Monthly Archives: December 2011

China: A village fights back

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The story, courtesy of the UK Telegraph: For the first time on record, the Chinese Communist party has lost all control, with the population of 20,000 in this southern fishing village now in open revolt. The last of Wukan’s dozen … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Garlic in your soul

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

And arsenic sauce!

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Quotable: William Gladstone on liberalism and conservatism

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

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Wankers of the Week: Third Badvent, and all is hell

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! Well, it’s that time again, the Most Wonderful Time of the Week…the time we shit-list all the worthiest and most deserving shits who crossed our radars this week. And, in no particular order, they are… 1. Margaret … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Fidel’s Guinness record

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Cubadebate, we have the following amusing little item to celebrate today: The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, is the person subject to the greatest number of assassination attempts, according to the Guinness Book of World … Continue reading →

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Spyware for Arab despots: Germany’s latest source of shame

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Wikileaks just keeps exposing the imperialist underside of western “democracy”. And one of the latest to be embarrassed by revelations is Germany — an unlikely player in the imperial game, seeing as it’s been officially out of it since World … Continue reading →

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“Did you call him a piece of shit?”

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Justin Trudeau, Liberal MP for Papineau, explains why he lost his shit at so-called environment minister Peter Fucking Kent yesterday in the House of Commons. He apologizes for his intemperate language but, take note, NOT for the sentiments expressed therein. … Continue reading →

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The disappeared reappear in Argentina

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Argentine forensic scientists unearth a mass grave at a military garrison which gained infamy during the junta dictatorship of the 1970s and early ’80s. Here’s a rundown of what they found in it, courtesy of Cubadebate: A mass grave with … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Beds are for sleeping, subways are for screwing

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Subway sex at Spadina Station. Only in TO, folks. From the Toronto Star, in both cases, we have the following funny Canadian contradiction. First, the sad news that we’re not getting a lot of nooky: While it stands to reason … Continue reading →

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An Ecuadorable little satellite

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A Russian Dnepr RS-20 rocket like this one will carry an Ecuadorian satellite into orbit next year. Sheesh. Those crazy Latinos, whatever will they do next? First Venezuela puts Simón Bolívar into orbit, then Bolivia follows suit with Tupac Amaru. … Continue reading →