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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Father of five attacked by homeless men at California beach
[NYPOST] Two homeless men attacked a father of five with a machete at a Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, beach — leaving him with gruesome injuries, authorities said.

The family from out of town was eating lunch on Dan Blocker Beach in Malibu Sunday when two homeless men approached, telling them they "were not allowed" there, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

An argument ensued and one of the suspects, Richard Franck, pulled out a machete and started hacking at the father, cutting the man’s upper torso and hand, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Franck and another homeless man, Benjamin Mast, then proceeded to chase the family of five from the beach back to a parking lot near the Pacific Coast Highway, deputies told the Malibu Times.

Some 20 officers responded to the scene, and Franck and Mast were later arrested following a brief standoff at the parking lot, where they had "locked themselves" into a restroom, LASD officials told the newspaper.

"Through different statements from the suspect and the accomplice, the weapon was located stashed in some bushes down by the beach," LASD Lt. Jim Braden said.


Posted by: Fred || 09/04/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wonder what would have happened on a open carry Texas beach?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/04/2021 9:14 Comments || Top||

#2  You shouldn't need a gun for a family picnic on the beach. Most likely, if the father had used a gun, he would have been the one who was arrested and he wouldn't be promptly released the way LA's DA George Gascon is likely to do for the two homeless men. You see, in Newsom's California, the homeless are free to do whatever they want while the rest of us pay.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/04/2021 13:37 Comments || Top||


Arizona male nurse gets 'slap on the wrist' plea deal in rape of incapacitated patient who later bore child
[FOXNEWS] A former Arizona male nurse pleaded guilty Thursday to sexually assaulting an incapacitated woman roughly three years ago at Hacienda Healthcare, a long-term care facility in Phoenix, where she later gave birth.

Defendant Nathan Sutherland also entered a guilty plea to an "abuse of a vulnerable adult" charge stemming from his treatment of the woman.

As part of a plea agreement, the sentencing range for the sexual assault charge is between 5 ¼ and 10 years in prison, while the abuse of a vulnerable adult charge brings lifetime probation.

Another former Hacienda nurse blasted the plea deal as "a slap on the wrist," and said other Hacienda colleagues were "furious" about it.

"This man did a heinous crime and he's getting a slap on the wrist and it's not right and everyone I talked to that worked at Hacienda, they're furious. None of us can believe that's all he's going to get is a slap on the wrist," said Davena Ballard, who was a nurse at a Hacienda-affiliated program, according to KPHO-TV of Phoenix.

Sutherland was arrested after police conducted a DNA test showing he was the father of the patient's baby, KPHO-TV of Phoenix reported. The patient was in the long-term care facility after a near-drowning incident left her in a vegetative state.

Following Sutherland's guilty pleas, Perry Petrilli, chief executive of Hacienda Healthcare, expressed relief.

"We have cooperated in every way possible with law enforcement and Sherlocks — and now we hope the judge will sentence Sutherland appropriately given the severity of his crimes," Petrilli said. "As ever, our hearts are with the victim and her family. May these final steps in the legal process help them find peace."

The pregnancy was discovered in December 2018 when an employee at Hacienda was changing the garments of the victim — age 29 at the time — and noticed she was in the process of delivering a child. Employees told police they had no idea the woman was pregnant.

The surprise prompted reviews by state agencies and led to the resignations of Hacienda’s chief executive and one of the victim’s doctors. It also highlighted safety concerns for severely disabled or incapacitated patients.

A lawsuit from the victim’s parents alleged that Sutherland had cared for their daughter on hundreds of occasions from 2012 through 2018, despite promises from the state that only women would tend to her. The state has contracts with companies like Hacienda to provide services to people with developmental disabilities.

Many of Sutherland’s encounters with the patient allegedly occurred overnight, when fewer staff members and visitors were around, according to an expert on behalf of the victim's family.

The victim lived at Hacienda for 26 years, until the child’s birth. Her medical conditions stemmed from a brain disorder that caused motor and cognitive impairments and vision loss. She was also left with no functional use of her limbs.

Sutherland was fired by Hacienda after his arrest and has since given up his nursing license. He was facing a maximum of 14 years in prison prior to the plea deal, FOX 10 of Phoenix reported.

A judge approved a $15 million settlement against a doctor who cared for the woman for 26 years while she lived at Hacienda. The doctor’s insurer has argued it has no obligation to pay that amount.

The state of Arizona, which contracts with companies like Hacienda to provide services to people with developmental disabilities, settled last summer for $7.5 million.

