Last October, then-Vice President Mike Pence and current Vice President Kamala Harris squared off in the only vice presidential debate. They were divided by plexiglass to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, and even then scientists wondered why. Linsey Marr, an expert on airborne viruses at Virginia Tech University, told The New York Times that the plexiglass...
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MASKS OR NO MASKS? SCHOOLS, NOT SCIENCE, WILL DECIDE
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced last week that it will be up to schools in the state to determine policy on outdoor mask use for students after recent guidelines for summer camps were released. “If people don’t think the rules are logical, then they’re not going to want to follow the rules,” he said,...
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GOLDMAN SACHS IN CONTROL: GET YOUR JAB
Goldman Sachs, the finance giant, told employees in a memo that it will require employees to reveal their COVID-19 vaccine status before they return to the office, The Financial Times reported. The Goldman Gang said employees’ response was due by noon this Thursday. The company said knowledge about the vaccine status of employees will allow it to...
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GET A JAB, GET HIGH!
In our 30 March 2021 article, “GET-A-JAB INCENTIVES,” we told how a marijuana dispensary in Michigan had joined the scramble to find ways to bribe Americans to get their COVID-19 shots by offering a free rolled joint to those over 21 who produce proof of vaccination, in what it called its “Pot for Shots” promotion. ...
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ALZHEIMER’S DRUG? FORGET ABOUT IT
The big “news” last week was, the first new treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in almost twenty years has been approved for use in the U.S. by the Food and Drug Administration. Of the more than 400 Alzheimer’s drugs that have been tried over the decades, most have failed. So far, Alzheimer’s is recognized as an...
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VAX PAPERS: IF YOU LIE IT’S A CRIME
If you plan on attending any of several upcoming live musical performances in New York City, be prepared to prove that you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. As reported by Summit News on 9 June, Bruce Springsteen, The Foo Fighters and The Strokes are among the acts that will perform only for fully vaccinated audiences....
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ASIAN COVID SURGE CRIMPS GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN, RECOVERY
New waves of COVID infections across parts of Asia, where vaccine campaigns have barely begun, are slowing production of raw materials and finished goods, driving up prices, fueling inflation, and slowing the global recovery, according to the Wall Street Journal. An outbreak in the Yantian, a district in Shenzhen, has slowed exports from the container...
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ALL ABOARD THE HYDROGEN TRAIN
Trains are a common mode of passenger, as well as freight, transport in Europe, where about half of working locomotives still belch smog from diesel fuels. With Europe largely committed to reaching the emissions-reduction goals of the Paris Climate Accord, the French train-maker Alstom is helping the continent ride there aboard its new fleet of...
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PANDEMIC “CASES” SHMANDEMIC; IT’S ALL CRAPOLA
Name the country, name the media, name the day. It’s non-stop reporting of how many virus “cases” have been reported. Here is the headline from Sunday’s France 24: Thailand struggles to contain a new coronavirus wave Case overload? Thailand, a nation of some 70 million has racked up of 1,466 virus deaths, or the grand...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
EDWARD SNOWDEN REFLECTED WITH THE EFF ON PRIVACY PROGRESS. For its 30-year anniversary celebration in May, the Electronic Frontier Foundation interviewed famed government surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden in a video chat roundtable with other experts. Snowden, a former computer intelligence consultant, became a fugitive in 2013 when he leaked info from the National Security Agency....