Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Music for a Sunday: It’s like a new emotion

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Wonderfully minimalist stuff from 30 years ago (yes, really — it’s been THAT long!) And it still sounds fresh and new. Annie’s vocal attack is the very definition of sui generis.

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Terrorism strikes again in Táchira

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

A truck belonging to the national electric company was set on fire this afternoon in San Cristóbal, capital of the Venezuelan state of Táchira, by hooded vandals. Here’s the story, via Aporrea: A vehicle registered to the Venezuelan national electric … Continue reading →

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Icelandic funnyman wants to mack on Julien Blanc. Dafuq?

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Squeal like a pig! While Ireland is working hard to make sure Julien Blanc doesn’t get so much as a look-in on their green and rugged turf, a very different situation seems to be brewing in a country just one … Continue reading →

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Sexual assault in Canada: some statistics and grim facts

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Sabina Becker

That works out to just 1,380 convictions per year, with 458,620 assailants walking. Shocking, innit? And for how that fits into the experiences of women in the criminal justice system as a whole, here’s StatsCan’s most recent data.

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Dear Emma Teitel and Maclean’s: Don’t tell me how to feminist, and I won’t tell you how to journalist.

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Sabina Becker

You tell ’em, kitty. Every so often, I get to wondering why I haven’t picked up a copy of Maclean’s in years. And then I do, and I’m instantly, disgustingly reminded: Oh yeah, Barbara Amiel is still writing for them. … Continue reading →

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Bad news for ammosexuals

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Music, Maestro Cummings: Ah, that was lovely. And now, the news. First, the sublime: It looks as though John “Mary Rosh” Lott has been definitively debunked, by real scientists not in the pocket of the gunmakers’ lobby. Instead of “More … Continue reading →

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Where in the world is Miss Honduras?

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Sabina Becker

So much for the idea that peace and democracy have been restored in Honduras! If the nation’s leading beauty queen isn’t safe, who is? And she is not safe. She was recently abducted, and they are still searching for her … Continue reading →

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Julien Blanc gets choked by CNN

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Well, well. What have we here? Credit where it’s due to the the guy from the Chicken Noodle Network…he did a pretty good job of holding the world’s most unconvincing con man accountable there. He brought up everything from the … Continue reading →

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Badvertising: Ur doin it rite. Apology: Ur doin it rong.

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Via. Dear Corktown Printing Co.: This is NOT how you advertise your services in a tasteful, timely, topical manner: The Toronto reader says she received the mailer at work today. “When I called them this morning they didn’t so much … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Uns privat, Frau Studienrat…

Posted on November 16, 2014 by Sabina Becker

…sind Sie doppelt so apart, ja ja: Oh, you want a translation? Okay, then… No More School It’s been written And there’s some truth to it, Yes, the dumb ones live themselves to death, You only get out of it … Continue reading →

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