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Explosives bring down rest of South Florida collapsed condo

Rebecca Santana and Bobby Caina Calvan
AP
Mon, 05 Jul 2021 06:42 UTC

© AP Photo/Lynne Sladky
The damaged remaining structure at the Champlain Towers South condo building collapses in a controlled demolition, Sunday, July 4, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. The decision to demolish the Surfside building came after concerns mounted that the damaged structure was at risk of falling, endangering the crews below and preventing them from operating in some areas.

Demolition crews set off explosives late Sunday that brought down the damaged remaining portion of a collapsed South Florida condo building, a key step to resuming the search for victims as rescuers seek access to new areas of the rubble.

A loud rat-at-tat of explosions echoed from the structure just before 10:30 p.m. Then the building began to fall, one floor after another, cascading into an explosion of dust. Plumes billowed into the air, as crowds watched the scene from afar.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told the Associated Press after the demolition that crews had been given the all-clear to resume their search-and-rescue mission to locate the 121 people believed to be missing under a wing of the Champlain Tower South that collapsed June 24. So far, rescuers have recovered the remains of 24 people. No one has been rescued alive since the first hours after the collapse.

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How the CDC lied to keep children in plastic boxes

21st Century Wire
Thu, 01 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

Nothing illustrates the mad hysteria of pandemic theater like the bizarre "safety" measures employed by school officials. From the onset, over-zealous teachers unions and health & safety mavens have led a maximum pressure campaign which has all but destroyed any chance of children getting an adequate education experience in 2020 and 2021. As if forcing children to stay at home on Zoom wasn't bad enough, government 'public health' officials and school administrators have systematically abused children by forcing them to wear masks all day in school, or worse: forcing children into isolation either due to a fraudulent PCR test result, or from another child who tested PCR positive in their cohort, or because their teacher tested positive - even though the children are statistically at roughly zero risk of even getting a cough due to COVID-19. Some teachers unions are even lobbying to have children vaccinated with the unlicensed experimental jab in order for schools to be "safe for return" this fall.

But in terms of peak lunacy, nothing can match the policy of constructing plastic boxes to supposedly protect children from the virus in classrooms. In fact, there was never any actual 'science' to back-up this fanciful policy. While school administrators deferred to the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for supposed guidance, now it's revealed that the CDC were just making it up as they went along.

Israeli researchers discover global cyberattack in over 1,300 locations

The Jerusalem Post
Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:46 UTC

A global cyberattack that struck more than 1,300 locations was discovered by a team of Israeli researchers on Thursday, the parent company, Guardicore, announced. The two researchers are Liad Mordekovitz and Ofir Harpaz.

The cyberattack, which targeted over 2,000 companies and organizations, attacked the servers of companies and organizations specializing in the fields of health, tourism, communications and education. They service hospitals, hotels, educational institutions and government agencies, mostly located in the United States, Vietnam and India.

The scope of the area of the attack initially made it difficult for the researchers to locate the hackers.

Comment: By "team of Israeli researchers" do they mean "intelligence-backed cyber-security front company"?

Did cops attack and provoke peaceful protesters on January 6?

Julie Kelly
American Greatness
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 06:59 UTC

Joe Biden's Justice Department is using every legal maneuver at its disposal to keep under wraps more than 14,000 hours of surveillance footage captured by the United States Capitol Police security system on January 6. Prosecutors insist the recordings are "highly sensitive" material; USCP's general counsel warns that releasing the videos would provoke another "attack" on the Capitol complex.

But the trove of footage held by USCP isn't the only video used as incriminating evidence in court proceedings, particularly hearings where prosecutors argue that a January 6 defendant should remain behind bars awaiting trial. The Justice Department also has footage recorded by body cameras worn by D.C. Metropolitan Police officers. (According to the USCP's general counsel, Capitol police officers don't wear body cameras. Interesting.)

Federal prosecutors routinely petition the court for pre-trial detention of January 6 defendants; judges have concurred in dozens of cases. Proof that the accused is a "danger" to society largely rests on cherry-picked video clips created by the government from video footage exclusively held by the government.

After news organizations complained their reporters could not see the clips during virtual court hearings, Beryl Howell, the chief judge of the D.C. District Court handling each one of the 500 or so Capitol breach cases, set up a way for journalists to access video evidence on a case-by-case basis.

Comment: See also:

Judge rules Minneapolis must hire more cops by next year, as crime rates climb

Matthew Impelli
Newsweek
Fri, 02 Jul 2021 20:37 UTC

Minneapolis must hire more police officers by next year, according to a recent ruling by a Hennepin County judge, as the city faces an increase in crime.

Eight plaintiffs wrote in a complaint to the city that "Minneapolis is in a crisis," citing the rise in crime following the recent George Floyd protests.

In response to the complaint, Hennepin County District Judge Jamie Anderson said in the order that Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and the city council must "immediately take any and all necessary action to ensure that they fund a police force."

Comment: Minneapolis is coming to its senses. Next step should be turfing out the council members who voted for this insane experiment.

Apple makes employees wear police-grade body cams in response to leaks

Corina Garcia
FPT
Wed, 30 Jun 2021 00:00 UTC

Welp. You read the title. You heard it here first. For the first time ever reported, Apple is making some of its employees wear what we were told were "police-grade" body cameras similar to the #1 law enforcement camera, the Axon Body 2. "Similar," if not the same.

