Sometimes the Globe manages to print some good stuff. Such is the case with Gerald Caplan and his darkly humorous column today on the Conservatives’ drive to own not just a portion of the media but all of it.Public money, after all, brings all the…
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Kevin O’Leary under fire for hatchet job on Chris Hedges. Sun Media rides to the rescue
You won’t find the Sun tabloid chain – no stranger to hatchet jobs – siding with the ‘state broadcaster’ often. But when it comes to the Bill O’Reilly attack dog of the CBC, Sun can make an exception.
(I’m pretty sure Sun has also recently deified Don Cherry in light of the flack he’s . . . → Read More: Kevin O’Leary under fire for hatchet job on Chris Hedges. Sun Media rides to the rescue
Continue readingKevin O’Leary under fire for hatchet job on Chris Hedges. Sun Media rides to the rescue.
You won’t find the Sun tabloid chain – no stranger to hatchet jobs – siding with the ‘state broadcaster’ often. But when it comes to the Bill O’Reilly attack dog of the CBC, Sun can make an exception.(I’m pretty sure Sun has also recently deified …
Continue readingTrashy's World: Following up on my Don Cherry rant..
From Ken Gray’s blog… Facebook friend Jean-Pierre Allard commented on my blog post Don Cherry Must Go Because of Latest Outrage. To read the post with the original and infamous Don Cherry Coach’s Corner segment on hockey violence, click here: “Not sure our otherwise fine country could ever recover (without Cherry) as there will be […]
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: If Don Cherry is Right it Means Banning Hockey
I have always tried to give Don Cherry some credit for his knowledge of the game so I listened when he said fighting was necessary as a relief valve for players because otherwise they would take cheap shots and inflict even more violence when the offic…
Continue readingTrashy's World: A piece of dung…
… has more sense than Don Cherry. And it likely smells better too. I have already expressed my opinion on the fool, so I don’t need to repeat myself (too much). But his latest tirade supporting hockey violence and calling out those who oppose it is yet another example of the degree to which this […]
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: It’s Time For Don Cherry to Hang Up the Ugly Jackets and Retire
The normally bombastic Don Cherry went too far on this week’s Coach’s Corner, calling those who oppose fighting in the NHL “pukes and hypocrites”.The “pukes and hypocrites” fought back.A lot of kids watch his rants and what kind of message is he sendin…
Continue reading‘Senile old uncle’ Don Cherry under fire from ex-NHL enforcers
Looks like it’s talk back to the pompous CBC ass day.Don Cherry, that idiot old fart of the archaic Hockey Night in Canada and hero to Conservatives, is getting his ass handed to him by ex NHL players.The outspoken hockey personality singled out former…
Continue readingHarper planning to steal thunder from Winnipeg Jets home opener
There’s much to celebrate in Winnipeg and in Canada with the rebirth of the Jets NHL franchise, beginning with the opening home game October 9. It will be a big night for the NHL in Canada so much so all eyes – newspapers, TV and social media – will be…
Continue readingThey Call Me "Mr. Sinister": The Winnipeg Jets
Proudly supporting the flag/troops. I have no doubt this will be a popular choice. The militarization of our national game has been ongoing for years and it also has the blessing of the pope.
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: From Archie Bunker to Don Cherry: Why Words Matter
One of my favourite episodes of All in the Family was the one where Archie Bunker is singled out by a group of “concerned Americans” and asked to join their club. At his first meeting he has a rude awakening, when they all put on white sheets.For sever…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: So You Want to Return to the 1950s? OK. I’m Game.
In reading books and essays written by, and not just about, the neoconservatives, I’ve found many common elements, from the philosophers they quote to the people they hate.One common desire most share, is to return to the 1950s, when women knew their p…
Continue readingPushed to the Left and Loving It: Don Cherry Should Stick to Hockey and Stay Out of Politics
My right-wing followers keep sending me links to Sun TV and to articles by right-wing columnists, but this interview with Don Cherry on Fox News North just makes me incredibly sad.This is so beneath him.I have mentioned the wonderful memory we have of …
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