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Category: Handle Your Business

To C-B-C or Not To C-B-C…That’s The Question…

Posted on January 4, 2022July 13, 2023 By Sammy Younan No Comments on To C-B-C or Not To C-B-C…That’s The Question…
To C-B-C or Not To C-B-C…That’s The Question…

Tara Henley a writer and broadcaster most notably with the CBC has penned: “Why I resigned from the CBC and went to Substack. Speaking freely.” Obviously freedom is far more valuable than acceptance. This is an encouraging trend.

Handle Your Business, True Sammy Stories

Smell Ya Later 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020September 19, 2023 By Sammy Younan
Smell Ya Later 2020

Well: that’s all she wrote for 2020. On to 2021.

Handle Your Business, True Sammy Stories

Elected To Make Excuses

Posted on January 3, 2020 By Sammy Younan
Elected To Make Excuses

I read this in the NY Times:“Andrew Yang began his closing statement at the last Democratic debate with a charming bit of self-deprecation: “I know what you’re thinking, America. How am I still on this stage with them?” Yang has never been elected to any office. He is a businessman who has never run a major…

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Handle Your Business

You Have the Right to Remain Silent

Posted on December 30, 2019 By Sammy Younan
You Have the Right to Remain Silent

One of my favourite journalists Matt Taibbi finally articulated a core concept I’ve been circling but haven’t fully been able to express. He’s writing about journalism…in newspapers and on tv and he says in his book Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another (on page 137): ““We (we as in journalists) are not informing…

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Books, Handle Your Business

The Red Flag of Neverland

Posted on March 8, 2019 By Sammy Younan
The Red Flag of Neverland

Absolute concrete certainty is a red flag: I can’t trust you.

Handle Your Business, Movies

Yo, I Thought I Told You That We Won’t Stop…

Posted on February 4, 2019 By Sammy Younan
Yo, I Thought I Told You That We Won’t Stop…

“Never want it to come to an end (Thought I told you that we won’t stop)”

Handle Your Business, NBA

First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection

Posted on January 4, 2019 By Sammy Younan No Comments on First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection
First Things First: A Space Tea Reflection

First Of All…

Handle Your Business

Dancing Into The Light

Posted on January 1, 2019 By Sammy Younan
Dancing Into The Light

So…at the risk of letting my Scarborough peoples down I just clued in Follow the leader, leader, leader follow the leader is by the Soca Boys the SAME group behind One cent, Five cent, Ten cent, Dollar!

Handle Your Business

Go With The Flow?

Posted on December 31, 2018 By Sammy Younan
Go With The Flow?

In 2019 be a thinker…and a doer.

Comedy, Handle Your Business
  • #SetTheVCR: April 20 – 26, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Like a Real American, you’ll wanna go to White Castle before you take a hit of these TV Recommendations that’ll leave you Speechless. This week’s #SetTheVCR a Good Girl compliment.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 13-19, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    If you have Beef with lousy TV Recommendations where you’re From, never no worries. Adulthood is reading #SetTheVCR every week.
  • #SetTheVCR: April 06 – 12, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    No need to Trash through bogus TV Recommendations making Big Mistakes because of what The Boys told you to watch. I’m here with #SetTheVCR so your TV Outcome isn’t a Crime 101.
  • #SetTheVCR: March 30 – April 05 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    This week’s TV recommendations are fit for a Primate and a Deathstalker. So if you like #SetTheVCR that’s Made for March get your pizza ready.
  • #SetTheVCR: March 23-29, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    This week's Pretty Lethal TV Recommendations show no Mercy. You don't need to be a Daredevil to know you can trust #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: March 16-22, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Now You See These TV Recommendations; Now You’ll Be None Too Pleased. If that fails to make sense know that #SetTheVCR is your TV Meal Ticket.
  • #SetTheVCR: March 09-15, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Free TV Recommendations that'll have you go Nuclear. Enjoy the March Madness of #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: March 02-08, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    Ted is back and so is SCTV, that's as good as TV Recommendations get. For #SetTheVCR March comes in like a fuzzy teddy bear and it leaves with a Daredevil.
  • #SetTheVCR: February 23 – March 01, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    If you're A Man On The Run when it comes to TV Recommendations; chill under this Blue Moon. Welcome to the Paradise of #SetTheVCR.
  • #SetTheVCR: February 16-22, 2026
    by Sammy Younan
    You have the Good Fortune of another TV week when we're not even 56 Days into 2026. These TV Recommendations will leave you Shook so let's #SetTheVCR, shall we?
  • #PantsWorthy Hot Docs 2026: Public AccessApril 21, 2026
    Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from Democracy Now!
  • #PantsWorthy Hot Docs 2026: Steal This Story, Please!April 21, 2026
    Fiercely independent journalist Amy Goodman has spent three decades holding the powerful to account, reporting from Democracy Now!
  • #CouchWorthy: SpeechlessApril 14, 2026
    What happens when a society loses the ability to tolerate disagreement and power decides who gets to speak?
  • #MyPalSammy: The Truth About Other People’s TruthsMarch 27, 2026
    Sammy Vibes are the compelling connective tissue between my deep-dive writing on Substack and my curated cultural recommendations.
  • #CouchWorthy: Outrage Has a Shorter Lifespan Than Great Comedy: The Simpsons At 800March 5, 2026
    800 Episodes of The Simpsons proves one thing: Outrage has a shorter lifespan than great comedy. Eat it Hari Kondabolu.
  • #CouchWorthy: Star Trek: Starfleet AcademyJanuary 15, 2026
    Young cadets train to become Starfleet officers all while facing a mysterious threat to both the Academy and the Federation.

  • New Book Alert: Cesar Romero: The Joker Is Wild
    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Yaron Weitzman's Tanking to the Top. Trust The Process of The Philadelphia 76ers?
  • Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 1: Gotham Nocturne: Overture
    Under-Review: Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: Overture
    by Sammy Younan
    My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan reviews Batman - Detective Comics: Gotham Nocturne: OvertureL Volume 1,
  • New Book Alert: California Bear
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: The Music Was Just Getting Good
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?
  • New Book Alert: The Ascent
    by Sammy Younan
    New Book Alert is just that: A useful Yo for a fresh book. from your pal Sammy. What Are You Reading?

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