Month: November 2021

Federal appeals court halts Biden administration’s vaccine requirement, delivering policy a major blow

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, helmed by one judge who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and two others who were appointed by President Donald Trump, issued the ruling Friday, after temporarily halting the mandate last weekend in response to lawsuits filed by Republican-aligned businesses and legal groups.

Calling the requirement a “mandate,” the court said the rule, instituted through the Labor Department, “grossly exceeds OSHA’s statutory authority,” according to the opinion, written by Judge Kurt D. Engelhardt and joined by Judges Edith H. Jones and Stuart Kyle Duncan.

“Rather than a delicately handled scalpel, the Mandate is a one-size fits-all sledgehammer that makes hardly any attempt to account for differences in workplaces (and workers) that have more than a little bearing on
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/federal-appeals-court-halts-biden-administrations-vaccine-requirement-delivering-policy-a-major-blow/ar-AAQE2Dh

Developing

Israel Holds ‘War Games’ to Prepare for More Lethal Covid Strain

“While the situation of coronavirus in the world is deteriorating, Israel is safe and protected,” Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement. “In order to maintain this, and to safeguard the continuity of normal life, we must continue to closely monitor the situation and prepare for any scenario.”

The number of seriously ill Israelis suffering from Covid-19 dropped from around 700 at the end of August to 149 on Nov. 10, while the number of daily new infections fell from around 10,000 a day to just under 500. 
— Read on www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-holds-e2-80-98war-games-e2-80-99-to-prepare-for-more-lethal-covid-strain/ar-AAQzQDK

The anniversary of Will Byers disappearance

Will is the son of Lonnie and Joyce Byers and the younger brother of Jonathan Byers. …

On the night of November 6th, 1983, Byers was abducted by the Demogorgon and taken into an alternate dimension dubbed the Upside Down.

For a week, Will evaded the creature while his family and friends desperately searched for him.

In the mean time, here is the way Netflix will celebrate through the day with various info drops:

‘JOKER’ Halloween knife attack in Japan

A 24-year-old man wearing a Joker costume attacked passengers on a Tokyo train line on Sunday evening.

As many as 17 people were injured as they headed for Halloween parties in the city. 

Witnesses say the suspect was wearing a green shirt and purple suit. 

He sprayed a clear liquid around the carriage and set it alight. Video footage showed passengers running through carriages away from the flames while others clambered through windows.

Media reports indicate that he was arrested immediately. Subsequent report stated that he had an affinity for the joker character.