Reader’s Links for December 22, 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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  1. “On whether it would be immoral not to get the jab if you can, Mr Welby added: ‘I understand why people don’t.

    ‘But I would say, go and get boosted, get vaccinated. It’s how we love our neighbour. Loving our neighbour is what Jesus told us to do. It’s Christmas: do what he said.'”
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10334569/Archbishop-Canterbury-says-unvaccinated-immoral-love-neighbour.html

    The hypnosis of suggestion. Jesus, (whom he knows nothing about), Christmas, (a northern hemisphere’s winter festival), and loving your neighbor, (which invokes no accountability of your neighbor’s behavior).

    I prefer using risks and consequences, to inform. Not through a guilt tied up by the yokes of deception.

    “For the first three hundred years of the church’s existence, birthdays were not given much emphasis–not even the birth of Christ. The day on which a saint died was considered more significant than his or her birth, as it ushered him or her into the kingdom of heaven. Christ’s baptism received more attention than his birthday in the January 6th feast of Epiphany.”
    https://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/timeline/301-600/the-1st-recorded-celebration-of-christmas-11629658.html

    • “Like Christmas, the date chosen for Epiphany has no firm historical or scriptural grounding. Some scholars believe that January 6 was selected by the earliest celebrants in order to upstage a WINTER SOLSTICE festival held in honor of an Egyptian sun god on that date. Indeed, according to one ancient Egyptian calendar, winter solstice fell on January 6. Some ancient Egyptians recognized that day as the birthday of the Egyptian god Osiris. Other sacred events held on that day include a festival commemorating the birth of the god Aeon from his virgin mother, Kore.

      From the second century onward, scattered celebrations of Epiphany occurred among various groups of Christians, although no consensus emerged as to what events the holiday commemorated. Christian liturgy identifies four instances in which Jesus’ divine nature manifested itself on earth: at his birth, at the adoration of the Magi, at his baptism, and when he changed water into wine at the wedding in Cana. Early Epiphany celebrations honored any one or more of these events. By the third century most Eastern Christians were celebrating Epiphany. By the late fourth century most Western Christians had also adopted the feast. Eastern and Western celebrations evolved around different themes, however. When the Western Church designated DECEMBER 25 as the Feast of the Nativity in the mid-fourth century, Western Epiphany celebrations consolidated around the revelation of Jesus’ divinity to the Magi. When the Eastern Church embraced Christmas, between 380 and 430 A.D., Christmas absorbed the celebration of both the Nativity and the adoration of the Magi. Thus, Eastern Epiphany observances remained dedicated to the commemoration of Jesus’baptism.”
      https://www.coraevans.com/blog/article/what-is-the-feast-of-the-epiphany

      Until someone comes into a Christmas marketplace with a Truck of Peace and forces you to kiss a stone, then Christmas still remains for everyone. Long may this be.

      • Right, the birth date chosen to coincide with the winter solstice, a holiday with a long pagan pedigree.

        But by whichever calendar the various Christian sects use, New Year’s is consistently celebrated eight days after the birth of Jesus.

        Because male Jews are circumcised on the eighth day. that’s the Feast of the Circumcision. That’s when their name is given: Jesus, son of Mary.

        (Baby Jewish girls are named at a torah reading 30 days after birth, also together with the mother’s name: Yucki, daughter of ___.)

  2. https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/local-news/25-human-bone-fragments-found-in-surrey-sewer-dig-4884103

    This time, work immediately halted for a couple of days on the project, and roughly 100 days of archaeological screening is expected to add another $1 million to the project’s cost.

    An archaeologist with the Katzie First Nation, working with Semiahmoo First Nation and Seyem’ Qwantlen, was brought in to examine the site. Members of the nations conducted a ceremony to ensure the cultural safety of workers, and the Musqueam Indian Band and Tsleil-Waututh Nation both received daily updates on discovery during the investigation.

    ….
    Low-lying communities like Crescent Beach are likely to be some of the first to feel the effects of rising sea levels brought on by climate change. That’s led the City of Surrey to roll out adaptation projects, like improving storm drains and raising roads in the area.

