but in two weeks of early voting there has been a 200% jump in voter participation according to the presidential primary, you don t see that every day, in fact, ever. 170% increase over the other race, so what exactly is happening tonight? we go immediately to the big board which is manned always by bill hemmer. good evening, i think that dan patrick really just book for a lot of people a moment ago. i really appreciate his commentary there in texas. this is what is happening in georgia, tucker, 20% of the vote is in and we are watching to see and keep in mind that former vice president nick pentz was campaigning for it just yesterday and former president trump was campaigning for purdue consistently. and right now georgia needs 50% of the vote in order to avoid a runoff. kemp looks really good. at some news organizations calling up, we have not the
florida. at santa fe high school in texas, oxford high school in michigan, the list goes on and on and grows when it includes mass shootings in people s like movie theaters, places of worship as we saw at a buffalo grocery store. i am sick and tired. we have to act. and don t tell me we can have an impact on this carnage. i spent my career as a senator and a vice president working to pass common sense gun laws. we can and won t prevent every tragedy, but we know they work and have positive impact. mass shootings went down. when the law expired, mass shootings tripled. the idea that an 18-year-old kid can walk into a gun store and
Angry SAs speak: The alcohol ban is economic murder!
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We expected another alcohol ban as the country’s festive season had already been tainted by a record number of Covid-19 infections (surpassing one million), partly driven by a new strain of the deadly virus.
The alcohol ban was, once again, an attempt to bring down the number of alcohol-related hospital admissions as healthcare facilities grapple with an unending stream of patients and a shortage of oxygen.
What it means for the industry
On the face of it, a total ban on liquor sales seems like a sensible way to put an end to unnecessary hospital visits, but it doesn’t come without its consequences. As BizNews Editor Jackie Cameron recently reported, the alcohol ban has knocked South Africa’s glass packaging industry, which could lose a further R1.5bn in sales if the ban continues.