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South African doctor says omicron variant symptoms 'unusual but mild' --"So far, we have detected that those infected do not suffer the loss of taste or smell. They might have a slight cough." | 27 Nov 2021 | The South African doctor who first alerted authorities to the presence of the COVID-19omicron variant reported that it presents "unusual but mild" symptoms. Dr. Angelique Coetzee, a board member of the South African Medical Association, first noticed otherwise healthy patients demonstrating unusual symptoms on Nov. 18. "Their symptoms were so different and so mild from those I had treated before," Coetzee told The Telegraph.

Waukesha massacre suspect Darrell Brooks was convicted for threatening to bomb Nugget Casino in Nevada and is still wanted after failing to appear in court | 24 Nov 2021 | The man accused of murdering five after mowing them down in his car during a Wisconsin holiday parade was previously convicted for threatening to bomb a casino, DailyMail dot com can reveal. Darrell Brooks, 39, was busted in March 2007 for calling in a bomb threat to the $43-per-night Nugget Casino Resort in Sparks, Nevada. The would-be rapper was put on probation after being convicted of conspiring to disturb the peace - a gross misdemeanor - and was banned from the Nugget for life. The circumstances of why he placed the threatening call are unknown.

Israel detects its first case of new, highly mutated COVID-19 strain --Two other returnees from Malawi also suspected to have contagious B.1.1.529 variant; all three were vaccinated| 26 Nov 2021 | The first case of a new, highly mutated coronavirus variant that first emerged in South Africa was detected in Israel on Friday, the Health Ministry announced, a development that experts have been fearing. The person was identified as an Israeli who had returned from Malawi. The ministry said two others were suspected of also being infected with the new strain, currently known by its scientific name, B.1.1.529, and were awaiting final test results. All three were vaccinated, the ministry said, adding that their inoculation details were still being verified.

U.S. to curb travel from eight southern African countries over new COVID-19 variant | 26 Nov 2021 | The United States will bar entry to most travelers from eight southern African countries beginning next week over concerns about a new coronavirus variant found in South Africa, Joe Biden said on Friday. The restrictions, which go into effect Monday, do not ban flights or apply to U.S. citizens and lawful U.S. permanent residents, a Biden administration official said. The U.S. is among countries around the world that rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa on news over the new variant, named omicron, which the World Health Organization said was "of concern." The restrictions apply to South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.

WHO names new COVID variant 'Omicron' | 26 Nov 2021 | The new COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa was given the name Omicron by the World Health Organization on Friday. An advisory panel classified Omicron as a highly transmissible virus of concern and gave it its name under its Greek letter system. It marks the first time in months that WHO has classified a COVID-19 variant with such a name -- and is only the fifth variant to be given the designation amid the pandemic.

Israel on verge of state of emergency, two weeks after 'Omega' COVID-19 variant 'war game drill' --All three Omicron cases in Israel were detected in those who were vaccinated, according to The Times of Israel. By legitgov | 26 Nov 2021 | Today, the Independent reported: Israel on 'verge of state of emergency' over new coronavirus variant --Country extends ban on travel to and from Africa after new strain detected in three travellers. Euronews.net reported on Friday: "The B.1.1.529 variant, named 'Omicron' by the World Health Organization (WHO), has been described as having an 'extremely high' number of mutations, according to South African scientists who first detected the Beta variant." Agence France-Presse, November 12, stated: Israel holds 'war game' in case of lethal new coronavirus strain --The exercises, which simulated the outbreak of an 'Omega' Covid-19 variant that bypasses vaccines and sickens children, prompting mass hospitalisations --The 'world first' drill covered different aspects of a crisis, including mass inoculation, ordering curfews and imposing a flight ban. Disclose.TV tweeted: "NOW - Israel is on the verge of a state of emergency just two weeks after its 'Omega War Game' virus exercise, says PM Bennett."

Dow posts biggest single-day drop this year as new COVID-19 variant triggers market sell-off --Dow ends the day down 903 points, marking worst day of the year | 26 Nov 2021 | U.S. stocks suffered from some of the biggest single-day declines of the year on Friday as a new, fast-spreading COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa triggered fresh fears that a resurgent coronavirus could scuttle the global economy's recovery from the pandemic. The Dow Jones Industrial Average – after briefly falling more than 1,000 points – ended the day down 905 points, or 2.5%, for its worst drop of the year, while the S&P 500 fell 2.27%, its worst day since February. The Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.23% in the shortened trading session on Friday. (U.S. markets close at 1 p.m. ET due to the Thanksgiving holiday.)

