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  • France taxman deploys AI spy to spot hidden swimming pools

    08/29/2022 7:22:14 AM PDT · by cmj328 · 31 replies
    France 24 ^ | August 29, 2022
    Developed by Google and Capgemini, the AI software learned how to spot pools on aerial images of nine French departments during a trial run last year, which were then cross-checked with land registry databases. According to the Parisien newspaper, which reported the results of the AI test, an average pool of 30 square metres (320 square feet) would be taxed at 200 euros ($200) a year. In the nine test departments, the software detected more than 20,000 pools, which led to the collection of some 10 million euros in tax revenue last year. The DGFiP public finances authority said the...
  • [Ready.gov: How to Survive a] Nuclear Explosion

    03/06/2022 1:00:14 PM PST · by cmj328 · 78 replies
    Ready.gov ^ | 03/03/2022
    ... Go to the basement or middle of the building. Stay away from the outer walls and roof. Try to maintain a distance of at least six feet between yourself and people who are not part of your household. If possible, wear a mask if you’re sheltering with people who are not a part of your household. Children under two years old, people who have trouble breathing, and those who are unable to remove masks on their own should not wear them. ... Stay inside for 24 hours unless local authorities provide other instructions. Continue to practice social distancing by...
  • Mark Twain, "The War Prayer" (ca. 1904-5)

    03/01/2022 1:43:40 PM PST · by cmj328 · 11 replies
    Stanford Reader AYP ^ | ca. 1904/5 | Mark Twain
    O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst,...
  • The Great Vodka Panic of 2022

    02/28/2022 8:57:24 AM PST · by cmj328 · 67 replies
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    Which brands are likely to be removed? Are there any collectible bottles that are likely to be good investments?
  • Two-thirds of Canadians support use of Emergencies Act and want Freedom Convoy cleared out: poll

    02/17/2022 6:37:42 AM PST · by cmj328 · 84 replies
    The National Post (Canada) ^ | February 17, 2022 | Christopher Nardi
    ... 66 per cent of Canadians support the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act and 67 per cent say it’s time to clear out all protesters in Ottawa, even if it means “people who will not leave may get hurt, or worse.” ... 32 per cent of Canadians are open to using violence to protect their “fundamental Canadian values” if they believe their government isn’t doing it for them. ... 68 per cent of Canadians believe that any politician who either contributed to or supported the protests should be voted out of office.
  • My Pillow's Mike Lindell barred from entering Canada to support convoy protestors

    02/16/2022 12:25:24 PM PST · by cmj328 · 35 replies
    The National Post (Canada) ^ | February 16, 2022 | Christopher Nardi
    ... According to the senior government source, Lindell was turned back because he was not fully vaccinated and did not have a negative PCR test in hand. ... Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) had caught wind of the prominent Trump supporter ... through social media posts just before his arrival, the source noted. ... The source says Lindell is one of “dozens” of Americans who have been turned away at the border under current COVID-19 rules while trying to join trucker convoys across the country.
  • Ex-Royal Marine Pen Farthing WILL be able to airlift staff and 200 animals from Kabul

    08/25/2021 6:29:46 AM PDT · by cmj328 · 29 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | August 25, 2021
    A former Royal Marine who claims the Defence Secretary blocked a charter flight to get 200 animals and 69 people working at his Kabul animal shelter out of Afghanistan has been given fresh hope after Ben Wallace gave the green light for the evacuation. ... But a Sky News video of a Vauxhall hatchback entering a military cargo jet prompted a counter-blast from animal rights activists including the comedian Ricky Gervais and actor Peter Egan, who accused the Ministry of Defence of caring more about a car than 'sentient animals'.
  • Biden cancels Elon Musk's adventures in space

    02/04/2021 9:35:25 AM PST · by cmj328 · 149 replies
    Washington Times ^ | February 3, 2021 | Brandon J. Weichert
    New president is making his space policy increasingly clear: America will remain grounded for the time being Sadly, the visionary goal of getting Americans to Mars first came crashing down when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which, under the Trump administration had allowed for SpaceX to conduct their important test flights, ordered Mr. Musk to cancel the Starship prototype test. The FAA did not cite its reasoning behind ordering the cancellation of the launch.
  • TheDonald.win down, Patriots.win up

    01/21/2021 11:19:52 AM PST · by cmj328 · 21 replies
    For a while, TheDonald.win redirected to Patriots.win. But now TheDonald.win is down. Patriots.win remains up. Explanation at the new site.
  • Richard Barnett, man seen in viral photograph at Nancy Pelosi's desk during Capitol siege, arrested: Officials

    01/08/2021 11:51:53 AM PST · by cmj328 · 147 replies
    CNNwire via ABC 11 ^ | January 8, 2021 | Kara Scannell, CNN
    WASHINGTON -- The man photographed sitting at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's desk during Wednesday's riots in the US Capitol has been arrested and charged with three federal counts, including theft of public property, federal officials said Friday. Federal officials said Richard Barnett of Arkansas was taken into custody Friday morning in Little Rock. Barnett was charged with knowingly entering and remaining in restricted building grounds without authority, violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds as well as the theft of public property, officials said. A resident of Alabama was also charged in connection with the pipe bomb found on...
  • Kayleigh McEnany Press Conference

