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Nothing a couple of wind turbines or solar panels couldn’t fix I’m sure

The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) issued a grid alert for power consumption on Friday.

The alert was issued at 4:16 p.m.

“The AESO issues a grid alert when the power system is under stress and we’re preparing to use emergency reserves to meet demand and maintain system reliability,” AESO wrote in an online statement.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", Alberta, Canada, WTF?

Barbra Streisand’s film company pocketed $200K in small business pandemic cash — and paid gardener at her $20M mansion

Barbra Streisand’s film company, which pays the groundskeeper at her $20 million mansion, got $200,000 in PPP money intended to help small businesses make payroll written off, The Post has learned.

The multimillionaire star’s Barwood Films Ltd. received loans from the Paycheck Protection Program in 2020 and 2021 — then had them written off by the federal government.

Understandable, she’s a wealthy Hollywood Democrat party donor so it’s natural she feels entitled to tax payer money.

h/t Mauser

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

Man claimed £18,500 disability benefits after willingly having leg amputated, court told

Marius Gustavson, 46, known as ‘eunuch maker’, allegedly oversaw ‘lucrative’ UK body modifications group

The ringleader of an extreme body modifications group who was known as the “eunuch maker” claimed £18,500 in disability benefits after willingly having his leg amputated, a court heard.

Marius Gustavson, 46, was the mastermind of a “lucrative” and “widespread” extreme body modifications enterprise in which procedures – including the removal of genitals – were filmed and streamed on his pay-per-view website, the Old Bailey was told.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

B.C.’s infamous fast ferries are on Facebook Marketplace, and if they aren’t bought they’ll be destroyed

They might be the most infamous ships in the history of British Columbia: three B.C. Ferries that were hundreds of millions of dollars over budget, couldn’t run as fast or efficiently as promised, and were partly responsible for sinking the NDP government of the 1990s.

And now, they’re back.

On Facebook Marketplace.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Prado Museum renames ‘dwarf’ paintings to comply with disability law

Too short tempered to comment.

In an era of economic uncertainty and rising populism, it could be considered prudent for the super-rich to hide, or at the very least downplay, their wealth.

Lording it over the masses at a time of political volatility has backfired on elites in the past so some restraint might be advised.

Mark Zuckerberg, however, has a $100 million apocalypse-proof bunker in Hawaii, perhaps explaining why he has no hesitation in flaunting his latest business venture.

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

The Return Of Laith Marouf: Terror TV Station Established in Canada, Supported by U.S. and European Radicals

Background – Federal government still hasn’t managed to collect Laith Marouf’s revoked grant

A television station established by a global coalition of terror activists is operating and fundraising in Canada, assisted by a global coalition of radical activists and violent extremists from designated terrorist organizations.

Established in the wake of the October 7th attacks, Free Palestine TV (FPTV) offers a steady diet of Hamas and Hezbollah propaganda. Its broadcasts are consistently extreme, and its social media channels comprise video clips of terrorist acts and propaganda messaging provided directly by terror groups, as well as posts glorifying the killing of Israelis.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?

Blackman canceled over his Blackface Puppet

Montreal puppeteer suing anti-racism group director after blackface controversy

A Black puppeteer based in Montreal has launched a defamation lawsuit against one of the heads of an anti-racism group, a little less than a year after he was accused of depicting a racist character in his children’s puppet show.

Last year, during Black History Month, Franck Sylvestre was scheduled to perform L’incroyable secret de barbe noire in several Montreal-area municipalities, including the West Island suburbs of Beaconsfield and Pointe-Claire.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", WTF?

Oh Canada: Police Warn that Posting Images of Thieves May Violate Their Privacy Rights

While Canada eviscerates the right to free speech and association, some are apparently holding firm on the privacy rights of accused felons to warn homeowners not to post videos of thefts.

In Quebec, the police are now warning citizens not to post their doorbell videos of package thieves because they are, in the words of the spokesmen, “presumed innocent.”

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?