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by Will Jones
24 February 2023 2:39 AM

  • “Fear we go again! U.K. health officials including ‘Professor Lockdown’ begin Covid-style ‘worst-case scenario’ planning for if bird flu becomes transmissible in humans – as girl, 11, dies and 12 more people are feared infected in Cambodia” – U.K. scientists are modelling a worst-case scenario bird flu outbreak amid reports that an 11-year-old girl died of the disease in Cambodia, the Mail reports.
  • “Covid expert Angela McLean is U.K.’s new Chief Scientific Adviser” – The mathematical biologist who co-chaired the SAGE subgroup that used epidemiology and mathematical modelling to guide the Government’s response to the pandemic, will take over from Patrick Vallance, reports Nature. Talk about rewarding failure and baking it in.
  • “Republican Senators Push Back Against Accord Giving WHO Power Over U.S. Pandemic Response” – Republican senators are pushing back with an effort to reinforce congressional power to authorise treaties, reports the Epoch Times.
  • “The lost generation: a global assault on children and young people” – “Children and young people should have been able to trust that, when the shit hit the fan, the adults-in-the-room would protect and nurture them,” writes Michael Jackson in Spectator Australia. “Instead, we instantly sacrificed their health, wellbeing, and futures on the altar of panic and performative Covid protocols.”
  • “Healthy vaccinee bias: loud and clear in an ONS analysis” – Professor Eyal Shahar gives his take on the ONS vaccine data.
  • “British Africans are Dying Less than South Asians and White British since the First Covid Wave” – Joel Smalley on some more evidence that contradicts the vaccine narrative.
  • “The latest ONS data on deaths by Covid vaccination status” – Norman Fenton and Martin Neil say the updated data contain “the same (and worse) systemic problems and multiple flaws”.
  • “Censors Use AI to Target Podcasts” – The collapse of support for free speech among Western pseudo-elites is the foundation of so many other problems, from medicine to war, writes Bret Swanson for Brownstone.
  • “A Vax Update” – Watch the latest Mark Steyn show covering the vaccine scandal.
  • “Drivers lose interest in electric cars as petrol prices tumble” – Demand for electric cars slumps as the energy crisis makes them more expensive to run, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Being surrounded by men ‘always disappointing’, says Christine Lagarde” – The Central Bank President indulges in some bizarre self-pity as she says it is “tough” for women to gain a foothold in policy making, the Telegraph reports.
  • “Is Shakespeare ‘far-Right’ now?” – Among the books on the reading list that could be a sign of ‘right-wing radicalisation’, some genius public servant came up with the complete works of Shakespeare, says Douglas Murray in the Spectator.
  • “Queen Consort appears to criticise Roald Dahl changes” – The Queen told a group of authors to “remain true to their calling” and resist “curbs on freedom of expression”, the Telegraph reports.
  • “The race is on to buy Roald Dahl’s original books” – In the wake of the classic children’s books being altered by ‘sensitivity readers’, demand for unedited copies is through the roof, reports the Telegraph.
  • “The brutal dirty tricks campaign against Kate Forbes is beginning to backfire” – As Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney pour scorn on her beliefs while backing Humza Yousaf, SNP members think they’ve gone too far, says Alan Cochrane in the Telegraph.
  • “Protestants are now hounded out of politics, as Kate Forbes has shown” – Are we really a tolerant society when the ambitious are expected to renounce aspects of their faith, asks Fraser Nelson in the Telegraph.
  • “Why Kate Forbes is apologising” – Somewhat inevitably, Kate Forbes has issued a lengthy apology for causing “hurt” by her comments on her personal moral beliefs, writes Isabel Hardman in the Spectator. Apparently, they were insufficiently wrapped in cotton wool for today’s fragile woke snowflakes.
  • “‘Wokeism gone mad’: Fire chief sparks backlash after banning the word ‘fireman’ – because it’s ‘sexist and exclusionary’” – Dave Russel has insisted that the term ‘fireman’, which hasn’t been used officially since the late 1980s, will not be tolerated because it is “exclusionary and represents a form of micro-aggression'”, reports the Mail.
  • “Kent University says everyone should be called ‘they’ until you know their pronouns” – Kent University is encouraging students to refer to others as ‘they’ until it’s clear what the person’s pronouns are, according to the Telegraph. Isn’t that ‘misgendering’?
  • “Black Panther communist Angela Davis – who teaches that U.S. was built by racist colonisers – faces calls to pay reparations after genealogy show reveals her white puritan ancestor arrived in America on the Mayflower” – A Black Panther who’s also a communist has faced calls to pay reparations after discovering her ancestors were white puritans and slave owners, reports the Mail.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago

