Sep
17
I watch a lot of news. As I live in Canada, I get not only Canadian News Channels, but also have access to CNN, FOX NEWS, MSNBC, HLN, those business news channels etc, as well as BBC World and Al Jazeera. It baffles me on how different the US news stations are to the Canadian …
Sep
17
So which is it Nation? Are you going to support the Rally to Restore Sanity or a March to Keep Fear Alive? Last night Jon Stewart’s and Stephen Colbert’s tortuous teasing finally came to an end with the epic announcement of their respective rallies. Both will be held in Washington DC at the Washington Monument …
Sep
16
Colbert’s personal army The Colbert Nation is a strong united front. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that when the call went out on Reddit, Colbert Rally Official Site and the Official Facebook page (which has moved, so be sure to ‘like’ the new page) to start a campaign to raise $101,010 for donorschoose.org by October …
Sep
14
At 1 am yesterday morning a call went out to “Restoring Truthiness to the Classroom” to show support for the Restoring Truthiness rally. As noted on Reddit: The drive to organize a Stephen Colbert rally continues to snowball. Over 5,000 people have subscribed to /r/ColbertRally. It’s gotten a stunning redesign. And now, the community wants …
Sep
13
On Sept 7th, Jon Stewart announced that in the near-but-not-so-near future he will be making an epic announcement. He also noted that he will be providing clues to said announcement in the Moment of Zen segments at the end of the show. There was been much debate as to what Stewart’s announcement will be about, …
Sep
13
Sometime late yesterday, a story appeared online regarding a threat identified by the RCMP of a coup d’etat of the Canadian government. Yet within a very short time, the article was pulled from virtually every-single online news source except the Ottawa citizen where the article originated, and later today, re-added to the Montreal Gazette. McGoo’s blog and p2pnet …
Sep
08
On the return of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report on September 7th, both hosts teased the audience and viewers with an announcement of a huge announcement – Stewart speaking more generally about something ‘unknown’ but of epic proportions and Colbert actually referencing the online movement; both toying with our hearts and minds. This …
Sep
07
Canada was giving a gift today: we are able to watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report one hour earlier than the USA. Canadians can thank CTV for purchasing Conan to air at 11 pm on Comedy network, and by the same logic that Conan, Colbert and Stewart used for their famous “Who made …