Over 7,000 U.S. Marines Face Mandate Deadline

Over 7,000 Marines Unvaccinated As COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Deadline Hits

 Zachary Stieber 

The COVID-19 vaccine mandate was Nov. 28.

Some 95 percent of active-duty Marines had received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose by the deadline but that leaves nearly 7,400 who have not gotten a jab.

“I have great appreciation for all those who made these vaccinations possible, including the civilian and Navy medical personnel who worked tirelessly over the past months to protect our Marines and families,” said Gen. David Berger, commandant of the Marines, in a statement.

Of the unvaccinated, 452 have been granted a temporary administrative exemption, 316 have been granted a temporary medical exemption, and 14 have been granted a permanent medical exemption, according to the Marines.

The remaining members without a jab face being discharged if they aren’t granted an exemption. Sean Timmons, a managing partner at Tully Rinckey, says none of his clients are yet to face an initiation of separation, though they are being threatened with it verbally.

Like every other military branch to date, the Marines have approved zero religious accommodation requests. Some 2,441 such requests have been lodged, and

Zero religious accommodation requests have been approved. Over three-quarters of the 2,441 requests have been rejected

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Digital Tyranny ?

Digital Tyranny and the Rockefeller-Gates WHO “Vaxx-Certificate Passport”: Towards a World War III Scenario

Peter Koenig

What is the Infamous Agenda ID2020?

Behind its development is the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation – with support of the Rockefeller Foundation 

It is an alliance of public-private partners, including UN agencies and civil society.

It’s an electronic ID-program that uses generalized vaccination against Covid-19 as a platform for digital identity.

It is an all-electronic ID – linking everything to everything of each individual (records of health, criminal, banking, personal and private, etc.), being managed by a state agency or in extremis, by the private sector. – Imagine – an insurance company or bank handling your private records, converted into an electronic and eventually “chipped” ID.

Privatization of your personal records may sound far-fetched, but the Swiss government tried to get a privatized Agenda ID2020 quietly past the people. But the people found out and launched a referendum against Agenda ID2020. The idea was rejected with a margin of 2:1 in July 2021.

What will happen next? – Will the Swiss Government respect the vote of the people, or following the mandate from the Deep Dark State above?

Germany, Austria and France – and probably others, implemented ID2020 through Parliament or by decree – most people have no idea.

Implementation of Agenda ID2020 links into – or emerged from – Klaus Schwab’s (WEF) infamous “Covid-19 – The Great Reset”- which, by the way, is available from Amazon (or was, when I last checked). If it has been taken off and censored, perhaps by the very author – it would be no surprise.

In the meantime, we live literally in a WWIII scenario, where countries’ Constitutions are either outlawed, or simply overrun by dictatorial measures that advance so fast that civil movements are in many cases too late to intervene – simply because civil society – even the alert ones – haven’t noticed.

It happens silently.

Either by decree, or by coopted and / or coerced Parliaments. A sort of Health Martial Law is being implemented basically everywhere in the world, with emphasis on the west.

And most of the public at large has no idea.

The Rockefeller-Gates Funded WHO Sponsored Vaxx-Certificate Passport

The Gates and Rockefeller Foundations are financing WHO’s guidelines for a digital international Vaccination Certificate, also called “Vaccination Passport”.

In the context of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the concept of Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates (DDCC) is proposed as a mechanism by which a person’s COVID-19-related health data can be digitally documented via an electronic certificate.

A digital vaccination certificate that documents a person’s current vaccination status to protect against COVID-19 can then be used for continuity of care or as proof of vaccination for purposes other than health care. The resulting artefact of this approach is referred to as the Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates: Vaccination Status (DDCC:VS). (WHO,Executive Summary, emphasis added)

Surprisingly or perhaps not so surprisingly, the international “Vaxx-certificate / passport” is not funded by WHO’s member countries, as one might expect, but by Gates and Rockefeller. That’s significant.

