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NO. The point of the above two articles is that all of these woke companies are using this so called EO to willingly go along with China Joe's jawboning. They don't have to. There is no rule issued. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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But you are mixing up two different China Joe mandates: 1. The EO for all companies that are considered "government contractor" like Boeing 2. The mandate that is for all other private US companies with 100 or more employees and it will be pushed by OSHA These are two separate things | |||
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I have read the EO for all government employees. I haven't seen one for private companies that contract with the government. OK.... there it is: https://www.whitehouse.gov/bri...federal-contractors/ But... it's not in effect. No guidance issued. Still, he has no direct authority to do so. He can't cancel the contracts unilaterally with your employer. Your employer has a choice, and they are going along with this. I'm not saying they won't fire the un-vaxxed, I'm just saying they don't have to. They could fight this but they are using the EO as cover. They can blame it on Biden. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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BIDEN: "When you see headlines and reports of mass firings, and hundreds of people losing their jobs, look at the bigger story...United went from 59% of their employees [vaccinated] to 99%..." https://twitter.com/Breaking91...3A%2F%2Face.mu.nu%2F Biden was told there would be no math in this math. "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Well, yeah, that's usually what happens when you fire all the unvaccinated employees. You, dickhead. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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^^^^^ Page 889 ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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^^^ Thanks. Apparently I didn't check far enough back, tough to keep up. Deleted duplicate info. | |||
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And THAT is exactly what WE are fighting. The United employees fighting this REALLY need your support and prayers!! Preliminary Injunction that was to be decided on today got pushed to next Wednesday. Thanks! "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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I doubt anyone minds too much. Probably worth it to keep it up for those like yourself who missed it initially. ~Alan Acta Non Verba NRA Life Member (Patron) God, Family, Guns, Country Men will fight and die to protect women... because women protect everything else. ~Andrew Klavan | |||
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Study Concludes Vaccines DO NOT Prevent Covid-19 and May Even ENHANCE Spread Follow the science, y'all. https://noqreport.com/2021/10/...even-enhance-spread/ "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Pushback, at last: Los Angeles Sheriff Says He Will Not Enforce Vaccine Mandate For His Department This is an interesting situation because the elected Sheriff is the highest constitutional officer in Los Angeles county. While city/county administrators can attempt to make life miserable for LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva, the dynamic of enforcement is another kettle of fish entirely. According to CBS local “in early August, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors unanimously ratified an executive order requiring all county employees, regardless of department, to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1, with exemptions only for medical and religious purposes.” Additionally a county mandate went into effect midnight Thursday, requiring proof of at least one dose of the vaccine to enter bars, clubs, breweries, and attend events such as concerts, sporting events and theme parks. Proof of full vaccination will take effect Nov. 4, with enforcement mechanisms still not determined. LA Sheriff Villanueva said in a Facebook live post on Thursday he will not enforce the mandate for his department with roughly 18,000 employees. https://theconservativetreehou...artment/#more-218159 "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown "The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor | |||
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Pfizer Lobbying Hits Decade High as DOZENS of High-Profile Political Appointees Become Big Pharma Reps. https://thenationalpulse.com/e...se-lobbying-efforts/ Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent vaccine rollout, pharmaceutical giants including Pfizer and Moderna have substantially increased their lobbying efforts, a National Pulse investigation has revealed. The lobbying apparatuses at both vaccine-reliant companies – in terms of the number of lobbyists hired and the overall budget deployed to influence government officials – have seen dramatic increases since 2019. The news comes one day after hidden camera footage revealed a Pfizer scientist admitting: “Basically, our organization is run on COVID money now.” Democrat Operatives Turn Vax Lobbyists. Many of the new Big Pharma hires have come from consulting firms with deep and historical links to the current White House, and President Joe Biden himself. In October alone Pfizer tapped Sudafi Henry, Joe Biden’s former legislative affairs director from his days as Vice President. Another recent hire is Kwabena Nsiah, a former staffer for Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra and top aide to director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. Nsiah also worked in Congress for over eight years, most recently as Policy Director for the Congressional Black Caucus and on the Joint Economic Committee as a Senior Policy Advisor. RINOs Turn Vaccine Lobbyists, Too. Among Pfizer’s robust lobbying team are alumni of Republican presidential administrations and Congressional offices. Justin McCarthy, who served under George W. Bush as a Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and Ben Howard, who served as a Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs under Donald Trump, both lobby for the pharmaceutical giant. David Schiappa, a longtime Republican staff member of the Senate holding the role of Secretary for Leader Mitch McConnell, is also lobbying for Pfizer. Pfizer, which recently received approval for a third booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, has substantially increased its lobbying budget. In 2019, the company spent $11,000,000 on lobbying efforts before increasing the total to $13,150,000 – the highest total since 2010. In 2019, the company retained 77 lobbyists before the total grew to a team of 102 lobbyists in 2020. So far in 2021, Pfizer has declared 92 lobbyists.  