted a video on social media alleging ASU had carried out an investigation into their actions and called for them to write a three-page paper over the September 2021 incident.

In the video posted in response to the University's punishment Qureshi and Tekola claim the investigation into their actions was 'racially biased' adding they were 'forced to confront these men', because, in their view, the ASU faculty allegedly refused to answer their cries for help.

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Sherlock

French launch terror probe over blast in Saudi Arabia that targeted a Dakar rally car


Al Mayadeen
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 23:24 UTC
dakar rally saudi
Competitors ride during Stage 3 of the Dakar Rally 2022 between the Saudi areas of al-Artawiya and al-Qaysumah, on January 4, 2022
French prosecutors said Tuesday they had opened a terror probe over a blast in Saudi Arabia, which took place on December 30 and targeted a car participating in the Dakar rally, badly wounding its French driver.

A preliminary investigation has been opened, the prosecutors said in a statement, "into multiple attempted killings in connection with a terrorist group."

According to the statement, all five occupants of the car, including the driver, were French nationals.

The national anti-terror prosecutors provided no further details over the Jeddah blast, which led driver Philippe Boutron to require surgery in the kingdom for serious leg injuries before returning to his home country.
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Network

Chicago schools scrap classes after union backs remote learning because of COVID-19 surge

Tom Howell Jr.
The Washington Times
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 11:03 UTC
pedro martinez
© Ashlee Rezin/Chicago Sun-Times via APThen-San Antonio schools Superintendent Pedro Martinez speaks shortly after Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced him as the new chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools during a news conference in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2021. Martinez, now the head of Chicago Public Schools, says classes will be canceled Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, if the teachers union votes to switch to remote learning due to record COVID-19 levels.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot, school system scramble to calm parents.

Chicago public schools canceled classes Wednesday and face an uncertain future after nearly three-quarters of the Chicago Teachers Union voted to revert to remote learning because of a coronavirus surge, prompting a standoff with Mayor Lori Lightfoot and school administrators who want students to remain in the classroom.

School buildings will remain open for essential services, including meals, but students who arrive won't have in-person classes.

Comment: Are the teachers actually terrified of omicron or are they just being lazy? Either answer isn't a particularly good one. The other question is whether or not the teacher's union is actually reflecting the feelings of the teachers themselves, or if they're just playing political games.

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Attention

Best of the Web: Scottish newspaper pitches Covid-19 'internment camps'


RT
Thu, 06 Jan 2022 10:53 UTC
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© Facebook / The Daily Record / screenshotA Scottish tabloid asks its readers if they support Covid-19 "internment camps" similar to those implemented in Australia.
A Scottish paper asked readers whether the nation should follow Australia's lead in locking up people who may be infected with the virus.

Scotland's largest newspaper has floated the idea of creating internment camps to forcibly detain residents who have tested positive for Covid-19 or who are "suspected" of being infected.

The Daily Record tabloid questioned its Facebook followers about the policy on Tuesday, noting that "Australians are being detained in Covid internment camps for 14 days if they test positive or are suspected positive." The outlet then asked: "Should we follow their lead?"

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Wine n Glass

Unvaccinated to be banned from booze and marijuana in Canada - media


RT
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 19:44 UTC
liquor store shelves
© Mike Kemp/In PIctures via Getty Images
Quebec province is reportedly poised to require proof of Covid-19 jab to access liquor stores and cannabis shops.

If taking away jobs and large gatherings isn't enough to coerce some people into getting vaccinated against Covid-19, cutting them off from hard liquor and marijuana might do the trick. Canada's Quebec province may soon find out.

Quebec Premier Francois Legault's administration is expected to announce a new requirement for proof of vaccination at liquor stores and cannabis outlets later this week, the Journal de Montreal reported on Tuesday. Minor details of the latest mandate, such as whether to require the passport at entrances or cash registers, are still being ironed out, the newspaper said, citing unidentified sources.

Comment: There is no logical justification for barring the unvaccinated from activities that have no effect on spreading the virus (even theoretically, in this case). This is bald-faced coercion and the enforcement of an apartheid state, plain and simple. Of all the provinces in Canada, who would have thought it would be Quebec that would turn out to be the most fascistic?

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China locks down city of 1.2M after three virus cases


MedicalXpress
Tue, 04 Jan 2022 00:00 UTC
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© AFP/Getty ImagesLockdown measures for three cases coronavirus
More than one million people in a city in central China were being confined to their homes on Tuesday after three asymptomatic coronavirus cases were recorded in the country's latest mass lockdown.

Beijing has pursued a "zero COVID" approach with tight border restrictions and targeted lockdowns since the virus first emerged. But the strategy has come under pressure with a series of recent local outbreaks and with just a month to go until the Winter Olympics.

Yuzhou, a city with a population of around 1.17 million people in Henan province, announced that from Monday night all citizens were required to stay home to control the spread of the virus. The announcement was triggered by the discovery of three cases in the last couple of days.

People in the central area "must not go out", according to a statement posted Monday, while all communities will set up "sentinels and gates to strictly implement epidemic prevention and control measures". The city had already announced that it was halting bus and taxi services and closing shopping malls, museums and tourist attractions.
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