WHO has published and distributed to all member countries on 27 August 2021 the guidelines for the introduction of an international digital “Vaccination Certificate / Passport” – as well as Implementation Guidelines.

As an apparent consequence, the Biden Administration issued an all-vaxx mandate – requesting all enterprises with 100 or more employees, to demand tat their employees be vaccinated, or else. For non-compliance, huge fines are threatened. The same for the two million-plus government employees. In total, some 100 million Americans are affected by this draconian mandate. Biden follows the orders of Rockefeller et al.

This requirement will apply to over 80 million workers in private sector businesses, the White House said.  …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will require COVID-19 vaccinations for workers in most healthcare facilities … This requirement will impact over 17 million healthcare workers at hospitals and other facilities that take these patients.  …

The administration will require that teachers and staff in Head Start Programs, Department of Defense schools, and Bureau of Indian Education-operated schools be vaccinated.

Biden’s plan calls on entertainment venues like sports arenas, large concert halls, and others where large groups of people gather to require that patrons be vaccinated or show a negative coronavirus test in order to enter.  (Reuters, emphasis added)

The Swiss and other EU countries also as a result of the WHO-issued vaxx-certificate / passport, mandate banning access to most indoor activities – including restaurants, gyms and cinemas – as of 13 September, without a vaxx-certificate.

This is totally against the Nuremberg Code (animal testing of drugs and vaccines before applying on humans) and contradicts all democratic Constitutions. Countries’ Constitutions worldwide are overrun and “disabled” by a tyranny that functions with enormous power – deadly threats and possibly highly seductive and corruptive rewards.

Never in memory of human history has such a worldwide dictatorship existed. It emerged in less than 12 months and has subjugated – I repeat myself – all 193 UN member countries, including the entire UN system at once.

The Vaccination Certificate / Passport may eventually be chipped into people’s bodies (Klaus Schwab, WEF, in a 2016 interview with Swiss TV Geneva – recently “erased” from internet). See this: Dr. Astrid Stueckelberger, former WHO: You are Being Chipped.

The Vaxx-certificate may form the basis for a worldwide digital identity registration.

As a parenthesis, both WHO vaxx-certificate financing foundations are headed by currently the world’s most visible eugenists – Gates and Rockefeller, using WHO to further their agenda.

Most of the WHO member states are not directly involved.

It should also be mentioned that the creation of WHO in 1948 was Rockefeller’s idea, with all the money he had accumulated with his Standard Oil hydrocarbon (mostly petrol and gas) monopoly, the creation and subsequent integration of WHO into the UN system was relatively “easy” – with “easy” in quotes. Money buys also the UN.

The World Bank is also an important player in this colossal criminal plan – because it hast the power over the poorer so-called „developing countries“ – to pressure them with ‚conditionalities‘ in return for financial support. The usual. The same as the IMF – their roles are essentially interchangeable.

In brief, we are indeed living in a WWIII scenario – without bombs and guns, directed against all Humanity

An invisible – and never isolated – virus: Propaganda, the Fear Campaign and the “Vaccine” are their Weapons of Mass Destruction – WMD.

What these measures do – “Vaccination Certificate / Passport” for the jabbed – is to separate society into the “good ones”, the “vaccinated” ones; and the “bad guys”, those who are not vaccinated, do not intend to get the deadly jab, and thus, do not deserve the vaxx-certificate / passport.

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Middle East: Preparations For Escalation

MIDEAST REVIEW: Preparations For Escalation

Amir Tsarfati

Recognizing the signs of the times, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is poised for a major military investment in preparation for an escalation of incidents with Lebanon and Syria. This is all tied to Iran’s influence in the area and the country’s support of Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations. As a sign of its increasing preparation, the IDF has scheduled 20 divisional exercises in the area for 2022, compared to 13 in 2021 and three in 2020.

At a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz spelled out very clearly Iran’s involvement and agenda in promoting and supporting terrorist groups in the Middle East. Much of the nation’s ire is directed at Israel. At one point, the Iranian military even attempted to smuggle explosives to terrorists in the West Bank using drones. Israel shot the UAVs down. Their activity is particularly heavy in Iraq and Syria, and they are intent on keeping the entire region in turmoil.

