Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Martyrdumb.

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Complete, unedited video of LaVoy Finicum’s truck being pursued by police, then stopped. At the 9:15 mark or thereabouts, he swerves his truck to miss a spike strip, and appears to almost hit an officer. The truck then careens into … Continue reading →

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The Nobodies

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Los Nadies [The Nobodies] (2012) from Laura Saenger on Vimeo. Sorry I’m too tired/busy to post any original material lately, folks. But soon…soon.

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Quotable: Zora Neale Hurston on discrimination

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Oh, that Zora. Slaying two formidable vultures — racism AND sexism — with one stone.

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Music for a Sunday: Time you straightened right out

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Sabina Becker

This one goes out to the late John Bradbury, drummer of the band that started a movement. Two-tone ska that combined black and white, punk and reggae, social justice and fun. Sadly missed.

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Finally, a song for men’s rights!

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Because it’s only FAIR, right? RIGHT?

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Wankers of the Week: The Unbearable Whiteness of Being

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And an especially crappy one to all my US friends caught in the Nor’Eastern Seaboard. You have my sincerest sympathies, from New York all the way down to DC. Hope you can see your hands in front … Continue reading →

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Rape law in Germany: a veritable devil’s carnival of injustice

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Sabina Becker

The memo that “Not All Men” have gotten, but which all men should get. Including white men in general, and Germans in particular. Hi, me again, harping about Köln, again. Or rather, translating yet another good Störenfriedas piece about just … Continue reading →

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Quotable: David Bowie on drugs, sobriety, and surviving

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Sabina Becker

David Bowie reminisces about how he and Iggy Pop went to Berlin and lived there on and off for some three years while coming off drugs. According to the YouTuber who posted this (on the 11th): “The interview was recorded … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Will Rogers on trickle-down economics

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Sabina Becker
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Shocking revelation: Venezuelan National Assembly guards are former DIGEPOL torturers!

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Sabina Becker

There are a few letters missing from this particular game of Scrabble. D-I-G-E-P-O-L, to be precise. And A-D. And H-E-N-R-Y R-A-M-O-S A-L-L-U-P. But who’s counting? Ah, Venezuela. Land of terror, where an evil, dictatorial socialist government has abolished the old … Continue reading →

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