[News9] Robbie Robertson, best known for his work as the lead guitarist for The Band, has died, his manager confirmed. He was 80.
At the time of his death, Robertson, along with Garth Hudson, was one of just two surviving members of The Band, which rose to prominence as Bob Dylan's backing band in the 1960s.
The Band played at Woodstock in 1969 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994.
Robertson's manager Jared Levine said Robertson died following a long illness, "surrounded by his family."
[10 News] That'll turn around those dropping numbers for Disney+. Charge more for crap.
Youbetcha
The company said it will also start cracking down on password sharing.
Disney is looking to join Netflix in raising prices for its streaming services and cracking down on password sharing.
During an earnings call Wednesday, Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger said the company is looking to increase profits by hiking prices by $3 for its ad-free Disney+ and Hulu, increasing monthly subscription costs to almost $14 and $18, respectively. He acknowledged that the price hikes are intended to steer customers toward the cheaper, ad-supported versions of its streaming services — whose prices are not expected to change — with Iger adding that it's a healthier business than traditional television ads.
The Disney CEO also said the company will adjust subscriber agreements later this year to cut down on account sharing. While Iger didn't provide details on the crackdown, he noted that Disney would benefit from the move in 2024.
The announcements came after Disney released its earnings for the fiscal third quarter that ended on July 1. The company reported substantial losses in both domestic and international markets, but acknowledged that problems in the Indian market played a large role.
Overall, the company reported a 4% increase in quarterly revenue, but saw a $460 million net loss from a year-earlier profit of $1.4 billion. Disney said its streaming services also lost about 300,000 subscribers from April through June, the same number it shed in the second fiscal quarter of this year.
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...We don't have cable - ditched it ten years ago - and do strictly streaming. Even with the increases, we're still considerably cheaper than local cable. It's Spectrum here, and although they regularly spam me with ridiculous offers - as low as $17/mo - the terms and conditions are frankly insulting and once the offer expires, you're paying north of $175 for a decent cable tier.
Now, eventually somebody's going to realize just how much is being lost to streamers and the gravy train's gonna get derailed big time, but until then we're happy.
Disney+ is really kind of testing our patience, however. The Star Wars series have varied wildly in quality - The Mandalorian has been consistently great, but Boba Fett was okay at best, Kenobi should have been a lot better, and Andor was a snooze fest. Waiting to see on Ashoka.) And honestly, there's not a whole hell of a lot on there worth watching - the Marvel series have crashed, and the original series haven't been good (I'm looking at you, Willow.)
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Streaming amuses me. I get the idea that asynchronous viewing makes great sense. The pricing is approaching cable territory now as streaming becomes the big dog while cable TV is on the wane. One thing streaming is not, is green. This is no problem if A) Green does not matter to you (I certainly don't care) or B) You are a hip young kiddie and "kewel" trumps "green" every time (that's called hypocrisy, just sayin') As a hard-core capitalist, I say bring it, just don't try to sell it as anything it isn't.
Full disclosure: I subscribe to no streaming services or cable TeeVee. I do prowl flea markets for DVDs of classic movies that I rip to my NAS and enjoy ever after on my terms. I take the discs I'm done with back to the flea market and trade 'em for others. I do not violate copyrights by sharing the files around.
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It will be interesting to see whether the subscriptions tank enough for the increase to achieve a net loss. Disney announced the closing of the Star Cruiser Hotel and will be taking some kind of huge $1B to $4B write-off for it at some point. I have heard that they are likely to leverage the writers strike to cancel projects that look like losers. To me it looks like Anheiser Bus, a company seeking to make its customers more selective.
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Problematic, perhaps, but anyone near a big pvblic library system is probably paying for it anyway. Can't abide Kanopy but have been amazed, spot-checking catalogs around the country, at range of dvds available.
Each day at the gate of the camp
An underweight Untermensch tramp
Applies to the cook
And the guards for a book
Or a film mag to borrow
And bring back tomorrow...
"Zu work on mein German!"
"Du scamp!"
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[Live and Let's Fly] This time, upon checking in at Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD) for his trip to Philadelphia (PHL), King was told that his seats had been given away. He was told that he had checked in too late. In Madrid, the check-in cutoff is 75 minutes, not the usual 60 minutes. King claimed he was not late to check-in and took to Instagram to complain (warning NSFW):
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Upset over not being able to return to Philly? Very likely an omen. Re-book and buy a $55. train ticket to Cantabria and chill for another week, or two, or three.
