Hmmm…I wonder if my ballot counted when I put it behind this sign?? So, I wasn’t going to write about this excellent Toronto Star piece on changes proposed to Toronto’s voting system mostly because I figured that by the time I got to it, everyone else would have chimed in
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Paulitical Satire: All you Need is Love! – Politics and Love – Movie Monday
So, for the past few days, or really the past few weeks, I’ve been celebrating the birthday of my girlfriend. As expected, part of this celebrating has included lots of gift giving…as all good celebrations should. In case you haven’t noticed, I sometimes like to use my blog as a place
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: 8 gaffes on the road to the US Presidency
Thanks CBC. Let’s look at the list. Here are some other notable campaign missteps: 1. Romney’s father, George Romney, then governor of Michigan was considered an early favourite over then vice-president Richard Nixon in the 1967 Republican primaries. But Romney’s comment that he had “the greatest brainwashing that anybody can
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Normal has to Make Dinner
A Young Jon Stewart? Or a modern day me?? You be the judge! So, I was talking to a very very good friend of mine the other night, who just happens to be at the opposite end of the Paulitical spectrum from your’s truly. As typically happens, we were arguing about my
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Hot Enough For Ya!? – Climate Change – Movie Monday
So, I’ve been having a really good time doing all these ranty Movie Mondays…trying to get people riled up and make us all think a little. Today’s movie is no different. We’re going to look at a topic that has, somehow, become fairly controversial: climate change.It doesn’t take a scientist
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Guns DO Kill People
So, I’ve been pouring over this week’s articles about the horrible shooting that happened in Scarborough, trying to put together some thoughts or words on what the hell is going on. I read and I read, this one from the Globe, this one from the Post, hell, even my least
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: What’s Your Freedom Worth? – Movie Monday
So, in our continued “back to Movie Monday basics” series we take a look this week at what it means to be free in our “free and democratic” Canada. Rules and laws are obviously an integral part of the Canadian dream for “Peace, Order and Good Government” (not to be
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Poisoned Politics – Movie Monday
So, we’ve been all over the map for the past while at Movie Monday, and while it’s been create to cover lots of interesting topics with some interesting people, this week we wanted to get back to basics. When I started this whole thing way back when, our esteemed videographer
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Canada Day – The Weekend That Was
So, as we all know (unless you’re not from Canada, in which case, learn about other countries already!) this past weekend we celebrated the 145th birthday of our great nation. For those of you who don’t know me very well, I should tell you that I LOVE me some Canada
Continue readingYappa Ding Ding: Rant: Mount Everest
I recently read Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air and then spent a couple of days on the internet looking up information about Mount Everest and the people who attempt to reach its summit. There is only one thing that interests me about the whole sorry mess of the Mount Everest
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Home For Rent – Paulitical Needs a new Place to Live!
So, you may have noticed that blogs posts have become a little more sporadic over the past few weeks here on your favourite corner of the internet. Sadly my time has been sucked away by something that is all consuming: looking for a place to live. Specifically, a new home
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Co-Operatives Rock! Follow Friday – Dr. David Coletto
So, for this week’s follow Friday post, I’m going to talk about a poll from the firm of one of my very best friends: the brilliant and handsome Dr. David Coletto, at Abacus Data.I’ve been waiting a long time to post a poll from David J. (as we like to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: What a Pile of Crap! Summer Political Retrospective
A look back at what spring sprung in politics So, the summer has finally arrived and with most if not all legislatures across Canada rising for a “well deserved” break, I wanted to do a bit of a retrospective on the politics that has happened since I started this little
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Investing in Our Future – Kids in the Tech Era – Movie Monday
So, all those weeks ago when our esteemed videographer William Matthews from Digital Footprint and I started out on this crazy journey to make a movie every monday, I said that we should be brave together. Today, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is: I’m going to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Bike Stops Here – The Politics of Cycling – Movie Monday
So, I’ve started riding my bike to work a couple of times a week again and as usual it’s a pretty awesome way to get around. Not only do I get to work faster than public transit ever could, but I also get exercise and have a pretty good time
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Cell Phones in Junior High – My Bane.
You know who should not have access to phone/mp3 player/distractothon 3000′s? Junior high students. Responsible use of electronics seems out of reach of many of my students. The best part is that they are willing to die on that technological hill with all the ensuing teen-age drama that seems
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Follow Friday – For My Father – #FF
So, another, far more talented Paul wrote about his father today and it is as heartfelt as it is thorough. Paul Wells has always been a writer I admire and this piece is a good reminder of why.Still, I want to write a note to my father anyway because while
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Environment – CTD
The amount written about the environment and what needs to be done is staggering. We’ll file this report under the heading “Oh Sh*t were screwed” column for the sake of convenience. The only limits humanity respects are those of a distinctly Malthusian nature. I’d add to his general work
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Justin Trudeau – Another Spit in the Rumour Mill Ocean
A thoughtful Justin Trudeau So, as usual, my favourite political blogger Warren Kinsella beat me to a piece about Monsieur Trudeau. However, what is unusual about this piece is that I agree with it completely. A change is better than a rest, as they say.In reality, everyone beat me to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Paulitics of Beer – Movie Monday
So, a few weeks ago our esteemed videographer and I made a Movie Monday video extolling the virtues of local food. When we put it out to the world and started getting feedback we were struck by how many people really enjoyed the learning and the topic. That got us
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