The straws were introduced to all 1,361 McDonald's restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland after a trial last year.
But the fast food giant acknowledged on Monday that the new versions are too thick to be processed by its recyclers.
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The straws were introduced to all 1,361 McDonald's restaurants in the United Kingdom and Ireland after a trial last year.
But the fast food giant acknowledged on Monday that the new versions are too thick to be processed by its recyclers.
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Women and children were among the victims of the attack that occurred at around 9 a.m. local time on August 7, Interior Ministry spokesman Nusrat Rahimi said.
Deputy Interior Minister Khoshal Sadat told reporters that 92 of the wounded were civilians. Four police officers were among those killed, Sadat said.
Comment: It's notable that while peace talks are on going some in the region seem intent on sabotaging them with some of the deadliest attacks in recent history: 50 dead in Afghanistan attacks as Taliban offered part in Presidential election if peace talks start
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Damage to the entrance at the front of the Danish Tax Authority in Copenhagen.
Damage to the entrance at the front of the Danish Tax Authority in Copenhagen.
Tax Minister Morten Bodskov told Ritzau that it's "pretty clear" someone is behind the explosion, while Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the attack a "serious crime." Police said one person was slightly injured.
Images of the building, which is in the east of the capital Copenhagen, show the front was largely destroyed, with windows shattered. The injured person was a passer-by, who was hit by flying debris, police said.
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Babylon Bee's satirical take summed things up perfectly:
An exhaustive new study from the CDC reveals that the leading cause of gun violence in America is your political opponents. Researchers looked at a number of potential causes of gun violence such as mental health, family situation, cultural shifts, gun laws, rap music, video games, sugar consumption, and the actual gunman, but by and large, the most prominent cause of gun violence was what most already suspected. The fault lies with those who you disagree with politically.© CDC
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Once, having the freedom to publish everything uncovered in the course of my many investigative stories was status quo, I wrote "the facts ma'am." But now I (and so many others), run the risk of suspension, banning and removal at any time for any reason. It has seemingly become more difficult to publish a story, save that I post it on our website and direct people to my site to read my latest piece. And I shudder to think how many journalists and perhaps non-journalists but even potential sources are just too afraid to share facts, tell the real story, or provide the truth. The risk of being banned for stepping outside of the "acceptable" line is real. The fear of facing the virtual and sometimes physical lynch mob that comes for those who dare to try to tell unvarnished truth is very real.
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British tourists taken into police custody, Cyprus, July 2019
British tourists taken into police custody, Cyprus, July 2019
Cyprus police released seven Israelis who were arrested on suspicion of gang raping of the 19-year-old woman last Sunday. The tourist was then arrested on suspicion of misleading authorities. All accusations against the group of 12 Israelis, five of whom were released two weeks ago, were dropped.
According to Justice Abroad, subsequent police reports stating that the tourist voluntarily recanted her allegations have been denied by the family. The organization cited family members as asserting that the teenager was taken to the police station while on medications, where she provided a further statement about the allegations. A police officer told her he believed she was lying and urged her to write a confession and that he would arrest her friends in Cyprus if she did not agree. She requested a lawyer and was denied, according to the organization.
The teenager then said "you have to be f***ing joking" and left the room crying, and was threatened upon her return to be charged with "swearing at a police officer," according to the Justice Abroad statement. She was then pressured to write a confession, which was dictated to her, against her will, and was told what to include and given a choice as to what reasons to give for making the allegations, the statement said. The teenager refused to sign the statement but was told that she would be arrested if she did not, according to the statement.
Walmart shooter Patrick Crusius caught on surveillance footage
But the family reached out to WFAA because they felt the need to tell someone about that dark chapter. It is a story they claim they told the FBI two years ago and again this last weekend. WFAA is protecting the family's identity because they fear retaliation.
"It was more like fireworks were going off, it just hit a chord," the father said watching news coverage on Saturday.
As soon as they heard the name "Patrick Crusius," they say they knew instantly. The Collin County family says Crusius tried to recruit their son to a small local white supremacist group in 2017.
"When [our son] referenced Patrick, it was in a glorified manner," said the father.
The family says the son and Crusius were both at Plano Senior High together. The district confirmed two students by those names attended the school at the same time.
"At first it was a flyer and then they made friends with him," the mother said.
During a segment on Tucker Carlson Live on Tuesday, the conservative host lashed out at the media for criticizing President Donald Trump's response to the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings.
"It's not the job of this show to defend the president and everything he says," Carlson said after airing a clip demonstrating the media criticisms of Trump's speech on Monday. "Some things we are not going to defend. But in point of fact, he never endorsed white supremacy or came close to endorsing white supremacy. That's just a lie. But he condemned it anyway. Their response, 'he didn't really mean it.'"
Carlson goes on to allege that "the whole [white supremacy issue] is a lie."
"If you were to assemble a list, a hierarchy of concerns of problems this country faces, where would white supremacy be on the list? Right up there with Russia probably," he said. "It's actually not a real problem in America. The combined membership of every white supremacist organization in this country would be able to fit inside a college football stadium."
"This is a country where the average person is getting poorer, where the suicide rate is spiking — 'white supremacy, that's the problem' — this is a hoax," Carlson added. "Just like the Russia hoax, it's a conspiracy theory used to divide the country and keep a hold on power."
Comment: He's right. "White supremacy" has become a meaningless catchall, a buzzword thrown around willy-nilly. For most of the people using it, it doesn't even mean what you think it means. It doesn't actually mean the people they label are white supremacists. Anyone defending the status quo in any way is by default a "white supremacist". Anyone not calling for a radical revolution to tear down western society as we know it is a "white supremacist". That is complete and utter horse hockey. White supremacy is a real thing, but not like this. There are a tiny, tiny number of actual white supremacists like the KKK who believe in the superiority of the white race and want America to be a white ethnic state. As Tucker says, you can fit them all into a college football stadium. Their very existence may be a problem, but compared to countless others, they're a relatively minor problem.
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Steve Hooper is a 30-year veteran of the FBI. Hooper said the El Paso shooter, during interviews, says he was triggered after watching the DNC debate where all the candidates raised their hands to provide "health insurance" to illegal immigrants.
It was the insanity at the Democrat Presidential debates that triggered the shooter, not Trump's language.
Comment: Which plays very nicely into Democratic talking points that Trump encourages white supremacists. Except that the Dayton shooter's alleged motivation (which is getting far less media attention) was exactly the opposite.
Dayton mass shooter: Self-described leftist, avid supporter of Antifa and Communism - UPDATES
More likely it's the hysterical level of rhetoric on both sides triggering the susceptible, whatever their politics.
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Epstein has housed girlfriends, associates, and employees in some of the 150 units at 301 East 66th St. owned by his brother's firm.
Epstein has housed girlfriends, associates, and employees in some of the 150 units at 301 East 66th St. owned by his brother's firm.
Before his extended stay in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center began in July, disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein dwelled in some of the city's most exclusive real estate, laying his head in a palatial Upper East Side townhouse and conducting his mysterious business out of a landmarked mansion on Madison Avenue.
But it hasn't been all private islands and 7,000-acre ranches for the half-billionaire. For decades Epstein has run some of his operations quietly out of a squat Second Avenue residential building owned by his brother, Mark Epstein, and frequently visited by the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.
Comment: Much like the replacement of traditional light bulbs with CFLs, and even renewable energy sources, environmental solutions only serve as virtue signals, offering nothing but a pseudo-solution with a side of frustration for the consumer having to switch to inferior, and sometimes dangerous, products. People really have no idea what they're doing.
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