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'Internet sleuths' claim to have proof that 'China created Covid,' despite US intelligence reporting none


RT
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 17:09 UTC
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An upcoming book is being touted by the media as potentially providing proof that China created the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Its narrative is based on open-source documents and clashes with what US intelligence has told the public.

The content of the book, titled Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19, was previewed by one of its co-authors, Matt Ridley, in the Daily Mail. The tabloid posited that its authors would offer evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic could have started as a "laboratory leak of a possibly engineered coronavirus" followed by a "cover-up of epic proportions".

The article came days after US intelligence declassified its own assessment of the origins of the disease. The report from the US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the opinions of the "internet sleuths" behind the book differ quite a lot.

Comment: Regardless of its claims, the book serves to keep the focus on China, and away from the bio-warfare research the US is conducting. Qui bono?

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Thousands of Irish citizens take to streets to protest closure of Navan hospital's emergency department

Seoirse Mulgrew
The Independent.ie
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:57 UTC
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The Save Navan Hospital rally which took place in Navan, Co Meath October 30, 2021.
Thousands of protesters are set to take to the streets today in order to stop the closure of the emergency department at Navan Hospital.

A rally has been organised by the Save Navan Hospital Campaign following fears the current 24-hour A&E service could be replaced with a medical assessment unit.

Local TD Peadar Tóibín said the march today is the result of a proud Meath community coming together in a "serious time of need". He said the HSE's plan to close the A&E is "extremely dangerous".

"Six weeks ago, the HSE told senior medics, staff and Unions in Navan Hospital that the A&E and ICU was to be closed. Ministers told TDs asking questions in the Dáil that this was going to happen.
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Bizarro Earth

Knife, fire attack on Tokyo train injures 10


NHK
Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:45 UTC
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Tokyo police have arrested a man who brandished a knife and lit a fire on a train, injuring at least ten people on Sunday night.

Police said one of the injured, a man apparently in his 60s, was stabbed and is unconscious.

The Metropolitan Police Department said the suspect, believed to be in his 20s, began attacking passengers on a Keio Line train near Kokuryo Station in the western Tokyo city of Chofu at around 8:00 p.m.

Investigators said the suspect also scattered what appeared to be oil and set it on fire. They said the blaze burned some of the seats.

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90 per cent of Germans who haven't had the vaccine say they won't get it

Paul Joseph Watson
Summit News
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:01 UTC
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Vaccine passports harden opposition to getting jabbed, survey finds.

90 per cent of Germans who haven't taken the COVID-19 vaccine say they won't get it, with only the remaining 10 per cent saying they will "probably" get it or remaining undecided.

A recent survey carried out by Forsa on behalf of the Ministry for Health found that 65 per cent of Germans say there is "no way" they will get the COVID vaccine over the next two months.

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How 'Let's Go Brandon' became code for insulting Joe Biden

Colleen Long
AP
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 10:46 UTC
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© AP Photo/Joshua Bessex
A sign reading "Let's go Brandon" is displayed on the railing in the first half of an NCAA college football game between Boston College and Syracuse in Syracuse, N.Y., Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021. Critics of President Joe Biden have come up with the cryptic new phrase to insult the Democratic president.
When Republican Rep. Bill Posey of Florida ended an Oct. 21 House floor speech with a fist pump and the phrase "Let's go, Brandon!" it may have seemed cryptic and weird to many who were listening. But the phrase was already growing in right-wing circles, and now the seemingly upbeat sentiment -- actually a stand-in for swearing at Joe Biden -- is everywhere.

South Carolina Republican Jeff Duncan wore a "Let's Go Brandon" face mask at the Capitol last week. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz posed with a "Let's Go Brandon" sign at the World Series. Sen. Mitch McConnell's press secretary retweeted a photo of the phrase on a construction sign in Virginia.

The line has become conservative code for something far more vulgar: "F — - Joe Biden." It's all the rage among Republicans wanting to prove their conservative credentials, a not-so-secret handshake that signals they're in sync with the party's base.

