Irrelevant Post About Rielle Hunter on Oprah
I’ve never watched Oprah before, and this has always been a small point of pride. Yesterday, however, I left three of my dearest friends with wet primer in their hands to run off to some stolen cable to see John Edward’s decrepit baby mamma on daytime T.V. I’ve got to write a post to justify these actions. The people must know I watched Oprah for a reason! Politically, the interview was a big waste of time. Considering that Rielle Hunter actually worked on the campaign, she has surprisingly little to say about the consequences of getting pregnant with a married Presidential candidates’ love child beyond “it was bad timing”. Well shit, really? In fact, she doesn’t say anything about John Edwards...
Read MorePrivacy. Unless they’re kissing… in Bathing Suits.
A French blog recently reported that Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife are having marital problems. Instead of calling on his personal dignity and ignoring the claims until they fade away, or calling upon his media savvy to schedule a photo-op of him and his wife kissing outside a restaurant or touching a puppy, Nick’s natural reaction was to flip his shit and effectively cry “ME?? MARITAL PROBLEMS?? I have no PROBLEMS with my MARRIAGE!! How dare you suggest MY MARRIAGE IS IN TROUBLE!!” Now, what was once an obscure blog post is now a headline around the world. “SARKOZY HAS MARITAL PROBLEMS. HIS MARRIAGE IS IN TROUBLE.” To make matters worse, Sarkozy’s team justifies taking legal action against the media...
Read MoreSarah Palin Likes Free Stuff, Not Haitians
Does Sarah Palin even count as a politician anymore? I hate to say it, but I’m starting to feel dumb writing about her. I know she deserves all the unflattering pictures and ridicule, not to mention the poor spelling and liberal Swears that we at Polonoscopy.com (I at Polonoscopy would be more accurate. Goddammit!! One of you readers has to be my friend.) bestow kindly to all, but really… she’s just not in the same league anymore. Anyone has more cred then her. Let me give you an example. Usually when I’m writing a post, I find the inspiration in a newspaper, maybe a facebook fan page or even a twitter account if I’m desperate. In any case, the story is usually, in some way linked to politics or policy....
Read MoreHarper’s Hot Carl
It should go without saying that the Canadian government is currently wading in a shit bog of it’s own making. As if making huge asses of us all in Copenhagen and throwing a tantrum over (legitimate and distressing) allegations of torture like a snot nosed toddler at the department store wasn’t enough, now Stephen Harper has decided he’s not so much into the democratic system anymore, so it’s time for the annual prorogation of Parliament. The official word is that going about the basic work Government while other people are organizing and executing the Olympic games two thousand miles away is just too difficult for the PM, who likely can’t walk and chew gum at the same time. It’s a hard...
Read MoreAfter I Read This I Got So Angry, I Spat Red Wine Flem
Having just returned from my last Trinty College Christmas dinner (which, if you don’t know, is kind of like a regular Christmas dinner, except there are 300 of you and you drink wine out of dixy cups while some asshole keeps toasting Kingsley Amis) I decided I needed to sit down and peruse the internet before fixing my wobbly hands to a 12 page paper on the Asian triumph of Pompey Magnus. After all, I have a good twenty hours to work on that shit and I only intend to spend ten of them sleeping. So I’m purusing, at random, and I come across a link to Fox News. I am a still a bit drunk, so I follow it, and it takes me to an article about a children’s book called Help! Mom! Radicals Are Ruining My Country! by a woman...
Read MoreWhat Child is This?
Apparently… Nick Sarkozy. In 1967 he did an ad for a brand of detergent that comes with little toys in it. Or, the ad came out in ’67, when he was twelve, but in the picture he’s clearly not twelve. I want to say 7… but what do I know? All children look the same to me. Also, they photoshopped him to make him blond. Cute. Anyway, that’s all. I’ve attached the article, but it just shares a lot of uncomfortable information about Nick’s unhappy childhood. I wish I didn’t know that kind of thing, it makes me want to not make fun of...
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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.