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'Banning Navalny's website is unacceptable & officials are abusing power against opposition figures' - Senior Russian Communist

Jonny Tickle
RT
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 09:24 UTC

A senior figure in Russia's Communist Party has slammed a decision by the country's media watchdog Roskomnadzor to block the official website of opposition figure Alexey Navalny, accusing the authorities of abusing their power.

Speaking to radio station Ekho Moskvy, Alexander Yushchenko, the spokesman for Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov, expressed his belief that it should not be possible to block a politician's website unless it contains extremist information.

Comment: To be fair to Russia, Navalny's organisation was actively encouraging children to illegally protest: "Just like in Ukraine and Belarus": TikTok condemned by Russian parents association over calls for youth to attend Navalny protests

"I am not in favor of closing, banning, or blocking these resources," Yushchenko explained. "In my opinion, it is absolutely unacceptable. Just like it is unacceptable to remove candidates from elections."

Tunisian president ousts government, warns opponents that 'army will respond with bullets' if they try to unleash street violence

RT
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 03:38 UTC

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Supporters of Tunisia's President Kais Saied gather on the streets as they celebrate after he dismissed the government and froze parliament, in Tunis, Tunisia, July 25, 2021

Tunisia's president dismissed the government and froze parliament amid unrest over the "dysfunctional" political system and crumbling healthcare. His opponents decried the move as a "coup" and called for street protests.

Following an emergency meeting at his palace on Sunday night, President Kais Saied announced his decision to sack Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspend the parliament. In a televised address, he promised to consolidate power and "save" the country with the help of a new prime minister.

"We have taken these decisions... until social peace returns to Tunisia and until we save the state."

Hundreds of people who had rallied against the government earlier in the day celebrated the drastic move in the streets, cheering, honking, and singing, as military vehicles surrounded the parliament building and state TV.

Comment: Drastic times call for drastic measures...or do they? Pattern recognition offers an opening to higher resolution and more intelligent choices. If not explored, we have learned nothing and are doomed to repeat.

"I warn any who think of resorting to weapons... and whoever shoots a bullet, the armed forces will respond with bullets."

Major health groups call for COVID-19 vaccine mandates for 17M health care workers

Kayla Rivas
Fox News
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

Health care professionals from over 50 organizations representing millions of workers called for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations among all health care and long-term care employees Monday as infections climb nationwide due to the highly transmissible delta variant.

Unvaccinated health care workers put vulnerable patients at risk of infection, like unvaccinated kids, older adults and those with weakened immune systems, the joint statement reads, citing already required vaccinations for the flu, hepatitis B and pertussis.

Unvaccinated students will not be able to attend lectures under government plans

Steve Watson
Summit News
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

"Like something out of Huxley's Brave New World where people with vaccine passports will be engineered into social hierarchies"

The UK Government is considering banning students who have not been fully vaccinated with two shots from attending lectures in person, effectively denying them their education for not taking the vaccine, according to reports.

The London Times reports that Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is reportedly "raging" at the fact that young people are not taking the vaccine en mass, is preparing to force students to get the shots in return for unfettered access to their lectures.

Students would also face compulsory vaccinations if they want to live in halls of residence, according to the report.

The Times report states that the Department for Education doesn't believe the plans are legal, however, because universities are independent of the government and offers they have made to students to study are legally binding.

Comment: The net is tightening its stranglehold on humanity to degrees no one would have thought possible except its creators.

Israel bans entry of fuel for Gaza power plant

MEMO
Sun, 25 Jul 2021 02:11 UTC

© Mohammed Asad/Middle East Monitor
The Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, which is the economic lifeline of Gaza, has now been closed for 33 days.

Israel on Sunday prevented the entry of fuel trucks allocated for Gaza's sole power plant via the Kerem Shalom crossing, the territory's main commercial trade route, Anadolu Agency reported quoting a Palestinian official.

"The [Israeli] occupation authorities barred the entry of 25 trucks loaded with fuel for the Gaza power plant," Rami Abu Elreish of Gaza's Ministry of Economy told Anadolu Agency.

He said Israeli authorities did not clarify the reason behind the move.

There was no comment from the Israeli authorities on the report.

Last month, Israel allowed the entry of fuel for Gaza's power plant after a suspension of 49 days following the 11-day military offensive on the Palestinian territory in May, in which 260 Palestinians were killed and thousands injured. Thirteen Israelis were also killed by Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza.

Orwell would weep: Brits' desire to ban 'offensive' books shows they haven't learned the horrifying lessons of the past

Paul A. Nuttall
RT
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 19:17 UTC

A shocking report reveals that 40% of British adults would support the state banning books deemed to contain sexist, homophobic, or racist content. This paints a worrying picture for the future of free speech in the UK.

