Nov

Of note, given recent discussion

Posted by MGK Published in Economics, The Internets

This post over at Ezra Klein’s, explaining some more reasons why letting GM go bankrupt is a bad idea.

Nov

Uh Oh

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets

“Trend predictor” who predicted the 1987 stock market crash, the Asian currency crisis and the subprime mortgage crisis predicts “food riots and tax revolts” by 2012. (Of course, it is also worth pointing out that lots of other people predicted these things too. And for someone so notoriously good at predicting trends, why doesn’t he […]

9 comments

Nov

Friday Sports Night

Posted by MGK Published in It's The Youtube, TV

8 comments

Nov

Extremely Quick SYTYCD Canada Roundup

Posted by MGK Published in Obligatory So You Think You Can Dance Category, TV

…because I only just finished watching it about half an hour ago. Firstly, WTF is up with the top ten episode only being one hour long? Yes, I know the ratings have dropped since the show’s impressive debut, but A) it is competing against the major network fall lineup and B) guess what, CTV, the […]

3 comments

Nov

Heads up!

Posted by MGK Published in Law, The Internets

If you live in Canada and have ever linked to anything in your life ever, then you probably want to go read my article at TheCourt.ca about the decision on Crookes v. Wikimedia, AKA “the linking case.” Heck, if you live in a common-law country you probably want to read it too, because it won’t […]

3 comments

Nov

Thursday WHO’S WHO: The Knights of the Galaxy

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Who's Who

All I do when I look at these guys is think of the Smurfs. Except, you know, in space. It’s mostly the “there’s only one girl, and with the exception of the leader they all look the same” thing, you know? Instead of wearing red trunks rather than white, the leader (who is named Lyle) […]

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Nov

It’s Not Quite “The Jetsons”

Posted by MGK Published in The Miscellaneous Sciences And Crap Like That

…but it is a flying car.

2 comments

Nov

SUPER MOST IMPOSSIBLEST GAME

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming, The Internets, WTF

No, seriously, the designers of this game expect you to be able to “run” one hundred metres. FUN FACT: If you somehow make it to 50 metres, there are hurdles.

20 comments

Nov

My Commenters Got Comments

Posted by MGK Published in Economics

In response to my post about the misdirected-at-best union strategies in regards to auto industry woes in Ontario, SilverMoonWolf writes: I may not be as informed as you, but I can draw opinion on what I do know about this and the whole “bailout” buzz word now. When a horse breaks its leg, you don’t […]

16 comments

Nov

I Blame Vault-Tec For This

Posted by MGK Published in The Miscellaneous Sciences And Crap Like That

I’ve been trying to avoid getting sucked into Fallout 3 while I have schoolwork to do (yes, even during the strike). But now it appears that Bethesda Softworks is, through some invisible manipulation of the world I do not quite understand, trying to turn our world into the Fallout world.

14 comments

Nov

“And Jonah Hex Was Named For Ultra Boy. It’s Complicated.”

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, I Should Write The Legion

The Legion has a time machine. So why is it that the only place they ever go, ever, is the present day DC Universe? Surely there are all sorts of other places they can go? It doesn’t have to be Shadow Lass, of course. “Talokian” just sounds kind of like “Connecticut,” and I like bad […]

17 comments

Nov

Elsewhere

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Nov

Equal Share Of Blame

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Economics

Matthew Yglesias is right to point out that bailing out car companies when they are making a product that at present is fundamentally unsuited to future profit generation is stupid, but he and his commenters largely place the blame on GM’s corporate culture. Let’s be honest here: speaking as a lefty (and a strongly pro-labour […]

10 comments

Nov