Part of it, frankly -- some of the comedians at night -- was pretty good. Pretty funny, that is. I got as big a laugh about it as anybody. I remember Darrell Hammond on Saturday Night Live portraying me as a one-man Afghani wrecking crew living in a cave outside Kandahar, … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2011
Bill C-51 would chill free speech in Canada — and PM Harper doesn’t seem to care
Terry Heinrichs: However, the Canadian government is currently considering a bill which would amend the hate speech section of the Criminal Code in ways that expand the reach … [Read more...]
My NEW Showbiz Assassin column is now up at Pajamas Media!
It's the sadly obligatory "What is up with Jim Carrey??" edition, with bonus stuff on a black stand-up comic's anti-Mexican rant; Will Farrel's next bigoted movie; why Dennis Miller is my favourite talk radio guy, and more. [Read more...]
Maya Angelou: Dr King’s own words make him sound like ‘arrogant twit’ or something
The fallout over Dr. King statue thing continues. Yahoo!News: Poet … [Read more...]
It’s a black thang: new pro-life campaign targets African-American hair salons
Black women obsess about their hair the way white women obsess about their weight. As well, the barbershop and hair salon rank just under church as their main meeting places and "conversation … [Read more...]
‘Kathy Shaidle is a national treasure…’
says Paul Tuns: ...because she simply cannot tolerate bullshit. *** Alas, I can't take credit for the line he highlights; it came from a gun writer for … [Read more...]
Insane Clown Posse suddenly hip now that they’ve worked with… Jack White? (language warning)
So bite me. PS: great stuff -- LANGUAGE WARNING -- about marketing, career development, hard work and fandom by three experts: … [Read more...]
Ingenious: new Pulitzer-winning play retells ‘Raisin in the Sun’ — from the whites’ point of view
I can't believe this even got staged, let alone won a Pulitzer. The whites must be REALLY nasty, then. Steve Sailer writes: The most relevant, though, is Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 Broadway … [Read more...]
‘Karl Marx was among England’s top 2% of income earners…’
Paul Tuns notes: and he wrote Das Kapital without stepping into a factory. *** Also? Much of the basic arithmetic in Das Kapital "proving" this or … [Read more...]
Lost films: ‘London After Midnight’ (1927) should really be #1
Thanks to TCM, I've seen a number of Lon Chaney silents. A case could be made that he is the finest movie actor of all time. There are probably a few film buffs who wouldn't hesitate to literally kill someone to [Read more...]
New York: Fifteen Muslims arrested in riot over Playland Park safety rules
Today in Belligerent Muslims of North America! Earlier, a park cashier told a Journal News reporter that a woman wearing a hijab either pushed or hit a … [Read more...]
‘Julie Burchill on being hated, a career in journalism and performing monkeys’
A five year column at The Guardian newspaper ended in acrimony in 2003 – Julie says she was outraged to be offered a sofa in place of a pay … [Read more...]