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Exclusive! Brian Lilley’s audition reel for Sun TV News.
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Continue readingThe Skwib: The Future Is Frenzied
Professor Albedo-9000 Frink (the Third) was justifiably proud of his invention. It had taken him nearly 300 years of his genetically enhanced life to construct the Frink Dojigger 12. (Experimental models 1-11 proved un-viable.) Using only the finest Moussorgsky rodent filaments and all the heavy element Poutinium available in the Liquid Fermentation Galaxy, he had […]
Continue reading350 or bust: End of the World Curriculum: Armageddon Vs. Global Warming
With tongue firmly in cheek, here’s a recent clip from the satirical news site The Onion: If you’d like to watch more from The Onion on global warming, click here.
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Federal sciantist unfairly silenced, union says
Inspired by this headline: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/29/fish-scientist-muzzled.html
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Crime rate falls to lowest level since 1973
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/07/21/crime-rates.html
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Canadiant troops getting results in Libya
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/07/14/pol-mackay-libya.html
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Announcing Kanata’s Paradise Lost – World’s First World Heritage Subdivision
The following is a fable, but like all fables it contains hidden (and not so hidden) truths.Yes, for the first, and undoubtedly last time in the world, you can own a house on a World Heritage Site. Only in Ottawa, the world’s “Developers Rule Capital” …
Continue readingThe Equivocator: Arab Spring leads to “Ivory Revolution” in Celesteville
After weeks of unprecedented protests another repressive dictator has been overthrown in the Middle East. King Babar (pictured above fleeing the country in a hot-air balloon with his cousin/wife) was ousted as monarch of the small African country of “Celesteville.” Inspired by … Continue reading →
Continue readingThe Skwib: Mad Men explained in 60 seconds
Let’s smoke inside! Scotch!
I’m very sad the next season won’t be a for a while yet.
Alltop likes smoking scotch inside too.
Lisa Raitt takes on union postal workers: "It’s a sexy issue"
Raitt: “I will not be the next Helena Geurgis. Been down that road.”
Harper’s Labour Minister was resolute this morning while talking to reporters about the postal strike, which Raitt calls a ‘sexy issue’. Ms Raitt said that in light of the union bus…
The Skwib: The Vowels: A Ken Burns Film
The Vowels: A Film by Ken Burns from Sam Cherington on Vimeo.
Genius parody, via Brain Picker.
Alltop makes love to Ashokan Farewell.
Angelic Boston Bruins head to game 7 in dirty Vancouver
Hi, Cathal Kelly here of The Star. Good to see my boys make quick work of the Canucks last night. Don’t you just hate the Canucks? Swedes, French Canadians, embellishments, Luongo, those arrogant fans, all in one ball ready to hate. And that Johnny Can…
Continue readingStephen Harper in talks with NHL prez Bettman to rename Stanley Cup to "Harper Cup"
The Harper Cup, 2011?With the realization that the Vancouver Canucks may actually win NHL’s biggest prize, Stephen Harper’s office is working furiously to rename the Stanley Cup, ‘Harper Cup’. Strong-arming CBC to post an interview with him in the mome…
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Throne speech to lay out ConservAntive plan
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/06/03/throne-speech.html
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Afghantistan is no longer a risk: PM
Inspired by this story:http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/05/30/pol-harper-afghanistan.html
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Postal worker ants reject Cantada Post’s latest offer
Inspired by this story:http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/05/30/canada-post-strike.html
Continue readingArt Threat: The need for satire – Canada’s troublesome lack of a consistent satirical voice
Canada lacks a consistent satirical voice to point out whatever political contradictions and hypocrisies were so often set forth into the airwaves.
Continue readingParliamANT Hill: Tory Impressed U.S. DiplomAnts: WikiLeaks
Inspired by this story: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/05/18/baird-wikileaks-minister-environment.html
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