Country Proposes First Nationwide Smoking Ban

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The government of New Zealand announced an aggressive plan to enact a nationwide smoking ban by 2022 on Thursday.

The new law would effectively be a lifetime smoking ban for individuals aged 14 and under.

The proposed legislation, which is expected to become law next year, is part of a broader effort to phase out the use of all tobacco products in the country by 2025.

If the bill becomes law, it will raise the minimum smoking age gradually until the entire population is affected.

The proposed legislation claims that smoking is the leading cause of preventable death among New Zealanders. (Read more from “Country Proposes First Nationwide Smoking Ban” HERE)

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Accuser Says She Saw Ghislaine Maxwell “Nude and Pregnant”; So Where’s the Baby?

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By New York Post. One of Ghislaine Maxwell’s accusers claimed she once saw a photo of the British socialite “nude and pregnant” inside of Jeffrey Epstein’s Florida mansion.

The woman, who testified using only her first name, Carolyn, was asked by defense attorneys at Maxwell’s federal sex-trafficking trial in Manhattan about statements she’d previously made to prosecutors.

“One of your memories about Ms. Maxwell is you claim that you saw a photograph of her in Epstein’s house, pregnant. Correct?” lawyer Jeffrey Pagliuca asked Tuesday, referring to Epstein’s Palm Beach estate.

“Nude and pregnant laying on the –” Carolyn began to respond — at which point Pagliuca interjected, “And pregnant.”

“Yes. There was multiple pictures, nude photos,” the witness replied after a pause. (Read more from “Accuser Says She Saw Ghislaine Maxwell “Nude and Pregnant”; So Where’s the Baby?” HERE)

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Ghislaine Maxwell’s Defense Is to Blame the Victims

By CNN. Ghislaine Maxwell is not ready to face the music. Maxwell, the longtime friend and companion of mysterious millionaire and alleged sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein, is on trial for what prosecutors say was her role in a sex-trafficking operation, recruiting underage girls for exploitation by Epstein. Maxwell has pleaded not guilty. Epstein killed himself in jail in 2019, before he could be tried. . .

The women who have accused Epstein of sex crimes made clear that he was not acting alone; they say Maxwell had a clear hand in the operation, and that both Maxwell and Epstein made their wealth, power and connections clear — perhaps a suggestion that the girls brought to Epstein should feel special, and a reminder that Maxwell and Epstein were untouchable.

The good news is that in seeking to hold Maxwell accountable, prosecutors appear to be assessing the whole structure of abuse beyond just the alleged abuser. The bad news is that Maxwell seems to have little remorse or interest in even being honest about what happened. . .

The Maxwell defense thus far has amounted to “memory, manipulation and money,” as Maxwell’s lawyer Bobbi Sternheim put it during her opening statement. In other words: The women testifying can’t accurately remember 20-year-old events; they are manipulating the system by only coming forward recently; and they are chasing a payday, not justice. (Read more from “Ghislaine Maxwell’s Defense Is to Blame the Victims” HERE)

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WATCH: File on Epstein Hard Drive Details His Close Relationship With Ghislaine Maxwell; A ‘Chilling Factor’ for Victims: Maxwell Lawyer Drops Anonymous Accusers’ Real Names in Court

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By New York Post. A document found on a hard drive in Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse detailed his intimate relationship with alleged madam Ghislaine Maxwell — including how the two were “rarely apart.”

The fawning file was created on a desktop by someone logged in as the user “GMax” on Oct. 14, 2002, and discovered by the feds after they raided the sex offender’s Upper East Side lair in 2019, an FBI analyst, Stephen Flatley, testified in Manhattan federal court Tuesday.

“Jeffrey and Ghislaine have been together as a couple for the last 11 years,” the note started. “They are, contrary to what people think, rarely apart, I almost always see them together.” . . .

“Jeffrey and Ghislaine share many mutual interests and they have a lot of fun together,” it continued.

The duo was described as thick as thieves, with the file noting, “they compliment each other really well.” (Read more from “‘Rarely Apart’: File on Epstein Hard Drive Details His Close Relationship With Ghislaine Maxwell” HERE)

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Accuser Says Ghislaine Maxwell Assessed Her Body for Epstein When She Was 14

By NBC News. One of the women who says she was a minor when she started having sex with Jeffrey Epstein testified Tuesday that Ghislaine Maxwell personally inspected her body.

