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Pelosi Under Fire For Salon Visit

"I take responsibility for falling for a set-up." – Nancy Pelosi Pelosi says hair salon should apologize for 'set-up' visit | SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A testy Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she takes responsibility for trusting the word of a San Francisco hair salon that it was OK to come in for a solo visit — even though the city still does not allow indoor beauty services because of the coronavirus pandemic. But the Democratic House Speaker...

Facebook Targets Covid-19 Disinformation

Social media giant will remove posts that convey false information about COVID-19 and voting | Sep 03, 2020 | AP – With just two months left until the U.S. presidential election, Facebook says it is taking more steps to encourage voting, minimize misinformation and reduce the likelihood of post-election "civil unrest." The company said Thursday it will restrict new political ads in the week before the election and remove posts that convey misinformation about COVID-19 and...

Judge Fired After Pitching 3-Way In Boozy KY Court Room: Report

“Respondent failed in essentially every respect of this fundamental rule applicable to all judges.” | Sep 1, 2020 Fox News – A Kentucky judge accused of using sex and booze to turn her courtroom into a virtual frat house was kicked off the bench by a judicial panel on Monday. A five-member judicial commission voted unanimously to remove Kenton County Family Court Judge Dawn Gentry, who was suspended with pay in December pending a misconduct probe,...

Bill Gates, 5G, ‘Plandemic,’ And Other Whacky Covid Myths

"Bill Gates is behind it as a way to boost vaccine sales," and other Covid-19 lies | And no, viruses can’t travel on 5G networks | Aug 31, 2020 OPINION Elemental – Only a highly politicized, historically deadly pandemic could generate this number of outlandish and sometimes deadly myths, conspiracies, hoaxes, and misconceptions. Here’s a reality check on a dozen or so of the more inaccurate, outrageous, and sometimes dangerous Covid-19 falsehoods. 1. The coronavirus spreads on 5G networks This would...

Were US Marine Recruits Intentionally Poisoned?

“There are bouts of anger ... If the food was cooked properly. I would be out doing my job in the Marine Corps.” Hunter Browning, USMC recruit | Vendor 'exercised a conscious disregard of risk' Undercooked beef eyed in food poisoning on US military bases By Jonan Pilet on September 1, 2020 Food Safety News – A district court has ruled that victims of an E. coli outbreak on a Marine Corps base have sufficiently alleged that Sodexo...

Why Covid Is Worst In Florida

Covid crisis worse in Fla. due to cuts to health system | Sep 1, 2020 | Citrus Co. Chronicle – For so many public services — if it doesn’t touch you directly, you forget about it, and certainly don’t prioritize funding for it. Or maybe it does touch you but you don’t realize its importance. Same thing. But when you need it, you expect it to be there, quick and effective. That’s been the case with public...

FL ‘Antifa Hunter’ Gets 3 Years For Racist Trolling

"It may not have been physically violent, but it couldn't have been more violent to one's mental health or feeling of well-being." – U. S. District Judge Norman Moon Defense tried to blame McMahon's behavior on 'untreated mental health disorder', but judge rules he gave mental health problems to others Aug 31, 2020 | AP – A Florida man who called himself "the Antifa hunter" as he waged an online campaign to terrorize and harass those who opposed...

Florida State Rep Hospitalized With Covid-19

Florida Politics – Rep. Chris Latvala tested positive for COVID-19, he announced Sunday evening. “Yesterday, 3,197 Floridians tested positive for COVID-19. I was one of them,” Latvala wrote. He said he has been experiencing symptoms for a couple of days and has been self-isolating since Wednesday. Our best to Chris Latvala, who tested positive for COVID-19. Latvala is currently hospitalized at Largo Medical Center, but expects to make a full recovery. He wrote: “Thank you to all the heroes...

Trump Rips Up Virus Rules, Enrages Deep State

Officials decry Trump's shunning of virus rules Aug 29, 2020 | AP – Public health experts expressed concern Friday about President Donald Trump's largely mask-free, socially un-distanced Republican convention event on the White House lawn, saying some of his 1,500 guests may have inadvertently brought and spread the coronavirus to others. "There almost certainly were individuals there who were infected with COVID-19 but don't know it," said Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health...

Teachers Quit In Droves Over Covid Rules

Florida teacher Jessica Smith put in her resignation earlier this month over the stress and "paranoia" that comes with live-streaming to scores of students. Aug 29, 2020 Newsweek – Veteran K-12 teachers in states across the U.S. are resigning and retiring at higher rates as schools begin reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic this fall, with educators citing the stress tied to remote learning, technical difficulties and COVID-19 health concerns. Several teachers who recently resigned, retired, or...

Louisiana Family Loses Trailer In Hurricane (Third Time)

"I don't know how many times you can restart from scratch." Home smashed: For one family, Hurricane Laura the 3rd strike PLUS: Carbon monoxide from generators killed more people than the actual hurricane HACKBERRY, La. (AP) — Bradley Beard calls Hurricane Laura his third strike. In 2005, Rita pushed a foot of floodwaters into his white, wooden home in Hackberry, Louisiana, a tiny community in Cameron Parish 15 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Next came Ike in 2008,...

Cat Photobombs Remote Meeting Of Parliament

Pets boost morale during coronavirus pandemic: study | Some are even considering adopting another animal to keep their pet company when they return to work SNWS – Three-quarters of Americans couldn’t have gotten through the quarantine without their pet, according to new research. The survey of 2,000 cat owners (57% of whom also have a dog) looked at the various benefits provided by our furry friends during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways in which they helped us...

Massive CA Chicken Plant Shut Down Over COVID Deaths

Aug 29, 2020 | Daily Mail, UK – A West Coast chicken plant has been ordered to shut down after eight employees died from COVID-19 and another 350 tested positive for the virus. Foster Farms, located in Livingston, southwest of San Francisco, has 48 hours to close its doors, following an order from the Merced County Health Department issued on Thursday. Around 3,750 people work at the Livingston plant, meaning that close to 10 percent of all...

Open Rebellion Against Trump’s New Covid-19 Rule

Aug 28, 2020 (Reuters) - A majority of U.S. states have rejected new Trump administration COVID-19 testing guidance in an extraordinary rebuke of the nation’s top agency for disease prevention, according to officials at state health agencies and public statements reviewed by Reuters. At least 33 states continue to recommend testing people who have been exposed to COVID-19 and have no symptoms, spurning guidance published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this...

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