American Airlines removes family from flight for unmasked toddler

Amanda Pendarvis said her son was having an asthma attack at the time

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/american-airlines-family-removed-flight-toddler-mask

A mother and her 2-year-old son were forced to deplane an American Airlines flight on Monday after the child would not keep a mask on. 

Amanda Pendarvis posted to her Instagram story that she, her young son and her mother were removed from the flight. Pendarvis said her son was having an asthma attack at the time.

Flight 1284 returned to its gate at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport before departing for Colorado after the party refused to “comply with crew member instructions to remain seated while on an active taxiway and to wear face coverings securely over their nose and mouth,” American Airlines said in a statement to FOX Business.

The airline said crew members were never made aware that the child was having an asthma attack or issues breathing. Additionally, the passengers were not addressed for failure to comply with face-covering requirements at any point while administering treatment, according to the carrier. 

A Twitter user who said she’s a friend of Pendarvis posted a series of images of the incident, which included one appearing to show Pendarvis attempting to keep a mask on her son.

A one-minute video appears to show the child screaming and crying while the mother tries to place the mask properly over his face. At one point, the child can be heard saying “no” while the woman repeatedly tries to settle him down.

At the end of the clip, the woman and child were seen waiting in the jetbridge, met by authorities.

American also said the flight crew made “multiple attempts to reinforce safety requirements” after they saw “a minor in the party laying in the aisle and moving between seats on taxi out.”

Per federal safety regulations, all customers are required to remain seated with a seatbelt on when an aircraft is on an active taxiway, according to the carrier.

As part of its policy, American also requires all individuals that are 2 years old and older to wear a face-covering at all times unless they are eating or drinking.

“U.S. federal law requires that you wear a face covering at all times while indoors at the airport and on board your flight If you refuse to wear one, you may be denied boarding and future travel on American,” American’s website states. “You may also face penalties under federal law.”

These rules do not apply to anyone who is under 2 years old or who has a disability that prevents them from wearing a mask, according to American. 

After deplaning, American said the passengers were rebooked on the next flight to Colorado Springs that same day after they agreed to “adhere to policies instituted for the safety of our customers and crew.” 

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This administration seems to do whatever it wants to do…  Constitution…. Bill of Rights…. and other laws be damned. First he says he CAN’T mandate vaccinations… and then he does – even though he said that 70% population vaccinated would be “herd immunity” and we are now at 75%.  The Supreme court told him that he could not extend the rent moratorium, but he tried to do it anyway and the courts slapped him down… so the CDC tried it as “health issue” and they got slapped down… the Supreme Court stated that it had be done by Congress and Pelosi failed to act.  I guess that we are going to have to stop sending presents to our Daughter and Grandson using Zelle…  Sending them (electronic ) cash… we know the present is always the RIGHT COLOR … just may not be the RIGHT SIZE 🙂

I guess that the 4th Amendment really doesn’t exist in “Biden World”  I just made this post this week  https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/in-an-instant-the-dea-took-a-grandfathers-hard-earned-life-savings-hard-to-tell-the-criminals-from-law-enforcement/ 

It looks like the Federal government … if they find some money in anybody’s pocket… they are going to try and pick your pockets.  At one time, there was a saying that you came into this world with nothing and that the bureaucrats were going to try and make damn sure that you leave this world the same way. And that is why historically the estate taxes were so draconian… and it looks like this Congress is going to try and reinstate that draconian tax… which will mean that all too many small business owners and farmers… when they die… their heirs will most like have to liquidate the business/farm to pay the taxes.  And who will be standing in line to scoop up the asset of those businesses/farms at “fire sale prices”… you can bet – BIG CORPORATIONS.

Joe Biden wants the IRS to do something that will make your blood boil

https://conservativeundergroundnews.com/joe-biden-wants-the-irs-to-do-something-that-will-make-your-blood-boil/?

Joe Biden is plunging the nation into crisis.

He has overseen one policy failure after another in under eight months.

Now Biden wants the IRS to do something that will make your blood boil.

It was bad enough when the Obama administration sicced Lois Lerner and the IRS on conservative organizations.

Now Joe Biden wants to go after everyone for potential tax evasion, even the average citizen sending hundreds of dollars on apps like Venmo and PayPal.

