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Common sense: Survey finds majority of Swiss refuse to pay more for fuel & heating to meet 'climate change' goals

Switzerland highway gas station
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Traffic on the A52 motorway passes a Shell gas station near the village of Hinteregg, Switzerland.
The majority of Swiss are reluctant to fund climate change goals from their own pocket, a new survey has shown. Younger people, and those living in rural areas, are especially unwilling to pay more for gas, heating and air travel.

The 2050 carbon neutrality goals, outlined by the Switzerland authorities, are out of step with the population's readiness to pay increasingly higher bills to fund them, according to a new survey. The poll, conducted among some 23,000 people, was commissioned by the Tamedia and 20 Minuten media groups early in October with its findings published Sunday.

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Bad Guys

San Francisco Safeway store now closing earlier due to rampant shoplifting

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© Mike Kepka/The Chronicle
The Safeway store at Market and Church streets in San Francisco now closes earlier, at 9 p.m., because of what the company describes as an “increasing amount of theft.” San Francisco supervisors complain that the early closure will negatively affect customers and employees of the store.
Yet another major retailer in San Francisco has made the decision to close earlier due to excessive theft particularly at night, according to San Francisco Supervisor Rafael Mandelman.

The Castro Safeway on Market and Church Streets was open 24 hours, but that's not the case any longer. Signs posted on its entrance state its new hours are 6 am to 9 pm, effective October 24.

Many shoppers were surprised to find that the Safeway they frequent at off-hours is cutting back.

Comment: The Hill adds:
This decision by the Castro Safeway comes less than a month after pharmacy retail giant Walgreens announced it would be closing some locations in San Francisco due to organized retail theft. One San Francisco Walgreens that was closed last year was reportedly losing $1,000 to theft a day.

"I think the last 6 months from what they say has been sort of - off the charts in terms of how bad it's been. It's sad, upsetting and frustrating." a Walgreens spokesperson said.

According to KPIX, Mandelman characterized the changing hours of the Safeway as an equity problem. "There's a lot of low-income folks, seniors, folks with disability, who rely on that Safeway and other Safeways around the city," he said.

In September, San Francisco announced a new initiative to crack down on retail theft. These new measures included increasing the staffing of the police department's Organized Retail Crime Unit and updating the department's reporting system to allow businesses to more easily report thefts online.

"Retail theft and commercial burglaries are not victimless crimes," San Francisco Mayor London Breed said at the time. "They hurt working families due to reduced work hours, shuttered stores and lost jobs. They hurt customers and seniors who are losing convenient access to prescription medications and vaccinations because of pharmacy closures. They hurt neighborhoods suffering from fewer local retailers and more empty storefronts."
So much for 'defund the police'.


Airplane

Sydney International Airport a hive of activity as Australia reopens border

sydney airport open covid
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Incoming travellers can now quarantine at home for two weeks instead of in a hotel
Until Monday the travel hub had been almost deserted due to the pandemic.

Sydney's international airport came alive with tears, embraces and laughter on Monday as Australia's border opened for the first time in 20 months, with some arriving travellers tearing away mandatory masks to see the faces of long-missed loved ones.

Australia is betting that vaccination rates are now high enough to mitigate the danger of allowing international visitors again after maintaining some of the lengthiest and strictest border controls anywhere during the coronavirus pandemic.

Before the pandemic, Sydney was Australia's busiest international airport but until Monday it had been almost deserted.

Comment: How long will it last, even for the "fully-vaccinated"? Is this another gaslight exercise by the tyrannical Australian government? All those 'rules' are still on the books and can be re-implemented at any time.


Heart

More covid rebellion: Unvaccinated nurses open wellness centre in Kamloops, B.C.

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© Tim Petruk
A user-pay wellness clinic was opened by a group of unvaccinated nurses October 29, 2021 in North Kamloops, British Columbia
Unvaccinated nurses all over the province are no longer permitted to work for British Columbia health authorities.

A group of Kamloops nurses who did not receive the COVID-19 vaccine is using their job loss as an opportunity to start up Ezra Wellness on Tranquille Road.

"We're not being allowed to help. We were told we weren't wanted, we weren't needed — and yet, we know we are," said team lead Glenn Aalderink.

Ezra Wellness is still developing its platform, but the clinic says it hopes to ease some of the strain on emergency rooms by assessing patients and offering guidance. It will operate as a private clinic and, as of right now, services are free and nurses are volunteering.

Comment: Castanet follows up:
An unvaccinated nurse who opened a user-pay wellness clinic this week in North Kamloops says plans are in place for similar storefronts to debut soon in Kelowna and Salmon Arm.

