Monthly Archives: October 2010

Shrieeeeeeeeeeeek!

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

OMG, I won something…I’m not kidding. Looky here:Ye Gods, I beat out Antonia Z? Really??? Shrieeeeeeeeeeeeeeek! Ahem. Must compose self. Must compose entry. So, here goes:I really wasn’t expecting this. No, seriously. This obscure blog? Up against some much more … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Suddenly, Toronto SUCKS!

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Well. How’d everyone like last night’s municipal elections? Ms. Manx was watching the tweeter in spite of vowing not to, and the results had her doing a facepaw. Toronto has elected a boorish, drunken, wife-beating, racist, homophobic dickweed for a … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Team America World Police!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It’s been only eight long years of illegal captivity and torture, and finally, you wrung a “confession” out of your designated scapegoat, poor, brainwashed Omar Khadr, he of the batshit-crazy fundie-Islamist family. Feel proud! Meanwhile, here’s a little song, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, The War on Terra | 1 Comment

Venezuelan journalists censored on Twitter!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Yes, it’s really true. Roberto Hernández Montoya, one of VTV’s two Robertos (who have a show called “As You Can See”) has been following the @VVperiodistas saga, and he tells all: I recount: Certain journalists at Venevisión created this anonymous … Continue reading →

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Uruguay: Fascists are sore losers…

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…and they are getting sorer. This gentleman……is the Uruguayan minister of defence. Like his president, he’s a former leftist guerrilla who did jail time during the military dictatorship. And he had to fend off a protest recently that appeared to … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Glenn Greenwald on the ironies of islamophobia

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“I’m always amazed when I receive e-mails from people telling me that I fail to understand how Islam is a uniquely violent, supremely expansionist culture that is intrinsically menacing. The United States is a country with a massive military and … Continue reading →

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Copiapó: The fallout begins

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Miner Edison Peña is pulled from the collapsed San José mine. He was the 12th man rescued.The rescue of those Chilean miners was not the end of the story. It was just the end of one chapter. Now the next … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: How to wank like a gachupine

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A Spanish TV host demonstrates his two-stroke self-love technique. Very enlightening, eh?

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Music for a Sunday: Bloody marvelous

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

But at night, when all the world’s asleep…Roger Hodgson, ex-Supertramp front man, treats one of his best songs to a full orchestra. It’s a tiny bit slower than the original (which I learned to sing in seventh-grade music class–yes, I … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Russell Williams roundup

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It was a foregone conclusion that Russell Williams, recently convicted of dozens of break/enters, thefts, plus two sexual assaults and two murders, should be stripped of his military rank. Ms. Manx approves, and wishes his military pension would also be … Continue reading →