HUMZA YOUSAF , how could it happen 😵‍💫

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stewart
stewart
2 years ago

The world is a better place with people like Mark Steyn.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

👍 😇

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  stewart

Absolutely, Stewart. Mark has been and continues to be a beacon of light in an increasingly gloomy world. He handles serious subjects with humour and wit while exposing the utter lack of moral fibre of our (so called) leaders that is prevalent in the West. Kate Hopkins had a good take on GB News recently although she didn’t mention Neil Oliver who continues to delight with his monologues. I’m so glad that Mark is back with his own show.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
2 years ago

“Censors Use AI to Target Podcasts” – The collapse of support for free speech among Western pseudo-elites is the foundation of so many other problems

I predict AI will be used to parse all kinds of media to detect wrongthink, not just in the social media sphere but in the workplace, education.

I don’t know what the article considers as the “pseudo elite” but most people I know are a bit flaky on freedom of speech, few are absolutists. They would generally say they are against “hate speech” such as over racism, certainly until you point out how censorship will end up being abused. There’s a way to go before we get to the point where true freedom of speech is given its proper value.

Last edited 2 years ago by transmissionofflame
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Steve-Devon
Steve-Devon
2 years ago

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/02/23/drivers-lose-interest-electric-cars-petrol-prices-tumble/

This is one of several articles I have seen recently illustrating the problems and issues with EVs but these articles fail to follow through with any analysis or conclusions, are they hoping to prepare the way for a change in Government policy?

As it is; next year there is a Government quota for 22% of car sales to be EVs which will increase up to 2030 when the sale of conventional ICE cars will be banned. At which point comparisons of EV and ICE cars will become irrelevant as there will be no ICE cars available. The logical conclusion is that unless there is a rapid and significant change in technology, pricing and electric supply in the UK and if current Government car policy remains unchanged; the UK will see a massive decline in private car ownership and usage. It is difficult not to conclude that this is the unspoken and unstated objective of the net-zero powers that be.

If this happens it will be a monumental social change, much of the UK has grown up as the ‘Top Gear’ generation with cars at the cornerstone of life. Much of Holiday, Leisure tourism and social life centres around the car. Without a car life in many rural areas becomes quite difficult. There is little sign that this or a possible future Labour Gov will change this EV car policy, in which case IMO it will lead to an incredible seismic shift for the worse in the lives of most ordinary people. Is this really going to happen?

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  Steve-Devon

It seems like it , I wonder how the car industry will be compensated when the morons in government do actually ban ICE vehicle sales & will the ban encompass the commercial ,construction & agricultural arenas . Also what are other countries plans , do they match our pathetic “we can save the planet” machination’s.

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Steve-Devon
Steve-Devon
2 years ago
Reply to  Freddy Boy

The 2030 ban on ICE vehicles includes light vans. I guess large businesses will negotiate major EV van lease deals and operate their own charging points at their depots. This will be to the detriment of many small businesses like plumbers and electricians who will find it hard and expensive to run an EV van. I rather fear the switch to all EV light vans will be another nail in the coffin of small businesses, which does rather seem to be another globalist objective.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago
Reply to  Steve-Devon

Yes it is their plan ,which will affect me for certain , it’s amazing that as you say the big firms will have their own charging systems allowing them to carry on while small business can’t , in fact just like during lockdowns 🤯

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  Steve-Devon

I don’t think this is even possible. People just don’t want them, can’t afford them or worry about being stuck in the highlands miles from a charging point. They are a total smokescreen, another unthought out idea especially in a land where we get little sun and variable wind and where charging points are charged by power stations that are either gas powered or nuclear. It’s more nonsense and is all part of the playbook to destroy our lives.

