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Simon Callow accuses Stonewall of 'tyrannical' views on trans self-identification

Annabel Nugent
The Independent
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 10:45 UTC
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Callow was one of the first actors to publicly come out and did so in his 1984 book 'Being An Actor'
'This is just tyranny and that's what we've fought against all our lives,' said the actor

Simon Callow has accused Stonewall of taking a "strange turn to the tyrannical" over its views on self-identification for transgender people.

The actor and gay rights campaigner claimed that an "extraordinarily unproductive militancy" now surrounds the LGBTQ+ charity.

As reported by The Times, Callow said that the organisation's stance on self-identification for transgender people risks infringing women's rights and "could put pressure on young gay people to transition".
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US talking head Ted Starnes calls for mass violence against Afghans over terrorist attack on US citizens in Kabul


RT
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 10:10 UTC
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Talk show host Todd Starnes
Talk show host Todd Starnes has called for the destruction of an Afghan city for every American killed after an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport killed 12 US citizens.

Starnes' post, made in the aftermath of two explosions at the Kabul airport on Thursday, seemingly blamed all Afghans for the carnage, which left at least 60 people dead, including 12 American servicemembers and numerous Afghan civilians.
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Lt. Michael Byrd, Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt, breaks silence

Natalie O'Neill
New York Post
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 09:47 UTC
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Lt. Michael Byrd has revealed himself as the Capitol Police officer who killed protester Ashli Babbitt
Lt. Michael Byrd is a 28-year veteran of the Capitol Police, which has exonerated him for shooting Ashli Babbitt.

The police officer who fatally shot Ashli Babbitt during the US Capitol riot is a 28-year law enforcement veteran — who allegedly once left a loaded gun in a restroom of the building, according to a report ahead of his much-anticipated interview Thursday.

Capitol Police Lt. Michael Byrd, 53, stepped forward to identify himself as the officer who gunned down the 36-year-old Air Force vet in an interview with NBC's Lester Holt Thursday evening.

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UK car production plummets to lowest level since 1956 amid chip shortage, worker absences

Sam Shead
CNBC
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 15:21 UTC
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Luxury Jaguar XK and F-type automobiles, produced by Jaguar Land Rover Plc, a unit of Tata Motors Ltd., travel along the production line at the company’s assembly plant in Castle Bromwich, U.K.
U.K. car production plummeted to a new low last month, marking the worst July performance for the industry since 1956, according to a trade group.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders said Thursday that U.K. manufacturers built just 53,438 vehicles in July, marking a 37.6% drop on July 2020.

A global semiconductor shortage, factory shutdowns and worker absences amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic all contributed to the decline, SMMT said.

While July was a particularly bad month, car production across U.K. factories is up 18.3% year-to-date compared to 2020, when Covid restrictions meant people couldn't go to work.

Some 552,361 cars have been built in the U.K. since January, but that's still 28.7% down on 2019 pre-pandemic levels.

Mike Hawes, SMMT Chief Executive, said in a statement that the figures "lay bare the extremely tough conditions UK car manufacturers continue to face."
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Facebook imposed face recognition tech on 200,000 South Koreans & took social security info without consent, data watchdog finds


RT
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 12:51 UTC
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Facebook created and stored facial recognition details on 200,000 users in South Korea by harvesting info from videos and photos without consent, a data privacy audit revealed. It also illegally collected social security numbers.

The country's personal information protection watchdog ordered Facebook to pay 6.4 billion won ($5.5 million) for the unauthorized use of user-image information for its automated facial recognition software between April 2018 and September 2019.

Announcing the preliminary findings of its privacy probe on Wednesday, the Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) said Facebook had "preset consent" for the feature for new profiles created on the platform.

The regulatory body also stated that users were prevented from revoking consent using the settings tool later.

The social media giant was penalized another 26 million won ($22,000) for a number of violations, including obtaining resident registration numbers in an "illicit manner" and not issuing notices to users about changes to its privacy and personal-information management policies.

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100+ people denounce Covid health passes by holding protest 'picnic' outside restaurants in Reims, France (VIDEO)


RT
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 06:44 UTC
Reims, France
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Protesters dined while sitting on the ground outside cafes and restaurants in the French city of Reims on Wednesday, rejecting the country's restrictive Covid-19 health-pass system.

In an action dubbed "the giant picnic", people sat on the cobbles of Erlon Square, enjoying their meals outside cafes and restaurants where they could not enter unless they had a valid health pass.