All of this is to fund his ridiculous $3.5 trillion spending package that’s being held up in the Senate.

The Daily Mail reports:

“One key prong of President Biden’s plan to bankroll Democrats’ $3.5 trillion budget plan is to monitor gross inflows and outflows from an individual’s bank account . . . The proposal would require banks to report gross inflows and outflows to the IRS, including transactions from Venmo, PayPal, crypto exchanges and the like in an effort to fight tax evasion. The IRS would know how much money is in an individual’s bank account in a given year, whether the individual earned income on that account and exactly how much was going in and out.”

The absurd overreach by Biden is likely unconstitutional, and could result in litigation.

The Daily Mail continues:

“Patrick Hedger, vice president of policy at the Taxpayers’ Protection Alliance, warned that such a proposal could violate the Fourth Amendment, which protects citizens from search and seizure without probable cause. ‘The IRS is first and foremost, a law enforcement agency, and the Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures in pursuit of looking for wrongdoing and criminal actions, so I think this is going to run into severe Fourth Amendment headwinds,’ Hedger [explained].”

Barack Obama nudged the country in a fascist direction by weaponizing the executive branch.

Biden is now accelerating that shift, and he has the corporate-controlled press and Big Tech behind him.

Hedger added:

“This is the ultimate regressive tax . . . You’re going to end up punishing the worst off among us . . . the lower income folks in this country have historically been the targets of aggressive IRS audits because they don’t have the CPAs and the lawyers to be able to fight back. I don’t see why they need to be going after people, you know, just the average, the average Joe and start stooping on, you know, a $600 payment.’”

Biden and the Democrats say they’re “for the people,” but all of their policies put the squeeze on average citizens.

Biden’s immigration policies put downward pressure on working class wages.

His energy policies have cost thousands of Americans jobs while causing gas prices to explode.

Biden’s economic policies have led to worker shortages and price inflation.

Meanwhile, burdensome COVID policies are restricting small business owners, many of whom have closed their doors permanently.

The Biden administration has been an utter failure, and this IRS gambit is just the latest example.

Stay tuned to Conservative Underground News for any updates to this ongoing story.

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I could not download this video, but this person testifying before a senate committee with “tons” of info about clinical trials successfully using invermectin to treat COVID-19

https://rumble.com/embed/vjypfn/?pub=4

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Would you be able to share this in one of your blogs? 

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I know it’s late but wanted to put this up for review . I want to send this to as many groups as we can please let me know what everyone thinks good, or bad. Sorry again I know it’s late for some. Hello, I am writing to everyone that is a pain suffer. Since the 2016 guidelines we have had medications taken away from us, cut back, cut off and left out in the cold to deal with our pain issues great and small. We are not seeing anyone in DC, the DEA or the CDC coming to our rescue so we must do something to get the attention of the media, elected officials, big pharma and insurance companies. A Protest is being set up to take place in October in DC by Pain Patients. We’re not doing this as single organization but as a community of pain patients and we need as many people to join in as possible. We write our elected officials and receive that same form letter, we appreciate you contacting us blah, blah, blah and know that we will look into this. Nope, same letter different elected officials . It’s time that we stand, sit, roll to DC to make all voices heard. It’s time to put aside who represents who, it is you representing yourself for being denied the right to a quality of life. We are Americans, we have paid our dues, taxes, insurance rates, co-pays etc. we need to speak up for ourselves, our grandparents, parents, sisters, brothers, spouses and top of the list for some of us our children. I am asking you who are leaders of whichever group you belong to to spread the information about this protest in DC so that we can show our numbers, will it be hard yes but we fight off hard every day. Encourage your friends and families that are not currently fighting through everyday pain and to fight for the right to have our doctors able to treat without fear of the DEA. Please share, this is not just 1 or 2 groups, this is an entire community of sufferers. Thank you for your time and please again let’s put aside any issues between us and come together as 1 pain community. Bring your poster, where whatever you want just come together for 2 hours on 1 day and save the pain community. Pain does not care who you are, your status, your net worth. Pain takes everyone into its group. Thank you for your time and I hope to see a crowd of fighters in October

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According to these charts the number of deaths from Rx opiates were relatively flat between 2010 to 2019 (.0038%). While this graph shows Rx opiates … the question is how many of those Rx opiates were obtained LEGALLY.  During that same time frame we know that the DEA cut the opiate production limits to the pharma industry was cut around 50%. What we don’t know of those OD deaths from Rx opiates, how many were LEGALLY OBTAINED ?  Which automatically makes those Rx opiates obtained thru some sort of diversion— ILLEGAL OPIATES.