Sutherland is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 4.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

How does a bed ridden female become with Child and is not discovered until she is delivering it?

The obvious swelling and etc. alone should have prompted a immediate need for a Hospital trip.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/04/2021 6:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Her medical conditions stemmed from a brain disorder that caused motor and cognitive impairments and vision loss. She was also left with no functional use of her limbs.

26 years.
Another crime.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 10:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Atleast rape cases are reported in US.
Posted by: Wren || 09/04/2021 11:06 Comments || Top||

#4  Good thing the nurse didn't try that with Beatrix Kiddo.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/04/2021 13:42 Comments || Top||


New Orleans 911 operator wanted for deliberately hanging up on callers
[NYPOST] A rogue 911 phone operator in New Orleans allegedly hung up on callers who dialed the emergency response line for help.

Precious Stephens, 25, faces charges of malfeasance and interfering with an emergency communication after disconnecting phone calls without getting any information or relaying the incidents to emergency dispatchers, the New Orleans Police Department said.

The Orleans Gay Pareeh Communications District reported Stephens to police on Aug. 23 after investigating a random set of calls with Stephens during her shifts on Aug. 20 and Aug. 21, officials told NOLA.com.

"(The district) has and will continue to cooperate with the ... investigation into this matter and is dedicated to providing any and all assistance to aid in (the) efforts," read a statement from the communications district.

Stephens was on the loose Thursday night.
Posted by: Fred || 09/04/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  To her credit it is hard to understand the Napkins accent. Or the way they phrase things, for example:

A 911 operator is sitting at her desk when she gets a call.
"911 What's your emergency?" She answers.

"My friend and I were walking through the woods when he just collapsed. I think he died." A man responds. He is very nervous

"Ok, calm down. First, make sure he's dead." The operator replies.

There's a silence on the phone. Then, there's a gunshot.

The man then says, "OK, now what?"
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 09/04/2021 0:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Napkins = Nawlins (spell checker error).
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 09/04/2021 0:41 Comments || Top||

#3  Oh my. I definitely wasn’t expecting that.

Whatever it is, you’ve win it, Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 — and the day is only barely begun. Clearly it’s going to be a doozy.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/04/2021 1:07 Comments || Top||

#4  I didn't need to see this pic first thing in the morning.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/04/2021 2:51 Comments || Top||

#5  INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW?

What was her reason?
Was it truly random, social level, location, Racially motivated, or was it because she did not want to risk damaging her "Precious" fingernails?

One things for sure, Social Media scrubbed links to her accounts quickly.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/04/2021 6:38 Comments || Top||

#6  Yet another angry white supremacist. Milley to the BatPhone, please...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/04/2021 8:16 Comments || Top||

#7 
Precious Stephens was the Scented Candle of the 911 Team.
Posted by: Jeremiah Jutch3294 || 09/04/2021 8:32 Comments || Top||

#8  Yes, I have personally approved Precious Stephens' appointment and direct commission. She will be joining my staff on 31 Oct.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/04/2021 8:36 Comments || Top||

#9  Note: This is from the week before Hurricane Ida came in. This was just business as usual.
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/04/2021 10:34 Comments || Top||

#10  What was her reason?

They were interrupting her FaceChat.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 10:39 Comments || Top||

#11  She was just sick of dealing with people and their stupid problems. This has happened before. Black ladies get 911 jobs all the time.
Posted by: Herb Bucket7723 || 09/04/2021 14:25 Comments || Top||

#12  malfeasance
That made me laugh.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/04/2021 21:48 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Registered sex-offender identifying as a woman accused of exposing half-erect penis at an LA spa is a 'troubled and lawless transient with a long criminal record, who avoids parents' conservative neighborhood'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Darren Agee Merager, 52, who is accused of indecent exposure at Wi Spa in LA
    ...so not just any 6’2”, 200 lb unshaven pervert, but the one whose cause was taken up by shrieking SJW and Antifa harpies protesting outside the Asian-owned business at a time when anti-Asian prejudice has turned deadly...
  • Merager is facing felony charges for the incident and police have not been able to locate them

  • They say they will show up to court to fight the case and are a victim of transphobia

  • They have a long criminal history, including burglaries, trespassing, and failing to register as a sex offender

  • Merager's last known address is their conservative parents' home in Riverside

  • They are considering transient and frequently visit Marina Del Rey, Malibu and Pasadena
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 08:33 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Note the pronoun usage.
Difficult to read.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 9:22 Comments || Top||

