thelibertybeacon--2020-12-07--This Week in History: Dec 7-13

This Week in History: Dec 7-13

1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution .
1891 – The 52nd Congress , the first Congress to appropriate $ 1 billion , holds its first session .
1925 – Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller sets a world record in the 150-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute 25 seconds .
He went on to play “ Tarzan ” in several movies .
Weissmuller died in 1984 at age 79 .
Watch a 1974 interview with Weissmuller on how he became Tarzan .
1941 – The Japanese attack the U.S. at Pearl Harbor Naval Base , Hawaii @ @ @ @ @ @ @ date that will live in infamy .
1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta kills 119 people and injures 62 others .
It is America ’ s deadliest hotel fire disaster .
The hotel founder , W. Frank Winecoff , was also killed in the fire .
Watch a report about the fire , including eye witness interviews .
1963 – Instant replay is used for the first time in the Army-Navy game .
The system was invented by CBS Sports Director Tony Verna and weighed 1,300 pounds .
1982 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murderer , becomes the first prisoner in the U.S. to be executed by lethal injection .
He was executed at a prison in Huntsville , Texas .
1998 – Attorney General Janet Reno declines to seek an independent counsel investigation of President Bill Clinton over his 1996 campaign financing .
2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar , a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who claimed to have a bomb , is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport .
1792 – South Carolina Delegate Henry Laurens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the U.S. 1941 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his “ Day of Infamy ” speech to the U.S. Congress the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor .
Watch the speech .
1952 – TV has its first acknowledgement of pregnancy when it is announced on “ I Love Lucy ” that Lucy is “ enceinte ” ( French for expecting ) .
The episode when Lucy gave birth aired on January 19 , 1953 , to coincide with Lucille Ball ’ s real-life delivery of Desi Arnez , Jr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watched by more people than any other TV program up to that time .
Watch the hilarious “ enceinte ” announcement .
1953 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his “ Atoms for Peace ” speech to the U.N. General Assembly , spelling out the necessity of repurposing existing nuclear weapons technology to peaceful ends .
It was seen as the inspiration for the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency of 1956 .
1963 – Frank Sinatra ’ s son is kidnapped .
Frank Sinatra , Jr. was released two days later @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 240,000 .
Three kidnappers were caught , convicted , and sentenced for the kidnapping .
Frank Sinatra , Jr. died in March of 2016 at age 72 .
1966 – The U.S. and the USSR sign a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space .
1987 – President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles to “ trust , but verify.
” 1993 – President Clinton signs into law the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) .
President Trump replaced NAFTA in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Agreement .
2010 – SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch , orbit , and recover a spacecraft .
In 2012 , they became the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station .
Their most recent launch was on November 30 , 2020 .
1803 – Congress passes the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , directing Electors to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President .
Previously , the presidential candidate who received the most votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second-most votes became vice president .
1878 – Joseph Pulitzer buys the St. Louis Dispatch newspaper for $ 2,500 and merges it with the St. Louis Post , creating the St. Louis Post-Dispatch .
The first edition was published on December 12th and the newspaper is still in circulation .
1935 – Jay Berwanger is the first recipient of the college football ’ s Heisman Trophy .
Watch ESPN compiled footage of Berwanger in action .
1958 – Robert H.W .
Welch Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis , Indiana , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The organization was named for John Morrison Birch , a minister , missionary , and Air Force captain , who was killed by Chinese Communists at age 27 a few days after the end of WWII .
1978 – The first Women ’ s Professional Basketball League ( WNBL ) game is played .
WNBL ’ s Chicago Hustle defeated the Milwaukee Does 92-87 .
The league is disbanded in 1981 .
Watch the first slam dunk in a WNBL game .
2008 – Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich , is arrested by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crimes including wire fraud , attempted extortion , conspiracy to solicit bribes , and others related to his attempt to sell the Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama ’ s election to the Presidency .
Blago was sentenced in 2011 to 14 years in prison for corruption .
Four of the 18 charges were overturned in July 2015 on appeal .
In August 2016 , a district judge ruled that the 14-year sentence would stand .
In February 2020 , President Trump commuted his sentence .
Blago will be 64 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ becomes first American colonial government to issue paper money .
1869 – The Wyoming Territory is the first grant women the right to vote .
Women did not get the right to vote nationally until the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1919 .
1898 – The Spanish-American War formally ended with the Treaty of Paris .
The U.S. acquired the Philippines , Puerto Rico , and Guam .
1906 – President Theodore Roosevelt is the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize .
He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and founder of Hull House , is the first American woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize .
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .
Watch a film about Addams and Hull House .
1936 – Edward VIII abdicates the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson .
They were married the following year .
1964 – Dr. Martin Luther King , Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .
Dr. King was assassinated April 4 , 1968 .
1974 – The joint U.S.-German Helios 1 spacecraft is launched .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sun than any other previous spacecraft .
2016 – The Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm , Sweden , without Bob Dylan in attendance .
Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature , but declined to attend the ceremony .
He finally accepted the award in June of 2017 .
1620 – One hundred two Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock .
Forty-five died the first winter and were buried on Cole ’ s Hill .
1930 – The Bank of the United States in New York City closes after an estimated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the bank the day before .
This run on the bank is seen as the beginning of the Great Depression .
1951 – Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball saying , “ When baseball is no longer fun , it ’ s no longer a game , and so , I ’ ve played my last game.
” He is best known for his 56-game hitting streak ( May 15-July 16 , 1941 ) , a record that still stands .
DiMaggio was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City .
An unknown terrorist fired a mortar shell at the building during the speech .
1972 – Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt in Apollo 17 become the 11th and 12th ( and last ) men to walk on the Moon .
Schmitt is now 85 years old .
Watch Gene Cernan , who died in 2017 at age 82 , hop on the moon .
1981 – Muhammad Ali , at age 39 , fights his 61st ( and last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Berbick .
Ali died in 2016 at age 74 .
1985 – The Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for the first time ( 1,511.70 ) .
1991 – Salman Rushdie , under an Islamic death sentence for blasphemy after publishing “ The Satanic Verses , ” makes his first public appearance since 1989 at a New York dinner marking the 200th anniversary of the First Amendment ( which guarantees freedom of speech in the U.S. ) .
Watch a New York Times interview with Rushdie .
2008 – Bernard Madoff is arrested and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 50 billion Ponzi scheme .
In 2009 , he was sentenced to 150 years in prison and ordered to pay $ 170 billion in restitution .
His projected release date is 2139 , when he will be 201 .
Madoff is now 82 years old .
2015 – “ Playboy ” magazine publishes its last nude issue , which features Pamela Anderson on the cover .
Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died in 2017 at age 91 .
1791 – The Bank of the United States , also known as the First Bank , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
1800 – Washington , DC is established as the permanent capital of the U.S. 1914 – The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average happens when the Dow drops 24.39 percent .
The Dow closed at 54 points .
1925 – “ Motel Inn , ” the first motel in the world , opens in San Luis Obispo , California .
The motel finally closed in the 1970s and most of the structures were bulldozed in 2005 .
A San Louis Obispo development company plans to build @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1953 – Chuck Yeager sets a new airspeed record at Mach 2.44 ( 1,620 mph ) in his Bell X-1A rocket plane ( almost 2 ½ times the speed of sound ) .
Yeager is 97 years old .
1963 – Frank Sinatra , Jr. , age 19 , is released after being kidnapped on December 8th , when his famous father pays $ 240,000 in ransom .
