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Sanctions sought against FBI over Civil War gold dig videos

The FBI either lied to a federal judge about having video of its secretive 2018 dig for Civil War-era gold, or illegally destroyed the video to prevent a father-son team of treasure hunters from gaining access to it, an attorney for the duo asserted in new legal filings that allege a government cover-up.

The FBI has long insisted its agents recovered nothing of value when they went looking for the fabled gold cache. But Finders Keepers, a treasure-hunting company that led agents to the remote woodland site in Pennsylvania in hopes of getting a finder’s fee, suspect the FBI found tons of gold and made off with it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Californians fleeing the expensive state for Mexico

Mexico’s Pacific Coast has long been a popular vacation spot for Californians who could either drive or catch a low-cost flight to relax on the beach and escape the rat race.

And Tijuana remains a must-have destination to fill up on gasoline and purchase baby formula, prescription drugs, and other overpriced items back home.

Now, the occasional trip is becoming permanent for a good portion of the 360,000 who left the Golden State last year for more affordable living conditions, a Baja California realtor told CNBC.

Probably safer under the Cartels.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCalifornia, USA, WTF?

Navy fires five officers within six days over ‘loss of confidence’

The US Navy has dismissed five commanding officers in less than one week due to “loss of confidence,” a strikingly short timeframe for such disciplinary action.

On Tuesday, the Navy announced it was relieving Cmdr. Peter Lesaca — of the destroyer USS Preble — of his duties “due to loss of confidence in his ability to command.”

“Navy commanding officers are held to high standards of personal and professional conduct,” the Navy said in a statement. “They are expected to uphold the highest standards of responsibility, reliability and leadership, and the Navy holds them accountable when they fall short of these standards.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA, WTF?

Today in “Who Gives A Crap” – New poll suggests Liberal, NDP voters prefer Charest and Brown over Poilievre

New polling suggests Liberal and New Democrat voters think Jean Charest or Patrick Brown would make the best leader of the federal Conservative party.

The data released by the research firm Leger is based on an online survey it did of 1,528 Canadian adults last weekend using computer-assisted web interviewing technology.

It cannot be assigned a margin of error because internet-based polls are not considered random samples.

Slime likes slime;)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

U.S. continues to receive Russian oil via third parties, report says

Tankers laden with Russian oil are arriving at U.S. ports thanks to a loophole, industry observers say.

A “significant” share of Russian crude oil is being re-exported through refineries in India to the U.S. and Europe, according to the report from Helsinki-based think tank Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.

Since Russia’s invasion in late February, global oil prices have soared, giving refiners in India and other countries an added incentive to tap oil. Moscow is offering them at steep discounts of $30 to $35 a barrel, compared with Brent crude and other international oil now trading at about $120 per barrel.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", USA, WTF?

Michelle Malkin: What really happened to Justin Bieber?

Everyone with a phone or computer has seen the mega-viral videos and photos of 28-year-old pop star Justin Bieber. “As you can see, this eye is not blinking,” he told his whopping 241 million Instagram followers last weekend. Bieber’s handsome face is drooping and lopsided; he “can’t smile,” his “nostril will not move,” and “there’s full paralysis” on the left side of his face.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Rob Huebert: Denmark’s gunboat diplomacy over Hans Island a warning for future Arctic conflicts

The resolution of the Danish-Canadian Hans Island dispute is being recognized as an important step forward in resolving one of our enduring Arctic sovereignty disputes. But many of the media accounts of the dispute omit an important part of the story.

… In 2002, the good-natured exchanged of booze and flags that had characterized the dispute was completely upended when the Danes used an ice-capable frigate, the HDMS Vaedderen, to land troops on the island. Despite Canadian pleas not to repeat these escalatory actions, they did it again in 2003 with her sister ship, the Triton.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Denmark, WTF?

Governor General, guests rack up $100K in-flight catering bill during Dubai trip

OTTAWA — Canada’s vice-regal racked up a nearly $100,000 catering bill on board a government aircraft during a recent week-long trip to the Middle East.

An order paper question submitted by Conservative MP Michael Barrett shows Gov. Gen. Mary Simon and her 29 fellow passengers using $93,117.89 in catering services aboard an RCAF CC-150 Polaris during her March 16 to March 24 trip to Expo 2020 in Dubai.

Can anyone explain why this token figurehead needs to meet with anyone abroad? Did they find potential mass graves in Dubai?

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

Biden Advisor Says Social Media Companies Need To Silence Anyone Who Criticises Green Energy “Transition”

Beyond Batshit Crazy

One of Joe Biden’s senior advisors told a reporter this week that social media companies should be cracking down on and censoring anyone who speeds information critical of the administration’s so called ‘green energy transition’.

National climate advisor Gina McCarthy made the comments in an interview with a reporter for Axios, stating “Now it’s not so much denying the problem. What the [fossil fuel] industry is now doing is seeding doubt about the costs associated with [green energy] and whether they work or not.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGreen-Scam, USA, WTF?

Happy the elephant at Bronx Zoo is not a person, New York’s top court rules

ALBANY, N.Y. — Elephants are not human beings with constitutional rights, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday.

The Nonhuman Rights Project had challenged the Bronx Zoo’s confinement of Happy, a 41-year-old pachyderm. After several of her companions have died, she and Patty — who do not get along — are the only two remaining elephants at the zoo.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

When Canadian flags are offensive, it’s time to clean up Ontario’s schools

The Canadian flag is now offensive to some of the powers that be in Ontario’s education system. Last week, a school principal sent home a letter warning parents that their child was about to be offered a free Canadian flag and if they didn’t want to receive one, they should send the attached form back.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Woke", Canada, WTF?