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Minister says travel quarantine rules do not apply to 'important people'

Simon Calder
Independent
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:33 UTC

The media minister has said that "people who are important" should be entitled to avoid tough quarantine rules when travelling to the UK.

Speaking on Sky News, John Whittingdale was asked why players, officials and others coming to London for the Euros final on 11 July should be allowed in without self-isolating.

He said: "We've always said that for some people who are important, players, for instance ..."

The presenter, Kay Burley, interrupted him, saying: "So people who want to go on holiday are not important. Is that what you're saying?"

"No of course not. We're talking a very limited number of people who are coming in and they're also subject still to quite significant restrictions.

Activists outraged at UK education committee report finding children from ethnic communities do as well as or better than white pupils

Nazia Parveen
The Guardian
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:37 UTC

In one of the most provocative sections of the government's landmark report on racial disparity this year, it argued that education has been the single most emphatic success story of the British ethnic minority experience.

The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED) report stated that children from many ethnic communities largely do as well as or better than white pupils, with black Caribbean students the only group to perform less well.

It continued that over the past half-century, new arrivals to Britain had "seized" on the "opportunities afforded" by the state school system and access to university. "The story for some ethnic groups has been one of remarkable social mobility, outperforming the national average and enabling them to attain success at the highest levels within a generation," it found.

Comment: One would think that progressive diversity activists would be happy to hear that ethnic children are doing so well in a report that used extensive quantitative and qualitative evidence. That they see such a finding as an 'insult' is just another example showing what they truely seek is control and power over others through victim status.

UK Comedian and Ariana Grande's dystopian end of lockdown 'skit' falls flat all around

Jen B
Sott.net
Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:14 UTC

In a shameless display of servitude, James Corden, UK actor, comedian, singer, writer, producer/propaganda mouthpiece has released a dystopian 'comedy sketch'-cum pandemic theme tune, with pop idol Ariana Grande. The sketch was supposedly created to celebrate the end of lockdown in California but it also manages to squeeze in a promotion for the experimental gene-editing "vaccines" and a repugnant shout-out to Fauci.

In the video we see a disheveled Cordon waking up from his slumber and exploring the post-lockdown streets of New York City, two weeks after getting his vaccine. He gleefully sings: "No lockdowns anymore, we can finally walk out the door, the sunlight is a fantasy". Sadly, this is not hyperbole, there were many who took the advice of 'health professionals' and locked themselves away in their solitary prisons for months on end, defying all logic.

Cordon is then joined by Ariana Grande as they jubilate over the return to 'normality', which for them consists of getting haircuts, going to the gym, putting on shoes, and getting wasted at nightclubs. But there's a caveat... the camera pans to Grande for her riveting solo, where she tells us that it's time to make new memories "once you've got your vaccine" (the implication being that without the vaccine, you can't do any of the above-mentioned things).

Useful idiot: Documents reveal how Ben Affleck got into the CIA, promising to 'do the Agency proud'

Tom Secker
RT
Mon, 21 Jun 2021 20:04 UTC

The 2012 spy drama Argo, starring Ben Affleck and based on the real-life CIA operation to exfiltrate six embassy staff trapped in Tehran following the 1979 revolution, was a big publicity boost for the agency.

In late 2012 Ben Affleck was on the promotional circuit for Argo. Naturally, this led to questions about the CIA-Hollywood connection and, in one interview, Affleck commented "Probably Hollywood is full of CIA agents, and we just don't know it." When he was asked if he was working for the CIA Affleck replied, "I am, yes, and now you've blown my cover."

2001: Affleck's first contact with the Agency

At the time these comments were widely interpreted as a joke, a flip response to an absurd question. But behind the scenes, Argo was supported by the CIA and Affleck had previously worked closely with the Agency when he played Jack Ryan in 2002's The Sum of All Fears.

Cheerleader prevails at US Supreme Court in free speech case

Andrew Chung
Reuters
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:34 UTC

© Danna Singer/Handout via REUTERS
Brandi Levy, a former cheerleader at Mahanoy Area High School in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania and a key figure in a major U.S. case about free speech, poses in an undated photograph provided by the American Civil Liberties Union.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled in favor of a Pennsylvania teenager who sued after a profane social media post got her banished from her high school's cheerleading squad in a closely watched free speech case, but it declined to outright ban public schools from regulating off-campus speech.

The justices ruled 8-1 that the punishment that Mahanoy Area School District officials gave to the plaintiff, Brandi Levy, for her social media post - made at a local convenience store in Mahanoy City on a weekend - violated her free speech rights under the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment. The decision was authored by liberal Justice Stephen Breyer.

The case involved the free speech rights of America's roughly 50 million public school students. Many schools and educators have argued that their ability to curb bullying, threats, cheating and harassment - all frequently occurring online - should not be limited to school grounds.

Comment: See also:

Ga. audit lawyer Cheeley demands full investigation into Fulton County's ballot irregularities: 'Horrendous'

Daniel Payne
Just the News
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:58 UTC

Attorney warns that county could be "undermining the will of the people."

A lawyer spearheading a major ballot audit inside Georgia's largest county is warning the irregularities apparent in that county's election management are "horrendous" and cut against "the basic principle of our democracy."

Atlanta-based attorney Bob Cheeley made those claims while talking to Just the News editor-in-chief John Solomon on Tuesday night's "Securing our Elections: Protecting Your Vote" [starts 21:30] special on Real America's Voice.