While Moderna retained just one lobbyist throughout all of 2019 and added one lobbyist the following year, in 2021, the company has already hired an additional twelve lobbyists, representing a 600 percent increase in the company’s total lobbying force. In 2019, Moderna spent $40,000 on lobbying and $280,000 in 2020, and just halfway into 2021, the company has already spent $290,000.  The real scandal, however, is represented in the sheer number of political operatives who have recently gone on to work for Big Pharma, from both Democrat and Republican offices. The National Pulse has assembled a list of those declared by Pfizer and Moderna alone, below. The list includes their previous jobs or affiliations. Of the 83 listed below, many come from high level backgrounds such as the White House, presidential candidates, the Speaker of the House’s office, and a number of congressional offices. The swamp, revealed: Pfizer. Justin McCarthy, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs under President George W. Bush Brian Arthur Pomper, Chief International Trade Counsel to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus Bill Morley, General Counsel to Senator Arlen Specter Remy Brim, Senior Health Policy Advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren Mark Mioduski, Democratic Clerk for the Committee on Appropriations in the U.S. House of Representatives Brian Griffin, Senior Leadership Advisor and Floor Policy Director for Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Senator Byron Dorgan Ben Howard, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs under President Donald Trump Kate Keating, Chief of Staff to Chairman of the House Democratic Caucus Congressman Joseph Crowley David Schiappa, Secretary to Senate Republican Leaders Lavita Legrys, Director at the Office of Legislative Affairs in the Department of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama Mike Mckay, Senior Policy Advisor to Congressman Gregory Meeks Cristina Antelo, Legal Fellow with the Senate Democratic Steering Committee Tom Davis, former Congressman Michael Werner, Policy Advisor to Senate Democrats Policy Committee Daniel Elling, Staff Director for the House Committee on Ways and Means Cookab Hashemi, Chief of Staff to Representative Raul Ruiz and Representative Jackie Speier Robert Holifield, Staff Director of the Senate Agriculture Committee Hannah Smith, Legislative Correspondent to Senator Blanche Lincoln Blanche Lincoln, Former Senator and Congresswoman Colin Roskey, Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services under President Trump Thomas Scully, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Bush. Brian Diffell, Legislative Director to Senator Roy Blunt Kelli Briggs, Chief of Staff to Representative Pat Tiberi Anne Wilson, Legislative Director to Representative Anna G. Eshoo Peter Wallace, Legislative Correspondent to Representative Ric Keller Katharine Hayes, Legislative Correspondent to Representative Mark Schauer Akshai Datta, Senior Legislative Assistant to Representative Ami Bera Darrel Thompson, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intergovernmental and External Affairs to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Shanti Ochs Stanton, Floor Assistant to the Democratic Leaders Office Natalie Farr, Chief of Staff to Senator Cory Gardner Steven Elmendorf, Chief of Staff to House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt Steven Irizarry, Senior Counsel for Senate Special Committee on Aging Stephen Northrup, Health Policy Advisor to Senator Michael Enzi Jennifer Swenson, Deputy Legislative Director to Senator Pat Roberts Catherine Robinson, Law Clerk on the Committee on Ways and Means Emily Mueller, Deputy Legislative Director to Senator Pat Roberts Stephen Claeys, Trade Counsel on the Committee on Ways and Means Paula Burg, Director and Senior Advisor for Health and Entitlements on the Senate Budget Committee Elissa Alben, Senior Counsel for International Trade and Competitiveness on the Senate Committee on Finance Karissa Willhite, Deputy Chief of Staff to Senator Robert Menendez Gordon Taylor, Chief of Staff to Representative Chris John Tucker Shumack, Tax and Finance Counsel to Senator Olympia Snowe Todd Novascone, Chief of Staff to Senator Jerry Moran Jerome Murray, Chief of Staff to Representative Stacey Plaskett Moses Mercado, Deputy Chief of Staff to Representative Richard Gephardt Tim McGivern, Chief of Staff to Senator Jim Brownback Chris Giblin, Chief of Staff to Representative John Carter Tony Bullock, Chief of Staff to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan Dee Buchanan, Chief of Staff to House Republican Conference Dean Aguillen, Advisor to Speaker Nancy Pelosi Eden Shiferaw, Representative Marcia Fudge Jane Loewenson, Senior Health Policy Advisor to Democratic Leader Tom Daschle Andrea LaRue, Counsel to Democratic Leader Tom Daschle Brady King, Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Kendra S. Horn Joshua Fay Hurvitz, Legislative Director to Representative Anthony D. Weiner Lisa German Foster, Senior Policy Advisor to Senator Jack Reed Irene Bueno, Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton in the Domestic Policy Council and Chief of Staff’s Office Ashley Gunn, Senior Director of Cabinet Affairs to President Trump Monica Popp, Chief of Staff to Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn Hazen Marshall, Policy Director to Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell Christopher Wilcox, Staff Assistant to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan Marti Thomas, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs under President Clinton Karina Lynch, Legislative Director to Representative Scott McInnis Cheryl Jager, Senior Health Policy Advisor for House Republican Leadership Matthew Hoekstra, Legislative Director for Senator Ben Lujan Susan Hirschmann, Chief of Staff to Representative Van Hilleary Christopher Hatcher, Legislative Director to Representative Scott McInnis Ann Marie Buerkle, Congresswoman Shimon Stein, Senior Advisor to House Majority Leader/Republican Whip Kristi Remington, Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice under President Obama Malloy McDaniel, Policy Advisor to Senator Mitch McConnell Craig Kalkut, Chief Counsel of Senate Antitrust Subcommittee Ashley Davis, Special Assistant to Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge