9.23.2009

Six At Night

1. OBAMA ROCKS THE UN: At home, he's starting to seem a little gutless. But his speech at the UN -- which called for more cooperation between nations -- was a big hit. (Guardian)

2. CANADA SAYS NO TO LIMITS ON BANKERS' BONUSES: While the G20 nations are working out ways to limit executive bonuses in the banking sector, it looks like Finance Minister Flaherty is prepping to break ranks and leave bonuses in Canada's banking sector untouched. (Progressive Economics Forum)

3. YOUR STUFF IS SAFER... YOU? NOT SO MUCH: Crime stats in Regina from January to August show property crime has gone down a fair bit over last year, but crimes against people are up a smidge. (Leader Post)

4. CANADA BOYCOTTS IRANIAN SPEECH: The Canadian delegation to the UN participated in a walk out of a speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (CBC)

5. UNION DENIES HELLS ANGELS LINK: The head of a Quebec construction union denies allegations the Hells Angels bike gang were involved in his election. (CBC)

6. UWE BOLL FILM MAY NOT SUCK: His movies are so utterly horrid -- and not in that funny-good-bad way -- I find it somehow newsworthy that an early review of Uwe Boll's film Rampage is a good review. A very good review. (film.com)

4 comments:

Pat said...

Interesting Boll article. I still think I would've rather seen him re-make the Rampage video game though. Godzilla vs King Kong!

Paul Dechene said...

I think I would too. Wow. I just got all goose-pimply thinking about it.

Stephen Whitworth said...

Wasn't it Godzilla and King Kong vs. some poor city? I don't remember them fighting each other in that game.

And on the topic of old video games, anyone remember offhand that arcade game from the same era (90s) set in a space station with a character named Dr. Quack who was an alien-zapping duck-scientist? It's been bugging me.

Paul Dechene said...

Actually, it was Godzilla and King Kong clones and some kind of giant werewolf guy. And you most definitely could fight each other.