#2  In other words, the democrat idea of a "pillar of the community" and a "rising star" if (s)hit goes into politics.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/04/2021 9:42 Comments || Top||

#3  So if it was fully-erect he could not identify as a woman?
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/04/2021 15:17 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Hunt is on for leaker of Queen's funeral plans: Furious Palace aides condemn 'deeply disturbing' confidence breach as Government says there is 'major appetite' to uncover Whitehall mole ahead of Boris Johnson's visit to Balmoral
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Royal aides said to be furious at emergence of 'Operation London Bridge' plans for when The Queen dies

  • Believed the plans for monarch's funeral were leaked after being updated during the coronavirus pandemic

  • Whitehall bosses and Buckingham Palace are attempting to track the down culprit and find their 'motivation'

  • Major questions about how documents so sensitive have been leaked, including security implications

  • Details of Operation Spring Tide - the plan for Prince Charles after being proclaimed King - also revealed

  • The Queen's death will spark ten days of mourning culminating in her state funeral at Westminster Abbey

  • Her Majesty's coffin will lie in state at Palace of Westminster for three days to allow public to pay respects
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 09:13 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What do you want to bet that when they track the leak down, the words 'Meghan Markel' appear somewhere in the story? (They'll make it fit.)
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/04/2021 10:50 Comments || Top||

#2  "I'm not dead yet!"
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/04/2021 15:15 Comments || Top||

#3  You know, I bet if the Queen asked the Warders in the Tower to haul Charles there and give him a whack with a big axe, they'd be happy to.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 09/04/2021 23:11 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
NJ death toll from Hurricane Ida rises to 25, at least 6 missing
[NYPOST] The New Jersey corpse count from Hurricane Ida rose overnight to 25 — and will "sadly likely" increase again with at least six people still missing, Gov. Phil Murphy said Friday.

"We’re still not out of the woods," Murphy warned on the "Today" show as he announced the latest heartbreaking tally.

"We still have a lot of damage that we’re dealing with, [and] we still have floodwaters that are significantly higher than normal," he said of the "historic" storm.

"We’ll get back on our feet — but it may be a long road," he warned of the devastation suffered across the Garden State.

Murphy noted that the tornado that destroyed parts of the state — destroying some house — "did not take any lives" as "everybody went down into the basement and they lived."

Instead, "all of these deaths are related in either directly or indirectly to flooding in water, either in cars or homes," Murphy said.

"It’s an absolute tragedy, bless their souls," he said.
Posted by: Fred || 09/04/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Up Next ---



Posted by: Jeremiah Jutch3294 || 09/04/2021 7:57 Comments || Top||



Britain
Teenage neo-Nazi, 18, who wanted to shoot an Asian friend with 3D printed gun over boasts he slept with 'white chicks' is found guilty of terror plot
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Matthew Cronjager, 18, was found guilty of plotting terrorist acts at Old Bailey

  • Cronjager, from Essex, tried to get hold of a 3D printed gun to kill an ex-friend

  • He wanted a 'revolution' based on his fascist beliefs, such as hatred of Muslims

  • The neo-Nazi had also set up an online library to share right-wing propaganda

  • Cronjager was sharing his plans for a racist revolution with an undercover police officer who had infiltrated a Telegram group called The British Hand

  • Cronjager is on the autistic spectrum
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 09:11 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A neo-nazi with an Asian friend?
Apparently they define things differently in England.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/04/2021 13:30 Comments || Top||

#2  Autistic. Lonely, found friends on-line, fell down a rabbit hole where he believed everything his “friends” said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/04/2021 13:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Here I thought the Nazis like Asians. See - Tripartite Pact.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/04/2021 15:00 Comments || Top||

#4  My understanding is they like asians on the far side of the planet who fight the same enemies. I didn't think they liked asians as friends. I could be wrong, the haters baffle me.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/04/2021 21:52 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
China orders delete of past and future spaceflight information.
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 09/04/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Next Spaceflight. They have good phone apps too.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/04/2021 7:37 Comments || Top||



Cyber
Australia debuts 'Orwellian' new app using facial recognition, geolocation to enforce quarantine
[FOX] The government of South Australia, one of the country's six states, has implemented a new policy requiring Australians to use an app with facial recognition software and geolocation to prove that they are abiding by a 14-day quarantine for travel within the country.

While a conservative expert described the policy as "Orwellian," he told Fox News that it represents an improvement over the current COVID-19 policy. Australians voluntarily choose the quarantine app over alternative quarantine measures.

