Charlie Brooker on “Kony 2012”
Charlie Brooker’s rant about the Kony 2012 viral video, as seen on the British comedy program 10 O’Clock Live last week, including the round-table discussion that followed. Along with countless…
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Saturday At The Movies
This weekend’s movie is dedicated to my lively sister-in-law Sharon, lover of all things “piggy”
ConCalls: Still Not Enough Proof
I don’t care if hundreds of Canadians, with specific details, recordings, and corroborating stories (some reported to authorities almost a year before the crime became famous), confirm the Conservative Party…
Government hiring process revealed #nlpoli
From your humble e-scribbler’s e-mail this week came a copy of what is purported by an anonymous e-mail to be a sooper sekrit document. It appears to be the rules…
The Cremation of Canadian Democracy – RoboScam
Reading poetry is apparently cool; At least as cool as the Maple Leafs are. I hope I did a service for my country in reading this. Service was a pun,…
Sh*t Law Students Don’t Say
University of Windsor – Faculty of Law Class of 2013
Canada “Too Dangerous” for Cheney
As reported in local Toronto-area paper The National Post, former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney won’t be appearing any time soon in Canada. Ryan Ruppert, president of the ironically-named promotions company…
What Lawyers Say in Papers…
…And what they actually mean. Courtesy of Prof. Emir Crowne of University of Windsor.
pity the 1%, continued
Further to our chat about the tone-deaf 1%: go here for Brian McFadden‘s latest in the New York Times.
Robots Take Over the World
The Leader Post could not be more funny; Funny strange, and “haha”. In a week where Robocalls are on the lips of every politically aware Canadian, they run this photo…
Pregnancy Update | she’s a girl.
Thronged were the streets with people; and noisy groups at the house-doors Sat in the cheerful sun, and rejoiced and gossiped together, Every house was an inn, where all were…
Focus on the 420
The notorious Pat Robertson — yep, the “700 Club” Pat Robertson — says pot should be legal “like alcohol“: Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson says marijuana should be legalized and treated…
Daily Show on Iran-Israel-America
Check out Jon Stewart here.
Hey! Blogging SupposiTory Spin Assassin! Glenn Beck is a Has Been!
I honestly had no idea Glenn Beck was still on the air. Wasn’t his show supposed to have been cancelled last December or something? No matter, he’s still passe. And…
Little Shop Of Horrors
In honour of my dentist appointment today, here’s Steve Martin singing the “Dentist Song” from Little Shop Of Horrors (with my apologies to all the lovely and compassionate dentists out…
How Litigation Should Be
From a real ad in Ontario.
Step on It
People take their laws seriously, as they should.
RoboCon and VikiLeaks
Surprisingly, the Canadian government is dealing with other scandals it’s instigated. Vikileaks was the subject again today, where the Speaker ruled that Anonymous (an unrepresented collective of hackers and political…