Glenn Aalderink, a former Royal Inland Hospital nurse who organized a well-attended Sept. 1 anti-vax rally on Columbia Street, told Castanet he opened the doors to Ezra Wellness on Tuesday.

He said it's not a medical clinic and it does not offer medical care.

"At best, I'd say consultation. A lot of it is just we evaluate, we have a discussion and we see where we can go and what might potentially work," he said.

"So if you came in and you had questions, we would help place you or point you in the direction of what we think — collectively, you and I — would be best, through all modalities like massage, nutrition, naturopath, Western medicine. It's whatever we think would help you, even personal trainers."

Interior Health confirmed it is aware of Ezra Wellness, but a spokesperson said IH "does not oversee private clinics providing medical services." The health authority said anyone working in healthcare has to follow provincial rules — and anyone caught breaking them could be penalized.

"All individuals providing medical care in B.C. are required to comply with the BC Health Professionals Act," IH said in a statement to Castanet.

"If we receive information about a clinic that may be operating outside of this, we will report individuals involved to their respective professional regulating bodies — the BC College of Nurses and Midwives for nurses and BC College of Physicians and Surgeons for physicians."

IH said any concerned individual is free to file such a report.

According to Aalderink, Ezra Wellness has another location in Grand Forks and is about to open clinics in Kelowna and Salmon Arm. Others are in the works, he said, in Langley, Northern B.C., Alberta, Ontario and Australia.
The College of Nurses is watchful, but not making any trouble yet:
The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives, which regulates licenses for nurses in the province, has concerns about misinformation that could come from these clinics.

"(The College) and other health profession regulators in B.C. share serious concerns about how the spread of misinformation by regulated health professionals about COVID-19 and vaccination may jeopardize the safety of patients and the public," spokesperson Johanna Ward said in an emailed statement. "We also have concerns about regulated health professionals promoting or sharing information about COVID-19 treatments that are not supported by widely accepted scientific evidence."

Ward said nurses can own and operate their own clinics as long as they follow bylaws, standards of practice and work within their scope of practice.

The College also recommends those nurses seek legal advice.

Although Aalderink's employment with Interior Health was terminated, he still holds his license with the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives. He is also trying to communicate with the College to cooperate in order to allow the clinic to operate.

He said there are at least 40 other healthcare workers that are willing to collaborate with him, including former Interior Health nurses, chiropractors and naturopaths.

There is no examination room and only space for consultations behind a desk, but Aalderink said he can check basic vital statistics and will be willing to make house calls.

"This is the first time I've been building something. Everything else is trying to hold my line in society. Society has proven they don't want us," he said. "(The College) can take away my license to practice but not my skills."



Eye 1

More than 4,000 unvaccinated health workers in Queensland will be suspended with pay, Health Minister expects surge when VACCINATED travel again

Yvette

Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said Queensland Health will manage the staff reduction.(ABC News)
Health Minister Yvette D'Ath announced 4,000 unvaccinated health care staff would be suspended this week with full pay leading to some "disruptions" for Queensland Health.

The 4,000 workers who have refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 amount to around three per cent of the total health work force in Queensland.


Comment: It doesn't seem like a lot, but is Queensland is already suffering from a deficit of workers? This is the case in the UK where the system becomes 'overwhelmed' even during a mild flu season: "Frightening" shortfall of 50,000 doctors for UK's NHS this winter, healthcare staff 'quit over the summer' - BMA


Speaking on Monday Ms D'Ath said there were 7,000 people who were yet to be fully vaccinated but 3,000 were on long service or maternity leave.

Comment: See also: RNA Vaccines, Obedience and Eugenics

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Snowflake

(New Normal) Winter is Coming

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Winter is coming ... and you know what that means.

That's right, it's nearly time once again for the global-capitalist ruling classes to whip the New Normal masses into a state of mindless mass hysteria over an imaginary apocalyptic virus. the same imaginary apocalyptic virus that they have whipped the New Normal masses into a state of mass hysteria over throughout the Winter for the last two years.

They've got their work cut out for them this time. Seriously, how much more mass hysterical could the New Normals possibly get at this point?

Comment: More from CJ Hopkins:


Syringe

NYC suffers from shortage of firefighters and EMS stemming from vaccine mandate

NYC fire department FDNY
© Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
People walk past the FDNY Engine Co. 216 station house on October 29, 2021 in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn borough in New York City.
New York City is suffering from a shortage of firefighters and EMS personnel on the eve of the November 1 deadline, which requires city workers have at least one dosage of a COVID vaccine, according to reports.

