If you live in Canada, you’re probably familiar with that giant outlet store that boasts new items daily–from clothing to home furnishings to lead-laden childrens’ toys. On a recent visit to my local Winners, I stopped by the home furnishing section only to be horrified by the cheap colonialist bric-a-brac festooned on their even [...]
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“Winners” aptly named for Colonialist Tendencies…
Posted in celebrities, itstory, politics, sadness, wtf on September 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Stanley K. Bernstein: Diet Doctor or Doctor Death?
Posted in Underworld, celebrities, gossip, idiots, itstory, politics, propaganda, wtf on July 4, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This news is old but forgotten. I keep seeing ads for Bernstein’s diet clinics on TV and wonder what special forces it took to acquit him of attempted murder charges when all of the jewellry and Rolex watches were stashed in his home… I also wonder what kind of powerhouse lawyer he employed [...]
Today in Itstory: Day Against Child Labour
Posted in Ads, itstory, politics, propaganda on June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Kathy Lee Gifford: Patron Saint of Labouring Children
Don’t be fooled by Ronald McDonald House, WalMart Children’s Charities or other corporate children’s charities…it’s a front. Today is a reminder that our comfortable lifestyles come at the expense others’ childhoods. Here are some of the most popular offenders you might try and avoid…
Paris Hilton a.k.a. Chicken Lady going back to Jail!
Posted in T.V., celebrities, gossip, itstory on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is all gossip and rumours, and I swore I’d never contribute to the Paris publicity machine, but I can’t help myself today. It’s the heat. So here’s a little sump’n to make those grey skies cheer up. The indifference in the cop’s eyes (passenger seat) is what really makes it.
Let it [...]
This Day in 1949: George Orwell’s 1984 Published
Posted in Admiration Station, Books, itstory, propaganda on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m a little bit Winston and a little bit O’Brien.
De-Evolution of Retro Style
Posted in art?, celebrities, itstory, music, propaganda, sex on June 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Retro is always in. But in the past year, it’s been in in a very particular way. Doo-wop and 50s girls style defines musicians like Amy Winehouse (signature beehive) and the Pipettes (another female-fronted band); Christina Aguilera goes further, evoking the Company B style of the WWII era. I can’t help but [...]
This Date in 1975: Sony Introduces Betamax for Public Consumption
Posted in Ads, itstory, sex on June 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I miss the modern era.
