Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Venezuela to Twitter: You fucked us, now FUCK YOU.

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Twitter stats for Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, showing a sudden drop-off and subsequent rise in followers due to a mass suspension and later reinstatement of Venezuelan Twitter accounts. The other day, on my post about Rob Ford’s crack pipe, … Continue reading →

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Daft Tories!

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Best parody you’ll hear all year…and it’s topical, too: (Does Shaun Majumder really need autotuning, or is that just for robotic effect? He seems a pretty decent singer to me…)

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Rob Ford’s crack pipe speaks

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Note: The following is a message I received from an anonymous source. I have been asked to share it my readers as a public service, in the hopes that it will serve as a warning to anyone thinking of sampling … Continue reading →

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What does the Fawkes say?

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I’m sure the real Guy Fawkes would be mystified at how his religiously motivated treasonous squib became the basis for secular, nonviolent rebellion. But whatever. This seems a much more constructive way to use this date than burning effigies of … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Don’t run away…

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

…it’s only me: Yeah, I know, this is totally cheesy. And the Day of the Dead was yesterday. I wanted to put this on last week, except that Lou Reed gazumped me. But hey! Remember when MTV played actual MUSIC? … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: Día de los Pendejos

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And a happy Day of the Dead to all who celebrate. This week, there’s much to celebrate, and some of it is actually dead: the creepy marriage of dubious convenience formerly known as Dourtney, for one thing. … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Hasta la Patagonia siempre

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It’s no news that Chavecito’s face is everywhere in Venezuela. But this isn’t Venezuela; it’s Argentina, where a lot of people have fond (and more than a little envious) memories of the Comandante: With much joy, the Argentine collective Cartago … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Surely the tweet of the day. Now, if only we could see the video of Mayor McSleaze and his crack pipe…

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Fun With Photoshop: Instant Barbification

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Watch as a flesh-and-blood woman gets turned into a plastic doll: Okay, so it’s not quite instant. The video is half a minute long, and the real-time process of “post-production” (read: RETOUCHING) takes a lot longer than that. But it … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 36

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh, Majunche. The harder you try to bring down the elected president, the more it backfires on you. Case in point: The video above. And here’s the story: On Tuesday, at 6 a.m., residents of Los Teques, capital of the … Continue reading →