News is mixed. Don't make me come down there again, people. You know what happened the last time... … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
ABC got Jacqueline Kennedy tapes by quashing ‘Kennedy’ miniseries
HollywoodReporter buries the lede -- this is the final paragraph: The Kennedy book also was something of a bargaining chip in the Kennedy family’s efforts to quash the History channel … [Read more...]
Rush Limbaugh makes $50 million a year and neither do either of us
(But the difference is: I get my facts from the loud, fat guy from Missouri who dropped out of college -- and also knows the US tax code inside out. Cuz he has to.) Canadian newspaper editor on Facebook: I … [Read more...]
My new Taki column: Canada’s most annoying pro-lifer goes to the Supreme Court
Here's an excerpt: Whatcott has been charged repeatedly with fictional-sounding offenses such as “stunting,” “obscene theatrics,” and the Star Trekkian “violation of the bubble zone”—that … [Read more...]
Ethical oil: Ezra Levant fights back against Saudis — ‘Go pound sand!’ (video)
His column: Rahool Agarwal, one of the lawyers at Norton Rose, has been contacting broadcasters across Canada, threatening them if they air the ad. Already two networks have … [Read more...]
Cool is not a Christian virtue
I've never really developed that very old thought of mine. So here's Roger Simon: And in part because cool is gone, the remaining liberals are the new reactionaries. They are the … [Read more...]
Ethical oil: Saudis try to stifle free speech in Canada
Shocka! “We caught this foreign dictatorship trying to undermine freedom of the press here in Canada and trying to export its own contempt for democracy, its own contempt for freedom of the press … [Read more...]
Tonight’s Charlie Sheen roast: Jeff Ross shares behind the scene stories with Adam Carolla
Free audio (language warning) PS: before Ross shows up, Carolla talks about the Emmys, and how weird it is that Jon Stewart has a writing staff of 12 for a taped 30 minute show. Which is super weird when … [Read more...]
Multiculturalism a ‘delectable lie’: more on Salim Mansur’s new book
This weekend an excerpt was published in Sun papers across Canada... Taken together the openly stated views of Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Britain’s Prime Minister David … [Read more...]
Well, that settles that: Barry Manilow loves Ron Paul (video)
PS: a quarter of the 9/11 Troothers I shoulder-checked saw in NYC were wearing "End the Fed" t-shirts and other Ron Paul paraphernalia. Just saying. (Related [Read more...]
‘Kathy Shaidle recently found the quintessential moment when the Gray Lady (…) finally admitted that she could really use a dye job…’
Thanks, Ed Driscoll: Freeze-dry the (mostly imaginary) past, but hurry up and change the entire existing social and economic order, seem to be the two modes the left seems to operate in, … [Read more...]
Mark Steyn’s website gets a makeover
He writes: We've also added an exciting range of "share" buttons, to make it easier to annoy your friends with our unique blend of civilizational alarmism and showtune nostalgia. … [Read more...]