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Shocking and dehumanizing discrimination against the unvaccinated is about to make life VERY difficult

Daisy Luther
The Organic Prepper
Tue, 17 Aug 2021 07:42 UTC
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All over the world, the hot-button subject of the moment is the Covid vaccination. Many governments discuss making it mandatory, a terrifying concept for people who believe that the vaccine is unsafe. But perhaps even more appalling are the shocking things that people are saying about those who are unvaccinated.

This article isn't about whether the vaccine is safe or not. I'm not urging anyone to get the vaccine, nor am I urging anyone to avoid it. I believe that my health decisions are my choice, and yours are your choice.

I hope that when you read these comments, whatever side of the debate you are on, you stop and think about your humanity. If this were done to any other group of people, it would be considered hate speech. Because the mainstream media and the narrative are tightly controlled right now, this isn't just thought of as acceptable but a signal of superior virtue.

The danger of "othering"

We already talked about how people would be "encouraged" to get the vaccine through a loss of liberty "privileges." By now, those eager to get the vaccine have done so. Also, those with valid reasons (like loss of income) have also gotten the jab. Therefore, holdouts who remain adamant they won't get the vaccine are now being exposed to a whole new level of "encouragement" via extreme social pressure.

A phenomenon called "othering" is used in both the violence dynamics world and in brainwashing. Othering is when a person determines that another person is unworthy, threatening, or all-around inadequate and hardly even the same species.

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China's state media mocked the US withdrawal in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban takeover was 'more smooth than the presidential transition in the US'

Cheryl Teh
Business Insider
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:15 UTC
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China's state media mocked the US troop withdrawal in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban's takeover of the country was "more smooth" than the presidential transfer of powers in the US.

The opinion was tweeted out on August 15 by Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, a state-affiliated media outlet in China.

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A short-lived Trump campaign staffer is now at the head of the far right's Jan. 6 counternarrative

Sarah Mimms
BuzzFeed
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 13:41 UTC
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Matt Braynard (left) helps artist Tommy Zegan move his statue of former president Donald Trump to a van during the Conservative Political Action Conference on Feb. 27 in Orlando.
Last month, some members of Congress who have downplayed the significance of the Jan. 6 insurrection gathered outside the Justice Department to get answers, they said, about the treatment of people arrested for allegedly storming the Capitol.

Even though the press conference by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, Paul Gosar, and Louie Gohmert didn't get very far — it was memorably ended by protesters and a persistent man with a whistle — Matt Braynard, who was not a part of the event, would still like to take credit for it.

Braynard, who worked for Trump for five months on the 2016 campaign before he was let go, has been Forrest Gumping his way through the postelection Trump universe. In December, he testified alongside Rudy Giuliani alleging mass voter fraud in Arizona. A week later, he told legislators in Georgia that he'd found 21,000 illegal ballots in the state (before his data was methodically torn apart by a Democratic legislator who tracked down several of the voters herself). He was a paid expert witness in three cases challenging the election results, none of which went anywhere. Long after Trump left office, he has continued releasing reports of "illegal ballots" in Wisconsin and Georgia and is working on one for Arizona, all states where pro-Trump Republicans have pushed for so-called audits of the election.

Comment: Whether the above is a fair representation of Braynard (it is, after all, from BuzzFeed; not exactly known for their objectivity and non-partisanship) is difficult to tell. Is Braynard a grifter, cashing in on the righteous indiganation of Trump supporters, or is he actually doing his part to see justice served? The Trump campaign's unwillingness to work with Braynard is telling (it brings to mind Sydney Powell). One thing is for certain - there's more to the story than what's presented here.

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The IPCC report & the pivot from Covid to climate

Kit Knightly
OffGuardian
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:17 UTC
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The latest IPCC report on climate change was released last week, and has signalled a sea-change in the ongoing "big issue". The Pandemic was fun while it lasted, but it's time it faded back and we got on with the next stage.

That's not just my interpretation either, they are quite literally saying it themselves.

Usually, when there's a big narrative shift looming, you can find one key article that tells you everything you need to know about the plan. For the IPCC report, it's this iNews article by Andrew Marr. Where he literally uses the phrase "hinge to climate from Covid" several times:
"There is a great turn coming, a change in the terms of political debate, a period of hinge. We are swinging from the many months of coronavirus obsession into an autumn which will be dominated, rightly, by the climate emergency. But much of what we have learned from Covid-19 - about the state, authority, journalism and civil society - is directly applicable to what's coming next."
The media have, naturally, been full of headlines on the IPCC report, with varying degrees of alarmism and insanity.

