This is just plain, well, weird …
… Prime Minister Stephen Harper is completely naked.
The oil on canvas painting, entitled Emperor Haute Couture by artist Margaret Sutherland, is raising eyebrows at the Kingston, Ont., library where it is currently on display in a room. Read more…
Well, now this is fascinating: On the May long weekend in 1977, the big movie blockbuster that everyone expected was going to clean up was the Burt Reynolds comedy Smokey and the Bandit. But, just as we’re seeing this weekend with another prospective blockbuster in The Avengers set to open, some Hollywood studios were ready to offer up some ‘counter-programming’, an ‘alt-flick’ film, if you will, that might appeal to the few — the very few — that might go against the tide and avoid the blockbuster.
So what was the counter-programming in May, 1977 to the anticipated blockbuster Smokey and the Bandit? Some little alt-flick called Star Wars.
Does this make sense?
“Pickton commissioner makes cameo in Uwe Boll film”
Wally Oppal says he filmed a short scene over the weekend for the movie Bailout, directed by Uwe Boll.
The film follows a character played by actor Dominic Purcell who loses his job during the financial crisis and takes his revenge by assassinating bank executives.
via Pickton commissioner makes cameo in Uwe Boll film – Arts & Entertainment – CBC News.
Who’s Uwe Boll? “The worst filmmaker in the world.”
Very witty, from Carleton University economist Frances Woolley:
What books should you give your children (nieces, nephews, friends) if you want them to grow up to become economists?
Harry Potter’s magical universe is a Thatcherite’s nightmare with its protectionist restrictions against magic carpet imports and bloated public sector. With a tri-metalic (gold/silver/bronze) currency and no paper money, effective monetary policy is impossible. The economic fundamentals of the wizarding world are basically unsound.
What about some of the classic children’s literature?
Read the rest at: Worthwhile Canadian Initiative: Books for budding economists.
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