Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Lou Dobbs photoshop du jour

Well, if FUX Snooze doesn’t take him, he can always go into porn.

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Keith O. eviscerates Lou Dobbs

Have I mentioned yet how very much I love Keith Olbermann?He makes Lou sound like a cross between Dracula and Sesame Street‘s Grover. And he’s got some job-search tips for the old chupacabra, too…

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Attention, whomever it may concern…

Gav’s blog has lost its virginity. Congrats, amigo, you’re in excellent company. I assume nothing I say about their lacklustre performance offends them, since they never write back. Lord knows I’ve tried.Boo fucking hoo…

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This just in from CNN…

…via Democracy Now: Lou Dobbs Resigns From CNNThe controversial TV anchor has resigned from CNN amid a campaign to force him off the air due to his reporting on Latinos and immigrants. (rubbing eyes)Can it be? Is it true?I have … Continue reading

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Quotable: Howard Zinn on the true meaning of Remembrance Day

“Let’s go back to the beginning of Veterans Day. It used to be Armistice Day, because at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War I came to an end…Veterans Day, instead of … Continue reading

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Finally, a way for guys to compensate…

…that doesn’t involve vehicles OR firearms:Some willingness to look dorky, however, IS required.

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The day Mississauga became a ghost town

Since I’m on a Gordon Lightfoot kick today, I might as well include another apt song of his to introduce this entry and set the emotional tone:Thirty years ago today, the local nighttime news was filled with some of the … Continue reading

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The gales of November came early…

A well-made tribute to the 29 sailors who went down 34 years ago in the most famous Great Lakes wreck of all time–that of the Edmund Fitzgerald. They all came from the US, but because they went down in Canadian … Continue reading

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Berlin Wall/German Reunification: Still believe in the Evil Russians?

Then you’re about to get a nasty surprise. Svetlana Savranskaya of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, has some news for you:Mikhail Gorbachev didn’t need no Ronnie Ray-Gun telling him to tear down that wall; he was already doing … Continue reading

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Stupid Sex Tricks: They both wanted a pony

And in their respective ways, they both got one.

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