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Jessica Yaniv accused of harassing emergency first responders with 'lewd conduct'

Andy Ngo and Mia Cathell
The Post Millennial
Sun, 14 Feb 2021 03:43 UTC
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Canadian transgender activist Jessica Yaniv is in the news again. This time, she's accused of sexually harassing firefighters and abusing emergency services, according to a letter written by the counsel representing the Township of Langley.

Yaniv, 34, who now goes by "Jessica Simpson," was given a notice by the British Columbia city that she would be billed for emergency services following over thirty frivolous 911 calls she made since Jan. 21. The Township also accuses her of engaging in "inappropriate and lewd conduct."

"Your conduct has created, among other things, an inappropriate and unsafe environment for Fire Department staff," the letter reads. "This letter serves as formal notice to you that you will be charged under the Township's bylaws, including the Township's Fire Prevention Bylaw, for all future calls for assistance to the Fire Department that do not relate to a medical emergency."

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MSM's narrative about the murderous Capitol mob has collapsed, but don't let that get in the way of a good political lynching

Tony Cox
RT
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:26 UTC
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© Reuters / Kevin DietschA memorial service is held for officer Brian Sicknick on February 3 in the US Capitol Rotunda.
As their dishonest narrative collapses around them, mainstream media outlets and Democrat politicians are trying to hold together their latest bid to destroy Donald Trump, but some of the lies are getting too big to shrug off.

I'm reminded of the media-speak popularized during the Trump era - lightly used words or phrases that became ubiquitous in the talking points, like "violating norms" - especially the term "debunked." In the eyes of MSM and their controllers, Trump was a president who needed to be debunked thousands of times. Whether it was about the size of his Inauguration Day crowd, the animal-like savagery of MS-13 gang-bangers or the fact that Haiti is "a s**thole", any Trump claim had to be debunked, false or not.

When an obnoxious loudmouth constantly blurts out things that lift the skirt on the ruling class' treachery, his voice must be discredited. And even if just part of his story can be attacked, the rest will be forgotten. It's like a Jenga game where all the pieces automatically fall down when one is removed.

But the same standard doesn't apply to the media's own story lines. No matter how many times MSM and establishment politicians are exposed as liars -- from the MLK bust in the Oval Office to the Russia collusion hoax -- the people are supposed to keep believing the gist of their arguments. The Jenga tower can be levitating with entire floors missing, but the con artists insist that it's still standing.

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Why are nations imposing Covid lockdowns called democratic, while those setting citizens free are branded authoritarian?

Rachel Marsden
RT
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:11 UTC
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© REUTERS/Ammar AwadNational lockdown in Israel
It's a topsy-turvy world when nations putting millions of people under house arrest are ranked among the globe's most 'free' countries - yet that's exactly what the Economist magazine's latest survey claims.

Hey, people of the world. Do you still live in a free country? It may be hard to tell these days, given all of the restrictions that have been introduced into your daily life over the past year, and which in many cases have yet to let up. To give you a hand, the prestigious Economist magazine has taken it upon itself to let you know whether you're actually free or not.

Logically, you'd think that the more restrictions introduced in the name of the pandemic would mean a lower civil liberties score. But the Economist makes its pro-lockdown position clear at the outset: "That the course of the pandemic has proved lockdown skeptics wrong does not mean that they should have been prevented from expressing their views, however erroneous some proved to be."

The Economist neglected to present any evidence to support the notion that strict lockdown alternatives are the best option for freedom, democracy, and the economy (or even for being the best way to tackle the pandemic). Instead, it just assumes the position that countries really didn't have a choice whether to lockdown, when they absolutely did. It then pays lip-service to the notion of free speech by arguing that those anti-lockdown cranks should have at least been allowed to speak. It's not like even the Economist set the free speech example by giving lockdown skeptics the front page of its magazine to make their case, though, did it? Perhaps it could answer that question first before pointing fingers at others.
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Beijing's Retaliation: BBC World News banned from broadcasting in China


RT
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 01:08 UTC
BBC Stop Lying
© Getty Images / Dave ThompsonChinese students protest outside the BBC in Manchester, April 19, 2008
BBC World News has been banned from the Chinese airwaves, Beijing's state-controlled TV network announced. The tit-for-tat move comes after the UK media regulator, Ofcom, revoked the broadcast license of the Chinese CGTN network.

China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) announced the ban on Thursday, stating that the BBC's reports "violated the requirements that news should be truthful and fair, harmed China's national interests, and undermined China's national unity."

The "reports" in question likely refer to BBC Newsnight's coverage of China's Xinjiang province, where the government is detaining Uighur Muslims in what it calls a "deradicalization" program. Western governments and activists have accused Beijing of waging a campaign of genocide against the Uighurs.

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WH spokesman TJ Ducklo suspended without pay for threatening Politico reporter - UPDATE: Ducklo quits

Lia Eustachewich
New York Post
Fri, 12 Feb 2021 17:49 UTC
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© Fox News/GettyDeputy White House press secretary TJ Ducklo and Politico reporter Tara Palmeri
White House spokesman TJ Ducklo has been suspended without pay for threatening to "destroy" a Politico journalist for reporting about his relationship.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced the one-week suspension on Friday, saying Ducklo has apologized to the reporter, Tara Palmeri, and "is the first to acknowledge this is not the standard of behavior set out by the President."

"In addition to his initial apology, he has sent the reporter a personal note expressing his profound regret," Psaki tweeted.

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President Biden warned staffers last month that if they weren't respectful to others their jobs would be on the line - but a press office aide accused of threatening and making misogynistic remarks to a female reporter still has his.

"If you're ever working with me, and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot," Biden told new aides during a swearing-in ceremony on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20. "On the spot."

