New York quickly reversed its ludicrous bathroom ban following backlash from the hospitality industry and anyone with a little common sense.
by Christian Britschgi
Reason.com
New York City’s outdoor dining patrons who needed to relieve themselves were left out in the cold briefly by a state policy that forbade them from using a restaurant’s indoor bathroom.
On Thursday, the city, through the Office of the Counsel to the Mayor, issued a guidance FAQ to help restaurants understand Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive order shutting down indoor dining in the city this past Monday, as well as guidance from the State Liquor Authority (SLA) interpreting that order.
Among those FAQs was a question asking, “If my SLA-licensed establishment is offering outdoor dining, may I allow customers to use the bathroom inside?” The answer was an emphatic no. “No. Customers may not enter the inside of the establishment for any reason,” reads the document.
An ethics expert suggested that “whiter” elderly Americans should not be prioritized for coronavirus vaccines in order to “level the playing field a bit.”
Gold crawled back above the 50-day moving average this week and silver is breaking out. Will the trends continue next year? Host Craig Hemke sits down with Chris Vermeulen of the Technical Traders to break down all the gold and silver news you need as 2020 winds to a close.
YouTube has reportedly apologized for taking down a video featuring journalist Peter Hitchens, who is a fierce critic of the lockdown approach.
The American Medical Association has been adamantly against hydroxychloroquine as a therapeutic for COVID for the past year. Just a few days before the presidential election they reversed course, reversing their opposition. Did they suddenly realize HCQ might have benefit in certain patient groups or were they lying for the past year? How many individuals died as a result of being denied potential lifesaving treatment?
The gold miners’ stocks are rallying on balance again, following their recent multi-month correction. For several weeks now they’ve been carving both higher lows and highs, which sure appears to be forming a nascent uptrend. That increases the odds a new bull-market upleg is getting underway in this high-flying sector. While still dependent on gold’s fortunes, plenty of technical evidence supports a new-upleg thesis.
Gold and silver prices rose this week, with silver noticeably outpacing gold. Gold rose $40 from last Friday’s close to trade at $1879 in morning European trade today, while silver jumped $1.78 to $25.77 on the same timescale. Volumes and Open Interest on Comex picked up in both metals.
Dear Friend of GATA and Gold:
Not this again. In the aftermath of the 2016 election, Democrats squarely blamed “Russian interference” for Trump’s election victory, and they spent the next several years going down the rabbit hole of that conspiracy theory. So here we are in the aftermath of the 2020 election, and once again they are pushing another “blame Russia” narrative. In recent days the mainstream media has been breathlessly telling us about “a massive cyberattack” that was “the largest espionage attack in history”, and even though they are not giving us any evidence that would point to the Russians, they are insisting that Russia must have been behind the attack.
Gold has been a winner this year. As of writing, it’s up 22% year-to-date.
In the 21st century, even spies have a social media presence, and while Christine Fang has not been heard from or seen since she fled the United States more than five years ago, the Chinese national still keeps her Facebook account active. Fang made two posts in November. The first, a candid photo of her face in shadow and light. The second, a picture of the inside of the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, perfectly capturing the “Apotheosis of Washington.”
Lawmakers in Michigan and Pennsylvania are making moves, in an official capacity, that send clear messages to members of the US Congress signaling they should seriously consider contesting the Electors from their respective states on January 6, 2021.
Rep. Justin Amash (L–Mich.) on Thursday introduced a bill to end civil asset forfeiture, which allows the government to take property from someone without ever charging them with a crime.