(SERVICE WHEN ABLE WITH FINAL POSTING AT MIDNIGHT EASTERN US TIME)
TONIGHT SWITZERLAND ANNOUNCED A LOCKDOWN OF THE UNVACCINATED STARTING TOMORROW...TASS RUSSIA
New restrictions in Canada's western province of British Columbia come into force tomorrow.
The cancellation of New Year's Eve celebrations and restrictions on indoor events private and public among the measures...CBC NEWS CANADA
Massive protest on the streets of Belgium's capital city today.
Organizers say 50-thousand took to the streets to oppose vaccine passports, coerced vaccination and other COVID measures imposed by the government.
Government French language broadcaster RTBF saying only 15-thousand came to protest...
Towards the end of the mass protest in Brussels a small group of anarchist type individuals manifested themselves with fireworks and orange smoke reminiscent of scenes outside the US Capitol on January 6th.
There were clashes with police and 13 arrests...RTBF BELGIUM (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"The goal of the Corona measures opponents, that demonstrations with several thousand people get into the city center and paralyze business activities, we have thwarted by our tactics"
Vienna State Police President Gerhard Purstl defending the police crackdown in Austria's capital this weekend.
The crackdown shut down opposition to the country's forced vaccination policy requiring virtually all Austrians 14 years and older to get the COVID jab...ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
"It is normal to put pressure on unvaccinated people"
That is some of what France's Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer said on BFM-TV today.
Blanquer saying France's current COVID situation is squarely the responsibility of the unvaccinated saying if everyone got vaccinated "we wouldn't be where we are"...(BFM-TV France)
"A reasonable, fair parent who got all three doses of the vaccine, is obliged to to also protect their children. Don't leave your kids unprotected and vulnerable to the Omicron that is coming"
Denying that he is trying to spread fear that is some of what Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said tonight. Bennett warning that Israel faces a "fifth wave" of the Omicron COVID variant...
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
"The media is trying to instill fear in us, so that everyone will get vaccinated out of fear"
A popular Israeli singer characterizes the COVID situation in an interview that was censored.
Mordechai Ben David, called MBD, also said the virus is the flu and that it's a "money mill" for Pharma giant Pfizer:
"Those whose rabbis have told him to get vaccinated-should get vaccinated"...
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
JOE BIDEN PLANNING A TUESDAY SPEECH URGING AMERICANS TO GET VACCINATED.
BIDEN TO ISSUE:
"a stark warning of what the winter will look like for Americans that choose to remain unvaccinated"-
WHITE HOUSE PRESS SEC. JEN PSAKI TWEET SATURDAY 12/18/2021...
THE HILL...
More COVID news near the end of the summary....
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS MARCHED IN SUDAN TODAY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF A MILITARY COUP.
THE MILITARY RESPONDED WITH TEAR GAS...BBC NEWS
A top Russian official warning of military options unless the US is willing to back away from NATO expansion into more nations that border Russia.
Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko saying that Russia wants to move to a political process based on its proposals Friday for a new security treaty with the US.
But Grushko says Russia intends to create "counter threats" if this does not happen...TASS RUSSIA...
And the "Moon Of Alabama" blog offers comment and analysis of the Russian position in regards to its security demands...MOON OF ALABAMA
LEFTIST WINS IN CHILE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RUNOFF
(UPDATED)
IN CHILE TODAY THE RUNOFF IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THE CANDIDATE OF THE 'RIGHT' JOSE ANTONIO KAST VERSUS THE CANDIDATE OF THE 'LEFT' GABRIEL BORIC.
TODAY'S ELECTION COMES FOLLOWING MANY MONTHS OF TURMOIL IN THE COUNTRY WITH LEFT-WING PROTESTERS OPPOSING THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE "RIGHT" SEBASTIAN PINERA.
THE OFTEN VIOLENT STREET PROTESTS LED TO AN ELECTION SELECTING REPRESENTATIVES TO AMEND CHILE'S CONSTITUTION.
THE EARLY VOTES SHOWED BORIC LEADING KAST BY JUST UNDER EIGHT PERCENT AND MR. KAST CONCEDED THE ELECTION TO MR. BORIC.
BORIC WITH ABOUT 56 PERCENT OF THE VOTE WITH 99.86 PERCENT OF THE VOTE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN COUNTED...WIKIPEDIA CHILE ELECTION 2021
...LIVE VIDEO LINK 24 HORAS CHILE (LIVE COVERAGE SPANISH)
FRENCH POLITICS: IS THE FIX FINALLY IN TO STOP MARINE LE PEN IN THE 2022 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION?
(NEWS, COMMENT, ANALYSIS)
New polling emphasizing the new flavor in French politics. Valerie Pecresse of the Establishment "Right" has the second place position behind incumbent "Centrist" Emmanuel Macron.
Pecresse at 17 percent in the first round vote, Macron at 24 percent and Marine Le Pen knocked back to 14.5 percent in a tie with the outspoken Jewish Anti-Islamist pundit Eric Zemmour.
Zemmour has cut out a chunk of suppport from Le Pen knocking her down so an Establishment candidate can take the second place position and move onto the second round of voting next April.
The first round voting April 10th and the second round on April 24th...AFP NEWS AGENCY-BFM-TV FRANCE (ENGLISH TRANSLATION PROMPT)
ELECTIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN HONG KONG TODAY. THE BEIJING GOVERNMENT ONLY ALLOWED VETTED CANDIDATES CONSIDERED CHINESE "PATRIOTS" TO RUN IN THE ELECTION...BBC NEWS
The Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has been interviewed denying she made the sexual assault allegation she made on social media before disappearing a month ago.
Peng then saying that she was assaulted by a former Deputy Premier of China Zhang Gaoli...SKY NEWS UK...
Other COVID news...
Two vaccinated US senators testing positive for COVID.
Democrat Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts double jabbed and Democrat Cory Booker of New Jersey who recently got his third jab. Both say they are experiencing mild symptoms...REUTERS METRO US...
Now an update on some mask orders in the US.
Beyond the orders imposed in California and New York in the last week a mask order imposed in Rhode Island and in Hamden, Connecticut just outside New Haven...(Nextrush Exclusive Source)
COVID STATS FROM WORLDOMETERS FOR TODAY
In the US today 66,751 new positive tests and 474,101 Worldwide.
Those numbers a week ago today 38,784 and 435,946.
New positive tests in selected nations outside the US the UK 82,886, France 48,473, Germany 24,190 (Final Total), Russia 27,967 and Italy 24,259.
Turkey 16,910, Vietnam 16,110, Poland 15,976, South Africa 15,465, The Netherlands 13,265 and Denmark 8,212.
Canada 8,744
Israel 705.
That's the way it really is Sunday December 19th, 2021 Day 643 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 643 of America and the World held hostage to COVID shots.
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