Archive for March, 2009
Multiculturalism, The Redux (Kenney’s Director’s Cut): It Isn’t Broken, Time To Fix It
Jason Kenney, our present Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism, wants to reinvent Canadian multiculturalism. For some fawning National Post coverage, click here. This should comes as no surprise really, since both Mr. Harper and Mr. Kenney began their political careers in the Reform Party of Canada which had as one of its founding principles the goal of abolishing [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Perineum Generation: A Desperate (and typically PG) Attempt to Create A Meme Of Our Own
In 1991, Douglas Coupland published Generation X: Tales For An Accelerated Culture and, as I recall, it was around this time the idea that there is a unique cultural cohort known as Generation X really took hold in popular culture. At the time, I didn’t really feel a part of Generation X and am always surprised [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 13 so far )The Colonized “Grow Up” To Be Colonizers: A Review of The Blue Dragon
Yesterday, I saw a matinee performance of Marie Michaud and Robert Lepage’s The Blue Dragon at the National Art Centre here in Ottawa. Although the play is, at times, visually impressive and includes two beautiful (if tangential) pieces of choreography, it is living proof that visual bling for me can not make up for a weak concept / script, lazy acting, and poor [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )With Protecters Like This Who Needs Predators: Teen Charged For Creating Child Porn Of Herself
A fourteen year-old girl has been charged for creating and distributing child pornography of — wait for it — herself. She posted nearly thirty explicit nude pictures on MySpace. Moreover, if the charges stick, she could be forced to register as a sex offender. Also, it seems prosecutors all over the U.S. are pursuing child pornography cases which involve children [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )With Feminists Like This Who Needs Misogynists: How Not To Contribute To The Women’s Movement (Or Be A Good Parent)
Judith Timson today published a Pontius Pilate-like lament for the women’s movement — complete with self-absolving hand-washing. Unwittingly, she duplicates the very behavior she intends to criticize and is an example of how not to lead or contribute to the women’s movement and how not to be a good parent. I wanted to let it [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 19 so far )Don’t Blame The Bedouins, Blame A Failure to Enunciate.
On Thursday, March 22nd, I saw the Ottawa University Department of Theatre Drama Guild’s production of René-Daniel Dubois’s Don’t Blame the Bedouins, directed by Kevin Orr. Yes, the run is over (17th to 21st) and, yes, I should have written about it earlier but, fear not, this post isn’t as untimely as it may at first [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )How Do You Spell Blood-Sucking-Greed-Machine-Parasite In Canadian? NORTEL, eh.
Wow. Double wow. Look directly at camera, shrug shoulders, and roll eyes. Triple wow.
This just in from the world of corporate executive greed — Canadian stylz. This time the player is Nortel Networks Corp.
Another retention plan. More executive “bonuses.” For the very same crazy cats that helped “manage” the company to bankruptcy protection. How much [...]
Customer Relations Management / Marketing Mini-Case: Gladstone’s Bums in Seat Promotion
As mentioned in a previous post, I recently went to see Doubt at The Gladstone. This happened for two reasons. First, I am trying to get a sense of the Ottawa performing arts scene (especially theatre) because I want to know if there is a hole in the market that I can fill with an [...]
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The Bigger They Are The Harder They Should Fall: Let AIG Die and Let’s Get on With Renewal
Posted on March 21, 2009. Filed under: Politics and Society | Tags: AIG, American International Group, analysis, bonuses, commentary, financial bail out, financial crisis, financial system, retention bonuses |
Just when you think AIG couldn’t look worse, the crack team of greed-parasites (formally known as “the management team”) one up themselves. This just in: after causing a huge furor by admitting they were contractually obliged to pay about $165-million in retention pay “bonuses” to the “we destroyed the company / financial system unit” (formally [...]
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