96 Replies to “September 6, 2021: Reader Tips”

      1. This is one instance where the re-make is as good as the original. Other examples are Murder, My Sweet (with Dick Powell) and Farewell, My Lovely (Robert Mitchum) and The Maltese Falcon.

        Dick Powell had made a number of light romantic comedies and MSM was his first attempt to change direction. The title was changed from FML because the studio didn’t want people to think that he was making yet another one of them.

        As for TMF, the original (with Ricardo Cortez as Sam Spade) was made shortly after sound was introduced and, compared with what we’re accustomed to now, comes across as a bit clunky both in dialogue and performance. It was made before the Hollywood morality code, so there are bits in it that are a touch racy.

        It was remade as the comedySatan Met A Lady (Warren William and Bette Davis) a few years, and it was a stinker. Not even Davis could save that one.

        The next re-make was the version most people are familiar with and Warner Brothers got it right this time. It was directed by John Huston, and starred Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sidney Greenstreet, and Peter Lorre.

        I’ll take a look at the BH pilot. By the way, did you know that Buddy Ebsen was a song-and-dance man early in his movie career?

        1. Thanks for the background. I had heard that Buddy Ebsen had a broad range of talents.
          Did you know that Max Bauer Jr’s dad was a world heavy weight boxing champion in the 30s?

          1. It took me a number of years to find out who Max Baer, Sr. was.

            MB, Jr., after TBH ended, went on to direct and star in the movie Macon County Line. (The sequel, such as it was, Return to Macon County, had little to do with the original except the name. It stars Nick Nolte and Don Johnson in early roles.)

            I just finished watching the pilot and I have to admit, it was laugh-out-loud funny.

      2. That was HILARIOUS! I used to watch this show when I was a kid but had never seen the pilot. Can’t tell you how many times I laughed…thanks for sharing.

        1. There are several reasons why it was successful. For one thing, it was cleverly written and well-acted.

          But it debuted in the early 1960s, and the comic strip Li’l Abner (which inspired a Broadway musical, which, in turn, was adapted as a movie–watch for the late Valerie Harper in a very minor role in that one!), was quite popular.

          I’m sure LA provided the inspiration of a number of TBH characters. Jethro’s counterpart would have been Li’l Abner. Ellie May’s would have been Daisy May, and Granny’s would have been Mammy Yokum.

    1. A society where a woman can murder 21 of her own children with impunity cannot last.

      And does not deserve to.

    2. Wow. Just wow what an insane POS. I hope all her murdered babies come to visit her every night.

    1. Error O’Foole: the un-Justin Justin. Or, as Snoopy referred to Charlie Brown, “the little round-headed kid”.

    2. We will do everything that the Liberals would do. And most of what the NDP would do. So vote for us, your conservative option!

      When you stopped being conservative, you ceased being an option. I think it’s 2 years to go on my party renewal, and you’ve given me no reason why you’re worth supporting.

      I won’t vote communist, I won’t vote communist lite. You’re making Max look good.

    3. Not surprised in the slightest. They are all the same.

      Voting in the west is like hiring the neighbor’s kid to cut my grass. Except, everyone else decides who is responsible for mowing.

      In the Canadian klepto-oligarchy Quebec and the GTA hires SNC mowing for you, charges you 1000x what you would’ve paid, shits on you for having grass, nine guys show up in February, charges while one guy shovels your lawn, onto your driveway, and the government charges you an obstructed driveway penalty (plus tax) calls you a bigot, some Lachman checks your papers and puts you on list.

      1. Yup. There’s a PPC candidate in my riding. But if there’s a Maverick party candidate (or, if not, other western separatist) then they have my vote.

        Right now Max is the least objectionable option. Though my MP is (mostly) great, and she is worth supporting, I can’t support The Toole. My previous votes for change have been farts in the wind. If my vote doesn’t count, why should I bother?

        1. My voting for 60 years didn’t change, fix, or alter the course of a damn thing, even when heavily involved with the conservative party. I voted PPC in the last election.

          1. Guys, vote for the candidate that can defeat the Liberal even if that means voting NDP. Voting any other way is a Liberal vote.
            No one is going to care if you voted PPC or Maverick, but the Liberals will thank you.

          2. The thing to note is that it is the CBC. If you track the media sources reporting negative on the conservatives you can figure out who got the bailouts for ‘trusted’ media and who are defending their jobs. I make a game of guessing who is writing the article and how much their bailout was.
            The priority is to defeat Trudeau. O’Toole is saying anything that will fly in southern Ontario who are needed for a victory. Make sure your local Conservative candidate knows your opinion. 1. get elected 2. follow your policy

          3. Bob Daye, voting for the communist NDP is non-starter, ever. Going from liberal socialism to communist socialism will not be a good idea. The NDP damn near broke Ontario with the Raye days, the rest of Canada sure doesn’t need a repeat of that insanity on a federal level, the country is damn near bankrupt as it is.