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What's Lurking Under Ontario's Long Term Care COVID Policy with Rosemary Frei

Tamara Ugolini
Rebelnews
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00 UTC
Rosemary Frei joins Tamara Ugolini of Rebel News to discuss a new COVID resource guide.
Rosemary Frei
The Ministry of Long Term Care has put out a directive for all Long Term Care home licensees to implement a COVID-19 immunization policy and they provide a Resource Guide to facilitate it.

In this interview with freelance medical writer and investigative journalist, Rosemary Frei, who has a Master of Science in molecular biology, we discuss the directive that she found and its implications surrounding informed consent.

The directive outlines that staff, students and volunteers have to provide proof of either vaccination, a medical exemption note signed by a physician or registered nurse or provide proof that they have completed an educational session. This directive is meant to ensure that individuals make an informed choice around the experimental COVID injection.

Rosemary and I discuss the educational video suggested in the resource guide by Nathan Stall, who resigned from the Ontario Science Table in early August to seek a Liberal nomination. I then continue to look into some of the players helping to develop the content of Stall's video.

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BBC presenter Lisa Shaw, 44, died of brain hemorrhage caused by AstraZeneca injection, coroner inquest finds

Katie Weston
Daily Mail
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:29 UTC
Lisa Shaw

BBC radio presenter Lisa Shaw (pictured above), 44, died at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in the city just over three weeks after her first dose of the vaccine, heard coroner Karen Dilks
BBC presenter Lisa Shaw died due to complications from the AstraZeneca vaccine, a coroner concluded today in what is believed to be the first time a Covid jab has officially been ruled the underlying cause of death in the UK.


Comment: Considering the official incidence risk this shows that deaths caused by vaccines are being massively underreported. The manufactured crisis is quite clearly corrupting science.


The otherwise healthy 44-year-old, who worked for BBC Radio Newcastle, died in May after developing headaches after getting her first dose of the British-made vaccine.

Newcastle coroner Karen Dilks heard Ms Shaw suffered from blood clots in her brain which caused a deadly stroke. She was admitted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle after complaining of headaches.

The inquest, which lasted less than an hour, heard that the condition linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine was extremely rare.

Comment: See also: The Inanity of RNA Vaccines For COVID-19

And check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Pandemic is Over! (If You Want it)



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California looking to pay drug addicts to stay sober


My Northwest
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:37 UTC
Wiener/Newsom
© Kevin N. Hune/SFWeekly/AP/Eric Risberg/KJN
CA Senator Scott Wiener author of sober bill • CA Governor Gavin Newsom
Frustrated by out-of-control increases in drug overdose deaths, California's leaders are trying something radical: They want the state to be the first to pay people to stay sober.

The federal government has been doing it for years with military veterans and research shows it is one of the most effective ways to get people to stop using drugs like cocaine and methamphetamine, stimulants for which there are no pharmaceutical treatments available.

It works like this: People earn small incentives or payments for every negative drug test over a period of time. Most people who complete the treatment without any positive tests can earn a few hundred dollars. They usually get the money on a gift card.

It's called "contingency management" and Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked the federal government for permission to use tax dollars to pay for it through Medicaid, the joint state and federal health insurance program for the poor and disabled that covers nearly 14 million people in California.

Meanwhile, a similar proposal is moving through California's Democratic-controlled Legislature. It's already passed the Senate with no opposition and is pending in the Assembly, where it has a Republican co-author.

"I think there is a lot in this strategy for everyone to like," said state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco and author of the bill. "Most important of all, it works."
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Portland police chief says officers won't intervene to protect residents from Antifa rioters

James Anthony
The Post Millennial
Sun, 22 Aug 2021 04:39 UTC
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Rioters clash with police
Portland Police Bureau Chief Chuck Lovell signaled ahead of Antifa's announced direct action Sunday that local law enforcement won't intervene to protect residents from the riotous activity expected to take place.

The city braced for violence after Antifa accounts in Portland warned press to not film or photograph rioters at the planned Antifascist Action at the Salmon Street Springs water fountain in Tom McCall Waterfront Park on Sunday afternoon.

All the members of the police department's Rapid Response Team had resigned during the course of the year 2021, after one of the team's officers was indicted for an incident that occurred while the group was being attacked by rioters. Instead, authorities according to Lovell, plan to:
"provide safety information and direction to participants and bystanders via loudspeaker. You should not expect to see police officers standing in the middle of the crowd trying to keep people apart. People should keep themselves apart and avoid physical confrontation."

Comment: Portlanders should be very assured by those non-protection statements from law enforcement. They should profusely thank those politicians who have their best interest at heart (personal not public). Citizens will have to defend themselves now that city boots won't intervene - assuring anarchy is the new and long-term normal.
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