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Swarm of malfunctioning driverless taxis brings traffic to a halt for hours

More than a dozen driverless taxis caused a gridlock in one of the first public trials of the technology

A swarm of driverless taxis held up traffic for hours at a junction after one of the first public trials of the technology went wrong.

More than a dozen autonomous vehicles operated by driverless car company Cruise in San Francisco came to a halt for around two hours before employees made it to the scene on Wednesday.

The company has not revealed what caused the vehicles to stop or why multiple cars suffered the fault at the same place. Several were stationary at the entrance to the crossroad junction, while others were stopped at the exit.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inThe Future, WTF?

Officer was ‘choked,’ four people arrested in ‘interaction’ at the National War Memorial: Ottawa police

Ottawa police say an officer was choked in a confrontation at the National War Memorial.

Police say they are reviewing video of the incident but the “initial investigation” found an interaction between officers and individuals at the site became “confrontational” after one officer was choked.

Other officers then responded and four people were arrested.

Still no idea what went on.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

‘Genderfluid’ ‘Puppy’ Begins Work at Department of Energy

Back in the days of Roman imperial decadence, at least according to legend, the emperor Caligula demonstrated his unfitness for office and the dangers of public indifference and complacency when he appointed his horse Incitatus a senator. Woke America hasn’t reached such an advanced stage of imperial decadence that we have a horse in the Senate; all we have is a dog in the Department of Energy.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Deviant, WTF?

Ottawa WTF?

Ottawa WTF?

No idea what triggered this takedown by Ottawa police. The closest we get is from this guy. And it ain’t a lot.

More here but still no explanation for the take downs. – Police make arrests after anti-vaccine mandate soldier leads march into Ottawa

h/t RM

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Poilievre joins soldier protesting COVID-19 mandates in march through Ottawa ahead of Canada Day

Canadian Forces veteran James Topp was joined by Conservative Party leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre on his march through Ottawa today, as part of the final leg of his cross-country march to protest COVID-19 vaccine requirements.

Topp’s arrival comes as Ottawa prepares to host the first in-person Canada Day events in three years, and the city braces for possible protests through the weekend and into the summer.

Hundreds of people, including People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier, gathered on Robertson Road in the west end to greet Topp at 10 a.m. Friday, as he started the walk to Parliament Hill. Supporters were holding Canadian flags and signs supporting Topp and protesting mandates.

So Poilievre talked to a guy who talked to someone else therefore … Poilievre is HITLER!

And … Doug Ford warns Ottawa ‘freedom convoy’ protesters: ‘No shenanigans this weekend’

Behave yourselves this time, protesters.

That’s the message to Ottawa-bound demonstrators from Premier Doug Ford, who backed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of emergency powers to end the illegal blockade around Parliament Hill last winter.

Ford said it’s “disappointing” and “not fair” that the so-called “freedom convoy” is returning on Canada Day.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

A ‘NATO’ for the Middle East? That includes Israel?

Rumors of a new Middle Eastern military alliance are flying. They’re significant because an “Arab NATO” may include Israel, signaling next steps in better ties between Israel and Arab neighbors. But are the rumors real?

Late last week, the king of Jordan made headlines when he told journalists that he would support a military alliance in the Middle East that was similar to NATO.

“I would be one of the first people that would endorse a Middle East NATO,” King Abdullah II told US media outlet CNBC. “All of us are coming together and saying, ‘How can we help each other?’ … which is, I think, very unusual for the region.”

Similar rumors about the creation of an “Arab NATO” also came from other quarters.

We can thank Trump for this;)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMiddle East, WTF?

Some of Canada’s entitled politicians blame you for the public’s low regard of their sacrifice

Politicians say their jobs are loathsome. But they’re part of the reason why

It’s probably a good thing Canada is avoiding a federal election for the next few years. It might take that long to find people willing to run for office.

All of the political news of late seems like a repeated warning label against the toxicity of a career in public life.

On Monday, it was B.C. Premier John Horgan who hopped on the exit ramp, announcing he no longer had the energy required to stay long-term in office. Though Horgan has emerged cancer-free from punishing radiation therapy earlier this year, the premier took a long hard look at his life and decided it needed to be politics-free as well.

Currently the goal of our put upon elected representatives seems our impoverishment. Few but they are better off since the Liberals were elected. Our mainstream political parties are an indistinguishable blob of entitlement hurt at the very suggestion they are not the objects of our unwavering admiration.

We need term limits. The bureaucracy has to be gutted and it’s predatory unions crushed, automation can easily handle the work most do anyway. That would be a great start.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, WTF?

Explosive devices found in vehicle connected to B.C. bank robbers killed

SAANICH, B.C. — Multiple explosive devices were found in a vehicle related to the two suspects who were gunned down outside a bank in Saanich, B.C.

Saanich Chief Const. Dean Duthie said Wednesday an RCMP explosive disposal unit was able to transfer the devices from the vehicle to a local landfill and destroy them.

I say again…This level of commitment is not typical of everyday garden variety bank robbers. I suggest they may be linked to the Coastal Gas terror attack.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

GUNTER: Feds admit their plastics ban will actually increase waste

Here’s something I’ll bet you didn’t know about the federal government’s ban on single-use plastics.

In the Environment department’s own “regulatory impact assessment,” federal researchers claimed, “the proposed regulations would prevent approximately 1.6 million tonnes of plastics from entering the waste stream over the analytical period.” That’s 2023 to 2032. But the ban “would also add about 3.2 million tonnes of other materials to the waste stream from the use of substitutes.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?