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Memory holed: Woke BBC quietly censoring classic comedy programmes

Peter Caddle
Breitbart
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 05:51 UTC
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Britain's publicly funded broadcaster, the BBC, has been quietly censoring radio rebroadcasts of classic comedy shows, memory-holing jokes deemed too politically incorrect for modern audiences.

A number of skits from classic comedy shows have been memory-holed entirely by the BBC, with the UK's national broadcaster quietly editing re-broadcasts of old programming to remove supposedly offensive elements of the shows.

The broadcaster has previously come under fire for censoring classic televisions shows, being called "cowardly and gutless" as a result.

According to a report by The Times,however, the state-broadcaster has also been stripping out segments deemed racist, misogynistic, or otherwise unacceptable in the modern age from re-aired versions of old radio versions of shows.

Shows such as Dad's Army, Steptoe and Son and I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again have been hit by censorship according to the publication, with some sketches being stripped from rebroadcasted programmes entirely.
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Unmask America

Jeff Deist
Mises Institute
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 05:39 UTC
masks garbage
Enough is enough. It is time to stop wearing masks, or at the very least to eliminate mask mandates in all settings.

This is especially urgent for children in schools and universities, who suffer the effects of masks for long hours each day despite being at exceedingly low risk for death or serious illness from covid.

We have a responsibility, once and for all, to reject the ludicrous, ever-shifting narratives underpinning masks as effective impediments to the spread of covid infections.
Seriously people — STOP BUYING MASKS! They are NOT effective in preventing general public from catching #Coronavirus

— former US Surgeon General Jerome Adams in February 2020.
The story changed from "masks don't work," to "masks may work," to "masks work and you must wear one." Now the narrative switches yet again: "cloth masks don't work, so you should wear a surgical or 'well-fitted' mask," or even wear two!

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Consider the possibility that this is already the dystopia you fear

Caitlin Johnstone
Substack
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 05:29 UTC
1984 orwell
Consider the possibility that the Orwellian dystopia you fear is already here and has been in place for many years, you just haven't noticed because you're still allowed to watch Netflix or buy a gun or say whatever you want to say within a small impotent online echo chamber.

Consider the possibility that the powerful are already getting everything they want from you, right now, exactly as things are, and that any suspicious action you see them taking isn't them constructing a cage for you but them tightening the bolts on a cage that was quietly built around you some time ago.

Consider the possibility that while they've been training you to watch out for communism and microchips and overt totalitarianism, they've been covertly transforming us all into mindless gears in a machine constructed to serve their interests which challenges them in no way, shape or form.

Consider the possibility that tyrants have evolved an understanding that you can exert a lot more control over a population with mass-scale psychological manipulation than you can with overt force, and that they have been developing the science of that mass-scale psychological manipulation for over a century.
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Energy crisis bursts multi-billion green shares bubble

Paul Homewood
Not a Lot of People Know That
Sat, 22 Jan 2022 18:07 UTC
energy crisis
The energy crisis has burst a multibillion-pound bubble in green stocks as gas prices surge and the world confronts the true cost of net zero.

Shares in renewable energy companies have tumbled to their lowest level in 16 months, almost completely unwinding gains made during a stampede into companies aiding the shift away from fossil fuels.

It comes as new figures revealed that private equity snapped up oil and gas firms worth almost £12bn last year, a huge increase from £232m in 2020 as the sector ploughs investment into renewable energy.

A basket of global clean energy shares, which includes renewable giants Iberdrola, Vestas and Orsted, has tumbled 45pc since the record peak a year ago, wiping tens of billions of pounds off their "excessive" value.

Rising material costs, frothy valuations and escalating interest rates have dampened investor enthusiasm after a flood of money into the sector.

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Fertilizer crisis threatens significant food shortages and price hikes in Europe


Investing.com
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:16 UTC
corn kernals
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As Europe's farmers prepare to spread fertilizers on fields after winter, sky-high nutrient prices are leaving them little choice but to use less and try to pass on the cost down the food chain.

For growers of staples like corn and wheat, it's the first time they've really been exposed to a fertilizer crisis fueled by an energy crunch, export curbs and trade sanctions. It now costs much more to buy chemicals needed for winter crops coming out of dormancy, and the extra expense could prompt smaller spring plantings that make up roughly a third of European grain.

