Rebel News Podcast - The lockdown class is giving itself an exemption from its own rules. Do you care？

00:00:00.000 Hello, my Rebels. Today, I take you through the logic of allowing lockdown extremists

00:00:06.500 to break the lockdown to go watch an NHL hockey game. How did that happen? I thought it was only

00:00:13.440 frontline health workers who were allowed. How did it turn out that CEOs of hospitals and

00:00:19.740 members of the Premier's Health Roundtable made their way in? I'll show you some of the quirky

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00:01:22.260 Tonight, the lockdown class is giving itself an exemption from its own rules. Do you care?

00:01:28.980 It's June 1st, and this is the Ezra LeVant Show.

00:01:33.560 Why should others go to jail when you're a biggest carbon consumer I know?

00:01:37.300 There's 8,500 customers here, and you won't give them an answer.

00:01:41.360 The only thing I have to say to the government about why I'm publishing it is because it's my

00:01:45.980 bloody right to do so.

00:01:52.020 There was an NHL game in Toronto last night. I didn't check, but obviously Toronto lost.

00:01:57.220 There was a twist, though. The premier, Doug Ford, in an act of beneficence, he announced

00:02:04.420 that several hundred frontline health workers will be allowed to watch the game in person.

00:02:09.620 We have such a benevolent leader. He's so kind to us. Well, not to us.

00:02:15.980 And, well, maybe it wasn't actually him that gave the gift. Here's the announcement about it.

00:02:20.200 Have you ever seen so many weird weasel words? Look at this.

00:02:25.800 He said,

00:02:27.220 Following discussions with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Toronto Public Health, and

00:02:32.400 hospital partners, I am happy to announce that they have signed off on allowing 550 fully

00:02:39.000 vaccinated frontline health workers, including hospital and long-term care staff,

00:02:42.720 to be invited to attend Game 7 of the series.

00:02:45.980 Okay, so who made the decision again?

00:02:50.200 It's not quite clear, is it? Then again, I don't think many politicians in Canada have

00:02:55.920 been making the decisions in a year. I mean, take it from Doug Ford himself.

00:03:00.360 I'm going to be very frank. There's no politician in this country who's going to disagree with

00:03:05.540 their chief medical officer. They just aren't going to do it. They might as well throw a rope

00:03:09.180 around their neck and jump off a bridge. They're done. I'm telling you the facts. It's very simple. 0.99

00:03:13.620 Yeah, Doug Ford knows his place. But I suppose this is the first deployment

00:03:18.060 of the vaccine passport in Ontario, isn't it? We know that depending on the hospital or health

00:03:24.780 unit, up to half of doctors and nurses are refusing to take the vaccine. I wonder what they know that

00:03:31.220 we don't. It's not just here in Canada. I mean, half of Anthony Fauci, St. Fauci's own staff refused to take the vaccine, too.

00:03:40.600 What percentage of the employees in your institute, your center of your employees, has been vaccinated?

00:03:47.880 You know, I'm not 100% sure, Senator, but I think it's probably a little bit more than half, probably around 60%.

00:03:54.320 Huh. But now you have a vaccine passport exclusive sports event in Toronto. But was it really

00:04:01.400 frontline health workers? That was the phrase. Frontline, that means someone who actually handles

00:04:07.700 patients, workers. So grassroots, not managers that are the proletariat, not fancy pants working from a 0.72

00:04:15.440 fancy office far away from the actual daily grind. Maybe working from some Caribbean island like Doug 1.00

00:04:21.680 Ford's cabinet does. But because what's this? What's this? What's this? Here's a political doctor

00:04:26.960 on the provincial government's health roundtable. He's constantly banging the drum for stricter

00:04:34.760 lockdowns. Here's just a taste. And, you know, whether you're on the trading floor right now in a

00:04:39.700 non-essential job, something that doesn't, for which the capital markets do not rely upon, or if you're

00:04:44.760 vying for managing director and you think your boss needs to see you in the office, this is not the

00:04:48.700 time for that, because you can't get this at work. The variant is a completely different disease,

00:04:54.200 and it's taking down people in their 20s, 30s, and 40s. That's what I'm seeing on the front lines.

