News and notes from around the interweb:
- Airport worker in Singapore gets 2 weeks of jail for accepting 6 cartons of cigarettes in exchange for waiving overweight bag fees
- This maskless woman thinks she’s being kicked off of her Las Vegas flight because she’s white NSFW language in linked video before she declares, “Why you kicking me off the plane, cuz I’m white?” (HT: C Boarding Group)
- I don’t expect the U.S. to be able to manage something like this,
Singapore has developed a “globally inter-operable” standard based on blockchain technology to facilitate cross-border verification of health documents, such as pre-departure COVID-19 test results, said Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative Vivian Balakrishnan on Friday (Feb 26).
Speaking at the Committee of Supply debate for the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Balakrishnan said that these notarised pre-departure test results will be available on the SingPass mobile app. The Government will also look into extending this to vaccine certificates.
- Hyatt defends hosting CPAC at the Hyatt Regency Orlando
“We take pride in operating a highly inclusive environment and we believe that the facilitation of gatherings is a central element of what we do as a hospitality company,” the spokesperson said. “We believe in the right of individuals and organizations to peacefully express their views, independent of the degree to which the perspectives of those hosting meetings and events at our hotels align with ours. Our own values support a culture that is characterized by empathy, respect and diversity of opinions and backgrounds, and we strive to bring this to light through what we do and how we engage with those in our care.”
Although they are criticizing a symbol on the CPAC stage said to resemble a Nazi rune, swinging at a pitch in the dirt because this property is actually owned by Hyatt which employs its meetings and events staff. And CPAC is responding, so the story continues…
This letter to Hyatt Hotels is our declaration that we will not let them cancel us with these lies. @Hyatt #AmericaUnCanceled #CPAC2021
Read our statement here: https://t.co/36tjIrUbEW pic.twitter.com/IcfKmFd8TU
— CPAC 2021 (@CPAC) March 1, 2021
- Court rejects TSA’s qualified immunity claim over screener for forced passenger to delete video (HT: Paul H.)
- A321XLR’s rear fuel tank demands special fire-protection conditions
CPAC is accusing Hyatt of false claims while they themselves are falsely claiming the election was stolen. A lot of Karens there.
To the extent that voting procedures were change by the state judiciary branches, rather than state legislative branches, there is a valid question as to whether there was a violation of Article I, Section 4 in the past election. Only the Supreme Court can decide whether the election was stolen and the party accused of engineering the stealing is the same as threatened to pack the Supreme Court. Certainly there is no false claim in saying that election was tainted.
@Aloha – 81MM voters say “lick my taint(ed)”
Karen of the week. Actually, Gary’s headlines are about 50% mask-related garbage this week.
@AlohaDaveKennedy continues to spread right-wing lies wherever he goes. A 6-3 conservative Supreme Court declined to interfere in state elections that for the most part were using rules put in place by Republican legislatures. Don’t be fooled.
I’m not going to boycott Hyatt over the conferences they choose to host. But I’ve got to say that for the rest of 2021 and possibly a good stretch beyond that, I am booking hotels in good part based on their covid safety policies and how well they are enforced and I have zero interest in staying with a chain that clearly has zero enforcement of their posted policy which says “Following medical expert guidance to help reduce the spread of COVID-19, face masks or coverings are required in hotel indoor public areas and when moving around in outdoor areas at all Hyatt hotels globally”
@BeenThere
Actually, Alohadave is a CHUMP FOOL who continues to disbelieve the obvious that he is a chump licking fool.
@Bill – yes. Having flow LAX -> SEA on Alaska roundtrip this past week, all this crap is irrelevant. Case in point, our first class service meal for each segment: everyone mask off at the same time. No 6 foot rule in place.
Frigging 101 of infection control is to remove contact/proximity risk. Virtually impossible to catch Covid on a plane? Haha.
Given that whites are persecuted, disenfranchised, and attacked by every facet of corporate America/Academia/government, it is a fair question for her to ask.