Woohoo, it’s the G20! Bring your friends, let’s “cause shit” and “party”! Hey man, a bunch of drab economic wonks are convening to have low-key discussions about the intricacies of interest rates, inflation and ensuring macroeconomic stability – you know what that means, LET’S SET SOME GODDAMN POLICE CARS ON FIRE!
Here are my compiled comments, [...]
Filed under: Current Events, Kill Your Television, MapleRag Local Beat | Comments (2) Article tags: bill blair, black bloc, cbc, citytv, ctv, g20, g8, police, protests, queen street, riot, starbucks, toronto
Happy Cinco De Mayo (Spanish for “a fifth of Mayonnaise”), a Mexican holiday celebrating the, uh… some sort of revolution, or war, or… historical thing… hey look, Coronas are half price at the bar today! Here’s what’s going on in the country of Canada, which joins Mexico as America’s other bookend:
> Did you hear about [...]
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Alright, let’s break down the players in this story in case you’ve been in a coma for 23 years:
This Hour Has 22 Minutes was a popular CBC news-parody political-satire series. About 10 years ago. Apparently it’s still on! Honestly, have any of you watched 22 Minutes lately? It’s basically a horrible, walking zombie corpse of [...]
Filed under: Current Events, Ye Olde Media | Comments (3) Article tags: cbc, marg delahunty, mary walsh, ohio, sarah palin, this hour has 22 minutes, tv
What’s the absolute most annoying television commercial ever?
Head On?
This indescribably awkward Miracle Whip ad about how their slightly-off-tasting mayonnaise is really a punk-rock parkour party lifestyle?
SLAP CHOP?!
All worthy entries, but there are a slew of ads on the TV right now that are so horribly cheap, deceptive and downright slimey that they’re [...]
Filed under: Canadiana | Comment (1) Article tags: bell, bullshit, cbc, crtc, ctv, global, local tv matters, rogers, stop the tv tax, tax, television, tv