Barry Keenan , Johnny Irwin , and Joe Amsler were quickly caught , tried , and convicted of kidnapping .
Although sentenced to long prison @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after 3 ½ years while Keenan , the mastermind , was released after 4 ½ years .
Keenan is now 78 , Irwin disappeared after release from prison , and Amsler died in 2006 at age 65 .
Watch a newsreel of the ordeal .
1980 – U.S. copyright law is amended to include computer software programs .
1989 – Leona Helmsley , The Queen of Mean , is fined $ 7 million and sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion .
Helmsley died in 2007 at age 87 .
1997 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jackson , who claims to be Bill Cosby ’ s daughter , to 26 months in jail for trying to extort $ 40 million from Cosby .
He admitted to having an affair with her mother and paying for Autumn ’ s education .
2000 – The U.S. Supreme Court releases its decision in the Bush v. Gore “ hanging chad ” presidential election case in favor of George W. Bush .
1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians .
This organization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States National Guard .
1903 – The Wright brothers attempt their first flight at Kittyhawk , North Carolina .
Wilbur won the coin toss to pilot the craft .
He pulled up too hard after the plane left the rail , stalled , and came down in three seconds , causing minor damage .
1913 – The Federal Reserve System is established by Congress to provide the nation with a safer , more flexible , and more stable monetary and financial system .
There are 12 Federal Reserve banks .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
1975 – Saturday Night Live uses a time delay for the first time when comedian Richard Pryor hosts the TV show .
1978 – The Susan B. Anthony dollar , the first U.S. coin to honor a woman , is issued .
Although a half billion coins were minted , the coin was poorly received , partly because of its similarity to the quarter .
2000 – The “ Texas 7 ” escape from the maximum security John Connally Unit near Kenedy , Texas .
The 7 escaped prisoners went on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hawkins during a robbery .
After being featured on “ America ’ s Most Wanted ” all 7 prisoners were located .
One committed suicide and the other six were arrested .
Three have already been executed and the other three are awaiting execution for the murder of Officer Aubrey Hawkins .
2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. troops near his hometown of Tikrit in Operation Red Dawn .
He was found hiding in a hole .
Hussein was executed in 2006 .

This Week in History: Dec 7-13, 2020
By: Dianne Hermann
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” Aldous Huxley
Dec 7-13, 2020
December 7
1787 – Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the Constitution.
1891 – The 52nd Congress, the first Congress to appropriate $1 billion, holds its first session.
1925 – Swimmer Johnny Weissmuller sets a world record in the 150-yard freestyle with a time of 1 minute 25 seconds. He went on to play “Tarzan” in several movies. Weissmuller died in 1984 at age 79. Watch a 1974 interview with Weissmuller on how he became Tarzan.
1941 – The Japanese attack the U.S. at Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii, killing 2,403 people, on a date that will live in infamy.
1946 – A fire at the Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta kills 119 people and injures 62 others. It is America’s deadliest hotel fire disaster. The hotel founder, W. Frank Winecoff, was also killed in the fire. Watch a report about the fire, including eye witness interviews.
1963 – Instant replay is used for the first time in the Army-Navy game. The system was invented by CBS Sports Director Tony Verna and weighed 1,300 pounds.
1982 – Charlie Brooks Jr., a convicted murderer, becomes the first prisoner in the U.S. to be executed by lethal injection. He was executed at a prison in Huntsville, Texas.
1998 – Attorney General Janet Reno declines to seek an independent counsel investigation of President Bill Clinton over his 1996 campaign financing.
2005 – Rigoberto Alpizar, a passenger on American Airlines Flight 924 who claimed to have a bomb, is shot and killed by a team of U.S. federal air marshals at Miami International Airport.
December 8
1792 – South Carolina Delegate Henry Laurens is the first person to be cremated in the U.S.
1941 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his “Day of Infamy” speech to the U.S. Congress the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Watch the speech.
1952 – TV has its first acknowledgement of pregnancy when it is announced on “I Love Lucy” that Lucy is “enceinte” (French for expecting). The episode when Lucy gave birth aired on January 19, 1953, to coincide with Lucille Ball’s real-life delivery of Desi Arnez, Jr. by Caesarean section. This episode was watched by more people than any other TV program up to that time. Watch the hilarious “enceinte” announcement.
1953 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his “Atoms for Peace” speech to the U.N. General Assembly, spelling out the necessity of repurposing existing nuclear weapons technology to peaceful ends. It was seen as the inspiration for the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency of 1956.
1963 – Frank Sinatra’s son is kidnapped. Frank Sinatra, Jr. was released two days later when his father paid a ransom of $240,000. Three kidnappers were caught, convicted, and sentenced for the kidnapping. Frank Sinatra, Jr. died in March of 2016 at age 72.
1966 – The U.S. and the USSR sign a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons in outer space.
1987 – President Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Gorbachev sign a treaty eliminating medium range nuclear missiles to “trust, but verify.”
1993 – President Clinton signs into law the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). President Trump replaced NAFTA in September 2018 with USMCA, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
2010 – SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft. In 2012, they became the first private company to send a spacecraft to the International Space Station. Their most recent launch was on November 30, 2020.
December 9
1803 – Congress passes the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, directing Electors to vote for a President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for President. Previously, the presidential candidate who received the most votes became president and the candidate with the second-most votes became vice president.
1878 – Joseph Pulitzer buys the St. Louis Dispatch newspaper for $2,500 and merges it with the St. Louis Post, creating the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The first edition was published on December 12th and the newspaper is still in circulation.
1935 – Jay Berwanger is the first recipient of the college football’s Heisman Trophy. Watch ESPN compiled footage of Berwanger in action.
1958 – Robert H.W. Welch Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis, Indiana, to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society. The organization was named for John Morrison Birch, a minister, missionary, and Air Force captain, who was killed by Chinese Communists at age 27 a few days after the end of WWII.
1978 – The first Women’s Professional Basketball League (WNBL) game is played. WNBL’s Chicago Hustle defeated the Milwaukee Does 92-87. The league is disbanded in 1981. Watch the first slam dunk in a WNBL game.
2008 – Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, is arrested by federal officials for a number of alleged crimes including wire fraud, attempted extortion, conspiracy to solicit bribes, and others related to his attempt to sell the Senate seat being vacated by President-elect Barack Obama’s election to the Presidency. Blago was sentenced in 2011 to 14 years in prison for corruption. Four of the 18 charges were overturned in July 2015 on appeal. In August 2016, a district judge ruled that the 14-year sentence would stand. In February 2020, President Trump commuted his sentence. Blago will be 64 years old tomorrow.
December 10
1690 – Massachusetts Bay becomes first American colonial government to issue paper money.
1869 – The Wyoming Territory is the first grant women the right to vote. Women did not get the right to vote nationally until the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1919.
1898 – The Spanish-American War formally ended with the Treaty of Paris. The U.S. acquired the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam.
1906 – President Theodore Roosevelt is the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1931 – Jane Addams, social worker and founder of Hull House, is the first American woman to be awarded a Nobel Prize. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Watch a film about Addams and Hull House.
1936 – Edward VIII abdicates the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson. They were married the following year.
1964 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. King was assassinated April 4, 1968.
1974 – The joint U.S.-German Helios 1 spacecraft is launched. In February 1975 it came closer to the sun than any other previous spacecraft.
2016 – The Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm, Sweden, without Bob Dylan in attendance. Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature, but declined to attend the ceremony. He finally accepted the award in June of 2017.
December 11
1620 – One hundred two Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock. Forty-five died the first winter and were buried on Cole’s Hill.
