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Europol warns gangs are selling fake COVID certificates for air travel

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Wed, 03 Feb 2021 08:25 UTC

Criminal gangs in Europe are producing and selling fake negative COVID-19 test certificates in airports and online, according to Europol, the bloc's police cooperation and coordination agency.

"As long as travel restrictions remain in place due to the Covid-19 situation, it is highly likely that production and sales of fake test certificates will prevail," Europol said in a statement Monday.

"Given the widespread technological means available, in the form of high-quality printers and different software, fraudsters can produce high-quality counterfeit, forged, or fake documents ... Member states should be vigilant," Europol continued.

Comment: Seems fitting that along with the fake pandemic, we are seeing a proliferation of fake documentation. And with the lockdown and restrictions dragging on for no good reason, likely to be very popular.

Amid COVID, nursing home uproar, a mass exodus of Cuomo health officials

Bernadette Hogan, Carl Campanile and Bruce Golding
New York Post
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 15:46 UTC

At least nine top Cuomo administration health officials have resigned, retired or been reassigned amid the coronavirus crisis that's devastated New York — while embattled Health Commissioner Howard Zucker has kept his job.

The flood of departures was reported Monday by the New York Times, which tied them to dissatisfaction with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's handling of the coronavirus crisis and cited sources who complained that pandemic policy is set entirely by Cuomo and a close circle of aides rather than health experts.

"When I say 'experts' in air quotes, it sounds like I'm saying I don't really trust the experts," Cuomo acknowledged in a stunningly blunt answer to a reporter's question Friday.

"Because I don't. Because I don't."

A health care industry source called it "hard to reconcile that comment with 'We're gonna let the science lead us' or 'We follow the science.'"
"Well, who is providing the science?" the source said.

Comment: Cuomo is a very dangerous idiot and the sooner more New Yorkers recognize the reality of his incompetence and the political motivations behind the Covid-hysteria he's induced, the better. He should have been recalled many months ago.

Kushner and Berkowitz nominated for Nobel peace prize, joins Greta Thunberg and Alexei Navalny

The Guardian
Sun, 31 Jan 2021 23:00 UTC

Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, have been nominated for the Nobel peace prize for their role in negotiating four normalisation deals between Israel and Arab nations known as the "Abraham Accords".

Kushner, who is Trump's son-in-law, and Berkowitz, who was the Middle East envoy, were key figures in negotiating deals between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco.

The two former deputies to then-President Donald Trump were nominated by American attorney Alan Dershowitz, who was eligible to do so in his capacity as a professor emeritus of Harvard Law School. Dershowitz defended Trump in his first impeachment trial last year and told the Wall Street Journal on 20 January that the Senate should dismiss the article of impeachment against the former president, as he was no longer in office.

The bar for nominations is low, as they are are accepted from thousands of people, from members of parliament to former winners and heads of state. There were more than 300 nominations for last year's award, which was ultimately won by the World Food Programme. Kushner said in a statement he was honoured to be nominated for the prize, which will be awarded in October.

Comment: Not all were on the same Nobel page as Dershowitz for this nomination, reactions brutally reveal:

Scotland extends lockdown until end of February, announces 'managed quarantine' for all international arrivals

RT
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:38 UTC

© REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A government public health information message is seen on a roadside sign near Milnathort, Scotland, UK

The Scottish first minister has extended the nation's lockdown amid severe pressure on the NHS and says the country will bring in new measures to prevent potentially harmful variants entering Scotland from abroad.

Comment: The NHS is under no more pressure than usual, in some parts of the UK it has actually seen LESS admissions than usual: NHS had 15% LESS patients this December compared to 2019 - Any crisis is due to budget cuts, staff shortages and excessive measures

The latest data shows that there has been "real progress" in bringing Covid-19 case numbers down, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told lawmakers on Tuesday, but she also issued words of caution. "The situation does continue to remain fragile...The risk is increased as the new variant accounts for 73 percent of new cases," she noted.

Pressure on the NHS is severe, she added, noting that the number of people in hospital is still 30 percent higher than during the first peak of the pandemic in Scotland.

Comment: Note that they don't compare that with previous years with serious flu, because the difference would be minimal.

Comment: The lockdowns appear to be indefinite. In England councils have had their emergency powers extended until July - they may have gone for longer however that's all the current laws will allow. This is the new normal that leaders and figureheads around the world have been conditioning people into accepting, accompanied by their 'catchy' slogan to "Build Back Better", and it just so happens they have this harmless virus to blame:

Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal #34: Covid By Numbers

Texit on the horizon? Texas secession bill formally filed in state legislature

Fares Sabawi
ksat.com
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 20:10 UTC

Rep. Kyle Biedermann's proposal would allow for referendum on Texas secession

Texas State Capitol, Austin

After weeks of touting his secession bill on social media, State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, formally filed the proposed legislation on Friday, which would give Texans a chance to explore opting out of the union in a referendum.

Biedermann began talking about the potential "Texit" in early December, saying it's his response to a federal government that is "out of control and does not represent the values of Texans."

In a news release published after he filed the bill, Biedermann said HB-1359 would not allow for "immediate independence," but create a referendum that, if approved, would lead to the creation of a committee that would develop a plan for secession.

Comment: Needless to say, the owners of the USA aren't going to like this one bit.

How long before Russians are blamed for 'sowing discord in the American dream'?

