#VaccinePassports and #HealthPasses: Is Showing Your “#Papers” the “#NewNormal?”

Vaccine Passports and Health Passes: Is Showing Your “Papers” the “New Normal?”

By Robert Wheeler, December 17 2020

In case you have been living under a rock for the past several weeks, here are several instances where the “public discussion” has centered around the idea of a “vaccine passport” or “immunity passport” or the general blockade and sanctioning of anyone not willing to take the jab.

Vaccines: Did Big Pharma Purchase California’s Legislative Machinery? By Dr. Meryl Nass, December 17 2020 While everyone is familiar with Big Pharma’s lobby and campaign contributions to politicians in Washington, few understood that Pharma gave more than twice as much money to politicians and party committees at the state level as they gave at the federal level.

Twitter Says It Will Remove All Posts Claiming Vaccines Can Harm People By Steve Watson, December 17 2020 Twitter has declared that it will remove all posts that suggest there are any “adverse impacts or effects of receiving vaccinations,” despite reports already emerging of health workers getting sick from taking Pfizer’s coronavirus shot.

First Glitches Emerge in COVID-Vax Rollout; Alaska Health Worker Suffers ‘Serious Allergic Reaction’ By Zero Hedge, December 17 2020 A healthcare worker in Alaska was hospitalized on Tuesday with a ‘serious allergic reaction’ after receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, according to the New York Times. The person, who had no known drug allergies, was still in the hospital on Wednesday morning under observation, according to the report.

The US Plan to Dominate Space By Manlio Dinucci, December 17 2020 In the wake of the new U.S. Space Force, NATO launched a military space program, prepared by the Pentagon and by a restricted European military summit together with the major Aerospace Industries. The importance of space is demonstrated by the fact that there are currently about 2,800 operational artificial satellites in orbit around the Earth. Over 1,400 of them are American.

US Embassy Caught Scrubbing Tweets Urging Venezuelans Not to Vote By Alan MacLeod, December 17 2020 The United States embassy for Venezuela has been caught deleting tweets undermining the integrity of the December 6 National Assembly elections in the country and calling on Venezuelans not to participate in them.

History of World War I: German Colonialism in Central and Eastern Europe and the Fall of Tsarist Russia By Shane Quinn, December 17 2020 When in February 1918, the German politician Prince Max of Baden asked his country’s military dictator, Erich Ludendorff, what would happen if the latter’s spring offensive failed, he replied, “Then Germany will just have to suffer annihilation”.

The Strategic Role of Western Sahara. Trump’s Unilateral Recognition of Morocco’s Claims By Andrew Korybko, December 17 2020 Trump’s unilateral recognition of Morocco’s claims to the disputed Maghreb region of Western Sahara in exchange for Rabat formalizing its long-held and not-so-secret ties with Tel Aviv caught many observers by surprise who previously weren’t familiar with this unresolved conflict.

“The Planet’s Problem from Hell”: Will Joe Biden Appoint Samantha Power to Head USAID? By Ann Garrison, December 17 2020 Just when it seemed that Joe Biden’s coming administration couldn’t be more of ahorror show, Axios reported that he’s likely to appoint another monster from the deep, violent know-it-all Samantha Power, to head the US Agency for International Development.

Trump Administration Finalizes Rule Limiting Habitat Protections for Endangered Species

By Center For Biological Diversity, December 17 2020

The Trump administration finalized a rule today that severely limits the government’s ability to protect habitat that imperiled animals and plants like grizzly bears and whooping cranes will need to survive and recover.