Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

Was/is Alex Bissonnette a Québécois dittohead?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Today’s Washington Post pleasantly surprised me by going after an unlikely troublemaker. Namely, talk radio and all the trash that clutters up its airwaves: Quebec City has developed the dubious reputation as Canada’s capital of shock jocks, online radio hosts … Continue reading →

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Why I have no tolerance for white supremacists, right wingers, and trolls

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Two words, kiddies: THIS GUY. This guy is why I closed my comments slots on this blog for the foreseeable future. This guy is why I refuse to engage with the other side. This guy is why even my friends … Continue reading →

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Dragons’ Den: Arlene dishes on Kevin O’Leary

Posted on January 18, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Arlene Dickinson has some frank things to say about her former colleague on the CBC entrepreneur show. The scariest? That what you saw there is what you get. There is no “real Kevin” apart from the show. He really IS … Continue reading →

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Oh sweet Jesus NO.

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Yes, that is an actual dating profile. And if you ever needed a reason to avoid dating someone from an Internet lonely-hearts site, here you go: The man who used a dating site to lure his victim to an Edmonton … Continue reading →

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Dear Neil Macdonald: Nobody needs your stinkin’ advice.

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Yes, this IS snark. And no, I’m not gonna stop it, no matter who hectors me. And yes, Neil Macdonald, this includes YOU. I mean, what the fuck kind of “advice” is THIS condescension, anyway? But with all due respect … Continue reading →

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White guy defends other white guy against evil natives. Film at 11!

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Meet Konrad Yakabuski. Konrad has an awful beef against all the pesky non-white people ganging up on white people who claim non-white ancestry and make big bank and get critical acclaim by writing books about non-white people, from the viewpoint … Continue reading →

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Canada and Ireland: BOLO!

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Attention, fellow Canadians and friends in Ireland: Have you seen this man? If you have, please return him to Mexico, where he’s wanted: Canada or Ireland could be the two countries where one would find Javier Duarte, a fugitive from … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: What do those eyes mean?

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Somebody got the cool idea of setting this underrated Parachute Club song (which never had a video before) to footage of beautiful, spooky sea critters from Monterey Bay. Here’s another in the same vein, which also has no video but … Continue reading →

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Remembering Viola Desmond

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Viola Desmond, a Canadian civil-rights hero, was honored today with the announcement that her face would appear on the $10 bill. She beat Rosa Parks to the punch by nine years, in 1946, when she insisted on sitting in the … Continue reading →

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Sunny wuss.

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Sir Wilfrid is not amused. So, Justin Trudeau isn’t even attending the funeral of a rather important man who served as a pallbearer at his ol’ man’s funeral (and sat next to Jimmy Carter, to boot). This after actually saying … Continue reading →

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