Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

We don’t need no stinkin’ broadcast standards here!

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

In light of all the (very belated and very, very ridiculous) fuss over the unedited version of Dire Straits’s “Money For Nothing”, I thought it might be instructive to deconstruct the offensive word in question…with a little help from The … Continue reading →

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Expats gone wild? Or locals gone loco?

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

About a week ago, a provocative link came up on Twitter. Joshua Holland of Alternet had posted it, and it was a doozer: “Expats Gone Wild”, was the story, all about “an invasion of misguided foreigners” wreaking havoc in Mexico. … Continue reading →

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Cuckoo! Cuckoo!! Cuckoo!!!

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Somebody please inform this false “prophet”, Cindy Jacobs, that when same-sex marriage became legal for our armed forces here in Canada (we have never had a DADT policy), and two Canadian military men got hitched on an Air Force base, … Continue reading →

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Just another senseless crime?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I was in Arizona in 2003. It didn’t seem like a hateful place at the time. I was more worried about not clearing security to get on the plane at Pearson Airport in Toronto, to be honest; it was less … Continue reading →

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Russell Williams, micro and macro

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

According to the documentary film The Corporation, corporations enjoy the same legal status as actual persons, even though they are nothing of the sort. The film went on to ask the pertinent question: If a corporation is a person, what … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Cops Behaving Badly, Do As I Say..., Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Sick Frickin' Bastards | 1 Comment

Don Meredith needs a remedial geography lesson

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Not to mention remedial history. Canada NEVER went to war in Iraq, much less under “the previous Liberal government”, as he asserts here, repeatedly, less than a minute in:And yes, Mr. Meredith is a Conservative. Obviously a very partisan one, … Continue reading →

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Do we need Wikileaks for this?

Posted on December 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Gawd, I hope not. The federal government has relented in its refusal to release decades-old intelligence on Canadian political icon Tommy Douglas.It’s now promising to review the file and release additional material by March 31.The promise follows a closed-door hearing … Continue reading →

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Once again, HarpoCons embarrass Canada internationally

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…only this time, they’ve gone and done it in Venezuela: While many on the left know that Washington has spent tens of millions of dollars funding groups that oppose Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, less well known is Ottawa’s role, especially … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito | 15 Comments

Los Canadienses: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I’d been looking for this NFB documentary for a couple of years now, ever since I picked up a used copy of Dorothy Livesay’s book, Right Hand Left Hand, in which the great Canadian poet chronicles what life was like … Continue reading →

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Random ruminations on a massacre

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Hope has two beautiful daughters; their names are Anger and Courage. Anger that things are the way they are; Courage to make them the way they ought to be. –St. Augustine I have to say something painfully honest and rather … Continue reading →

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