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Frelga
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Posted: Tue 27 Mar , 2018 7:08 pm
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That Uber story is like a script of a Buster Keaton movie.

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And that car was being driven by a human at the time. Who looks at stairs and says, "That's a dandy shortcut! Okay, GPS, I'll try it!" ?


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Someone posted a couple dozen photos of alleged Uber cars stuck on the stairs in London.

I also can't believe the tow truck. They try to pull the car off with a cable? I'd have thought they'd get a crane.

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I liked the link from the link you provided, Frelga, about how the wires/poles across Lake Pontchartrain show the curvature of the earth.

https://www.metabunk.org/soundly-provin ... ain.t8939/

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So what's all this about coffee in California being forced to have cancer warnings? link

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Jude wrote:
So what's all this about coffee in California being forced to have cancer warnings? link
Oh for Peet's sake! ;)

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Just curious, is the Toronto serial killer making headlines outside of Canada?

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Haven't heard anything. What happened?

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A well-known landscaper and grandfather had been killing men from Toronto's Gay Village and hiding their bodies in private gardens and planters. He's just been charged with his 8th victim, and everyone's expecting that there are more. They're going to do more searching when the ground thaws.

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Is this really not news outside of Canada?

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Not here. Our news is already all filled up with crazy.


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Not here either Jude!

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I've seen the story, but I don't remember where. It might have been a Canadian news site.

I haven't followed it, though.

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So, I'm assuming you all heard about today's terrorist attack in Toronto?

(I know, I should post links and descriptions about these things, but I'm always curious about how much of our news gets abroad)

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I heard that a truck hit pedestrians but at the time it was not yet reported whether it was a deliberate attack or an accident.

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Same as Frelga. Well, it seemed pretty clear it was not an accident, but no report on whether is was terrorism or a "lone wolf".

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I'm not so sure that's an "or". I'd describe him as a lone wolf terrorist.

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You know what I mean, random nutjob or Al-Quaeda...

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Sounds like no one knows yet. There's no obvious connection to any group and no manifesto. The article pointed out that his last name is traditionally Armenian, which is a majority Christian country.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/wor ... 544944002/

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He was in a special ed school and was described as walking around, head down, hands in pockets, meowing to himself. Sounds like nut job to me.


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