Author Archives: Sabina Becker

U of A is full of oily snowflakes

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Sabina Becker

You would think that an honorary doctorate for David Suzuki — a longtime environmentalist and proponent of science — would be an uncontroversial no-brainer. And in most of Canada it is. But not, it seems, in oil-soaked Alberta, and one … Continue reading →

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Stuart Varney soils himself over socialist millennials

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Look out, kids in your late twenties and early thirties! Big Bad Stu is coming for you! Yes, like Patty Hearst, he has decided to stay and fight for the freedom of the oppressed stinking rich. He’s going to fight … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Theodor Adorno on the return of fascism

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Sabina Becker

“I’m not afraid of the return of fascists in the mask of fascists, but of the return of fascists in the mask of democrats.”

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What we know (and what we don’t) about Alek Minassian

Posted on April 24, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Rosemary Barton of the CBC and Phil Gurski, a former CSIS analyst, discuss the cool-headed way in which van-attack suspect Alek Minassian was arrested. It’s a far cry from the way Sammy Yatim, a Syrian Christian immigrant teenager armed with … Continue reading →

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Shania Twain apologizes, but the damage is done.

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Well, how about that? Seems that her little throwaway pull-quote from the UK Guardian the other day didn’t go over that well! Remember this? If she had been able to vote in the US election, she would have plumped for … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: And don’t it feel good?

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Finally, we’re starting to get some springlike weather here…and I’m breaking this out: And no, I don’t think I’m jinxing it by posting this. (Fingers crossed.)

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Comey memos leak. Donnie’s not happy.

Posted on April 20, 2018 by Sabina Becker

And the rest of the world? Well, it’s laughing its collective ass off: And not just because today is Marijuanukkah, either.

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Do you know this thug?

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Sabina Becker

If you have seen this man and can identify him, Stormy Daniels and her lawyer would love to know who he is: And yes, I do believe that she was threatened by someone working for and on behalf of Donnie … Continue reading →

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Revenge porn now subject to lawsuits in Newfoundland/Labrador

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Sabina Becker

In light of the cases of Amanda Todd, Rehtaeh Parsons and Audrie Pott, this can’t come too soon (and it really needs to be federal, too). But the best thing to do is to make non-consensual sharing of nudes utterly … Continue reading →

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Alex Jones has a belated epiphany…

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Sabina Becker

…and probably a few too many drinks, or hits of his Super Male Vitality snake oil, or something: Whoooooo, that was some mighty fine bull-snorting. Anybody else getting memories of this? Because I sure as hell am: But wait, there’s … Continue reading →

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