Californian Burger Restaurant Shut Down For Refusing to Enforce Vaccine Passports
A second In–N–Out burger restaurant has been forcibly closed by the Californian health authorities following the chain’s continuous refusal to abide by Government mandates ordering businesses to check their customers for vaccination passports or proof of a negative Covid test. In a statement, the business has openly declared that it refuses “to become the vaccination police” and segregate its customers based on who has and hasn’t received a medical procedure. The Guardian has the story.
Public health authorities see vaccination enforcement requirements as vital tools in slowing Covid at a time when 1,500 or more Americans are dying each day from the virus. However, In-N-Out, based in Irvine, in southern California, has consistently refused to heed the requirements in the Bay Area, which are some of the strictest in the state.
“We refuse to become the vaccination police for any government. It is unreasonable, invasive, and unsafe to force our restaurant associates to segregate customers into those who may be served and those who may not,” In-N-Out said in a statement.
The only In-N-Out in San Francisco, which is located on the city’s popular Fisherman’s Wharf, was closed for several days in October for defying the city’s public health rules, which a company executive had described as “clear governmental overreach.”
“We fiercely disagree with any government dictate that forces a private company to discriminate against customers who choose to patronise their business,” Arnie Wensinger, the company’s Chief Legal and Business Officer, wrote.
The restaurant reopened last week but is supposed to only offer takeout and outdoor dining. EaterSF reported on Tuesday that the location was again under investigation by the city’s public health department over a complaint that it has continued to allow indoor dining.
The city’s health department told the outlet it would “take the next steps to address any observed violations”.
In-N-Out’s refusal to enforce vaccination rules has prompted an outpouring of support from conservative politicians, including Mike Pence. The beloved chain is owned by conservative Christians, and several executives have made donations to the Republican party and Donald Trump.
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Donny was right about the In-N-Out.
If it turns out that ‘passports didn’t help’ then their payout should be significant.
Payout will be substantial anyway, not their job to police the law any more than a taxi cab driver making sure his customers are not carrying drugs or guns.
Should prove a very successful stance for In-N-Out in the non-communist States – Beef will be illegal in California soon anyway – well until Newson gets assassinated…
Start ALSO checking for AIDS, Abortions etc.
As reported by Alex Belfied on YouTube yesterday with a DS reader correctly responding to my post here that it would be either California or New York.
The owners will eventually get compensation through the Court, if they otherwise survive; not much use to the laid off workers.
B – E – L – F – I – E – L – D
Blame spellchecker
That’s at least 3 times ‘spellchecker’ has spelled/spelt the ginger shills name incorrectly. Downtick as much as you like, I couldn’t give a f*ck.
Not my downtick btw
Alex BELFIELD is a shill & controlled opposition, similiar to Peter Hitchens. If he was a credible threat to The Establishment, he wouldn’t be allowed to have a YouTube channel. Ditto Russell Brand.
The EU vax pass key may have leaked:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eu-investigating-leak-of-private-key-used-to-forge-covid-passes/
The key may have leaked and if so anyone can forge a vax pass, whether vaccinated or not, which would allow them to protect their identity against the hideous manifestation of the police state(s). Apparently Adolf Hitler and Mickey Mouse have been checked in to vax pass checkpoints. If certificates can be forged, and for that to be viable someone needs to get hold of the key and share it fully in public, not just among a small cabal of “we’ll forge it for you” black-marketeers, the vax pass system is crippled. And any actions taken by authorities to remove the forged key would invalidate enough real certificates so as to breed a lot of resentment among the hitherto compliant members of the public.
Ah but this is when they will mandate microchips!
No they won’t. A single implanted chip is impractical to power and maintain, people carrying phoens with them already suits the wishes of corrupt authoritarians far better than a microchip ever could. Also, even if microchipping people were planned, if the private key for that leaked it would have just the same effect. With the private key leaked an ID can be reliably forged and the system’s tracking and surveillance purpose defeated whether the verification part is done by optically scanning a QR code or RFID scanning an embedded chip. Our side would do better to focus on crippling whatever vax pass systems do exist, rather than making suggests about the technically implausible idea of microchipping people (yes livestock are microchipped, but all those chips are capable of is giving a static response code to an RFID prompt) which the brainwashed would use to convince themselves that we are somehow the crazy ones.
With the private key leaked an ID can be reliably forged and the system’s tracking and surveillance purpose defeated
That’s not as great as it sounds: This system uses the common technology used for digital signatures on the internet which is an X.509 certificate (a private key plus some metainformation) signed by a trusted certificate authority. The certificate authority can also revoke certificates and infrastructure for automatically checking that a certificate which had been used for signatures hasn’t been revoked meanwhile is widely available (and has been for years). Hence, any such leaked private keys circulating among the general public will become invalid quickly.
Reminds me of when Volvo started making cars which could only be maintained using tools (hex keys and the like) supplied by them to their own main dealers.
Fairly soon most backstreet or independent motor engineers got their hands on them leaving the only people not able to undertake repairs the actual owners.