00:04:58.980 So we need to redefine what is truly essential, and those with the power to do so should allow their

00:05:03.560 employees to work from home. Got it. So, hey, everybody, especially you young people,

00:05:08.000 you hard-working people, you must stay at home. Companies must have you stay at home,

00:05:13.260 except for him when it's party time. Check this out. Thankful to MGH Toronto, Maple Leafs,

00:05:23.420 for this opportunity. The worst is well behind us. The future is promising, and all it took was from

00:05:28.620 free tickets. Hang on, doctor, doctor lockdown, doctor shutdown, doctor stay-at-home order.

00:05:34.240 So you went there? You went there. A political doctor who's been the chief lockdownist,

00:05:42.100 but I thought it was just for frontline workers. But the boss is now too high and shocked. Oh,

00:05:49.080 and here's Bob Collins. Thank you to Ontario Health and to Doug Ford for supporting our healthcare

00:06:00.980 workers as they have supported each patient that has come through hospital doors with care and

00:06:05.460 compassion during this pandemic. In this together, but hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on.

00:06:10.640 That's Bob Collins. She's not a frontline worker. She's the CEO of a hospital, and here's her place

00:06:17.380 on the official sunshine list. You know what that is, eh? That's government workers who make more than

00:06:21.560 a hundred grand a year. She literally makes more than $600,000 a year to run a government hospital. 1.00

00:06:27.820 She's the CEO. She's not a frontline worker. What's she doing there? Well, this is the

00:06:33.840 millionaire lockdown class giving themselves a very special night out. Here's more from Doug Ford's

00:06:39.080 announcement. This small token of appreciation doesn't measure up to the sacrifices they've made

00:06:46.160 during COVID-19, but it is an opportunity for us to recognize their heroic efforts. Has, has

00:06:51.940 Barb Collins made a sacrifice? Cause I haven't seen it. Has she put in a heroic effort? Cause,

00:06:59.320 cause she got a $65,000 raise over the pandemic. Did you get a $65,000 pandemic boost this past year?

00:07:08.760 Is she a frontline worker? Cause that's, that's who I heard was, was going. I love this part of

00:07:16.000 Ford's announcement at the end as if Ford even read it, let alone wrote it. There's nothing Team

00:07:21.000 Ontario can't do when we're all working together. Sure we are. Yeah. We're all together on this as

00:07:26.800 in the public health bosses, the lockdownists, the millionaires, they're all going out for a

00:07:31.680 party, a great night out and our place, well, we're in it together. We get to stay at home and watch it

00:07:37.560 on TV. Hang on, hang on, hang on, hang on. That's not six feet apart. That's more like a foot and a

00:07:44.560 half apart. That's illegal for you and me to do. Our head of video here, Rebel News, Efrain Oswaldo

00:07:50.800 Flores Monsanto, literally got a ticket for shaking someone's hand with a mask on, by the way. Look at

00:07:58.240 this. I had the picket made up inside when I saw you out here. So what were they doing exactly when

00:08:03.300 I was talking to one of the protesters here? I saw you walking around, getting within three meters. Oh,

00:08:06.740 that's how it is. So if I just talk to someone, that's within two meters? I also watch you shaking

00:08:10.400 their hand. Oh, that's, that's, oh, I guess I'm breaking a law there. Okay. You got me there.

