Rebel News Podcast - DAVID MENZIES ｜ Boosters at Western U; Unvaxxed tennis star skips US Open

00:00:00.000 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, ladies and gentlemen, and the rest of you, in which we look back at

00:00:04.460 some of the very best commentaries of the week by your favorite rebels. I'm your host, David Menzies.

00:00:10.580 Well, just when you thought things were returning to normal vis-a-vis the COVID file,

00:00:16.020 the University of Western Ontario suddenly demanded that all students returning to class

00:00:22.520 later this month must be double-vaxxed, plus a booster shot. Students and their allies staged

00:00:30.380 a protest on campus last Saturday, and Lincoln Jay, he was there to cover the demonstration.

00:00:36.140 He'll join me to offer his two cents worth. And the U.S. Open is ongoing in New York City, but

00:00:43.160 a notable player is missing due to not being vaccinated. That would be Novak Djokovic,

00:00:51.100 because he refuses to get jabbed with this experimental vaccine. And this apparently

00:00:58.180 makes Djokovic world tennis champion non grata. Our New York-based reporter, Jeremy Lafredo,

00:01:05.960 he'll try to make sense of it all. And letters, we get your letters, we get your letters every minute

00:01:11.520 of every day. And I'll share some of your responses about a Scotiabank client in Grand Prairie, Alberta,

00:01:18.500 who was essentially fired by the bank for the egregious act of committing a thought crime.

00:01:26.240 Oh, it's true. It's true. Those are your rebels. Now let's round them up.

00:01:48.500 The president of Western University's Students' Council is getting a lot of calls these days

00:01:56.380 about new COVID rules, which include mandated booster shots for all students on campus.

00:02:02.420 Students are finding it difficult to understand why Western would have these policies in place,

00:02:07.060 but not the province or even the country.

00:02:10.240 Oh, I'm double-batched. So if I don't get it by October, then they'll kick me out.

00:02:14.260 If I get kicked out of the university, then so be it. But I'm standing up for my beliefs,

00:02:17.720 and I will not be taking the booster.

00:02:19.380 I'm double-batched, like fully vaccinated, I guess, for, you know, everyone else's standards.

00:02:22.880 But for Western, they don't accept that.

00:02:26.560 We just want our girls to go to school without... 0.84

00:02:28.800 Not get a third dose.

00:02:29.940 Not get a third dose. They're both double-dosed.

00:02:33.380 It's too late.

00:02:34.520 It's too late. Where are we going to go now? I'd love to go to Guelph.

00:02:39.440 Western University better not try this again next year, and if they do,

00:02:42.860 they're going to be in a far worse position than they are now.

00:02:47.880 Lincoln J for Rebel News here at Western University in London, Ontario.

00:02:52.460 Now we're about to walk onto campus where there is a protest taking place

00:02:57.060 against the school's decision to mandate COVID-19 booster doses.

00:03:03.820 There's going to be students, alumni, their supporters here

00:03:07.740 to simply speak out against this decision.

00:03:10.880 Does this make any sense?

00:03:12.380 Why would they do this to students just weeks before classes begin?

00:03:17.620 They're essentially ambushing the students by telling them

00:03:21.380 that they require a booster dose just weeks before classes begin.

00:03:25.360 We're going to speak with some of the people in attendance here.

00:03:27.420 There's going to be some other people giving some speeches,

00:03:29.680 but before we get into all that, I want you guys to check out our website at

00:03:33.540 NoForcedBoosters.com.

00:03:36.080 You can go on that website.

00:03:37.740 You can sign the petition to call for Western University to end their unscientific mandate.

00:03:43.440 And at that same website, you can also make a tax-deductible donation

00:03:47.600 to the registered charity, the Democracy Fund.

00:03:50.540 Students can also sign up through that same website, and the Democracy Fund will select

00:03:55.140 the strongest cases to set legal precedent.

00:03:57.880 All right, guys, let's go check out the protests.

00:03:59.600 I do not care if you have three shots, no shots, or a hundred shots.

00:04:05.060 I do not believe that your personal medical decision tells me anything about who you are,

00:04:10.860 what you believe, or what you have to offer to the Western community.

00:04:14.440 Last year, I was kicked out of Huron at Western, and it was a long process, and it was isolating.

00:04:33.440 And the one thing that has inspired, I think, all of us to come together here today is knowing

00:04:39.220 that we're not the only ones.

00:04:41.200 And now Western wants to put more people in that position, and they haven't given us

00:04:45.980 the reasoning.

00:04:47.360 So today, we stand for choice.

00:04:51.840 Well, folks, that was the scene last Saturday at the University of Western Ontario in London,

00:04:57.840 Ontario.

00:04:58.840 Students, faculty members, and their supporters staged a demonstration to protest the sudden

00:05:05.000 an unexplained decision by the Western administration to mandate that those returning to campus later

00:05:12.740 this month must be double-jabbed plus a booster shot.

00:05:17.560 But why?

00:05:18.780 Where is the science?

00:05:20.380 Or is this all about political science or maybe weird science?

00:05:25.660 Unbelievable.

00:05:26.960 Well, joining me now to make sense of it all is the man who ventured out to London last weekend,

00:05:32.180 and that would be Lincoln Jay.

00:05:34.540 Lincoln, thank you for making time for me on Roundup.

00:05:37.460 Thanks for having me, David.

00:05:38.440 Always a pleasure.

