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"Perfect storm": UK food shortages continue as issues mount in production & logistics, MORE inflation expected

Joanna Partridge
The Guardian
Fri, 03 Sep 2021 05:28 UTC
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© Maureen McLean/REX/ShutterstockA shortage of HGV drivers in the UK is affecting supermarket supply chains.
The government is being urged to "get a handle" on the supply chain crisis, as the chair of a cross-party commission created to scrutinise the UK's post-Brexit trade deals said ministers need to act now to avoid empty shelves in the run-up to Christmas.

"Red tape and labour shortages from Brexit have exacerbated problems that are being acutely felt across production, processing, manufacturing, retail and of course logistics," said Aodhán Connolly, who chaired an extraordinary session of the UK Trade and Business Commission, a group of cross-party MPs and business representatives set up as an independent adviser to government in April.

"The government needs to get a handle on this both in the short and long term and we will be making recommendations based on the evidence we heard today".

Comment: If we look at the UK government's bungling of Brexit, the failed £37 billion Test & Trace system, and even its (thankfully) unreliable, injection IDs, we can be sure that if there's the potential for the government to mess it up, it will.

Taken together with the other problems plaguing our planet, including shuttered ports, poor harvests and crop failures, rolling lockdowns, and the increasing probability of strike action against the draconian restrictions, it's likely the UK will have a lot more to contend with than just some unqualified drivers and backlogs at customs; and it can't claim that it was caught unawares:

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Reince Priebus says subpoenas will be issued soon in Wisconsin review of election that will cost $680,000 or more

Patrick Marley
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 01:51 UTC
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Wisconsin lawmakers will spend hundreds of thousands to review the presidential election and will soon issue subpoenas as part of their effort, according to Reince Priebus, the former head of the state and national arms of the Republican Party.

Priebus, the first chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, made the comments Tuesday on former Trump adviser Steve Bannon's podcast. He described the plans three days after Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos of Rochester met with Trump about his plans to review the election.

Vos has faced pressure from both the left and right as he seeks to examine an election that courts have determined was conducted properly. Joe Biden narrowly won the state and gained a handful of votes in recounts requested by Trump in Dane and Milwaukee counties.

Comment: There was likely so much funny business in the 2020 election that it would be hard not to turn up some of it in an official investigation. But trying to do all this work retroactively is probably an exercise in futility - it's like closing the stable door after the horse has already bolted. But even though it seems highly unlikely anything substantial will come of it (other than recognition that Trump was right), it may be worthwhile for Americans to know just how corrupt their system truly is.

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Chase Bank apologizes for Michael Flynn credit card cancellation letter sent in 'error'

Luke Gentile
Washington Examiner
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:35 UTC
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Chase Bank apologizes for Michael Flynn credit card cancellation letter sent in 'error'.
Chase Bank apologized to the household of former White House national security adviser and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn on Tuesday for a credit card cancellation letter sent to the Flynn family.

The letter, sent Aug. 20, read, "We decided to close your credit cards on September 18, 2021 because continuing the relationship creates possible reputational risk to our company."

Flynn, who was pardoned by former President Donald Trump after he pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and has cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 election, posted the letter on Telegram and criticized the company.

Comment: This isn't the first time Chase has 'debanked' an individual based on their political views or general deplorableness. Who needs a social credit system when you've got banks acting as moral arbiters and enforcers of right-think?

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Pills

Purdue Pharma opioid settlement backed, $10B to fight addiction


Boston Herald
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 19:58 UTC
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© AP Photo/Seth WenigIn this Aug. 9, 2021, file photo, fake pill bottles with messages about OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma are displayed during a protest outside the courthouse where the bankruptcy of the company is taking place in White Plains, N.Y. A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday, Sept. 1, gave conditional approval to a sweeping, potentially $10 billion plan submitted by OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to settle a mountain of lawsuits over its role in the opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the past two decades.
A federal bankruptcy judge gave conditional approval Wednesday to a sweeping settlement that will remove the Sackler family from ownership of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and devote potentially $10 billion to fighting the opioid crisis that has killed a half-million Americans over the past two decades.

If it withstands appeals, the deal will resolve a mountain of 3,000 lawsuits from state and local governments, Native American tribes, unions and others that accuse the company of helping to spark the overdose epidemic by aggressively marketing the prescription painkiller.

Under the settlement, the Sacklers will have to get out of the opioid business altogether and contribute $4.5 billion. But they will be shielded from any future lawsuits over opioids.

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Poll: Trump would beat Biden if election were held today, as 6 times as many Democrats as Republicans regret their vote

Craig Bannister
CNS News
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 14:17 UTC
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Fmr. Pres. Donald Trump
If the next presidential election were held today, former Republican President Donald Trump would defeat current Democrat President Joe Biden, a new, national Rasmussen survey reveals.

While 43% of U.S. likely voters say they would now vote for Trump, only 37% say they would vote for Biden and 14% would opt for some other candidate.