Two incidents serve as proof of Iranian presence and activity amongst terrorists. First, on Tuesday Israel launched an airstrike on Iranian-backed Hezbollah targets south of Homs near the Lebanese border in Syria. Second, Bahrain announced on Monday that they stopped a terrorist attack, arresting the perpetrators who were in possession of weapons and explosives which originated in Iran.

Despite all that, Iran’s support of terrorism is still not the country’s worst kept secret. That title belongs to their continued quest for nuclear weapons. IAEA Director-General Rafael Grossi announced yesterday that despite his best efforts, Iran continues to spurn his requests for access to their nuclear sites. This breaking of the terms of the JCPOA surprises absolutely no one.

In another blow to an already struggling economy, Saudi Arabia has banned the importation of Lebanese produce due to drug smuggling. Rather than lashing out at the Saudis, Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry challenged its own country’s customs authorities to do better.

Five rockets were fired at the Kharab al-Jir military base used by US forces in the Hasaka Governate in northeastern Syria. All five rockets fell short of their target and there was no damage.

27 More Russian Diplomats Expelled From U.S. - Russia Vows Retaliation

27 More Russian Diplomats Expelled From US - Kremlin Vows Retaliation

TYLER DURDEN

The United States is preparing to expel over two dozen more Russian diplomats by January, as part of  ongoing tit-for-tat punitive efforts which previously saw the Russian government forbit its citizens from serving as local staff for the US Embassy in Russia, greatly reducing its ability to process visas and other actions in a timely manner.

The Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov revealed over the weekend in an interview that "our diplomats are being expelled" and detailed that 27 diplomats and their families are due to be expelled from American soil.

"A large group of my comrades, 27 people with families, will leave us on January 30," Antonov described according to Reuters. He said the embassy and consulates are now "facing a serious staff shortage."

This follows two dozen Russian diplomats being told to leave in September, with the US refusing to renew their visas as is the normative practice. When that prior event happened, Amb. Antonov complained, "It has gotten to the point where the U.S. authorities cancel valid visas of spouses and children of our staff with no reasons provided. The widespread delays in renewing expired visas are also aimed at squeezing Russian diplomatic workers out of the country."

The State Department at the same time has downplayed that the moves have been retaliatory, instead framing it as but the result of an expired, unrenewed visa issue.

On Monday Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov lashed out at Washington. He was cited in Russian media sources as demanding the US "must stop"...

"We will definitely respond. We have already warned the US side that in order to prevent a further decline of personnel numbers here we cannot help but to respond. They must stop," Ryabkov said.

And he described further, according to Sputnik that "the matter of issuing visas for Russian diplomats travelling to the US remains acute. He slammed Washington for perpetuating the practice of intentionally separating the families of diplomats by denying some of them visas."

In October Congressional hawks actually proposed an even bigger wave of expulsions, which would damage relations to the point of potentially breaking US-Russia communications altogether.

Citing the refusal of Moscow to in a timely manner issue more visas for American employees of the Moscow embassy, leading Senators had called for the US banning as many as 300 Russian diplomatic staff from the US. Given what's looking to be multiple waves of expulsions, it's possible that high number could eventually be reached at this rate.

Analysis: Iranian UAV's Are Threatening Stability In The Middle East

ANALYSIS: Iranian UAV's are increasingly threatening stability in the Middle East

Yochanan Visser

Israeli leaders are increasingly warning that the Jewish state will take more active action against Iran, and also warnng that the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Iran develops and employs are becoming an ever-growing problem.

Below we take a closer look at the UAV problem and the escalating tensions between Israel and Iran.

Last Tuesday, Israel's defense minister, Benny Gantz, revealed that Iran had attempted to transfer weapons and explosive materials (TNT) to Palestinian Arab terrorists in Judea and Samaria by using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

The large UAV, which originated from the T-4 base near Homs in Syria, was intercepted near the Israeli town of Beit She'an in February 2018. The plane, armed with four missiles, then exploded in mid-air over the Jordan Valley.

