You don't think I actually read that rag, do you? No, a loyal 5FF reader sent this in: In Canada, the largest number of people live in suburbs where the car rules. … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
‘One new trend is that if you have a complicated problem or a bit of attitude in your voice…’
the call center rep will 'accidentally' disconnect you. You're going to hurt his numbers. His yield will go down and it's just not worth it. Let someone else take the call... … [Read more...]
If you’re as smart as you say you are, why the hell did you go to law school?
Everyone (but you) already knows there are too many lawyers. A law degree hasn't been a bulletproof career booster for at least a decade. If you really are qualified for Mensa membership (as you … [Read more...]
Ezra Levant vs Bernie Farber, Barbara Hall, HRCs (video) — BUMPED w/update
Wed. a.m. UPDATE: The Ontario Human Rights Code is getting ready to celebrate its 50th anniversary. Doesn't this sound just scintillating? Join the Ontario Heritage Trust and … [Read more...]
‘Yes, I was a youthful idealist. So what happened? Whence the ‘pessimism and cynicism’ about race?’
Derb writes: Fifty years happened—that's what happened. Fifty years that thoughtful, observant people of my generation lived through at the … [Read more...]
Non-horrible photograph of me taken, so now you have to look at it
Left to right: Denyse O'Leary, Deborah Gyapong and me, at Toronto's Golden … [Read more...]
Leftwing moron of the week:
‘The ‘extreme right’ Marine Le Pen of the ‘far right’ National Front? Oh, if only’
Mark Steyn writes: They don't like immigrants, but in every other respect they're to the left of the incoming socialist. You'd be surprised how many of Europe's alleged "extreme right" parties that applies to: These … [Read more...]
‘They’re talking about a burger and a Coke’
This must mean that the "American Graffiti" movie is the equivalent of "Triumph of the Will." Writes James Lileks, who, alas, hobbles an otherwise decent "bleat" with this: But if soda is poison, … [Read more...]
A Shirley Q. Liquor classic: ‘Who Is My Baby Daddy?’
‘If you find Morgan Spurlock as annoying and dishonest as I do, you’ll like Fat Head’
Says Jim Treacher, who writes about the new movie: After 30 days of eating only at fast-food restaurants, Naughton lost 12 pounds, his body fat … [Read more...]