Monthly Archives: January 2011
Private MacKay
On the next episode of the new CBC series Make the Politician Work, Defense Minister Peter “Spuds” Mackay gets sent to boot camp. Looks like it might be quite fun to watch. Although really, for the sake of verisimilitude (and … Continue reading
HIGNFY: Presenters
A DVD extra… Have I Got News For You regulars Ian Hislop and Paul Merton chat about various panelists and hosts that have appeared on the show over the years. Probably just for fans. Of which I’m one.
Filed under Humour
Spudnuts?
Sarah Palin’s response the SOTU was bizarre, to say the least, particularly when it came to discussing the “Sputnik moment” — a tiresome analogy borrowed from Thomas Friedman — that was advanced by President Obama as an inspirational, Kennedyesque national … Continue reading
Filed under US Politics, Wingnuts
Posh & Posher
Andrew Neill “gets under the skin of the new political ruling class” of Britain in this investigative report on the increasingly narrow (or should that be “shallow”?) social pool from which the UK’s governing elites are drawn. In future reports, … Continue reading
Filed under British Politics, Elitism
Drug Trebuchets!
What a delightfully anachronistic throwback to medieval times that Mexican drug lords are now using trebuchets to fling their narcotics over top of the crude fences and walls erected by the DHS at parts of the border between the USA … Continue reading
Filed under Humour
HTVRYL: Fear
How TV Ruined Your Life Here’s the first installment of Charlie Brooker’s new six-part BBC2 series that explores different universal themes in an attempt to explain the gaping chasm between television and real life. From the vantage of a darkened, … Continue reading
SOTU: Crazy Eyes Edition!
If there’s one good thing that can be said about Rep. Michele Bachmann’s response to President Obama’s State of the Union speech last night, it’s that it was… umm… Err… Well, it… Oh, bugger. Here – you watch and meanwhile, … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 U.S. Election, US Politics, Wingnuts
10 O’Clock Live
This, apparently, is Britain’s answer to The Daily Show. Overall, it’s not very good, I’m sad to say, but does include some promising moments from the irascible duo of Charlie Brooker and David Mitchell. Probably would have been better if … Continue reading
Filed under British Politics, Humour
Snob Story
The concluding part of Bill Maher’s “New Rules” segment last week illustrated some of the glaring contradictions between historical fact and fanciful, revisionist fiction when it comes to the disparity between the fundamental values of America’s Founding Fathers and those … Continue reading
Filed under Humour, Populism, US Politics
Ad Wars
Perhaps nothing better illustrates the desperately tedious nature of the political battle the Conservatives and Liberals are presently engaged in than their latest round of duelling negative adverts: Let’s just say at the outset that they’re both awful. Released for … Continue reading
