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The Michigan senate moves to repeal emergency powers law

Sara Powers
CBS Detroit
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 04:17 UTC

Republican state senators on Thursday approved the repeal of the Michigan law that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used to order emergency lockdowns at the beginning of the pandemic when Michigan was among the states hardest hit by COVID-19.

The state Senate's 20-15 vote along partisan lines came two days after the Board of State Canvassers certified Unlock Michigan's petition drive to repeal the 1945 law Whitmer used to maintain a state of emergency and lockdown past 28 days without the Legislature's input. The petition received about 460,000 valid signatures, far more than the approximately 340,000 needed.

Because it resulted from a petition drive, Whitmer would not be allowed to veto the repeal if the Republican-led House also approves it, as it's expected to do.

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California approves first state-funded guaranteed income plan

Adam Beam
AP News
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

California lawmakers on Thursday approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the U.S., $35 million for monthly cash payments to qualifying pregnant people and young adults who recently left foster care with no restrictions on how they spend it.

The votes — 36-0 in the Senate and 64-0 in the Assembly — showed bipartisan support for an idea that is gaining momentum across the country. Dozens of local programs have sprung up in recent years, including some that have been privately funded, making it easier for elected officials to sell the public on the idea. California's plan is taxpayer-funded, and could spur other states to follow its lead. Senate Republican Leader Scott Wilk said:

"If you look at the stats for our foster youth, they are devastating. We should be doing all we can to lift these young people up."

Local governments and organizations will apply for the money and run their programs. The state Department of Social Services will decide who gets funding. California lawmakers left it up to local officials to determine the size of the monthly payments, which generally range from $500 to $1,000 in existing programs around the country.

Arizona election auditors call on lawmakers to subpoena records, survey voters

Jonathan J. Cooper
The Washington Times
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

Contractors, hired by Arizona Senate Republicans to oversee a partisan review of the 2020 election, said Thursday that they don't have enough information to complete their report, and urged legislators to subpoena more records and survey voters at home.

Leaders of the GOP audit described a wide variety of reasons their review is taking months longer than the 60 days initially planned, including confusion about damaged ballots and a lack of access to certain data. They described the delays during a meeting livestreamed at the Capitol Thursday and watched by thousands.

As the audit drags on, some Republicans worry the spectacle of widely discredited operations will drive away voters in next year's elections. Yet as long as it continues, it provides fodder for former President Donald Trump and other Republicans making false claims of fraud and vague allegations about ballot problems.

Comment: This is conjecture from the author. To determine the status and viability of the vote via the audit is to every voter's benefit.

A hand count of a statistical sample of ballots matched the machine count, and two post-election audits found no manipulation of the machines. Trump lost Arizona by 10,457 votes.

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Russian soccer team CSKA Moscow players refused to vaccinate against Covid-19 due to already having high levels of antibodies

Jonny Tickle
RT
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 20:12 UTC

© Sputnik / Vladimir Fedorenko
CSKA's players celebrate the team's goal during the Russian Premier-League soccer match between CSKA Moscow and Krasnodar, in Moscow, Russia

Every player at Russia's CSKA Moscow soccer club has refused vaccination against Covid-19, it was reported on Thursday, with the team allegedly rejecting inoculation against the virus that has killed at least 146,000 Russians.

That's according to a source for Russian sports outlet Championat, which revealed that, at the moment, only the club's employees have been vaccinated, with the talent refusing to be jabbed.

According to Sergey Aksenov, the club's public relations director, the players decided not to get jabbed because 85% of them reportedly have a high level of antibodies. He called the reports of a collective decision "complete nonsense," however.

Comment: A high level of antibodies signals the body's immune system has already recognized and dealt with the virus and many of its variants. There's no need for artificial intervention, and in fact, could be actively harmful.

ANOTHER An-28 passenger plane goes missing in Russia, crashed plane is later found with all people alive

Henry Batyaev
Sputnik
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:30 UTC

Anatoly Prytkov, one of the pilots of the An-28, is helped by his colleagues to exit a helicopter that was also carrying the other surviving passengers at an airport outside Tomsk.

The plane disappeared from radar in the Bakcharsky district of the Tomsk region, according to emergency services.

Rescue crews have located the An-28 plane that went missing in the Tomsk region of Russia, the Russian emergency services' press service told RIA.

The aircraft made a hard landing, the press service clarified, adding that it was found by a helicopter at around 2:36 pm Moscow time.

Comment: RFE/RL provides some additional info:

"We all believed in a miracle, and thanks to the professionalism of the pilots it happened. Everyone is alive," regional Governor Sergei Zvachkin said in a statement.

The damaged body of the plane could be seen lying overturned in a wooded field in footage published by the TASS news agency.

The pilot of the plane was quoted by TASS as saying the aircraft suffered double engine failure shortly after takeoff.

The regional directorate of the Emergency Ministry said that the plane went missing in the early afternoon and sent a "distress" signal before it disappeared from radar screens.

The An-28 aircraft was flying from the town of Kedrovy to the regional capital, Tomsk.