Gantz said there had been concrete intelligence that the Iranian UAV was heading for Samaria or Judea and indicated that UAVs are an increasing problem in the covert war against Iran.

Iran's UAVs

Iran uses UAVs not only as a "kamikaze" weapon but also to supply weapons to the many terrorist movements that the Islamic Republic supports in various parts of the Middle East.

These include Iraq, Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, but also the Palestinian Arab terror groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza.

Iran has a large fleet of UAVs of all types and they are basically Iran's air force, whose conventional combat aircraft date back to the Shah's era.

Its conventional warplanes are therefore no match for the modern warplanes both the Israeli air force (IAF) and the US air force have at their disposal.

UAVs are difficult to see on radar because they are often small and fly low.

In addition, the production costs of the UAVs that Iran routinely uses are very low even as they have become one of the most important weapons Iran uses in asymmetric warfare against its enemies.

Sometimes the Islamic Republic uses so-called Quadcopters, a cheap small UAV that is equipped with a small explosive charge.

However, Iran also has more advanced UAVs such as a copy of the American stealth UAV RQ-170. Iran obtained the blueprints to build a copy of the RQ-170 Sentinel when it downed an American spy plane when it flew a reconnaissance mission over Iranian territory.

The Iranian version of the Sentinel is the Shahed S-171, and this was the UAV that Israel shot down over the Beit She'an Valley in 2018.

Gantz said Iran also has two secret UAV bases near the Persian Gulf, one in the Chabahar region and one on Qashm Island.

From there, UAVs are used to attack maritime targets in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

The last time Iran launched a major attack with so-called Kamikaze UAVs was on October 20, when five UAVs attacked the US military at the al-Tanf base on the Syria-Iraq border.

Located on a major arterial road connecting Iraq to Syria, the base is home to approximately 350 US military personnel and other personnel.

In that attack, only two GPS-guided UAVs within the al-Tanf base exploded and there were no casualties.

That seemed a miracle, but it was later revealed (via The New York Times) that the Americans had been tipped off about the imminent attack by Mossad, Israel's foreign intelligence agency.

The accurate Mossad intelligence enabled the US military to evacuate al-Tanf in a timely manner, explaining why no one was injured.

Iran-developed precision UAVs were also used on Nov. 7 in an attempt to assassinate Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi.

The Iraqi Prime Minister's house was hit by a "kamikaze" UAV overnight, but the Prime Minister miraculously escaped unharmed. However, some bodyguards of al-Kadhimi were injured in the attack.

Latest developments in the shadow war with Iran

Meanwhile, Israel's so-called “war between wars” campaign against Iran continues unabated.

More than a week ago, an unknown number of Israeli warplanes launched missiles at Iran-related targets in the Homs area of Syria. An Iranian arms transport destined for Hezbollah in Lebanon was reportedly attacked. Nine people are said to have been killed in the Israeli attack.

At the same time, a Syrian surface-to-air missile (SAM) exploded in the sky over the industrial area near the port city of Haifa The SAM had apparently missed its target.

The incident showed once again how tense the situation in this “war between wars” campaign has become.

Those tensions are set to rise as Israel, through Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, has said it does not feel bound by any new deal to be struck on Iran's nuclear program.

Israel reserves the right to take action in Iran to dismantle its nuclear weapons program, Bennett said.

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New Penalties Coming For Those Resisting Compulsory Vax In Austria

Harsh penalties mulled for those resisting compulsory vaccination in Austria – reports

 RT

People repeatedly snubbing Covid-19 vaccination summons in Austria after immunization becomes compulsory there might face fines of up to $8,100 or several weeks behind bars, according to a draft that was leaked to the media.

