For the last ten months I have served as Quebec Bureau Chief without pay, after being told the site ran out of money to pay my salary. I did so out of a loyalty to Rabble, a loyalty which I now feel was taken advantage of, as I was strung along with promises that as soon as money could be found I would be paid.
h/t Kevin
Lima down !
Well hey SDA could always use another guest blogger.
For a bureau chief, editor, or whatever… I really don’t understand WHY he left. Not enough money? But he does it for the love.
The love of money obviously!
No one would miss rabble (except John) as a source for information. It’s almost indistinguishable from the CBC with the same passion for anything far left.
In these times the true radical is the intelligent conservative.
Rabble is not a corporation, it is broke.
FTFY
Boo-frickin-hoo.
Just another example on both sides, Rabble and the “bureau chief” of leftist hypocrisy, they’ll only “speak truth to power” if the money is on their side.
Poor old Babbler, worked for free (for 10 months????????????), then gets the six.
Can you say stuck on stupid? The same leftard would go on strike after the first paycheque didn’t arrive, if it was a mean evil knuckledragging corporation. Instead, its a mean evil knuckledragging leftard corporation, so that makes it ok……..
Seeing as this happened in Quebec, it would be interesting to find out what happened to the money. Construction industry? Unions? Progressive politicians? Mob? Are those four groups actually separate entities in Quebec?
BTW, do free markets really exploit people more than the groups listed above?
The problem is that the little swine is likely able to feed himself through the generosity of the taxpayer whom he obviously loathes.
Good grief, where to begin?
Do any of these terms mean anything to him: “useful idiots”? How about “left socialists”, “kulaks”, “wreckers”, “saboteurs”, “counter-revolutionaries”, “unreliable elements”?
He’s damn lucky his little revolution didn’t succeed or by now he’d be signing a confession to “counter revolutionary agitation” in the Canadian equivalent of the Lubyanka.
I thought collectivist’s where in it for the love of mankind.To spread the message of Che & Marx. Money seems so tawdry a reason. For these hero’s of socialism.
After all they expect the rest of us to be tax slaves for all the dead beats of the World.
He should be proud of his selfless devotion to spreading other peoples money. Not looking to make a fortune, or seek favours.
Its the “Progressive” way. By not paying him they where showing “tolerance”, “diversity”, “inclusiveness” to this fellow chump.
Dear Rabble,
This is my letter of resignation, effective immediately.
I have come to the conclusion that I have been neglecting some personal goals, I wish to spend some more time at home trying to grow a beard. If I ever succeed, I may return.
Love Ethan
Not sure Kulaks belongs in your definitions. They were successful farmers that hired labor to run their operations. They were much closer to capitalists than socialists which is why Stalin went out of his way to persecute them.
Ethan Cox?
No wonder he’s twisted enough to write for Rabble. Kids can be so cruel…
Good Lord, has that man a lot to learn. Everyone knows leftists never pay for anything out of their own pockets if they have a choice.
No, Rabble isn’t a corporation, it’s a cult. Like all cults, its purpose is to lead people astray and transfer all they have of value—their wealth, their women, their souls—to the false prophets.
Cox claims he’s leaving because a fellow cultist was expelled for angering the false prophets. It appears to be true Derrick O’Keefe, long-time Rabble “editor,” is no longer working there, though why is not clear. But then what was Cox living on these ten months? Or has his mother finally demanded he grow up and start paying her rent or get out of her basement? If so, good on Mrs. Cox for finally coming to her senses.
Peter, you are right. I read that twice and still did not quite get the connection, except that the remainder of the list of Marxist expletives he mentions were also “enemies of the people”.
Initially “kulaks” was a derogatory expletive by the radical left for successful peasant farmers who had in the past, pre-revolution, hired labour for seeding and again for harvest, and who owned a certain number of horses, cows, pigs, and chickens. Eventually, when the First Secretary had resistance to his formation of Collectives and could not find enough victims for his labour gulags, the number of farm assets was ratcheted downwards until if a peasant farmer had ever been the owner of one of any of the draft animals he was declared a kulak by a rigged jury of his peers who were deathly afraid of being fingered as the next “kulak”.
