Hello All! Today, I’ve decided that rather than write I’m going to provide you with some insight into what I do best: talk. This is something I hope to do every week or two. Let me know what you think in the comments below! Enjoy! The first of many “Movie Mondays”!
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Paulitical Satire: Canadian Federal Government Budget: A Lesson in Politics and a Day to be Sad
So, when the dust settles, and the lights turn off in the TV studios, all that will be left is you, me and a bunch of axed programs and projects the Federal Government used to do. It’s a sad day in Canada. You all know that I’m a political junky, and
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: "Does This Blog Suck?" And Other Questions I Might Be Asking Myself About How to Blog
So, you’ve probably been noticing a number of posts recently about content or the use of this blog. As you have likely guessed, I’m still trying to figure out what the best way to use my blog and deliver content. I struggle with giving people what they want and attracting
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: A Taste of Things to Come?
So, my friend over at www.nuncscio.com remarked to me a couple of weeks back that Canadian politics tends to be about 5-10 years behind that of our American cousins. He, being an intelligent man, would have put many caveats on that statement if he had known that I was going to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Thoughts on Collaboration
So, in case you haven’t noticed, I’m having a GREAT time with this blog and am starting to move into a rhythm that I’m pretty happy with. There’s some new stuff on its way, and I’m hoping to keep getting feedback from all of you. One of the new things I’m going to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Please, oh Please Let Rob Ford Run a Slate Next Time
So, in case you missed it THIS was on the cover of today’s MetroNews Toronto, and it made me almost giddy with glee. Let’s leave out for a second the dramatic amount of arrogance involved in most of these statements, but what a fantastic miscalculation of the current political climate. What I mean to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: To Tweet or to Blog? That is the Question
So, for those of you who haven’t clicked the link on the left yet, you don’t know that I have a very active twitter account. Because of this, I often struggle with where to post my random thoughts. I try my best to use this space to go into more
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: #FF – Follow Friday – Nice Weather Edition
So, the theme of this weeks Follow Friday, is the weather. As some of you Toronto dwellers might know, we have been having the nicest weather all week here in the T.O. With that in mind, I thought I’d link to some informative and fun weather related things!And away we
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Natural Oversimplification of Very Complex Things
So, I was online perusing some political cartoons, which I do when I need a humours spin on the daily vulgarities of politics. For those Torontonians under a rock, yesterday was a particularly messy day, with unending shouting matches at both Toronto City Council and in the Ontario Legislature. It
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Who’s Tired of Double Standards?
So, as I wrote this title, I realized that this post could have been referring to just about anything, so let me clarify: I’m talking about the double standard we’re witnessing in the debate regarding environmental organizations accepting some international funding.I was talking to my friend who runs a great blog over
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Updated! Quick Hit: Our Two-Weeky-Versary
So, it’s been a wonderful three two weeks together and I want to say to every just how much fun I’m having working on this blog and getting your love and feedback. We hit a couple of really awesome milestones today! First, it’s been three two weeks since I (re)started this blog and
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Politics Has Changed
In case you didn’t already know (and really, why would you if you don’t live in Toronto…or even if you do), today is by-election day in the late Jack Layton’s riding of Toronto-Danforth. Here’s some news and some other news from today covering it if you feel the need to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Paulitical is PRO Democracy!
**Look to your left…now follow me on twitter! Look to your right…now sign up to have posts emailed to you directly!** So, we’re all new to this, you and me and all our friends hanging out at www.paulbien.com. Just talking about life, politics and The Hardy Boys. It’s been good
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: #FF – Follow Friday – Fun and Frolicking For Internet Humour!
So, I think people enjoyed my last follow Friday posts, and that makes me want to do it again. What good is a blog if I don’t think of my audience right? Off we go then!First, let’s link to some awesome things on the internet you should probably know about if you’re
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: March Madness – Paulitical Styles
So, I recently became interested in fantasy sports. I know, I know…typical guy stuff (or, insert gender normative comment here). But I’m not writing today to tell you about how my bracket for NCAA basketball this year is super risky, but awesome, or how I’m just barely holding on to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Now This, This Makes Me Furious
So, I read this news article today, and it’s really REALLY stuck in my craw, to the point where I’ve been so angry I haven’t even known where to start writing. When I read lines like “One badgeless officer, face covered with a gas mask and visor, apparently kicking a
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Quick Hit: A Great Rebuttal to More Subway/Rob Ford Nonsense
So, there’s a flyer going around from a crappy group called S.A.F.E telling us the “truth” about Rob Ford’s subway plan. Side note: how self satisfied do you think the people who came up with the name for this group were. But I digress.I found a fantastic rebuttal to this
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Beware the Troll Under the Bridge
So, I spend a fair amount of time reading various news sites, both well known and otherwise, and am generally greatful to Our Glorious Ruler the Internet for all that he/she bestows. But there is one phenomenon so repugnant, so totally contrary to all things good and right and nice
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Vitamin D – Where the "D" Stands for Awesome Weather
Good morning fair readers…and how are you feeling this morning? I bet I know the answer: you’re feeling great!Most of my audience is Canadian, and so they are right now, as I write this, taking part in a hallowed and honoured Canadian tradition: the realization that while winter may suck,
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Looks Like Someone Has a Case of the Mondays
So, I’ve been looking over the stats on my blog and have noticed that my end of days posts with fun videos and links are fairly popular. I like to think that this is because by the end of a monotonous work day, you are ready to revel in my unique sense
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