Reader’s Links for July 23, 2021

Each day at just after midnight Eastern, a post like this one is created for contributors and readers of this site to upload news links and video links on the issues that concern this site. Most notably, Islam and its effects on Classical Civilization, and various forms of leftism from Soviet era communism, to postmodernism and all the flavours of galloping statism and totalitarianism such as Nazism and Fascism which are increasingly snuffing out the classical liberalism which created our near, miraculous civilization the West has been building since the time of Socrates.

This document was written around the time this site was created, for those who wish to understand what this site is about. And while our understanding of the world and events has grown since then, the basic ideas remain sound and true to the purpose.

So please post all links, thoughts and ideas that you feel will benefit the readers of this site to the comments under this post each day. And thank you all for your contributions.

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60 Replies to “Reader’s Links for July 23, 2021”

  1. https://youtu.be/s9Md5TwkSKs

    Among many interesting points made in this interview, this man explains the new way that the Federal Reserve is using major corporations to increase the money supply at twice the rate it could previously.

    • “Gen. Milley doesn’t want to talk about ‘white rage’ no more…”
      il Donaldo Trumpo – July 21, 2021

  2. (Richard: This one is well worth the time to read and to think about, it tears apart all of the left’s arguments about who owes what to whom.)

    Kamala Harris: Getting vaccinated is ‘the very essence’ of the Bible saying ‘love thy neighbor’ – Liberty Unyielding
    J.E. Dyer
    5-6 minutes

    Kamala Harris: Getting vaccinated is ‘the very essence’ of the Bible saying ‘love thy neighbor’

    Preach it, Sister Kamala. Woke Preacher Clips video, YouTube

    Vice President Kamala Harris expressed this opinion back on 12 July at a vaccine mobilization event in Detroit. It’s been out there for a while now. Most commentators have given it the “But Willie Brown!” treatment, so feel free to fill up on that at your leisure. (H/t: Gateway Pundit)

    I want to briefly make another point, one I see as more profound and fundamental. Here is Harris uttering her words (start at 1:28 for just the relevant passage):

    Transcript:

    https://libertyunyielding.com/2021/07/23/kamala-harris-getting-vaccinated-is-the-very-essence-of-the-bible-saying-love-thy-neighbor/

    • “This prompts the question what else you may have to do, to qualify in Harris’s or someone else’s eyes as “loving your neighbor.” Do you really have to inject things into your own body to demonstrate that you love your neighbor? If so, who sets the boundaries on what those things may be? If the day comes when someone proclaims that allowing yourself to be euthanized is the way to show that you love your neighbor, what will be the principle on which you refute that argument?”

      So is a forced marriage is not a forced marriage when only you say it’s good for the whole community?

      And they can’t answer, because the femaled (Socialists on the Far Left and Far Far Left, Sub and Dom), never balance this Rule with, ‘love you Father God with all your strength…’

      It is first, to recognize g-d in a person, even if they don’t.

      So that you will never-ever have to inject things into your own healthy body without your consent.

      They won’t force you. They’ll just keep a distance even though they are ridiculed and laughed at in return.

  3. the times of Israel – Israeli, UK data offer mixed signals on vaccine’s potency against Delta strain

    Local research claims Pfizer shot now only 41% effective against symptomatic COVID, while British stats have it at 88%

    New data from Israel and the United Kingdom painted a confusing and contradictory picture on Thursday as to the effectiveness of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in fighting off the Delta variant of the coronavirus.

    New Health Ministry statistics indicated that, on average, the Pfizer shot — the vaccine given to nearly all Israelis — is now just 39% effective against infection, while being only 41% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID. Previously, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was well over 90% effective against infection.

    Meanwhile, a new UK study published this week in The New England Journal of Medicine found the same vaccine to be 88% effective in preventing symptomatic COVID — more than twice the rate found in the Israeli data.

    Israel’s research agreed, at least, that the shot was highly effective in avoiding serious illness, at 91.4% effectiveness.

    Some analysts have warned that the figures on vaccine effectiveness are prone to major inaccuracies because of a range of factors, including questions over whether there is accurate data on infection levels among the non-vaccinated, which is vital for such stats.

    The Israeli statistics also appeared to paint a picture of protection that gets weaker as months pass after vaccination, due to fading immunity. People vaccinated in January were said to have just 16% protection against infection now, while in those vaccinated in April, effectiveness was at 75%.

    Doctors note that such figures may not only reflect time that has passed since vaccination, but also a bias according to which those who vaccinated early were often people with health conditions and who are more prone to infection, such as the elderly.