          4. Bob, stop and think for a bit. Why did the Reform Party come around? Where is the Reform sentiment in the current “conservative” party? Why has the “conservative” party learned nothing about keeping their faithful happy with them? “He’ll change after the election” means you want to elect a liar. I don’t want to elect a liar. You do. What is wrong with you that you do? Why do you think that the actions of a liar will somehow be good for you, and not in the best interests of the liar?

            When given a choice of Hemlock water, or sparkling Hemlock water, my choice is to not drink. Your mileage will obviously vary.

      2. Perfect Alecincgy, do you work for the Canadian Penal Colony. You are psychic almost like you have insider information.
        Ha Ha Ha

    4. O’Foole is vulnerable on this issue. This is a replay of Scheer’s abortion stance, which could explain his slip in the polls.

      I know some of you don’t believe in polls, but I didn’t hear anyone mince polls when O’Foole was actually in the lead. Like it or not, whether you think polls are manipulative of public opinion, or simply a reflection of it, polls do provide a perspective of the electorate’s mood, and I would suggest that they be taken seriously.

    5. come on people. he didn’t say for how long it would stay in place.

      all of you folks here that think you know better are going to bring us another Liberal minority with Barney as our new PM.

      it’s time you took a page out of the “progressive” book and voted strategically, like the left did to get rid of the best PM we’ve had in my lifetime.

      1. You think they’re spending a billion dollars for a short term app?
        Really? You think that?
        Government programs don’t end. Ever.
        I asked this question yesterday.
        One side of my face is the dirt. The other side is a boot.
        Please explain why the blue boot is better than the red boot.

    6. Imagine the call from PowerCorp
      Erin, its Paul.
      Losers gotta lose Erin.
      We have a guaranteed position for you here at PowerCorp.
      Unimaginable stipends you’ll never see in public office without the scrutiny.
      You just have to show Canadians how untrustworthy you really are…

    7. Thanks Joe.
      Having listened to it a couple of thoughts.
      First it would be a real flashback in time to hear Justine questioned with such vigour.
      Second,we dump on OToole too much.
      That was a masterful answer.
      Key words “Assault Weapons”,if a military veteran does not know one from another we have no hope.
      I think OToole does know that difference.
      Here he is answering a loaded question with classic honesty,while knowing the reporter will deliberately distort his answer.
      And indeed,the May 1st Order in Council,will stay in place…Until it doesn’t.
      Being as how an order in council with such high costs,cannot stand.

      That said,I do not believe Canada is salvable,we are at war..We just have not acknowledged that fact yet.
      The regions that emerge and stand will be those that can be defended.

    1. Messed up? It’s quite likely a scam. Those cars will possibly end up in a chop shop and someone might get a gratuity under the table. Meanwhile, the dealer files an insurance claim and, well, you know the rest.

      It’s like what happened to a local plastics recycling plant, which was here in Edmonton nearly 30 years ago. One story about that place that I heard went like this: one day, some of the staff were having a beer at a nearby watering hole. During that time, a fire broke out there (accidentally on purpose, from what I understand). When someone voiced concern about it to the boss, that person was told “don’t worry about it”. (Wink wink, nudge nudge)

      It didn’t surprise too many people when that plant closed for good a few years later.

  1. If we go by the comments here Justin will win his majority and no room for complaints. Voting for a party with no chance of winning and making fun of the leader of the one that can is just what Liberals are hoping for.

    1. My pondering this morning…

      Media and our health experts on 3rd shot propaganda campaign.
      Hmm, why would someone take something that didn’t work the first two times?
      I should add…’Are you that stupid?’

      People getting their experimental jab: I did my research.
      Myself answer: You are my research.

    2. Well that’s one way to look at it.

      Another is to think about what happens after Election Day and everyone suddenly noticing the dumpster fire that was started by the sock monkey.
      If the sock monkey gets re-elected the media will continue to not talk about it.
      If the sock monkey loses, the media will suddenly discover how bad it is and immediately blame the new government.
      It’s what they do.

      1. Exactly.
        Frankly, the Conservatives and the Max People and my little Libertarian Party should just withdraw and say: You broke it, you fix it.
        (But the Cons aren’t conservative – they just want the levers of power.)
        It beggars belief why anyone would want to take over this mess.
        We need to put a whole new egg up on the wall – the dissolution of the federal government and the reformation of a loose confederation of North American States.

        1. Well get real, that’s simply not going to happen.
          A supermajority for the Liberals? we’d be all fucked. The UN and Soros are pulling Trudeau’s strings.

          1. Meh.
            The Great Decline is coming.
            A Niagara for the Canadian Canoe.
            O’Toole can get in and even backpaddle like an Olympian, but the current is way too strong.

