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Stabby Ridership An Issue On London Buses

Call for bleed kit rollout on TfL bus network

Calls for bleed kits to be installed in every major bus station and on bus routes in areas affected by serious violence have been backed by the London Assembly.

Assembly Members unanimously passed a motion requesting that Transport for London (TfL) to work with the London Ambulance Service (LAS) to ensure the kits will be made available across the network.

Bleed control kits help stem severe bleeding from deep wounds before emergency services arrive – a “potentially valuable method of saving lives”.

h/t Mauser and Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Foreign hacker reportedly breached FBI servers holding Epstein files in 2023

A foreign hacker compromised files relating to the FBI’s investigation of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein during a break-in at the bureau’s New York field office three years ago, according to ​a source familiar with the matter and recently published justice department documents reviewed by Reuters.

The details of who accessed a server at the FBI’s New York field office, ‌including the allegation that a foreign hacker was involved, are being reported here for the first time.

In a statement, the FBI said what it described as a “cyber incident” was “an isolated one”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inFBI, WTF?

Boss repeatedly shouted ‘potato’ at Irish employee

A book-keeper whose boss repeatedly shouted the word “potato” at her “in a strong Irish accent” has been awarded more than £23,000 by an employment tribunal after it found she had been racially harassed.

Bernadette Hayes, who is Irish, worked for engineering company West Leeds Civils in Holbeck when the incidents took place between December 2023 and June 2024.

Mick Atkins, director of the firm, also used “offensive and humiliating” phrases that were “overtly linked to race” towards Hayes, a judge ruled.

h/t Patti Jo

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Conservatives Call to Expel an Estimated 700 Iranian Regime Agents From Canada

Conservative MPs are calling on the federal government to do more to evict Iranian regime agents and officials from Canadian soil, amid hostilities in the Middle East and acts of violence on Canadian streets.

Tories said on March 9 they will table a motion in the House of Commons immigration committee calling on Ottawa to ensure individuals linked to Iran’s regime or Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) are swiftly removed from the country.

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

Canadian Armed Forces recruitment ad featuring all-white cast sparks debate over DEI policies

CALGARY — A new recruitment advertisement from the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) featuring an all-white-male cast is drawing attention online.

While supporters are praising its tone, critics are questioning the message it’s sending after years of the military pushing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) policies.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "DEI - Code For Anti-White Racism", "DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion", WTF?

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout crosses floor from NDP to Liberals

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout is leaving the NDP to join the Liberal caucus, adding another floor-crosser to the government ranks as the Liberals inch closer to a majority government.

NDP interim Leader Don Davies issued a statement late Tuesday saying the party has a long-standing view that floor crossers should step down and run in a by-election.

h/t k196

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

Federal Crown drops charges against Calgary couple caught with nearly 8 kilograms of fentanyl on Saskatchewan highway

SWIFT CURRENT — The Federal Crown has stayed all charges against two Calgary residents who were arrested last year after nearly 8 kilograms — roughly 17.5 pounds — of fentanyl were found hidden in their vehicle during a traffic stop on the Trans-Canada Highway in Saskatchewan.

Swati Narula, 27, and Kunwardeep Singh, 29, each faced one count of trafficking a controlled substance and one count of possession for the purpose of trafficking. The Public Prosecution Service of Canada entered written stays of proceedings against Narula on February 24 and against Singh on February 27, Swift Current Online reported Monday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime, WTF?

Germany uses anti-Nazi law to investigate critic of, er, Hitler

If anyone is unsure what the German columnist Rainer Zitelmann makes of Adolf Hitler, they need only to read the blurbs of his books on Nazi economic doctrine.

As well as calling Hitler “one of the greatest criminals in human history”, Zitelmann argues over more than 1,000 pages that the dictator was a fervent anti-capitalist who opposed everything that had made the West pleasant and prosperous.

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Canada will ‘never participate’ in Iran offensive, Carney says

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Mark Carney told MPs in the House of Commons Tuesday that Canada is not involved in the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran and “will never participate in it.”

The prime minister changed his schedule to attend Tuesday’s question period after being criticized for not answering to parliamentarians about Canada’s position on the war in Iran.

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