About

Polonoscopy is a site devoted to political fluff.  While I do appreciate that there are important issues out there… with respect… eh… don’t really care. Not here anyway, if you are looking for a website about political platforms, policy and other polisci undergraduate pornography, I can kindly refer you to another website like…hmmm… anywhere on the internet.  If you’re looking for political vagina jokes and want to penetrate the inner folds of political spin, I’m your girl.

What Polonoscopy is About:

Well, I sort of already said it, I’ll say it again. Fluff. It’s all about image and perception in politics. Rather than vote for someone based on a record of public service and commitment to the meaningful issues of the day, wouldn’t you rather vote for someone who’s personality seems similar if only slightly more impressive then your own? Perhaps someone you’d like to bang. Or whose spouse you would like to bang. Let us remember, Nicolas Sarkozy was just your run-of-the-mill midget fascist until he started sticking Carla Bruni, and everyone thought Stephan Harper was a chubby political hack until he reinvented himself as The Hockey Dad of Timbit Nation. I don’t think you can get elected in New Zealand unless you’re photographed in flip-flops and Barack Obama can’t even say the word “Dijon” on tape. Not even if burgers are involved. Beefy American Burgers.

So Point Number One: It’s not serious.

Point Number Two: It’s not partisan.
Sometimes the odd angry tidbit slips out, but overall, Polonoscopy is meant to tear new assholes on liberals and conservative alike.

Point Number Three: Trying to Take on the World
Polonoscopy tries very hard to be an international political blog. Being based out of Canada, however, things can get bit uneven in favour of this block of politically stupefying ice.

Point Number Four: The Swears
This website’s author comes from a long line of hard-drinking, French Canadian railway workers, each blessed with upwards of nine children. Bad language, bad temper, bad alcohol tolerance and wide, childbearing hips are in my blood. Forgive me.

About the Author and History

My name is Mika Rekai (sue me please, I could use the press) and I am journalist living in Toronto. I’ve been interested in politics since I was just a loud-mouthed little babes and have been a card carrying member of three different political parties since I was fourteen, just because I think voting is a good laugh. When I learned this was illegal a few years ago I stopped, which is probably for the best because real, serious teenage party members are creepy. Shunning any serious commitment to the false-discipline that is political science, I studied Classical Civilizations at the University of Toronto, where I attempted to figure out this whole democracy thing from the ground up. You know what I learned in four years at Trinity College?  Politics has always been funny.

I started this blog as a way to figure out if I wanted to be a professional journalist (The answer is yes and yes, Potential Employer… I’m still waiting on that golden job offer.) and I’ve been popping in periodically to write a piece here and there. The site was redesigned and moved to a Polonoscopy.com in February 2010, and you can now expect… a piece here and there. I swear, I’ll do more soon, but I’ve been busy with things, you guys., THINGS.

Umm… the girl in the monkey picture is me.  I don’t know why I have that photo.  It’s just kind of there. What do you think? Does it class the place up?