    Reacting to the Israeli figures on Thursday, epidemiologist Nadav Davidovitch, a Ben-Gurion University professor and leader of Israel’s doctors’ union, told The Times of Israel, “What we see is that the vaccine is less effective in preventing transmission, but it’s easy to overlook that it’s still very effective in preventing hospitalization and severe cases.”

    Davidovitch added: “It’s still excellent, very good in preventing severe cases and death, but less so in preventing transmission. And this is why we can’t rely on vaccinations alone, but also need Green Passes, testing, masks, and the like.”

    Davidovitch stressed that all figures should be treated as preliminary and with limited relevance given the relatively small numbers of positive patients at the moment. “It’s quite early to comment, as the number of positive people is still quite low,” he said.

    He spoke after ministers approved reinstating the Green Pass, limiting attendance at large events to those who are vaccinated, have recovered from COVID-19, or who present a valid negative test result.

    The renewed restrictions will apply to both indoor and outdoor events with over 100 participants, starting on July 29. The requirement to present proof of vaccination, recovery or a negative test from the past 72 hours will only apply to people older than 12. Under that age, there will be no restrictions.

    The decision was approved by the so-called coronavirus cabinet, a high-level ministerial forum tasked with leading the government’s pandemic response. It must still be ratified by the government, and is set to be voted on Sunday during the weekly cabinet meeting.

    https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-uk-data-offer-mixed-signals-on-vaccines-potency-against-delta-strain/

  4. sky news UK – Over 600,000 people told to isolate by NHS app

    A record 618,903 people in England and Wales were told to self-isolate by the NHS COVID-19 app in the week to 14 July – up 17% from the previous week.

    • CBC – Health Minister ‘extremely’ worried about number of Canadians skipping vaccination

      Health Minister Patty Hajdu joined Power & Politics to talk about the 6 million eligible Canadians who have not received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose.

    • CBC – Republican pollster explains how he’s helping tackle U.S. vaccine hesitancy

      Veteran Republican pollster and conservative strategist Frank Luntz explains why he’s providing his research to the White House to help encourage Republican vaccine skeptics to get the shot.

    • FRANCE PR4VD4- French National Assembly adopts the health bill after hours of debate

      https://www.france24.com/en/video/20210723-french-national-assembly-adopts-the-health-bill-after-hours-of-debate

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      The National Assembly adopts the health bill after forty-eight hours of heated debate

      https://thecanadian.news/2021/07/23/the-national-assembly-adopts-the-health-bill-after-forty-eight-hours-of-heated-debate/

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      FRANCE – 23 juillet 2021, 5h du matin, la loi scélérate est votée !

      Il est 5h du matin passé : le projet de loi abominable sur le #PassSanitaire vient d’être adopté par l’Assemblée nationale. Le Sénat doit maintenant débattre, avant que le Conseil constitutionnel ne se prononce sur ce projet scélérat !

      Si par malheur la loi était promulguée, alors le peuple devra prendre ses responsabilités…

    • Up to one year in prison and a fine of € 15,000 for lack of a health pass? Amendment 274 adopted – RT in French

      Amendment 274 provides for the application of the penal code punishing the endangerment of others for failure to present a health pass where it is required. Objective: to exonerate the owners of establishment in the event of non-compliance with the rules by a customer.

      “The person who does not register at the entrance of the establishment or does not scan the code made available puts both his life but also that of others in danger, which is why the penalty incurred must be equivalent to the penalty of endangering others. ” Proposed by five Modem deputies, amendment n ° 274 was adopted at first reading on July 22 in the lower house of Parliament.

      Made public on the website of the National Assembly, the text thus provides for incurring up to one year in prison and a fine of 15,000 euros for anyone who does not flash a QR code or sign a signature. a protocol book required at the entrance to the place concerned.

      […]

      https://goodwordnews.com/up-to-one-year-in-prison-and-a-fine-of-e-15000-for-lack-of-a-health-pass-amendment-274-adopted-rt-in-french/

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      EXPRESS – Macron uprising: Major French rebellion as ‘phenomenal’ revolt planned –President on brink

      EMMANUEL MACRON is facing a “phenomenal” protest on Saturday against his latest coronavirus rules, also dubbed “shame health pass” laws.

      The French President submitted legislation to parliament which will stop people entering restaurants and bars without a “health pass”, showing they are vaccinated, have had a recent negative test, or have immunity from COVID-19. Opponents say the state is, de facto, forcing people to get jabbed.

      The new rule has attracted criticism from politicians across all parties in France and abroad.

      Last weekend, police estimated that 100,000 people joined protests against the measures – some of them under the banner of the Yellow Vests. And another round of protests is planned for this weekend.

