The Avengers – A great movie worth seeing! So, I’m going to write this blog in two sections, and then post it all Friday morning. Some of it is being written on my way to my special advanced screening (yup, advanced….like at 7pm! thanks twitter!) and some of it will
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Paulitical Satire: Crowdfunding and Politics – Innovation Delayed is Innovation Denied
The super cool, and crowdfuned, Pebble watch! So, I’ve started spending a fair amount of my spare time reading, learning and investigating a variety of different areas of social innovation and social enterprise. Not surprisingly, to some of you at least, entrepreneurship interests me from a personal and a professional stand point…at
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Who Watches the Watchmen? – Paulitical Edition
So, I’ve been struck recently but the large and growing number of transgressions against transparent, accountable, and in many cases ethical and legal governing. I’m not just referring to what’s happening in Canada, or Ontario, or where ever might have popped into your head, I’m making more of a blanket
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Interpersonal Politics – Movie Monday
So, recently a number of friends of mine have gone on the job hunt or are just generally trying to figure out their professional life. Maybe you’ve guessed that by my posts here and here. But it got me thinking about how people create strategies for their own lives and
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Networking – The Essential Job Search Skill
Oooh, look at my diverse group of new professional contacts! So, last week I did a little piece on a crucial job search skill: the all important job interview. Now, you may not think that job searching skills fall into my big three reasons for blogging, but I would argue
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Today’s Politics and Weather Suck!
So, I want you to take a good hard look at this weather report for the next couple of days and say it with me….YUCK! I know, I know, Canadians love to talk about the weather and it’s super annoying. But whatever! It’s gross outside, it makes me grumpy, and
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: F-35 Scandal – 40,000 Feet Above the Average Canadian
“Roger that control, commencing scandal bomb drop…” So, I was having a discussion/argument last night with some friends about the 24 hour news cycle and the 15 second soundbite information age we live in. During this chat the issue of the F-35 scandal came up, and only 2/3 of us knew what
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Every Wildrose Has Its Thorn
“Seriously, I came thiiiissss close….” So, keep moving along people. Nothing to see here. Another PC majority, another day in Alberta. That makes 12 in a row I believe. For my conservative friends, I hope your hangover isn’t that bad. For my progressive friends, it’s still a PC government, so
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Urban Jungle – Where Toronto’s Wildthings Are – Movie Monday
So, it’s another Movie Monday today and I know I say this every time…but this is the best one yet! Our friend William Mathews from www.digitalfootprint.ca has outdone himself on this one!As the weather warms, and the city starts blooming, I got thinking about Toronto and it’s greenspace or lack
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Alberta Election – #FF – Just When You Thought It Couldn’t Get Any Worse…
The Alberta Candidates: Brian Mason (NDP), Alison Redford (PC), Raj Sherman (L), Danielle Smith (WR) So, I’ve had a few people ask me why I haven’t blogged about the Alberta election and I think my answers weren’t convincing enough for them, as they keep asking. But I have had genuine
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Newspaper Wars – The Grid vs. Now Magazine
Now and The Grid face off in the newspaper wars So, when I first got to Toronto there were mainly two weekly publications, both publishing on Thursday, that went after the “twenty to thirty something” cohort of readers. They were “Now Magazine” and “Eye Weekly“. Now, there were MANY other
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: How to Ace a Job Interview – Paulitical Styles
the more boring they are, the harder they fall…back into unemployment So, I was reading an article on the Star’s Moneyville blog that purported to be about how young people can perfect there interview skills and not make some common mistakes. I encourage you to take a quick look here
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Politics and Hypocrasy – Movie Monday
So, it’s everyone’s (I hope) favourite day of the week here at Paulitical Satire! It’s Movie Monday! Today’s one is a particular gem brought to us, as always, by my good friend William Matthews. Check him out at www.digitalfootprint.ca Today’s topic is political hypocrites, and while the examples I use
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: #FF – Music Review – Bahamas "Barchords"
So, we’ve been doing a lot of politics lately, budget season tends to do that to me, but I promised diversity of content, and dammit, I will deliver!I’ve decided that reviewing albums is a perfectly fun and reasonable thing to do together, so I’ve picked a reasonably new Canadian release
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Cell Phone Companies – On the Wrong Side of the Law
So, this is going to be kind of a quick hit, as it doesn’t require a crazy amount of time and space to explain why the Ontario Government’s recent proposal to give consumers some power back in the face of multi-billion dollar telecom companies is a great idea!The bill proposed does
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: War vs. the Canadian Charter – Which is Worth Celebrating?
So, yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Can you hear that sound? **crickets chirping** Right, because there was literally nothing planned for the day by our current federal government.Conversely, it looks like we’re about to spend $30Million to commemorate the bicentennial (200 year anniversary) of
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Road Trips and Canadian Identity – Movie Monday
It’s Monday, which can only mean that my good friend William Matthews and I have made you another great movie! It’s a quick one, because it’s so beautiful outside I didn’t want to keep you any longer than necessary. Thanks again to William Matthews, for his talent and awesome videos!
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: #FF – Follow Friday – Holiday Guest Blogger Edition
So, in case you haven’t noticed, Here and Here, I’m pretty riled up about the recent Federal Government decision to cut Katimavik. I think the conduct of the Conservatives have proven to be ideological, small and pathetic. But, as we all know, I never did Katimavik (I did Canada World
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Jerk of the Week Award Goes to James Moore
So, maybe Justin Trudeau was listening when I tweeted him this week, asking him when we could expect his hunger strike. Or maybe he read my recent post about Katimavik. While this response isn’t quite a hunger strike, it’s good to see him stand up for a program that needs
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Canada 2012 Federal Budget – The Top 3 Sexiest, Most Angering Things in a Boring Document
So, many MANY people checked out my recent post on my initial reaction to the Canadian Federal budget, and the unfair and unwarranted cut to a treasured program: Katimavik. Having spent this past weekend with my good friend over at www.richardallen.ca I’m even sadder, as it seems that the shutdown will be undertaken
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