Archive for the ‘In The News’ Category

Top 100 TV Catchphrases Revealed

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Starting 11 December and continuing for five nights TV Land will be rolling out its list of the Top 100 TV catchphrases of all time. They range from the profound ("Ask not what your country can do for you ..." J.F.K.) to the profane ("I'm Rick James, bitch!" Dave ...

Political Correctness Gone Too Far?

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

I considered using an epithet in the title, but opted against it. We've all heard the term, most of us have used it at one time or another. Some people maybe even remember "social sensitivity" a movement that attempted to replace political correctness - for political correctness' sake - a ...

South Park Slams Bottom Trawling

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

The characters of South Park have gone on record as being against bottom trawling. The video, not credited to Matt Stone or Trey Parker in the news article, but done in a similar style, was released by Greenpeace and is aimed at Ottawa and the Spanish governments. The character sing ...

AECL Sale a Possibility for Ottawa

Saturday, November 18th, 2006

Our government recently floated the idea of selling off the AECL to a private company. Heads from the Ministries of Finance, Natural Resources and Treasury have been speaking with industry players about the possible future for the crown corporation, including its possible sale. You have probably heard of Atomic Energy ...

So, uh, dolphins used to have legs?

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

Sometimes Darwinism just goes too far. Japanese researchers claimed on Sunday to have discovered a bottlenose dolphin - y'know, the cute ones that get caught in tuna nets - with an extra set of fins that, get this, they think may provide more evidence that dolphins once had legs. What?! Now, I'm just ...