By Jason Menard
Put a bunch of kids in the middle of a field, attach them together, then tell them to run. What happens? Exactly the same thing that’s currently happening to Occupy London.
They run off in every direction, fall flat on the ground, and end up getting nowhere. Continue reading
By Jason Menard
Apparently, I missed out on the day they defined “success” at school. Because if David Martin is using this word to describe the launch of the London Rippers baseball club, then I clearly have no idea what the word means any more.
“It was one of the most successful launches in minor baseball history,” Martin is quoted as saying. This is just a few paragraphs after his VP Alison Stier is quoted as saying, “We couldn’t have asked for a (better) marketing campaign… We knew it would stir controversy. Never did we think it would be like this.”
First off, does anyone else find it odd that Stier was anticipating controversy? Continue reading
By Jason Menard
Yesterday was supposed to be a day of excitement for London baseball fans. Unfortunately, a combination of spectacularly poor judgement and an unwillingness to be honest about a mistake has turned what should have been the easiest home run in franchise history into a potentially franchise-threatening stumble out of the batter’s box for the London Rippers.
Reaction was swift and almost universally negative towards the Rippers’ name and logo. The obvious reference to Jack the Ripper is in poor taste; the fact that it was announced on a day where many were openly showing their support of ending violence against women is deplorable. But the continued denial of any “Jack the Ripper” tie is absolutely insulting. Continue reading
By Jason Menard
Technically speaking, we’re not morons. So why, in trying to repackage tax increases in cute euphemisms and technicalities, are our politicians treating us as such?
This morning, the City of London’s finance and administration committee voted on what they called a “tax shift,” which would have transferred some of the tax-paying burden from industries (to the tune of a 23.5% decrease) to the residential tax payers (an increase of 1.3 per cent). (The committee voted against the increase).
Because the numbers would basically wash, technically it’s wasn’t a hike, true. But for tax paying citizens already struggling under the weight of sizeable property tax bills (not to mention various charges collected by City-run utilities such as London Hydro), it’s insulting. Continue reading
By Juliana and Jason Menard,
London, Ontario may be right in the heart of Bieber country, but for one night the fairer half of the Jelena pairing owned the night — and the hearts of thousands of delighted girls — as Selena Gomez took to the stage at the John Labatt Centre for the We Own the Night Tour on Oct. 24, 2011.
In a departure from the normal #jlcreviewer format, tonight marks the inaugural #jlcjrreviewer experience — courtesy of this he-said/she-said review of the Selena Gomez & The Scene concert by myself and my Selena-loving daughter Juliana. Continue reading
The M-Dash by Jason Menard 