The WTF News Files

[mariomike]

Those poor citizens of Flint.  I feel for them.

They have indeed fallen upon hard times,

From 2013,

Most violent city in the nation: The title that Flint can't kick
http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2013/06/the_most_violent_city_in_the_n.html
FLINT, MI – It's a title that keeps on sticking year after year – the nation's most violent city with a population of more than 100,000.

For the third consecutive year, Flint ranks as the most violent city of 100,000 people or more. The city also led the nation in homicides and arsons per capita. According to FBI statistics, Flint had more than 2,774 violent crimes in 2012. They included 63 homicides, 108 rapes, 673 robberies and 1,930 aggravated assaults.
Flint was No. 1 by a longshot -- the second most violent city, Detroit, had about 600 fewer crimes per 100,000 people than Flint, data shows. Comparatively, there's about a 600-crime difference between third-place Oakland, Calif., and 10th-place Cleveland. St. Louis and Memphis round out the top 5.

Flint also held the dubious No. 1 in violent crime ranking with cities of more than 100,000 people in 2010 and 2011.
Flint also can hold the title of "murder capital of the nation." Flint reported 63 murders in 2012, according to the FBI (the city had 67 homicides, but the FBI does not count justifiable or accidental shootings). The city was followed by Detroit; New Orleans; Jackson, Miss.; and St. Louis.

Comparing the City of Flint to the City of New York, FDNY Firefighters and Officers who retired in the last fiscal year were eligible for average pensions of $119,863 .

 

[a_majoor]

Instapundit's take on the headline alone is worth the price of admission:

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/240639/#respond

THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE WAS DONE ENTIRELY IN INTERPRETIVE DANCE: Feminist Declares The Invention Of The Alphabet The Root Of Sexism, Misogyny And Patriarchy…

 

[CougarKing]

No matter your political leanings, many here will probably agree that this is by far the WEIRDEST US presidential election season ever!

Associated Press/Canadian Press

Naked Donald Trump statues pop up in cities across the U.S.
Canadian Press

8 hrs ago

NEW YORK (AP) — It's Donald Trump like you've never seen him before.

Life-size naked statues of the Republican presidential nominee greeted passers-by in New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle and Cleveland on Thursday. They are the brainchild of an activist collective called INDECLINE, which has spoken out against Trump before.

In a statement, the collective said the hope is that Trump, the former host of "The Apprentice" reality TV series, "is never installed in the most powerful political and military position in the world."

The statues were created by an artist in Cleveland. They are of a stern-faced Trump with his hands folded over a bulging belly. Some parts of male genitalia are visible while others seemingly are missing.

(...SNIPPED)

 

[Lightguns]

The only thing INDECLINE does is sell a bunch of child labour merchandise with slogans like "legalize crime". 

 

[Rocky Mountains]

I don't get the naked Trump statues.  Google "naked Hillary" on the internet and you get 1,000 images of naked Hillary.  It really isn't her and isn't a reflection on her.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Imagine the uproar if the Tea party put up naked states of Hillary....mind you sales of eye bleach would soar.

 

[Journeyman]

Google "naked Hillary".....

Why would anyone even hint at such a thing?!  Blind people are shuddering at the imagery.

It's like saying "PLEASE  scour my nuts with sandpaper, then crush in salt & vinegar chips."  Why?  :stars:

 

[mariomike]

Amazing...

Aug 21, 2016

Same-sex South African couple become fathers to triplets
http://www.680news.com/2016/08/21/same-sex-south-african-couple-become-fathers-to-triplets/
According to Sky News, the Menelaous are believed to be the first same sex couple in South Africa, possibly in the world, to have triplets – two girls and a boy – which include identical twins, using a surrogate.

 

[mariomike]

Aug 22, 2016

This has been widely reported in the GTA news,

'Black guys pls no call,' Mississauga rental ad states
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/08/22/black-guys-pls-no-call-mississauga-rental-ad-states/
An advertisement for a bedroom basement apartment in Mississauga explicitly stated if you are a “black guy,” you should not inquire about the unit – before it was hastily changed on Monday.

The listing was originally posted on Sunday and has since been changed to exclude the original comment “black guys pls no call.”

