Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

Music for a Sunday: Robbo, remixed

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It was only a matter of time before someone did this: Amazing how revealing Robbo’s babble becomes when it’s set to music, eh?

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Daft Tories!

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Best parody you’ll hear all year…and it’s topical, too: (Does Shaun Majumder really need autotuning, or is that just for robotic effect? He seems a pretty decent singer to me…)

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Rob Ford’s crack pipe speaks

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Note: The following is a message I received from an anonymous source. I have been asked to share it my readers as a public service, in the hopes that it will serve as a warning to anyone thinking of sampling … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Surely the tweet of the day. Now, if only we could see the video of Mayor McSleaze and his crack pipe…

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Music for a Sunday: A song for Elsipogtog

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Granted, they’re not from the same tribe. But Buffy and the Mi’kmaq are speaking the same language nonetheless.

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Did you watch the Throne Speech?

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

For all those who missed it, here is the Reader’s Digest Condensed version of Harpo’s Throne Speech today: “Blah blah blah blah cable teevee blah blah blah”, basically.

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This just in…

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Literary talent: We (meaning Canadian women) haz it… Canadian author Alice Munro has won the prestigious Nobel Prize for literature. The Swedish Academy announced the decision Thursday, calling the 82-year-old author from Wingham, Ont., a “master of the contemporary short … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Summer leaves are gone…

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

All good things come to an end, but this stellar incarnation of the great Canadian band ended much too soon. Ron Tabak is still sadly missed here.

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An open letter to David Gilmour, plus a partial reading list

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Dear David Gilmour: May I call you Dave? Because, by your own admission, you’re not really a prof, seeing as you don’t have a Ph.D. and your “teaching” experience comes courtesy of TV, that not-at-all-superficial-or-unidimensional medium that makes everybody feel … Continue reading →

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Oh look, another ignorant white woman has an opinion!

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So I was scrolling through my Facebook feed this morning, when up pops this. Yet another ignorant white woman who is strangely offended by Muslim women just being themselves and minding their own damn business. Let’s take her argument point … Continue reading →