Monthly Archives: January 2022

Airlines Warn New 5G Service May Affect Instruments

NBC News reports: The aviation industry faces “catastrophic” disruption from the rollout of a new 5G service this week, airline leaders have warned. In a letter sent Monday to United States transportation and economic officials and obtained by NBC News, the CEOs of major carriers said that the launch could ground flights and leave “tens of thousands of Americans” stranded …

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Spanish PM To Novak Djokovic: No Vaccine, No Entry

Reuters reports: World men’s tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic will have to comply with Spanish health rules to be able to travel to Spain, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday. Answering a question on whether Djokovic would be allowed to enter Spain to compete after Australia deported him for being unvaccinated against COVID-19, Sanchez said: “Any sportsperson who wishes …

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Lindell Hires “Satanic Vax” Host Axed By Newsmax

The Daily Beast reports: MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has hired former Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson, who was sidelined by the ultra-conservative cable network after pushing bonkers COVID-19 conspiracy theories. On Monday evening, the pillow executive told The Daily Beast that his web-based “Frank Speech” live-streaming platform had hired Robinson. Late last year, the ex-Newsmax personality baselessly tweeted that …

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Ingraham Celebrates COVID Infection Of Mark Milley

Mediaite reports: “All right, the triple vaxxed Joint Chiefs chairman Mark Milley – our favorite, Mark Milley! – tested positive for Covid yesterday,” Ingraham said while clapping. “And who else? General David Berger, the Marine Corps commandant, also positively boosted.” The aim of the “Positively Boosted” segment is seemingly to cast doubt on the effectiveness and safety of the vaccine, …

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Appeals Court Punts Challenge To Texas Abortion Ban

The Texas Tribune reports: The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday sent the legal challenge to Texas’ restrictive abortion law to the state’s Supreme Court, a move that is expected to significantly delay the case and that abortion opponents had hoped would occur. “This decision now keeps the case in limbo — and abortion after 6 weeks in …

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Hawaii: Visitors Must Be Boosted To Skip Quarantine

ABC News reports: Hawaii will require visitors to the state to have received a COVID-19 vaccine booster if they want to skip quarantine. Currently, under the rules of the state’s “Safe Travels” program, travelers who don’t want to quarantine for five days must either be fully vaccinated — meaning two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine or one shot …

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CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Deadline Hollywood reports: On what would have been her 100th birthday, the beloved TV legend Betty White is being remembered with online tributes, special screenings and animal charity challenges. The Cincinnati Zoo even named a newborn penguin in her honor, calling the blue penguin chick “Rose” after White’s Golden Girls character. “We think Betty would approve,” the Zoo tweeted. In …

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Gaetz’s Ex Got Immunity For Sex Trafficking Testimony

NBC News reports: Prosecutors granted immunity to an ex-girlfriend of Representative Matt Gaetz before she testified last week in front of a federal grand jury hearing evidence in the investigation of the congressman, according to a source familiar with the matter. Gaetz has been under investigation to determine if he violated sex trafficking laws and obstructed justice in that probe. …

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Talent Agency Drops Lara Logan For Fauci Comments

Some good news to close out the day: Lara Logan, the former 60 Minutes correspondent who as of late has earned a reputation for pushing conspiracy theories at Fox News, has been dropped by talent agency UTA over controversial comments she made about Dr. Anthony Fauci. The veteran journalist was dropped after she sparked controversy by comparing the top U.S. …

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Woman Takes Selfie As Car Sinks Into Icy River [VIDEO]

CTV News reports: Residents came to the rescue of the driver of a vehicle that crashed through the ice of the Rideau River in Ottawa’s south end, using kayaks to rescue her from the sinking vehicle. Emergency crews responded to the incident on the Rideau River in the area of Old Mill Way, near White Horse Park, in Manotick at …

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Comatose Anti-Vax Man Flown To Texas Hospital After Minnesota Hospital Decided To Pull The Plug [VIDEO]

The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports: Scott Quiner, 55, of Buffalo, was flown from the Twin Cities to Texas over the weekend, an attorney representing the family said. Scott Quiner’s case drew widespread attention last week after Mercy Hospital said it would disconnect the ventilator on Thursday. Quiner, who was unvaccinated, had been in the hospital’s ICU since Nov. 6 with critically …

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Pastor Wipes Spit In Man’s Face Because Jesus [VIDEO]

The Christian Post reports: Popular Pastor Michael Todd of Transformation Church in Bixby, Oklahoma, drew the wrath of the internet and became a trending topic on Twitter as a clip from his message on vision Sunday showed him wiping globs of spit on a congregant’s face even as the coronavirus pandemic rages. Before the demonstration, Todd detailed that as he …

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Rand Paul: I Just Canceled DirecTV For Canceling OAN

The Hill reports: Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says he is canceling his subscription to DirecTV after the company announced plans to drop pro-Trump conservative cable channel One America News (OAN) from its listings. “Why give money to people who hate us?” Paul said in a tweet sent on Monday. DirecTV on Friday made public its plans to not renew its …

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Roger Stone Attacks “Yale Harvard Fat Boy” DeSantis

“Trump sometimes President Donald Trump hits it right on the nose. Ron DeSantis Yale Harvard fat boy can’t get out of his own way. Not smart. Not honest and not going to be president. An unknown congressman with a bad haircut and an ill-fitting suit until Donald Trump made him governor. I know where he was when he was missing. …

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Ingraham On Trump 2024: I’m Not There For Him Yet

Northern Virginia Magazine reports: She was among the first commentators, even on Fox News, to champion Donald Trump in his 2016 presidential campaign, sticking by his side even as fellow conservative pundits roundly laughed him off in those early days. Trump, Ingraham maintained, had tapped into a certain mood that much of the country was feeling, and shouldn’t be counted …

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Suspended Anti-Vax Cop Refuses To Leave Restaurant

The Boston Herald reports: Embattled Boston Police sergeant and founder of an anti-vaccine mandate group, Shana Cottone, sparred with officers over her refusal to show proof of her vaccination status in a restaurant Saturday as the city’s new vaccination requirements took effect. During a nearly hourlong video, Cottone and several other women sit and eat two large pizzas in violation …

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QAnons Say JFK Impersonated Trump At Arizona Rally

Vice News reports: Ahead of the rally, Michael Protzman, or Negative48 as he’s known to his followers, predicted the event would feature some major revelations. While most QAnon followers criticized Trump for talking about returning in 2024 rather than trying to overturn the 2020 election result, Protzman told his followers that something huge happened in the desert on Saturday night. …

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Unvaxxed Greeks Over 60 Years Old To Face €100 Fines

The Associated Press reports: Greece imposed a vaccination mandate Monday for people 60 and older, as the country’s vaccination rate remains below the European Union average and a spike in infections has put sustained pressure on Greek hospitals. Older people failing to get vaccinated will face penalties, starting at a 50-euro ($57) fine in January and followed by a monthly …

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SCOTUS Case Could Legalize Quid Pro Quo Donations

Courthouse News reports: As the U.S. heads into an election year, the Supreme Court will hear a case on Wednesday advocating for changing the limits for how much money candidates can recoup from their campaigns. A day before Election Day in 2018, Cruz loaned his campaign $260,000 — $10,000 more than the FEC’s limit for repayment. With $2.38 million in …

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GOP Oath Keeper Leads Campaign To Unseat Cheney

The Daily Beast reports: Frank Eathorne, who was revealed in a leak last year to be one of 191 Wyoming-based members of the far-right militia group, was in Washington for protests on Jan. 6. But Eathorne is no rank-and-file fringe crank. He is the sitting chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party. That role has made him one of the more …

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