"I will destroy you," Ducklo allegedly told Palmeri in an off-the-record call that also took place on Jan. 20, according to a Vanity Fair report published Friday.

The next day, Politico's Playbook column, which Palmeri helps write, questioned whether Biden's promise to fire disrespectful aides applied to "how mid-level press aides treat reporters."

Both Palmeri and a male colleague separately reached out to Ducklo last month to inquire about his romantic relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond, a potential conflict of interest since she was covering the White House, Vanity Fair revealed.

In the off-the-record call, Ducklo allegedly threatened to attack her reputation if she published the story and hurled profanities and other insults.
UPDATE 02/13/2021: The White House announced Ducklo's resignation:



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Organizers reportedly hit number of signatures required to force a recall vote for Gavin Newsom

Ryan Saavedra
The Daily Wire
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
Newsom
© Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Images.jpgCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom
Organizers behind the effort to recall California Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom said late on Wednesday evening that they have reached the number of signatures required to force a recall election this year.

The multi-million dollar movement to oust Newsom from office comes in response to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. California has had nearly a million more cases than the state with the second highest number, and just recently passed New York as the state that has had the most deaths from the pandemic.

In a since-deleted tweet, FOX 11 Los Angeles anchor Elex Michaelson wrote:
"Newsom recall leader @tomdelbeccaro says his team now has over the needed 1.5 million signatures to force a recall election this year ... Those signatures have to be officially verified so organizers are hoping to get 2 million signatures by mid-March so they have extras."
Following the publication of this article, Michaelson changed his reporting to state that the group has "NOT hit the 1.5 million signatures needed to force a recall...YET," according to a group leading the recall effort. However,
"Tom Del Becarro, chair of the Rescue California PAC (a major recall supporter), said they HAVE reached the 1.5 million vote threshold, but wants to get to 1.9 million signatures by the end of March. Economy disputes that figure & says he's the sole spokesman for the campaign."

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Twitter reports $1.14B net loss for 2020


RT
Wed, 10 Feb 2021 13:11 UTC
Twitter loss
© Reuters/Brendan McDermid/KJNTwitter takes a dive for 2020
American social-networking company Twitter announced on Wednesday its financial results for the fiscal year 2020, saying it recorded a net loss of $1.136 billion against net income a year earlier.

According to the company, "2020 net loss was $1.14 billion, representing a net margin of -31 percent and diluted EPS [earnings per share - Ed.] of -$1.44. This compares to 2019 net income of $1.47 billion, representing a net margin of 42 percent and diluted EPS of $1.87." Both periods were affected by non-cash, tax related adjustments, it said.

Costs and expenses totaled $3.69 billion, an increase of 19 percent year over year, while revenue amounted to $3.72 billion.

Twitter said that for the first quarter of 2021 it expects total revenue to be between $940 million and $1.04 billion.
"As we enter 2021, our objectives are similar to previous years and our success will best be measured by our ability to grow our audience and deliver financial results in line with our guidance."

Comment: Twitter's actions speak loud and clear, as does public payback. Authoritarian message control has its consequences.

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Fourteen arrested in Germany and Denmark over terror plot

Jan M. Olsen
Independent
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
3 guys and evidence?
© presse-fotos.dk/AFP via Getty ImagesChemicals and fuses were discovered
Fourteen people have been arrested in Denmark and Germany on suspicion of preparing one or several attacks in the two countries, Danish police said. Officers added that the discovery of a so-called Isis group flag could indicate the suspects "have a connection or sympathy with the terror organisation".

Flemming Drejer, operative head of Denmark's Security and Intelligence Service, said the findings were "worrying" but "it is our assessment that there was no imminent danger".

He said the first seven people arrested in Denmark had acquired weapons and "we found things that can be used to make a bomb". He added that police found shotguns and a rifle with a scope, as well as the flag, but he could not give further details about the Denmark case or its links to Germany. "We are now in the initial phase of the investigation and we need to keep our cards close to the chest," Mr Dreyer said.

All but one of the 14 arrests took place in Denmark. Three of the suspects are Syrian nationals, aged 33, 36 and 40, who were arrested last weekend, according to German officials. Authorities announced eight arrests on Thursday, and police said another six were detained on Friday.
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Up to 40% of first wave COVID-19 patients may have acquired infection in hospital, says SAGE paper

Jonathan Barr
Lockdown Sceptics
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 19:44 UTC
hospital infections
Yesterday the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies released a document which provides an estimate of the number of COVID-19 hospital patients who were infected through nosocomial transmission between February and July of last year. Turns out the number may be as high as four in 10. The Telegraph has the story.
It was previously thought around one-fifth of infections had been caught in hospitals, but researchers at Public Health England and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) also looked at the number of people testing positive within two weeks of discharge.

Under the most conservative estimate, which only included people infected after at least 15 days in hospital, just 8.8% of infections were found to be "nosocomial", or acquired in hospital, equating to 7,906 people.

However, under the least conservative estimates - which included those testing positive within three days of entering hospital or 14 days after discharge - the number rises to 40.5% of hospital infections, a total of 36,152 people.

Separate modelling by the same group using different data from the COVID-19 Clinical Information Network concludes that there may have been 31,070 hospital infections in England over the first wave.
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SOTT Focus: MindMatters: 7 Books to Understand What's Really Going On

Harrison Koehli and Adam Daniels
Sott.net
Sat, 13 Feb 2021 00:00 UTC
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Today on MindMatters we share seven books to understand what's really going on in the world today: in the universities, on the streets, in government; the ideologies running the show, the psychopathy behind them, and the rise of soft totalitarianism. Time to hit the books!


Running Time: 01:06:03

Download: MP3 — 60.5 MB

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