tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846Wed, 25 Sep 2024 05:40:11 +0000http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)Blogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-1389544351950976193Fri, 26 Jun 2009 18:30:00 +00002009-06-26T14:35:53.734-04:00See more on CitizenShifthttp://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2009/06/video-test.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-115440032738929661Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:33:00 +00002006-07-31T22:45:27.416-04:00Whoops, spoke to soon about the problem with bunker buster delivery. I guess Tony "Lapdog" Blair cracked the whip and got the party back in line. Do you think he can even spell hypocrisy?http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2006/07/bombs-back-on-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-115439835616779308Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:12:00 +00002007-12-04T01:28:56.913-05:00Depleted Uranium Situation Worsens Requiring Immediate Action By President Bush, Prime Minister Blair, and Prime Minister Olmert :: from www.uruknet.info :: news from occupied Iraq (caution: graphic image)Reading this article made my stomach turn. Not the best written piece, but the urgency of the situation comes through loud and clear. Now, with all major infrastructure destroyed and over 600 http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2006/07/nuclear-lebanon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-115274121646902636Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:53:00 +00002006-07-12T17:53:54.076-04:00CBC Arts: Cuts begin right away as Bell Globemedia swallows CHUMWell, it doesn't take long, does it? Even before the deal goes through, CHUM is axing local broadcasting and moving towards more centralised news productions. They are attempting to placate fears of too much concentration by floating the idea of operating CTV and CityTV seperately, but how long would that really last? One company http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2006/07/and-cuts-start-comin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-115273882831772568Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:13:00 +00002006-07-12T17:16:07.253-04:00TheStar.com - Bell Globemedia to take over CHUMJust when you though the mediascape in Canada couldn't get any smaller, Bell Globemedia announced today it would be taking over CHUM, making it the largest media corporation in Canada, adding 33 radio stations, 12 local TV stations (including all the CityTV stations) and 21 specialty TV channels to the already massive BGM empire.This story, by CP http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2006/07/mega-media-agglomeration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-115268281977547257Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:36:00 +00002006-07-12T01:40:19.793-04:00Pitches are in, and issue #4 of Siafu is that much closer to being reality. If anyone had said last October that we would be coming out with a 4th issue in 8 months and that we would have a modest budget to play with, I wouldn't have believed them. Not that things are anywhere steady right now, but we're on the right path. This issues theme will be on education, featuring everything from http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2006/07/number-4-on-way.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-114893336332965925Mon, 29 May 2006 19:56:00 +00002006-05-29T19:33:18.106-04:00Just a quick follow-up on last night's post: Today's Toronto Star has an article by Tim Harper on the investigation into last November's Haditha massacre:Comparisons are being made to the 1968 My Lai massacre in Vietnam, when U.S. soldiers, including members of an army platoon led by Lieut. William Calley, killed some 500 innocent Vietnamese villagers. The massacre was blamed, in part, by the http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2006/05/update-murtha-speaks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-114888029206601212Mon, 29 May 2006 05:24:00 +00002006-05-29T19:32:30.606-04:00Posted on the BBC news site on Sunday, May 28th:BBC NEWS | UK | At least 1,000 UK soldiers desert: "More than 1,000 members of the British military have deserted since the start of the Iraq war, the BBC has learned.Figures for those still missing are 86 from 2001, 118 from 2002, 134 from 2003, 229 from 2004, 377 from 2005, and 189 for this year so far."The rest of the article features UK http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2006/05/prophet-churchill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27299846.post-114828240169374859Mon, 22 May 2006 06:28:00 +00002006-05-22T03:25:49.456-04:00I've been thinking about starting this up for a while now, but somehow wasn't able to find the inspiration to do so. Part of it was that there are so many blogs out there that don't really say anything, and I didn't really feel like being one of them. But then I came across the following article in the Wall Street Journal and it kind of tied together what I want this blog - and my hopefully http://electricpencil.blogspot.com/2006/05/example-no-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tmcsorley)1