Archive for March, 2021
Alleged Arsonist Arrested After 3 Fires at Masonic Lodges in Metro Vancouver Area
March 31st, 2021Via: CBC: Vancouver police arrested a 42-year-old man suspected of arson in three fires at Masonic lodges in Metro Vancouver on Tuesday morning. The arrest came after an off-duty police officer driving past the Masonic temple near Rupert Street and East 29th Avenue in Vancouver noticed a man walking away from the building as it […]
Potentially Toxic Masks Distributed in Schools and Daycares in Quebec
March 31st, 2021Via: CBC: One model of mask distributed to Quebec schools and daycares may be dangerous for the lungs as they could contain a potentially toxic material, according to a directive sent out by the provincial government on Friday. Radio-Canada has obtained documents showing Health Canada warned of the potential for “early pulmonary toxicity” from the […]
More than 4,000 Migrants, Many Children, Held in Cramped Texas Tent Facility
March 31st, 2021Via: New York Post: The US government’s main border detention facility for migrant children is an overcrowded tent structure currently packed with more than 4,000 people, despite a 250 person capacity, it was revealed Tuesday. Related: More Than a Million Migrants Expected at U.S.-Mexico Border This Year
Dozens in Central Florida Contract COVID-19 After Being Fully Vaccinated
March 30th, 2021Via: Click Orlando: They’re called COVID-19 breakthrough cases — people who have been fully vaccinated yet still contract the virus more than 14 days after their second shot. The cases are popping up around the country, including in Central Florida.
Man’s Skin ‘Peeled Off’ in Rare Reaction to Johnson & Johnson COVID Vaccine
March 30th, 2021Via: New York Post: A Virginia man suffered a rare reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine that caused a painful rash to spread across his entire body and skin to peel off, doctors said. Richard Terrell, 74, of Goochland began suffering strange symptoms four days after receiving the one-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, news station WRIC […]
The Sabbatical YouTube Channel
March 30th, 2021Sabbatical Tommy’s travel videos are fascinating. So far, besides English (he’s from New York), I’ve seen him speaking Spanish, Nahuatl, French, Chinese, Russian and Swahili. My eyes bugged out when he was translating Swahili into Chinese for the girl he hitched a ride with in Zanzibar. I wonder if he has a “day job” in […]
10 Reasons Why Freedom Is DANGEROUS
March 29th, 2021Via: Awaken with JP:
Congress Demands Tech CEOs Censor the Internet Even More Aggressively
March 29th, 2021Via: Glenn Greenwald: Over the course of five-plus hours on Thursday, a House Committee along with two subcommittees badgered three tech CEOs, repeatedly demanding that they censor more political content from their platforms and vowing legislative retaliation if they fail to comply. The hearing — convened by the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Chair Rep. […]
Boston Dynamics Stretch
March 29th, 2021Via: Boston Dynamics:
U.S. Military Ordered ‘Clandestine Burning’ of Toxic Chemicals in Poor Neighborhoods
March 26th, 2021Via: Common Dreams: New research conducted by environmental justice scholars at Vermont’s Bennington College reveals that between 2016 and 2020, the U.S. military oversaw the “clandestine burning” of more than 20 million pounds of Aqueous Fire Fighting Foam in low-income communities around the country—even though there is no evidence that incineration destroys the toxic “forever […]