Civil servant loses sexism tribunal after colleague called her a ‘clever woman’

Calling a female civil servant a “clever woman” is not sexist, a tribunal has ruled.

Christine Rodgers tried to sue the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for sex discrimination after a senior Army officer made the comment.

Lieutenant Colonel Simon Watkins, the Commanding Officer at the MoD’s Defence School of Transport (DST), said Ms Rodgers was “a clever woman” but could be “manipulative”.

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Tesla under fire over ‘Elon mode’ that lets drivers take their hands off the wheel

Tesla is facing scrutiny of an alleged secret feature that lets drivers take their hands off the steering wheel while its cruise control technology is turned on.

Fans have discovered a secret setting on Tesla’s electric cars that has been nicknamed “Elon mode”. The feature allows drivers to engage Autopilot and take their hands off the steering wheel without triggering warnings.

The US highways regulator has now demanded Tesla hand over information on how this key safety feature can be disabled, amid concerns it could lead to more crashes.

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TV news crew reporting on Chicago robberies robbed at gunpoint

A Chicago television news crew reporting on a string of robberies ended up robbed themselves after they were accosted at gunpoint by three armed men wearing ski masks.

The Spanish-language station Univision Chicago said a reporter and photographer were filming just before 5am Monday in the city’s West Town neighborhood when three masked men brandishing firearms robbed them, taking their television camera and other items.

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Fugitive drug lord ‘Taliban’ who stole cartel’s 450lb cocaine shipment is tossed ALIVE into ocean with an anchor tied to his waist

This is the moment a fugitive Venezuelan drug trafficker known as Taliban is dumped alive in the ocean with his hands zip-tied and an anchor around his waist in revenge for stealing 450 lbs of cocaine – and cash – from a cartel.

Reinaldo Fuentes is seen bound and gagged with blood stains on the back of his head before his killers struggle to heave him – and the anchor – over the side of a boat into the Caribbean Sea near Martinique.

h/t Canucklehead

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Shorter Mulcair: Parents are transphobic bigots

Tom Mulcair: These conservative politicians claim they’re protecting kids, but they’re making victims of them

Saskatchewan is joining New Brunswick in an unseemly political manoeuvre, using the sensitive issue of gender identity to gain the support of certain voters at the expense of the fundamental right to equality.

If it were an oblique attack against people for who they are in terms of their religion or ethnicity, calling out that prejudice would be a slam dunk. Most segments of our society would denounce it. No serious politician would ever get close to it.

This is what Mulcair supports for your children.

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AP asks what’s the first word that comes to mind when one hears ‘Joe Biden’

For an administration that’s solely focused on “optics,” it’s pretty wretched stuff that the first words that came to mind when “Joe Biden” was said to a group of polling respondents were “outdated,” “senile,” and “dementia.”

That’s what the Associated Press found in its August survey, meaning the public has seen a bit more of Joe Biden than maybe his handlers would like.

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Large Number of Prison Escapes in Canada Linked to Federal Healing Lodges: Report

Federal healing lodges account for a considerable number of prison escapes, according to new data from the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC).

Over a span of four years, there were 56 recorded prison escapes, 43 percent of those having happened at healing lodges, according to a CSC report obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter. Among these incidents, one-fifth were at two Prairie locations: Willow Cree Healing Centre near Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, and Buffalo Sage Wellness House in Edmonton.

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