1930 – The Bank of the United States in New York City closes after an estimated 2,500-3,000 depositors withdraw $2 million from the bank the day before. This run on the bank is seen as the beginning of the Great Depression.
1951 – Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement from baseball saying, “When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game, and so, I’ve played my last game.” He is best known for his 56-game hitting streak (May 15-July 16, 1941), a record that still stands. DiMaggio was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.
1964 – Cuban Marxist Revolutionary Che Guevara speaks at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City. An unknown terrorist fired a mortar shell at the building during the speech.
1972 – Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt in Apollo 17 become the 11th and 12th (and last) men to walk on the Moon. Schmitt is now 85 years old. Watch Gene Cernan, who died in 2017 at age 82, hop on the moon.

1981 – Muhammad Ali, at age 39, fights his 61st (and last) bout. He lost to Trevor Berbick. Ali died in 2016 at age 74.
1985 – The Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for the first time (1,511.70).
1991 – Salman Rushdie, under an Islamic death sentence for blasphemy after publishing “The Satanic Verses,” makes his first public appearance since 1989 at a New York dinner marking the 200th anniversary of the First Amendment (which guarantees freedom of speech in the U.S.). Watch a New York Times interview with Rushdie.
2008 – Bernard Madoff is arrested and charged with securities fraud in a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. In 2009, he was sentenced to 150 years in prison and ordered to pay $170 billion in restitution. His projected release date is 2139, when he will be 201. Madoff is now 82 years old.
2015 – “Playboy” magazine publishes its last nude issue, which features Pamela Anderson on the cover. Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died in 2017 at age 91.
December 12
1791 – The Bank of the United States, also known as the First Bank, opens for business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1800 – Washington, DC is established as the permanent capital of the U.S.
1914 – The largest one-day percentage drop in the history of Dow Jones Industrial Average happens when the Dow drops 24.39 percent. The Dow closed at 54 points.
1925 – “Motel Inn,” the first motel in the world, opens in San Luis Obispo, California. The motel finally closed in the 1970s and most of the structures were bulldozed in 2005. A San Louis Obispo development company plans to build a 55-room hotel on the site.
1953 – Chuck Yeager sets a new airspeed record at Mach 2.44 (1,620 mph) in his Bell X-1A rocket plane (almost 2 ½ times the speed of sound). Yeager is 97 years old.
1963 – Frank Sinatra, Jr., age 19, is released after being kidnapped on December 8th, when his famous father pays $240,000 in ransom. Barry Keenan, Johnny Irwin, and Joe Amsler were quickly caught, tried, and convicted of kidnapping. Although sentenced to long prison terms, Amsler and Irwin were released after 3 ½ years while Keenan, the mastermind, was released after 4 ½ years. Keenan is now 78, Irwin disappeared after release from prison, and Amsler died in 2006 at age 65. Watch a newsreel of the ordeal.
1980 – U.S. copyright law is amended to include computer software programs.
1989 – Leona Helmsley, The Queen of Mean, is fined $7 million and sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion. Helmsley died in 2007 at age 87.
1997 – A federal judge sentences 23-year-old Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby’s daughter, to 26 months in jail for trying to extort $40 million from Cosby. He admitted to having an affair with her mother and paying for Autumn’s education.
2000 – The U.S. Supreme Court releases its decision in the Bush v. Gore “hanging chad” presidential election case in favor of George W. Bush.
December 13
1636 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony organizes three militia regiments to defend the colony against the Pequot Indians. This organization is recognized today as the founding of the United States National Guard.
1903 – The Wright brothers attempt their first flight at Kittyhawk, North Carolina. Wilbur won the coin toss to pilot the craft. He pulled up too hard after the plane left the rail, stalled, and came down in three seconds, causing minor damage.
1913 – The Federal Reserve System is established by Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. There are 12 Federal Reserve banks. “The Fed” has never been audited.
1961 – Jimmy Dean’s “Big Bad John” album is country music’s first million-dollar seller. Watch Dean’s 1963 performance.
1975 – Saturday Night Live uses a time delay for the first time when comedian Richard Pryor hosts the TV show.
1978 – The Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin to honor a woman, is issued. Although a half billion coins were minted, the coin was poorly received, partly because of its similarity to the quarter.
2000 – The “Texas 7” escape from the maximum security John Connally Unit near Kenedy, Texas. The 7 escaped prisoners went on a crime spree and killed police officer Aubrey Hawkins during a robbery. After being featured on “America’s Most Wanted” all 7 prisoners were located. One committed suicide and the other six were arrested. Three have already been executed and the other three are awaiting execution for the murder of Officer Aubrey Hawkins.
2003 – Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured by U.S. troops near his hometown of Tikrit in Operation Red Dawn. He was found hiding in a hole. Hussein was executed in 2006.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-08--Second Major California Sheriff Openly Rebels Against Newsom Lockdown

Just [ days ] after Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told California Governor Gavin Newsom that his department won ’ t be “ blackmailed , bullied or used as muscle ” against residents during the pandemic , The Epoch Times reports that Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes announced that deputies would not enforce the regional stay-at-home order that [ went ] into effect Dec. 6 throughout Southern California .
“ Compliance with health orders is a matter of personal responsibility and not a matter of law enforcement , ” Barnes said in a news release .
“ Orange County Sheriff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to , or respond to , calls for service to enforce compliance with face coverings , social gatherings , or stay-at-home orders only.
” It is not the first time the sheriff has declared deputies would not enforce a state order over coronavirus restrictions .
When Gov .
Gavin Newsom ordered a curfew in November for all California counties in the purple tier amid climbing coronavirus cases , Barnes said deputies would not be enforcing that order either .
A state-mandated , regional stay-at-home order was scheduled to go into effect at 11:59 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was triggered when intensive care unit ( ICU ) bed availability remained below 15 percent after the Southern California region ’ s Dec. 5 daily COVID-19 case-rate update , according to the California Department of Public Health .
In his statement , Barnes said deputies would continue to respond to calls for potential criminal behavior and the protection of life and property , actions he said remain “ consistent with the protections of constitutional rights.
” But he said the “ ever-changing nature ” of Gov .
Gavin Newsom ’ s stay-at-home orders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ bring additional uncertainty and stress to California residents.
” He cautioned that people should remain diligent in preventing the spread of the disease , and should take the recommended public health precautions like wearing face coverings and practicing social distancing .
Citing rising COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths over the past month , Newsom on Dec. 3 announced plans for regional stay-at-home orders that would be triggered when ICU bed availability in select areas fell below 15 percent .
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Second Major California Sheriff Openly Rebels Against Newsom Lockdown
“Compliance with health orders is a matter of personal responsibility and not a matter of law enforcement,” -Sheriff Don Barnes
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Just [days] after Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told California Governor Gavin Newsom that his department won’t be “blackmailed, bullied or used as muscle” against residents during the pandemic, The Epoch Times reports that Orange County Sheriff Don Barnes announced that deputies would not enforce the regional stay-at-home order that [went] into effect Dec. 6 throughout Southern California.
“Compliance with health orders is a matter of personal responsibility and not a matter of law enforcement,” Barnes said in a news release. “Orange County Sheriff’s deputies will not be dispatched to, or respond to, calls for service to enforce compliance with face coverings, social gatherings, or stay-at-home orders only.”
It is not the first time the sheriff has declared deputies would not enforce a state order over coronavirus restrictions. When Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered a curfew in November for all California counties in the purple tier amid climbing coronavirus cases, Barnes said deputies would not be enforcing that order either.
