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Nation becomes first to ban white models
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/561657-nigeria-bans-white-models/
Nigerian ads will have to rely solely on local models and voiceover artists in future, the African nation’s government announced this week. The policy changes will come into force on October 1. “All advertisements, advertising and marketing communications materials are to make use of only Nigerian models and voiceover artists,” the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) said in a statement on Tuesday. Current advertising campaigns using foreign talents will be allowed to continue but no new permits for similar campaigns will be issued by the relevant authorities
Electricity prices in key EU markets hit record highs
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/561638-france-germany-electricity-prices-spike/
Price for electricity in two key EU markets saw enormous increases on Friday, forcing the bloc’s leaders to call an emergency meeting to discuss the power-supply crisis The surge is fueling inflation across the continent, putting finances of households and businesses under growing threat. risk of a recession and projected winter energy shortages in the region.
TOPICS:EnergyEuropeMichael Snyder August 26, 2022 By Michael Snyder This is going to be a bitterly cold winter for a whole lot of people. In particular, things are likely to get really uncomfortable in Europe. Soaring energy prices and concern about
Price of natural gas in Europe is approximately six times higher than last year…already starting to see very large protests in a number of different countries; workers in France, Spain and Belgium go out on strike in the public transport, health and aviation sectors, pushing for higher wages to help them cope with rocketing inflation. officials in Europe concerned about potential shortages and blackouts;.energy crisis forcing some big companies to significantly curtail activity
Pakistani Government Threatens to Block Digital IDs to Shut Down Access to Bank Accounts
Amid continued blackouts and great political unrest, the Pakistani government has threatened protesters with having their digital IDs blocked so they can’t access their bank accounts.
Federal Court Strikes Down Biden Rule Forcing Doctors To Perform Gender Transition Procedures
A federal appeals court on Friday struck down a Biden administration statute that forced doctors to perform medical procedures, including gender-transition procedures, against their religious beliefs.
EV Charging Stations Shut Down to Conserve Power in China
Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/08/ev-charging-stations-shut-down-to-conserve-power-in-china.html
Electric vehicles (EVs) have been associated with high costs and other significant issues. Problems with EV charging stations have been reported too China, government recently closed numerous EV charging stations to conserve power during a historic heat wave.
Power costs in Germany hit historic highs
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/561588-energy-prices-germany-historic-highs/
Benchmark electricity prices have soared by more than 860% in the last year, according to Bloomberg German benchmark power prices for next year soared above €800 per megawatt hour on Friday, nearly 10 times higher than the same period last year, Bloomberg reports. Costs have been smashing records on an almost daily basis as the winter heating period approaches.
UK energy bills to rise by 80%
Link: https://www.rt.com/business/561583-uk-energy-prices-surge/
British households will see energy prices surge by 80% starting from October, the government regulator Ofgem announced Friday. The annual price cap is set to be increased from the current level of £1,971 ($2,323) to £3,549 ($4,183). According to Ofgem Chief Executive Jonathan Brearley, the hike will have a “massive impact” on families across the country, with another rise likely to come in January, reflecting high volatility in energy markets.
City tries to cancel use of the term ‘homeless’
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/561570-los-angeles-cancels-term-homeless/
Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) in a Twitter post this week that such labels as “the homeless” and “homeless people” need to be replaced by more “inclusive” terms, including “people living outside” and “people who are unhoused.to get rid of the “negative stigma” around homelessness and “emphasize personhood over housing status,” the authority said.
Google-YouTube Changes Rules – Will No Longer Ban Statements on Masking and Vaccine Efficacy Because These Were Always Just Lies They Were Promoting
Youtube recently removed the rule barring claims that the vaccines do not reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19. YouTube recently also removed the rule barring claims that masking was ineffective and actually destructive to children. YouTube banned users and censored their contact for over a year for stating this obvious fact. Now they don’t.
Joe Biden Rally Disrupted by Protester Yelling “You Stole the Election!” (Video)
Joe Biden was heckled at a campaign rally in the D.C. suburb of Rockville, Maryland Thursday evening by a man who yelled, “You stole the election Earlier Biden spoke at a fundraiser in nearby Bethesda, Maryland where he accused President Trump and his supporters of “semi-fascism.”
