PayPal Decides Fining People $2,500 for ‘Misinformation’ Wasn’t a Great Idea
October 13th, 2022Via: The Register:
PayPal has backed away from fining its own customers up to $2,500 for promoting whatever it determines is “misinformation.”
The punishment showed up in its updated acceptable use policy, captured by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine on September 27, which was due to take effect on November 3. But the revision was deleted by the online payments giant around 2100 GMT on October 8. The biz’s current AUP was drafted September 20 last year and remains in effect.
PayPal has reportedly repudiated its planned AUP revision and characterized the snafu as an error.
“The Biggest Purveyor of Online Mal-, Mis- and Dis-Information Is the U.S. Government”
October 12th, 2022Via: Corbett Report:
By their actions, governments and intelligence agencies the world over have revealed that they are truly afraid of the free flow of information online.
Sweden Refuses to Share Results of Nord Stream Pipeline Explosion Investigation With Russia
October 12th, 2022haha Shocker.
Via: Summit News:
Sweden is refusing to share the preliminary results of its official investigation into the Nord Stream pipeline explosions with Russia, asserting that the information is “confidential.”
Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said that the outcome of the inquiry into what severely damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in late September would not be revealed to Moscow.
“In Sweden, our preliminary investigations are confidential, and that, of course, also applies in this case,” Andersson told reporters.
The investigation found that the blasts were an act of sabotage, although the culprit has not been named.
Pfizer Exec Concedes COVID-19 Vaccine Was Not Tested on Preventing Transmission Before Release
October 12th, 2022Time to stop all of these. They lied. They keep lying. Governments need to stop this game. We will hold you accountable for your corruption. https://t.co/oqjsRZgFHY
— ryancolemd (@drcole12) October 11, 2022
This was misinformation.pic.twitter.com/tLI3Emduq3
— James Melville (@JamesMelville) October 12, 2022
Via: Epoch Times:
A Pfizer executive said Monday that neither she nor other Pfizer officials knew whether its COVID-19 vaccine would stop transmission before entering the market last year.
Member of the European Parliament, Rob Roos, asked during a session: “Was the Pfizer COVID vaccine tested on stopping the transmission of the virus before it entered the market? Did we know about stopping immunization before it entered the market?”
Pfizer’s Janine Small, president of international developed markets, said in response: “No … You know, we had to … really move at the speed of science to know what is taking place in the market.”
Roos, of the Netherlands, argued in a Twitter video Monday that following Small’s comments to him, millions of people around the world were duped by pharmaceutical companies and governments.
“Millions of people worldwide felt forced to get vaccinated because of the myth that ‘you do it for others,’” Roos said. “Now, this turned out to be a cheap lie” and “should be exposed,” he added.
“UK Pension Schemes Are Racing to Raise Hundreds of Billions of Pounds to Shore up Derivatives Positions”
October 12th, 2022Via: Reuters:
UK pension schemes are racing to raise hundreds of billions of pounds to shore up derivatives positions before the Bank of England calls time on support aimed at keeping them afloat.
Governor Andrew Bailey said on Tuesday that the BoE would stop buying bonds as planned on Oct. 14, which would leave pension schemes scrambling after a surge in yields to meet a collective cash call estimated to be at least 320 billion pounds ($355 billion) without a buyer of last resort.The central bank had on Tuesday made its fifth attempt in just over two weeks to restore order in markets.
With pension schemes calling for a deadline extension, the Financial Times on Wednesday reported the BoE had earlier signalled to lenders it might continue the emergency programme beyond Friday if market conditions demanded it, stoking confusion.
Russia Strikes Cities Across Ukraine in Retaliation for Bridge Bombing
October 10th, 2022Via: Daily Mail:
Vladimir Putin has vowed a ‘severe’ response to attacks on Russia after firing dozens of missiles at Ukraine this morning, blowing up power networks and killing civilians in retaliation for the Crimean bridge blast at the weekend.
At least 83 rockets were fired, Ukraine’s military said, with half shot down but half slamming into cities across the country. At least 11 people were killed and 60 wounded, Ukraine said, with eight of those deaths and 24 injuries in Kyiv alone. Rockets also hit the German consulate, but the building was empty.
A mixture of missiles and Iranian-made suicide drones were used to strike the cities of Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia in southern Ukraine, northern Kharkiv and Sumy, central Zhytomyr and Vinnytsia, and even far-western Ternopil and Lviv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Some of these cities have not been hit in months.
