I wrote a long blog this morning on my own system that it took Bell only two weeks to install. When I pushed publish, nothing happened. spent over an hour on the phone with Bell and, following instruction, lost the whole blog. I now have to wait until tomorrow because
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The Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 14: Sleaze
The pages upon pages of pictures of kites were bad enough. Obviously, the Irvings must think we have no brains at all. (Well, of course they do. Who else would put up with their half-wit newspapers.). Most of the TandT for Friday and Saturday was unpeakably childish, even moronic.But the
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 14: Yesterday, two pigeons sat on my windowsill…
They sat there, unmoving, for five or six hours, eyes open, unblinking. They were more interesting than the Moncton TandT. They certainly beat the big, front page, read-it-now story about a leaky toilet. And for those who haven’t noticed, the big, front picture and a big story are all about
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 13: bring a mop….
This is late because I’m still using a borrowed computer. I may miss a couple of days to the 18th to splash between the sandbars. Not sure. Why the mop? You’ll need it for the front page story from Brent Mazerolle. He really wets his pants over how UdeM professor
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 12: speaking out?
Alec Bruce’s column got me thinking – as it usually does. This time, he’s defending Baird for criticizing Putin’s record on brutal treatment of gays. It’s certainly reasonable that he should do so. But – I have trouble praising Baird for this one. Putin is certainly an unlovable wretch, obsessed
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 10: Letters….
I won’t spend much time on the TandT news today because most of it reads like a tabloid, a really, really boring and trivial tabloid. It doesn’t even have the story about how Camilla killed Prince Charles a year ago, and sold him for snacks at a church tea. Section
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 9: Good news…
…after only a week of requests, Bell-Aliant is at least going to hook up my computer (but it will take another week.) What an age of electronic miracles! Today’s issue of the TandT will be a joy for lovers of pictures of Harper talking about nothing in particular while having
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 8: Still waiting for a computer hookup..
…amazing how we become dependent on these things. I don’t know how to pay bills without a computer. I’m out of touch with everybody. My world has ceased to exist. Harper is coming to Moncton today. (page A3) He is unlikely the visit Harper Lane, the street named directly after
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 7: Dumb……
….dumb, dumber…I called a meeting of the current events club for the same night Maude Barlow was speaking at the Capitol Theatre. Moving is so confusing. And I still haven’t got a computer hookup with Bell Aliant. They are S-L-O-W. I also messed life up by initially posting only a
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 6: Two in one….
There’s almost nothing to say about today’s TandT because it’s so inane. Instead, I’ll probably spend more time on yesterday’s – which had its own inanity. In fairness, I checked out the Globe and Mail yesterday. Only the busines section placed it above the usual TandT. There’s really nothing in
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 3: stop press news…
….NB beer sales dropping. what other newspaper in the world would run drivel like that as a big, front-page story? In fact, there’s only one story in all of section A worth reading – and that’s worth it only because it’s such a fine example of propaganda presented as news.
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 2: Wow! 12 billion dollars just for jobs in NB
That’s certainly the impression given by the headline on p. 1. “$12B pipeline is ‘a game changer’ “The same tone is picked up in the story (several stories, actually) and the editorial and Alec Bruce’s column. Yes. Those who left will come streaming back. NB’s economic problems are solved. We’re
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: August 1: Norbert criticizes the CBC…
but loses it. It’s funny, really. Norbert has a magnificent vocabulary that is an echo of nineteenth century rural life. CBC editors, he suggests are “nervous nellies” and “sourpusses”. Boy. And they talk about Shakespeare. The CBC, it seems, is also superficial, with minimal research. He even compares it to
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 31:Now, it gets dirty…
A communications specialist, so-called, is commonly a spin doctor – a person who lies for whoever will pay for it. There’s a beautiful example of it on p, 1 of today’s TandT. “Shale gas foes claim victory” That wasn’t written by one of the TandT’s hack editors. Think of it.
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 30: Life is…..
…I’m sorry. But there is a time when a man, a real man, must use coarse or foul language.I have been moving since Saturday. Everything hurts. I’m tired. I feel every day of my age – and there are a lot of days in it. I’m using a borrowed computer
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 27: The ultimate in non-news….
When the front page carries a big story that the CEO of Walmart is all excited about developing sales in Moncton, you know this is going to be a slow day. But that’s what it says. The CEO has stores in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Boston….But Moncton,wow!
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 26: The world has changed….
……but the Times and Transcript didn’t notice. On Wednesday, the US Congress defeated two bills. This means it has confirmed and made permanent the greatest changes we have seen in a lifetime and more. It also means the world is condemned to unending war for as long as we can
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 25: Another drab day for the Tand T…
In section A, the only interesting thing is a line at the top – above the paper’s name. “”Up-to -the- minute breaking news every time.” But once you’ve read that – and the title of the paper – and the words Thursday/7a.m.. you’ve pretty well had all the excitement you’re
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 24: Fast-breaking news…Irving press style
Yes, it’s right there at the top of p B1. “Lawsuit launched over train disaster”. Now, there’s a story that broke some days ago.But – better late than never. Yes. The MMA railway is getting sued by the first of what will be many people in Lac-Megantic whose lives were
Continue readingThe Moncton Times@Transcript - Good and Bad: July 23:A slow day in the world..I mean s l o w….
On the op ed page, the one that is supposed to stimulate thought, deepen understanding, etc., Alan Cochrane tells us a a story about his doggy-woggy. As for news in the rest of the paper, well, it’s pretty gripping if you’re the sort of person who can’t wait to read
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