  • Poll: Majority of Republicans blame Biden for mob storming the Capitol

    01/07/2021 11:21:41 AM PST · by cmj328 · 22 replies
    The Hill ^ | January 7, 2020 | Celine Castronuovo
    A majority of Republican voters surveyed in a new YouGov Direct poll believe that President-elect Joe Biden is to blame for the group of President Trump’s supporters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday. According to the poll, which surveyed nearly 1,450 registered voters on the events at the Capitol, found that among Republicans, 52 percent identified Biden as the biggest culprit, rather than Trump himself. Comparatively, just 26 percent of Republican voters blamed the president for inciting the violence, while another 26 percent pointed fingers at congressional Republicans who vowed to block the official tally of Biden's presidential win. ... Despite...
  • Recognize someone in photos from the DC riot? The FBI wants to hear from you

    01/07/2021 10:14:22 AM PST · by cmj328 · 108 replies
    Durham Herald-Sun ^ | January 7, 2020 | Tanasia Kenney
    The FBI is now accepting tips, photos, videos and other digital media showing the chaos and destruction that unfolded on Jan. 6. Witnesses are asked to submit tips online, or call the FBI tip line at ‪1-800-CALL-FBI (1-‪800-225-5324) to provide any information that may be helpful to the investigation, according to the agency’s website.
  • Pence, Not Trump, Gave Order to Activate National Guard: Report

    01/07/2021 8:29:07 AM PST · by cmj328 · 30 replies
    Such an order would usually be given by the president and commander-in-chief, but according to Pentagon officials who spoke with the New York Times, it was approved by Vice-President Mike Pence. It’s not clear what caused this upending of the chain of command...
  • American Airlines is banning alcohol on flights to and from Washington, DC, as the aviation industry ramps up safety measures following the Capitol riots

    01/07/2021 6:44:21 AM PST · by cmj328 · 28 replies
    American Airlines will not serve alcohol on flights to and from the Washington, DC area after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, a spokesperson said. The airline has also increased staffing at Washington-area airports "as a precautionary measure." ... Prior to the riots, some airlines had moved their flight crews to hotels outside the central Washington area in anticipation of protests, CNBC reported. American and United Airlines had both said they would move crews to airport hotels, and Alaska Airlines told staff to avoid downtown Washington. This followed reports of unruly passengers on flights into the DC...
  • Wake schools will stop using the term 'grandfathering' because it has 'racist origins'

    12/04/2020 10:53:27 AM PST · by cmj328 · 43 replies
    The News & Observer (Raleigh) ^ | December 4, 2020 | T. Keung Hui
    The Wake County school system will stop using the word “grandfathering” because of the term’s “racist origins” in preventing Black people from voting after the Civil War. A Wake County parent challenged the school district this week for continuing to use “grandfathering” to describe how some students can stay at their current school if their neighborhood is reassigned to a different school. North Carolina’s largest school district responded with a tweet promising to stop using the term — next year. “Thank you for your message,” Wake tweeted Wednesday. “We are aware of the racist origins of the term grandfathering, and...
  • University dean resigns over statements about Biden voters

    11/17/2020 10:44:42 AM PST · by cmj328 · 23 replies
    The Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | November 17, 2020 | Associated Press
    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — A dean at a university in Virginia has resigned after posting a statement on Facebook that called supporters of President-elect Joe Biden “ignorant, anti-American and anti-Christian.”
  • Decree of the Apostolic Penitentiary [Plenary Indulgence for Praying for President Trump]

    10/03/2020 5:09:52 PM PDT · by cmj328 · 2 replies
    Holy See Press Office ^ | 19 March 2020 | Mauro Cardinal Piacenza
    “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (Rom 12: 12). The words written by Saint Paul to the Church of Rome resonate throughout the entire history of the Church and guide the judgment of the faithful in the face of all suffering, sickness and calamity. ... Pope Francis, too, in these recent days, has shown his paternal closeness and renewed his invitation to pray incessantly for those who are sick with the Coronavirus. So that all those who suffer because of COVID-19, precisely in the mystery of this suffering, may rediscover “the same redemptive suffering of Christ”...
  • St. Michael the Archangel

    09/29/2020 7:36:42 PM PDT · by cmj328 · 8 replies
    Latin Prayers ^ | 19th Century | Pope Leo XIII
    SAINT Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray. And do thou, O prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world for the ruin of souls. Amen. SANCTE Michael Archangele, defende nos in proelio, contra nequitiam et insidias diaboli esto praesidium. Imperet illi Deus, supplices deprecamur: tuque, Princeps militiae caelestis, Satanam aliosque spiritus malignos, qui ad perditionem animarum pervagantur in mundo, divina virtute, in infernum detrude. Amen.
  • Deo Vindice (vanity)

    06/18/2020 7:01:46 PM PDT · by cmj328 · 2 replies
    Vanity | June 18, 2020 | cmj328
    Deo Vindice, often translated as "God our defender", was the motto adopted by the Confederate States of America in late April, 1864. Vindex, the underlying Latin noun, is also the root of the word vindicate. A year later, in 1865, it was undeniable that God had not preserved the Confederate States of America from destruction. And by recent years, even the reputation of the Confederacy, the last refuge of hope in "Deo Vindice", had fallen to the point where her human defenders barely raise a whisper. So it was with some astonishment that we are watching the long-awaited fall of...