Category Archives: Culture

minutemen protest on campus

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So this is what happens when you go offline for a coupla days: Americans rise up and tell a bunch of xenophobic, white, Republican, good ole boys that their efforts are not wanted.

Welcome back, America.

CTV’s Natalie Yammine brings us live footage of students storming the stage during a speech by the Minutemen Project on October 4, 2006 at Columbia University.

The Minutemen Project is a group of armed civilians who voluntarily the United States-Mexico border[ed note: they also patrol some parts of the Canadian-US border, the parts that ship a lot of pot across]. They were invited by the Columbia College Republicans to speak on Columbia‘s campus. There was a large gathering of protesters outside the speech as well as the protest inside.

Olbermann on lying

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and with the transcript again, from Crooks and Liars.

Olbermann:

And lastly tonight, a Special Comment, about — lying. While the leadership in Congress has self-destructed over the revelations of an unmatched, and unrelieved, march through a cesspool… While the leadership inside the White House has self-destructed over the revelations of a book with a glowing red cover…

The President of the United States — unbowed, undeterred, and unconnected to reality — has continued his extraordinary trek through our country rooting out the enemies of freedom: The Democrats.

more at their site.

Black humour

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Che Black

from Rick Mercer‘s blog, and to which I cannot at the moment add anything (because when you turn the television off these Ontarians‘ ears become incredibly sensitive and they cannot abide typing of any nature whatsoever, not that I’m fucking bitter, of which more later).

When I saw the headline in the newspaper I swear to God I heard angels sing. “Conrad Black wants Canadian Citizenship back”. Cue the trumpets – it just doesn’t get much better than this.

Seeing that headline made me so excited I couldn’t even read the bloody thing. I picked up the paper and brought it home like it was a box of chocolates. I didn’t even glance at the first sentence until everything was perfect. The coffee was brewed, my feet were up the pillow behind my neck was just so. This was a moment to be savoured.

And it was a great moment.  As I read that story I don’t think I ever felt more Canadian, because I knew that for the first time in perhaps our nation’s entire history, everyone in Canada was on the same page. Every man woman and child in this nation was united and together. We were gloating as one.

Amen, brother. Amen.

Terry Gilliam: for the love of god watch my new movie!

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GilliamWell, not in so many words.

But Gawker caught him accosting strangers on the sidewalk, imploring them to go see Tideland, his new movie.

Poor man; the only way he can get Brad to return his calls now is to pretend to be yet another of Angie‘s exotic adoptees.

On the brink of financial destruction as ever, Gilliam pleaded with the mob to go see his movie when it opens on Friday, or else it will get kicked out of theaters in a week (or less).

Give the dude credit for not giving up despite years of disappointment; plus, he’s still rocking that ratty vestigial ponytail thing.

tv wars 3.0

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TELEVISION!!!!! I SAID TELEVISION!!!!!! ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION????? 

The television on the main floor is so loud that I’ve fled to the basement and am checking blogs I don’t even like, just to waste time because I cannot sleep with that racket going. This would at least kill time quietly, except the only other person awake in the house is, apparently, feeling lonely, and has come downstairs to keep me company, handing photos over my shoulder, humming in my ear, occasionally announcing the shameful deaths of small children in various spots around the world, and, yes,

LEAVING THE TELEVISION GOING FULL BLAST IN THE OTHER ROOM.

I may kill someone soon.