Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Donnie wanted to do WHAT when he lost the election???

This is both unbelievable…and yet, TOTALLY believable: So, there goes the dumb “But at least he’s anti-war!” canard. No, he’s NOT anti-war. He’s PRO-war, just like every other US imperialist. Remember his failed attempt to topple Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: Pull my shirt off and pray…

Wait, what? The nailbiter is over? Well, alllll righty, then: I had completely forgotten this existed, but welcome back to the mid-’80s, y’all. (Enjoy Nick’s peak ’80s hair, particularly.) Oh! And before I forget, congrats to Joe Biden and Kamala … Continue reading

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Bruce McArthur’s first known victim speaks out

What’s it like to be one of the earliest victims of a serial killer…and somehow to survive a murderous attack? Mark Henderson knows. 19 years ago, he was assaulted by a man he knew by sight in Toronto’s gay village, … Continue reading

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Christine Jessop’s murder has finally been solved

It was a murder that mystified Ontarians (and Canada as a whole) for over three decades. How could a little girl just vanish seemingly without a trace, and several weeks later turn up dead and partially decomposed in a remote … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: We are paid by those who learn by our mistakes

That breezy little sax intro, though…

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The October Crisis, 50 years later

A W5 report on one of the most talked-about moments of Canadian history, and one that certainly reverberates still through the memories not only of those involved, but a whole country. When the seeds of the FLQ began to take … Continue reading

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“Leftist hoax” kills one million people. And COUNTING.

The world marked a milestone this past week, and it was a grim one, considering that the virus in question has only been around for 9 or 10 months, and shows no signs of abating anytime soon. And look who … Continue reading

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Donnie’s fascist police state: A kidnapped protester speaks out

If you think the leftist protesters are thugs and goons, lawless to their core, you should hear this. A Democratic Socialist from Spokane, Washington was kidnapped in Seattle, and here’s his positively Orwellian tale of police acting…well, worse than criminals: … Continue reading

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Quotable: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on corrupt lawmakers

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Cops Behaving Badly: Small peepee energy

Folks, please give it up for Officer Smallcock — clearly the most sensitive man on the force, who just can’t handle a journalist showing how calm the streets are, and how unnecessary it is to enforce an also-unnecessary curfew: He … Continue reading

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