By Frank Moher By Frank Moher Two otherwise unremarkable entries in The National Post and The Globe and Mail this week are instructive in the most salient difference between the two papers — and it isn’t that one is right-wing and the other is even more right-wing. Both articles are about the opening of the […]
Tech Predictions for 2007
Can’t really put off the “tech predictions for 2007” bit much longer . . . Could do it tomorrow . . . No, let’s quit the boozing for a sec and just knock something off . . . Okay, I fearlessly predict that things will be the same as in 2006, but with bigger numbers. […]
The Bullshit of Balance
Every time a government wants to dodge addressing an issue, it spews a bunch of kak about “balance.” For instance, the need for humanity to “balance” its desire to consume far more than is necessary with the imperative not to shit in its own nest. Or, say, the need to “balance” the greedy-guts desire of […]
To sum up
By Frank Moher Top 2 reasons that Top 10 lists exist: They’re an easy story for a journalist to bank during the holidays They make journalists feel really, really good about themselves #1 is only a problem if the journo banks his story too early: say, a film critic putting out his Top 10 list […]
Mooch Books with Bookmooch
I’ll take off from last week’s post, where I wrote about online music retailers allofmp3.com and magnatune.com. The former continues to operate as though blithely unaware of U.S. claims that the Russian government is about to shut it down. In fact, fund your account before January 14th and they’ll give you a 20% bonus. I […]
Note to Harper: Canada is spelled $$$
Alas, poor Stephen; not only is Quebec insufficiently grateful that he proclaimed it a “nation,” but his party’s fortunes are sliding faster there than a toboggan at the Winter Carnival. According to an Ipsos Reid survey released this past weekend, the Conservatives have dropped five points in Quebec, to a dim 13% support among voters, […]
Morgan Freeman saves the Canadian film industry
By Frank Moher If Morgan Freeman wasn’t the coolest guy in Hollywood already, he certainly is now. This weekend, Freeman’s production company, Revelations Entertainment, joins with computer chip manufacturer Intel to make his latest movie, 10 Items or Less, available online for download. That’s the same 10 Items or Less that premiered in movie theatres […]
Online music: Don’t be a sucker
A lot of people will be getting iPods again this Christmas, which means a lot of people are going to get played for suckers again this year. At least they will if they end up using Apple’s iTunes store to buy their music (which is pretty inevitable, as the iPod leaves them little choice). Paying […]
What mother does not like Stephane Dion?
It occurs to me, as I reflect upon my tropical beverage in the midst of Alberta’s midwinter heat wave, that rum and diet cola is a strange choice. Given the calories contained in a shot of rum, not to mention the source of rum itself, I wonder why I bother with the aspartame? Similarly, why […]
He’s too sexy for his shirt
By Frank Moher I was as excited as I know you must have been to receive a note from Ezra Levant, publisher of The Western Standard, announcing that the new Mark Steyn T-shirts are in — and just in time for Christmas. “Do you love our columnist Mark Steyn as much as I do?” Mr. […]