    If things get worse, city staff have also recommended buying out 400 homeowners, retreating inland and giving up the neighbourhood to the sea.

      • Antivax people are ‘immoral’ says Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

        The Archbishop of Canterbury has said being vaccinated against coronavirus is a moral issue.

        The Most Rev Justin Welby said that getting the jab reduces the chances of illness being spread and that ‘it’s not about me and my rights to choose – it’s about how I love my neighbour’.

        Asked during an interview with ITV News At Ten if being vaccinated is a ‘moral issue’, the archbishop said: ‘I’m going to step out on thin ice here and say, yes, I think it is.’

    • europravda – Israel says it’s the first country in the world to rollout a fourth COVID jab

      “The world will follow in our footsteps,” said Israeli PM Naftali Bennett

    • NBC News – FDA authorizes first Covid pill, from Pfizer, for emergency use

      Initial supply of the antiviral drug – the first oral treatment in the U.S. for Covid-19 – will be limited.

      The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized the first Covid-19 antiviral pill in the United States to protect against severe disease.

      The oral drug, called Paxlovid, from Pfizer will be prescribed for use in adults and children ages 12 and up with mild to moderate Covid who are at risk for severe disease or hospitalization, the FDA said in a statement.

      The authorization marks “a major step forward” in the pandemic, Dr. Patrizia Cavazzoni, director of the agency’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.

      “This authorization provides a new tool to combat Covid-19 at a crucial time in the pandemic as new variants emerge and promises to make antiviral treatment more accessible to patients who are at high risk for progression to severe Covid-19,” she said.

      While the pill from Pfizer is not a replacement for vaccinations, they add an easily administered treatment to help keep people at high risk of severe illness out of the hospital.

      The new treatment could help ease the burden on hospitals as the omicron variant surges across the U.S. Initially, the supply of the drug is likely to be extremely limited, experts say.

      Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement Wednesday that the company is ready to begin delivery of the drug to the U.S. “immediately.”

      “This breakthrough therapy, which has been shown to significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths and can be taken at home, will change the way we treat Covid-19, and hopefully help reduce some of the significant pressures facing our healthcare and hospital systems,” he said.

      The FDA did not seek the advice of its independent advisory panel, called the Antimicrobial Drugs Advisory Committee, when reviewing data on Pfizer’s pill.

      The agency did convene its advisory group to review the application for another antiviral treatment, a pill called molnupiravir, from Merck. The panel last month voted narrowly in favor of recommending that drug for emergency use authorization. The agency hasn’t announced a decision yet on that drug.

      https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-authorizes-first-covid-pill-pfizer-emergency-use-rcna8760

    • DEUTSCHE PRAVDA – Extremism vs. skepticism – Where to draw the line?

      Vaccination rates show what the majority of the public believe – that the jabs are safe and effective.

      But not everyone agrees and of those people, there’s a fine line between skepticism and conspiracy.

      Protests across the world.

      Demonstrations against vaccination. Sometimes peaceful. Sometimes violent.

      Police often have to intervene, when protesters without masks and social distancing contribute to the spread of the virus.

      Then there are the extremes: In recent days, several prominent politicians here in Germany were threatened with violence for supporting COVID measures.

      So why does a loud minority seemingly fight for what could harm or even kill them and their loved ones?

    • DEUTSCHE PRAVDA – Omicron: Germany to limit private gatherings after Christmas

      Germany’s federal and state leaders on Tuesday agreed to impose contact restrictions — including for vaccinated and recovered individuals — starting next week.

      The regulations — which come into effect “at the latest” on December 28 — are aimed to dissuade people from holding and attending large New Year’s Eve celebrations amid concerns over the omicron variant.

      “Now is not the time for parties in large groups,” said Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

      Under the new measures, a maximum of 10 people who have been vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 would be allowed to attend a private gathering.

      In cases when an unvaccinated person is present, only one other household would be able to attend. The new capacity limits will apply to both indoor and outdoor celebrations.

