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Old 03-14-2024, 11:06 AM
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This is the most canadian news report ever:

https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/stat...59550249603228
They might as well take it one step further:
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what a weird place to deploy the CIA...

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BTW, Judge McAfee says his ruling on Fani Willis will be out tomorrow.
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This can't be real...

https://revolver.news/2024/03/gaza-s...stine-is-free/
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Originally Posted by cordycord


BTW, Judge McAfee says his ruling on Fani Willis will be out tomorrow.
.BREAKING: Judge rules (D)A Fani Willis can stay on Trump Georgia case if secret lover special prosecutor Nathan Wa(d)e steps aside



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Originally Posted by poormxdad

It is not.




Also, Brainey, are you going to do the Transgender Pizza Hut one, or shall I?







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Originally Posted by Braineack
.BREAKING: Judge rules (D)A Fani Willis can stay on Trump Georgia case if secret lover special prosecutor Nathan Wa(d)e steps aside


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeYL1HJz8Ck
Democrat lawyer Jonathan Turley said the ruling is like catching two thieves in a bank vault, and taking one to jail...
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Originally Posted by cordycord
Democrat lawyer Jonathan Turley said the ruling is like catching two thieves in a bank vault, and taking one to jail...
basically. that video is long but a nice job reading and analyzing the ruling.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
(something not about the transgendered Pizza Hut.)
So, I should interpret that as "no," I'm guessing?





I find this chart to be interesting.

Someone sat down and plotted every single tweet made by Don Trump, with time-of-day on the Y axis, and date on the X-axis.



From 2013 - 2016, we see a really peculiar shift in the man's sleep pattern, which then partially resolved during the time he spent in office.



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In the US as of 2020, the abortion rate is approximately 14.4 abortions per 1,000 women. This rate is roughly the same as in Canadia, Europe and Australia, but quite low as compared to most of Africa and southern Asia.

Breaking down the demographics, amongst ovarian-Americans aged 15 to 44, there were 24.4 abortions per 1,000 non-Hispanic Black women, 11.4 abortions per 1,000 Hispanic women, and 6.2 abortions per 1,000 non-Hispanic White women.

So, supporting abortion rights actually turns out to be pretty racist, whereas opposing access to abortion is one way of saying that Black Lives Matter.
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https://jalopnik.com/it-s-not-suicid...fEOmxJ42OMIFsE

John Barnett, 62, was in the process of testifying against the Boeing Company regarding the aircraft manufacturer’s manufacturing processes when he was found dead in South Carolina with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Now, though, a family friend of Barnett’s says that, before he died, he warned her that if he were found dead, it would not be the result of a suicide.

Jennifer, who did not share her surname, spoke to local ABC news affiliate WPDE about a concerning conversation she says she had with Barnett. She alleges that Barnett came by to visit her when she needed help, and they began to speak about his upcoming deposition in Charleston, South Carolina.
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NY Subway Rider Who Shot Assailant With His Own Gun Won't Face Charges

Thursday's A-train mayhem -- which also appears to include a stabbing of the assailant by a third-party -- was captured on cell phone video. It shows 36-year-old Dajuan Robinson, a black man, standing and hovering menacingly over seated 32-year-old Younece Obuad, and issuing a stream of threats and racial hatredthat spanned minutes...

"I'll beat you up...**** you...**** your kind...**** your race...do something about it..."


The tirade includes verbiage that indicates Robinson was motivated at least in part by anti-migrant bias. "You think you're gonna beat up cops?" he asked repeatedly. As the New York Post notes, a woman in the video can be heard saying, "He thinks you’re a migrant, he thinks you’re an immigrant," likely referring to the incident in which a migrant mob attacked two cops in Times Square in January.

Eventually, Obuad stands up and takes a fighting stance as passengers start moving to another section of the moving subway car. He and Robinson trade blows, before the larger Robinson pins up to a seat. At that point, an unidentified woman appears to stab Robinson in the back...as blood can be seen starting to drench his shirt after she struck his lower back and withdrew.

After another man breaks the two up and Obuad stands nearby, Robinson yells at him and the female intervener, says "I got you," and retrieves a gun from his jacket. That sends the passengers -- including the helpful videographer -- into a panicked flight to the other end of the car. As the train reaches a station, a single shot rings out. After a brief pause -- and as terrified riders race through the door -- three more shots are heard.

Police say Obuad disarmed Robinson and shot him in the head with his own gun, a .38-caliber Ruger. He's now hospitalized in critical but stable condition, having received two stabs to the lower back and shots to the side of his neck, his right temple, and the side of his chest. His eye was ruptured by the temple shot. Police say the two didn't know each other.

A review of subway system video shows Robinson entered the station without paying. “If you want to keep the system safe, the first thing you have to do is keep bad people out of the system who don’t pay — this is a perfect example to talk about it,’’ NYPD Deputy Inspector Tarik Sheppard said Friday.
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On this day in 1984, precisely 40 years ago, Gary Plauché did what needed to be done.

The world was a slightly better place afterwards.





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Originally Posted by Joe Perez
In the US as of 2020, the abortion rate is approximately 14.4 abortions per 1,000 women. This rate is roughly the same as in Canadia, Europe and Australia, but quite low as compared to most of Africa and southern Asia.

Breaking down the demographics, amongst ovarian-Americans aged 15 to 44, there were 24.4 abortions per 1,000 non-Hispanic Black women, 11.4 abortions per 1,000 Hispanic women, and 6.2 abortions per 1,000 non-Hispanic White women.

So, supporting abortion rights actually turns out to be pretty racist, whereas opposing access to abortion is one way of saying that Black Lives Matter.
Margaret Sanger was a noted eugenics racist with sympathies towards Hitler. When I read about her early life, it was punctuated by her having to either take care of children born to her mother, or to take care of her mother after multiple miscarriages. She hated kids, was racist, and has taken her frustrations out on the rest of humanity.
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unrelated:

https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyl...push-goes-bust

Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr resigns after EV push goes bust

Hertz CEO Stephen Scherr stepping down March 31

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Montage of the leftist media using their favorite word, "Bloodbath"
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cause and effect.

https://reason.com/2024/03/16/seattl...is-a-disaster/

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Seattle Law Mandating Higher Delivery Driver Pay Is a Disaster

Just two weeks after the law went into effect, Seattleites had to contend with $26 coffees and $32 sandwiches.


In 2022, Seattle's City Council passed an ordinance mandating a minimum earnings floor for app-based food delivery drivers in the city. The law finally went into effect in January 2024, but so far the main result has been customers deleting their delivery apps en masse, food orders plummeting, and driver pay cratering.


The ordinance, part of a legislative package called "PayUp," was passed under the banner of protecting gig workers. By setting a compensation floor for app-based delivery drivers based on miles driven and amount of time worked, the ordinance operates as a (supremely complicated) minimum wage.


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Uber, Lyft to leave Minneapolis due to minimum wage law

Minimum wage law takes effect on May 1

Uber and Lyft said they will stop operating in Minneapolis after the city council voted to overrule the mayor's veto of a minimum wage law impacting rideshare drivers.

Lyft said it is "shutting down operations in Minneapolis" when the law takes effect on May 1. Uber said it will stop operating its transportation network in the entire metro area, including the airport, that same day.

The ordinance, which faced fierce pushback from the ride-share industry, establishes minimum driver pay of $1.40 per mile and $0.51 per minute, or a minimum of $5 per trip, whichever is greater.

The city council's goal over the past 18 months has been to ensure that driver rates are equivalent to the local minimum wage, which rose to $15.57 per hour in January.

The city council voted 10-3 on Thursday to override the mayor's veto.
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