The VERTICAL RED LINE is when the CDC Opiate Dosing Guidelines were implemented

CDC reported 38,000 over dose drug death in 2010 https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr65/nvsr65_10.pdf and in 2020 90,000 drug over dose deaths.  https://usafacts.org/articles/drug-overdose-deaths-hit-a-record-high-in-2020/

Within those DRUG OVER DOSE DEATHS is an estimated 15,000 from the use/abuse of NSAID’s from intestinal bleed outs.

It would appear to be obvious – to those paying attention – which many involved with the war on drugs are not – that steepest increase of OD’s involving illegal fentanyl, Cocaine, and Methamphetamine seems to start around the time that the CDC opiate dosing guidelines came out.

Apparently those involved in fighting the war on drugs are hyper-focused on their agenda.. the same agenda that started in 1970… started by a bigoted, racist, opiophobic attorney – that just happened to be the President of the United States – “tricky dick nixon”

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In An Instant, The DEA Took A Grandfather’s Hard-Earned Life Savings

https://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2021/09/02/in-an-instant-the-dea-took-a-grandfathers-hard-earned-life-savings/

How did the life savings of a 58-year-old New Orleans grandfather end up in the federal government’s hands, possibly forever? It’s a complicated story, but the simple answer is that law enforcement has a “see cash, seize cash” policy at our nation’s airports.

If you walk through New Orleans’ historic Roosevelt Hotel on the weekend, you are likely to hear Kermit Warren chatting up a customer at his shoeshine stand. Kermit is a New Orleanian through and through, so you might hear about how he worked at Central Grocery making its famous muffuletta sandwiches, or about his time as a longshoreman on the Mississippi River docks, or when he helped the Army Corps clean up after Hurricane Katrina. And one subject excites him more than anything else: his sons and grandson.

But a year ago, the shoeshine stand was quiet. With travel and business grinding to a standstill because of COVID-19, Kermit was laid off. But being the hard worker that he is, Kermit saw a future in a family business: hauling and selling scrap metal with his younger son Leo.

Through many different jobs, two things remained consistent for Kermit. One, he set aside cash every week to save for a rainy day or to eventually leave an inheritance for his family. Two, he used his spare time to haul and sell scrap metal, often with Leo’s help. When he was laid off, Kermit had managed to save nearly $30,000 cash.

But to make a full-time living from scrapping, he and Leo needed a second tow truck. Kermit’s brother and Leo scoured the internet and thought they found the right truck at the right price outside Columbus, Ohio. Kermit negotiated the purchase for a cash price, and he and Leo flew up to Ohio on one-way tickets, planning to drive the truck back.

But when Kermit got a good look at it, he realized the tow truck was too heavy and had features that he didn’t need and that would make the insurance more than he could afford. So Kermit held on to his money and headed to the Columbus Airport. Going through security, he was briefly stopped by TSA screeners when they noticed the cash. But the screeners (rightly) told him it was legal to travel with cash and that he could go to his gate. What they did not tell Kermit is that they had also called the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Before their plane started boarding, Kermit and Leo were confronted by three DEA agents. The agents refused to listen to Kermit’s reasons for traveling with cash or look at his correspondence with the truck company and photos of the truck. Kermit, whose other son is a former New Orleans police officer, panicked about the imminent snatching of his life savings and told the agents untruthfully that he was a retired New Orleans police officer, before quickly coming clean. They seized the money, gave him a receipt, and let Kermit and Leo fly home. They had no reason to suspect that Kermit or his cash had ties to any crime.

Months later, the federal government filed a civil forfeiture complaint in court to keep Kermit’s money forever. The complaint is revealing because it shows just how thin of a case the government needs when it brings charges against property instead of people.

