U.S. deaths from COVID-19 topped 3,000 for a third straight day, with a record number of new infections on Thursday, just as the United States prepared to ship out nearly six million doses of a new vaccine upon its expected authorization on Friday.
The United States reported a record 239,903 new cases on Thursday, raising the cumulative number above 17 million since the coronavirus pandemic began nearly a year ago.
Meanwhile Vice President Mike Pence publicly received the COVID vaccine, explaining after he didn’t feel a thing..
At the same time a nurse became a sign of concern after getting the vaccine.
Nurse manager Tiffany Dover received the Pfizer-BioNTech jab at CHI Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga on Thursday and was giving a press briefing when she began to trail off, according to WTVC-9…
Afterwards it was reported that she often passes out when she feels pain and this was not related to the vaccine..
Meanwhile French president Macron has been isolated with fever and a regret about his case of COVID..
The coroanvirus is hitting retailers hard… but store Santas still persist behind face shield and plastic barriers in 2020.
According to a new NHS ad in the UK, the Real Kris Kringle ain’t doing as well!
He is dying of COVID, the ad displays!
Some are outraged at the shock footage, with kids across the UK becoming freaked seeing St. Nick succumbing to the fate of the pandemic..
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Entitled “The Gift,” the British ad shows medical staff giving Santa oxygen while being transported to a medical ward as one nurse asks, “Is he responding?”
But thankfully the dying Santa lives to fly another day!
The commercial cuts to Santa waking up before he is slowly rehabilitated and subsequently receives a get well soon card from Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. After passing some children, Santa is then seen responding to letters from hopeful kids.
The final portion of the ad, a nurse who cared for him receives a gift with a note that reads: “Thank you for everything you’ve done for all of us”. It is signed “Santa” and the nurse realized who she was caring for while he was in hospital.
Concerned parents have blasted the ad as “insensitive” as several feared that young viewers would think Santa was dying.
“Disgusting idea that targets the fears of the very young. Massive own goal.”
Another Twitter user blasted the advert as a ‘miscalculation’ writing: “This is disgusting. Don’t children have enough to worry about at the moment?
“How many children are going to be brought to tears thinking Santa is going to die?”
Christmas 2020..
Santa lives. Santa will always be no matter with the NHS says.
Even Santa is in awe of the fantastic work that NHS staff and volunteers do to keep us all safe in this @NHSCharities Christmas advert 🥰️🎅 pic.twitter.com/IEBdEDmJG5
Tommy “Tiny” Lister, who appeared in “Friday” and “The Fifth Element” and was also a professional wrestler, died Thursday, his manager Cindy Cowan confirmed.
Cowan said he was found unresponsive in his apartment in Marina del Rey, Calif. after displaying symptoms of COVID-19 in recent days.
He had been working on a film and had to cancel shooting after falling ill, Cowan said…
WWE is saddened to learn that Tom “Tiny” Lister, known as Zeus to the WWE Universe, passed away today at age 62. Zeus first entered the squared circle opposite Hulk Hogan in the 1989 film “No Holds Barred.” The rivalry extended beyond the big screen, as The Human Wrecking Machine quickly formed a common bond with “Macho Man” Randy Savage in their shared quest to take down The Immortal One. Zeus & Savage battled Hogan & Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake in the main event of SummerSlam 1989. One of Zeus’ most memorable moments came at Survivor Series 1989 as part of Ted DiBiase’s Million Dollar Team, when The Human Wrecking Machine got the better of The Hulkster in an impressive display of strength. Lister famously portrayed the daunting Deebo in the classic “Friday” and “Next Friday” movies, as well as roles in “The Fifth Element,” “The Dark Knight,” and “Zootopia.” WWE extends its condolences to Lister’s family, friends and fans.
this video from May 1989 is when Zeus showed up in the WWE, then WWF, world..
Pennsylvania is the latest state to yet again close movie theaters in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.. The first question may asked was, where in the world are movie theater even still open at!?
Regal has been shuddered for months.. AMC is constantly teetering as new flicks don’t come out and people don’t go to in door screenings..
The situation is bleak and getting worse.
The death of theaters could be taking place before our eyes..
And now AMC warns that it only has enough cash in hand to get it through January 2021!
In an SEC filing, the nation’s biggest exhibitor also announced cash injection of $100 million in a debt sale to Mudrick Capital Management, at an annual interest rate of 15%. Mudrick will exchange its notes for about 13.7 million AMC shares. The chain has sold stock recently as well. It said it’s negotiating with landlords, creditors and potential joint venture partners on ways to make it through the pandemic and is in discussions regarding potential financing alternatives for its international businesses.
And more,
AMC estimate that if its attendance levels do not significantly improve during the first half of 2021 (to achieve an overall level of approximately 20% of pre-COVID 2019 attendance levels) and again during the second half of 2021 (to achieve an overall level of approximately 85% of pre-COVID 2019 attendance levels), the believe the liquidity shortfall would be greater than the estimated $750 million minimum shortfall noted above, “which if not addressed would prevent us from continuing as a going concern.”
Stocks increased this week for AMC on the news because it means someone could buy them. Money men know how to keep and share their money.
THIS WAS GOING TO BE A BIG YEAR
WONDER WOMAN 1984 and GHOSTBUSTERS were among so many movies slated to set records in 2020.. This was going to be a major year for Hollywood studios..
Instead a virus not only destroyed the restaurant industry but also just about every form of entertainment in the United States.
As of last month, 404 of AMC’s 594 U.S. theaters are open and operating at reduced capacity.
Attendance has dropped 92% since this time last year…
And with that attendance drop, closures, and restaurant industry collapse, the virus has continued to spread anyway..
