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J.J. Sefton's A♠ Morning Report - Mar 11, 2021
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Something to ponder if the current load of shit is wearing on anyone--a quick browse through our history will reveal there have been many issues and situations that we have met and prevailed over, more than a few every bit as serious as the current mess.

Given who we are, I see no reason that in time we will add this to the string of unbroken successes so far enjoyed. These pudsnackers won A battle, but we still own the war. So don't let this crap dismay you, and keep the head HIGH and PROUD.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 11, 2021 01:39 PM on A♠

h/t A♠ Morning Report
c/o PJ Media
California Panda Express workers forced to strip in ‘cult-like’ team-building seminar, lawsuit alleges
Scott Schwebke, Boston Herald, Mar 9, 2021

A former employee of a Panda Express in Santa Clarita alleges she was required to strip down to her underwear and hug a partially clad co-worker during a “cult-like ritual” at a 2019 training seminar sponsored by the company as a prerequisite to promotion.

The 23-year-old woman is suing Panda Restaurant Group, headquartered in Rosemead, and Alive Seminars and Coaching Academy in Pico Rivera for sexual battery, a hostile work environment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

She is seeking unspecified damages in the lawsuit filed last month in Los Angeles County Superior Court.…

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c/o CNS News
Surgeon Destroys Myth: ‘If Masks Don’t Work, Why Do Surgeons Wear Them?’
Dr. Jim Meehan, Principia Scientific, Jan 29, 2021

…Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve read hundreds of studies on the science of medical masks. Based on extensive review and analysis, there is no question in my mind that healthy people should not be wearing surgical or cloth masks. Nor should we be recommending universal masking of all members of the population. That recommendation is not supported by the highest level of scientific evidence.… The premise that surgeons wearing masks serves as evidence that “masks must work to prevent viral transmission” is a logical fallacy… The CoVID-19 pandemic is about viral transmission. Surgical and cloth masks do nothing to prevent viral transmission. We should all realize by now that face masks have never been shown to prevent or protect against viral transmission. Which is exactly why they have never been recommended for use during the seasonal flu outbreak, epidemics, or previous pandemics.…

Emphases in the original.

h/t Tami on A♠
Okla. Guv Quits Prohibiting God-Given Rights
Breaking911 @Breaking911, Twitter, Mar 11, 2021

BREAKING: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has lifted all capacity restrictions and removed the mask mandate

I didn't think Gov. Stitt ever actually made a mask "mandate," just a "recommendation."