Productus Genericus
One of the touches that made the Supernatural sitcom parody (see below) better and sharper than most was the brief shot of the products inside the refrigerator: it was all generic products, with a ketchup bottle marked “Tomato Ketchup” and so on. Sitcoms are not the only shows that use generic products instead of real [...]

Smitherman leaves his post
The Premier released this statement today: **** November 8, 2009 “Today my colleague George Smitherman informed me he would be resigning his posts as Deputy Premier and Minister for Energy and Infrastructure in order to run for the Mayoralty of Toronto. He will be staying on as the MPP for Toronto Centre for a short time while he [...]

Let us now obsess over relatively minor events
Monday night will see the election of four new MPs to fill the vacancies left by Bill Casey, Dawn Black, Real Menard and Paul Crete. The results of these four races will no doubt be incredibly important and meaningful. At least for about 24 hours or so, after which everyone will move on to some [...]

Iran’s Green Revolution: It’s not over
Disturbing footage and solid analysis from the BBC.

Prince Charles will wear a Canadian crown
The Royal couple accepts headpieces in Victoria, and tours sites for an Olympics they'll not be attending