lovehatethings

NOTE: I mistakenly took out some of my wrath on the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) when it should have been directed at the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) for implementing rules that effectively have censored Money for Nothing by Dire Straits from all radio stations that are part of the group.

"See the little faggot with the earring and the makeup,
Yeah buddy that's his own hair.
That little faggot got his own jet airplane.
That little faggot he's a millionaire."

- Mark Knopfler

Ensconced in the lovehatethings bunker in Hamilton, Ontario while Snowmageddon 2 (or Snowpocalypse 2) rages outside, I have at it in a multi-faceted diatribe.

Thanks to @markblevis and @bobgoyetche for the inception.

The attack at Vimy Ridge which was undertaken by the Canadian Corps (of the First Army) on Easter Monday, the 9th of April, 1917, is often seen as the first unequivocal success gained by the British (in this case Canadian) forces during the course of trench warfare. 

Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen

Lyrics for:

Forgotten Sons by Mariliion

When the Tigers Broke Free by Pink Floyd

image courtesy www.sweettaterblog.com

With news that the KFC Double-Down sandwich is about to invade Canada - and I'm not even ready to call it a sandwich without bread - get your best fear-mongering guilt shields ready if you're prone to trying such things.

photo courtesy Manu Mohan (via www.sxc.hu)

Bereft of a topic for tonight's podcast, I happened upon a US-funded, Canadian copyright mercenary group at www.cmpda.ca and was astounded by their suggested list for where Canadians could watch legal content online.

I laughed. I cried. I got fellow DyscultureD podcast mate Andrew Currie online to express shared vitriol over the presumption of such a group to claim they protect creativity and somehow enhance artistic risk-taking.

A long effort to be sure, but I hope you enjoy it.

Some Creative Commons songs courtesy Jamendo behind the discussion:

• Trafic de Blues - Time to Funk
• Dieter Werner - Axiom of Going By
• Revolution Void - Invisible Walls
• Fhernando - Sexed Up!
• Diablo Swing Orchestra - Heroines

Culled from Forbes' list of World Billionaires, I thought I'd ponder a bit on Canada's contributors to the list - by hook or by crook, by pharma, oil, tech, food, or inheritance - here are Canada's billionaires... all but one, a bunch of middle-aged to old white guys.

My impression of the final evolutionary state of the Canadian 2011 Census. Developed via phone conversation with @steveczajka.

While I always presume my government is manipulating my access to the truth and keeping me in the dark, I get confused when their idiocy outreaches their mandate. I didn't know the Conservatives were in power 13,000 years ago. Must have been the "good ol' days" we always hear about.