Archive for January, 2009

  • Sure.  I can put you on with one of my call center reps right now.  What better way to report a story then by actually living it?  If you’re worried about money...

    Unhappy? Call Crumpled Flowers

    Sure. I can put you on with one of my call center reps right now. What better way to report a story then by actually living it? If you’re worried about money...

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  • The big question for the 2009 Academy Awards Show should is the cast of Frost/Nixon going to be watching? Because one wonders if anyone else will. The two most successful movies of the year, WALL-E and The Dark Knight were locked out of the major nominations receiving only one major...

    Mitchell Warren’s Oscar Mock Part I

    The big question for the 2009 Academy Awards Show should is the cast of Frost/Nixon going to be watching? Because one wonders if anyone else will. The two most successful movies of the year, WALL-E and The Dark Knight were locked out of the major nominations receiving only one major...

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  • Mondays were always hell for the UBS network. The UBS network of the modern era intended to be a classy joint with quality programming befitting of a family. Years ago, UBS was synonymous with degrading, lowbrow entertainment.

    Meeting of the Minds

    Mondays were always hell for the UBS network. The UBS network of the modern era intended to be a classy joint with quality programming befitting of a family. Years ago, UBS was synonymous with degrading, lowbrow entertainment.

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  • By A.B. Thomas Sometimes I get the feeling that when important issues are being discussed, some people get lost in the shuffle because of certain demographic qualifiers used to engage the reader. Historically many of these

    Why Canada’s Recession Rate is Slower

    By A.B. Thomas Sometimes I get the feeling that when important issues are being discussed, some people get lost in the shuffle because of certain demographic qualifiers used to engage the reader. Historically many of these

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  • by Grainne Rhuad My back hurt. For three days and nights now I’d been watching out the back alley window. I was hoping I would catch a glimpse of Him again. Stewart Malvo. I’m pretty sure that’s who it was. Sacha said he

    The Hobbyist

    by Grainne Rhuad My back hurt. For three days and nights now I’d been watching out the back alley window. I was hoping I would catch a glimpse of Him again. Stewart Malvo. I’m pretty sure that’s who it was. Sacha said he

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  • By Wind and Water First lady Laura Bush showed off a new gold-rimmed set of official George W. Bush state china on Wednesday, with less than two weeks to use it before the family packs up for Texas.

    Just Bend Over and Take it

    By Wind and Water First lady Laura Bush showed off a new gold-rimmed set of official George W. Bush state china on Wednesday, with less than two weeks to use it before the family packs up for Texas.

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  •  “One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everybody talks about peace, peace has become practically nobody’s business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse...

    Pacifism is for Pussies

     “One of the most persistent ambiguities that we face is that everybody talks about peace as a goal. However, it does not take sharpest-eyed sophistication to discern that while everybody talks about peace, peace has become practically nobody’s business among the power-wielders. Many men cry Peace! Peace! but they refuse...

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  • By A. B. Thomas A statement  aimed at the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper and his minority government, and first written into a blog, didn’t clarify whether the “criminalization of the youth”  was a reference to  the toughening up of the Young Offenders Act, the actions of actually delivering something...

    The Criminalization of Youth

    By A. B. Thomas A statement  aimed at the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper and his minority government, and first written into a blog, didn’t clarify whether the “criminalization of the youth”  was a reference to  the toughening up of the Young Offenders Act, the actions of actually delivering something...

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