Joe a public servant in the truest sense of the word, tirelessly advocating for YOU. He doesn’t “technically” work in government but considers all of the citizens of Toronto to be his children. Recovering drug addict, social worker to be, certified life skills coach (really), political dissident and ice cream and frozen yogurt manufacturer... Joseph pushes the boundaries of new Journalism. His mission is clear; merging opinion and fact into semi-coherent gibberish designed to generate ad revenue to feed his editors pockets (and ego). Joe’s writing represents your number #1 online source for what Joe may be thinking at any given moment.
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Barack Obama is a war criminal. This is true for essentially the same reasons as George W. Bush is one. In fact, a number of intelligent commentators such as Robert Fisk and Noam Chomsky have pointed out that the two administration’s foreign policy differ in only one significant way. The... More
The meeting takes place in a room. The malignant stench of misunderstanding was palpable. There is no reasoning with “these” people. After all, they are not even really “people” to begin with. These “fuckers” are so low on the evolutionary scale that even the Animal Rights people have nothing but... More
Populism is supposed to be popular, right? Andrew Breitbart passed away yesterday for apparent unknown health reasons. Most people know Andrew simply as “the asshole that got Shirley Sherrod fired” and make no mistake, Andrew Breitbart was in fact that asshole. I’m fairly certain he would be proud of such... More
The other day I found myself arguing with a comrade about the conduct of the police during the G20. The argument was prompted by the 10-month prison sentence handed out to Leah Henderson, an organizer and activist scapegoated as the mastermind behind the violence and mayhem of that fateful weekend.... More
Every now and then one will unfortunately have the experience of participating in a rather, pleasant and stimulating conversation which is completely derailed by a statement of sheer lunacy. “Oh, so you actually believe in DNA?” “No, don’t you get it….gravity is a social construction.” “The essential nature of Marxism... More
I write these words in the manor, the Hitch would have wanted; devoid of the cheap sentimentality and false platitudes offered up by the parties of God during Eulogies. He is not in Heaven, nor Hell. He will not be reincarnated or “move on” to some new, celestial plane of... More
Among economists, academics and political scientists there seems to be a debate emerging about the current economic turmoil. The central issue being: does debt matter? The Keynesians don’t seem to think it does. Other people disagree. I think it matters for the following reason: it has mattered for the last... More
The price of raw cotton is at a 140 year high and one of the unexamined consequences of this phenomenon is that it is becoming more expensive to print US dollars. In 2008 the price of manufacturing a dollar 6.4 cents. A short two years later it jumped to 9.6... More
During the recent Toronto budget debacle, I was down at City Hall for the protest on September 26th. One of those semi-organized leftist temper tantrums. A referendum on Rob Ford’s agenda, so to speak, which in all fairness actually got the Ford brothers to back away from some of their... More
Banker (By Danny DeVito) Gone are the days when the term Banker was used to describe the humble, bowtie wearing number-cruncher who approved your mortgage or helped launch your small business with a much needed loan. These days the term is synonymous with corruption, greed, political interference, excess and arrogance. The humble attitude... More
Are you in favour of the minimum wage being raised to 19 dollars per hour and doubling the corporate income tax rates? How about immediately doubling social assistance and disability rates while eliminating claw backs and restoring the special diet allowance? How would you feel about a political party in... More
The Financial Crisis of 2008 was probably my generation’s first but it certainly won’t be the last. Ever since the broad trend of financial deregulation that began with the dismantling of the Bretton Woods Agreement, which took the United States off the Gold Standard, bankers tend to blow themselves up... More
Barack Obama is a war criminal. This is true for essentially the same reasons as George W. Bush is one. In fact, a number of intelligent commentators such as Robert Fisk and Noam Chomsky have pointed out that the two administration’s foreign policy differ in only one significant way. The... More
The meeting takes place in a room. The malignant stench of misunderstanding was palpable. There is no reasoning with “these” people. After all, they are not even really “people” to begin with. These “fuckers” are so low on the evolutionary scale that even the Animal Rights people have nothing but... More
Populism is supposed to be popular, right? Andrew Breitbart passed away yesterday for apparent unknown health reasons. Most people know Andrew simply as “the asshole that got Shirley Sherrod fired” and make no mistake, Andrew Breitbart was in fact that asshole. I’m fairly certain he would be proud of such... More
The other day I found myself arguing with a comrade about the conduct of the police during the G20. The argument was prompted by the 10-month prison sentence handed out to Leah Henderson, an organizer and activist scapegoated as the mastermind behind the violence and mayhem of that fateful weekend.... More
Every now and then one will unfortunately have the experience of participating in a rather, pleasant and stimulating conversation which is completely derailed by a statement of sheer lunacy. “Oh, so you actually believe in DNA?” “No, don’t you get it….gravity is a social construction.” “The essential nature of Marxism... More
I write these words in the manor, the Hitch would have wanted; devoid of the cheap sentimentality and false platitudes offered up by the parties of God during Eulogies. He is not in Heaven, nor Hell. He will not be reincarnated or “move on” to some new, celestial plane of... More
Among economists, academics and political scientists there seems to be a debate emerging about the current economic turmoil. The central issue being: does debt matter? The Keynesians don’t seem to think it does. Other people disagree. I think it matters for the following reason: it has mattered for the last... More
The price of raw cotton is at a 140 year high and one of the unexamined consequences of this phenomenon is that it is becoming more expensive to print US dollars. In 2008 the price of manufacturing a dollar 6.4 cents. A short two years later it jumped to 9.6... More
During the recent Toronto budget debacle, I was down at City Hall for the protest on September 26th. One of those semi-organized leftist temper tantrums. A referendum on Rob Ford’s agenda, so to speak, which in all fairness actually got the Ford brothers to back away from some of their... More
Banker (By Danny DeVito) Gone are the days when the term Banker was used to describe the humble, bowtie wearing number-cruncher who approved your mortgage or helped launch your small business with a much needed loan. These days the term is synonymous with corruption, greed, political interference, excess and arrogance. The humble attitude... More
Are you in favour of the minimum wage being raised to 19 dollars per hour and doubling the corporate income tax rates? How about immediately doubling social assistance and disability rates while eliminating claw backs and restoring the special diet allowance? How would you feel about a political party in... More
The Financial Crisis of 2008 was probably my generation’s first but it certainly won’t be the last. Ever since the broad trend of financial deregulation that began with the dismantling of the Bretton Woods Agreement, which took the United States off the Gold Standard, bankers tend to blow themselves up... More