00:08:14.600 Yeah. You don't really think the rules apply to the fancy people the same way they apply to the

00:08:20.500 regular people, do you? These are the folks that lock you down and then go fly to the Caribbean or go to an

00:08:26.460 NHL game, but it's okay. Science says it's okay. These are the folks who ban your kids hockey,

00:08:31.820 but let NHL millionaires play for the delight and profit of NHL billionaire owners. Oh,

00:08:37.060 and look at this, look at this story. Ottawa set to approve NHL travel exemption that requires strict

00:08:43.380 testing and hotel bubbles. I love that wording. When it's something embarrassing, the media always

00:08:49.220 says Ottawa did it or the feds did it or the government did it. But if it's something great,

00:08:53.780 it's always Trudeau who did it. You ever notice that? Ottawa is a city, actually. It's not approving

00:09:00.120 anything. But hey guys, it's really strict testing and there's bubbles. So don't go thinking this is

00:09:07.520 some special favor for millionaires. No, it's really strict guys. No, seriously. There's some real gems in

00:09:12.840 this story reported with an absolutely straight face by the CBC state broadcaster. NHL personnel were

00:09:19.520 granted a special dispensation before this year's trade deadline in April to serve only a seven-day

00:09:25.280 quarantine. The federal government also issued an exemption to that mandatory 14-day quarantine period

00:09:30.360 for NHL players and team staff to return to Canada for training camp under national interest grounds in

00:09:38.980 December. Got it. This is like a military decision or something. It's, you know, national security folks,

00:09:47.620 we've got to get these hockey players back. They've got to be allowed to skip the 14-day quarantine.

00:09:52.880 Your health is less important than their convenience. So they have to skip the quarantine. I'm sure you'll

00:10:00.040 understand. Now, I thought this was supposed to be very dangerous to them, to us, whatever. How are

00:10:08.420 these precious people, how dare Trudeau expose them to the risks of COVID? Or is it us? I don't know.

00:10:16.040 Who exactly is being put at risk? If they're skipping quarantine, isn't it you and me that's being put

00:10:21.860 at risk because Trudeau wants to see some hockey players? We sent our David Menzies to the Toronto

00:10:28.120 hockey game last night. Here's some of the excuses made by the fans. Why the double standard?

00:10:33.620 It's the most powerful thing in the world. Money, I guess. Money. Because it ain't love, so it's money.

00:10:39.940 But, sir, you have to educate me here. I've been told since day one, it's all about the science.

00:10:45.760 Hey, I'm with you guys. We know the game. We know what's happening around here. I'm standing with you guys.

00:10:52.520 You know, I respect the other people's opinions. I'll let them do what they want to do, stand what they want

00:10:57.120 to stand for. It's understandable. You know, we've got to fight what we want to fight for in the most

00:11:00.700 respectful way possible. And, you know, at the end of the day, the higher-ups are making their money.

00:11:05.680 And that's why they're going to let these major leagues continue doing what they're doing versus

00:11:09.240 the smaller, you know, I grew up my whole life playing, you know, AA, you know, and up and up

00:11:13.920 and up throughout my hometown and, you know, church leagues and, you know, house leagues and that kind

00:11:18.160 of stuff. And no one's playing that back home right now in smaller cities, obviously, because of

00:11:21.220 Corona, right? But the millionaires can play. So it's a matter of status.

00:11:25.060 We live in a world that has to do with greed, right?

00:11:28.780 But why can't our kids play hockey right now at the same time? I mean, the professionals

00:11:32.840 have been playing all winter long in the regular season, right?

00:11:35.340 Because it adds to the economy.

00:11:37.200 Oh, okay. So it's about money then.

00:11:38.620 It's always about money.

00:11:40.000 So it's not about the science then?

00:11:41.700 No. Although we pay a whole lot for our kids to play hockey. 0.95

00:11:45.840 Okay, then.

00:11:46.600 Yeah. I don't know what to say.

00:11:47.960 We have to think about science at the end of the day, right?

00:11:49.840 The only reason I'm here today is because of science. It's because of all the vaccines

00:11:52.960 that went through in this Canada.

00:11:53.940 Yeah. Because the millionaires, they pay a lot.

00:11:56.900 Oh, so one rule for them, one rule for us.

00:11:59.240 Yeah.

