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8:56: CNN talking heads all exclaiming how desperately important this debate is and how Romney must shake up the race and blah blah blah. David Gergen, surprisingly, says the most intelligent thing when he says that the most important thing is probably who appears most relaxed and at ease. Because, frankly, that is the most […]

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Chance Obama mentions Romney’s proposed tax cut on rich people more than five times: 1-3 Chance Obama mentions that his own payroll tax cut is about to expire: 7-1 (unless in context of GOP refusing to extend, then 1-1) Chance Obama mentions sequestration: 1-1 Chance Obama mentions cap-and-trade: 22-1 Chance Obama mentions “the Romney/Ryan plan”: […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Click on thumb to see full And if you like, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

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If anybody starts complaining to you that this movie is bad because of [insert complaint about movie’s use of time travel here] it is your moral duty to punch them in their stupid face.

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“But what – I don’t even – no, how can this be?” said the viewer, confused, as he watched quietly. “This ad is pathetic! It’s smug and unfunny, a terrible waste of some PAC’s money – the metre is off, the rhymes often are forced, and from any real argument it seems quite divorced. They […]

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Torontoist asked me to weigh in on the Margaret Wente plagiarism scandal, so I did, although they cut out many of my more imaginative swears.

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Gets Judge Dredd mostly right – which is to say that as a consequence of getting it mostly right (e.g. brutally violent and extremely dark), this movie is definitely not going to be for everybody.

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Via Leah, this is fantastic:

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So I’ve been busy the last week, not with work (well, I’m always busy with work-a-day work, but you know what I mean). I’ve been busy writing, because Harper Voyager announced this, and I’ve got a half-finished novel that’s at about the 60K word mark and if I bust ass I might be able to […]

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