Author Archives: Sabina Becker

What the 1918 flu pandemic can teach us about public health today

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Sabina Becker

John M. Barry, author of The Great Influenza, talks about how badly the US handled a pandemic that most likely started on home turf. Secrecy, censorship, and denial prevailed during the 1918-19 flu pandemic. The public were often lied to, … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: The worm you can never delete

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Times of global plague deserve feverish tunes. So, here you go:

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx does Doomsday

Posted on March 14, 2020 by Sabina Becker

It’s been a hot while, but the Manx is meowing again. Yes, folks, the calico kitty is back, with some short news items for y’all. And this time, it’s all about the imminent end of the world. So strap in … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Victor Hugo on progress and revolutions

Posted on March 11, 2020 by Sabina Becker

“Progress infallibly wakes up, and, in short, we might say that it advances even in sleep, for it has grown. When we see it upright again, we find it taller. To be always peaceful belongs to progress no more than … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: The NYT’s epidumbic moment

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Won’t someone please think of all the crapitalists (and the taxes they’re not paying)? I’m sure that even without the highlight, you could see what the fuck was so wrong with this headline.

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Q. How do we know the coronavirus is a socialist?

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Sabina Becker

A: Because this is who it’s attacking: I’d say it’s not only a socialist, but a locavore to boot. Because who else has the brains to take the proper precautions against globally transmitted viruses? Not capitalists, that’s for sure. PS: … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Another one for our sick times

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Sabina Becker

And this one, you can sing along with. Just follow the bouncing anchor: I just feel sorry for Ted Lange, whose face briefly appears in there. What sweet, lovely Isaac the Bartender ever do to deserve THAT?

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Nazi hate comes for Bernie

Posted on March 6, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Don’t blink, or you’ll miss it. Remember what happened the last time people shut their eyes to a turd in the political punchbowl? Some people do: The perpetrator has a name and a face, by the way. It’s this guy: … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Because we live in sick times…

Posted on March 1, 2020 by Sabina Becker

…a little sick humor is in order: Stay healthy, my friends.

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So THAT’s how they got the CN trains moving again.

Posted on February 26, 2020 by Sabina Becker

This afternoon, one of the CN trains parked on the rails (there are three pairs of them, plus one set of CP tracks) behind my house finally departed for points east, after the blockade near the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory was … Continue reading →

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