00:05:39.400 Now, what I like, that clip of the young lady bemoaning the lack of choice.

00:05:46.440 And I think the C word is very profound.

00:05:50.380 We've been told for decades now, the old chestnut, my body, my choice.

00:05:56.460 Or is this something that only applies to terminating the life of a baby and doesn't apply to vaccines,

00:06:05.620 Lincoln?

00:06:06.260 Yeah, the whole situation is just crazy.

00:06:08.780 You know, we're now 2022, August of 2022.

00:06:13.220 And now people who are double vaccinated are being pushed out.

00:06:18.300 You know, they're trying to exclude them and ultimately force these students to receive a third dose.

00:06:26.400 And the funny part about all of it is they're doing it just weeks before classes start.

00:06:30.480 You know, that's very important.

00:06:32.400 And I want to ask you about that.

00:06:34.660 The timing stinks.

00:06:36.420 You make plans and then you've only got a matter of days, I understand,

00:06:40.980 if you don't like the policy to get your tuition refunded.

00:06:43.960 But it's not so simple as that, Lincoln.

00:06:46.120 I mean, you know, you had people looking forward to pursuing a course or continuing a course.

00:06:51.440 The idea that within a matter of days you can go to, I don't know, the University of Guelph

00:06:56.120 or any other university in the province.

00:06:59.380 It's not something you can do, you know, at the snap of one's fingers.

00:07:04.380 Do you detect a bit of maliciousness on the behalf of Western University here?

00:07:09.220 It's definitely funny timing.

00:07:10.960 Yeah.

00:07:11.460 Tuition's already paid, right?

00:07:13.480 And a lot of these students, they, like the first year students, they typically live on residence, right?

00:07:18.740 So that's kind of involved with the tuition in your first year.

00:07:21.920 But then when you get into second, third, and fourth year and so on, you're paying,

00:07:26.040 you're usually paying a landlord, right, to pay for rent.

00:07:29.060 So a lot of times you're paying first and last month rent.

00:07:31.940 So they have commitments.

00:07:33.760 And it seems like Western is not taking these commitments into consideration for whatever reason.

00:07:38.940 It's another case of it being so obvious, so black and white, that it's not fair, it's not right,

00:07:46.100 but they're still pushing forward with it for whatever reason.

00:07:49.300 You know, you make very good points.

00:07:50.940 And I think when it comes to, for whatever reason, I think this is a screw job.

00:07:55.460 Western knows, based on what you just said, a lot of these students have committed to first and last month's rent.

00:08:00.800 The time frame makes it impossible for them to switch to another institution.

00:08:05.900 It's like we are going to be successful in coercing these kids to get double jabbed plus booster because they don't have much of a choice.

00:08:16.220 Yeah. And the sad reality is I can't confirm this myself.

00:08:20.340 I haven't had time yet to look into it.

00:08:22.220 But I had a student message me on Twitter that I spoke with on Saturday.

00:08:26.320 And allegedly the student council of Western University had a vote and they voted basically in favor of the mandate, of the booster mandate.

00:08:39.440 So it's not exactly looking great for the students protesting.

00:08:44.300 Lincoln, I am not surprised one iota.

00:08:47.400 I think back 50, 60 years ago, young people on campus, what were they doing?

00:08:51.520 They were demonstrating against the Vietnam War.

00:08:53.780 They were demonstrating for more civil rights for everyone.

00:08:57.880 And now what I see on campus are young people.

00:09:03.120 They're still masking up.

00:09:05.440 And I think even though they don't have to, I think this is a political statement.

00:09:10.540 It's not about a virus anymore.

00:09:12.540 This is much like, you know, a Muslim lady wearing a hijab, a Sikh gentleman wearing a turban.

00:09:19.520 And I'm on Team Islam.

00:09:21.220 I'm on Team Sikhism, a person wearing a cross. 1.00

00:09:24.260 I'm on Team Christianity.

00:09:25.780 This is a visual symbol that I support big government.

00:09:31.080 I support big lockdowns.

00:09:33.320 I support big penalties.

00:09:35.420 Instead of the kids revolting against the man, they are acquiescing to whatever the man says.

00:09:44.040 What's happened?

00:09:45.040 Have they been this indoctrinated?

00:09:47.520 Yeah, exactly.

00:09:48.820 It's conditioning.

00:09:49.620 We're now two years into the pandemic.

00:09:54.300 People are so, it's like completely changed the world, right?

00:09:58.880 Especially North America, Western society.

00:10:01.960 You know, people have just been, their mindsets have just been completely distorted and completely changed where they cannot see something that is completely wrong.

00:10:11.020 And in their eyes, it seems like it's right.

00:10:14.120 You know, things have just been turned upside down, really.

00:10:17.300 And it's just sad at the end of the day.

00:10:20.080 And now, like I said earlier, we're at the point now where people who are double vaccinated are not able to do things.

00:10:27.360 You know, this is what the truckers fought for.

00:10:29.420 This is what people have been protesting for, for the past two years.

00:10:33.060 And it's funny, people will say now, why are you protesting?

00:10:36.140 Why are you out?

00:10:36.800 Everything's back to normal.

00:10:37.860 Everything is not back to normal.

00:10:39.540 We're hearing whispers now about, you know, cases rising in the fall.

00:10:43.900 I wouldn't be surprised if we see another lockdown.

00:10:46.960 Who knows?

00:10:47.480 Or at least the vaccine passport.

00:10:49.720 I don't think we're out of this.

