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Kyriakos said:
It's still private property, going by the call to 911. See it as a variation of the gimmick in Rear Window :p
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The sidewalk in front of your house is not usually private property.
 
Kyriakos said:
Well, she did call 911. Are you claiming she isn't operating under the law? ^^
Maybe they tried to also clear part of her yard.
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She called 911 but nobody was arrested so, no, she wasn't operating under the law, just being prejudiced.
 
Somebody fetch me @Traitorfish, please.

Lanna Tolland, of Glasgow, Scotland, found herself in the middle of a global food battle after uploading the experience she lived on board a flight on her Twitter account.​
The woman was trapped in a plane full of people along with a passenger who had no better idea – or a delusional idea – than to eat a whole rack of barbecued pork, with fries and cornbread and eggs, which he carefully carried to his place inside a huge pizza box.​
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Florida continues to live up to Vice City Public Radio standards!
First there's a part of it effectively ruled by the privately-owned Disney corporation.

Then, as Disney is not conservative, capitalistic or sexist enough, part of that district is taken away from it.

DeSantis then swiftly removed Reedy Creek’s existing Disney-appointed board. In its place, DeSantis plumped for Bridget Ziegler, a co-founder of Moms for Liberty, a rightwing group which has been involved in book-banning efforts across the US {Jan Brown}; Ron Peri, a pastor who believes American military failures are down to the country not being Christian enough {Pastor Richards}; and Martin Garcia, a Florida lawyer who donated $50,000 to DeSantis’ 2022 re-election campaign {Alex Shrub}.​

Clarifications added by me.
 
There was a hairdresser salon in Iraqi Kurdistan shut down because they were allegedly practicing witchcraft. I don’t think any English language media covered it and Kurdish news barely did either. I saw a Facebook post about it.
 
Kyriakos said:
Tbf, what if she had hidden something in the snow? You don't have to be ok with others clearing it without being asked to ^^
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Sidewalks in the US are public spaces that the home owner is obligated to keep clear. No one needs permission to clear a sidewalk. She is just a hater.
 
magic things and stuff are naturally marketed in places where the customers will be present . But indeed ı will top that closed hairdresser by the web discussion here which advises women not to drop their cut or clipped hair in places where men are present . That like creates lust and sins .
 
Takhisis said:
Somebody fetch me @Traitorfish, please.

Lanna Tolland, of Glasgow, Scotland, found herself in the middle of a global food battle after uploading the experience she lived on board a flight on her Twitter account.​
The woman was trapped in a plane full of people along with a passenger who had no better idea – or a delusional idea – than to eat a whole rack of barbecued pork, with fries and cornbread and eggs, which he carefully carried to his place inside a huge pizza box.​
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Taking the munch box to bold new places.
 

See what happens when a deer smashes its way through a New Brunswick household​

Deer breaks into Hampton home through window, makes giant mess, bounds back to the woods​

The forestry department asked Ray O'Donnell if he was sure.

Was he sure, that is, that a deer had broken into his house through a window, knocked over all of his wife's quilting supplies and was running around in the basement?

O'Donnell — keeping his distance from sharp hooves — was quite sure.

On Wednesday, he and his wife, Katie O'Donnell, had just minutes earlier returned to their home in Hampton, N.B., from a grocery shopping trip.

When they saw the broken window, they thought someone had broken in.

But when O'Donnell saw a deer in the basement, though, he quickly told Katie to cancel the call to the police.

They called the forestry department instead.

"This normally doesn't happen," O'Donnell said he was told over the phone.

O'Donnell's son and friend came over to help contain the situation — and to record the mayhem on a a phone video.

When someone from the Department of Natural Resources arrived, O'Donnell said he had a big stick and seemed to know what to do with the deer, which O'Donnell described as a large doe.

Eventually, the deer ran up the stairs and out the door, running back to the woods.

"It took off — you wouldn't think anything was wrong with it," O'Donnell said.

The O'Donnells see deer all the time near their home, though he pointed out they don't usually break into their house. Still, the deer are common enough that they're careful while driving, and even sometimes see them come close to their windows.

"I don't know what they're looking for," said O'Donnell, who's lived in the area for more than 30 years.

He'll be looking at deer a bit differently now, he said. Surveying the damage, O'Donnell was able to retrace the animal's path of destruction.

It broke into Katie's sewing room, knocking over fabric and quilting fabric — though, thankfully, leaving the sewing machine intact.

O'Donnell was surprised the animal didn't break its neck coming through the double-paned, vinyl glass window.