[Epoch Times] In 1765, Elizabeth Hungerford Keate Macie moved to Paris from England to give birth to her illegitimate son in secret. James Lewis Macie was the son of Macie and her lover Hugh Smithson, the first Duke of Northumberland. There was, however, a caveat to his name. Elizabeth Macie made her son promise that when she died, he would change his last name to Smithson.
Eventually, the wealthy and successful scientist and bachelor would leave his money and estate to his nephew Henry James Hungerford. If Hungerford had children, the inheritance would be disseminated to them. If Hungerford did not have children, however, Smithson made the interesting and rather mysterious decision to bequeath all his wealth "to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among men."
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When last I was in DC, the exhibits in the rocket room were covered in plastic sheets like abandoned furniture. A seasonal leaky roof I was told.
[Epoch Times] What was driven by Al Capone, actress Ginger Rogers, and kings, including Italy’s Victor Emmanuel III?
In answer, Duesenberg’s Model J was. It was a luxury car and status symbol in America and beyond, and of all the Model Js, Duesenberg’s designer Gordon M. Buehrig considered the rakish, 5-passenger Tourster his favorite. All original parts restored; headlights replaced. Beautiful vehicle.
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The very definition of serendipity: finding a Duesenberg in a haystack.
Craig Robertson, 75, was shot and killed by FBI agents at his Provo, Utah home at 6:15am on Wednesday morning, after making threats to kill Joe Biden that day
New footage from neighbors cowering behind their curtains shows heavily-armed agents throwing what appears to be a smoke bomb during a stand-off
Robertson's body was later seen outside the house: Sources told AP that he was armed when he confronted the agents sent to arrest him
The FBI attempted to serve arrest and search warrants at Robertson's house at 6:15am, but were met with resistance. Sources told AP that Robertson, who had a large arsenal in his home, was armed when they arrived.
The FBI began investigating Robertson in April, and the Secret Service was informed in June.
For months, Robertson had posted daily threats on what is believed to be his Facebook page, revealing his obsession with the president and fantasies about hurting him.
One post reads: 'There is only one creature in this universe I hate more than Joe Biden. It's Lucifer, Biden's brother!'
While conducting surveillance on Robertson's home on March 19, a special agent attempted to speak with Robertson about his posts, according to Fox13.
Robertson replied: 'I said it was a dream!'
He told the agent to come back with a warrant.
Robertson, who had a custom woodworking business, worked for 45 years as a structural steel and welding inspector before retiring and starting his own company.
His posts grew increasingly violent and threatening, and singled out Kamala Harris, Californian governor Gavin Newsom and Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg in addition to Biden.
This is why we don’t allow direct threats to Americans here at Rantburg. It’s just blowing off steam, but we don’t want something to trigger a response.
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Sorry I have to agree, he crossed the line once he threaten the president.
However, given the way it was handled, I seem to get the feeling the outcome was preordained.
QUESTION:
Back in 2017 CBS news reported "...Threats against President Trump for his first six months in office are tracking about 6 to 8t per day, the new director of the U.S. Secret Service said on Thursday, CBS News' Pat Milton reports."
Kathy Griffin's posting photo and video showing her holding Mr. Trump's head and encouragement of others to take action never lead to an arrest.
How many arrests, or confrontations did we see?
I only remember 1.
A crazy guy outside the WH gates.
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Glenn Beck interviewed Craig Robertson's friend from Craig's church about Craig being shot to death by the FBI on his radio show this morning about 6:30 AM (about two hours ago).
It sounded like a setup so the FBI could have an excuse to take drastic action against him.
The neighbor's are absolutely traumatized by the FBI actions if that was their intended effect.
Glen talked about de-escalation to help save the like of a man who was not an extremist according to the interviewee.
Craig's house was raided like they did to pro life activist Mark Houck holding him at gun point so they could terrorize his whole family.
The way Craig was killed by the FBI should be the top news story,
but for the Maui fire with all of the deaths.
Look for the media to spin this as one of those white supremacists threats that Biden always talks about as the biggest terrorism threat just like those who rioted on J6.
