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Germans will fight for their right to drive at 259mph

A Bugatti driver made headlines in 2021 by reaching that claimed speed in the land which invented the car. But do voters still agree with no limits?

On German autobahns, 120mph tends to be a cruise, 140mph is getting a move on and 160mph and beyond is for when you’re really in a hurry.

Yet occasionally even petrolheads who make pilgrimages on the famously laissez-faire motorway network are obliged to slow down — like on a short stretch of the A2 outside Magdeburg, where the driver of a Porsche Panamera neglected to notice there was a 75mph restriction.

Officers said he had been clocked at 199mph, which, they noted, was considerably over the limit. The driver emerged from the incident with only a fine of €900 and two points on his licence.

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Ford & Carney now trying to salvage relationship they trashed with Mexico after falling out with Trump

This will win hearts and minds.

Canada is trying to salvage its relationship with Mexico after falling out with Trump: analysts

MEXICO CITY – Prime Minister Mark Carney is scrambling to save his country’s relationship with Mexico after it disintegrated late last year when Canadian officials suggested they’d be better off negotiating a trade deal with the Trump administration alone.

Carney attempted to break the ice in a phone call with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in July by complimenting an indigenous-made soccer ball she had gifted him at their last meeting and saying he hoped to visit Mexico soon.

The warm overture, relayed to Reuters by three people familiar with the call, highlights Canada’s attempt to repair the damage after a string of public slights by Canadian officials, including Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who said in November that any comparison of Canada to Mexico was “the most insulting thing I’ve ever heard.”

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Officer killed in shooting outside CDC HQ in Atlanta by gunman who reportedly blamed COVID vaccine for illness

A cop was killed when an unhinged masked gunman who blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for an apparent illness unleashed a hail of bullets outside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta on Friday, according to police and reports.

The deranged suspect, who died at the scene, opened fire on at least four CDC buildings and then stormed into a building across the street that houses a CVS at Georgia’s Emory University around 4:50 p.m., forcing students to shelter in place on the last day of the summer term, authorities said.

h/t PA Cat

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Three people shot after teen gunman opens fire in Times Square, sparking chaos in tourist hotspot

Three people were injured when a 17-year-old gunman opened fire in a crowded Times Square early Saturday morning.

The violent gunfire erupted during a dispute between two people near the intersection of 44th Street and 7th Avenue at around 1:20 a.m., the NYPD told The Post.

An 18-year-old female and two men, 19 and 65, were injured in the shooting.

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US pro-Palestinian activist paid $75k to protest, funding traces back to Chinese Communist Party

One of the lead organizers of pro-Palestine rallies in New York – David (Sung Mo) Chung – is paid $75,000 to protest, Nate Friedman first revealed in an investigation that he posted to his social media.

Friedman has been talking to people at protests for over a year, and now works to uncover professional protesters. He first came across Chung at a “Hands Off Iran” protest in NYC, he told The Jerusalem Post in an interview on Thursday. Friedman was trying to speak to a man with a flag that read, “There is no god but Allah,” but just “two sentences into the interview, another man interrupted and pulled the guy aside, and told him they were getting ready to march.” The other man was Chung.

H/T All who sent this in.

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May have to go Incognito – Two Winnipeg police officers arrested and face new charges in ongoing misconduct probe

h/t NeoCon

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Active Shooter at Emory University confirmed dead

UPDATE: Shooter accused in incident near Emory University, CDC confirmed dead

Active shooter reported at Emory University, as students are urged to ‘RUN. HIDE. FIGHT.’

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Is Perrier as pure as it claims? The bottled water scandal gripping France

France’s multi-billion euro mineral water companies are under the spotlight because of climate change and growing concerns about the industry’s environmental impact.

At issue is whether some world-famous brands, notably the iconic Perrier label, can even continue calling themselves “natural mineral water”.

A decision in the Perrier case is due in the coming months. It follows revelations in the French media about illicit filtration systems that have been widely used in the industry, apparently because of worries about water contamination, after years of drought linked to climate change.

I will always be too lower class for Perrier.

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Girl Guides of Canada suspends U.S. trips over restrictions, safety concerns

I bet they caught her smuggling fentanyl.

Girl Guides of Canada says it is pausing all trips to the U.S. starting next month over concerns some members could be impacted by border changes put in place by the Trump administration.

In an email to Global News, the organization said it had made the decision to pause U.S.-bound trips as of Sept. 1 “after careful consideration.”

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CBC Facilitates Nazi Meetups … “White nationalists are posting pictures from the London area. Here are the locations”

White nationalists are posting pictures from the London area. Here are the locations

A white supremacist group is growing its ranks in the London and St. Thomas areas of southwestern Ontario with the location of several meeting places now identified by CBC News.

Nationalist-13 has held several meetings and anti-immigration protests recently. It’s based in Hamilton, and is what’s known as an “active club.” Active clubs are part of a neo-Nazi network that has grown globally, moving from online forums into real-world communities, including some in southwestern Ontario.

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