Weekly News-May 17-2024
Here are our top 5 stories of the week.
#1 – WHO Pandemic Agreement April Draft: Additional Concerns
By David Bell and Thi Thuy Van Dinh | Brownstone Institute
The World Health Organization (WHO) negotiating body of the draft Pandemic Agreement to be voted on in late May produced yet another draft. As the previous text was dealt with in detail in a recent article, it seems relevant to provide a brief summary of the additional changes. As before, the document becomes vaguer but adds more activities to be funded, reinforcing the concerns that this process is being rushed without due review.
Since December 2021, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) has been embarking on this project under the WHO Constitution in order to set a global framework for pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response. It has already failed its own deliverable timeline to reach a consensus text by 29 March 2024 (document A/INB/3/4)… Read full article >
#2 – ‘Brothers Forever’: Putin, Xi Agree That Deepened Ties Project Stability Against West’s ‘Unilateral Hegemony’
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Beijing visiting his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
On the first day of the two-day state visit, which includes top Russian defense and security officials, Putin referenced Russia being “brothers forever” with China and Xi. He quoted from a 1940s song, saying “The event is dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. There is a famous song from that time, it was created 75 years ago, but is often sung today: there is a quite famous line in it: ‘Russian and Chinese are brothers forever‘. Read full article >
#3 – Former COVID Coordinator Deborah Birx Now Admits Jabs May Have Injured ‘Thousands’
By Calvin Freiburger | LifeSite News
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One of the top architects of the establishment response to COVID-19 now admits “thousands” of Americans could have been harmed by the controversial COVID shots while continuing to insist their net impact was positive, even after hundreds of thousands of reports of jab injuries.
Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator under the Trump administration, appeared Wednesday on NewsNation, where host Chris Cuomo asked her about AstraZeneca’s recent decision to have its COVID jab (which was used in Europe but not in the United States) pulled worldwide. Read full article >
#4 – ‘I Could Make It Infectious In Months’: Former CDC Director Sounds Alarm Over Bird Flu Experiments
By Tyler Durden | Zero Hedge
Former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield warned last week on NewsNation:
“I’m obviously most worried about bird flu. Right now, it takes five amino acid changes for it to be effectively infecting humans. That’s a pretty heavy species barrier – but this virus is already in 26 mammal species, as you most recently saw cattle. But in the laboratory, I could make it highly infectious for humans in just months.”
#5 – A “Restaurant Apocalypse” Is Starting To Sweep Across America, And That Is Really Bad News For The U.
By Michael Snyder | The Economic Collapse Blog
You can get a really good idea how the U.S. economy is doing by watching restaurants in your area. When the economy is booming, restaurant parking lots are full and chains are feverishly establishing new locations. But when the economy is struggling, restaurants get a lot less traffic and poor performing locations get shut down. Sadly, in 2024 it appears that a “restaurant apocalypse” has started to sweep across America. Most people have very little discretionary income to spend as a result of our cost of living crisis, and that is particularly true for our young adults. Read full article >
Here are our top 5 most underreported or most bizarre stories of the week.
#1 – US Government Introduces New Pronoun Mandate
By John Murawski | UnHerd
It’s safe to say that as recently as five years ago most people had never heard the term “misgendering”, and could be excused for thinking it described an arcane error in Latin grammar. But, as of this week, failing to respect a queer person’s non-binary pronouns is the newest form of workplace discrimination recognised under the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act in the United States. Read full article >
#2 – China Invokes Religious Persecution and Oppression Around the Globe
By Sam Brownback | Washington Times
China’s “no limit” partnership with Russia now operates in the field of religious oppression.
The Chinese Communist Party loathes the Falun Gong spiritual movement with an intensity like no other. Yes, they oppress all faiths, but they save their deepest hatred and bile for Falun Gong practitioners, subjecting them to tortures, such as forced organ harvesting. It’s a practice so cruel it would make a medieval executioner cringe.
Now their hatred has gone transnational. Read full article >
#3 – Censorship in the Classroom? Teacher Allegedly Fired for Committing the Most Heinous Crime — Encouraging His Students to Think Critically
By Jim Hoft | The Gateway Pundit
Warren Smith, a high school teacher and YouTuber renowned for his channel dedicated to critical thinking has been fired.
Smith believes his dismissal is tied to his YouTube content, specifically a viral video that Elon Musk retweeted. The video showcases Smith’s commitment to critical thinking in the face of baseless accusations against “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling. Read full article >
#4 – A Trans Archdeacon Who Teaches that God is a Witch and Jesus is a Woman? Say Hello to the Modern Church of England
By Steven Tucker | The Daily Skeptic
Leaked documents last week revealed how Winchester Cathedral apparently now plans to remodify its choral foundation in line with its new-found main priorities not of worshipping God, but of instead increasing “reach and access” and “diversity and inclusion”. It turns out the only sins Christ truly died on his cross to redeem were those of white, Western, cisheteronormativity. Cathedral authorities hope to achieve this holy aim by replacing the current choristers with a “variety of singers from other parts of the regional demographic”. Goodbye plainsong, hello nasheeds? Read full article >
#5 – Paris Rolled Out AI Surveillance During Taylor Swift Concert
By Masha Borak | Biometric Update
Pop superstar Taylor Swift had her concert in Paris guarded by AI-powered video surveillance as the city prepares for heightened security risks during the Summer Olympics 2024.
The French police deployed the technology at two Paris metro stations used by fans attending the concert. The decision to deploy the video system was justified by the heightened risk of acts of terrorism, according to Euronews. Read full article >