'Uncommon but not unheard of'​

The deer did cut itself, though. A pool of blood sent a rug to the garbage can, and O'Donnell's daughter-in-law arrived later to bleach the floor.

The deer ran out of the sewing room, somehow ripping up trimming on the door and leaving a dent in the wood.

In a statement, the Department of Natural Resources said Hampton has a fairly large suburban deer population, so deer are common around homes in the neighbourhood.

"These incidents are uncommon but not unheard of in New Brunswick," it said.

The statement said there was minimal injury to the deer.

Despite the damage, O'Donnell is finding humour in the situation. Since the deer's tracks came from across the road, he jokingly accused his neighbour of chasing the animal into his house.

Still, he's not hoping for any more intense wildlife encounters.

"You have to be very careful around here," he said.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/hampton-deer-breaks-into-home-1.6765820
 

Eagle-versus-cat standoff in Vancouver park captured in photos, video​

Eagle expert says urban eagles are savvy around pets and meetings rarely come to blows​

An East Vancouver man captured an unlikely animal encounter when an everyday house cat and a majestic bald eagle had a tense faceoff in a park.

Peter Davidson was at the Cunningham Elementary playground, near Nanaimo Street and East 37th Avenue, with his two-year-old son Saturday.

Also at the park was Bruno, his neighbour's friendly orange tabby.

Then it got a little more crowded: a bald eagle swooped down onto the field to drink from a puddle.

"I noticed the cat checking it out right away," Davidson said. "I thought they might actually get along."

Plenty of outdoor cats stalk birds but Bruno apparently has more ambition than most.

Photos and video show the feline cautiously approaching the raptor, back slightly arched and tail twitching.

"The eagle sort of puffed itself up and did sort of a bluff charge or two," Davidson described.

Fortunately, no animals were harmed in the making of this tale. After a few tense minutes, Davidson said, the eagle flew off.

Bruno chased after it, he added, perhaps claiming victory in the dust-up over a mud puddle.

'Wasn't exactly the smartest cat'​

Bird expert Rob Hope with the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society says it's a good thing cats and eagles generally don't tangle very often.

"Wasn't exactly the smartest cat on the block," Hope said after viewing Davidson's photos and video.

Urban eagles, he said, are generally savvy about domesticated pets and steer clear.

But if the encounter did escalate, he said, perhaps by the cat pouncing, the eagle would either flee or use its talons to protect itself, which "would have been not very pretty."

"They can defend themselves against anything," Hope said. "We've even seen and had reports of a bald eagle defending itself against coyotes."

Eagles don't hunt pets as a rule, he added, but sometimes can mistake kittens or very small dogs as rodents.

He's glad the eagle decided to chicken out.

"If [the eagle] really wanted to do something in that situation, it definitely could've," Hope said. "It could've turned nasty, which nobody wants to see."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/eagle-vs-cat-standoff-vancouver-park-1.6771134
 
I thought Eagles take cats a bit more often than they actually do. There is a 'nest cam' where an eagle brings back someone's cat (still had a collar on) to the nest for it's young ones to feast on, but perhaps it had been roadkill.

Driving on the road one day and an eagle is picking away at roadkill, right in the middle of a two-lane highway. Me, and other cars drive around him (slowing down some, maybe 40-45 instead of 55-60 mph) and cars are driving past him just a couple feet away and he still was enjoying his meal and not flying off like most birds would do.

So, just to review, here’s a simplified take on a Bald Eagle’s tasting preferences:

  1. Anything they don’t have to chase.
  2. Fish.
  3. Birds.
  4. Everything else, including Mr. Whiskers.
While Tuesday’s feline feast might have shocked or disturbed some viewers, it’s important to remember that of the many good reasons to keep your cats indoors, “they might get slaughtered and eaten by a eagle” is pretty low on the list.

www.audubon.org

Will a Bald Eagle Eat Your Outdoor Cat?

No, because it’s way too much effort.
www.audubon.org www.audubon.org
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Giving the middle finger is a 'God-given right,' says Quebec judge​

Montreal-area man acquitted of criminal harassment after flipping off neighbours​

Giving someone the middle finger is a "God-given" right that belongs to all Canadians, a Quebec judge said, as he recently acquitted a Montreal-area man of criminal harassment and uttering threats.

In his ruling, Quebec court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos wrote that not only was Neall Epstein not guilty, the fact that he was arrested and prosecuted at all was a bewildering injustice.