00:10:51.080 A lot of people think we're out of this.

00:10:52.500 And this whole Western University debacle has proven that we're clearly not.

00:10:57.880 No, you're right.

00:10:58.540 And I hope I'm proven wrong.

00:11:00.360 But I think you are right.

00:11:01.700 I think we're going to see more returns to lockdowns, restrictions.

00:11:06.520 And it will likely coincide with, oh, I don't know, the flu season.

00:11:10.160 When people start staying indoors more, people get the sniffles.

00:11:14.340 That will be the excuse to bring back, you know, the kind of policies we saw in the last two years.

00:11:21.840 Lincoln, there is plenty of blame to go around.

00:11:24.460 But I'm telling you who I blame the most.

00:11:28.580 And it's Premier Doug Ford.

00:11:30.100 He could have taken a righteous and courageous stance and said, you are not.

00:11:36.480 No one is enforcing these kinds of mandates.

00:11:40.360 They are gone.

00:11:41.100 Instead, he said, you know, the province has revoked this.

00:11:47.240 But if you're an institution, you know, a university, a business, and you still want to go along with that, well, what can you do?

00:11:55.880 No, no, no.

00:11:56.760 You could have made it a law or regulation to say these things are over.

00:12:02.420 But he didn't.

00:12:03.300 I think this is cowardice on Premier Ford's behalf.

00:12:08.020 Yeah.

00:12:08.480 At this point, you know, Doug Ford doesn't make the decisions that he truly believes in.

00:12:12.860 He makes the decisions in which he's pressured to do so.

00:12:16.140 Like we saw with him saying he's not going to create a two-tier society with the vaccine passport. 0.99

00:12:20.640 You know, that seemed like Doug speaking from the heart.

00:12:22.720 And then he comes out two weeks later, you know, looks like he has, you know, something pointed at his head.

00:12:28.080 And he states that he's bringing in the vaccine passport.

00:12:30.840 So I think everything stems down to money.

00:12:34.700 You know, I think, you know, just follow the money.

00:12:37.360 I think that a lot of, I think people are just, I don't know if people are bought out what's happening.

00:12:43.260 But it's just so obvious that something's not right.

00:12:46.260 You know, you have 12 million Moderna vaccine doses coming into Canada.

00:12:51.460 They have to push those vaccine doses, you know.

00:12:53.900 So this is all speculation.

00:12:56.120 You know, are these mandates, these booster mandates, are these ways just to keep pushing the vaccines out the door and just to keep things flowing?

00:13:03.060 Who knows?

00:13:03.660 But it's strange, that's for sure.

00:13:05.300 No, Lincoln, as I say, always follow the money.

00:13:07.360 There's been new multi-millionaires minted overnight, thanks to this pandemic, including new billionaires with a B, minted overnight.

00:13:17.380 There's big money involved here.

00:13:20.100 So you might be right.

00:13:21.620 That's really what's driving it.

00:13:23.820 But listen, great work on that video.

00:13:26.500 And folks, I really do believe, and like I said, I hope I'm proven wrong,

00:13:30.080 that in the fall, we'll have this return to lockdowns and mask mandates and social distancing and the rest of it.

00:13:37.840 And Doug Ford will do that press conference.

00:13:40.740 You know the drill, folks.

00:13:42.620 Well, you know, if it was up to me, I wouldn't be doing that.

00:13:46.260 You're the premier.

00:13:47.660 It is up to you.

00:13:49.280 Doug Ford, if you're watching this, grow a spine, put down the cherry cheesecake, and act like a true leader.

00:13:57.960 Keep it here, folks.

00:13:58.680 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:14:04.080 I'm Jeremy LaFerrto for Rebel News at the U.S. Open.

00:14:06.780 Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic is effectively banned from the tournament because he's not vaccinated against COVID-19.

00:14:12.500 Thousands of tennis fans from all over the world flocked to the U.S. Open in Queens

00:14:16.000 to watch the best of the best tennis players face off for championships.

00:14:19.520 All was well and everyone was in good spirits, but something, rather someone, was missing.

00:14:23.780 Novak Djokovic, world tennis champion, was unable to compete in the world-class tournament

00:14:28.060 of which he's normally a fixture of because he refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

00:14:32.360 In a recent BBC interview, Novak explained that he's willing to put the right to choose

00:14:35.940 and his bodily autonomy above everything else, including his professional, lucrative tennis career.

00:14:40.460 And I understand that not being vaccinated today, I'm unable to travel to most of the tournaments at the moment.

00:14:50.140 And that's the price you're willing to pay?

00:14:51.460 That is the price that I'm willing to pay.

00:14:53.340 Ultimately, are you prepared to forego the chance to be the greatest player that ever picked up a racket, statistically?

00:15:04.920 Because you feel so strongly about this jab?

00:15:08.280 Yes.

00:15:11.300 I do.

00:15:12.240 But as things stand, if this means that you miss the French Open, is that a price you'd be willing to pay?

00:15:18.720 Yes, that is the price that I'm willing to pay.

00:15:20.880 And if it means that you miss Wimbledon this year, again, that's a price you're willing to pay?

00:15:25.300 Yes.

00:15:28.480 Why, Novak? Why? Why?

00:15:31.020 Because the principles of decision-making on my body are more important than any title or anything else.

00:15:40.620 Although the tournament, which is sponsored by the US government partner and mRNA vaccine manufacturer, Moderna,

00:15:45.460 drew massive crowds, some attendees believe Novak should be there and that the supposed health rules were unfair.

