Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

Quotable: Buffy Sainte-Marie on violence against women

Posted on August 28, 2015 by Sabina Becker

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It’s Canada Day, ya bastards!

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Stompin’ Tom is sorely missed, but he’s still here in spirit, never fear. And here’s another notable Pied Piper of Canadian music…bandleader Bobby Gimby, opening Expo ’67 in Montréal:

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A united left party for Scotland? Och aye: The new electoral pact, anchored around the Scottish Socialist Party and the grassroots Scottish Left Project, will meet representatives of Greece’s ruling party Syriza in Edinburgh today, as well as members of … Continue reading →

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Nudity blamed for earthquake, AGAIN…

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Tourists on Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia, stripping down…very much against local law. Hey! Remember the Boobquake of a few years back, when some silly mullah in Iran blamed women’s “immodest dress” for causing earthquakes in that land (which happens to be … Continue reading →

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The Harper Legacy: empty monuments, nothing for native women

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Meet “Mother Canada”. If you’ve never heard of her, you’re not alone. She’s a figment of Harpocratic imagination, with no real basis in Canadian culture or history. And she’s supposedly meant to honor the veterans and the dead of World … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: A foretaste of C-51?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Via Canadaland, a little whiff of what the cops have already got cooking for us lowly, democracy-loving peons: What an interesting* statement from the Mountie! “Attacking the Canadian economy”, just by PROTESTING the Harper government’s piss-poor handling of it? Shades … Continue reading →

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Good one!

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Sorry this is all I was good for today. I was out in the garden hoping to whup some weeds, and the weeds whupped ME. EDIT: Okay, here’s a real groaner:

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Mike-jacking moron gets a mike check…and a pink slip

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Warning: This video is infuriating. Yeah, that’s right…even under the watchful eyes of the security guy, these bozos tried to spring a “Fuck her right in the pussy!” on CityTV’s Shauna Hunt as she tried to report from outside a … Continue reading →

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Omar Khadr is free

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Sabina Becker

…and here’s what he had to say today: “I’m better than the person he thinks I am”, is what this scapegoated, tortured and war-wounded former child soldier has to say to Stephen Fucking Harper, his unrelenting would-be jailer. He also … Continue reading →

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Good morning, Alberta!

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Like my man Robin says, this is not a test. Last night, out West, THIS happened: No, your eyes are not deceiving you, and you don’t need to adjust your monitor. Mordor has a new premier, and she’s a progressive. … Continue reading →

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