Voter regret regarding the choice made in the 2020 election is a major reason Trump would come out on top today, as six times as many Biden voters (12%) as Trump voters (2%) say they are sorry they voted for the candidate they did in the last election, Rasmussen reports:
If a rematch of the 2020 election were held now, Trump would win, because only 79% of Biden voters say they would vote for him again and seven percent (7%) would switch their vote to Trump. By comparison, 81% of Trump's 2020 voters would vote for him again and just two percent (2%) would switch to Biden.

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'Sissy pants' celebrities banned in China

Viola Zhou
Vice
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 12:13 UTC
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© Visual China Group via Getty ImagesYoung, delicate-looking men have amassed large fan bases in China.
Beijing fears that feminine men would hurt the country's ability to fight, experts say.

The Chinese government has ordered a boycott of "sissy pants" celebrities as it escalates a fight against what it sees as a cultural import that threatens China's national strength.

In a directive issued on Thursday, China's TV watchdog said entertainment programs should firmly reject the "deformed aesthetics" of niangpao, a derogatory term that refers to effeminate men.

Comment: One has to wonder if this impetus by the Chinese government is necessarily a bad thing. Being masculine does not necessarily have to be about militarism and "aggressive diplomatic rhetoric". It may simply be that the Chinese authorities recognize the inherent problems in their men being more feminine and being less able to adhere to traditional male roles and fulfilling those roles in society at large. Masculinity is not inherently 'toxic' and, outside of the encroaching Western ideology, is recognized as necessary.

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People

Who's really being hospitalized?

Jennifer Margulis
The Epoch Times
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 06:19 UTC
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© wavebreakmedia/ShutterstockMainstream media is reporting that severe COVID cases are mainly among unvaccinated people, but who is counted as having COVID, and who is counted as being unvaccinated muddy the waters.
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The tragic death of Lisa Shaw shows why smearing those with concerns over Covid vaccines as 'anti-vaxxers' is wrong

Neil Clark
RT
Fri, 27 Aug 2021 13:49 UTC
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© (L) AFP / DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS; (R) Reuters / DADO RUVIC
The official coroner's finding that BBC radio presenter Lisa Shaw died as a result of complications from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should give those who have been vilifying the 'vaccine-hesitant' pause for thought.

If Lisa Shaw hadn't taken a Covid vaccine then she would, in all probability, still be alive today. The mother of one, a popular presenter at BBC Radio Newcastle, was only 44 years old and fit and healthy, with no known underlying conditions.

Yet take the Covid vaccine she did on April 29, despite being in a very low risk category - and complications from it killed her. That's not a 'conspiracy theory' - or the view of an 'anti-vaxxer' - it's the official coroner's report. All our thoughts go out to Lisa's devastated family and friends.

Vaccines generally have been a great boon for humanity, but no vaccines are totally safe. Some, though, are safer than others for different age groups. It is worth noting that at the time poor Lisa had her first AstraZeneca dose in late April, the vaccine had already been suspended or temporarily banned in a number of Western countries over concerns it could cause dangerous blood clots in some recipients.

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Passport

The Orwellian Vaccine Passport Agenda Relies On The Lie Of The "Social Contract"

Brandon Smith
Alt-Market.us
Thu, 02 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC
Orwellian Vaccine Passport
There is a fundamental question that needs to be asked when examining the vaccine passport issue, and what I find is that almost no one in the mainstream is tackling it directly. The question is this:

Is it legally and morally acceptable to constrict the rights and economic access of people in order to force them to submit to an experimental "vaccine", or any other medical procedure for that matter?

Furthermore, who gets to decide what medical procedures are acceptable to enforce? Who gets to be the all powerful and benevolent overseer of every human being's health path. I ask this because I don't think many people realize the future repercussions of allowing governments or corporations (the same thing these days) to dictate covid vaccinations. It doesn't stop there; in fact, we have no idea where this stops once the Pandora's box is opened.

Comment: Please catch the many episodes of Objective:Health that look more deeply into mainstream covid narrative headlines and their peddled science.

Here is the latest: Objective:Health - 'Leaky' Vaccines, Immune Escape and Mutating Variants

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Red Flag

Broadway composer says Maoist takeover of arts is like living in a "totalitarian state"

Paul Joseph Watson
Summit News
Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:00 UTC
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"No one dares say it out loud."

Acclaimed Broadway composer Stephen Schwartz says that the mob's takeover of arts and culture feels like something straight out of a Maoist "totalitarian state."

In an interview with the Telegraph, Schwartz highlights the insanity of the left's new "cultural appropriation" purity test, where if artists want to avoid retribution from the woke brigade, they are only allowed to write about "someone who is exactly like you."

"Everyone in the arts in America is talking about the tyranny of cancel culture and cultural appropriation," said Schwartz. "The funny thing is, no one dares to say it aloud. It's like living in a totalitarian state."

The composer of 2017's Prince of Egypt slammed the new Maoist ideological militancy which employs censorship and intimidation tactics to suffocate independent creativity.

"We've lost the ability to have our world view challenged by another point of view. It's as though we've become terrified of ideas. But ideas are how society progresses," said Schwartz.
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