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California looking to pay drug addicts to stay sober


My Northwest
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 09:37 UTC
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© Kevin N. Hune/SFWeekly/AP/Eric Risberg/KJNCA 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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© UnknownRioters 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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Blue Planet

Covid postcard from Poland: No 'new normal'

Bejamin Marsh
The Daily Sceptic
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:49 UTC
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My wife is Polish and we have two young kids, two and five, and it had been two years since we'd seen her family so we thought we should try and get over there for a holiday. Below is a brief snapshot of life in Poland during these most desperate and depressing times. The good news is, Poland appears to be bucking the trend on Covid apocalypse porn.

Getting there was relatively easy. The wife and I are double jabbed - I know some people think we have sold our souls by doing this, but if it means I can take my wife and kids to Poland to see the family, then to me it is a small price to pay.

Once we were there, it appeared Poland was treating Covid with the respect it deserves, which is essentially not much at all. The authorities do require quarantining from the U.K. if unvaccinated. However, this was brought in after the Delta variant got blown out of all proportion by our media. People from all other countries are exempt if they produce a negative test, which you can do at the airport.

Once through the border checks, life is pretty much as normal - there is no 'new normal'. Masks are 'required' at airports, hotels and bigger establishments, but enforcement is sporadic and based on how zealous the person behind the counter is. In all other settings, masks are not worn and, unlike in the U.K., where if you choose not to wear a mask you are looked at with a mixture of disdain, smugness, disgust and pity, the Poles respect your decision and leave it at that.

In all other aspects of life, everything is as before. Everyone is getting on with their lives and enjoying themselves.

Comment: For more reports from countries around the world, see the special feature on the Daily Skeptic: Around the World in Eighty Lockdowns.

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Over 600k young Brits took up smoking to combat stress of lockdown

Chris Pollard
The Sun, UK
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:38 UTC
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More than half a million young people took up smoking to combat the stress and boredom of lockdown.

The number of 18 to 34-year-olds sparking up increased by 25 per cent — an extra 652,000 people — a worrying study revealed.

And an extra 4.5 million people, mainly women, developed drink problems, researchers from University College London found.

The study showed a 40 per cent rise in problem drinking across all age groups. Women were most affected, with a 55 per cent increase.

Younger people, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, were most likely to start smoking.

Comment: Quite the own goal for the medical establishment! In the meantime, perhaps all these new smokers will benefit from some clarity of mind to see though all the BS.

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Texas governor issues executive order banning vaccine mandates, is immediately overturned by judge

Brittany Bernstein
National Review
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:33 UTC
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order on Wednesday banning government entities from enforcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state regardless of a vaccine's approval status with the FDA.

"Vaccine requirements and exemptions have historically been determined by the legislature, and their involvement is particularly important to avoid a patchwork of vaccine mandates across Texas," Abbott said.

Abbott is also adding the issue to the current Special Session agenda.

The order comes after the governor had previously banned public schools and local governments from enacting their own vaccine mandates, though the earlier order specified that the ban on vaccine requirements applies to COVID-19 vaccines that are under emergency authorization.

Comment: Almost immediately after the executive order was issued, Dallas County judge Tonya Parker sided with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, issuing a temporary injunction against Abbott's ban on mask mandates, The Dallas Morning News reported.

The move will allow Jenkins's mask order, in addition to similar policies in other local school districts, to remain in place for the time being. Jenkins will now have the ability to issue penalties to individuals who do not comply with the county's policy, which requires that masks are worn in businesses, schools and county-owned buildings.

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Time's Up and its supporters called out after report reveals it REFUSED to support Cuomo accuser


RT
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:21 UTC
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Time's Up, the advocacy group meant to fight workplace sexual misconduct, has been blasted by Megyn Kelly and others following a report that the organization's leaders chose not to support an Andrew Cuomo accuser.

Top brass at the Time's Up group decided after some deliberation not to issue a statement of public support for Lindsay Boylan, who in December went public with accusations of sexual harassment against her former boss, then-New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who has denied the accusations.

According to a Washington Post report citing text message exchanges and sources familiar with the situation, the decision to not support Boylan came after the group's leaders consulted with top Cuomo advisor Melissa DeRosa.
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ACLU goes to war with South Carolina to demand mask MANDATE in schools


RT
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:16 UTC
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© REUTERS/Octavio Jones
In a seemingly strange twist for a group dedicated to upholding Americans' civil liberties, the ACLU is demanding that the state of South Carolina allow its schools to mandate that their students wear face masks.

"Students with disabilities are effectively being excluded from public schools" because their peers are not forced to wear masks to class, the American Civil Liberties Union tweeted on Tuesday, declaring that "courts must intervene."

The ACLU filed its suit alongside Disability Rights South Carolina, Able South Carolina, and an unspecified number of parents. They did not explain how children with disabilities were being discriminated against under the mandate, which does not prevent children who want to wear masks from doing so.

Comment: Apparently the ACLU no longer concerns itself with protecting the liberties of Americans, but has sadly become another tool towards totalitarianism.

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Best of the Web: 'Killing for the sake of killing': Disillusioned US drone pilots leak footage of air strikes against unarmed Afghans, media says


RT
Wed, 25 Aug 2021 17:14 UTC
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American drone pilots have leaked video of "punitive" and "nihilistic" strikes in Afghanistan in 2019 that led to the killing of civilians, including at least one child, as the US looked for an exit strategy in the two-decade war.

The footage, published on Tuesday as part of an investigation by military news outlet Connecting Vets, reportedly reveals how successive US administrations and defense strategists relaxed the rules of engagement in Afghanistan - as part of a policy to pressure the Taliban to the negotiating table.

However, drone operators interviewed by the outlet claimed the loosened rules around air strikes served "no point" and did not "make a difference" - with one pilot stating that it was "killing for the sake of killing." The strikes also reportedly killed far more civilians than the Pentagon has admitted.
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SOTT Focus: BOMBSHELL UK data destroys entire premise for vaccine push

Chris Waldburger
chriswaldburger.substack.com
Sat, 21 Aug 2021 16:55 UTC
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This is an absolute game-changer. The UK government just reported the following data, tucked away in their report on variants of concern:

Less than a third of delta variant deaths are in the unvaccinated.

Let me say that another way - two-thirds of Delta deaths in the UK are in the jabbed.

To be specific:

From the 1st of February to the 2nd of August, the UK recorded 742 Delta deaths (yes, the dreaded Delta has not taken that much life). Out of the 742 deaths, 402 were fully vaccinated. 79 had received one shot. Only 253 were unvaccinated.

The report is here.
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3-story building collapses in Spain, body of teenage boy recovered

Eva Manez
Reuters
Thu, 26 Aug 2021 11:57 UTC
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© REUTERS/Eva ManezFirefighters work among the debris of a collapsed building in the town of Peniscola, Spain, August 26, 2021.
A Firefighters in the Spanish coastal town of Peniscola found the body of a teenager early on Thursday in the wreckage of a collapsed building and said they were still searching for another missing person.

Peniscola's mayor Andres Martinez told Reuters the boy was around 15 years old and had been staying in the three-story building, which collapsed for unknown reasons on Wednesday evening in the region of Valencia on Spain's eastern coast.

Around 140 firefighters and emergency personnel worked through the night on the recovery operation and, around midnight, rescued a man who had been buried in the rubble, the local authorities said.

Comment: Also in the last few months:

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