      Access to restaurants remains limited to people who could provide proof of vaccination or recovery.

    • DEUTSCHE PRAVDA – Pandemic fatigue spreads in South Korea as omicron looms

      Just as South Korea is tightening restrictions to counter a rise in serious COVID-19 cases and the threat posed by the highly transmissible omicron coronavirus variant, more voices are calling for the freedom to go about life as normal.

    • ‘We cannot boost our way out of the pandemic’: WHO head on global vaccine inequality

      The World Health Organization has said booster programmes are more likely to lengthen the pandemic rather than shorten it, as vaccine inequality means many countries have not yet hit their 40% vaccination target while wealthier nations move on to offer booster jabs.

      The WHO director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said Covid would continue to mutate and spread through unvaccinated populations

    • Covid transmission: What can you do to protect yourself?

      How does Covid 19 spread?

      What are the various modes it transmits?

      And is there a way you can protect yourself?

      Dr Mike Ryan, Executive director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Programme explains.

    • Germany: “Omicron wave can no longer be prevented” – Health Minister amid variant surge

      In a press briefing in Berlin on Wednesday, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach discussed the surge of the omicron COVID variant in the country saying “omicron wave can no longer be prevented.”

      SOT, Karl Lauterbach, German Health Minister (German): “We now have so many Omicron cases in Germany on the basis of so-called variant PCRs that we carry out, but also surveillance, i.e. PCRs, that we have to assume that the Omicron wave can no longer be prevented in Germany and that it will also arrive in Germany

      SOT, Karl Lauterbach, German Health Minister (German): “It is very clear that a booster strategy cannot entirely prevent the omicron wave. But it is the most important thing that can be done to prevent a large number of people from becoming seriously ill. We now know from the studies that the booster vaccinations work well to avoid infections, but also to prevent severe courses in the Omicron variant. We assume that it will be effective a week after the booster vaccination. So not like with the second vaccination, where we typically have the effect two weeks after the vaccination, we see a clear effect here already one week after the booster vaccination. It is very important.”

      SOT, Karl Lauterbach, German Health Minister (German): “So far we have given 27 million people a booster vaccination. We have had a good booster campaign so far, and will probably get to 30 million by Christmas. But then we want to provide another 30 million people with a booster vaccination, so that we would ideally have 60 million or up to 60 million booster vaccinations by the end. And for that we still have 30 million Moderna vaccine available. And about three million doses of BioNtech vaccine. The BioNtech vaccine is a bit scarcer, as the inventory we carried out on this topic showed.”

    • CBC – The most accurate measure of Omicron’s spread may be in how many are hospitalized

      As demand drastically increases for COVID-19 testing across the country, experts say it will quickly become harder to get an exact picture of Omicron case counts in Canada.

      That means health authorities are likely soon going to have to rely more on hospitalization numbers.

    • city news – “Omicron is increasingly responsible for a rapid rise in case counts” Dr. Theresa Tam

      The data shows the Omicron variant is seeing a rapid rise and case counts Canada-wide have doubled in just a few days.

    • Sen. Johnson Requests Records from Top Medical Journals Regarding Retracted Studies

      WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent letters to The Lancet and the New England Journal of Medicine requesting records regarding last year’s publication and subsequent retraction of studies on COVID-19 that used questionable data.

      The Lancet study, in particular, relied on problematic data to conclude that hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine did not help people with COVID-19. “Although this fraudulent study was ultimately retracted, it is concerning and shameful that, in the midst of a pandemic, The Lancet published such a misleading paper on a potential early treatment for COVID-19,” the senator wrote.

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      December 14, 2021

      Dr. Richard Horton

      Editor-in-Chief

      The Lancet

      230 Park Avenue

      New York, NY 10169

      Dear Dr. Horton:

      I write to request information regarding the publication and subsequent retraction of a study published in The Lancet titled, “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis” (“the study” or “the paper”). This study, which first appeared in The Lancet on May 22, 2020, reportedly found that, “treating people who have [COVID-19] with chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine did not help and might have increased the risk of abnormal heart rhythms and death.”

