Category Archives: Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff

Michael Moore is at it again!

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This one promises to be even more explosive than the last…which was more explosive than the last…which was…Jeez. Where is there left for this man to go? He’s taken the mick out of the Big Three, out of gun nuts, … Continue reading →

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Dame Vera commits a heresy! Oh noes!

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

She’s most famous for “We’ll Meet Again”, as well as the translation of the German song in the video above. She’s 92 years old, and still clearly in possession of all her faculties–including an important and underestimated one called critical … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: An unlikely hero takes the streets of Caracas

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From Venezuela, a cinematic offering that promises to be full of Bolivarian fun: He’s likable, a gentleman, well versed in the ideals of Simón Bolívar, respects traffic lights, and…he’s a biker. His name? Libertador Morales, “The Justicer”, who will be … Continue reading →

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“UP” meme takes off

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

I’m not so sure setting them loose on a tepui in Venezuela is such a good idea.

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Mario Vargas LOSER!

Posted on May 30, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Must smash that pesky insect! Why does he taunt me so?”Well, Mario–maybe it’s because he’s a popular, elected leader, while you’re a sad, old, sold-out fart with no new ideas of his own, who lost his own election bid rather … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Paraguay, Uruguay, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | 8 Comments

Nice to see those music lessons paid off

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A couple of FAO Schwartz employees show off their mad organ skillz:The tune is the “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” by Johann Sebastian Bach.

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They’re shuttin’ Detroit down

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A country song for all you city slickers. PS: Detroit’s not the only place hurting. Closer to my home, Oshawa is feeling the pain from the closure of a GM plant.

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, If You REALLY Care | 4 Comments

Music for a Sunday: Infinitely crankable

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

For what you are about to receive…well, I really can’t put it better than one of the commenters at YouTube did: Let me explain to anyone under the age of 40 that stops by here: this is rock from the … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: The only capitalism I care for

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Of course, it’s foreign:

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DeviantArt not so deviant after all

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

You’d think, with a name like DeviantArt, a website would commit itself to uncensored free expression, right?Wrong. Take the case of Ben Heine, a Belgian artist. Recently he decided to express what he thought of the Pope’s anti-condom stance. Here’s … Continue reading →

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