Democrat DC Mayor Bowser Announces Unvaccinated Students will Be Denied an Education – No Option For Virtual Learning
The District of Columbia does not appear to have a contingency plan for unvaccinated students, who are banned from attending schools in person this fall according to Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Thursday. Bowser, a Democrat, admitted there are no alternative options, including virtual learning, for students who cannot attend school due to the District’s vaccine mandate, meaning unvaccinated children will effectively be left without an education.Over 40% of blacks ages 12-17 are not vaccinated, according to city data.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Brags About Being the “First Jurisdiction in the World” to Ban Sale of Gas-Powered Vehicles (VIDEO)
California air regulators voted to ban new gas-powered car sales by 2035. 100% of all cars sold in California by 2035 must be ‘free of fossil fuel emissions.’Because everyone has $70,000 to spend on a new car and $20,000 for a car battery replacement .It is unclear how California drivers will be able to charge millions of electric vehicles in a state plagued by rolling blackouts.
Mark Zuckerberg Says Facebook Censored Hunter Biden Story Because FBI Warned Them of 'Russian Propaganda'
Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63299
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Joe Rogan on Thursday his company algorithmically censored the Hunter Biden laptop story because the FBI came to them and warned them to be on "high alert" for "Russian propaganda." Multiple "highly credible" FBI whistleblowers came forward last month to report the FBI worked to sabotage, derail and discredit investigations into Hunter Biden's shady dealings ahead of the 2020 election by falsely labeling "verified and verifiable derogatory information" on Joe Biden's son as "disinformation."
Newsweek: 'Man Tests Positive for COVID, Monkeypox and HIV After Spain Trip'
Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63297
A man from Italy has tested positive for COVID-19, monkeypox, and HIV all at the same time after returning from a short trip in Spain, according to researchers from the University of Catania in Italy. The scientists stated in the Journal of Infection that the 36-year-old man, who has not been identified, developed fever, a sore throat, fatigue, and headache as a result of the co-infection.
There are 632.4 million people living with the three viruses individually.
Narrative Shift: Democrats Slam Trump For Rushing Covid Vaccine Without Enough Safety Data
Link: https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=63296
Democrats on Wednesday released a new report attacking Donald Trump for pressuring the FDA to "authorize unproven treatments for covid-19" and approve the first covid-19 vaccines before the election without collecting enough safety data. The report by House Democrats examining the pandemic says Trump officials sought vaccine approvals to sway voters before the 2020 election
German Official Trashes Cost Of Living Protesters As “Enemies Of The State”
German official has trashed people who may be planning to protest against energy blackouts as “enemies of the state” and “extremists” who want to overthrow the government.The interior minister of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Herbert Reul (CDU), says that anti-mandatory vaxx and anti-lockdown demonstrators have found a new cause – the energy crisis.
, Reul revealed that German security services were keeping an eye on “extremists”
Serial Killer Who Targeted Women Claims He’s A Trans-Lesbian Woman… So They Moved Him To The Women’s Prison On Rikers Island
Harvey Marcelin, 84,A transgender serial killer housed in the women’s facility on Rikers Island after being charged with murder and dismemberment of a woman. In 1963, Marcelin was arrested for shooting his girlfriend Jacqueline Bonds three times inside their Manhattan apartmet. sentenced to 20 years to life, paroled in 1984. After release, he went on to stab another female sexual partner to death, stuffing her corpse in a garbage bag dumping it on the street near Central Park.
Taiwan shows off US-made warplanes
Link: https://www.rt.com/news/561052-taiwan-shows-off-fighter-jets-amid-china-row/
Taiwan’s military responded to nearby Chinese navy and air force drills by displaying its latest fighter jets to reporters promising to respond to any attacks;. held a rare demonstration of its F-16V fighter planes and vowed to defend the self-governing island. Beijing has also ramped up military drills in the Taiwan Strait and said it will reunify with Taiwan, which it considers a breakaway province, by force if necessary. The F-16V is a modernized version of a US fighter jet platform in service since the 1970s. Taiwan deployed its first squadron of F-16Vs last November after ordering 66 of them under an agreement with President Donald Trump’.
German Power Prices Hit Record As Energy Crisis Worsens
Link: https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/german-power-prices-hit-record-energy-crisis-worsens
Russia's reduction of NatGas via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline and a scorching summer across Europe main drivers of power prices. Since June, power prices risen 173%, pressuring households and businesses with unprecedented costs. "Governments under pressure to plan for possible blackouts this winter in some European countries. Germany's Economic Minster Robert Habeck warned Russia weaponizing the pipeline an "excuse" to reduce supplies to Europe ahead of winter.
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