Fully vaccinated Bryan Adams announces second COVID-19 diagnosis in month | 26 Nov 2021 | Bryan Adams, the fully vaccinated Canadian rocker, took to social media Thursday to announce that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 for the second time in a month while visiting Italy to promote a new calendar. "Here I am, just arrived in Milano, and I’ve tested positive for the second time in a month for Covid," he posted on his Instagram account. "So it’s off to the hospital for me." Adams was expected to appear at in-person press events promoting the calendar Sunday and Monday. The singer was headed to a nearby hospital for a more reliable PCR test, the Associated Press reported.

Judge Rules Local Missouri COVID-19 Orders Unconstitutional | 24 Nov 2021 | A Missouri judge on Tuesday ruled that local COVID-19 orders violated the Missouri Constitution, ordering local health officials to rescind them. Judge Daniel Green of Cole County wrote that the Department of Health and Senior Services unconstitutionally gave too much power to individual local health officials and directors. As a result, he ruled, those orders must be lifted, meaning that local health orders must be rescinded. "This case is about whether Missouri's Department of Health and Senior Services regulations can abolish representative government in the creation of public health laws, and whether it can authorize closure of a school or assembly based on the unfettered opinion of an unelected official. This court finds it cannot," the judge wrote in his order.

Irish senator proposes vaccine passports should be needed to buy groceries | 25 Nov 2021 | A senator in Ireland has said that the government should consider banning those without a vaccine passport from public transportation and supermarkets, in one of the most extreme Covid proposals to date. "Why not supermarkets? Why not public transport," Senator Gerry Horkan asked. "I know it is difficult to police some of these things, but really, if you want to participate in society, you need to be vaccinated." Horkan's remarks stirred backlash on social media. One Twitter user wrote, "When you propose that the unvaccinated should be banned from feeding themselves you are advocating for genocide."

Top Australian Official: We're Transferring COVID-19 Patients to Quarantine Camps | 23 Nov 2021 | Australian authorities are removing COVID-19-positive patients and residents in the Northern Territory to a quarantine camp in Howard Springs, after nine cases were identified in the community of Binjari, according to a local official. Hard lockdowns were implemented in Binjari and nearby Rockhole on Nov. 20, according to Northern Territory's chief minister. "Residents of Binjari and Rockhole no longer have the five reasons to leave their homes," Chief Minister Michael Gunner said in a Facebook post dated Nov. 20. Australia's five allowable reasons for people to leave their homes include going to work or school, buying food or supplies, exercising, caregiving, or getting vaccinated... Gunner said on Nov. 21 that eight people have been taken to a facility in Howard Springs, the Guardian reported.

Ahmaud Arbery case: Defense attorney to seek new trial after his client was found guilty of murder | 24 Nov 2021 | Kevin Gough, a defense attorney for one of the men found guilty on Wednesday of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, told Fox News that he plans to file a motion for a new trial next week for his client, William "Roddie" Bryan. Bryan was found guilty by a jury in Glynn County, Georgia, on six of the nine counts that he was facing: three counts of felony murder, one count of aggravated assault, one count of false imprisonment and one count of criminal attempt to commit a felony... Kevin Gough was a controversial figure during the 13-day trial, filing several motions for a mistrial that were all shot down by Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley. Gough told the judge Nov. 11 that he didn't want "any more Black pastors" in the courtroom after Al Sharpton sat with Arbery's family, saying their presence may threaten his client's right to a fair trial. "Obviously, there's only so many pastors they can have," Gough told the judge. "And if their pastor's Al Sharpton, right now that's fine, but then that's it."

Ahmaud Arbery trial verdict: Travis McMichael guilty on all counts --Travis McMichael was found guilty on all nine counts; Greg McMichael was found guilty on eight | 24 Nov 2021 | Jurors in Brunswick, Georgia, on Wednesday found Travis McMichael and his father, Greg McMichael, guilty on nearly all counts, including felony murder, capping off an intense trial surrounding the February 2020 shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery. Jurors also found the McMichaels' neighbor, William "Roddie" Bryan, guilty of felony murder. Travis McMichael, 35, was found guilty on all counts, and Greg McMichael, 65, was found guilty on eight after they shot and killed Arbery, a 25-year-old unarmed Black man, while he was on a run in a neighborhood outside of Brunswick.