      According to reports, following the study’s publication, scientists and clinicians raised concerns about the veracity of the data used in the study. Specifically, experts questioned, “the astonishing number of patients involved and details about their demographics and prescribed dosing[.]” The Surgisphere Corporation (“Surgisphere”), a Chicago-based company, supplied the dataset that served as the basis for the study. Surgisphere’s owner and founder, Dr. Sapan Desai, was one of the authors of the study.

      On June 3, 2020, The Lancet issued an “expression of concern” regarding the study after “serious scientific questions” were brought to the editors’ attention. On June 5, 2020, the authors of the study, not including Dr. Desai, published a statement retracting their paper. Shortly after the retraction, you reportedly called the study a “fabrication” and “a monumental fraud.”

      Although this fraudulent study was ultimately retracted, it is concerning and shameful that, in the midst of a pandemic, The Lancet published such a misleading paper on a potential early treatment for COVID-19. In order to better understand The Lancet’s actions regarding this study, I request the following:

      -The preservation of all records referring or relating to the study titled, “Hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine with or without a macrolide for treatment of COVID-19: a multinational registry analysis.”

      -All documents and communications between and among employees or representatives of The Lancet and U.S. government employees referring or relating to the study.

      -All documents and communications between and among The Lancet employees or representatives who reviewed this study, including any comments, ratings, findings and recommendations of the peer reviewers.

      -All documents and communications between and among employees or representatives of The Lancet and individuals or organizations encouraging The Lancet to publish the study.

      -All documents and communications between and among employees or representatives of The Lancet and the study’s authors, or their representatives.

      -All documents and communications between and among employees or representatives of The Lancet and employees or representatives of Surgisphere.

      Please provide this information as soon as possible but no later than January 4, 2022. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

      Sincerely,

      Ron Johnson

      Ranking Member

      Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

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      December 14, 2021

      Dr. Eric Rubin

      Editor-in-Chief

      New England Journal of Medicine

      860 Winter Street

      Waltham, MA 02451

      Dear Dr. Rubin:

      I write to request information regarding the publication and subsequent retraction of a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (“NEJM”) titled, “Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19” (“the study” or “the paper”). This study, which first appeared in NEJM on May 1, 2020, reportedly found that, “taking certain blood pressure drugs, including angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, didn’t appear to increase the risk of death among COVID-19 patients, as some researchers had suggested.”

      On June 2, 2020, you issued an “expression of concern” regarding the study based on “substantive concerns [that had] been raised about the quality of the information in [the study’s] database.” The company that had provided the database in question was the Surgisphere Corporation (“Surgisphere”), a Chicago-based company, whose owner and founder, Dr. Sapan Desai, coauthored the study.

      On June 4, 2020, the authors of the study, including Dr. Desai, published a statement retracting their paper. Shortly after the retraction, you reportedly stated, “[w]e shouldn’t have published this.” Although this questionable study was ultimately retracted, it is concerning and shameful that, in the midst of a pandemic, NEJM published a paper on COVID-19 based on problematic data. In order to better understand NEJM’s actions regarding this study, I request the following:

      -The preservation of all records referring or relating to the study titled, “Cardiovascular Disease, Drug Therapy, and Mortality in Covid-19.”

      -All documents and communications between and among employees or representatives of NEJM and U.S. government employees referring or relating to the study.

      -All documents and communications between and among NEJM employees or representatives who reviewed this study, including any comments, ratings, findings and recommendations of the peer reviewers.

      -All documents and communications between and among employees or representatives of NEJM and individuals or organizations encouraging NEJM to publish the study.

      -All documents and communications between and among employees or representatives of NEJM and the study’s authors, or their representatives.

      -All documents and communications between and among employees or representatives of NEJM and employees or representatives of Surgisphere.

