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The Gregorian calendar didn’t go into effect until 1582.

And 1583. And 1589. And 1587 and 1610 and 1700. And also 1752, 1873/74, 1916, 1918, 1923, and 1926/27.

The US has been Hamas ever since they said they were holding back bombs that might be used in Rafah.

the aid trucks will be unloaded on the shore in an area secured by Israeli forces [...] Israeli forces will be in charge of security on the shore

Right ... those same Israeli forces that have refused to let aid trucks into Gaza, have refused to let aid trucks move through Gaza, who have let Israelis loot burn and destroy aid trucks, who have deliberately and repeatedly targeted aid trucks and aid workers, repeatedly killing them? Those Israeli forces? I'm sure this'll be fine ...

In response to customers' complaints about its security measures, Loblaw, Canada's largest grocer, has repeatedly said that organized crime is to blame. "This surge in organized retail crime remains a significant problem for the retail industry," said Loblaw CFO Richard Dufresne during a conference call in late 2023.

Didn't they find that there hadn't been a surge in retail theft, that the "report" it was based on combined every source of shrink - including employee theft, retail theft, writing off stuff that spoiled in the store whether due to improper storage or inability to sell, writing off stuff that the managers over-ordered or mis-ordered, stuff that was exposed to mice and rats, etc etc etc. And that basically the "surge in retail theft" was actually just a cover to make managers feel better about mis-managing their stores?

Last year, the U.S. National Retail Federation initially reported a startling statistic: Organized retail crime accounted for nearly half of the estimated $94.5 billion US that retailers lost due to missing merchandise in 2021. However, the industry group retracted the claim eight months later, after it was revealed that the report was based on erroneous data.

Ah, yes, there it is. Funny how the corpos are still leaning hard on their discredited "report".

Trains have limited maneuverability, especially if the fire jumps ahead. At least in a car, you can choose to turn off onto a different route.

My brother-in-law always "hated olives", and then he came over for a party where we had set up an olive bar, which he vehemently and repeatedly declined. But we were hanging around afterward and, as you do when you're not really thinking and there's food hanging around, he absently ate one. He then made his way down the entire bar - I think we had like 20 different types (some were stuffed). Now he gets pouty if we have a party and there aren't any olives, lol!

I'm sure their religious words worked about as well as their legal ones.

lmao, citing Fox as some kind of credible source on anything, smdh.

What kinds of olives have you had? Have they been those cheap canned olives that sit on shelves for years? Then yeah, they're not great, more and at giving an olive flavor to dishes. If you've had fresh olives, those can be amazing. That said, black and green olives taste different and you may have a preference between the two (like some people prefer red or green apples), and there are a bunch of different varieties as well.

A letter sent earlier this month by a Tesla global-supply manager to Supercharger contractors and suppliers instructed them to [...] halt materials purchases [...] “I understand that this period of change may be challenging, and that patience is not easy when expecting to be paid!”

Inb4 Musk simply decides not to pay people ... :/

Possibly true, but we can't ignore the same possibility with Biden's "Uncommitted" voters.

There have been decades of tensions on the archipelago between Indigenous Kanaks seeking independence and descendants of colonizers who want to remain part of France. [...] The unrest started on Monday with a protest over France’s efforts to expand voter lists that would benefit pro-France politicians on New Caledonia and further marginalize the Kanak people, who once suffered from strict segregation policies and widespread discrimination.