Joel Johannesen
Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. Went to Langara College and University of Victoria (economics).
Worked as a stockbroker and in other areas of the financial industry, then for a tourism/transportation business. Now heads a business.
Founder, writer, and editor for a group of web sites including the popular "ProudToBeCanadian", and several others.
Follow Joel Johannesen on Twitter: @JoelJohannesen
Dollar Shave Club isn’t a liberal-left, anti-male virtue-signaler, yet, as far as I know
I purposely chose an accompanying photo of a bearded guy with a pretty blonde women in a real cisgender, heteronormative pose, just to tick off the SJWs and the Gillettes of the world.
“Chinese” Liberal by-election candidate quits after saying her opponent was an Indian
According to the sad liberal media, one of their own, Liberal Karen Wang, was caught today asking (in Chinese) the local Chinese-Canadian community to unite behind her and vote against NDP leader...
Sure, there may be a renewal coming…
Things happen. Like elections. And that brings about the matter of the importance of getting the right party in power. So maybe we should up our game here at PTBC for a...
Withdraw support for Conservative Party. Support conservative party.
For taking a principled and notably conservative stance on the issue of supply management, Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer has sidelined Conservative (and notably conservative) MP Maxime Bernier.
There is much to debate today in...
Virtue Signaling Night on TV (2018, Part 1 of 86)
The Golden Globes Left-Wing Virtue Signaling Night, last night, as presented by hideous leftist Hollyweird hypocrites, succeeded in doing exactly what we expected: they unwittingly made idiots of themselves.
Favorite critique line:
I don’t know. Like...
Imagine if they took a knee for something different
The media's done it. Academia's done it. Now what is apparently the newest group to come out of the closet and politically identify themselves as leftist is the NFL -- its owners, its players,...
#TakeAKnee on your own time
This paragraph in this article scored a touchdown today:
Why #TakeAKnee Is Built On A Lie
by Kevin McCullough
... thanks to the coaching staffs of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Tennessee Titans that...
NUTS: Some of This Week’s Tidbits
The week of Sept 11 at least thus far:
♦ This Globe and Mail comedy bit (it IS supposed to be comedy, right?) caused a "whoooboy THAT'S nuts" and an "oh yeah, that's JUST what...
Ad Company warns us of sexual violation – and it’s due to CBC content!
ProudToBeCanadian.ca has been warned by what we'll call "an Ad Company" that we're in violation of a policy pertaining to lewd or pornographic content with regard to some content on our site -- specifically...
The Prager Conservative Concerto: Dennis Prager’s melodic steps to understanding left-wing, right-hating media
Dennis Prager, Conservative columnist, radio show host, and PragerU, um, Headmaster? Principle? -- I'm trying to find a non-triggering word here since even "founder" might trigger something à la the Founding Fathers) -- also...
Unbalanced columnist lists Fox News as “far right,” the others as “balanced”
If I understand the Left (and the "far-left!") correctly, anyone to the right of Maxine Waters is not merely "conservative," "traditional," "conventional," or heaven forbid a "moderate," no no no. You're a fascist, and...
Liberal professor – on the left’s (beloved) violent anti-American thugs
This woke me up better than my coffee this morning. A good hit of truth, well-timed, does that to me. From an article which appeared at The Daily Caller, August 22, 2017, written by Nick...
News media updates their fake news story on Trump-related immigration to Canada
This story gave me a smile this morning. The Supreme Court slaps the lower (liberal) courts and reinstates President Trump's travel ban.
Related news: The liberals' mainstream media division's past reporting (sorry "reporting" -- so...
Peter Kent on Trudeau’s weird Chinacommielove
I'm not the state-owned CBC or CTV. I don't act like a stenographer for (in my case) CPC talking points, the way "reporters" for the CBC and several citizen-owned media outlets do for their...
Donald Trump may be a lot of things, but he’s not ineffectual
Quote of the week -- by former Conservative government Finance Minister Joe Oliver, in the National Post this morning. He's writing of how the current Liberal government is blowing our relationship with America, at...