These numbers make me see red!

Ack! I can't read a paper any more without being attacked - by occult numbers. I'm not even looking for them but they hit in the strangest places.

Toronto’s 77 red-light cameras wrote up $11M in fines in just 18 months. And 8:46 a.m. Wednesday is the most likely time to fall victim.

via Red light cameras: Data says, watch out for Wednesday morning | Toronto Star.

So what to make of this? I know the camera holders are in place, but are they loaded? Are people getting tickets, and then paying? Is this changing people's behavior. I hear there is all kinds of trouble proving who is driving and therefore enforcing this law, so I wonder if the publicity is simply a fear campaign to modify behavior.[polldaddy poll=7310674]

SSSSSuspicious SSSSSnake SSSStory

They wouldn't fake a story like this to get a snake store shut down, would they?

Notice the story has no names of vicsims, no police name or police confirmation. It has magic, tell-tale numbers. A complete fairy (snake) tale.

However, there was an online petition calling for Reptile Ocean to be shut down. The person who started the petition complained about the humidity in the store and the condition of some animals.

via Python kills two boys in their sleep at New Brunswick sleepover - The Globe and Mail.