Technically speaking that’s not true since there were Joe Clark, Pierre Trudeau and John turner before him, but Brian Mulroney is my first Prime Minister in the sense that he’s the first one I remember actually being in the job. When I started getting old enough to notice the news and when we began learning …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
Can I Help You Out?
Enjoy this video of Milton Berle getting absolutely roasted by Statler and Waldorf on the Muppet Show in 1977. Funniest thing I’ve seen today, and it’s not close. Sorry, very good late-night monologues and Daily Show segments I’ve also been watching this morning.
We’re From The Government And We’re Here To Help
Five people have been killed and 10 wounded in Gaza when a parachute on a humanitarian airdrop package failed to deploy properly and the parcel fell on them, a witness has said. The casualties were taken to Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital, the emergency room’s head nurse, Mohammed al-Sheikh, said. The airdrop took place north of …
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Best News Bloopers Of February, 2023
I’m bringing some erotic reptiles to your surprise party! See you th…uh-oh. And today must be starting off ok. I wrote the word February without mistyping or having to think about how to spell it. Well, at least I did the first time. The second one almost ended up being Febuarary when I lost control …
Learning The Word No and Using It Liberally Might Be A Good Place To Start
As satisfying as it is to watch the Prime Minister of Canada absolutely torch Bell and others for the way they do business at all of our expense, I have to say that it would be much more satisfying if someone…anyone in government with any sort of real power had said some version of it …
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“What Is The Nature Of Your Emergency?” “I Appear To Be Lost In An Administrative Loop”
This is hardly the dumbest 911 story we’ve ever seen, but something about it keeps saying “Steve, post me,” so who am I to argue? Police say that on Feb. 2, the man attended the Superior Court of Justice to obtain help completing family court documents. After staff advised they are not permitted to provide …
You’ve Used Moderate In A Sentence. Now Try Using It Appropriately
I like this Daily Show segment because it gets at a media tendency that’s really been getting on my nerves. This thing where anyone on the Republican side who isn’t completely out of his fucking mind is a moderate. No. Stop. Being less insane than the most insane option does not make you not insane. …
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Rest Easy, Buzzer
When we stopped overpaying Bell for a landline in favour of only overpaying Rogers for cell service (what a country we live in), by far our biggest logistical hurdle was making sure that Carin and I both had access to our building’s buzzer so that either one of us could open the door if the …
Happy Valentine’s Day. Please Accept These News Bloopers As A Token Of My Love
Many slips of the tongue here, which sounds like a fine Valentine’s Day to me. And I’ve got a feeling this would be even better if I understood literally anything about yoga.
Firings
A few moves I feel the need to comment on. Bell Canada slashing 4,800 jobs, selling 45 radio stations I didn’t realize there were that many people still working there. I kid, but only a little. In the last few years that company has been gutted until there’s nothing left to gut, and then somehow …