If the failed bailout vote today in the US House of Representatives made anything clear, it was the George W. Bush is not only irrelevant, he is now non-existent. He had put the full weight of the White House behind the bill. He gave a national address in support of it, gave an early morning [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Bush No Longer President
Posted in US Politics, tagged Economy, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, US Politics on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
SNL Strikes Again… Palin and Couric
Posted in US Politics, tagged Katie Couric, Sarah Palin, SNL, Tina Fey on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Desperation and the Canadian Election
Posted in Canadian Politics, tagged Canadian Politics, Conservative Party of Canada, Dion, Elections, Elizabeth May, Gilles Duceppe, Green Party of Canada, Harper, Layton, Liberal Party of Canada, NDP on September 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There are well-over two weeks left in the Canadian election, but the Liberals are getting desperate. It was reported today that Deputy Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is calling upon NDP and Green supporters to back the Liberals in order to block the Conservatives. Such a pitch usually comes in the dying days of a campaign. [...]
The World Champion… and Judah Freelander
Posted in Entertainment, Hometown News on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just days after 30 Rock won best comedy series, best actress (Tina Fey), best actor (Alec Baldwin) and best writing (Tina Fey… again) at the 60th Emmy Awards, I met Judah Freelander, who was performing at Toronto’s Second City. Freelander plays Frank, a writer for the fictional TGS with Tracey Jordan. In real life, he [...]
PMO Investigating Listserv Hack
Posted in Canadian Politics, tagged Computer Hacked, PMO, Stephen Harper on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The PMO sent the following message late last night after another unauthorized e-mail was sent out via the PM’s listserv. The second one suggested that the Prime Minister’s recognition of Kosovo as an independent nation would justify a sovereign Quebec.
CP reports that the PMO has called in Canada’s secretive electronic counter-espionage police to investigate.
Someone has some [...]
BALDWIN WINS!!!
Posted in Entertainment, tagged 30 Rock, Alec Baldwin, Emmy Awards on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Though the ceremony may be lousy, Alec Baldwin won best actor in a comedy series!!! Well deserved!!! I think it’s the episode above that did the trick!
UPDATE: Tina Fey just won Best Actress in a Comedy Series. Earlier in the evening she won an Emmy for writing an episode of 30 Rock.
UPDATE 2: 30 Rock [...]
Emmys… trainwreck bad!!!
Posted in Entertainment, tagged Emmy Awards on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 60th Emmy Award Ceremony is shaping up to best the worst three (perhaps four, five???) hours of television ever broadcast. The focus on reality television is baffling. Months after the writers strike, shouldn’t we be celebrating scripted television again? The five co-hosts, all nominees for best reality tv show host, are lousy. They have [...]
PMO Listserv Hacked
Posted in Canadian Politics, tagged Canadian Politics, Computer Hacked, PMO, Stephen Harper on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Prime Minister’s Office listserv was hacked today. The following “unauthorized” message was sent to subscribers:
Hi The Average Canadian,
Stephen Harper wanted to tell you…
My name is Stephen Harper. I am an ALBERTAN, here me roar! My goal is to make Canada America’s 51st state and destroy health care that all Canadians cherish by infusing my [...]
Do as I blog, not as I do
Posted in Entertainment, Journalism, Queer, tagged Perez Hilton, Proposition 8 on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Perez Hilton, whose blog I normally enjoy, had a post today in which the “Gossip Gangsta” was on a particularly high horse. In his post, “A-List Celebs Missing from Fight to Protect Gay Marriage in California,” Perez (a.k.a. Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr.) complained about gays and lesbians who are major celebrities and entertainment leaders that [...]
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