Including the thrill of 1970s carpeting; a mushroom claw machine; an archive of manuals and missing instructions; the thrill of dryer lint; and when failure is not forgiven.

All this and more.

Including a switched-on blonde with bagpipes; lights made of bread; selfie cake; an unconvincing excuse; and the arrival of an escalator in a Cameroon shopping mall.

All this and more.

Way to go Blues.

Missouri duck boat capsizes in lake amid violent storm; children among several dead.

Red meat allergies caused by tick bites. Not in Canada though.

Rioting begins this morning in Winnipeg after #TeamCanada's mixed doubles curling Olympics win. 🥇 pic.twitter.com/S18qYxgaxm

— Colin Lougheed (@Colin_Lougheed) February 13, 2018

I’m doing my part.

Canadians drink more alcohol per capita than the worldwide average, according to the World Health Organization. A report released this week found that Canadians aged 15 and older drank 10 litres of pure alcohol per capita in 2016–3.6 more than the world average. Of the nearly 200 countries include in the report, Canada ranked 40th.

Cheers.

Indian ‘happiness minister’ wanted over alleged murder

Indian police have launched a manhunt for the country’s only “happiness minister” after the state politician vanished when a court ordered his arrest over an alleged murder.
Lal Singh Arya, whose mandate is to put a smile on the faces of his 70 million constituents, is wanted in connection with the death of an opposition politician in 2009.

This should engage a Billion media consumers for weeks, a ‘slow moving white Bronco’ type of thing.

The Halifax explosion.

At 9:05 a.m., in the harbor of Halifax in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, the most devastating manmade explosion in the pre-atomic age occurs when the Mont Blanc, a French munitions ship, explodes 20 minutes after colliding with another vessel.

The IOC banning the Russian NOC is like the Mafia disinviting the Hell's Angels. https://t.co/h6xbeZ5u4e https://t.co/rlJYKrToPo

— Katewerk (@katewerk) December 5, 2017

“It’ll shut the door on this ball earth,” Hughes said in a fundraising interview with a flat-Earth group for Saturday’s flight, which ranged across theories that NASA is controlled by round-Earth Freemasons, and Elon Musk makes fake rockets from blimps.
“said in a fundraising interview”
I admire his entrepreneurial spirit.

At last.

Psychopathic hippie death cult leader Charles Manson checked out on Sunday night, dying a more merciful death than any of those who were slaughtered on his orders by drug-crazed, leftist freaks nearly five decades ago.

Via, B A Deplorable Sewer Rat

Playoffs.
Talk at you later.

Looks a lot like it’s liquor distribution.

The Alberta government plans to control the online sale of legalized marijuana but will leave over-the-counter sales to private operators.
Justice Minister Kathleen Ganley introduced the rules in proposed legislation Thursday, but details on how sales would work have yet to be determined.

Jessie Jackson reveals he has Parkinson’s.
Politics aside, I wish him the best against this disease.

The Indigenous lit fires and drove whole herds over cliffs.

Maybe I’m just overly cynical, but these days I tend to think that activist companies are just trying to hide their deficiencies.
Related: 4 Guardian Staffers Under Investigation for Misconduct. Yeah, the activist press, too. Via, maz2

Canines know how to alter their facial expressions to manipulate human emotions
At least not news to any dog breeder.