As a response to an ever-expanding Apple leak culture, and staying true to their brand, the company has taken this new dramatic step to ensure that its hardware trade secrets stay out of the hands of leakers like our very own, Jon Prosser.

The Arizona Republic sues state Senate, Cyber Ninjas for election audit records

Corinne Murdock
Arizona Sun Times
Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:00 UTC

One of Arizona's largest newspapers is suing the state Senate and the contracted company running the audit, Cyber Ninjas, for access to their election audit records and financial records. The Arizona Republic, part of the Gannett mass media company, filed a special action on Wednesday in the Maricopa County Superior Court - case number LC2021-000180. Reportedly, the Senate denied the paper's request for access to the audit and financial records, saying they weren't public record. The specific information they hope to obtain includes the process for the audit, businesses involved, funding sources, and all communications of those involved.

The plaintiffs in the case are Phoenix Newspapers and Kathy Tulumello, news director for The Arizona Republic. Including the state Senate and Cyber Ninjas, the other defendants named are Senate President Karen Fann (R-Prescott), Senate Majority Leader Warren Petersen (R-Gilbert), and the secretary for the Senate, Susan Aceves.

The complaint argued that all documents relative to the audit are public record because Cyber Ninjas was engaged in a "core governmental function" partly funded by taxpayer dollars.

Black owners of Texas restaurant accused of racism after introducing extensive dress code

RT
Sat, 03 Jul 2021 17:38 UTC

Turkey Leg Hut - a Houston, Texas restaurant owned by an African-American couple - has been accused of racism after unveiling a lengthy dress code which includes bans on ripped jeans, cleavage, and baggy pants.

The restaurant, which specializes in turkey legs, published its new dress code on Friday to heavy criticism online.

The dress code included bans on cleavage, exposed thighs and buttocks, swimwear, sports bras, tank tops, ripped jeans, clothes with "offensive graphics," various hats including "bonnets, du rags" and bandanas, and "excessively baggy or sagging pants."

"Please know that we are a family friendly restaurant that serves all ages from children to adults daily and putting this dress code in place was necessary to ensure that all parties from our guests to our staff are dressed appropriately when in our establishment."

The restaurant added that it was forced to implement the dress code "due to the attire of some guests" who had visited. "We are not a club," Turkey Leg Hut continued, before concluding that it wants to maintain a certain level of standards.

Though Turkey Leg Hut is black-owned and boasts a large mural of George Floyd outside its restaurant, some social media users called the dress code "Anti-Black" and "internalized racist."

NY Times roasted by critics, lawmakers for suggesting US flag is now 'alienating to some': 'Disgusting'

Cortney O'Brien
Fox News
Sun, 04 Jul 2021 19:37 UTC

The New York Times was ripped on Saturday for publishing a piece that suggested the American flag has become a symbol of divisiveness.

"Today, flying the American flag from the back of a pickup truck or over a lawn is increasingly seen as a clue, albeit an imperfect one, to a person's political affiliation in a deeply divided nation," the Times tweeted on Saturday, with a link to their piece, "A Fourth of July Symbol of Unity That May No Longer Unite."

Trump ally Sen. Doug Mastriano raises 2020 election audit plan in Pennsylvania

CBS Pittsburgh
Fri, 02 Jul 2021 18:39 UTC

Following in the footsteps of Arizona's Senate Republicans, Pennsylvania's Republican-controlled Senate is considering an investigation into how last year's presidential election was conducted, a quest fueled by former President Donald Trump's baseless claims that fraud was behind his loss in the battleground state.

Comment: They're not baseless.

No county election board, prosecutor or state official has raised a concern over any sort of widespread election fraud in November's election in Pennsylvania, a crucial state that Democrat Joe Biden won by more than 80,000 votes, or just over 1 percentage point.

Comment: You can't raise concern over something you don't even want to look at.

Any Senate-issued subpoenas for an Arizona-style "election audit" will face strident opposition from Democrats, legal questions and almost certainly challenges in Pennsylvania's courts, as battles over election laws rage through swing states and Congress, spurred on by Trump's falsehoods.

Comment: Naturally, because they stole the election.

Senate Republicans have been mostly silent about their internal deliberations.

Sen. Doug Mastriano, a rising force in Pennsylvania's ultra-conservative circles who has talked of his desire to bring an Arizona-style audit to Pennsylvania, led a private briefing Wednesday for Republican senators on his plan.

In Arizona, the state Senate used its subpoena power to take possession of more than 2 million ballots and the machines that counted them, along with computer data.

Comment: The Maricopa audit is completed. Now it's just a matter of waiting for the results, which should prove interesting.

Mathematician Edward Solomon claims to have determined the (very simple) algorithm used to rig the vote in all of Maricopa County. See details below:

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Society's Child

Explosives bring down rest of South Florida collapsed condo

How the CDC lied to keep children in plastic boxes

Israeli researchers discover global cyberattack in over 1,300 locations

Did cops attack and provoke peaceful protesters on January 6?

Judge rules Minneapolis must hire more cops by next year, as crime rates climb

Apple makes employees wear police-grade body cams in response to leaks

The Arizona Republic sues state Senate, Cyber Ninjas for election audit records

Black owners of Texas restaurant accused of racism after introducing extensive dress code

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Trump ally Sen. Doug Mastriano raises 2020 election audit plan in Pennsylvania

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