Cheeley is among the investigators approved by a Georgia court to audit the 2020 absentee ballots of Fulton County, Ga., a county critical to Joe Biden's historic 2020 win of Georgia that helped propel him to the White House.

Comment: If there wasn't a presidential election at stake, the cheating in Fulton County would be almost comical in its ineptness.

Cop breaks down in tears after killing woman, 19, who shot at him at Michigan Juneteenth parade

Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
New York Post
Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:47 UTC

A dramatic new video shows the moment a Michigan cop shoots and kills a 19-year-old woman at a Juneteenth parade — and then crumples to the ground in tears. Authorities said the woman, Briana Sykes, drove up to the cop, who was on traffic duty during the Flint parade on Saturday, and fired at the officer, Fox affiliate WJBK-TV reported.

The unnamed officer is seen on the footage yelling for Sykes to drop the weapon before he fires into the car.

Police tried to revive Sykes at the scene to no avail — and the sobbing officer is seen falling to the ground in anguish. Sykes was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead, authorities said. One eyewitness told the station:

"I kind of feel like him dropping, it was the devastation of the whole situation. I feel like the police was doing his job. He had a life to protect. Not only his, but we had a parade full of kids."

Comment: Images from the shooting in Flint, Michigan:

© Twitter
The officer crumbles to the ground in tears following the shooting.
He had a life to protect not only his own but a parade full of kids.

Vaccinated Israelis may need to quarantine because of Delta COVID-19 variant

CNA
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:07 UTC

Israel empowered health officials on Wednesday (Jun 23) to quarantine anyone deemed to have been exposed to an especially infectious variant of COVID-19, even if they were previously vaccinated or recovered from the disease with presumed immunity.

The decision followed a warning by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Tuesday over new outbreaks caused by the Delta variant, with daily infections rising after weeks of low plateau credited to Israel's record mass-vaccination drive.

Under the updated Health Ministry directives, vaccinated or formerly infected people can be ordered to self-isolate for up to 14 days if authorities believe they may have been in "close contact with a carrier of a dangerous virus variant".

Such proximity could include having been passengers on the same plane, the ministry said - a possible dampener on Israel's gradual opening of its borders to vaccinated summer tourists.

Addressing parliament, Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said fines of "thousands of shekels" would also be levied against Israeli citizens or residents who travel to countries blacklisted as high COVID-19 risks.

SCOTUS refuses 'to print a new permission slip for entering the home without a warrant'

Damon Root
Reason
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:21 UTC

In California v. Lange (2019), the California Court of Appeal held that a police offer may always enter a suspect's home without a warrant if the officer is in "hot pursuit" of the suspect and has probable cause to believe that the suspect has committed a misdemeanor.

Today, in an important win for Fourth Amendment advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that ruling. "We are not eager — more the reverse — to print a new permission slip for entering the home without a warrant," declared Justice Elena Kagan in Lange v. California.

The case originated when Arthur Gregory Lange drew the attention of a California highway patrol officer for honking his horn and playing his car stereo at a loud volume, both of which are traffic infractions at worst. The officer followed Lange's car and ultimately switched on his overhead lights just a few seconds before Lange pulled into his own driveway.

Lange, who says he never saw the officer's lights in his rearview mirror, entered his driveway and pulled into his garage. The officer quickly parked, exited his vehicle, stuck his foot under the garage door to prevent it from closing, and performed a search without a warrant.

Hong Kong's Apple Daily closes days after police raid tabloid's office over allegations of 'collusion with a foreign country'

RT
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 19:12 UTC

© Apple Daily/Handout via REUTERS
Police officers are seen at the headquarters of Apple Daily in Hong Kong, China June 17, 2021

Apple Daily, a Hong Kong-based newspaper, has announced that it is permanently closing days after hundreds of police officers raided its offices and froze its assets over allegations its breached China's national security law.

Announcing the decision to shut down the publication, Apple Daily's management said it will "cease operation immediately after midnight" over concerns about "staff members safety." The publication's Thursday edition will be the newspaper's final printed copy.

The statement from the management team was paired with a message posted by publisher Next Digital on the newspaper's website thanking readers for their support.

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Demore

I bet there's Twatter comments saying, "Well, if she had just worn her mask......"

DeliciousTears

"No" should be sufficient reason.

DeliciousTears

..... However, Tsitsipas changed his views as a couple of days ago he revealed he's planning to take the vaccine before the season ends...... So I...

DeliciousTears

That cop deserves the harshest sentence and the other cops should be clamoring for it.

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Society's Child

Minister says travel quarantine rules do not apply to 'important people'

Activists outraged at UK education committee report finding children from ethnic communities do as well as or better than white pupils

UK Comedian and Ariana Grande's dystopian end of lockdown 'skit' falls flat all around

Useful idiot: Documents reveal how Ben Affleck got into the CIA, promising to 'do the Agency proud'

Cheerleader prevails at US Supreme Court in free speech case

Ga. audit lawyer Cheeley demands full investigation into Fulton County's ballot irregularities: 'Horrendous'

Cop breaks down in tears after killing woman, 19, who shot at him at Michigan Juneteenth parade

Vaccinated Israelis may need to quarantine because of Delta COVID-19 variant

SCOTUS refuses 'to print a new permission slip for entering the home without a warrant'

Hong Kong's Apple Daily closes days after police raid tabloid's office over allegations of 'collusion with a foreign country'

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