Waukesha suspect rapped about 'drugs, guns, murder' and 'f--- Donald Trump' and his supporters --'Drugs, guns, murder that's all we know,' Waukesha suspect Darrell Brooks Jr. rapped in one song | 24 Nov 2021 | Waukesha parade horror suspect Darrell Brooks Jr., a career criminal who is now an alleged killer, was also an aspiring rapper who posted songs and music videos to his social media under multiple pseudonyms, including "MathBoi Fly." Brooks is accused of plowing into Waukesha’s Christmas parade Sunday evening, killing at least six people and injuring dozens. He faces life in prison if convicted and had been let out on bail earlier this month despite a long, violent past that included multiple felony convictions for violence, drugs and statutory rape. His music includes, "This that f--- Donald Trump Flow and whoever hate it," he raps in one song, titled, "X."

California County Mandates Masks in Private Homes for People Not in Same Household --Vaccination status doesn't matter, say Santa Cruz County officials | 23 Nov 2021 | Officials in Santa Cruz County, California, imposed a sweeping indoor mask mandate this week that includes private settings. For individuals gathering with people who do not live in the same household, masks should be worn in homes regardless of the COVID-19 vaccination status, according to the county on Monday. "Masks must be worn in private settings, including your home, when non-household members are present," the county wrote, without saying how it would enforce masking inside private homes. The mandate will also apply to public settings including offices and grocery stores. Businesses will be required to post signs about the mask requirement, the county said.

Wikipedia users try to change Waukesha 'parade car rampage' entry to 'parade incident' --Several news outlets referred to the alleged massacre as a 'parade crash' | 24 Nov 221 | Wikipedia and several news outlets are being criticized for seemingly downplaying the severity of an alleged massacre on a Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade where a man plowed through a crowd of people killing six. Internet users who search Wikipedia for Sunday's attack, which injured over 60 people in addition to the 6 fatalities, are met with a message that says "A request that this article title be changed to 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade incident is under discussion." Additionally, users who search "2021 Waukesha Christmas parade car rampage" are redirected to a site that says "2021 Waukesha Christmas parade car crash."

Active and retired Canadian law enforcement officials warn head of Mounted Police about forced vaccines --'Requiring mandatory COVID-19 treatment options is a slippery slope and allows the government to overstep its authority unchecked,' reads the letter by Mounties for Freedom. | 27 Oct 2021 | Active and retired members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) joined together to say they cannot "willingly participate in enforcing" COVID jab mandates. They have asked their boss to investigate government officials' role in coming up with draconian virus rules. "Requiring mandatory COVID-19 treatment options is a slippery slope and allows the government to overstep its authority unchecked. It infringes on the fundamental belief in our society that the individual has the right and freedom to choose. The choice of whether to receive medical treatments has always been an individual’s right in Canada," says the group called Mounties for Freedom in an open letter dated October 21 sent to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki.

COVID outbreak hits Canadian army base, even though all soldiers are fully vaccinated --Soldiers based on CFB Petawawa located in Ontario all got infected after participating in a training course that took place between November 13 and 14. | 23 Nov 2021 | Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Petawawa has been hit with a COVID outbreak resulting in hundreds of fully vaccinated Canadian soldiers being forced into quarantine. According to a CTV News report, soldiers based on CFB Petawawa located in Ontario all got infected after participating in a training course that took place between November 13 and 14. Everyone who participated in the course had been fully jabbed. Col. Eric Landry, Commander of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, said that at first "a positive case was identified" and placed in quarantine, according to CTV News.

Anti-police Seattle led to an innocent father's death - as his son looked on | 23 Nov 2021 | At 1:24pm on Nov. 2, 13-year-old Drew Yurek called 911 to report an emergency: his father Will didn't feel well and needed help. Medics arrived six minutes later, but were told by dispatch to wait for the police before entering; there was a cautionary note that flagged the occupant of the address as being hostile to first responders. But the note was outdated, and referred to a previous tenant. Because of a shortage of police officers first reported by Seattle journalist Jason Rantz, the medics were left to wait outside the house until cops could arrive... Now Drew's mother, Meagan Petersen, is planning to sue the city of Seattle. "People need to know how the city let this happen," said Meagan, who is divorced from Will and lives in Utah. "They could have saved Will if the system was working like it should."