00:11:59.900 Yeah. 0.96

00:12:00.440 It's ridiculous. 0.94

00:12:00.760 I guess it was ever thus, eh? 0.99

00:12:02.040 Yeah, it's ridiculous. They should make it even for everybody.

00:12:05.840 We're told because of the science, we can't have organized team sports, including hockey,

00:12:11.060 yet.

00:12:11.220 What do you mean during the pandemic?

00:12:12.280 That's right, yeah.

00:12:12.900 During the pandemic.

00:12:13.880 Yeah.

00:12:14.480 Well, that is a little fogger, eh?

00:12:16.320 Yeah.

00:12:16.760 I guess the big guy's got money to pay for all the security and everything. Make sure

00:12:21.240 you're within six feet.

00:12:22.460 Okay, then.

00:12:23.900 Although I saw the Montreal...

00:12:25.320 They're faster, too, because they've got the money.

00:12:27.700 Listen, I think they should be able to go to a game. I don't think it's dangerous for

00:12:31.560 them, really. I think the whole thing's overblown. These players are healthy, young people,

00:12:37.520 probably the top 0.01% in terms of healthiness. They focus their whole life on fitness. The

00:12:43.580 game's in a huge building. And the fans, I mean, sure, some of them are out of shape,

00:12:47.080 but there's not a lot of 80-year-olds with multiple serious underlying health conditions.

00:12:52.400 That's who gets sick from the virus. That's who dies from it. That's just not who's going

00:12:56.760 to watch hockey at 10 grand a ticket. I just think your kids should be allowed to play

00:13:02.440 hockey, too. And you should be able to watch, too. And you should be able to go to

00:13:07.400 work, unlike that doctor who says workers have to stay home, but I'm going to party.

00:13:12.360 Look, I don't think just the privileged lockdown class should have these privileges, which even

00:13:17.380 in this case is rigging the rules so they personally benefit. The frontline workers, I didn't see

00:13:22.140 any, did you? But who's kidding whom? The millionaires are what's important so they can

00:13:28.740 meet up. You see this? It's a story in the Toronto Star. They say,

00:13:37.400 that the premier, Doug Ford, he won't even let schools open. I guess, unlike the NHL,

00:13:44.020 they don't have the right lobbyists, do they? Stay with us for more.

00:13:47.960 In the past 10 plus years, we have visited every corner of Hubei province. We explore dozens

00:14:07.460 of undeveloped caves. Lucilia sericata. I'm guessing lucilia is from the Latin for light. I'm guessing

00:14:21.260 that's a firefly. Sericata. Let's see. Common green bottle fly. Okay. I should stop pretending

00:14:33.100 that I know Latin. Keep going. 300 types of virus vectors. But I do hope these virus

00:14:41.380 preserved for... Oh, go back, go back, go back. I was looking at the names instead of reading

00:14:48.140 the words. But I do hope these virus samples will only be preserved for scientific research.

00:14:57.100 Keep going.

00:15:00.140 And will never be used in real life.

00:15:03.580 Well, you know what? That's what we call foreshadowing, people. That's what we call foreshadowing.

00:15:13.100 That's a dramatic moment. I hope these viruses will never be used in real life. Keep going.

00:15:19.940 Because humans need not only the vaccines, but also the protection from the nature.

00:15:38.820 Pause. Nearly 2,000 types of viruses have been discovered by Chinese CDC authorities over the last

00:15:44.060 12 years. Only 2,284 types of viruses had been discovered worldwide over the 200 years prior to

00:15:51.900 China's discovery. They're very proud. They're a virus superpower. That's an incredible clip from a 1.00

00:16:00.060 government-produced propaganda video in China boasting about how Wuhan researchers had discovered

00:16:10.060 more viruses than the rest of the world combined. And there you saw one of their intrepid bat catchers 1.00

00:16:17.900 going into caves, trapping bats and the ticks on them, and bringing that back to the lab to work on

00:16:25.660 those viruses. Is it possible that what we call COVID-19 came from such a lab? That's one thesis,

00:16:35.260 the alternative being it leapt from animals to people naturally. Well, our friend Gordon G. Chang has

00:16:43.020 a major essay on this subject in Newsweek magazine. The article is called Stop China from Getting a

00:16:49.740 Civilization-Killing Pathogen. You can follow Gordon at Gordon G. Chang on Twitter, and he joins us via

00:16:58.460 Skype now. Gordon, great to see you again. Congratulations on your piece in Newsweek. I am actually a little

00:17:04.220 surprised that such a large reputation legacy media company like Newsweek would publish a pretty edgy piece.