Those resisting vaccination in Austria might soon face stiff punishments, according to a leaked draft of the so-called Covid-19 Vaccination Protection Act seen by the Austrian Die Presse daily. If passed, the legislation, which is set to take effect in February, would apply both to the Alpine nation’s citizens and its permanent residents.

Under the bill, anyone who refused to attend a scheduled vaccination appointment would receive an official summons from local authorities. If an individual failed to show up, they would then be summoned one more time within the next four weeks.

Should the second official request be ignored as well, the person would face a fine of €3,600 ($4,061) or four weeks in prison. The fine would increase to €7,200 ($8,000) for those who had already been fined twice for violating the vaccination requirement.

Exceptions are only allowed for those who cannot get a jab due to “a danger to life or health” as well as pregnant women and children up to the age of 12. The bill further says that booster shots would be compulsory. The Health Ministry is tasked with regulating intervals between vaccinations and possible vaccine combinations, according to the draft.

The government would also decide who was considered “vaccinated” and whether people who have recovered from Covid-19 should be counted as “vaccinated” as well. Still, no one would be “forcibly brought” to a vaccination center or made to get a jab against their will, Die Presse reported.

Iran To Enrich Uranium To Weapons Grade Soon

Iran gearing up to enrich uranium to weapons-grade soon, Israel reportedly warns US

TOI STAFF

Israel has been sharing intelligence with the United States showing that Iran is “taking technical steps to prepare to enrich uranium” to weapons-grade 90 percent purity, according to a report Monday.

The preparations could enable Tehran to reach weapons-grade level within just a few weeks, Axios reported, citing two US sources briefed on the matter. Israeli analysts have reportedly warned the US that Iran could make such a decision soon, in order to influence the nuclear talks with world powers, which restarted in Vienna on Monday months after they were suspended.

Iran is currently enriching uranium to 60% purity, already far exceeding the cap set in the 2015 nuclear deal. There is no civilian use for 90% enriched uranium.

In public comments on Monday, Defense Minister Benny Gantz said that Israeli defense officials were sharing intelligence with allies “indicating Iran is continuing to rush toward a nuclear” bomb ahead of the resumption of the nuclear talks. 

He called on world powers to exact a “price” from Iran for its continued uranium enrichment in violation of the 2015 nuclear deal.

“There needs to be a price that is expressed in economic sanctions and military activities so that the Iranians halt their nuclear race and their regional aggression,” Gantz added.

Israel also reportedly shared intelligence indicating that the Islamic Republic could intensify its attacks on US forces in the Middle East, via proxies in various countries, in a bid to gain leverage in the talks.

Florida's CV Case Rate Continues To Drop

Florida’s Lowest Coronavirus Case Rate in the Nation Drops Even Further

Hannah Bleau

Florida is continuing to report the lowest rate of daily coronavirus cases per capita in the nation, and the figure dropped even lower over the holiday weekend.

According to the New York Times’ coronavirus tracker, last updated November 29, Florida is reporting just three cases of the virus per 100,000 — the lowest in the nation. That is down from the six per capita reported Friday.

Overall, the Sunshine State is reporting a daily average of 681 cases, representing a 53 percent drop over the past two weeks. Notably, hospitalizations in the state have also dropped by 11 percent in the same time frame. 

This is significant, as Florida came under constant scrutiny from the establishment media and left-wing politicians over the course of the pandemic, namely for refusing to embrace extended lockdowns or even a mask mandate. Notably, Florida never once had a statewide mask mandate in place. Illinois for comparison, is currently under another statewide mask mandate, yet it is reporting a daily average of 4,661 cases, or 37 per 100,000, representing an increase of 45 percent in the last two weeks. 

Meanwhile, blue states, which were lavished with praise throughout the course of the pandemic, are currently seeing some of the highest case rates in the entire nation. 

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) Michigan leads with a daily average of 8,457 cases, or 85 per 100,000. That represents a 59 percent increase over the last two weeks alone. Similarly, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) New York and Gov. Tom Wolf’s (D) Pennsylvania are also reporting some of the highest daily case rates in the nation, 5,809 cases (30 per capita) 5,676 cases (44 per capita), respectively. 