Group of people in NYC attack man in wheelchair, steal belongings; citywide robberies rise --NYPD statistics show citywide robberies up 2.9% year-to-date compared to last year | 23 Nov 2021 | Authorities in New York City are seeking a group of four people who ganged up on a man in a wheelchair, beating him and stealing his belongings earlier this month amid a rise in citywide robberies. The incident happened on Nov. 8 just before 2:30 a.m. in front of 267 Tremont Avenue in the Bronx when the 39-year-old victim had a verbal dispute with an unidentified female, police said. Surveillance video shows the man in the wheelchair talking to a male member of the group when he is first punched. The three men and one woman continue punching him before dragging him out of the wheelchair. The group then continues to punch, stomp and kick the man.

Milwaukee BLM 'militant' says Waukesha Christmas parade attack may be start of 'revolution' --Vaun Mayes: 'It sounds possible that the revolution has started in Wisconsin' | 23 Nov 2021 | A Milwaukee Black Lives Matter activist said the Christmas parade attack in Waukesha, Wisconsin, appears to signal "the revolution" may have begun. "I don't know. Now we'll have to wait and see because they do have somebody in custody. We may have to wait and see what they say about why this happened," Vaun Mayes said on Facebook Live on Monday. "But it sounds possible that the revolution has started in Wisconsin. It started with this Christmas parade." Mayes is a well-known activist in Milwaukee. He describes himself as a "Battle rapper, Community activist, Songwriter, Tattoo artist, Militant," in his Twitter bio.

Australian Army Begins Transferring COVID-Positive Cases, Contacts to Quarantine Camps | 23 Nov 2021 | The Australian army has begun forcibly removing residents in the Northern Territories to the Howard Springs quarantine camp located in Darwin, after nine new Covid-19 cases were identified in the community of Binjari. The move comes after hard lockdowns were instituted in the communities of both Binjari and nearby Rockhole on Saturday night. "Residents of Binjari and Rockhole no longer have the five reasons to leave their homes," said Northern Territory chief minister, Michael Gunner, referring to the country's five allowable reasons to avoid lockdown (buying food and supplies, exercising for up to two hours, care or caregiving, work or education if it can't be done from home, and to get vaccinated at the nearest possible location). "They can only leave for medical treatment, in an emergency, or as required by law." "It's highly likely that more residents will be transferred to Howard Springs today, either as positive cases or close contacts," he continued, adding "We have already identified 38 close contacts from Binjari but that number will go up. Those 38 are being transferred now."

The Real Deal JFK Special, 18 November 2021 - Dedicated to Oliver Stone By Jim Fetzer, Ph.D. | 18 Nov 2021 | (Opinion) Dedicated to Oliver Stone, whose new film will be released on 22 November 2021. His "JFK" was a masterpiece with three flaws: he did not know that Oswald was in the doorway of the Book Depository at the time the JFK motorcade passed by or that the Zapruder film had been massively edited, no doubt because he was relying upon advice from Robert Groden, who has played the JFK community (virtually) from the beginning. And he posited three (3) hit teams, when there turns out to have been eight (8) assassins.

Thomas Jefferson statue removed from City Hall after 187 years | 22 Nov 2021 | Thomas Jefferson is no longer in the room where it happens. Art handlers packed up an 884-pound statue of Jefferson in a wooden crate Monday after a mayoral commission voted to banish the likeness of the nation's third president from City Hall where its resided for nearly two centuries -- because he owned slaves. About a dozen workers with Marshall Fine Arts spent several hours carefully removing the painted plaster monument from its pedestal inside the City Council chambers and surrounding it with sections of foam and wooden boards. They then lowered the massive structure down the stairs leading to the building's first-floor rotunda with a pulley system and ushered the Founding Father out the back door.