That’s why the key needs to be leaked everywhere, not just to the online equivalents of backstreet mechanics. Everyone must be able to forge vax passes instantly and on-demand for the system to be made truly ineffective. Using the same forged ID constantly still can be used to track you as an individual, only with constant new forgeries can the green pass system be truly disrupted.
This also resembles when someone known to computing history as “dvd Jon” shared with the world the decryption key for CSS protected DVDs, those decryption keys let open source software developers find ways to automatically crack DVD encryption and are the only reason you can reliably watch DVDs on any computer using user-friendly software like VLC. The key point here is the key was leaked widely to benefit all, not just used by a handful of private backstreet developers selling decryption services.
I know nothing of the technicalities but there is an episode of, I think Spooks, based on a criminal group gaining control of The Key around which all internet security is based and without which internet banking, Amazon and PayPal would be impossible and so profit from blackmail.
(Spoiler alert)
HMG want Harry to obtain said The Key so they can rule the internet worldwide; Harry eventually gets The Key but dumps it in the Thames to protect humanity.
Software engineer and Computer Science PhD here. “The Key” is bollox, each organisation has its own private/public key pair. However, OP’s point is correct, the CSS key was leaked. People (OK, nerds) has T-shirts with it printed on. Under US law at least, that was free speech and could not be curtailed 🙂
Apple did the same with their shiny devices – proprietary screws with five points on them.Of course, screwdrivers to fit appeared on the internet within weeks!
I would suspect that proprietary tools for cars can probably be obtained easily on the internet too.
Volvo’s trick was way before the internet. I expect the backstreet guys took moulds from mates working for Volvo and made them themselves, proper engineers in those days.
Vax pass key has leaked, probably:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/eu-investigating-leak-of-private-key-used-to-forge-covid-passes/
Time for In-N-Out to forcibly re-open I think.
Heroes.
Unlike our beloved MPs…. the NEW NORMAL is a virus that can differentiate betwixt a politico and a lesser surf…
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59056316?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&at_custom2=twitter&at_custom3=%40BBCNews&at_medium=custom7&at_campaign=64&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D&at_custom4=5E9D51B0-3683-11EC-902B-828D4744363C
As discussed below, why have Tory mps including bozo suddenly started wearing them in HOC?
When I was in California, In-N-Out was regarded by everyone as the best burger joint. Me; vegetarian; indifferent; thought name sounded vulgar. But they’re well regarded by carnivores over there and this will make waves! Way to go, good job and other American exclamations, In-N-Out!
As an early teenager one of my favourite memories is being in the Bestburger on my North London High Street (imitation Wimpy Bar) with my mates on a wet and windy autumn evening. Those who could afford it had burger and chips, those who couldn’t drank tea.
Spoiling that for a poxy vax would have caused ructions.
In-N-Out are still basically a family run company. And every story I’ve heard about them over the years has been good. When it comes to politics they are very much the good guys. As someone who was never terribly enthusiastic about fast food burgers In-N-Out do make the best burgers I have ever tasted. Very much a SoCal institution for quiet a few decades by this stage. Had my first In-N-Out burger in LA many years ago when they were still purely SoCal. Just off the Ventura Freeway in the Valley if I remember correctly. They only started opening outside SoCal in the last decade or two. The shutdown in Fishermans Wharf was inevitable. Totally dependent on tourists trade (all gone) and was I suspect a tactical move for the inevitable showdown with the utterly moronic LA Health Dept. The Dept lead by a profoundly stupid sociologist who is barely coherent at the best of times. As for the shutdown in Pleasant Hill in the East Bay, that’s another Health Dept run by a “public health” bureaucrat whose only medical qualifications was as a nurse many years ago. In her defense she is not as half as stupid as the… Read more »
The Devon Director of Public Health has a BSc in sports science and a hypnotherapy qualification. Obviously over qualified for the post
California dreamin…not.
German socialism, the theory put into practice by the Californian government.
What a ghastly thing the Guardian is.
As are all of the MSM organs.
Yes – but very few are as bad as the GroanAid!
Full respect to this company for standing by it’s principles and also standing up to the b’stards who peddle the narrative. Not many seem to be defying the authoritarian government and the medical apartheid, so I’m super happy whenever somebody, particularly a chain such as this, does it. Imagine if McDonalds or KFC did that?? We need more big name companies following suit.
Not THEE Luke Perry from Beverley Hills 90210!?
You might be on to something … if he tweets “Let’s go Brandon” we’ll know for sure.
California politicians bought. Everyone knows vaxx mandates serve no purpose but to force people to get the dangerous jabs. Passports that tell the world, I am jabbed, but I can still contract and transmit the virus. Yes by all means, let’s spend even more money on things that don’t make sense nor work. You would have thought the bright politicians knew that by now. But don’t forget, they are merely puppets and are being told what to do by those funding their states and countries.
a few leaders have spoken out. They paid a price. Funding cutout or sadly, they died. Funny old world these days. However, when things don’t make sense you must ask why?
Joel Smalley, Steve Kirsch, Drs Joseph Mercola, Peter McCullough, Mike Yeadon, Pierre Kory, Simone Gold, Harvey Risch, Zev Zelenko and so many others have been brave warriors. Change your reading habits. Stay off MSM, all of it.