"To be abundantly clear, it is not a crime to give someone the finger," the judge wrote in his Feb. 24 ruling. "Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given, Charter-enshrined right that belongs to every red-blooded Canadian. It may not be civil, it may not be polite, it may not be gentlemanly. Nevertheless, it does not trigger criminal liability."

Police arrested Epstein, a 45-year-old teacher, on May 18, 2021, as he returned home from a walk. Earlier in the day, he had run into a neighbour — Michael Naccache — who lived on the same Beaconsfield, Que., street and with whom he had previous conflicts.

Naccache, 34, swore at Epstein and threatened him while holding a power tool "in a menacing way," the judge found. Epstein replied with two middle fingers and continued walking.

Naccache alleged that Epstein also made a throat-slashing gesture and said he feared Epstein would come back and try to kill him — claims that the judge did not accept.

"On what basis did he fear that Mr. Epstein was a potential murderer? The fact that he went for quiet walks with his kids? The fact that he socialized with the other young parents on the street? If that is the standard, we should all fear that our neighbours are killers-in-waiting," Galiatsatos wrote.

Neighbourhood quarrelling​

The incident was the culmination of a series of interactions between the two men and members of their families. Naccache claimed those interactions amounted to months of harassment, but the judge found them to be innocent behaviour.

"To the complainants, the presence of young families outside is a source of scorn and vivid resentment that ultimately spilled over into a criminal complaint against their neighbour," the judge wrote, describing Epstein as a "caring father of two young daughters who committed no crime whatsoever."

He called it "deplorable" that the complainants "weaponized the criminal justice system in an attempt to exert revenge on an innocent man."

Naccache said he thought Epstein regularly and surreptitiously filmed him and his family. In reality, the judge concluded, it was Naccache who had been filming Epstein and other neighbours from cameras mounted outside the home in which he lived with his parents and brother.

He also had cameras on his motorcycle and in his parents' cars.

In one incident, video submitted as evidence shows Naccache's mother, Martine Naccache, driving dangerously near neighbourhood children, the judge wrote.

About an hour later, Naccache's father, Frank Naccache, "deliberately and spitefully" did the same, the ruling says, leading to a confrontation with several neighbourhood fathers, including Epstein.

Epstein testified that during that episode, Frank Naccache threatened to intentionally hit the children with his car.

Michael Naccache claimed in court that Epstein assaulted his parents during that confrontation, but the video evidence instead showed Naccache's brother, Ari Naccache, pushing Epstein, who then walked away in what the judge called a "remarkable exercise of restraint."

Judge wanted to throw the file 'out the window'​

Galiatsatos wrote that Martine and Frank Naccache should consider themselves lucky they weren't ticketed for reckless driving. He added that the two Naccache brothers were fortunate they weren't charged with assault or uttering threats.

Galiatsatos wrote in acquitting Epstein that he wished he could literally — not just figuratively — throw the case out of court.

"In the specific circumstances of this case, the Court is inclined to actually take the file and throw it out the window, which is the only way to adequately express my bewilderment with the fact that Mr. Epstein was subjected to an arrest and a fulsome criminal prosecution."

The Montreal police service said it is analyzing the decision and declined to comment further.

The provincial prosecutors office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A message left for Epstein through his lawyer was not immediately returned, and a phone message left at the Naccache home was also not returned.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/middle-finger-god-given-right-quebec-judge-1.6772056
 
Broken_Erika said:

Giving the middle finger is a 'God-given right,' says Quebec judge​

Montreal-area man acquitted of criminal harassment after flipping off neighbours​

Giving someone the middle finger is a "God-given" right that belongs to all Canadians, a Quebec judge said, as he recently acquitted a Montreal-area man of criminal harassment and uttering threats.

In his ruling, Quebec court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos wrote that not only was Neall Epstein not guilty, the fact that he was arrested and prosecuted at all was a bewildering injustice.

"To be abundantly clear, it is not a crime to give someone the finger," the judge wrote in his Feb. 24 ruling. "Flipping the proverbial bird is a God-given, Charter-enshrined right that belongs to every red-blooded Canadian. It may not be civil, it may not be polite, it may not be gentlemanly. Nevertheless, it does not trigger criminal liability."

Police arrested Epstein, a 45-year-old teacher, on May 18, 2021, as he returned home from a walk. Earlier in the day, he had run into a neighbour — Michael Naccache — who lived on the same Beaconsfield, Que., street and with whom he had previous conflicts.

Naccache, 34, swore at Epstein and threatened him while holding a power tool "in a menacing way," the judge found. Epstein replied with two middle fingers and continued walking.

