Coming Friday...

World Premiere of Eric Clapton's brand new single:

"This Has Gotta Stop"

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTAnXiVAJzw/

Watch the video premiere at 2pm BST

August 13, 2021: "Honolulu Fire Capt. Kaimi Pelekai on why he's against the vaccine mandate"

Source:

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/video/2021/08/13/honolulu-fire-capt-kaimi-pelekai-why-he-against-vaccine-mandate/

Full video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Dnju9L6ns

August 23, 2021: "LAFD Fire Capt Christian Granucci of Station 108 has a message for everyone regarding the vaccine mandate. Before you dial 911 in Los Angeles you should know who is responding to you. Granucci represents the feelings of many of his colleagues as it relates to the COVID vaccines."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaYn6QM2Ny8

August 16, 2021, Wrong Kind of Green, shared from Lockdown Sceptics.

Written by Addison Reeves. Reeves is a lawyer, political scientist, philosopher, and civil rights and civil liberties advocate based in New York.

Excerpt:

"The almost uniform support for totalitarian lock-down measures and mandates from those on the left has been shocking to see and has resulted in a feeling of political homelessness for those whose leftist values are what lead them to view the response to the pandemic with a sharp critical eye. This article shows that the reason why so many on the left have abandoned the values of freedom of speech and movement, bodily autonomy, and economic justice is because those people belong to the ideology of progressivism, which exists outside the left-right dichotomy.

Progressivism is an ideology that champions limitless growth, unbridled use of technology and the control of nature over any intrinsic sense of worth or fulfillment. We all get dragged along on the march of ‘progress’ because progressives assume any deviance from their values is inferior and because they tend to control the world’s resources. Progress under this model is linear; the future is always an improvement on the past, and any attempt to resist change or divert course is seen as regressive and unscientific.

Progressives often engage in leftist rhetoric, but their proposals always result in strengthening and expanding the existing, inequitable system and further entrenching the current, elite class. Progressives propose superficial policies rather than measures that would truly allow citizens to become more self-sufficient or otherwise reduce inequality because that would undermine their primary goal of unlimited growth. That is why progressives increasingly take refuge in identity politics; it allows them to talk about changing the system without actually having to challenge the exploitative aspects of society that they rely on for profit and growth. They then blame the increasing disparities on their opponents for resisting ‘progress’."

Full article:

https://www.wrongkindofgreen.org/2021/08/22/the-pandemic-response-as-contemporary-imperialism/

Coming Friday...

World Premiere of Eric Clapton's brand new single:

"This Has Gotta Stop"

Watch the video premiere at 2pm BST on t.me/robinmg

"This system prevents taking students out of school and athletics unnecessarily. It allows us to keep more students engaged and involved in class as well as athletic activities. This is a top priority for staff and families here in Eatonville. This school year we can expect numerous changes and for situations to be dynamic."

https://www.outkick.com/high-school-football-players-asked-to-wear-ankle-monitors-for-covid/

Australia: "This is to government of Australia, the corporate government. We run this country. We the people. And I'm a truck driver. We as truckies, we WILL block all your highways. We'll block all your ports, and we'll even stop what we need to stop. There is nothing you'll be able to do. You back off. These are our roads. This is our country, and we will run it how we want to run it. This is our country. You and your vaccines is bullshit. You can fuck off. You are not going to mandate nothing. And for the kids, what you're doing, alright, is disgusting. What you've done and round them up in New South Wales is disgusting. WE are going to run this country. WE are taking it back. Us truck drivers are going to be the front line, and whoever is behind us, we are going to take our country back. You politicians make me sick. You guys are filthy. You guys do not represent us people, and you don't represent this country. Fuck you, we're going to take out country back".

#IStandWithTruckies

(h/t MacPherson C-T)

"While vaccine requirements have increased since Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s vaccine received full Food and Drug Administration approval on Monday, employers are treading carefully for fear they’ll hurt morale and spur defections in a tight labor market. Some consultants doubt that surcharges will be as persuasive as demanding inoculation, though the size of Delta’s surcharge could change that calculus.

'Vaccine hesitant employees are likely to see this as a mandate or a punitive measure, as it creates an additional annual cost of $2,400 for that employee,' said Brian Kropp, chief of human-resources research for the Gartner consulting firm."

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Employees who aren’t vaccinated must wear masks in all indoor settings, effective immediately. Delta also said that starting Sept. 30, the airline would preserve full pay for workers who have received both shots but who still get sick and may end up on short-term disability."

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/delta-air-lines-to-impose-surcharge-on-unvaccinated-employees

"In Canada, informed consent to medical interventions - including vaccines - is the law. The Canadian Covid Care Alliance supports Informed Consent."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR-NYrYyEls

Via Annastacia Palaszczuk - Premier of Queensland, Minister for Trade and Member for Inala

@AnnastaciaMP

https://twitter.com/AnnastaciaMP/status/1430685839994982400