“She came in and felt my boobs and my hips and my buttocks and said I had a great body for Mr. Epstein and his friends,” the woman, who is being identified as “Carolyn,” said at Maxwell’s child sex trafficking trial in New York City.

Carolyn initially said she was 14 and later said she was 13 when she was introduced to Maxwell and Epstein by Virginia Roberts Giuffre — another woman who says the couple sexually abused and trafficked her. (Read more from “Accuser Says Ghislaine Maxwell Assessed Her Body for Epstein When She Was 14” HERE)

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A ‘Chilling Factor’ for Victims: Ghislaine Maxwell Lawyer Drops Anonymous Accusers’ Real Names in Court

By Rolling Stone. Last week in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, defense attorney Jeff Pagliuca made a show of remembering to respect an alleged victim’s request for anonymity. He had just begun discussing the first accuser, known only by the pseudonym “Jane” while cross-examining Jeffrey Epstein’s former estate staff member Juan Alessi. Judge Alison Nathan broke in with a reminder to not say Jane’s real name out loud. Pagliuca told the judge not to worry. “I have it blacked out on all my copies,” he said, referring to the documents in front of him. Nathan replied that she was also providing the reminder for the benefit of Alessi, who was less familiar with the process. Then Pagliuca read from the document in front of him and promptly spoke Jane’s real first name out loud.

Today, he did it again. In open court, he uttered the real last name of Carolyn, the third of four accusers to testify for the state, who tearfully recounted testimony of being abused by Epstein and Maxwell starting when she was 14, and whom counsel had agreed to refer to by her first name only. Prosecutors immediately complained to the judge.

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Over 500 Fully Vaccinated Oregon Residents Died of COVID-19

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More than 500 residents in Oregon have now died of COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated against the virus as health officials continue to report over 2,000 new infections daily.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, health authorities in Oregon have recorded a total of 552 breakthrough COVID-19 deaths throughout the state. Of the total number of deaths, 273 people had been fully vaccinated with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. At least 144 received the Moderna vaccine and 78 were given the Johnson & Johnson shots, according to data from the Oregon Health Authority.

The recent report also showed that there were 4,134 new COVID-19 cases recorded between Nov. 21 and Nov. 27. At least 1,186 were breakthrough infections.

As of Dec. 2, Oregon reported a total of 45,545 coronavirus infections among the fully vaccinated. At least 6.6% of breakthrough infections were reported in people aged 80 and older. People aged 12 to 19 also accounted for 4.8% of all cases reported in the state. The majority of the cases (10.9%) were reported in people aged 30 to 39.

The Oregon Health Authority’s report comes as the state continues to report high rates of COVID-19 cases. Over the past weekend, health officials recorded 2,041 new infections and 25 additional deaths. (Read more from “Over 500 Fully Vaccinated Oregon Residents Died of COVID-19” HERE)

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Bizarre New ‘Side Effect’ of COVID Boosters Reported

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A bizarre new side effect of the Covid booster shots is being reported, doctors say.

It’s expected that when someone has a vaccine shot, they may feel “under the weather”. . .

But, according to anecdotal reports, you may experience dehydration, or extra thirst, after your top-up shot.

Dr LaTasha Perkins, a family physician in Washington, told Huffington Post: “People have different symptoms when they get their immunizations, but I have heard of people feeling a little bit thirsty. . .

The reports are from the US and a British doctor said she was not aware of the complication. (Read more from “Bizarre New ‘Side Effect’ of COVID Boosters Reported” HERE)

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The Christmas Photo That Caused Liberal America to Fully Meltdown

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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has set liberal America aflame with a simple Christmas photo of his family. They all posed with firearms. Does this warrant a special counsel investigation? Does this mean the FBI should raid the home? Nope. It just makes the Left upset because it’s something they find abhorrent. It’s funny. The party that loves to stay out of people’s business, and who make that point when it comes to killing babies, are sure concerned about what happens in the privacy of Congressman Massie’s home. CNN wasted time on this, saying how it was insensitive given the recent shooting in Michigan. Oh, and it doesn’t convey the message of peace on Earth. It was a nauseating lecture that no one wants to hear, especially from the network that keeps a dude who masturbated in front of others on a Zoom call employed. Yet, if you search Thomas Massie on Google, he sure did trigger a meltdown (via WaPo):

Critics disparaged Massie’s post as insensitive and tone deaf at best, and spiteful and irresponsible at worst, while supporters said the photo in itself doesn’t bear any connection to the shooting in Michigan.

