Henning Wehn, German Comedy Ambassador to the United Kingdom, on Britain’s social classes: “Life in Britain is all about knowing your place. The lower class has a lot in common with the […]
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Pulses from the twitterverse
Lindsay Kines (Feb 9): Glad to see the jury delivered its Vander Zalm verdict in court instead of on the Bill Good show. Christy Clark appoints NW crime reporters to probe justice […]
Mad about the girl
I discovered Adele in 2011, way behind most of the world. If you watched last night’s Emmy Awards, you’ll know her too. Sylvia Patterson, writing in The Observer in 2008, saw the […]
BC Liberal motto: Be Prepared
A REPLAY from March 1, 2011 ER doc takes a coffee break CBC News item: Staff at Royal Columbian Hospital near Vancouver were forced to turn the facility’s Tim Hortons outlet into […]
Comparing football and baseball
In an event that proceeds so slowly that it may not end until next week, America celebrates couch potatoes and gladiators. It is a good time to remember George Carlin:
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song – Byron
CBC Programming To Highlight “New” Standards? Harv Oberfeld, Keeping it Real
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Sign of the apocalypse
Twinkies maker Hostess seeks bankruptcy protection, Associated Press, January 11, 2012 “NEW YORK — Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, is seeking bankruptcy protection, blaming its [labour costs] and […]
Are you suffering today?
Headache, body ache, nausea, periorbital hyperalgesia, sensitivity to light and noise, diarrhea, thirst, lethargy, dysphoria and guilt. Those are symptoms I don’t have today after a quiet New Year’s eve. However, drawing […]
Culture Shock
Culture Shock by John Korn He’s sitting in his armchairwith his solar powered lightHe’s sitting in the desertso the bulb keeps burning brightHe’s sitting in his armchairand his standard lamp is […]
Better served by bird brains?
Our friends at the Blog Borg Collective noticed The Province displaying either low-class ignorant journalism or sophisticated and subtle humour. Apparently the newspaper was uncertain if the current session of the Legislature […]
Wish I could write like that department
Roger Ebert, reviewing The Artist, a film by Michel Hazanavicius: “At a sneak preview screening here, a few audience members actually walked out, saying they didn’t like silent films. I was reminded […]
On getting the news
Bill Bailey is an English comedian, musician, actor and TV presenter who often appears on Stephen Fry’s long running panel game show QI, an award winning celebration of the obscure. Bailey’s comedy […]
Breaking news from the DFO
Statement from the Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Keith Ashfield, on Negative Infectious Salmon Anaemia Test Results in British Columbia Salmon “After Canada’s reputation has needlessly been put at risk […]
"We’d be in shallower shit now if…"
One of my favourite Brits is actor/writer/comedian/social commentator David Mitchell. He’s been mentioned here before probably because, while I may not share his rapier wit, I do share his cynical disposition and […]
News from the 21st century
H/T to Susan Musgrave, Laila Yuile and Judy Tyabji
Sharing urban roads
Photo Courtesy of FlightAware.com
Spin Cycles recycled
First published here in April 2009, this piece contains a couple of classic clips from a program about political comments. One before spin-masters were invented and another that demonstrates spin of heroic […]
Liberal MLA’s search for the BC Rail story
Premier Photo-Op assigned her minions to look for clues in the BC Rail case. Drawing from DFO resource: SALMONIDS IN THE CLASSROOM: PRIMARY Don’t miss Bill Tieleman at The Tyee, Railgate? Asked […]
I see nothing, I was not here…
Premier Photo Op was born in the sixties, apparently influenced by one particular TV show. While it ended production in 1971, Hogans Heroes was in reruns long after. With a hat tip […]
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God luck in the election. Your platform resonates with me, and we are thinking of returning to PR for our…