Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Heroes for Today: Anonymous

Preventing yet another crazy fucking Repug election theft isn’t all that these guys can do. They also pooped all over Israel’s crapaganda machine, and saved a bullied girl’s life from the cyberstalkers trying to get her to kill herself. Whatever … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: In which we go Gothic for Gaza

Yes, that one’s actually about Pompeii and Herculaneum. But I think it fits for war destruction, too. In light of current events, it was the first thing that came to mind. (It also fits, ghoulishly, for the white-phosphorus attack from … Continue reading

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Wankers of the Week: Petrenisgate

Crappy weekend, everyone! How’re you all enjoying the convoluted unfolding of the Adventures of General Petraeus and his Penis? Are you still following this soap opera, or have you given up trying? Are you only clicking on the salacious highlights … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Rafael Correa visits Seville

Rafael Correa meets with the Mayor of Seville, in Spain. And that’s not all he’s up to over there: Rafael Correa arrived yesterday afternoon at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, accompanied by crowds. He came to tell how Ecuador … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Viva Venezuela!

A new documentary by the Revolutionary Communist Group of Great Britain explores Venezuela’s efforts to build socialism (and re-elect Chavecito) amid the global financial crisis. A crisis which, thanks to anti-neoliberal efforts on the part of Venezuela and the ALBA … Continue reading

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What’s wrong with this picture?

Yup, this is in Ireland. That is a man’s hand on a woman’s butt (how charmingly patriarchal!) And, coming on the heels of this, it makes me want to smack a different kind of bum…the kind that trots around all … Continue reading

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The Petraeus scandal widens

Meet another possible participant in the Petraeus affair…one whose strange behavior came to light in the course of the FBI’s investigation into some other strange behavior: US general John Allen, chief of the NATO mission in Afghanistan, is being investigated … Continue reading

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Safer sex: Good idea.

This ad: Not so hot. Come on, people, Honey Boo Boo is not a natural disaster. Whatever’s wrong with her is a product of the environment she was raised in. And the sick, creepy, crazy world of child beauty pageants. … Continue reading

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A few random thoughts on a former general

I have a terrible confession to make: When the news of the Petraeus sex scandal broke this past week, my first reaction was to chuckle. Not in the usual “ha ha, another cheatypants got caught, serves him right” sense (although … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: Bullet strikes the helmet’s head

When the war is over, turn out the lights.

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