EnMasse

[Caissa]

It is indeed footballese. Usually that would be a sideways pass although it could be a bit of a back pass. Clearly not a forward pass.

[al-Qa'bong]

His name is Dan Donleavy, as I now recall. He also calls goalies "keepers," which bugs me. One of these days he's going to call Steve Stamkos a "striker."

I bet if he heard my criticisms, he'd say I was "whinging."
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[Chester]

Ron McLean is such a tool.

[al-Qa'bong]

His 9-11 reference?

Maybe now they'll muzzle McLean and just start the hockey games without all that preliminary blather.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[Chester]

[al-Qa'bong]

Yeah, Maclean says half-a-dozen cringeworthy things every game. Today he was trying to make lame puns about dogs. Before the game today he said that he had nothing to work with regarding dogs and the New Jersey Devils. At that point he probably should have asked himself why he was trying so hard to make connexions between dogs and a hockey game.

On the bright side, Jim Hughson calls a purty decent game as long as the Canucks or Leafs aren't involved.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[al-Qa'bong]

I just got back from a taping of three episodes of "The Debaters" at the Broadway Theatre.

They're going to edit about three or so hours of action down into three 25-minute shows, which is too bad, since they're likely to cut out a lot of shots taken at Stephen Harper.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[sparqui]

Who were the comics? Who had the best anti-Harper rants or jabs?
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“If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”

-- Gilles Duceppe

[al-Qa'bong]

Both Charlie Demers and Steve Patterson got in a few shots. Demers also took a few jabs at Brad Wall's government for destroying the film industry here. At on point he said if only the film industry could find a way to be environmentally destructive, it would have the support of the conservatives.

I was a bit disappointed with the debate between Demers and Al Rae, two of my favourite debaters from the radio show. Maybe the topic didn't help: "Who's the greatest Saskatchewan politician, Dief or Tommy?" Ray was way too serious, making political debating points and not letting Charlie speak (Patterson had to go to the gavel a few times to get Ray to shut up), but then Charlie was too flustered to say much beyond how Dief was jowly.

I didn't recognise the names of the others, many of whom were from obscure places like Prince Albert, Moose Jaw and Winnipeg. Lori Gibb was there, debating with a guy about hugs. A couple of guys had a Mac vs. PC debate. There was a debate on handmade goods ( the pro-handmade guy is from BC, I think I've heard him before, but disremember the name, and his opponent was some woman from rural Saskatchewan...I think).

The question for the last debate was "Be it resolved that Saskatchewan is the most boring place on the planet." The guy arguing against this is from Saskatoon (I don't remember his name..O'Shea, maybe?). His final argument was "chairigami," or building a structure by stacking ten patio chairs about 10 feet high. It was an impressive structure, but his opponent said it confirmed his argument, since that was the most impressive thing he'd ever seen in Saskatchewan.


OK, I googled (Howard Glassman said "jewgled" and some of the others said "goo-ogled") around, found the lineup on the Broadway's website:

Debate Topics and Comedians

Who is Saskatchewan’s most significant politician, John G.
Diefenbaker or Tommy Douglas?
- Al Rae and Charlie Demers

Is there a bit too much hugging going on?
- Lori Gibbs and David Pryde

PC versus MAC
- Toby Hargrave and Ivan Decker

Is it harder to be a youngest or oldest child in a family?
- Kelly Taylor and Howard Glassman

Is homemade stuff the best stuff?
- Graham Clark [nice t-shirt] and Lori Gibbs [no it wasn't]

http://www.broadwaytheatre.ca/calendar/May12.pdf
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[Timebandit]

[sparqui]

I do like Charlie Demers. He was on this morning arguing against foreign accents.
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“If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”

-- Gilles Duceppe

[al-Qa'bong]

"The Voice" was good on The Current today.

"Peter McKay admits the 2010 press conference announcing the government's F-35 purchase cost taxpayers more than $47, 000.

Currently, McKay adds, "Look, you've got to to spend money to waste money."
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[al-Qa'bong]

Oh well, the CBC has gone back to being a court stenographer of empire.

The other day a CBC bobblehead called Omar Khadr a "war criminal." Today they're regurgitating propaganda saying that the Turks will retaliate if the Syrians threaten them, as if the Turkish warplane the Syrians shot down over Syrian airspace was minding its own business.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[al-Qa'bong]

On CBC radio news, right now, an intrepid reporter (Susan Lund) is calling the Canadian Olympic flag-bearer an "athalete."
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[anne cameron]

I cringe every time I hear someone call VANCOUVER...VANGCOUVER... there's no "G" in the name...just VAN, not VANG...and increasing numbers of people who live in that shitty are starting to pronounce it VANGCOUVER.

drives me scritchy....

[al-Qa'bong]

[al-Qa'bong]

Is Rex friggin' Murphy supposed to be representative of "The Liberal Media?"

He's on Cross Country Checkup right now, mocking and arguing with Obama supporters and, well it's hard to hear exactly what his muffled responses to the Romniacs are, given where his nose is planted while they speak.

By the way, Jill Stein's name wasn't mentioned at all.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[sparqui]

It was really bad. He basically cut off callers who were spot on with their criticism of Romney and he was near orgasmic interviewing David Frum and some other pundit from the Hoover Institute (I think?).

OT, is it just my two radios or has the CBC Radio 1 signal become weaker? I seem to get more interference these days than I ever experienced before.
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“If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”

-- Gilles Duceppe

[Tehanu]

He also has a noticeable tendency to interrupt or cut off female callers more than male ones.

[al-Qa'bong]

skdadl's on the radio right now.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[Tehanu]

What show, al-Q?

[al-Qa'bong]

Sunday Morning.