According to research conducted by public opinion firm Redfield & Wilton Strategies, a plurality of adults in the UK would like to see the government censor books that are judged to contain content of a sexist, homophobic, or racist nature. The basis of this valuable piece of research, which has been largely ignored by the UK media, was the polling of 1,500 adults of all ages.

Unsurprisingly, young people are the most eager supporters of more censorship, while the older generations are more likely to be opposed. The report shows that 53% of 18 to 24-year-olds would support the government's banning of certain books, but this is down to 31% for 55 to 64-year-olds, with 28% of that category being "strongly opposed" to more censorship. Proof, I would argue, that wisdom does indeed come with age.

Small victory: Canada's Pearson Airport reverses decision to separate arrivals by vaccination status

Abby Neufeld
CP24
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 18:14 UTC

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Toronto's Pearson airport has scrapped having two customs lines based on vaccination status, at least for now.

Toronto Pearson Airport has reversed a decision made last week to separate arriving international passengers based on vaccination status.

On Saturday, Senior Advisor of Communications at Toronto Pearson Beverly MacDonald told CTV News Toronto that the airport was separating arrivals into vaccinated and unvaccinated queues prior to going through customs.

The airport said the decision was made to help streamline border clearance, as there are different entry requirements for vaccinated and non- or partially-vaccinated travellers.

PayPal will share info with ADL to 'research' funding to 'extremist' groups

Anna Irrera and Mark Potter
Reuters
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 17:07 UTC

PayPal Holdings Inc is partnering with non-profit organisation the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to investigate how extremist and hate movements in the United States take advantage of financial platforms to fund their criminal activities.

The initiative will be led through ADL's Center on Extremism, and will focus on uncovering and disrupting the financial flows supporting white supremacist and anti-government organizations.

It will also look at networks spreading and profiting from antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism, anti-immigrant, anti-Black, anti-Hispanic and anti-Asian bigotry.

Comment: No surprise here. Paypal has long used its platform as a choke-point to weaken individuals and views it doesn't agree with.

UK house prices now 30% higher than pre-2008 crisis peak

Miles Brignall
The Guardian
Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:01 UTC

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The number of homes being put on the market for sale has dropped by 25% in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2020.

UK house prices hit a new high in June and are 30% higher than the peak they reached before the 2008 financial crisis, according to the latest snapshot of the market.

The property website Zoopla said the average price of a home was £230,700 - as much as 5.4% higher than the same month a year ago.

It said the sharp increase had come as the number of homes being put on the market for sale had dropped by 25% in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2020.

Comment: In the US some of this is being driven by financial institutions buying up houses as a store of investment and also the apparent intention of turning America into a country of renters; aka "you'll own nothing and you'll be happy": US investment giants buying up neighborhoods, MSM telling us we should rent - this 'new normal' spells the death of the American Dream

Comment: It's possibly a sign that people are aware, if even subconsciously, that we live in extremely volatile times and they realise that owning a family home is the safest and most practical investment; even if it means paying above the asking price. That said, well over a decade of government mismanagement and corruption, along with multiple property owning landlords, has led to a lack of homes available and has encouraged yet another bubble that has the potential to burst:

France warned the US about the Wuhan lab in 2015

Nicholas Sherman
Just the News
Mon, 26 Jul 2021 19:59 UTC

Between 2009 and 2019 USAID provided a total of $1.1 million to a group that subcontracted with Wuhan.

In 2015, French intelligence officials warned the United States that China had cut back on agreed collaboration when building and operating the Wuhan Institute of Virology with the French.

By 2017 the French were "were kicked out," and cooperation ended, with French officials warning the State Department they had grave concerns over Chinese motivations at the lab, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and former State Department official David Asher told The Daily Caller on Monday.

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Society's Child

'Banning Navalny's website is unacceptable & officials are abusing power against opposition figures' - Senior Russian Communist

Tunisian president ousts government, warns opponents that 'army will respond with bullets' if they try to unleash street violence

Major health groups call for COVID-19 vaccine mandates for 17M health care workers

Unvaccinated students will not be able to attend lectures under government plans

Israel bans entry of fuel for Gaza power plant

Orwell would weep: Brits' desire to ban 'offensive' books shows they haven't learned the horrifying lessons of the past

Small victory: Canada's Pearson Airport reverses decision to separate arrivals by vaccination status

PayPal will share info with ADL to 'research' funding to 'extremist' groups

UK house prices now 30% higher than pre-2008 crisis peak

France warned the US about the Wuhan lab in 2015

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