        2. The only trouble with that idea Buddy,is Progressive can’t fix anything.
          That is like expecting the rust to heal my truck.
          Agree with the rest.
          We need no Federal Government.
          And all of our current “leadership” are culls of the lowest order.

      2. Blaming the new government for the mess is a far better situation than allowing Trudeau to continue.
        It would also speed up the demise of the CBC and the cancelling of all government funding to media.
        A far superior situation.
        Vote for the candidate that can defeat the Liberal in your riding.
        They are going to cheat. If the losses are big enough it may stop them or prevent it.
        If it comes down to a few ridings in Toronto the mail in ballots will come out of nowhere to push them over the line.

        1. It’s naïve to believe that any federal party, with the exception of the PPC, would actually defund the CBC.

          I hate the turd as much as anyone here, but at this point in the campaign, I really can’t tell if there’s much of a difference between liberals, and liberal-lite.

          1. So true, fc.
            And for all the satisfaction I would feel if the CBC were defunded, would it make any difference? CTV and Global and most print media shill for the left, too. There are a few independents out there (True North and Blacklock come to mind) but even without the Ceeb, our media are generally complicit.
            Been hearing about the worldwide vaxxport and lockdown protests in our msm?
            Me neither.

        2. Can you show me anything in the Conservative platform that is fundamentally different from the Liberal platform?

    3. Exactly Liz, voting with your heart is not the adult thing to do.
      We all would like a true right wing government and the values that would bring, but PPC does not have the support. Voting in protest is a Liberal vote.
      O’Toole has to appeal to a broader base than just true conservatives to win, get over yourselves.

      1. Sorry. I heard the “split-vote” argument, and even subscribed to it in the past, but I just can’t hold my nose any longer.
        The turd FUBARed this country. The country is beyond hope. It can’t be fixed, so why replace one despised leader with another? Let the turd own it. To paraphrase yet another despised political figure, at this point, what difference does it make?
        My vote (if I even bother to vote) will represent my views. If it’s a wasted vote, so be it. I really don’t give a damn anymore. The only resolution for this corrupt pile of dog poo of a country is DESOLUTION!

      2. So if O’Toole becomes a Liberal to appeal to a broader base, just so he can win, what’s the point? “Our team” gets to get their faces in the trough?

        If Conservatives were smart, they would explain why Liberal policies were moronic, and explain why Conservative policies are correct. They would educate the voters to come around to the correct way of thinking, but they don’t do that because they haven’t got the intellectual horsepower and they’re the same damn thing anyway.

    4. Right on Liz the whining and crying on here is pathetic. I’ve seen this crap before they bitch if Conservatives are ahead and bitch if they are behind.Really are Liberals they just can’t admit it.

    5. agreed. that 3.5% protest vote that’s standing behind Max would put Trudeau back out to pasture.
      in effect, they might as well vote Liberal if they’re voting for the PPC.

    1. Surely the absurd optics on that will wake people up to the sinister Dem/RINO agenda. I hope it backfires big- time.

    2. Meanwhile….

      6 Aircraft filled w/Americans and SIV’s sit on the tarmac of Mazir Sheriff Airport in N. Afghanistan … 6 days now. Held HOSTAGE by the TALIBAN who want official Recognition as Lawfull Govt of Afghanistan….& a pile of $$$$$

      One couldn’t have planned this shitshow any WORSE & sits on the Face of Every Asshole ANTI TRUMPER on the planet – this is 100% on YOU..!!

      https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/09/update-six-planes-northern-afghanistan-now-held-hostage-taliban-filled-americans-afghan-siv-holders-bideneffect/

    1. Many of the Zerohedge commenters seem pessimistic but this is all welcome news. There were apparently 300,000 protesters in Amsterdam too. Someone compared the situation to an avalanche yesterday…building, building. I’m wondering which country gets started first. I’m much less worried than a week ago.

      TV, radio and newspapers were perfect for our parasite overlords to indoctrinate and lie to us. And all of the big tech stuff really helped them too, they could hide the truth and create their own reality for everyone in their web.

      But tech gave everyone OTHER ways to find out the truth. Other ways to connect with others, to organize. The world could be more easily fooled and controlled BUT revolutions could also be sped up and develop faster than they might otherwise.

      1. Blindfold? You are too generous by far! They need to see the crowds smiling as they depart from this realm!

        1. Did you see the video from yesterday were Australians held prisoner in Covid Concentration Camps are being told by the Concentration Camp Guards that they will gas them.
          Yah show those NAZI FUCKERS the Wall.
          https://vidmax.com/video/207091-aussie-who-is-vaccinated-and-tested-negative-9-times-uploads-video-from-covid-concentration-camp-people-locked-into-rooms-for-over-300-hours-guards-threaten-to-gas-them?fbclid=IwAR0k_uOXpRrR6NlzSAOy8kwSvOIKKBNV5hFqKMuwng6jdk5rOLJKw5Q0W5E

        2. Burning at the stake would be appreciate.

          I want to hear the bastards scream for their mothers as they die.