“I’m pro second amendment, but this isn’t supporting right to keep and bear arms, this is a gun fetish,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), who has frequently broken ranks with his fellow Republicans, wrote on Twitter.

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African Reporter Shouts at Psaki, Accuses Her of Lying About Omicron Travel Restrictions

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A White House correspondent accused press secretary Jen Psaki Thursday of lying about the justification for travel restrictions targeting eight countries in southern Africa due to the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

Simon Ateba of Today News Africa began shouting over Psaki as she tried to call on Voice of America’s Patsy Widakuswara, at one point telling the press secretary: “You are saying something that is false.”

“I just answered — Simon, I answered a question on this,” Psaki said as Ateba attempted to get his question in. . .

Ateba was not called on during the briefing and continued to make himself heard as Psaki exited the briefing room. He did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment. . .

“There are zero cases of COVID — of Omicron in Zimbabwe, in Namibia, in Lesotho, in Mozambique,” Ateba asked. “What justifies imposing a travel ban on countries that have zero cases of the Omicron variant?” (Read more from “African Reporter Shouts at Psaki, Accuses Her of Lying About Omicron Travel Restrictions” HERE)

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Woman Recounts Harrowing Experience Trapped in COVID Quarantine Camp

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Hayley Hodgson, a 26-year-old Australian woman, recounted her two-week confinement in a COVID-19 quarantine camp in an interview with UnHerd published Thursday.

“You feel like you’re in prison. You feel like you’ve done something wrong, it’s inhumane what they’re doing,” Hodgson said in an interview with UnHerd. “You are so small, they just overpower you.” . . .

“Police officers blocked my driveway,” she said. “I walked out and I said, ‘what’s going on, are you guys testing me for COVID? What’s happening?’ They said, ‘no, you’re getting taken away. And you have no choice. You’re going to Howard Springs.’”

Hodgson said the officers told her that they had received orders from “higher up” to take her to the facility and that she was not permitted to “self-isolate” at home. . .

“They don’t come and say anything, they don’t check up, they don’t do anything. You get delivered your meals once a day. And you are just left,” she said. (Read more from “Woman Recounts Harrowing Experience Trapped in COVID Quarantine Camp” HERE)

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Woman Caught Breastfeeding Hairless Cat on Flight Another Example That Society Has Gone Mad

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For those who sense that something is seriously off-kilter in modern America, a bizarre story about the actions of a Delta Airlines passenger will likely confirm their suspicions as yet another example of cultural deterioration is grabbing attention.

On a recent flight from Syracuse to Atlanta, passengers were reportedly shocked when an unidentified woman was observed breastfeeding her hairless cat in the middle of the flight and refused to stop when she was confronted by attendants.

Details were provided on TikTok by flight attendant Ainsley Elizabeth who, according to a Newsweek report, posted a video that “security met the flight because a woman was breastfeeding her cat.”

In a later post that elaborated on her first message, the flight attendant wrote, “This woman had one of those, like, hairless cats swaddled up in a blanket so it looked like a baby.”

“Her shirt was up and she was trying to get the cat to latch and she wouldn’t put the cat back in the carrier. And the cat was screaming for its life,” she added.

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Biden Talks About ‘Third Temple’ in Jerusalem

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During the fourth night of Hanukkah and the annual menorah-lighting ceremony, Joe Biden talked about the destruction of the Second Temple, which he compared it to the “temple of our democracy.” . . .

But later in the talk, he expressed optimism the Third Temple would be rebuilt.

“Whether it’s in the Temple of Jerusalem or a temple of our democracy, nothing broken or profaned is beyond repair … nothing,” he said. “We can always build back better. Or, perhaps, build back brighter.”

It was odd. Was he comparing the torching of the Temple and the massacring of the Jews to the Jan. 6 “insurrection” against the Capitol Building? . . .

The speech was not without the president’s signature gaffes, including telling Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug, was “leading the menorah lady.” (Read more from “Biden Talks About ‘Third Temple’ in Jerusalem” HERE)

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