Lots of stories out re Quebecor’s 2nd quarter results. Short version: their profits were down, but not as much as they could have been. Interesting to know how the pluses and minuses within the company were distributed, however: The media a…
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BigCityLib Strikes Back: Maybe We’ll Read about It Tomorrow
Found on Bourque. Who knows? Maybe the poor guy in cuffs caught Mr. Harper on the john. He’s sensitive that way.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Rob Granatstein Out At T.O. Sun
Was he not pro-Ford enough?Did he object to Sun Media pulling out of the Ontario Press Council, where he sat as a member?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Toronto Sun Sacks More Staff
Word is one, possibly two, major Toronto Sun players were pink-slipped today. TSF tipsters say once confirmed, the departure of one high-profile 333 vet will be a shocker.We are trying for confirmation. I can’t wait to hear who. Its all part of K…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Some Politicians Should Stay Off Social Media
I think Giorgio Mammoliti may be starting to realize this.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Guess The Government CAN Create Jobs
Tough on Crime = 6,000 more positions within Corrections Canada since 2006. (Of course, the figure is from Brian Lilley, whose math skills are known to be somewhat limited)
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Shaidle’s Hubby Still Getting Sued
Arnie Lemaire, of Imaginit Technologies, is still in trouble with Richard Warman:Latest – Warman v. Arnie Lemaire (aka Blazingcatfur and husband of Kathy Shaidle). In December of 2010, this libel action was moved into simplified proceeding…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Piss
Drought-Stricken Texas Town faces choice between conserving water or drinking own waste products, chooses to drink own waste products. The American spirit is strong in these ones. Not that I should really be making li…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Why Sun Media Quit The Ontario Press Council
Some speculation from John Miller (several weeks old, but not reported elsewhere as far as I know): Sun Media’s stated reasons for pulling out are as misleading and full of holes as some of its breezy tabloid news stories. I’m told the breaking point c…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Tim Hudak Gets The Wedge
Ontario Libs always seem to fight a little harder than their Federal counterparts.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: A Poll That Means Nothing
The honeymoon may be over, but they still have a majority in the HOC, and one soft poll this early in their term won’t do a thing to impede whatever legislative action they choose to take. Excuse me for not cheering.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Acarpolypse Now: The Real Asian Menace!
LORAIN — A man kayaking out on Lake Erie spotted what he thinks was an Asian Carp jumping near his boat. Webber describes the fish as about four feet long, 50 lbs and silver in color. He was in the area of the Lorain lighthouse in shallow vegeta…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: On That Samara and the Writer’s Trust of Canada Contest
…to anoint the best Canadian political book of the past 25 years, which wound up anointing Ezra Levant’s Shakedown. Discussions of the significance of this choice, such as the one John Geddes attempts here, are pointle…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: The NDP Mole
A Liberal that’s fled for greener pastures, maybe? Anyone know what Herle’s up to these days?
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Further Notes In Advance Of The Economic Apocalypse
Just a quick note and I’m off to Walmart to stock up on canned items. Lucky for me, TD (my financial institution) has such shitty service its actually impossible to have a “run” on the bank. Anyway:1) Never point the shotgun at your own foo…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Invest In Leather
…because you can always boil your leather gear for its nutritional value, and I predict that by next year such considerations will be top-of -mind for most people.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Valley Park Middle School Update: Canadian Hindu Advocacy Vows More Protests!
And their leader, Ron Banerjee, doesn’t care whose prayers get interrupted:“We’ll picket in front of the school when they begin praying. Let’s see how much praying they can do with our loudspeakers and hundreds of people there. We want to m…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Saint Turmel
The new talking points: she joined all those Que. separatist groups to draw them into the Cdn. mainstream. Not a bad alibi, actually: like joining the Hell’s Angels so as to bring them to Jesus. We’ll see how it works.
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: Enlightenment Is Less Than 48 Hours Away!
As Imp notes, it will take the form of a T.O. bloggers get-together at 6:30 tomorrow night at a West End Pub with, I am informed, a humongous patio. There, all your questions shall be answered, and all that is wrong put right.No, I will not be bu…
Continue readingBigCityLib Strikes Back: So, My Little NDP Brothers: Official Opposition Is Harder Than You Thought! HUH? HUH?
Here’s the official talking points from the NDP website. And they’re not all wrong. Connections are rife between the Harper government and Quebec separatists, as they are between the Harper government and Tamil Mil…
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