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UAE approves China's Sinopharm vaccine, says it has 86% efficacy against coronavirus


RT
Wed, 09 Dec 2020 09:57 UTC
vaccine Dhabi
© Reuters / Khushnum Bhandari
People wait for vaccine trials at Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, October 6, 2020
The Health Ministry of the United Arab Emirates has registered an experimental coronavirus vaccine produced by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), after late-stage clinical trials showed it had 86 percent efficacy.

The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) said Wednesday the authorities had considered the application from Sinopharm, and the registration of the vaccine was a significant vote of confidence in its safety and efficacy.

MOHAP and Department of Health Abu Dhabi had reviewed Sinopharm's interim analysis of the phase-three trials, saying it shows Beijing Institute of Biological Products' inactivated vaccine has 86 percent efficacy against Covid-19 infection.

Comment: Meanwhile in the UK: Four volunteers of Pfizer's experimental coronavirus vaccine developed Bell's palsy, regulator warns those with allergies to NOT take it

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Naomi Klein: Gatekeeper extraordinaire

Cat McGuire & Colleen McGuire
OffGuardian
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 09:52 UTC
Veteran journalist lines up alongside the mainstream, attacking "conspiracy theorists" and "covid denialism".

naomi klein
With a title like The Great Reset Conspiracy Smoothie, it appears Naomi Klein is trying too hard to recapture her prowess at defining a meme. Her buzz-concept, "Shock Doctrine," is spot-on and rightfully successful. But her "Screen New Deal" about Silicon Valley technocrats fizzled.

And now she puts forth "Conspiracy Smoothie," declaring the multitudinous "conspiracies" out there are just one big bizarro mashup, an "inchoate meta-scream." The word "smoothie" defeats her purpose, though, because smoothies are healthy, yet she wants to brand alternative thinkers as sinister and unhealthy. Ha! This feckless meme won't catch on with anybody.

To her credit, Klein offers a very good history and analysis of The Great Reset, as long as she stays within the precincts of critiquing Empire, such as:
...[T]he Great Reset is not a serious effort to actually solve the crises it describes. On the contrary, it is an attempt to create a plausible impression that the huge winners in this system are on the verge of voluntarily setting greed aside to get serious about solving the raging crises that are radically destabilizing our world.
But once she gets near taboo topics, Naomi goes batshit mainstream. Unlike alt "researchers" (her raised-eyebrow quotes), these subjects are "inchoate" for her because, like NIST who doesn't know there were explosives on 9/11, she hasn't gone looking. She even admits, "I've been doing my best to ignore it ["conspiracies"] for months."


Comment: As we have seen time and time again, someone can be quite right in their coverage on one topic, yet fail to apply the same critical thinking and investigative reporting on other topics, even to the point of doing a complete 180!

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Mr. Potato

'Leaks are dangerous & irresponsible'? Hypocritical CNN journalist misses sarcasm & agrees all Biden news must be vetted


RT
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 04:21 UTC
biden mask
© Reuters / Brendan McDermid
FILE PHOTO.
CNN White House correspondent April Ryan is laying down the law about how Joe Biden should be covered after leaked audio suggested the nominal president-elect isn't on board with the agenda that helped him win progressive votes.

Ryan suggested that someone must have had a nefarious reason to leak a recording of Biden's teleconference earlier this week with civil rights leaders, in which he complained that the "defund the police" movement had hurt Democrats with voters and warned that he wouldn't use executive orders to enact a slew of progressive policies.

"The question is, who taped this and why?" Ryan asked. "What is the agenda?" When Vice Media writer Edward Ongweso Jr. then jokingly tweeted on Friday that that it's "irresponsible" and a "dangerous precedent" for journalists to use secret recordings in their stories about the incoming administration and must instead go through "proper channels" to parse Biden's thoughts and plans, Ryan agreed, saying, "You hit the nail on the head. This is not good at all."

Comment: Cognitive decline appears to be increasingly common amongst journalists in the mainstream: 'Forgetful' NYT economist claims Biden first US president to face opposition

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Kind soul: Florida man pays utility bills for 114 struggling families: 'I want to share what I have'

Amy Furr
Breitbart
Sun, 13 Dec 2020 09:35 UTC
Michael Esmond
© CNN
Michael Esmond
A man in Gulf Breeze, Florida, is getting into the Christmas spirit once again by paying overdue utility bills for 114 families.

"This year to me probably is more meaningful than last year with the pandemic and all the people out of work having to stay home," said 74-year-old Michael Esmond, the New York Post reported.