00:15:50.480 I think that the pandemic is over and he needs to be here.

00:15:55.160 And I think that's not right because we say we're the home of the brave and for everyone to come here,

00:16:00.340 but he can't even come here because he's not vaccinated. So that's not fair.

00:16:03.580 It's terrible. It's ridiculous. He should be able to play. 0.99

00:16:07.240 You think you should be able to play? Why do you think that?

00:16:09.580 Because I don't want to be controversial, but a lot of people is allowed in the country without vaccination.

00:16:15.300 Michael Cain, a grassroots organizer and New York City teacher who was fired because of his refusal to get the COVID vaccine,

00:16:21.460 organized a rally at the US Open in support of Novak.

00:16:24.320 Not only did he argue that Novak should be allowed to play,

00:16:26.660 but he also highlighted the hypocrisy of the regulations that allow for American tennis players to compete unvaccinated

00:16:31.620 and unvaccinated tennis fans to attend the US Open. 0.85

00:16:34.260 At this point, it's really, I mean, it's just clown town in New York City, in America.

00:16:40.240 You have nearly a dozen players that are in the US Open that are unvaccinated,

00:16:45.100 Americans that are going to be playing.

00:16:46.920 You have hundreds of spectators coming in, thousands probably that are unvaccinated.

00:16:51.060 But this one guy, the Wimbledon world champion can't come in.

00:16:55.240 I mean, it's just preposterous.

00:16:56.900 He laid blame for the unscientific regulations with the Biden administration.

00:17:00.080 And the reason why is Joe Biden has a travel mandate that makes absolutely no sense,

00:17:06.520 separating people, and more importantly, it's separating families.

00:17:09.480 A good friend of mine, Marcella Picone, is here.

00:17:11.820 She lives in Buffalo.

00:17:12.840 Her fiance lives 20 minutes over in Canada, across the border.

00:17:17.100 Them, they haven't been able to see each other with their two little girls together in over two years

00:17:22.520 because of these ridiculous mandates.

00:17:24.580 And the CDC has come out and said, whether you're vaccinated or unvaccinated, 0.62

00:17:28.400 you should be treated the same. 0.97

00:17:29.680 It is absolutely ridiculous. 0.86

00:17:31.740 They need to end all of these mandates. 0.99

00:17:34.320 But not all tennis fans consider the story important.

00:17:36.580 And others explain that while they adore Novak, following the rules is really important.

00:17:40.560 Well, honestly, he was supposed to be vaccinated to be even in Wimbledon because it's the rule.

00:17:48.680 Everybody was following it.

00:17:50.120 I know that now the CDC has changed the rules.

00:17:53.600 But it's now, from before he was supposed to follow the rule.

00:17:56.400 I love him, but I love following the rule also.

00:17:59.680 I'm sick of talking about him.

00:18:01.900 It's so boring. 0.99

00:18:03.060 It's fucking obnoxious. 0.99

00:18:04.240 I'm not passing judgments on him, but like, I'm sick of talking about it. 0.99

00:18:08.740 At the U.S. Open in New York, the Serena Williams farewell tour is getting most of the publicity.

00:18:14.020 But with all due respect to Ms. Williams, I think a far more important story is demanding of our attention.

00:18:20.400 And that would be world tennis champion Novak Djokovic being excluded from playing at this tournament because he refuses to get jabbed with an experimental vaccine.

00:18:33.900 And yet again, folks, so much for the mantra of my body, my choice.

00:18:39.940 And joining me now with more on this story is our New York-based reporter, Jeremy Lafredo.

00:18:46.640 Welcome to Rebel Roundup, Jeremy.

00:18:48.500 Thank you.

00:18:49.600 All right.

00:18:50.340 So, Jeremy, there are so many angles here.

00:18:53.100 But what I thought was perversely amusing was the interviewer in that BBC clip that we inserted into your report in which the journalist, he's almost gasping when he says to Djokovic, why, why, why?

00:19:09.880 It's almost as though Djokovic was pulling the limbs off a puppy dog.

00:19:15.180 And maybe, just maybe, the reason is, as Djokovic explains, is that there are more important things in life than tennis trophies and money.

00:19:26.520 And I would say that the most overlooked, underreported story of the year thus far is the number of young, healthy, athletic, predominantly males who are suddenly dropping dead after getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

00:19:43.240 Jeremy, what are your thoughts?

00:19:45.460 Yeah, I mean, this is the LeBron James of tennis, the Michael Jordan of tennis.

00:19:50.400 He's the world champion.

00:19:51.980 And he's not allowed to compete.

00:19:54.520 But, as I mentioned in the report, it's interesting, the U.S. Open was sponsored by U.S. government partner and mRNA vaccine manufacturer Moderna.

00:20:06.360 So, there you go, right there.

00:20:07.960 There's a sign that says Moderna on the court.

00:20:11.640 So, yeah, Djokovic wasn't allowed at the U.S. Open.

00:20:15.580 And I was there at the U.S. Open.

00:20:16.940 I went there earlier this week.

00:20:18.660 And I spoke to tennis fans.

00:20:20.680 And a lot of them, they were under – they knew.

00:20:24.900 That you didn't have to be vaccinated as a tennis fan to attend the U.S. Open.

00:20:29.060 And American tennis players who were competing in the U.S. Open did not have to be vaccinated.