00:17:13.820 I'm impressed that they allowed you to put a controversial thesis because very recently this

00:17:21.260 would be something that would get you banned or deplatformed for even talking about.

00:17:26.780 Yes, the national conversation has changed so much in the last couple of weeks. And you know,

00:17:32.620 it's really hard to say why, but I think that just the weight of evidence now points to a lab leak.

00:17:40.300 And part of it is, you know, the World Health Organization mission to Wuhan in January and

00:17:45.180 February. It was evident that Beijing did its best to prevent the WHO from learning anything,

00:17:52.300 especially those 174 patient cases that the WHO investigators thought could actually lead to the

00:17:59.420 origin of the disease. Well, Beijing just stiffed them. And so, you know, you do this long enough and

00:18:05.580 eventually people start to figure it out that, yeah, Beijing has something to hide and it must be the lab.

00:18:11.740 This felt fairly partisan. I mean, I think one of the problems during the Trump administration

00:18:17.340 is that Trump would say something and whether it was reasonable or not, a whole counterweight

00:18:23.260 Democrats, Democrats, but also other institutions in the media would take the opposite view just to

00:18:28.940 be contrarian to him. And I know when he said the phrase China virus and when he blamed China,

00:18:34.620 I felt like that itself caused a reaction because no one wanted to agree with Trump. And I note that

00:18:41.340 under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, there was sort of an intelligence project to look into this.

00:18:48.540 Joe Biden nixed that. But I understand from reading in your article that Joe Biden has actually issued

00:18:55.420 his own order to the U.S. intelligence community to get info on the roots of this virus within 90 days.

00:19:03.020 So it's almost like Biden himself is reviving Trump's thesis. Is that an accurate statement?

00:19:10.060 Yes. May 26 was an extraordinary day because we started the day with that CNN reporting that the

00:19:16.780 State Department spiked its own investigation into the origins of the coronavirus, as you just said.

00:19:23.020 Then there was this uproar. And then later on, Biden had to issue his order to the intelligence

00:19:28.780 community to come back in 90 days to talk about what they knew about the origins. I think that when

00:19:35.820 Biden woke up on Wednesday, he had no idea that he was going to do this, you know, because one of the

00:19:42.540 things is he really has not been interested in the origins of this disease. In February, he spent two

00:19:49.100 hours, two hours on the phone with Xi Jinping. And by Biden's own admission, he didn't raise the issue

00:19:56.060 of COVID-19. So, you know, Biden has been has been dragged into this and the American public isn't going

00:20:04.380 to let him go. Wow. Well, you know, I mentioned earlier that I was impressed that Newsweek ran this

00:20:10.540 piece. I suppose it's becoming normalized. If Joe Biden himself wants answers, I guess that gives

00:20:15.900 permission to a lot of folks to talk about it. But it's been difficult until now. I mean, Facebook,

00:20:22.780 which throttles a lot of reporting, they regarded it as a conspiracy theory. And we live a lot on YouTube.

00:20:31.260 YouTube has page after page of rules of what you cannot say about the pandemic, including

00:20:37.580 disputing certain aspects of its origin. Same thing with Amazon. I think that's just as scary. It's

00:20:44.140 one thing for officials not to be interested. But when people express interest for the tech giants to

00:20:49.820 come in and censor it, why do you think that is? Why is Facebook, which is banned in China,

00:20:56.540 why is Facebook so concerned about this theory of the origins of the virus that until like two weeks

00:21:04.460 ago, they were banning anyone from speculating on it?