This is smoke screen for all of the terrorist crossing the southern border.
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Robertson right or wrong. Innocent until proven guilty. Surround the private residence, C4 the door, 'take out' the heavily armed citizen, and only one story is told.
Unarmed suspect arrested discreetly at Walmart or a gas station, bag-over-head (prisoner snatch) style, might be a different story. Private residence, likely no security cams. Again, one story told.
Lots of worldwide media 'happy snaps' of suspect's AR collection, always a plus. On-site LE briefing (foto 18 of 22) to late arrivers and smiling police cadets ("....and no shi* there I was").
It's going to backfire on these foks one day. Only a matter of time.
Again, nutcase or presidential assassin, 'innocent' until proven guilty in a court of law.
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Trying to follow the RAB handbook but someone got ahead of themselves - how could they skip the return to the scene? Have they said how many rounds of bullet were recovered?
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6:15 AM raid, with flash-bangs and Armored Vehicle, full tactical gear and automatic weapons. Given the history of this guy's long term rantings online, his reported disability (neighbors described him as frail and walking with a cane), and his known extensive gun ownership, a disorienting early morning raid seems a poor choice to avoid a lethal reaction from the target.
Clearly he behaved stupidly, and invited a response for his obvious criminal threats to public officials. The unknown for me is if a local, more familiar and trusted law enforcement approach in a less threatening manner might have been the better choice. It almost feels like someone wanted to "make and example", the classic Waco mistake.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Poor visibility for the Directed Energy Directorate Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing team.
So these would be the boys from DED?
What an odd organization name.
Several fires have ripped through homes and buildings across Maui and Lahaina
Evacuation orders are in place in several counties as the fires continue
Strong winds from nearby Hurricane Dora are fanning the flames of the blazes
[FoxNews] From the continuing series "Attacks on America's Energy Infrastructure" Randy Scott Vail accused of shooting at Hells Canyon Dam and Brownlee Dam power stations.
An Idaho man has been indicted on federal charges after prosecutors say he used a rifle to shoot at two hydroelectric power stations along the state’s border with Oregon, damaging both facilities.
Randy Scott Vail, 58, of Meridian, is now facing two counts of destruction of an energy facility following the alleged incidents in early June, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Idaho.
"The indictment alleges that on June 8, 2023, and continuing into June 9, 2023, Vail used a rifle to shoot at the Hells Canyon Dam hydroelectric power station and the Brownlee Dam hydroelectric power station, causing damage to both," the attorney’s office said in a statement.
"The damage resulted in significant interruption and impairment of a function of the facilities," the statement added. "The dams are owned and operated by Idaho Power Company and produce, transmit, store, and distribute electricity to Washington, Idaho, and Oregon."
In court documents, a Washington County deputy said he was called to the area of the Brownlee Dam around 12:30 a.m. on June 9 to investigate a report of a man on a white motorcycle firing shots at that dam and at the Hells Canyon Dam, according to KTVB.
The station, citing a probable cause affidavit, reported that the deputy and a colleague then spotted the motorcycle heading east on Highway 71 and gave chase.
At one point during the pursuit, Vail, according to police and court documents, was allegedly traveling 80 mph in a 25-mph zone, KTVB also reported.
When Vail was brought to a stop, the deputy wrote in the affidavit that he was found carrying a pair of bolt cutters, two tire-repair cans "full of what smelled like gasoline" and a case containing two rifles, the station says.
The shootings in total caused more than $100,000 in damage, The Associated Press reports, citing an indictment.
Federal prosecutors say if convicted, Vail faces a maximum of 20 years in federal prison.
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Put him in a small cage with a transformer that will explode violently if shot, and then run around the perimeter of the fence about 50 yards back taking pot shots so that he has to play goalie with his arms and legs to prevent being immolated.
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Hello McFly - when committing felonies, try not to speed. Duh.
Footage shows the suspect, identified as Jessica Brown, 33, walking along Reseda Blvd on July 9 randomly hitting people over the head with a metal pipe
A total of four people were attacked and sustained serious head and face injuries
The officer that struck Brown was identified as West Valley Division Police Officer II Kyle Golveo, officials said
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Everything seems to shock those idiots at the Daily Fail. Every one of these articles is evidence that the Brits get nothing about America. I have several British friends and when they visit here they have baffled by just about everything we do.