00:20:34.400 So, the idea that Novak can't come here to compete because, you know, it's a quote-unquote health risk is just – it doesn't make any sense to not only us, me and you,

00:20:43.840 but even your average apolitical tennis player who probably received the jab, even they know that this is not about science and doesn't make any sense.

00:20:54.300 Now, another thing is that, you know, Novak is a professional athlete.

00:20:59.560 He's among the healthiest of people in the country, in the world.

00:21:04.740 So, he doesn't – you know, he's okay from something that, you know, resembles the flu.

00:21:09.820 He'll be okay.

00:21:10.880 And like you said, there are tons and tons and tons, dozens of athletes, world-class athletes, soccer players, younger, older, just collapsing on the field.

00:21:19.720 Just – just – just stopping playing the sport, collapsing on the field, and they have a heart problem or they have, you know, a stroke on the field.

00:21:28.200 Young, you would never expect it to happen to someone like that.

00:21:30.960 And, you know, obviously, someone who's clear-eyed and sober as Novak sees this and he says,

00:21:37.360 there's no reason for me to, you know, put my body at risk and, you know, give up my bodily autonomy and sovereignty just so I can hold the trophy up in the air.

00:21:47.060 And that's a lot coming from him because, you know, this is his – this is his sport.

00:21:52.140 This is what he's so passionate about.

00:21:54.040 He spent his whole life playing tennis and it's something that he's willing to sacrifice to maintain his freedom over his own bodily decisions.

00:22:03.600 Indeed, and I'm sure a player of his caliber has earned millions and millions of dollars.

00:22:08.460 He can live comfortably for the rest of his life for sure.

00:22:12.000 But, you know, you said a lot of things that were very interesting there, Jeremy.

00:22:14.680 First and foremost, we've been told since day one of this pandemic, follow the science.

00:22:21.480 And you just told me that the tennis players at the U.S. Open have to be vaccinated, even though tennis by its nature, social distancing is observed.

00:22:33.440 It's not a contact sport, but the fans going into the stadium, they don't have to be vaccinated and they're being shoehorned in.

00:22:45.820 They're sitting cheek to jowl.

00:22:48.240 Jeremy, where is the science?

00:22:50.140 How are the fans okay by getting into this facility unvaccinated?

00:22:55.560 Whereas Novak is the modern day version of typhoid Mary, if you believe the tennis types.

00:23:03.520 It's even worse than that.

00:23:05.280 There are American tennis players in the U.S. Open who are not vaccinated.

00:23:10.480 You don't have to be vaccinated to compete in the U.S. Open.

00:23:13.420 You need to be vaccinated to come and play at the U.S. Open as a foreign player.

00:23:17.560 So it's less the tennis organization.

00:23:20.060 They want him to play.

00:23:21.560 He's a cash cow.

00:23:22.880 He's a champion.

00:23:24.180 It's more the Biden administration enforcing their border vaccine mandates.

00:23:30.280 So and even though the CDC, Biden's chief health authority says unvaccinated and vaccinated people should be treated the same.

00:23:37.700 We still have this dubious law at the border that says, you know, you can't come here if you're unvaccinated.

00:23:44.880 It's just it's just outdated.

00:23:46.280 It's not following the science and never was following the science.

00:23:48.340 But especially now that you have our own health authority saying that a vaccinated and unvaccinated should be treated the same.

00:23:55.500 And Biden's still not taking their advice and keeping this this rule in place.

00:24:01.040 Oh, Jeremy, you've touched upon another glaring discrepancy when you talk about Biden's border vaccine mandates.

00:24:10.740 That's for legitimate travelers, U.S. citizens coming across the border, but not for illegals getting into the U.S. 0.72

00:24:23.020 I mean, I haven't heard of any stories where illegal aliens are asked whether or not they're vaccinated.

00:24:30.460 And if they're not vaccinated, they got to go back to Mexico. 0.95

00:24:33.800 So, again, how do you how do you explain this?

00:24:38.140 Yeah, well, I mean, they're illegal aliens.

00:24:41.600 So, you know, what they're doing is already illegal.

00:24:44.220 They're already committing a crime.

00:24:45.200 So the fact that, like, you know, you have to be vaccinated to commit a crime, that's really not that's a nonstarter.

00:24:50.340 Um, but really that line of thinking saying that, you know, it kind of manufactures, you know, consent for let's let's say, OK, everybody needs to be vaccinated.

00:25:00.100 If you come across the border, like I don't support any illegal aliens coming to our country undocumented. 0.77

00:25:04.400 But I also don't think that they should be if they do make if they do like, you know, try to come across the border illegally.

00:25:13.800 I don't think anyone should be jabbed, whether you're illegal, whether you're not illegal.

00:25:17.980 I don't think anyone should be forced to be vaccinated.

00:25:20.400 But that is a great point that they don't need it.

00:25:23.140 Although champion tennis player Novak needs it.

00:25:26.720 It is. It's a great it's a great analogy.

00:25:29.140 It's baffling.

00:25:30.060 And let's change gears for another angle on this story that you alluded to, Jeremy.

00:25:36.080 Moderna.

00:25:36.520 Moderna, they're a sponsor of the U.S. Open.

00:25:40.840 And we know that this pandemic has minted thousands of multimillionaires overnight, hundreds of billionaires overnight.

00:25:50.760 A lot of people have gotten rich really quick thanks to the pandemic that we are all in this together.