00:21:08.140 Ezra, you stumped me. I don't know the answer to that. I fear the worst that really that this was a

00:21:15.420 partisan posture that they took. They wanted to protect the Democratic Party. They, I don't know.

00:21:22.780 I don't know. But whatever it was, it's not good. Because as you point out, you know, they censored

00:21:33.020 information, they censored views, which now very well could very well be right. And I think are right.

00:21:39.340 So this is a very serious situation. And why they did it, we're just going to have to ask Mark Zuckerberg

00:21:48.140 and other people.

00:21:50.060 You know, you did some excellent writing in Newsweek. Another grand title with a very long reputation

00:21:55.980 in American journalism is Time Magazine. And I see news today that Time took close to a million dollars

00:22:04.860 from China didn't disclose it, but ran a long series of very pro-China articles. And the full

00:22:13.340 truth of the matter has only come out now. Now, I know that China Daily often does this. They buy

00:22:18.300 inserts. They're fairly usually marked as being infomercials. They still have an impact, of course,

00:22:25.740 because they're well-written and they're written with the Western mind. And they are propaganda,

00:22:30.620 that's for sure. But in Time's case, I think they concealed some of it. Is that really what it's

00:22:36.620 about? Is that why, you know, John Cena, the Hollywood actor, had a blubbering apology? Is that why the

00:22:43.980 NBA will criticize America by not trying? Is it just money or is there ideology underneath it too?

00:22:51.980 Yeah, there could very well be ideology, but certainly it's money. You know, John Cena,

00:22:57.580 that was a horrible episode. But you know, one thing, Ezra, is that the universe works out as it

00:23:05.500 should. There is karma. There is a god in heaven because F9, the movie that Cena was promoting,

00:23:12.700 actually is done very poorly in China. So, you know, the gods have made sure that everything worked 0.99

00:23:19.740 out well in the end. Yeah, it's very tough for studios to deal with China. I know that Mulan, 0.95

00:23:25.980 when Disney tried very hard to appease China, they even had a shout out to the Xinjiang security forces.

00:23:33.580 That film, for whatever reason, fell afoul of the bosses in China. But I guess it's still lucrative

00:23:41.580 enough that Hollywood executives, sports executives, they think they're clever enough to be able to

00:23:47.500 negotiate their way to financial success in China. I mean, it's such a big prize. I can see why they're

00:23:53.420 motivated to do it. But so easily they can step on the wrong, you know, political landmine like John

00:24:00.140 Cena does. It's a risky business trying to try to make a buck in China while being politically in tune

00:24:05.980 with the dictatorship. Yes. And some of these actions are reprehensible. So you mentioned the credits in the

00:24:13.580 Mulan. And they actually thanked the security bureau in that locality, which also runs a concentration camp.

00:24:22.940 So this was disgraceful. And as well, the NBA, you have stars who endorsed Nike. And Nike was having a

00:24:35.580 choose made in a facility in Qingdao through a contractor. But nonetheless, Nike knew what was

00:24:41.420 going on, which was basically slave labor. And it was not just slave labor. It was the slaves of a

00:24:48.620 racial minority. So here you have LeBron James, for instance, lecturing us about all sorts of things

00:24:55.020 where he is endorsing a company that is engaged in slave labor. And indeed, LeBron James himself

00:25:03.100 criticized the general manager of the Houston Rockets for that tweet about supporting the

00:25:09.820 protesters in Hong Kong. So LeBron James standing for a regime committing genocide and crimes against

00:25:15.740 humanity needs to be called out. Yeah. Let me ask you one last question. I think a fair bit about Taiwan

00:25:21.900 because it knew what was going on with the COVID-19 virus before most because it had a bad experiment

00:25:29.260 experience trusting the World Health Organization, trusting Chinese reporting about the SARS virus.

00:25:37.420 So I think Taiwan got through COVID with some of the lowest death rates in the world, frankly.