A state-mandated, regional stay-at-home order was scheduled to go into effect at 11:59 p.m. on Dec. 6. The mandate was triggered when intensive care unit (ICU) bed availability remained below 15 percent after the Southern California region’s Dec. 5 daily COVID-19 case-rate update, according to the California Department of Public Health.
In his statement, Barnes said deputies would continue to respond to calls for potential criminal behavior and the protection of life and property, actions he said remain “consistent with the protections of constitutional rights.”
But he said the “ever-changing nature” of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s stay-at-home orders and the increase in COVID-19 case numbers “bring additional uncertainty and stress to California residents.”
“To put the onus on law enforcement to enforce these orders against law-abiding citizens who are already struggling through difficult circumstances, while at the same time criticizing law enforcement and taking away tools to do our jobs, is both contradictory and disingenuous,” he said.
He cautioned that people should remain diligent in preventing the spread of the disease, and should take the recommended public health precautions like wearing face coverings and practicing social distancing.
“Conversely, policy makers must not penalize residents for earning a livelihood, safeguarding their mental health, or enjoying our most cherished freedoms,” Barnes stated.
Citing rising COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths over the past month, Newsom on Dec. 3 announced plans for regional stay-at-home orders that would be triggered when ICU bed availability in select areas fell below 15 percent.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-08--Univ. Chicago will not punish professor for criticizing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts

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Chicago will not punish professor for criticizing diversity , equity and inclusion efforts ‘ To anyone who is reading this , I would say : don ’ t be afraid .
If you see something wrong , speak out about it , ’ embattled professor tells The College Fix “ I ’ m just a simple physical scientist .
The way I ’ ve always approached my life is to tell the truth and try to do what is morally right… ” Associate Professor Dorian Abbot recently took on the push to hire women and underrepresented minorities rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ job , bias against Chinese and Christian students , and other hot-button topics , drawing the ire of protesting students who said the scholar made them feel unsafe .
But their efforts to get him sanctioned failed at the University of Chicago , considered the best university in the country for free speech .
“ I ’ m just a simple physical scientist .
The way I ’ ve always approached my life is to tell the truth and try to do what is morally right , ” Abbot wrote in an email @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( and it looks like he will continue to be ) a professor of geophysical science at the university .
After Abbot cut a series of videos in which he listed his specific grievances with diversity , equity and inclusion efforts , “ 58 students and postdocs of the Department of Geophysical Sciences , and 71 other graduate students and postdocs from other University of Chicago departments , ” published a letter calling for Abbot to be sanctioned , according to a petition in support of the professor .
“ The contents of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the safety and belonging of all underrepresented groups within the department and serve to undermine Equity , Diversity , and Inclusion initiatives , ” the letter stated .
University President Robert Zimmer would not bow to their demands , however .
Read more at The College Fix ( TLB ) published this article from The College Fix • Schools and colleges in America today are pulled into this connect the dots presentation from ( TLB ) Founder Roger Landry : History Shows Free Speech Is The Loser In Mob Action The Liberty Beacon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
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Univ. Chicago will not punish professor for criticizing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts
The College Fix:
‘To anyone who is reading this, I would say: don’t be afraid. If you see something wrong, speak out about it,’ embattled professor tells The College Fix
“I’m just a simple physical scientist. The way I’ve always approached my life is to tell the truth and try to do what is morally right…”
The University of Chicago has refused demands to punish a science professor for speaking out against diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Associate Professor Dorian Abbot recently took on the push to hire women and underrepresented minorities rather than select the best candidate for the job, bias against Chinese and Christian students, and other hot-button topics, drawing the ire of protesting students who said the scholar made them feel unsafe.
But their efforts to get him sanctioned failed at the University of Chicago, considered the best university in the country for free speech.
“I’m just a simple physical scientist. The way I’ve always approached my life is to tell the truth and try to do what is morally right,” Abbot wrote in an email to The College Fix. Abbot is (and it looks like he will continue to be) a professor of geophysical science at the university.
After Abbot cut a series of videos in which he listed his specific grievances with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, “58 students and postdocs of the Department of Geophysical Sciences, and 71 other graduate students and postdocs from other University of Chicago departments,” published a letter calling for Abbot to be sanctioned, according to a petition in support of the professor.
“The contents of Professor Dorian Abbot’s videos threaten the safety and belonging of all underrepresented groups within the department and serve to undermine Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives,” the letter stated.
University President Robert Zimmer would not bow to their demands, however.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-08--EU Commission Recommends Online ‘Services,’ ‘Banning of Communal Singing’ for Christmas

The word “ Christmas ” is drearily absent from the European Commission ’ s communication , but the mention of “ ceremonies ” unambiguously points to the feast of the Birth of Our Lord .
Despite massive , mainly Islamic immigration , the majority of citizens living in the formerly Christian nations of Europe share at least a basic Catholic or Christian culture .
“ Ceremonies ” during the “ holiday season ” – a euphemism used to avoid religious terms in the European Union that has formally rejected the mention of Europe ’ s Christian roots in its Charter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Holy Mass , and specially Midnight Mass , or the Protestant services that take place to celebrate Christmas .
This is how the unsigned document speaks about these religious gatherings : Yes , you read that correctly .
For the whole of the European Union , even in places where a dramatic fall of “ cases ” – that is , positive tests , mostly on people who have few or no symptoms of the associated COVID-19 – of the Wuhan coronavirus is currently taking place , and hospitalizations and deaths are subsequently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggesting that Catholic and other churches should ideally shut out the faithful from their celebrations and force them to join virtual “ worship.
” Which is , in fact , no worship at all ; at most , an aid for private devotion when personal assistance at a service is impossible .
For Catholics , such interference from the secular authorities , who presume to dictate how and when they should practice their faith , is even more obnoxious .
Holy Mass actualizes the Sacrifice of Jesus-Christ on the Cross , for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to assist at the Eucharistic miracle , by which Our Lord is truly present .
Receiving Communion can only be done in person .
In the Catholic faith , which is that of the Incarnation , the body can not and should not be set in “ remote ” mode , and separated from reality by screens and internet , apart from serious reasons such as verified and actual contagiousness , as every responsible person is capable of working out independently .
Body and soul belong together ; they are one .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the human person , once again tearing asunder what God made one .
And did not Christ say : “ For where two or three are gathered in my name , there am I in the midst of them ” ?
This also marks the importance of personal , physical presence in Christian worship .
You also read correctly that a handful of technocrats in Brussels – the seat of the European Commission – has in substance told the whole of the European Union that “ communal singing ” is not good , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people to their graves .
The ban it suggests is not for people who are coughing and sneezing , but for all : it is heaping suspicion on one of the most joyful and natural expressions of public worship , that has been with us since the beginnings of Christianity and beyond , and in fact throughout the religious history of mankind .
Singing together bonds communities ( and also armies , and revolutionaries , and sailors , and children , and mothers with their newborns , and monks , and nuns… ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ twice , ” says the quote attributed to Saint Augustine , probably derived from these words from his Commentary on Psalm 73 : “ For he that singeth praise , not only praiseth , but only praiseth with gladness : he that singeth praise , not only singeth , but also loveth him of whom he singeth .
In praise , there is the speaking forth of one confessing ; in singing , the affection of one loving.
” And the European Commission is telling us not to sing ?
Putting a damper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and faith and love of the traditional Christmas carols that are so varied and so touching ?
It should be said that the European Commission , in its inhuman regulations to take the joy and truth out of Christmas , is exerting the power of an unelected executive body that is not famous for using its functions in favor of the common good .
