Federal Judge Fails to Protect Chicago City Workers from Jab or Fired Order

Freedomist Editor November 30, 2021

Another DNC-appointed Judge is failing to recognize even basic constitutional rights, this time, it’s the very right to property itself, in the form of your own person not being forced to take a vaccine.

The Judge makes the usual argument that it’s safety over freedom and we’re probably all gonna die from covid if we don’t surrender all our sovereignty to the state, or words to that effect. The Judge in question is Judge John Z. Lee, a Federal District Judge of Northern Illinois.

Judge says Chicago city workers have no constitutional right to spurn vaccinations – Cook County Record

From cookcountyrecord.com

Excerpt:

A federal judge has explained he recently refused to block the Illinois governor and Chicago mayor from forcing COVID-19 vaccinations upon Chicago city workers, saying the workers’ evidence against the value of vaccines was “slim” and the city’s evidence in favor was “substantial.”

Judge John Z. Lee, of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, issued the explanation Nov. 24, declaring the workers “do not have a fundamental constitutional right to refuse COVID-19 vaccinations.”

On Oct. 21, a group of employees of Chicago’s fire, water and transportation departments asked Lee to stop Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Lori Lightfoot from ordering them to be vaccinated and tested for COVID-19 or risk losing their jobs. The workers claim the mandate trespasses on their rights to bodily autonomy.

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France First in Europe to Unleash Autonomous Bus on Public Roads

Freedomist Editor November 30, 2021

France approves fully autonomous bus for driving on public roads in a European first

From www.euronews.com
2021-11-30 13:37:36

Excerpt:

A driverless bus in France has become Europe’s first vehicle authorised to operate fully autonomously on a public road.

The driverless EZ10 shuttle, which can carry up to 12 passengers, has been making test runs on a medical campus in the southwestern city of Toulouse since March.

But last week France’s Minister of Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari and Ministry of Ecological Transition approved the bus for use without a human attendant on board.

“This is an important step towards real commercialisation of autonomous driving, both on large private sites, as well as on public roads,” said Benoit Perrin, general manager of the vehicle’s developer, EasyMile.

The authorisation makes EasyMile the first driverless vehicle maker in Europe to be allowed to run an autonomous shuttle among other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists without on-board supervision on a public road, the company said.

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Is January the End of the Covid-19 Pandemic?

Freedomist Editor November 8, 2021

With both Pfizer and Merck now having released effective therapeutic treatment for Covid-19 that will render it significantly less than a threat than it is now, one Pfizer board member is predicting the end of the Covid-19 era come this January.

Pfizer Board Member Predicts COVID Pandemic Over in the U.S. by January

From feedproxy.google.com
2021-11-05 19:00:11
Leslie Eastman
Excerpt:

I find it fascinating that after the drubbing the COVID-restriction embracing Democrats received this week, a board member from one of the entities that have prospered during the pandemic is now willing to put a date on the end of the pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic could be over in the U.S. by the time President Biden’s workplace vaccine mandates take effect in early January, Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” Friday.

The vaccine requirements from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration take effect on Jan. 4 for any company with at least 100 employees. All affected workers must get either their second Moderna or Pfizer shot or one dose from Johnson & Johnson by that date or face regular testing for the virus.

“These mandates that are going to be put in place by Jan. 4 really are coming on the tail end of this pandemic,” said Gottlieb, who’s also a former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. “By Jan. 4,…

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We Found the Sperm Gene

Freedomist Editor November 8, 2021

Reproductive Sciences Experts Discover Gene Crucial to Sperm Cell Production

From scitechdaily.com
2021-11-08 18:27:47
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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Reproductive Sciences experts at Cincinnati Children’s discover that the gene Cdc42 is required to support proper alignment and function of Sertoli cells.

Scientists at Cincinnati Children’s appear to have flipped another piece in the underexplored puzzle of male infertility.

In findings published on October 26, 2021, in Cell Reports, a team led by co-first authors Anna Heinrich, BS, Bidur Bhandary, PhD, and senior author Tony De Falco, PhD, sheds new light on how sperm production…

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Poland Prepares for War with Belarus Over Migrant Threat

Freedomist Editor November 8, 2021

The border crisis between Poland and Belarus is only deepening as both states bring troops to their respective borders while more migrants are also being allowed to gather by Belarus.

Crisis worsens on Poland-Belarus border as migrants congregate and troops are mobilized

From rss.cnn.com
2021-11-08 18:09:16

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In the latest in a weeks-long migration crisis at the border, the head of the Polish border guard said that groups of people were attempting to breach the border on Monday evening.

“The situation at the border is difficult. More numerous groups of migrants are led to the border. Attempts are being made to force the border through,” Ewelina Szczepańska said, adding that she was confident that Polish forces could handle the situation.

Poland’s defense ministry said earlier on Monday on Twitter that “a group of migrants is currently located close to Kuznica.” The post was accompanied by aerial footage showing large crowds congregating on the Belarusian side of the border. The ministry added later that: “Currently, migrants have set up a camp in the Kuznica region. They are constantly guarded by the Belarusian services.”