Florida continues to see a downward trend in cases, along with an economic boom. Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) announced the Sunshine State has experienced 18 consecutive months of private sector job growth and a higher labor force growth rate than the nation. He attributed the growth, in part, to his administration’s commitment to pushing back against “heavy-handed mandates”:

Iran's Nuke Strategy: Ahmadinejad 2.0

Is Iran’s nuke strategy Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 2.0, but smarter? - analysis

YONAH JEREMY BOB

There was once a tiny, but loud and scary man named Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

As Iranian negotiators went into nuclear talks in Vienna and issued threatening statements while the talks were ongoing on Monday, it seemed they might be trying to channel his energy, yet with a more sophisticated approach.

This could make them even more dangerous.

From 2005-2013, Ahmadinejad stared down and ignored then-US President George W. Bush, who had invaded Iraq.

In fact, he ignored pressure from the EU, the UN and the entire world, and barreled forward with progress in Iran’s nuclear program.

He proudly threatened to wipe Israel off the map.

Ahmadinejad trumpeted Holocaust-denial at a level that even other Iranians might have been embarrassed to do – certainly in a public way before a global audience.

So Ahmadinejad is actually responsible for successfully stonewalling the US and the entire West for several years, and much of the easy progress Iran has made this year dates back to the knowledge they gained in his era.

In some ways this approach is what Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi seems to be trying – a sort of Ahmadinejad 2.0, after his more pragmatic predecessor, Hassan Rouhani.

Demand, demand and demand more – and if you do not get what you want, stonewall for months at a time and press forward with more scary nuclear progress.

RAISI'S OPENING negotiating positions on Monday were preposterous.

There is no way that even the EU, let alone the US, would agree to lifting all sanctions (including non-nuclear) before the Islamic Republic returns to the 2015 nuclear deal’s limitations.

The Biden administration – and the EU even more so – are desperate for a deal and ready to make new concessions to Raisi beyond the JCPOA – but not that far.

But there have been signs all along that this could all be a ploy and that Raisi could be a smarter and more dangerous version of Ahmadinejad.

Ahmadinejad’s downfall was that he did not know where to stop and how to collect his concessions.

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Austrian Leaders Ignore Mandates

Austrian Leaders including Chancellor Schallenberg Seen Out Celebrating at Massive Party Mask-less After Putting Country in Historic Lockdown (VIDEO)

 Jim Hoft 

Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg on right was seen celebrating maskless at the ORF Gala over the weekend.

Two weeks ago Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg announced national lockdown restrictions on unvaccinated citizens. Schallenberg announced he is placing millions of unvaccinated people on lockdown. 35% of the country is unvaccinated.

This weekend Austrian Government leaders Including the President and Minister of Health celebrated at the ORF Fundraising Gala this weekend

San Francisco Mayor London Breed Caught Out Partying, Dancing and Mingling Mask-less While the Rest of the City Forced to Follow Her Indoor Mask Mandate

 Jim Hoft 

In September San Francisco Mayor London Breed was seen out partying – maskless – at an indoor jazz club in violation of her own Covid order. London Breed danced the night away with musicians and BLM co-founder Alicia Garza at San Francisco’s Black Cat nightclub in the Tenderloin.

Mayor Breed later explained that she was “feeling the spirit” and wasn’t thinking about her mask mandate at the time.

This weekend she did it again.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed was seen out maskless partying and mingling at a concert while the city follows her indoor mask mandate.

Amir Tsarfati: Is Israel On The Brink Of War?

VIDEO: Is Israel on the Brink of War?

In this short video, Amir Tsarfati, reporting from Israel, suggests Israel may be on the brink of war.  Access the seven-minute video at the link below or above . . . . . 

