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To: koan who wrote (1265917)	10/15/2020 6:27:27 PM
From: Maple MAGA	1 Recommendation Recommended By Mick Mørmøny Respond to of 1570194

Anchorage, Alaska Democrat Mayor Resigns Amid Sexual Scandal October 15, 2020 Martin Walsh The Democratic mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, has stepped down after admitting to a messaging affair with a local news anchor who then accused him of pedophilia and shared a nude photo that she claimed showed the mayor’s backside. Mayor Ethan Berkowitz resigned Tuesday after apologizing for what he described as a “consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship,” with a local television anchor. Berkowitz, who is married, announced his resignation in a statement read by his chief of staff during a meeting of the Anchorage Assembly, the New York Times reported. “It is with profound sadness and humility that I resign as Mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage,” the statement said, according to the Anchorage Daily News. “My resignation results from unacceptable personal conduct that has compromised my ability to perform my duties with the focus and trust that is required.” “I know my conduct has done great injury to my family, my staff, to Municipal employees, and to the people of our community, and for that, I am deeply sorry,” the statement continued. Berkowitz admitted to having the relationship with Maria Athens, who was the anchor/reporter for television stations KTBY and KYUR, which operate jointly as Your Alaska Link. “I apologize to the people of Anchorage for a major lapse in judgment I made several years ago when I had a consensual, inappropriate messaging relationship with reporter Maria Athens,” Berkowitz wrote in a statement. “I’m embarrassed and ashamed for the hurt I’ve caused my family and our community. I take responsibility for my actions.” The story gets even wilder. The saga started when Athens posted a video on her Facebook page Friday, the same day the station barred her from the studio. In the video, she claimed she would break a story that night claiming Berkowitz posted nude photos to an underage website. She later also posted what she said was a photo of the mayor’s nude backside. Before Athens posted her video online, the mayor’s office said, she had left a voice message for him. In a copy of that message provided by the office, the New York Times reports that Athens can be heard in a “furious rant making anti-Semitic references and saying that she would be exposing the mayor as ‘a pedophile.'” “I’m going to get an Emmy, so you either turn yourself in, kill yourself, or do what you need to do,” Athens allegedly said in the audio clip. She then said she would personally kill him and his wife. She was arrested for assault and disorderly conduct later in the day after police said they received a call about an altercation at the news station, the paper reported. Berkowitz’s office in a separate statement declared her allegations as false. “The slanderous allegations from Your Alaska Link reporter Maria Athens are categorically false and appear to be the product of someone who is hostile and unwell. We spoke with Ms. Athens’ employer, general manager Scott Centers, who emphatically disavowed his employee’s comments,” the statement said. Berkowitz’s office immediately denied the unsubstantiated allegation. A day later, Anchorage police said they and the FBI investigated and found no evidence of criminal conduct, CBS News reported.

To: koan who wrote (1265917)	10/25/2020 1:28:01 PM
From: Maple MAGA	1 Recommendation Recommended By isopatch Respond to of 1570194

Sweden Refuses To Impose New Lockdown Measures, Saying People Have Suffered Enough by Tyler Durden Sun, 10/25/2020 - 07:00 Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Health authorities in Sweden have refused to follow the rest of Europe by imposing new coronavirus lockdown measures on their population, arguing that those beset by loneliness and misery of being isolated have suffered enough. Despite Sweden mirroring other countries on the continent with rising coronavirus infections, the government has held firm in refusing to lockdown its population, weighing the untold misery and health impacts of isolation against the threat of COVID-19. “The elderly, they said, have suffered enough,” writes Fraser Nelson. “They have spent months being advised to avoid public transport, shopping malls and other parts of everyday life. And the result? Loneliness. Misery. This is more than unpleasant: it quickly translates into depression, mental health issues and mortality. “We cannot only think about infection control,” said Lena Hallengren, Sweden’s health minister, “we also need to think about public health.” An important distinction: "focus on Covid to the exclusion of other conditions and you risk lives.” Hallengren’s 21 page report also uncovered a “decline in mental health” that was “likely to worsen the longer the recommendations remain in place,” leading officials to lift lockdown restrictions that previously applied to over-70s. After deciding to take a “herd immunity” approach to COVID-19 at the start of the pandemic, Sweden was roundly condemned for not following the harsh lockdowns imposed by virtually every other major European country. However, as Newsweek acknowledged, Sweden’s COVID-19 death rate is lower than those of Spain, the UK and Italy, countries which all imposed draconian lockdowns. Unlike the rest of the continent, Sweden’s economy is also in a far better position to make a swifter recovery. The country’s senior epidemiologist Anders Tengell has also criticized the wearing of face masks as “very dangerous” because it gives a false sense of security but does not effectively stem the spread of the virus.

To: koan who wrote (1265917)	11/1/2020 1:21:09 PM
From: Maple MAGA	2 Recommendations Recommended By isopatch Mick Mørmøny Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570194

Bob Dylan - Blowin' in the Wind How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind Yes, 'n' how many years can a mountain exist Before it is washed to the sea? Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn't see? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind Yes, 'n' how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take 'til he knows That too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind The answer is blowin' in the wind