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Second Nigerian girl freed in a week, seven years after abduction by Boko Haram


Euronews
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:05 UTC
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Second Nigerian "Chibok girl" freed in a week seven years after abduction
A second young woman abducted seven years ago from the town of Chibok by Boko Haram militants was freed this week, Borno state's governor said on Saturday.

The kidnappings of some 270 teenagers in the northeastern town in 2014 sparked an international outcry and a viral campaign on social media with the hashtag #bringbackourgirls.

The army handed over Hassana Adamu, along with her two children, to Governor Babagana Zulum on Saturday, one week after his office announced that another of the victims had been freed and reunited with her parents.

Adamu, like the other of the recently freed "Chibok girl", as the victims became known, "presented herself to the Nigerian army", the governor's office said.

Comment: For insight into just what is driving destabilization in the region, check out SOTT's: Western-backed Boko Haram and 'Patriotic' Militants Efforts to Counter China-Nigeria Relations

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Japan extends 'state of emergency', rolls out restrictions across country, Melbourne under total lockdown despite only 22 cases of Covid


Japan Times
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 23:34 UTC
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The central government is set to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas, government sources said Monday, as cases continue to rise. |
The central government is set to declare a COVID-19 state of emergency in seven more prefectures in addition to Tokyo and five other areas, government sources said Monday, as cases continue to rise.

A decision to declare an emergency in Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Shizuoka, Kyoto, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures from Friday to Sept. 12 is expected to be made on Tuesday, they said.

The state of emergency through Aug. 31 for Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Osaka and Okinawa will also be extended to Sept. 12, the sources said.

Comment: Meanwhile Australia continues its descent into a hellscape:
Australia extends brutal lockdown in Melbourne, reinstates night curfew

Australian authorities reinstated a night curfew and extended COVID-19 lockdown measures in Melbourne for another two weeks to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant.


'Three weeks to flatten the curve'...


The current lockdown was due to end on Thursday night but will now run until Sept. 2, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews told reporters in Melbourne, the state capital.

The state on Monday reported 22 local cases, down from 25 a day earlier.

"The rules don't kick in until midnight, but I'm asking people to observe that curfew from 9 p.m. tonight," Andrews said.
Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: Pandemic is Over! (If You Want it)



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World's third-busiest port remains partially shut in China, sixth consecutive day


Investing
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 11:45 UTC
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Containers sit stacked next to gantry cranes in this aerial photograph taken above the Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan in Ningbo, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. President Donald Trump wants to reach an agreement on trade with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 nations summit in Argentina later this month and has asked key U.S. officials to begin drafting potential terms, according to four people familiar with the matter.
China's Ningbo-Zhoushan container port, the world's third-busiest, remained partially closed for a sixth day Monday, amid ongoing concern over whether the shutdown will disrupt trade from the region longer term.

The port hasn't published any updates on its operations since Wednesday, when it halted all inbound and outbound container services at its Meishan terminal after one employee tested positive for Covid-19. Consultant GardaWorld estimated the terminal accounted for about 25% of container cargo through the port, though Ningbo-Zhoushan had said it would redirect ships to other terminals and adjust operating hours at other docks.

Comment: It's notable that just a month earlier a port and railway in South Africa was shut due to a major cyber attack. And earlier in March and then May there were issues with ships blocking the passage of the Suez canal. Should this pattern continue, it's possible the cumulative effect of these shutdowns and delays could soon cause significant disruptions to shipping logistics worldwide.

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Real estate developer sues Los Angeles over eviction moratorium, claims 'astronomical losses' in unpaid rent

Gina Martinez
Daily Mail
Thu, 12 Aug 2021 18:10 UTC
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Los Angeles' moratorium states that residents who are not able to pay rent due to the pandemic cannot be evicted for at least 12 months after the local emergency period expires
A building management company has sued the City of Los Angeles for $100 million claiming they have lost $20 million in unpaid rent due to the eviction moratorium and predict their losses will triple before the ban ends.

The suit was filed by GHP Management Corp, which is owned by real estate developer Geoffrey Palmer.

GHP claimed that the 12 buildings under its management have experienced a combined loss of $20million in unpaid rental income as a result of the COVID-19 eviction moratorium, which stops landlords kicking out tenants.