Fortunately , in this case , the binding force of a mere “ communication ” addressed to the European Parliament and the Council is inexistent .
On the flip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dangerous rules have been imposed on the public in the EU in the name of fighting COVID-19 , often copied from one country to the other , that its impact may well prove to be very real .
Further examination of the European Commission ’ s recommendations in view of “ Staying safe from COVID-19 during winter ” reveals their perfect alignment on a narrative that has been smoothly imposed in many European countries and beyond in the name of fear , to the detriment of the economy with millions at risk of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and psychological well-being as fear and lack of timely treatment for other illnesses are affecting an increasing proportion of the population .
“ The latest epidemiological numbers indicate that the COVID-19 restrictions reintroduced since October are starting to reduce the transmission of the virus , ” says the document .
In France , at least , this is not true : contaminations and new cases of effective illness were already on a downward trend according to used water analyses when the second lockdown was implemented on October 28 , and deaths followed suit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the document notes “ the buy-in of citizens and communities is critical to the success of any action.
” COVID-19 measures are also the fruit of communications campaigns but need to take “ pandemic fatigue ” into account , says the Brussels Commission : This World Health Organization document is a 28-page publication with advice for governments and health authorities how to go about obtaining acceptance and cooperation ( although compliance would be a better word ) with restrictions in the fight against a long drawn-out “ pandemic.
” Not unsurprisingly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the documents , and “ freedom ” appears only in the phrase : “ An ingrown urge for self-determination and freedom may grow as restrictions continue for a long time , impose inconveniences in everyday life , or continuously change in ways people feel they have little control over.
” This , together with “ demotivation ” that appears “ when dire circumstances drag on , ” and “ humans have to adopt a different style of coping , ” is what leads to “ pandemic fatigue ” according to the WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help governments overcome this fatigue .
It ’ s an interesting read for those who seek to “ decrypt ” present government actions and communication .
Returning to the European Commission ’ s document , it is also helpful to realize that it has , in its own words , “ used anonymized and aggregated mobile network operators ’ data to derive mobility insights and build tools to inform better targeted measures , in a Mobility Visualisation Platform , available to the Member States .
Mobility insights are also useful in monitoring the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means that moving around with a smartphone amounts to offering political powers , even at EU level , a tool to track movements and gatherings that are going against confinement or curfew rules .
After anonymous surveillance , can individual surveillance be far behind ?
China already has the know-how , with facial recognition combined with artificial intelligence .
In France , a new security law is proposing to allow drone surveillance : another way to severely curb public liberties and personal freedoms .
For Christmas , the European Union would like to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for small social gatherings , small events , e.g .
maximum number of people allowed to ensure compliance with physical distancing rules and use of masks , ” and the implementation of “ a maximum number of people per household gathering : ” in France , the “ strong recommendation ” is that Christmas dinners should be limited to six adults ( children are not counted ) .
One doctor went on record on television saying it would be best to cut the Christmas cake in two and make Grandpa and Grandma eat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also thinks that “ if considered , any temporary loosening of rules on social gatherings and events should be accompanied by strict requirements for people to self-quarantine before and after for a number of days ( preferably at least seven ) .
” Speaking of France , the government has not gone to this length but it will introduce a 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. curfew as of December 15 ( excepting Christmas and New Year ’ s Eve ) which the Commission devoutly favors .
As a conclusion , the document stresses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actively looking into communication around COVID-19 vaccination , and many are preparing dedicated communication plans .
The Commission will work closely with Member States to support their communication efforts towards citizens on COVID-19 vaccines so that citizens can make informed decisions.
” Informed by the Member States ’ communication efforts , that is !
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com

The word “Christmas” is drearily absent from the European Commission’s communication, but the mention of “ceremonies” unambiguously points to the feast of the Birth of Our Lord. Despite massive, mainly Islamic immigration, the majority of citizens living in the formerly Christian nations of Europe share at least a basic Catholic or Christian culture. “Ceremonies” during the “holiday season” – a euphemism used to avoid religious terms in the European Union that has formally rejected the mention of Europe’s Christian roots in its Charter – can hardly mean anything else than Holy Mass, and specially Midnight Mass, or the Protestant services that take place to celebrate Christmas.
This is how the unsigned document speaks about these religious gatherings:
“In case of ceremonies, consider avoiding large services or using online, TV or radio broadcasts, allocating specific spots for close families (‘household bubbles’) to sit together, and banning of communal singing. The use of masks is particularly relevant during these types of gatherings.”
Yes, you read that correctly. For the whole of the European Union, even in places where a dramatic fall of “cases” – that is, positive tests, mostly on people who have few or no symptoms of the associated COVID-19 – of the Wuhan coronavirus is currently taking place, and hospitalizations and deaths are subsequently also diminishing, the European executive is suggesting that Catholic and other churches should ideally shut out the faithful from their celebrations and force them to join virtual “worship.” Which is, in fact, no worship at all; at most, an aid for private devotion when personal assistance at a service is impossible.
For Catholics, such interference from the secular authorities, who presume to dictate how and when they should practice their faith, is even more obnoxious. Holy Mass actualizes the Sacrifice of Jesus-Christ on the Cross, for the redemption of many, and allows them to assist at the Eucharistic miracle, by which Our Lord is truly present. Receiving Communion can only be done in person. In the Catholic faith, which is that of the Incarnation, the body cannot and should not be set in “remote” mode, and separated from reality by screens and internet, apart from serious reasons such as verified and actual contagiousness, as every responsible person is capable of working out independently. Body and soul belong together; they are one.
In a way, COVID restrictions are de-unifying the human person, once again tearing asunder what God made one.
And did not Christ say: “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I in the midst of them”? This also marks the importance of personal, physical presence in Christian worship.
You also read correctly that a handful of technocrats in Brussels – the seat of the European Commission – has in substance told the whole of the European Union that “communal singing” is not good, and even dangerous and capable of sending people to their graves. The ban it suggests is not for people who are coughing and sneezing, but for all: it is heaping suspicion on one of the most joyful and natural expressions of public worship, that has been with us since the beginnings of Christianity and beyond, and in fact throughout the religious history of mankind.
Singing together bonds communities (and also armies, and revolutionaries, and sailors, and children, and mothers with their newborns, and monks, and nuns…): “To sing is to pray twice,” says the quote attributed to Saint Augustine, probably derived from these words from his Commentary on Psalm 73: “For he that singeth praise, not only praiseth, but only praiseth with gladness: he that singeth praise, not only singeth, but also loveth him of whom he singeth. In praise, there is the speaking forth of one confessing; in singing, the affection of one loving.”
And the European Commission is telling us not to sing? Putting a damper on what is left of European piety and faith and love of the traditional Christmas carols that are so varied and so touching?
It should be said that the European Commission, in its inhuman regulations to take the joy and truth out of Christmas, is exerting the power of an unelected executive body that is not famous for using its functions in favor of the common good. Fortunately, in this case, the binding force of a mere “communication” addressed to the European Parliament and the Council is inexistent. On the flip side, so many absurd and even dangerous rules have been imposed on the public in the EU in the name of fighting COVID-19, often copied from one country to the other, that its impact may well prove to be very real.
Further examination of the European Commission’s recommendations in view of “Staying safe from COVID-19 during winter” reveals their perfect alignment on a narrative that has been smoothly imposed in many European countries and beyond in the name of fear, to the detriment of the economy with millions at risk of losing their livelihood, and of health and psychological well-being as fear and lack of timely treatment for other illnesses are affecting an increasing proportion of the population.