Last Video Message from Geert Vanden Bossche
October 9th, 2022Via: Voice For Science and Solidarity:
So what I’m saying in this first slide is that it is five past twelve. In fact, we are already too late to intervene in a way that could prevent humanitarian crisis. It is really my last and desperate call for action as Omicron is now causing a fast and large-scale immune escape in vaccines. So, this is simply accelerating. Immune escape is accelerating.
My Favourite Computer, An Old Mac
October 8th, 2022Via: Muezza.ca:
This Macintosh Classic II wasn’t the best computer of its day, it wasn’t even the best Mac available at the time, but 30 years on and as its second owner it has unexpectedly become one of my favourite computers.
The Classic II sits on a desk in the corner of my living room, just beside my main front window. It takes up a small amount of space, is unassuming, and always looks happy, ready to serve me whenever I call on it.
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This Mac was designed to be a useful machine, a companion when you needed it, but to leave you alone when you didn’t. When the power is switched off the machine is truly off, no background updates, noises, or other nonsense occurs.
This Mac has no form of notification system built in, it never begs for your attention and its applications never try to distract you from what you are doing, begging you to look at them instead. If I get distracted while using this Mac the fault lies squarely on me, not the computer and not the programs running on it.
This Mac is unchanging in a world where things change by the minute. It will never receive another software update and is thoroughly obsolete, but it’s comforting to have something that you know will stay the same forever, remaining in a known state every time you return to it.
When using this Mac I don’t have to worry about my data being stolen or being spied on. What happens between the Mac and myself stays between us. I can tell it my thoughts and my secrets without wondering if it’s going to share them with others, or with corporations.
Blast Damages Crimea Bridge, Key Supply Route in Russia’s War in Ukraine
October 8th, 2022Via: CBS:
An explosion caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia on Saturday, damaging a key supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine. Russian authorities said a truck bomb caused the blast and that three people were killed.
Images on social media Saturday showed the Kerch Bridge, which has train and automobile sections, in flames. The railway bridge was ablaze and a section of the parallel road bridge collapsed into the sea.
Florida State Surgeon General: “84% Increase in the Relative Incidence of Cardiac-Related Death Among Males 18-39 Years Old Within 28 Days Following mRNA Vaccination”
October 7th, 2022Update: Twitter Censers FL Surgeon General Dr. Ladapo Then Backtracks After Public Backlash
Via: The Highwire:
The Florida Department of Health (FDH) conducted an analysis through a self-controlled case series, a technique originally developed to evaluate vaccine safety, and just announced some shocking results.
In a press release discussing the findings of the study and announcing the new mRNA Covid-19 vaccine guidance, FDH wrote, “This analysis found that there is an 84% increase in the relative incidence of cardiac-related death among males 18-39 years old within 28 days following mRNA vaccination.”
Alongside the study’s publication and findings the state’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, has recommended against males aged 18 to 39 from receiving mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. “Those with preexisting cardiac conditions, such as myocarditis and pericarditis, should take particular caution when making this decision” reads the recent FDH press release.
A link to the study and a short description of it posted to Twitter by Dr. Ladapo was promptly deleted from the social media site because it “violated the Twitter rules” according to the company. Yet, after prompt public backlash, Twitter capitulated and reinserted the Tweet.
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I wonder if Twitter is going to ban the Surgeon General of Florida…
Today, we released an analysis on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines the public needs to be aware of. This analysis showed an increased risk of cardiac-related death among men 18-39. FL will not be silent on the truth.
Guidance: https://t.co/DcWZLoMU5E
Press Release: https://t.co/Y0r9yepi7F— Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD (@FLSurgeonGen) October 7, 2022
Via: Florida Department of Health:
Today, State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo has announced new guidance regarding mRNA vaccines. The Florida Department of Health (Department) conducted an analysis through a self-controlled case series, which is a technique originally developed to evaluate vaccine safety.
This analysis found that there is an 84% increase in the relative incidence of cardiac-related death among males 18-39 years old within 28 days following mRNA vaccination. With a high level of global immunity to COVID-19, the benefit of vaccination is likely outweighed by this abnormally high risk of cardiac-related death among men in this age group. Non-mRNA vaccines were not found to have these increased risks.
