Behind the Line – Staff Sergeant Robert F. Blundell and Sexual Harassment...
Behind the Line (video viewable worldwide) is an insightful The Fifth Estate story, “An investigation into sexual harassment allegations at the RCMP. The inside story of women who signed up to serve...
View ArticleAbsence of Malice – New Quote I Love
Love the movie Absence of Malice starring Paul Newman and Sally Field. Love this monologue of the Assistant U.S. Attorney General character (played by Wilford Brimley) to newspaper reporter (played by...
View ArticleFunny Racist Jokes and Memes?
Earlier today, my friend Christine showed me a bunch of photos “memes” that she has seen posted and liked on Facebook supposedly created by students from University of Calgary, our alma mater. We ended...
View ArticleCanadians love #hockey but are we willing to see NHLers suffer from brain...
I love hockey and like my fellow Canadians, hockey runs in my blood. I feel exhilarated when my home town teams won or when Canadian teams won in international events. I will even admit I love the Paul...
View ArticleRETRACTION re Apple Factory story – This American Life
RETRACTION re Apple Factory story (This American Life, streaming + free mp3) – Worth a listen by Apple fans/foes, journalists, and aspiring journalists. *** Before I listen to the show *** As a...
View ArticleElection Canada investigation unearths more re ‘Pierre Poutine” robo-calls...
* Ottawa Citizen, “‘Pierre Poutine’ recorded message supporting Liberal candidate in Guelph“ * Globe and Mail, “Elections Canada unearths ‘Poutine’s’ aborted robo-call posing as Liberals“ Filed under:...
View ArticleNDP leadership vote cyber-attacked – Is the NDP claim of “No possible way to...
In response to CTV reporter question re integrity of the leadership vote, NDP Brad Lavigne (Principal Secretary to the Leader of the Official Opposition) stated ”No possible way to get into their...
View ArticleInterview with Maya Posch, an intersex person, re Netherlands court’s...
Here is my video Interview with Maya Posch, an intersex person, re court’s decision to change her gender to female. See Maya’s original news announcement. Check out more Google+ posts from Maya. Filed...
View ArticleFinding Jan Wong Out of the Blue – The ugly sides of Globe and Mail & Manulife
As a long time reader (and fan) of Jan Wong‘s (website, twitter) newspaper articles and “Lunch with” columns, it came to me as a total shock when I belatedly discovered the real reason of why Jan is...
View ArticleDid Bloomberg distort Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak’s view on Facebook as an...
Here is an edited version of a request for clarification sent to Bloomberg reporters and editor for the May 13th, 2012 story “Apple Co-Founder Wozniak Would Buy Facebook At Any [Price]“. ******* To:...
View ArticleConflicts in Reality TV and psychological profiling – The Chicken or The Egg...
The conflicts in reality TV as we seen in the most recent “old days” were created by show creators’ or casting directors’ gut instinct. They put interesting people or people with opposing...
View ArticleDoctor and medical student interrupt Minister Joe Oliver at press conference
My personal thanks to the doctor and medical student who spoke up on our behalf. Shame on our Canadian government. Shame on us Canadians that we are not more aware of this problem. Canadians are...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Big Mac Commercial 1984 – Cantonese trumped English campaign
The following are videos of 1984 McDonald’s Big Mac commercials in US (I believe) and Hong Kong respectively. To me, the Cantonese campaign actually trumped the English one! The HK commercial actually...
View ArticleArgo, Oscars, Grateful President Jimmy Carter, Ben “WTF” Affleck
“90 percent of the contributions to the ideas and the consummation of the plan was Canadian. And the movie gives almost full credit to the American CIA. And with that exception, the movie is very...
View ArticleShall Copyright Law trump Freedom of Press? NASCAR and Encana seem to think so.
Shall Copyright Law trump Freedom of Press? The senior executives NASCAR and Encana seem to think copyright law should be more powerful than many people will permit it to be. I for one would love the...
View ArticleHong Kong Freedom of Press under attack by CY Leung (HKSAR Chief Executive)?
20140213 Ms Li Wei Ling (李慧玲) Press conference Is Freedom of Press in Hong Kong under severe attack by HKSAR Chief Executive Mr. CY Leung as Ms. Li Wei Ling 李慧玲 (FB page) alleged? You be the judge...
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