A report from the New York Post said 26 companies of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) citywide were "shuttered" on Saturday as a result of the city's vaccine mandate, per city officials.

"As of 7:30am this morning, 26 @FDNY companies are closed including 5 in my district due to @NYCMayor locking out unvaccinated firefighters," Nicole Malliotakis (R-SI, Brooklyn) tweeted on October 30. "If someone dies due to a slower emergency response, it's on Bill de Blasio and his overreaching mandates. I hope this fool fixes it ASAP!"

Comment: They're already trying to spin this as not being abnormal, or having nothing to do with the vax mandates, but when the city is burning, citizens will know where to place the blame.

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Airplane

American Airlines cancels more than 600 flights on Sunday, more than 1500 in three days

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American Airlines canceled another 634 flights on Sunday, more than 12% of its total operations for the day, the company said Sunday.

The airline has now canceled more than 1,500 flights since Friday, as it deals with weather issues and staffing shortages that started last week.

"With additional weather throughout the system, our staffing begins to run tight as crew members end up out of their regular flight sequences," American said in a statement to CNN on Saturday.

Comment: Sound familiar? Could more be going on behind the scenes than is being reported?

See: Rebellion? Southwest Airlines cancels 1,800 flights, blames 'bad weather' - Meanwhile pilots file court order against Biden's vax mandate


Syringe

Court blocks hospital system from forcing Christian doctors, nurses to get COVID vaccine

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Today, at the conclusion of an emergency hearing, a federal District Court of Illinois issued a temporary restraining order against NorthShore University HealthSystem on behalf of 14 health care workers who have been unlawfully discriminated against and denied religious exemptions from the COVID shot mandate. The court said the plaintiffs are likely to prevail on Title VII and the Illinois Health Care Right of Conscience Act.

The court set November 16 for a preliminary injunction hearing. In the meantime, Liberty Counsel will file a brief with the court for conditional class status to extend the relief for the entire class of health care workers.

As of last Friday, NorthShore had already started purging employees with sincere religious objections to its "Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy," by removing many of those employees from the November work schedule, including those whose appeals were still pending.

Comment: It looks like a similar thing just happened in Louisiana. From The Gateway Pundit:
The Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary restraining order on Thursday against Ochsner Hospital and for all hospitals statewide from firing employees who refuse to get vaccinated while the mandate's legality is in court.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeal in Shreveport ruled in favor of Shreveport nurses just a day before Ochsner Health's Friday deadline for its 32,000 employees to get vaccinated or face termination. The hospital enacted a mandatory vaccination policy back in August where employees should be vaccinated or an exemption by Oct. 29 and refusal will result in dismissal.

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Here are the copies of the Order from the Second Circuit Court of Appeal reversing the trial court, and the original petition. This is sent to us by Atty. David Dalia, member of the Frontline Doctors Attorney Alliance.

Hayes, Et Al v University Health Shreveport, LLC DBA Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport, LLC Etc., 54-445-Cw, 10... by Jim Hoft on Scribd
In both cases, these measures are temporary, so it remains to be seen whether or not mandatory vaccinations are abolished in any context in the future. We live in hope.


Bullseye

Bill Maher: Despite some not wanting to 'Give up' on COVID, 'It's over' - 'We shouldn't fire people who have natural immunity'

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On Friday's broadcast of HBO's "Real Time," host Bill Maher stated, "I know some people seem to not want to give up on the wonderful pandemic, but you know what? It's over." And that vaccinated people shouldn't have to wear masks, and "We shouldn't fire people who have natural immunity because they don't get the vaccine."

Maher said, "I'm not sure what the latest Dr. Fauci thing was on Halloween, he's change[d] his mind a lot but I think it was go and do it. I hope so. Because it certainly has been my position since the beginning of this, just resume living. I mean, come on, the 15 of 100,000, that's where we are cases in California, 15 cases per 100,000 people, I know some people seem to not want to give up on the wonderful pandemic, but you know what? It's over. There's always going to be a variant, you shouldn't have to wear masks."

He added, "[A]lso, vaccine, mask, pick one. You've got to pick. You can't make me mask if I've had the vaccine."

Comment: Bill Maher continues along his trajectory of being amazingly on-point on some subjects while being nothing but a typical MSM stooge on others. This is a good example of the former. While we can hope that he's just slow on the uptake on the big picture, there's a very good chance he'll never get there. But as long as he's dropping the occasional good nugget, we'll be happy.

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