I forgot to say that it would be nice if Rabble itself disappeared as it is nothing but a shill for the unions.
Didn’t something similar to this happen at Huffpo last year? I seem to recall a story about some of the contributors complaining about no compensation.
Speaking of which LC. I wonder if this Rabble-Rouser ever did a story on the union-mob connections in Quebec? Wouldn’t that be a conundrum for this”reporter”. Do I go after big mafia or ignore it because it is in cahoots with big union?
Dear Rabble,
I have finally succeeded in growing a beard on my neck. This makes am a man; a man of letters. I have contributed nearly 5000 words of unintelligible dreck to our labour of love, but now my mommy says I have to get a real job, or find my own place. I’m very hurt that you haven’t given me any money. I thought that you would pay me because I believe in the things that I and other unfortunate saps have scrawled on your website. Did I mention that I’ve grown a beard?
It pains me greatly, but I’ve had to take another job. I’m going to be a “best boy” for Radio Canada. I’m not sure what that is, but it must be important because I have to wear a special kind of underwear.
Can I still write for you for free sometimes?
Yours Truly,
A believer who loves you.
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I honestly don’t know since I don’t speak French or spend much time reading Old Canada news. Given the thoroughness of the corruption at all levels in Quebec it looks like most journalists either ignored it intentionally or are shockingly incompetent.
peterj, as Ken pointed out, I thought it might be important for the little twerp to realize that virtually anyone could be labelled an “enemy of the people” by simply moving the goalposts. In other words, whereas a “kulak” may have initially been a large land owner, eventually the term could be applied to anyone who had a slightly nicer roof, or an extra horse, or had had the initiative to try to get himself ahead in any way, shape or form through a bit of extra effort. And when it really boiled down to it, simply being needed as a dead body to fuel the terror could be enough to get you labelled with the epithet du jour and a bullet through the back of the head. Likewise the “nepmen”, peasants who took the NEP and ran with it, and were then exterminated for doing so.
It’s a thing of beauty to watch pig crap explode in the face of a leftist idiot. It’s like watching the sunrise or something except that there is an idiot in your way and he’s wondering why his “idea” hasn’t paid him in months even though money’s, like, bad, man.
“when Judy Rebick, the site’s founder, .. told me about this magical project she was working on. I was hooked,”
Is there a support group for guys that have been hooked by Judy Rebick?
Yes it is run by Kim Elliott.
Too. Predictable.
I think that Peter, you, and I are on the same page. When I initially read your post I wasn’t sure either, but a second reading clarified your thoughts.
Now, “left socialists” is a topic all on its own, and totally out of thread scope.
I’m sure that Rabble, the NDP, and assorted other left-wing organizations are made up of left socialists and right socialists who get along until they have the hammer and history then shows that they go for each other’s throats. Soviet Russia and Communist China had many instances of this.
I agree. The water was still a bit deep when DrD launched the landing crafts on this one.
What is going on. Both shiney pony and bearded crybaby mulcair have been too quiet lately. And other than mike puffy. CBCpravda has been handed a great big cup of shut the fk up
“Oh no!”
But I seem to have made it ashore, although the toilet paper got completely soaked wading in. That’ll make for a long day — the longest?
What a little diaper-filler.
Rabble, like all socialist enterprises,continue regardless of the intended goals, until they run out of other peoples money.
Btw, didn’t the current Harper government put an end to the public subsidy to political parties? Surely just a coincidence.
Dear Grok: you said exactly what I was thinking….
Excellent. Love a good analogy.
“HA HA HAHAHAAHAHHAHA AHAHHHHAHAHHAH HAHA HA HAHAAAAAA HAAA HAHAA AHAAAA HHHHAA AHAHAHAHAHA (deep wheezy intake of air) HA HA HA HA HA HAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAH HAHAHAH AHAHAAAAHA HAHAAAA”
Yep.
Rabble babble in a twaddle.
Nice to have some amusing news once in a while.