00:25:59.580 Another lie right up there with the check is in the mail.

00:26:02.820 Well, I'm wondering, Jeremy, behind the scenes is Moderna as the sponsor.

00:26:10.340 And let's face it, money talks and you know what walks.

00:26:14.080 Are they perhaps behind this that we want the publicity out there that even the most elite athletes should be vaccinated?

00:26:25.500 And maybe because, well, you can argue sports stars to some are role models.

00:26:30.920 So that's, you know, a good pitchman for this vaccine.

00:26:36.220 Could there be any truth to what I just said, Jeremy?

00:26:39.740 Yeah, of course.

00:26:40.480 I mean, athletes, especially ones competing in the U.S. Open.

00:26:43.700 What are these people?

00:26:44.500 These people are influencers.

00:26:45.900 You know, they have influence over, you know, what other people do.

00:26:49.740 You know, if they that's why they're on TV selling everything from Gatorade to televisions, they they are influencers and they're used to sell products.

00:26:58.660 That's what they're used for.

00:27:00.720 And that's how they make money.

00:27:01.800 Aside from sports, how they make money is selling other people's products.

00:27:05.640 And if someone if a company is sponsoring this event and someone is vehemently against their product, it would be best if they weren't at that event.

00:27:16.000 And also, it's kind of like the I believe it was the Oscars where the sponsor of the Oscars was Pfizer.

00:27:24.440 And normally you have about a minute long tribute to everyone who has passed this past year and anybody in the entertainment industry.

00:27:32.840 And this year it was sponsored by Pfizer.

00:27:35.700 They didn't even have enough time to go through all of the older celebrities that have passed.

00:27:40.620 And they spent a lot of time on just a few people and left some people totally out of it because we don't know what they died from.

00:27:45.580 You know, they died suddenly, quote unquote.

00:27:47.540 And, you know, it's bad.

00:27:49.240 You know, it's bad publicity for Pfizer.

00:27:51.440 You know, why are all these people dying at 50 years old, 40 years old?

00:27:54.440 Let's just not talk about them.

00:27:55.600 If this event is sponsored by Pfizer, it'll make people think maybe.

00:27:59.040 So then you have industry, the pharmaceutical industry sponsoring these events that get millions and millions of views.

00:28:07.380 And it's not a surprise that they're also, you know, also in charge of the content and the message sometimes when it comes to that.

00:28:18.920 You know, I think you're on to something there, Jeremy.

00:28:21.600 I mean, and also, I mean, I don't know if you've seen this, but I welcome our viewers to Google this.

00:28:25.560 There's this hilarious clip, I think.

00:28:27.600 Well, it's perversely amusing, I should say.

00:28:29.960 If you put in the search engine, brought to you by Pfizer, it's like this seven and a half minute long clip of every major American newscast and entertainment show where it kicks off with brought to you by Pfizer.

00:28:46.200 So there is big money out there.

00:28:48.720 But one last angle I want to touch upon with you, Jeremy, because this year, once again, Roe v. Wade is very much in the news.

00:28:58.540 And we know from the pro-abortion camp for decades, the mantra has been my body, my choice.

00:29:06.040 And I'm just wondering, Jeremy, educate me, if you will, my body, my choices that only pertain to ending the life of an unborn baby, because it sure doesn't seem to apply to those who say, I don't want an experimental vaccine going into my body.

00:29:25.320 Yeah, I mean, it's a great point.

00:29:26.800 And it's the it's the biggest hypocrisy of the year.

00:29:29.900 I mean, I was at the Roe v. Wade protest here in New York City, and it was wild.

00:29:36.580 I asked, you know, protester after protester after protester if they support people who don't want to get the shot because they want to respect their bodily autonomy.

00:29:45.200 I mean, there was there was hundreds of female teachers in New York who were fired and who still don't have their jobs back because these women respected their bodily autonomy and said, no, I don't want that shot. 1.00

00:29:57.840 But these these these these are not important, you know, victims to these protesters.

00:30:04.360 These are not these are that they're hurting other people, public health, et cetera, et cetera.

00:30:09.380 It's it's a it's a giant glaring hypocrisy of what's happening right now.

00:30:13.760 You have these people who, you know, they're all my body, my choice.

00:30:17.660 They're willing to take off work, hit the streets with their signs.

00:30:20.120 But it's only for this one topic, abortion.

00:30:25.680 It's when it comes to any other decision.

00:30:27.460 It's really what the prevailing, you know, ruling narrative is regarding that.

00:30:32.540 And it's pro vaccine. So they're pro vaccine.

00:30:35.180 Unbelievable. One last question, Jeremy.

00:30:37.680 We had a smattering of streeters where you asked people about this and it was probably evenly split, at least what made it there.

00:30:45.940 But I'm sure you talked to more people than what made it to your final cut of your video.

00:30:51.100 What was the percentage in terms of those being pro Djokovic versus anti Djokovic in terms of his vaccine stance?

00:31:00.920 Well, these are these are tennis fans.

00:31:03.360 And, you know, as you know, like like if you're a diehard basketball fan, you respect Michael Jordan, whether you like his team or not.

00:31:09.520 And whether, you know, whatever he says, you know, that he is a fixture of the game and these were diehard tennis fans.

00:31:15.900 So overwhelmingly people supported Novak and said he should be here.

00:31:20.800 It's crazy what they're doing to him. He should be here.

00:31:22.800 He needs to be playing in this because if he's not competing, we don't really know who the best tennis player is.