Australia has banned international travel, unless residents have a permit to leave the country. The country has also severely restricted domestic travel. Residents must spend 14 days in quarantine upon return.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Jeremiah Jutch3294 || 09/04/2021 8:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Trucker strike was supposed to happen 9/4/21. Any news?
Posted by: Xyz || 09/04/2021 8:33 Comments || Top||

#3  [CDL]Anti-vaccine-mandate protest in the works for US truckers, drivers claim
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 10:37 Comments || Top||

#4  Australia is way, way down the per-capital list for cases (#180) and deaths (#171) at Worldometers.

Good news for the 'Lockdown Forever' crowd.
Posted by: Bobby || 09/04/2021 14:18 Comments || Top||


Economy
[BR]Oregon McDonald's Desperate for Staff: ‘Now Hiring 14 and 15-Year-Olds'
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 10:15 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The 70es are calling?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/04/2021 11:18 Comments || Top||

#2  You mean like the fast food places did forty years ago? Hire high schoolers part time?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 09/04/2021 11:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, it was in all the movies from the period.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/04/2021 11:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Its ok, in Portland they have to close because they cant use meat from Texas. And we are at the point of "Who really cares about Oregon"? They are as lost as Eastern Washington/.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 09/04/2021 11:53 Comments || Top||

#5  They will learn a lot more there than at the public schools.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 09/04/2021 11:59 Comments || Top||

#6  'North' Eastern Washington is still part of the team, the Palouse has mostly fallen.
Posted by: 746 || 09/04/2021 12:01 Comments || Top||

#7  When Mickey D's started playing Convid-19 games drive thru we quit buying .. who wants to each cold hamburgers by the time you get it home? Same for Kyrstals, Chicfila, Chruch's Chicken and etc..
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/04/2021 13:54 Comments || Top||

#8  Our Ckik-fil-A was not too bad re covid restrictions, but it was so slammed we could never get a place to park.
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/04/2021 14:16 Comments || Top||

#9  IIRC, at least 14 year ols and I think 15 year olds were not allowed to work the grill or fryers, just the other tasks.
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/04/2021 14:17 Comments || Top||

#10  Ground meat, Royal Oak charcoal, Weber grill. Some assembly required. You will end up with a burger MickeyD's can't sell and you will not have contributed to Joan Kroc's lefty nightmare.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/04/2021 18:51 Comments || Top||

#11  My son used to be crazy about Mickey-D. Until he had his first Five Guys burger.
McDonald's is crap.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/04/2021 19:11 Comments || Top||

#12  It's also half the price. You get what you pay for.
Posted by: Cleting Closh2157 || 09/04/2021 19:36 Comments || Top||

#13  Well, it was in all the movies from the period.

You must be so wildly insulated.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/04/2021 21:52 Comments || Top||

#14  My son used to be crazy about Mickey-D. Until he had his first Five Guys burger.
McDonald's is crap.


We should be all so lucky to have a customer service experience.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/04/2021 21:53 Comments || Top||

#15  ^
1 Royal Oak Avenue, Roswell, GA 30076
'missed it by ---- that much'

Posted by: Vernal Snaigum4662 || 09/04/2021 21:55 Comments || Top||


Europe
Politician who called for migrants to be shot and defended idea of reopening Auschwitz is made Greek HEALTH minister tasked with saving millions from covid
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Thanos Plevris, 44, who heads up the Greek Covid response, reiterated his 'absolute respect' for Holocaust victims and his opposition to antisemitism

  • He had faced a public backlash for comments made during a 2009 defence trial

  • He argued his father, Konstantinos Plevris', comments on keeping Auschwitz in a good condition 'so it could be used again' should not be considered hate speech

  • Central Board of Jewish Communities demanded apology after his appointment
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 09:27 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Maybe he only wants to re-open Auschwitz for people refusing the vaccine? That should be ok, right? /s
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/04/2021 14:21 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Biden Administration Launches Investigation into Broken McDonald's Ice Cream Machines
[Breitbart] President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission has begun to look into the too-oft broken McDonald’s ice cream machines, which have angered consumers and franchise owners for years.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has carried out an inquiry into the Mcdonald’s broken ice cream machines. The inquiry seeks to discover if Taylor Commercial Foodservice LLC, the manufacturer of the machines, has engaged in practices that hinder McDonald’s owners’ abilities to fix machines themselves or seek repairs from a third party
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/04/2021 10:13 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This is of CRITICAL importance for Biden's handlers. They gotta know were ice cream is available, in case there's a press conference.
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/04/2021 11:00 Comments || Top||

