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Ding-dong, the witch is dead?

Karl Rove to Resign At the End of August [WSJ]

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Rescue Dawn is finally going to released on July 4

Rescue Dawn! Open July 4 in LA, NYC! July 13 in 7 more cities (probably San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto and a few others)! 50 cities by July 27! 93% positive review on Rotten Tomatoes! Hooray! Impossibly cool, super-crazy director and … Continue reading

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A few thoughts on the alleged mass-killer Cho Seung-Hui

First, my apologies in advance. This post is going to be in a really bad taste, even more so than the usual. So now, my few thoughts on the crazy dude. The killer is 1) Asian 2) nerd 3) angry. … Continue reading

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The New Republic is more irrelevant now than ever, and you shouldn't watch Family Guy if you don't like the idea of a genocide against Palestinians

Remember The New Republic? The (formerly) left-of-centre, Washington, D.C.-based magazine that used to be the most relevant forum for American liberal ideas in early to mid-90′s until it got totally fucked over by that motherfucker Stephen Glass in 1998? The … Continue reading

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Sarah Silverman finally gets her own show

http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/syndicated_player/index.jhtml It’s not yet being broadcast in Canada though. The homeless man in the clip is Zach Galifianakis who I honestly don’t find funny but like anyways because he seems to know all the right people (he’s kinda like a … Continue reading

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The following bands will become uncool on November 14

In addition to having their single and video pre-loaded on Zune, Cansei de Ser Sexy is featured on the front page of Zune’s web site. Hot Chip’s video for “Over & Over” comes pre-loaded with Zune. It is also prominently … Continue reading

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McGill's ass to be owned by WinZip International LLC

Apparently, doing a Google Code Search for “keygen” turns up serial number generator code for WinZip written by McGill students and hosted on the university’s web site. One can only imagine the monetary compensation WinZip International LLC will demand from … Continue reading

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Risperdal goes generic today

The patent on Risperdal (the regular kind, not Risperdal Consta or Risperdal M-Tab) expired today. This will hopefully lead to cheaper, generic versions of Risperdal in coming weeks, which should lessen the financial burden on fellow Canadian psychos, many of … Continue reading

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David Cronenberg to give a lecture on Andy Warhol at AGO

Yay!

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Hooray!

Merck Cervical Cancer Vaccine Wins Backing From U.S. Advisers The U.S. FDA advisory panel endorsed the approval of Merck’s new genital warts vaccine. Now, only if there was a vaccine for the dreaded herpes.

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