Jo*Joe

I saw this little indie movie called Jo*Joe at Clinton's Tavern on Thursday. It was made by a family friend (Phil Desjardins) for about $10,000, shot on digital video and all the actors worked for free. As expected, it was kinda rough around the edges and was tightly constrained by the miniscule budget. This movie is basically about a man's descent into poverty and had that gritty, somewhat dour, "Canadian" low-budget feel to it.
(Btw., I really don't like this depressing "Canadian" aesthetic)

However, Jo*Joe was a breathlessly astonishing portrayal of what homelessness is like in Toronto. This movie is also powerfully affecting and has really stayed with me. I've been thinking about it a lot, and expect to replay it in my mind for quite some time. See this movie if you're lucky enough to have the opportunity. It may have a limited run on DVD.

Fuck the South

Go see this right now.

Excerpt:

And now what do we get? We're the fucking Arrogant Northeast Liberal Elite? How about this for arrogant: the South is the Real America? The Authentic America. Really?

Cause we fucking founded this country, assholes...

The next dickwad who says, "It’s your money, not the government's money" is gonna get their ass kicked. Nine of the ten states that get the most federal fucking dollars and pay the least... can you guess? Go on, guess. That’s right, motherfucker, they're red states. And eight of the ten states that receive the least and pay the most? It’s too easy, asshole, they’re blue states. It’s not your money, assholes, it’s fucking our money. What was that Real American Value you were spouting a minute ago? Self reliance? Try this for self reliance: buy your own fucking stop signs, assholes.

Let’s talk about those values for a fucking minute. You and your Southern values can bite my ass because the blue states got the values over you fucking Real Americans every day of the goddamn week. Which state do you think has the lowest divorce rate you marriage-hyping dickwads? Well? Can you guess? It’s fucking Massachusetts, the fucking center of the gay marriage universe. Yes, that’s right, the state you love to tie around the neck of anyone to the left of Strom Thurmond has the lowest divorce rate in the fucking nation. Think that’s just some aberration? How about this: 9 of the 10 lowest divorce rates are fucking blue states, asshole, and most are in the Northeast, where our values suck so bad. And where are the highest divorce rates? Care to fucking guess? 10 of the top 10 are fucking red-ass we're-so-fucking-moral states.

I couldn't have put it better myself.

Transplanted Texan is bang on! (Even a broken clock is right twice a day)

I normally dismiss the dillusional ramblings of our favourite member of the blogosphere
However, HE IS ON FIRE with his last two posts. Even I am forced to submit before the overwhelming logic of his arguments.

In his 'Rovian "Brilliance"' post he argues that Bush really should have won by a larger margin and I couldn't agree more. Bush had lots of great things going for him:

1) A war entered on false pretenses, horribly botched and spiraling out of control
2) Being the first president to preside over a net loss of jobs since Herbert Hoover.
3) The largest defecit in American history
4) The ability to turn massive global good will for the U.S. into almost universal disdain.
5) Subversion of both the U.S. constitution AND the Geneva convention
etc., etc.

Now you might say that #2 can't really be attributed to Bush because of 9/11. But, other presidents had to deal with the Cuban missile crisis, oil shocks, war in Vietnam and the massive riots and social unrest of the 60's without acheiving this distinction. So Bush really does deserve this accolade!!

The TT follows up this punishing right hook with a devestating uppercut warning the hordes of non-Jesus freak Americans fleeing to the Great White North. He quotes the Boston Globe:

How do you like your free speech -- well chilled? Canada has no First Amendment...

And he's absolutely right.
CANADA DOES NOT HAVE A 1st AMENDMENT!! Granted, some foolish turds might point out that Section Two of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms of the Constitution Act 1982 states:

2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms:
a) freedom of conscience and religion;
b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication;
c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and
d) freedom of association.

But Section 2 is completely different from the First Amendment. It has a 2 in it, not a 1!!!

Furthermore the Canadian definition of defamation is ridiculous:

A defamatory statement exists if the publication tends to lower the plaintiff's reputation in the estimation of those who are commonly referred to as 'right thinking' members of society.

In the US, libel is:

a published or broadcast false and defamatory statement which damages the reputation of an individual.

This is obviously much better!!

FUCK!! Arafat will turn the Shrub into Reagan

Godammit!! Arafat is going to die any minute if he hasn't already. It would be just our fucking luck if a moderate took his place and Bush II was able to preside over a lasting peace between Israel and Palestine. This would legitimize Bush's entire administration even though he has been one of the most corrupt and inept Presidents ever.

Hmmm, who does this remind me of? That SHITRAG Reagan!!!1! He tripled the national debt (during his eight years the US sunk twice as much into debt as the period from 1789-1980), pushed for the failed Star Wars program, sold arms to Iran and fucking Saddam Hussein, supported nun-rapers in Latin America, and presided over one of the most corrupt administrations in US history (over 100 indicted and at least 30 convicted appointees). He was also a senile geriatric that confused real life with the shitty B-list movies he starred in. Making a war movie is not the same fucking thing as serving in World War II you fucking Alzheimers degenerate.

But, Reagan had the good fucking luck of being Prez when Gorbachov ruled the USSR. Gorby reformed, let the Warsaw pact dissolve and made peace with the West. Reagan happened to be the in the right place at the right time. His prolifigate and reckless military spending DID NOT bankrupt the Soviet Union. Their economic problems were deep-seated and structural and their military spending peaked in 1976-77. So if anyone did it was Jimmy Carter.

Watch bush magically turn from a spoiled-brat-hillbilly-wannabe into a statesmen if a decent Palestenian leader takes over and Arafat dies in a moldy French hospital.

24 Hours

Until we will see this again