Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Stupid Sex Tricks: Where NOT to get a tattoo, and why

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Um, if you’re a dude…how about your genitalia? As for why, read on: You’d think somebody repeatedly sticking a needle in your penis would be a little off-putting, but the 21-year-old Iranian apparently thought it would be a grand idea … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Till the fearless come…

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Still relevant, and still cool. How about that?

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Wankers of the Week: Wronging in the New Year

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Crappy New Year, everyone! How’s yer hangover? All gone? Slept it off, you say? Good. Because, as we all know, wank never sleeps. Especially if it’s got a buzz on; then it’s got the bed-spins. And glory be, sure enough, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito’s back, Cristina’s on the mend

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Good news from Venezuela… The Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, will return on Sunday with his well-known TV program, Aló Presidente, which has been on hiatus for seven months. This will be the first show since Chávez recovered from the cancer … Continue reading →

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Your bathroom has a tooth fairy problem

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

What was Harpo really saying? Whatever it was, this is WAY more entertaining.

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Because stupid hat tricks are so passé

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Hockey normally gets very short shrift here, unless I’m wank-listing Don Fucking Cherry for his latest rockum-sockum case of Teh Stoopid. But this time, the tacky thing at the rink wasn’t him or his suit, it was what someone else … Continue reading →

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Orwell Rolls in His Grave

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A documentary made a few years back, but still broadly relevant today. It’s all about how corporate lobbyists control government, and how corporate interests control media, and the dangers to democracy that result from this high degree of corporatization. The … Continue reading →

Posted in BushCo Death Watch, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Newspeak is Nospeak, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Cops Behaving Badly: Fuck the Police (Before They Fuck You)

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Sabina Becker

(Logo from the infamous Dave Rabbit sweatshirt, a limited-edition Vietnam War pirate radio joke product.) Pardon my Anglo-Saxon and the explicit artwork, but given what shit is hitting the fan in Britain, it was only fittin’… Undercover police officers routinely … Continue reading →

Posted in Cops Behaving Badly, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Illegal?, Merry Old England, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Spooks | 2 Comments

Big news in Bogotá

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Well, who’d of thunk it? Looks like the capital of Colombia has a cool new (progressive) mayor! Gustavo Petro was sworn in as mayor of Bogotá and presented his plan for the city for the coming years. He explained that … Continue reading →