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US sees 18.4% rise in traffic fatalities in first half of 2021, largest 6-month increase on record

Paul Best
Fox News
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 06:51 UTC
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More than 20,000 people died in car accidents throughout the United States in the first six months of 2021, an 18.4% increase over the same time period last year, according to the Department of Transportation.

It marks the biggest six-month increase in traffic fatalities since the Fatality Analysis Reporting System started tracking the numbers in 1979.

Vehicle miles traveled jumped about 13% to 173.1 billion miles, which may explain some of the increase in traffic fatalities, but the DOT also said that "incidents of speeding and traveling without a seat belt remain higher than during pre-pandemic times."

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© Ralph Lucas/Prescott Fire Department via AP | Yavapai County Sheriff
In this Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018 photo provided by the Prescott Fire Department, firefighters work the scene of an accident in Prescott, Ariz.
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Yellow Vest

Huge crowd protests in Melbourne against vaccine mandates & sweeping pandemic powers bill: 'Stop unlimited power grab!'


RT
Sat, 30 Oct 2021 21:03 UTC
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© William West / AFP
Protesters sit on the steps of the Victorian parliament in Melbourne on October 26, 2021
A large group of demonstrators gathered around the state parliament in Victoria, Australia to demand an end to a recently imposed vaccine mandate and protest a draft pandemic bill that would grant draconian powers to officials.

Photos and videos circulating on social media show a vast crowd outside Parliament House in Melbourne, the state capital, on Saturday, where activists were seen holding signs and placards - one reading "Sack Dan," referring to state Premier Daniel Andrews.

Comment: Are the protests too little, too late? Australia, along with New Zealand appears to be a laboratory, testing how far a population will allow itself to be pushed.

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Yellow Vest

Irate NYC firefighters suspended after threatening state senator's staff over vaccine mandate

Craig McCarthy
New York Post
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 20:47 UTC
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Six members of Ladder 113 have been suspended and will face discipline, according to Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro.
A group of city firefighters drove an FDNY truck from their Brooklyn firehouse to a New York state senator's office and berated his staff over NYC's vaccine mandate, fire officials confirm.

The six members of Ladder 113, who were on duty at the time, have been suspended and will face discipline, according to Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro.

"This is a highly inappropriate act by on-duty members of this Department who should only be concerned with responding to emergencies and helping New Yorkers and not harassing an elected official and his staff," Nigro said.

Comment: New York City seems intent on suicide, alienating its most essential workers:

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Cheeseburger

Florida looks to swipe In-N-Out Burger right out from under California

Brandon Morse
RedState
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 11:00 UTC
In-n-out Burger
© AP/Adam Lau
California is poison to the businesses that exist there either due to its crushing tax burden or its draconian COVID-19 measures, but one business that is fighting back in the best way it can is the Christian-based burger chain In-N-Out.

Previously, the city of San Francisco attempted to force the restaurant to require guests to show their vaccine cards before entry. The In-N-Out location on Fisherman's Wharf posted the requirement on their front window as they were supposed to, but actually refused to carry out checking vaccine cards. The San Francisco Department of Public Health closed the Fisherman's Wharf location, but In-N-Out's Chief Legal Officer Arnie Wensinger made it clear that they weren't going to become the vaccine police on behalf of any government.
"We refuse to become the vaccination police for any government. We fiercely disagree with any government dictate that forces a private company to discriminate against customers who choose to patronize their business."
As RedState reported, the fallout from the move has been nothing but good for the burger chain's PR with supporters coming out of the woodwork to patronize the business for its stances. However, the state of California has required the closure of various locations.
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Briefcase

Legal experts: Kyle Rittenhouse has strong self-defense claim in August 2020 Kenosha riot shooting

Amanda Prestigiacomo
The Daily Wire
Fri, 29 Oct 2021 17:16 UTC
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© Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
A rally in support of Kyle Rittenhouse
Legal experts are saying Kyle Rittenhouse, who fatally shot two rioters last summer, has a strong case for arguing self-defense, based on the law of self-defense and precedent.

Last August, when Rittenhouse was 17 years old, he was arrested for fatally shooting two men and injuring a third during a protest-turned-riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was charged with two felony counts of homicide and one count of felony attempted homicide and is facing potential life in prison.

Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty in January.

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