Comment: Also see: Welcome to the Great Reset? Corporate landlords poised to snatch Americans' property after eviction moratorium expires

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Evacuation of US Embassy in Kabul is complete, State Department says

Mychael Schnell
The Hill
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 10:04 UTC
Kabul Airport
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Kabul Airport
The State Department announced on Sunday that the evacuation of personnel from its embassy in Kabul is complete, hours after the U.S. started pulling staff from the consulate amid the Taliban's takeover of the capital city. State Department spokesperson Ned Price wrote in a statement:
"We can confirm that the safe evacuation of all Embassy personnel is now complete. All Embassy personnel are located on the premises of Hamid Karzai International Airport, whose perimeter is secured by the U.S. Military,"
The news comes after the U.S. started evacuating personnel from the embassy Sunday morning, after the Taliban seized control of Kabul, which drove Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to leave the country.

He later wrote in a statement on Facebook that he fled to avoid confrontations in Kabul that could have led to more bloodshed.

The American flag was lowered from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul earlier on Sunday, marking the final step in the evacuation of personnel from the consulate.

Comment: This is insanity in motion...as all hell breaks loose:


Mass evacuation from Kabul airport validates decision to increase of US troops to support those leaving the city:
As Kabul international airport was plunged into chaos, becoming the only way out of the country for thousands of Afghans desperate to escape Taliban rule, the US announced it would be taking over air traffic control at the airport to speed up the evacuation of Americans as well as allied Afghans.

"Over the next 48 hours, we will have expanded our security presence to nearly 6,000 troops, with a mission focused solely on facilitating these efforts and will be taking over air traffic control."


The backup troops will be used to streamline the evacuation of "thousands" of Americans that have resided in Afghanistan, local US embassy employees, as well as "other particularly vulnerable Afghan nationals."

"Thousands of Afghans" that qualify for special immigrant visas will also be evacuated. All those who have passed security checks will be flown directly to the US, while others will be moved to "additional locations" where they can wait to be cleared.

Panicked residents, fearing repercussions under Taliban rule, clogged city streets with cars in a last-minute attempt to reach the airport. Footage circulating online shows large groups of people flocking to the airport's entrance as shots rang out in the background. The gunfire reportedly led to the suspension of all commercial flights, leaving it up to military planes to evacuate stranded residents. Armored trucks were spotted on the tarmac, cruising through the crowds, as US servicemen were seen establishing a security сordon around the airport.
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Watch; Traffic jams, chaos at Kabul airport as thousands try to flee Taliban takeover


RT
Sun, 15 Aug 2021 22:33 UTC
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Taliban outside Hamid Karzai International Airport
The downfall of the Afghan government and rapid advancement of the Taliban who entered the country's capital taking over key locations, has sent thousands fleeing in a desperate bid to escape before the takeover is complete.

The Taliban began entering Kabul on Sunday as it reached the ultimate destination of its countrywide offensive that has gained momentum in the past two weeks. The encirclement of the city prompted the collapse of the government, with President Ashraf Ghani announcing his resignation and fleeing the country.

The impending full takeover by the Taliban has caused full-blown traffic chaos across the capital. Footage circulating online shows the city's street packed with cars, as people tried to either reach their homes - or the city's airport, the last option remaining to escape.

Comment: Hundreds of Afghans flee to the airport as Taliban enter the city:
According to Associate Press, the jumble at the airport started on Saturday in anticipation of the Taliban's approach, with many in the city hoping to fly out of the country. The same day, all commercial flights from the airport were suspended, with only military aircraft allowed to fly.

NATO said in a statement on Sunday that it would continue carrying out operations at the Kabul airport to keep Afghanistan connected with the world, and to "facilitate and coordinate evacuations," according to a tweet from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.


Several people have been killed after attempting to hold on to a plane ferrying evacuees out of Afghanistan's capital:


Criticism on the home front increased for the Biden Administration:
Biden, who said Afghan forces had to fight back against the Islamist Taliban, was due to speak on Afghanistan at 1945 GMT (3:45 p.m. EDT) after returning from the presidential retreat at Camp David.

He is facing a barrage of criticism, from even his own diplomats, over his handling of the U.S. exit, pulling out troops and then sending back thousands to help with the evacuation.

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said on Twitter:
"If President Biden truly has no regrets about his decision to withdraw, then he is disconnected from reality when it comes to Afghanistan."
Republican Representative Jim Banks, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told Fox News:
"We have never seen an American leader abdicate his responsibilities and leadership like Joe Biden has. He's in hiding. The lights are on at the White House, but nobody's home. Where is Joe Biden?"
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said U.S. forces were working with Turkish and other international troops to clear Kabul airport to allow international evacuation flights to resume.


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