Author Archives: Bodger

This afternoon.

Via CNN:

Among the steps the President will take is signing an executive order requiring all federal workers be vaccinated against Covid-19, with no option of being regularly tested to opt out of the requirement, according to a source familiar with the plans.

The President will also sign an executive order directing the same standard be extended to employees of contractors who do business with the federal government. The Department of Defense, the Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service and National Institutes of Health will also complete their previously announced vaccination requirements, which the White House estimates covers 2.5 million workers.

Biden to announce that all federal workers must be vaccinated, with no option for testing (CNN)

Reuters

Meanwhile…

Alternatively…

The Letters.

Written and directed by Robbie Walsh.

Starring Mary Murray, Sarah Carroll and Kathleen Warner Yeates (above).

Kate Donnelly writes:

On Friday, 29th October, Irish feature film ‘The Letters’ will hit the big screen at the ODEON Cinema in Charlestown, Dublin.

Set against the backdrop of the CervicalCheck scandal, ‘The Letters’ is inspired by true events happening in Ireland and tells the story of 3 women from different walks of life, who have been given only weeks to live due to the false results of their cervical cancer checks.

Book here

This afternoon.

Ballyconnell, county Cavan.

In fairness.

Labour party fully supports 100% Mica Redress scheme (Highland Radio)

From top: Jeffrey Donaldson, DUP leader; Taoiseach Micheál Martin welcoming European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic to Government Buildings this morning.

This morning/afternoon.

Via RTÉ

The Democratic Unionist Party leader has signalled his party will collapse the Stormont Executive “within weeks” if changes to the Northern Ireland Protocol are not delivered.

Jeffrey Donaldson also announced the DUP’s immediate withdrawal from north-south political institutions established under the Good Friday Agreement.

The moves are part of an intensification of the party’s campaign of opposition to post-Brexit arrangements.

Mr Donaldson issued the warning on the future of Stormont in a keynote address in Belfast on the same day as European Commission Vice President Maroš Šefčovič began a two-day visit to Northern Ireland.

Ahead of any move to pull ministers out of the coalition administration, a step that would bring down the power-sharing institutions, Mr Donaldson said his party was first seeking to challenge the legality of checks on goods arriving in Northern Ireland from Britain introduced under the protocol, and establish whether their implementation requires the approval of the Stormont Executive.

Stormont could collapse ‘within weeks’ if Northern Ireland Protocol issues not resolved – Donaldson (RTÉ)

RollingNews

But it doesn’t make any sense?

Shut up and take the jab.

Leave me grog alone.

Australia Is Now Confiscating Booze Delivered To People Forced Into Lockdown (Zero Hedge)

Meanwhile…

Strewth Sheila.

Meanwhile…

Ah here.