This excellent documentary discusses the origins of COVID with a focus on Wuhan and it’s excellent.
Sky News out of Australia released this excellent documentary about the origins of COVID in Wuhan. It includes segments with President Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe.
Sky News shares:
This Sky News Australia special investigation into the origins of COVID-19 reveals what really happened in Wuhan in the early days of the pandemic.
A pharmacist at a Maryland Walgreens mistakenly gave a four-year-old girl the COVID vaccine instead of a flu shot.
The child, Colette Olivier, was injected with the adult dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. It is currently only approved for children who are at least 12-years-old.
Victoria Olivier, the girl’s mother, told the Baltimore Sun that it was a “record scratch” moment that has left her with dire fears about her daughter’s health.
“All of us were just stunned,” Olivier said. “No one really knew what to do, of course.”
The child currently appears to be doing well, the paper reported.
A spokesperson from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told the Baltimore Sun that they have no idea about the safety of the vaccine being given to a four-year-old.
“FDA has not evaluated data pertaining to the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for use in children younger than 12 years of age, nor has FDA approved or authorized the vaccine for emergency use for this pediatric population,” the spokesperson said. “We are glad to hear that the child is doing well and hope that she eventually received her flu vaccine.”
Walgreens spokesperson Phil Caruso told the paper that these types of mistakes are “extremely rare.”
“We are in touch with the patient’s family and we have apologized,” Caruso said. “Our multistep vaccination procedure includes several safety checks to minimize the chance of human error. We’ve recently reviewed this process with our pharmacy staff in order to prevent a future occurrence.”
At a cost of $119,320 each (source) this is one expensive Photo Of The Day, that TFB luckily didn’t have to pay for. Above we see a U.S. Marine from the Alpha Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Platoon, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron – 363 (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, as he inspects a […]
I’ve been shooting competitively for a couple years now. I haven’t taken it too seriously and the number of matches I’ve attended is still in the single digits. In all of those competitions, I’ve shot my mostly stock third-generation Glock 19. The pistol is a workhorse but is by no means aimed at competitive shooters. […]
Commander of U.S. Central Command Gen. Kenneth McKenzie and Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley on Tuesday testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee about Biden’s botched Afghanistan withdrawal.
Milley admitted he leaked information about Trump to several journalists under questioning from Senator Marsha Blackburn.
Senator Blackburn on Tuesday asked Milley if he spoke to Bob Woodword, the author of the new book “Peril” that revealed Milley told China in a secret phone call that he would give advance warning if the US was ever going to attack.
“In a pair of secret phone calls, Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, assured his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of the PLA, that the U.S. would not strike, according to the new book written by Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward and national political editor Robert Costa.
“Did you talk to Bob Woodward or Robert Costa for their book, “Peril”? Blackburn asked Milley.
“Woodward yes, Costa, no” Milley replied.
Milley admitted he leaked information to several journalists.
When asked if he was accurately represented in the books, Milley said he hasn’t read any of the books.
“Let’s have you read the books and then let us know if you are accurately presented and portrayed,” Blackburn said.
“Absolutely. Happy to do that,” Milley replied.
Milley also defended his call to the CCP promising to warn them of a possible attack.
Why is this guy not in prison?
VIDEO:
General Mark Milley spent hours with journalists spinning his egotistical self-promotion instead of doing his job. pic.twitter.com/JRAOi4TPLe
Lake has taken a strong stance on the 2020 fraudulent election and the Biden Regime, calling for indictments, decertification, and an audit of all 50 states.
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has already filed a Litigation Hold Notice against Maricopa County, and the investigation is starting.
President Trump released a statement today to announce his endorsement.
Kari Lake is going to uphold the MAGA agenda and fight off the radical left.
Lake: Thank you, President Trump, for your endorsement. This means so much to me because I know how much you love America and how much the people of this country love you! I promise to fight as hard for the people of Arizona as you have fought for us.
Thank you, President Trump, for your endorsement. This means so much to me because I know how much you love America and how much the people of this country love you! I promise to fight as hard for the people of Arizona as you have fought for us. pic.twitter.com/KvhYInBH6N
Welcome everyone to the 112th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a sweet deal or only has […]
The Premise: How do burglars look at a city and decide what their next target should be? How do burglars manage to pull off large heists of bank vaults and seemingly get away unnoticed? Geoff Manaugh takes the approach that burglary is highly influenced by urban planning and architecture. As he puts it: “How humans can take advantage of the built environment’s spatial opportunities for crime.” Through countless interviews with people involved in burglary, on both sides of the law, and some obvious painstaking research, Manaugh lays bare the tales of some notorious burglaries as he paints a picture of how weak spots are often exploited.
