Monthly Archives: February 2010
Canada v. USA Hockey
A pick-up game on Granville Street a few days ago between a bunch of Canadian and American guys. Maybe they should make this an Olympic sport…
Filed under Sports
Matt Taibi on the Bank Bailouts
Excerpt from this morning’s Imus show featuring Matt Taibi discussing his latest article in Rolling Stone “Wall Street’s Bailout Hustle” which can be read here (it’s the cached version — RS’s site seems to be experiencing problems as of the … Continue reading
Filed under Corporate Crime, Economy
The Airport Exercise
An hypnotic musical “sketch” by crafty guitarist Steve Ball that incorporates elements of ambient synth-pop abstracts from Robert Fripp and Tony Levin, amongst others. The vocal track comes from the eccentric British philosopher J.G. Bennett. The ending where it’s said … Continue reading
Filed under Musical Interludes
Young Conservatives
Rising future “superstars” of the conservative movement strutting their stuff at the 2010 CPAC Convention. Be afraid… be very afraid. We thought the worst of the worst had been realized in the wake of the “Reagan revolution” and the vulgar … Continue reading
Filed under Conservatism
Augmented Reality Maps
Blaise Aguera y Arcas, the architect of Bing Maps at Microsoft, demonstrates the latest augmented-reality “Photosynth” enhanced mapping technology. One can almost visualize the head of Alex Jones exploding…
Filed under Technology
Bill Hicks: Last Words
A tribute to Bill Hicks: “I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit…”
Olympic Fundraising
Awkward moments backstage at the making of a Conservative fundraising video attempting to leverage the Olympic event for partisan political benefit, featuring the morbidly corpulent senatorial douchebag from PEI and former host of CTV’s Mike Duffy Live program and Nancy … Continue reading
Filed under Conservative Party of Canada
Iceman Chronicles: Part 1
Veterinarian/coroner Russell Coldpalm and his cop buddies unearth the horrible truth their parents tried to bury in this dark new comedy that chronicles the serial murders in a small town. Kind of like Twin Peaks — but with more murder! … Continue reading
Filed under Humour
An Army of Dicks
Former Texas congressman turned right-wing activist, lobbyist and now through his “FreedomWorks” organization, major funder of the insurgent Tea Party movement, Dick Armey whips up a crowd of disenfranchised rubes at CPAC with an antagonistic speech railing against President Obama. … Continue reading
Filed under Progressivism, Right-Wing Haters
Fox News Trashes the Olympics
An excerpt from today’s “Highs and Lows” segment on the Fox News show Political Grapevine that featured absolutely no “highs” whatsoever and an extensive litany of “lows” about the 2010 Vancouver Olympics — how typically “fair and balanced”… But then … Continue reading
Filed under Media Bias