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Omicron 'Mild' Disease, No Evidence Variant Is More Harmful Than Delta

Top South African Doctor Confirms No Evidence Omicron Variant More Harmful Than Delta As G-7 Pushes "Urgent Action"

TYLER DURDEN

Having set off the latest global COVID panic, this time focusing on the omicron strain, which was hastily labeled a variant of concern by the WHO over the long holiday weekend in the US, South Africa's top epidemiologists now find themselves in the awkward position of having to walk back all - or at least some - of the hysteria first unleashed by news of the omicron variant.

As US stocks bounce back from steep Friday losses at Monday's open, yet another SA official has chimed in, warning that the world still has much to learn about omicron, and that symptoms might be less severe than initially feared. Of course, this notion isn't exactly news, as plenty of experts inside South Africa and elsewhere have warned over the weekend that the new variant might be more mild, if also more transmissible, than previous variants. 

Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chairwoman of the South African Medical Association, affirmed Monday that while the omicron variant appears to spread more quickly than earlier strains, its symptoms appear to be less severe, meaning the new strain - while more infectious - might also prove less deadly than the delta strain, which is the most dominant COVID strain on the planet right now.

Meanwhile, the G-7 - at the UK's urging - is exhorting its members to take bold action to make sure the variant doesn't become a threat.

Patients infected with the new strain appear to be suffering more from fatigue, head and body aches and occasional sore throats and coughs. They also don't exhibit symptoms like loss of taste and smell, like patients infected with delta and other variants have seen.

After the UK confirmed its first cases of the omicron variant and added a handful of southern African countries (including South Africa) to its travel "red list", in effect shutting down travel between the region and the UK, the G-7 has just decided to issue its own warning about the new "variant of concern".

In a joint statement issued with the G-7 health ministers about the "global threat" posed by the omicron variant, the G-7 unleashed a torrent of FUD, while also praising South Africa for its "exemplary" work, as the WHO complains that the West is mistaken for shutting down travel from the region.

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Biden Promises US Will Develop Boosters Targeting Omicron Variant, Fauci Says New Lockdowns "Unlikely"

Omicron Is "Extremely Mild" Says Doctor Who First Discovered Strain; Numerous Mutations "Destabilize" The Virus

Japan Joins Growing List Of Countries Closing Borders As More Omicron Cases Detected Globally

U.S. District Court Issues Injunction On Mandates For Health-Care Workers

White House Quietly Delays Vaccine Mandate As Another Federal Judge Objects

TYLER DURDEN

Yet another federal court has decided to block the Biden White House's COVID mandate, only this time the judge focused on a requirement for health-care workers to either get the jab, or say goodbye to their jobs.

Meanwhile, as more courts object to the mandate, the White House is quietly telling federal agencies they can hold off on firing federal workers for not complying with the vaccine mandate until after the holidays, according to a memo obtained by the press on Monday. The decision was sourced to OMB, the White House's Office of Management and Budget, according to the report.

According to Biden-loving ABC News, this change, which has not yet been publicly announced, comes as President Biden is putting pressure on private employers to launch their own mandates.

The US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on Monday issued a preliminary injunction on the mandate, which requires health-workers to be vaccinated by Jan. 4, 2022.

Legal observers have said the mandate is on firm footing. If the injunction is appealed, it would land in the Eighth Circuit, which has just one active or senior status judge appointed by a Democrat out of 14.

Biden announced back in September that the administration was rolling out the rule requiring all private employers with 100 or more employees to mandate COVID-19 vaccines or weekly testing for the virus. 

In their filing, government lawyers argued that delaying the vaccine mandate "would endanger many thousands of people and would likely cost many lives per day. With the reopening of workplaces and the emergence of the highly transmissible Delta variant, the threat to workers is ongoing and overwhelming."

Brutal Cold Wave Hits Europe

Brutal cold wave hits Europe with lowest temperatures in 40 years – Energy prices soar to new record

Strange Sounds

A brutal cold wave is currently sweeping across Europe, bringing tons of SNOW, powerful WINDS triggering widespread POWER OUTAGES and devastating several countries in Europe and Scandinavia with lows that haven’t been seen since 1980 in Sweden.