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Wow, the LAPD did that? GOOD!
There is the shocking part.
Speaking of shocking, we keep seeing stories of (alleged) perps getting tased to little or no effect. There have been reports of battery problems, but I wonder if the issue is improper use or maybe people being so drugged out/crazy that the fact of being tased just does not register with their brain.
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Ref # 5
The long standing police policy regarding use of force has always used an "escalation of force" baseline that emphasizes the minimal force needed to effect an arrest and contain any threat.
As the news media has become more visual, technology has delivered other tools like the taser and the public has become increasingly uncomfortable with displays of police use of force. Tragically a highly effective, intermediate-level tool has virtually disappeared from view. The old-school nightstick in all its variations, has been a mainstay of non-lethal use of force techniques, most often merely by the display of intended use. The presence in an officer's hand, even in an un-threatening manner, has amazing de-escalation effects, even on highly fractious suspects.
The Rodney King videotape disaster really spelled the end of that era, and I propose a reconsideration of that abandonment.
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Ah, but with a flick of the wrist and that 'SNICK' sound it becomes very intimidating. Exactly why I carry one in my truck. More than one would be perp has changed their mind after seeing it.
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Had some woman who was not all there wander into my factory in the industrial section of Richmond, CA. I don’t remember what she was wearing, but she was out of it and still had the little EKG patches visible in her neck area. I have a couple of daughters so I know those weren’t in fashion. She booked it before the cops arrived, but she staggered off into Injun country. She needed help, but the ER isn’t a housing unit for crazy.
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NBC News via Insty: “Iraq’s official media regulator on Tuesday ordered all media and social media companies operating in the Arab state not to use the term “homosexuality” and instead to say “sexual deviance” […] The Iraqi Communications and Media Commission (CMC) document said that the use of the term “gender” was also banned.”
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I see American media on a collision course with their otherwise beloved "austere Islamic scholars."
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Could they up their Social Credit Score in other ways like farming without fertilizer so that they have enough cash to keep buying Powerball tickets?
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[MAIL] Gunmen in Ecuador shot dead presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio as he was leaving a rally on Wednesday night, with less than two weeks to go until a bitterly contested election.
Footage shared on social media showed Villavicencio, 59, being escorted out of the rally venue at 6:20pm local time and into a waiting car. He was climbing into the back seat when gunfire rang out. The windows did not appear to be bulletproof.
Last week Villavicencio, a former journalist, said he and his team had been threatened by the leader of a gang linked to drug trafficking.
He was behind at least two other candidates, but had been gaining support in recent days, and was seen as the toughest candidate on organized crime.
General Manuel Iniguez, a deputy commander of the Ecuadoran national police, said a police officer was also injured in the attack, which happened outside a college in the north of Quito.
Fernando Villavicencio, an anti-corruption presidential candidate in Ecuador's upcoming election was killed after shots were fired at a campaign rally in the capital, Quito, Wednesday, the country's President Guillermo Lasso confirmed.
What they're saying: Lasso said in a statement he's "outraged and shocked" by the country's first-ever assassination on the campaign trail.
"I assure you that this crime will not go unpunished," he said. "Organised crime has come a long way, but the full weight of the law is going to fall on them."
The big picture: Former journalist Villavicencio was known for speaking out on connections between government officials and organized crime, the New York Times notes.
Violence related to narcotics trafficking has escalated over the past five years in the previously mostly safe country, per the NYT.
Because, as many have already seen, there is no limit to what the LSD's, the DC Swamp and Globalist Elites aren't willing to go to, to halt a MAGA agenda candidate from coming to power.
The LSD actions would likely be based on the fact a MAGA type winner would expose their coup, illegal activities, political corruption and actual deal out Constitutional Justice.
Of course this could be played another way.
Where the LSD's do a JFK to enact immediate autocratic controls to further their own agenda.
[FOX] An Army installation in Texas has been struggling to put food on the table for its soldiers for months as the base faces a shortage of cooks to staff its dining facilities.
Fort Cavazos, previously known as Fort Hood, has struggled to provide its junior enlisted troops with meals for months, with the base only opening two of its 10 major dining facilities for much of the summer and with limited times, according to a report Tuesday from Military.com.