Naccache alleged that Epstein also made a throat-slashing gesture and said he feared Epstein would come back and try to kill him — claims that the judge did not accept.

"On what basis did he fear that Mr. Epstein was a potential murderer? The fact that he went for quiet walks with his kids? The fact that he socialized with the other young parents on the street? If that is the standard, we should all fear that our neighbours are killers-in-waiting," Galiatsatos wrote.

Neighbourhood quarrelling​

The incident was the culmination of a series of interactions between the two men and members of their families. Naccache claimed those interactions amounted to months of harassment, but the judge found them to be innocent behaviour.

"To the complainants, the presence of young families outside is a source of scorn and vivid resentment that ultimately spilled over into a criminal complaint against their neighbour," the judge wrote, describing Epstein as a "caring father of two young daughters who committed no crime whatsoever."

He called it "deplorable" that the complainants "weaponized the criminal justice system in an attempt to exert revenge on an innocent man."

Naccache said he thought Epstein regularly and surreptitiously filmed him and his family. In reality, the judge concluded, it was Naccache who had been filming Epstein and other neighbours from cameras mounted outside the home in which he lived with his parents and brother.

He also had cameras on his motorcycle and in his parents' cars.

In one incident, video submitted as evidence shows Naccache's mother, Martine Naccache, driving dangerously near neighbourhood children, the judge wrote.

About an hour later, Naccache's father, Frank Naccache, "deliberately and spitefully" did the same, the ruling says, leading to a confrontation with several neighbourhood fathers, including Epstein.

Epstein testified that during that episode, Frank Naccache threatened to intentionally hit the children with his car.

Michael Naccache claimed in court that Epstein assaulted his parents during that confrontation, but the video evidence instead showed Naccache's brother, Ari Naccache, pushing Epstein, who then walked away in what the judge called a "remarkable exercise of restraint."

Judge wanted to throw the file 'out the window'​

Galiatsatos wrote that Martine and Frank Naccache should consider themselves lucky they weren't ticketed for reckless driving. He added that the two Naccache brothers were fortunate they weren't charged with assault or uttering threats.

Galiatsatos wrote in acquitting Epstein that he wished he could literally — not just figuratively — throw the case out of court.

"In the specific circumstances of this case, the Court is inclined to actually take the file and throw it out the window, which is the only way to adequately express my bewilderment with the fact that Mr. Epstein was subjected to an arrest and a fulsome criminal prosecution."

The Montreal police service said it is analyzing the decision and declined to comment further.

The provincial prosecutors office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A message left for Epstein through his lawyer was not immediately returned, and a phone message left at the Naccache home was also not returned.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/middle-finger-god-given-right-quebec-judge-1.6772056
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Surname gave away the ethnic origin ^^

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Takhisis said:
Somebody fetch me @Traitorfish, please.

Lanna Tolland, of Glasgow, Scotland, found herself in the middle of a global food battle after uploading the experience she lived on board a flight on her Twitter account.​
The woman was trapped in a plane full of people along with a passenger who had no better idea – or a delusional idea – than to eat a whole rack of barbecued pork, with fries and cornbread and eggs, which he carefully carried to his place inside a huge pizza box.​
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Is that half a fish too?!
 

The Crooked House: Britain's 'wonkiest pub' to be sold​

A pub thought to be Britain's wonkiest has been put up for sale by its owners.
The Crooked House on Himley Road, near Dudley is one of 61 freehold pubs being sold by Marston's PLC.
It comes as part of a nationwide review by the Wolverhampton-based company, which owns about 1,500 pubs across the UK.
The 18th Century Crooked House has been a popular attraction in the region, with visitors flocking to see the distinctive leaning building.

It was first built in 1765 as a farmhouse, but due to mining in the area during the early 19th Century, one side of the building began to gradually sink.
This week, Marston's announced it had instructed a business property adviser to sell the Crooked House along with seven other of its freehold pubs across the West Midlands.

Nik Antona, chairman of the Campaign for Real Ale, told BBC Radio WM he hoped they do not disappear completely.
"What we're concerned about, is for the properties to remain as pubs," he said.
"The tenants that are in them now have the opportunity to buy them and continue to run them as pubs."
Noel Moffitt, senior director of corporate pubs and restaurants at Christie & Co, which is managing the sale said: "The pub sector has been very resilient over the last few years and has adapted well to the challenges and despite interest in the sector there is a lack of properties on the market."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-64912966
 
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