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Ontario police getting new powers to deal with car rallies in mall parking lots

The Ford government is extending the legal definition of a highway to include parking lots in response to a request from provincial police forces that say they’re struggling to tackle increasingly complicated cases of careless driving and noisy late-night car rallies.

The changes come through new transport and safety legislation the provincial government plans to pass with a focus on enhancing police powers over auto theft and driving offences.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

Hooters Sued By Guy They Wouldn’t Hire

An upstate New York transgender woman is suing Hooters for repeatedly refusing to hire her — while the restaurant claims she was booted for inappropriate behavior starting before she transitioned.

Unconvincing woman calls himself Brandy

Brandy Livingston told NEWS 10 that she applied three times to work as a tight-topped staffer at the chain’s diner in Colonie — despite alleging that she was harassed by staff there as a regular customer.

“They would use male pronouns — they would refer to me as ‘he,’” alleged Livingston, who only recently transitioned to female.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Peanut the Squirrel, beloved pet and internet sensation, euthanized after being seized by NY state

Peanut the Squirrel, of internet fame, has been euthanized after the pet was seized by New York state earlier this week, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation.

The seven-year-old gray rescue squirrel, commonly referred to as “P’Nut” on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, was put to death, along with Fred the raccoon, so that the animals could be tested for the presence of rabies, according to a statement from the agency obtained by WETM.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Carson Jerema: Trudeau Liberals settle on campaign tactics — lies

Liberal backbenchers who tried to stage a coup against Justin Trudeau’s leadership have been demanding a clear plan on how to stop the party’s collapse in the polls and prevent Pierre Poilievre’s ascension to government. It is something they’ve been clamouring for since the Liberals lost two byelections and the NDP tore up the confidence agreement it had with the party. And now we know what that plan looks like: lies. Lies of omission, distortion and complete fabrication about the Conservative leader.

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

Universe would die before a monkey finished typing Shakespeare

Scientists set out to test the famous ‘infinite monkey theorem’ to estimate how long it would really take a simian to write the Bard’s full collection

It would take longer than the entire expected lifespan of the universe for a monkey to type the works of William Shakespeare by bashing randomly at a typewriter, scientists have calculated.

The researchers, who presumably also had a lot of time on their hands, set out to test the famous “infinite monkey theorem” to estimate how long it would take one immortal and incredibly patient simian to type everything from Hamlet to Macbeth through random keystrokes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

France at ‘tipping point’ after shoot-out involving ‘400 gang members’

Minister says ‘choice is between general mobilisation or Mexicanisation of the country’ after gunfight leaves teenager fighting for life

France has reached a “tipping point” on drug-related violence, the country’s hardline interior minister warned on Friday, after hundreds of people took part in a massive shoot-out.

The gunfight, which left a teenager fighting for his life and four others seriously wounded, erupted overnight in the western city of Poitiers.

Police intervened at around 10.45pm after shots were fired outside a restaurant in the Couronneries district of the city and found the first casualty on the ground.

From Fdesouche – Poitiers (86): five injured in a shooting. Hundreds of people involved, a 15-year-old boy hit in the head. It is believed to be an inter-ethnic brawl between West Indians and North Africans against a backdrop of drug trafficking.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Diversity", France, WTF?

GUNTER: Report blaming cats for wild bird deaths just bureaucratic nonsense

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault and his department have finally decided what is the greatest threat to Canada’s ecology.

It’s not your SUV spewing emissions from its tailpipe as you idle it absentmindedly in your driveway. Nor is it the oilsands or new pipelines or oceangoing tankers full of crude. It’s not even coal-fired power plants or the natural gas furnace that keeps your home warm during long Canadian winters. (Although, of course, those are all menaces the federal government has proposed to regulate out of existence.)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists", WTF?