Vive La Resistance! (Encore)

New York Mask Mandate Meets Resistance, Won’t Be Enforced in Several Counties – PJ Media

“A violation of any provision of this measure is subject to a maximum fine of $1,000 for each violation,” Hochul said in a statement. She also added that “local health departments are being asked to enforce these requirements.”

But local governments were essentially blindsided by the announcement, and several counties with Republican executives are refusing to enforce the mandate, citing a variety of reasons, including a lack of guidance from the state on enforcement.

Republican Rockland County Executive Ed Day said that the mandate will not be enforced in his county. “My decision would be to move the people from the health department who are vaccinating children and others right now with a life-saving vaccine, move them to go walk around to different places to figure out whether people are masking up or not. That would be utterly reckless on my part and I will not do that,” Day said.

Madison, Niagara, Rensselaer and Nassau counties are joining Rockland in not enforcing the mandate.

We need more of this.

Boeing Does Something Right

It’s been a rough couple of years for Boeing. But they stand up against the vax mandate.

Boeing Suspends COVID Shot Mandate For Staffers (lifezette.com)

Boeing has announced that it has suspended it’s COVID-19 shot mandate for its employees.

While Boeing told all staffers two months ago that they needed to get the COVID-19 jab or be fired, they have since told KOMO that they are suspending this mandate.

“Boeing is committed to maintaining a safe working environment for our employees, and advancing the health and safety of our global workforce,” a Boeing spokesperson said. “As such, we continue to encourage our employees to get vaccinated and get a booster if they have not done so. Meanwhile, after careful review, Boeing has suspended its vaccination requirement in line with a federal court’s decision prohibiting enforcement of the federal contractor executive order and a number of state laws.”

This is the right approach to take. Encourage, but don’t penalize.

Unfortunately, Too Many Companies Won’t Follow Suit

AdventHealth Drops Jab Mandate For Employees “Due To Recent Decisions By The Federal Courts” (lifezette.com)

According to reports, AdventHealth has suspended their jab mandate for workers. In a memo sent out to employees earlier in December, the company’s approximately 83,000 employees will no longer be beholden to the COVID shot.

The memo sent out by AdventHealth seemingly references recent court decisions that put a stop to the Biden administration’s effort to mandate the jab via government overreach, writing “due to recent decisions by the federal courts to block the CMS vaccine mandate, we are suspending all vaccination requirements prescribed by this mandate.”

They’re based in Florida, too, which might have also been a factor in making this decision.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued a statement regarding AdventHealth’s recent decision, affording the company accolades for complying with the state’s laws, saying “We welcome AdventHealth’s decision to comply with state law to protect Floridians’ jobs and to ensure our state’s healthcare system can continue functioning smoothly.”

Sadly, too many companies continue to take the easy route, following the mandate even though it looks less and less likely to win in court.

Protests Spread Across Europe

More! More! More!

Tens of thousands protest vaccine mandates, lockdowns across Europe | One America News Network (oann.com)

Spain, The Netherlands, and more.

I love it.

More!

Saturday night, thousands in Barcelona attended a protest against regional Catalonia’s vaccine pass system. In November, the Catalan high court ruled the region’s parliament was allowed to institute a new COVID pass law, which requires proof of vaccination or previous infection to enter restaurants, bars, gyms and other venues.

Now, despite being 80 percent vaccinated, adults in the region are being told if they want to eat out or improve their health at a gym, they must first show government papers proving medical cleanliness to authorities. One man, a professor of Chinese medicine, said there’s so many people who have adverse side effects to the vaccines that it’s morally wrong to force people to get the COVID jab.

And:

Nearby in the Netherlands, protests have once again started up as the government imposes new lockdown measures on the 73 percent vaccinated population. The protests across the region were mostly peaceful, which couldn’t be said for the protests just two weeks before.

When the government first announced a ban on unvaccinated Dutchmen and Dutchwomen entering many public places, riots took over the major cities. The proposed law faced such bitter backlash that parliament decided not to pursue it for the time being, and has instead opted for general curfews on bars and restaurants.

I hope this kind of thing spreads to America. Soon.

Make Them Pay

Teacher forced to resign after criticizing mask mandates on social media files lawsuit (reclaimthenet.org)

A teacher from South Carolina has filed a lawsuit against the school district board and the superintendent claiming she was forced to resign over a post about mask mandates she made on her personal Facebook account. The lawsuit alleges wrongful termination.

Holly Chapman, a middle school teacher, was an employee of the Berkeley County School District until February this year. She was fired over a video she posted on Facebook criticizing mask mandates.

Ok, so this is a clear First Amendment violation. She is entitled to express her personal opinion, as long as it’s not in the classroom. In fact, many teachers get away with expressing far worse, in the classroom. Of course, they’re expressing the “right kind of opinion” (actually the left kind), so they never get fired.

She posted the video in December 2020. The suit notes that she was not friends with any of her students on Facebook. Besides, she used a pseudonym on her Facebook profile.

She even did it under a pseudonym?

I think the school district is in trouble. If I were them, I would find a way to settle quickly and quietly out of court.

LOL From Eric Clapton

This is beautiful. I’ll just let it stand on its own.