Sweden has had the lowest temperature in November since 1980 with a polar wave sweeping Western Europe. Same in Ivalo, Finnish Lapland, where thermometer were at -22ºC as well as in Norway.

On the Finnmark plateau between Kautokeino and Karasjok, Sweden, temperatures dropped to -35°C on Sunday. The forecast for next week shows a temperature anomaly for the last days of November at 10°C below the 1961-1990 reference period, reports the Swedish Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.

Sweden’s coldest spot Nikkaluokta, near Gällivare in Norrbotten, where this Sunday’s low was -37.4°C, the lowest in the country in November since 1980.

The national record for November cold is -43°C for the year of 1890.

Latest Hamas Terror Infrastructure: 'Most Dangerous In Recent Years'

Latest Hamas terror infrastructure ‘most dangerous in recent years’

Yaakov Lappin, JNS

The large-scale Hamas terror plot uncovered by the Shin Bet intelligence agency and broken up in recent weeks is “the most dangerous tactical-operational infrastructure I recall in recent years,” a senior former Israel Defense Forces officer has told JNS.

Maj. Gen. (res.) Eitan Dangot, Israel’s former Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) and a senior research associate at the Miryam Institute, emphasized the dozens of Hamas operatives arrested, in addition to the number of suicide-bomb vests and weapons recovered in counter-terror raids.

The Shin Bet announced on Monday that it had, together with the IDF, broken up the cell, which was being orchestrated by senior Hamas operatives overseas, including the head of Hamas’s West Bank terror operations, Salah Al-Arouri (who is also Hamas’s deputy chief).

Dangot linked the development to cracks that have appeared in the rule of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority and its 86-year-old leader, Mahmoud Abbas.

He pointed out Hebron and its environment as a known ideological Hamas stronghold, and a Hamas activity hotspot, but added that Jenin and its environment have seen a spike of armed activity as well. The area is traditionally a Palestinian Islamic Jihad hotspot but also known for its opposition to Abbas’s rule from Fatah-affiliated militias like the Tanzim, stated Dangot.

“Hamas hasn’t budged one millimeter from its ideological commitment to Israel’s destruction, and it is implementing this gradually,” said Dangot. “Its military wing is building up force, and engages in rounds of fighting, like May’s conflict. Due to organizational problems, and secondary considerations created by Hamas’s sovereign rule over a population, the organization also opts for periods of calm, in line with its analysis of its interests at any given time.”

With Hamas’s home turf of Gaza facing limitations as a base for war with Israel, Hamas has reserved a strategic role for the West Bank, said Dangot. Beyond using it as a base for terror attacks targeting Israeli civilians and security forces, Hamas is committed to expanding its influence in the areas currently under P.A. rule, “step by step,” with the “objective of taking over the West Bank gradually and infiltrating the PLO,” he said.

As a “sub-objective,” Hamas has marked out eastern Jerusalem as a branch for its terrorist activities, and the organization is continuously lighting “flames and instigating situations via Jerusalem residents, safeguarding the lava and ensuring that the flames never extinguish,” he assessed.

This includes clashes at the Temple Mount, exploiting tensions around the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood and strengthening the movement’s presence in eastern Jerusalem. 

These activities are all designed to signal to Palestinians that Hamas is looking after their interests and looking out for Jerusalem—a cause that forms a core aspect of Hamas’s call to arms, according to Dangot.

Meanwhile, the West Bank is experiencing a weakening of law and order, which is “strengthening Hamas’s capabilities,” he said. “Hamas identifies this trend and expands its influence, through incitement, through Al-Arouri’s activities, through the allocation of resources. Hamas in Gaza plays the ‘arrangement game,’ ” said Dangot, referring to ongoing Egyptian-mediated talks to reach a more stable truce with Israel and find solutions for Gaza’s shattered economy.

“This is an illusion. I call this a temporary ceasefire at best. Hamas understands that it needs to lower its head vis-à-vis Egypt and Qatar as it waits for the next opportunity,” he warned.