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Ethiopia Set to Fall to Rebels

Freedomist Editor November 8, 2021

Ethiopia’s war closes in on the capital as all sides balk at calls for a ceasefire

From www.cbsnews.com
2021-11-08 18:02:31

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Johannesburg — Tens of thousands of people took part in massive rallies in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa on Sunday. It was a show of support for the government as it battles an alliance of rebel forces threatening to march on the city, but there was strong anti-American sentiment at the gatherings, too.

The fighting in Ethiopia has raged for just over a year now, but what started as an isolated battle between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and rebels in the northern Tigray region has snowballed into a fight for his political survival.

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DNC States Sue Home-Built Gun Kit Companies

Freedomist Editor October 15, 2021

California Joins Lawsuit Againt Ghost Gun Manufacturers – CBS San Francisco

From sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com
2021-10-13 20:38:00

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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — The state of California is jumping into an historic lawsuit against companies who make kits to assemble so-called “ghost guns.”

The suit, originally filed in August by the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office along with the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters, accuses three companies of selling illegal prepackaged kits, allowing people to make a firearm at home. These ghost guns don’t have serial numbers, making them untraceable.

In joining the lawsuit against Blackhawk Manufacturing Group, Inc., GS Performance, LLC, and MDX Corporation, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said the defendants are violating the federal Gun Control Act and two state gun control measures by not meeting basic safety requirements.

“Fifteen minutes — that’s the little time it takes to put it together. We’re not talking about a kit of Legos, we’re not talking about Blue Apron or Martha Stewart’s meal kit, and we’re not talking about a COVID test. We’re talking about a ghost gun kit,” said Bonta. “These weapons have been used in mass shootings. Criminals have used them to murder innocent children in our classrooms. They have been linked to serious crimes here in San Francisco and across the nation. And in America, we have a gun problem. We have to acknowledge that.”

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IMF’s Inflation Warning Followed with Energy Price Spike

Freedomist Editor October 15, 2021

IMF warns on inflation, says the Fed and others should be prepared to tighten policy

From www.cnbc.com
2021-10-12 16:16:30

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Central banks such as the Federal Reserve should be prepared to tighten policy in case inflation gets out of control, the International Monetary Fund warned in a report Tuesday.

While the IMF said it largely concurs with assessments from the Fed and many economists that the current global spate of price increases eventually will ease, it noted there is “high uncertainty” around those forecasts.

The cautionary tone mentioned the U.S., as well as the U.K. and other developed economies, as places where “inflation risks are skewed to the upside.”

“While monetary policy can generally look through transitory increases in inflation, central banks should be prepared to act quickly if the risks of rising inflation expectations become more material in this uncharted recovery,” Gita Gopinath, the IMF’s economic counselor and director of research, said in an executive summary accompanying…

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Sharp surge in energy prices threatens economic recovery and is already slowing growth

From www.cnbc.com
2021-10-12 16:18:31

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Woman pumps gas outside of Wawa storefront

Saul loeb

Energy prices are surging, and the economy is already feeling the pinch of higher fuel costs though it is far from stalling out.

There is an unusual coincidence of much higher oil, natural gas and coal prices, combined with other rising commodities and supply chain disruptions. That perfect storm of shortages and higher prices begs the question of whether the economy could go into a serious tailspin or even a recession.

Economists say, for now, the jump in prices is not the type of oil shock that will turn U.S. growth negative, but there will be economic consequences of higher energy costs, particularly in places like Europe where natural gas prices have skyrocketed.

“Periods of trending oil prices tend not to be a problem,” JPMorgan chief economist Bruce Kasman said. “The periods of spiking oil prices tend to be what gets you into trouble. They tend to be largely supply driven, and they tend to have disruptive elements that are more…

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Enrollment in PA State Universities Take Historic Dive

Freedomist Editor October 15, 2021

State Universities in Pennsylvania See Largest Drop in Enrollment in Decades

From feedproxy.google.com
2021-10-12 16:00:31
Mike LaChance
Excerpt:

Maybe these schools should just hire more diversity administrators. Surely, that will fix the problem.

The Pittsburgh Post Gazette reports:

Pa. State System university enrollment craters to lowest level in over 30 years

Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities lost another 5,000-plus students this fall, dropping total head count enrollment below 89,000 — a level not seen in three-plus decades, dating nearly to the system’s founding — according to just released data Monday.

The 5.4% downturn and anticipated loss of more than $36 million in tuition revenue is likely to further complicate efforts to redesign the State System of Higher Education and merge six of its universities — California, Clarion and Edinboro in the west, plus Bloomsburg, Lock Haven and Mansfield in the northeast — into two institutions.

However, the drop from a year ago to a degree was anticipated — at least internally. While not offering a number, State System leaders, including Chancellor…

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China Looks to Further Break Up Its Big Tech

Freedomist Editor October 5, 2021

China tightens political control of internet giants

From abcnews.go.com
2021-10-03 10:33:17

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BEIJING — The ruling Communist Party is tightening political control over China’s internet giants and tapping their wealth to pay for its ambitions to reduce reliance on U.S. and European technology.

Anti-monopoly and data security crackdowns starting in late 2020 have shaken the industry, which flourished for two decades with little regulation. Investor jitters have knocked more than $1.3 trillion off the total market value of e-commerce platform Alibaba, games and social media operator Tencent and other tech giants.

The party says anti-monopoly enforcement will be a priority through 2025. It says competition will help create jobs and raise living standards.

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