WaPo tried to interview the legendary guitarist for this hitjob. His manager said: "given the depressingly bad standard of journalism reflected in certain recent articles, Eric Clapton has no desire at the moment to engage with the US Press."https://t.co/8THJ7xK9ti

— Sreemoy Talukdar (@sreemoytalukdar) December 4, 2021

Austrians Are Revolting!

Forgive the sophomoric humor.

40K protest against lockdown, vaccine policy in Austria | One America News Network (oann.com)

On Saturday, more than 40,000 people gathered and marched in Vienna to protest against the government’s new laws. Austria is the first country in western Europe to impose another lockdown and will reportedly start imposing vaccine requirements beginning in February.

More like this. Please.

In #Austria, thousands have gathered to protest the mandatory vaccination passports. Take a look.pic.twitter.com/Wb3f1MePMm

— Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) December 4, 2021

The only way we’re ever getting out of this is if enough people rise up and say “ENOUGH!”

These Are Human Rights Abuses in Australia

Three Teenagers Who Tested Negative For COVID Arrested In Australia For Leaving Quarantine | The Daily Wire

They never had the China Virus. They tested negative. Yet they were still in one of Australia’s China Virus Concentration Camps.

They escaped, and then there was a nationwide manhunt for them.

Three teenagers were arrested in Australia after climbing a fence to escape a COVID-19 quarantine compound in the middle of the night.

The teens – aged 15, 16, and 17 – had all tested negative for COVID-19 but were being quarantined because they were close contacts of people who had tested positive. They were being held in a COVID-19 quarantine facility in Howard Springs, just outside Northern Territory capital city Darwin, Australia news outlet ABC reported.

At a press conference on Thursday, local time, NT Police Commissioner Jamie Chalker said the teens were found just outside Palmerston and had been arrested after police chased them on foot. At the time, NT Chief Minister Michael Gunner said the teens had not had any contact with members of the community.

Why didn’t someone stop and think, “OMG, why are we doing this? This is insane! These people have done nothing wrong, and we’re hunting them down like rabid dogs!”

I’m tired of “virus fever”. And if you have it, I’m tired of you. You can take you panic and hide in a hole with it, but leave me alone.

Dr. Oz vs. Dr. Fauci Will Be an Epic Battle

Dr. Oz Running For Senate To Fight Authoritarian Response To COVID – ‘Values Under Attack’ (lifezette.com)

He’s going to literally be running against two people. His opponent and Dr. Fauci. And I expect that if he somehow wins, that the battle against Fauci will intensify. Unless somehow by next November we have recovered our sanity as a country and aren’t letting this stupid virus control us.

“I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand what went wrong and it’s emblematic of other issues we are struggling within our great country,” Oz explained. “Remember the phrase two weeks to flatten the curve? That metastasized into this terrible authoritarianism and overreaching that did not make us safer.”

“People with big yards told people with no yards to stay indoors because that’s where the virus was. Some closed the parks, shamed people about beaches — and now threatening the same overreach with the Omicron [variant] ….” he added.

I agree with him and his voice carries a lot of clout. People have been watching and listening to him for years. Rightly or wrongly, they will give his words some weight.

Sanctuary Restaurants

Doesn’t the Left love this sort of thing?

In-N-Out Burger Seemingly Refuses To Enforce LA’s Proof Of Vaccination Rule For Indoor Dining (lifezette.com)

CBS Local visited five In-N-Out locations all over Los Angeles last night, and not one of them was enforcing the new requirement despite the fact that violators could be fined up to $5,000. CBS reporter Tom Wait was not asked to show proof of vaccination at any of the restaurants, not even after he ordered and sat at a table inside.

Interesting that CBS Local felt the need to “investigate” this and tattle on the business.

Statement from In-N-Out Chief Legal and Business Officer Arnie Wensinger:

“We refuse to become the vaccination police for any government. It is unreasonable, invasive, and unsafe to force our restaurant associates to segregate customers into those who may be served and those who may not, whether based on the documentation they carry, or any other reason.”

“We fiercely disagree with any government dictate that forces a private company to discriminate against customers who choose to patronize their business,” Wensinger concluded. “This is a clear governmental overreach and is intrusive, improper and offensive.”

Well, that’s pretty clear. I hope California doesn’t shut them down.

Vivre La Résistance!

A collection of good links via Instapundit.

Instapundit » Blog Archive » RESISTANCE: Protests against Covid rules and lockdowns erupt across Europe. Martinique COVID-19 … (pjmedia.com)

Protests against Covid rules and lockdowns erupt across Europe.

Martinique COVID-19 lockdown protests intensify.

Thousands protest coronavirus restrictions in Czech capital.

Thousands gather in Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast and across Australia in orchestrated protests against COVID-19 vaccines, restrictions.

‘1/4 of My Life in Lockdown’: Children Among Vaccine Mandate Protesters Marching in Melbourne.

Covid Curbs Spark Protests Worldwide.

You know where this isn’t an issue? Florida. You know who also doesn’t have a Covid problem? Florida.

Related: Florida Reports Lowest Daily COVID-19 Cases per Capita in US.