Europe has been hardest hit by fertilizer-plant cutbacks on soaring costs of gas used to run them -- and nutrient prices there remain at a record even as the pressure eased in North America. Europe could face a deficit of about 9% of its annual nitrogen-fertilizer needs in the first half, VTB Capital estimates. Food may get even pricier if harvests suffer or crop prices rise.

Comment: Notably, one of the few countries that foresaw this happening (and actually wanted to do something about it) was China, and so back in June 2021 it gave its farmers $3.1 billion in subsidies to help cope with soaring commodity prices.

That said, the food supply has already taken a battering, with a decade of mounting crop failures, disease outbreaks, farmers driven out of business by big business refusing to pay a fair price for goods, endless red tape, and now 21+ months of lockdown, it's likely that any additional stressors will push it over the edge. And, indeed, there are a number of signs that the supply chain is already breaking down. Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Is The Government Hyping Shortages? And is 'Vaccination Shedding' Really a Thing?



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New Zealand supermarkets warn of potential purchase limits to prevent panic buying - cite possible omicron shutdown


NZ Herald
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 19:35 UTC
box stores new zealand supply chain
© Photo / Michael Craig
PAK'nSAVE, New World and Four Square stores come under Foodstuffs.
A major supermarket chain is warning that shoppers could soon see purchase limits on some stock to ration goods and prevent panic buying.

But they say supermarkets have learned from past outbreaks and are prepared for Omicron, and provided people don't stockpile, there should be ample supply for shoppers.

One Auckland shopper said they didn't receive any nappies in their click and collect order on Thursday and decided to visit New World Birkenhead.

"I popped in store and they legit had like 2-3 packs of nappies, all in newborn size," the shopper said."
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Alberta gets caught palming cards on covid vaccine efficacy

Joel Smalley
metatron.substack.com
Thu, 13 Jan 2022 18:39 UTC
covid canada alberta
© Global News
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney
More than half the newly vaccinated deaths were dumped in the unvaccinated.

Those who have done the slightest bit of research (really not a dirty word), will know that there is no claim of protection after the first dose of the COVID vaccine.

So imagine how you can conflate the vaccine effectiveness stats if you dump all the COVID events (cases, hospitalizations and deaths) that occur subsequent to infection within 14 days of the first dose into the unvaccinated.
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Why the hell do I need to submit a scan of my face to file my taxes now?

Vanessa Taylor
Mic
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 00:01 UTC
facial recognition
The IRS has made tax season even worse, somehow.

Tax season is quickly approaching. If you're anything like me, you're already annoyed by the mere prospect of having to interact with the Internal Revenue Service and all its bureaucracy. This year though, we have the added bonus of the IRS requiring you to scan your face to file taxes online. Not only is this an annoying, extra step, but it immediately begs the question: Why the hell is the IRS buying into surveillance software?

On Wednesday, security blogger Brian Krebs spotted an update on the IRS website telling people to create accounts with a Virginia-based company called ID.me. Per the IRS, without this account, "You won't be able to log in with your existing IRS username and password starting in summer 2022."

Comment: Welcome to the Brave New Normal.

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Blizzard claims four lives including infant near US-Canada border

Leyland Cecco
The Guardian
Thu, 20 Jan 2022 23:12 UTC
rcmp us canada border
© RCMP/AFP/Getty Images
Royal Canadian Mounted Police on the scene where four people were found dead near the US-Canada border.
Authorities believe deaths occurred from exposure as group tried to cross into US.

Four people, including an infant, have been found dead near the Canada-United States border, after a failed crossing attempt during brutal blizzard conditions.

The grim discovery came as officials south of the border announced the arrest of a US man on human smuggling charges.
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Ireland to end most virus restrictions, including COVID passport

Lily Zhou
The Epoch Times
Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:01 UTC
Micheal Martin
© Brian Lawless/PA
Taoiseach Micheal Martin during a visit to the National Archives in Dublin on Jan. 21, 2022.
Almost all CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus restrictions in Ireland will end on Saturday, including domestic COVID-19 Certificates, curfews, social distancing, and capacity limits.

Addressing the nation following the recommendation to lift the restrictions from the National Public Health Emergency Team, Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Micheál Martin declared it's time for the Irish to "be ourselves again."

This makes Ireland the second country following England to remove mandatory vaccine passports after they were implemented.

Comment: There is clearly a coordinated international move to end (or at least significantly ease) Covid restrictions and mandates. It seems highly unlikely that this has anything to do with "the resistance" the Truth winning out, however. One can only assume that this somehow fits within the larger plan of the PTB. We're just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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