According to the report, the base has faced a shortage of cooks to man the dining facilities around base, with many Army cooks either on deployment or away on field training. Soldiers who depend on the dining facilities to eat have also faced confusing and conflicting opening schedules for the facilities as base officials attempt to move personnel around to staff the food service buildings.
Some of the dining facilities have only been opened during limited times, forcing some soldiers to drive a long distance across one of the military's largest installations in attempts to get food.
"For months, one [dining facility] was open and was a more than 30-minute drive for my soldiers," a noncommissioned officer who anonymously spoke to Military.com said. "All the soldiers were going to that one. It's unmanageable during the workday."
Many Army cooks have been pulled off the base for a rotation at the National Training Center and for support of a cadet exercise at Fort Knox, Kentucky, further straining the Fort Cavazos facilities, according to the report.
Retired Family members are frequently telling us the Medical services are now minimalist at best.
In the last 30 days
We have had a Retired US-ARMY family member, who had physical checkups about seen every 6 months at the Fort hospital. That would not have known he had stage 3 Lymphoma. If he hadn't seen an outside Doc, at the wife's insistence, for a 2nd opinion and to get a correct diagnosed.
Have a US-ARMY extended family member, in Colorado Springs, who was sick, finally, got to see a Fort Hospital Doc. The Doc did a C-19 / Flu Test, and it took 3 days for results? Yep the same test that could have had done at CVS or Walgreens for free and get immediate results. She is now home on med's with Covid-19, delayed treatment and facing lung damage issues.
Insult to injury ....She got all the Clot shots and booster shots also.
Plus the Base Commissaries in their areas are running short on certain food items.
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Over 30 years ago, the services were switching to contractor personnel providing 'messing' operations on permanent installations. The same with fatigue duties (i.e. grass cutting, trash collection, et al). Is it the contractor that is having problems getting employees?
As for medical. Retiree support as always been on a standby category, depending upon the availability of manpower. Lot of retirees are not near facilities and have to rely upon facilities and providers who take Tricare. This includes the VA services for service connected afflictions. Upon reaching age 65, retirees move from Tricare to Medicare with Tricare picking up the some of the difference.
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Just recently the VA didn't give my wife a thyroid med she had been taking for 25 years. Caused her some liver issues. They are shit, couldn't take the time to look at the med records, pretty sure it was an affirmative action hire.
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/\ Over 30 years ago, the services were switching to contractor personnel providing 'messing' operations on permanent installations. The same with fatigue duties (i.e. grass cutting, trash collection, et al). Is it the contractor that is having problems getting employees?
Never know where those skills might come into play and contributions to society might be made at some future date. The late Truett Kathy started his career as a mess cook at Fort Gillem, GA. during WWII
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Copperas Cove is indeed about 45 mins from the base. Killeen is even closer. (This is assuming that they ever finish the highway construction.)
But a fresh prive shouldn't have to leave the base and drive 30 minutes to track down something to eat. Last time I was at Benning Moore, there were Subways and Burger Kings right at the barracks areas. Ditto Sill.
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...When I got to Wurtsmith AFB MI ('If there's a bright center to the Universe...this is the spot farthest from it') in '78, we were five miles outside of Oscoda, MI, a literal 1-stoplight town. The nearest city was Alpena, fifty miles north, and the nearest big city was Saginaw, 120 miles south...and even with that, there were places to eat within a couple minutes drive off base. Party and Food Center (still there, by the way), Wiltse's Restaurant, (ditto) Big Dave's Pizza, a couple taco places, the Au Sable Inn, the Pack House, McDonald's of course, and a A&W and Big Boy just south of town. And hell, ON base we had a killer chow hall, the NCO/Airmen's Club, a bowling alley that made some of the best burgers and sandwiches I've ever had, and a very good snack bar at the BX.
The point to all that is that if you can't make a go of a restaurant right outside of a military base - and Wurtsmith had fewer than 2500 people - the base ain't the problem. Honestly, the Army needs to man up and give these guys BAS until further notice, and make up some of that by flatly closing a couple of those chow halls and consolidating the teams of the others so you have more than a couple places to eat.
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Re #9: Mike, that's an AIR FORCE base. I'm surprised there weren't several 5 star restaurants both on and off base. Fort Hood Cavazos is an ARMY base. :)
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[ZH] President Joe Biden's administration concedes that there is no scientific evidence to support an apparent recommendation to receive as many as six COVID-19 booster shots in a year.
