Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Music for a Sunday: The secret voices of crickets

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I’ve often joked about the deafening silence of people who’ve been caught in their lies, using “crickets” as the metaphor for the only thing to be heard. I may have to stop doing that, because here is what crickets “say” … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: Robbo eats WHAT?

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! Guess I don’t need to tell you what’s on the menu at Rob Fucking Ford’s house, eh? Yeah, he really said that. And upon hearing, an entire city lost its collective appetite…for just about everything. It’s pretty … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: In the footsteps of the Comandante

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

At an official grand opening in Valencia (Carabobo) recently, there was a silent but very popular guest of honor: While Madurito was carrying on in his predecessor’s vein, opening highways and housing projects financed by the state’s oil revenues, Chavecito’s … Continue reading →

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There is no joy in Leamington tonight.

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It’s been a sad day in Canada’s ketchup town…although no doubt some corporate titan in a head office far away was just putting his wingtips up and blowing smoke rings on his fat cigar over this: In Leamington, Ont., a … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Dr. David Suzuki on the biosphere

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Sabina Becker

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Did the CBC do propaganda-for-pay?

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I dunno…you tell me: I always did find that particular Mansbridge “report” awfully Harpo-friendly (and uncharacteristically so). And conveniently timed, too, as the above video says, with Pooty-Poot laying his own claims to the North Pole’s seabed and all that … Continue reading →

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Slaughterhouse-Five: A Remembrance Day story

Posted on November 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Join me for a moment of getting-unstuck-in-time, won’t you? That was Kurt Vonnegut, reading one of the weirdest and loveliest passages in all of his work: Billy Pilgrim’s time-slip in Slaughterhouse-Five. Billy is waiting for the flying saucer to take … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Robbo, remixed

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It was only a matter of time before someone did this: Amazing how revealing Robbo’s babble becomes when it’s set to music, eh?

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Wankers of the Week: Drunken Stoopers

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And a cracky weekend to the folks in the Big Smoke. You poor dears, the whole world is feeling your pain. And your embarrassment. Why, it’s enough to drive one to drink! But be careful not to … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Sorry, I’z borked.

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Appy polly loggies, but I wasn’t able to find any hot photos of Evo or El Ecuadorable today. I got so caught up in cleaning up the walnuts in my garden and composting the hulls that I didn’t have time … Continue reading →

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