NIH Director: Identify Those Who Spread 'False Information' Online and 'Bring Them to Justice' | 22 Nov 2021 | The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins has warned against "misinformation" online and suggested that those who spread misinformation should be "brought to justice." Collins made the comments in defense of his colleague Dr. Anthony Fauci, who he says has been subjected to harassment over "misinformation." "Conspiracies are winning here. Truth is losing. That's a really serious indictment of the way in which our society seems to be traveling," said Collins in an interview with The Washington Post... Suggesting that people who spread allegedly false claims should be "brought to justice" is unconstitutional.

Probe finds 'overwhelming evidence' of misconduct by Cuomo --Former governor 'substantial revised' state report to exclude deaths of nursing home residents | 22 Nov 2021 | A legislative investigation released Monday found "overwhelming evidence" that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo engaged in sexual harassment and ordered state workers to help produce his book during work hours. The report also found that Cuomo's executive chamber "substantially revised" a state report to exclude deaths of nursing home residents at hospitals to boost Cuomo's reputation. In March, the Assembly Judiciary Committee hired a Manhattan law firm, Davis Polk & Wardwell, to investigate whether there were grounds to impeach Cuomo.

Waukesha Christmas horror: Milwaukee DA announces internal review of Darrell Brooks bail recommendation --Brooks is suspected of plowing his SUV through dozens of people attending a Christmas parade in Waukesha | 22 Nov 2021 | Milwaukee prosecutors are conducting an internal review into their own office’s decision to make an "inappropriately low" bail recommendation for Darrell Brooks Jr., the man suspected of plowing an SUV through a crowd in nearby Waukesha during a Christmas parade. The horror left at least five people dead and 48 injured – including 18 children rushed to Children's Wisconsin hospital in Milwaukee. Waukesha Police Chief Dan Thompson said during a Monday afternoon news conference that he is referring to prosecutors five counts of first-degree intentional homicide and additional charges. Brooks has multiple pending cases in Milwaukee County - including a 2020 case involving two counts of second-degree recklessly endangering and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to a spokesperson for Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm. Bail was originally set at $10,000 and later reduced to $7,500, the district attorney's office said.

Biden's Bounty on Your Life: Hospitals' Incentive Payments for COVID-19 | 17 Nov 2021 | Upon admission to a once-trusted hospital, American patients with COVID-19 become virtual prisoners, subjected to a rigid treatment protocol with roots in Ezekiel Emanuel's "Complete Lives System" for rationing medical care in those over age 50. They have a shockingly high mortality rate. How and why is this happening, and what can be done about it? As exposed in audio recordings, hospital executives in Arizona admitted meeting several times a week to lower standards of care, with coordinated restrictions on visitation rights. Most COVID-19 patients' families are deliberately kept in the dark about what is really being done to their loved ones.The combination that enables this tragic and avoidable loss of hundreds of thousands of lives includes the CARES Act, which provides hospitals with bonus incentive payments for all things related to COVID-19 (testing, diagnosing, admitting to hospital, use of remdesivir and ventilators, reporting COVID-19 deaths, and vaccinations) and waivers of customary and long-standing patient rights by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Long Island school district to segregate unvaxxed parents during student events | 22 Nov 2021 | A school district in Long Island, New York, has announced controversial plans to segregate parents by vaccination status during upcoming school concerts. The Rockville Center School District says it will host a "non-socially distanced" section for parents with proof of vaccination, and a separate "social distanced" area for those who have not gotten the shot. Acting Superintendent Robert Bartels told the New York Post that the reason for the segregation is to be able to effectively contact trace parents if there is an outbreak of Covid-19 [?!?]... This has prompted controversy, with some parents telling the Post, "This is segregation, pure and simple. You are putting a spotlight on one group of people. That's not what this community is about."

Illinois Democrat blasted for calling Wisconsin Christmas rampage 'karma' | 22 Nov 2021 | An Illinois Democrat has been blasted for describing the deadly Christmas parade rampage in Wisconsin as "karma" for the acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse. Mary Lemanski, who is listed as the social media director for the Democratic Party in DuPage County, began her heartless online tirade by sarcastically dismissing the tragedy as "just self-defense." "It was probably just self-defense," Lemanski wrote in a tweet that appears to have since been deleted, according to Fox News. "Living in Wisconsin, he probably felt threatened," another tweet, which was still online Monday morning, read -- referring to the driver being held as a person of interest in the Waukesha incident, which left five people dead and dozens hurt. "I'm sure he didn’t want to hurt anyone. He came to help people," she added in her sarcasm-laced missive.