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Alarm over $20m plan to supply ICE officers with electric-shock gloves

Alarm over $20m plan to supply ICE officers with electric-shock gloves

Plans to supply Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers with special gloves that can deliver electric shocks have alarmed experts and drawn scrutiny amid some high-profile lawsuits over their use in local correctional facilities.

In one extreme case, a 43-year-old man died after allegedly being shocked 40 times by officers with a combination of the gloves and a Taser in a county jail in Kentucky, and the man’s widow is suing authorities.

Earlier this month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the parent agency of ICE, published plans to spend up to $20m (£15m) to outfit ICE officers by March of next year with the controversial gloves, which are also used in various police departments and some schools.

Where can I get a pair?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Multimillionaire Pop Stars Sign Petition Objecting to Lower Energy Bills

Multimillionaire Pop Stars Sign Petition Objecting to Lower Energy Bills

According to the Guardian, a bunch of long-past-their-sell-by-date musicians have been mobilised by Brian Eno, who used to prance about in a spandex psychedelic body suit for a living, to protest about climate change. Eno is the founder of a green NGO called EarthPercent, which turns donations from the music industry into grants for green organisations that lobby for the policies that have created Britain’s crises. In a stunt last week, 211 pop stars put their names to a letter drafted by Eno to Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Miatta Fahnbulleh, urging them to reject the proposed development of North Sea oil and gas. But what has it got to do with them?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCelebrity Idiots, WTF?

‘Unbelievably Terrible‘ Chinese CGI Cow Movie Becomes Most Profitable Film of All Time

‘Unbelievably Terrible‘ Chinese CGI Cow Movie Becomes Most Profitable Film of All Time

Niu Lai, a Chinese animated film centered around a cattle dream sequence made for $200, has reportedly become the most profitable movie of all time after making over $6.7 million at the box office as of Sunday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Zelenskyy repeats Ukraine not behind Nord Stream attack

Zelenskyy repeats Ukraine not behind Nord Stream attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reiterated on Sunday that Ukraine was not involved in the 2022 attack on the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines.

“Ukraine has never officially taken part in any operation related to the blowing up of Nord Stream,” Zelenskyy told reporters on Sunday in response to a question about the ongoing investigation.

He said that Germany was “well aware that Ukraine did not stand behind the execution or the very conception of this operation.”

“Never Officially” what an odd choice of words, especially after two Ukraine nationals have been arested.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", WTF?

Vancouver, Montreal soccer fans boo U.S. anthem after trade talks break down

Vancouver, Montreal soccer fans boo U.S. anthem after trade talks break down

VANCOUVER — Soccer fans are again voicing their disappointment over trade relations between the United States and Canada by booing the American national anthem.

Jeers echoed through Vancouver’s BC Place ahead of a Major League Soccer game between the Whitecaps and FC Dallas on Saturday as singer Emma Currie launched into the opening notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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