A total of 14 passengers, including two children, along with four crew members, were transported to a hospital in Tomsk for medical examination, emergency officials said.

In 2012, an An-28 plane belonging to Kamchatka Aviation Enterprise crashed into a mountain while flying from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky and coming in for a landing in Palana.

A total of 14 people were on board, 10 of whom were killed. Both pilots, who were among the dead, were found to have alcohol in their blood, media reports said at the time.

Less that two weeks ago the Philippine military suffered their worst aircraft disaster during landing, leaving 50 dead and 49 wounded.

See also: Plane crashes in Russia's far east, all 28 people on board including local government officials dead

White House 'flagging' posts for Facebook to censor over COVID 'misinformation'

Steven Nelson
New York Post
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 06:43 UTC

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday the Biden administration is identifying "problematic" posts for Facebook to censor because they contain "misinformation" about COVID-19.

Psaki disclosed the government's role in policing social media during her daily press briefing after Surgeon General Vivek Murthy called on companies to purge more pandemic posts.

Comment: What they actually mean is that the whole narrative about the Covid pandemic and the safety of the vaccines is starting to fall apart. Normal people have started asking questions which is not a good sign for their outrageous lies.

They desperately search and track people telling the truth because it destroys the official story. The censorship is becoming more and more overt, to the point where the White House has plainly admitted it.

It is indeed a brutal battle for our minds and souls. Will people start to see through the lies or continue to believe in them?

The demand for censorship — and Psaki's admission of government involvement — follows a series of flip-flops from health officials who contradicted themselves throughout the pandemic on issues such as mask efficacy, as well as censorship of claims that later gained credibility, such as the theory that COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab.

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Anti-lockdown protesters storm Melbourne just hours after Daniel Andrews' announcement of Victoria going back into lockdown

Matt Young
news.com.au
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 07:21 UTC

There was "chaos" on the streets of Melbourne overnight, just hours before the city entered its fifth lockdown, as angry protesters marched through the CBD.

Demonstrators called for an end to restrictions just hours after Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the state would enter a five-day snap lockdown from midnight.

"We've got to do this, otherwise it will get away with us and we, as more than any other part of our nation know, we don't want this getting away from us and being locked down for months," Mr Andrews said.

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Nearly two million Americans stopped job hunting because of COVID benefits

Cassandra Fairbanks
Timcast
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 00:01 UTC

A new poll has found that nearly two million Americans avoided looking for a job because they were content with their COVID benefits.

The pollsters also found that unemployment benefits directly contributed to 13% of recipients rejecting a job offer during the pandemic.

Comment: Despite the draconian lockdown and social distancing measures, there's always going to be a segment of the population who will be happy in their idleness. But to be fair, who wouldn't prefer to avoid soul-sucking modern employment for as long as possible?

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Since the 8th of March, there have been 9,484 fewer deaths than normal

Noah Carl
Lockdown Sceptics
Tue, 13 Jul 2021 10:30 UTC

Today the ONS announced that there were 8,808 deaths in England and Wales in the week ending 2nd July 2021. This is 118 more than the previous week, but still 5.2% below the five-year average. Here's the chart from the ONS:

Deaths in England and Wales have now been below the five-year average for 14 of the past 17 weeks. Over that time, there were 9,484 fewer deaths than you'd expect based on the average of the last five years. And recall that, due to population ageing, the five-year average understates the expected number of deaths. Hence the true level of "negative excess mortality" is even greater.

Alcohol-related deaths soar 20% during lockdown in England

Reuters
Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:08 UTC

© REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Bottles of alcoholic beverages are seen for sale in a shop in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, May 1, 2018.

Deaths in England from liver disease linked to excessive drinking jumped by an unprecedented 21% last year, when the coronavirus pandemic struck, as the heaviest drinkers consumed more alcohol at home, official data showed on Thursday.

Pubs, clubs and restaurants were closed for most of the year, but the total volume of alcohol sold barely fell, suggesting people switched to drinking at home instead, Public Health England said.

Consumer data showed a 24% increase in the litres of alcohol sold in shops and supermarkets during the year to the end of March 2021, compared with the previous 12 months.

Comment: Lockdowns have and will continue to cause more suffering and death than the coronavirus ever could; and that explains why, prior to last year, governments and agencies never considered them to be a viable option:

Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: The Terrible Toll of Lockdowns

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Society's Child

The Michigan senate moves to repeal emergency powers law

California approves first state-funded guaranteed income plan

Arizona election auditors call on lawmakers to subpoena records, survey voters

Russian soccer team CSKA Moscow players refused to vaccinate against Covid-19 due to already having high levels of antibodies

ANOTHER An-28 passenger plane goes missing in Russia, crashed plane is later found with all people alive

White House 'flagging' posts for Facebook to censor over COVID 'misinformation'

Anti-lockdown protesters storm Melbourne just hours after Daniel Andrews' announcement of Victoria going back into lockdown

Nearly two million Americans stopped job hunting because of COVID benefits

Since the 8th of March, there have been 9,484 fewer deaths than normal

Alcohol-related deaths soar 20% during lockdown in England

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