The 411: The book starts off with reference to one of New York City’s most successful burglars, George Leonidas Leslie, in 1869. If you’ve ever watched Ocean’s Eleven, The Inside Man, The Italian Job, or The Thomas Crown Affair, and thought that there’s no way some gang of crooks would go to the effort of constructing a replica of the place they were going to steal from, tunneling into a bank vault, or having an elaborate ruse to misdirect the onlookers, think again. Snippets of real-life heists have been interwoven into numerous popular movies. Shimmying through a pet door? Check. Climbing through a dumbwaiter chute? Check. Crawling through the air ducts? Check. Long lost secret tunnels that are rediscovered? Check.
Burglars of this sort are able to think spatially. That is, they understand that a location can be navigated in unconventional ways, whether it’s coming in through the ceiling, breaking through some sheetrock of an inexpensively manufactured business, or working their way up through water tunnels on ATVs and chipping through a few feet of concrete to get into a bank vault, they can see the not-so-obvious way into their target to purloin whatever valuables they desire.
Manaugh even delves into the “good burglars,” such as in the secret world of legal burglary done by the CIA, FBI, and local police to plant eavesdropping equipment in an attempt to catch a spy, terrorist, or organized crime suspect. And then there’s groups, such as the lockpicking enthusiasts trying to save the Locks of Love left on bridges around the world. Manaugh talks about how he accompanied a group of well-meaning people onto the Brooklyn Bridge, for a kind of anti-graffiti gesture, to remove illicitly placed locks and help slow the corrosion they cause to this landmark.
Of course, this research isn’t complete without a discussion about the specific tools and techniques burglars use. Sections discuss lockpicking in its many varied forms, then the specifics about lockpicking tools and the materials they’re made from, whether it’s a commercially manufactured tool set, a homemade tool from just the right kind of springy steel, or perhaps that shiny metal bristle left behind by the street sweeper. “Street-cleaning bristles, broomsticks, electrical tape, liquid polystyrene: in the right hands, everyday items have an unexpected secondary function, able to become something like skeleton keys with which we can gain entrance to any building or thwart the world’s most sophisticated security systems. The dark promise here is that if only you can assemble the right tools in the right combination, you’ll find yourself holding keys to everything around you.” (Chapter 4, Page 161).
As the author explains, the very makeup of a city, the layout of its streets and infrastructure, play a role in crime. Does easy-on and easy-off access to a major highway indicate that burglary is more likely in that part of a city? What about a darkened alleyway? Will closed-circuit TV cameras stop or even deter a thief? Or are these cameras easily manipulated and overcome by professional burglars intent on getting access to somebody else’s valuables?
The Verdict: Manaugh has really done his research. The book includes 16 pages of small font text with his references. There are many stories in his book that I’m familiar with, even without checking his references. My days as a NYC detective taught me many burglary skills and techniques from skilled veterans, on both sides of the law, and Manaugh not only touched on many of those, but several others I had only heard about in passing. There are many movie heists mentioned in this book, which brings an extra air of familiarity to the tales, and the first-person stories relayed by the author kept me engaged. If you’re looking for a disquisition on burglary in its many forms, this book is a good read.
The Burglar’s Guide to the City by Geoff Manaugh
Publisher: Farrarr Straus and Giroux MSRP: $17 URL: www.burglarsguide.com Pages: 296 Rating: Thrive Survive Die
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Following revelations that Federal Reserve officials made trades in financial assets while the Fed was taking extraordinary efforts to “stimulate” the economy, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell ordered a review of the Fed’s ethics rules. While these trades appear problematic, they pale in comparison to the biggest Fed scandal — the Fed’s impoverishment of ordinary Americans, enrichment of the elites, and facilitation of government debt and deficits.
The depression induced by coronavirus, though really caused by so-called public health actions government took in response, was the official reason for the Fed’s increased asset purchases last year. However, the Fed actually started ramping up its money creating activities in September of 2019, when it began pouring billions a day into the repo markets, which banks use to make short-term loans to each other, in order to keep repo market interest rates low.
Coronavirus was just a convenient excuse for the Fed to do more of what it was already doing. Now, the Fed is using the limited reopening as a scapegoat for rising prices. Of course, anyone who understands Austrian economics understands that rising prices are a symptom, not a cause, of inflation. Inflation is the very act of money creation by the Fed.
Rising prices that diminish the average American’s standard of living are not the only result of the Fed’s manipulation of the money supply. The manipulation distorts economic signals, producing results including booms, bubbles, and busts.