“The latest epidemiological numbers indicate that the COVID-19 restrictions reintroduced since October are starting to reduce the transmission of the virus,” says the document. In France, at least, this is not true: contaminations and new cases of effective illness were already on a downward trend according to used water analyses when the second lockdown was implemented on October 28, and deaths followed suit, spiking ten days later.
Interestingly, the document notes “the buy-in of citizens and communities is critical to the success of any action.” COVID-19 measures are also the fruit of communications campaigns but need to take “pandemic fatigue” into account, says the Brussels Commission:
“People are tired of taking the necessary precautionary actions, including physical distancing, reduced social interactions and economic restrictions. This makes essential restrictions more difficult to implement, and provides fertile ground for disinformation about the pandemic.”
It adds:
“Pandemic fatigue is an expected and natural response to a prolonged public health crisis on the scale of COVID-19. It is therefore important for Member States to address and recognise this problem. The WHO Regional Office for Europe has developed guidance to support countries in developing multifactorial action plans to maintain and reinvigorate public support for protective behaviours.”
This World Health Organization document is a 28-page publication with advice for governments and health authorities how to go about obtaining acceptance and cooperation (although compliance would be a better word) with restrictions in the fight against a long drawn-out “pandemic.” Not unsurprisingly, the word “liberty” is absent from the documents, and “freedom” appears only in the phrase: “An ingrown urge for self-determination and freedom may grow as restrictions continue for a long time, impose inconveniences in everyday life, or continuously change in ways people feel they have little control over.” This, together with “demotivation” that appears “when dire circumstances drag on,” and “humans have to adopt a different style of coping,” is what leads to “pandemic fatigue” according to the WHO. But the WHO is there to help governments overcome this fatigue. It’s an interesting read for those who seek to “decrypt” present government actions and communication.
Returning to the European Commission’s document, it is also helpful to realize that it has, in its own words, “used anonymized and aggregated mobile network operators’ data to derive mobility insights and build tools to inform better targeted measures, in a Mobility Visualisation Platform, available to the Member States. Mobility insights are also useful in monitoring the effectiveness of measures once imposed.”
This means that moving around with a smartphone amounts to offering political powers, even at EU level, a tool to track movements and gatherings that are going against confinement or curfew rules. After anonymous surveillance, can individual surveillance be far behind? China already has the know-how, with facial recognition combined with artificial intelligence. In France, a new security law is proposing to allow drone surveillance: another way to severely curb public liberties and personal freedoms.
For Christmas, the European Union would like to see the definition of “clear criteria for small social gatherings, small events, e.g. maximum number of people allowed to ensure compliance with physical distancing rules and use of masks,” and the implementation of “a maximum number of people per household gathering:” in France, the “strong recommendation” is that Christmas dinners should be limited to six adults (children are not counted). One doctor went on record on television saying it would be best to cut the Christmas cake in two and make Grandpa and Grandma eat in the kitchen.
The Brussels Commission also thinks that “if considered, any temporary loosening of rules on social gatherings and events should be accompanied by strict requirements for people to self-quarantine before and after for a number of days (preferably at least seven).”
Speaking of France, the government has not gone to this length but it will introduce a 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. curfew as of December 15 (excepting Christmas and New Year’s Eve) which the Commission devoutly favors.
As a conclusion, the document stresses that “All reporting Member States are actively looking into communication around COVID-19 vaccination, and many are preparing dedicated communication plans. The Commission will work closely with Member States to support their communication efforts towards citizens on COVID-19 vaccines so that citizens can make informed decisions.”
Informed by the Member States’ communication efforts, that is!
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Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com


thelibertybeacon--2020-12-08--UK Govt Grants Pfizer Civil Legal Indemnity for Covid-19 Vaccine

ER Editor : The announcement of indemnity for Pfizer was made in the Independent last Thursday from the UK ’ s Department of Health and Social Care .
And curiously , of all UK-based MSM outlets , only the Independent has carried it .
Fred Porter of the University of Pittsburgh Law School provides his own account below .
Note that should anybody be damaged by this vaccine , they are only eligible to receive a one-time , tax-free payment of £120,000 , which won ’ t get anybody very far , especially given that you must shell out so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim of vaccine damage .
The UK Govt document linked to below by Porter , and here ( see Consultation document : changes to Human Medicine Regulations to support the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines ) deals with the topic of liability .
Of note : Any decision to roll out mass vaccination programmes for unlicensed COVID-19 vaccines , or indeed any pandemic disease treatments , will be taken nationally , not by the individual companies manufacturing or marketing the product .
The current legal framework already recognises that if manufacturers or healthcare professionals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in response to a public health threat , it is unfair also to ask them to take responsibility for the consequences of the use of that medicine in the way that they normally would .
The UK government wishes to clarify some important aspects of the legal regime relating to the civil liability of manufacturers and suppliers in this context .
Who is protected from liability Article 5 ( 3 ) of Directive 2001/83 requires that Member States lay down provisions so that marketing authorisation holders , manufacturers and health professionals are not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any consequences resulting from the use of an unauthorised medicinal product , or from the use of a product otherwise than in accordance with its authorisation , when such use is by the licensing authority in response to ( among other things ) the spread of pathogens .
This requirement is implemented into UK law by regulation 345 .
What regulation 345 does , therefore , is transpose into UK law a requirement of EU law that key actors in the medicines supply chain can not generally be sued in the civil courts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of an unlicensed product , or a new use of a licensed product , that a national licensing authority is recommending in order to deal with certain specific health threats .
Since vaccines are apparently going to be administered on such a scale as to require a much larger workforce , staff additionally brought on , despite not being healthcare professionals in the usual sense , will also be exempt : We also caution UK readers about this statement : As we ’ ve already published , a Pentagon study has shown that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 36 % more likely to get a NON-FLU viral respiratory infection .
See here and here for that study .
Other studies have shown the same thing , listed here .
Intuition tells us that it ’ s probably not a good idea to mix vaccines , nor is there any safety data telling us if this is safe or not .
The UK government announced Thursday ( Dec.3 ) that it had granted Pfizer legal indemnity protecting the American pharmaceutical company from civil lawsuits due to any unforeseen complications arising from problems @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legal indemnity was the result of an emergency government consultation in September , when the UK Department of Health & Social Care determined that changes to civil liability were necessary to better facilitate the widespread use of a COVID-19 vaccine in Britain .
The new regulation , Regulation 345 of the Human Medicines Regulation of 2012 , prohibits civil liability against Pfizer or healthcare professionals distributing the vaccines for any damage that arises through use of the vaccine ‘ in accordance ’ with its recommended use .
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ subject to the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme , which authorizes one-time payments of £120,000 for individuals who have been disabled in the rare case that a vaccine produces highly damaging side effects to patients .
Such scheduling should allow claimants to still receive damages in the very unlikely event that they suffer serious side effects from the vaccine .
The UK is one of the first countries to grant emergency approval for the Pfizer vaccine , which it has done through powers granted in Regulation 174 of the Human Medicines Regulations .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ procedures that pharmaceuticals in the UK must pass before being approved for broad use .
Regulation 174 allows for emergency approval for medicinal products that may treat dangerous pathogenic agents , toxins , chemical agents , or nuclear radiation in Britain without needing lengthy periods of review .
While Regulation 174 approval means that the vaccine will reach British patients quickly , the British Government has confirmed that Pfizer ’ s vaccine has still been subject to strict safety scrutiny and that the government is very confident in the vaccine ’ s safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com The Liberty Beacon Project is now expanding at a near exponential rate , and for this we are grateful and excited !