      Former Senator Yves Pozzo di Borgo said President Macron is the “worst President of the Fifth Republic”.

      He added: “He leaves a weakened, indebted and fractured France, but thinks only of his re-election.”

      National Rally’s Julien Odoul echoed: “Absolute shame. The brutal and unapologetic definition of macronism.”

      Les Patriotes leader Florian Philippot urged French residents to gather in Paris this Saturday.

      He wrote: “Well, given the feedback, it’s going to be phenomenal on Saturday at Trocadéro!

      “People are going to demonstrate for the first time in their lives! Everyone come! Freedom!”

      Francois Asselineau, leader of the UPR, also registered his support.

      He tweeted: “I will demonstrate Saturday July 24, 2021 in Paris, all French people must demonstrate for freedom and the demonstration must be apolitical!”

      Generation Frexit leader Charles-Henri Gallois, who will be speaking at the protest, told Express.co.uk: “I was not opposed to the political measures against COVID-19 when we had not the vaccination weapon, even if some measures were clearly useless and inconsistent.

      “Now that we have the vaccination roll-out quite advanced and we have seen in UK or Israel that even if the cases are up, hospital beds are not overwhelmed and there are not so many deaths, it should allow us to live normal life.

      “In that context, Macron’s health pass rules are totally inappropriate and freedom-destructing laws.

      “Let’s think that it will be asked to take a train, to go to the hospital, a restaurant or a bar. We talk about daily life activities.

      “From what I have seen, there are only two countries with a such extensive health pass: Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Two dictatorships.

      “In fact, it’s a compulsory vaccination because if you don’t do it, you will be second-class citizen.

      “Even China does not have a compulsory vaccination for COVID-19.

      “Let’s be clear, I’m definitely in favour of vaccination but you should have people vaccinating by persuasion and showing the effectiveness of vaccines. Not by constraining people.

      “That is also the difference between democracies and dictatorships. I will fight this health pass with all my heart in France.”

      Outside of France, Italian MEP Susanna Ceccardi urged the EU Commission to stop member states from issuing “discriminatory” guidances against Covid.

      Earlier this week, she said: “The green pass is not a discriminatory weapon against European citizens.

      “Macron’s proposal to make it mandatory to enter bars, restaurants, cinemas, goes beyond the scope of the digital certificate adopted throughout Europe from 1 July for tourist and commercial travel.

      https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1466827/Emmanuel-Macron-Paris-protest-France-health-pass-Italy-Mario-draghi
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      French warned normal life may not resume before 2023

      As France brings in tougher restrictions to combat a fourth wave of coronavirus, a leading scientist has warned the country not to expect a return to normal life before 2022 or even 2023.

      Professor Jean-Francois Delfraissy, who heads France’s Scientific Council advising the government on its Covid strategy, told BFMTV on Friday that patience would be needed.

      “We will probably have a new variant and we will be entering into something long term,” he said.

      Defraissy emphasised the need to maintain hand-washing and wask-wearing in crowded or enclosed places, even for those who are vaccinated.

      He also warned that nightclubs, now allowed to open under restricted conditioned, were places of risk. In European countries with high levels of vaccination, large case clusters had begun in nightclubs, he added.

      Rising infections

      France is logging tens of thousands of new coronavirus cases each day, with Health Minister Olivier Véran warning that rising infections showed the “gravity” of the health crisis.

      Defraissy said France could see as many as 50,000 new daily cases by the beginning of August, with hospitals feeling the sting by the second half of the month.

      The government is banking on vaccination to curb the pandemic, and says it hopes to administer 50 million first vaccine doses by the end of August.

      Parliament is this week debating a controversial bill that would require “health passes” to access public spaces, and would force healthcare workers to get vaccinated.

      https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20210723-french-warned-normal-life-may-not-resume-before-2023-delfraissy

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      FRANCE PR4VD4 – French National Assembly adopts the health bill after hours of debate

      On Thursday night, #FrenchMEPs adopted the #bill on “the adaptation of our health crisis management tools”.

      The text provides for an extension of the #HealthPass in places places open to the public and introduces a vaccination obligation to fight against the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic linked to the Delta variant.

    • FRANCE PR4VD4 – Conspiracy theories fuel French opposition to Covid-19 ‘health pass’

      In addition to traditional concerns about curtailed civil liberties, conspiracy theories have fuelled the opposition to making proof of vaccination obligatory.

    • city news – Science advisors call for vaccine certificates

      The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table wants a provincial vaccination certificate program to help society stay safe and open.

      Brandon Rowe explains why the certificates could help, and how the government is taking the idea.

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      K.Doolittle 14 hours ago

      What happened to the experts...are we slumming it with “ Science advisors” now?