#2  As usual, Joe is just following orders.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/04/2021 11:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Betcha they screw up that investigation, too.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 09/04/2021 12:03 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm down a dollar. I guessed Bee
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 09/04/2021 12:44 Comments || Top||

#5  Nah - they will find some poor unfortunate sap on the street, charge him for insurrection, and dump him in a very deep hole with no contact with the outside world. (See Jan 6th)
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/04/2021 13:39 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Doctor Reveals that Remdesivir Was the Real Cause For Many Alleged COVID-19 Maladies
[GreatMountainPublishing] Dr. Bryan Ardis makes an astounding revelation. He states that Dr. Fauci pushed the use of Veklury® (remdesivir) as a treatment for COVID-19 knowing that it would be unsafe and ineffective for patients. Veklury® (remdesivir) is a nucleotide analogue RNA polymerase inhibitor. Dr. Ardis reveals that the symptoms of lungs filling with fluid and the other alleged COVID-19 symptoms were actually side effects of kidney poisoning and other organ damage that are known side-effects of Veklury® (remdesivir). Dr. Ardis alleges that the devestating health toll allegedly caused by COVID-19 was actually caused by the NIH recommended treatment of Veklury® (remdesivir).

Dr. Bryan states that the NIH even cited two studies on its website that showed that Veklury® (remdesivir) was ineffective and unsafe to patients. It seems that many doctors just blindly followed the recommendation of the NIH to use Veklury® (remdesivir) without actually reading the cited studies. I tracked down those studies and read them.

NIH Recommends Remdesivir

On May 12, 2020, the NIH recommended the use of Veklury® (remdesivir) for severe cases of COVID-19. At that time, Veklury® (remdesivir) was an unapproved experimental drug made by Gilead Sciences. It was authorized by the FDA for emergency use treatment of COIVD-19.

Conflicts of Interest

n my research I discovered something quite disturbing. The recommendation from the NIH to use Veklury® (remdesivir) to treat COVID-19 came from the NIH Panel on COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines. There were nine (9) people on the NIH Panel on COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines with financial ties to Gilead Sciences, the maker of Veklury® (remdesivir).

The following is a list of those people on the NIH Panel on COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines who had financial ties to Gilead Sciences, the manufacturer of Veklury® (remdesivir):

Rajesh Gandhi is on the advisory board of Gilead Sciences.

David Glidden is a consultant for Gilead Sciences.

Adaora Adimora is a consultant for Gilead Sciences and received research support from Gilead Sciences.

Eric Daar is a consultant for Gilead Sciences and recieves research support from Gilead Sciences.

Judith Aberg received research support from Gilead Sciences.

Jason Baker received research support from Gilead Sciences.

Susanna Naggie received research support from Gilead Sciences.

Pablo Tebas received research support from Gilead Sciences.

Roger Bedimo received an honoraria from Gilead Sciences.

Steering Doctors Away From Hydroxychloroquine

The panel tried to steer doctors away from Hydroxychloroquine, by stating that "[t]here are insufficient clinical data to recommend either for or against using chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID."

The panel, of course, had an interest in undermining inexpensive and effective treatements: "[T]he Panel recommends against the use of the following drugs for the treatment of COVID-19: The combination of hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin because of the potential for toxicities." That was not true. Indeed many subsequent studies have shown that the hydroxychloroquine plus azithromycin "combination is safe and may avoid worsening, virus persistence, and subsequent contagiosity."

This author previous wrote an article explaining the extreme efforts taken to discredit hydroxychloroquine. Doctors conducting studies purposely administered toxic levels of hydroxychlorquine to falsely show that it was dangerous to patients.

Doctors Poisoned Test Patients to Falsely Show that Hydroxychloroquine Is Not Safe and Effective.

This is the part I have tried to point out that you can check out for yourself with a copy of the allegedly authoritative study and a 2017 copy of the PDR.

Remdesivir Adverse Effects

Many of the studies cited in support of NIH’s recommendation to use Veklury® (remdesivir) were in vitro studies or animal studies. A couple of the human studies were at best a mixed bag. Two of the most authoritative studies showed Veklury® (remdesivir) to be ineffective and unsafe.

