Monthly Archives: October 2011
Not Quite “Clearing the Air”
Uh oh. The bizarre and increasingly erratic “Cain Train” to the White House has been abruptly derailed for the moment by past allegations of sexual harassment on the part of the former pizza CEO that surfaced in Politico over the … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 U.S. Election, Republican Party, Scandals
Boundless Irony on Route 91
A Miami police officer is accused of driving 120 mph on a turnpike because he was late for his off-duty job working security at a school. According to the website for Florida State Route 91 (who knew that highways had … Continue reading
Visions of Hell
Imagine being stuck in a room full of jabbering Marylanders in their local Republican Club’s “Iowa Style Caucus”… For what it’s worth, Newt Gingrich “won” the meaningless event.
Filed under 2012 U.S. Election, Republican Party
Coren on the “Occupy” Protesters
Sun TV’s Michael Coren lambastes the “Occupy” protesters for being “spoiled children of privilege” that are needy, self-indulgent whiners and so on… I have to admit to experiencing a considerable amount of cognitive dissonance being largely in agreement with his … Continue reading
Filed under Economy
Occupy Canada Tackles… Breakfast TV?
As part of a witless effort to “occupy the media”…a handful of OCW copycats in Toronto parade around in the drizzle with mostly unreadable signs in front of City TV’s version of “Window 7” as the station’s fluffy morning chat … Continue reading
Filed under Idiot Bloggers
Rob F–king Ford v. Marge Delahunty
Talking to a group of reporters at his extracurricular gig as a high school football coach, Canada’s least popular mayor delivers his latest bullshit version of events concerning a recent encounter with the crew from CBC’s satirical 22 Minutes program. … Continue reading
Filed under Right-Wing Haters
Tale of the Norden Bombsight
Malcom Gladwell spins a fascinating story about the strange origins and ultimately twisted fate of a fabulously complicated yet practically hapless bomb-sighting device developed at extraordinary expense for the U.S. military in WWII. It’s a wonderful metaphor for many things…
Filed under History, Technology
O’Reilly on Sun News
Charles Adler slobbers over Fox News star Bill O’Reilly in hopes of casting some reflected attention on his obscure Sun TV program. I wonder if O’Reilly’s latest book will suffer the same fate as his last tome when copies of … Continue reading
Filed under Wingnuts
He Carried Yellow Flowers
If you thought the “smoker” ad launched by the Herman Cain campaign was atrocious, well, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet: If, after having watched that horrible monstrosity, you can still regard the Herminator as anything but a joke candidate effectively … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 U.S. Election, Republican Party
Cain Targets… Republican Smokers?
In another curious example of the Herminator’s offbeat campaign strategy, it’s apparently now aiming to win over Iowan cigarette smokers to support the former pizza mogul and his “999” Plan from Outer Space… “The message behind the ad was to … Continue reading
Filed under 2012 U.S. Election, Republican Party
