reports RightWingTrash: It’s the story of his doomed daughter, whom folks of my age might remember as a cute kid introducing her father on The Gong Show. I also remember People doing an article that noted how Della … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
Is Thomas Friedman such a big shot that his columns don’t get vetted?
Or did he mean this sentence to sound like it does? The question about the death of the West is really about the rise of Turkey, which is actually a wonderful story. … [Read more...]
‘The opposite of ‘diversity’ is… ‘university”
‘Only known photographs of French Resistance fighters’
Oh, sorry -- that's not the whole headline... … [Read more...]
‘…the side effects of federalizing every lunch counter in American have been horrible’
James Fulford should write more: (How did the Supremes justify "lunch" as interstate commerce? Simple, they looked at the shelves in restaurants, and saw cornflakes from Battle Creek, Michigan, and chocolate bars from Hershey, … [Read more...]
Staten Island Church Reconsiders Deal to Sell Vacant Convent for Use as a Mosque
Heh. RELATED: I was thinking "sugar in the cement," but whatever... I’m not sure how … [Read more...]
It’s not so much that I mind you cheering for foreign countries. But the ones you pick are all dumps.
Yes, I am one of those who despises the World Cup because the city's ethnics insist upon waving their ugly "home country" flags around. However, I have Israeli and US flags on my desk. (Not a Canadian one. Canada is just the amorphous blob I was accidentally born in, and now happen to plug my … [Read more...]
Confessions of a failed conservative talk show podcaster
See, that's yer problem right there... I promised myself that The Notes would not end up like Culture 11. Unfortunately, it has. Why did Culture 11 go under, while Big Hollywood prospered? Simple: … [Read more...]
Greatest number of scary moments in one film?
As well as the most parodied poster art? Cinema Retro: It's hard to believe that it was 35 years ago today that Steven Spielberg revolutionized the film industry with … [Read more...]
Best news I’ve heard all week
Macleans: “Chinese and South Asians are the most likely to have university degrees or higher, and to be employed in high-skilled occupations,” observed the summary, which was prepared by departmental … [Read more...]
‘Nobody can ever question the quality of what we do here in Canada, creatively or otherwise’
Your tax dollars at "work," as highly paid CBC employee-ette scolds an elected representative who dared to question the quality of their output. Read all about it at [Read more...]
Satire (barely)
There have been rumors of rioting in some Rock'n'Roll communities, whose members felt deeply insulted by Elton John's mockery of their faith. Enraged community … [Read more...]