          Save humane killings for old dogs, who never harmed a living soul.

  2. If Trudeau wins either a minority or majority is proof we have the dumbest voters in our history who don’t care a damn about what another four years of the Trudeau wrecking crew will do to our country.
    Those who complain who don’t vote Conservative this election can look in the mirror and complain to themselves.

    1. Liz J, when O’Toole says he will do exactly what the damn liberals are doing then there really is only option for anyone who wants their freedom back. We do have dumbest voters ever.

    2. Show me how O’Toole is different than Trudeau and I might consider voting for him. From what I can see there is no difference between the two parties. We made the mistake of electing Ford in Ontario only to find out he’s no different than the old government. This time we know in advance he’ll be no different.

      1. Maybe O’Toole is lying to widen his base. Then, if elected, he will do conservative things.
        They all lie to gain power.
        Ok, wishful thinking.

        1. Stevie, that is my hope as well: that he could be lying because he has has to in order to gain power.
          I’m with Liz J.
          To vote on hard core conservative principles when there is simply no real constituency for these value at the moment is … s t u p i d.
          Frankly all I care about right now in sending this man-child back to his snowboard.
          I doubt O’Toole would be as bad. But I’m willing to take this risk.

  3. Alberta Govt totally INSULTING the intelligence of the entire population.

    If these supposed “cases” are such a dire thing, the how the fuck do you justify the complete exemptions given to 3 Rodeos this past weekend in Airdrie, Cochrane & Ponoka.

    Total Bullshit … on steroids.

    Nazi Kunts the lot. (Kenney, Shandro, Hinshaw & MSM…and every UCP prick that’s keeping his/her mouth shut)

    1. Kenney needs to gather up his plastic pop straws and head back to Ottawa to his old job.
      Sucking farts out of rump roasts. He is a typical SHITCON and he apprenticed Under the Head ShitCon Harper. Harper sat on 4.1T in Debt in 2014 then said Trudeau. “Just Not Ready” How did that work you Fucktard.
      Name one straight righteous Conservative in the last 50 years in Canada.
      Well you can’t. Maybe Ralph Klein in his early years.

    2. Maybe Knothead and Hinshaw “convinced” him to change his mind, if you know what I mean…..

  4. There seems to be some anger here. Turn away from your anger, angry Small Dead Animal regular commenters. Be like the happy Bolshevik infiltraitor regular commenters. Justin will win, in a landslide. By the greatest margin ever. The mail in ballots have already been filled out; the outcome is certain. It is nice to have certainty. Justin is sexy, good looking, like a well made marionette. Everyone else is voting Liberal, why don’t you? If you continue to resist, it looks like you are just holding out for more emergency relief benefit. Submit to the herd. You can have pot, pain killers, and sex without responsibility. Justin gave you these pleasures. The other brands just want you to wear condoms, work at a job, and eat meat.

  5. Today Dear Leader Kim Sung Trudeau explained that anti-vaxxers are racist, violent supporters of O’Toole and don’t believe in science. His worshipping media are worried about him in their questions. Does he have enough protection. The media wants everyone to know that they should vote Liberal.

  6. I think the Liberals deserve 100% of the vote, just like the elections in Cuba and other one party states. The people speak!!

  7. Libs promise to wipe out your legal and human rights… How long before O’Toole promises the same?
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    [Trudeau] says his party will table legislation if re-elected that will ensure organizations can require immunization without fear of legal challenges.
    https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/other/liberals-pledge-legal-protection-for-businesses-that-require-proof-of-vaccination/ar-AAO9NkF?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

  8. A Warrior’s Life
    When We Killed The Great Beasts By Hand, With A Spear and A Bow.
    It Was A Grim And Bloody Business.
    The Critical Point Being In That Brutal Life
    It Was Very Hard To Lie Or Cheat Or Steal
    From The Man Who Sat Across The Fire From You Every Night
    Because The Next Day, Your Lives Depended On Trusting Each Other Completely,
    Or You Both Might Die. (Tragedy and Hope, Carroll Quigley)

  9. Australians surely know that their governments have crossed the line into NAZI style Feudalism. The Australians are going to have to have a Civil Bloody War to get rid of the New Nazi’s. Canadian Government is build the very same as the Penal Colony of Australia, very same model. We have no legal protections from the Elected Queeny called Trudeau or asshole Petite Tyrants like Fat Ass Ford, Swamp Worm Kenney.
    https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2021/09/06/australian-premier-announces-all-non-vaccinated-citizens-will-be-locked-out-of-economy-freedom-only-permitted-to-vaccinated/

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