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    • MSNBC – Fox News’ Vaccine Denials Should Not Go Unpunished Says Obeidallah

      COVID-19 anti-vaccination rhetoric from the right is now seeing a reversal from many GOP leaders.

      Dr. Bernard Ashby and Dean Obeidallah join Jonathan Capehart in for Joy Reid to discuss.

    • CBS LA – Montclair To Require City Employees To Wear Vaccine Stickers To Work Without Masks

      The city of Montclair will soon require employees to wear stickers showing they have been vaccinated if they want to work without wearing a face covering.

    • Dallas County workers, volunteers going door-to-door in COVID-19 vaccination effort

      With COVID-19 cases moving in the wrong direction and the Delta variant becoming a greater concern, teams of Dallas Co. workers and volunteers are hitting the street

    • Two local kids in COVID-19 vaccine trials helping pave the way for 12 and under shots

      Currently only those 12 and up are eligible to get the vaccine, but kids like Liam and Owen are helping pave the way so other children can get vaccinated in the future.

    • ISRAEL – Vaccine opponents demonstrate in front of Prime Minister Bennett’s home in Raanana-Israel

    • Alabama Governor Ivey Says “Start blaming the Unvaccinated Folks, not the Regular Folks”

    • Italy to crack down on Covid vaccine refuseniks with green pass plan

      Italy has followed France to impose compulsory vaccination as a condition for access to public spaces and events as the European Union announced that it had fully vaccinated more than half its adult population.

      A “green pass” proving a single dose of vaccine, a negative swab or recovery from infection in the last six months will grant access to indoor dining, theatres, gyms, cinemas and stadiums from August 6. “The green pass is not an arbitrary imposition but a condition for keeping economic activities open,” Mario Draghi, the prime minister, said. “I invite all Italians to get vaccinated and to do it immediately.”

      https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/italy-to-crack-down-on-covid-vaccine-refuseniks-with-green-pass-plan-35bd0w0ns

      JULY 23 2021 – No green pass protest in TRIESTE

  5. CBC – Muslim community wants action after Islamophobia summit

    After a national summit on Islamophobia, many members of the Muslim community want Ottawa to create a more concrete plan of action including Criminal Code amendments to better deal with hate crimes.

  6. Taliban claims to control 90% of Afghanistan’s borders | Moscow announces drills in Uzbekistan |WION

  7. Flood Explosion and Land Subsidence in China, Natural or Man made Disaster? Zooming In Chin

  8. Cars trapped in tunnel amid floods in China; Family washed away by mudslides | China in Focus

  9. Violence escalates in water-shortage protests in Iran’s Khuzestan | Drought | Latest English News

  10. Biden DOJ Will Not Investigate Gretchen Whitmer Nursing Home Deaths
    Kyle Olson
    4-5 minutes

    The Biden Department of Justice (DOJ) opted Thursday not to investigate coronavirus-related nursing home deaths in Michigan.

    Michigan, New York, and Pennsylvania enacted controversial policies to placing coronavirus-infected patients into nursing homes to recuperate, effectively spreading the disease among the most susceptible population.

    Last year, the Trump DOJ attempted to get nursing home death data from Whitmer’s administration, and the governor issued a joint statement with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D). The pair argued there were partisan motivations for probing the large coronavirus-related percentage of nursing home deaths.

    “This is nothing more than a transparent politicization of the Department of Justice in the middle of the Republican National Convention,” Whitmer and Cuomo, who was embroiled in his own nursing home death scandal, said, according to the Daily Gazette.

    https://www.breitbart.com/health/2021/07/23/biden-doj-will-not-investigate-gretchen-whitmer-nursing-home-deaths/

  11. Doctor Calls Out Fauci’s ‘Vaccine Frenzy’ After He Slammed Missouri for Low Vaccination Rates
    By Jessica Marie Baumgartner
    July 23, 2021 Updated: July 23, 2021
    biggersmaller Print

    An Arizona doctor decried the COVID-19 vaccines as dangerous after National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci criticized Missouri for not having a high enough vaccination rate.

    Fauci recently called out Missouri’s COVID-19 vaccination rate, stating, “If you have a low level of vaccination, which certain sections of the state of Missouri have, you are going to see an increase in infections, which ultimately might lead to an increase in hospitalizations.”

    https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/doctor-calls-out-faucis-vaccine-frenzy-after-he-slammed-missouri-for-low-vaccination-rates_3913555.html?utm_source=newsnoe&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-2021-07-23-2&mktids=3491ef1f85d8d671fc1255444d21c3b3&est=SU3GGx5sWgjsih9nLF7ZrZTjsYC4PgtBgx4erDRTRoeLCOKuCXjJxPcY980%3D

  12. CDC says drug-resistant ‘superbug’ fungus seen among patients in D.C., Texas
    United Press International
    3 minutes

    | Jul 23, 2021 | News | 5

    Officials say a drug-resistant “superbug” fungus has spread among patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Washington, D.C., and a city in Texas and preys on those with weakened immune systems.

