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Soviet joke: We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us.

New Russia joke: We pretend to show a valid QR code and they pretend to scan it.

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But seriously: I'm annoyed by the slow check-out lines at the grocery store, not to mention going through security at the airport. Who in their right mind is going to put up with "going through security" at every coffee shop, bar, or convenience store on the planet?

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Jan 7, 2022·edited Jan 7, 2022

What are they trying to achieve? Higher vaccinations? Destroy small businesses? To what end?

(Your musical selection is wonderful as usual. The Russians sure know how to write soulful music.)

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Will folks protest and hold a general strike to support the solidarity of small businesses when one gets targeted?

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No wonder the federal budget allocates so much more money to police and security goons of various kinds. You're gonna need them to make 24/7 rounds and check businesses for compliance!

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From the Fontanka article: "Сам Александр Коновалов сообщил, что ...его цель — наладить диалог с властью."/ "Alexander Konovalov said that his aim is to establish a dialogue with the authorities".

What a load of rubbish. Everybody knows that you don't negotiate with terrorists. And you don't get rid of tyranny via dialogue with the tyrants.

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Covid life in Chile where my husband and I live..... We’re US ex pats. Chile is a country of 19 million and we are a big test site for many of the different jabs on the market, including Sputnik V. There’s a complete blackout of jab side effects by the Piñera government and their owned media conglomerates along with what are known as the “independent media” who also doesn’t report on covid shot side effects. We had the QR code on a special mobility pass, called pase movilidad since probably mid 2020. Now at least 2 million have been thrown off the pass January 1st the government announced since they didn’t keep up on their 3rd booster. The 4th booster is supposedly being mandated at the end of this month. This is a good sign because when one goes into the cities probably 95% are wearing masks outside whether they’re by themselves or not. We’re also shooting up 3 year olds this month and lots of pregnant women have been injected since last year, my friend included who is on the verge of losing her baby after she got a Pfizer shot at 16 weeks of pregnancy. If the baby survives there’s no telling how damaged he for she will be.

Back to this post....... we’ve also noticed that many of the shops and restaurants are bypassing the rules of the regime and not scanning people’s QR codes or telling us to wear the mask. We even had our favorite restaurant owner come up to us last month after we were almost through eating to warn us the Covid shot Gestapo from the health departament who travel in groups were heading to the restaurant to check if everyone inside had their passes. They actually alerted them! Strange. If people didn’t have their pass, the people and the restaurant would be fined. No idea what the fines are. So she said hurry up and go sit outside. We’ll bring you anything else you need. So we sat outside and had coffee and desert. It’s summer here and it was a beautiful day so we didn’t mind. Then she came out and warned us they were inside and to not come inside. Then 10 min later she reported that they had left and started to laugh. So what the restaurants and bars are doing are opening outside seating areas if they can and anyone can sit there including those of us pure bloods. Most of what the government says to do many don’t do, especially the little establishments so they can try and survive. Many were shuttered last year and few new businesses have taken their places. We’re all supposed to wear masks outside. Inside for sure but we and our 2 friends defiantly don’t wear them along with a few brave souls on the street and nothing happens to us. The police called the carabineros walk right by us. We get glares from masked people and some confront us about not wearing masks but we always confront them with the stats they don’t work. It’s easy to over rule them because no one does that and they don’t know what their talking about.

Protests are becoming more common and it’s the underground radio stations feeding the masses, especially the young people to fight back and resist. No idea what the new left-wing President Gabriel Boric will do come March when he takes office because he’s never questioned by anyone about Covid. He said on the campaign trail when a brave comrade shouted to him what he planned to do about this Covid scam that everyone should get the vax so I’m assuming he’s part of the Cabal.

I love reading about what’s happening in other parts of the world and the status of each country. How far along they are in the injuring and killing of their citizens. We’re just waiting to see if this entire plandemic is stopped in time. I just heard an interview with Reinert Fullmich the German lawyer whose going to be charging many of the instigators before the International Criminal Court and it will collapse. I can only hope all those at the top will be punished but I fear nothing will happen because there must be mass disobedience for that to happen and so many are walking around in a fear psychosis. Keep up the great work, Edward. Love your posts! 🥳💪🏼

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my theory: at this point NATO countries, China & Russia all know war is coming and they all mistrust their citizens. both if each starts losing the war or if it takes too long and citizens get angry. So before the kinetic war starts there must be some control of individuals. QR codes fit that perfectly.

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I wonder what Lenin would think about the same parasite class that he fought against 100 years ago, destroying the city that was once named after him.

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We have such a map in Ukraine too

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1vD3hpw2aUxNL_EDFvZ4cj6ssXh9xR-XZ&shorturl=1&ll=50.01569200000001%2C36.222594399999984&z=13&fbclid=IwAR3C7Xtk6ki18NgN-VLSaStwg_F5jKQdt9N1QMXsH2ek6C_7K6F0xkBk-Z4

Sadly, none of these places are in my city. But I went to restaurants and cafes many times over the last few days and wasn't asked for a QR-code once. Must be because of the holiday season. I'm sure the screws will be tightened in February.

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