(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)
"Are You Vaccinated? Yes. No. or Prefer Not To Answer."
That's the line of questioning and the options to answer for more than one million Walmart associates across the United States.
Managers across the retail giant working towards a Friday deadline to collect the information.
One exception is Montana where a state law bans employers from requiring vaccination.
Walmart is not asking the vaccination question in Montana and will not longer offer a 150 dollar financial incentive there for vaccination.
Idaho's Republican Governor Brad Little mobilizing the National Guard and bringing in a US Defense Department "response team" to be sent of northern Idaho.
Also federal contract workers will be brought into the state to deal with what Little says are staff shortages at the state's hospitals.
Little pleading for more vaccination in the state saying:
"We need more Idahoans to choose to receive the safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine. It's our ticket out of the pandemic."...IDAHO STATESMAN
Here in Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Tom Wolf ordering masks in all K-12 schools and child care centers effective next Tuesday September 7th.
Students, teachers and staff affected by the order....PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Figures from Israel's Health Ministry confirmed a record number of COVID-19 cases in the country. The largest one day total ever reported through the day Monday was initially 10,947 but later revised to 11,077....THE TIMES OF ISRAEL REVISED TOTAL
Officials are putting out explanations for the high number in the midst of a massive "third dose" vaccination campaign that has already reached more than two million Israelis...THE TIMES OF ISRAEL
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND LOCKDOWN PROTEST "LEADERS" AMONG THE ARRESTED
(UPDATED WITH LINK TO SPECIAL REPORT ON STORY)
A DAY OF PROTESTS ACROSS AUSTRALIA'S NEW SOUTH WALES STATE OPPOSING THE COVID LOCKDOWN.
THE DEMONSTRATIONS AT 79 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS LED TO MORE THAN 150 ARRESTS AND 570 "NOTICES OF INFRINGEMENT" WHICH INVOLVE HUGE FINES FOR THOSE CITED...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA ..
PROTESTERS ALSO GATHERED AT PARLIAMENT IN QUEENSLAND'S STATE CAPITAL OF BRISBANE....
THERE WERE SIMILAR PROTESTS ON A SMALLER SCALE OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS TODAY IN NEW ZEALAND AND ACCORDING TO MAINSTREAM MEDIA AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALANDER BELIEVED TO BE "LEADERS" OF THE PROTESTS WERE ARRESTED.....THE GUARDIAN UK
A SPECIAL REPORT POSTED ON TODAY'S PROTESTS....
SPECIAL REPORT: PROTESTS IN AUSTRALIA WITH THOUSAND PARTICIPATING AND HUNDREDS ARRESTED AND FINED BY POLICE
"While a 70 percent double dose gives those of us vaccinated freedoms, 80 percent double dose allows us to look at international travel, welcoming home all Australians"
Some of today's pitch from New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian as the strict lockdown continues and new positive COVID tests in the state continue to soar past 1000 a day...RADIO NEW ZEALAND
WORD OF ANOTHER DAY OF PROTEST IN AUSTRALIA THIS ONE SET FOR SATURDAY AUGUST 18TH. A LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN MELBOURNE ALREADY ANNOUNCED.
THE INFORMATION POSTED AT THE "SPECIAL EVENTS CHANNEL" OF TELEGRAM.
In California and now Nevada thousands ordered to evacuate in the face of the massive Caldor Fire.
The fire has already destroyed hundreds of homes and is now threatening more in the Lake Tahoe region...KCRA SACRAMENTO
Election reform legislation passing the Texas legislature controlled by Republicans. Democrats call it "restrictive". They want federal action to stop the new law that will be signed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott...THE INDEPENDENT UK
THE TALIBAN FIRED GUNS INTO THE AIR IN CELEBRATION AS THE US MILITARY PULLED OUT OF AFGHANISTAN LAST NIGHT.
TODAY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN DEFENDED THE DECISION TO PULL OUT OF AFGHANISTAN WHICH HE CALLED A 'FOREVER WAR'....AFP FRANCE TIMES OF ISRAEL
The story of Afghanistan as interpreted by the BBC News blog...BBC NEWS AFGHANISTAN BLOG
A RUSSIAN CRUISE MISSILE TEST IN THE ARCTIC. A WARSHIP FIRING A KALIBR CRUISE MISSILE SAID TO HAVE HIT A LAND TARGET ONE THOUSAND KILOMETERS AWAY...TASS RUSSIA
Telegram founder Pavel Durov critical of big tech and other big corporations use of the internet.
Durov noting the censorship of Apple and Google that includes apps along other corporate use of internet including use of private data that in the end "keeps us distracted with low-quality entertainment"...TASS RUSSIA
NEW YORK STATE OPENED UP A WINDOW FOR CHILD SEX ABUSE LAWSUITS TO BE FILED THAT WERE BEYOND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.
BY THE TIME THE WINDOW ENDED ON AUGUST 14TH NEARLY 11-THOUSAND LAWSUITS WERE FILED.
THE JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY ANALYZED THE LIST OF LAWSUITS AND FOUND AT LEAST 150 OF THEM WERE LINKED TO JEWISH INSTITUTIONS....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" Executive Producer Mike Richards is leaving his job. Richards backed away from hosting "Jeopardy" earlier this month when questions were raised about his comments on a podcast...SPUTNIK RUSSIA
COVID NUMBERS VIA WORLDOMETERS TODAY NEW POSITIVE TESTS IN THE US 156,002 AND WORLDWIDE 607,337.
A WEEK AGO TODAY THE NUMBERS 147,619 AND 654,477.
CORONAVIRUS STATS FROM WORLDOMETERS FOR SELECTED NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD NEW POSITIVE TESTS INDIA 43,064, THE UK 32,181, IRAN 31,319, TURKEY 21,893, MALAYSIA 20,897 AND FRANCE 19,543.
RUSSIA 17,813, THAILAND 14,666, THE PHILIPPINES 13,827, JAPAN 13,638, VIETNAM 12,607 AND INDONESIA 10,534.
CUBA 6,344.
CANADA 2,906.
AUSTRALIA 1,244.
That's the way it really is Tuesday August 31st, 2021 Day 533 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 533 of America and the World held hostage.
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