under President Bush Greg Nickerson, Tax Counsel to Representative Bill Thomas Moderna. Darren Willcox, Assistant to Speaker Dennis Hastert for Health Policy Erin Strawn, Legislative Associate to Representative Joe Cunningham Valerie Henry, Senior Policy Advisor to Congressman Greg Walden James Derderian, Chief of Staff to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Carmencita Whonder, Advisor on the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee to Senator Chuck Schumer Marc Lampkin, General Counsel for the House Republican Conference Araceli Gutierrez, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Graduate Fellow Emily Felder, Counsel to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Nadeam Elshami, Chief of Staff to Representative Nancy Pelosi _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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A slight but related thread drift. Smithsonian Channel has an episode on “America’s Hidden Stories” called “Pandemic-1918” about the mis-named Spanish Influenza outbreak. The program was first aired in March 2019. Very interesting and similar to what we’ve all been going through since January 2020. https://www.smithsonianchannel...hidden-stories/66087 --------------------- DJT-45/47 MAGA !!!!! "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it." — Mark Twain “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” — H. L. Mencken | |||
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My wife appears to be completely over it now, seven days after the infusion treatment, and about fourteen days after first noticing it. ____________________________ NRA Life Member, Annual Member GOA, MGO Annual Member | |||
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The fact that members of Congress have become lobbyists is nothing new. When Trent Lott made his remarks about Strom Thurmond he lost his job as Senate Majority Leader. So he and another former Senator formed a Big Pharna lobbying firm. The system is wide open for corruption. | |||
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That is great news! | |||
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Don't worry the government is right on top of the 1918 flu pandemic. In fact they dug up some bodies in the permafrost of Alaska who died from the Spanish flu, and then reconstructed the virus.  Some government bureaucrats have the keys to a new pandemic. Reconstruction of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Virus https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/qa/1918flupandemic.htm CDC researchers and their colleagues successfully reconstructed the influenza virus that caused the 1918-19 flu pandemic, which killed as many as 50 million people worldwide. A report of their work, “Characterization of the Reconstructed 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic,” was published in the October 7, 2005 issue of Science. The work was a collaboration among scientists from CDC, Mount Sinai School of , the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and Southeast Poultry Research . The following questions and answers describe this important research and related issues. Note: For a detailed historical summary of this work, including how it was conducted, the people involved, and the lessons learned from it, see The Deadliest Flu: The Complete Story of the Discovery and Reconstruction of the 1918 Pandemic Virus. https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandem...tion-1918-virus.html What are the reasons for doing these experiments? The influenza pandemic of 1918-19 killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide, many more than the subsequent pandemics of the 20th century. The biological properties that confer virulence to pandemic influenza viruses have not traditionally been well understood and warranted further study. Research to better understand how the individual genes of the1918 pandemic influenza virus contribute to the disease process provide important insights into the basis of virulence. This kind of information has helped health officials to devise appropriate strategies for early diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, should a similar pandemic virus emerge. Additionally, such research informs the development of general principles with which we can better design antiviral drugs and other interventions against all influenza viruses with enhanced virulence. Is the 1918 influenza virus a select agent? The Intra-governmental Select Agents and Toxins Technical Advisory Committee convened on September 30, 2005, and recommended that the reconstructed 1918 influenza virus be added to the list of HHS select agents. Following this recommendation, CDC amended its regulations and designated all reconstructed replication competent forms of the 1918 pandemic influenza virus containing any portion of the coding regions of all eight gene segments (reconstructed 1918 Influenza virus) as a select agent. What is the Select Agent Program? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regulates the possession, use and transfer of select agents and toxins that have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. The CDC Select Agent Program oversees these activities and registers all laboratories and other entities in the United States of America that possess, use or transfer a select agent or toxin. The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Agriculture (USDA) published final rules for the possession, use, and transfer of select agents and toxins (42 C.F.R. Part 73, 7 C.F.R. Part 331, and 9 C.F.R. Part 121) in the Federal Register on March 18, 2005. All provisions of these final rules supersede those contained in the interim final rules and became effective on April 18, 2005. More at link https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandem...tion-1918-virus.html The fully reconstructed 1918 virus was striking in terms of its ability to quickly replicate, i.e., make copies of itself and spread infection in the lungs of infected mice. For example, four days after infection, the amount of 1918 virus found in the lung tissue of infected mice was 39,000 times higher than that produced by one of the comparison recombinant flu viruses. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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GREAT to hear!!!  "If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24 | |||
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Now there was an actual pandemic. “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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