Massive protests, with numbers reportedly in the tens of thousands, erupted in London on Saturday as people took to the streets to voice their objection to lingering COVID-19 mandates in the city. The Evening Standard reported the demonstrators held up signs that read, “Freedom is non-negotiable,” and they voiced anger over the city’s vaccination campaign, which they...
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EXECUTIVE ORDERS? STATE LAWMAKERS SAYING “NO”
State lawmakers are presenting bills that would make it harder for governors and other officials to implement public-health measures, like mask mandates, without going through the legislature during the next health emergency. The COVID-19 outbreak has given governors powers that many in the country never knew they had. With the stroke of a pen, they...
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80% OF COUNTRIES ON U.S.’s “DO NOT TRAVEL” ADVISORY LIST
What good are these COVID-19 travel passports? The U.S. State Department added new countries to its Do-Not-Travel advisory list based on new virus infections in various countries. The Wall Street Journal reported 80 percent of countries around the globe are now on this list, and the Department recommended all Americans reconsider traveling internationally due to the virus...
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NYC TOURISM DEAD? ONTRENDPRENEUR® OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND
New York City wants the world to know it is semi-opened for business and will invest $30 million in federal stimulus dollars to get the message out. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday the city seems to have a long road back to regaining pre-COVID hospitality numbers. The report said last week’s hotel occupancy rate in NYC...
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MANHATTAN D.A.: NO PROSECUTION FOR PROSTITUTION
Cyrus Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, on Wednesday announced that his office would no longer prosecute prostitution and requested a judge in the state dismisses cases dating back to 1976. The Wall Street Journal reported the cases had a top charge of prostitution. Vance said he hopes the change helps those turning to the lifestyle to...
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DEMOCRATS: NO WORK, GET PAID
About 40 Democrats on Friday signed a letter to President Biden urging him to take a new look at unemployment benefits and were vocal in their support of a federal increase and extension of weekly payouts. The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday that Congress has already intervened to increase payments by $300 weekly for jobless Americans during...
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HARDER THE LOCKDOWN, HIGHER THE COVID CASES
Authoritarian governors have been justifying the terrible physical, emotional, and financial burdens their lockdowns have caused by claiming they save lives. But the data proves otherwise. On 23 April, Blacklist News published the article: “Texas Ended Lockdowns and Mask Mandates. Now Locked-Down States are Where COVID is Growing Most.” Commenting on empirical CDC data, the...
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THE RISE OF MINDLESS, INSANE VIOLENCE
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato I have been teaching self-defense and combat arts since the mid-1960s. I have studied violence in military, intelligence, law enforcement, and private sector contexts: how it occurs, who does it, why they do it, and what can be done about it. I have studied the best methods of personal...
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MORE CHIP SHORTAGES, HIGHER INFLATION
As the company announced weakened first-quarter earnings, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger warned that the worldwide chip shortage will continue until companies increase their manufacturing capacity to meet renewed demand, which could take as long as two years, he said. Despite chip makers scurrying to increase production, the chip shortage created by consumer demand during the...
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THIS WEEK IN SURVEILLANCE
POST OFFICE PLAYING SPYMASTERS. News broke this past week that the USPS has been running a program called iCOP (Internet Covert Operations Program). Does it target agents of Communist Chinese or members of international drug cartels? No. The initiative, embedded in the Postal Service, exists to target “domestic terrorists.” According to Yahoo News, which broke...