Happy Hallowe'en

 

Those Mutts.  Gotta love 'em!

And while I'm at it......

Feel The Bern - And Miss The Irony

Bernie Sanders has a new book out.  

"It's Okay To Be Angry About Capitalism"

In it, he rails against unfettered capitalism, that he calls uber-capitalism. 

He takes aim at many large corporations, but saves his biggest bullets for Amazon.  And founder Jeff Bezos.

He blames Amazon "for exhibiting unlimited greed and abusing its wealth and power to tear our society apart".

Strong stuff.  The book, understandably, is getting mixed reviews.

Oh, and where can you get a copy of Bernie's book?

On Amazon, of course.  No hypocrisy there.....

He's what called a "Champagne Socialist". 

It Was Only A Metter Of Time

 

I like the Evading Arrest Obstacle Course in which Florida Men jump over fences and through yards while being chased by real police officers.

Yeeha, good buddy.

And, of course, "gator possessing", whatever that is....like a pet?

 

I Knew It!

 

Most Of My Girlfriends Did This...

 

How Far Is It To Flee Gaza?

I believe the Israelis gave the Gazans, or more specifically residents of Gaza City, 24 hours to flee south.

That doesn't sound like much time to flee from one end of the country to the other.

Two, three days?

But how big is the Gaza Strip anyway?

Well, here's a map of Toronto.

From the northeast corner of Scarborough to the southwest end of Etobicoke it's 36 km's.

Here is the same map with the Gaza Strip superimposed on top.

Holy cow.  It is one kilometre longer, top to bottom, than Toronto.   37 km's.

So for fleeing, I guess if you actually had a car, it could take about half an hour.

In Toronto, at rush hour - which is every hour - it would take about an hour and a half.. And that's avoiding the 401. 

Of course we rarely have to worry about getting shelled, shot or hitting a landmine.

I think I'd choose the Toronto commute... 😐

Uh Huh

 

If It's Okay For Lucy & Desis.....

 

Except This One

 

Another From The "Why Didn't I Think Of That" File

 

 Who Is Not The Professional Ball Player On This Broadcast Crew?

Pure Evil

 

I don't often get political, but this sign was hung from Toronto's Gardener Expressway yesterday.

It was hung by a pro Palestinian group in Toronto "celebrating the resistance and the next level accomplishments".  I think everybody knows the recent  "accomplishments" to which they are referring. 

They are even holding a rally at Toronto's City Hall on Thanksgiving Monday.   

According to their website, they are celebrating taking dozens of Israeli soldiers and civilians hostage, among other things. 

Wow.

Jewish groups in Toronto are understandably nervous.

Even more shocking I think is this post from the city of Hamilton's McMaster University Teacher's Union. Which represents over 3,000 academic workers there

How'd you like to be a Jewish kid going to that university.

Now, there has been "unrest in the Middle East" since I was a boy and a lot of terrible things done by both sides.

But to celebrate the deaths of  hundreds of civilians as accomplishments?

Wow.

Toronto police say they are monitoring these events "with deep concern". 

Think I will be staying inside tomorrow....

Post Script:  events are escalating quickly and terrifyingly.

Pure Joy

 

This is what sports should be about.

This kid, Anderson, scored the game winning touchdown with 15 seconds left to lift underdog Oklahoma to a huge upset win over Texas. 

Those are not cheerleaders just going through one of their scripted routines.

I Guess It /Is A Thing

 A while back I posted about a squirrel faking his own death.

A hilarious video, that I that I thought could have been done with AI, because what squirrel could actually do this. 

Click here and go to bottom of post to see for yourself.

If you are too lazy to click "here", here is a screen grab of his first attempt to feign death.

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He apparently didn't think was convincing enough, so he pulled the broom stick up higher around his neck. 

At the time I'm thinking, that can't be real, that can't be a thing.

But on a walk about today, I came across a different fellow trying the same thing.

Spread eagled.  Stick over his chest.

But this guy was way more convincing.

After some research, I found that animals, if confronted by a predator, will often fake their own death to throw off the predator..  I guess the first guy thought lady coming in to do laundry was pretty frightening....

And I Thought I Was Pretty Good

So this guy, James, Photoshops pictures for people.

Say no more.....

Ha  ha.

Okay, couple more....

If At First You Don't Succeed....

A while back I posted about a Florida Man trying to ride a hamster ball to the Bahamas.

Click here for the lurid details.

Well,, heeeee's baaaaack....

Maybe the Bahamas was just a test run.

[And looks like they used an old photo of him from a few years ago.  See below]

However, apparently he was just arrested, about 70 miles off the coast of Georgia by the USCG  The "vessel" was not properly registered.. 

But it took them three days to convince him to get out of the contraption.

He said he had a knife and could kill himself and has a bomb and would blow the hamster ball up.  

So if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again.  As he was arrested doing this in 2014. 2016, 2021,

Way to go, Florida Man!

Apparently I'm Not The Only One

A while back I posted about what I thought would be a very expensive travel agent.  See You Know You're Paying Too Much for a refresher.

So today as I was passing by, something now missing from that window.

Poor old Laurier's name is gone.  

And likely his business, too.

Let's see what over priced business will be next......

Or Speedos!

 

Oh Great.....What Do You Want...?

 

Orangutans have such human expressions.

Especially when humans try to imitate them. Like at the new Orangutan exhibit at the Toronto Zoo.

Which actually looks like a lot of fun.

But really, I just want to get on with my morning......

They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To

 Toronto Maple great Booby Baun passed away today at age 86.

And what do I mean by "they don't make 'em like they used to?"

Click here for a recent tribute to a real scrapper.

A toe injury?!  Come on, man.....