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Freddy Boy
Freddy Boy
2 years ago

The Mail has gone full on with the bird flu story & Pants down has been wheeled out again ffs , the beaky disease will have to go some though to match the Jabathon damage , a possible threat gets full attention while an actual factual event is in progress !

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Chris P
Chris P
2 years ago
Reply to  Freddy Boy

Moderna need an ’emergency’ as they are struggling to get their mRNA flu vaccine off the ground.

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/moderna-flu-vaccine-delivers-mixed-results-trial-2023-02-16/

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Mogwai
Mogwai
2 years ago
Reply to  Chris P

It wouldn’t surprise me if the morons who are still lining up for yet more mRNA will be the same jab junkies who’ll buy into whatever they’re told is best for them next. It’s a mentality thing now. Actually it’s an I.Q test at this point!🧟‍♀️🤭 Let them get on with it but in my view a tipping point has been reached and there’s way more sane people than spiked-up loonies.

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  Mogwai

I am beginning to hear more ‘it’s probably the vaccine’ admissions from people who were most likely completely hoodwinked. This waking up process is a slow burn but it is happening. Not fast enough in my opinion but it’s something at least.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago

An article on the digital surveillance state being erected brick by brick around us.

https://commonknowledgeedinburgh.substack.com/p/the-biosecurity-state-is-being-built

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

A terrific piece of writing. Thanks BB.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago

This is why we have fought & will continue to fight for the past 3 years despite the personal losses & hardship. A harrowing & heart breaking read. I wept.

https://makismd.substack.com/p/canadas-youngest-athletes-ages-6

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

I share your views BB. I too am wiping away the tears. These children were murdered.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago

Hiding in plain sight wrapped up as a reputable advisor in French political circles

https://rairfoundation.com/the-real-globalist-mastermind-behind-the-great-reset-prophet-jacques-attali/

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  BurlingtonBertie

Thanks, Bertie, good to know who these shysters are and where they are.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2023/02/bill-gates-buys-e850-million-stake-in-heineken/

Oh look what the Next Tuesday is up to now. Well he has gone for food so I suppose drinks were next inevitably.

Stay away from Heineken drinks and support local brewers.

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Gates can’t stop himself can he, HP? He’ll probably be introducing some GMO products into the brewing process. Somehow it doesn’t fit with his current portfolio so I am wondering why on earth buy stakes in a beer company unless he has plans to launch liquid vaccines into the beer…

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago
Reply to  AethelredTheReadier

GMO grain crops….

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Free Lemming
Free Lemming
2 years ago

Is the worm on the turn? “Publisher to release uncensored versions of Roald Dahl classics after backlash” – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/24/roald-dahl-publisher-gives-ground-woke-changes-caused-storm/

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AethelredTheReadier
AethelredTheReadier
2 years ago
Reply to  Free Lemming

I can imagine there’s a lot of people who never vent or say anything about woke but are quietly seething.

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BurlingtonBertie
BurlingtonBertie
2 years ago
Reply to  Free Lemming

Probably realised that there is more money to be made by keeping the original in print.

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Epi
Epi
2 years ago
  • “‘Wokeism gone mad’: Fire chief sparks backlash after banning the word ‘fireman’ – because it’s ‘sexist and exclusionary’” – Dave Russel has insisted that the term ‘fireman’, which hasn’t been used officially since the late 1980s, will not be tolerated because it is “exclusionary and represents a form of micro-aggression’”, reports the Mail.

Q: Why are Policeman’s Balls bigger than Fireman’s Balls?

A: Because more people go to Policeman’s Balls.

Sorry couldn’t resist.

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