Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Wankers of the Week: Andrew Jackson is angry!

Crappy weekend, everyone! Hey, did you know that Andrew Fucking Jackson saw the Civil War coming, even though he died sixteen years before it began, and was mad about it? True story! I know because Der Drumpf told me so. … Continue reading

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Appy polly loggies.

I’m feeling under the weather (cold, wet, and very rainy) tonight, and not up to a whole lot of serious blogging lately. Please accept this song in lieu of anything else to say: PS: Tomorrow’s wankapedia is still on schedule, … Continue reading

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Bernie burns Drumpf

So okay, this is a few days late. (I only saw this just this morning.) But it’s not a penny short.

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On (re-)reading The Handmaid’s Tale: A few random thoughts

The first time I read The Handmaid’s Tale, I was in university…and I didn’t understand it at all. To be fair, I was probably about 19 or 20. The book was just a couple of years old, a major bestseller … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: One for all the recovering Christians

Happy Walpurgisnacht for all my fellow Witches: Mr. Sulu, warp speed.

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Wankers of the Week: Greater Again Already!

Crappy weekend, everyone! And a very crappy one to the White House Squatter in Chief. You made it to 100 days in office, and that’s including all the weekends you went golfing at Mar-a-Lago on the taxpayer dime after promising … Continue reading

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Quotable: Robert Ingersoll on religion

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Venezuela prepares to exit the OAS

Put the kettle on, honey, because you’re going to be needing hot tea when you hear this: Yes, that’s right: Venezuela is planning to leave the Organization of American States! Aporrea has the story: Venezuelan minister of exterior relations Delcy … Continue reading

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Stephen Colbert gets man-cubed

Thank the Gods that we have Stephen Colbert to follow the weird ins and outs of Alex Jones’s legal fights, so we don’t have to. And this time ’round, things get really messy, because a leading yogurt company has sued … Continue reading

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Cops Behaving Badly: An unholy alliance in Flint, Michigan

This is fucked up on so many levels: They were arresting town-hall attendees in Flint. Not for rioting or anything close to it, but for cussing during a moment of emotional agitation, and for wearing hats in a church (but … Continue reading

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