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French panic as bedbug invasion spreads

Insects have spread to ‘all daily living spaces’ causing a wave of panic across the country

A test tube full of bed bugs was brought into the French parliament by an MP raising concern about the “wave of panic that has seized the country” amid a rise in the parasites.

‌The stunt by Mathilde Panot, the leftist MP and leader of the France unbowed party, came as the transport minister, Clément Beaune, prepared to gather transport operators to discuss implementing better protection for commuters.

‌Bed bugs have been spotted on at least one fast train and metro line.

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Wyoming Ranchers Accused Of Bleaching Penis Shapes Onto Neighbor’s Cows

Accused of bleaching images of male genitalia and other markings onto their neighbor’s cows, a Crook County father and son are now facing felony-level property destruction charges.

Two criminal complaints filed last month in the Sundance Circuit Court allege that Patrick Sean Carroll, who is 66 this year, and his son Tucker Kye Carroll, who is 34 this year, funneled 189 heifers and six bulls into a chute and bleach-dyed them to get a neighbor’s attention after three years of having the cattle cross onto their land.

h/t DS

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MK-ULTRA mind-control experiments: Quebec high court says U.S. has immunity in Canada

The United States government cannot be sued in Canada for its alleged role in infamous brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psychiatric hospital, Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled this week.

The proposed class-action lawsuit is about the MK-ULTRA program — allegedly funded by the Canadian government and the CIA between the 1940s and 1960s at Montreal’s Allan Memorial Institute, which was affiliated with McGill University.

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John Ivison: The uncontrolled military program plundering the public purse, desperate for adult attention

Canada’s Brokeback Navy

Theseus, the mythical Greek founder of Athens, is said to have rescued the children of Athens from King Minos after slaying the minotaur, and then escaped on a ship that was revered by the Greeks over many centuries.

As part of its regular maintenance, the ship was rebuilt plank by plank, resulting in the “ship of Theseus” paradox about identity over time: Is it the same vessel that existed before the replacements?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Ex-RCMP agent Cameron Ortis offered to sell secret police information containing informants name to criminal suspect, Crown alleges

OTTAWA – Former RCMP intelligence director Cameron Ortis allegedly sent an email demanding $20,000 to a B.C man under international criminal investigation in exchange for secret police information that contained the name of at least one undercover agent.

That’s just one of the shocking allegations revealed by Crown prosecutor Judy Kliewer during her opening statement of Ortis’ trial Tuesday.

But his lawyer says he had permission to do that sort of thing and given the Trudeau government I bet that’s true.

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San Francisco ‘Leaning Tower’ residents forced to pay $6.8M for failed fix

Residents of Millennium Tower, better known as the Leaning Tower of San Francisco, have been left to foot a $6.8 million bill after a much-needed renovation project failed to fix the troubled luxury building’s 29-inch tilt and caused nasty sewage spills.

Repairs to correct the infamous tower’s 29-inch tilt concluded with residents being billed $10 per square foot of condo space — costing tenants $6.8 million in total — as the project cost $20 million more than the $100 million expected, NBC Bay Area reported.

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San Francisco woman is hit by car then run over by driverless Cruise vehicle that stopped on top of her for 30 MINUTES as she screamed for help

A California woman is being treated for ‘multiple traumatic injuries’ after being hit by a driver at a San Francisco intersection before becoming trapped underneath a Cruise driverless vehicle for 30 minutes.

The woman, who has not yet been named, was strolling through downtown San Francisco when she was hit by a sedan near the corner of Fifth and Market streets around 9:30pm on Monday night.

Footage taken by the Cruise vehicle and viewed by NBC, revealed how the car hit the woman in the left lane, throwing her into the path of the Cruise taxi which then ran her over. The sedan driver then fled the scene.

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