Police say a large quantity — but not all — of the 400 kilograms of nearly pure bullion bars stolen in the Toronto airport gold heist was melted and transformed in a workshop in the basement of a local jewelry store.
Smelting equipment used to turn molten gold into long, thin strips, and another machine that can twist and shape metal into bracelets were found by police inside the basement forge that included an oxy-acetylene torch, crucibles, metal tongs, and moulds.
John Cleese is the master of both silly walks and sublime comedy takes.
The Monty Python veteran is as feisty as ever at 84, slashing those attempting to crush comedy that breaks any kind of so-called rule.
JERUSALEM – Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military.
The decision, expected as soon as Monday, would mark the first time the U.S. has ever imposed sanctions on a unit inside the Israeli military and further strains relations between the two allies, which have grown increasingly tense during Israel’s war in Gaza.
A standup performance from former TV host Chelsea Handler was disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters Friday in Richmond, Virginia.
Hander was appearing at the Altria Theater in Richmond for her “Little Big Bitch” comedy tour when her show was beset by protesters.
As Handler was onstage, several women jumped up onto the stage and began yelling at her about the ongoing situation in Gaza.
For some reason it doesn’t matter that Handler is as left as it gets.
“Everything that is created, built, served and sold in this country is increasingly being created, built, served and sold by Millennials and Gen Z,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as he announced what he called a budget focused on a quest for “generational fairness.”
“Their success is Canada’s success in the future, sure, but also right now. But the economy isn’t rewarding them the way it used to reward their parents and grandparents.
“That’s not right. That’s not fair.”
A trans-identifying middle school male who was caught on video attacking a 13-year-old girl with a Stanely Cup was revealed to have had a “hit list” of students to target.
Last Wednesday, a seventh-grade girl was left hospitalized after being attacked at Pennbrook Middle School in North Wales, Pennsylvania. The accused student, a biological male who identifies as female, allegedly attacked the girl in the head with a Stanley Cup in the school cafeteria.
h/t XC
A jury has acquitted Umar Zameer in the death of Toronto police Const. Jeffrey Northrup, accepting that what happened in the parking garage below Nathan Phillips Square early July 2, 2021 was a horrible, tragic accident and not a crime.
On Sunday, after two days of deliberations, jurors found the 34-year-old accountant not guilty of all charges including first- and second-degree murder and manslaughter. Zameer was on trial for first-degree murder because Northrup was a police officer killed in the execution of his duties.
Don't forget these terrorists. They imported the hate. pic.twitter.com/YTweuLi44z
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) April 21, 2024
A transgender person has shared their experience after receiving an experimental new surgery that involves removing the entirety of their external genitals.
Adrian, 27, from Florida, is non-binary – meaning they do not conform to either male or female – and had the operation at a controversial gender clinic in Texas that has been dubbed ‘Frankenstein’s lab’.
It is one of a handful hospitals in the country that offer genital nullification surgery – a procedure which involves removing all external genitalia to create a smooth transition down from the stomach to the groin.
In marketing as in politics, a brand’s voice can make or break its ability to connect with its target audience. More than just tone and delivery, a brand’s voice signals its authenticity, approachability, and relatability. Get the voice wrong, and your message may fall on deaf ears — or worse, grate on them like nails on a chalkboard.
As Marshall McLuhan famously said, “the medium is the message.” In other words, how you say something is just as important as what you’re saying. The wrong brand voice can cause the receiver to simply tune out. Like Charlie Brown’s monotonous teacher whose “wah wah wah” fails to hold the Peanuts gang’s attention, a brand that speaks in a dull, generic way will struggle to engage its audience.
More diversity. I wonder if Justsingh are laying low so as not to trigger Modi?
h/t MW – note – open link in incognito.
The majority of Canadians and Americans do not trust the United Nations, according to a new poll.
The Leger survey for the Association for Canadian Studies (ACS) and the Metropolis Institute was conducted about four months after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Since then, the UN has been under fire for its response to the attack, and for a UN agency’s alleged connections to the Hamas terrorists.
Former Finnish Interior Minister Päivi Räsänen, who has been tried and unanimously acquitted by two courts, has had her free speech case appealed to the country’s Supreme Court. The prosecution calls for tens of thousands in fines.
Räsänen, a medical doctor and active parliamentarian, was first investigated in 2019 for a tweet that questioned the involvement of her church in a Helsinki LGBT ‘Pride’ event, with reference to the Bible’s Book of Romans, chapter 1, verses 24-27: “The men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.”
Imagine moving to another country for a better life and going out of your way to make everyone hate you. A toxic combination of low IQ and mental illness caused by generations of inbreeding. https://t.co/fiXsXKrHb2
— Pat Condell (@patcondell) April 21, 2024
While the goal of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s climate change plan costing Canadian taxpayers more than $200 billion is to lower industrial greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, the latest federal government projection says they went up for the second year in a row.