A former Israeli space security chief has sent eyebrows shooting heavenward by saying that earthlings have been in contact with extraterrestrials from a “galactic federation.”
“The Unidentified Flying Objects have asked not to publish that they are here, humanity is not ready yet,” Haim Eshed, former head of Israel’s Defense Ministry’s space directorate, told Israel’s Yediot Aharonot newspaper. The interview in Hebrew ran on Friday, and gained traction after parts were published in English by the Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.
A respected professor and retired general, Eshed said the aliens were equally curious about humanity and were seeking to understand “the fabric of the universe.”
Eshed said cooperation agreements had been signed between species, including an “underground base in the depths of Mars” where there are American astronauts and alien representatives. “There is an agreement between the U.S. government and the aliens. They signed a contract with us to do experiments here,” he said. Eshed added that President Donald Trump was aware of the extraterrestrials’ existence and had been “on the verge of revealing” information but was asked not to in order to prevent “mass hysteria.”
“They have been waiting until today for humanity to develop and reach a stage where we will understand, in general, what space and spaceships are,” Eshed said, referring to the galactic federation.
The White House and Israeli officials did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment. Sue Gough, a spokesperson for the Pentagon, declined to comment.
Solar physicists are expecting an uptick in stormy “space weather,” with implications that affect us here on Earth…
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting that a solar outburst could generate northern lights or aurora as far south as Oregon to Pennsylvania.
This is the flare to begin “Solar Cycle 25.” It’s alive.
The National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch for Earth which starts today and extends through Friday, with tomorrow being the peak day for potential problems. Because of the strength of inbound energy, a G3 Watch is in effect for Thursday which indicates a “strong” event is possible.
GEOMAGNETIC STORM WARNING: It’s coming. A coronal mass ejection (CME) is heading for Earth, and geomagnetic storms are possible when it arrives later today or tomorrow. NOAA forecasters expect the most intense disturbances to occur on Dec. 10th with peak storm levels nea r category G3. If that happens, auroras could be sighted in the USA in states as far south as, e.g., Illinois and Oregon
There is a negative and positive to these events.
First the positive is the beauty..This particular storm could trigger an aurora to in the clear, light-pollution free skies of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, Oregon, and Idaho…
The negative: Disruption of technology like radio.. electrical systems.. radio communications, and navigation..
For historical significance, Pennsylvania does not see the ‘northern lights.’ Unless it is a big enough solar event.
This time it may be.
The “old timers” among us may recall a beautiful event that was seen in the skies the night of September 27, 1938 — my own father told me that his own father told him, just as Hitler was taking the world into war, people were dancing in the streets under light shows in the sky. ..
That interesting even was captured by the Associated Press in a report from State College Pennsylvania on September 29, 1938. The AP reported at that time that the lights were the most brilliant since 1908. The lights were called unusually bright and brilliant.
The ‘Civil War Aurora’ was seen on December 14, 1862 by Civil War soldiers in Fredericksberg Virginia. According to a letter by Milo Grow “There was a brilliant exhibition of Aurora Borealis soon after dark last night. For half an hour it shows very brilliantly reaching to the mid heavens in colors of yellow and red.
The most recent major solar storm occurred on Halloween night in 2003. Halloween Storm spawned auroras that were seen over most of North America. Extensive satellite problems were reported, including the loss of the $450 million Midori-2 research satellite..
Solar Cycle 25 promises more extraordinary events.
Hopefully most steer clear of Earth and our technology in 2021.
ANNOUNCEMENT: I have COVID-19. To be clear: my entire family has it as well… Rita, Diana, and I are all positive and have been in quarantine in our home since last week. It all started the Wednesday before Thanksgiving when our first family members fell ill and eventually it spread to our house. I first noticed symptoms an hour before last week’s show with Richard Dolan… by the end of the show I felt like I was hit by a truck and thrown down the stairs. It came on in a matter of minutes. Scary stuff. Diana’s test results came back on Thursday and Rita and I got tested on Friday. Our results didn’t come back until last night, although we knew how sick we were getting we wanted to wait until we had the tests back and confirmed before saying anything. How am I feeling? Well, today is the worst day yet… head to toe body aches that start with my bones… headaches from the spawn of Satan… this thing is NASTY. Temperature goes up and down… and for now it has stayed away from my lungs… I’m five days in and hopefully I’ve seen the bad parts and I’ll start to see some sign of improvement soon. Listen, everyone… you DO NOT WANT THIS. Forget about the drama, the conspiracy theories… the BS… don’t listen to it… listen to ME: Avoid contact, wear a friggin’ mask, wash your hands… do everything you can… do not play around. You do not want your family sick… be a leader… make sure you are doing everything you can to protect you and your family. FADE to BLACK will be running re-plays this week… after this notice to all of you I’m heading back to bed. I’m taking my meds, vitamins, CBD, Zinc, liquids… and if I have the energy I’ll report back with everyone tomorrow.
Shock announcement comes from the President himself in a tweet today.
“Get better soon Rudy, we will carry on!!!” the president tweeted.
Giuliani has been all over the country in the past week, appearing in person sans mask at hearings before state legislatures attempting to get them to overturn results.
Utah. Romania. California.. and now a mini version of the new worldwide sensation of appearing monoliths is at Joe’s Candy Shop in Pittsburgh PA.
This one appears much smaller, and much less stable. Just slightly attached to the pavement in the business district..
But this one was planned! Capitalizing on the intrigue surrounding the other monoliths and hoping to provide a distraction from the daily drumbeat of COVID-19 news, the owner of Grandpa Joe’s Candy Shop, Christopher Beers, commissioned a 10-foot tall, 24-inch wide triangle of plywood covered in sheet metal.
But its now added to the mix of global monoliths. Big and small.
