
A red statue of Putin riding a tank has been installed in a playground in New York City.

An enormous sinkhole mysteriously appeared overnight near in a mining operation in Chile and authorities are uncertain what could have caused the massive chasm to form. The ominous-looking pit, which measures a staggering 150 feet in diameter and boasts a depth of 299 feet, reportedly opened up this past Saturday near the town of Tierra Amarilla. The specific location of the sinkhole is in an area of Chile’s Atacama Desert where the Lundin Mining Corporation operates an underground copper extraction facility. Upon discovering the huge hole, the company promptly shut down operations and alerted the authorities to the jaw-dropping chasm which, as seen in the jaw-dropping video above, dwarfs the nearby cars and buildings.
Experts from Chile’s National Service of Geology and Mining subsequently descended upon the scene to investigate the sinkhole, which was fortunately found to be stable. Fortunately, the Lundin Mining Corporation said in a statement, “there has been no impact to personnel, equipment or infrastructure” at the facility. It also stressed that the spot is situated a fair distance away from “any populated area or public service,” so neither residents nor the community of Tierra Amarilla were impacted by the odd event. That said, work at the mine has been paused for now while authorities attempt to figure out what could have caused the gaping chasm to form, which they concede is currently a mystery.
Wichita, Kansas — Marcus Johnson, a 33-year-old Wichita man was sentenced to 10 years in jail for crashing through Wichita’s City Hall. Investigators say he was angry because cop told him to turn down his car radio.
Johnson was sentenced to 122 months in jail after causing some $200,000 in damages when his vehicle burst through City Hall’s doors and continued through the facility.
According to police, Johnson became angered when a police officer told him to turn down the music in his car as he was parked at a convenience store.
In retaliation, Johnson drove his vehicle to downtown Wichita, pulled into the City Hall parking lot and drove right through the east-facing doors of the building. Investigators estimate Johnson was traveling at about 45 mph when his vehicle broke through the doors.
Investigators say Johnson’s vehicle continued in an almost-perfect line down a hallway that extended to the west side of the building where Johnson’s vehicle was finally stopped.
Surveillance video shows Johnson’s car as it broke through revolving doors, solid doors, through a hallway and into the west side security area. Security personnel were captured standing in the path of the car just moments before it crashed through. The vehicle destroyed thousands of dollars in computers and security equipment.
Johnson plead ‘no contest’ to criminal damage to property, battery on a law enforcement officer and two counts of criminal threat.
During sentencing, Johnson asked the judge for leniency, claiming he had been hearing voices in his head that night.


Hannah Simpson, of Southland, New Zealand, rides a 7-year-old dairy cow most days. It started when her parents said she wasn’t allowed to have a horse, the then-11-year-old got creative. Now she and Lilac race across fields and master jumps, as documented on Simpson’s Instagram page. Simpson, who works at a dairy farm, says she’s tried to ride other cows but has only had one other that could jump. While Simpson admits she was a particularly adventurous kid when she started, she wouldn’t necessarily advise other people to try riding cows.




In the United States some rodeos have cow riding for women. These are not docile dairy cows, but mean ornery spinster cows. Hannah should consider joining the circuit.

Agricultural lands of southern Manitoba.





Sidewalk workers enjoying the fresh morning air in Winnipeg.

These guys fill a small trench in the sidewalk with sand, then with extreme finesse place thin brick plates onto the top of the trench. Great craftsmanship.







Tall, small, big, short, it makes no difference. Unless of course you are a middle linebacker or a jockey. Despite the trivial nature of this post, there are some surprising revelations here. Never realized Snooky was 4’8″, and Seth Green was 5’4″.
There is a bit of redundancy here, it was necessary to include as many people as possible.





World leaders

Canada’s current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is 6’2″.
| Name | Height, Cm | Height, Feet and inches (rounded to nearest) | Country (leader of ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdelaziz Bouteflika | 159 | 5’2 | Algeria |
| Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner | 164 | 5’4 | Argentina |
| Julia Eileen Gillard | 166 | 5’5 | Australia |
| Stephen Harper | 188 | 6’2 | Canada |
| Fidel Castro | 190 | 6’3 | Cuba |
| Tarja Halonen | 172 | 5’8 | Finland |
| François Hollande | 170 | 5’7 | France |
| Nicolas Sarkozy | 165 | 5’5 | France |
| Napoleon | 168 | 5’6 | France |
| Jacques Chirac | 189 | 6’2 | France |
| François Mitterrand | 172 | 5’7 | France |
| Valéry Giscard d’Estaing | 189 | 6’2 | France |
| Georges Pompidou | 181 | 5’11 | France |
| Charles de Gaulle | 196 | 6’5 | France |
| Angela Merkel | 165 | 5’5 | Germany |
| Gerhard Schröder | 174 | 5’8 | Germany |
| Helmut Kohl | 193 | 6’4 | Germany |

Joe Biden is 5’11”. Trump was just over 6’2″.
I never realized there was such a plethora of Sasquatch horror movies. I thought all Squatches were benevolent, gentle giants like Harry in Harry and the Henderson’s. But I guess if one of these big furry behemoths ever contracted rabies or some other evil bug it could really wreak havoc. Imagine a 900 pound 9 foot tall bipedal berserk gorilla busting through your front door looking for blood. Time to run to the concrete tornado shelter and lock up the steel door. Oh God, I forgot the wife and kids!
Some of the movies:
Top Secret is a relatively unknown comedy film made in 1984. It stars Val Kilmer in his first feature role. In my humble opinion it is one of the funniest movies I have ever watched. The film was made by the ZAZ trio, David Zucker, Jim Abrahams and Jerry Zucker. These fellows made Airplane and the Naked Gun series.
The humour in Top Secret is very much the same as in those other movies. Cornball jokes, misinterpretation amongst characters and cockamamie situations. But there is one scene in Top Secret that should go down as one of the greatest humour sequences in film. The “Cow Scene.”
The shootout scene.