The DEA has no alternative explanation for how Kermit came to have nearly $30,000. The government just says that it thinks Kermit’s money is connected with illegal drugs, but not in any specific way.  Apart from the questioning at the airport, Kermit was never interviewed again. Unsurprisingly, neither Kermit nor Leo was charged with any crime.

But convicting people for crimes or actually stopping drugs from hitting the streets isn’t really the point. Federal law enforcement has a strong incentive to seize cash and keep it through civil forfeiture because the profits flow directly into accounts they control. And flyers are a prime target for cash grabs because everyone has to pass through security screening.

It is completely legal to fly domestically with any amount of cash, and cash is not on the list of items that the TSA prohibits flying with. Yet TSA routinely detains people and tips law enforcement off when it detects cash. The Institute for Justice is representing Kermit to get his life savings back and has represented others who had cash seized all over the country: Pittsburgh, Houston, Wilmington and Phoenix, just to name a few.

IJ also brought a national class action lawsuit squarely aimed at ending these practices that turn flyers into law enforcement piggy banks. There are many reasons to carry cash, and Americans don’t deserve to be treated like criminals just because they choose to fly with their hard-earned money.

Kermit is struggling to pay his bills, but he is back working at the Roosevelt a few days a week now. As the head deacon of his church, he talks often about how he has faith that justice will prevail.

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A chronic pain patient advocate asked that I share this.

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We Are Americans and Should Be Proud

Through the years of fighting for pain patient’s rights and doctor’s rights, the dynamics has changed.

I recall feeling united with people with one goal, medical freedom.

Through the years, I noticed that there were more good people than bad. I noticed a few pain patients really didn’t seem to be pain patients at all and started to cause division.

Good research was being done to prove that removal of pain medication really had no positive change on addiction and overdoses, in fact, things were getting worse. We saw good doctors being judicially persecuted. We saw pain patients were developing additional health conditions due to untreated/under treated pain. We also were losing friends due to death from untreated pain and suicide. Still we forged on.

While many of us are still fighting for our rights for medical freedom, I am now watching posts from, (what I used to consider) top advocates that used to use the constitution to fight for medical freedom. Those same advocates turning around and putting that same constitution in the shredder. Are we really living in the same country? You can not be for medical freedom and want restoration of doctor/patient rights, then support mandates that have no constitutional basis.

Did those advocates stop to think that some people that suffer from chronic pain were people that were pressured into a medical procedure in the past? These people were not allowed medical freedom in the past, and now they are stuck with a life of pain. Now, these advocates are wanting to help the government push something into people’s bodies (that they know nothing of the person’s medical situation).

Also, for you that thought this whole fight was about chronic pain and unintended consequences, and that’s all it was about, well it’s time to open your eyes. This has never been just about not treating chronic pain. This has always been about control, and taking away our freedoms, one at a time.

When we ask the government for more help, that help comes with strings. That means the government can decide if you get a test, procedure, medication, etc. Did you know that some states are collecting data about what medication is being prescribed for certain conditions? Did you know that some states have added all prescription medications into their prescription drug data base? This is laying the foundation for the government to be your doctor. Do you want the government to be your doctor?

As an advocate, my focus has always been about patient/doctor rights and my fight remains, medical freedom. Other advocates that I used to look up to, I no longer do. They are using politics in a divisive manner. These constitution shredding advocates think a communist medical system will treat their pain? Either choose pushing for America to remain a free country, or let it fall (and all of us with it). This isn’t a political thing, this is an American thing. Start loving this country.

We need to fight for this country and medical freedom. We need to fight, as strong as our Veterans have for this country, who now deserve the best care. God bless the USA.

Anonymous American medical freedom fighter.

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H.R.3259 – NOPAIN Act

https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3259/text

Ms. Sewell (for herself, Mr. McKinley, Ms. Kuster, and Mr. Fitzpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

This Act may be cited as the “Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction In the Nation Act” or the “NOPAIN Act”.

Don’t you just love it… Ms Sewell is another Fxxxx attorney attempting to practice medicine without a license and is so DAMN SMART that she apparently believes that addiction has nothing to do with mental health issues… presuming that addiction is a PERSONAL CHOICE and or a opiate itself is ABSOLUTELY ADDICTING.  Of course, we have a estimated 30-40 million addicted to the two drugs Alcohol and Nicotine and contribute to the deaths of about 550,000/yr… but.. apparently NO CRISIS HERE !

