(FREE) PAINE IN THE MORNING: 10 things you need to know this Tuesday – April 26, 2022

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Americans Are Spending More, Getting Less, & Borrowing More To Pay For It – American consumers are spending more, getting less, and borrowing more to fund this involuntary spending spree.

Retail sales in March were 7% higher than they were in the stimulus-fueled March of 2021, but thanks to inflation, they didn’t get as much bang for their buck. – READ MORE

After 2 Years Of COVID Shutdowns, Schools Resort To Bribing Students To Come Back – It appears that two years off from attending school thanks to the pandemic has changed the attitude about attending school now that most lockdowns in the U.S. have ended. In short, less students want to go.

So schools have turned to “trying to beg them back with gift cards, pep rallies, and insect-eating stunts”, according to a new article from Not The Bee, citing a report about “chronic absence” in schools by the New York Times. – READ MORE

Germans Told To Take Fewer Showers As Energy Costs Bite – As energy costs continue to bite thanks to the sanctions on Russia, Germans are being told to take fewer showers.

Amidst discussion in the country of a potential total energy embargo on Russia, articles about the supposed health benefits of showering less have begun to pop up. – READ MORE

Zoo Claims Animals Are Getting COVID Vaccines of Their Own Free Will: ‘These Are Voluntary Inoculations’ – Claiming that its animals have a choice in the matter, the Toronto Zoo has begun vaccinating animals against COVID-19.

The zoo is using Zoetis, which is a coronavirus vaccine made for animals, according to Canadian TV station CP24. – READ MORE

‘Live Callers And Door Knocks’: New York Official Suggests Door-To-Door Campaign To Get People Boosted – Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine has called on officials to mount a door-knocking campaign to get New Yorkers to follow through on getting their booster shots for COVID-19.

Levine began by pointing out that the percentage of New York City residents who had gotten their booster shots already was not really increasing over time – and argued that a “citywide campaign to reach them” was the next logical step. – READ MORE

Italy to Pilot Social Credit System for ‘Climate-Friendly’ Behavior – The city of Bologna, Italy, has announced a pilot program to reward “virtuous” citizens for recycling, taking public transportation, and curbing energy usage.

The program, which has been likened to China’s social credit system, is slated to go into effect in September, 2022, using a “smart citizen wallet” app for cell phones. – READ MORE

Google Launches ‘Inclusive Language’ Function to Promote Political Correctness –Google has announced the launch of an “inclusive language” function to help users eliminate politically incorrect words and expressions.

The feature is being introduced initially to Google’s “enterprise-level” users and will include both warnings and suggestions as part of Google’s new assisted writing features in Google Docs. – READ MORE

Houston Says Businesses Must Install Surveillance Cameras and Cops Can View Footage Without a Warrant – Houston mandates spying outside bars and other businesses. Officials in Houston, Texas, have voted to require an array of businesses—including bars, convenience stores, and strip clubs—to install surveillance cameras and make footage from them readily available to police. The dystopian move is a transparently unconstitutional attempt by city leaders to circumvent Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.

To access video from the cameras, police officers will not need a warrant. – READ MORE

Researchers Broke Law Spending Estimated $246M In Taxpayer Dollars To Get Animals Stoned, Report Finds – Federal grant recipients broke the law while spending an estimated $246 million in taxpayer dollars for cannabis and e-cigarette animal experiments, a new report by a group opposing publicly-funded animal testing finds.

White Coat Waste Project’s report, published Wednesday, highlights 10 instances of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funneling money to researchers experimenting with getting animals high on THC or making them consume nicotine. – READ MORE

“Pandemic Treaty” Will Hand WHO Keys To Global Government – The GPHC report goes on to say that the current International Health Regulations are “too weak”, and calls for the creation of a new “independent” international body to “assess government preparedness” and “publicly rebuke or praise countries, depending on their compliance with a set of agreed requirements”.

Another article, published by the London School of Economics and co-written by members of the German Alliance on Climate Change and Health (KLUG), also pushes the idea of “accountability” and “compliance” pretty hard: – READ MORE