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  1. Twila

    Smoke seen pouring from Russian Consulate in San Fran...

    Say what.....intrigue... U.S. told Moscow to close consulate in San Francisco, buildings in Washington and New York Acrid, black smoke has been seen pouring from a chimney at the Russian consulate in San Francisco a day after the Trump administration ordered its closure amid escalating...
  2. Twila

    When you say all evidence against your claim was manufactured

    I fvcking hate pseudoscience... had this to say today which is quite fitting for this forum... When you say all evidence against your claim was manufactured by the conspiracy and all evidence for your claim was covered-up by the conspiracy, and the media doesn't support your claim because...
  3. Twila

    FOLLOW THE MONEY - database

    The political machine runs on cash, lots of it. But who’s giving it, and how much, can be all but impossible to track in much of this country — until now. Reporter Zane Schwartz, Postmedia’s annual Michelle Lang Fellow, has gathered more than six million records from every province and territory...
  4. Twila

    Murdoch calls for Facebook and Google to subsidize the news business

    almost unbelievable...almost. Rupert Murdoch, the executive chairman of publishing empire News Corporation, issued a statement today proposing a new licensing deal between media organizations and platform-owning tech companies. His goal: get entities like Facebook and Google to pay money to...
  5. Twila

    Cape Town counts down to Day Zero as water supply evaporates

    First Major City to go dry. Not the only though...just the first. At the foot of the Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, well-to-do residents turn up each day to fill jerrycans from a bubbling spring. It is not that the cool, mountain waters are believed to have special powers, but a reflection of...
  6. Twila

    Here's What Fake Russian Facebook Posts Looked Like...

    We all probably know someone who... __________________________________________________________________________ Here's what fake Russian Facebook posts during the election looked like In May 2016, a small group of protesters with a “#WhiteLivesMatter” sign adorned with confederate flags showed...
  7. Twila

    Michigan baby, whose mother died after refusing chemo, passes away 2 weeks later

    I'm not quite done reading the comments on facebook for this news article, but so far...wow. People...strong opinions...social media. BOOM! explosive. DETROIT — A tiny preemie whose gravely ill mother had hoped to save her by shunning chemotherapy during pregnancy has died, a relative said...
  8. Twila

    Supreme Court says woman and brother should be extradited to India in 'honour killing

    finally! A B.C. woman and her brother, accused of masterminding the murder of her 25-year-old daughter, should be extradited to India to face justice, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. India had requested Malkit Sidhu and Surjit Badesha, the mother and uncle, respectively, of Jaswinder...
  9. Twila

    Republicans increasingly say colleges have negative impact on U.S.

    As George Carlin said: "You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers. People just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork and just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced...
  10. Twila

    Canuck, the crow has a paying job...

    I've been following "Canuck and I" on facebook for awhile. I love animals and Canuck has been hilarious in his antics. He's become famous on the internet and now...now he has a job. I haven't yet met Canuck. I"m hoping to, but crows are crows. they do what they want when they want so, it...
  11. Twila

    How White are You?

    take the test and find out... https://www.buzzfeed.com/mrloganrhoades/how-white-are-you-really?bffbmain&ref=bffbmain&utm_term=.hxqn3VXR9#.liwzwj7nK I got 13 out'a whatev and it says I'm not white. I figure it's cause I put on some self tanner the other day though so...
  12. Twila

    Ontario man says he was tortured, given hallucinogenic drugs at mental-health centre

    Could be a big ol' can of real or imagined worms. Did what they think happen, actually happen? Was treatment really treatment given in good faith or by some sadistic invididual with bias? man oh man.... __________________________________________________________________ Danny Joanisse still...
  13. Twila

    Ringleader in maple syrup heist gets 8 years in prison, $9.4M fine

    Can it get any more Canadian then this: A man described as one of the ringleaders in the 2012 theft of $18.7 million worth of maple syrup has been sentenced to eight years in prison, but that term could be extended if he can't pay his multimillion-dollar fine. On Friday, a Trois-Rivières...
  14. Twila

    That Ghostly, Glowing Light Above Canada? It’s Just Steve

    If you happen to be in Canada on a clear night, look to the stars and maybe you’ll see it: a strip of light stretching from east to west, all the way from the banks of Hudson Bay to the fjords of British Columbia. Is it a wayward piece of the aurora borealis? Or maybe a plane’s contrail? A...
  15. Twila

    The plan to ‘reawaken’ cryogenically frozen brains and transplant them

    My brain is abuzz with what it would be like to awaken in someone else' body...looking into a mirror would cause such mental dissonance. not to mention what it might be like for someone to see a loved one whom died walking around with someone else inside! __________________ The plan to...
  16. Twila

    God's Prophet almost dies.

    2 lions died for this zealot. For the religious, how do you know he is NOT god's prophet? IF you believe he is, why? Man Strips Off His Clothes, Jumps Into Lion Pit A guy reportedly stripped naked and tried to feed himself to lions at a zoo in Santiago, Chile, on May 21, claiming to be a...
  17. Twila

    Abuse, humiliation occurred at bases across country, soldiers say

    thoughts? _________________________________ The alleged abuse of Canadian soldiers at the hands of their own military during training exercises was widespread during the '80s and '90s, according to former military members. After a Go Public investigation into a 1984 training exercise at...
  18. Twila

    Four-year-old girl among refugees raped in Greece as thousands of asylum seekers ....

    With borders closed and the war raging, these types of headlines will increase. Four-year-old girl among refugees raped in Greece as thousands of asylum seekers trapped in camps... “I told myself, ‘Look at yourself – you came to Europe, what was your aim?’ I am not doing this because I...
  19. Twila

    78 arrested in Ontario human trafficking probe

    78! wow. _____________________________________ LONDON, Ont. -- Police in southwestern Ontario say 78 people have been arrested in a human trafficking investigation. London, Ont., police say 18 women who were involved in the sex trade as a result of alleged human trafficking were assisted...
  20. Twila

    Pastor who caused outrage after Orlando arrested for molestation

    no surprise really. Those who feel compelled to say nasty things about victims are usually hiding some pretty nasty skeletons.... _____________________________________________________________ A conservative Florida pastor who said that the victims of the Orlando massacre got “what they deserve”...