00:31:28.780 And, you know, it's a very tennis oriented answer.

00:31:30.760 But that's how the tennis fans felt.

00:31:32.480 And, you know, I would say it's about 80-20 in support of Novak and the 20 percent were like, we don't like, you know, talking about him so much.

00:31:41.460 There's so much else going on in the world of tennis.

00:31:43.820 But overwhelmingly people supported Novak and his decision not to get the shot.

00:31:50.360 And they were against the idea that he couldn't be there to compete.

00:31:53.820 Well, I'm happy to hear that, that sanity is prevailing, Jeremy.

00:31:58.780 And I think at the end of the day, this just shows how this decision is so lose-lose.

00:32:05.180 You're preventing one of the best tennis players, maybe the best tennis player, from competing.

00:32:11.240 And you are depriving the tennis fans in New York from seeing this man compete.

00:32:17.420 And, again, it's not based on any science I can tell from this.

00:32:22.620 So just a sad state of affairs overall.

00:32:26.960 Hopefully this policy gets knocked out of bounds in the weeks and months to come when we don't have to go through this again.

00:32:35.040 Jeremy, thank you so much for weighing in.

00:32:37.060 And you have a great weekend, my friend.

00:32:39.000 Thank you.

00:32:40.480 And that was Jeremy Lafredo in the Big Apple, New York City.

00:32:44.760 Keep it here, folks.

00:32:45.560 More of Rebel Roundup to come right after this.

00:32:51.120 Having a politically incorrect and non-woke mindset is sinful in the eyes of Canada's big banks.

00:33:00.240 And, folks, just wait till you hear the details pertaining to this particular story.

00:33:06.220 And joining me now from Grand Prairie, Alberta, is Gary Duke,

00:33:10.280 who used to be a Scotiabank client until the bank decided to, well, fire him.

00:33:18.220 Hey there, Gary.

00:33:19.140 How you doing there, my friend?

00:33:21.580 Hey, good.

00:33:22.240 Thank you very much.

00:33:23.180 Thanks for interviewing me.

00:33:24.480 Well, it's a pleasure, Gary.

00:33:26.140 I wish it was a better subject matter.

00:33:27.840 But, Gary, what, pray tell, did you do that made your local Scotiabank determine that they no longer want to do business with you any longer?

00:33:39.200 Well, I just tried to get online with an app to do some banking online.

00:33:50.160 And basically, there was a rainbow app.

00:33:56.580 So I said, is there any way to get this rainbow app off my phone?

00:33:59.560 And he responded in quite a shocking way that kind of surprised me.

00:34:06.920 And when you say, hey, are we speaking now?

00:34:09.620 We talked off air.

00:34:10.720 You had dealings with Mitchell Toft.

00:34:13.360 He's the assistant manager at the branch.

00:34:17.400 Right.

00:34:17.880 Yeah.

00:34:18.280 So it was through an email discussion that I asked him, like, if there's any way to get the app off.

00:34:24.080 And, yeah, he responded.

00:34:26.220 And he did not respond for a couple of days.

00:34:29.200 And then when he did, he basically hunted me from my bank.

00:34:36.080 Okay.

00:34:36.740 So, and, I mean, I don't know whatever happened to can we agree to disagree.

00:34:43.260 But you sent along the text that Mr. Toft sent to you.

00:34:48.660 I'm going to read it verbatim.

00:34:49.860 Gary, Scotiabank strives to provide an inclusive environment for all members of the LGBTQ plus community.

00:34:59.380 And during Pride Month, like every other financial institution, we have chosen to show our support in a variety of ways, including visual signs such as rainbows on our app.

00:35:11.100 Your request slash complaint will not be entertained as it does not align with our principles.

00:35:19.100 Your comments are not appreciated, nor will they be tolerated, which is why we have chosen to terminate our relationship with you.

00:35:27.700 You may gather the funds from your account and a termination notice will be mailed to you advising the date you have until to retrieve any funds.

00:35:38.380 Any funds in the account upon the date of closure will be put into a bank draft and mailed to the address we have on file.

00:35:47.560 Well, well, holy smokes, Gary.

00:35:50.320 I mean, right away he went to the nuclear option just because you complained about a rainbow illustration on the app.

00:36:00.340 Why do you think he responded this way?

00:36:05.620 Well, I think it's the culture in general that we have right now.

00:36:09.480 You know, you know, given the benefit of the doubt, he might have thought I was a troll and possibly testing him to kind of keep up the standard that they're trying to promote nowadays out there and the woke, kind of woke-ism.

00:36:27.720 So that could be that he was concerned that if he didn't say the right thing that he would be, you know, he would be attacked from his end.

00:36:38.860 So I understand that and that's the fear a lot of us have for not even wanting to speak out nowadays is that whole thing, right?

00:36:47.960 Wow. Remember when Canada's big banks were all about, you know, banking?

00:36:53.360 But today, Canada's big banks are becoming increasingly political.

00:36:58.360 Case in point, we looked on in revulsion last February when some Canadians actually had their bank accounts frozen for the egregious crime of making monetary donations to the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa.

00:37:11.960 And even before that took place, we experienced political interference here at Rebel News last December.

00:37:20.080 That's when the Royal Bank of Canada declined to approve our mortgage application pertaining to a Calgary property.

00:37:28.960 This had nothing to do with our financial wherewithal.

00:37:31.880 Rather, the Royal Bank apparently doesn't like our editorial stance.

