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I Can't Believe There Isn't a Conrad Black Thread
March 16, 2007 - 3:52am
101 years?!?! That'll teach him!
Toronto Star article by Rick Westhead March 15
lastest news March 16
As they used to say at the closing of CHUM radio news every morning, "Now you're up to date".
And what's with Barbara being called "Barbara Amiel Black"? Like, wtf?
I really wish I were on the jury. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
But if they can only get sent to jail for stealing money from other capitalists then so be it thow the book at them.
Or is it a thread about why there is no Conrad Black thread?
Could a moderator please clarify?
No.
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This is just unnecessary, but since we've already started with the schadenfrede..
There's a real easy way to do that: raise corporate taxes.
Oh, and reject the Black's application to the Empire Club. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
Yeah. BCG posted it above (unless that's what you were referring to).
Kind of sexist, but I can forgive anything for that last line:
*cough*
For the record, I read the Rosie article and had huge problems with it, for its overwhelming and gross misogyny not to mention ageism. I don't defend Barbara in any way, of course, but cheap shots at her sexuality and her looks are not okay.
I will admit to making an unkind remark on another thread about her and a broomstick, and I really shouldn't have. I officially apologize for my cheap shot (hey, I'm not perfect).
IMO there are so many other legitimate ways to poke at Barbara and Conrad, like their grotesque lifestyle, general thievery, and social-climbing nastiness. I don't think we have to stoop to garden-variety sexism, do we?
* alledgedly a thief, not proven in court yet.
Holy. I must have been half asleep. Because I honestly thought it was you who posted it when I read it. And I remember being surprised, and thinking, "Gee, that seems kind of sexist for bcg's tastes."
I should have realized it would be a cold day in hell before I'd get offended at sexism in an article that you had posted. [img]biggrin.gif" border="0[/img]
The article sucks and it's sexist, but I have to admit, the last line made me howl. Because it's true. Babs is kind of like Rachel Marsden, in that she has really worked the "gorgeous sex kitten" thing, and scorns any kind of "politically correct" attempts to curb that sort of sexism. So while I thought the rest of the article was nasty because Rosie seems to be picking on her for being old and not looking as youthful as she once did, I thought the last line was a bit different. It's a "live by the hooters, die by the hooters" sort of sentiment.
[ 20 March 2007: Message edited by: Michelle ]
Egads, of course not! Why do think I started this thread in the first place? To be mean and petty and gloating of course, to people who deserve it from their horrible actions and lifestyles.
P.S. Alledged, alledged, jeebus cripes I have to protect myself from any libel suits!
No probsies, Michelle.
Phew, no I didn't. She's a right-wing neocon commentator whose early claims-to-fame include stalking a professor and making false sexual assault (or was it harassment?) claims about him. Her current claim to fame is being a neocon sex kitten, featured on US republican "babe" sites. Oh, and I think she has a column in the National Post, much to the chagrin of the real journalists there.
[ 20 March 2007: Message edited by: Michelle ]
Now aren't you sorry you asked.
edited to add: oh poo, rabble.ca isn't on her list of links.
[ 20 March 2007: Message edited by: oldgoat ]