What Will They Think Of Next?

 

Those crazy Canucks!

But not the skiing types from the 1970's.

But these Canuks are still pretty crazy.

This is an annual competition in Whitehorse, Yukon, in way northern Canada.

Look up.  Way up!  And to the left.

Definitely not like those sissy towns like Toronto & Montreal that are way down.  And to the right.

So I guess they dunk themselves in water - hot water, I assume, from the name of the location, Nordic Hot Springs - then fling their heads, and subsequently their hair, around.

The results can be...shocking!

I'm guessing there might also have been something warm - or cold - consumed before the contest.

    

Fun for the whole family.

So good on them to make the best out of a cold situation.

Although hopefully a colder situation will be be upon them soon, as they had to cancel this year's competition.

...Florida Man? Is That You...?

 

Maybe that's the last Florida Man news article ever......

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Post Script....

Sad ending. Well, of course a "bodyless head" washing ashore is a sad ending.  I guess this can now be called a bittersweet ending.

They identified that it was a 19 year old Miami man, who had gone into the water to rescue his younger sister from a rip current.  But never back it out himself.  A bypasser rescued his sister.

So sorry, Florida Man....

That's,,,Going To Be Expensive

 

10 years - $400 million?

Man, He Still Looks Like A Mean, Old Son Of A Bitch

 

The other dude almost looks like he is thinking, did I make the right decision here....?

I guess we will find out later tonight.

These Christmas Decorations Must Go!

 

Far too triggering for sensitive children...

Now That's More Like It!

 

When Does It End?

 Apparently no time soon.

So I guess it wasn't enough that some high school principal in Nova Scotia instructed veterans not to wear their uniforms to remember and stay ceremony.

No, now some degenerates have hijacked the Legion's Poppy Campaign to honor the slain Hamas terrorist leaders. 

(Such a nice, pensive picture of this POS)

Here's what he really looks like, as he preaches hate.

Or what he used to look like before the Israelis blowed him up.

And they're not the least bit ashamed of it - even giving the address where this "ceremony" will be held.

Legion members may be old but you can certainly cannot call them mild and meek. 

The Director of the Ontario Last Post Fund said, "The Legion does not mess around when it comes to the poppy."

"They are sending a cease and desist order as this is an insult to every fallen service member and every veteran, too."

But what the hell is going on in this country?

Where Does It Stop?

So in the lead up to Remembrance Day, tomorrow, the principal of the Sackville Heights Elementary School, Rachel Webster, sent a note home to parents in November saying, "To maintain a welcoming environment for all, we kindly request that service members wear civilian clothing." 

She cannot be serious! 

Luckily, the Nova Scotia premier quickly weighed in and said, "the leaders at the school are disgracing themselves while demeaning the people who protect our country."

He went on to say, "our veterans were never ashamed to wear their uniforms while protecting Canada and they should never be made to feel ashamed to wear their uniforms today." 

 

"If the people behind this decision had a shred of the courage that our veterans have, this cowardly insulting idea would have been rejected immediately."

Only now does the principal put out the note saying we're deeply sorry for this. And of course she had to add a "but":  "but our high school is extremely diverse...and some students have expressed discomfort with images of war, which include those individuals in military uniforms."

Sweet Mother Mary. 

Now the group that oversees this school the Halifax Regional Center for Education didn't take long to weigh in either. But not in the way you would have hoped. 

The spokesperson, Lindsay Bunin said, we were aware of the request to wear civilian clothes, but like most HRCE schools, Sackville Heights has a diverse student population, some of who....blah blah blankin' blah.

These deplorable technocrats.  Let's remind them not to forget.

Forget what?

The ultimate sacrifice made by thousands of military personnel to fight for and win the freedoms we enjoy today. 

Nothing better captures that thought than the famous World War I poem, In Flanders Fields.  Written by Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in 1915.

Read it again.

Good Idea

 

A Scary Thought.....

 

I Guess It's True What They Say......

 

P.S.  And in today's paper, courtesy of good old Beetle Baily......

That's A Bunch Of Baloney!

 

Luckily A US Focused Cartoon - I Hope!

And Now For The Rest Of The Story

 Or at least part of it.

Food bank use is at an all time high.  Over 2,000,000 visits in Canada for March 2024 alone.

But this chart, showing use by province, is just about useless.

Gee, Ontario & Quebec have the highest number of visits.  

And the territories and little PEI have the lowest.

A more useful view world be of feed bank use per capita.

Which is what the crack Arnotti Thoughts research team came up with.

Now everybody is pretty much in line with everyone else, except Quebec.

What's going on there? 

Interestingly enough, the food bank organization gave out scorecards to the provinces and territories.

Nobody came out looking good, except Quebec, with a C+ rating.

Highest food bank use in Canada - by a long way - and they get the highest mark?

Intuitively I would have thought those small, fairly poor Atlantic provinces would be heavily dependent on food banks.  But no.

Same gut feel for our three northern territories, but again no. 

Maybe they don't have a lot of food banks.

So is it as case of "if you build it. they will come"?

So the wealthier provinces have the resources to fund food banks so they have the highest usage?

Stay tuned.....

[This was intended to be about how useless that first chart is.]

Except His 'Stache is Better Than Matthews

 

You be the judge.....

And it certainly ain't no porn star 'stache.

Although some people think it could be.....

[FYI, dude on the right is actual porn star Ron Jeremy.]

A For Ingenuity

 

Now that's a Florida Man!

Or is that I For Ingenuity?

Sounds Like A Job For Florida Man!

 

But non!

This was a good old Canadian boy.  A French Canadian boy. 

Top that, Florida Man.

Jimmy Buffett

Zac Brown Band's tribute to Jimmy Buffett.

Minus the Zac Brown Band....

Thanks for all the memories Jimmy....

Gosh Darn It, They're Good!

 

I would never have thought to link gangs and crime!

This is why they are one of the premier, and most respected, policing forces in the world.

Pretty Good Two-Fr

 

In this morning's paper.....

And in the same paper right below it....