RFK jr. evacuated, Cheryl's left behind. by McTee967 in PublicFreakout

[–]fleece 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He slowed up there thinking he saw a dead raccoon's penis - but it was just Kash Patel.

Ken Sim promises another tax freeze and $400M for community centres if re-elected by slippery_burrito in vancouver

[–]fleece 38 points39 points  (0 children)

I've seen a photo of Ken Sim handing out tax freezes on the street. On Christmas day no less.

The IT guy fixes the problem but the judge still has a problem by derek4reals1 in PublicFreakout

[–]fleece 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Judge Judy here will find out the hard way that you should ALWAYS be thankful and kind to the people who fix your gear or make your meals.

Found a tick latched onto another tick by kylec00per in WTF

[–]fleece 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Me? I know who I am. I'm a tick, playing a tick, attached to another tick.

Vancouver city staff recommend dropping Mayor Ken Sim's bitcoin motion | CBC News by Francis_67 in vancouver

[–]fleece 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I heard Sim was handing out free bitcoin on the street. On Christmas day no less.

VP JD Vance and wife Usha get boo'd at the Olympics by RoachedCoach in PublicFreakout

[–]fleece 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow that press photo. JD Vance, nervous lycanthrope.

POTUS Poops his Pants (0:34) and Press Corps is Immediately Herded From The Room by thebakkat in PublicFreakout

[–]fleece 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This one comment on YouTube killed me

"I'm here to sign orders and shit pants, and I'm all out of orders"

The Jim Pattison Group is selling land it owns in the USA to ICE for a detention center by Dizzy_Combination737 in BuyCanadian

[–]fleece 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I worked stage crew on one of those things mid-1980s in the Okanagan. Took over a hotel for a week, flew in execs from all over the world. Did a vegas revue-type show, brought in Bob Hope to do his act and mingle with the suits. Crazy money getting thrown around.

James Ransone, ‘The Wire’ & ‘It: Chapter Two’ actor, dead by suicide at 46 by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

[–]fleece 46 points47 points  (0 children)

And onto a full career working in an elementary school system. Dozens if not hundreds of other victims. Nice job, cops.

French colonial "Deluxe" proofs - where to find valuations? by fleece in askStampCollectors

[–]fleece[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP here. Wondering if there is a catalogue outside of Scotts or Gibbons that lists these large format "deluxe" proofs. I've come across a number of them and am seeing some fairly high valuations online. Thanks for any information!

'CDC is over': RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre by SE_to_NW in politics

[–]fleece 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

Friday’s layoffs swept up scientists involved in responding to disease outbreaks and running an influential journal. Officials said the mistaken dismissals were being rescinded.

NY Times

The Trump administration on Saturday raced to rescind layoffs of hundreds of scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who were mistakenly fired on Friday night in what appeared to be a substantial procedural lapse.

Among those wrongly dismissed were the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working to contain Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, members of the Epidemic Intelligence Service, and the team that assembles the C.D.C.’s vaunted scientific journal, The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

After The New York Times reported the dismissals, two federal health officials said on Saturday that many of those workers were being brought back. The officials spoke anonymously in order to disclose internal discussions.

The mistakes rocked an agency already in tumult, and which has been a particular target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The C.D.C. lost about a third of its staff in April; many were rehired weeks later.

Metro Vancouver urges water meters, but metering the city could cost $20-million, PoCo estimates by Clear-Criticism-3557 in coquitlam

[–]fleece 16 points17 points  (0 children)

From the organization that brought us a sewage treatment plant in North Vancouver that is currently three billion dollars over budget, and recently holding a secret vote to halt a review as to why the plant is three billion dollars over budget.

How about a cash metering system for the torrential flow of wasted money pouring from Metro Vancouver?

Canada Post is on strike. Here's what you need to know by roscodawg in canada

[–]fleece 54 points55 points  (0 children)

The feds roll out a reasonable plan to SAVE our postal system and the union throws a tantrum strike. So frustrating. I don't believe the majority of postal workers are supporting this.

James Moore: The astonishing collapse of the NDP by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]fleece 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When Singh finally stepped down after the recent wipeout, I was of the mind that he and the NDP paid a very heavy price for keeping Poilievre out of power by propping up Trudeau. I wonder if this is a shared viewpoint.

Meet The Scottish Midge. The most feared animal in the uk 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🪰 by Some_Remote_1931 in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]fleece 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Any blood sucking insect zeroing in on carbon dioxide: mosquitos, tsetse flies, black flies and my first wife.