Archives for July 2010
‘I very seriously doubt I would have gotten my current job if I apply for it today…’
Welcome to my world! IconicPhotos guy writes: Three-quarters of companies now do facebook checks on applicants. Once, life was not solely about accomplishments but also about potentials. … [Read more...]
Post – July 28, 2010 17:28:54
New York Times: Bemused by the culture of confession and self-help fostered by the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Geraldo Rivera, he was uninclined in his work to be outwardly sympathetic to the afflicted or to … [Read more...]
I haven’t laughed this hard in a long, long time
Oh, ****: John Callahan died.
New York Times: Bemused by the culture of confession and self-help fostered by the likes of Oprah Winfrey and Geraldo Rivera, he was uninclined in his work to be outwardly sympathetic to the afflicted or to … [Read more...]
‘It’s Rush Limbaugh’s India’
‘The Comic’ (1969)
This movie used to be in heavy Saturday afternoon rotation -- along with, ironically, compilations of old movies by the real life versions of "Billy Bright" -- but I haven't seen it cropping up on TV for a long time. It's jarring to see Dick van Dyke playing such a creep. For an even more … [Read more...]
But mostly I’d like to thank my agent for snagging me that great rom-com movie deal
HotAir thinks it might be "the saddest column ever." This woman had other ideas. (And writes a FAR better … [Read more...]
‘Let’s open a shooting range next to the L’Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal’
Ezra Levant on the Ground Zero mosque: Saudi Arabia has a religious foreign ministry, called the Muslim World League. It gave $7 million to build Toronto’s Islamic Centre, and more to … [Read more...]
Survey: Canadians back burka ban
What would we do without experts? The Leger Marketing online poll found 54% of people surveyed said the government should follow France's lead and not allow women to wear burkas in public for safety … [Read more...]
How to turn your computer into a radio
--> A few weeks ago, California's big conservative talk radio station, KRLA, finally added Glenn Beck to its lineup. That meant some schedule shuffling. So you might have been listening to Hugh Hewitt one evening, as you had for the last ten years, and been surprised when you suddenly heard Mike … [Read more...]
‘I know lots of Jews who are born Nazis…’
Via The Anchoress, a "parlor game" from Harper's circa 1941: "Who Goes Nazi?" … [Read more...]