Am I reading this right that to reactivate they'd be charging the difference they 'lost' during the freeze term? Wild.

This article doesn't mention Alberta nor Texas a single time. Probably because the locale the raw materials are extracted doesn't mean much to the price at the pump.

It's not a small town market, it's multinational corporations that take from one place and send to wherever they can profit the most. Everywhere is screwed, but not more specifically than the aggregate. Both Alberta and Texas have seen the same price increases as their respective nation, because neither place has farm to table oil.

Unsurprisingly the same Governor that made plates and insurance mandatory for all e-bikes. Guy had a busy week as he was leaving office apparently.

Issuing this pardon before the jury had even rendered the verdict. Funny how mountains can be moved so expeditiously when it's for a friend.

Paramedics reported that [officer] Perrotta declined treatment in the ambulance.

“I am fine, I just needed to get out of here,” she said, according to the report.

The report by Eliot Prescott, Connecticut’s inspector general, did not say whether the delay in waiting for another ambulance contributed to [victim] Best’s death.

Perrotta currently is out on administrative leave due to an unrelated matter...

He might have died even taking that first ambulance, but she certainly wouldn't have. What a disgrace.

Sylvester said the couple "made 100% sure Issy was insured to be pregnant, and any complications involving pregnancy whilst we were abroad were covered".

Sylvester explained: "Essentially what they said is that we would have been covered had the baby not survived. But the fact was that the baby survived."

"We weren't going to be covered for that, because we didn't put his name on the insurance policy."

As someone that wouldn't choose to travel into or through the United States, I can't say I would be surprised if I got back home after this ordeal and the medical bills started showing up. US healthcare will charge for anything under the sun. I half expect visitors will be sent invoices for travelling in the vicinity of a hospital in the near future.

:)

set to go on sale in the Japanese market next month

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Joe should see a lawyer about a wrongful termination lawsuit.

The Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (pdf) brought to law in 1996 shields most liability for people donating food exactly like he did.

This may have been a knee-jerk reaction from the employer incorrectly assuming they could be liable if someone got sick. Though its also possible they've been looking for a reason to dismiss a long time employee to replace him with a cheaper one. Corporate ownership makes me leans towards the latter.

“It’s not enough anymore to say, ‘I can work hard,'” Dimon said in a recent interview with CNN. “In the old days, you could be in 10th grade, go get a factory [job] in Detroit, and eventually you could afford a family, a home, a car, and that may not be true anymore.” - CEO, JPMorgan

If only there were something that could be done about that, Mr Eight Figure Salary.

You'd have to be in a tight spot to be fired and replaced to accept being rehired even at the same salary, never mind a smaller salary. I feel bad for these people. Hopefully they work a bit slower in proportion to the reduced pay.

It's quite surreal to live through what will one day be a course on governmental collapse in Europe.

I found an update about the vote to remove the three board members.

Homeowners voted 190 to 20 in favour of removal, however the board cancelled the vote claiming there wasn't a 24 hour notice given to the community and subsequently that 210 votes might not qualify a quorum of more than a thousand homes.

Imagine how amazing you would feel as a child to have a possession of yours put on display at a museum. Even if it was temporary, you'd remember that for the rest of your days.