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2021-10-19 00:40:07 State Inspector General launches probe into end of 'DISASTROUS' Afghanistan operations & withdrawal (Politico)

Diana Shaw, the dept’s acting IG, told Congress the review will focus on:

The Special Immigrant Visa Program

Afghans processed for refugee admission into the US

Resettlement of those refugees and visa recipients

The emergency evacuation of the US Embassy in Kabul

According to an October 15 action memorandum to Sec. of State Antony Blinken, obtained by Politico.

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2021-10-19 00:08:01 Canada threatens to sack federal workers who use “Let’s go Brandon” in correspondence (The Daily Wire)

“The use of the wording ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ and any variation thereof under any circumstance is banned by the Canadian Public Service,” according to an alleged memo from a govt agency (The Daily Wire claims).

The memo reportedly continues, “Violation of this policy will be grounds for immediate dismissal without recourse or labor union participation.”

Let's go... Brand One?

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2021-10-18 23:46:30 Trump files lawsuit against House select committee investigating January 6 citing executive privilege

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2021-10-18 23:21:41 Facebook, Instagram and Netflix experiencing problems - Downdetector

Almost 800 reports have been submitted to the website complaining about Instagram’s status in the last hour.

Both Facebook and Netflix have been experiencing a steady amount of reports too.

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2021-10-18 23:10:11 BUSTED: Bill Gates 'CAUGHT' sending ‘inappropriate’ emails to Microsoft employee (WSJ)

Gates allegedly sent flirtatious emails to a female employee in 2007, while working as a full-time employee. (Wall Street Journal report)

Gates allegedly admitted the emails were a bad idea at the time and stopped, people familiar with the matter told the WSJ.

“While flirtatious, they were not overtly sexual, but were deemed to be inappropriate,” then-general counsel Brad Smith said.

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2021-10-18 22:58:10 Large explosion rips through homes in Ayrshire, UK

Several residents of the Scottish town, Kincaidston, have said their houses ‘shook’ with the noise from the alleged gas explosion. One person described it as being like a "sonic boom."

People are feared dead from the blast, which appears to have completely wiped out a number of houses.

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2021-10-18 22:40:14 Nearly 40% of Californian State Workers Remain UNVACCINATED Against Covid

The COVID-19 vaccination rate is lower among California’s 238,000 state workers than among CA's general population, according to data from the state Human Resources Department.

Fewer than two-thirds of state workers — about 62% — were vaccinated as of Oct. 7, according to preliminary figures provided by department spox Camille Travis – despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s July mandate orders.

The Newsom admin's shot-or-test rules for state workers are less stringent than those the governor imposed on health care workers, who must get vaccinated unless claiming a religious or medical exemption.

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2021-10-18 22:11:25 US signals it will not attend Moscow Troika talks on Afghanistan future

State Dept. spox Ned Price announced Washington will not participate, despite Russia's invitation.

Another pullout...

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2021-10-18 22:07:01 University prof. reveals the day she learned she's WHITE

A professor of education and human development explained how she needed “somatic-embodied training” to “learn that she was white,” a video online appears to show.

The humbled George Washington University educator used her position to denounce her “white privilege,” and admit her birth privilege online.

When were mirrors banned?

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2021-10-18 21:39:01 Support for lockdowns “appears at end” - Public backing for Covid measures dwindles (Report)

A survey of 6,000 people living in the western countries has shown the tide turning against Covid-related restrictions, the Kekst Coronavirus tracker poll has found.

"In every country, the proportion of those wanting their governments to prioritize limiting the spread of Coronavirus over protecting the economy has decreased," the report said, adding mass support for lockdowns "appears to be at an end.”

Covid out of fashion this winter?

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