On or about May 12, 2020, the FDA reported the following summary for study GS-US-5773:
In a randomized, open-label clinical trial (Study GS-US-540-5773) of remdesivir in 397 subjects with severe COVID-19 treated with remdesivir for 5 (n=200) or 10 days (n=197), adverse events were reported in 71% and 74% of subjects, respectively, serious adverse events were reported in 21% and 35% of subjects, respectively, and Grade=3 adverse events were reported in 31% and 43% of subjects, respectively. Nine (5%) subjects in the 5-day group and 20 (10%) subjects in the 10-day group discontinued treatment due to an adverse event. All cause mortality at Day 28 was 10% vs 13% in the 5- and 10-day treatment groups, respectively.
Please do not miss the fact that there were reported 71% adverse events in the 5-day study and 74% adverse events in the 10-day study for patients taking Veklury® (remdesivir). 21% suffered serious adverse events in the 5 day study and 35% of the patients suffered serious adverse events in the 10-day study. Below is the chart of adverse events published in the study.

Since I don't have a web host I'm leaving out the chart

Hiding Remdesivir Adverse Effects

This is where it gets deceptive. In a later published fact sheet dated October 2020, the FDA provided the following summary of that same study:
Study GS-US-540-5773 was a randomized, open-label clinical trial in hospitalized adult subjects with severe COVID-19 treated with VEKLURY 200 mg on Day 1 and 100 mg once daily for 5 (n=200) or 10 days (n=197). Adverse reactions were reported in 33 (17%) subjects in the 5-day group and 40 (20%) subjects in the 10-day group. The most common adverse reactions occurring in at least 5% of subjects in either the VEKLURY 5-day or 10-day group, respectively, were nausea (5% vs 3%), AST increased (3% vs 6%), and ALT increased (2% vs 7%). Rates of any adverse reaction, serious adverse reactions, and adverse reactions leading to treatment discontinuation are presented in Table 6. [Chart 6 indicated that 3% of the 5 day group and 5% of the 10 day group had treatment discontinued due to adverse reactions.]

Notice the differences in reporting. The May 2020 report describes adverse events, whereas the October 2020 report changes the reporting to adverse reactions. The difference is that an adverse reaction denotes a causal relationship and an adverse event is an event that may or may not be causally related. A reaction is sometimes defined as the response to a medication where that response is at least resonably possible to have been caused by the medication. By concealing the adverse events and only reporting adverse reactions, the October 2020 FDA report conceals the real danger from Veklury® (remdesivir). Keep in mind that an adverse reaction must be established by a reasonable possibility. Such nebulous standards for distinguishing adverse events from adverse reactions are ripe for abuse. An adverse event could be causally related but the reviewer may just decide it is not reasonable to infer it is causally linked, and thus it would not be called an adverse reaction.

That should be enough to get started with. Additional sections of the original article, which I suggest you read, include:
  • Majority of Patients on Remdesivir Suffer Liver Damage
  • Kidney Damage From Remdesivir is Foreseeable


Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 09/04/2021 09:12 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  When Pharma companies come up with something new, we gotta try it out. Else how will you know what it won't do? (I mean, TV ads for drugs, without telling you what it's supposed to be for?)
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/04/2021 10:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Can they be sued?
Posted by: Knuckles Ulavising9510 || 09/04/2021 12:15 Comments || Top||

#3  I think I'd have to find an American lawyer for that question who's more familiar with common law and that sort of thing.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 09/04/2021 12:43 Comments || Top||

#4  This scene keeps going through my head, guys.



I think I need a criminal lawyer.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 09/04/2021 12:50 Comments || Top||


Space company Firefly blows up rocket in first launch due to 'anomaly'
[NYPOST] Space company Firefly launched its so-called Alpha rocket for the first time on Thursday evening, but it blew up just a couple minutes into the flight due to an "anomaly."

Video of the test flight shows the non-crewed rocket cradling toward space for more than two minutes after its successful blast-off.

Then the rocket hit supersonic speed, according to the company’s mission control audio, meaning it passed the speed of sound.

Moments later, it went kaboom!.

"Alpha experienced an anomaly during first stage ascent that resulted in the loss of the vehicle. As we gather more information, additional details will be provided," the privately held Austin, Texas-based company said in a tweet.

The 95-feet tall rocket launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, a little before 10 p.m. ET.
Posted by: Fred || 09/04/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

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Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/04/2021 3:02 Comments || Top||

#2  They named it 'Firefly', and it did.
(They were actually trying for the late fourth of July fireworks award; got an honorable mention.)
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/04/2021 10:40 Comments || Top||



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