The pool installation company owner paid over $7,600 this year to help the families keep their lights on, according to the city's utility billing supervisor, Joanne Oliver.

"People can't afford to pay their bills and put food on the table, so I hope doing my part and paying some bills for these folks takes a little bit of stress off of them around Christmas time," Esmond explained.
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Attention

If you thought 2020 was bad, watch what happens in 2021

Brandon Smith
Birch Gold Group
Wed, 09 Dec 2020 07:57 UTC
sea storm
In terms of the economy and the American social situation, 2020 is definitely one of the ugliest years on record, there's really no way around it. That said, I get the impression that many in the public are operating under the assumption that we are about to cross over the peak of the mountain and it will be all downhill from here on. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

All eyes have been focused on the pandemic event, and the thinking is that once the pandemic is "over", the crisis will be over and everything will go back to normal. But, as the globalists have been telling us since the outbreak began, the world "will never go back to normal again". It's not because of the pandemic, mind you, it's because THEY won't allow things to go back to normal. The "great reset", as the World Economic Forum calls it, is meant to go on for many years. And, the globalists intend that every aspect of our lives be changed into something almost unrecognizable.


Comment: James Corbett: Bretton Woods 2.0 - Your guide to the great monetary reset


First I want to make it clear that I don't expect the reset agenda to be successful. In fact, I think it's going to fail miserably. The globalists have reached too far too fast and exposed themselves, and millions upon millions of people around the world and in America are not buying the pandemic narrative. But here is the problem; the pandemic is a distraction from a much greater threat, namely the economic collapse that is developing right now.
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India: World's largest vaccine maker sues trial volunteer for Covid-19 'immunization' - who alleged side effects and "lost the ability to do simple tasks"

Shamani Joshi
Vice News
Thu, 03 Dec 2020 01:41 UTC
A vial of a COVID-19 candidate vaccine
© John Cairns / University of Oxford / AFP
A vial of a COVID-19 candidate vaccine, known as AZD1222, co-invented by the University of Oxford and Vaccitech in partnership with pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.
A participant in a COVID-19 vaccine trial has been sued for $13.5 million for defamation.

The world's largest vaccine producer, Serum Institute of India, has sued a COVID-19 vaccine trial participant who alleged that the trial caused him "serious side effects".

In filing a INR 1 billion ($13.5 million) defamation case, the firm rejected the charges by the 40-year-old businessman, from the southern Indian city of Chennai, as "malicious". The firm has also said the man's illness had nothing to do with the vaccine trials.

"The volunteer is falsely laying the blame for his medical problems on the COVID vaccine trial," said a statement issued by the Serum Institute, the world's biggest vaccine manufacturer by the number of doses produced and sold globally.

The lawyers of the vaccine volunteer have called the defamation suit an "intimidation attempt."

Comment: There was also this recent story: Four volunteers of Pfizer's experimental coronavirus vaccine developed Bell's palsy, regulator warns those with allergies to NOT take it

Recent vaccine injury in India may be A LOT worse than the above stories even suggest...

India's 'Mysterious Illness' Was In Same Location As COVID Vaccine Trial & Mandatory Vaccine Bill



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Robot

'You have 15 seconds to comply': NYPD says new robotic cop dog will 'save lives' as netizens warn of sci-fi dystopia


RT
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 23:59 UTC
robot dog

Reuters / Brendan Mcdermid; Reuters / Edgar Su
The NYPD has unveiled a new dog-like robot it says it will use to fight crime and "save lives," but some netizens see the gadget as another step toward high-tech tyranny, reminiscent of dystopias from 'RoboCop' to 'Black Mirror'.

Dubbed the "Digidog," the New York City Police Department showed off its new K-9 automoton to local media earlier this week, boasting of its sophisticated artificial intelligence system and a series of cameras and sensors, which can be used to get a close-up, real-time look at dangerous situations before sending in flesh-and-blood officers.

"This dog is going to save lives, protect people, and protect officers and that's our goal," NYPD Technical Assistance Response Unit Inspector Frank Digiacomo told ABC7 New York.


Developed by robotics firm Boston Dynamics, the robodog weighs in at 70 pounds, can run at a max speed of over three miles per hour and can even scale flights of stairs with its metal appendages. While it can use an AI system to navigate complex environments, the device is mostly operated by remote-control, for now.

Despite the department's confidence in its new tool, many on the internet had misgivings about the technology, seeing disturbing parallels to fictional dystopias, in which automated police bots dispense on-the-spot justice by way of algorithm.

