Wow! I don't ever leave the pump running until I am through and the receipt prints out. I see people put the nozzle in the intake and walk into the convenient store. Someone could easily grab it from their car and fill up theirs before the person gets back. Thanks. I told Bob. He said Try that in a small town. It won't happen here. I was reading about this the other day … in the comment section the most popular solution is to make sure you carry a box of matches … and if you feel helpless / threaten from these con artists … then say you want this? Okay, if you insist … then aim the gasoline nozzle in their direction and spray them and then tell them I got a match … then watch them run away from ya.. :whistle: I saw a video recently of a guy just spraying the gasoline on the wouldbe assailants. They even had guns but took off faster than you could imagine. Hospitals Refuse to Perform Gender and Hormonal Mutilations Even Where it is Legal. 'To protect themselves from criminal liability, they’ve just decided to not even risk it...': In some states that have not banned gender mutilation, including Missouri and North Dakota, the mutilation procedures have abruptly been halted because medical providers are wary of harsh liability possibilities from those same laws — one of multiple reasons that advocates say care has become harder to access even where it remains legal. Since last year, conservative lawmakers and governors have prioritized ending gender mutilation to protect children and adults. At least 22 states have now enacted laws restricting or banning gender and hormonal mutilation for minors. Medical institutions banning the mutilations cite a section of the law that increased the liability for providers. Under it, patients can sue for injury from the treatment until they turn 36, or even longer if the harm continues past then. The law gives the healthcare provider the burden of proving that the harm was not the result of hormones or puberty-blocking drugs. And the minimum damages awarded in such cases would be $500,000. “To protect themselves from criminal liability, they’ve just decided to not even risk it,” Stewart said. 'Empty shelves with absolutely no books': Students, parents question school board's library weeding process: Books published in 2008 or earlier removed from school library amid confusion around new equity-based process. Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. Those are all examples of books Reina Takata says she can no longer find in her public high school library in Mississauga, Ont., which she visits on her lunch hour most days. In May, Takata says the shelves at Erindale Secondary School were full of books, but she noticed that they had gradually started to disappear. When she returned to school this fall, things were more stark. "This year, I came into my school library and there are rows and rows of empty shelves with absolutely no books," said Takata, who started Grade 10 last week. She estimates more than 50 percent of her school's library books are gone. In the spring, Takata says students were told by staff that "if the shelves look emptier right now it's because we have to remove all books [published] prior to 2008." Takata is one of several Peel District School Board (PDSB) students, parents and community members CBC Toronto spoke to who are concerned about a seemingly inconsistent approach to a new equity-based book-weeding process implemented by the board last spring in response to a provincial directive from the Minister of Education. They say the new process, intended to ensure library books are inclusive, appears to have led some schools to remove thousands of books solely because they were published in 2008 or earlier. "It is offensive, illogical and counterintuitive to remove books from years past that educate students on Canada's history, antisemitism or celebrated literary classics." When it comes to disposing of the books that are weeded, the board documents say the resources are "causing harm," either as a health hazard because of the condition of the book or because "they are not inclusive, culturally responsive, relevant or accurate." For those reasons, the documents say the books cannot be donated, as "they are not suitable for any learners." In the meantime, students like Takata are left with half-empty shelves and questions about why they weren't consulted about their own libraries. "No one asked for our opinions," she said. "I feel that taking away books without anyone's knowledge is considered censorship." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/peel-school-board-library-book-weeding-1.6964332 Bill Gates Suddenly Abandons Climate Doom Narrative: Bill Gates is suddenly changing his tune and appears to be abandoning the “climate doom” Narrative just as more people see through the climate change façade and realize how their lives are being exploited by globalism. “Gates, author of “How to Avoid a Climate Disaster,” spent the last decade warning audiences that the world is overpopulated and subject to impending climate doom. In order to save the planet, Bill Gates says we must achieve “zero net carbon emissions by the year 2050. Meanwhile, Gates continues to traverse the world in his private jets, spewing more carbon emissions in one year than the average person does in their entire lifetime,” says Lance D Johnson from NewsTarget who authored the following article. Bill Gates Suddenly Abandons Climate Doom Narrative as Populations Push Back Against Globalism: During a live speaking event at the Times Center in New York, Gates made a sudden U-turn on his climate doom narrative. He said, “No temperate country is going to become uninhabitable.” The fear-driven, end-of-the-world climate change doom narrative is no longer working on the masses, and Gates knows that people see through the manipulation and exploitation, so he is adapting his message. In his most recent public speech, Gates said, “If you try to do climate brute force, you will get people who say, ‘I like climate but I don’t want to bear that cost and reduce my standard of living.’” In other words, Gates knows his climate investments are helping to destroy the standard of living for millions worldwide. Now, populations are pushing back against socialism, green new deals, and the “ESG” (environment, social, and governance) schemes that have infiltrated corporations and governments around the world. These policies have slowed economic growth, increased energy costs, and wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. In the U.S., the $27 billion “National Climate Bank,” created by Biden’s Green New Deal, has only led to waste, fraud, abuse and outright socialism. Government central planners (like climate czar John Kerry) are entitled to pick the winners and losers in the economy, stifling market innovation and upending countless jobs and livelihoods. . . . Bill Gates and the green new deal-pushing globalists are out of touch with reality. Not only are they making it harder for the average person to eat, commute to work, and cool/heat their homes, but their delusional policies are also breaking down the sovereignty of nations, making populations more vulnerable and the world less safe in the process. https://expose-news.com/2023/09/27/bill-gates-suddenly-abandons-climate-doom-narrative/ PHOTOS: Heavy Rains Bring Flash Floods to New York City; Roads and Subways Paralyzed as State of Emergency Declared: Heavy rains overnight in the northeastern United States left parts of New York City underwater on Friday, partially paralyzing subways and airports in the country’s financial capital. New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) declared an official state of emergency for the city, Long Island to the east, and the Hudson River valley to the north, warning people to not travel on flooded roads. Images from around New York showed cars half-submerged and traffic snarled, with some major roads completely blocked. The massive New York subway system was also hit by the flooding, with several lines closed in Brooklyn. It [is] said total accumulation on Friday could hit seven inches (18 centimeters). Over 40 Percent of French Back Lifetime Limit of Four Flights Per Person: The survey, which took a representative sample of 1,010 French people aged 18 and above, found that support for the draconian measure was even higher among those under the age of 35, with 48 percent supporting the idea and rising to 59 percent for 18 to 24-year-olds. The French government of Emmanuel Macron has been one of the most active in the world in trying to reduce the use of airplanes. In May, the government issued a diktat banning domestic air travel for journeys that could be traveled by train in under two-and-a-half hours. Paris also urged EU nations this month to impose a minimum price on flights within Europe to crack down on airlines from offering budget options in a supposed bid to reduce the industry’s emissions by pricing out poorer people from being able to travel by air. There has been some pushback against the idea, with the Airlines for Europe association, which represents around 70 percent of all European air traffic, saying that it would violate EU market laws which permit airlines to set their own prices. Responding to the findings, Danish climate expert Bjørn Lomborg said that the survey demonstrated “how crazy climate alarmism has become." Gavin Newsom Signs Law Requiring Fast Food Restaurants to Pay $20 per Hour: The current average hourly fast food wage in California is over $16. Already, critics say that $20 is not enough. Increasingly, fast food chains have been replacing workers with computers for tasks like customer service, and McDonald’s recently opened a fully automated restaurant. One reason: rising labor costs.