      Please provide this information as soon as possible but no later than January 4, 2022. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

      Sincerely,

      Ron Johnson

      Ranking Member

      Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

      Both letters are below and can be found here and here.

      https://www.ronjohnson.senate.gov/2021/12/sen-johnson-requests-records-from-top-medical-journals-regarding-retracted-studies

    • VOA – Nigeria Destroys More Than 1 Million Expired COVID Vaccines

      The expired doses were destroyed at a landfill a week after the nation announced it will no longer accept donated vaccines near the end of their shelf life.

      Despite a recent rapid increase in vaccinations, only 2% of the Nigerian population has received both doses so far.

    • zero hedge – FDA Releases More Data On “Adverse Reactions” To Pfizer Vaccine

      As the FDA prepares to approve Pfizer’s new pill for treating high-risk patients infected with COVID, more information about dangerous side effects tied to its vaccine are coming to light.

      Just yesterday, we reported another death tied to the vaccine in New Zealand. Now, documents released by the FDA reveal that drugmaker Pfizer recorded nearly 160K adverse reactions to its COVID vaccine in the initial months of its rollout.

      The data were obtained by a group of doctors, professors, and journalists calling themselves Public Health and Medical Professionals for Transparency. They filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FDA asking for their release. And the first tranche of documents revealed that, as of February 2021, when Pfizer’s shot was being rolled out worldwide on an emergency basis, the drugmaker had compiled more than 42K case reports detailing nearly 160K individual adverse reactions to the vaccine.

      The data show the bulk of the adverse event cases, both serious and non-serious, were classified as “general disorders”.

      Among the more common conditions reported were fevers (pyrexia), fatigue, and diarrhea, among others.

      But perhaps the most surprising number in the entire report is that more than 1K of these cases were fatal in the US. All told, more than 3K deaths have been linked to the vaccine, something that’s in line with the company’s own data. Critics have argued that some of the deaths can’t be conclusively linked to the vaccine, but others have instead insisted that the number of deaths might still be underreported.

      Keep in mind, these data were used by the FDA to declare the Pfizer jab safe, which it did for Americans aged 16 and older in August. It has since been approved for children as young as five, along with booster doses for people aged 16 and up as of last week.

      Readers can find the complete breakdown of data from Public Health and Medical Professionals For Transparency below:

      https://www.scribd.com/document/543857539/CUMULATIVE-ANALYSIS-OF-POST-AUTHORIZATION-ADVERSE-EVENT-REPORTS-OF-PF-07302048-BNT162B2-RECEIVED-THROUGH-28-FEB-2021#from_embed

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  3. europravda – Get vaccinated even if you’ve had COVID before, urges WHO Europe

    It comes with Europe in the midst of another wave of COVID, driven in some countries by the more transmissible Omicron variant.

  4. twitter @disclosetv

    NEW – “Fact-checkers” scramble on Twitter to clarify Klaus Schwab’s plan for the “Great Reset.”

    https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1473648229191401478
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    reuters – Fact Check-World Economic Forum letters show 51st Annual Meeting invites

    Invitations for Dutch politicians to the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit have been misrepresented online to claim they are “leaked” letters and evidence of secret collusion between the Swiss organization and the Dutch government to push “The Great Reset”, a proposed economic plan at the centre of widespread conspiracy theories.

    Social media users shared photographs of letters addressed to Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra and Sigrid Kaag, former minister of foreign trade and development cooperation, saying they have been “leaked” (here, here, here).

    The papers are refreshing widespread conspiracy theories, including that the Great Reset is part of a sinister plot for a global takeover by the rich and powerful.

    One user sharing the documents wrote: “The Great Reset can no longer be dismissed as a conspiracy theory… The plan is that by 2030 ‘You will own nothing, and you will be happy.’”

    However, the “leaked letters” are in fact invitations to the 51st World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, which were released by the Dutch cabinet in response to an MP’s request, according to Hoekstra’s spokesperson.