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Megaphone

Pro-Trump groups rally in DC to call for election integrity

Zachary Stieber
The Epoch Times
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00 UTC
Pro-President Donald Trump rally-goers
© Jenny Jin/The Epoch Times
Pro-President Donald Trump rally-goers during a "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington on Nov. 14, 2020.
Several groups are planning on rallying in Washington on Saturday to call for election integrity amid concerns about fraud in the 2020 election.

Organizers with the "Stop the Steal" movement and "March for Trump" are holding events in the nation's capitol, along with other groups.

"We want election integrity. This is to protect our elections, and we want our president to know that we're out here standing with him, we support him in fighting for election integrity, and we stayed with him," Amy Kremer, a "March for Trump" organizer, told The Epoch Times last month.

The group and others held events in the District of Columbia shortly after the election. Crowd size estimates ranged from the low hundreds of thousands to 1.5 million.

Kremer said that, based off the interest she's seeing in the Dec. 12 event, it could be even bigger than last time.

Comment: From today:


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Cardboard Box

Attorney Matthew DePerno CONFIRMS Dominion Voting machines in Michigan County CHANGED VOTES from Trump to Biden — It was NOT human error!

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Fri, 11 Dec 2020 19:00 UTC
Attorney Matthew Deperno
On Monday we reported on the investigation by Attorney Matthew Deperno into the Antrim County Michigan Dominion Voting Machines. DePerno was able to quickly assemble a team of seven highly trained forensic IT experts to conduct the forensic examination.

On Sunday morning, the seven-people IT forensic team arrived; Mr. Bailey and his attorney Matt DePerno were given access to the county building and started gathering the forensic evidence.

After 8 hours, the collection was complete. With 16 CF cards (similar to SIM cards), 16 thumb drives, and forensic images of the Dominion voting machines in hand, the IT team was escorted to the local Antrim County Airport by two Antrim County Sheriff vehicles, where they boarded their jet plane with evidence in hand.

Mr. DePerno expected to have the results of the study sometime Tuesday. He didn't receive the result until later this week.

Comment: Its been an uphill battle to get the Dominion Voting machines' forensics in Michigan thus far:
[...] Patrick Colbeck, an election challenger in Wayne County appeared on Fox Business Thursday night to discuss the audit of the Dominion machines.

Colbeck told Lou Dobbs that a judge ruled in favor of crooked Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel to prohibit the disclosure of the forensic results.

WATCH:


The Detroit News reported on the fight for the forensic results:

A Northern Michigan judge granted Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson permission to intervene in a case questioning results in Antrim County and the security of tabulators used there on Nov. 3.

Judge Kevin Elsenheimer ruled Thursday that Attorney General Dana Nessel's office could intervene on behalf of Benson, who had argued she had supervisory control over the Antrim County clerk, had an interest in any audit discussions the case may raise and was party to the county's contract with Dominion Voting Systems.

The Secretary of State's office is concerned particularly with forensic imaging performed on Antrim County's 22 Dominion tabulators earlier this week by a Village of Central Lake resident and Allied Security Operations Group, said Assistant Attorney General Heather Meingast.

"We'd like to know more about what was obtained, what the intent is for the use of the images obtained," Meingast said, noting the disclosure of some elements of the tabulators could compromise their security in future elections.
More dots being connected between the flipped votes in Antrim County and the election fraud investigation as a whole:


And lest we forget:

Biden spike Michigan


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Bullseye

Sanctions kill people they're supposed to be protecting and undermine entire system of human rights & humanitarian aid - UN


RT
Sat, 12 Dec 2020 09:44 UTC
Raqqa
© REUTERS / Aboud Hamam
FILE PHOTO: Women carry food aid given by UN's World Food Programme in Raqqa, Syria.
Unilateral sanctions kill, sicken and starve people in the nations that are targeted and make humanitarian work increasingly difficult and risky, a UN rapporteur has said, in a damning assessment.

The Covid-19 pandemic could have brought humanity together in cooperation to combat the deadly disease. Instead, 2020 has seen an expansion of the use of unilateral sanctions, which target entire nations and hurt their ability to respond to outbreaks on their territory while undermining global efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to them. The result is that people keep dying, not getting medical treatment for their diseases and are otherwise being denied their basic human rights.

The damning assessment comes from Alena Douhan, UN's Special Rapporteur on the negative impact of the unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment of human rights, who received her tenure in March. This week she released a set of guidelines on how to alleviate human suffering from sanctions.


Comment: Stop using them for political gain? Starvation sanctions are worse than overt warfare


Comment: Governments claim to have people's best interest at heart but it's quite clear they don't: Compelling Evidence That SARS-CoV-2 Was Man-Made

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