But we must also be practical .
For 7 years we have not asked for any donations , and have built this project with our own funds as we grew .
We are now experiencing ever increasing growing pains due to the large number of websites and projects we represent .
So we have just installed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that you consider this when you visit them .
Nothing is too small .
We thank you for all your support and your considerations … ( TLB )

ER Editor: The announcement of indemnity for Pfizer was made in the Independent last Thursday from the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care. And curiously, of all UK-based MSM outlets, only the Independent has carried it. Fred Porter of the University of Pittsburgh Law School provides his own account below.
Note that should anybody be damaged by this vaccine, they are only eligible to receive a one-time, tax-free payment of £120,000, which won’t get anybody very far, especially given that you must shell out so much in legal fees to prove your claim of vaccine damage.
The UK Govt document linked to below by Porter, and here (see Consultation document: changes to Human Medicine Regulations to support the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines) deals with the topic of liability. Of note:
Regulation 345 of the Human Medicine Regulations transposes into UK law a requirement of EU law that key actors in the medicines supply chain cannot generally be sued in the civil courts for the consequences resulting from the use of an unlicensed product, or a new use of a licensed product, that a national licensing authority is recommending in order to deal with certain specific health threats.
And similarly under Section 2:
2. Civil liability and immunity Any decision to roll out mass vaccination programmes for unlicensed COVID-19 vaccines, or indeed any pandemic disease treatments, will be taken nationally, not by the individual companies manufacturing or marketing the product. The current legal framework already recognises that if manufacturers or healthcare professionals are asked to supply an unlicensed medicine in response to a public health threat, it is unfair also to ask them to take responsibility for the consequences of the use of that medicine in the way that they normally would. The UK government wishes to clarify some important aspects of the legal regime relating to the civil liability of manufacturers and suppliers in this context. Who is protected from liability Article 5(3) of Directive 2001/83 requires that Member States lay down provisions so that marketing authorisation holders, manufacturers and health professionals are not subject to civil or administrative liability for any consequences resulting from the use of an unauthorised medicinal product, or from the use of a product otherwise than in accordance with its authorisation, when such use is by the licensing authority in response to (among other things) the spread of pathogens. This requirement is implemented into UK law by regulation 345. What regulation 345 does, therefore, is transpose into UK law a requirement of EU law that key actors in the medicines supply chain cannot generally be sued in the civil courts for the consequences resulting from the use of an unlicensed product, or a new use of a licensed product, that a national licensing authority is recommending in order to deal with certain specific health threats.
Since vaccines are apparently going to be administered on such a scale as to require a much larger workforce, staff additionally brought on, despite not being healthcare professionals in the usual sense, will also be exempt:
Vaccinators who are not registered healthcare professionals It will also be apparent in what we say about workforce expansion that someone other than a registered healthcare professional may actually be administering unlicensed vaccines – and as a basic issue of fairness, we think they should benefit from the same immunity from civil liability as a registered healthcare professional who is performing the same role, if the person who is not a healthcare professional is following one of the proposed new protocols.
We also caution UK readers about this statement:
There is a possibility that both the flu vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccine will be delivered at the same time, and we need to make sure that in this scenario there is sufficient workforce to allow for this.
As we’ve already published, a Pentagon study has shown that flu vaccines can make recipients up to 36% more likely to get a NON-FLU viral respiratory infection. See here and here for that study. Other studies have shown the same thing, listed here. Intuition tells us that it’s probably not a good idea to mix vaccines, nor is there any safety data telling us if this is safe or not.
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UK Government Grants Pfizer Civil Legal Indemnity for Covid-19 Vaccine
FRED PORTER
The UK government announced Thursday (Dec.3) that it had granted Pfizer legal indemnity protecting the American pharmaceutical company from civil lawsuits due to any unforeseen complications arising from problems with its COVID-19 vaccine.
The special legal indemnity was the result of an emergency government consultation in September, when the UK Department of Health & Social Care determined that changes to civil liability were necessary to better facilitate the widespread use of a COVID-19 vaccine in Britain.
The new regulation, Regulation 345 of the Human Medicines Regulation of 2012, prohibits civil liability against Pfizer or healthcare professionals distributing the vaccines for any damage that arises through use of the vaccine ‘in accordance’ with its recommended use. The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine will, however, be scheduled alongside other vaccines subject to the Vaccine Damage Payments Scheme, which authorizes one-time payments of £120,000 for individuals who have been disabled in the rare case that a vaccine produces highly damaging side effects to patients. Such scheduling should allow claimants to still receive damages in the very unlikely event that they suffer serious side effects from the vaccine.
The UK is one of the first countries to grant emergency approval for the Pfizer vaccine, which it has done through powers granted in Regulation 174 of the Human Medicines Regulations. This Regulation sidesteps the usual licensing and authorization procedures that pharmaceuticals in the UK must pass before being approved for broad use.
Regulation 174 allows for emergency approval for medicinal products that may treat dangerous pathogenic agents, toxins, chemical agents, or nuclear radiation in Britain without needing lengthy periods of review. While Regulation 174 approval means that the vaccine will reach British patients quickly, the British Government has confirmed that Pfizer’s vaccine has still been subject to strict safety scrutiny and that the government is very confident in the vaccine’s safety for wide use.
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Fred Porter is from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Published to The Liberty Beacon from EuropeReloaded.com
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-08--Shock Survey Results show 90+% against Gov’s COVID/Vax hoax

The Gov and its crew of scammers at Suppression Central could be facing a personal catastrophe of unprecedented magnitude .
This reporter filled in an online survey set up to discover public opinion about the COVID scam and the current vaccines caper .
As I clicked the appropriate box under each question , it gave me the current percentages of how the vote is going .
I ’ ve summarised them below .
They shocked even me .
Along with other observers , I ’ d guesstimated that roughly 30 % were WITH the Gov on the Vax issue and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the state of play as the Great Scam comes apart at the seams .
The Health Sec ’ s recent address to the House – complete with the nauseating shedding of crocodile tears – in which he fulsomely over-praised the rushed , and improperly tested , negligently overseen vax that spearheads the playing of Russian Roulette with the nation ’ s health , is widely seen as a desperate exercise to reverse the turning tide of simmering unrest .
Well , if the survey cited here is anything to go by , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in the position of trying to save the Titanic by sticking his bum in the tear made by the iceberg .
The metaphorical iceberg in this instance is largely the sloppy disinformation offensive that stitched the scam together and started to unravel the moment anyone so much as glanced at it .
Beside a scam badly put together by people with more evil than intelligence , we were also treated to the spectacle of the Prime Minister and Health Secretary being really really unconvincing liars despite having had lots and lots of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to go on telly and try to sell the nation a whole crock of sh*t , it is best not to look , if you can , creepy and devious ( Hancock ) or manic and devious ( PM ) .
Be that as it may , the percentages , as things stood , are summarised below .
If I were the crew at Suppression Central , I ’ d be more than shocked by these numbers .
I ’ d be terrified and getting ready to run away .
Here are the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ INES BE MANDATORY ?
RESPONSE .
NO = 94.97 % QUESTION 2 ARE YOU GETTING THE COVID JAB ?
RESPONSE .
NO = 91.43 % QUESTION 3 WAS GOV REACTION TO COVID19 WORSE THAT THE BUG ?
RESPONSE .
