Archive for November, 2006

My Favourite Links

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

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TV Broadcasters Want to Make More Money; Look To CRTC For Leeway

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

In Ottawa this week there is a meeting taking place between the television broadcasters and their regulator, the Canadian Radio-television & Telecommunications Commission. The broadcasters will be asking for a loosening of the rules and policies that guide their money-making options. The broadcasters' contention is that it is harder, these ...

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 ...