from Zero Hedge
Once again, the WHO has stepped in to offer some confusing comments about the coronavirus vaccine, warning that there is “no evidence to be confident shots prevent transmission” and that people who receive the vaccine should continue wearing masks and following all social distancing and travel guidelines.
The comments were made by WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan during what appears to have been a virtual press conference held Monday.
A clip of the offending line has begun circulating on social media.
There were voluminous reports, from eyewitnesses and experts, of widespread election fraud in the so-called battle states and beyond. Specific allegations were made, and evidence of election rules violations and statistical anomalies were collected. Yet the courts refused to listen to virtually all witnesses and experts, rejected most of the evidence, and refused to subpoena more evidence requested by the plaintiffs. Many state government officials and some top representatives of companies supplying voting machines and software categorically denied any election fraud.
So what did Peter Suderman, Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie learn about over these godawful last 12 months? Among the lessons confessed on today’s Reason Roundtable podcast: that there’s nothing noble about a “noble lie,” that “personal responsibility” has more meanings than are evident upon first glance, that we have given teachers unions enough power for them to derail their own gravy trains, and that (more thankfully!) humans are resilient and resourceful creatures.
Republican Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert and a small group of Republicans filed a lawsuit against Vice President Mike Pence in a long shot attempt to overturn the results from the November presidential election.
But don’t fear for airline shareholders & creditors; they get to benefit from another $15 billion via “Taxpayer Capitalism.”
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This year has been a slow-motion train wreck on many levels. Americans have understandably been so preoccupied with the election and the unprecedented violations of individual liberties in the name of fighting covid-19, that there hasn’t been much attention left for what the Federal Reserve and US Treasury have been up to. Furthermore, the battles being waged over “public health” policy have obscured just how awful the US economy still is. The present article provides charts from the Federal Reserve itself (St. Louis branch) to document our alarming situation.
Even if you are already wealthy, some thought on this topic is worthwhile. What would you do if some act of God or of government, a catastrophic lawsuit, or a really serious misjudgment took you back to square one? One thing about a real depression is that everybody loses. As Richard Russell quipped, the winners are those who lose the least.
On Monday, the California Supreme Court ruled that thousands of inmates convicted of non-forcible sex crimes may be eligible for early release under a ballot measure that was overwhelmingly approved by voters four years ago.
Gavin Newsom’s top advisors are “increasingly concerned” that the recall effort against him “could mushroom into a major threat in 2021,” as Politico has reported.
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) reacted to the push to raise direct payments to $2,000 by stating that more than $2,000 could have gotten out if unemployment benefits had been increased months ago, “what the Democrats are trying to do with this is to put us on a pathway to a guaranteed minimum income, which is one of their socialist agenda items.” And that “aid should be targeted. … [T]here is no way you’re ever going to outbid the Democrats.”
A frustrated restaurant owner in California turned the tables on a local health inspector, blocking in his vehicle after being forced to shut down due to Covid regulations.
[…] Today was one of the lightest trading days of the year by volume.