    The clusters with the Candida auris fungus appear to be unrelated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The spread seems to be related to person-to-person transmissions, officials said.

    “Candida auris is an emerging, often multidrug-resistant yeast that is highly transmissible, resulting in healthcare-associated outbreaks, especially in long-term care facilities,” the CDC said in a statement Friday. “Skin colonization with [Candida auris] allows spread and leads to invasive infections, including bloodstream infections, in 5%-10% of colonized patients.”

    https://www.gopusa.com/cdc-says-drug-resistant-superbug-fungus-seen-among-patients-in-d-c-texas/

  13. Markey, Ocasio-Cortez press to add Civilian Climate Corps into final budget reconciliation bill
    MassLive.com, Springfield, Mass.
    7-8 minutes

    | Jul 23, 2021 | News | 6

    The final annual budget bill should include a new Civilian Climate Corps to create one million-plus union jobs that bolster energy and climate projects across the country, according to more than 80 lawmakers, including Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts.

    The Malden Democrat, who reintroduced the Green New Deal alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York earlier this year, led a letter among a handful of House and Senate Democrats urging Congress to support the civilian group, which has its roots in the New Deal-era Civilian Conservation Corps.

    While President Joe Biden included the corps in his initial $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, Congress is now taking up an infrastructure package at half the price tag. Biden’s deal with Republicans has forced progressives to press colleagues to work the corps into the annual budget reconciliation bill — which won’t require support from GOP lawmakers who’ve balked at the Biden administration’s aggressive spending.

    https://www.gopusa.com/markey-ocasio-cortez-press-to-add-civilian-climate-corps-into-final-budget-reconciliation-bill/

  14. Trump supporter ignoring judge’s order to remove anti-Biden signs from yard
    Andrew Miller
    2 minutes

    A supporter of former President Donald Trump is refusing to take down signs at her mother’s home critical of President Biden, despite a judge’s order to do so.

    “It’s my First Amendment right, and I’m going to stick with that,” Andrea Dick, a New Jersey Trump supporter, told the New York Times on Tuesday.

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    Dick, 54, was immediately criticized by some of her neighbors when she put up the signs earlier this year and was ultimately cited and fined by local officials, who said the signs were violating an anti-obscenity ordinance. Last week, Roselle Park Municipal Court Judge Gary A. Bundy ordered Dick’s mother to remove three of the 10 banners or be fined $250 daily.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-supporter-ignoring-judges-order-to-remove-anti-biden-signs-from-yard

  15. Biden Frees Al Qaeda Commander Who Blew Up Buddhas – Frontpagemag
    Daniel Greenfield
    7-9 minutes

    And expressed support for killing Jews.

    Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

    When the Taliban and its Al Qaeda allies blew up two giant Buddha statues in Afghanistan,it put the Jihadist alliance on the world’s radar even before the September 11 attacks.

    The destruction of the statues was widely condemned by just about everyone. Even Democrats.

    Now, Joe Biden has decided to free an Al Qaeda commander who helped bomb the statues.

    https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2021/07/biden-frees-al-qaeda-commander-who-blew-buddhas-daniel-greenfield/

  16. South Africa: 5 Police Officers Arrested in Connection with Ghastly Crucifixion Murder of Brendin Horner
    Richard Abelson
    3-4 minutes

    Brendin Horner and his girlfriend Lenize Taljaard

    5 police officers have been arrested for cattle rustling in South Africa, in connection with the brutal murder of farm Manager Brendin Horner last October.

    The ghastly slaying of Horner (22), who was trussed to a fence and tortured to death on his employer’s farm outside Paul Roux in the Free State Province on Oct. 2, 2020, is believed to be connected to livestock theft and police corruption.

    Anti-corruption unit the Free State Falcons, in conjunction with the South Africa Police Service (SAPS), have now arrested seven people – five of them police officers – during an operation to curb rampant stock theft in the province, News24 reports:

    “When Brendin was killed, local farmers and community members were adamant that (suspects) Sekwetje Mahlamba and Sekola Matlaletsa, who were arrested for the murder, hadn’t acted alone. The two men were released on bail in June after DNA evidence failed to link them to the crime.”

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/south-africa-5-police-officers-arrested-connection-ghastly-crucifixion-murder-brendin-horner/