Best of 2010: Angela Merkel Tortures the Greeks
If you’re looking for the bright side of a global economic meltdown, look at Angela Merkel. She is truly the most entertaining part of the world going to hell. She is stiff and grumpy, yet she’s German and has a bowl cut. She is also a classic bean-counter and treats all matters of State with a Vulcan slavishness to logic. She makes me think of a rather unconventional James Bond character, so unconventional that he never made it into the movies. Curious? Oh of course I’ll explain. In Ian Flemming’s 1962 novel The Spy Who Loved Me, there is a German character named Kurt Rainer. After asking a woman to marry him, Kurt makes a careful study of anatomy in anticipation of his wedding night. As his fiancée lives in...
Read MoreBest of 2010: Sarah Palin Stripper Contest
Crap. It’s the 31st and I’ve not completed my very short list of things to do for this website. The first thing was my top ten list of the best of 2010; I’ve completed two things off that list. I was also supposed to get to 100 posts. This is 98, and frankly, I’m losing steam. I’ve been really busy ok?? No I haven’t left my parents house for the last week, but I’ve still been busy. I’ll have you know…. there is a puppy involved. I’ve been trying to make a lot of new content about my top ten, writing some fresh things about my favourites from the year, despite any top ten list being a thinly veiled excuse to direct readers to content that has already been written even though...
Read MoreBest of 2010: Jack Layton Cock-Blocks me at Gretzky’s, Proceeds to Be Attention Whore
At this most festive time of year, when we all return to the bosom of our family to celebrate the holidays, a time of giving and receiving, where we are expected to eat, drink and be merry, to ing and to laugh, it would seem remiss of me not to remind my public (both of you) of the year we’ve had in politics. Yes, you may say that between war, corruption, a terrible economy, environmental disasters, famine, disease and the Republicans, we have little to remember fondly from 2010 but to these people I say… you’re probably right. Some of the awful shit that happened, however, had its upside. Much of 2010 was pretty amusing…. you know, from the perspective of a cynical bitch who thinks the best political...
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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, not now, that is not what Polonoscopy is about. 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? Of course, we all would.