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November 5, 2021

Rupert Murdoch, world class hypocrite, demands COVID tests to go to his 90th birthday party

https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1456712468340826116


If Murdoch wasn't such a greedy bastard democracy-destroying hypocrite, I'd commend him for being careful. However, he is.
November 5, 2021

ABBA's first album (and last ?) in 40 years is now out

https://twitter.com/ABBAaccess/status/1433484975815499782

Fältskog stated that the Voyage album and tour are likely to be their last, which was confirmed by Ulvaeus and Andersson in an interview with The Guardian.[114][93]


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABBA#2016%E2%80%93present:_Reunion,_Voyage_and_ABBAtars

I like ABBA and I hope their last album is of equal or greater quality than their previous work.
November 5, 2021

Perhaps not significant ? Fatality rate for COVID-19 in Florida is trending very slowly upwards

https://www.mayoclinic.org/coronavirus-covid-19/map/florida

Scroll down to where it says "More trends for Florida". There, click on Fatality Rate. The trend line is going slowly up.

If this is accurate, this surprises me. It doesn't help the stats that DeSantis has played politics with the reporting.
November 5, 2021

Virginia Gov.-elect Youngkin's underaged son tried to vote in Tuesday's election, elections official

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/glenn-youngkin-son-vote-election/2021/11/05/f5eb7ce0-3e62-11ec-8ee9-4f14a26749d1_story.html

The 17-year-old son of Virginia Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) tried to cast a ballot in Tuesday’s gubernatorial election twice despite being too young to vote, Fairfax County officials said in a statement released Friday.

The statement, which identified the teen as Youngkin’s 17-year-old son, emphasized that he did not end up voting and stated that he did not violate any state election laws. The Post is not including the teen’s first name because he is a juvenile and has not been charged with a crime.

The teen walked into the voting precinct inside the Great Falls Library on Tuesday afternoon, presenting his driver’s license to election officials when asked for a proof of identity, according to Jennifer Chanty, the precinct captain there.

Chanty said in an interview with The Post she realized who the teen was when she looked at his ID. Upon seeing his age, she said she informed him that he must be at least 18 to be eligible to vote in Virginia.


How ironic, the minor son of a REPUBLICAN tries to commit voter fraud. Yes yes, he is a kid so I am not scolding the kid but come on "Dad", you didn't educate your kids about how VOTER FRAUD works or how to vote ????

eta:

Youngkin's propaganda response

https://twitter.com/HenryGraff/status/1456707311062376451
November 2, 2021

The Corps' COVID-19 vaccination deadline is coming. Marines who refuse will be booted

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2021/11/01/the-corps-covid-19-vaccination-deadline-is-soon-marines-who-refuse-will-be-booted/

The Corps will kick out every Marine who refuses the COVID-19 vaccine and fails to receive an approved exemption by the Nov. 28 deadline, a new administrative message said.

Barring an approved administrative, medical or religious accommodation, or a pending appeal, Marines who fail to meet the deadline will be processed for administrative separation, the MARADMIN said. General court-martial convening authorities will “retain authority to take any additional adverse administrative or disciplinary action” deemed appropriate.

A Marine is considered to have “refused the vaccine” when they do not have approved administrative, medical or religious accommodation, or a pending appeal, and they “received and willfully disobeyed a lawful order from a superior commissioned officer to be vaccinated against COVID-19;” the MARADMIN said.

The Marine Corps had not approved any religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine as of Thursday, said Capt. Andrew Wood, a Marine Corps spokesman.
November 2, 2021

Bigot Boebert (R-CO) issues homophobic attack against Transportation Secretary Buttigieg

"Mayor Pete was on a two-month maternity — paternity, whatever the heck you want to call it — leave. The guy was gone," Boebert claimed. "The guy was not working, because why? He was trying to figure out how to chest feed."


https://www.rawstory.com/pete-buttigieg-lauren-boebert-paternity/

eta, if you can stomach this:

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1455295911140155400
November 1, 2021

Losing GOP Senate candidate for Delaware wants the Delaware State Police for her own coup

Yes, she did not use the word "coup".


Even though Lauren Witzke lost to Sen. Chris Coons by more than 100,000 votes, she is "asking the Delaware State Police to stand with me...that is my plan to reclaim my Senate seat."



https://twitter.com/AccountableGOP/status/1455287112786489352

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