00:25:44.060 I'm worried about Taiwan because Beijing is so belligerent these days. And I fear that Biden is

00:25:51.580 showing some weakness. Is there any evidence that Biden is standing by Taiwan? Is there anything in terms of

00:25:58.220 sailing the U.S. Navy nearby or providing military sales to Taiwan? Can you give me any hope that

00:26:07.580 the Biden administration is standing with Taiwan in these troubling times?

00:26:13.500 Well, the U.S. Navy has stepped up its operations in around Taiwan in the South China Sea,

00:26:19.420 which is a good thing. And Biden actually invited Taiwan's representative in Washington to the

00:26:27.660 inauguration, something that hadn't been done in four decades. So that's good. What question is,

00:26:34.780 what will Biden do if China threatens military action? We just do not know. And we heard from

00:26:42.700 Kurt Campbell, his Indo-Pacific czar, say that he wasn't going to change the policy of strategic

00:26:48.780 ambiguity, which I think is no longer appropriate because it's obviously not deterring China. 0.95

00:26:54.540 Yeah. Well, I'm glad to have your wisdom. And I want to recommend to everyone, if you haven't read it

00:27:00.060 yet, go to newsweek.com and read the essay by Gordon. It's called Stop China from Getting a Civilization

00:27:07.180 Killing Pathogen. And of course, you've got to follow Gordon on Twitter at Gordon G Chang. I really

00:27:14.700 rely on you, Gordon, for your wisdom and experience. And thanks for taking the time to come on our show.

00:27:20.380 Good luck out there. Oh, well, thank you so much, Ezra. I really appreciate the opportunity.

00:27:24.700 Well, it's our pleasure. There you have it, Gordon G Chang. Stay with us. More ahead.

00:27:37.180 Hey, welcome back on Avi's confrontation with police in Australia. Rob writes,

00:27:44.540 Avi, you are my hero. Rebel shows us how to keep fighting for freedom. That was my favorite video.

00:27:51.980 Maybe our favorite video ever. He was so good, wasn't he? Incredible. He made the police

00:27:59.100 turn around, but that top cop would not apologize. He's so stubborn. Lisa writes,

00:28:05.500 I'm so proud of Avi. He's down there without the nearby support of the other rebels, but it's so

00:28:09.980 heartening to see the Aussie people stand with him. Fantastic job, friend. I feel the distance 0.98

00:28:17.100 acutely. It's very hard to stay in touch with someone in Australia because the time zones are

00:28:22.780 almost exactly opposite. But I should tell you that every single day, we have a video call with

00:28:29.260 the staff with Avi. It's really just built around him. Now, I mean, we talk about other things too,

00:28:34.540 but we have a regular staff meeting at 10 a.m. every day. Avi's sleeping at that hour,

00:28:39.740 so we don't wake him up. But then at 5 p.m., we have a 15 or 20 minute meeting. The main purpose of

00:28:45.420 which is to say hi to Avi. See how he's doing. Have him hear what we're up to. Share a few laughs.

00:28:51.340 It's on a video call. It's on Skype. And it, I think, is a key for him to feel like he really is

00:28:56.700 part of the team. He has a couple of allies down there. He's got a guy with a cameraman. He's a guy with

00:29:01.340 security. But we do help him with other things. He's very self-sufficient, very self-directed,

00:29:07.420 takes a lot of initiative. He edits his own work. He does a lot of his own writing. So he's,

00:29:12.220 he really is independent in terms of his skill set. But we do try and support him from up here.

00:29:20.780 I'm glad it's worked out so well. And it's no surprise to me that he won our viewers choice

00:29:25.900 award for best rebel last year. Well, that's our report for today. Until tomorrow, on behalf of all

00:29:31.340 of us here at Rebel World Highquarters, see you at home. Good night. Keep fighting for freedom.

Rebel News Podcast - June 02, 2021

The lockdown class is giving itself an exemption from its own rules. Do you care？

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