Category: WTF
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This week’s terrorist establishment: Campbell’s soups!
Oh, those whacky US conservatives. If it’s not Canada’s healthcare system that’s evil, it’s Canada’s arm of an American corporation. And this week, a group of US-based bloggers have come together to condemn a line of tomato soup said to have been certified as meeting guidelines according to muslim law. … Read the rest
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Now if you have trouble losing weight, you can just blame the TV.
At least, according to a study released last week that pointed to too much light being the cause for some people’s inability to lose–or, indeed, even, maintain–weight. A lack of darkness could be contributing to growing waistlines, according to a U.S. study. The article goes on to say the theory … Read the rest
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This is why I don’t get people.
A Mississippi family has spent the better part of this month being subjected to varying forms of harassment from everyone from their nextdoor neighbours to the local law enforcement folks, at least according to a post on LiveJournal that was linked to via this blog. The synical part of … Read the rest
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And to some, stirring up shit comes natural.
Boston Massachusetts is home to a surprising amount of WTF. Like this lady, who took it upon herself to temporarily put on her shit disturber cap for the purposes of law enforcement. She believed a guy to be speeding and, having been walking her dog when it happened, decided to … Read the rest
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Twitter’s almost as everywhere as Google. Now they’re both on your TV.
You may or may not be aware Google’s coming up with its own TV platform. As is Apple, but that’s not been surprising since they pretty much came out with their own version of nearly everything else. What you may not know, though, is on your TV is precisely … Read the rest
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It’s amazing what some folks will call a disability now.
I’m still curious what the human rights people’s explanation is for this. The Ontario Court of Appeal has upheld rulings that denying two chronic alcoholics long-term support payments would violate the province’s Human Rights Code. The Ontario Disability Support Program had argued over the years the men should be … Read the rest
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The state of Oregon screws up huge, wants the victim to pay for it.
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. a woman from Alberta, Canada, marries a US citizen who’s still maintaining a residence in the US. She takes her kid down there for a vacation, between the three of them they decide the kid will stick around down there while his … Read the rest
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The latest health risk according to parents: your wireless network.
This probably should come as no surprise. But, well, it does. A group of parents in Toronto has apparently decided that the wifi network services provided by their kids’ schools is responsible for making them sick. They took the matter to the Ontario government, who’s just now referred it to … Read the rest
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Now we know why they cancelled the H1N1 crisis. They’re working on a new one.
I’m usually not one of these people who sees doctors/drug companies/whatever as evil entities out to slowly and sometimes painfully kill us all after depriving us of all our hard-earned money. But sometimes, even I get a little confused. Particularly when, not even 48 hours after they officially declare an … Read the rest
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The excitement continues. Greyhound may lock out its Canadian drivers.
Just when you thought it was safe to jump across the border, someone up there’s pointing and laughing. Apparently, Ottawa’s local transit service isn’t the only one who sees a shutdown as the surest path to a contract dispute resolution. Greyhound Canada, also known as those people who will be … Read the rest