Feb.16: They must think we’re……
….really stupid. Front page – Craig Leonard, our minister of energy, has announced the new, shale gas rules; and he says they’re strong. Well, yeah, I wasn’t expecting him to…
Graeme Decarie
Feb. 15:We made it!
Human Rights Watch is an organization originally aimed at investigating human rights abuse in the Soviet Union. Since then, it has expanded with work all over the world. Recently, it…
Jan.14: This is late because……..
I was committed to give a talk this morning (which I much enjoyed) on the history of leisure in Canada. I am committed to three Thursdays, and looking forward to…
feb. 13: Trivia, lies and Frank McKenna….
….That pretty much sums up today’s Moncton Times and Transcript. For trivia, pick almost any page, starting with the headline on p. A1, “Family seeks truth in decades.old murder.” Wow!…
Feb. 12: Shale gas is good for you…..
……says Frank McKenna. It says so right there at the bottom of page 1 as the Moncton Times and Transcript honours its promise to keep us up to date with…
Feb. 11: the missing Moncton Times…..
This morning, I checked the gallery for my paper. None. Okay. So turned to Google to get my computer edition. The date Feb. 11 came up. And a picture of…
Feb. 9: the Faith page….
This blog is aimed mostly at Christians. That’s okay because, judging from the Moncton Times and Transcript, all people in Moncton are Christians. There are, it seems, no Jews, no…
Feb. 8:..the dregs of the newspaper world….
My paper was not delivered today – for which I acknowledge the good sense of the paper deliverers. Nothing would make me go out on a day like this to…
Feb..8: The Moncton Schlock and Sleaze….
Schlock is yiddish, roughly meaning trashy, worthless. Sleaze is, well, you know, like Health Minister Flemming. The front page of today’s paper is a collector’s item for both.Brent Mazerolle, the…
Feb.7: Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today..
…at first, it looks like a burial. Today’s headline, front page, of the Moncton Times and Transcript is “N.B. has huge shale gas potential: Lapierre.” But a substantial part, including…
Feb. 6: Northrop Frye – A threat to Canadians….
Yes,the dirty truth is out. Northrop Frye, the most distinguished product of Moncton was a common, filthy traitor. That’s why the RCMP shadowed him and investigated him for years. They…
Feb. 5: Let’s live a little…
Today’s Moncton Times is the usual crapola. Not only does it not report on an important meeting at Moncton City Hall (concerning Moncton High), it doesn’t even mention there was…
Isn’t it wonderful about William and Kate….
.. and how Elizabeth and the Phillip didn’t have to pay a cent of the cost of their wedding. No. the whole thirty-eight million dollars was picked up by the…
Feb.3: Yesterday’s issue of the Moncton TandT….
….because,as some of you know, I got steamed up over a story that didn’t appear in the TandT yesterday – and talked just about that. Page 1 is the usual…
Feb. 2: Li-ar. li-ar, pants on fi-re…..
The great issue in Moncton is the building a hundred million dollar ‘events’ centre (hockey rink). This debate has been going on with one, constant theme in The Moncton Times…
Feb. 1:some good news for a start….
Without a doubt, one of the best newspapers in the world and in the English language is the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. It speaks the blunt truth about the Middle East…
Jan. 31: Mr. Alward, Mr. Higgs….
….. Please grow up. You are not clowns. You are not even the irrelevant trivialists who make up the editorial staff of the Moncton Times and Transcript. You are leaders…
Jan. 30:winter is cold. pennies are useful…
…That’s it. That’s the op ed page of The Moncton Times and Transcript. You know, the op ed page, where two-fisted, crusading journalists give their fearless opinions of the news…
Jan.29: "meeting was well-attended…."
What is that supposed to mean? thousands? hundreds? a couple dozen?The number is kind of important. This is in a front page story “Finance minister urged to reverse tax cuts”.…
Jan. 26: Big news the TandT missed.
A few nights ago, I suddenly woke at 3 a.m. with a sense of horror. I had forgotten to move my car off the street when I parked it. that’s…