(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 12 things you need to know this Wednesday – October 13, 2021

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White House Taunts Texas and Florida for Fighting Vaccine Mandates: Joe Biden Will Override State Laws – The White House on Tuesday warned Republican governors of Texas and Florida that President Joe Biden would override their efforts to fight coronavirus vaccine mandates in their states.

“We know that federal law overrides state law,” she said referring to state attempts to ban vaccine passports. – READ MORE

FDA Responds To Nordic Countries Suspending Moderna COVID Vaccine Usage –The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responded to Nordic countries limiting the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine last week, saying the shot’s benefits outweigh the risks.

Health officials in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland suspended the use of the Moderna vaccine for younger people due to a risk of side effects including myocarditis. Sweden said it would pause the vaccine for people under the age of 30, and Denmark did the same for those under 18. Finland said that males under the age 30 shouldn’t receive the jab, while Icelandic officials added over the weekend that they would suspend use of the shot. – READ MORE

Amid Already ‘Catastrophic Shortages,’ Oregon Nurses Get Ready to Walk Over Forced Covid Vaccines – In August, Oregon Governor Kate Brown ordered all state employees and health care workers to get a Covid shot by October 18 or lose their jobs. Thinking she was done and dusted with the issue, the woman, who always has men with guns flanking her, couldn’t countenance anyone defying her.

Indeed, some of her own men with guns in the Oregon State Police troopers are suing Brown over forced vaccines. Brown apparently didn’t bank on lawsuits, sickouts, and blowback from real people who either don’t want, trust, or need the shot. – READ MORE

911 System In Jeopardy As First Responders Reject Jab – The American Ambulance Association (AAA) warned House and Senate leaders the “nation’s EMS system is facing a crippling workforce shortage, a long-term problem that has been building for more than a decade. It threatens to undermine our emergency 9-1-1 infrastructure and deserves urgent attention by Congress.”

“The magnitude has really blown up over the last few months,” AAA President Shawn Baird told NBC News. – READ MORE

Viral Fauci Doc Shot Shows Dr. Working Alongside Portrait Of Himself In Home Office – A viral shot of Dr. Anthony Fauci in a nearly two-hour-long National Geographic documentary hosted on Disney+ shows the doctor working in his home office alongside a large portrait of himself.

Also notable in the documentary, Fauci says people who view him as a “bad guy” only do so because he “represents” the “truth,” something his critics are “uncomfortable” with. – READ MORE

Brooklyn Nets Ban Kyrie Irving From Playing Until He Gets Covid-19 Vaccine – The Brooklyn Nets have banned 29-year-old Kyrie Irving from both games and practice until he gets the Covid-19 vaccine, just one week before the team kicks off their regular season against the Bucks.

The star point and shooting guard will even be barred from playing during away games – the vast majority which will be held in locations where there is no local vaccine mandate. The Nets said they won’t allow Irving to be deemed “part-time” in terms of his availability for games. – READ MORE

Labor Dept. Report: Record 4.3 Million Workers Quit Their Jobs In August – On Tuesday, the Labor Department reported that a record 4.3 million workers quit their jobs in August, the highest level in over 20 years.

“Employment vacancies fell to 10.4 million during the month, a drop of 659,000 from July’s upwardly revised 11.1 million, according to the Labor Department’s JOLTS report,” CNBC reported. “The decline was well short of market expectations for 10.96 million job postings. … The job posting rate as a percentage of the workforce fell to 6.6% in August from 7% in July.” – READ MORE

Raising Cane’s Sending Large Portion of Corporate Employees to Work in Restaurants as Fry Cooks and Cashiers – Fast-food chain Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is sending a significant number of its corporate employees to work as cashiers and fry cooks amid labor shortages.

Of the company’s 750 total corporate employees, 250 will work as fry cooks and cashiers while another 250 will move from marketing and training positions into restaurant jobs and recruiting positions, according to CNN. – READ MORE

Report: 80,000 Shipping Containers Stuck at Savannah Port – Eighty thousand shipping containers are stuck at the Port of Savannah – a full 50 percent more than normal, the New York Times reported Sunday.

Steal containers are just awaiting either trucks or carry them to warehouses or ships to take them to another port, the Times reported. But like Savannah, other ports are also full. As a result, “some 700 containers have been left at the port, on the banks of the Savannah River, by their owners for a month or more.” – READ MORE

Report: Supply Chain Crisis Will Damage U.S. Economy Until 2023 – Coresight Research Founder and CEO Deborah Weinswig told Yahoo Finance Live on Tuesday the supply chain crisis will continue throughout 2022 and into 2023.

“Let’s look at the math: It’s 14 days to get a container from APAC to the U.S. and 40 days for it to get back,” Weinswig said. “And we have a complete container misalignment right now. So that’s 80 days, we’re talking, in our opinion — we’re probably looking at Q1 2023 before all of those containers get back and realign.” – READ MORE

Supply Chain Crunch: WH Admits ‘There Will Be Things You Can’t Get’ at Christmas – The Biden White House on Tuesday warned in an interview with Reuters that “there will be things you can’t get” for Christmas as the U.S. continues to face supply chain issues.

“At the same time, a lot of these goods are hopefully substitutable by other things […] I don’t think there’s any real reason to be panicked, but we all feel the frustration and there’s a certain need for patience to help get through a relatively short period of time,” the unnamed official told the news outlet. – READ MORE

Report: Inmates Have ‘Seized Near Total Control Over’ NYC’s Rikers Island Jail –Inmates have “seized near total control over entire units” at New York City’s infamous Rikers Island jail, a report details. Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) has long claimed he will shutter the jail and build prisons in New York City neighborhoods to house inmates.

A New York Times report on Monday reveals the extent to which the city’s most violent inmates awaiting trial at Rikers Island are allowed to wander freely, run food distribution, and commit more crimes. – READ MORE

Our Economy Is Starting To Break Down On A Very Basic Level –  Do you remember how much optimism there was in January?

Many Americans were entirely convinced that really bright days were just around the corner, but instead things have taken a dramatic turn into the dumpster over the last 9 months. – READ MORE