Category Archives: Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind

It’s Election Day in Canada. Do you know where YOUR vote is?

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Yes, smartass, I know it’s in the ballot box. But really. Do you know where to make your mark? Having trouble deciding? Fine. I’ll help you narrow it down a bit. First off, NOT under the Conservatives. I don’t care … Continue reading →

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Chris Alexander, refugee killer

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Chris Alexander killed little Alan Kurdi. Alan is the three-year-old Syrian boy whose drowned body, washed up on a Turkish beach, has been plastered all over the media, Facebook, Twitter, you name it. His mother, Reham, and older brother Galib, … Continue reading →

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Argentina: Stella Calloni on the Nisman case

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Further to yesterday’s debunker of the myths of the strange death of Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor supposedly investigating the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, here’s another hard look at what lies behind at all, courtesy of the redoubtable Stella Calloni: … Continue reading →

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Non, je ne suis pas Charlie. And here’s why.

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau; Mock on, Mock on, ’tis all in vain. You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. — William Blake No, I am not Charlie Hebdo. I am not … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Siegfried Sassoon on Remembrance Day

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Sabina Becker

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Music for a Sunday: The bullet in the chamber of the gun

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Sabina Becker

The other day, the lead singer of this band got into a spot of tweeter trouble for telling nothing worse than the truth. He’ll probably get into it again if the feds read the lyrics to this song, even though … Continue reading →

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Canada’s real terrorism problem

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

This mosque in Cold Lake, Alberta, was spray-painted by xenophobic vandals. The town is home to an airbase from which CF-18 jet fighters recently departed en route to the war zone of Iraq. The people of Cold Lake have since … Continue reading →

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ISIS is a Goddess; ISIL is shit. Literally.

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Aliaa Elmahdy and a Swedish friend show ISIL what they really think of their world-domination plans. Story from EMMA: For this symbolic protest, they risk their lives: An Egyptian and a Swede menstruate and shit on the flag of the … Continue reading →

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The Gazan Ice Bucket Challenge

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Palestinian journalist Ayman al-Aloul presents a new variation on the ALS fundraising gimmick. One without water, ice, or even money involved. All you have to do is live in a war zone full of pulverized wreckage, and you too can … Continue reading →

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