    Additionally, the WEF and its affiliates have been open about its “Great Reset” economic proposals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

    On request of Pepijn van Houwelingen, a member of parliament for the Forum for Democracy (FvD) party (here), the Dutch cabinet sent official documentation including invitations regarding the WEF to the Dutch parliament, said Ruud Mikkers, the finance minister’s spokesperson.

    The documents were also published on the Dutch government’s website on Dec. 18 (here).

    Mikkers told Reuters by email: “There is nothing secretive behind it.

    “Mr Hoekstra, like [Prime Minister Mark] Rutte, received an official invitation for the WEF this year, which was finally cancelled because of COVID.”

    It is a “typical invitation” for WEF, which Hoekstra attended in 2018, 2019 and 2020, Mikkers said.

    Wopke Hoekstra and Sigrid Kaag are also both listed on the WEF website as contributors to the organization and summit (here, here).

    Mikkers added: “The great reset is in our view just a simple term, or if you like a metaphor to ask the question what we can learn from the crisis and can do better after the crisis. Most certainly it is not what conspiracy thinkers make of it.”

    The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting is a summit of world leaders held yearly in the Swiss mountain resort town of Davos.

    In June 2020, Britain’s Prince Charles said the COVID-19 pandemic represented a “reset moment” and a chance to transform the crisis into an opportunity to make the global economy and societies more sustainable ( here).

    The prince’s remarks were made as part of the launch of “The Great Reset”, a project involving the WEF in partnership with the Prince of Wales’s Sustainable Markets Initiative, and the theme of the Jan. 2021 annual summit (here).

    Speaking during the launch of the initiative on June 3, 2020, the Prince said (here “We have an incredible opportunity to create entirely new sustainable industries, investing in nature as the true engine of our economy.”

    The WEF’s Great Reset proposals span green energy, climate change, reduced inequality and calls for a “new form of capitalism”

    The initiative has been advertised widely online , in videos and in a book co-authored by WEF founder and executive chairman Klaus Schwab (here).

    Reuters has previously debunked the claim that the WEF has a stated goal to have people own nothing by 2030 here.

    Reuters has also debunked separate claims in relating to the Great Reset here and here.

    VERDICT

    Misleading. The letters were not “leaked” but were released as part of a Freedom of Information request. There is no evidence the “Great Reset” is part of an ominous plan by the WEF to control people.

    This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work here.

    MORE + LINKS :

    https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-coronavirus-netherlands-idUSL1N2T6137

    • paul j watson – The Great Reset; Still a Conspiracy?

      The very real thing that doesn’t exist.

    • World Economic Forum – What is the Great Reset? | Davos Agenda 2021

      The pandemic has radically changed the world as we know it, and the actions we take today, as we work to recover, will define our generation.

      It’s why the World Economic Forum is calling for a new form of capitalism, one that puts people and planet first, as we come together to rebuild the world after COVID-19.

      If you want to be part of the change then tune in, turn on and get involved.

      Follow the #DavosAgenda, right here on YouTube

      Featuring:

      Kristalina Geogrieva, International Monetary Fund
      Angel Gurría, OECD
      António Guterres, UN
      Ajay Banga, Mastercard
      Grace Forrest, Human Rights Activist
      Marc Benioff, Salesforce
      Saadia Zahidi, World Economic Forum
      Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Indigenous Rights Activist
      Jane Goodall, Conservationist

      The World Economic Forum is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. The Forum engages the foremost political, business, cultural and other leaders of society to shape global, regional and industry agendas. We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to make positive change.

  5. I had a casual conversation with a girl awhile ago about the vaccines. She asked me if I was vaccinated and I truthfully told her I am not. Then she tells me about convincing her older healthy parents, who still lived in their own home, to get the vaccine. They all went together. Two days later both her elderly parents die both from a brain bleed. She asked me if I thought that was odd. I hugged her and told her I was sorry. She wished she had never suggested that they get it.

    A couple of days later she broke out in a rash, the doctor told her it was from the stress of both her parents dying so suddenly.

    Now several months later, she still has her rash. Strange.

    Last night I had a few phone calls asking me what they can do – – about getting the vaccine – – They wished they would have listened to me.

