Category Archives: Brazil is the Bomb!

Pick-up shut-down: Canada and Germany fighting back against RSD

Posted on November 12, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Julien Blanc’s infamous “choking girls” video, in which the PUA “coach”, of the firm RSD, gives racist “advice” on how to pick up women in Japan: Literally grab them by the throat and scare/embarrass the hell out of them, and … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Rrrrrrowr.

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Yes, I know…it’s been a while since I’ve felt festive on a leftist Friday. What can I say, the garden keeps me busy. Busier than usual this year, since the only thing growing great out there right now is weeds. … Continue reading →

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World Cup corrupto flees Brazilian justice

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Once more, a big black eye on the World Cup, and a big facepalm for Brazil…and a headache for Interpol: Raymond Whelan, director of the official ticket distribution site of the 2014 World Cup, Match Services/Match Hospitality, and accused of … Continue reading →

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Sad meme of the day

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Sadly, I was doing this, too…and I’m German! I only caught the tail end of the match, which I half-watched on the little kitchen TV while I prepared some snow peas from my garden for the freezer. I did NOT … Continue reading →

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It was 87 years ago today…

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Paulina Luisi, Uruguay’s first woman doctor, and prominent campaigner for women’s rights — especially the right to vote. I don’t usually do “This Day in History” pieces, but I’ll make an exception for this one just because it’s so interesting: … Continue reading →

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Right-wing Mexican politicians arrested for sexual assault in Brazil

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Well, well, well. What have we here? A couple of hooligans, natch. But these are not just any soccer-stadium creeps. These guys have some pretty high connections in Mexican government: Four Mexican soccer fans face a sentence of up to … Continue reading →

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Brazilian women: beyond the media icons

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Video in Portuguese (with Spanish subtitles — no English, sorry). And if the first thing that came into your head when you read “Brazilian women” was a blond supermodel, or a pair of muscular buttocks wiggling in a teeny bikini, … Continue reading →

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“The Price of the World Cup” — dead children?

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Sabina Becker

A Danish journalist has uncovered some shocking allegations about how the Brazilian cities where the World Cup matches are currently underway have chosen to “clean” their streets of homeless people, especially street kids. It forms part of an overall critical … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Forget that World Cup bollocks, here’s Caetano!

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Sabina Becker

To hell with bland homogenized global “Latin” pop. Let a real Brazilian rocker show you how great music is done: And yep, that IS an allusion to the military dictatorship in there: “Ladies and gents, it turns its big eyes … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Here, have my Brazilian earworm

Posted on June 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

You’ll have to crank this, as João doesn’t sing very loud — ever. And you’ll have to sit through two minutes or so of him talking about what a long trip he’s had, he’s tired, hey there’s Vinicius (de Morães, … Continue reading →

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