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‘Hatred’ of Elon Musk Makes Jury Selection a Nightmare in San Francisco Courtroom

When an attorney has to declare about his client that “so many people” in the jury pool “hate him so much,” you know voir dire isn’t going well.That’s exactly what happened this week in a San Francisco federal courtroom, where picking nine impartial jurors to hear a securities fraud case against billionaire Elon Musk turned into a five-hour marathon of bias and contempt.Federal Judge Charles R. Breyer was forced to dismiss more than 40 prospective jurors — nearly half the 93-person pool — after they admitted they simply couldn’t set aside their strong negative feelings about the billionaire tech CEO, Bloomberg Law reported.

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Dog trained to illegally dump rubbish, Italian authorities say

A dog owner in Italy has been accused of training their canine to dump bags of rubbish on the side of a road.

Video footage released by police shows a small dog leisurely walking down a road in Catania’s San Giorgio district in Sicily carrying a bag of rubbish in its mouth before dropping it.

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Avi Lewis Puts The Crazy In NDP

NDP Leadership Candidate Proposes Government-Run Grocery Stores, Telecom Services

Avi Lewis says he will push for government-run grocery stores, telecom services, and banking in Canada if he becomes the next NDP leader.

Lewis was one of five candidates to participate in the final NDP leadership debate on Feb. 19. He said his campaign has promoted the “essential role of public ownership” in Canada and noted that, in addition to public health care and child care, he would like to see a similar option for groceries and phone and internet services.

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Royal Skank Isle: Prince Andrew Island to be renamed after arrest

An island in Canada named after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor before he was stripped of his title will be renamed in the wake of his arrest.

Prince Andrew Island is on the Otonabee River that runs by Lakefield, Ontario, where the former Duke of York went to school for a term. It is located next to Gordonstoun Island, named after the

Scottish boarding school attended by Mr Mountbatten-Windsor, the King and Prince Philip.

Sherry Senis, the mayor of Selwyn Township, where the islands are located, said council staff had been directed to explore the formal process to rename the island.

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Black professor hit headlines by alleging he was the victim of vile racist attack…but then a VERY different story emerged

A black professor claimed he was the victim of a racist attack – only for police to rule his ‘aggressors’ were just trying to clear snow from their car.

Dr Onwubiko Agozino – Clearing Snow Is White Supremacism

Dr Onwubiko Agozino, a sociology professor at Virginia Tech, contacted authorities on February 10 after a group of young white men juveniles stopped their trucks on the street near his Christiansburg home while playing loud music and pushing snow and ice from a truck bed.

He claimed the music was racist and that ice blocks had been hurled onto his property in an act of racial aggression.

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Cuba running on fumes as fellow travelers in Canada consider sending relief to repressive communist regime

Cuba a Communist Shithole serves as a role model for the Liberal Party of Canada

The government of Canada says it is still thinking about whether to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, as the island confronts a looming disaster under an American oil embargo that is, in practice, a full blockade.

“Canada is monitoring the situation carefully and is concerned about the increasing risk of a humanitarian crisis on the island,” said Global Affairs Canada’s Charlotte MacLeod in a written statement shared with CBC News.

“As the situation continues to evolve, Canada is evaluating options to support Cuba’s most vulnerable people. Canada has a long-standing record of providing life-saving humanitarian assistance to Cuba in response to acute crises.”

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