Pfizer could withdraw vaccine supply from Quebec if two-dose schedule not followed: Legault | CTV News (don’t let politicians muck this up!)

A Pfizer spokesperson said the company “cannot confirm that such consequences have been implied,” but that “Pfizer has continued to encourage public health authorities across Canada to follow the Health Canada authorized dosing intervals.”

A Health Canada spokesperson said an analysis of the benefits or drawbacks of a modified schedule is underway but that currently it is recommended “that Canadians receive both doses of the same vaccine, as close as possible to the authorized dosing regimen for each vaccine.”

Source: Pfizer could withdraw vaccine supply from Quebec if two-dose schedule not followed: Legault | CTV News

Telegram Adds 25 Million New Users In Just 72 Hours

Link up with Russians and US right wing – boom – lock them all up!

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According to founder and CEO Pavel Durov, Telegram gained 25 million new users in the last 72 hours as it smashed past the 500 million active monthly user mark. Android Police reports: For comparison, the app averaged around 1.5 million new users per day in 2020, which was impressive enough already. Durvov says that this is down to his company’s simple privacy and security promise, above all else.

The bulk of the new users are coming from Asia (38%), Europe (27%), and Latin America (21%), with around 8% signing up from the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). Although not explicitly noted in Durov’s post, there is likely a good number of Parler orphans joining Telegram — although there are differences between the functions of the two apps, there’s talk that former Parler users are heading to encrypted messaging apps in search of a more private platform. Signal has seen a similar rise in popularity for the same reason.

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Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows

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At least several users of the far-right social network Parler appear to be among the horde of rioters that managed to penetrate deep inside the U.S. Capitol building and into areas normally restricted to the public, according to GPS metadata linked to videos posted to the platform the day of the insurrection in…

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Pentagon chiefs warn troops to follow the law in wake of Capitol assault

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All eight of the nation’s top military officers sent an extraordinary message to the entire force on Tuesday warning troops to follow the law, as Washington reels from last week’s assault on the U.S. Capitol and prepares for next week’s inauguration.

“As Service Members, we must embody the values and ideals of the Nation,” the four-star officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff wrote in a memo to the force. “Any act to disrupt the Constitutional process is not only against our traditions, values and oath; it is against the law.”

The memo marked a rare combined statement from the nation’s top brass. Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley in particular has been careful in recent months to keep the military out of politics, after facing pushback for walking with President Donald Trump across Lafayette Square this summer moments after law enforcement forcefully cleared the area of peaceful protesters.

Amid concerns that Trump would try to use the military to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in recent weeks, Milley has reiterated that the troops would have no role in determining the outcome of the election.

In the memo, the Joint Chiefs affirmed Biden’s win, noting that on Jan. 20 he will be inaugurated and become the commander in chief “in accordance with the Constitution.”

The officers also condemned the violence in the Capitol last week, calling it a “direct assault” not just on the Congress, but on America’s Constitutional process.

“We witnessed actions inside the Capitol building that were inconsistent with the rule of law,” they wrote. “The rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence, sedition and insurrection.”

Lawmakers have called on the military to investigate and prosecute any active military members who took part in the assault.

The Pentagon has authorized the deployment of up to 15,000 National Guardsmen to aid law enforcement ahead of the inauguration as intelligence agencies report fresh threats of further attacks.

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said on Sunday that he urged Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy to screen service members who are expected to be involved in inauguration security to ensure they are “not sympathetic to domestic terrorists.”

′Largest illegal darknet marketplace′ DarkMarket taken offline | News | DW | 12.01.2021

German prosecutors in the cities of Koblenz and Oldenburg said on Tuesday that they had shut down what was “probably the largest illegal marketplace on the Darknet” called DarkMarket and arrested the man believed to operate it near Germany’s border with Denmark.

The detained man, believed to be DarkMarket’s operator, is a 34-year-old Australian national.

Authorities say drugs, counterfeit money, stolen credit card data, anonymous SIM cards and malware were all traded on the site, which had a half a million users and transacted business in cryptocurrencies equivalent to a value of €140 million ($170 million).