Lawyer and civil rights activist Selwyn Pieters said this is a serious public concern and the owner is climbing a steep hill.

“I’m very shocked that a person would actually blatantly post an ad saying [they’re] providing a service to the public, but that that service excludes black men,” said Pieters.

 

[George Wallace]

Aug 22, 2016

This has been widely reported in the GTA news,

'Black guys pls no call,' Mississauga rental ad states
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/08/22/black-guys-pls-no-call-mississauga-rental-ad-states/
An advertisement for a bedroom basement apartment in Mississauga explicitly stated if you are a “black guy,” you should not inquire about the unit – before it was hastily changed on Monday.

The listing was originally posted on Sunday and has since been changed to exclude the original comment “black guys pls no call.”

Lawyer and civil rights activist Selwyn Pieters said this is a serious public concern and the owner is climbing a steep hill.

“I’m very shocked that a person would actually blatantly post an ad saying [they’re] providing a service to the public, but that that service excludes black men,” said Pieters.

Is this any different than the "Non-Muslims need not apply" that was in the news just a few months ago?

Both are against our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, but I am sure both are being handled differently. 

From 2011:  http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/landlords-face-no-punishment-for-discrimination-in-online-ads

From 2015:  http://globalnews.ca/news/2185359/toronto-man-denied-subsidized-housing-for-not-being-muslim/

 

[mariomike]

The owner of the unit, who wrote the advertisement, said it was a mistake because he doesn’t speak English. 

Less than one month ago, on July 29, a prospective Toronto landlord had to pay $10,000 to a black woman as compensation for refusing her a unit. Her boyfriend, who is white, went to inquire about renting the unit afterwards and was told it was available.  :facepalm:
http://www.canlii.org/en/on/onhrt/doc/2016/2016hrto1012/2016hrto1012.html

 

[cupper]

Why would anyone even hint at such a thing?!  Blind people are shuddering at the imagery.

It's like saying "PLEASE  scour my nuts with sandpaper, then crush in salt & vinegar chips."  Why?  :stars:

There are porn genres for just about anything and anyone. Naked Clinton is a meme all it's own.  :boke:

 

[Lumber]

There are porn genres for just about anything and anyone. Naked Clinton is a meme all it's own.  :boke:

Sarah Palin was much better... just sayin'...

 

[cupper]

Sarah Palin was much better... just sayin'...

If only she could stop talking...  ;D

 

[jollyjacktar]

:Tin-Foil-Hat: Alert in Alberta...  :rofl:

LookUpBanff billboard promotes conspiracy theory about toxic chemtrails

Highway billboard promotes outlandish theory that government is sterilizing populace with sprayed chemicals

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/chemtrails-david-keith-geoengineering-lookupbanff-1.3733776

 

[Lightguns]

:Tin-Foil-Hat: Alert in Alberta...  :rofl:

Well!  The comments section on that one went South quick......

 

[cupper]

:Tin-Foil-Hat: Alert in Alberta...  :rofl:

Just be glad you aren't living in Miami / Dade County.

They really are leaving chem trails.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

If the  :Tin-Foil-Hat: are to be believed, and considering that the first encounter of large number of contrails (from historical documents) seems to have occurred with the American B-29 Super-fortresses of WWII in their mass raids - then we should all have been sterilized a long time ago - and there shouldn't be any of us left.

Lets see, last I checked, we were 7.4 billions, and on our way to 11.2 billions by the end of the century.

Where I come from, it's called "Science Trumps Stupid".

 

[dimsum]

Where I come from, it's called "Science Trumps Stupid".

"Two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity.  And I'm not sure about the universe."

 

[mariomike]

You don't go on archery calls every day, not even in Scarborough,

Aug 25, 2016

Three dead in Scarborough crossbow attack
http://www.680news.com/2016/08/25/crossbow-attack-in-scarborough-leaves-two-without-vital-signs-third-seriously-injured/
Three people are dead after being shot with a crossbow in Scarborough on Thursday afternoon.

Lawndale Rd + Argo Rd
-3 people now pronounced

Last one I recall was on Main St. Arrow in the heart, and head hammered in. Father and son thing.