Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Wankers of the Week: A keg of vintage swine

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! Last week it was slops; this week it’s hawg-butcherin’ time, and we’ve got a fat lot of pigs to get through. So here they are, with no further ado and in no particular order… 1. Mohammad Fucking … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula’s new ‘do

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

First, it was Lugo; then, Chavecito. Now, a new South American head of state (pun intended) has gone bare: The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, shaved his beard and head in anticipation of hair loss due … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: A dumb-dumb threesome

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

First up, a little sexy-ass music: Look at those fuckin’ hipsters. Now, the news. First up, Things You Should Never Do In Cop Cars: It all started on Monday when a 911 caller reported a man passed out at the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Sir John A. Macdonald on US imperialism

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Image by Tigana Too. Yes, my Latin American amig@s, it’s true. Nosotr@s, l@s canadienses, somos el OTRO patio trasero de los EEUU. We’re the US’s OTHER backyard, and we’ve been just as much subject to their imperialism as you. So … Continue reading →

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George Bush officially full of shit

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The US Navy Times confirms what we already suspected: The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier has a messy problem. Since deploying in May, the Norfolk, Va.-based carrier George H.W. Bush has grappled with widespread toilet outages, at times rendering the entire … Continue reading →

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How to have sex in an MRI scanner

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A Dutch scientist from the University of Groningen enlists two friends to help him find out (a) whether sex in an MRI machine is feasible, and (b) what can be learned from it. As it turns out, the answers are … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Isaac Asimov on stupidity

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

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Aloha, APEC. Love, the 99%.

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Hawaiian singer Makana actually slipped this one below the radar on the 1%er leaders yesterday. Here’s the story: Honolulu – A change in the programmed entertainment at last night’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gala left a few world leaders slack-jawed, … Continue reading →

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Poor Pippa.

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

You really have to feel for this girl sometimes. Apparently her much-scrutinized on-again-off-again romance is off, for good: She is one of the most desirable women in the world, the beautiful younger sister of the future Queen of England with … Continue reading →