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Here Are Some of the Monsters Gavin Newsom Removed From Death Row

Here Are Some of the Monsters Gavin Newsom Removed From Death Row

Earlier, we told you how Gov. Gavin Newsom commuted the sentences of 548 California death row inmates. This was, once again, an undemocratic move by Newsom. In both 2012 and 2016, California voters rejected ballot initiatives to repeal the state’s death penalty. Proposition 34 (2012) was rejected 52-48; it would have abolished the death penalty and replaced it with life in prison without parole. Proposition 62 was rejected by similar margins, 53-47, which would have sped up the appeals process for the death penalty.

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An OPP officer struck and killed a pedestrian. Shortly after that, she was promoted.

An OPP officer struck and killed a pedestrian. Shortly after that, she was promoted.

An Ontario mom is speaking out two years after an OPP officer driving the speeding vehicle that struck and killed her 25-year-old son was promoted shortly after the collision.

Coreena Jones says it doesn’t make sense why that officer would go from being a detective constable to detective sergeant in the wake of her son Noah Landriault’s death. The promotion comes with a pay raise that appears to be higher than the penalty imposed in Ontario’s police misconduct system.

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Katy Perry ‘in the room’ during one of Russell Brand’s attacks

Katy Perry ‘in the room’ during one of Russell Brand’s attacks

Katy Perry was all but airbrushed from her ex-husband’s trial but the pop star may have witnessed one of his attacks, it can now be revealed.

In legal argument ahead of the case going before a jury, it was claimed Ms Perry may have been in the room when Russell Brand put his head in a woman’s lap during filming for Channel 4.

Ian Winter KC, defending, said of the 2009 incident: ‘She [the victim] says that other people were in the room and witnessed it, possibly including the defendant’s future wife, Ms Katy Perry.’

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WTF?

WTF?

h/t Patti Jo

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The swear words that used to be illegal in Canada

The swear words that used to be illegal in Canada

Quebec has perfected such a vast variety of profanity that it’s been called “the Amazon rainforest of swear words”. But uttering these blasphemous terms could have once landed you in prison.

Thursday nights at Quebec City jazz joint Bar Sainte-Angèle are known for a buzzy open mic where veterans swap improvisational riffs with students from the nearby music conservatory. But as I elbowed towards the bar on a recent evening, I overheard a patron practicing a different local art with equal parts precision and heart.

“Sacrement d’ostie de tabarnak”, he said, cursing as his eyebrows climbed towards the bar’s heavy-timbered ceiling. Taken literally, it translates to “sacrament of the communion host of the tabernacle”. But the real meaning is anything but churchly.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

We tried 3D-printed meat and wished we hadn’t

We tried 3D-printed meat and wished we hadn’t

A truly convincing dupe for animal proteins — steaks, chicken breasts and fish fillets — is a holy grail for food companies.

For decades, scientists have pressed various substances into shapes approximating animal flesh, from faux bacon to Tofurky to Impossible Burgers, using ever-advancing technologies. Some do it in the name of health, others to create protein sources that reduce the suffering of animals or the immense environmental toll of industrial meat production. The latest frontier for the category is 3D printing: Israel-based brand Perfecta Foods recently launched in grocery stores in the United States, promising convincing plant-based versions of popular cuts of meat, all made by printers.

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Rise of ̷f̷a̷r̷-̷r̷i̷g̷h̷t̷ ̷g̷r̷o̷u̷p̷s̷ far-left groups should not curb Canada’s bid for stronger ties with EU, ambassador says

Rise of ̷f̷a̷r̷-̷r̷i̷g̷h̷t̷ ̷g̷r̷o̷u̷p̷s̷ far-left groups should not curb Canada’s bid for stronger ties with EU, ambassador says

Canada’s ambassador to the European Union is playing down the rise of far-right groups in Europe amid Ottawa’s push for closer ties with the 27-member bloc.

“I think people need to be a bit cautious about getting overly concerned about some of the developments with respect to stronger parties on the right,” the ambassador, Jonathan Wilkinson, told the Senate committee on foreign affairs and international trade during a virtual appearance on Thursday.

Far-left thugs bring violence back to the streets of France: Riot police use tear gas and charge crowds as 600,000 people rally across country

French newspapers examine the causes of a weekend of unrest, questioning the police response, violence and examining the role of the ultra-left

French PM blames ‘ultra-left’ groups for weekend riots, promises ‘massive’ security deployment

Germany: Far-left groups and rioters hijack Gen Z protests, turn them into night of violence and looting

Frankfurt Rioters Were Mainly of Migrant Background, German Minister Says

Far-Right is anything right of Stalin to the EU.

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

AI teddy for three-year-olds makes unprompted ‘I can’t help with killing you’ remark

AI teddy for three-year-olds makes unprompted ‘I can’t help with killing you’ remark

An AI teddy marketed as being “perfect” for children as young as three said “I can’t help with killing you” after seemingly mishearing a question.

It came amid a BBC investigation into AI toys and it made the unprompted remark while being asked how babies are made.

AI toy company founder Paul Clarke said the industry was “crying out” for regulation – a call echoed by the children’s commissioner for Wales.

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