After the unpleasantness of the last post, here’s a pig-related Canadian sentiment that I think all the other white meat eaters among us can agree on. Open thread.
Archives for November 2014
The Dark Canuck
Reader J wants me to post something about Jian Ghomeshi, so here goes. He’s a former member of Moxy Früvous who now has a career as a music producer and radio host, most recently hosting Q on CBC Radio. Imagine a male, Iranian Terry Gross and you’ve about got him pegged. Except, unlike Terry Gross, he admits to having a taste for rough sex or BDSM. Eight women who have been with him [warning:autoplay video] call his interests sexual assault, and three of them have filed charges against him today. He has also apparently had consensual BDSM relationships, and he’s trying to play all of these assault allegations off as consensual. He’s also filed a $55 million lawsuit against the CBC after he was fired. In other words, atypically for a Canadian, he’s not “soory”.
Ghomeshi’s attempt to cast himself as a victim of kink phobia by CBC’s management is perhaps the only interesting part of this tale. Otherwise, it’s an all-too-common story of a creep who’s able to get away with some pretty rotten behavior because of his minor celebrity.
DO NOT WANT
I’m betting this is DougJ’s favorite radio show:
Tune in to #NoLabelsRadio now on @SXMPOTUS. @Ron_Christie and @Mark_Penn are hosting. pic.twitter.com/J82GtHT5kx
— No Labels (@NoLabelsOrg) November 1, 2014
Scariest Halloween outfits I’ve seen this year.
Chores, Chili & College Football Preview
Temperatures have plunged into the 60s here in Central Florida, and it’s also extraordinarily windy. It’s a good day to make chili and catch up on chores. The mister has undertaken the chili mission and is off purchasing the ingredients.
I’m procrastinating because I can no longer in good conscience avoid two odious items on my to-do list: 1) cleaning out the office / spare room where we’ve stashed odd items since embarking on our slow-mo home renovation project nearly two years ago, and 2) washing the windows inside and out.
It must be done. We’ll have guests over the holidays, so it has to be possible for people to enter the spare room, plus I will need it as an office when the kiddo is out of school on holidays and making too much noise for me to work at the dining room table, as is my custom. It would also be nice to be able to view the outdoors without a filter of grime.
Oh, there’s football on too, later. FSM willing, this will be the last time valued commenter Raven will get to enjoy watching Georgia alum Coach Will Muschamp lead the Gators to another loss to the Dawgs in Jacksonville. A miracle could occur, of course. But I have a feeling I’ll enjoy cleaning out the spare room and washing the windows more than I’ll enjoy the game.
Auburn and Old Miss should be a good game after the Florida-Georgia debacle ends. Also looking forward to Tennessee vs. South Carolina – Go ‘Cocks! Any other games of note you’re looking forward to, or predictions?
What else are y’all up to this Saturday?
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Saturday Morning Open Thread
(Mike Luckovich via GoComics.com)
I scored eight out of eight in Gail Collin’s Election Day pop quiz, which may explain why I haven’t been feeling very positive about politics recently.* This article helped, though:
MILWAUKEE — “The president was the only one who could get me out here,” said Gloria Malone, a 50-year old home health care worker. “Before that, I was like: The hell with Mary Burke!”
Malone was pressed against more than 3300 people who’d come to Milwaukee’s North Division High School to see Barack Obama make one of his few 2014 campaign trail stops. Like most of the crowd, she was African-American, and had backed the president every time he appeared on the ballot. She was well aware that less-unpopular surrogates, like First Lady Michelle Obama, had trekked to the state even though gubernatorial candidate Burke has avoided nationalizing her race.
Then the presidential visit was announced, and Malone cast an early vote for Burke against Republican Governor Scott Walker, who Burke has fought to a tie in the polls.
“It’s important to see her up there with our president,” said Malone. “We’re running Walker down. The Republicans lost this election when they tried to stop black people from voting.”…
*To quote Ralph Bakshi’s Aragon: “Then we must do without hope. There is always vengeance.”
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Apart from making it through next Tuesday without committing a felony, what’s on the agenda for the weekend?