YES = 90.76 % QUESTION 4 DO YOU SUPPORT LOCKDOWNS OR MILITARY INVOLVEMENT ?
RESPONSE .
NO = 92.83 % QUESTION 5 SHOULD MASKS BE MANDATORY ?
RESPONSE .
NO =90.65 % QUESTION 6 DO YOU TRUST THE WHO ?
RESPONSE .
NO = 90.29 % QUESTION 7 WAS COVID19 POLITICISED BY THE MSM @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VISIT THE SITE , TAKE THE POLL AND SEE THE CURRENT PERCENTAGES FOR YOURSELF .
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The Gov and its crew of scammers at Suppression Central could be facing a personal catastrophe of unprecedented magnitude.
This reporter filled in an online survey set up to discover public opinion about the COVID scam and the current vaccines caper.
As I clicked the appropriate box under each question, it gave me the current percentages of how the vote is going. I’ve summarised them below.
They shocked even me.
Along with other observers, I’d guesstimated that roughly 30% were WITH the Gov on the Vax issue and 70% were AGAINST, such is the state of play as the Great Scam comes apart at the seams.
The Health Sec’s recent address to the House – complete with the nauseating shedding of crocodile tears – in which he fulsomely over-praised the rushed, and improperly tested, negligently overseen vax that spearheads the playing of Russian Roulette with the nation’s health, is widely seen as a desperate exercise to reverse the turning tide of simmering unrest.
Well, if the survey cited here is anything to go by, the damage limitation has failed abysmally and Hancock was in the position of trying to save the Titanic by sticking his bum in the tear made by the iceberg.
The metaphorical iceberg in this instance is largely the sloppy disinformation offensive that stitched the scam together and started to unravel the moment anyone so much as glanced at it.
Beside a scam badly put together by people with more evil than intelligence, we were also treated to the spectacle of the Prime Minister and Health Secretary being really really unconvincing liars despite having had lots and lots of continual practice.
If you are going to go on telly and try to sell the nation a whole crock of sh*t, it is best not to look, if you can, creepy and devious (Hancock) or manic and devious (PM).
Be that as it may, the percentages, as things stood, are summarised below.
If I were the crew at Suppression Central, I’d be more than shocked by these numbers.
I’d be terrified and getting ready to run away.
And very quickly.
Here are the shocking stats
QUESTION 1 SHOULD VACC’INES BE MANDATORY? RESPONSE. NO = 94.97%
QUESTION 2 ARE YOU GETTING THE COVID JAB? RESPONSE. NO = 91.43%
QUESTION 3 WAS GOV REACTION TO COVID19 WORSE THAT THE BUG? RESPONSE. YES = 90.76%
QUESTION 4 DO YOU SUPPORT LOCKDOWNS OR MILITARY INVOLVEMENT? RESPONSE. NO = 92.83%
QUESTION 5 SHOULD MASKS BE MANDATORY? RESPONSE. NO =90.65%
QUESTION 6 DO YOU TRUST THE WHO? RESPONSE. NO = 90.29%
QUESTION 7 WAS COVID19 POLITICISED BY THE MSM? RESPONSE.YES 94.58%
CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE SITE, TAKE THE POLL AND SEE THE CURRENT PERCENTAGES FOR YOURSELF.
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thelibertybeacon--2020-12-08--BREAKING: Texas files lawsuit directly to Supreme Court challenging election results in four states

Texas files lawsuit directly to Supreme Court challenging election results in four states In a novel legal strike , the state of Texas has asked the Supreme Court to invalidate the election results in Michigan , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania and Georgia , arguing officials in those four battleground states violated the Constitution by making changes to how ballots were cast and counted without legislative approval .
States are allowed in certain circumstances to appeal directly to the Supreme Court , bypassing lower federal courts , in disputes involving other states .
Paxton argued the state of Texas was wrongly harmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ states .
“ These non-legislative changes … facilitated the casting and counting of ballots in violation of state law , which , in turn , violated the Electors Clause of Article II , Section 1 , Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution , ” the suit stated .
“ By these unlawful acts , the Defendant States have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens vote , but their actions have also debased the votes of citizens in Plaintiff State and other States that remained loyal to the Constitution.
” You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Paxton said the defendant states may have had good intentions in making changes to the elections to address COVID-19 but nonetheless violated the Constitution , requiring a dramatic remedy .
“ Certain officials in the Defendant States presented the pandemic as the justification for ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail-in voting , ” the suit argued .
“ The Defendant States flooded their citizenry with tens of millions of ballot applications and ballots in derogation of statutory controls as to how they are lawfully received , evaluated , and counted .
Whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acts had the same uniform effect they made the 2020 election less secure in the Defendant States.
” The lawsuit was backed by the Thomas More Society ’ s Amistad Project , a conservative group that has taken the national lead in challenging election irregularities in 2020 .
“ The lawless nature of the 2020 election is on full display in the suit filed by Texas , ” Amistad director Phill Kline said .
“ There was a coordinated and unprecedented effort of private interests improperly joining with leftist government officials to illegally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This involved the sharing of sensitive citizen information with the private sector and the flow of more than $ 500 million from the private sector to targeted government officials and local governments.
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Texas files lawsuit directly to Supreme Court challenging election results in four states
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argues WI, MI, PA and GA made changes to election rules without legislative consent, violating the U.S. Constitution
By John Solomon
In a novel legal strike, the state of Texas has asked the Supreme Court to invalidate the election results in Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia, arguing officials in those four battleground states violated the Constitution by making changes to how ballots were cast and counted without legislative approval.
The lawsuit filed late Monday night by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton asked the justices to issue a temporary restraining order preventing the states “from taking action to certify presidential electors or to have such electors take any official action including without limitation participating in the electoral college.” The suit argues that changes made by the state’s governors, secretaries of states and election supervisors were “inconsistent with relevant state laws and were made by non-legislative entities, without any consent by the state legislatures. The acts of these officials thus directly violated the Constitution.”
States are allowed in certain circumstances to appeal directly to the Supreme Court, bypassing lower federal courts, in disputes involving other states. Paxton argued the state of Texas was wrongly harmed by the unconstitutional acts of the other states.
“These non-legislative changes … facilitated the casting and counting of ballots in violation of state law, which, in turn, violated the Electors Clause of Article II, Section 1, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution,” the suit stated. “By these unlawful acts, the Defendant States have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens vote, but their actions have also debased the votes of citizens in Plaintiff State and other States that remained loyal to the Constitution.”
You can read the full lawsuit here:
Paxton said the defendant states may have had good intentions in making changes to the elections to address COVID-19 but nonetheless violated the Constitution, requiring a dramatic remedy.
“Certain officials in the Defendant States presented the pandemic as the justification for ignoring state laws regarding absentee and mail-in voting,” the suit argued. “The Defendant States flooded their citizenry with tens of millions of ballot applications and ballots in derogation of statutory controls as to how they are lawfully received, evaluated, and counted. Whether well intentioned or not, these unconstitutional acts had the same uniform effect they made the 2020
election less secure in the Defendant States.”
The lawsuit was backed by the Thomas More Society’s Amistad Project, a conservative group that has taken the national lead in challenging election irregularities in 2020. “The lawless nature of the 2020 election is on full display in the suit filed by Texas,” Amistad director Phill Kline said. “There was a coordinated and unprecedented effort of private interests improperly joining with leftist government officials to illegally support the democrat ticket in this election. This involved the sharing of sensitive citizen information with the private sector and the flow of more than $500 million from the private sector to targeted government officials and local governments.”
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