After Health Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Biden appointee, wrote in a social media post on Nov. 29, 2022, that people should get vaccinated "if it’s been over 2 months since your last dose," the Functional Government Initiative (FGI) filed a Freedom of Information Act request for documents supporting the statements.
The watchdog organization then sued after the administration didn't comply with timelines laid out in the law.
FGI asked for, among other documents: "Any scientific support relied on by Secretary Becerra when approving or issuing the tweet recommending that all Americans receive a booster shot every two months" and "any study, synopsis, or similar statement or document of scientific, academic, or government research on whether a bi-monthly booster shot will effectively prevent the transmission or susceptibility to COVID-19 and known active variants as of November 2022."
It also asked for internal communications regarding Mr. Becerra's statements.
In a new response, the government said it had no evidence to support Mr. Becerra's recommendation.
"The department reviewed 1,263 pages of potentially responsive records captured in the agency’s search for this FOIA request. After a careful review of these records, I determined the 1,263 pages were not relevant to your request," Alesia Williams, an official in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), told FGI.
"The lack of a single of a single record supporting Secretary Becerra’s bold public health recommendation for six COVID boosters a year is a startling development," Pete McGinnis, a spokesman for FGI, said in a statement.
"It is tremendously irresponsible for the government’s chief health official to fire off tweets recommending frequent injections of a new vaccine booster apparently based on no academic or scientific support," Mr. McGinnis added.
"How can the public be assured that the agency is ’following the science’ on other important public health matters when it demonstrates such clear disregard for basic scientific integrity standards on an issue as important as COVID vaccine shots?"
The group noted that Mr. Becerra, a lawyer by training, lacks a background in health. Doctors typically lead that department.
BOOSTER RECOMMENDATIONS
As newer COVID-19 variants have emerged, the vaccines have performed increasingly worse. Federal officials inside HHS first cleared booster shots in 2021 due to the flagging effectiveness, and have since authorized and recommended additional shots.
In the spring of 2023, regulators had authorized, without clinical trial data, newly formulated versions of the vaccines aimed at Omicron subvariants. Federal officials had said that people should get a booster if more than two months had elapsed since their most recent shot. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said most people should only receive one additional shot, but that certain groups could receive more.
In another statement promoting vaccination, Vice President Kamala Harris claimed that a single shot would protect people from COVID-19 for an entire year. There's no evidence supporting that claim.
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They aren’t even bothering to lie anymore. It’s like watching BJ Honeycutt in the last two seasons of MASH. They are just mailing in their performance.
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[Regnum] The Sudanese authorities allegedly threatened to curtail the United Nations mission in this African country if Volker Perthes, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Sudan, speaks at a meeting of the Security Council . This was stated to journalists by the US permanent representative to the world organization Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
She called this fact "outrageous." The diplomat noted that no country should have the opportunity to cancel speeches of speakers, especially at the UN.
The meeting was held on August 9th. Perthes did not participate in it. The UN said they knew nothing about such ultimatums from Sudan.
In turn, Sudan's Permanent Representative to the UN Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed said that his country is in favor of Perthes leaving the post of special representative because of the diplomat's statements. Earlier, he publicly stated that the Sudanese government has lost the trust of partners in the region and can no longer maintain the unity of the country.
As reported by IA Regnum , on May 26, the spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric , said that the heads of the sovereign council of Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, called on UN head António Guterres to remove Volker Pertes from the post of special representative of the secretary general. Dujarric noted that this request shocked Guterres.
On July 26, Britain blocked the speech of the Russian speaker at a meeting of the UN Security Council on the situation around Ukraine. The event was supposed to hear the former bishop of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) Gideon . His speech touched upon the topic of persecution of the UOC in Ukraine, and the meeting was convened by Russia.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
[10 News] 
[FoxNews] 
[MAIL] Gunmen in Ecuador shot dead presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio as he was leaving a rally on Wednesday night, with less than two weeks to go until a bitterly contested election.
[FOX] An Army installation in Texas has been struggling to put food on the table for its soldiers for months as the base faces a shortage of cooks to staff its dining facilities.
[ZH] President Joe Biden's administration concedes that there is 