She's talking about her uncle, who was killed at Passchendaele.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[unionist]

The Spanish Crucible

[Tehanu]

Anyone know what happened to the dude who started off the Current each morning with a snarky joke about one of their stories?

[al-Qa'bong]

He's been gone for a few weeks now. My guess is "the Voice" is yet another victim of Harpish cutbacks.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[sparqui]

They made it sound like it was his idea, giving him a 10 min interview segment to discuss potential upcoming projects.
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“If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”

-- Gilles Duceppe

[Tehanu]

Ah, thanks Sparks. Stephen Hart's exit interview is here: http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/episode/2012/09/03/farewell-to-the-voi...

Turns out he's an actor!

[al-Qa'bong]

Brent Bambury just had on a guest discussing the recent violence in Gaza. Despite his guest's saying that Palestinians are constantly engaged in non-violent resistance against the occupation, he repeatedly asked when Palestinians will "end the violence" and adopt non-violent methods.

Perhaps he doesn't listen to the CBC.

Israeli gunfire kills man in 1st violence since ceasefire

[al-Qa'bong]

Why is Johnny Ghomeshi giving Bill O'Reilly airtime?

Isn't Rex Murphy enough?
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[al-Qa'bong]

[sparqui]

I love "This is That" and the call backs/reactions.
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“If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a tractor.”

-- Gilles Duceppe

[al-Qa'bong]

"This is That" shows how bizarre the "real" news is by being so outrageous, yet sounding exactly like regular news programming.

Those people who call in sound just like the CBC "Comments" sections on the Mothercorp's website.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[al-Qa'bong]

Stop the presses! This is "breaking news" on the CBC website RIGHT NOW!

And no, there's no connexion to "This is That".

Ikea monkey to stay at sanctuary, judge rules
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[Cartman]

I guess making him work at Ikea would be kinda harsh.

[al-Qa'bong]

Brent Bambury was pretty good at hosting a new wave show back in the 80s. Today, though, "Day Six" had a panel discussing the Super-duper Bowl, then US Islamophobia poster-boy Alan Derschowitz came on to ridicule the BDS movement.

Geez, but I miss Peter Gzowski, Jack Farr and Danny Finkleman.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[Timebandit]

Shameless plug: Our latest documentary, Shattered Ground is airing on Nature of Things tomorrow, Feb 7 at 8pm! Fracking! Big business! Air quality! Water, water, water!! My other half and director, the blond guy himself, will also appear on Lang O'Leary exchange this evening to plug the show. Tune in if you can!

[Caissa]

I'll be at a hockey game then but look forward to watching it online. Fracking is a big issue in NB these days.

[al-Qa'bong]

Rex Murphy has the Gauleiter of Hooterville on now, and the topic today is whether immigrants who "engage in terrorism" ought to have their Canadian citizenship revoked.

I don't believe either of these potatoheads will mention Canadians who are members of the IDF or Mossad.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[The Evil Twin]

[al-Qa'bong]

Here's a funny parody of right-wing radio talk-show hosts on The Irrelevant Show
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[al-Qa'bong]

Michael Enright is hosting a program called "Sunday Hasbara" right now.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[Cartman]

Dear CBC. I don't care about the pope. Please, please, please stop writing about him. And please stop with what YOU call the God Particle. No scientist does, so please stop it. Do some investimagation on this. Lastly, I don't care about Lululemon pants being see-through or the comments about consumers of such pants being dumb and/or trashy. Why not actually do some work on how our government is ruining the country. I can get that other crap from the National Enquirer or Weekly World News. At least the WWN makes it interesting.

[anne cameron]

I've about had enough of the Pope stuff, too. Okay, fine, one quit and another replaced him, fine, enough, move on to something which is news. As for the Lululemon see-through pants...shrug...they "recalled" them but probably the publicity was such they've been able to practically sell'em all, each and every pair...as for whether or not they're "tacky", well save the shock and horror for the people who wear their jeans so low you can see the crack of their ass...

[Slumberjack]

Very little of what we're presented with can be accurately described as 'news.' Mostly, our daily talking to consists of empire's repetitive squawking about itself. With the case of the CBC, people will often say this is 'our' public broadcaster, and saving it is worthwhile even if it rarely does justice to the range of serious issues affecting people across the country and around the world. Apparently it merely requires a reminder and proper direction as to what it's journalistic responsibilities are. In another vein the same could be said of our political operatives and the system in general, about which, the question 'how's that working out' could be asked.
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There is this old notion, Bolshevik, a little frigid for sure; the building of the Party. I think that our present war is about giving new content to this depopulated fiction.

[al-Qa'bong]

The hacks who write for "As it Happens" are notorious for embarrassingly-bad puns, but today they outdid themselves.

To introduce a story on the death of hundreds of Bangladeshi garment slave-workers in that factory roof collapse, the announcer said "They reap what they sew."

Someone needs to be fired at the CBC.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[cco]

I'm telling you, al-Q, it's a national pathology (English and French alike). America's trying it out in a niche market: any story about marijuana must by law include at least three marijuana puns.

[al-Qa'bong]

Gag me with a spoon, but the CBC radio news had a "feel good" (or is that "double-plus feelgood"?) piece on "Boston Strong" this morning.

How about a "Fallujah Strong," "Waziristan Strong," "Khashamir Strong," "Ramallah Strong," "Da Nang Strong," "Managua Strong," or "Tripoli Strong" piece from the CBC?
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl

[cco]

[al-Qa'bong]

The San Fernando Valley, as far as I know, uh-huh.
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"The purpose of government is to protect the weak from the powerful" Hammurabi

"We can't all be Sam the Sham; some of us have to be Pharoahs" Larry, brother of Darrel, and his other brother Daryl