00:37:36.860 What the hell?

00:37:39.020 And as you just saw, along comes yet another example of a bank carrying out a jihad against a client for the egregious crime of wrongthink. 0.91

00:37:49.040 Yes, apparently having a politically incorrect and non-woke mindset is sinful in the eyes of Scotiabank,

00:37:57.320 which is why longtime Scotiabank client Gary Duke of Grand Prairie, Alberta, was essentially fired as a client by the bank,

00:38:07.180 not for defaulting on a loan, mind you, but rather for asking an impolite question.

00:38:13.360 Unbelievable.

00:38:14.080 In any event, you had plenty to say regarding yet another bank getting political and, well, downright vindictive.

00:38:23.560 Vanguard Trainer 924 writes,

00:38:26.860 The fact they can shut you out of your account just for not agreeing with their woke antics is terrifying.

00:38:34.680 People need to start carrying cash on their person again.

00:38:38.080 Yes, once again, we have a case of a bank getting weaponized for political reasons.

00:38:44.080 And what do you want to bet that Scotiabank is probably sharing information regarding Gary Duke with the other banks?

00:38:52.560 You know, kind of like how casinos in Las Vegas share information with one another regarding cheaters and card counters.

00:39:01.140 Unbelievable.

00:39:02.460 Concerned citizen writes,

00:39:04.760 Sue the bank, bank manager, and whoever wrote the email.

00:39:08.180 Well, take them to a human rights tribunal as a discrimination case.

00:39:13.100 Well, if that had happened to me and I had, you know, Lotto Max FU money, I would indeed pursue litigation.

00:39:20.200 But I'm thinking Scotiabank probably has some contractual weasel words that allows them to fire a customer for whatever reason.

00:39:29.340 And as for going the kangaroo court route, in other words, a human rights tribunal, I think that would be a no-hoper.

00:39:38.280 The human rights shysters would undoubtedly be on the bank side when it comes to this particular issue.

00:39:46.820 Smarty M writes,

00:39:48.560 I was thinking of applying for a job at Scotiabank this year and set up a job seeker account with them.

00:39:55.940 Imagine my surprise when I saw one of the questions was my sexual orientation.

00:40:02.360 There were several options to choose from.

00:40:05.440 Since when can prospective employers ask about your sex life?

00:40:10.740 Preferred pronouns was not as surprising nine options to choose from.

00:40:15.240 These two questions were optional to answer, but the gender identity question required a response.

00:40:24.060 Eleven options.

00:40:25.680 I just gave up.

00:40:27.400 Wow, this is indeed shocking, Smart TM.

00:40:32.060 Whatever happened to privacy?

00:40:34.480 After all, when we reached out to Scotiabank Corporate to get their side of the story,

00:40:39.560 this is what Katie Ruskina, she, her, the manager of media relations and issues management, had to say,

00:40:47.820 quote,

00:40:48.380 Scotiabank cannot comment on individual customer matters for privacy reasons.

00:40:55.000 We are committed to building an inclusive environment and culture through active allyship

00:41:00.880 and believe that all employees, customers, and the community should be treated with equal respect and consideration, end quote.

00:41:10.380 Translation, Scotiabank believes in an inclusive environment.

00:41:15.220 Unless you ask impolite questions, then it will exclude those customers from that environment.

00:41:22.480 And privacy is apparently a fluid concept at the bank.

00:41:27.460 Capisce?

00:41:28.300 Bo Ottenbratt writes,

00:41:31.980 We are living in an extremely intolerant world thanks to a bunch of talking heads trying to push their version of tolerance

00:41:40.360 and being entirely intolerant of everyone that disagrees with them.

00:41:46.300 Well said, Bo.

00:41:47.540 Indeed, when it comes to the LGBTQIPS, A-A-I-E-U, and sometimes Y community, 0.52

00:41:56.080 it is no longer about tolerance and acceptance anymore.

00:42:01.600 The radicals in this community demand affirmation, and they demand that they never be questioned or criticized.

00:42:09.920 And how is this for perverse irony?

00:42:11.580 While they demand tolerance, this group is comprised of the most intolerant people on the planet.

00:42:20.540 And Eddie Willers writes,

00:42:23.260 If Scotiabank operated in Muslim countries, I'll warrant there's no rainbows on the app used in those locales. 1.00

00:42:30.720 Oh, Eddie, that is a very safe bet indeed.

00:42:34.400 Indeed, and it's not just speculation.

00:42:37.200 In June, Fortune magazine reported that for Gay Pride Month, BMW updated its logo on its main Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn accounts,

00:42:47.400 as well as regional Twitter profiles, including South Africa, the UK, India, and Mexico, to a colorful rainbow-clad palette.

00:42:59.560 Every account was updated, except for one.

00:43:03.880 And that country would be, drumroll please, Saudi Arabia.

00:43:07.920 So thank you, BMW, for proving that when it comes to the human rights totem pole, radical Islam trumps the alphabet soup community. 1.00

00:43:19.060 Well, that wraps up another edition of Rebel Roundup.

00:43:22.220 Thanks so much for joining us.

00:43:23.760 Have yourselves a great long weekend as we unofficially say goodbye to summer.

00:43:29.500 See you next week.

00:43:30.340 And hey, folks, never forget, without risk, there can be no glory.

00:43:34.360 Good night.

00:43:37.920 Good night.

Rebel News Podcast - September 03, 2022

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