Inflation has always benefited the well-connected elites who receive the Fed’s newly created money before the new money causes widespread price increases. The true motivation behind Fed policies was revealed by former Fed official Andrew Huszar in 2013. Huszar, writing for the Wall Street Journal, confirmed that quantitative easing kept stock prices high, instead of helping Americans struggling with the aftereffects of the 2008 meltdown.
Other beneficiaries of the Fed are big-spending politicians. The Federal Reserve’s purchase of federal debt instruments keeps the federal government’s debt servicing costs manageable. This is why, despite Chairman Powell’s recent suggestion that the Fed will soon begin “tapering” its purchases of Treasuries, the Fed is unlikely to significantly reduce its purchase of Treasuries or allow interest rates to significantly increase.
Powell is also unlikely to upset President Biden and Biden’s congressional allies as long as progressives are urging Biden not to reappoint Powell. Progressives want to replace Powell with someone more committed to fighting climate change and systemic racism, two boogeymen routinely bought out as excuses for vast expansions in government spending and power.
Another major scandal involving the Fed is Congress’ refusal to pass the Audit the Fed bill and let the American people know the truth about the Fed’s operations. Audit the Fed authorizes a Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit of the Fed’s dealing with foreign governments and central banks, the Fed’s discount window operations, reserves of member banks, securities credit, interest on deposits, and open market transactions. Audit the Fed would finally reveal the truth about the Fed’s operations.
A limited audit authorized by the Dodd-Frank Act found that between 2007 and 2010, the Federal Reserve committed over 16 trillion dollars to foreign central banks and politically influential private companies. Imagine what a full audit would find. It is time to end the scandal of allowing a secretive central bank to have so much power over the economy and our liberty. It is time to audit, and end, the Fed.
Arizona State Senator Sonny Borrelli gave an explanation of the Arizona audit’s next steps and the psychological warfare involved in the 2020 election.
Maricopa County Attorney Tom Liddy leaked the draft audit report, serving a narrative to mainstream media outlets the night before the final report was presented.
The mainstream media is perpetuating their PsyOp against the American people and running with the “Biden won” narrative based solely on the hand count of the ballots.
The only problem is, illegal votes don’t count.
Their real motive is to distort the truth and demoralize people.
Fake News Bret Baier even did this on election night by declaring a victory for Joe Biden, while thousands were still waiting in line to vote.
The margin of victory in Arizona was less than half of one percent.
The truth is that there is alarming evidence of possible illegal votes and criminal wrongdoing that occurred. They even have photos and video evidence.
This evidence has been referred to the Arizona Attorney General’s office and he has already begun his preliminary investigation.
Yesterday, Arizona State Senator Sonny Borrelli appeared on Outside the Beltway with John Fredricks to clear up the confusion and expose the plot of the story.
Borrelli: All the evidence is being turned over to the State Attorney General for criminal investigation, and or hopefully, criminal prosecution, because people need to be prosecuted for this. We’ve identified three individuals already. Their names are being withheld right now because everyone is presumed innocent until proven guilty, but we also want to protect them anyways just in case you know they commit suicide or they disappear or whatever. But that’s been turned over the law enforcement, i.e. the attorney general, what we have here is an ongoing conspiracy of a cover-up has been perpetrated by the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, and the Secretary of State’s office, and perpetuated by the fake news mainstream media. And what they’re conducting now is more of a propaganda blackout operation where they’re blocking out, blacking out all facts of what the audit was, all of the results. And they’re involved in a propaganda PsyOp. they’re putting out misinformation, disinformation to do numerous things to distract and distort the truth, and to also demoralize everybody to think that “oh hey so over this was a fail. Failure. The audit was a complete failure and said nothing burger. That’s why they do it on a Friday.” You know, here’s the funny thing. The Press got a hold of a partial incomplete draft of the audit report, which is ridiculous. And the county attorney Mr. Liddy, he released it to the newspapers, so he released that information to the to the media, so that way they can have their own narrative already built up in the can, so that way they can start out, hammering in on Thursday night and then Friday. So they can already, you know, get their message out that “Biden won. The numbers didn’t change. Matter of fact, Biden gain more more votes in through the audit.” The audit team was not there to determine a winner or loser, They’re just supposed to report the data.
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Welcome everyone to the 112th edition of ‘Hot Gat or Fudd Crap?’, one of our many series here on TFB. If you’re new to the series, this is where we look at the most obscure firearms that are actually for sale and ask the question – is this Gat a sweet deal or only has […]