    Last week when I was in the liquor store, this woman started complaining about people being too close. Instead of picking up a couple of bottles, I looked at a woman near me and said “Ok I am getting a cart full”, she laughed and said “Oh hell, me too.”

    • One might consider suggesting to people who have had the vaccine, that they start with an 80 mg Aspirin a day. It seems the worst of it comes from clots, either micro or macro ones. If you take even 80 mg of aspirin a day, it could mitigate some, lots or all of the negative effects of the vaccines.

      But this is just pure guess work based on Aspirin’s blood thinning properties, and the reported 60+% of people who get the vaxx and show a D Dimer test positive for clotting.

  6. Love the picture of the moon.

    Dark moon, away up high up in the sky
    Oh, tell me why, oh, tell me why you’ve lost your slender
    Dark moon what is the cause your light withdraws?
    Is it because, is it because of Omnicron?

  7. city news – Calgary council forms task force to fight Bill 21

    Calgary’s council is not stepping down in fighting Quebec’s Bill 21.

    Taylor Braat speaks with two members of the city’s new task force, which will gather resources for the legal challenge.

  8. The EU has announced that vaccinated individuals who fail to get their booster are to have their Coronavirus passes disabled, in a move that has been called ‘tyrannical’.

    The European Union has agreed that those who are considered fully vaccinated will nevertheless have their EU COVID passes disabled after nine months, should they fail to get a booster jab, in a move that has been lambasted by one MEP as ‘tyrannical’.

    It follows a French announcement last week that individuals who were once considered fully vaccinated will begin to have their domestic “Health Passes” disabled from the centralised database unless they get themselves boosted within a given period.

    According to a statement posted on the European Commission website, passes belonging to boosterless individuals will now have a “binding acceptance period” of exactly 270 days.

    Once that period has elapsed, the certs will cease to function.

    https://yournews.com/2021/12/22/2270842/tyrannical-boosterless-europeans-to-have-corona-passports-disabled/

  9. Manchin sees surge of corporate donations after taking stand against Joe Biden’s Build Back Better

    by MichelDecember 22, 2021Politics

    Sen. Joe Manchin opposed President Joe Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better plan and Manchin’s political action committee saw a surge in corporate contributions.

    Manchin’s leadership PAC, Country Roads, has received 17 contributions from corporations in October and 19 in November.

    The White House donated about $550 billion to battle climate change by investing in green technologies. But Munchin, who is a conservative Democrat who has profited from his links to the coal industry, opposed key climate provisions in the legislation.

    https://byberry.com/manchin-donations-build-back-better/?utm_source=880hpy&utm_campaign=reddit.com&utm_medium=NRN

  10. WASHINGTON – The U.S. State Department has accused Russia of spreading ‘dangerous misinformation’ for claiming that U.S. Mercenaries are preparing to use chemical weapons in the eastern Ukrainian conflict zone in Donbas.

    The leader of the breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic which is backed by Russia told the Govorit Moskva radio station that Ukraine and the United States are making threats of a ‘man-made humanitarian disaster’ according to Russian Tass news agency.

    “The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue their military build up next to the line of contact,” Pushilin told Govorit Moskva. “Ukraine is persistently demonstrating its reluctance to engage in a dialogue with us” Pushilin said.

    Taken from Defcon Level Warning System: https://www.defconlevel.com/news/2021-12-22/russian-claims-of-us-and-ukraine-threatening-chemical-attack-misinformation.php

    Note: it looks like Russia is laying groundwork for a pretext for invasion

  11. ‘This Cannot Be The Outcome’: Air Travel Industry Sounds The Alarm Over 5G Interference
    by Ian Haworth – December 22, 2021

    Excerpt:

    As reported by Reuters, Calhound and Knittel asked U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to support the postponement of AR&T and Verizon’s deployment of C-Band spectrum 5G wireless, currently scheduled for January 5, 2021.
    https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-cannot-be-the-outcome-air-travel-industry-sounds-the-alarm-over-5g-interference