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Mushroom murders and cancer lie: Nine weeks of evidence that gripped a courtroom

For two years, the mystery of exactly what happened at Erin Patterson’s dining table has gripped the world.

Five people sat down to eat lunch at her home in rural Australia on 29 July 2023. Within a week, three would be dead, a fourth would be fighting for his life, and the fifth would be under investigation for intentionally poisoning her guests with wild mushrooms.

After a much-watched trial in the tiny town of Morwell, Patterson has now been found guilty of murdering three relatives at the lunch and attempting to kill another. Those she killed were Patterson’s former in-laws, Don Patterson, 70, and Gail Patterson, 70, as well as Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, 66.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

$1 million in cash in a downtown L.A. bodega: Inside the crackdown on retail theft ‘fences’

They entered the stores with shopping bags already full and left empty-handed, sometimes counting cash.

Watching the transactions unfold in downtown Los Angeles were plainclothes detectives from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, who suspected the stores, Quickmart and Big Apple, were buying and reselling stolen goods, according to a search warrant affidavit reviewed by The Times.

When deputies raided the stores in February, they found allegedly shoplifted shaving cream, sunscreen and mouthwash — and $1 million inside a safe, said Det. Yesenia Olvera, who led the investigation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

Rosie O‘Donnell Blames Trump for Causing Texas Flooding: Put the U.S. ‘In So Much Danger‘

Rosie O’Donnell, who self-deported to Ireland, cast blame on President Donald Trump for the devasting flash-flooding that has occurred in Texas after torrential rainfall led to the Guadalupe River rising roughly 26 feet within 45 minutes.

In a video on TikTok, O’Donnell criticized Trump for gutting “all of the early warning systems and the weathering forecast abilities of the government,” adding that the flash-flooding in Texas were “the results” people would see more often.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCelebrity Idiots, WTF?

Why Mark Carney’s biggest brand asset is the Justin Trudeau contrast

In marketing, a brand’s positioning is defined by the choices consumers have. Politics operates the same way: a leader’s identity is shaped by how they differ from their rivals and the options they represent.

Right now, Prime Minister Mark Carney finds himself in a unique position. With Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre out of Parliament since losing his seat in the last federal election, Carney’s main rival has been largely absent from the spotlight, regrouping and preparing for a return in a safe Conservative riding. This has left Carney without a direct, visible opponent in the House of Commons or in the media, giving him a clear runway and allowing his brand to flourish unopposed.

I don’t see much difference.

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

FBI Concludes Jeffrey Epstein Had No Clients, Didn’t Blackmail Anyone, And Definitely Killed Himself

Deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein and his colleague, Ghislaine Maxwell, were both charged by the Justice Department with sex trafficking—and Maxwell was convicted. But according to the DOJ, the two apparently didn’t have any clients.

In a bombshell FBI memo leaked to Axios and published Sunday night, officials said they’ve reviewed more than 300 gigabytes of Epstein evidence—and haven’t found any vast human trafficking or sexual blackmail operation.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State", WTF?

Shooter killed in attempt to ambush Border Patrol agents in Texas

An active shooter armed with tactical gear and a rifle opened fire upon Border Patrol agents as they arrived at a Border Patrol annex facility in McAllen, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley on Monday.

Agents and local police returned fire and killed the gunman. No federal agents were hit, but one McAllen police officer was struck. Law enforcement sources say the officer is in stable condition.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA, WTF?

Driver charged over electric Jaguar that ‘went rogue’ on motorway

The driver of an £80,000 electric car that had to be rammed off the road by police after it “went rogue” at 100mph has been charged with a motoring offence and fraud.

Nathan Owen, 32, said the brake failed and he lost control of his Jaguar I-PACE as it tore down the motorway between Liverpool and Manchester because of an “electrical fault”.

He said he was on his way home from work on the first day of his job as a children’s support worker and feared he would die or kill someone else during the journey.

My guess is it tried to commit suicide after seeing those ads.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

The village where hundreds of men were murdered — by their wives

The women of Nagyrev were desperate. In this small Hungarian farming village, around the time of the First World War, many of them were struggling to survive. They were suffering at the hands of their violent husbands, some of whom were war veterans, some traumatised or unable to work due to injury, and often addicted to alcohol.

These were mostly poor farming families and the women saw no way out. On top of looking after children, elderly relatives and their homes, the women had also taken over managing the farms. The community was used to violence: it was generally condoned as a way for men to keep women “in their place” — “A wife is good when beaten,” went a local proverb. But their patience and tolerance was at breaking point.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

CRAZY TALK! USA Are the ‘Bad Guys’ and the L.A. Protests Were ‘Peaceful’

Leftist journalists and celebrities have dialed up the crazy to 11.

The Nation’s Elie Mystal declared America to be the “bad guys” on the world stage and called for sanctions. ABC’s (now fired) senior national correspondent Terry Moran insulted presidential advisor Stephen Miller, as he labeled him a “world-class hater” who was the “brains behind Trumpism.”

This past month also saw former MSNBC host Joy Reid claim that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was rounding up “brown people” to put into his “concentration camp.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome, WTF?