Oldenburg police said the raid took place over the weekend. “Investigators were able to shut down the marketplace and turn off the server on Monday,” prosecutors said.

Source: ′Largest illegal darknet marketplace′ DarkMarket taken offline | News | DW | 12.01.2021

This Is the Arsenal That an Alabama Man Brought to Washington

On Wednesday morning, Lonnie Coffman, a 70-year-old man from Alabama, parked his pickup truck near the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington, DC, and joined the mob walking toward the Capitol. Later that day, Capitol Police officers saw a handgun in Coffman’s car while investigating reports that pipe bombs had been left in the area. When the officers searched the vehicle, they found a staggeringly large arsenal that included a shotgun, an assault rifle, a crossbow, a stun gun, and Molotov cocktails.

Alongside the weapons were handwritten notes that divided Americans into “good guys” and their enemies. One note listed two phone numbers for offices belonging to Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who helped lead efforts to overturn the results of the election. Another stated that Rep. André Carson (D-Ind.) is one of two Muslims serving in Congress.

When he came back to get his pickup truck Wednesday evening, Coffman, carrying two pistols, told law enforcement officials that the Molotov cocktails were made of gasoline and melted Styrofoam, a combination designed to ensure they stuck to their targets as they burned. Now he is facing 17 counts of weapons charges.

Exhibits filed in federal court by the Justice Department on Tuesday show the extent of what Coffman had in a truck parked blocks from the Capitol. 

A 9mm handgun.

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A Windham Weaponry assault rifle.

A Hatfield Gun Company SAS shotgun.

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Ammunition for the various weapons found in Coffman’s car.

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A crossbow and crossbow bolts.

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Camo Smoke. According to one product description, the “military style white smoke allows plenty of time to escape.”

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A 200,000-volt stun gun.

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Eleven Molotov cocktails in mason jars plugged at the top by golf tees.

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One of the handguns Coffman allegedly carried with him on Wednesday.

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The other handgun Coffman allegedly carried on Wednesday.

A handwritten note found in Coffman’s car that lists various “good guys.” It also notes that Rep. Carson is one of two Muslims in Congress.

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A handwritten note that lists phone numbers for two of Cruz’s Senate offices.

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Hope

Unlocking The Hidden Me

# poetry

Even in the darkest hour

With no light, strength and power

I do hope for the best

For life is nothing but a test

I just sit and wait down

For the brightest light in the town

To make its way through the dark

To enlighten me with a spark

When people drifts away

Leaving me marooned to find my own way

I take a deep breath

Fanning away my wrath

And walk miles alone

Though not becoming a rolling stone

I take a leap of faith

To open every closed gate

When life becomes shrewd and shatter me into pieces

Contravening my expectations yet it also teaches

How to mend and glue my fragments

How to re-color each and every segment

And augment myself to never break again

No matter how much I have to endure pain

I search for possibilities infinite

To brush me up and…

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Republican Staten Island candidate apologizes for Hitler reference | TheHill (Remarks in heat of the moment and when drunk – reveal…)

“I absolutely regret the choice of words,” she added, saying they came “in the heat of the moment.”

Remauro reiterated these sentiments in a Facebook post, writing “This is a VERY BAD ANALOGY and I am apologizing heartily for my choice of words in this video.”

Source: Republican Staten Island candidate apologizes for Hitler reference | TheHill

Top Republican congressional aide resigns, rips GOP lawmakers who objected to Biden win | TheHill

“Anyone who watched those horrible hours unfold should have been galvanized to rebuke these insurrectionists in the strongest terms,” Schmid wrote.

“Instead, some members whom I believed to be leaders in the defense of the nation chose to put political theater ahead of the defense of the Constitution and the republic,” he added. “The decision to vote to set aside legitimate electors harmed the ability of every service member, intelligence officer, and diplomat to defend the nation and advance American interests.”

Source: Top Republican congressional aide resigns, rips GOP lawmakers who objected to Biden win | TheHill