Monthly Archives: November 2009
Why the NDP Sucks…
Let me qualify that from the outset by adding the following: Here in B.C. Take for example this interview by the intrepid Sean Holman of Public Eye Online with New Democrat MLA and veteran spinner (in a former life she … Continue reading
Rhapsody in Destruction
A brilliant montage of New York being annihilated on film over the last 40 years set to Gershwin’s iconic jazz concerto.
Filed under Films, Musical Interludes
Disunity at The Moonie Times
Former opinion page editor Richard Miniter talks with Howard Kurtz on CNN’s Reliable Sources about the current legal turmoil surrounding the recent spate of executive firings at the troubled Washington Times… I’ve always found it more than a little odd … Continue reading
Filed under Media
Keep the Faith!
Marg Delahunty attempts to confront another fictional celebrity… inane Facebook blogger, Katie Couric ambush victim, partial-term governor of Alaska, former Mayor of the illicit meth-crystal, hobo-crack capital of America, “Death Panel” conspiracy theorist, congenital liar and aspiring talk-show host Sarah … Continue reading
Filed under Uncategorized
Harper Abroad
“Watch the stairs… Focus, dammit! Don’t trip, don’t trip; for God sake… don’t stumble and take a header…” Another absolutely captivating moment featuring The Dear Leader looking painfully awkward and strangely robotic as he deplanes from a chartered Servisair flight … Continue reading
Filed under Stephen Harper
Apocalypse? No
In light of the recent furor surrounding the e-mails extracted by a hacker from the climactic research unit at the University of East Anglia, now might be a good time to take another look at the excellent presentation made by … Continue reading
Filed under Climate Change, Environmental Policy
Massacre au Mouton
Some of the funniest (and explicitly gory) scenes from the film Black Sheep, a quirky 2006 production from New Zealand that was on TV last night. Maybe you have to have grown up around menacing herds of sheep to appreciate … Continue reading
Filed under Entertainment, Humour
Surprise! Wars Are Expensive…
Of course I agree with Gil here, but if anything, he’s actually understating the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by a significant measure in failing to account for the hidden, long-term liability costs of the present conflicts … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan War, Iraq War, US Politics
“Guernica” in 3D
I don’t know exactly how the artist managed to achieve this effect but the result is simply amazing. Excuse the pun, but it gives a brilliant new dimension to Picasso’s famous mural. How might other paintings be similarly rendered, I … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Musical Interludes
Le Plan… Le Plan!
Points saillants du discours prononcé sur l’environnement, les changements climatiques et les emplois reliés à l’énergie propre à l’Université Laval. Zzzzz… Does this inane blather resonate with anyone? Don’t get me wrong… the generalities are possibly all well and good, … Continue reading