It would be nice if Ms Sewell understood that under/untreated chronic pain can lead to/cause Addison’s disease – which can be fatal if untreated when its source is known.  Additionally, just give pt a NSAID  & Tylenol which is unlikely to help manage chronic pain… but.. the pt could end up, because of under/untreated pain, with eye and kidney damage from taking those meds and possible a hypertensive crisis… followed by a stroke and/or death.   Hypertension has always been referred to as the “silent killer”… pt can experience eye and kidney problems from the NSAID and the Tylenol  can cause liver damage.  Not to mention the potential of GI bleeds, and it is claimed that 15,000 die every year from the use/abuse of NSAID and GI bleed outs.

The House only has about a 4 Democratic majority… so hopefully… at least 5 House Democrats will have some common sense and vote against this poorly conceived bill.  Since Ms Sewell and the other supporting this bill …. if any of these Representatives you are one of their constituents and a chronic pain pts… remember them when you vote next year and TOSS THEIR ASSES OUT OF THE HOUSE.

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Aetna is owned by CVS HEALTH

https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/94454

When millions of Americans had to delay or cancel their routine or non-emergent care due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, it was frustrating, but it also made sense. The health and protection of patients had to come first.

Now, although safety protocols and vaccines are helping physicians resume appointments as usual, thousands of patients remain stuck in a backlog of needed care because their physicians are facing down a different crisis, a crisis that is man-made: an insurance company-imposed pre-approval process for all routine cataract surgeries.

Aetna — the nation’s third-largest insurer — instituted a new pre-authorization requirement for all cataract surgeries, effective July 1. It’s a decision that was made with little notice to physicians and without data to support it. For patients who need cataract surgery to restore their vision, the new policy has created delays and disruptions in care. People who need surgery shouldn’t have to fight through a tangle of red tape to receive the care their physicians have prescribed.

Cataract surgery has an extremely high success rate. It enables patients to see clearly again so they can resume daily activities, such as driving and reading. Cataract surgery also helps people avoid injuries from falls or motor vehicle collisions. At times, cataract surgery is urgently required in order to treat other vision-threatening retinal conditions. Approximately 4 million Americans undergo this type of surgery every year without insurance companies questioning their physicians’ judgement. In fact, no other major medical insurer has burdened patients and providers with these unnecessary delays.

But, thanks to Aetna’s recent decision, tens of thousands of Americans are now sitting and waiting in an ever-growing logjam of care. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, patients have been told that their surgeries could be delayed weeks while their doctors attempt to gain pre-authorization.

Some providers have been forced to cancel entire weeks of scheduled surgeries because of the policy. An “instant” online approval portal provided by Aetna has been only intermittently operational, forcing healthcare staff to spend hours on the phone to fight for care that their patients need.

When prior authorization emerged two decades ago, it was largely aimed at expensive new diagnostic tests or drug therapies. But today, it seems to serve as a way for insurance companies to practice medicine without a license — making critical healthcare decisions without key information or training, and potentially causing avoidable harm to patients. In fact, the American Medical Association has found that 94% of doctors say their patients have experienced delays in care due to prior authorization — and 30% say the process has led to a serious adverse event for a patient in their care.

Congress can step in and stop this troubling trend for American seniors. The Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173) — currently introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives — is a bipartisan bill that would help rein in prior authorization practices. Although it only applies to Medicare Advantage plans, the legislation would be a significant first step toward reforming a costly, frustrating, and dangerous industry practice that negatively affects patient care.

Prior authorization reforms are also taking place at the state level, though most laws do not go far enough. Advocates and lawmakers should take note of model legislation from the American Medical Association and enact safeguards that protect constituents of all ages from insurers’ prior authorization oversteps.

In the meantime, Aetna must immediately reverse its troubling prior authorization policy for all cataract surgeries so that sight-restoring surgery is not needlessly disrupted.

As we have seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes care delays — for the safety of patients and providers — are reasonable. But, delaying care so insurers can attempt to save money while usurping trusted providers’ medical decisions is completely unreasonable. And it needs to stop now.

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