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Category Archives: The Current Situation
Steven Colbert on Jeremiah Wright
May 12, 2008 – 12:04 pm
I absolutely love this clip:
Here’s a transcript of the last bit of the clip:
Colbert: When you see or hear things that are bad are going on in your church, you get up and you walk out! That’s what Catholics like me, and Papa Bear [his nickname for Bill O'Reilly] and Sean Hannity understand. You leave [...]
Bill O’Reilly Loses His Cool [Updated]
May 12, 2008 – 11:43 am
Update, May 13, 2008: The original video got yanked, but I’ve posted another copy in its place.
Here’s a great video that’s making the internet rounds: right-wing attack dog Bill O’Reilly, losing his cool and turning into an eight-year-old upon encountering the phrase “play us out”, a term that anyone who’s been in a TV studio [...]
The Dutch Pay HOW MUCH for Gas?!
May 12, 2008 – 12:00 am
Dutch blogger George Maschke reminds us that although our gas prices may seem high here in North America (it’s about CDN$1.23 / litre in Accordion City) — high enough that Republican presidential candidate John McCain has suggested a gas tax holiday — they’d be considered a king-sized bargain in the Netherlands. He took this photo [...]
So Long, and Thanks for All the Melting Walls (or: R.I.P. Albert Hofmann)
April 30, 2008 – 12:11 pm
Albert Hoffman, discoverer of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and the man personally responsible for a lot of lost weekends (and possibly Burning Man), died yesterday at the age of 102.
Here’s the quick version of the story of his discovery of LSD, excerpted from Wired News:
Hofmann’s most famous discovery happened on April 16, 1943. He was [...]
Sign of the Times
April 28, 2008 – 2:15 pm
I took the photo below in High Park station this morning:
This photo is a sign of two things:
The Toronto Transit Commission is back in action (and running smoothly from most accounts).
Grand Theft Auto IV gets released at midnight! All branches of Future Shop (except in Quebec and Sudbury) and EB Games as well as the [...]
The TTC Strike and Resolution, Summed Up Very Nicely
April 28, 2008 – 1:43 pm
Here’s a video that does a pretty good job (and funny!) of summarizing what happened with Accordion City’s transit system and their strike. As an added bonus, it provides a breezy baedeker for Canadian and Toronto politics:
I give this video bonus points for its consistent message of “Nobody listens to the NDP” (and with good [...]
TTC Strike Surprise (Or: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People)
April 26, 2008 – 9:31 am
Accordion City is waking up this fine Saturday morning to…a transit strike!
For those of you not from here, here’s a quick recap of what’s been happening:
The threat of a strike has been looming for the past little while. The union — Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 — promised to give at least 48 hours’ notice [...]
I Feel Your Pain, Bill…
April 25, 2008 – 11:58 am
I get the same expression on my face whenever I see Hillary:
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.
It’s the “Judean People’s Front / People’s Front of Judea” All Over Again
April 23, 2008 – 12:11 pm
(If the “Judean People’s Front / People’s Front of Judea” reference is new to you, see this scene from Life of Brian.)
Airlines to Start Charging for a Second Checked Bag
April 21, 2008 – 3:44 pm
The New York Times reports:
Five of the six major airlines in the United States plan to start charging coach passengers as much as $25 next month to check a second bag, the latest move in their quest to offset high fuel prices.
In case you were wondering, here are the airlines who’ll be charging a $25 [...]
Toronto Transit Strike Survival Guide
April 18, 2008 – 3:15 pm
Photo from Bridge and Tunnel Club. Click the photo to see it on its original page.
Even though a transit strike might not happen on Monday, if you live and work in Accordion City, you really should be making contingency plans. The Toronto Star published a Strike Survival Guide today featuring information on carpooling, where to [...]
Bob Kinnear’s Funny Bogus Wikipedia Entry
April 18, 2008 – 11:36 am
Last night, someone frustrated with the impending public transit strike here in Accordion City (slated to start at 4 a.m. Monday if this weekend’s negotiations fail) decided to do a little creative editing of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 113 leader Bob Kinnear’s entry in Wikipedia. Knowing the edit would be corrected in short order and [...]
TTC Strike Update: Strike Monday, Unless There’s a Settlement This Weekend
April 17, 2008 – 12:02 pm
Here’s the word from the folks at CP24:
TTC Union boss Bob Kinnear has laid out the terms of avoiding a TTC strike: land a deal by 4pm Sunday or his members will walk off the job at 4am Monday. A disruption would shut down all buses, streetcars and subway cars for 1.5 million riders.
He’s pleading [...]
