CHARLEBOIS: The bitter truth of a sugar tax

In today’s world, there is an undeniable push for the imposition of sugar taxes.

A study published in June by the Journal of the American Medical Association has shed light on this issue, revealing the existence of 118 sugar taxes worldwide, including 105 national taxes and 13 subnational taxes, impacting 51% of the global population. It’s worth noting that this approach receives substantial support from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Taxes in Canada have long passed the “for the public good” threshold.

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Burning Man: Revellers begin to leave as boggy conditions improve

Weather conditions at the Burning Man festival in the US have eased enough to allow revellers to start leaving.

Heavy rain had turned the event, held in a desert in Nevada, into a mud bath.

The ground is now dry enough for vehicles to drive on it without getting stuck, and pictures show campervans driving out of the event.

Some 72,000 people had been stranded at the festival, but organisers say they are ready for a mass exodus from Monday morning, local time.

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Is this America’s WORST-driven car? Clips of Nissan Altimas cutting-up traffic and crashing – with their drivers also regularly seen brawling – inspire ‘Big Altima Energy’ memes

When it comes to bad driving, its the person behind the wheel who makes all the difference – and the internet has seized on Nissan Altima drivers as the chief culprits.

Since they first hit the streets in 1992, drivers of the humble sedan have been the punchline for never ending jokes.

Now the cars have their own cult following online with enthusiasts uploading photos and videos dedicated to ‘Big Altima Energy’ – or BAE – typified by car crashes, hair-raising police chases and comical mistakes.

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Pakistan HORROR: Adultery-Accused Woman Tied To Tree, Tortured And Stoned To Death In Punjab Province

Lahore: A horrifying incident of honor killing has come to the fore from Pakistan’s Punjab province where a young woman– accused of committing adultery– was tied to a tree, brutally tortured and stoned to death by her husband and his two brothers.

According to the police, the incident took place Friday in Rajanpur district of Punjab, some 500 km from Lahore.

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How Rage Against the Machine Used Capitalism To Sell Communism

A calculated corporate deal propelled these radical rockers all the way to the Hall of Fame.

This November, rock’s most successful and pugnacious communists will be inducted, six years after they became eligible, to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Rage Against the Machine, a band that kicked the doors down on the 1990s with a then-novel mix of brutally heavy guitars and hip-hop vocals, also blended in unlikely tandem two other disparate traditions of American life.

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Gender reveal party turns deadly as plane nosedives and crashes

The Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee aircraft suddenly shot upwards, rotating on its side as one of its wings collapsed mid-air

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Toronto residents express concern over air show noise for those with PTSD, pets

The sounds of jets roaring through the skies of Toronto often elicit gasps and cheers from fans of an annual air show that takes place each Labour Day weekend, but they’re also prompting outcry from those who fear the noise from the event does more harm than good.

Xavier was startled by an Air show jet today but he lived. This same group of whiners complains every year.

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“Billionaire City” in California may not go forward

No poor people allowed.

Last week, we looked at the latest update to the mystery surrounding someone buying up vast tracks of land around Travis Air Force Base in California. Rather than turning out to be the Chinese Communist Party as many of us had suspected, the purchasers turned out to be a conglomerate of tech and investment sector billionaires who were planning to build their own private paradise city on the largely empty farmlands they acquired for nearly a billion dollars

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