Moscow Court replaces Navalny's suspended sentence with 3.5 years in prison in fraud case

Sputnik
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:39 UTC

The Simonovsky Court of Moscow on Tuesday cancelled Alexey Navalny's suspended sentence in the Yves Rocher case and replaced it with 3.5 years of real sentence in a colony, a Sputnik correspondent reported from a visiting session in the Moscow City Court.

"The court finds the FSIN's [Federal Penitentiary Service] presentation to be satisfied," judge Natalya Repnikova read the decision.

Taking into consideration the time Navalny previously spent under house arrest, the real sentence will be 2 years 8 months, the court said.

The decision to change the suspended sentence has not yet entered into force. The parties have ten days to appeal the ruling.

Navalny's defence will appeal the court's ruling, his lawyer Vadim Kobzev said.

Row over SNP decision to boost disabled and ethnic minority candidates

Gina Davidson
The Scotsman
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 19:10 UTC

Nicola Sturgeon's party is enveloped in a new row involving minorities.

A decision taken on Sunday by the party's National Executive Committee (NEC) will see the SNP challenge the legal restrictions around political parties promoting minority groups other than women, in a bid to increase their representation in the Scottish Parliament.

The party agreed a proposal that would see the top spots on the eight regional lists for the May election reserved for either a black and ethnic minority candidate or a disabled candidate.

However, the move appears to go against legal advice the party received from Jonathan Mitchell QC, which was later leaked, who said such a decision was legally "dubious" and would be open to challenge in the courts.

Mr Mitchell also raised concerns about the party's plans to allow people to self-identify as BAME and disabled, though he said there was statutory guidance for the latter.

Capitol officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt should not face charges, investigators say

Jack Hadfield
National File
Mon, 01 Feb 2021 19:03 UTC

Investigators looking into the fatal shooting of Ashli Babbitt by a Capitol Police officer have determined that the officer should not face charges.

Sources familiar with the situation have told the Wall Street Journal that the investigators behind a preliminary look into Ashli Babbitt's killing by the officer during the Capitol Hill protests on January 6th have recommended that the man not face any charges for her death.

Babbitt, a 35 year-old veteran of the US Air Force who had served four tours, was shot and killed by the officer when she entered the Capitol with hundreds of others. Her husband described her as a "strong supporter of President Trump, and a great patriot to all who knew her."

Two FBI agents fatally shot, three wounded while serving warrant in South Florida

David J. Neal, Michelle Marchante, Jay Weaver and David Ovalle
Tampa Bay Times
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 18:57 UTC

© JOE CAVARETTA | South Florida Sun Sentinel
Two FBI agents were shot and killed in a Sunrise neighborhood attempting to serve a warrant on Tuesday.

Two agents were shot and killed and three wounded while serving a warrant at a Sunrise home Tuesday morning, the FBI confirmed Tuesday morning. After barricading himself in the home for several hours, the suspected gunman is believed to have shot and killed himself, one law-enforcement source said.

Sunrise police said the suspect, a man suspected of child pornography possession, had holed up in his home at an apartment complex at 10100 Reflections Blvd. West. Nob Hill Road is closed in both directions from Northwest 44th Street to Oakland Park Boulevard.

"Two wounded agents were transported to hospital and are in stable condition," the FBI said in a statement. The statement did not address the condition of the third agent. The victims appeared to have been taken to the trauma unit at Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. Dozen of police officers from area agencies were already gathered outside by 11 a.m.

Lockdowns cause alcohol related deaths to soar to highest in 20 years in UK - ONS

RT
Tue, 02 Feb 2021 15:28 UTC

More people have died in England and Wales from drinking alcohol during the first three quarters of 2020 than at any other time in the past two decades, according to records kept by the UK's Office of National Statistics (ONS).

In a new report released on Tuesday, the ONS found that alcohol was a contributing factor in 5,460 deaths in England and Wales between January and September - a 17-percent increase on booze-related fatalities over the same period of the year before.

In 2019, there were 11 deaths per 100,000. That rate increased to 12.8 in 2020.

Comment: Mental illness, addiction and trauma of all kinds are reaching levels never seen before, and it's bound to only get worse because the government have hinted that there's no end in sight to the lockdowns:

For one, there is no.... time .....like the present.....so stop killing it ;)

Fewtile

Migrant crisis could bring 1M people to US-Mexico border, Guatemalan activist warns…………problem solved…….

FanciedPhilosophy

I think picking an arbitrary day; cause any day is arbitrary while the globe spins, suggests the plan is crumbling into a big pile of resentment....

Buffalo_Ken

All the new cases (phony PCR tests) and increased medical problems will be blamed on un-vaxxed people. Witch burning in the 21st century!

Rick Pisces

AI here..... what the hell is going on? Are we trying to get into those kids heads? Why would anyone do that. AI - over and out.

Buffalo_Ken

Society's Child

Europol warns gangs are selling fake COVID certificates for air travel

Amid COVID, nursing home uproar, a mass exodus of Cuomo health officials

Kushner and Berkowitz nominated for Nobel peace prize, joins Greta Thunberg and Alexei Navalny

Scotland extends lockdown until end of February, announces 'managed quarantine' for all international arrivals

Texit on the horizon? Texas secession bill formally filed in state legislature

Moscow Court replaces Navalny's suspended sentence with 3.5 years in prison in fraud case

Row over SNP decision to boost disabled and ethnic minority candidates

Capitol officer who shot and killed Ashli Babbitt should not face charges, investigators say

Two FBI agents fatally shot, three wounded while serving warrant in South Florida

Lockdowns cause alcohol related deaths to soar to highest in 20 years in UK - ONS

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